Recaps

Xu Xing investigated Dao Delusion, prepared the Taixuan Immortal Network, and shaped Xuanxiang World into a trial ground for the Immortal Sect Grand Competition. As contestants and sect delegations gathered at the Sword Sect, Xu Xianning trained Chi Jiuyu and Zhang Yunlu before announcing that she would attempt the Immortal Pass after the competition.

• Charm Ancestor investigated Xu Xing’s Dao Delusion and explained that it grew from cultivators’ distance from the mortal world, while Xu Xing identified it as the beginning of Dao Source.
• Chi Jiuyu met Zhao Ruohan, and Xu Xing arranged for Chi to enter the Spirit Transformation division with compensation matching the Nascent Soul division’s first-place reward.
• Xu Xing froze Xuanxiang World and other worlds touched by Mystic Shadow, then worked with Ning Ruo to test the Taixuan Immortal Network and with Bie Xuening to plan a revised cultivation method for Xuanxiang’s people.
• Xu Xing brought Li Ming, Zhao Ruohan, and Chi Jiuyu to the Supreme Dao Sect, where Li Ming joined and Hong Sovereign created two timeline branches of Xuanxiang World for competition trials.
• The sects finalized their competition candidates and chose an entire world as the venue, while Xu Xianning returned, offered to train Chi Jiuyu, and announced she would attempt the Immortal Pass after the competition.
• Xu Xing sent Xu Xianning, Li Ke, Chi Jiuyu, and Zhang Yunlu into a gray training space, where the two seniors repeatedly defeated and revived the contestants to teach them.
• Xu Xianning trained the Sword Sect contestants for three days as visiting teams arrived, and Chi Jiuyu and Zhao Ruohan discussed the Xuanxiang World before the Righteous Alliance observers reached the Sword Sect.

Chi Jiuyu, Ye Zhiwei, and Zhao Ruohan navigated the brutal Xuanxiang World competition while Zhao Ruoming investigated its exploitative cities. The Founder Ancestors observed the contestants and prepared to address the world's abnormalities, while Zhao Ruoming faced a choice between cooperating with the City Lord and betraying his realm.

• Xu Xing recognized Chen Shang, reassured him about the Righteous Alliance, and gave him an Ancestral Sword Token while promising to bring Yuan back.
• The Immortal Sect Grand Competition began in the frozen Xuanxiang World, and Chi Jiuyu entered the mortal realm with the Taixuan Immortal Network's Time Balance system.
• Zhao Ruoming infiltrated Paper Molting Immortal City and uncovered how its halls exploited cultivators by taking their skin and other resources.
• Chi Jiuyu confronted corrupt rulers and hostile cultivators, then teamed up with Ye Zhiwei to seize a Soul Power Fruit Domain and expose the Heavenly Spirit Sect's inheritance.
• The Founder Ancestors entered the competition's Time Branch and challenged contestants, while Chi Jiuyu and Ye Zhiwei survived their pursuit and later joined Zhao Ruohan.
• Zhao Ruoming infiltrated Five Senses Immortal City and encountered Yue Zhongfeng before the City Lord offered him cooperation and a path to advancement through Void Return Immortal Venerables.
• Zhao Ruoming asked the City Lord whether the offer meant betraying his realm.

The contestants fought for points as Xuanxiang World’s cultivators uncovered the outsiders’ power and Xuan Xing pursued his plans for Mu Yong and the Heavenly Track. The competition ended with the Second Time Branch collapsing and the immortals agreeing to rebuild the harvested world through a new Divine Path system.

• Zhao Ruoming learned how the Heavenly Track exploited cultivators, then joined Yue Zhongfeng as contestants attacked Five Senses Immortal City and seized its treasures.
• Chi Jiuyu defeated Yan Mu and rose in the rankings, while Lin Changsheng claimed first place and later fought Yue Zhongfeng for the lead.
• The Immortal Network revealed contestants’ locations and Xuan Xing discovered that Mu Yong carried memories of a future life, then made him his disciple.
• Xuan Xing sent Mu Yong and a million pathfinders toward the Heavenly Track, where Mu Yong hesitated before its vision and Chi Jiuyu was eliminated after losing to a Supreme Dao Sect contestant.
• Chang Xiao tied Lin Changsheng’s score and pursued him, but Sheng Qingqing saved Lin and demanded spiritual opportunities as repayment.
• Zhao Ruohan fought a Divine Mechanism construct with her mountain puppet while contestants across the branches were eliminated.
• Liu Ming won the Golden Core competition, after which the Second Time Branch collapsed and Xuan Xing realized its world had been fake.
• Hong Sovereign and Xu Xing backed a plan to establish a merit-based Divine Path so the harvested world could recover.

The Grand Competition ended with Xuanxiang World’s cleansing and the establishment of a divine system, while the Immortal Sect prepared the Ascension Plan and Xu Xing reflected on his Dao Delusion. Chi Jiuyu’s mission brought her into the path of attacking Bio-Weapons, and the arc left her facing a Void Return-level enemy.

• Xu Xing and the other immortals approved the Modern Divine Path Reform, and the Grand Competition ended with You Qihong and Chang Xiao as champions before the Heavenly Track was crushed and Xuanxiang World was cleansed.
• The Water-Ordering Source-Governing Imperial Seal chose Mu Yong as acting Water-Ordering Emperor, and he killed Xuan Xing before taking control of the former Heavenly Spirit Sect.
• Xu Xing settled Xuanxiang World into the Chaos Sea as the Immortal Sect leaders prepared the Ascension Plan and Chi Jiuyu received a mission to investigate alien conflict in the Gui Ling systems.
• Xu Xing met Charm Ancestor at the Joyous Union Sect, while Lin Changsheng began anti-emotional-fraud training over his feelings for Sheng Qingqing.
• Jieye captured the defector Yifeng and sent him to the Baleful Calamity Prison, while Xuan and Gu discussed their failed efforts to infiltrate the Central Continent.
• Chi Jiuyu’s journey was interrupted by Bio-Weapon attacks and dangerous rule turbulence, and she resolved to pursue the talisman path after testing her aptitude.
• Xu Xing told Charm Ancestor that the Ascension Plan’s success or his own breakthrough would trigger the decisive battle with the Cang Race, and said the first batch of Ascension Envoys had a trial world.
• Chi Jiuyu charged a swarm of Bio-Weapons in her Slaying Dharma Form, but a Void Return-level Bio-Weapon crushed it and sent her flying.