Recaps

Xu Chuan strengthened the Xu Household through war, cultivation, and new alliances, while Cloudbrook City grew into a refuge for clans seeking protection. After repelling the Skyreach Sect and binding the Lei Clan to his household, Xu Chuan sent allies to investigate a newly opened Xiantian Secret Realm as he prepared for Moyue’s tribulation.

• Xu Jingwu returned to the Xu lineage, developed the Martial Canon and new cultivation realms, and introduced the Martial Way to the Immortal-Martial Alliance.
• Xu Chuan and the Xu Household fought off the Greedy Wolf Prefecture’s invasion, while Zhang Fan captured Tian Luo and revealed the origins and stakes of the Land of Imprisonment.
• Xu Chuan helped Cloudbrook Town grow into Cloudbrook City, recruited Qingya True Person and Mei Yun, and stopped Mo Wenshang’s demon-beast plot.
• Xu Mingxian and Xu Mingwei formed Golden Cores, while Xu Dewen chose to return to the demonic path and Ye Fan later achieved Golden Core after surviving the Azure Sky Mountains.
• Xu Chuan healed Chen Changge, who left the Skyreach Sect to serve as Cloudbrook City’s Deputy City Lord, then defeated Xi Daoyun when the sect demanded Chen’s return.
• The Lei Clan and migrating Yan and Tang clans joined Cloudbrook City, and Xu Chuan captured an Other Shore assassin and made him an informant.
• Xu Chuan arranged for his allies to enter the Xiantian Secret Realm at Taihe Lake, where a vast vortex formed and unstable spatial forces struck those approaching it.

Xu Chuan expanded the Xu Household’s influence through alliances, a major auction, and new defenses while Xu Mingxian uncovered a powerful formation inheritance. As Xi Daoyun prepared to relocate his clan, Xu Chuan’s coalition forced the Xi Household to surrender most of its resources and leave Skyreach Prefecture.

• Xu Deyue and Xu Deling secured treasures and allies in the Xiantian Secret Realm, while Xu Chuan sealed the returning cultivators inside a formation and claimed half the unaffiliated groups’ gains.
• Xu Chuan hosted the Cloudbrook Assembly, auctioned rare treasures, and secured Gu Xuanyou’s promise to cultivate in Cloudbrook City and oppose the Greedy Wolf Sect if he reached Nascent Soul.
• Xu Chuan joined the Other Shore as the assassin Mountains and Rivers, while Xu Deyue accepted Tang Qianqian as her disciple and Xu Mingxian completed Cloudbrook City’s Five-Element Heavenly Dipper Formation.
• The Mysterious Moon Ancestor rescued Xu Mingxian and Xu Deling from an ambush, and Xu Jingwu survived an Immortal-Martial Alliance plot before joining its Secret Division as Yuan.
• Xu Chuan accepted the Cang Household’s alliance and traveled with Xu Mingxian to Greedy Wolf Prefecture, where they seized a Bloodflame Flower and defeated pursuers while leaving clues against the Greedy Wolf Sect.
• Xu Mingxian opened the Cang Household’s Jade Box and received Daoist Cang Xuan’s Nine Wonders Spirit Sect inheritance and fourth-tier formation teachings.
• Xi Daoyun told Yu Qi that he intended to fight the Xu Household while relocating his clan, and Xu Chuan gathered Mo Wentian, Lei Wuji, and other Golden Core cultivators against the Xi Household.
• Xu Chuan’s forces surrounded the Xi Household, and Xi Daoyun surrendered seventy percent of its resources before leading the clan out of Skyreach Prefecture, and Xu Chuan then arranged a gathering of the prefecture’s Golden Core factions.

After Xi Daoyun’s death, Xu Chuan united Skyreach Prefecture’s factions and helped Ye Fan and Xu Deyue secure High Person Hanshan’s inheritance. Xu Chuan returned to Dongxi to strengthen the Xu Household and prepare for the Primordial Battlefield, while Ye Fan began investigating the great clans and confronting Cao Jiyi.

• Xi Daoyun burned his remaining lifespan to fight Xu Chuan and Moyue at Cloudbrook City, but they destroyed his Nascent Soul and killed him.
• Xu Chuan formed the Azure Dragon Alliance, renamed Skyreach Prefecture Azure Dragon Prefecture, and established its leadership and laws.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue entered Lesser Cold Mountain’s inheritance trials, received High Person Hanshan’s inheritances, and escaped the Six Great Powers’ search with Xu Chuan’s help.
• Xu Chuan divided the inheritance treasures, arranged for the Xu Household’s return to Dongxi, and helped reorganize the Skyfeather Sect before preparing to depart for the Primordial Battlefield.
• Xu Chuan returned to Dongxi with his family and companions, chose who would enter the Primordial Battlefield, and ordered Mei Yun to prepare for Core Formation.
• Xu Chuan strengthened Dongxi’s defenses and spirit vein, welcomed the allied households, and brought the Li, Qin, Wang, and Zhou branches into the Xu Household’s sphere.
• Ye Fan moved Ye Xuehua’s grave to Dongxi, accepted Xu Chuan’s mission to investigate the Cao, Sima, and Liu Clans, and defeated Cao Jiyi before heading toward the Sima Clan.
• Ye Fan met Xu Dewen while searching for the Sima Clan, learned where to find it, and continued to its city alone.

Ye Chuan drew clans and lineages into the Xu Household’s protection as the millennium calamity approached, while the Cao, Sima, and Liu clans formed an alliance against it. After sealing Dongxi and holding a clan tournament, the story turned toward the Primordial Battlefield and the coming War Between the Two Domains.

• Ye Fan fought Sima Chengdao and Emperor Liu Qiankun, then challenged Xu Mingwei at the Immortal-Martial Alliance’s mountain gate and defeated him.
• Xu Chuan warned Zhao Qingyan that the millennium calamity would bring a Beast Tide alongside the Demon Calamity, and the Zhao Clan chose to send a collateral branch to Dongxi under the Xu Household’s protection.
• Xu Chuan helped the Xu Household’s members and allies pursue Core Formation, revealed his Nascent Soul-level combat strength, and arranged a concealed Teleportation Formation at Mirror Lake.
• The Cao, Sima, and Liu clans swore a blood-oath alliance and united Great Wei and Great Jin under Liu Qiankun, prompting Xu Chuan to promise protection to the Immortal-Martial Alliance.
• Lei Yunchao, Lin Chaofeng, and Jiang Huarong sought refuge for selected members of their lineages in Dongxi, and Xu Chuan accepted their offerings in exchange for ten places per clan.
• Xu Chuan met the Tree King, learned about the Primordial Battlefield, and later sealed Dongxi before the Xu Clan Tournament, where Xu Jingwu defeated Xu Chongfei, Xu Chongjian, and Xu Wenjing to win the Youth Showcase.
• True Lord Qingxuan and Zhang Xuanzhi invited Moyue and Mo Wentian to the Mysterious Moon Sect to discuss the Primordial Battlefield, while Zhang Daoran announced the coming War Between the Two Domains.
• Zhao Qiyang formed a core in Dongxi and later left after stabilizing his realm, while Xu Chuan discussed inheritable martial abilities with Xu Jingwu.