Recaps

Xiang Yuan learned that Bull Devil King’s family controlled much of the Demon Ruins Realm and that two Reincarnation Relics had been taken from Corpse-Abandoning Protector. After collecting one relic and discovering the mission still required two more, Xiang stopped Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran from fighting and briefed them on the danger, though they ended by questioning him about Bull Devil King’s marriage.

• Corpse-Abandoning Protector told Xiang Yuan that Bull Devil King, Iron Fan Princess, Red Boy, and True Immortal Ruyi had been sent to the Demon Ruins Realm, where the three demons of Double-Fork Ridge were protected by kinship ties and the Wind-Settling Pearl.
• Corpse-Abandoning Protector gave Xiang Yuan one Reincarnation Relic and revealed that Bull Devil King and the three demons had taken the other two, leaving Xiang’s mission at 1/3.
• Xiang Yuan punched Corpse-Abandoning Protector in anger, then called out to Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran as they continued fighting.
• Xiang Yuan used his influence over Sword Venerable Su Ran’s dual-cultivation treasures and restrained Bai Wuyan to break up their fight.
• Xiang Yuan explained the Demon Ruins Realm and the missing relics, prompting Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran to stop fighting and listen.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran and Bai Wuyan questioned Xiang Yuan about Bull Devil King’s relationship with Iron Fan Princess and Jade-Faced Princess.

Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran arrived at Double-Fork Ridge, where Su Ran destroyed the corrupted mountain with a single sword strike. The blast interrupted True Immortal Ruyi’s scheme to seize three relics, and Xiang Yuan charged the Rotting Corpse Daoist as the surviving demons confronted the group.

• Bai Wuyan explained that the Demon Ruins Realm had been corrupted by a dead Celestial Emperor and celestial demons from beyond the domain.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran cleaved Double-Fork Ridge apart, destroying its peaks, demons, and blood creek with one sword strike.
• True Immortal Ruyi persuaded Lord Bear Mountain, Special Gentleman, and General Yin to help him seize three relics and escape the realm.
• True Immortal Ruyi and the three demons survived the strike and discovered Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran nearby.
• Xiang Yuan charged the Rotting Corpse Daoist with his Storm Mist Blade.

Xiang Yuan fought True Immortal Ruyi while Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran defeated the other demons of Double-Fork Ridge and seized their treasures. After Xiang Yuan overcame True Immortal Ruyi, he promised to spare him in exchange for information, leaving the demon ready to betray his elder brother, the Bull Devil King.

• Xiang Yuan and True Immortal Ruyi clashed, each mistaking the other's shock for fear and charging back into battle.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran killed Lord Bear Mountain and General Yin, while Special Gentleman surrendered and revealed where the Wind-Settling Pearl and Reincarnation Relic were buried.
• Bai Wuyan retrieved the two treasures, then killed Special Gentleman despite Sword Venerable Su Ran's promise to spare him.
• Xiang Yuan learned that True Immortal Ruyi was the Bull Devil King's younger brother, then countered the Ruyi Twin Hooks and defeated him in their transformed forms.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran drenched Xiang Yuan after his fight, and he offered True Immortal Ruyi his life in exchange for everything he knew.

Xiang Yuan learned about the weakened Bull Devil King family, killed True Immortal Ruyi, and disguised himself and his companions to approach Iron Fan Princess. At Cloud-Touching Cave, Iron Fan Princess offered them the Plantain Fan and asked them to kill Bull Devil King.

• True Immortal Ruyi told Xiang Yuan that the Bull Devil King family had weakened under corruption, though Bull Devil King remained powerful and Red Boy’s Samadhi True Fire had lost much of its might.
• True Immortal Ruyi revealed Bull Devil King’s plan to use the Wind-Settling Pearl and the Twin-Fork Ridge demons against Iron Fan Princess, then proposed inviting Bull Devil King to a feast so Xiang Yuan could target her.
• Xiang Yuan rejected True Immortal Ruyi’s offer, ordered Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran to kill him, and explained that the former traitor could not be trusted.
• Bull Devil King left Thunder Accumulation Mountain with Red Boy to attend the feast at Sun-Relieving Mountain, while Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran disguised themselves as the dead Twin-Fork Ridge demons.
• Xiang Yuan and his companions confronted Iron Fan Princess at Cloud-Touching Cave, and she offered them the Plantain Fan and asked them to kill Bull Devil King.

Xiang Yuan obtained the Plantain Fan and its incantations from Iron Fan Princess, then uncovered Bull Devil King's plan to have her killed. When the deception was exposed, Iron Fan Princess and Red Boy joined Xiang Yuan and his companions against Bull Devil King, whose opening attack devastated their group but left him badly wounded by their combined weapons.

• Xiang Yuan took the Plantain Fan and learned its two size-changing incantations from Iron Fan Princess, while Sword Venerable Su Ran searched her and found no Reincarnation Relic.
• Iron Fan Princess and the disguised Xiang Yuan's group agreed to oppose Bull Devil King, and Xiang Yuan asked about Red Boy's support.
• Bull Devil King returned to Cloud-Touching Cave and found Iron Fan Princess apparently slain; Xiang Yuan accused him of arranging the murder, and Iron Fan Princess rose alive to confront him.
• Red Boy joined Iron Fan Princess and Xiang Yuan's group against Bull Devil King, who knocked the mother and son aside and shattered the three demons' disguises with his Mixed Iron Staff.
• Xiang Yuan and his companions struck Bull Devil King with their Storm Mist Blade and divine swords, piercing his body and leaving him severely injured.

Xiang Yuan and his companions fought the Bull Devil King over the relics, using the Plantain Fan to repeatedly drive him back. The fan cracked, and the Bull Devil King’s corruption overwhelmed him, leaving Xiang Yuan’s strongest defense shattered as the Demon Ruins Realm split apart.

• Xiang Yuan offered to retrieve the relics for Guanyin Bodhisattva, while the Bull Devil King refused to surrender them without a promise of freedom.
• The Bull Devil King used a devilish chant to control Iron Fan Princess and Red Boy, but Xiang Yuan wielded the Plantain Fan and blew them and the Bull Devil King away.
• Xiang Yuan repeatedly struck the Bull Devil King with the fan until a third powerful gust cracked it, and the Bull Devil King revealed that the Demon Ruins Realm corrupted everything within it.
• The Bull Devil King attacked Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran with overwhelming force, breaking through their layered defenses and making them cough blood.
• The Bull Devil King lost control to demonic energy and grew into a gigantic bull, then split the Demon Ruins Realm with a charge that shattered Xiang Yuan’s Buddha form and triangular sword sheath.

Xiang Yuan and the Bull Devil King’s clash shattered the Demon Ruins Realm and left both fighters gravely injured, but the bull regained his senses while Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran rescued Xiang Yuan. After half a month of recovery at Immortal Gathering Hermitage, Xiang Yuan woke and began refining the sword-sheath fragments, while the two women took turns using him as medicine.

• Xiang Yuan’s collision with the Bull Devil King shattered his sword sheath and split the Demon Ruins Realm, leaving both combatants badly wounded.
• Xiang Yuan’s Chaos Light severed the Bull Devil King’s horn and blasted him away, while the aftershock knocked Xiang Yuan unconscious.
• The Bull Devil King regained his senses, realized he had attacked the Bodhisattva’s people and his wife, and searched the ruins for Xiang Yuan.
• Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran found Xiang Yuan and carried him to the well at Immortal Gathering Hermitage, where they took turns treating him and refining the sheath fragments.
• After half a month, Xiang Yuan woke, refined more fragments with the Small World Method, and produced medicinal blood that Sword Venerable Su Ran and Bai Wuyan eagerly took turns consuming.

Xiang Yuan and his companions entered the Demon Tomb, discovered the Demon Emperor’s Demon-Summoning Banner, and began refining the Three-Legged Golden Crow’s remains to grow stronger. After the Demon Emperor’s resentment dissipated, Xiang Yuan advanced into his seventh blood replacement and marrow cleansing.

• Xiang Yuan realized Fetus-Falling Spring concealed an entrance to the Demon Tomb, and he, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran found the sealed gate.
• Bai Wuyan used yin and yang qi with Glimmer and Flowing Shadow to open the gate, leading the three into the Demon Tomb.
• Xiang Yuan and the two women found the Three-Legged Golden Crow’s corpse and identified the towering pillar as the Demon Emperor’s Demon-Summoning Banner.
• Xiang Yuan learned he could not command the banner without being a Demon Emperor or Celestial Emperor, so Sword Venerable Su Ran urged him to refine the tomb and strengthen himself.
• Xiang Yuan’s small-world method and Celestial Emperor Dao Seed let him refine the Three-Legged Golden Crow’s corpse, and the Demon Emperor’s resentment faded after Xiang Yuan revealed the Demon Race’s Five Elements cultivation method.
• Xiang Yuan continued cultivating with Sword Venerable Su Ran and reached his seventh blood replacement and marrow cleansing.

During his seventh blood replacement and marrow cleansing, Xiang Yuan’s body, Primordial Spirit, and little world grew stronger, while Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran also benefited from his upgraded blood medicine. After the Demon Ruins Realm was purified, Xiang Yuan met the Bull Devil King, who unexpectedly knelt, thanked him, and offered the Reincarnation Relic.

• Xiang Yuan broke through the shackles on his potential as his little world evolved, and Sword Venerable Su Ran watched him reshape its laws and principles.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran and Bai Wuyan consumed Xiang Yuan’s potent blood medicine, became muddled, and gained strength; Bai Wuyan later interrupted Sword Venerable Su Ran when she bit Xiang Yuan.
• Xiang Yuan explained his plan to use the Demon-Summoning Banner’s borrowed aura to distract the Bull Devil King before striking with chaotic light, and Bai Wuyan agreed to proceed.
• Xiang Yuan returned to the surface and found the Demon Ruins Realm cleansed of corruption, while the Bull Devil King stood restored to much of his former strength.
• The Bull Devil King knelt before Xiang Yuan, thanked him for removing his demonic thoughts, and presented the Reincarnation Relic; Xiang Yuan suspected the bull was pretending, but Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran distrusted him too.

Xiang Yuan left the Demon Ruins Realm after recovering the Reincarnation Relic, then bargained with the Bull Devil King, removing demonic thoughts from Iron Fan Princess and Red Boy and securing a favor from the grateful family. As Xiang Yuan departed through Jambu Gate with Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran, a mysterious white-clad figure resembling Laywoman Bai Yue appeared in the Charnel Forest shrine.

• Xiang Yuan completed the Reincarnation Relic mission, opening Jambu Gate, and intimidated the kneeling Bull Devil King with the Demon-Summoning Banner.
• The Bull Devil King invited Xiang Yuan, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran to his new cave residence and offered Heaven-Emulating, Earth-Manifesting and the Seventy-Two Transformations in exchange for help.
• Xiang Yuan used chaotic light to erase the demonic thoughts tormenting Iron Fan Princess and Red Boy, and the Bull Devil King mistakenly concluded Xiang Yuan was the True Warrior Great Emperor of the North.
• Iron Fan Princess woke and confronted the Bull Devil King, but Red Boy mediated and she agreed not to divorce him for now.
• Xiang Yuan promised to help the Bull Devil King's family escape their tribulation, then left through Jambu Gate with Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran.
• In the Charnel Forest, a white-clad figure resembling Laywoman Bai Yue sat in the shrine after the Lord of Abandoned Corpses had vanished.

Xiang Yuan strengthened Xiao Lingyue with his blood elixir, cultivated with Bai Wuyan, and tried to rally allies for the coming conflict between the reincarnated Heavenly Emperors. He went to Sword Heart Studio to recruit Su Ran, but Shang Qingmeng appeared in her place with killing intent.

• Xiang Yuan used diluted blood elixir and primordial spirit dual cultivation to help Xiao Lingyue advance, then went to Cold Pool Grotto-Heaven to cultivate with Bai Wuyan.
• Bai Wuyan struck Xiang Yuan after he tried to kiss her, then agreed to wait until the Heavenly Court appeared before confronting Su Ran and promised to honor her deal concerning the reincarnated Heavenly Emperors.
• Xiang Yuan visited Ziping and Qin Zhaorong in Qingzhou, learned Qin Zhaorong had reached the Nether Passage Realm, and heard Ziping complain about being bullied by her master and Shang Qingmeng.
• Ziping pushed Xiang Yuan down, but a hand reached through space and dragged him into the little grotto-heaven before they could continue.
• Xiang Yuan washed and prepared to cultivate with Su Ran, then discovered Shang Qingmeng was sitting in her master's place, glaring at him with killing intent.

Xiang Yuan reconciled with Shang Qingmeng and persuaded Sword Venerable Su Ran to set aside her feud with Bai Wuyan while they faced the coming Heavenly Court crisis. He then visited Yellow Springs Dao, where the Dao Master asked if he had come for the Heavenly Court.

• Shang Qingmeng confronted Xiang Yuan over his relationships with Ziping and Qin Zhaorong, then went into seclusion with his help.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran emerged after Xiang Yuan baited her, and she agreed to temporarily stop fighting Bai Wuyan for the sake of the coming crisis.
• Xiang Yuan traveled to Yellow Springs Dao and entered its forbidden grounds to request an audience with the Dao Master.
• The Dao Master awoke inside her chained coffin and asked Xiang Yuan whether he had come for the Heavenly Court.

Xiang Yuan sought the Corpse Queen Mother’s support for Ji Wuzhou’s claim to the Heavenly Emperor’s position, but she declined to intervene and revealed Chan’er’s mastery of reincarnation principles. He then visited Bai Wuyan and shared his suspicion that the Dao Master was the corpse of the Six Paths Goddess reincarnated as Sword Venerable Su Ran.

• Xiang Yuan described the Yellow Springs clues and urged the Corpse Queen Mother to support Ji Wuzhou as Heavenly Emperor, but she said she could not leave reincarnation or take part in the struggle.
• The Corpse Queen Mother opened a reincarnation passage, revealing Chan’er controlling the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and its principles before Chan’er descended into Xiang Yuan’s arms.
• Xiang Yuan brought Chan’er to Unrivaled Palace, exchanged cultivation principles with her and Xiao Lingyue, then went to the Cold Pool Grotto-Heaven to see Bai Wuyan.
• Bai Wuyan grew jealous that Xiang Yuan had brought Chan’er to Unrivaled Palace and punished him before ordering him to take Chan’er away.
• Xiang Yuan told Bai Wuyan he suspected the Master of Yellow Springs Dao was the reincarnated corpse of the Six Paths Goddess and had become Sword Venerable Su Ran, prompting Bai Wuyan to tell him to get lost.

Xiang Yuan learned more about the Lord of the Yellow Springs Dao and the incomplete Yellow Springs Mother Tree while navigating the Overlord Residence’s chaotic household. Daoist Ziyang then reported that an impostor had claimed to be the reincarnation of the True Warrior Great Emperor, and Xiang Yuan set out to confront him.

• Bai Wuyan explained that the Lord of the Yellow Springs Dao was a dangerous figure tied to reincarnation, but she could not remove her from her plans.
• After three days of punishment at Unrivaled Palace, Xiang Yuan returned to the Overlord Residence and spent time with Chan'er and the other women.
• Chan'er told Xiang Yuan that the Yellow Springs Mother Tree was incomplete because someone had violently taken its missing roots, leading him to suspect the ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Daoist Ziyang arrived and reported that a man at Azure Cloud Sect had proclaimed himself the reincarnation of the True Warrior Great Emperor.
• Xiang Yuan decided to travel to Southern Jin and confront the impostor.

Xiang Yuan confronted Fang Jibai at the Azure Cloud Sect and proved his overwhelming strength by suppressing the sect’s array and breaking Fang Jibai’s attacks. Fang Jibai fled into the demon abyss and transformed, and Xiang Yuan entered the abyss to face him as the Azure Cloud Sect trembled.

• Xiang Yuan arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect with Daoist Ziyang and asked Sect Leader Qingyang to take him to the man impersonating the True Warrior Great Emperor.
• At Hanging Sword Cliff, Fang Jibai summoned the True Warrior Demon-Subduing Sword and used it with the Black Tortoise Grand Array to attack Xiang Yuan.
• Xiang Yuan suppressed the array, shattered Fang Jibai’s sword strike, and forced him to reveal three divine eyes before breaking through his powers with the Sword of Heaven and Earth.
• Fang Jibai’s borrowed power failed, and he plunged into the demon abyss, where demonic qi engulfed and transformed him; the True Warrior Demon-Subduing Sword flew to Xiang Yuan, who kicked it away.
• Xiang Yuan entered the abyss with Lone Star Chasing Moon, and a gigantic phantom reached through the demonic mist and grasped Fang Jibai’s hundred-zhang body.

Xiang Yuan escaped Zhang Tianyang’s spatial trap as Zhang restored the Three Realms and set his plan to become Celestial Emperor in motion. In the Netherworld, Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er encountered Shang Qingmeng and an approaching host of cultivators.

• Xiang Yuan denied being Azure Cloud Sect’s patriarch, spoke with Sect Leader Qingyang, and left after visiting the Scripture Repository Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhang Tianyang sealed Xiang Yuan inside Azure Cloud Sect, so Xiang Yuan broke through the barrier with the sect’s formation and fled through a spatial rift with Sect Leader Qingyang and the True Warrior Demon-Subduing Sword.
• Ji Wuzhou manifested the Heavenly Court, and Zhang Tianyang released the missing Heavenly Dao origin to restore the Three Realms before sending Ji Wuzhou, Senior Jiang, and a corpse specter to different realms.
• Zhang Tianyang suppressed Xiang Yuan and the great sun phoenix shadow in the Netherworld, where Bai Wuyan prepared to open a passage toward the Thirty-Six Heavens.
• Xiao Lingyue encountered Shang Qingmeng and a large group of cultivators, then Chan'er arrived and questioned whether her husband knew Fairy Shang.

Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Shang Qingmeng fought the Netherworld Realm's attackers, overcoming Daoist Wangji and Yin Biegong with their powerful swords and treasures. Xiang Yuan arrived to find his wife, Chan'er, and Shang Qingmeng working together, leaving him startled and unsure whether they had discussed their shared situation.

• Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er approached Shang Qingmeng, whose cold demeanor convinced them she had severed her emotions, while Shang Qingmeng mistook their friendliness for an attempt to catch an affair.
• Daoist Wangji attacked Shang Qingmeng, but she countered with her Dao Sword Realm and matched his sword strike.
• Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er fought off the other cultivators, with Xiao Lingyue wielding the Sunwheel Golden Sword and Chan'er using the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation to kill enemies.
• Yin Biegong tried to use the Book of Life and Death against Chan'er and Xiao Lingyue, but neither appeared in it; Chan'er then killed him with the mirror, and Xiao Lingyue took the book.
• Shang Qingmeng shattered Daoist Wangji's life-bound Bagua Treasure Mirror with her sword, leaving him wounded and cornered between her, Xiao Lingyue, and Chan'er.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Netherworld Realm and was surprised to find Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Shang Qingmeng fighting together.

Xiang Yuan arrived in the Netherworld Realm amid a battle, abandoned Taoist Wangji to face Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Shang Qingmeng, and took control of the fleeing cultivators and Demon Race. As Shang Qingmeng revealed Xiang Yuan’s entanglements with her, Bai Wuyan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran, the women turned their attention toward him while Bai Wuyan and Su Ran attacked the realm’s barrier.

• Xiang Yuan arrived in the Netherworld Realm, rejected Taoist Wangji’s plea for help, and fled below while Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Shang Qingmeng surrounded him.
• Shang Qingmeng attacked Taoist Wangji more fiercely after Xiao Lingyue asked her to spare him, then revealed that Xiang Yuan had slept with her and that she resented his other relationships.
• Xiang Yuan stopped Jinse's Six Incarnations from killing the cultivators, used the Demon-Summoning Banner and the Three-Legged Golden Crow to make the Demon Race submit, and ordered the remaining fighters to surrender.
• Shang Qingmeng told Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er that Xiang Yuan had gone to find Bai Wuyan and Su Ran, then disclosed further rumors about their relationships with him and A Ping.
• Bai Wuyan tore at the Netherworld Realm’s spatial barrier with her sword, and a white radiance gathered the realm’s power into a giant sword as someone offered to help.

Xiang Yuan and his allies broke out of the Netherworld Realm and confronted Zhang Tianyang in Clear Subtle Heaven. After the Dry Abyss Realm’s Heavenly Dao withdrew its support from Zhang Tianyang, the group crippled his sword and left him pinned as Xiang Yuan prepared a finishing strike.

• Xiang Yuan and Sword Venerable Su Ran fused their small worlds and shattered the Netherworld Realm’s spatial barrier, allowing them and Bai Wuyan to escape while Daoist Wangji remained behind.
• Bai Wuyan, Xiang Yuan, and Sword Venerable Su Ran reached Clear Subtle Heaven, where Zhang Tianyang used his Small World and the Heavenly Dao’s laws to suppress them.
• Xiang Yuan’s foreign Heavenly Dao principles resisted Zhang Tianyang’s control, and the Edict Heavenly Sword’s clash with their fused world caused the Heavenly Dao origin to withdraw and abandon Zhang Tianyang.
• Xiang Yuan and Sword Venerable Su Ran struck Zhang Tianyang with the Sword of Heaven and Earth while the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation pinned him, breaking his sword and leaving him badly wounded.
• The Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation immobilized Zhang Tianyang again as Xiang Yuan gathered chaotic light into his sword and launched another attack.

Xiang Yuan and his allies fought Zhang Tianyang, who survived the destruction of his original body by transferring his Primordial Spirit into Senior Jiang and unleashing his three Dharma Aspects. After Zhang Tianyang’s last stand separated Xiang Yuan from the others, Xiang Yuan shattered the Mystic Mirror and grew his Dharma Form to a thousand zhang, leaving the Celestial Emperor Dharma Form under a crushing barrage.

• Xiang Yuan erased Zhang Tianyang’s original body with the Sword of Heaven and Earth, but Zhang Tianyang reappeared through Senior Jiang, his zombie avatar.
• Zhang Tianyang summoned his Dharma Aspects of the Heavenly Emperor, Human Emperor, and Nether Lord, while Chan'er used the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and the others guarded her.
• Bai Wuyan and Chan'er destroyed the Human Emperor and Nether Lord Dharma Aspects, prompting Bai Wuyan to suspect Chan'er might be the true one of reincarnation.
• Zhang Tianyang used the Heavenly Emperor Dharma Form to separate Xiang Yuan from Sword Venerable Su Ran and confront him in Yan Xuanhe’s small world, where Xiao He had been staying.
• Xiang Yuan fought the eight-hundred-zhang Dharma Form, then struck and shattered the Mystic Mirror with the Sword of Heaven and Earth.
• Xiang Yuan expanded his Three-Headed Six-Armed Dharma Form to a thousand zhang and smashed the Celestial Emperor Dharma Form’s head with a fist.

Xiang Yuan defeated Zhang Tianyang, who warned that a future Celestial Emperor had discovered the Dry Abyss Realm and sent a Celestial Emperor Dao Seed into Xiang Yuan before dying. As Ji Wuzhou struggled to rebuild the realms’ order, Xiang Yuan reunited with the women who had come to confront him and admitted that he had lovers beyond their world.

• Xiang Yuan exhausted his strength and shattered Zhang Tianyang’s Celestial Emperor dharma manifestation, destroying Senior Jiang’s body in the process.
• Zhang Tianyang revealed that Senior Jiang carried coordinates planted by another Celestial Emperor, then sent his Celestial Emperor Dao Seed into Xiang Yuan before his body was erased.
• Ji Wuzhou was acknowledged as Celestial Emperor despite lacking the Dao Seed, but he struggled to manage the Heavenly Dao and restore the three realms’ order.
• Xiang Yuan found Xiao He and blamed him for setting many of his romantic entanglements in motion, then knocked him unconscious as Bai Wuyan, Sword Venerable Su Ran, Xiao Lingyue, Chan’er, and Shang Qingmeng arrived.
• Sword Venerable Su Ran accused Xiang Yuan of pursuing women connected to Sword Heart Studio, while the others pressed him to explain his relationships.
• Xiang Yuan claimed that he and Guanyin Bodhisattva were mutually in love and that he also had a master-and-disciple pair of lovers beyond the Dry Abyss Realm.

Xiang Yuan accepted the Heavenly Dao’s invitation and helped rebuild the Dry Abyss Realm’s order, rapidly advancing its laws and raising cultivators’ realms. As the new system took shape, he left Ji Wuzhou responsible for arranging the Heavenly Court while planning his own path to immortality.

• Xiang Yuan invited Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, Shang Qingmeng, Bai Wuyan, Sword Venerable Su Ran, and Xiao He to Great Luo Heaven, but the Heavenly Dao excluded Xiao He from the meeting.
• Xiang Yuan used the Small World method to reshape the Three Realms, establish the Four Great Continents, and organize the Heavenly Dao’s laws, triggering the Dry Abyss Realm’s dimensional ascension and widespread breakthroughs.
• Xiang Yuan advanced to the peak of the Body Integration Realm, while Xiao Chan and Shang Qingmeng became Return to Void Realm immortals and Bai Wuyan and Sword Venerable Su Ran advanced further.
• After the Three Realms’ order neared completion, Xiang Yuan released Sect Leader Qingyang, Daoist Wangji, and other captives, then assigned Sect Leader Qingyang and Qu Rou tasks for the Heavenly Court.
• Xiang Yuan told Ji Wuzhou to arrange the Heavenly Court’s personnel and bring him the list for review, while declaring that he wanted to remain an idle immortal rather than become Heavenly Emperor.

Xiang Yuan and Ji Wuzhou arranged the Dry Abyss Realm’s divine positions, with Xiang Yuan taking several imperial roles and summoning the Three Pure Ones while leaving key positions vacant. After establishing his dojos and assigning underlings, Xiang Yuan discovered that the Eternal Joy Sect’s lineage belonged to the Eastern King Lord, not the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Pole.

• Xiang Yuan persuaded Ji Wuzhou to replace the title Heavenly Emperor with Jade Emperor and took the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Pole, True Warrior Great Emperor, and Heavenly Emperor of the Gouchen Upper Palace positions for himself.
• Xiang Yuan concealed the positions of Southern Pole Guanyin and the Western Buddha Elder, then summoned the Three Pure Ones into the Thirty-Six Heavens and assigned the Queen Mother of the West and Sovereign Earth Deity to different factions.
• Ji Wuzhou’s remarks led Xiang Yuan to suspect that Jingyun and Bai Wuyan were both reincarnated bodies of the Queen Mother of the West, leaving him reluctant to conquer the Heavenly God Realm.
• After two days of arranging the Three Realms’ order, Xiang Yuan left Great Luo Heaven and distributed divine positions among the Azure Cloud Sect, Yue Huanjiang, and Qu Rou.
• Xiang Yuan visited the Eternal Joy Sect at his Azure Emperor dojo, where Mingxiaozi and the other disciples bowed to him, then explained that their lineage belonged to the Eastern King Lord.

Xiang Yuan visited True Heart Dao to arrange heavenly posts for his master and fellow disciples, then traveled with Bai Wuyan to the Ancient Wilderness Realm to cultivate by devouring it. As he began merging his inner world with the realm, Bai Wuyan prepared to guard him and discussed strengthening the Dry Abyss Realm against a coming threat.

• Xiang Yuan arrived in Northern Qi and used Quexin's strategy pouch to discuss heavenly positions for Clear Insight and Miao Qiong, while assigning Wangji, Wujiu, and Still Water exhausting divine duties.
• Xiang Yuan bestowed divine positions on Miao Qiong and Ji Boli, sending them to Heaven.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Ancient Wilderness Realm to attempt Body Integration, and Bai Wuyan followed him through the Jambu Gate.
• Bai Wuyan confronted Xiang Yuan over his broken promise concerning Su Ran, then explained that she knew of another Queen Mother of the West and planned to grow stronger by opening paths to other worlds.
• Xiang Yuan spread open his inner world and began merging it with the Ancient Wilderness Realm to devour heaven and earth.

Xiang Yuan refined the collapsing Ancient Wilderness Realm, gaining a Celestial Emperor-grade body and absorbing the realm into his inner world. After defeating the Wheel Prison Great Demon with Bai Wuyan, he returned to the Dry Abyss Realm and prepared to use Jambu Gate to strengthen its lower realms, while Bai Wuyan followed him into the Unborn Realm.

• Xiang Yuan united his inner heaven with the Ancient Wilderness Realm, refined its forbidden zones, and advanced to the Formless True World realm.
• Bai Wuyan killed the Wheel Prison Great Demon's avatar, then wounded his true body with three sword strikes as he tried to flee.
• Xiang Yuan's will immobilized and refined the Wheel Prison Great Demon after he insulted Bai Wuyan, and the demon became nourishment for the collapsing realm.
• Xiang Yuan absorbed the final remnants of the Ancient Wilderness Realm and returned with Bai Wuyan to the Dry Abyss Realm through Jambu Gate.
• Bai Wuyan taught Xiang Yuan how to use two jade discs to sense between worlds, and Xiang Yuan chose the Unborn Realm as his first target.
• Bai Wuyan opened Jambu Gate and entered the Unborn Realm after Xiang Yuan to demonstrate the procedure.