Recaps

Qing Xuan sent the gray-robed Daoist flying, and Kong Xuan joined him and Qing Yi on their journey to Undying Volcano. Along the way, she learned from Qing Xuan and tried to persuade him to take her as his disciple, then worried aloud that he might be going to rob her family.

• Qing Xuan repelled the gray-robed Daoist, and Kong Xuan thanked him and Qing Yi for saving her.
• Kong Xuan followed Qing Xuan and Qing Yi toward Undying Volcano, offering to guide them through the region.
• Kong Xuan admitted she had been away from home for over a hundred years and hoped the two seniors would help her explain her return to her mother.
• Kong Xuan repeatedly tried to copy Qing Xuan's finger strike, and he instead taught her how to connect the five origins of her Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan asked Qing Xuan to take her as his first disciple, and he said he had no intention of accepting disciples.
• As they neared Undying Volcano, Kong Xuan asked Qing Xuan whether he was going there to rob her family.

Qing Xuan and Qing Yi escorted Kong Xuan back to Undying Volcano, where Eastern King and six allies were confronting three Phoenix Clan Great Luo. Qing Xuan sought to trade for the Earthly Flame Light Flag, but Eastern King also wanted it and challenged him to fight.

• Kong Xuan led Qing Xuan and Qing Yi to Undying Volcano, where they found Eastern King facing three Phoenix Clan Great Luo.
• Kong Xuan reunited with Aunt Chi Ling, who learned that Qing Xuan and Qing Yi had looked after her.
• Qing Xuan told the Phoenix Clan that he wanted to trade for the Earthly Flame Light Flag.
• Eastern King declared that he intended to obtain the flag and said Qing Xuan would have to get past him and his allies.
• After Qing Xuan recalled Eastern King's defeat at Buzhou Mountain, Eastern King asked whether Qing Xuan still thought he could suppress them with a single palm.

Qing Xuan defeated Eastern King and six allied Great Luo with one palm outside Undying Volcano. Yuanfeng invited Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, and Kong Xuan into the Phoenix ancestral land, where they arrived before her beneath an ancient parasol tree.

• Eastern King attacked Qing Xuan with the Jingyang Bell while six Great Luo joined forces against him.
• Qing Xuan suppressed Eastern King and all six Great Luo with one palm, repeating his victory at Buzhou Mountain.
• Yuanfeng summoned Kong Xuan and invited Qing Xuan and Qing Yi into Undying Volcano to discuss the Earthly Flame Light Flag.
• Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, and Kong Xuan entered the hidden Phoenix ancestral land and followed its fire-veined paths past parasol groves and flying phoenixes.
• The three arrived beneath an ancient parasol tree, where Yuanfeng stood waiting.

Yuanfeng met Qing Xuan and Qing Yi after they brought Kong Xuan back to Undying Volcano, then negotiated an exchange for the Earthly Flame Light Flag. The chapter ended with Yuanfeng asking Qing Xuan to accept Kong Xuan as his disciple as her second condition.

• Yuanfeng checked Kong Xuan’s origin and learned that three opponents had chased her for over a hundred years.
• Kong Xuan privately asked Yuanfeng to make Qing Xuan’s acceptance of her as a disciple a condition of the exchange.
• Qing Xuan showed Yuanfeng three of the Five Directional Primordial Flags and confirmed that he sought the complete Primordial Five Elements.
• Yuanfeng asked Qing Xuan to preserve the Phoenix bloodline if it faced a future calamity, and he agreed as long as the clan had not caused it itself.
• Yuanfeng made her second condition that Qing Xuan accept Kong Xuan as his disciple.

Qing Xuan accepted Kong Xuan as his disciple after Yuanfeng promised the Phoenix Clan would not use their bond to involve him in its affairs. He received the Earthly Flame Light Flag and left Undying Volcano with Kong Xuan and Qing Yi for Purple Star.

• Yuanfeng explained that Kong Xuan needed guidance in the innate Five Elements and promised that the Phoenix Clan would not make demands on Qing Xuan through her.
• Kong Xuan agreed to become Qing Xuan's disciple, and he warned her to ask permission before leaving their Daoist grounds.
• Kong Xuan knelt and performed three bows to Qing Xuan, establishing their master-disciple bond.
• Yuanfeng gave Qing Xuan the Earthly Flame Light Flag, leaving only the Wuji Apricot-Yellow Banner outstanding among the Five Directional Primordial Flags.
• Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, and Kong Xuan departed for Purple Star, and Yuanfeng told Kong Xuan to consult her master before returning to Undying Volcano.

Qing Xuan brought Kong Xuan and Qing Yi from Undying Volcano to Purple Star, where Kong Xuan saw the treasures of Purple Emperor Palace. Qing Xuan gifted her the Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus, and Kong Xuan settled into her new place as his first and only disciple.

• Qing Xuan assured Yuanfeng that he would keep Kong Xuan safe, then took Kong Xuan and Qing Yi from Undying Volcano to the Cosmic Star Sea.
• Qing Xuan showed Kong Xuan Purple Emperor Palace and its spirit roots and treasures, including the Five-Needle Pine and the lotus platforms.
• Qing Xuan presented Kong Xuan with the Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus, and Qing Yi withdrew her Great Dao imprint from it.
• Kong Xuan accepted the lotus, thanked Qing Xuan, and learned that she was his first and only disciple.
• Qing Yi gave Kong Xuan Three Lights Divine Water and agreed that she could have pinecones from the Five-Needle Pine, prompting Kong Xuan to call her Mistress.

Qing Xuan taught Kong Xuan to carefully harvest a pinecone and guided her cultivation until she entered seclusion. As the time for Zixiao Palace’s second lecture approached, Qing Xuan and Qing Yi enjoyed a quiet moment together on a swing beneath the stars.

• Kong Xuan used her Five-Colored Divine Light to remove a pinecone from the Five-Needle Pine without disturbing its branches, demonstrating precision and restraint.
• Qing Xuan taught Kong Xuan for a thousand years, then told her to cultivate in seclusion until she reached the Taiyi Realm.
• Qing Xuan pushed Qing Yi on a swing at Starwatch Cliff, and they shared a peaceful moment beneath the star sea.
• Qing Xuan caught the swing as the celestial stars reached a familiar trajectory and the time for Zixiao Palace’s second lecture drew near.

Qing Xuan and Qing Yi attended the second sermon at Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun explained the path beyond Great Luo and introduced the Three Corpses Severing Method. The sermon established Quasi-Sage as a realm beyond Great Luo perfection, and the gathered divine beings began studying the newly revealed path.

• Qing Xuan and Qing Yi arrived at Zixiao Palace and told Nuwa and Fuxi that they had found all Five Directional Flags and that Kong Xuan had become Qing Xuan's disciple.
• Qing Xuan greeted Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi before the gates opened, and the gathered divine beings entered the palace for the sermon.
• Hongjun appeared and began teaching what lay beyond Great Luo, explaining that a perfected Dao Fruit could become a cage that prevented further progress.
• Hongjun introduced the Three Corpses Severing Method, in which cultivators used innate objects to bear their good thoughts, evil thoughts, and attachment to self.
• Hongjun named the realm beyond Great Luo but below sainthood Quasi-Sage, prompting the gathered divine beings to focus on the method and the role of Innate Spirit Treasures in cultivation.

Hongjun completed his Three Corpses Severing Method, explaining that it led only to Quasi-Sage Perfection and that Sagehood required another foundation, which he would reveal in his third sermon. After the Innate Divine Beings honored him as Dao Ancestor, Eastern King remained standing, and Hongjun asked what else he had to say.

• Hongjun taught how to sever and house the Three Corpses, while Qing Xuan recognized the method as a path for beings of the Primordial World but distinct from his and Qing Yi's own goals.
• Taiqing asked how cultivators could advance beyond Quasi-Sage, and Hongjun said Sagehood required another foundation that he would explain in his third sermon.
• Houtu asked whether the method applied to the Witch Clan, and Hongjun said it did not, advising them to develop their own path through their bloodline and laws.
• Eastern King proposed honoring Hongjun as Dao Ancestor, and the gathered Innate Divine Beings stood and saluted him.
• Eastern King remained standing after the others sat down, and Hongjun asked what else he had to say.

Hongjun appointed Eastern King and Queen Mother of the West as chiefs of the male and female immortals, giving each a Supreme Innate Spirit Treasure and asking them to preserve order. After announcing that he would expound the Saintly Dao at Zixiao Palace in three epoch cycles, he departed, and Eastern King approached Queen Mother of the West as she prepared to leave.

• Eastern King asked Hongjun to establish rules for the immortals to prevent renewed conflict in the Primordial World.
• Hongjun appointed Eastern King Chief of the Male Immortals and bestowed the Dragon-Headed Staff upon him.
• Hongjun appointed Queen Mother of the West Chief of the Female Immortals and gave her the Pure Water Alms Bowl, which she accepted after voicing reservations about governing others.
• Hong Yun worried that he and Zhen Yuanzi might have to submit to Eastern King, but Zhen Yuanzi said they need not obey unreasonable demands.
• Hongjun announced that Zixiao Palace would open again after three epoch cycles, when he would expound the Saintly Dao, and then disappeared.
• Innate Divine Beings gathered to congratulate Eastern King, while Queen Mother of the West calmly received greetings before Eastern King called out to her as she prepared to leave.

Queen Mother of the West refused Eastern King's proposal to gather the immortals under their joint leadership, and Qing Xuan rejected his invitation to help enforce the title of Chief of the Male Immortals. Qing Xuan and Qing Yi left Zixiao Palace with their companions, while Eastern King stepped aside and vowed to prove the weight of his title.

• Eastern King proposed that Queen Mother of the West join him in gathering the immortals, but she refused and said she would return to West Kunlun.
• Qing Yi joined Queen Mother of the West, and Qing Xuan, Nuwa, Fuxi, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi prepared to leave together.
• Eastern King invited Qing Xuan to assist him and offered to place him above the other immortals, but Qing Xuan rejected the invitation and said Eastern King could not order him around.
• Eastern King let the Dragon-Headed Staff's pressure fade instead of fighting, then said Qing Xuan could wait and see what his title would accomplish.
• Qing Xuan and Qing Yi left Zixiao Palace, followed by Nuwa and the others.

After returning from Zixiao Palace, Qing Xuan and Qing Yi brought Nuwa and Fuxi to Purple Star, where Kong Xuan welcomed them and showed how much she had grown. Nuwa then examined the recovering Gourd Vine in the valley.

• Queen Mother of the West parted from Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun learned that Qing Xuan had taken Kong Xuan as a disciple.
• Nuwa and Fuxi traveled with Qing Xuan and Qing Yi to Purple Star and entered the star-protecting formation.
• Kong Xuan welcomed her masters and guests, and Nuwa told her that Qing Xuan had praised her talent and liveliness.
• Kong Xuan showed Qing Yi the White Lotus, and Qing Yi praised her for refining it well; Nuwa recognized it as the Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus.
• Kong Xuan insisted that she had found Qing Xuan herself, then went to gather ripe spirit fruits for the guests.
• Nuwa examined the recovering Gourd Vine, and Qing Yi explained that it had gradually regained vitality after being planted in Breath Soil.

Kong Xuan improved her cultivation while Qing Xuan and Qing Yi entered seclusion and completed the Thirty-Six Heavens of Great Luo. After emerging, they planned to take Qing Yi to Blue Star before the third lecture, and Kong Xuan announced that she had achieved Taiyi.

• Nuwa and Fuxi spent several days on Purple Star before leaving, and Nuwa promised to show Kong Xuan around Phoenix Perch Mountain when she visited.
• Qing Xuan reviewed Kong Xuan's cultivation and told her to follow his guidance without rushing, while confirming she could travel after achieving Taiyi.
• After half an Epoch Cycle, Kong Xuan mastered a more fluid use of her Five-Colored Divine Light but chose to stabilize her breakthrough before visiting Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Qing Xuan and Qing Yi completed the Thirty-Six Heavens of Great Luo and decided to take Qing Yi to Blue Star before the third lecture.
• Kong Xuan greeted Qing Xuan and Qing Yi after they emerged from seclusion and told them she had achieved Taiyi.

After Kong Xuan consolidated her new Taiyi cultivation, Qing Xuan and Qing Yi agreed to accompany her to Phoenix Perch Mountain before she continued alone to visit her mother at Undying Volcano. The three crossed the Cosmic Star Sea and reached Nuwa’s mountain, where she welcomed Kong Xuan.

• Qing Xuan praised Kong Xuan’s stable Taiyi foundation and allowed her to leave seclusion.
• Kong Xuan showed Qing Xuan and Qing Yi her planned route to Phoenix Perch Mountain and Undying Volcano, and Qing Yi said they would accompany her to the mountain.
• Qing Xuan sealed Purple Emperor Star’s formation, and the three departed across the Cosmic Star Sea.
• Kong Xuan flew under her own power while Qing Xuan shortened the route by reshaping the space between the stars.
• Kong Xuan followed Nuwa’s jade slip to Phoenix Perch Mountain, where Nuwa opened the formation and welcomed her.

Kong Xuan visited Phoenix Perch Mountain with Qing Xuan and Qing Yi, where Nuwa welcomed her and showed her the spirit-fruit orchard. After gathering fruit for herself and Yuanfeng, Kong Xuan left to return to Undying Volcano.

• Nuwa and Fuxi greeted Kong Xuan, and Nuwa praised her for attaining Taiyi after the half Epoch Cycle.
• Nuwa took Kong Xuan and Qing Yi to the orchard, where Kong Xuan sampled spirit fruits and gathered some to take back.
• Kong Xuan selected six red-gold fruits for Yuanfeng, which Nuwa said would preserve their spiritual essence for several Epoch Cycles.
• Kong Xuan shared fruit with Qing Xuan and Qing Yi, then spent several days exploring Phoenix Perch Mountain with Nuwa.
• Kong Xuan told Qing Yi she wished to return to Undying Volcano, and Qing Xuan reminded her to send a message to Purple Star.
• Kong Xuan gave Nuwa a five-colored pinecone and promised to bring her something from Undying Volcano next time before bidding farewell and departing.

Qing Yi, Nuwa, and Qing Xuan exchanged insights on Creation and the Dao for three thousand years, after which Qing Xuan asked Nuwa to help create two ordinary mortal bodies for him and Qing Yi. Nuwa agreed to prepare materials for their journey through the connection to Blue Star, while the pair planned to return to the Primordial World before the third sermon.

• Qing Yi unfolded worlds through her Creation Dao while Nuwa created living beings, and Qing Xuan's World Dao gave those beings a self-sustaining cycle within the worlds.
• Nuwa withdrew her Dao and saw that the living beings remained, then spent three thousand years discussing the Dao with Qing Yi and Qing Xuan.
• Nuwa said she was close to the perfection of Great Luo but would not rush Corpse-Slaying, then asked how long Qing Yi planned to stay at Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Qing Xuan asked Nuwa and Qing Yi to create two Postnatal Mortal Bodies that could carry their complete consciousness without Dao or mana, and Nuwa agreed to help.
• Qing Yi and Nuwa went to inspect suitable materials, while Qing Xuan sensed the connection to Blue Star that could carry him and Qing Yi back.

Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, and Nuwa completed two ordinary mortal bodies, preparing Qing Xuan and Qing Yi to travel to a mortal land without their divine abilities. After leaving Buzhou Mountain, Qing Xuan and Qing Yi returned to Purple Star, where Kong Xuan eagerly summoned them to see something by the Innate Gourd Vine.

• Nuwa and Qing Yi removed the divine qualities from the two bodies until they were fragile, ordinary mortals.
• Qing Xuan shaped the male body's face to match his former appearance as Gu Xuan, then sealed both bodies within his inner world.
• Nuwa realized her understanding of the Dao had deepened and said she would soon reach the end of Great Luo.
• Qing Xuan and Qing Yi left Buzhou Mountain and crossed the starry sky toward Purple Star.
• Kong Xuan welcomed Qing Xuan and Qing Yi, then led them toward the Gourd Vine to show them something.

Kong Xuan returned to Purple Star after more than a hundred years, bringing gifts from Yuanfeng and reuniting with Qing Xuan and Qing Yi. Seven days later, Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi arrived at Purple Star.

• Kong Xuan showed Qing Xuan and Qing Yi the Gourd Vine’s new shoot and explained how she had cared for it.
• Kong Xuan told Qing Xuan that Yuanfeng had kept her at Undying Volcano for more than three hundred years to guide her cultivation.
• Kong Xuan presented Qing Yi with Parasol Tree Heartwood and Qing Xuan with spirit fruits from the Phoenix Clan.
• Qing Yi buried the heartwood near the Gourd Vine and nourished it with starlight, causing its leaves to unfurl.
• Qing Xuan welcomed the visitors who had finally come to Purple Star, and Kong Xuan learned they were Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi visited Purple Star, where Kong Xuan examined Hong Yun’s Crimson Gourd and the group shared Ginseng Fruit and tea. They revealed that Eastern King was gathering immortals in the East Sea and had likely gained the Dragon Race’s support, leaving Qing Xuan to face the news.

• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi arrived at Purple Star and greeted Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, and Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan recognized the Crimson Gourd’s connection to the Dark-Cyan Gourd and sensed that the Soul-Scattering Crimson Sand inside could injure primordial spirits.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi examined the Gourd Vine’s revived shoot, and Zhen Yuanzi offered six freshly ripened Ginseng Fruits.
• The group shared Ginseng Fruit and Enlightenment Tea while Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi recounted old events.
• Hong Yun said he and Zhen Yuanzi had visited Eastern King in the East Sea, and Zhen Yuanzi reported that Eastern King had likely gained the Dragon Race’s support.

Qing Xuan and his companions discussed the Dragon Race’s support for Eastern King and why both sides stood to benefit from the alliance. On Blue Star, Shen Qinghe and the other leaders reconsidered their contact plan, but Di Tian kept the Dragon Race as their first choice.

• Qing Xuan explained that Eastern King wanted the Dragon Race’s backing to gather immortals, while the Dragon Race wanted influence beyond the Four Seas.
• Qing Xuan said he was not worried about Eastern King’s new support and warned that he could still withstand another clash with him.
• Kong Xuan asked whether Yinglong knew about Eastern King’s feud with Qing Xuan, and Qing Xuan said the Dragon Race’s future mattered more than their personal relations.
• Shen Qinghe saw that the Dragon Race and Eastern King had likely joined forces and recognized that Blue Star’s Dragon Race and Qing Xuan contact plans could no longer be treated as unrelated.
• Di Tian refused to change Blue Star’s choice to approach the Dragon Race before meeting Ancestor Dragon in person.

Blue Star separated the Dragon Race and Qing Xuan contact plans, and Su Qingxue chose to join the independent Qing Xuan sequence. On Purple Star, Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi departed, and Qing Xuan and Qing Yi prepared to leave as well.

• Hu Liena separated the Dragon Race and Qing Xuan contact plans and sent both options to Su Qingxue.
• Su Qingxue withdrew from the Dragon Race Second-Stage Contact Sequence and entered the Qing Xuan Independent Contact Sequence.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi said farewell to Qing Xuan, Qing Yi, and Kong Xuan before returning to Longevity Mountain.
• Kong Xuan returned to the valley while Qing Xuan and Qing Yi discussed the sealed Postnatal Mortal Bodies.
• Qing Xuan told Qing Yi it was time to go, and she agreed.

Qing Xuan and Qing Yi sealed Purple Emperor Palace, transferred their consciousness into mortal bodies, and traveled through a silver doorway toward Blue Star. They arrived at Linjiang Advanced Transcendent Academy, where the Firmament identified Gu Xuan as a missing person who had returned.

• Qing Xuan told Kong Xuan that he and Qing Yi would leave for an uncertain period, and Qing Yi allowed Kong Xuan to visit Nuwa at Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Kong Xuan left for Phoenix Perch Mountain, and Qing Xuan sealed Purple Emperor Palace with its formations.
• Qing Xuan and Qing Yi entered the prepared mortal bodies and crossed through a silver doorway, leaving their true bodies and the Firmament's anchor behind.
• The dormant Arrival Platform at Linjiang Advanced Transcendent Academy activated, triggering an alarm and a Firmament notice identifying Gu Xuan as a missing person.
• Two figures appeared on the Arrival Platform as Gu Xuan's name lit up on the Firmament.

Gu Xuan returned to Linjiang Academy with Qing Yi after being missing for a long time, and the academy confirmed both were alive but detected no cultivation or supernatural power in them. Zhou Ruolan questioned Gu Xuan about his disappearance, and he denied knowing anything about the Primordial World.

• Gu Xuan and Qing Yi arrived at Linjiang Academy, where Zhou Ruolan recognized him and welcomed him back.
• Academy instructors examined Gu Xuan and Qing Yi, finding no cultivation in either and no Blue Star identity match for Qing Yi.
• Qing Yi grew curious about the weak Soul Power used in her examination, while Gu Xuan helped her down from the Arrival Platform.
• Zhou Ruolan asked where Gu Xuan had gone, and he said the transmission passage had broken and sent him to an unrecorded place.
• Zhou Ruolan asked whether he had been in the Primordial World, and Gu Xuan acted puzzled and denied knowing what it was.

Gu Xuan returned to Blue Star with Qing Yi, whom he registered as Qing Lian, while concealing her true identity and his connection to Qing Xuan. His return was announced to the students on Douluo Continent, where Su Qingxue saw him pictured beside Qing Yi and wondered if she was his girlfriend.

• Zhou Ruolan received evidence that Gu Xuan's return passage had no connection to the Primordial World anchor, then asked how he had returned.
• Gu Xuan said the passage had weakened rather than disappeared and that he and Qing Lian had waited for it to stabilize.
• Zhou Ruolan arranged for Gu Xuan and Qing Lian to stay at Linjiang Academy overnight and said the Transcendent Association would register Qing Lian the next day.
• Gu Xuan offered to show Qing Yi Blue Star the next day, and Qing Yi teased him by asking whether he was trying to date her.
• The academy announced Gu Xuan's return to the students still on Douluo Continent, and Su Qingxue saw the image of him sitting beside Qing Yi.
• Su Qingxue wondered if Qing Yi was Gu Xuan's girlfriend, then looked toward Purple Emperor Palace, where Qing Xuan remained in seclusion.

Gu Xuan had his Blue Star identity restored, but the Academy questioned whether he should remain a student because he had no cultivation. As his former classmates judged his return and Qing Lian, Gu Xuan took her home, while Su Qingxue believed Qing Lian would eventually leave him too.

• Qing Lian completed her identity registration, and Gu Xuan said she would stay with him.
• An Academy official proposed removing Gu Xuan from the Transcendent Academy, but Gu Xuan asked to keep his student status for a month while his resources were frozen.
• Class Seven learned that Gu Xuan had returned without cultivation, and Zhao Lie and Li He dismissed his achievement and status.
• Zhao Lie claimed Qing Lian would leave Gu Xuan after seeing Blue Star's powerful people, and Su Qingxue privately agreed.
• Qing Lian asked Gu Xuan about Zhao Lie, and Gu Xuan explained that some people felt satisfied when others did worse than them before taking her home.