Recaps

Li Changshou prepared to stop the Western Teachings’ plot against the Shang Tribe, but Maitreya used the attack to expose Truth Listener’s knowledge of Changshou’s hiding place. As Li Changshou fought Maitreya’s forces elsewhere, black-clad attackers broke into Du Xian Sect, beginning its tribulation.

• Li Changshou pieced together the Western Teachings’ plan, gathered allies, and arranged safeguards for the Shang Tribe and its rulers.
• Wei Shenmo joined Li Changshou in the Southern Jambu Continent and sent Youqin Xuanya with disguised heavenly soldiers to the Shang Tribe.
• Li Changshou and Kong Xuan waited for the evil cultivators; Kong Xuan and Jin Peng defeated them, while Daoist Wen Jing killed the survivors at a teleportation array before Li Changshou confronted her.
• Maitreya accused Truth Listener of helping the Water God and pressured it until it revealed that Li Changshou was hiding in Du Xian Sect.
• Maitreya sent black-clad Golden Immortals to attack Du Xian Sect while fierce beasts trapped Li Changshou elsewhere; the attackers disabled his Paper Daoists and shattered the sect’s Mountain Protecting Grand Formation.

Du Xian Sect was devastated by an assault meant to expose Li Changshou’s identity and turn him against the Jie Teaching. Ling'e and Ji Wuyou helped defend the sect, but Ji Wuyou died after exhausting his Primordial Spirit; Li Changshou preserved his remnant soul and ordered Jin Peng to demand an explanation from Golden Ao Island.

• Li Changshou recognized the attack on Du Xian Sect as a scheme to provoke a rift between him and the Jie Teaching, then fought his way through the attackers.
• After the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation fell, Ling'e revealed the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, protected disciples, and used Lesser Qiong Peak’s formations to strike at the invaders.
• Ji Wuyou and Elder Qi Ling battled the Golden Immortals while the sect’s elders and disciples tried to evacuate; Ji Wuyou burned his Primordial Spirit to hold off the attackers.
• Li Jing defended younger disciples until an unfamiliar young Daoist saved him, while Li Changshou and Jin Peng arrived and turned the battle against the attackers.
• Ji Wuyou died after asking Li Changshou to arrange his reincarnation so he could study his master’s divine ability again; Li Changshou preserved his remnant soul and sent Jin Peng to Golden Ao Island to demand an explanation.

After Du Xian Sect was attacked, Li Changshou protected the sect, investigated the plot, and moved Lesser Qiong Peak to the Heavenly Court. Concluding that Maitreya had orchestrated the attack, he went to Spirit Mountain with the Jade Emperor’s support and smashed its gate.

• Li Changshou reassured Ling'e that she was not to blame for Du Xian Sect’s losses, then summoned five thousand Heavenly Soldiers to guard the sect.
• Holy Mother Jinling, Zhao Gongming, and other Jie Teaching immortals arrived; Li Changshou explained that the attackers’ Primordial Spirits had been tampered with and asked Jie Teaching to investigate the Blood Transformation Divine Blade.
• Li Changshou ordered Lesser Qiong Peak moved to the Heavenly Court, restored Ji Wuyou’s remnant soul, and confronted Truth Listener and Ksitigarbha about Maitreya’s role in the attack.
• Ksitigarbha confirmed that Maitreya had acted to unsettle Li Changshou and signal his willingness to escalate, while Li Changshou declared that Saints could not die.
• Wei Shenmo joined Li Changshou on the way to Spirit Mountain, where the Jade Emperor, the Qingping Sword, and the Taiji Diagram deterred the Saints’ appearance; Li Changshou then smashed Spirit Mountain’s golden gate with the God-Slaying Spear.

True Lord Du'e learned that Ji Wuyou had died defending Du Xian Sect and, following Li Changshou’s plan, publicly accused Spirit Mountain and drew attention to Western Teachings. Li Changshou began a broad campaign to weaken Western Teachings while strengthening his defenses, then received an invitation to bring Ling'e to see Laojun.

• True Lord Du'e rushed to Du Xian Sect, learned Ji Wuyou had died protecting the sect, and agreed to help Li Changshou seek justice and support its survivors.
• True Lord Du'e appointed a temporary sect master, accepted Li Jing as a Formal Disciple, and returned to Kunlun Mountains to build public outrage against Western Teachings.
• True Lord Du'e went to Spirit Mountain, mourned Ji Wuyou before its gate, and displayed a coffin and tablets accusing Western Teachings while invoking Teacher Taiqing’s watch.
• Li Changshou reinforced his Paper Daoist restrictions and began a three-stage plan to undermine Western Teachings through the Immortal Alliance, Heavenly Court, and Dragon Clan.
• Li Changshou went to Lesser Qiong Peak and told Ling'e that the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother had invited them to a banquet at Jade Lake.
• Xiao Yin arrived at Taibai Palace and told Li Changshou that Laojun wanted him to bring Ling'e for a visit.

Li Changshou brought Ling'e to meet Taishang Laojun and attend the Immortal Peach Banquet, where her nervousness led to two embarrassing blunders. Meanwhile, Du Xian Sect survivors debated retaliation for the Western Teachings’ attack, and Elder Wan Linjun’s revenge helped Li Changshou decide to unleash a full war across the Three Thousand Worlds.

• Li Changshou took Ling'e through the Heavenly Court to Tushita Palace, where she nervously greeted Laojun as “Do Not Be Rude” and received a trove of treasures and pills.
• At the Jade Lake’s Immortal Peach Banquet, Ling'e burped when the Queen Mother asked whether she liked the food, and Li Changshou covered for her.
• Venerable Wangqing, Jiu Wu, Jiu Yiyi, Jiu Jiu, Jiang Lin'er, and Bai Ze discussed the Western Teachings’ attack and decided Lin Tian Hall could not risk exposing its ties to Du Xian Sect by retaliating openly.
• Elder Wan Linjun chose not to return to Du Xian Sect or involve Lü Yue, and instead sought a meeting with Old Madam Bian of the Immortal Alliance.
• Three months later, Li Changshou learned that Elder Wan Linjun had poisoned several thousand Western Teachings immortals guarding Incense God Kingdoms, including Celestial Immortals and Golden Immortals.
• Li Changshou decided to use the Immortal Alliance’s full strength to escalate the retaliation, and war erupted beyond the Five Continents.

After the Immortal Alliance’s campaign against the Western Teachings stalled, Li Changshou monitored the Black Panther as he set out for Golden Ao Island and encountered a disguised Outer Realm Demon named Du Shuren. Du Shuren’s mission was to infiltrate an immortal sect, but Li Changshou approached him before he could continue.

• Li Changshou ordered the Immortal Alliance to shift to defense after heavy losses, while Elder Wan Linjun, Holy Mother Jinling, Zhao Gongming, and Daoist Wen Jing helped weaken the Western Teachings’ forces.
• Li Changshou improved Lesser Qiong Peak’s formations and received Laojun’s Bear Battle Armor for Xiong Lingli, who chose a pair of bronze hammers as her future weapons.
• Li Changshou sensed that the Black Panther had emerged from seclusion and watched as he flew toward Golden Ao Island before changing course near the Southern Jambu Continent.
• The Black Panther stopped a middle-aged Daoist, who was actually the disguised Outer Realm Demon Du Shuren, then let him go after deciding he had mistaken him for someone else.
• Du Shuren recalled that he had been sent to find a Heavenly Immortal Qi Refiner and attach himself to an immortal sect in Eastern Continent of Sheng.
• Li Changshou appeared beside Du Shuren, swayed a Jade Flute, and invited him to climb a mountain together.

Li Changshou captured Du Shuren, an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, and tortured information about its staged infiltration mission from him. When the final mission revealed that Du Shuren was supposed to approach Grand White Gold Star and ask him a question, Li Changshou destroyed his Paper Daoists and the Heavenly Demon, leaving the reason for the planned meeting unresolved.

• Li Changshou forced Du Shuren to climb a mountain at swordpoint, then exposed and captured the Heavenly Demon hiding inside his Dao body.
• Li Changshou tortured Du Shuren into revealing that the Heavenly Demons received their mission instructions in stages and were meant to infiltrate Qi Refiners.
• Li Changshou tested Du Shuren on an old Daoist and several Great Demons, discovering that the next mission was to infiltrate the Du Xian Sect and take control of one of its members.
• Li Changshou learned that the Heavenly Demons planned to invade the Primordial Spirit of a Du Xian Sect elder and suspected their scheme targeted him.
• Li Changshou heard that Du Shuren's final mission was to meet Grand White Gold Star and ask him a question, then destroyed Du Shuren and burned his other Paper Daoists to ash.

Li Changshou investigated Kunpeng’s message and questioned Empress Nuwa about Kunpeng’s ties to Senior Lang and the Heavenly Dao. He left with a plan to publicly oppose Kunpeng, while a new idea for dealing with him began to take shape.

• Li Changshou and Bai Ze discussed Kunpeng’s attempt to contact him through a Heavenly Demon, and Li Changshou ordered memorials condemning Kunpeng and calling for investigations into Outer Realm Demons.
• On his way to meet Empress Nuwa, Li Changshou reasoned that the Heavenly Dao might have helped Black Panther deliver Kunpeng’s message and wondered what that implied about its motives.
• Empress Nuwa told Li Changshou that Kunpeng and Senior Lang had exploited one another, and that Senior Lang had rushed his plan to become a Saint before the Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Dao suppressed him.
• Li Changshou outlined plans to brand Kunpeng a fugitive, sweep Outer Realm Demons from the Three Thousand Worlds, and keep a low profile while preparing for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Changshou rejected becoming a Saint as too risky and began developing an idea involving Maitreya and Kunpeng while drawing for Empress Nuwa.

Grand Master Xuandu fought off the Outer Realm Demons besieging Xuandu City and discovered that they wanted revenge on Li Changshou. Meanwhile, Li Changshou’s plots against Maitreya spread through the Three Realms, and he set out for Three Immortal Island as chaos grew across the worlds.

• Grand Master Xuandu fought for several months, defeated the Outer Realm Demon army, and discovered its members were calling for revenge on Li Changshou.
• Grand Master Xuandu examined a demon’s memories and learned that the recovered Heavenly Demon Venerable was directing the Outer Realm Demons against Grand White Gold Star.
• Truth Listener and Jin Peng helped the Heavenly Court purge Outer Realm Demons from the edge of the Three Thousand Worlds, while Jin Peng used Li Changshou’s Thirty-Six Forms of Demon Extermination.
• Li Changshou reflected on Longji’s unusually gentle Golden Immortal Tribulation and the Heavenly Court’s efforts to spread rumors linking Maitreya to Kunpeng.
• Li Changshou used a Paper Daoist disguise to leave Lesser Qiong Peak and traveled toward Three Immortal Island, considering the spreading conflicts and the weapon Laojun had sent to Yang Jian.

Li Changshou visited Yunxiao, warned the Eastern Sea Dragon King about corrupt Dragon Clan officials, and confronted Maitreya with his suspicion that he was Kunpeng’s Second Nascent Soul. Maitreya’s incarnation left unsettled by Li Changshou’s questions about his identity.

• Li Changshou and Yunxiao spent time together on Three Immortal Island, discussed Zhao Gongming and Jin Ling, and promised to revisit Li Changshou’s description of their ideal life together in a thousand years.
• Li Changshou reviewed the Dragon Clan’s water-god reports, exposed dragons who mistreated mortals, and urged the Eastern Sea Dragon King to discipline them and uphold Heavenly Court law.
• The Eastern Sea Dragon King ordered his men to capture the offenders, while Li Changshou left the Crystal Palace and continued toward the Eastern Heavenly Gate.
• Maitreya approached Li Changshou in the guise of an immortal maiden and accused him of persecuting the Western Teachings and falsely linking him to Kunpeng.
• Li Changshou showed Maitreya evidence from his battle with Kunpeng and challenged him to prove he was not Kunpeng’s Second Nascent Soul, then left him questioning whether he had chosen the name Maitreya or the name had chosen him.

Li Changshou tried to help Yang Jian through a Dao Heart bottleneck by arranging for Lingzhu Zi to draw him out and for True Lord Taiyi to influence his mindscape. Their plan was interrupted when Xu Bodhi appeared in Yang Jian’s mind and asked whether he had reconsidered an earlier proposal.

• Li Changshou learned from a message that Outer Realm Demons had launched repeated attacks on Xuandu City, so he warned the Great Mage about their Saint and urged Jin Peng to eradicate the demons carefully.
• After Lingzhu Zi reported Yang Jian’s stalled cultivation, Li Changshou explained why Yang Jian’s resentment over his family’s deaths had fueled his progress and arranged for Lingzhu Zi to uncover the cause of his current confusion.
• Li Changshou, True Lord Yuding, and True Lord Taiyi arranged for Lingzhu Zi to take Yang Jian drinking, while Yuding protected Yang Jian’s Dao Heart and Taiyi prepared to influence it.
• Lingzhu Zi knocked out Yang Chan when she interrupted the outing, then took Yang Jian to a nearby mountain forest, where both disciples fell asleep after drinking drugged wine.
• As True Lord Taiyi began sending a phantom into Yang Jian’s mindscape, Xu Bodhi appeared beside Yang Jian’s Primordial Spirit and asked whether he had considered the matter Xu Bodhi had raised before.

Xu Bodhi tried to provoke Yang Jian into turning against the Heavenly Court, but Yang Jian resisted and decided to leave Jade Spring Mountain to grow stronger and seek a way to save his mother. Li Changshou then set out to find Xu Bodhi and eliminate the threat to his plans.

• Xu Bodhi entered Yang Jian's Spiritual Platform and tried to inflame his hatred, but Yang Jian resisted his provocation and broke through to the next Minor Realm of the Eight-Nine Profound Technique.
• Li Changshou showed True Lord Yu Ding and True Lord Taiyi that Fairy Yunhua was not being tortured, while Yang Jian returned to Jade Spring Mountain and resolved to train abroad.
• Yang Jian left a letter for Yang Chan, bid farewell to True Lord Yu Ding, and departed Jade Spring Mountain to seek dangerous battles in a Great Thousand World.
• Yang Chan woke, read Yang Jian's letter, and wept; True Lord Yu Ding decided to take her after Yang Jian, while Li Changshou prepared to support Yang Jian's training.
• Li Changshou returned to Taibai Hall and set out for the Ninth Heaven Palace to ask his teacher to locate and mark Xu Bodhi.

Li Changshou assembled Dao Sect experts and the Jade Emperor’s incarnation to capture Xu Bodhi, a Western Teachings disciple plotting against the Chan Teaching and Heavenly Court. Two concealed attackers seized Xu Bodhi and vanished through a Heaven and Earth Gap, while the Western Teachings’ two Saints found that the Heavenly Dao did not respond to their search.

• Daoist Duobao mistook Li Changshou’s summons for a plan to attack a Sage and imagined the assembled experts becoming Sage-slayers.
• Li Changshou arrived with General Quan Tong and explained a secret plan to capture Xu Bodhi without revealing the attackers’ identities or killing their target.
• Li Changshou revealed that Xu Bodhi was being watched in the Southern Sea because he was trying to turn the Chan Teaching against the Heavenly Court.
• Xu Bodhi reflected on the Western Teachings and his plans against Yang Jian before two concealed figures ambushed him, knocked him unconscious, and carried him through a Heaven and Earth Gap.
• The Western Teachings’ two Saints searched for Xu Bodhi, but the Heavenly Dao did not respond to their deductions.

Li Changshou used an Illusionary Realm to plant a heart demon in Xu Bodhi, hoping to turn him into a tool for provoking Yang Jian. At a gathering of Three Teachings immortals and the Jade Emperor's Incarnation, the group discussed the great calamity before Quan Tong discovered that Zhao Gongming's Sea-Calming Divine Pearls were fated with the Heavenly Court.

• Li Changshou entered Xu Bodhi's spiritual platform through Duobao's Illusionary Realm treasure and planted the first step of a heart demon.
• True Lord Taiyi explained that Li Changshou had captured Xu Bodhi because he had repeatedly targeted Yang Jian, whose resentment drove his rapid cultivation.
• Li Changshou hosted a banquet while the immortals discussed the great calamity, the Foul Spring, the Devil Ancestor, and the Heavenly Court's role in the coming tribulation.
• Li Changshou examined Zhao Gongming's Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and suggested that the set might be incomplete.
• Quan Tong examined one of the pearls with the Power of Heavenly Dao and declared that the treasure was fated with the Heavenly Court.

Li Changshou secured Xu Bodhi as a controlled pawn while Zhao Gongming began considering the Heavenly Court’s connection to the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls. He and the Jade Emperor watched Yang Jian’s trials unfold, and Quan Tong decided to search for a suitable mount for him.

• Li Changshou clarified that the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls might help complete the Heavenly Court, prompting Zhao Gongming to consider studying their purpose.
• Li Changshou imprisoned Xu Bodhi’s Ashes Qi in a bloodstone and released him at the edge of the Chaos Sea, leaving Xu Bodhi to suspect that Maitreya had planted demonic thoughts in him.
• The Dao Sect immortals swore to keep their operation secret, and Li Changshou asked Yunxiao and Qiongxiao to watch over Zhao Gongming.
• Quan Tong visited Li Changshou to ask about Yang Jian, and they watched Yang Jian defeat demons and survive the trials arranged by Bai Ze.
• After watching Yang Jian’s progress for decades, Quan Tong decided to seek a suitable mount for him.

Li Changshou’s plan to guide Yang Jian reaches its decisive stage when Xu Bodhi provokes Yang Jian into believing Heavenly Court will erase his mother. Yang Jian fights his way through Heavenly Court’s defenses and declares that his assault is his own choice, only for Li Changshou to appear and demand to know whether Yang Jian understands his sin.

• Li Changshou arranged for Princess Longji to give Yang Jian the Howling Celestial Dog and later began a plan to test Yang Jian’s resolve after his rapid breakthrough to Golden Immortal.
• Li Changshou set his arrangements in motion as Yang Jian arrived at a village where the demons were gone and, after hearing two orphaned children, struggled with memories of his family’s tragedy.
• Xu Bodhi told Yang Jian that Heavenly Court planned to kill Fairy Yunhua, and Yang Jian rushed toward the Five Continents despite True Lord Yu Ding’s presence and Lingzhu Zi’s attempt to stop him.
• Yang Jian fought through waves of Heavenly Court Dao Soldiers for more than ten days, reached the Eastern Heavenly Gate, and told Longji that he had chosen to come for his mother and demand justice.
• As Yang Jian faced the assembled Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, Li Changshou arrived in golden light and asked, “Yang Jian, do you know your sin?”

Yang Jian fought his way through the Heavenly Court’s trials to reach his mother, Fairy Yunhua, and learned that Grand White Gold Star had orchestrated much of his path while protecting him. After reuniting with her, Yang Jian chose Dijiang’s ancestral witch essence blood over a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and flew toward Spirit Mountain to confront the Western Teachings.

• Li Changshou offered to release Fairy Yunhua if Yang Jian pledged his life to the Heavenly Court, but Yang Jian challenged him to a fight for her freedom.
• Li Changshou moved the immortal mountain to the Sixth Heavenly Layer and sent Yang Jian through trials against Xiong Lingli, Ao Yi, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird.
• Yang Jian was defeated by the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird but forced himself toward the mountain, where he saw visions revealing Li Changshou’s role in his past and his mother’s capture.
• Yang Jian reunited with Fairy Yunhua, then confronted Li Changshou about the arrangements surrounding his life.
• Li Changshou offered Yang Jian a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and Dijiang’s ancestral witch essence blood, and Yang Jian chose the essence blood before heading for Spirit Mountain to confront the Western Teachings.

Yang Jian charged toward Spirit Mountain to avenge his father and brother, while Li Changshou and the Heavenly Court supported his path. After Yang Jian smashed Spirit Mountain’s gate, his third eye opened and revealed the Heavenly Dao’s power, leaving him ready to confront the Western Teachings.

• Yang Jian reunited with Fairy Yunhua in the Illusionary Realm, but rage over his family’s tragedy drove him to seek revenge.
• Li Changshou gave Yang Jian Dijiang Ancestral Witch Origin Essence Blood and a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, then followed as Yang Jian flew toward Spirit Mountain.
• Quan Tong ordered Dong Mugong to mobilize one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers to pursue Yang Jian, while Li Changshou sent aid to heal him along the way.
• Yang Jian reached Spirit Mountain, where Human Race Primeval Demon Soldiers engaged the Western Teachings disciples and Li Changshou appeared in a Paper Daoist Incarnation.
• Yang Jian smashed Spirit Mountain’s gate, manifested the Heavenly Dao’s form, and opened a vertical eye as he demanded that his father and brother be returned and their killers pay.

Yang Jian attacked Spirit Mountain to avenge his family, while Li Changshou shielded and supported him. After the Western Teachings’ connection to the tragedy was exposed and Zhunti intervened, Yang Jian accepted the Heavenly Court’s title but declared he would obey its military orders, not the Heavenly Emperor’s decrees.

• Yang Jian advanced on Spirit Mountain, where Western Teachings Daoists restrained him while Li Changshou watched and the Heavenly Court forces approached.
• A Western Teachings Daoist swore that the sect had no direct connection to Yang Jian’s family’s deaths, was struck by heavenly punishment, and was killed by Yang Jian.
• Li Changshou’s Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner protected Yang Jian as he battled the Daoists and wrecked Spirit Mountain until Zhunti’s power sent him flying.
• True Lord Taiyi told Yang Jian that his father might still be alive, and Li Changshou confirmed he had protected Yang Tianyou but could not save Yang Jiao.
• Dong Mugong arrived with a Heavenly Court decree, and Yang Jian accepted the title of True Lord Qingyuan Miaodao while declaring that he would heed military orders but not the Heavenly Emperor’s decrees.

Li Changshou helped Yang Jian reunite with his father in the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk and then spoke with him about the Heavenly Court and the great calamity. Yang Jian began to reconsider his hostility toward Li Changshou and accepted a sealed Brocade Pouch to safeguard for a future crisis.

• After Yang Jian accepted the Heavenly Court’s seal and reward, Dong Mugong gave him a treasure pouch and explained Li Changshou’s role in arranging his path.
• Yang Chan reunited with Yang Jian, while Li Changshou arranged for her to join Yunhua in the Heavenly Court and took Yang Jian to see his father.
• In the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, Yang Jian met Yang Tianyou, who chose to have his reincarnation concealed from his family.
• Great Virtue Houtu told Li Changshou she accepted that Pangu God’s remnant will might need to be erased for the sake of living beings, and Li Changshou reassured her about Seven Emotions.
• Li Changshou entrusted Yang Jian with a sealed Brocade Pouch containing his words and plans, then discussed the Heavenly Court’s order and its duty to protect living beings.

Yang Jian reunited with Fairy Yunhua and gained a place in Heavenly Court’s growing circle of allies, while Li Changshou prepared for the Western Teachings’ retaliation. After months of relative calm, Li Changshou sensed a crisis at Xuandu City, where Grand Master Xuandu faced the Demon Master, Kunpeng.

• Yang Jian knelt before Fairy Yunhua, and Yang Chan joined him as their family reunited at the West Heavenly Gate.
• Lingzhu Zi told Bian Zhuang that Li Changshou was devising a cultivation technique for him called the Sunflower Profound Technique.
• Li Changshou warned the Jade Emperor that the Western Teachings would retaliate and might target Dong Mugong, so Heavenly Court strengthened its defenses and prepared responses.
• Li Changshou arranged for True Lord Du'e to publicize Yang Jian’s victory and later took time to rest, visit Three Immortal Island, and spend time with Ling'e.
• As Li Changshou prepared to leave Heavenly Court, the Taiqing Dao Charm revealed Grand Master Xuandu defending Xuandu City against the Demon Master, Kunpeng.

Li Changshou assembled Dao Sect reinforcements and secretly rushed to Xuandu City, where Grand Master Xuandu was holding off Kunpeng and a host of Outer Realm Demons. After the reinforcements joined the battle and Li Changshou gave the Great Mage the Universe Ruler and Xuanhuang Pagoda, Xuandu rose to confront the attackers.

• Wood Duke sought help from Li Changshou, but Ling'e fended him off with a stone bearing a message that Li Changshou was in closed-door cultivation.
• Li Changshou arranged a one-way teleportation route and summoned Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Guiling, True Lord Taiyi, True Lord Yu Ding, True Person Huang Long, and other allies to reinforce Xuandu City.
• Li Changshou hid in Yunxiao's sleeve as the group traveled through the Heavenly Dao Barrier, leaving Bai Ze and Jin Peng behind to provide support.
• The reinforcements emerged beneath the Taiji Diagram and saw Grand Master Xuandu defending Xuandu City against Kunpeng, Primordial Gods and Demons, and countless Outer Realm Demons.
• Holy Mother Jinling led the reinforcements into battle, and Yunxiao passed the Universe Ruler and Xuanhuang Pagoda to Grand Master Xuandu.
• Grand Master Xuandu rose, told his junior brothers and sisters to hold the Taiji Diagram, and faced Kunpeng and the attackers.

The Dao Sect experts drove back the Outer Realm Demons and forced Kunpeng to flee, but he invited Li Changshou to seek him in the Chaos Sea and learn the truth of the Primordial Wilderness. Li Changshou weighed the risks of following the invitation while Kunpeng waited, hoping to use him to mock Hongjun.

• Holy Mother Jinling, Zhao Gongming, Holy Mother Guiling, Yunxiao, and other Dao Sect experts joined the battle and defeated the attacking Primordial Gods and Demons.
• Yunxiao wounded the Heavenly Demon Venerable with the Primordial Golden Dou, and the Outer Realm Demons fled as Grand Master Xuandu continued fighting Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng called Li Changshou an outsider, invited him to the Chaos Sea to learn the truth of the Primordial Wilderness, and escaped at supreme speed.
• Yunxiao concealed Li Changshou inside the Primordial Golden Dou, where he considered Kunpeng's motives and the risks of investigating Senior Lang's past.
• The Dao Sect immortals discussed whether Chang Geng had a connection to Kunpeng, while True Lord Yu Ding recalled an ancient being erased around the time Patriarch joined with the Dao.
• Kunpeng told the fleeing Primordial Gods and Demons that Li Changshou would come seeking him, and said he wanted to mock Hongjun.

Li Changshou avoided Kunpeng’s bait, helped fortify Xuandu City, and unintentionally inspired Yang Jian to become a wildly popular Heavenly Court live broadcaster. Two years later, Li Changshou discovered Yang Jian’s success and despaired, while Kunpeng continued waiting in the Chaos Sea for him to appear.

• Li Changshou decided not to return to the Chaos Sea, then enjoyed Yunxiao’s head massage while Dao Sect immortals began improving Xuandu City’s defenses.
• Yang Jian reflected on how Grand White Gold Star had shaped his life, discovered Heavenly Court bronze-mirror broadcasts, and obtained mirrors and a guidebook for making content.
• Yang Jian began live-streaming demon hunts, gained a huge following, formed brotherhood with the Six Friends of Plum Mountain, and broadcast himself challenging Howling Celestial Dog.
• After two years away, Li Changshou returned to the Heavenly Court and discovered that Yang Jian had become a celebrated broadcaster, even teaming up with Bian Zhuang to attack a Demon Race stronghold.
• A young girl in the Southern Continent watched Yang Jian’s broadcast, while Kunpeng waited in the Chaos Sea and vowed revenge against the person who had branded him.

Li Changshou tried to understand Heavenly Dao’s incompleteness while Bai Ze brought news of the Saintess of Lin Tian Hall. At the Eastern Sea, Jiu Jiu encountered the Saintess, whose Seven Emotions powers stirred Jiu Jiu’s feelings for Li Changshou and sent her fleeing in embarrassment.

• Li Changshou meditated at Xuandu City and observed fragments of Heavenly Dao’s evolution, but found no clue to One Escape.
• True Lord Taiyi, True Lord Yu Ding, Zhao Gongming, Holy Mother Jinling, and Fairy Yunxiao discussed Li Changshou and the mysterious meaning of Kunpeng calling him an outsider.
• Bai Ze arrived with supplies and news of the Saintess of Lin Tian Hall, but Grand Master Xuandu told him Li Changshou was in seclusion.
• Jiu Jiu visited the Du Xian Sect, then stopped by the Eastern Sea and brooded over her feelings for Li Changshou before finding a woman floating in the water.
• The woman awakened and unleashed the Power of Seven Emotions, making Jiu Jiu laugh, cry, and feel desire before angering her with thoughts of Li Changshou and a rival.
• The woman wondered aloud about Jiu Jiu’s martial aunt and martial nephew relationship, and Jiu Jiu fled toward the Eastern Sea in embarrassment.