Recaps

Zhang Qingxuan returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, reunited with Zhang Jingqing and the disciples, and transformed the rear mountain to enrich its spiritual energy. The next morning, everyone’s cultivation had soared, while Zhang Zhiwei refused to get out of bed despite Tian Jinzong’s urgent report.

• Zhang Qingxuan explained his history to Zhang Jingqing, who welcomed Lu Xueqi and the other women as family and learned she was little Ningxue’s mother.
• Zhang Qingxuan’s return drew the Celestial Master Mansion disciples together, and he gave them gold to buy food for a celebratory banquet.
• Zhang Jingqing agreed to a lavish feast after little Ningxue asked for meat, and Zhang Qingxuan later carried the drunken Zhang Jingqing, Zhang Zhiwei, and Zhang Huaiyi back to their rooms.
• Zhang Qingxuan shielded the mansion from outside attention and used magic to increase the rear mountain’s spiritual energy.
• The disciples and elders discovered that their cultivation had greatly improved and their hidden injuries had healed.
• Tian Jinzong told Zhang Zhiwei that everyone’s cultivation had soared, but Zhang Zhiwei refused to get up, leaving Tian Jinzong facing Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Huaiyi.

Zhang Jingqing learned that Qingxuan’s meal had boosted the disciples’ cultivation and that Qingxuan was likely responsible for Dragon Tiger Mountain’s changes. At the Three-One Sect’s guest quarters, Chengzhen explained her new path beyond the Third Realm and ended by crediting Zhang Qingxuan as the truly amazing one.

• Zhang Jingqing burst into Zhang Zhiwei’s room, scolded him, and confirmed that Qingxuan’s meals had caused their cultivation to improve.
• Zhang Jingqing demanded two jars of Zhang Zhiwei’s wine, then heard that Qingxuan was probably behind the changes on the rear mountain.
• Zhang Huaiyi raised concern that the Three-One Sect might spread news of Dragon Tiger Mountain’s changes, but Zhang Jingqing trusted them not to cause trouble.
• Chengzhen told Lu Jin and the other Three-One Sect disciples that she had kept them on the mountain so they could gain the benefits of the changes, and ordered them to keep quiet about them.
• Chengzhen explained that she was forging a new path rooted in Innate Qi beyond the Third Realm, and said that Zhang Qingxuan was the truly amazing one.

Chengzhen explained how her Third Realm breakthrough changed her life and why Zhang Qingxuan’s innate path could not be replicated in the Age of Dharma Decline. Later, Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Huaiyi, and Tian Jinzong that he had met projections of Taishang Laojun and Tongtian Jiaozhu.

• Chengzhen revealed that Zhang Qingxuan had become an innate lifeform by creating a cultivation method from Threefold Reverse Life and Daoist writings.
• Chengzhen explained that scarce, low-grade Spiritual Qi prevented others from following Zhang Qingxuan’s path, then described her own Third Realm’s benefits, including resistance to Wugensheng’s Divine Spirit.
• Chengzhen said she planned to visit the Quanzhen Sect to study methods for cultivating the primordial spirit and soul, inspiring renewed hope in Lu Jin, Shuiyun, and Changqing.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Huaiyi, and Tian Jinzong that he had met projections of Taishang Laojun and Tongtian Jiaozhu.
• Zhang Qingxuan described Taishang Laojun’s natural, nonacting presence and Tongtian Jiaozhu’s commanding gaze, leaving his senior brothers enthralled.

As Dragon Tiger Mountain’s sudden rise drew scrutiny, Zhang Qingxuan decided to hold a restricted public discourse on the Dao to strengthen the Daoist School against the troubled times. He revealed the Qingping Sword to Zhang Jingqing, who recognized the supreme treasure and accepted it with awe.

• Dragon Tiger Mountain’s transformation became known, and three patrolling disciples defeated a Quanzhen expert who tried to infiltrate the mountain.
• After kidnappers killed a Three-One Sect disciple seeking to protect Dragon Tiger Mountain’s secrets, Wu Chengzhen led the sect’s elites to destroy the culprits and their sect.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Jingqing he would leave the world in a year and proposed a public discourse to strengthen the Daoist School, while limiting attendance to people with affinity and virtue.
• Zhang Qingxuan summoned a sword whose aura overwhelmed the courtyard, then quieted it before identifying it as the Qingping Sword.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained how the sword had evolved and received the Supreme Clarity Patriarch’s acknowledgment, and Zhang Jingqing carefully accepted it.

Zhang Jingqing set out with Zhang Zhiwei to invite Mount Mao’s disciples to a lecture, carrying the Qingping Sword to emphasize the invitation. After Quanzhen scouts fled in fear of the pair, Zhang Jingqing arrived at Mount Mao and loudly summoned its sect leader, Yun Qingzi, promising him a tremendous opportunity.

• Zhang Qingxuan told Zhang Jingqing that the Taiqing Sage had given him the Taiji Diagram, leaving his master stunned.
• Zhang Jingqing departed Dragon Tiger Mountain with the Qingping Sword, while Zhang Zhiwei followed him as a self-appointed protector.
• Quanzhen scouts considered kidnapping the pair, but their elder recognized Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Zhiwei and led the scouts to flee.
• At Mount Mao, Zhang Jingqing used Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Big Mouth technique to summon Yun Qingzi, who stormed into the hall and demanded to know why he was shouting.
• Zhang Jingqing told Yun Qingzi he had brought Mount Mao a tremendous opportunity and asked him to bring out his best things.

After Zhang Jingqing revealed that Zhang Qingxuan had bestowed the Qingping Sword and invited Mount Mao to a discourse, Yun Qingzi gathered Mount Mao’s elders to confirm the sword’s authenticity and choose who would attend. The elders settled on disciples and elders, with most selected elders also slated to descend the mountain amid troubled times.

• Zhang Jingqing invited Yun Qingzi to Dragon Tiger Mountain for the discourse before leaving Mount Mao with Zhang Zhiwei and the Qingping Sword.
• Yun Qingzi summoned Mount Mao’s elders and told them about Zhang Qingxuan’s discourse and the Qingping Sword.
• Yun Qingzi said Mount Mao’s statues of the Three Pure Ones had resonated with the sword and its founding ancestral master had confirmed its dense Shangqing presence.
• Yun Qingzi and the elders selected disciples to attend the discourse, then he named the elders who would go without allowing debate.
• The selected elders celebrated while the others offered teasing reminders, and Yun Qingzi reflected on their long years together and the few chances left to serve Mount Mao.

As Dragon Tiger Mountain prepared to host its public Dao lecture, Zhang Qingxuan received a system reward of Daoist scriptures and secluded himself to study them. On the lecture’s eve, a group of Qi-bearing animals from the Northeast arrived with the missing invitation, and Zhang Qingxuan watched their arrival from the back mountain.

• The invited factions set out for Dragon Tiger Mountain, with the Wang Family and Lü Family seeking its secrets, the Lu Family carefully selecting talented disciples, and the Guan Family bringing its head and core elders.
• Zhang Qingxuan received a system reward containing the Daoist scriptures and cultivation methods of a small world, then secluded himself for half a month to prepare his lecture.
• Zhang Qingxuan returned the day before the lecture and told Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Zhiwei that he had been studying to enrich its content.
• Hundreds of guests gathered at the foot of Dragon Tiger Mountain and greeted old friends, until a group of Qi-bearing animals arrived and the weasel asked a Guan Family disciple whether this was Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• A Guan Family elder transformed into a half-human, half-demon form, and the weasel explained that the animals had come to hear the Dao and carried an invitation in the yellow bird’s beak.
• Zhang Huaiyi revealed that the invitation had gone missing during his trip to the Northeast and had no name on it, while Zhang Qingxuan watched the animals from the back mountain.

Zhang Qingxuan opened the first of two lectures on the Dao at Dragon Tiger Mountain, where extraordinary heavenly signs and Heavenly Dao Merit transformed the gathered listeners. After the six-hour lecture, he announced the next session would be in three months, and secretly warned Duanmu Ying to be less trusting and conceal what she had comprehended.

• Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Huaiyi led the gathered sects into the rear mountain, where the elders rushed to claim the best seats near Zhang Jingqing.
• Zhang Qingxuan tore open a spatial rift, introduced himself as Dragon Tiger Mountain’s Dao-Proving Immortal, and began his lecture.
• Purple Qi, heavenly sweet dew, and rapidly ripening fruit appeared as the listeners and Qi-attuned animals entered profound states of comprehension.
• Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon Zhang Qingxuan, and eight unseen profound lights flew toward eight people while the remaining Dao resonance reached some of the audience.
• After six hours, Zhang Qingxuan ended the lecture, told everyone to return in preparation for the next lecture in three months, and sent them away.
• As the Duanmu Family traveled north, Zhang Qingxuan privately warned Duanmu Ying not to trust people so easily and to keep her comprehension secret.

After the lecture, Dragon Tiger Mountain’s disciples and elders entered seclusion, while the Lü Family regretted sending disciples who could not understand Zhang Qingxuan’s teachings. Zhang Qingxuan realized the Eight Extraordinary Skills were beginning to form, and half a month later Zhang Ningxue was left lonely as her father was away and the elders remained in seclusion.

• The Lü Family head learned that Dragon Tiger Mountain’s strength had surged because its disciples had eaten special ingredients, which had all been used up.
• Lü Ci asked to bring core disciples to the next lecture, and the Lü Family head agreed while telling them to study Daoist classics first.
• Zhang Qingxuan sensed the beginnings of the Qi Body Origin Stream forming within Zhang Huaiyi and realized the Eight Extraordinary Skills would likely emerge regardless of his next lecture.
• Half a month later, Zhang Ningxue told Tian Jinzong that her father had gone to get a treasure and that her great-grandmaster and the others were still in seclusion.

Wugensheng gained permission to attend Zhang Qingxuan’s second Dao lecture after keeping Quanzhen in check, and he sat in the front row among the animal spirits. The lecture ended with several listeners entering sudden enlightenment, while Mount Mao remained behind for an additional opportunity from Zhang Qingxuan.

• Wugensheng arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain with Quanzhen members, and Zhang Huaiyi allowed him alone to ascend and listen to the Dao.
• Wugensheng took a front-row seat among the animal spirits, surprising the other attendees.
• Zhang Qingxuan began the second Dao lecture, and the listeners cultivated as Dao teachings and spiritual Qi spread through the grounds.
• After the lecture, Zhang Qingxuan kept the attendees from disturbing those in sudden enlightenment and noted that Wugensheng was attempting to reverse Divine Spirit.
• Once everyone awakened, Zhang Qingxuan sent them away, but the Mount Mao group remained at the lecture grounds for an opportunity from him.

Zhang Qingxuan gifted Dragon Tiger Mountain and Mount Mao powerful pseudo-immortal artifacts before his group prepared to leave. Gu Yuena confided her fear that her past agenda would make Zhang Qingxuan doubt her love, and Zhang Jingqing reassured her before scolding Zhang Qingxuan for failing to make her feel secure.

• Zhang Qingxuan gave Zhang Jingqing a pseudo-immortal Taiji Diagram for Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Yun Qingzi a pseudo-immortal Qingping Sword for Mount Mao, and Yun Qingzi vowed that Mount Mao would defend it and use it to punish evil.
• Gu Yuena went to Zhang Jingqing and admitted she feared Zhang Qingxuan would doubt her love because she had originally stayed by him with an agenda.
• Zhang Jingqing told Gu Yuena that Zhang Qingxuan trusted her and would shoulder her troubles, easing her worries.
• After Gu Yuena left, Zhang Jingqing revealed that Zhang Qingxuan had been listening behind a screen and reprimanded him for not giving his wife enough security.

Zhang Qingxuan left Dragon Tiger Mountain after giving Zhang Jingqing powerful talismans and a method to safely forget the Celestial Master Inheritance. A year later, his teachings had transformed the Douluo Continent, strengthening some factions and leaving others behind.

• Zhang Qingxuan gave Zhang Jingqing four Sword Talismans, five Thunder Talismans, and a method to escape the Celestial Master Inheritance's drawbacks by forgetting its contents.
• Zhang Qingxuan said goodbye to Zhang Jingqing and his fellow disciples, then departed with Lu Xueqi, Gu Yuena, Li Yingxue, Snow Empress, and Ningxue in an azure light.
• The Heavenly Dao lamented that Zhang Qingxuan had left and that his lecture had not produced the top-tier cultivators it had hoped for.
• Soul Masters across the Douluo Continent broke through their bottlenecks, and some clans pooled their Spirit Stones to create a Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi used Zhang Qingxuan's teachings to raise the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to four Douluos, while Yu Yuanzhen's reforms helped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect reach three.
• The Clear Sky Sect fell behind by rejecting new cultivation methods, while healing practitioners founded the Golden Needle Hall and Spirit Hall and the Two Great Empires pursued widespread development.

After returning to Penglai Immortal Island, Zhang Qingxuan learned that the Snow Empress was pregnant, and the women celebrated before turning their attention to him. Three days later, Gu Yuena was also expecting and chose to stay on Penglai while Zhang Qingxuan prepared to enter the Divine Realm.

• Qian Xunji leisurely left government affairs to Bibi Dong while planning a vacation.
• Zhang Qingxuan returned to Penglai Immortal Island with the others and told the Goddess of Life he would take everyone to the Divine Realm in three days.
• Lu Xueqi recognized that the Snow Empress was pregnant, and the women surrounded her to celebrate and discuss the baby.
• The women turned on Zhang Qingxuan after he teased them, and he was overwhelmed by their attention that night.
• Three days later, Zhang Qingxuan learned Gu Yuena was pregnant and agreed that she would stay on Penglai to nurture the baby while he went to the Divine Realm.

At the Divine Realm entrance, Zhang Qingxuan and the Dragon Kings clashed with the Asura God before building a temple, while the Asura God secretly prepared to drain his Godhood. On Douluo Planet, Tang Hao defied his parents to leave with Ah Yin, and Tang Li and Bai Juan agreed to help conceal her identity.

• The Asura God taunted Gu Shuang'er and Gu Fei'er about the Dragon God's destruction of their homeland, and Zhang Qingxuan and the sisters mocked him until the Goddess of Life intervened and he left.
• The Goddess of Life brought Zhang Qingxuan, Gu Shuang'er, and Gu Fei'er into the Divine Realm and gave Zhang Qingxuan materials to build a temple.
• Zhang Qingxuan used the materials to construct a magnificent temple in the Divine Realm.
• Back in the Asura Temple, the Asura God revealed that he planned to drain the power of his Godhood now that Zhang Qingxuan had left Douluo Planet.
• Tang Li confronted Tang Hao and Ah Yin, warning that Ah Yin's identity as a Soul Beast endangered the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Hao insisted he loved her and would take her away.
• After Tang Hao left with Ah Yin, Bai Juan persuaded Tang Li to help conceal Ah Yin, and he agreed.

Tang Li chose Tang Xiao as the Clear Sky Sect heir, while Bai Juan learned Tang Yuehua feared revealing her hidden child to the child’s father. Two years later, Ah Yin was discovered, prompting Qian Xunji to plan her capture as Bibi Dong sought counsel from Rakshasa God Bibi Dong.

• Tang Li told Tang Xiao he would appoint him heir, rejecting Tang Hao because his feelings made him reckless and unsuitable to lead the sect.
• Bai Juan reassured Tang Yuehua that she knew about her child and agreed to help conceal the truth for a few more years, but urged her to acknowledge the child soon for their safety.
• Two years later, news spread that Tang Hao’s wife, Ah Yin, had been discovered, drawing the attention of factions seeking her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.
• Qian Xunji announced he would capture Ah Yin, dismissing Bibi Dong’s warning that she might sacrifice herself to Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Saintess Hall and entered her mental space, where Rakshasa God Bibi Dong asked, “It didn’t work?”

Saintess Bibi Dong learned how much power Rakshasa God Bibi Dong could wield and vowed to stop Tang San from growing stronger. Two days later, Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s hiding place was exposed, and Tang Hao fled with Ah Yin and newborn Tang San before eight Titled Douluo surrounded them and demanded Ah Yin.

• Rakshasa God Bibi Dong told Saintess Bibi Dong that she could wield less than thirty percent of her strength by possessing her, enough to defeat Qian Daoliu.
• Rakshasa God Bibi Dong explained that gods could overwhelm mortals through dimensional authority, and Saintess Bibi Dong vowed to stop Tang San from growing.
• Li Qingfeng welcomed Liu Qingyi at the Star Gazing Platform, where she asked him to divine Tang Hao’s situation; his reading made him curse in anger.
• A day after Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s hiding place was exposed, eight Titled Douluo from five great powers pursued Tang Hao as he fled with Ah Yin and newborn Tang San.
• The eight Titled Douluo surrounded Tang Hao and demanded that he hand over Ah Yin, while Ah Yin considered that she had reached the mature stage.

Ah Yin discovered that Tang Hao had betrayed her, then sacrificed herself to leave behind a Blue Silver Emperor seed and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Tang Hao escaped with their child after killing three Titled Douluos, while Li Qingfeng took the seed and the Clear Sky Sect faced pressure from multiple powers.

• Ah Yin asked how the pursuers had found her, learned that Tang Hao had betrayed her, and sacrificed herself despite Qian Xunji's seal.
• The pursuers fought over Ah Yin's Soul Bone, and Tang Hao detonated his Soul Rings before Qian Xunji interrupted him and caused a backlash.
• Tang Hao unleashed a devastating hammer strike that killed three Titled Douluos and gravely wounded two others, then fled with his child.
• Qian Xunji stopped his men from pursuing Tang Hao and returned to Spirit City with two Titled Douluos and the Soul Bone.
• Li Qingfeng took the Blue Silver Emperor seed and flew away as a goshawk.
• Tang Hao's battle brought pressure from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Heaven Dou Empire, and Star Luo Empire against the Clear Sky Sect.

After learning that Tang Hao had exposed Ah Yin to obtain her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, Tang Li and Bai Juan died from the shock and grief. Tang Yuehua escaped the Clear Sky Sect with her child, while the sect withdrew from the world and Tang Hao’s reputation spread across the continent.

• Tang Li read a secret letter about Tang Hao, collapsed in fury, and died after giving Bai Juan his final instructions.
• Bai Juan told Tang Yuehua that Tang Hao had deliberately exposed Ah Yin and their hiding place to claim her Soul Ring, then gave her a token and dowry bracelet.
• Bai Juan died, and Tang Yuehua used a concealed passage to leave the Clear Sky Sect with her child.
• Tang Xiao found Bai Juan dead, and news of Tang Li and Bai Juan’s deaths spread across the continent, further ruining Tang Hao’s reputation.
• The Clear Sky Sect withdrew from the world, leaving its four subordinate sects vulnerable to rival forces.
• Qian Xunji praised his disciple for weakening the Clear Sky Sect, while Qian Daoliu envied him.

Zhang Qingxuan agreed to take Haoyue back to the Throne of Seal World after Haoyue decided he had found his path and needed to return. At Qingxuan Manor, Bai Yue complained to Linglong about her absent parents and master before two visitors arrived.

• Gu Fei'er learned that Zhang Xueting and Zhang Jiuxiao would come to the Divine Realm when they turned twelve and eagerly planned to braid their hair.
• Haoyue told Zhang Qingxuan he wanted to return to his world, had found his future path, and had let go of the past, so Zhang Qingxuan took him back.
• At Qingxuan Manor, Bai Yue told Linglong that her parents rarely paid attention to her and recalled how her mother had protected her as a child.
• Bai Yue complained that her master had left without saying goodbye, but two streaks of light arrived and she turned excitedly toward them.

Leng Xiao returned to see Linglong and teased Bai Yue by revealing the portrait she had hidden, prompting Linglong and Bai Yue to confront their feelings about Linglong’s master. Linglong began to explain how she had conceived Leng Xiao, but Leng Xiao’s scream interrupted her.

• Leng Xiao rushed past Bai Yue to embrace Linglong, then teased Bai Yue when she tried to attack her.
• Leng Xiao revealed Bai Yue’s hidden portrait of a handsome man, and Linglong and Bai Yue recognized him as Bai Yue’s master.
• After sending Leng Xiao away, Linglong warned Bai Yue that the man was her master and that Leng Xiao was his daughter.
• Bai Yue suspected that Linglong’s master still did not know Leng Xiao existed and demanded to know how Linglong conceived her.
• Linglong agreed to explain, but Leng Xiao screamed at an intruder she called a pretty boy living off a woman.