Recaps

Chen Changsheng prepared for the coming conflict while Dream revealed the history behind the two epochs’ wars. At the Sword Sect, Shi Qi passed the Sword Tomb and joined the group, while Mo Bai began a new trial of reincarnation and Lu Zijian and Cao Mingxian chose to leave the checkpoint quest.

• Li Chengyu killed Long Aotian, and Chen Changsheng explained that his death would divide the Aristocratic Clans and draw powerful factions into the conflict.
• Chen Changsheng recruited Li Chengyu as Traceless and said the people of the Pill Epoch had to fight for their homeland.
• Dream recounted his million-year war, the upheaval in the Chang Sheng Epoch, and his battles with the Dao Ancestor, the Master of the Netherworld Forest, and the Ominous Maker.
• Chen Changsheng sealed part of his memories before facing a powerful enemy, while Meng De sent Baleful Shadow to rescue Lu Zijian and pursue the third Virtual World checkpoint.
• Ning Bei required the group to pass through the Sword Tomb before Cao Mingxian could be freed, and Lin Yao and Cui Shuo failed to cross its sword-qi passage.
• Li Chengyu found Shi Qi, who entered the Sword Tomb and transformed its sword qi into spring breezes, earning recognition from Dugu and the Sword Ancestor.
• Shi Qi joined the group after Ning Bei agreed to release Cao Mingxian, while Mo Bai abandoned the realizations from a thousand reincarnations and accepted a ten-thousand-reincarnation trial.
• Lu Zijian and Cao Mingxian chose not to continue to the third checkpoint and prepared to give their companions parting words.

Li Changsheng’s group sought refuge in the Nine Splendors World, where its hidden Emperor Lord tested their resolve and helped several of them break through their limits. After seven days, he sent them toward Green Mountain World and defied seven Quasi-Emperors from the aristocratic families.

• Li Changming killed Cao Mingxian, and Lu Zijian fell after his immortal sword broke as True Meaning fought the attackers and took Lu Zijian’s shattered Life Lamp.
• Chen Changsheng gathered allies and planned a Virtual World that would link distant epochs, while Baleful Shadow’s injured group hid in the Nine Splendors World.
• Shangguan struck Shi Qi nearly to death, then brought him to Nine Splendors Mountain, where Nine Splendors Emperor Lord treated him and revealed his Eighth Heaven Quasi-Emperor strength.
• Li Changsheng gave Shangguan the Virtual World qualification, then chose to pursue his own understanding of the Great Dao rather than bind himself to the project.
• Nine Splendors Emperor Lord taught the group that they needed to break through their personal limits, and Cui Shuo and Cui Yunzheng shattered their Great Daos before Ning Bei did the same under his challenge.
• Nine Splendors Emperor Lord fought Ning Bei and Cui Shuo, urged them to overcome despair, and recalled how the Phoenix Empress had defeated him despite his rise to the Sixth Heaven Quasi-Emperor realm.
• After seven days, Nine Splendors Emperor Lord sent Feng Ran and the others toward Green Mountain World, then rejected seven Quasi-Emperors’ demands and challenged them to reveal the person he wanted to identify.

The Pill Epoch’s struggle against the great clans intensified as old leaders fell, new alliances formed, and Green Mountain World’s third trial drew cultivators into the Endless Sea. The arc left Li Changsheng’s group facing the approaching conflicts while Mo Bai and Li Changming fought over the spread of cultivation.

• Lu Fenghua killed the Nine Splendors Emperor Lord, and Chen Feng and the arriving allies fought the aristocratic Quasi-Emperors as Jiuhua sacrificed himself to shield the Nine Splendors World.
• Lu Mingyu fought the great families’ hidden powerhouses while Yun Ya Zi intervened, and Chen Feng refused to spare the clan leaders after learning they had used their followers as cannon fodder.
• Chen Changsheng confronted Sin with Dream’s support and a God-Slaying Weapon, forcing Sin to abandon his challenge and lose authority.
• Chen Changsheng announced Green Mountain World’s third trial, sending cultivators across the deadly Endless Sea in search of a hidden reward.
• Li Changsheng’s group built ships, restrained injured Immortal Kings, and learned that the reward might be guarded by a Kun Peng and a Mermen army.
• Shangguan fought the aristocratic clans and later killed their reinforcements, while Ning Bei died and Long Aotian defeated Cui Hongyuan.
• Mo Bai fought Li Changming after mastering the Thirty-Six Heaven-Opening Axes, while Cui Hongyuan set out by boat toward Li Changsheng’s group.

Chen Changsheng completed his reincarnation trials, returned to the Pill Epoch, and joined the struggle surrounding the third checkpoint. As his companions faced the young fighters and hidden enemies, the newcomers’ battles continued across the sea.

• Shi Qi awakened the Non-Killing Sword, while the Sword Ancestor took the contested item, banished the Buddhist Sect from Sword Sect territory, and declared he would visit the Chang Sheng Epoch.
• Feng Ran defeated Cui Hongyuan, and Lu Jun grasped that the Dao lay in the heart before overcoming Cui Hongyuan and ending his hatred.
• Chen Changsheng relived his past with Nian Ci, completed thousands of reincarnations, and left his inner demon’s cycle with a Second Divine Soul secret art.
• Chen Changsheng learned from Li Chengyu that the Sword Ancestor’s clash with the Buddhist saints was part of a scheme to probe the Chang Sheng Epoch’s Immortal Destiny, then set out to gather his companions.
• Chen Changsheng entered the Pill Epoch with Nian Sheng, Wu Li, and Zhang Bairen, where Wu Li killed an ancient powerhouse with one punch and revealed his plans to return to the Bitter Sea Great Emperor path.
• At Green Mountain World, unknown fighters attacked the contestants, and Chen Changsheng’s companions faced them while Shi Qi challenged Chen Feng’s swordsmanship and Zhang Bairen fought Cui Shuo.
• Cui Shuo broke through Zhang Bairen’s divine ability and struck his Paper figure, prompting Zhang Bairen to concede and reveal their shared lineage.
• Hua Feng confronted Baleful Shadow as Zhou Jingting withdrew, while Lin Yao and Feng Ran fought back to back against an opponent whose many arts overwhelmed them.