Recaps

Xuande carefully removed the Enlightenment Tea Tree from its grotto-heaven with its Golden Soil intact, then crafted a set of teaware infused with the soil’s Dao Charm. He stored both treasures in his sleeve’s Qiankun and left the grotto-heaven.

• Xuande examined the Enlightenment Tea Tree and determined that its roots needed to remain with the Golden Soil.
• Xuande used Merit Golden Light to extract the tea tree and about a yard of Golden Soil, then replanted it in a Jade Flowerpot and watered it with Three Light Divine Water.
• Xuande gathered the leftover Golden Soil and combined it with Warm Jade, Innate Purple Bamboo, Shouyang Mountain Copper Essence, and other materials using Merit Flame.
• Xuande crafted a teapot, seven teacups, and a tea tray, forming a High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure set.
• Xuande stored the teaware and Enlightenment Tea Tree in his sleeve’s Qiankun, looked around the grotto-heaven, and left.

Xuande returned to Buzhou Mountain as a Quasi-Saint to climb higher and contemplate Pangu’s lingering aura. He reached the mountainside, where Fuxi invited him into the restriction to talk, and Xuande entered to meet Fuxi and Nuwa.

• After leaving Mount Wuyi, Xuande decided to revisit Buzhou Mountain and test how far he could climb with his current cultivation.
• Xuande reached Buzhou Mountain and climbed on foot, enduring the growing pressure while contemplating Pangu’s Dao and legacy.
• Xuande passed the point where he had stopped on his previous climb and saw the Innate Restriction that concealed Nuwa and Fuxi’s dwelling.
• Fuxi opened the restriction and invited Xuande inside for a chat, and Xuande entered the familiar bamboo grove.

Xuande visited Fuxi and Nuwa on Buzhou Mountain and shared Innate Enlightenment Tea brewed with Nuwa’s Three Light Divine Water. After the tea deepened their insights and brought Nuwa close to severing her second corpse, Xuande left to continue climbing toward the mountain’s summit.

• Xuande met Fuxi and Nuwa at their cottage, where they discussed their improved cultivation.
• Xuande showed Fuxi and Nuwa his Purple Jade tea set and leaves from the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Xuande brewed the tea with Nuwa’s Three Light Divine Water and shared it with Fuxi and Nuwa.
• Nuwa gained insight into her Creation Dao and glimpsed the threshold of severing her second corpse, while Fuxi deepened his Deduction Dao.
• Xuande said farewell to Fuxi and Nuwa and set off from halfway up Buzhou Mountain to continue climbing toward its summit.

Xuande climbed Buzhou Mountain through Pangu’s immense pressure and crossed the Chaos Wind with the protection of his Merit Golden Light and two lotuses. At the summit, he received a vision of Pangu creating the world and transforming into the Primordial Wilderness.

• Xuande used Merit Golden Light and the World-Purifying White Lotus to withstand the mountain’s pressure, then summoned the Destruction Black Lotus as the climb grew harder.
• Xuande combined the protection of all three treasures and forced his way through the Chaos Wind to reach Buzhou Mountain’s summit.
• Xuande felt Pangu’s Pressure vanish and gained an understanding of height while looking down over the Primordial Wilderness.
• A vast ancient aura enveloped Xuande and showed him Chaos, Pangu’s awakening, and the creation of heaven and earth.
• Xuande saw Pangu fall and transform into the sun, moon, rivers, mountains, and other parts of the world, including Buzhou Mountain from his spine.

After witnessing Pangu’s deeds, Xuande clarified his Dao and severed his Good Corpse, advancing to Mid-Quasi-Saint. As he descended Buzhou Mountain, he discovered a hidden Innate Restriction that might contain a legendary treasure.

• Xuande resolved to follow a Dao of merit, Purity, and bearing burdens after seeing Pangu’s creation and transformation.
• Xuande used the World-Purifying White Lotus to sever his Good Corpse, which merged into the lotus and returned to him as a compassionate double.
• Xuande broke through to Mid-Quasi-Saint and consolidated his cultivation atop Buzhou Mountain.
• Xuande descended the mountain and detected a concealed Innate Restriction within it.
• Xuande recalled that the restriction might hold the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus or the Four Symbols Banana Tree, and hurried toward it.

Xuande comprehended the Four Symbols restriction, gained the Innate Four Symbols Grand Formation, and discovered the Four Symbols Banana Tree inside. He planned to transplant it onto the Western Earth Veins to speed their recovery.

• Xuande recognized that the restriction contained the Four Symbols Banana Tree and studied its Four Symbols Power instead of breaking through by force.
• After years of contemplation, Xuande rearranged the restriction's four-colored lights and dissolved the Chaos-like mist.
• Xuande gained the Innate Four Symbols Grand Formation and entered the grotto-heaven.
• Xuande found the complete Four Symbols Banana Tree, whose four leaves were Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Xuande realized the tree could regulate earth, water, wind, and fire and planned to use it to nourish the Western Earth Veins.

Xuande carefully removed the Four Symbols Banana Tree from Buzhou Mountain and set off for Mount Sumeru, planning to use it to restore the West's Earth Veins. Before leaving the mountain, he congratulated Nuwa on reaching Mid-Quasi-Saint and urged her and Fuxi to climb to Buzhou Mountain's summit.

• Xuande extracted the Four Symbols Banana Tree intact, replanted it in a Jade Flowerpot, and revived it with Three Light Divine Water.
• Xuande considered planting the tree on Mount Sumeru's main Earth Vein to speed the West's recovery and increase its Spiritual Energy.
• Xuande discovered that Nuwa had severed her Evil Corpse and reached Mid-Quasi-Saint, and exchanged congratulations with her and Fuxi.
• Xuande told Nuwa and Fuxi about Pangu's insights at Buzhou Mountain's summit and encouraged them to climb there themselves.
• Xuande left Buzhou Mountain and flew toward the West to return to Mount Sumeru.

Xuande returned to Mount Sumeru after breaking through to the Mid-Quasi-Saint realm and told Jieyin and Zhunti about the treasures he found, especially the Four Symbols Banana Tree. He set out for Wuzhuang Temple to ask Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun to help transplant it, and arrived to find the two surprised by his breakthrough.

• Xuande returned to Mount Sumeru and told Jieyin and Zhunti that he had severed his Good Corpse and reached the Mid-Quasi-Saint realm.
• Xuande recounted finding the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin, the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and the Four Symbols Banana Tree during his journey.
• Xuande explained that the Four Symbols Banana Tree could accelerate the recovery of the Western Earth Veins and warned that transplanting it required great care.
• Xuande proposed asking Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun to help transplant the tree, then left Mount Sumeru for Wuzhuang Temple.
• Xuande arrived at Wuzhuang Temple, where Zhenyuanzi and Hongyun greeted him and learned of his breakthrough.

Xuande enlisted Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun to help transplant the Four Symbols Banana Tree to Mount Sumeru and restore the West's Earth Veins. The five chose a site on the mountain's main vein, completed their preparations, and Xuande brought out the tree to begin the transplant.

• Xuande asked Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun to help transplant the Four Symbols Banana Tree, and both agreed.
• Xuande, Zhenyuanzi, and Hong Yun traveled to Mount Sumeru, where Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed them.
• The five discussed the transplant and surveyed Mount Sumeru's main vein for a suitable site.
• Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun judged a secluded valley at the central node of the main vein suitable for the tree.
• The five spent several days planning how to protect the roots, prepare the soil, and connect the tree's Four Symbols Power to the Earth Veins.
• After the preparations were complete, Xuande took the Four Symbols Banana Tree from his sleeve, filling the valley with its four-colored light.

Xuande and his companions planted the Four Symbols Banana Tree at Mount Sumeru’s Earth Vein junction, with Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi guiding its roots. The tree took root and sent its four-colored light across Mount Sumeru, enriching the land and its Spiritual Energy.

• Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun marveled at the Four Symbols Banana Tree, and Xuande invited Hong Yun to visit Mount Sumeru to study beneath it.
• Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed Hong Yun, and Zhenyuanzi chose the valley’s Earth Vein junction as the planting site.
• Zhenyuanzi used the Earth Scroll to prepare a protected pit and laid Essence of Innate Wutu at its bottom.
• Xuande lowered the tree into the pit while Hong Yun guided its roots with Four Symbols Power and Zhenyuanzi connected them to Mount Sumeru’s Earth Vein.
• The tree’s roots fully merged with the Earth Vein, and its four-colored radiance spread across Mount Sumeru, making plants flourish and Spiritual Energy grow richer.

Xuande and his companions successfully transplanted the Four Symbols Banana Tree to Mount Sumeri, then Xuande brewed Enlightenment Tea for the group. Hong Yun drank a cup and gained a profound new understanding of the Four Symbols Dao.

• Xuande thanked Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun for helping transplant the Four Symbols Banana Tree, and invited Hong Yun to study its Dao on Mount Sumeri.
• Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed Hong Yun, who promised to visit after taking care of matters at home.
• Xuande brought out leaves from the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree and brewed them with Three Light Divine Water using Merit Flame.
• Hong Yun drank his tea and experienced a sudden surge of insight into the Four Symbols Dao, saying one sip was worth tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

Xuande and Zhenyuanzi established a tea garden on Mount Sumeru, and Xuande gave Hong Yun Enlightenment Tea Tree branches and the Innate Four Symbols Grand Formation. Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun departed for Wuzhuang Temple, while Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru.

• Xuande asked Zhenyuanzi to find a suitable place on Mount Sumeru for his tea trees, and Zhenyuanzi selected a sunny, sheltered mountain with fertile soil, clear springs, and mild spiritual energy.
• Xuande, Zhenyuanzi, and Hong Yun planted the Innate Enlightenment Tea Tree and over a hundred other tea trees, completing the garden after several days.
• Xuande proposed propagating tea trees from branches and gave Zhenyuanzi cuttings to plant at Wuzhuang Temple.
• Xuande gave Hong Yun Enlightenment Tea Tree branches and the Innate Four Symbols Grand Formation, which Hong Yun accepted and found compatible with his Four Symbols Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun said farewell to Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then departed for Wuzhuang Temple.

Xuande welcomed Wuzhen back to Spirit Spring Valley after his breakthrough to the early stage of Daluo Golden Immortal and agreed to let him travel east. He sent Wuzhen first to Buzhou Mountain with the Twelve-Petal World-Purifying White Lotus, then secluded himself to comprehend and refine the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin.

• Wuzhen returned to Spirit Spring Valley and told Xuande he had reached the early stage of Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Wuzhen asked to travel through the Primordial Wilderness, and Xuande directed him to visit Lady Nuwa and True Person Fuxi at Buzhou Mountain before exploring the East.
• Xuande lent Wuzhen the Twelve-Petal World-Purifying White Lotus for protection and identification, and Wuzhen departed for Buzhou Mountain.
• Xuande entered his cave dwelling and immersed his consciousness in the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to study its Dao of wealth.
• Xuande refined the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin and learned it could bring down spiritual treasures, though not Innate Supreme Treasures and at great cost in mana.

Xuande searched the East Sea for the Three Immortal Islands to strengthen the West, but found no trace of them. He accepted the East Sea Dragon King Ao Yuan’s invitation to the Dragon Palace, formed friendly ties with the Dragon Clan, and then returned west.

• Xuande left Mount Sumeru and searched the East Sea for the Three Immortal Islands, but found nothing after many years.
• Ao Yuan, Dragon King of the East Sea, approached Xuande and invited him to visit the Dragon Palace.
• Xuande accepted Ao Yuan’s invitation and traveled with him to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Yuan introduced his son Ao Guang, whom Xuande praised for his solid foundation and bearing.
• Xuande spoke with Ao Yuan about restoring the West, and Ao Yuan offered the Dragon Clan’s help if Xuande ever needed it.
• After the banquet, Xuande departed the Dragon Palace and flew west, considering the Dragon Clan a potential ally for the West.

Xuande returned to Mount Sumeru and told Jieyin and Zhunti about his failed search for the Three Immortal Islands in the East Sea. They realized the islands might drift among the Four Seas and split up to search; Xuande reached the North Sea, where Kunpeng secretly watched him as he began his search.

• Xuande returned to Mount Sumeru and explained that he had searched the East Sea for the Three Immortal Islands without finding them.
• Jieyin proposed that the islands might move among the Four Seas, and Xuande agreed that they could be elsewhere.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti divided the search, with Xuande going to the North Sea, Jieyin to the South Sea, and Zhunti to the West Sea.
• Xuande entered the North Sea and sensed Kunpeng secretly observing him from beneath the sea.
• Xuande searched the North Sea for several years, found no trace of the islands, and continued searching while Kunpeng's divine sense followed him.

Xuande discovered the sleeping Northern Sea Black Tortoise, a Late Quasi-Sage, while searching the North Sea for the Three Immortal Islands. He descended to meet it and patiently listened as it explained that it had no name, beginning a calm conversation between the two.

• Xuande sensed a colossal Late Quasi-Sage beneath the North Sea and recognized it as the Northern Sea Black Tortoise.
• Kunpeng recalled discovering the Black Tortoise long ago, testing its defenses, and giving up after enduring its extremely slow speech.
• Xuande prepared his spiritual treasures and descended to the seabed to meet the Black Tortoise.
• The Black Tortoise woke and asked Xuande who he was, taking more than forty years to finish the question.
• Xuande introduced himself and patiently listened as the Black Tortoise said it had no name and had slept there since the creation of heaven and earth.
• The Black Tortoise remarked that Xuande was very patient, and Xuande replied that listening to its words was a form of cultivation.

Xuande befriended the lonely Mystic Turtle in the depths of the North Sea and learned that the Three Immortal Islands had once drifted east. After promising to visit again, he continued searching the North Sea while Kunpeng secretly watched him.

• Xuande patiently listened as the Mystic Turtle recounted its ancient past, failed attempts to transform, and lack of offensive abilities.
• The Mystic Turtle told Xuande that the Three Immortal Islands had once stopped nearby before drifting toward the East Sea.
• Xuande promised to return and keep the Mystic Turtle company, and the turtle said it hoped to someday do something for heaven and earth.
• Kunpeng secretly observed Xuande's patient conversation with the Mystic Turtle and continued watching him after he emerged from the sea.
• Xuande sent Jieyin and Zhunti news of the islands' eastward course, then searched the North Sea more carefully for clues.

Xuande failed to find the Three Immortal Islands in the Northern Sea and prepared to join Jieyin and Zhunti in the Eastern Sea. Before leaving, he said farewell to the Black Tortoise, who offered to help him search and traveled with him on his Destruction Black Lotus, leaving Kunpeng stunned.

• Northern Sea Dragon King Ao Shun told Xuande that the Dragon Clan had searched the Northern Sea for the Three Immortal Islands without success.
• Xuande learned from Jieyin and Zhunti that their searches of the Southern and Western Seas had also found nothing, so they agreed to meet in the Eastern Sea.
• Xuande visited the Black Tortoise to bid farewell, and the Black Tortoise offered to sense the islands' Chaos aura and help him search.
• The Black Tortoise recognized Xuande's Destruction Black Lotus as a seed of the Chaos Green Lotus and recalled witnessing the five seeds scatter at the opening of heaven.
• Xuande expanded the lotus into a vast dais and patiently carried the Black Tortoise from the seabed to the surface.
• Kunpeng watched the Black Tortoise leave with Xuande and was shocked that it had followed him after refusing Kunpeng's attempts to move it.

Xuande traveled east with the Black Tortoise, helping him recognize bearing as his Dao while they searched for the Three Immortal Islands. They reached the East Sea and met Jieyin and Zhunti, who were shocked by their new companion and his extraordinarily slow speech.

• Kunpeng accepted the Black Tortoise's departure with Xuande and returned to the deep sea.
• The Black Tortoise told Xuande that Kunpeng had attacked him before but that he could never strike back.
• As they journeyed east, Xuande identified bearing as the Black Tortoise's Dao, and the Black Tortoise began to consider the idea.
• Xuande reached the East Sea and learned from a communication jade talisman that Jieyin and Zhunti were waiting on an island.
• Jieyin and Zhunti saw the Black Tortoise's Late Quasi-Sage aura and were stunned when his greeting took an exceptionally long time.

Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti traveled through the East Sea with the Black Tortoise, which revealed it had once seen the moving Three Immortal Islands. Its arrival awakened Ancestral Dragon, who learned about the changed Primordial Wilderness and Xuande’s ties to influential cultivators, then invited the group to meet him.

• The Black Tortoise told Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti that the Three Immortal Islands had once passed through the Northern Sea and continued eastward.
• Xuande and his companions entered the East Sea, where their arrival awakened Ancestral Dragon in the sea eye.
• Ancestral Dragon summoned East Sea Dragon King Ao Yuan and asked why the Black Tortoise and Xuande had come to the East Sea.
• Ao Yuan told Ancestral Dragon about Hongjun’s rise, the Saint Positions, and Xuande’s connections to Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa, Zhenyuanzi, and Hongyun.
• Ancestral Dragon praised Ao Yuan for befriending Xuande and ordered him to invite Xuande, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the Black Tortoise to the sea eye.

Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti met Ancestral Dragon in the East Sea Sea Eye, where Ancestral Dragon revealed when and where the Three Immortal Islands would appear. After a thousand years of waiting and friendship between Ancestral Dragon and the Black Tortoise, the three set out with Ao Yuan to find the islands.

• The Black Tortoise recognized Ancestral Dragon’s aura, and Ao Yuan invited Xuande, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the Black Tortoise to meet him in the Sea Eye.
• Ancestral Dragon reunited with the Black Tortoise and told Xuande and the others that the Three Immortal Islands appeared at the Four Seas Water Eye once every Kalpa, with their next appearance due in a thousand years.
• The Black Tortoise agreed to stay with Ancestral Dragon, while Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti accepted the Dragon Clan’s hospitality and waited in the East Sea.
• During the thousand-year wait, Xuande visited as the Black Tortoise and Ancestral Dragon shared memories of ancient times and the Dragon-Han Tribulation.
• Ao Yuan announced that the Four Seas Water Eye had become active and the islands were near; Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti left with Ao Yuan as their guide.

Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti broke the Innate Three Talents Grand Formation after centuries of shared contemplation and discovered Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, the Three Immortal Islands. As they approached the islands, two treasures rose from Yingzhou and flew toward Xuande.

• Ao Yuan escorted Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti to the Four Seas Water Eye before departing.
• The three found the Innate Three Talents Grand Formation sealing a trench and took the Heaven, Earth, and Human positions to study it.
• After five hundred years of contemplation, the three united their insights and shattered the formation.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti entered the trench and found Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou, each with a palace and an Innate Spiritual Treasure aura.
• Two rays of light bearing treasures rose from Yingzhou and flew toward Xuande.

Xuande gained the Creation Cauldron and Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler, which acknowledged him as their master, and explored the Three Immortal Islands with Jieyin and Zhunti. They divided the Yellow Center Plum fruits and discovered the Bitter Bamboo on Fangzhang Island, which Jieyin believed could aid his cultivation.

• The Creation Cauldron and Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler acknowledged Xuande as their master, and Jieyin and Zhunti congratulated him without resentment.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti explored Yingzhou Island and discovered an ultimate-grade Yellow Center Plum bearing nine ripe fruits.
• The three divided the nine fruits equally, with each taking three and planning to reserve them for suitable cultivators in the West.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti traveled to Fangzhang Island and discovered the Bitter Bamboo, whose power suppressed stray thoughts and aided Dao cultivation.
• Jieyin recognized the Bitter Bamboo as especially suited to his path and said it could help him advance further.

Xuande fully refined the Creation Cauldron while Jieyin and Zhunti guarded him on Yingzhou Island. He learned that its power of Return to Origin could restore bloodlines, spiritual treasures, and spiritual roots to their Origin Essence, though the ability consumed immense amounts of Creation Qi.

• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Xuande explored Penglai Island, identified the Five-Needle Pine, and collected its few mature pinecones.
• Jieyin and Zhunti proposed taking the Three Immortal Islands back to the West, and Xuande suggested storing them inside the Creation Cauldron after fully refining it.
• Jieyin and Zhunti guarded Xuande as he meditated beneath the Yellow Center Plum on Yingzhou Island and gradually comprehended the cauldron's restrictions.
• Xuande fully refined the Creation Cauldron and learned that its core power, Return to Origin, could restore living beings, spiritual treasures, and spiritual roots to their source at great cost in Creation Qi.

Xuande fully refined the Creation Cauldron and used Jieyin and Zhunti’s strength to collect the Three Immortal Islands, along with their spiritual roots and treasures, into it. After the three emerged from the Sea Eye, the Turtle Prime Minister brought them to meet Ancestral Dragon, who praised their success and revealed that he had failed to break the formation himself.

• Xuande reflected on his plan to gather the Origin Essence of all five lotus seeds and restore the Chaos Green Lotus with the Creation Cauldron.
• Jieyin replanted the Bitter Bamboo, and Xuande, aided by Jieyin and Zhunti, used the Creation Cauldron to collect Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang together.
• Xuande and his companions emerged from the Sea Eye and prepared to return west with the Three Immortal Islands and their treasures.
• The Turtle Prime Minister invited Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti to the Dragon Palace on Ancestral Dragon’s behalf.
• Ancestral Dragon told the three that he had failed to break the Innate Three Talents Grand Formation during the Dragon-Han Tribulation, and admired the bond that had helped them succeed.