Recaps

Xu Yi outmaneuvered Xu Hongsheng, became Deputy Palace Master of the Big Dipper Palace, and left Chen Tingjun’s leadership of Reverse Star Palace. After proving himself at the Primal Plains Gathering, he was installed as Palace Master and uncovered a new way to view the Immaculate Wonderful Tree.

• Xu Yi exchanged the Ruyi Pearl for Profound Yellow resources, completed the two golden spheres in his life wheel, and returned to Kongming Prefecture, where Xu Hongsheng surrounded the island after Chen Fanghai’s death was announced.
• Xu Yi seized Fang Zhongping, exposed his plot against Xu Yi’s Big Brother, and escaped Xu Hongsheng’s forces with the three magistrates before fleeing with Li Tieya and the Starry Sky Pirates.
• Xu Hongsheng accused Xue Xiang of colluding with outside enemies, but Ning Wuyou had him and Cao Hong arrested for Chen Fanghai’s murder, while Xu Yi revealed himself to Ning Wuyou and recognized her as Xue Zihan.
• Xu Yi broke the five judges’ formation in less than one breath and became Deputy Palace Master of the Big Dipper Palace, then used new transfer orders to end their resistance to his reforms.
• Xu Yi left Reverse Star Palace after Chen Tingjun took over, and Chen resigned when he found the central government unable to collect revenue under Xu Yi’s fixed-quota system.
• The three Saints backed Xu Yi for leadership of Reverse Star Palace, and Xu Yi attended the Primal Plains Gathering, where he defeated Luo Jia and survived Cao Mengqi’s attacks.
• Xu Yi received the Palace Master’s seal and appointment at Funing Palace, then used the Sky-Illuminating Mirror and the Spirit Calming Technique to reveal the full image of his own Immaculate Wonderful Tree.

Xu Yi survived the Chen family’s trap, helped Big Dipper Palace and Reverse Star Palace defeat Peng Huizu, and took charge of rebuilding Starry Sky Prefecture. After strengthening his cultivation and restoring ties with Ning Wuyou, he was promoted to Palace Lord, then faced a public challenge over his appointment.

• Xu Yi escaped Peng Huizu’s ambush after killing Chen Bingjun, then joined Ning Wuyou and Suijie in planning an attack on Starry Sky Prefecture.
• Xu Yi and the allied forces defeated Peng Huizu’s army with help from the Wuyuan Witch clan and a beast tide, and Xu Yi captured Peng Huizu’s life wheel.
• Xu Yi claimed nearly two hundred Profound Yellow Towers, negotiated his appointment as acting Prefect Judge, and returned to rebuild Starry Sky Prefecture.
• Xu Yi made the Triangular Forbidden Zone his territory, discovered that its Vortex Fields purified Profound Yellow Fiend Qi, and learned to refine the pure qi into beads.
• Xu Yi reunited with Ning Wuyou, learned that she was Xue Zihan, and exchanged Profound Yellow Beads and a secret purification method with her.
• After years of cultivation and managing the region, Xu Yi traveled to Three Pure Ones Mountain for the Yonghe Grand Ceremony.
• Song Zhendong announced Xu Yi’s promotion to Palace Lord of Starry Sky Palace, but He Beiyi warned that the appointment was a trap.
• Xu Yi accepted the Gold Register despite protests, and Chen Taichong challenged his fitness for the post before Xu Yi asked Song Zhendong to remove him.

Xu Yi survived challenges to his appointment, reunited with Yan Zi, and returned to the Starry Sky Palace as its Palace Lord. He entered the Kunlun trial to protect Ning Wuyou and amassed points by hunting Gold-level Calamity Demons as another round of teleportation approached.

• Xu Yi defeated Chen Taichong and Pudu Heavenly Monarch, then killed Wu Xiuxian after the Shangyang Bell struck him down.
• Xu Yi’s appointment was vetoed, but he demonstrated his breakthrough, returned to Empty Island, and confirmed Yi Bingwei and Yu Zixuan were safe.
• Xu Yi helped cleanse Xu Yanzhi of baleful intent, restoring her as Yan Zi, and later accepted reinstatement as Palace Lord of the Starry Sky Palace.
• Xu Yi learned that the Kunlun Gathering would decide the allocation of Spirit Stabilizing Seeds and accepted a Kunlun Order to enter the trial world.
• Xu Yi entered the trial as Xue Xiang, found Ning Wuyou surrounded by cultivators, and helped her organize a defense against a demon tide.
• Xu Yi appeared when Li Ming pressured Ning Wuyou, declared that they were in love, and killed Li Ming and half of the Thirteen Friends of Mang Mountain.
• Xu Yi revealed his identity to Ning Wuyou and used the Mysterious Yellow Transformation Technique and Ancestral Buddha’s True Intent to hunt nine Gold-level Calamity Demons.
• The Kunlun Order announced another round of teleportation, and Ning Wuyou suspected the committee meant to separate the groups competing for demons.

Xu Yi won the World Tree Seed and Longevity Sword, reunited with Ning Wuyou, and later learned she was to marry Wang Guanyuan. He gathered allies and returned to the Northern Court as their ceremony began.

• Xu Yi passed the trials, survived Chen Qingbei and Old Demon Daoyi’s trap, and joined the scramble for the World Tree Seed.
• Xu Nimo seized the final seed and defeated the gathered cultivators, but Xu Yi absorbed Ming Zhenkui’s Witch Spirit as the Longevity Sword’s will turned toward him.
• Xu Yi used the Longevity Sword to defeat Xu Nimo, then escaped with the World Tree Seed and later found the sword hanging at his Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Aspect.
• Xu Yi claimed first place in the trials and reunited with Ning Wuyou, who resigned as Female Saint and declared she would become his Dao companion.
• Xu Yi burned Wang Guanyuan after he tried to separate them, then left Ning Wuyou in seclusion while Xiong Bei Ming warned him of Wang’s powerful great-uncle.
• Xu Yi advanced to the Gold Domain, learned Ning Wuyou was to marry Wang Guanyuan, and accepted the Immortal Mechanism Ball before Auspicious Duck’s final farewell.
• Xu Yi and his allies gathered Profound Yellow Fiend, and Huang Mei chose to return to Xu Yi’s Starry Sky Ring and accompany him.
• Xu Yi disguised himself as Xue Xiang and entered Qiyu Palace, where Shishui announced Ning Wuyou and Wang Guanyuan’s Daoist bond as Xu Yi watched her vacant expression.