Recaps

Xiao Xuan helped Zhang Wuji defeat the sects’ attackers, then lived through the founding of the Ming dynasty before entering a new world and becoming entangled in Li Xingyun’s struggle over the Tang restoration. The arc ended with Li Xingyun announcing his plan to take the throne and leading his allies into the Dragon Spring Treasure.

• Xiao Xuan helped Zhang Wuji defeat the six sects’ leaders at Bright Summit, exposed the imperial court’s plan to destroy the sects, and led the martial artists to join the Ming Cult against the ambush.
• Xiao Xuan returned to Wudang, helped Zhang Sanfeng defend the mountain from Zhao Min, and watched Zhang Wuji defeat her three retainers with Taiji.
• Xiao Xuan fought for the Ming rebels near Yingtian, and Zhu Yuanzhang later founded the Great Ming dynasty before Xiao Xuan spent decades on Wudang and outlived his companions.
• Xiao Xuan left his old world and awoke as a child in a new one, where he joined the Bad People, trained at the Sword Hut, and eventually left Mount Qingcheng to travel.
• Xiao Xuan befriended Zhang Xuanling, helped him recover his memories, and later confronted Yuan Tiangang to secure Yang Shuzi’s life and earn Yuan’s respect.
• Xiao Xuan killed Zhu Yougui after Zhu Yougui framed Li Xingyun for the palace murders, then urged Li Xingyun to choose his own path rather than claim the throne for Yuan Tiangang’s sake.
• Li Xingyun chose to travel among the people before restoring Great Tang, while Xiao Xuan returned to Mount Qingcheng, founded the Zhengxuan Dao, and trained nine children as disciples.
• Li Xingyun announced that he would ascend the throne in Luoyang in half a year, gained the feudal lords’ support, and led the group into the Dragon Spring Treasure after opening its entrance with his blood.

Xiao Xuan rebuilt his strength and influence while hiding his abilities amid the princes’ struggle for power. When Xiao Chuhe returned to Tianqi, Xiao Xuan intervened in the succession crisis and confronted Luo Qingyang, then revealed Xiao Yu’s schemes before departing to help Wuxin.

• Li Xingyun restored the Great Tang, while Xiao Xuan helped establish its government before retiring to seclusion and later being carried away by two merged pieces of metal.
• Reborn as a child in Northern Li, Xiao Xuan hid his strength, arranged a secret double in Apocalypse City, and traveled the martial world, teaching Xiao Chuhe the Nine Yang Manual.
• Xiao Xuan met Mo Yi at the East Sea, returned to Apocalypse City, and recruited Xiao En and Jinxian while remaining entangled in the princes’ rivalry.
• After four years of seclusion, Xiao Xuan recovered his former peak strength as Xiao Chuhe returned to Apocalypse City and hosted a banquet attended by rival princes and their allies.
• At Tang Lian’s funeral banquet, Xiao Xuan debated Xiao Chuhe about ruling as the Langya Army entered the palace and Xiao Lingchen rejected the Dragon-Sealing Edict.
• Xiao Xuan refused Xiao Ruojin’s offer of the throne, then watched Luo Qingyang defeat Yan Zhantian and battle Peerless before intervening to save Peerless.
• Xiao Xuan stopped Luo Qingyang from striking the Mingde Emperor and pulled him out of qi deviation, after which Consort Xuan left with Luo Qingyang.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Chuhe that Xiao Yu had poisoned the emperor and used the Medicine-Puppet Technique on Consort Xuan, then offered to cure Wuxin and departed.

Xiao Xuan left his royal position to pursue cultivation, then entered Xu Xuan’s life in Northern Liang and helped guide the Xu family through succession, training, and political dangers. The arc ended with Xiao Xuan sealing Heaven’s Gate, receiving the Wang family, and meeting Zhang Fuyao over Go and the Confucian Way.

• After the Mingde Emperor died, Xiao Chuhe refused the throne and Xiao Chong became emperor while Xiao Xuan retired to cultivate with Yin Luoxia.
• Xiao Xuan later passed the Heavenly Tribulation on Yingzhou, formed a golden particle in his dantian, and set out across Shenzhou under a new identity as Xu Xuan.
• Xu Xuan refused to become Northern Liang’s heir and guided his younger siblings, then traveled with Xu Zhihu and Xu Weibear before reuniting with Xu Fengnian and telling him to inherit Northern Liang.
• Xu Xuan helped Xu Fengnian train, welcomed Nangong Pushe into Tide-Watching Pavilion, and exposed the plot against Lin Tanhua before helping him take the identity Lü Qiantang.
• Xu Fengnian discovered the hall of Northern Liang’s fallen generals, learned about his mother Wu Su’s death, and left for Tai’an City with Li Chungang and his companions while Xu Xiao went ahead.
• Xu Xuan forged the Heavenly Sword from Strange Iron, opened Heaven’s Gate, killed the Immortals within, and sealed the gate as powerful martial artists witnessed his display.
• Xiao Xuan welcomed Wang Linquan’s family to Northern Liang and arranged for Wang Linquan to help manage its finances while leaving Xu Zhihu’s hopes for a match with Wang Chudong undecided.
• Xiao Xuan watched Nangong Pushe lose to Jia Jiajia, then played Go with Zhang Fuyao and earned his recognition as a teacher behind Xu’s strong Go skills.

Xiao Xuan advanced beyond the Land Immortal realm, then entered the Haotian World and spent years studying its cultivation paths while helping people and guiding Ning Que. The arc left Ning Que named Fuzi’s thirteenth disciple, with Xiao Xuan at the Academy as the new student arrived.

• Xiao Xuan broke through to the Land Immortal realm after Xuanyuan Jingcheng’s death, then traveled to Martial Emperor City to witness Li Chungang’s duel with Wang Xianzhi and discussed cultivation with the great masters.
• Xiao Xuan survived a heavenly tribulation to form a golden core, returned to Northern Liang, and brought Wen Hua to Xu Xiao, predicting his potential to become a Land Immortal.
• Xiao Xuan later sealed the Heavenly Gate and vanished from the mortal world, then returned to reunite with Xu Fengnian’s family and gave them a map to the island continent he had made in the East Sea.
• Xiao Xuan crossed into the Haotian World, studied its cultivation system, earned the name Medical Saint, and became an instructor while opening a clinic in Chang’an.
• Xiao Xuan studied the Heavenly Books and Orthodox Profound Scripture, advised Ye Hongyu on her cultivation, and later met Ning Que and recognized Sang Sang as Haotian’s incarnation.
• Xiao Xuan lent Ning Que the Orthodox Profound Scripture and offered him paths into the Tang court, the Divine Talisman Academy, or the Academy, then gave him a recommendation after Ning Que chose the Academy.
• Xiao Xuan returned to Chang’an, cultivated for a century inside Xuankong Temple’s Chessboard World, and reunited with Ning Que as Yan Se took Ning Que as his disciple.
• Ning Que passed the Academy’s trials ahead of Long Qing, became Fuzi’s thirteenth disciple, and met Xiao Xuan at the summit before fainting when Chen Pipi patted him.