Recaps

Xiang Yuan defeated Zuo Lengxie’s conspiracy, reunited with the Xiao brothers, and joined Xiao Lingyue in uncovering the Other Shore Gate’s threat. In Taixu, Xiang Yuan and his allies fought Other-Transformation Heaven, secured a Reincarnation Relic, and returned through the Jambu Gate.

• Xiang Yuan returned to Yellow Springs Dao and outmaneuvered Zuo Lengxie, who eventually agreed to guide the sect toward righteousness.
• Xiang Yuan reunited Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiushui with Xiao Lingyue, found Xu Jixian, and helped Xiao Feng confront Feng Wenshu.
• Xiang Yuan and the Xiao siblings entered the ruins beneath Shendu, defeated a corpse fiend, and freed Western Chu’s fate-bearing golden dragon from the Other Shore Gate.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiao Lingyue spent the night together before she and Chan’er argued over him and brought him and Senior Jiang through the Jambu Gate into Taixu.
• Xiang Yuan learned that Tuo Yanmo had traded the Reincarnation Relic for demonic power, killed him, and sought another relic through Great Phoenix Temple.
• Xiang Yuan entered the Nether Spring Ancient Path with Xiao Lingyue, Chan’er, and Senior Jiang, where Wen Heren and Liyuan joined forces against them.
• Xiang Yuan seized the Blood Sea Golden Lotus while Chan’er and Xiao Lingyue held off the Heavenly Demon of Self-Transformation, then the group fought Other-Transformation Heaven together.
• Xiang Yuan and his allies defeated Other-Transformation Heaven, recovered a Reincarnation Relic, and returned through the Jambu Gate.

Xiang Yuan took the Water-Subduing Iron Sword through Southern Jin and Northern Qi, uncovered the force weakening their dragon veins, and visited True Heart Dao, where he entered the Nether Passage Grandmaster realm. He then escorted Jiang Yingjun toward Western Chu, and the arc ended as he prepared to face the final border contest after guiding her to victory at chess.

• Xiang Yuan agreed to bring the Water-Subduing Iron Sword to Southern Jin, defeated the Hundred Rivers Alliance challengers, and developed the Nine Paths of Asking Heaven after escaping an Illusion Annihilation Dao attack.
• Xiang Yuan confronted Li Yuanrong beneath Southern Jin’s capital, activated the Water-Subduing Iron Sword to suppress the floods, and helped the Li Clan free Southern Jin’s golden dragon from a star formation.
• Xiang Yuan completed water-subduing ceremonies across Southern Jin, visited Wang Daoyan in Liangzhou, then traveled through Northern Qi and discovered the formation sealing its luck-golden dragon.
• Xiang Yuan defeated Liu Che and learned that Heartless Daoist had engineered their misunderstanding, then revealed that he was Liu Che’s senior brother and agreed to escort Jiang Yingjun to Overlord Tower.
• Xiang Yuan found Old Daoist Quexin at True Heart Dao, fought Miao Qiong, and entered the Nether Passage Grandmaster realm before consolidating his cultivation and exploring the Scripture Repository.
• Xiang Yuan met Jiang Yingjun in Tai'an Prefecture and escorted her convoy west, defeating Pang Wanjun after learning the Liu Clan had arranged the assassination attempt.
• At the Northern Qi–Western Chu border, Jiang Yingjun drew with Wu Rui in calligraphy and defeated Xiao Feng at chess with Xiang Yuan’s secret guidance, while Xiang Yuan promised to handle the painting contest.

Xiang Yuan entered the Ancient Wilderness Realm with Bai Wuyan, helped her survive a failed tribulation, and returned to the Dry Abyss Realm with the Reincarnation Relic. He reunited with Xiao Lingyue, traveled with Shang Qingmeng and her companions, and ended by confronting Chan'er at Yellow Springs Dao headquarters.

• Xiang Yuan exposed impostors and attackers around Jiang Yingjun’s procession, then dealt with Cheng Yuling’s suspicions and met the Unrivaled Palace grandmasters who had come to test him.
• Xiang Yuan defeated the Formless Sword Master, met Bai Wuyan’s attack, and agreed to enter a new world with her three days later.
• Xiang Yuan followed Bai Wuyan into the Ancient Wilderness Realm, where she underwent a lightning tribulation while the Wheel Prison Great Demon interfered.
• After Bai Wuyan was left near death, Xiang Yuan revived her and helped her recover, then fought the Wheel Prison Great Demon and survived the Profound Yellow Blood Sea.
• Xiang Yuan and Bai Wuyan found the Reincarnation Relic and returned to the Dry Abyss Realm, where Bai Wuyan took him to Unrivaled Palace and Xiao Lingyue reunited with him.
• Xiang Yuan cultivated with Xiao Lingyue, then traveled to Bishui County and helped Ziping prepare for Sword Heart Studio’s match before setting off with Shang Qingmeng, Ziping, and Qin Zhaorong.
• Xiang Yuan traveled through Qingzhou, discussed the Heavenly Emperor’s Dao Seed with Jingyun, and visited Ji Muqing in the South Sea’s Purple Bamboo Grove.
• After returning from the Heavenly God Realm, Xiang Yuan visited Yellow Springs Dao headquarters, reached Chan’er’s underground palace, broke free when she seized him, and knelt before her.

Xiang Yuan tried to protect the Xiao Clan from the Book of Life and Death while the Western Chu succession crisis deepened. After uncovering the mastermind’s scheme at Mahayana Mountain, he became the Heavenly Sect’s young sect master and returned Xiao He to his family.

• Chan’er entered secluded cultivation, and Xiang Yuan joined Unrivaled Palace’s sword-contest team disguised as Yinshuang while seeking the opportunity in Fire Dragon Desolation.
• Xiang Yuan defeated the dangers beneath the earthfire marrow, continued daily sword matches with Shang Qingmeng, and watched Xiao Lingyue draw with her.
• After learning that the Xiao Clan’s emperor and eligible heirs had lost their Primordial Spirits, Xiang Yuan discovered the Book of Life and Death was involved and secured a three-month truce from Liu Che.
• Xiang Yuan and Chan’er used the Life-Death Reincarnation Curse to protect Liu Che, Xiao Yan, and members of the Southern Jin imperial family, while Chan’er and Xiao Lingyue clashed over Xiang Yuan.
• Lingxiu joined Xiao Yan’s household as an adopted son, but the succession gathering exposed rival sect allegiances and Ji Boli’s connection to True Heart Dao.
• At Mahayana Mountain, Ji Wuzhou exposed Xiang Yuan’s disguise and the mountain formation trapped him, sending him into the Dry Abyss Realm with Xiao He and the real Ji Wuzhou.
• Xiang Yuan destroyed the spiritual spring that sustained the realm, and Ji Wuzhou defeated the hidden mastermind controlling Shen Hanyi and the Heavenly Sect Grand Array.
• Ji Wuzhou made Xiang Yuan the Heavenly Sect’s young sect master, and Xiang Yuan brought Xiao He back to King Zhao Residence, where he reunited with Xiao Lingyue.