Recaps

Xu Chuan guided the Xu Household through a succession of territorial battles, alliances, and new ventures while its members gained power across the Northwest. The stretch ended with Xu Jingwu establishing the Origin Core Realm and the Mystic Star Sect preparing for its grand competition.

• Xu Chuan killed Han Ming, survived Demon General Huagu’s attempt to possess him, and discovered that the Divine-Nourishing Bottle nurtured divine souls.
• Xu Chuan took control of the Azure Dragon Secret Realm by passing its trials and receiving the Azure Dragon Stele and the Ten Thousand Spirits Art inheritance.
• Ye Fan and Xu Mingyuan expanded the Xu Household’s reach, capturing strongholds and bringing the Dark Puppet Sect and Demon Nether Prefecture under its influence.
• Xu Chuan and his allies defeated the Xue Household’s resistance, held off the Celestial River Sword Sect, and seized Heavenly River City, which they renamed Cloud Cang City.
• Xu Chuan attended the Formation Path Convention as Zhang Fan taught battle formations, while the Mysterious Moon Sect thwarted the Golden Sun Merchant Guild’s attempt to disrupt the event.
• The Xu Household built alliances around Cloud Cang City, and Xu Jingwu formed a nine-pattern White Origin Core to enter the Origin Core Realm.
• Xu Jingwu demonstrated his martial strength, then received Little Huntian and Great Black Heaven from Xu Deling and Xu Mingxian.
• At the Mystic Star Sect’s grand competition, Guan Shan climbed to fifth on the Star Ranking as the Celestial River Sword Sect sent representatives to the visiting factions’ matches.

Xu Chuan broke through to Nascent Soul, brought the Celestial River Sword Sect under the Xu Household, and expanded the clan’s influence while Xu Deling inherited the Vermilion Bird legacy. The stretch ended with Xu Chuan and his allies facing the Ascension Gate after he refused its demand to join.

• Xu Chuan broke through to Nascent Soul, helped defeat the Celestial River Sword Sect, and made it a subordinate sect of the Xu Household.
• Xu Chuan held his Nascent Soul Formation Ceremony, defeated Wang Qianshan, and began sending Xu Dewen to build the Xu Household’s presence in the Blackwater Domain.
• Xu Chongjian reformed the Cloud Cang Sword Sect, while Xu Chuan prepared for the Battle of the Heavens and arranged for the Xu Household to enter the Water Mansion.
• Xu Deling entered the collapsing Vermilion Bird Secret Realm, passed its trials, received the inheritance, and escaped after Xu Chuan helped suppress the Crimson Flame Demon General.
• Xu Chuan defended Xu Deling from accusations, then helped her and the Four-Winged Chongming Bird undergo rebirth and begin cultivating the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Scripture.
• Xu Chuan confronted Nangong Ji and led allies against the Ascension Gate after capturing eighteen of its Golden Core cultivators.
• Xu Chuan refused Heavenly Feather True Lord’s demand that he join the Ascension Gate, and Zhang Fan arrived as Heavenly Feather asked whether the two sides would fight until one was destroyed.

Xu Chuan led the Xu Household through the Battle of the Heavens, defeated the cultivators who tried to kill him, and explored the Water Mansion Secret Realm. He secured Daoist Qing Shu’s inheritance for the Xu Household and returned to build the clan’s influence through auctions and cultivation breakthroughs.

• Xu Deling and her companions killed the Ascension Gate’s peak Golden Core cultivators, and Xu Chuan later led the Xu Household into the Battle of the Heavens.
• Xu Chuan evaded ambushes, exposed Blackwater Domain defenses, and used his spiritual-consciousness art to force Fan Xue to redirect his forces.
• Xu Chuan killed True Lord Bloodflame and Zhong Tianchen, then fought Fan Xue to a standstill as the Nascent Soul cultivators withdrew from the river.
• During the final assault on Heavenly Passage City, Xu Chuan helped break its defenses, then killed Wang Shentong and the other cultivators who attacked him.
• Xu Chuan entered the Water Mansion Secret Realm, passed the Heavenly Passage Tower trials, and gathered his companions to explore the palace and its treasures.
• Xu Chuan and his allies confronted rival factions in the secret realm, while Meiji agreed to protect the Xu Household’s Blackwater forces for two hundred years.
• Xu Chuan and his family passed Daoist Qing Shu’s inheritance examinations, and Qing Shu chose the Xu Household as his successor before the group left the secret realm.
• Xu Chuan strengthened the Xu Household, hosted a major auction, appointed Xu Chonghui patriarch, and oversaw Xu Bai and Xu Ying’s bloodline breakthroughs.