Recaps

Zhang Chu rose to the True Gang Realm, crushed the Boat Gang and its allies, and joined the Sky Patrol Guard to investigate the Demonic Cult. After discovering the Golden Cicada and learning that Yuan Hui survived the Red Lotus Temple fire, he headed for Jinguang Temple to uncover what happened.

• Zhang Chu used the Merit System to heal his chest wound and strengthen his Yellow Court Inner Strength and True Martial Palm, then investigated Wang Yuan’s disappearance with Li Minghuai.
• Zhang Chu stormed the Li Mansion, uncovered its role in trafficking young men as Blood Food, and rescued Wang Yuan from Boat Gang spies Wang Ping and Zhang Ju.
• Zhang Chu helped the Sky Patrol Guard assault the Boat Gang’s island, killed the Lingnan Three Ghosts and Jin Kui, and recognized Yuan Hui as the masked assassin who had wounded him.
• Zhang Chu strengthened his Yellow Court Inner Strength to the seventh layer, reached the True Gang Realm, and killed Lu Chengfeng and Fan Lingxiao after they threatened the temple.
• Zhang Chu perfected Bitter Gourd Palm and accepted Li Gang’s offer to join the Sky Patrol Guard, taking a mission to help Sword Forging Manor guard a Divine Sword.
• Zhang Chu killed a woman who attacked him and three men pursuing her, then found a marble-like treasure among her remains.
• Ma Wuji identified the treasure as the Golden Cicada and said the woman had stolen it from Jinguang Temple, where Yuan Hui had become an eminent monk after the Red Lotus Temple fire.
• Zhang Chu headed to Jinguang Temple to investigate the fire and Yuan Hui, but announced that they would open the temple gate despite its rule against admitting guests after dark.

Zhang Chu crushed the threats at Sword Forging Manor, reached the Jade Liquid Realm, and learned his master's last destination was the Western Regions Ancient City. Back in Linjiang, he fought the Three Rivers Alliance to find his captured fellow disciples and seized its Great Elder.

• Zhang Chu uncovered Yuan Hui's corpse-refining scheme at Jinguang Temple and killed him with Karma Fire before taking the last Golden Cicada and forging Northern Cold Flame True Hand.
• Zhang Chu killed Chang Zuo, Chang You, and Yuan Haotian, then reached Sword Forging Manor as the Demonic Cult attacked to seize the Divine Sword Embryo.
• Zhang Chu killed the Four Heroes of Demonic Rock and the Ever-Changing Demon Lord, then defeated the Red Dust Envoy's puppets as the Divine Sword Embryo disappeared.
• Zhang Chu advanced to the Jade Liquid Realm and learned from Tu Xiong that his missing master had gone to Mobei seeking the Nine Nether Wishing Stone.
• Zhang Chu killed the Southern Border Three Absolutes, then exposed Ma Wuji and Bai Feiyu as impostors, and Ma Wuji revealed that Zhang Chu's master had last visited the Western Regions Ancient City.
• Zhang Chu returned to Linjiang and learned that the Three Rivers Alliance had seized his fellow disciples and was forcibly conscripting sect members for the Southern Border Battlefield.
• Zhang Chu killed Chu Bai, Wu Longlie, and Duan He while demanding his martial brothers' whereabouts, then confronted the Great Elder as the Alliance's disciples attacked.
• Zhang Chu killed the hidden assassin, crippled the Great Elder with Northern Cold Flame True Hand, and forced him to his knees with the Sea of Bitterness Sows Golden Lotus manifestation.

Zhang Chu uncovered the Nine Secrets’ connection to his Yellow Court Inner Strength, confronted powerful enemies, and traveled toward Southern Border as forces gathered for the Three Worlds Well. After learning that the Heavenly Evil Cult had slaughtered people at Bodhi Institute, he attacked the cult and vowed to hunt its members.

• Zhang Chu killed Ye Qingshan and Yuan Shidu, then opened the path to Boundless Light with the Sword Embryo and his Yellow Court Inner Strength.
• Wuchang sealed Zhang Chu’s martial arts, but he struck her with his physical strength, fused Chaos with North Sea Sown Golden Lotus, and wounded her before fleeing.
• Hong Yue explained the Upper Three Realms and the history of Zhang Chu’s Yellow Court Inner Strength, then brought him to the Southern Regions Sky Patrol Guard headquarters to choose supreme arts.
• Zhang Chu learned that the Three Worlds Well could open the Secret Treasure of Emotion and accepted a mission to Southern Border, where a Saintess’s suitors would seek the Insect Scripture.
• In Wanshan City, Zhang Chu killed the Northern Land Saber King, Ruan Tongchen, Broken Saber Old Man, and several criminals who challenged his authority.
• Zhang Chu perfected Tiger Brake, killed fleeing accomplices with a single syllable, and left Wanshan City for Southern Border.
• Zhang Chu fused Sixteen Paths Cloud Concealing Hand and Tiger Brake into the West Pole Myriad Annihilation Divine Palm, then rescued Lei Potian and hurried toward Bodhi Institute after learning of the Heavenly Evil Cult’s attack.
• Zhang Chu arrived at Bodhi Institute, killed the cult’s lower-ranked fighters, broke its formation, and confronted the remaining Grandmasters over their slaughter of villagers and monks.

Zhang Chu traveled to the Southern Border, where the struggle over the Insect Scripture exposed Nan Yuan’s betrayal of the Gu God. After defeating Nan Yuan and helping Jing Zhongyue recover the Heavenly Toad Undying Token, Zhang Chu began cultivating its divine art.

• Zhang Chu killed the Heavenly Evil Cult forces at Bodhi Institute, protected the survivors, and broke through to the Bone Law Realm after merging his phenomena.
• Zhang Chu agreed to cooperate with King Zhao’s representative, then traveled to the Southern Border as wanted criminals plotted to ambush him.
• Zhang Chu killed five peak Jade Liquid Realm criminals at the valley entrance and entered the gathering, where Cang and Ling sacrificed themselves to the Three Worlds Well.
• Zhang Chu’s gaze stirred the well and revealed the Insect Scripture, which he tossed into the crowd before killing fighters who tried to seize it.
• Zhang Chu accused High Priest Tu Ming of being Nan Yuan, who had betrayed and killed the Gu God, and explained how Nan Yuan had concealed the truth and fabricated the Insect Scripture.
• Zhang Chu fought Nan Yuan, destroyed his apparent body, and then went to the Thousand Mountain Ancient Cave, where he defeated Wuchang and killed Third Master.
• Nan Yuan emerged in a rejuvenated body, but Jing Zhongyue used the Heartbreak Infatuation Gu to strip his consciousness from the Heavenly Toad Undying Token, allowing Zhang Chu to destroy him.
• The Heavenly Toad Undying Token gave Zhang Chu ancient scriptures and a mysterious diagram, and he began cultivating its restorative art as Jing Zhongyue was recognized by the Southern Border tribes.