Recaps

Cang Xu formed an Order Dao Seed and broke through to Primordial Golden Immortal, earning Xuan Qing’s acceptance and entry into the Dao Field. There, Xuan Qing revealed that Yuan Cang had devoured Huan Yu World’s Origin, while explaining that he could not change the world’s fate.

• Tai Xu came to Spirit Snow Mountain seeking Xuan Qing’s guidance, but Jian Chen told him his clouded Dao Heart made him unsuitable; Tai Xu knelt outside the Formation anyway.
• Cang Xu’s Order Law manifested, and his Dao Seed entered the River of Great Dao, advancing him to Primordial Golden Immortal as Xuan Qing concealed the breakthrough’s signs.
• Cang Xu thanked Xuan Qing and entered the Dao Field with Jian Chen, where they learned Huan Jin had also broken through after guiding Cang Xu.
• Xuan Qing told Cang Xu, Huan Jin, and Jian Chen that Yuan Cang’s actions had caused Cang Xu’s suffering by devouring Huan Yu World’s Origin.
• Xuan Qing refused Huan Jin’s request to intervene, explaining that he could not alter Huan Yu World’s established future or defy the Great Dao’s rules of Time and Space.

Xuan Qing planned to oppose Yuan Cang by confronting his eight disciples and allowed Huan Jin and the others to recruit Tai Xu as an ally. Tai Xu began cultivating Xuan Qing’s Method of Severing Three Bodies, and his Law of Water started transforming into a new Law.

• Xuan Qing warned that Yuan Cang’s eight disciples might be powerful and explained that their cultivation could drain Huan Yu World’s Origin, so Huan Jin, Cang Xu, and Jian Chen prepared to oppose them.
• Xuan Qing refused to take Tai Xu as a disciple but approved teaching him the Method of Severing Three Bodies, and Huan Jin brought him into Qing Xuan Hut.
• Huan Jin gave Tai Xu the cultivation method, and Tai Xu felt the Dao Resonance in Qing Xuan Hut as he began cultivating alongside Huan Jin and the others.
• Tai Xu learned that Yuan Cang had advanced by devouring Huan Yu World’s Origin, but rejected the idea of doing the same because the new method freed him from the limits of his Five-Colored Mixed Spiritual Root.
• As Tai Xu cultivated, his Law of Water changed under the Dao Resonance, with five colors converging into a new Law.

Tai Xu comprehended the Void Law and broke through to Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, while Xuan Qing was proclaimed the Immeasurable Dao Venerable. Across Huan Yu, rival sect alliances fought over Auspicious Qi, and Huan Jin and Cang Xu left Spirit Snow Mountain to travel as Tai Xu departed for reasons of his own.

• Tai Xu formed the embryonic Void Law Dao Seed, severed his Obsession, and reached Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
• A Great Dao edict named Xuan Qing the Immeasurable Dao Venerable, and Tai Xu and the others exchanged teachings.
• Du Chen and the other seven sect leaders drew in living beings to gather Auspicious Qi, then formed rival alliances and fought over territory.
• The seven sect leaders joined forces against Du Chen, who surrendered much of his territory before the conflicts spread across Huan Yu.
• Huan Jin and Cang Xu reached the mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm and left Spirit Snow Mountain to travel together.
• Jian Chen stayed at Qing Xuan Hut, while Tai Xu also left Spirit Snow Mountain.

After discovering Huan Yu World was being ravaged by war, Cang Xu and Huan Jin set out to investigate, while Tai Xu found his Dao Field destroyed and learned that Xuan Yuan had seized his followers. Tai Xu confronted Xuan Yuan Sect as a mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal and prepared to attack.

• Cang Xu and Huan Jin saw that baleful aura and resentful thoughts had spread across Huan Yu World, and Huan Jin urged them to investigate before acting.
• Tai Xu returned to his Dao Field and found it ruined and its inhabitants gone.
• Tai Xu learned from an Immortal Venerable that Xuan Yuan had destroyed his Dao Field and taken his subordinates.
• Tai Xu stormed the Xuan Yuan Sect and challenged Xuan Yuan, whose disciples panicked at the arrival of a powerful outsider.
• Xuan Yuan recognized Tai Xu's Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, and Tai Xu accused him of destroying his home before forming a massive Void Sword.

Xuan Yuan convinced Tai Xu that Xuan Tian and the others had survived because he rescued them, and Tai Xu left them in the Xuan Yuan Sect rather than take them away. At the Heavenly Demon Sect’s border, Huan Jin and Cang Xu confronted Yu Ya over the devastation caused by his sects, and Yu Ya attacked Huan Jin.

• Xuan Yuan showed Tai Xu that Xuan Tian and the other survivors were alive, and Tai Xu apologized for accusing him.
• Xuan Tian and the others chose to remain in the Xuan Yuan Sect, so Tai Xu left them in Xuan Yuan’s care and departed to seek revenge on Yu Ya and the others.
• Xuan Yuan asked Xuan Tian to persuade Tai Xu to stay next time, and Xuan Tian agreed to try.
• An Immortal Venerable told Yu Ya that two experts were slaughtering forces at the Heavenly Demon Region’s border, and Yu Ya went there.
• Huan Jin and Cang Xu accused Yu Ya and the great sects of spreading baleful aura and harming the universe’s living beings.
• Yu Ya summoned a demonic blade and charged at Huan Jin.

Huan Jin and Cang Xu fought Yu Ya, Mei Yao, and Wu Wang after discovering they had drawn on the Heaven and Earth Origin. Ling Cang and two others joined the battle, forcing Huan Jin and Cang Xu to flee while the six tried to trap them.

• Huan Jin trapped Yu Ya in an illusion, and Yu Ya's wild attacks struck only at empty air.
• Mei Yao and Wu Wang drew on the Heaven and Earth Origin and battled Huan Jin and Cang Xu, freeing Yu Ya from the illusion.
• Cang Xu struck Mei Yao, but Yu Ya joined the fight and helped the three press Huan Jin and Cang Xu back.
• Huan Jin used the Nightmare Pearl to unleash a colossal Illusion Dao hand, but Yan Tianji and two others arrived and blocked it.
• Ling Cang and the other newcomers learned that Mei Yao, Yu Ya, and Wu Wang had stolen the Heaven and Earth Origin, then surrounded Huan Jin and Cang Xu.
• Cang Xu cast a net of Order laws as he and Huan Jin fled, while the six moved to block their escape.

Tai Xu joined Cang Xu and Huan Jin against Yu Ya’s group, and Jian Chen and Du Chen later entered the battle. After Cang Xu’s combined attack nearly defeated the eight Emperor Venerables, Saint Venerable Yuan Cang intervened and struck Jian Chen’s side down.

• Tai Xu arrived as an Emperor Venerable and attacked Yu Ya to avenge the Saint Venerable Hall’s humiliation and the destruction of his Dao Field.
• Xuan Yuan joined Yu Ya’s group, and the renewed battle left Cang Xu and Huan Jin badly injured under the attacks of five opponents.
• Jian Chen appeared and called out Du Chen, who revealed that he had been watching the fight; the two sides then resumed battle with twelve combatants.
• Cang Xu combined Jian Chen’s Sword Dao Law, Huan Jin’s Illusion Dao Law, Tai Xu’s Void Law, and his own Order Law into a colossal sword that shattered the eight opponents’ barrier.
• Saint Venerable Yuan Cang crushed the colossal sword, backlashed Jian Chen and his three companions, and sent a giant hand slamming toward them.

Xuan Qing arrived to save Jian Chen and the others, revealed that the Great Dao had bestowed him the title Immeasurable Dao Venerable, and challenged Yuan Cang. He defeated Yuan Cang with one palm and severed his connection to the Heaven and Earth Origin, leaving Yuan Cang horrified.

• Xuan Qing healed Jian Chen, Cang Xu, and the others before confronting Yuan Cang for attacking them again.
• Xuan Qing told Yuan Cang to call him Dao Venerable, and the Great Dao revealed his title as Xuan Qing, Immeasurable Dao Venerable.
• Yuan Cang demanded that Xuan Qing leave Huan Yu, then attacked him with the power of a twelfth-layer Saint.
• Xuan Qing trapped Yuan Cang inside an Azure Lotus Realm Boundary and struck him down with one palm.
• Yuan Cang tried to reconnect with the Heaven and Earth Origin but discovered that Xuan Qing had severed their connection.

Xuan Qing forced Yuan Cang to stop interfering in the conflict, and Yuan Cang left Huan Yu to seek outside help. As Cang Xu’s fame drew cultivators to Spirit Snow Mountain, he agreed to lead them in restoring order to Huan Yu.

• Xuan Qing released Yuan Cang from his law barrier after time-space rules threatened to destabilize, then forbade him from interfering in the juniors’ affairs.
• Yuan Cang agreed not to intervene, warned Du Chen and the others to endure, and quietly left Huan Yu to seek reinforcements.
• Jian Chen and the other three became famous across Huan Yu, while cultivators rallied around the story that Cang Xu opposed the eight great sects for the sake of all living beings.
• Huan Jin revealed to Jian Chen that he had used the Illusion Dao Law to spread Cang Xu’s reputation and draw cultivators to Spirit Snow Mountain.
• Yao and the gathered cultivators begged Cang Xu to lead them, and Cang Xu agreed to take them in.

Spirit Ruins grew into the universe’s foremost force, prompting the Eight Great Sects to consider joining forces against it. Xuan Yuan and Mei Yao lured Tai Xu away from Spirit Ruins and tried to persuade him to hold back, leaving their request for help hanging.

• Jian Chen and the others helped Cang Xu establish Spirit Ruins, which quickly surpassed the Eight Great Sects in strength and drew beings from across the universe.
• At Miguang Temple, Yu Ya and the other leaders discussed uniting against Spirit Ruins and worried they could not defeat Jian Chen and his companions.
• Xuan Yuan proposed exploiting Tai Xu’s attachment to old bonds, and the group sent him and Mei Yao to approach Tai Xu.
• Xuan Yuan had Xuan Tian bring Tai Xu to a mountain outside Spirit Ruins, where he and Mei Yao greeted him with a feast.
• Xuan Yuan and Mei Yao claimed the other sect leaders excluded them and asked Tai Xu for help, while Tai Xu remained wary of their intentions.

Tai Xu agreed to spare Xuan Yuan and Mei Yao during the war, while Spirit Ruins and the Eight Great Sects fought for years. Xuan Qing emerged from seclusion at the middle stage of Primordial Taiji, transformed Spirit Ruins with his Creation Dao, and left Tai Xu uneasy about his stalled cultivation.

• Xuan Yuan persuaded Tai Xu to go easy on him and Mei Yao, and Mei Yao seduced Tai Xu into agreeing to spare her as well.
• Xuan Yuan left with Mei Yao and Xuan Tian, then the war between Spirit Ruins and the Eight Great Sects dragged on while both sides waited for Xuan Qing or Yuan Cang to act.
• Yao witnessed Xuan Qing's aura erupt from Qing Xuan Hut after Xuan Qing broke through to the middle stage of Primordial Taiji.
• Xuan Qing used the Great Dao of Creation to enrich Spirit Ruins, turning Chaos Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi and causing its inhabitants to enter enlightenment.
• Jian Chen and the others welcomed Xuan Qing's return, while Tai Xu worried that he remained stuck at the Late Stage of Primordial Golden Immortal.

Xuan Qing prepared the Spirit Ruins for war and sent its army against the eight great sects, while he confronted Yuan Cang and his new ally Gui Ying. The battle began across the Vast Universe Great World, and Xuan Qing faced Gui Ying as the latter unleashed the Eerie Great Dao.

• Xuan Qing sealed the Spirit Ruins with laws that suppressed outsiders and gave Yao a medicinal cauldron bearing forty-five Innate Restrictions.
• Xuan Qing ordered Cang Xu, Jian Chen, and the others to attack the eight great sects, while he went to hold Yuan Cang back.
• Yuan Cang returned with allies, and Cang Xu accused the eight sect masters of aiding him and damaging the Vast Universe Great World.
• Yu Ya rallied the eight great sects, and their forces clashed with the Spirit Ruins army as Tai Xu confronted Yu Ya and Jian Chen and the others fought the sect masters.
• Xuan Qing found Yuan Cang alongside Gui Ying at Cang Yuan Mountain and refused Gui Ying's demand to leave the Vast Universe Great World.
• Gui Ying unleashed the Eerie Great Dao against Xuan Qing.

Yuan Cang tricked Tai Xu into accepting his control by promising to cleanse his resentments and help him break through. Meanwhile, Xuan Qing fought Gui Ying in Chaos and revealed his mastery of the Law of Creation as well as the Law of Space.

• Xuan Qing moved his battle with Gui Ying into Chaos at Yuan Cang's request, and Yuan Cang stayed out of their fight.
• Yuan Cang sent Tai Xu Primordial Violet Qi and persuaded him to submit in exchange for a breakthrough, then used it to bind Tai Xu and cleanse his resentments.
• Tai Xu began cultivating to break through, while Yuan Cang ordered the eight fighters to leave him alone.
• Du Chen's group of eight attacked Jian Chen and his companions, who fought them to a standstill as they waited for Tai Xu's breakthrough.
• Gui Ying unleashed his Eerie Great Dao against Xuan Qing, but Xuan Qing's Law of Creation dissolved the attack and alarmed Gui Ying.

Xuan Qing overpowered Gui Ying with the Law of Creation, then seized Yuan Cang from the Vast Universe Great World. He unleashed the Law of Destiny to erase Gui Ying, who called for the Great Commander of Heavenly Prison City as his existence began to collapse.

• Xuan Qing formed a Great World of Creation and hurled it at Gui Ying, weakening him despite Gui Ying blocking the attack.
• Xuan Qing seized Yuan Cang from the Vast Universe Great World and dragged him to Gui Ying.
• Yuan Cang and Gui Ying invoked Heavenly Prison City’s reputation to threaten Xuan Qing, who revealed the Law of Destiny instead of the Law of Creation.
• Xuan Qing’s Law of Destiny unraveled Gui Ying’s cultivation, Great Dao, memories, and karma.
• As Gui Ying neared erasure, he cried out to the Great Commander to save him.

Xuan Qing brought Gui Ying and Yuan Cang to Heavenly Prison City and challenged its master, Jue Cang. Xuan Qing revealed his control over time and space and fought Jue Cang, but the battle left Jue Cang battered without threatening his foundation or life.

• A supreme aura from the depths of Chaos disrupted Xuan Qing's destiny threads, and Jue Cang fixed his gaze on Xuan Qing and Gui Ying.
• Xuan Qing seized Gui Ying and Yuan Cang and carried them to Heavenly Prison City, demanding that Jue Cang come out and die.
• Jue Cang emerged with his bloodstained spear and met Xuan Qing's pressure with the Law of Slaughter.
• Xuan Qing unleashed the Law of Time and Space, startling Jue Cang, who then attacked with a vast torrent of slaughter.
• Xuan Qing and Jue Cang's laws collided above the city, tearing through its defenses and destroying buildings as they battled.
• Xuan Qing trapped and battered Jue Cang with time and space, but Jue Cang's Law of Slaughter and powerful body kept him alive.

Xuan Qing ended his fight with Jue Cang when Jin Shui and other powerful cultivators arrived, then traveled with Jin Shui toward Sin Domain City. After learning about Chaos’s cyclical eras and the city’s history, Xuan Qing revealed that he came from the Prehistoric Era, prompting Jin Shui to recognize it as a Great Dao Forbidden Land.

• Jin Shui and the others arrived at the battlefield, and Xuan Qing and Jue Cang stopped fighting.
• Jin Shui befriended Xuan Qing and led him away from Heavenly Prison City toward Sin Domain City.
• Jin Shui explained how cultivators from past Chaos eras became trapped in Sin Domain City and how Heavenly Prison City arose.
• Xuan Qing reflected that Pangu and the Chaos Demon Gods could be far stronger than the powers in Sin Domain City.
• Jin Shui asked Xuan Qing where he came from, and Xuan Qing said he came from the Prehistoric Era.
• Jin Shui explained that the Primordial World Dao Domain was a Great Dao Forbidden Land where an axe-wielding powerhouse and other figures had killed most explorers.

Xuan Qing entered Sin Domain City with Jin Shui and learned that Chaos Origin Stones could erase the Dao Prison’s mark and let cultivators escape its rules. Yue Ying recognized that Xuan Qing’s stone was unusually pure, but doubted his claim that he had obtained it from a being born of dead Wuji cultivators’ resentment.

• Xuan Qing and Jin Shui arrived at Sin Domain City, where Jin Shui explained that the city’s residents feared the deadly fate of pursuing Wuji and instead sought Primordial Taiji.
• Jin Shui brought Xuan Qing to his Treasure Pavilion, where his wife Yue Ying greeted their guest and led him inside.
• Xuan Qing asked how the pavilion’s wares were traded, and Yue Ying explained that Chaos Origin Stones could erase the Great Dao Prison Suppression Stele’s mark.
• Xuan Qing found an old Chaos Origin Stone in his collection and showed it to Yue Ying, who recognized its exceptional purity.
• Xuan Qing said he had taken the stone from a being born of the resentment of dead Hunyuan Wuji cultivators, but Yue Ying rejected his account.

Xuan Qing learned that pure Chaos Origin Stones came from Fierce Beasts in the Primordial World Dao Domain and promised to help Jin Shui and Yue Ying find more. He then visited the Great Dao Prison Suppression Stele, whose immense power stirred the dormant Immeasurable Law within him.

• Yue Ying and Jin Shui discovered that Xuan Qing’s Chaos Origin Stone was exceptionally pure and asked him about its source.
• Xuan Qing explained that he had obtained the stone by killing a Fierce Beast and offered to look for more when he returned to the Primordial World Dao Domain.
• Jin Shui swore an oath to help Xuan Qing, and the two hosts spent a leisurely period with him in Sin Domain City.
• Xuan Qing asked Jin Shui to take him to the Great Dao Prison Suppression Stele, despite Jin Shui’s fear of approaching it.
• Xuan Qing saw the stele spanning Chaos, and the dormant Immeasurable Law within him awakened and began to resonate with it.

Xuan Qing merged with the Great Dao Prison Suppression Stele and gained profound law insights, but Yu Cangxuan interrupted his enlightenment. Enraged, Xuan Qing unleashed his Supreme Law and struck at Heavenly Prison City.

• The Great Dao Prison Suppression Stele resonated with Xuan Qing, helping him comprehend countless laws and imprinting Dao insights into his soul.
• Yu Cangxuan interrupted Xuan Qing's enlightenment and threatened to destroy his world unless he surrendered.
• Xuan Qing told Jin Shui to leave and declared that Yu Cangxuan was no match for him.
• Xuan Qing unleashed Immeasurable Law in Sin Domain City, shocking Yu Cangxuan with his Supreme Law and his connection to the Prehistoric Era.
• Xuan Qing shattered Sin Domain City's barrier, appeared above Heavenly Prison City, and summoned a colossal Heavenly Blade to annihilate it.

Xuan Qing devastated Heavenly Prison City with the Immeasurable Law, but as he launched a second strike, the Time and Space Dao Patterns binding him shattered and dragged him into the River of Time and Space. With Xuan Qing gone, Jin Shui was left in the ruined city as Mo Ya approached Yu Cangxuan.

• Yu Cangxuan used Heavenly Prison City's restrictions, grand formation, and accumulated prison-path power to barely block Xuan Qing's first strike, leaving the city in ruins and its people gravely wounded.
• Three peak Primordial Taiji Golden Immortals and other experts arrived, recoiled from Xuan Qing's power, and learned from Jin Shui that he knew him.
• Xuan Qing began a second, stronger attack with an Order Heavenly Sword, but his Time and Space Dao Patterns shattered and the River of Time and Space pulled him away before the strike landed.
• Yu Cangxuan and the gathered experts stared at the empty Chaos while Jin Shui wondered where Xuan Qing had gone.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu explained the Supreme Law to Jin Shui, and the other experts left Heavenly Prison City.
• Mo Ya mocked Jin Shui over Xuan Qing's disappearance and walked toward Yu Cangxuan.

Xuan Qing returned from the River of Time and Space to Spirit Ruins, where he learned that Tai Xu, Du Chen, and the others had killed Jian Chen and his companions. Yao led him to the Dao Field, where Jian Chen had left behind three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures surrounding a fragment of Supreme Destiny.

• Jin Shui fled from Yu Cangxuan, who wondered whether to send more people to Huan Yu World.
• The River of Time and Space carried Xuan Qing toward his original time and space, and he saw Pangu’s Law of Creation traveling upstream before he returned to Spirit Ruins.
• Xuan Qing reunited with Yao and learned that Tai Xu, Du Chen, and the others had killed Jian Chen and his companions.
• Xuan Qing’s fury released a pressure across Spirit Ruins, prompting Xuan Tian and Mo Yuan to flee and warn the Saints.
• Yao led Xuan Qing and the others to his Dao Field, where they found three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures circling a fragment of Supreme Destiny.

Xuan Qing reunited with Jian Chen and his other disciples, restored their bodies, and learned how Tai Xu and the mysterious fragment had driven them from the Dao Field. He planned to transfer control of Huan Yu to Li Wanxing, then appeared outside Spirit Ruins, where Mo Yuan threatened him despite Xuan Tian recognizing him as the Dao Venerable.

• Xuan Qing merged the fragment of Supreme Destiny with the fragment within him and opened a passage from the River of Great Dao.
• Jian Chen and his two companions returned to Huan Yu, where Xuan Qing used the Law of Creation to restore their Primordial Spirits and Dao bodies.
• Huan Jin explained how Tai Xu's betrayal and the fragment had forced the three disciples into battle, and Xuan Qing learned that Yuan Cang had never returned.
• Xuan Qing surveyed Huan Yu and told Li Wanxing to prepare Spirit Domain to take control of the world.
• Xuan Qing and the others appeared before Xuan Tian and Mo Yuan outside Spirit Ruins, where Jian Chen identified Xuan Tian as Tai Xu's lackey and Mo Yuan threatened them.

Xuan Qing returned to Huan Yu and erased Tai Xu for betraying him, while Yao dealt with the Immortal and Demonic Realms and Xuan Qing restored a measure of hope to Huan Yu. As the battle between Jian Chen and the other two and the eight Saints continued in Chaos, Qin sent them the World-Destroying Black Lotus to turn the fight in their favor.

• Xuan Qing pulled the Void Great Hall and its occupants from the Outer Domain Sea into Huan Yu, then confronted Tai Xu over his betrayal.
• Tai Xu begged for mercy and blamed others, but Xuan Qing erased him and his memories from Chaos.
• Xuan Qing left Jian Chen and the other two to settle their karma with Du Chen and the other seven Saints in Chaos, while Yao killed the Immortal and Demonic Realms' higher-ups.
• Xuan Qing used a ray of creation light to help restore Huan Yu's Origin, then returned to the Spirit Domain with Qin and Qing Xu and sent Qin to investigate Heavenly Prison City.
• As Jian Chen and the other two struggled against the eight Saints, Qin sent the World-Destroying Black Lotus into Chaos, empowering them with the Law of World Destruction.

After helping eliminate the eight Saints, Xuan Qing returned to Earth Star with Qing Xu and met Ye Hei, another transmigrator seeking help against the Plateau and the Weird Ancestors. Xuan Qing learned about Ye Hei’s enemies and considered how the Dao Sacrificial realm compared to the Saint realm.

• Jian Chen and the others used the Immeasurable Law to extract the eight fallen Saints’ True Spirits from the World Origin, turning them into nourishment for the universe.
• After arranging matters in the world, Xuan Qing and Qing Xu crossed the Milky Way’s spacetime barrier and entered Earth Star.
• Ye Hei noticed Xuan Qing approaching through space, then met him aboard a cruise ship and learned his name and that he had transmigrated to the Prehistoric Era.
• Ye Hei asked Xuan Qing to take him along and explained that he needed help against the Plateau and the Weird Ancestors, whom he and Shi Hao could not defeat.
• Xuan Qing assessed Ye Hei’s perfected Primordial Origin Golden Immortal cultivation and estimated that the Dao Sacrificial realm was likely comparable to the Saint or Primordial Chaos Great Luo realm.

After returning to Earth Star, Xuan Qing reunited with his parents, who had spent years grieving his disappearance. He settled back into the home and memories he had left behind, while Qing Xu witnessed the reunion.

• Xuan Qing promised Ye Hei that he and Qing Xu would visit Ye Hei's world after finishing their business on Earth Star.
• Xuan Qing and Qing Xu visited the hospital where he had transmigrated and found lingering traces of spacetime and Supreme Destiny in his old ward.
• Xuan Qing located his parents and hesitated at their door until Qing Xu knocked for him.
• Xuan Qing's father recognized him, and Xuan Qing told him he had returned; his mother then embraced him and wept with joy.
• Xuan Qing explored his unchanged home and old room, explaining that its ordinary belongings mattered because they preserved his memories and humanity.
• Qin Yun noticed Qing Xu on the desk and asked whether it was Xuan Qing's pet.