Recaps

Qingxiao Sect grew while Zhao Zhen’s attempt to save his mother led to Old Ancestor Su Xing’s defeat and revealed threats beyond the Nine Provinces. As the sect expanded and its disciples advanced, Li Qingqiu stepped in to protect Jiang Zhaoxia during his tribulation.

• Wu Xingyue presented Li Qingqiu with her spirit-copper storage pouch, and he agreed to raise her cousin to inner disciple status.
• Shen Yue defeated Yan Dao Sect at Seeking the Dao Cliff, and Yan Dao Sect joined Qingxiao Sect to establish and teach its Martial Sect.
• After Sword Solitary gained insight sparring with Yan Dao Sect, Li Qingqiu spent a year developing Qingxiao Sect before Zhang Yuchun warned that Sword Extreme Sect and Xuanji Sect were preparing to invade from the north.
• Zhao Zhen left Qingxiao Mountain to find his abducted mother, but Hua Daozang and Old Ancestor Su Xing trapped him, and Jiang Zhaoxia intervened, and Su Xing’s possession attempt ended with his death.
• Li Qingqiu learned from Su Xing’s memories of the Qinglong Domain and warned the hall masters that yao and mo might threaten the Nine Provinces, while Yan Dao Sect pledged himself to Qingxiao Sect.
• Qingxiao Sect defeated Sword Extreme Sect and expanded, while Zhang Ping was rescued from a pit with Murong Xi and Li Qingqiu discovered that Zhang Ping’s aptitude had improved.
• Xu Ning completed her tribulation and broke through, inspiring the sect, and Li Qingqiu later formed a sword spirit under Shen Yue’s instruction.
• As Jiang Zhaoxia’s tribulation faltered after twenty-five bolts of lightning, Li Qingqiu shielded him from the next strike and said he would take it from there.

Li Qingqiu defeated the Silent Nether Ghost King, welcomed Hu Yan as his disciple, and prepared Qingxiao Sect for a larger threat from Ghost King Ridge. The arc ended with Li Qingqiu assembling an expedition against Da Moluo as reports revealed a growing army of Ghost Soldiers.

• Li Qingqiu learned that the Silent Nether Ghost King had attacked Xuanji Sect, traveled north, and defeated the ghost king before returning to Qingxiao Mountain with the injured Hell Kirin.
• Li Sifeng returned to Qingxiao Mountain and reunited with Pei Miao and his sons, while Li Shouzheng astonished them with his sword talent.
• Liu Jing expanded his rule as Li Qingqiu appointed Yuan Qi to lead Central Heaven Immortal City and discovered the promising new disciple Hu Yan.
• Li Qingqiu accepted Hu Yan as his disciple, and Hu Yan rapidly advanced under Ji Ya’s guidance while the sect leaders agreed to investigate the Ghost Soldiers in the north.
• Li Qingqiu went to Tianshan Spirit Pool after demons and evil spirits killed and wounded disciples, then discovered that Da Moluo planned to build a ghost army and establish a ghost court.
• Li Qingqiu ordered an expedition against Da Moluo, agreed to take Yun Cai north, and heard Jiang Zhaoxia and Xu Ning report encounters with powerful evil ghosts and Ghost Soldiers.

Li Qingqiu led Qingxiao Sect in defeating Da Moluo and securing the Northern Court, then returned to oversee the sect’s expansion, the founding of the Xuan Dynasty, and the Daoist Convention. As Yun Cai rose to prominence and Qingxiao Sect drew new attention, Sun Moxing infiltrated the sect while Bai Ninger, Shen Yue, and Yan Dao Sect investigated the ruins of Tai Jue Sect.

• Li Qingqiu assembled the sects and led Qingxiao Sect north, where Liu Jing’s army entered Cloud Emperor City and was ambushed by corpse ghosts.
• Li Qingqiu battled Da Moluo, discovered the Ghost Dynasty was a smokescreen, and destroyed Da Moluo’s true body with his third sword.
• Li Qingqiu returned to Cloud Emperor City, spared the ghost wyrm and marked it as his slave, while Shen Yue defeated the four-armed Sword God of the Northern Court.
• Li Qingqiu returned to Qingxiao Sect, announced the Northern Court would become its vassal, introduced new disciple honors, and helped establish the Xuan Dynasty with Liu Jing.
• Bai Yutian encountered a mysterious black hand that offered him a divine ability, while Yun Cai sensed ghost energy within him and alerted Li Qingqiu.
• At the Daoist Convention, Yun Cai impressed the sect and defeated Han Lang, while rumors spread that she wanted to become Li Qingqiu’s wife.
• Yun Cai exposed Sun Moxing as an infiltrator from Ziyang Island by defeating him in a spar, and Li Qingqiu arranged to keep him under watch and try to win him over.
• Bai Ninger, Shen Yue, and Yan Dao Sect investigated the ruins of Tai Jue Sect and found carvings of frightened figures on its stone pillars.

Li Qingqiu strengthened Qingxiao Sect while investigating threats from the Tianming Sea, Wenxian Temple, and the Demon Race. A demonic invasion devastated Central Heaven Immortal City and spread across the Nine Provinces, leaving Yuan Li to awaken his Indestructible Hegemon Body and face the approaching demons.

• Shen Yue and Bai Ninger entered the Tai Jue Sect gate, where Wei Tianxiong revived and attacked Shen Yue before Li Qingqiu defeated him and recruited him into Qingxiao Sect.
• Li Qingqiu assigned Wei Tianxiong to the Heavenly Works Hall, learned that the Tai Jue Sect inheritance was a trap, and later sent Yun Cai north to investigate demonic creatures.
• Yun Cai discovered that Candle Yin had come from beyond the Land of Yao and Mo, then killed it and warned Li Qingqiu that demonic creatures were fleeing the region.
• Li Qingqiu investigated Wenxian Temple and the Nine Immortal Sect while sending disciples to handle growing threats, and he learned that the Demon Race had launched a full-scale invasion.
• A black-armored monkey demon attacked Qingxiao Sect, and Yun Cai defeated it before discovering a foreign demonic aura inside its body.
• Demons and poisonous insects overwhelmed Central Heaven Immortal City, killing Yuan Qi and leaving Qingxiao Sect with hundreds of dead and wounded disciples.
• Demonic creatures attacked the Imperial Palace and targeted Ji Ya, while Li Qingqiu mobilized more than a thousand disciples across the Nine Provinces to fight the invasion.
• After Yuan Li learned of Yuan Qi’s death, his Indestructible Hegemon Body awakened, and he drew demons to himself with his immense blood qi and began enduring a lightning tribulation as powerful creatures gathered.