Recaps

Yuan recovered from the Taiyi World ordeal and began restoring the Righteous Alliance while Xu Xing investigated the failed Cang Race breakthrough and Tai’s fall. The Ascension Plan advanced across the Four Star Regions, and Xu Xing prepared Xi Li to appear at the Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

• Ji Yinxue halted Taiyi World’s ascension, punished its evil-aligned beings, and began changing its Heavenly Will while Senior Confusion rescued Yuan and Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu escaped.
• Xu Xing revived Yuan at the Sword Sect and explained that the Taiyi World ordeal had been scripted and that Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu were safe.
• Yuan reunited his spirit and body, began recovering, and agreed to help restore the Righteous Alliance and establish an Ascension Hall.
• Xuan’s attempt to advance a Cang Race cultivator to Dao Attainment ended in annihilation calamity bolts, and Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor later investigated Qingxu for clues about Tai’s fall without finding an explanation.
• Yuan defeated Hong Sheng repeatedly, gained Gan Xiang’s cooperation in reforming the Righteous Alliance, and began moving its members toward the Ascension Plan.
• Chen Yuanlin became the first chosen ascension envoy and departed on a mission to a Spirit Transformation Honeycomb Plane in the Second Xunyuan Realm.
• The Taixuan Immortal Network expanded across the Four Star Regions as Yuan sent Ning Wanzhu, Ming Yu, and Fu Meng to establish connection nodes.
• After five years passed, Xu Xing asked Xi Li to appear as an Ascender at the upcoming Immortal Sect Grand Competition, and she agreed.

Chi Jiuyu and the other contestants advanced through the Immortal Sect Grand Competition as Chen Huan emerged from seclusion and attained the Dao. Her ascension changed the Great Profound Realm, while Xuan and Heaven confronted the loss of their chance to reach Dao Source.

• Chi Jiuyu defeated Zhang Yunlu and Zhao Ruoming, studied the Extreme Sword crystal, and won first place in the Spirit Transformation selection while Zhang Yunlu placed fourteenth and Ye Zhiwei placed third.
• Chi Jiuyu and Xi Li traveled toward the Immortal Sect Grand Competition, where Xu Xing and the ancestors prepared for Chen Huan’s emergence and Gu entered Qingxu to investigate.
• Xu Xing and Xuan clashed as Chen Huan began attaining the Dao, while Bie Xuening guarded Chen Huan and destroyed Gu’s incarnation and divine body in Qingxu.
• Chen Huan attained the Dao and became the Star Ancestor, then reunited with Xu Xing, Yuanjun, and Charm Ancestor before joining the Sword Sect and learning about the events of the past ten thousand years.
• Chi Jiuyu won the competition on the Luting Plane and entered the Ash Extinction Turbulence, while Zhang Yunlu and Ye Qinghe told Mu Chengfeng that their training required them to defeat everyone and survive.
• Chen Huan named her Supreme Art the Star Dust Sword Canon as her ascension began changing the Great Profound Realm’s laws, and Li Ke prepared her new residence.
• Xu Xing found Xuan and Heaven in the Ancient Great Profound Heaven, where Xuan explained that Sword Ancestor’s Dao trace had fixed its uniqueness and that Chen Huan’s attainment had taken away Heaven’s chance.

Xu Xing investigated Gu’s emergence from Qingxu while Chi Jiuyu rose through the competition and Su Jian began cultivating in a new Time Branch. The arc ended with Xuan confronting Xu Xing over his extraction of extraordinary elements, then hearing that Xu Xing and his allies were tracing the possible survival of the Ultimate.

• Xuan answered Xuan’s question about the upheaval with “Cang Ancestor?” before Xuan sealed and destroyed Heaven, while Xu Xing reported that Gu had emerged from Qingxu’s core.
• Ruo Qing and the refiners completed Star Ancestor Hall, and Chen Huan took on the burden of sealing Heaven’s Will as other True Immortals gained freedom to travel.
• Xu Xing and Charm Ancestor investigated Qingxu, confirmed its core concealed an anomaly, and arranged to seal it after Gu realized the True Immortals had discovered him.
• Chi Jiuyu won the Spirit Transformation division through a string of unusual victories, while Qiu Zheng rose to first place in the competition’s other division.
• Xu Xing traced Yuan’s memories and confirmed that Yuan’s homeland had existed after Tai appeared but before Xuan was born, then reassured Yuan that it would not vanish.
• Xu Xing gave Su Jian cultivation materials in a new Time Branch, and Su Jian used them to escape his half-brother’s attempt to sacrifice him before joining the Xu Yan Sect.
• Lin Changsheng returned to the Xuanxiang World, told Sheng Qingqing that he had never forgotten her, and left after realizing he had come to terms with his past.
• Su Jian cultivated to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, while Qin Yue nearly died after a breakthrough, and Xuan then attacked Xu Xing’s Time Branch, but Xu Xing repelled him and explained their plan to trace the Ultimate’s source.

Su Jian’s struggle against the Dharma Weapon Realm’s old order ended when Xu Xing intervened and revealed the Basic Qi Refining Formula’s significance. Xu Xing freed Tai, learned that Gu had altered identities and history, and left Ancestor Xuan confronting Gu as the truth remained unsettled.

• Su Jian and Qin Yue spread the Basic Qi Refining Formula, endured years of pursuit, and developed a cultivation method that needed no Dharma Weapon.
• Su Zheng revealed himself as the Master of Calamity, while the Fate Cultivation Furnace exposed his connection to Su Jian’s fate and he warned Su Jian about the unknown senior who had taught him.
• Xu Xing intervened when Su Jian’s father and seven Golden Core cultivators fought, severed Su Zheng’s connection to the Calamity Sword, and reforged Su Jian’s Heaven-Severing Sword.
• Lin Chen learned from Xu Xing that the Basic Qi Refining Formula came from beyond the Dharma Weapon Realm, while the Ascension Platform appeared and marked Lost Heart Rogue for his crimes.
• Xu Xing traced Tai’s presence beyond the Great Profound Realm’s boundary and later damaged it, allowing Tai to escape his chains before a hand from the mist seized him.
• Tai told Xu Xing that Gu had used the Taixuan Authority against him and turned the Great Profound Realm’s Heavenly Will into Tian, then died and passed Xu Xing the Original Intent of reason.
• Xu Xing revealed to Xuan that Gu had altered Xuan and Great Ancestor’s identities, erased Heaven, and severed the Cang Race’s heavenly favor before sealing the Starry Sky Frontline.
• Ancestor Xuan confronted Gu in the Hall of Time and demanded answers, while Gu realized Xuan might already be insane.