Recaps

Xuan questioned Heaven about its attempt to seize a Dao Attainer’s essence, then destroyed it and learned from Xu Xing that Gu had emerged from Qingxu’s heart. Back at the Sword Sect, Xu Xing told Ning Ruo what had happened as construction began on Star Ancestor Hall.

• Xuan explained that Sword Ancestor’s Dao of Severance had removed Heaven’s anchors from living beings and questioned Heaven about the upheaval that had let it descend as Cang Ancestor.
• Heaven answered Xuan’s question with “Cang Ancestor?” before Xuan sealed it in purple qi and destroyed it.
• Xu Xing told Xuan that his senior sister had seen Gu emerge from the very heart of Qingxu, then departed as Xuan left Ancient Great Profound Heaven.
• Gu watched from the Temple of Time, worried that events were slipping beyond his control, and hoped Xuan would not learn the truth.
• Xu Xing told Ning Ruo that Xuan had deliberately summoned him to ask about Gu, and they agreed to wait and see whether her suspicions would grow.
• Before dawn, artifact refiners worked on Star Ancestor Hall, a new mountain hall built from the Great Profound Realm’s fortune, ley lines, moonlight, and starlight.

Ruo Qing completed the Star Ancestor Hall by forging it with the Great Profound Realm’s true meaning of Yang. Xu Xing then redirected the Human Race’s sealed Heavenly Will toward Chen Huan, leaving her struggling beneath its immense pressure.

• Ruo Qing and the master refiners finished the Star Ancestor Hall’s structure, joining it with the Central Continent’s ley lines.
• Ruo Qing drew the true meaning of Yang from its eternal plane and used it to forge the hall in a blaze of divine fire.
• Xu Xing saw the Heavenly Will flowing toward the nearly completed hall and sent Red Radiance to hasten its movement.
• Truth Insight experts sensed Xu Xing diverting the Heavenly Will from the Immortal Sects toward the Sword Sect.
• Chen Huan felt the Heavenly Will’s shackles weigh upon her and diminish the Dao and True Immortal power she could command.

Chen Huan learned that the True Immortals refined Heaven’s Will by gathering the influence of all living beings, then settled into Star Ancestor Hall to adjust to sealing it. With her taking on that duty, several True Immortals were free to travel, while Xu Xing met Ruo Qing at the Sword Sect, where she revealed her admiration for him.

• Chen Huan traced Heaven’s Will to an array gathering the actions and thoughts of people across the Great Profound Realm, and Bie Xuening explained that this collective power wore Heaven’s Will away.
• Artifact Sovereign completed Star Ancestor Hall and gave Chen Huan a gift; she moved in to adjust to the burden of sealing Heaven’s Will.
• With Chen Huan taking over the responsibility, Hong Sovereign, Tyrant Sovereign, Pill Ancestor, Artifact Sovereign, and Ning Ruo were free to leave their sects and travel.
• The Big Boss Group discussed gifts for Chen Huan and arranged visits to the Sword Sect, while Hong Sovereign and Chen Huan began a private conversation.
• Xu Xing closed the group chat and met Ruo Qing, who thanked him for his protection and privately reflected on her admiration for him.

Chen Huan reflected on facing her unresolved problems with Hong as she adjusted to becoming a True Immortal, while Xu Xing decided to investigate Qingxu. In the Qingxiao Plane, Chi Jiuyu killed a beast tied to a deadly trial and ended the chapter ranked first with three points.

• Chen Huan told Bie Xuening that she needed to face her problems with Hong and worried about her new responsibilities as a True Immortal.
• Xu Xing visited a Sword Sect plaza, then decided to return to Qingxu to investigate Gu's emergence.
• Chi Jiuyu encountered and killed a beast in the Qingxiao Plane before it could attack her.
• Chi Jiuyu recognized that two arriving cultivators had been sent as sacrifices to help the beast pass its trial, and she watched them leave.
• Chi Jiuyu's status showed her at rank one with three points and one use of Forced Random Teleportation available.

Chi Jiuyu continued exploring Qingxiao Plane and investigated Zhengxu Dao Palace, while Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor returned to Qingxu to search for the source of its disturbance. Xu Xing’s sword thrust exposed a crimson invasion reaching into the past, where Gu faced a mysterious figure demanding to know why he had emerged from Qingxu’s core.

• Chi Jiuyu failed to stabilize her new Star Sword technique and continued up the mountain, resolving to investigate Zhengxu Dao Palace cautiously.
• Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor traveled to Qingxu and found its center strangely distorted despite appearing unchanged from above.
• Charm Ancestor proposed destroying Qingxu, and Xu Xing agreed to inspect it further before discussing the plan with others.
• Xu Xing thrust his sword into the center of Qingxu, releasing crimson light and images throughout the gray-black mist.
• In the Ancient Great Profound Heaven, Gu saw the crimson power invade the past and expected the Human Race True Immortals to destroy Qingxu.
• A blurred figure with purple eyes appeared beside Gu and asked why he had emerged from the very core of Qingxu.

Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor uncovered evidence of a hidden anomaly in Qingxu and sealed its core region, while Gu revealed that his scheme had succeeded in drawing their attention there. At the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, Leng Rou watched the remaining contestants, and Chi Jiuyu waited at Zhengxu Dao Palace’s Immortal Ascension Assembly for challengers before a blue-gray-robed contestant spotted her and fled.

• Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor spread Gu’s residual essence and true-history fragments through Qingxu’s mist, triggering a brief disturbance that confirmed the core region concealed something.
• Xu Xing decided to seal Qingxu’s core region and discuss what to do next with the others; he and Charm Ancestor informed them through the Immortal Net.
• Xuan questioned Gu about reaching the present through Qingxu, then left after warning him to prevent another accident; Gu realized the True Immortals had discovered the anomaly and hoped they would seal Qingxu.
• Leng Rou reviewed the competition’s remaining contestants and watched a feed of a burly bald contestant overpowering four Zhengxu Dao Palace elders before switching to another viewpoint.
• Chi Jiuyu went to Zhengxu Dao Palace’s Immortal Ascension Assembly, planning to wait for contestants and eliminate them, but a blue-gray-robed contestant spotted her and immediately turned to leave.

Chen Huan and Hong Sovereign finished their fierce battle, while Xu Xing glimpsed them leaving together in an intimate embrace. At the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, Charm Ancestor sensed Jiu Yu had entered a Heart Demon Trial, as Mu Chengfeng’s admiration for Chi Jiuyu’s sword art curdled into jealousy.

• Chen Huan and Hong Sovereign fought in a separate plane, then emerged as Hong Sovereign held a bashful Chen Huan.
• Xu Xing and Ning Ruo watched the plane collapse, and Xu Xing led Ning Ruo around the Sword Sect while hiding what he had seen.
• Charm Ancestor, Yuanjun, and Bie Xuening discussed Bie Xuening’s bamboo rack and Jiu Yu before Charm Ancestor sensed a Heart Demon Trial at the competition venue.
• Mu Chengfeng studied the Annihilation Sword Chi Jiuyu had given him and recognized its potential to bridge cultivation and ritual systems.
• Mu Chengfeng imagined bringing hope of reconciliation between cultivators and Transcendents, then grew jealous that Chi Jiuyu had created the sword instead of him.

Mu Chengfeng’s jealousy of Chi Jiuyu’s talent gave birth to the first heart demon, which nearly corrupted him before Charm Ancestor captured it with the Immortal Net. Xu Xing and the others traced the demon’s origin to his Dao Delusion and decided to study it as the Chaos Sea’s changes continued.

• Mu Chengfeng’s jealousy over Chi Jiuyu’s sword talent awakened an inner demon, but Elder Sheng’s arrival jolted him back to awareness, leaving him unable to remember what had happened.
• The heart demon secretly tried to seize Mu Chengfeng’s body, but an Immortal Net thread bound it and severed its connection to him.
• Charm Ancestor and Bie Xuening discussed the captured demon, and Yuanjun explained that Xu Xing’s Dao Delusion and Mu World’s presence in the Great Profound Realm had caused its birth.
• Ning Ruo deduced that Mu Chengfeng had been affected first because he was Mu World’s strongest cultivator and Chi Jiuyu’s talent had exposed a flaw in his mind.
• Xu Xing said he would keep and study the heart demon, and Yuanjun produced the Pale Soul Shadow-Illuminating Calamity-Crossing True Art.

Yuanjun gave Xu Xing a True Art to protect against the changing heart-demon tribulation, and the first heart demon briefly transformed after sensing Dao Delusion before Xu Xing reversed the changes. Chen Huan decided to stay at the Sword Sect and asked Hong Sovereign to have a child; meanwhile, the competition continued as Qiu Zheng gained the upper hand against a powerful Divine Mechanism Construct.

• Yuanjun created the , and Xu Xing sent the captured heart demon to Fellow Daoist Confusion for study.
• The heart demon sensed Dao Delusion and began transforming, but Xu Xing used red light to restore its original form.
• Chen Huan told Hong Sovereign she would remain at the Sword Sect, then asked him to have a child, and he agreed.
• Chi Jiuyu eliminated the Immortal Sect Grand Competition contestants in the Qingxiao Plane except Zhao Ruoming, reaching eight points and taking first place in the Spirit Transformation division.
• Qiu Zheng fought a Four-Union Divine Mechanism Construct in the Red Scar Plane and gained the advantage.

Qiu Zheng defeated the Four-Union Divine Mechanism Construct and took first place in the Immortal Sect Grand Competition rankings, while Chi Jiuyu avoided the dangerous Zhengxu Plane and left the Annihilation Sword in its pill storehouse. Xu Xing and Ning Ruo discussed the contestants’ chances before meeting Hong Sovereign and Chen Huan.

• Qiu Zheng used the Heaven-Supporting Hand to destroy the Four-Union Divine Mechanism Construct, stunning Ji Yun with his power.
• Qiu Zheng rose to first place with 11 points, installed the Time Balance, and considered Chi Jiuyu his main rival.
• Chi Jiuyu ate pills in the Zhengxu Dao Palace storehouse, left compensation and the Annihilation Sword behind, then slipped away to seek points on another plane.
• Xu Xing and Ning Ruo discussed Chi Jiuyu’s confidence in sharing the Annihilation Sword and weighed her chances against Qiu Zheng.
• Hong Sovereign and Chen Huan approached Xu Xing and Ning Ruo, and the four stopped face-to-face without speaking.

Xu Xing and Yuan discussed Chi Jiuyu’s luck-assisted victory in the Immortal Sect Grand Competition after Mu Wu and Mu Chengfeng killed the other contestants. Xu Xing then told Yuan he had come to confirm a few things, leaving his questions unstated.

• Xu Xing and Ning Ruo encountered Chen Huan and Hong Sovereign, and Ning Ruo reflected on how attaining the Dao had let her stand beside Xu Xing.
• Hong Sovereign told Chen Huan what he knew about Xu Xing and Ning Ruo’s past, while keeping their secrets from others.
• Chen Huan easily faced Zhao Chengmeng, Die Yu, and Hua Xi in a match, and Hong Sovereign took them back to the Supreme Dao Sect.
• Chi Jiuyu won the Spirit Transformation division after Mu Wu and Mu Chengfeng killed every other contestant at the Zhengxu Dao Palace, prompting people to call her a luck champion.
• Xu Xing and Yuan discussed Chi Jiuyu’s strength and unusual victory, and Xu Xing said he wanted to use Yuan to confirm a few things.

Xu Xing used Yuan to test a theory about their homeland’s origins, tracing it back to the era between Tai’s descent and Xuan’s birth. Meanwhile, Zhao Ruohan and Ye Zhiwei visited Chi Jiuyu, who prepared to meet Star Ancestor and revealed that her ascension had helped her develop a new sword.

• Xu Xing explained Ning Ruo and Yuanjun’s suspicions to Yuan, who realized their homeland might have originated between Tai’s descent and Xuan’s birth.
• Xu Xing used a crimson light to send Yuan’s consciousness into darkness and trace his origins back to their source.
• Zhao Ruohan and Ye Zhiwei visited Chi Jiuyu to ask about the later forms of the Moon Mist Seven Sword Styles, but found her preparing to meet her Martial Uncle.
• Chi Jiuyu complained about winning the Spirit Transformation competition and explained that she had sold the Moon Mist Seven Sword Styles to the Sword Sect’s Dharma Transmission Tower.
• Chi Jiuyu created a translucent Star Sword and said Star Ancestor’s ascension had increased her cultivation speed and inspired a new sword.

Chen Huan discussed taking disciples with Bie Xuening before traveling to the Righteous Alliance, where Xu Xing verified that the homeland Yuan remembered could not accommodate supernatural laws. Later, Chen Huan summoned Chi Jiuyu, Zhang Yunlu, Zhao Ruohan, and Ye Zhiwei, and his gaze settled on Zhao Ruohan.

• Bie Xuening told Chen Huan that Chi Jiuyu had become her disciple by chance, and Chen Huan said he would consider taking disciples himself.
• Chen Huan learned that his Senior Brother had gone to the Righteous Alliance to investigate his suspicions.
• Xu Xing used Yuan's memories to confirm that the homeland existed after Tai appeared but before Xuan, and Yuan worried that it might have vanished when Xuan came into being.
• Xu Xing reassured Yuan that his homeland would not disappear, while Yuan declined Xu Xing's offer to preserve the memory for him.
• Chi Jiuyu, Zhang Yunlu, Zhao Ruohan, and Ye Zhiwei went to Star Ancestor Hall after Chen Huan summoned them.
• Chen Huan received the four in his training ground and fixed his gaze on Zhao Ruohan.

Chen Huan rewarded four young cultivators with Star Pole Soul Essences and confronted Zhao Ruohan about her parents’ history with her. Meanwhile, Xu Xing explained to Yuan that reaching the final struggle against the Cang Race had depended on countless people, and the chapter ended with Fumu and Xi Li discussing the ascenders, sect choices, and the Sword Sect succession.

• Chen Huan gave Chi Jiuyu, Zhang Yunlu, Zhao Ruohan, and Ye Zhiwei Star Pole Soul Essences that would strengthen their bodies and souls and aid their Star Method cultivation.
• Chen Huan asked Zhao Ruohan whether Hong had ever mentioned her, then said Zhao Ruohan’s mother had told her to stay away.
• Xu Xing told Yuan that the path to True Immortality had been built through the efforts of countless people, and Yuan thanked him for the reassurance.
• Xu Xing and the other True Immortals began selecting worlds to trace Tai’s source and determine its current state.
• Fumu told Xi Li she planned to join the Spirit Sound Workshop and later asked whether Xi Li intended to run for Sword Sect Master.
• Xi Li said Chi Jiuyu was formidable but thought Senior Brother Zhou had a better chance, leaving Fumu confused about who he was.

Fumu learned about Zhou Kongming and admitted she had no plans to run for Sect Master, while Xi Li worried that Fumu had lost her purpose. Chi Jiuyu showed Xu Xing her new talisman, only to learn it was too difficult to mass-produce; meanwhile, Gu visited a world in the distant past and asked Xuan to improve the gloomy weather for its inhabitants.

• Xi Li told Fumu that Zhou Kongming ranked first on the Void Return Sword Ranking, and Fumu said she intended to focus on reaching Dao Integration rather than run for Sect Master.
• Xi Li worried that Fumu's long-held mission had ended and that she no longer had a goal to pursue.
• Chi Jiuyu demonstrated her Star River Scorch-Evil Talisman to Xu Xing and asked how much she should charge for its production rights.
• Xu Xing explained that the talisman's complicated structure prevented current implements from mass-producing it and suggested she offer it to the Dharma Transmission Tower or ask her friends about upgraded tools.
• Gu visited the Moon-Howling Demon Wolf clan's former territory, where he found the Mystic Candle Fruit Tree and accepted a fruit from a young Cang.
• Gu asked Xuan to make the gloomy weather better so the inhabitants would be happier, and Xuan agreed.

After Xuan cleared the oppressive darkness from the Ancient Great Profound Heaven, he spoke with Gu about Qingxu and the Human Race True Immortals’ plans. The story then shifted to Xu Xing meeting the starving Su Jian, whose desperate situation changed when Xu offered him a way out.

• Xuan sent purple qi into the sky, dispersing the darkness and heavy clouds over the Ancient Great Profound Heaven.
• Gu told Xuan that Sword Ancestor had sealed Qingxu, preventing him from observing it, and Xuan asked whether Gu had arranged the sealing.
• Gu considered the threat posed by the Human Race True Immortals and wondered whether Sword Ancestor would act further after sealing Qingxu.
• In a snowbound courtyard, Su Jian shared part of his scarce flatbread with Xu Xing and introduced himself while trying to endure his hunger.
• Su Jian revealed that he was trapped by his half-brother’s lackeys and feared being sacrificed to an Evil Weapon, while Xu Xing recognized how dire his situation was.
• Xu Xing offered Su Jian a way out, prompting Su Jian to remember that Xu was a mighty expert whom the people at Prince Cheng’s Mansion could not perceive.

Xu Xing gave Su Jian cultivation manuals and pills while secretly using the Dharma Weapon Realm to draw supernatural elements into a lifeless time branch. Seven days later, Su Jian reached the first Qi Refining layer just as Su Cheng arrived to sacrifice him, only to collapse after inhaling the foul air from Su Jian’s breakthrough.

• Xu Xing gave Su Jian the Basic Qi Refining Formula, Qi Condensation Pills, and Inedia Pills, then vanished.
• Su Jian discovered that touching the gifts imprinted pill formulas and sword techniques in his mind, and he began studying the cultivation manual.
• Xu Xing explained that he was using the World Derivation Method to gradually draw supernatural elements from a new, lifeless branch of the Dharma Weapon Realm’s timeline.
• After seven days, Su Cheng emerged from seclusion, killed a servant, and headed for Su Jian, intending to sacrifice him with the Heaven Cutting Ruler.
• Su Jian used two Qi Condensation Pills to reach the first Qi Refining layer, and Su Cheng collapsed after entering his room and inhaling the foul air.

Su Jian survived Prince Cheng Su Zheng’s arrival and learned that the Fate Cultivation Furnace had rewarded him for changing Su Cheng’s fate. After joining the Xu Yan Sect, he tried to improve the Basic Qi Refining Formula, but the Furnace consumed a third of its Life Marrow Fluid without changing a word.

• Su Jian hid his cultivation materials, then called for help as Su Cheng weakened from inhaling his foul qi.
• Prince Cheng Su Zheng examined Su Jian, gave him the Xu Yan Sect’s Xu Yan Weapon-Incorporating Qi Refining Method, and took Su Cheng away, leaving the Jade Ruler behind.
• The Fate Cultivation Furnace reported that Su Jian had altered Su Cheng’s fate and gained Life Marrow Fluid, while Su Cheng’s future path was cut short.
• Xu Xing drained a spiritual herb in a Time Branch, noticed the world developing cracks, and repaired them with Red Radiance.
• Su Jian joined the Xu Yan Sect, learned how different his Basic Qi Refining Formula was, and concealed his unusual cultivation behind the Heaven Cutting Ruler.
• Su Jian tried to derive an improved Basic Qi Refining Formula, but the Fate Cultivation Furnace consumed a third of its Life Marrow Fluid without changing the text.

Su Jian discovered that the Fate Cultivation Furnace had turned the Basic Qi Refining Formula into a powerful Dharma weapon without changing its text, leaving him wondering about the manual’s origins. Meanwhile, the Taixuan Immortal Network introduced Realm Patrol, and Lin Changsheng prepared to seek Sheng Qingqing while green insisted she would accept becoming his lesser wife.

• Su Jian stopped the Fate Cultivation Furnace after it consumed half his [Life Marrow Fluid], then found that it had strengthened the Basic Qi Refining Formula into a Dharma weapon without altering its contents.
• The Taixuan Immortal Network launched Realm Patrol, letting qualified Ascension Envoys visit worlds after meeting strict mission and point requirements.
• Chi Jiuyu, Zhang Yunlu, and Ye Zhiwei discussed whether they wanted to use Realm Patrol, and Zhang Yunlu said she hoped to revisit a world from an earlier mission but lacked a Realm Fixing Token.
• Yue Zhongfeng helped Lin Changsheng package pills and asked him to spar, but Lin Changsheng said he had personal matters to handle first.
• Green arrived and invited Lin Changsheng to the Yuling Star System, but Yue Zhongfeng revealed that Lin Changsheng intended to find Sheng Qingqing.
• Green said she knew about Sheng Qingqing and would accept being Lin Changsheng’s lesser wife if Sheng Qingqing objected.

Lin Changsheng activated the Realm Fixing Token and traveled to the Xuanxiang World, where he encountered the Divine Path network and Mu Yong’s distant gaze. Xu Xing observed his arrival and assessed the world’s emerging balance between the Divine Path and Immortal Dao.

• Lin Changsheng explained to Yue Zhongfeng that he was visiting the Xuanxiang World to resolve his lingering feelings, and Yue Zhongfeng later told Chang Xiao about the conversation.
• Lin Changsheng and his companion agreed he would return within three days and travel with her afterward.
• Lin Changsheng spent 100 Ascension Points to activate the Realm Fixing Token and arrived in a forest in the Xuanxiang World.
• Lin Changsheng used reconnaissance puppets and his Void-Piercing Golden Pupils to identify Light Return Mountain’s Mountain God, Ye Yong, and perceive the Chishui Divine Court network.
• Mu Yong, the Water-Ordering Emperor, met Lin Changsheng’s gaze through the Divine Path network while Xu Xing watched from the Sword Sect.
• Xu Xing judged that Xuanxiang World’s Divine Path and Immortal Dao were nearing a stable balance, then turned his attention to his risky extraction of extraordinary elements in the Third New Origin Domain.

Mu Yong strengthened his rule over the Divine Path while preserving Immortal Path cultivation in the Chishui Divine Court. Lin Changsheng reunited with Sheng Qingqing beside the Underworld River, resolved his lingering feelings, and left her wondering whether she could visit his world.

• Mu Yong used his growing divine authority to govern the Chishui Divine Court and continued supporting Immortal Path cultivation despite other Divine Courts suppressing it.
• Mu Yong sent a divine decree to the Underworld River God Temple after reviewing the Immortal Path techniques he had gathered.
• Lin Changsheng followed the Divine Path network to the temple and summoned Sheng Qingqing from her idol.
• Lin Changsheng told Sheng Qingqing he had returned because of her and that he had never forgotten her, even after learning she had deceived him.
• Lin Changsheng realized the woman in his memories had been an idealized image and said he had achieved what he came for.
• Sheng Qingqing asked Lin Changsheng whether she might ever get the chance to visit his world.

Lin Changsheng left the Xuanxiang World after learning that Sheng Qingqing was unlikely to ascend, while Mu Yong chose to keep her under watch and pursued greater power through the Divine Path. In the Great Profound Realm, Xu Xing discussed his work with Pill Ancestor, and in the Dharma Weapon Realm, Su Jian grew stronger while hiding his unusual cultivation method.

• Lin Changsheng told Sheng Qingqing that her chances of ascending to the Great Profound Realm were very low, then departed the Underworld River God Temple with a Realm Fixing Token.
• Mu Yong considered eliminating Sheng Qingqing but decided to keep her as a subordinate god and monitor her, while planning to combine the Primordial Godheads of Water, Fire, and Primordial Qi.
• Pill Ancestor visited Xu Xing at the Sword Sect, gave him medicinal wine, and asked about his effort to trace Tai; Xu Xing said Xuan would notice but could not interfere with the Dharma Weapon Realm.
• After a year in the Xu Yan Sect, Su Jian reached the third layer of Qi Refining and discovered that he could nourish Dharma Weapons as rough magical artifacts, including the Heaven Cutting Ruler.
• Su Jian left his quiet room feeling confident he could defeat a fourth-layer Qi Refining cultivator and saw a woman in black sitting beside a food box in the main hall.

Su Jian advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refining and helped Qin Yue prepare for her breakthrough, but she emerged from seclusion with a damaged Spirit Sea and was barely alive. As she apologized for wasting his two intact pills, Xu Xing waited beyond Su Jian’s perception for him to make a choice.

• Qin Yue delivered Elder Zeng’s Spirit-Nurturing Fruit to Su Jian and shared dishes from Pine Moon Pavilion with him.
• Su Jian secretly attempted to make Qi Condensation Pills, optimized several defective pills, gave two intact pills to Elder Zeng, and gave Qin Yue a defective one.
• Su Jian and Qin Yue entered seclusion to pursue the fourth and seventh levels of Qi Refining, respectively.
• Su Jian successfully reached the fourth level and hurried to Qin Yue’s chamber when he learned she had emerged from seclusion.
• Su Jian found Qin Yue near death after her breakthrough damaged her Spirit Sea, and she apologized for wasting two of his pills.
• Beyond Su Jian’s perception, Xu Xing watched him and waited for him to make his choice.

Su Jian watched Qin Yue teeter on the brink of death after her failed breakthrough, while Xu Xing waited to see whether he would share the Basic Qi Refining Formula with her. As Xu Xing’s extraction of extraordinary elements drew the attention of Xuan, Xuan attacked the Dharma Weapon Realm, seeking to annihilate it.

• Qin Yue told Su Jian again that she did not regret choosing the path of cultivation, even as her life faded.
• Xu Xing observed that Qin Yue could recover by switching to the Basic Qi Refining Formula and waited to see whether Su Jian would teach it to her.
• Su Jian and Qin Yue embraced as her vital energy steadied, and Xu Xing withdrew his gaze from them.
• Xuan sensed Xu Xing extracting extraordinary elements from the Dharma Weapon Realm, and the Saint Venerable fled when Xuan addressed him as the Dao Ancestor.
• Xuan raised his hand and unleashed a violet tide that began pulling the Dharma Weapon Realm toward annihilation.

Xu Xing blocked Xuan from destroying the Dharma Weapon Realm, then explained that he had created its Time Branch to investigate whether the Ultimate survived. After they acknowledged that they had followed different paths, they remained opposed but parted without fighting.

• Xu Xing's 129,600 streaks of Red Radiance broke Xuan's attack, and their clash shook the Chaos Sea.
• Saint Venerable watched from the far shore, recognized the Sword Ancestor, and concealed himself when Xuan seemed to notice him.
• Xuan and Xu Xing entered the Dharma Weapon Realm and sat down together in the Time Branch Xu Xing had created with the World Derivation Method.
• Xu Xing told Xuan that abnormalities around Gu's remaining essence had led him and several fellow Daoists to suspect the Ultimate had survived, and that they planned to trace its source through the Time Branch.
• Xuan asked whether Su Jian was Xu Xing's chosen person, and Xu Xing said they had merely met and that he had given Su Jian a small gift.
• Xu Xing and Xuan agreed that they walked different paths, and Xuan felt no regret for having let Xu Xing live.