Recaps

Xiang Yuan asked Bai Wuyan to divine which of Southern Jin’s three surviving princes could become an enlightened ruler, but she found them all equally mediocre. He then returned to the Heavenly Sect, where he and Xiao He urged Ji Wuzhou to stop reacting passively to the hidden mastermind and began discussing a plan to unite the three kingdoms.

• Xiang Yuan realized that his small world let him derive laws of heaven and earth himself, and asked Bai Wuyan to divine the fates of Southern Jin’s three surviving princes.
• Bai Wuyan divined Li Mi, Li Zhu, and Li Ke and found that each had only a marginal bearing of an emperor and none stood out as an enlightened ruler.
• Xiang Yuan left Unrivaled Palace, arrived at Mahayana Mountain, and met Xiao He, who complained about waiting for him.
• Xiang Yuan told Ji Wuzhou that the hidden mastermind had targeted Southern Jin, but Ji Wuzhou refused to leave while he recovered from his injuries.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiao He criticized Ji Wuzhou’s passive strategy and discussed the Heavenly Sect’s lack of strength to confront the hidden mastermind directly.
• Xiao He proposed forging an alliance among the three kingdoms, then began explaining his plan to Xiang Yuan.

Xiao He and Xiang Yuan set out to manipulate Northern Qi and Southern Jin into seeking alliances, while Xiang Yuan detoured to Sword Heart Studio and was dragged into Sword Venerable Su Ran’s grotto-heaven. The chapter left Xiang Yuan learning that Southern Jin had been infiltrated by the mastermind behind the scenes, after Sword Venerable Su Ran agreed to reveal more in exchange for blood medicine.

• Xiao He persuaded Xiang Yuan to help stir up mistrust among Northern Qi, Southern Jin, and Western Chu, then secured Heavenly Sect titles so he could negotiate with Liu Che.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiang Yuan parted ways, with Xiang Yuan heading to Southern Jin to address its water control and Xiao He preparing to travel to Northern Qi.
• Xiang Yuan visited Ziping at Sword Heart Studio, teased her about his relationship with Sword Venerable Su Ran, and used blood medicine to put her into cultivation mode.
• A pale hand emerged from warped space and dragged Xiang Yuan away before Ziping’s Eldest Senior Sister could catch them; Ziping then decided to tell Shang Qingmeng that her master had stolen her man.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran watched Ziping’s reaction, believed Xiang Yuan’s claims that Ziping was a pervert, and sent Lingyu a method for Sima Qingyan to sever the seven emotions and six desires.
• Xiang Yuan asked Sword Venerable Su Ran whether Southern Jin had been infiltrated by the hidden mastermind, and she confirmed it before asking for blood medicine to disclose what she knew.

Xiang Yuan learned that the Blood Sea Dao was hidden in Southern Jin and used divinations to locate it in Shangyuan Prefecture. He recruited Wang Daoyan to accompany him, and she agreed after he warned her that the Blood Sea Dao had targeted her.

• Sword Venerable Su Ran told Xiang Yuan that the reincarnated Celestial Emperor had planted the Blood Sea Dao in Southern Jin, then taught him about small-world cultivation after taking his blood medicine as payment.
• Xiang Yuan escaped Sword Heart Studio, leaving Sword Venerable Su Ran to face Shang Qingmeng and Ziping, who demanded to know where he had gone.
• Bai Wuyan divined that the Blood Sea Dao was hiding in Shangyuan Prefecture and warned Xiang Yuan not to ask her for more divinations involving the Upper Three Realms.
• Xiang Yuan traveled to the Wang Clan estate in Liangzhou and invited Wang Daoyan to join him in Shangyuan Prefecture.
• Wang Daoyan initially dismissed Xiang Yuan, but she agreed to go after he warned that Blood Sea Dao cultivators had traced their affairs to her.

Xiang Yuan arrived in Shangyuan's capital with Wang Daoyan and warned Li Yuanrong that the Blood Sea Dao threatened the Shangyuan Li Clan. After securing the clan's cooperation, he planned a hunting excursion to draw out hidden grandmasters and track down the Blood Sea Dao cultivator.

• Xiang Yuan convinced Wang Daoyan to accompany him to Shangyuan's capital by claiming the Blood Sea Dao was there and had targeted Eldest Sister-in-law.
• Xiang Yuan summoned Li Yuanrong to a teahouse, where Wang Daoyan and Ah Hong staged a compromising scene to provoke him.
• Xiang Yuan threatened Li Yuanrong with Southern Jin's vulnerability to Western Chu and Northern Qi, then offered to help the Shangyuan Li Clan suppress the six Noble Families if it cooperated.
• Xiang Yuan told Li Yuanrong that the Blood Sea Dao and a coming disaster threatened the Li Clan, and Li Yuanrong pledged the clan's support.
• Xiang Yuan proposed a hunting excursion with the three princes to draw out the six Noble Families' hidden grandmasters and use Ah Hong as bait to expose the Blood Sea Dao cultivator.

Xiang Yuan watched the Shangyuan Li Clan ambush the six Noble Families’ Grandmasters at Misty Cloud Mountain, then used the chaos to expose a hidden Blood Sea Dao cultivator. He tore open the spatial rift and confronted the Upper Three Realms observer, startling everyone below.

• Xiang Yuan read dossiers on the six Noble Families’ Grandmasters while Wang Daoyan danced in his tent, and he waited for Blood Sea Dao cultivators to appear.
• Li Yuanrong and the other three Shangyuan Li Clan Grandmasters ambushed the six Noble Families’ Grandmasters at the hunting grounds, making the nobles suspect one another of betrayal.
• Li Yuanrong’s group overwhelmed the six Grandmasters, while Xiang Yuan restrained Wang Daoyan and sent Ah Hong toward the battlefield as bait.
• Xiang Yuan sensed a hidden Blood Sea Dao cultivator watching the fight and attacked him with Killing Intent Like a Blade.
• Xiang Yuan forcibly tore open the spatial rift around the fleeing Upper Three Realms cultivator, drawing the ten battling Grandmasters’ attention.

Xiang Yuan pursued the Blood Sea Dao cultivator to Shangyuan capital and fought the Upper Mystery Blood Lord, who had corrupted the city’s grand array to turn it into a blood prison. Xiang Yuan killed him after the Li Clan grandmasters and the six Noble Families worked to dismantle the array, but he regretted forgetting to plant an Other Shore Flower seed in the defeated foe.

• The six Noble Families recognized Xiang Yuan and suspected the Shangyuan Li Clan had brought him to Southern Jin, while Li Yuanrong explained he had come to control floods and hunt an enemy.
• Xiang Yuan pursued a red light into Starwatch Tower as the Blood Sea Dao activated the Shangyuan Grand Array, trapping the capital in a bloody prison.
• Xiang Yuan used his merit light, six-character mantra, and Buddha seal to suppress the nine Blood Rivers, while Li Yuanrong and the other grandmasters began dismantling the array.
• The Upper Mystery Blood Lord emerged from a blood vortex, and Xiang Yuan fought him with the Storm Mist Blade, overwhelming his blood techniques and driving him underground with repeated strikes.
• Rouge Sword pinned the Blood Lord’s blood moon artifact, and Xiang Yuan killed him with a sword beam before realizing he had forgotten to plant an Other Shore Flower seed.

Xiang Yuan destroyed the blood formation over Shangyuan, exposed the mastermind’s Nether River Token, and gained the Shangyuan Li Clan’s support while the six Noble Families reconsidered their stance. In Tai'an, Liu Che maneuvered Xiao He into handling a proposed marriage between Xiang Yuan and Princess Wenying, while Sword Venerable Su Ran discovered a jade bi disc linked to Jambu Gate.

• Xiang Yuan defeated the Upper Mystery Blood Lord, demolished the Starwatch Tower, and found the Nether River Token powering the blood formation over Shangyuan.
• Xiang Yuan suppressed and stored the Nether River Token, collected the damaged Blood Moon blades, and accepted the Shangyuan Li Clan’s claim that he was their kinsman.
• The six Noble Families witnessed Xiang Yuan’s power and decided the Shangyuan Li Clan needed to remain strong against the mysterious foreign enemy.
• Xiao He met Liu Che in Tai'an and presented Western Chu’s case for an alliance, while Liu Che used Xiang Yuan’s supposed marriage plans to pressure him into helping arrange a match with Princess Wenying.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran killed an invading extraterrestrial demon, recovered a jade bi disc, and recognized its connection to Jambu Gate.

Xiang Yuan had Bai Wuyan divine the Nether River Token’s role in a plot to establish the Heavenly Court, then delivered the token to Ji Wuzhou and returned to the Overlord Residence. A troubling report from Shendu revealed that Xiao He had caused Xiang Yuan serious problems, leaving the story on an impending crisis.

• Xiang Yuan returned to Western Chu and persuaded Bai Wuyan to divine the Nether River Token, despite the severe backlash she suffered.
• Bai Wuyan revealed that the token could complete the Three Realms’ prototype and that a reincarnated Celestial Emperor was recruiting Ji Wuzhou to establish the Heavenly Court.
• Bai Wuyan warned Xiang Yuan that he was already caught in the schemes and urged him to cultivate using Jambu Gate; Xiang Yuan then hit the spatial restriction when he tried to leave White Lotus Palace.
• Xiang Yuan handed the Nether River Token to Ji Wuzhou, returned home, and secretly gave Chan'er, Xiao Lingyue, and Xiao Lingyan second gifts.
• Xiang Yuan received a report from Shendu about the Northern Qi and Southern Jin delegations, then told Xiao Lingyue that Xiao He had dragged him into trouble.

Xiao He arranged a marriage alliance between Xiang Yuan and Northern Qi’s Princess Wenying, leaving Xiao Lingyue to face Chan’er’s anger while Xiang Yuan relished the chaos. Xiang Yuan later met Jiang Yingjun at the border and warned her that life in the Overlord Residence would be difficult.

• Xiang Yuan learned from Xiao He’s letter that the treaty between Western Chu and Northern Qi included his marriage to Princess Wenying, and he blamed Xiao Lingyue for the arrangement.
• Xiang Yuan warned that Chan’er would blame Xiao Lingyue once she learned Xiao He had arranged the marriage, so Xiao Lingyue knocked Chan’er out before she could react.
• The next morning, Chan’er used the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and Jinse’s six reincarnated selves to attack Xiao Lingyue while Xiang Yuan instructed Xiao Lingyan in saber techniques.
• After five days of cultivation, Xiang Yuan learned that Jiang Yingjun’s convoy had reached the border, then traveled there after failing to find Xiao He in Shendu or at Mahayana Mountain.
• Jiang Yingjun joined Xiang Yuan in her carriage and confessed how much she had missed him; Xiang Yuan recited a poem and warned her that the women at the Overlord Residence would bully her.

Jiang Yingjun entered Overlord Residence and endured a tense introduction to Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Xiao Lingyan before Xiang Yuan showed her around. Later, Xiang Yuan prepared to enter a newly discovered world with Bai Wuyan, while Sword Venerable Su Ran also stepped through Jambu Gate.

• Jiang Yingjun introduced herself humbly, and Chan'er used grandmaster pressure to test her until Xiao Lingyue intervened.
• Xiao Lingyue asked Jiang Yingjun to perform the four arts, and Jiang Yingjun impressed the others with her skill.
• Jiang Yingjun served tea to Chan'er and Xiao Lingyan, whose straightforward acceptance of her cup disrupted Xiao Lingyue's attempt to establish her status.
• Xiang Yuan took Jiang Yingjun on a tour of Overlord Residence, then allowed scholars to gather outside and mourn her arrival.
• Xiang Yuan sensed a new world, and Bai Wuyan arrived to travel there with him after stopping at Unrivaled Palace for medicine.
• Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan entered Jambu Gate, while Sword Venerable Su Ran also stepped through the portal.

Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan found two Reincarnation Relics in the Lower Abyss Realm, but Jambu Gate did not complete their mission, so they investigated the relics’ connection to King Mu of Zhou and the vanished Western Kunlun. Their search uncovered records of a powerful tribe on You Mountain that worshipped Rushou.

• Xiang Yuan entered the Lower Abyss Realm and found two Reincarnation Relics, but Jambu Gate did not declare the mission complete.
• Xiang Yuan told Bai Wuyan that the relics had come from the west and that Upper Zhou’s records linked them to King Mu of Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West at Western Kunlun.
• Bai Wuyan insisted that they search for Western Kunlun, and she and Xiang Yuan entered Upper Zhou’s imperial treasure archive to examine its records.
• Bai Wuyan reacted fiercely to the account of King Mu of Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West, then destroyed a portrait album after seeing King Mu’s likeness.
• Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan found no further records of Western Kunlun, but learned that Upper Zhou’s expeditions had discovered You Mountain, where a tribe worshipped Rushou.

Xiang Yuan studied the Lower Abyss Realm’s poisonous, distorted laws before heading west to find You Mountain Golden Palace. After overpowering an Ancient God Clan warrior, he tricked the clan into rushing back to its forbidden ground, leaving the palace exposed to masked intruders seeking a relic for the Heavenly Demon.

• Xiang Yuan told Bai Wuyan that Rushou and descendants of the Ancient God Clan were in You Mountain, but she rejected his claim and ordered him to keep searching for Western Kunlun.
• Xiang Yuan analyzed the Lower Abyss Realm’s turbid air and laws, then traveled west and sensed danger in the mountain wilderness.
• Xiang Yuan encountered an Ancient God Clan warrior hunting a giant beast, traded punches with him, and sent him crashing into a mountain wall.
• After the warrior summoned dozens of clan members, Xiang Yuan claimed their forbidden ground was in trouble and vanished underground, prompting them to rush away.
• Masked intruders entered a pocket realm and headed toward the Golden Palace, planning to seize a relic for the Heavenly Demon and take the other treasures.

Xiang Yuan entered the Golden Palace, where Rushou’s lingering golden qi proved harmless to him and could be absorbed through the Formless Seal Method. He found an intruder’s corpse marked by demonic qi, then encountered Ji Ao and three other survivors at a pool of concentrated golden light; Ji Ao recognized Xiang Yuan as King Mu of Zhou.

• Four black-robed intruders revealed themselves as Old Ghost Bai, Wang Liu, Qin Lie, and Zhao Jiefang, while their silent companion identified himself as Ji Ao, Emperor of Upper Zhou.
• Ji Ao warned that the Ancient God Clan’s three elders were approaching, and the five intruders fled into the Golden Palace as the elders arrived and condemned the trespass.
• An ugly Ancient God Clan man who resembled Xu Jixian strode into the forbidden grounds, where a flash of white light swallowed him.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Golden Palace and discovered that he could refine Rushou’s sharp golden qi with the Formless Seal Method; he found Zhao Jiefang’s corpse and sensed traces of an outer-domain heavenly demon.
• Ji Ao, Old Ghost Bai, Wang Liu, and Qin Lie found a pool of liquefied golden qi, then watched Xiang Yuan bathe in it unharmed.
• Ji Ao recognized Xiang Yuan as King Mu of Zhou.

Ji Ao mistook Xiang Yuan for his ancestor King Mu of Zhou and planned to use the discovery of Western Kunlun to gain immortality, but the claim triggered the demonic seeds in Old Ghost Bai and two others. Sword Venerable Su Ran killed the possessed men and excitedly insisted Xiang Yuan was King Mu, just as Bai Wuyan appeared and was identified as Queen Mother of the West.

• Ji Ao recognized Xiang Yuan as the living King Mu of Zhou, knelt before him, and explained his plan to trade the Jade Pool’s location to the Heavenly Court for immortality.
• Xiang Yuan denied being Ji Ao’s ancestor after seeing the portrait, while the mention of King Mu triggered the demonic seeds in Old Ghost Bai, Qin Lie, and Wang Liu.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran emerged from the void and killed the three demon-possessed men with a single sword strike.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran excitedly demanded the portrait and insisted Xiang Yuan’s connection to King Mu and Queen Mother of the West was destined, while Ji Ao realized she was not Queen Mother of the West.
• Bai Wuyan appeared with killing intent, and Sword Venerable Su Ran identified her as Queen Mother of the West, leaving Xiang Yuan stunned.

Xiang Yuan watched Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran battle while absorbing the golden pool’s metal qi and learning from their techniques. Their final clash knocked Ji Ao unconscious after he discovered Western Kunlun, and the Outer Heavenly Palace began rushing toward it.

• Xiang Yuan realized Bai Wuyan was the Queen Mother of the West, while Bai suspected the story of her affair with King Mu of Zhou was fabricated.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran mocked Bai Wuyan about King Mu of Zhou, prompting Bai to attack her with the No Calamity Sword.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran fought across the cosmos, and Xiang Yuan absorbed metal qi and observed their clashing principles while secretly stopping Su Ran from siphoning the pool.
• Ji Ao sheltered from the battle’s aftershocks as Xiang Yuan decided he might need to persuade Bai Wuyan to spare Su Ran if she won.
• Bai Wuyan and Su Ran unleashed their strongest sword techniques, and the collision shattered space and destroyed Ji Ao’s Dragon Seal.
• Ji Ao glimpsed Western Kunlun before a dormant seed in his body began replacing him, while the Outer Heavenly Palace charged toward Western Kunlun.

Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran stopped the Heavenly Court from descending into the Lower Abyss Realm, but the Heavenly Emperor’s attack sealed their Primordial Spirits. After Xiang Yuan spent half a month healing and unsealing the two women in Western Kunlun, Sword Venerable Su Ran revealed that Bai Wuyan had invited her through a jade disc, leaving Bai Wuyan to suspect another version of the Queen Mother of the West was involved.

• Xiang Yuan fell into the sealed Jade Pool as the Heavenly Court appeared above Western Kunlun, and Ji Ao’s transformed body was destroyed by Bai Wuyan, Sword Venerable Su Ran, and Xiang Yuan.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran joined forces against the descending Heavenly Court, and Xiang Yuan used his Three-Headed Six-Armed Dharma Form to help break the Heavenly Emperor’s jade finger and sever the Court’s route into the Lower Abyss Realm.
• The unknown Heavenly Emperor’s furious roar sealed Xiang Yuan’s and Bai Wuyan’s Primordial Spirits, and Western Kunlun concealed itself again after the group fell into the Jade Pool.
• Xiang Yuan recovered and found Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran unconscious atop him, then carried them into the palace and spent half a month breaking their seals.
• Bai Wuyan awakened and demanded that Xiang Yuan kill Sword Venerable Su Ran, but Sword Venerable Su Ran produced a jade disc and said Bai Wuyan had invited her to watch the show.
• Bai Wuyan realized that someone besides her could control Jambu Gate and wondered whether another version of the Queen Mother of the West existed among the three thousand worlds.

Xiang Yuan struggled to keep Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran from fighting while they recovered in Western Kunlun, and their rivalry exposed their shared history with him. More than half a month later, Bai Wuyan revealed that Xiang Yuan could absorb sealed Western Kunlun into his small world and take it back to the Dry Abyss Realm.

• Xiang Yuan gave blood medicine to Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran, but Bai Wuyan noticed and attacked Sword Venerable Su Ran once she recovered.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran revealed that the Queen Mother of the West's Immortality Medicine had restored her youth and that she had stayed in contact with Xiang Yuan, provoking Bai Wuyan into another fight.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran repeatedly recovered and fought for three days and nights, until Xiang Yuan used a golden talisman to suppress them and threatened to cut off their great medicine.
• Xiang Yuan sided with Bai Wuyan during a later fight, letting her overpower Sword Venerable Su Ran; afterward, both women restrained their provocations.
• More than half a month later, Bai Wuyan explained that Jambu Gate sought to take Western Kunlun back to the Dry Abyss Realm, but she could not unseal or move the mountain.
• Bai Wuyan told Xiang Yuan that his method of cultivating a small world would let him absorb Western Kunlun into his own world.

Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan worked with Sword Venerable Su Ran to absorb Western Kunlun into Xiang Yuan’s small world, but Bai Wuyan later confronted the Corpse Queen Mother about the schemes surrounding Western Kunlun and Xiang Yuan. The chapter ended with Xiang Yuan seeking Jingyun’s help over the legends linking him to the Queen Mother of the West, only to be told to get lost.

• Xiang Yuan persuaded Sword Venerable Su Ran to help him transform his small-world projection into reality and draw Western Kunlun inside.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran tried to take Xiang Yuan through Jambu Gate to Sword Heart Studio, but Bai Wuyan intercepted him and brought him to Unrivaled Palace.
• Xiang Yuan moved Western Kunlun into the Cold Pool Grotto-Heaven while Bai Wuyan went to the Yellow Springs Dao forbidden ground to question the Corpse Queen Mother.
• The Corpse Queen Mother confirmed that she had arranged for Sword Venerable Su Ran to help retrieve Western Kunlun, but denied arranging Xiang Yuan’s connection to Bai Wuyan.
• Bai Wuyan returned angry and continued cultivating with Xiang Yuan, who later traveled to Kunlun Mountain to ask Jingyun about the legends linking him to the Queen Mother of the West.
• Jingyun told Xiang Yuan to get lost before he could finish explaining.

Xiang Yuan failed to get answers about Upper Zhou and the gods from Que Xin, so he went to Sword Heart Studio to question Sword Venerable Su Ran. He used Shang Qingmeng and Ziping to restrain her, but Su Ran bit his neck anyway.

• Xiang Yuan raided Fairy Qingluan's herb garden at Kunlun Mountain, continuing their grudge over her betrayal in the Blue Star Realm.
• After spending two months in the Heavenly God Realm, Xiang Yuan returned to the Dry Abyss Realm and went to True Heart Dao to ask about Upper Zhou and the gods.
• Que Xin left Xiang Yuan two brocade pouches whose slips both refused to answer his questions, so Xiang Yuan left True Heart Dao frustrated.
• Xiang Yuan hurried to Bishui County and was about to get intimate with Ziping when Sword Venerable Su Ran abducted him to Sword Heart Studio.
• Xiang Yuan warned Su Ran that Shang Qingmeng and Ziping would learn if she detained or mistreated him, and they arrived at the grotto-heaven entrance.
• Su Ran abandoned her plan to drain Xiang Yuan and instead bit his neck, despite his effort to keep her in check.

Xiang Yuan sought answers from Sword Venerable Su Ran, learned that Bai Wuyan’s past life as the Queen Mother of the West was killed by the Celestial Emperor, and left Sword Heart Studio after three days. Back at the Overlord Residence, he received a wedding invitation from Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou and wondered whether it was genuine or a trap.

• Xiang Yuan bargained with Sword Venerable Su Ran for a divination, and she revealed that the Celestial Emperor had killed Bai Wuyan in her past life as the Queen Mother of the West.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran could not recall why Upper Zhou existed or divine its origins, so Xiang Yuan withheld Bai Wuyan’s VIP treatment while she treated her wounds and taught him small-world cultivation methods for three days.
• Shang Qingmeng and Ziping entered the grotto-heaven, misunderstood Sword Venerable Su Ran’s relationship with Xiang Yuan, and argued with her before she teleported them all to Ziping’s courtyard.
• Xiang Yuan left Sword Heart Studio and returned to the Overlord Residence, where Xiao Lingyue told him she and Xiao Lingyan had attended the coronation ceremony in Shendu while he was away.
• Xiao Lingyue gave Xiang Yuan a wedding invitation for Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou, and he wondered whether the invitation was sincere or a trap.

Xiang Yuan gathered allies and prepared to attend Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s suspicious wedding in Jiangdong, while arranging to pass the Heavenly Emperor’s reincarnated body to the hidden mastermind. At the wedding gathering, he reunited with Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou and asked his elder brother how he had managed to marry his own master.

• Xiang Yuan decided to attend Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s wedding despite suspecting it was a scheme to draw out Ji Wuzhou.
• Xiang Yuan persuaded Ji Wuzhou to join the plan and obtained support from Bai Wuyan, then secretly took her Pure White Golden Wheel.
• Xiang Yuan visited Qing Zhuying, received her letter for Qu Rou, and was thrown into the cold pool by Bai Wuyan after putting an arm around Qing Zhuying.
• Xiang Yuan decided to give Senior Jiang’s formidable body to the hidden mastermind and traveled with Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er to Jiangdong.
• Xiang Yuan and his companions met Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou aboard a pleasure boat, and Qu Rou asked him to look after Qing Zhuying.
• Xiang Yuan pulled Yue Huanjiang aside and asked how he had managed to marry his own master.

Xiang Yuan uncovered that the Jade Sun Sect had stirred up Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s marriage, but he stayed to guard the wedding and face the sect’s representatives. As the ceremony began, guests from several major powers arrived, leaving Xiang Yuan to wonder whether they served the hidden mastermind.

• Xiang Yuan teased Yue Huanjiang about his feelings for Qu Rou, and Qu Rou revealed that the Jade Sun Sect had been fanning the flames behind their marriage.
• Xiang Yuan identified the Jade Sun Sect as a rising overseas power led by Zhang Tianyang and decided to attend Yue Huanjiang’s wedding with his people rather than leave.
• Three days later, Xiang Yuan attended the wedding at the Yue Residence, where he promised Hongxiao and Qingli he would help them find a chance to marry Yue Huanjiang.
• Zhang Tianyang arrived with Qu Kuan and Shui Xianghui, and Xiang Yuan suspected he was the Jade Sun Sect’s leader.
• Representatives from Yankong Temple and the Eternal Joy Sect arrived, prompting Xiang Yuan to wonder whether they had come to target the demon newlyweds or support the hidden mastermind.

Xiang Yuan attended Yue Huanjiang and Qu Rou’s wedding, where the Jiangdong Sun Clan discovered that the guests included several Upper Three Realms experts. As the newlyweds completed their ceremony, Zen Master Pojing challenged Xiang Yuan, who answered by displaying formidable power and drawing the Storm Mist Blade.

• Zen Master Pojing and Mingxiaozi arrived at Yue Residence, and Xiao Lingyue and Xiang Yuan assessed their strength and the deeper powers of the Dry Abyss Realm.
• Sun Hao, Sun Qian, and Sun Shanwei arrived to investigate the banquet, recognized Zhang Tianyang and the two Upper Three Realms guests, and retreated to an empty table after discovering Xiang Yuan was Prince Xiang.
• Yue Huanjiang welcomed Qu Rou in her bridal sedan, and the two bowed to Heaven and Earth and drank their nuptial wine while Xiang Yuan, Xiao Lingyue, and Chan'er watched.
• Zen Master Pojing challenged Xiang Yuan to an audience and drew his monk's blade, prompting Xiang Yuan to reshape the courtyard with the Formless Seal Method and summon the Storm Mist Blade.

Xiang Yuan defeated Zen Master Pojing in a clash of blades and Buddhist Dharma, then Chan'er drove off Mingxiaozi when he came to the Yue Residence for a meal. Xiang Yuan questioned the remaining Daoist, Wangji, and learned that he served Zhang Tianyang, leaving Xiang Yuan stunned by the identity of the hidden mastermind.

• Xiang Yuan used Sky in One Hue to overpower Zen Master Pojing, who escaped the blade's force with his Buddhist technique.
• Zen Master Pojing summoned a demonic Buddha and challenged Xiang Yuan's Buddhist Dharma, but Xiang Yuan's golden Buddha and Pure White Golden Wheel defeated him.
• Mingxiaozi said he had only stopped by the Yue Residence to rest and eat, so Xiang Yuan ordered Chan'er to attack him.
• Chan'er nearly caught Mingxiaozi with the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and then used Sun and Moon Shining Together, but she ultimately let him return to his seat.
• Xiang Yuan asked the middle-aged Daoist whether he served the Jade Sun Sect's mastermind, and Wangji acknowledged that he served Zhang Tianyang, the sect master's name from his mortal days.

Xiang Yuan reunited with Daoist Wangji, learned that his senior uncle had arranged the wedding to lure him to Jiangdong, and rejected the invitation to join the Jade Sun Sect. Before Wangji left, Xiang Yuan offered him Senior Jiang as a supposed promising prospect, leaving him stunned and unsure whether to accept.

• Xiang Yuan recognized Daoist Wangji as his Great Martial Uncle, and the two exchanged tearful greetings before Wangji gave meeting gifts to Xiang Yuan, Xiao Lingyue, and Chan'er.
• Daoist Wangji told Xiang Yuan that he had arranged the wedding to lure him to Jiangdong and tried to recruit him to the Jade Sun Sect on behalf of the Heavenly Emperor.
• Xiang Yuan rejected the offer, saying that his true heart did not agree with the Heavenly Emperor's plans, even after Wangji warned that his master might have arranged his choices in advance.
• Daoist Wangji wrote that the promised reward was the title of Great Yi Savior from Suffering, but Xiang Yuan said he would still not join him and joked that the True Heart Dao had placed its bets on every side.
• Xiang Yuan pulled Senior Jiang out from beneath the banquet table and offered him to Daoist Wangji as a promising prospect to take to the Jade Sun Sect.
• Daoist Wangji stared at Senior Jiang in alarm and hesitated over whether to accept him.