Recaps

Zhang Yuan won battle merit at Mount Junya, gained treasures and prepared for his Dragon-Squeezing Trial while the True Lords manipulated his path to Celestial Attainment. As Ao Ruo escaped and devastated the Ya East River, Zhang Yuan set out to face it.

• Deng Qiuzhi freed Sun Wulie, left Mysterious Scenery City, and learned that Li Jiansong had killed Deng Lingjun and demanded Mount Junya.
• Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yuanjun joined the contest for Mount Junya, where Zhang Yuan killed Deng Zicong, drove Li Yueting out, and forced the hidden Wen and Jingyang cultivators to flee.
• Cui Qiezhe rewarded Zhang Yuan with a Calamity-Transforming Pill, while Deng Qiuzhi released a white dragon to trigger Zhang Yuan’s Dragon-Squeezing Trial.
• Zhang Yuan swallowed the pill to weaken the trial, then studied swordsmanship with Jiang Peilan and received the Lamp-Lighting Oil-Adding Pill to restore his missing innate foundation.
• Zhang Yuan refined a small strand of Sword Qi, while Lu Zhiyu left Bai Fu in his care and she declared her intention to destroy the Hengyang Lu Clan.
• Cui Qiezhe sent Zhang Yuan and Cui Zhaowei to deliver paper boats to river settlements, and Zhang Yuan learned from Ao Ruo that the Deng Clan had lifted its suppression.
• Zhang Yuan prepared for his Seven Emotions trial and worried it might force him to kill someone he knew, while Cui Zhaowei brought him Dharma Robes.
• Ao Ruo broke free, flooded the Ya East River, and destroyed cities as the paper boats carried residents to safety, and Zhang Yuan left in his Golden Carriage Luan Chariot to confront it.

Zhang Yuan passed the Dusty Bonds Trial after Chen Xinqiao’s death, then forged his Dao Domain and journeyed to Mount Junya with Cui Zhaowei. He claimed the mountain’s treasures, survived Deng Yici’s challenge, and returned to find Xiao Yuanjun asserting their bond as Dao Companions.

• Zhang Yuan killed Ao Ruo and survived Deng Qiuzhi’s attack, then passed the Dusty Bonds Trial when Chen Xinqiao used their karmic connection before taking her own life.
• Zhang Yuan learned Chen Xinqiao was gone, destroyed the Wen River Deng Clan’s Cloud Brocade Mountain, and received the Dao Epithet Return to True.
• Zhang Yuan forged the Immortal Palace Dao Domain and accepted Cui Qiezhe’s request to investigate Mount Junya and accompany Cui Zhaowei through her Ascending Mountain Pass.
• Zhang Yuan claimed the Broad Thunder Sword and killed Wenren Xuange, then learned from Qin Tianyi that the Radiant Immortal-Shaking Scripture was tied to a hidden Golden Position.
• Zhang Yuan linked his karma and life with Cui Zhaowei, carried her through the Ascending Mountain Pass, and claimed the Radiant Thunder Pivot Immortal-Quelling Scripture and Eastern Mystic-Yang Fusang Banner.
• Xiao Yuanjun arrived at Mount Junya, gravely wounded Deng Yici, and warned the Wen River Deng Clan not to pursue her before Zhang Yuan escorted Cui Zhaowei home.
• Cui Qiezhe gave Zhang Yuan a sword-shaped Pre-Heaven True Treasure and invited him to dinner, where Cui Qiezhe and Jiang Peilan urged him to consider romance and descendants.
• Xiao Yuanjun accused Zhang Yuan of wanting to betray her, then insisted that a master and disciple could be Dao Companions, and Zhang Yuan agreed they were.

Zhang Yuan and his companions helped Cui Yuanxi attain Celestial Personhood while confronting the clans and True Lords gathered at Mount Junya. Liu Zezheng survived Golden Palace Sand’s trial, became True Lord Grand Harmony Spirit Command, and the sky darkened as his ascension unsettled the realm.

• Xiao Yuanjun explained the path from Celestial Person to True Lord, while Zhang Yuan learned that a perfected Dao Domain and a golden position were required.
• Cui Yuanxi passed her trials at Brightheart Residence, then reached Mount Junya and attained Celestial Person status as Colorful Rhyme.
• Zhang Yuan, Xiao Yuanjun, and Qin Tianyi fought the Dragon Clan and other Celestial Persons who tried to kill Cui Yuanxi, while she escaped toward the East Sea.
• True Lord Cloud Harmony descended through Li Jiansong and overwhelmed Qin Tianyi, but Jiang Peilan shattered the descended spirit and its Dao Domain.
• Zhang Yuan seized the Cinnabar Yang Fire Qi as Mount Junya melted, then recognized Liu Zezheng as the cultivator seeking Golden Palace Sand.
• Liu Zezheng reforged his body with his Pre-Heaven True Treasures, but Golden Palace Sand turned him into a soulless treasure before he unexpectedly revived and resumed Seeking Truth.
• True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns attacked Liu Zezheng with a palm spanning the realm, but Liu Zezheng used Golden Palace Sand’s Enlightenment to make the palm flee.
• Liu Zezheng reached Golden Palace Sand and claimed the status of True Lord Grand Harmony Spirit Command, while Zhang Yuan resisted Enlightenment and the sky went dark.

After Li Huixi killed Liu Zezheng and restored the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, Zhang Yuan learned Chen Xinqiao was dead and considered Li Huixi’s offer to resurrect her. He traveled to Cui Yuanxi’s Dharma Assembly, where old feuds and new alliances converged as the gathering began.

• Li Huixi killed Liu Zezheng, punished True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns, restored the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, and barred Golden Core True Lords from interfering in mortal affairs.
• Zhang Yuan learned Chen Xinqiao had taken her own life, then told Li Huixi he would spare the Eastern Bian Li Clan’s innocents if its True Lord resurrected her and let him kill Li Houcheng’s line.
• At the Aohai Cui Clan’s assembly, Zhang Yuan drove off a Nether Bureau Inspector with Qin Tianyi’s help, then met Li Huixi, who directed him to find Sun-Moon Cliff himself.
• Zhang Yuan killed the eunuch who attacked Li Zhongshuang, then killed Deng Lingwei after the latter attacked him at the Cui residence.
• True Lord Jianmu Dinghai gave Zhang Yuan the Western Duguang Bridge-Sky Banner and offered him help, while the Aohai Cui True Lords planned the assembly around Li Huixi’s arrival.
• Zhang Yuan refined the Flying Light Sword and Bright Yang Chengsheng Armor, then visited Xiao Yuanjun’s immortal domain when she could not reach Life Continent Island.
• Zhang Yuan arrived at the Dharma Assembly with Cui Zhaowei, Li Huixi, and Li Zhongshuang, and sat between the Eastern Bian Li Clan and Eastern Ya Cui Clan.
• True Lord Imperial Balance Myriad Turns arrived with Deng Fufeng and Deng Yici, but Zhang Yuan refused to bow to his enemy and noticed Li Huixi also remained seated.