Recaps

Li Changshou expanded the Sea God Cult, recruited Ao Yi, and secretly resolved Qi Yuan’s old grievance while managing the fallout from Wan Jiangyu’s death. He met the Jade Emperor and advised him on building the Heavenly Court, while the sect tournament revealed Lan Ling'e’s true cultivation and ended with her choosing to stay by Li Changshou’s side.

• Ao Yi defeated Ao Mou and won the Southern Sea Dragon Princes’ submission, then Li Changshou rebuilt Jiu Jiu’s attic arrays with her materials.
• Li Changshou investigated the Sea God Cult, defeated threats to its ceremony, and revealed himself through the Sea God statue as Ao Yi withdrew the Dragon Palace soldiers.
• Li Changshou persuaded Ao Yi to serve the Sea God Cult in secret, and Ao Yi returned as its Second Cult Master and Azure Dragon Great Protector.
• Li Changshou used a Paper Daoist to investigate a demon plot against Qi Yuan, and he and Jiu Wu captured a fox demon whose ancestors had earned merit rescuing humans.
• Li Changshou learned Wan Jiangyu had died seeking medicine for Qi Yuan, concealed the truth from his master, and killed Daoist Kuai Si after confirming Kuai Si had damaged Qi Yuan’s Dao foundation.
• Li Changshou helped Jiu Wu recover his feelings for Jiu Shi, then supplied Ambition Pills to the elders as the Du Xian Sect prepared for its grand competition.
• At the tournament, Li Changshou used talismans and Earth Evasion to win matches, while Lan Ling'e advanced and Youqin Xuanya dominated her opponents.
• Li Changshou met the Jade Emperor, shared twelve strategies for strengthening the Heavenly Court, and later watched Lan Ling'e break through to the fifth stage of the Void Returning Realm and refuse a Grand Elder’s invitation to become his disciple.

Li Changshou strengthened the South Sea Sea God Cult and helped the Dragon Clan repel Daoist Wen Jing’s attack, drawing the attention of Grand Master Xuandu and Zhao Gongming. As trouble with the Western Teachings spread, he used Zhao Gongming’s confrontation with a hunchbacked Daoist to secure an oath protecting the Jie Teaching, Dragon Clan, and Sea God Cult.

• Li Changshou traded his interconnected-array method to Qin Wan, advised Ao Yi about Han Zhi, and prepared for the Three Teachings Origin Conference while handling trouble within Du Xian Sect.
• Li Changshou discovered counterfeit Ambition Pills, exposed Liu Feixian’s role, and opened the Immortal Cat Strategy Bucket before sensing danger to the South Sea Sea God Cult.
• Li Changshou warned Ao Yi that the Western Teachings planned to use the cult against the Dragon Clan, then organized defenses as Daoist Wen Jing incited attacks on Sea God Temples.
• Ao Yi followed Li Changshou’s plans to ambush Daoist Wen Jing’s forces, and the Dragon Clan defeated the Blood Mosquito Puppets with help from hidden troops and Xiong Village emissaries.
• Grand Master Xuandu met Li Changshou, learned how he had built the Sea God Cult, and intervened to deter Daoist Wen Jing while Li Changshou continued guiding the Dragon Clan.
• Li Changshou received gifts from the Dragon Palace and the Jade Emperor, named himself Daoist Chang Geng, and spent years preparing plans to bring the Dragon Clan into the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Lin'er returned to Du Xian Sect, learned about Qi Yuan’s ruined Dao foundation and Wan Jiangyu’s death, then left to search for Wan Jiangyu’s reincarnated soul with support from Li Changshou and Ao Yi.
• Zhao Gongming visited Li Changshou, then attacked a hunchbacked Western Teachings Daoist who tried to recruit him, and Li Changshou helped Zhao Gongming force the captive to swear not to trouble the Jie Teaching, Dragon Clan, or Sea God Cult.

Li Changshou attended the Three Teachings Origin Conference, where he managed the attention of Grand Master Xuandu and used the gathering to advance his plans. When Ao Yi was trapped in a Sea Clan rebellion, Li Changshou rescued him and earned Xuandu’s protection and favor, while Daoist Wen Jing withdrew her forces.

• Li Changshou feigned a Primordial Spirit injury to avoid the conference, but was appointed a joint leader with Youqin Xuanya and prepared safeguards before traveling with the Du Xian Sect delegation.
• At the conference, Li Changshou reunited with Xiong Lingli and arranged for her to join Du Xian Sect as a Registered Disciple.
• Grand Master Xuandu drew Li Changshou and Xiong Lingli into Yun Zhongzi’s Minor Mountain and River Diagram, where Li Changshou used Xiong Lingli’s strength to survive and help other disciples.
• Li Changshou helped Xiong Lingli and Youqin Xuanya defeat more than a hundred demon beasts, and Xuandu decided not to force him into Tushita Palace while Youqin Xuanya received a wisp of his Dao aura and began a breakthrough.
• Youqin Xuanya survived her tribulation with a Mage Birdcage, and Li Changshou and Ji Wuyou handled the Three Teachings’ demands for the rare treasures.
• Dong Mugong delivered Haotian’s decree entrusting Li Changshou with bringing the Dragon Clan into the Heavenly Court, and Xuandu took Li Changshou to a Sea Clan city to rescue Ao Yi from a rebellion.
• Li Changshou used four Paper Daoists, arrays, poisons, and Samadhi True Fire to defeat the fake Sea Clan Golden Immortal and destroy his Blood Lotus.
• Daoist Wen Jing withdrew the rebels, Xuandu gave Li Changshou a Jade Card bearing his title and Dao resonance, and Ao Yi woke in an unfamiliar palace beside an unfamiliar woman.

Li Changshou drew Daoist Wen Jing into the Heavenly Court’s service, curbed Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao’s scams, and survived a breakthrough crisis after Yunxiao’s gift. As the Western Teachings moved against the Dragon Clan, a staged provocation and a fake Ao Yi threatened his marriage to Sisi, and Li Changshou prepared to expose the impostor.

• Ao Yi confessed to Li Changshou that he had become intimate with the Merfolk Princess, and decided to take responsibility by marrying her.
• Matchmaker tied Ao Yi and the Merfolk Princess together with a Concentric Knot, while Li Changshou arranged for her to attend their wedding.
• Li Changshou recruited Daoist Wen Jing to work secretly for the Heavenly Court after she revealed her fear that the Western Teachings would discard her.
• Li Changshou exposed Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Han Zhi’s extortion scheme to Yunxiao, who punished her sisters and helped Zhao Gongming recover his original purpose.
• Yunxiao gave Li Changshou a painting by Lord Tongtian, whose Dao aura triggered a dangerous breakthrough that Li Changshou halted using Supreme Clarity’s Dao Severing.
• Li Changshou and Ao Yi staged a falling-out to investigate Western Teachings’ efforts to provoke conflict between the Dragon Clan and the Sea God Cult, but a hidden sword killed a dragon visitor at the temple.
• Jiang Lin'er reported seeing someone impersonating Ao Yi carousing with demons, so Li Changshou took Ao Yi and trusted guards to Tianya City and arranged to expose the fraud.
• Li Changshou, Ao Yi, Jiang Lin'er, and the disguised guards left their inn to confront the impostor in Tianya City.