Recaps

Ren Xiaoyao secretly advanced his cultivation while defending the Imperial Observatory from assassins, succession schemes, and martial-world challengers. After destroying seven powerful attackers to save Li Chunfeng, he learned that Xiao Qingfeng was targeting the Observatory and that legendary fighters would soon gather to attack it.

• Ren Xiaoyao killed Lian Wanhe, who had come to assassinate him, and Li Chunfeng concealed Ren Xiaoyao’s role in the fight.
• Ren Xiaoyao refused the Director’s offer of martial arts training and Li Chunfeng’s offer of the Great Evolution Tome, then cultivated until he surpassed them in strength.
• Ren Xiaoyao secretly helped Li Chunfeng defeat Yuan Tiangang and later killed Dugu Jian through Li Chunfeng, leading the martial world to believe Li Chunfeng had reached the Heavenly Human Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao rejected Princess Taiping’s effort to recruit him and helped Li Chunfeng kill Zhao Luoxia when Zhao led martial artists against the Imperial Observatory.
• Ren Xiaoyao intervened when Meng Zhongwu, the Five Elements Venerables, and the Old Demon Lord attacked Li Chunfeng, killing all seven and erasing the battlefield with Blazing Fire Burns the World.
• Ying Huai warned Li Chunfeng that powerful martial artists were gathering to seize Yao Luochen’s Ten-thousand-year Ginseng, while the Empress chose to consolidate her authority instead of competing for it.
• Liu Ruyan told Ren Xiaoyao that Xiao Qingfeng had taken control of the Dragon Capturing Organization and was targeting Li Chunfeng’s complete Great Evolution Tome, with legendary figures expected to attack the Imperial Observatory within three days.

Ren Xiaoyao advanced in power, uncovered Ren Xuanji’s role in his mother’s death, and repeatedly thwarted the Empress and Qianqiu Pavilion. After rescuing Luo Mengxian and defeating the palace’s attackers, he returned to Fulong Mountain as a Heavenly Tribulation gathered.

• Ren Xiaoyao absorbed the Ten-thousand-year Ginseng’s energy, endured a Heavenly Tribulation, and advanced to Dao Realm Fifth Heaven before killing Xiao Qingfeng and the gathered martial artists with the Great Sun Divine Sword.
• Ren Xiaoyao killed Elder Tang and Yuan Tiangang, then protected Ying Huai from the Empress’s Four Great Royal Princes and defeated them with a single punch.
• Ren Xiaoyao rescued Tantai Pudu from Shi Jiuchong, destroyed the Blood Gu threatening the Capital City, and tortured Ren Xuanji to death after learning he had poisoned Luo Mengshen and Ren Xiaoyao.
• Luo Mengxian arrived with Liu Ruyan and invited Ren Xiaoyao to inherit Qianqiu Pavilion’s Holy Son Position, but he refused and later forced Wine Daoist to serve as his hidden agent.
• Ren Xiaoyao rushed to the Imperial Palace and rescued Luo Mengxian from the Empress, the Purple Robe Elder, and the Evil King, killing them and the surrounding Martial Saints.
• Ren Xiaoyao spared the Empress, while Luo Mengxian and Liu Ruyan beat her before leaving, and the Empress ordered Phoenix to conceal the battle and Taiping to make Blood Pills.
• Ren Xiaoyao absorbed the spiritual energy of Three Thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones over ten days and awaited the Heavenly Tribulation gathering above Fulong Mountain.

Ren Xiaoyao stopped the Empress’s blood sacrifice, killed her and the Blood Ancestor, and learned more about his connection to the Mandate of Heaven. He then traveled to Great Zhou for the newborn Qilin, where the Sword Master seized control of the gathering and Ren Xiaoyao challenged him.

• Ren Xiaoyao completed his tribulation, reached Dao Realm Sixth Heaven, and chose the Immortal Dao as the crisis in Youzhou unfolded.
• Ren Xiaoyao defeated Huangfu Chaoxiong, Princess Taiping, and the Blood Demon, then helped clear the remaining Blood Gu forces from Youzhou.
• Ren Xiaoyao subdued Li Baishou, learned about the dynasties beyond Great Gan, and later acquired the Chang Sheng Dao Seed from Dongfang Changkong’s Ageless Spring Technique.
• Ren Xiaoyao killed Sima Chengfeng at Water Moon Valley and learned that Luo Mengshen had transferred the Mandate of Heaven to him at birth.
• Ren Xiaoyao destroyed the Blood Sect forces in the Imperial Palace and killed the Empress and Phoenix, after which Li Chengyin took the Son of Heaven Position.
• Ren Xiaoyao traveled with Li Baishou to Boundless Mountain for the Kirin Grand Gathering, where Dugu Chong was forced to kneel and apologize.
• Duan Qingyu and Cui Junhui fought over the Mandate of Heaven, but the Sword Master arrived, gravely wounded Duan Qingyu, and claimed the Mandate for himself.
• Ren Xiaoyao challenged the Sword Master after the gathered experts fell silent.

Ren Xiaoyao advanced to the Dao Realm Seventh Heaven, defeated the Great Chu Sword Immortal, and uncovered plots against Great Gan’s fortune and his own life. At Qianqiu Pavilion, he rejected Dongfang Mingyue and confronted the Luo Family, while Jiang Haochen’s bid to seize the pavilion erupted at the birthday banquet.

• Ren Xiaoyao defeated the Sword Master at Boundless Mountain, killed Cui Junhui, secured the newborn Qilin, and left Great Zhou with Li Baishou.
• Ren Xiaoyao reached the Dao Realm Seventh Heaven on Fulong Mountain, then killed the Great Chu Sword Immortal and received the Purple Gold Fortune Gourd.
• Ren Xiaoyao uncovered Huangfu Aotian’s theft of Great Gan’s national fortune, killed him, and learned that Jiang Haochen had become linked to him as a Fortune’s Chosen.
• Ren Xiaoyao traveled to Qianqiu Pavilion with Liu Ruyan, survived Ren Ruohai’s assassination plot, and learned Luo Yunxuan had targeted him because of a planned marriage alliance with Dongfang Mingyue.
• At Qianqiu Pavilion, Ren Xiaoyao rejected Dongfang Mingyue and accused Luo Yunxuan of ordering his assassination, then Duan Qingyu killed Luo Yunxuan in his defense.
• At the Luo Family Ancestor’s birthday banquet, Wan Kai demanded that Ren Xiaoyao kneel, but Duan Qingyu broke his legs and Linghu Haoxuan killed him after recognizing Ren Xiaoyao.
• The Luo Family Ancestor offered Ren Xiaoyao the position of family heir, but Ren Xiaoyao rebuked him and demanded the family’s obedience.
• Huangfu Yuxiang announced his plan to seize Qianqiu Pavilion, summoned Jiang Zun, and watched him arrive as dark clouds and fierce winds destroyed the hall’s roof.