Recaps

Xiang Yuan opened the ascension passage, secured a divine office, and recruited allies while pursuing the relic in the Heavenly Demon Realm. He claimed a Great Sage’s position and entered the Blood Moon Demon Palace, where a battle with Mist Wyrm King left Senior Jiang swallowed by the wyrm.

• Xiang Yuan seized the demons’ relics, refined the energy of the dark pool, and made the surviving demons acknowledge him as their master.
• Xiang Yuan helped Ji Muqing ascend, reunited with Bai Yue, and received the divine office of True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor from Jingyun.
• Xiang Yuan opened the ascension passage between the Blue Star Realm and the Heavenly God Realm, recruited Baize and Nine Infants, and offered human cultivators a path to join his sect.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Heavenly Demon Realm with Xiao Lingyue and Chan'er, impersonated King Taisui, and defeated demon kings as he built his reputation.
• Xiang Yuan defeated the challengers for Yaksha King’s position and became the Nether-Piercing Great Sage, also known as the Nine Spirits King.
• Xiang Yuan followed Bull Devil King into the Blood Moon Demon Palace, helped him kill Lion Camel King, and later joined forces with him and White Emperor King against Mist Wyrm King and Golden Crow King.
• Xiang Yuan summoned Senior Jiang, Xiao Lingyue, and Chan'er to fight Mist Wyrm King, but after they wounded the demon, the wyrm swallowed Senior Jiang.

Xiang Yuan battled through the Five Poisons Cult’s turmoil, killed Ana Heiyan, and learned that history and the mortal world had changed. After parting from companions and pursuing a new opportunity in Earth Dragon Fort, he entered the Wasteland Realm and joined the Pioneers.

• Xiang Yuan survived Golden Crow King’s explosive attack, recovered with Xiao Lingyue and Chan’er, and later returned to Song Family Village with them after exploring the Demon Palace.
• Xiang Yuan joined the Heavenly Court’s campaign against the Heavenly Demon Realm, then reunited with Xiao He and Xu Jixian and agreed to help infiltrate the Five Poisons Cult.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiao He entered Cloud Battle City, where Xu Jixian had become involved with Ana Heiyan, and Ana Heiyan’s master ordered her to awaken his Ancient God Clan bloodline.
• As Ana Heiyan’s blood formation engulfed Cloud Battle City, Xiang Yuan fought his way into the City Lord’s Manor while Lingxiu defeated Ling’en and entered the city.
• Xiang Yuan resisted Ana Heiyan’s illusions, killed her, and fell into the blood pool, while Xu Jixian survived and awakened his Ancient God Clan bloodline.
• Xiang Yuan parted from his companions, received the Bodhi One Leaf Sutra from Lingxiu, and discovered that the Heavenly Court had changed history, and he then found Chan’er missing and argued with Xiao Lingyue about their engagement.
• Xiang Yuan looted Spiritual Light Old Devil’s cache, killed two Stellar Palace assassins, helped Sang Shouyi seize territory in Earth Dragon Fort, and advanced to the completion of the Innate Realm.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Wasteland Realm, joined the Pioneers, and learned about the blood rain, the Underground City, and the squad leader’s conflict with the city lord’s wife.

Xiang Yuan restored the Wasteland Realm, defeated Jinse, and reunited Chan’er with Yellow Springs Dao before returning to Heavenly and mortal affairs. At Sword Heart Studio, he helped repel a sect invasion and ended the arc with Sword Venerable Su Ran seeking to cure Shang Qingmeng’s desire-sin through him.

• Xiang Yuan escaped the City Lord’s attempt to seize him, killed Wang Genji and Guan Ling, and used the relic bead and Rouge Sword to change the Wasteland Realm.
• Xiang Yuan borrowed Lay Practitioner Bai Yue’s purifying vase, cleansed the Wasteland Realm, and granted Guan Yan a divine office before rescuing Chan’er from Jinse.
• Xiang Yuan and Chan’er defeated Jinse, who had used Chan’er as a vessel, and Chan’er consumed her Primordial Spirit beneath the Yellow Springs Mother Tree.
• The Dao Lord welcomed Chan’er back to Yellow Springs Dao and appointed Xiang Yuan Left Envoy, while Xiang Yuan later reunited Chan’er with Xiao Lingyue.
• The Great Emperor’s phantom imposed a love poison on Xiang Yuan that required both women’s love to ease, and he later witnessed Sun Wukong’s rise and began studying Heavenly Law and Earthly Manifestation.
• Xiang Yuan rescued Sima Qingyan from Yellow Springs Dao and traveled with her to Sword Heart Studio, where the sect’s physicians mistook his condition for a damaged cultivation foundation.
• When Sword Heart Studio came under attack, Xiang Yuan revealed his strength, destroyed Blood God Child avatars, and helped Shang Qingmeng defeat Fairy Empty Shadow.
• Xiang Yuan joined Shang Qingmeng and Sword Venerable Su Ran against Chang Xiuming and Daoist Jiehai, then contaminated the pocket heaven with demonic qi so Su Ran could fight again.
• Su Ran used Xiang Yuan and the Blood-Drop Sword to restore her strength, then told him Shang Qingmeng’s desire-sin could be purged by coupling with him.

Xiang Yuan took over the Feng Clan, uncovered the deception surrounding Feng Jiahe, and joined Sword Heart Studio’s expedition into a minor grotto-heaven. There he helped defeat the heavenly demon and trapped it beneath the Merit Golden Wheel.

• Xiang Yuan escaped Sword Heart Studio, partnered with Daoist Purple Duckweed to trade medicine, and arranged to travel to the Heavenly Sword Pavilion by impersonating the dead Feng Wenshu.
• Xiang Yuan defeated Ma Yu and four Spirit Transformation challengers, claimed the Feng Clan patriarch’s position, and uncovered the hidden cave-heaven beneath Feng Jiahe’s mausoleum.
• Xiang Yuan exposed Feng Jiahe as an impostor, took his treasures, and agreed to meet him in Shendu before returning the patriarch’s seal to Feng Wenyu and Feng Wenyuan.
• Xiang Yuan reunited with Shang Qingmeng and Daoist Purple Duckweed, then joined Sword Heart Studio’s expedition into the Qilin Mountain minor grotto-heaven with White Cloud Manor.
• Xiang Yuan rescued Ziping, Qin Zhaorong, and Sword Heart Studio’s junior sisters, then killed Jiang Luo and took the Body-Observing Precious Jade and the jade mirror.
• Xiang Yuan joined the group confronting the demonic ruins, where Zen Master Xuanji tried to reseal the great demon with the Merit Golden Wheel.
• Xiang Yuan defeated Wu Pan, awakened the Merit Golden Wheel through his merit, and used it to crush and capture the heavenly demon as the pocket realm began to collapse.