Recaps

Su Zhan confronted Gu Feng to learn who had commissioned masks from him, but Gu Feng feared retaliation and demanded protection before answering. Su Zhan offered to take him to Palace Master Xiao, leaving Gu Feng willing to speak once Palace Master Xiao agreed to shelter him.

• Gu Feng tried to leave, but Su Zhan identified himself and startled him.
• Su Zhan assured Gu Feng he would not hurt him and asked who had commissioned the masks.
• Gu Feng feared both Su Zhan and the people behind the masks and refused to talk without a guarantee of safety.
• Su Zhan offered to take Gu Feng to Palace Master Xiao, who could protect him if Su Zhan failed to remove the threat.
• Gu Feng agreed the arrangement could work and asked whether Su Zhan could secure Palace Master Xiao's protection.
• Su Zhan said he could take Gu Feng to meet Palace Master Xiao immediately and warned him not to lie.

Su Zhan brought Gu Feng to Palace Master Xiao, who agreed to protect him in exchange for his artifact-forging services. Gu Feng revealed that Miao Miao Palace had commissioned the masks, leaving Su Zhan to consider the powerful group behind the attack.

• Gu Feng agreed to tell Su Zhan the truth in exchange for protection.
• Su Zhan asked Palace Master Xiao to shelter Gu Feng, and Palace Master Xiao offered him a place in return for forging treasures.
• Gu Feng accepted the arrangement and agreed to forge artifacts for Palace Master Xiao.
• Hun Tianlong pressed Gu Feng to name the client who had ordered the masks.
• Gu Feng said Miao Miao Palace had commissioned the masks, and Palace Master Xiao warned Su Zhan that the group was powerful and dangerous.

Su Zhan learned that someone had hired Miao Miao Palace to target him, but he could not identify the culprit. He used Gu Feng as bait to draw Miao Miao Palace’s people out, and masked men confronted him at Gu Feng’s residence.

• Su Zhan decided to question Miao Miao Palace about who had hired them to attack him.
• Palace Master Xiao gave Su Zhan a map to Miao Miao Palace and offered to arrange help, but Su Zhan chose to go alone.
• Gu Feng said Miao Miao Palace would likely try to kill him to conceal its involvement, and Su Zhan realized this could save him from searching for them.
• Su Zhan disguised himself as Gu Feng and returned to Gu Feng’s residence with Hun Tianlong disguised as an attendant.
• As Su Zhan pretended to pack up in fear, several masked men blocked his path and demanded to know where Gu Feng was going.

Su Zhan convinced Miao Miao Palace's men that he could lure Su Zhan into a trap, and they took him and Hun Tianlong back to consult the Palace Lord. They confined the pair aboard their tower ship as it headed into Miao Miao Palace's territory.

• The men accused Su Zhan of being Gu Feng, but Su Zhan offered to help them capture Su Zhan in exchange for his life.
• The men agreed to take Gu Feng to the Palace Lord so the Palace Lord could decide whether to spare him.
• When their leader questioned Hun Tianlong, Su Zhan claimed he was his talented Artifact Refining assistant and persuaded them to bring him along.
• The men took Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong aboard a tower ship and confined them in a room until they entered Miao Miao Palace's territory.

Su Zhan posed as Gu Feng and convinced the Palace Lord that he and Hun Tianlong would help lure Su Zhan into a trap. The Palace Lord kept them under surveillance in a side hall, where Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong acted as if they were eager to cooperate.

• Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong met the Palace Lord at Miao Miao Palace, and Su Zhan offered to stay and refine artifacts for him.
• The Palace Lord agreed to give them a chance if they helped lure Su Zhan into his trap.
• After guards took them to a side hall, Su Zhan warned Hun Tianlong to play along and spoke as though they feared for their lives.
• Hun Tianlong complained about their cramped quarters and said they needed to get rid of Su Zhan quickly.
• The Palace Lord watched their every move and sound through a screen, believing that their awareness of their best choice would help secure their cooperation.

The First Elder showed Su Zhan the formation Miao Miao Palace had prepared to kill him, but Su Zhan exposed its flaws and offered to improve it. The First Elder’s view of Su Zhan changed, opening the way for him to interfere with the trap.

• The Palace Lord ordered the First Elder to prepare to eliminate Su Zhan as soon as possible.
• After several days, Su Zhan and Hun Tianlong followed the First Elder to a valley where Miao Miao Palace had concealed a formation.
• Su Zhan said the formation was too simple to fool Su Zhan, and the First Elder rebuked him for his arrogance.
• Su Zhan casually altered the formation, revealing its concealed parts and proving he had identified its flaws.
• Su Zhan suggested replacing the formation with a better one, and the First Elder recognized his knowledge of formations.

Su Zhan disguised as Gu Feng altered a formation, then trapped the Grand Elder and revealed his identity. The Grand Elder could neither escape nor alert Miao Miao Palace, but refused to answer Su Zhan's questions.

• Su Zhan agreed to improve the formation and strengthened it while pretending to seek the Grand Elder's guidance.
• Su Zhan lured the Grand Elder into the formation and activated it, trapping him inside.
• Su Zhan revealed his true appearance and demanded to know why the Grand Elder was trying to harm him and who had ordered it.
• The Grand Elder failed to break the altered formation or alert Miao Miao Palace, then refused to betray the Palace Lord or answer Su Zhan.

Su Zhan interrogated the Grand Elder about who had ordered an attack on him, but rejected the claim that Palace Master Xiao was responsible. When the Grand Elder refused to give another answer, Su Zhan prepared to kill him.

• Hun Tianlong demanded that the Grand Elder reveal who wanted to harm Su Zhan.
• The Grand Elder claimed that Palace Master Xiao had ordered the attack.
• Hun Tianlong doubted him, but wavered until Su Zhan explained why Palace Master Xiao was unlikely to act that way.
• The Grand Elder insisted he was telling the truth, and Su Zhan summoned saber flashes and sword shadows to attack him.

Su Zhan interrogated Miao Miao Palace's Grand Elder about who had persuaded the Palace Lord to target him. The Grand Elder described a mysterious, powerful cloaked man but could not identify him, leaving Su Zhan without an answer.

• The Grand Elder pleaded with Su Zhan while wounded in the formation, first claiming Palace Master Xiao was responsible and then admitting he did not know the man's identity.
• Su Zhan stopped the formation and gave the Grand Elder one last chance to tell the truth.
• The Grand Elder said an aged-sounding cloaked man had broken into Miao Miao Palace, met the Palace Lord alone, and offered him what he wanted most along with valuable gifts to persuade him to target Su Zhan.
• The Grand Elder urged Su Zhan to consider who he might have offended and to leave before the Palace Lord found him, while Hun Tianlong accused him of still lying.

Su Zhan trapped the Grand Elder inside the formation, then disguised himself as the Grand Elder and Hun Tianlong as Gu Feng to enter Miao Miao Palace. Su Zhan went to the Palace Lord and pretended to worry that Gu Feng might fail their plan, leaving the Palace Lord agreeing it was their best option for now.

• Su Zhan told the Grand Elder he would not kill him but would keep him hidden inside the formation, beyond the reach of anyone searching or listening.
• Su Zhan arranged for Hun Tianlong to disguise himself as Gu Feng and took the Grand Elder's appearance himself.
• An elder questioned why only two people had returned, and Su Zhan claimed he had killed Gu Feng's rude attendant; the elder accepted the explanation.
• Su Zhan sent Hun Tianlong back with a guard and went to see the Palace Lord, saying Gu Feng seemed too timid to carry out their plan without arousing Su Zhan's suspicions.
• The Palace Lord agreed that using Gu Feng was the best approach available for now.

Su Zhan warned the Palace Lord that the mysterious client who hired him to target Su Zhan might have been setting Miao Miao Palace up. The Palace Lord admitted he did not know the client’s identity, so Su Zhan asked how they had planned to report Su Zhan’s supposed death.

• Su Zhan suggested that the mysterious client might have wanted to give Su Zhan a reason to eliminate Miao Miao Palace.
• The Palace Lord wondered who might want to harm them, and Su Zhan said they had many possible enemies.
• Su Zhan urged the Palace Lord to consider who had sent the cloaked stranger, while cautioning that his suspicion was only a possibility.
• The Palace Lord revealed that the stranger had never disclosed his identity, despite being asked.
• Su Zhan asked how the Palace Lord had agreed to inform the stranger of Su Zhan’s demise.

Su Zhan persuaded the Palace Lord to summon the cloaked man and question him before continuing to help him. When the man arrived, he angrily demanded Su Zhan’s head and refused to reveal who he was, leaving the Palace Lord without the answers he wanted.

• Su Zhan agreed with the Palace Lord’s decision to invite the cloaked man and keep Gu Feng in the side hall.
• Su Zhan secretly visited Hun Tianlong, then broke into the Grand Elder’s secret chamber and took its treasures.
• The Palace Lord crushed the token to summon the cloaked man and decided to demand more payment for the losses Miao Miao Palace had suffered.
• Several days later, the cloaked man arrived and demanded to know why the Palace Lord had summoned him without Su Zhan’s head.
• The Palace Lord asked the cloaked man to reveal his identity, but the man angrily refused and insisted that they honor their agreement to kill Su Zhan.

Su Zhan challenged the masked old man to reveal his identity, angering him and the Palace Lord. When the Palace Lord attacked, Su Zhan let the fight continue while preventing the other elders from joining in, so the Palace Lord could defeat the old man himself.

• Su Zhan accused the masked old man of acting like a rat and demanded that he reveal who he was or leave without getting his payment back.
• The old man questioned whether the Palace Lord had been prompted by Su Zhan, which further angered the Palace Lord.
• The Palace Lord threatened to kill the old man unless he identified himself, and the old man warned that Miao Miao Palace would be destroyed if it attacked him.
• The Palace Lord attacked the old man, who immediately fought back.
• Su Zhan opened the palace doors for everyone outside, then stopped the elders from joining the fight so the Palace Lord could defeat the old man himself.

Su Zhan watched the Palace Lord fight the old man, who refused to reveal the identity of the person behind him. The old man tried to escape, leaving Su Zhan no closer to discovering who wanted him dead.

• Su Zhan had the palace gate closed to prevent the old man from escaping.
• The old man tried to persuade the Palace Lord to let him go and promised to honor their agreement.
• The Palace Lord refused to negotiate and attacked the old man with the intention of defeating him.
• The old man fought back desperately, hoping to escape without revealing his identity or his superior's.
• Su Zhan realized the old man was only a subordinate and remained puzzled about who was plotting against him.
• Su Zhan concluded that eliminating the old man would resolve the immediate threat, even if he learned nothing about the mastermind.

Su Zhan tried to let the old man escape so he could follow him to the person behind him, while the old man decided to take the Palace Lord hostage. After Hun Tianlong’s voice distracted everyone, the old man seized the Palace Lord and demanded that the elders let him leave.

• Su Zhan decided that killing the old man would cut off his trail, so he waited for a chance to let him escape.
• The old man launched a fierce attack on the Palace Lord, hoping to overpower him and use him as a hostage.
• Su Zhan warned the elders that the old man planned to abduct the Palace Lord, then stood by the palace doors instead of joining the fight.
• Hun Tianlong’s voice rang out from outside, accusing Miao Miao Palace of attacking their young master.
• The old man took the Palace Lord hostage and ordered the elders to get out of his way, while the Palace Lord told them not to attack.

Su Zhan impersonated Miao Miao Palace’s Grand Elder, helped the old man abduct the Palace Lord, and stole the palace’s treasures. He trapped the real Grand Elder and the other Elders inside an altered formation, where they discovered there were two Grand Elders.

• The old man forced Su Zhan to let him leave with the Palace Lord, while Su Zhan warned the others not to follow.
• Su Zhan told the confused Elders to gather outside and claimed he would find the Palace Lord and search for Bai E.
• After the Elders left, Su Zhan broke into the secret chamber and took its treasures.
• Su Zhan led the Elders into an altered grand formation, then walked out and left them trapped inside.
• The Elders saw another Grand Elder outside the formation and realized that someone had been impersonating him.

Su Zhan trapped and killed the people of Miao Miao Palace before following Hun Tianlong toward the Land of Chaos, suspecting the fleeing old man had come from there. The old man kept heading toward the Land of Chaos, while the captured Palace Lord remained terrified and without help.

• Su Zhan activated his Great Formation, killing the people of Miao Miao Palace after they demanded answers and freedom.
• Su Zhan followed the half of the treasure he had given Hun Tianlong to track him down.
• Su Zhan wondered whether the old man had come from the Land of Chaos because he was fleeing in that direction.
• Su Zhan caught up with Hun Tianlong, and the two followed the old man toward the Land of Chaos.
• The Palace Lord grew more terrified after realizing no one was coming to rescue him.

The Spiritual Energy Emissary tried to find a way to suppress the fluctuations in Spiritual Qi while Immortal Master Penglai was away fighting invaders. After discovering the treasury was sealed, he told the other disciples to use the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi and promised to take responsibility.

• The Spiritual Energy Emissary ordered the disciples to take treasures from Immortal Master Penglai’s treasury to suppress the Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
• He discovered that Immortal Master Penglai had sealed the treasury before leaving the Divine Mountain.
• The Spiritual Energy Emissary proposed using the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi to raise their cultivation temporarily.
• He told the disciples to proceed and said he would bear the consequences.

Immortal Master Penglai’s strength declined as his disciples drew the Spiritual Qi from the Divine Mountain, giving Su Zhan the advantage in their battle. Daoist Master Yuanxu found the Spiritual Energy Emissary directing the disciples and demanded to know why.

• The Spiritual Energy Emissary told the junior brothers and sisters to draw on the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi, reducing the energy Immortal Master Penglai could use.
• Su Zhan noticed Immortal Master Penglai weakening, while Immortal Master Penglai concealed his alarm and secretly asked Daoist Master Yuanxu to investigate.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu discovered the disciples were drawing away the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi and went to confront the Spiritual Energy Emissary.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu angrily accused the Spiritual Energy Emissary of weakening their master, and the Spiritual Energy Emissary began explaining his reason.

The Spiritual Energy Emissary defended his use of the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi, arguing that he had needed it to stabilize the Penglai Immortal Realm while Immortal Master Penglai fought the outsider. Daoist Master Yuanxu revealed that Immortal Master Penglai had ordered him to stop the drain because the battle required that same Spiritual Qi.

• The Spiritual Energy Emissary told Daoist Master Yuanxu that he had drawn on the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi to help Immortal Master Penglai gain the upper hand.
• The Spiritual Energy Emissary explained that the outsider’s arrival had destabilized the Penglai Immortal Realm and that the sealed treasury left him no other way to stabilize it.
• The Spiritual Energy Emissary won the other disciples’ support by arguing that telling Immortal Master Penglai could have distracted him during battle.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu challenged the Spiritual Energy Emissary for not contacting him, and the Spiritual Energy Emissary questioned Yuanxu’s ability to solve the fluctuations himself.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu said Immortal Master Penglai had ordered him to stop the Spiritual Qi drain because the battle required the Divine Mountain’s energy.

Daoist Master Yuanxu rejected the Spiritual Energy Emissary’s plans and claimed he had a way to stabilize the Penglai Immortal Realm’s Spiritual Qi while helping the disciples grow stronger. He left to retrieve treasures for his preparations, while the Spiritual Energy Emissary stayed behind, expecting him to fail.

• A disciple challenged Daoist Master Yuanxu to find a way to suppress the worsening Spiritual Qi fluctuations without drawing on the Divine Mountain’s Spiritual Qi.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu frowned over the problem as the Spiritual Energy Emissary waited for him to fail.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu announced that he could stabilize the Immortal Realm’s Spiritual Qi and give the disciples a chance to improve their cultivation and strength.
• The disciples urged Daoist Master Yuanxu to explain his plan, but he said he first needed to retrieve the treasures he had prepared at his cultivation site.
• The Spiritual Energy Emissary offered to accompany Daoist Master Yuanxu, but Daoist Master Yuanxu refused and told him to wait for good news.

Daoist Master Yuanxu sought the Chaos Demon Lord’s help to stabilize the Spiritual Qi fluctuations in the Penglai Immortal Realm, hoping their cooperation would protect the realm and strengthen the Demon Lord for his coming fight with Su Zhan. The Chaos Demon Lord agreed that he could help but demanded to know what he would receive in return.

• Daoist Master Yuanxu checked on Immortal Master Penglai after the battle with Su Zhan, then returned to his cultivation grounds and set a trap in his cave abode.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu traveled to Four Seas Lake, intending to ask the Chaos Demon Lord to stabilize the Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
• The Chaos Demon Lord recognized Daoist Master Yuanxu’s intention and agreed to cooperate, hoping to grow strong enough to defeat Su Zhan.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu asked the Chaos Demon Lord to quell the dangerous fluctuations in the immortal realm’s Spiritual Qi.
• The Chaos Demon Lord said he could stabilize the fluctuations but demanded compensation for his help.

Daoist Master Yuanxu agreed to give the Chaos Demon Lord Spiritual Qi in exchange for his help quelling the fluctuations across the Penglai Immortal Realm. After they formed a Contract, the two headed to Divine Mountain to assist Immortal Master Penglai against Su Zhan.

• The Chaos Demon Lord asked Daoist Master Yuanxu for Spiritual Qi as payment for quelling the Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
• The Chaos Demon Lord reassured Daoist Master Yuanxu that he would remain weakened and help defeat the Flame Emperor Legacy alongside their shared enemy, Su Zhan.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu agreed to provide a certain amount of Spiritual Qi in exchange for the Chaos Demon Lord's help.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu and the Chaos Demon Lord formed a Contract, and the Chaos Demon Lord left Four Seas Lake.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu led the Chaos Demon Lord to Divine Mountain to help Immortal Master Penglai before Su Zhan could defeat him.

Daoist Master Yuanxu returned to the Divine Mountain with a few Law Artifacts and sent Immortal Master Penglai’s disciples to their cultivation grounds with them. After he contacted the Chaos Demon Lord, the Spiritual Qi fluctuations vanished, but the Chaos Demon Lord took control of the Divine Mountain.

• The Spiritual Energy Emissary told the junior disciples that Daoist Master Yuanxu had few treasures and hoped he would fail.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu returned with a few plate-like Law Artifacts, disappointing the disciples and prompting the Spiritual Energy Emissary to mock him.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu distributed the Law Artifacts among the junior disciples and sent them back to their cultivation grounds.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu contacted the Chaos Demon Lord and told him the arrangements were complete.
• The Chaos Demon Lord calmed the Spiritual Qi fluctuations across the Penglai Immortal Realm and took control of the Divine Mountain.

Daoist Master Yuanxu temporarily stopped the Spiritual Qi fluctuations in the Penglai Immortal Realm with the Chaos Demon Lord’s power, while the Chaos Demon Lord continued corrupting the realm’s Spiritual Qi. Unaware of the danger, Immortal Master Penglai kept fighting Su Zhan, who decided to use his full strength to end the battle quickly.

• Daoist Master Yuanxu used the treasures he had provided to stop the Spiritual Qi fluctuations, surprising the Spiritual Energy Emissary.
• Daoist Master Yuanxu sent the Spiritual Energy Emissary back to his cultivation grounds to help stabilize the Spiritual Qi so Immortal Master Penglai could win.
• The Chaos Demon Lord told Daoist Master Yuanxu that he needed time to recover before he could directly help Immortal Master Penglai.
• The Chaos Demon Lord’s power continued corrupting the Penglai Immortal Realm’s Spiritual Qi, though Immortal Master Penglai had not noticed.
• Su Zhan learned Immortal Master Penglai’s Law Techniques and brought out his true strength to end their battle quickly.