Recaps

Xiang Yuan infiltrated the Heavenly Demon Sect to seize its relics and turned its rival factions against each other. After Elder Heavenly Serpent’s return and the sect’s collapse, Xiang Yuan became Cult Master, fought the Eight Great Sects, and vanished while Master Bai Yue pursued him.

• Xiang Yuan saved Wu Wan’s captives, killed her, and later became Ji Wuzhou’s registered disciple before reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Dragon-Subduing Realm, impersonated Mo Chang, and captured Ji Muqing to learn about the Heavenly Demon Relics and the assault on Slaughter Mountain.
• Xiang Yuan captured Master Bai Yue and Ji Muqing, then followed them to Zhuo Buqun and Bi Shexin, killed the two traitors, and obtained two relics from Bai Yue.
• Xiang Yuan infiltrated Slaughter Mountain, hypnotized Yejiamo into helping him, and passed the Eight Great Sects intelligence about a secret passage while pursuing the remaining relics.
• Xiang Yuan manipulated Juli Lu and the rival factions until Mo Luo and Mo She fought, but Elder Heavenly Serpent appeared, gathered five relics, and drained the trapped leaders.
• Senior Zombie defeated Elder Heavenly Serpent, while the five relics empowered Xiang Yuan and left him with the Heavenly Demon Heart Sutra after he resisted their demonic influence.
• Xiang Yuan killed Kun Naxie, Yejiamo, and the remaining Devils, took the sect’s treasures, and welcomed the Eight Great Sects as the newly declared Cult Master.
• Xiang Yuan fought Liao Yuan, Cloud Crane, Bamboo Goose, and Master Bai Yue, then fled the Heavenly King Hall, and Bai Yue pursued him and heard a voice say she had finally fallen into its hands.

Xiang Yuan and Chan'er uncovered Zhao Haoran’s conspiracy in the Unborn Realm, defeated him and his allies, and looted their enemies’ hidden stores. Back in the Dry Abyss Realm, Chan'er brought Xiang Yuan to Earth Dragon Fort and revealed a secluded medicinal pool beneath it.

• Xiang Yuan encountered Chan'er in the Unborn Realm, and they entered the capital together, where he learned that the State Preceptor Lingguang was supposedly dead.
• Xiang Yuan and Chan'er investigated the capital’s martial world, captured Blood-Drinking Madam, and fought Empress Dugu, who died after their battle.
• Xiang Yuan attended Zhao Haoran’s banquet and traveled with Chan'er to the Forbidden City, where Zhang Xinyuan and You Shanxian attacked the gathered martial artists.
• Zhao Haoran revealed himself as the Ever-Changing Scholar and joined Zhang Xinyuan and You Shanxian against Chan'er and Xiang Yuan.
• Chan'er destroyed Zhang Xinyuan, while Xiang Yuan killed You Shanxian and Zhao Haoran after Chan'er and Zhao Haoran nearly exhausted each other in battle.
• Xiang Yuan and Chan'er recovered, then looted the Qi-Extinguishing Prince’s Manor and the Six Doors warehouse before returning to the Dry Abyss Realm.
• Xiang Yuan assigned Chan'er the code name Junior Sister White Tortoise, and she took him to Earth Dragon Fort and revealed the entrance to the Underworld River Ancient Road.
• Chan'er led Xiang Yuan to an underground medicinal pool and told him to enter it.

Xiang Yuan survived the crimson medicinal pool, defeated Piniwen, and helped Master Bai Yue prepare for her ascension while pursuing new cultivation and allies. After confronting the Five Poisons Cult’s pill scheme and breaking through to the Connate Realm, he returned to Yulin Academy as Sima Qingyan prepared to challenge him again.

• Xiang Yuan survived the crimson pool by absorbing its power, saved Chan’er with his blood, and traveled to Shaolin Temple to witness Abbot Liaochen’s ascension.
• Xiang Yuan exposed and killed Piniwen, absorbed the demonic qi afflicting Shaolin and its guests, then razed the Unending Demon Cult before reaching Mount Emei.
• Xiang Yuan promised to help Master Bai Yue ascend, destroyed the Earth Demon Sect and Nafan Demon Cult, and returned to Song Family Village, where Xiao Lingyue and Chan’er arrived badly wounded.
• Xiang Yuan treated Xiao Lingyue and Chan’er, learned they had fought demons in the Heavenly Demon Realm, and took them east with him to seek Kang Kuangshi.
• Xiang Yuan met Kang Kuangshi at Yin Mountain, learned they were connected through another world, and received instruction in saber and sword techniques before Chan’er sent him to retrieve a great medicine.
• Xiang Yuan infiltrated a Five Poisons Cult caravan and discovered that Shi Chengshan was refining an immortal pill beneath Little Sesame Mountain, where Wang Hu sacrificed Li Banshan and Shi Chengshan to the medicinal pool.
• Xiang Yuan broke through to the Connate Realm, defeated Wang Hu, killed Shi Chengshan’s Primordial Spirit, and absorbed the pool’s remaining medicinal power while Chan’er guarded him.
• Xiang Yuan trained, gave blood medicine to Master Bai Yue and Ji Muqing, and agreed to attend Bai Yue’s ascension ceremony, after returning to Yulin Academy, he learned Xu Jixian had entered seclusion and Sima Qingyan planned another challenge.

Xiang Yuan strengthened his cultivation, secured his engagement to Xiao Lingyue, and pursued new paths across the realms. In a modern world, he joined the Rapid Response Squad, traveled to the Demon Continent, and learned that Qiongqi and Baize had taken the relics toward the meteor crater.

• Xiang Yuan joined Xiao Yan’s family as his ninety-first adopted son, and Xiao Lingyue learned that her parents had approved their engagement.
• Bai Yue ascended, and Xiang Yuan entered the Innate realm, studied Ji Wuzhou’s paintings, and learned from Ji Boli about comprehending the laws of heaven and earth.
• Xiang Yuan traveled to a modern world, defeated Qiongqi, and discovered that the demon had taken a relic from a pharmaceutical company’s experimental warehouse.
• Xiang Yuan defeated Yan Xun and Liu Yutan, learned the Divide of Black and White art, and joined the Rapid Response Squad as Hekang City’s deputy supervisor.
• Xiang Yuan flew to the Demon Continent, defeated the giant eagle, and forced Qingluan to pledge loyalty after overcoming it in battle.
• Qingluan told Xiang Yuan that Baize had helped Qiongqi retrieve a second relic and planned to use both relics to erase the demons’ affliction.
• Xiang Yuan and Qingluan reached Qiongqi’s lair, found Qiongqi and Baize gone, and headed toward the red pillar of light at the Demon Continent’s center.