Recaps

Blood-Sucking Old Demon attacked the Orthodox Alliance camp, but Li Xiaoyu’s Immortal-Slaying Gourd suppressed the fiend’s Blood Skull. Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Xiao Yicai prepared to fight him as Tian Buyi stood ready to protect them.

• A bloodlust-filled aura swept over Liubo Mountain, and Li Xiaoyu and Xiao Yicai raced toward its source.
• Tian Buyi and Master Shuiyue discovered that Blood-Sucking Old Demon had drained the blood and vital essence from several Orthodox patrol disciples.
• Li Xiaoyu arrived with Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Xiao Yicai, and Blood-Sucking Old Demon attacked him with the Blood Skull.
• The Immortal-Slaying Gourd suppressed the Blood Skull’s suction, shocking Blood-Sucking Old Demon and the gathered Orthodox experts.
• Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Xiao Yicai joined Li Xiaoyu, while Tian Buyi stepped aside but remained ready to support them.
• Blood-Sucking Old Demon summoned a thick blood mist and threatened the four young fighters.

Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Xiao Yicai fought the Blood-Sucking Old Demon with coordinated attacks and forced him to flee. The four Jade Purity Realm disciples celebrated their victory as the righteous alliance cheered.

• Li Xiaoyu attacked the Blood-Sucking Old Demon with Geng Metal Sword Qi, drawing his attention.
• Lu Xueqi struck the demon with the Divine Sword Thunder Control Technique and pinned him behind a blood shield.
• Zhang Xiaofan smashed through the demon’s defenses with the Fire Poker, leaving him exposed to Xiao Yicai’s strike.
• The Blood-Sucking Old Demon used Blood Demon Disintegration to escape, and Li Xiaoyu’s Immortal-Slaying Gourd failed to stop him.
• The righteous alliance cheered as Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Xiao Yicai praised one another for their teamwork.

After realizing the Blood-Sucking Old Demon had been a diversion, Li Xiaoyu led the righteous cultivators to Liubo Mountain’s main peak, where the Demon Sect’s ritual summoned the ancient beast Kui Ox. The Kui Ox emerged from the sea, leaving both sides stunned by its overwhelming power.

• Li Xiaoyu suspected the Blood-Sucking Old Demon’s attack had been a diversion and warned that the Demon Sect was performing a ritual on Liubo Mountain’s main peak.
• Li Xiaoyu, Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, Tian Buyi, and the other righteous cultivators rushed toward the summit.
• Ghost King Wan Renwang, Poison God, and Yu Yangzi poured demonic energy into an ancient stone disc, unleashing a storm and a vast vortex in the sea.
• The Kui Ox rose from the vortex, and its roar injured weaker righteous disciples and shook even the Upper Purity Realm experts.
• Poison God and Yu Yangzi rejoiced at the Kui Ox’s arrival as the righteous cultivators stood in awe of its might.

As the righteous sects and Demon Sect clashed over the Kui Ox, Li Xiaoyu realized the Demon Sect’s formation was draining power from the beast and the lightning. While he and his companions planned to provoke the Kui Ox to create an opening, Tian Ling'er’s jealousy and resentment drove her to seek a chance to prove herself.

• Daoist Daoxuan, Master Puhong, and Yun Yilan ordered their disciples to form arrays and attack the Kui Ox and the Demon Sect.
• Li Xiaoyu discovered that the Demon Sect’s formation was absorbing energy from the Kui Ox and the lightning, but his warning went unheard.
• The righteous sects and Demon Sect began fighting as the Kui Ox attacked both sides, and Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, Zhang Xiaofan, and Xiao Yicai defended themselves together.
• Li Xiaoyu urged his companions to provoke the Kui Ox into rampaging more violently so they could exploit the resulting chaos.
• Tian Ling'er watched Qi Hao fight, resented seeing Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi work together, and resolved to prove herself when she spotted an opportunity.

Tian Ling'er’s reckless attack on the Demon Sect’s formation caused it to run wild, unleashing blood-red lightning and driving the Kui Ox berserk. As the injured Tian Ling’er fell toward the beast’s crushing hoof, Zhang Xiaofan caught her and confronted the attack with the united power of Buddhism, Daoism, and the demonic path.

• Tian Ling'er struck a formation node with the Amber Vermilion Ribbon, triggering a violent backlash that sent her flying and threw the Demon Sect’s formation out of control.
• Blood-red lightning killed hundreds of Demon Sect members, while the backlash drove the Kui Ox mad and sent it attacking everyone on the battlefield.
• The injured Tian Ling'er fell toward the Kui Ox’s descending hoof as Tian Buyi could not reach her and Qi Hao froze in fear.
• Zhang Xiaofan rushed beneath the hoof, caught Tian Ling'er, and revealed the Taiji Profound Clarity Path and Great Brahma Prajna within himself.
• Zhang Xiaofan infused the Fire Poker with the three forces and thrust it toward the Kui Ox’s hoof.

Zhang Xiaofan wounded the Kui Ox with the Fire Poker and saved Tian Ling'er, revealing that he had secretly cultivated Buddhist and Daoist techniques. As Green Cloud Sect leaders argued over his secret, Ghost King summoned the Dragon Subduing Tripod and used it to capture the Kui Ox.

• Zhang Xiaofan used the Fire Poker to pierce the Kui Ox's hoof, then fell unconscious while protecting Tian Ling'er.
• The gathered righteous and Demon Sect fighters realized Zhang Xiaofan had cultivated the Heavenly Sound Temple's Great Brahma Prajna.
• Daoist Cangsong accused Tian Buyi and Big Bamboo Peak of treason, while Master Shuiyue defended them.
• Ghost King seized the chance created by the Green Cloud Sect's discord and summoned the Dragon Subduing Tripod.
• Ghost King sent the Dragon Subduing Tripod after the injured Kui Ox, and the enormous tripod enveloped the beast.

The Ghost King captured the Kui Ox and escaped Liubo Mountain, while the righteous sects argued over Zhang Xiaofan’s possession of Heavenly Sound Temple’s Great Brahma Prajna. Back at Green Cloud Mountain, Zhang Xiaofan was placed under house arrest as the sects prepared a joint inquiry, and he woke to face the crisis in silence.

• The Ghost King captured the Kui Ox with the Dragon Subduing Tripod and led the Demon Sect forces away after the Ghost King, Poison God, and Yu Yangzi blocked the righteous cultivators.
• Faxiang asked to take Zhang Xiaofan to Heavenly Sound Temple, but Tian Buyi refused, and Daoist Daoxuan proposed a joint inquiry with Incense Burning Valley.
• The righteous sects escorted Zhang Xiaofan toward Green Cloud Mountain, while Li Xiaoyu reassured Lu Xueqi that he would protect him.
• Daoist Daoxuan ordered Zhang Xiaofan placed under house arrest at Big Bamboo Peak and invited Master Puhong and Yun Yilan to a meeting seven days later.
• Zhang Xiaofan woke the next day, heard about his predicament from Tian Buyi, and sat in silence while holding the Fire Poker.

After hearing Li Xiaoyu’s account of Zhang Xiaofan’s predicament, Shang Zhengliang warned him that the matter exceeded the Green Cloud Sect’s control but allowed him to help. As Li Xiaoyu prepared for the trial, Zeng Shushu found an old record that could support a defense of Zhang Xiaofan.

• Shang Zhengliang listened to Li Xiaoyu’s account of the Abyss of the Dead, the Heavenly Tome, and the conflicts surrounding Zhang Xiaofan, then warned that the matter involved forces beyond their control.
• Li Xiaoyu insisted on helping Zhang Xiaofan, and Shang Zhengliang told him to proceed carefully.
• Lu Xueqi comforted Li Xiaoyu, who asked her to vouch for Zhang Xiaofan’s character at the trial’s crucial moment.
• Zeng Shushu arrived with old books and showed Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi a record that Zheng Tong and Zhen Yu, ancestors of Green Cloud Sect lineages, had once shared their knowledge.
• Zeng Shushu proposed arguing that Zhang Xiaofan had inherited Heavenly Sound Temple’s cultivation arts and studied them to unite Buddhist and Daoist teachings, making his offense less severe.

Li Xiaoyu prepared with Lu Xueqi and Zeng Shushu to defend Zhang Xiaofan at the sect trial, then visited Big Bamboo Peak and instructed Zhang Xiaofan to claim that he had inherited Great Brahma Prajna from a dying Heavenly Sound Temple elder. The chapter left the trial still ahead, with Li Xiaoyu’s plan poised to be tested.

• Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and Zeng Shushu planned how to defend Zhang Xiaofan and counter Martial Uncle Cangsong at the hearing.
• Li Xiaoyu told Lu Xueqi to rest, and she stayed beside him as dawn approached.
• Li Xiaoyu went to Big Bamboo Peak, where Tian Buyi, Su Ru, Tian Ling'er, and the other disciples grieved over Zhang Xiaofan’s predicament.
• Li Xiaoyu helped Zhang Xiaofan up despite Tian Buyi’s initial protest and said the situation might still be salvaged.
• Li Xiaoyu told Zhang Xiaofan to say he had inherited Great Brahma Prajna from a Heavenly Sound Temple elder who saved him in Grass Temple Village.

Li Xiaoyu persuaded Zhang Xiaofan to follow a plan that could save his life, then accompanied him and Tian Buyi to Jade Purity Hall for the three sects' trial. There, Daoist Cangsong accused Zhang Xiaofan of betrayal and being a Demon Sect spy, while Big Bamboo Peak's disciples defended him.

• Li Xiaoyu convinced Zhang Xiaofan not to confess and revealed his plan to Tian Buyi, who gratefully agreed to it.
• A bell from Heaven-Reaching Peak announced the trial, and Tian Buyi led Li Xiaoyu and Zhang Xiaofan to Jade Purity Hall.
• Daoist Daoxuan presided over the trial as Zhang Xiaofan knelt before Green Cloud Sect leaders and representatives from Heavenly Sound Temple and Incense Burning Valley.
• Daoist Cangsong cited Zhang Xiaofan's Heavenly Sound Temple technique and black rod as evidence, accusing him of betraying Green Cloud Sect and spying for the Demon Sect.
• Song Daren and the other Big Bamboo Peak disciples defended Zhang Xiaofan, but Daoist Cangsong dismissed their claims and insisted he was protecting the sect.

As Zhang Xiaofan faced a seemingly certain sentence in Jade Purity Hall, Li Xiaoyu arrived and challenged Daoist Cangsong’s accusations. He argued that Zhang Xiaofan’s mastery of different cultivation arts did not prove he was a Demon Sect spy, leaving the hall stunned as the dispute continued.

• Daoist Cangsong accused Tian Buyi of protecting Zhang Xiaofan and demanded that Zhang be stripped of his cultivation and imprisoned in the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave.
• Zhang Xiaofan remained silent rather than reveal Master Pu Zhi’s dying request and the secrets surrounding the Blood-Devouring Bead.
• Li Xiaoyu entered Jade Purity Hall with Lu Xueqi and asked Daoist Cangsong to present concrete evidence that Zhang was a Demon Sect spy.
• Daoist Cangsong cited Zhang’s cultivation of Buddhist, demonic, and Daoist arts as proof, but Li Xiaoyu argued that different cultivation paths could lead to the same truth and did not establish guilt.

Li Xiaoyu challenged Daoist Cangsong’s accusation that Zhang Xiaofan was a traitor by citing an old Green Cloud Sect precedent and recalling Zhang’s courage at Liubo Mountain. As Cangsong pressed Zhang to reveal how he learned Heavenly Sound Temple arts, Lu Xueqi stepped forward and risked her future and life to vouch for him.

• Li Xiaoyu cited the history of Patriarch Zheng Tong sharing cultivation arts with the overseas cultivator Zhen Yu, undermining Daoist Cangsong’s claim that Zhang Xiaofan’s actions had no precedent.
• Li Xiaoyu recounted how Zhang Xiaofan fought beside his fellow disciples at Liubo Mountain, saved Tian Ling'er from Kui Ox, and helped drive back Blood-Sucking Old Demon.
• Daoist Cangsong acknowledged that Zhang Xiaofan possessed the Blood-Devouring Bead and demanded to know where he learned Heavenly Sound Temple cultivation arts.
• Zhang Xiaofan resolved to keep his promise to the kind old monk and refused to reveal his first master.
• Lu Xueqi vowed to stake her cultivation path and life on Zhang Xiaofan’s innocence, recalling how he had stood firm in the Abyss of the Dead and Ancient Bat Cave.

At Zhang Xiaofan’s trial, Lu Xueqi and Li Xiaoyu staked their lives and Dao to defend him. Master Puhong then confessed that Pu Zhi had taught Zhang the Great Brahma Prajna, and began revealing what happened ten years earlier.

• Lu Xueqi vowed to stake her life and Dao and even leave her sect rather than let Zhang Xiaofan be condemned.
• Li Xiaoyu clasped Lu Xueqi’s hand and declared that he would stake his life and Dao on Zhang as well.
• Master Puhong announced that Heavenly Sound Temple had to bring the matter to an end and confessed that Pu Zhi had personally taught Zhang the Great Brahma Prajna.
• Master Puhong swore that his confession was true, then recounted Pu Zhi’s visit to Green Cloud Mountain ten years earlier and his encounter with Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan.

Master Puhong revealed that Pu Zhi had massacred Grass Temple Village after succumbing to the Blood-Devouring Bead, shattering Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu. As chaos broke out, Daoist Cangsong poisoned Daoist Daoxuan and accused him of killing Wan Jianyi.

• Master Puhong confessed that Pu Zhi had killed the 247 villagers and entrusted Zhang Xiaofan with Great Brahma Prajna and the Blood-Devouring Bead.
• Zhang Xiaofan rejected the revelation in anguish as the Blood-Devouring Bead's fiendish aura surged around him, while Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi rushed to restrain him.
• Lin Jingyu charged Master Puhong with the Dragon-Severing Sword, but Puhong stopped him without striking back.
• Daoist Cangsong attacked Daoist Daoxuan with a Seven-Tailed Centipede, and its venom pierced Daoxuan's protective aura.
• Daoist Cangsong declared that Daoxuan had killed Wan Jianyi and vowed to avenge him.

Daoist Cangsong revealed his betrayal and helped the Demon Sect launch an all-out invasion of Green Cloud Mountain. With Daoist Daoxuan poisoned and the Green Cloud Sect in chaos, Li Xiaoyu rallied the disciples and led them to confront the attackers, while Zhang Xiaofan overcame his shock and followed him into battle.

• Daoist Cangsong fired a signal flare and revealed that the four major Demon Sect factions had been waiting to attack Green Cloud Mountain.
• A wounded disciple reported that the Demon Sect had breached the first mountain gate, while Daoist Cangsong fought his way toward the hall's exit.
• Li Xiaoyu took command, assigned the disciples to defend the mountain and protect Daoist Daoxuan, and urged Zhang Xiaofan to fight for the sect.
• Li Xiaoyu, Lu Xueqi, and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples left Jade Purity Hall to meet the Demon Sect army, and Zhang Xiaofan followed them.
• Li Xiaoyu ordered the Morning Sun Peak disciples to form the Two-Emanations Dust-Mote Formation around him.

Li Xiaoyu coordinated the Green Cloud Sect’s defense against the Demon Sect’s assault on Heaven-Reaching Peak, then charged the Immortal-Slaying Gourd with his spiritual energy as the defenders neared collapse. The gourd erupted with brilliant golden light and a destructive, judgment-like aura, leaving its power poised to strike the attackers.

• Lu Xueqi formed Small Bamboo Peak’s Cold Moon Formation while Li Xiaoyu organized the other disciples into a mobile force to defend Jade Purity Hall.
• The Joyous Union Sect elder attacked Morning Sun Peak’s sword formation, but the formation held her poisonous net and Lu Xueqi wounded her with the Tianya Sword.
• The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect sent poisonous insects against Small Bamboo Peak, and Song Daren led Big Bamboo Peak in a charge to break the swarm as fighting spread across the plaza.
• Li Xiaoyu directed the Green Cloud Sect’s disciples to support one another and withdraw into a tighter formation while the Demon Sect intensified its assault.
• As the Two-Emanations Dust-Mote Formation faltered, Li Xiaoyu infused the Immortal-Slaying Gourd with his spiritual energy, causing its ancient patterns to blaze with golden light and release a violent, majestic aura.

Li Xiaoyu unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Gourd’s thunder ability, devastating the Demon Sect army and halting its assault on the Green Cloud Sect. As his power waned, four Upper Purity Realm elders joined forces to attack him, leaving the battle’s decisive clash about to begin.

• Li Xiaoyu used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to spread a vast web of purple lightning over Jade Purity Hall, killing many Demon Sect disciples and incapacitating elders.
• Lu Xueqi and the Green Cloud Sect disciples watched in astonishment as Li Xiaoyu’s attack broke the Demon Sect’s advance.
• Ghost King Wan Renwang and Poison God recognized that ordinary disciples could no longer threaten the Green Cloud Sect and prepared for a battle between powerful fighters.
• Li Xiaoyu sensed stronger Demon Sect auras approaching and spotted the Joyous Union Sect elder, the Withered Elder, and a Longevity Hall elder among them.
• The four Demon Sect elders attacked Li Xiaoyu from four directions, aiming to kill him and seize the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.

Li Xiaoyu used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to erase four Upper Purity Realm Demon Sect elders, breaking the attackers’ morale. As the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation rose over Heaven-Reaching Peak, the Demon Sect leaders fled, but the formation’s power threatened to stop them.

• Li Xiaoyu calmly raised the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and released a faint golden light that destroyed the four attacking Demon Sect elders, bodies and souls alike.
• The Demon Sect army panicked and fled after witnessing the elders’ disappearance.
• Ghost King Wan Renwang, Poison God, and Yu Yangzi watched Li Xiaoyu in shock, while Wan Renwang resolved to use his hidden trump card.
• A seven-colored sword light rose from the Green Cloud Sect’s rear mountain and formed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation above Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Wan Renwang ordered a retreat, and the three Demon Sect leaders fled down the mountain as the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation unleashed its power.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation wiped out the invading Demon Sect forces, but activating it left Daoist Daoxuan consumed by the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword’s malevolent aura. He tried to kill Zhang Xiaofan, and Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi stood between them as his sword descended.

• Daoist Daoxuan unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, killing the Demon Sect fiends across Heaven-Reaching Peak and Green Cloud Mountain.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi reunited after the battle and shared relief that the Qingyun Sect had won.
• Shang Zhengliang, Tian Buyi, and the other Chief Seats found Daoist Daoxuan emerging from Illusion Moon Cave Abode, aged and driven mad by the Ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword.
• Daoist Daoxuan blamed Zhang Xiaofan for the attack and raised the sword to kill him, while Tian Buyi and Su Ru were pinned by its sword intent.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi shielded Zhang Xiaofan and poured their cultivation into the Autumn Water Sword and Tianya Divine Sword as Daoist Daoxuan struck.

Bi Yao sacrificed herself to stop Daoist Daoxuan’s strike from killing Zhang Xiaofan, and the Ghost King took the unconscious Zhang Xiaofan away. After the battle, the Green Cloud Sect began dealing with its losses as Daoist Daoxuan summoned Li Xiaoyu to Jade Purity Hall to recognize those who defended the sect.

• Bi Yao returned and used the Love Obsession Curse to create a golden barrier that blocked Daoist Daoxuan’s strike, then vanished as her soul scattered.
• Zhang Xiaofan screamed in grief, lost control of his Buddhist, Daoist, and demonic arts, and fainted.
• Ghost King Wan Renwang arrived too late, gathered Zhang Xiaofan, Bi Yao’s clothing, and the Joyous Union Bell, then led the Ghost King Sect away.
• Li Xiaoyu surveyed the destruction on Green Cloud Mountain before Daoist Daoxuan summoned him to Jade Purity Hall.
• Daoist Daoxuan told the Chief Seats that the sect would record and reward the defenders’ deeds, then called Li Xiaoyu forward for commendation.

After the battle, Daoist Daoxuan rewarded Li Xiaoyu for his service with treasures and access to Qingyun’s Scripture Repositories, and the disciples came to admire him. As Li Xiaoyu taught new disciples, Zeng Shushu and Lin Jingyu visited to thank him for protecting them and standing up for Zhang Xiaofan.

• Daoist Daoxuan praised Li Xiaoyu’s three great merits and awarded him pills, rare forging materials, cultivation records, and access to Qingyun’s Scripture Repositories.
• The survivors rebuilt the sect, and Qingyun’s disciples began to respect Li Xiaoyu for his courage, responsibility, and humility.
• Li Xiaoyu patiently taught newly initiated disciples the basics of swordsmanship in the rear mountains of Morning Sun Peak.
• Zeng Shushu and Lin Jingyu visited Li Xiaoyu to thank him for protecting Wind Return Peak and saving Lin Jingyu from the Blood-Sucking Old Demon.
• Lin Jingyu also thanked Li Xiaoyu for speaking up for Zhang Xiaofan in Jade Purity Hall.

After the Green Cloud calamity, Li Xiaoyu resolved to grow stronger by entering a risky, long-term seclusion to nourish the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and study his cultivation arts. With Shang Zhengliang’s support and Lu Xueqi’s promise to wait for him, he sealed himself in a cave and began feeding treasures to the gourd.

• As Green Cloud Sect rebuilt, Li Xiaoyu worried that the Demon Sect would return and decided his strength was still insufficient.
• Li Xiaoyu told Shang Zhengliang he planned an extensive retreat, and his master accepted the decision and promised that the sect would remain safe under his and the others’ watch.
• Li Xiaoyu visited Lu Xueqi on Moon-Watching Terrace, told her he was leaving for seclusion, and embraced her as she promised to wait for him.
• Li Xiaoyu entered a secluded cave behind Morning Sun Peak and opened the jade boxes containing Daoist Daoxuan’s treasures.
• Li Xiaoyu swallowed the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill to feed its energy to the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and its life force began repairing his hidden injuries and restoring his depleted spirit.

Li Xiaoyu fed Daoist Daoxuan’s rare treasures to the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, transforming its powers and drawing a flood of Chaos energy into himself. He broke through the ninth layer of the Jade Purity Realm and pushed toward the Upper Purity Realm as a spectacular celestial phenomenon appeared over Morning Sun Peak.

• Li Xiaoyu guided the life energy in his body into the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, which devoured it and revealed clearer ancient patterns.
• Li Xiaoyu fed the gourd the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron Essence, Polar Profound Crystal, and the rest of Daoist Daoxuan’s rare treasures.
• The gourd’s inner space expanded into seas of elemental energy, and the Innate Geng Metal Sword Qi began to evolve.
• The gourd released immense Chaos energy that tempered Li Xiaoyu and raised his cultivation through the seventh, eighth, and ninth layers of the Jade Purity Realm.
• Li Xiaoyu fused the Taiji Profound Clarity Path with the principles of the Heavenly Tome General Outline and launched an assault on the Upper Purity Realm.
• A Seven-Colored Divine Dragon formed above Morning Sun Peak as the Green Cloud Sect’s disciples witnessed the celestial phenomenon.

Li Xiaoyu broke through to the Upper Purity Realm, stunning the Green Cloud Sect and sending a message to Lu Xueqi. While examining his transformed Immortal-Slaying Gourd, he awakened the Mystic Fire Mirror and brought forth the legendary Pure Essence Fire.

• Daoist Daoxuan, Lu Xueqi, and Shang Zhengliang sensed Li Xiaoyu's breakthrough as a seven-colored dragon appeared over Morning Sun Peak.
• Li Xiaoyu emerged from seclusion in the Upper Purity Realm and made a crystal lotus blossom on Lu Xueqi's Tear Bamboo, letting her know he had returned.
• News of Li Xiaoyu's breakthrough spread through the Green Cloud Sect, and he declined Shang Zhengliang's celebration before visiting the cliff where he had once gained enlightenment.
• Li Xiaoyu examined the miniature world within his Immortal-Slaying Gourd and recognized that its chaotic Innate Sword Qi had become his true trump card.
• Li Xiaoyu infused the Mystic Fire Mirror with his Upper Purity Realm spiritual energy, awakening it and forming the legendary Pure Essence Fire.

Li Xiaoyu followed the Mystic Fire Mirror’s summons toward Incense Burning Valley to fulfill his promise to free the Nine-Tail Celestial Fox, and Lu Xueqi joined him on the journey. After reaching the Southern Border, they explored Kui Water Village and shared a quiet moment at their inn.

• The Mystic Fire Mirror pointed Li Xiaoyu toward Incense Burning Valley, reminding him of his promise to reunite the Nine-Tail Celestial Fox with her children.
• Li Xiaoyu told Shang Zhengliang he would investigate Incense Burning Valley, and Shang Zhengliang gave him a Breath-Concealing Jade and warned him to stay safe.
• Li Xiaoyu spent three days studying cultivation insights before leaving Green Cloud Mountain Range, and Lu Xueqi caught up with him to travel south.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi journeyed for half a month and reached Kui Water Village, where they explored the Southern Border marketplace and sampled its food.
• Li Xiaoyu and Lu Xueqi watched the moon from their inn, and Li Xiaoyu suggested that they find a quiet place to live together once everything was settled.