Recaps

Yang Qing and his companions stopped Emperor Zetian’s bid to possess Yang Qing, but learned that Heavenly Law was becoming a threat of its own. Yang Qing chose to confront it and entered the Demon Abyss with his companions to seek the strength to survive.

• Jiangli warned Yang Qing that Emperor Zetian’s followers were not acting on his orders, then explained that destroying the Path to Heaven could prevent his return.
• Yang Qing and his companions crossed the forest, where the Forest Spirits’ Soulfire tempered their Black Tortoise Heavy Armor and helped Yang Qing break free of Emperor Zetian’s soul mark.
• Yang Qing and his companions faced Emperor Zetian in a Soul-Splitting Formation, and Jiangli revealed its curse against him as Heavenly Thunder struck.
• Heavenly Law drained Emperor Zetian’s power, but Emperor Zetian’s final actions helped Yang Qing and his companions escape, and his memories revealed that Heavenly Law had manipulated them to separate his soul from his body.
• Yang Qing and his companions settled in a town, where the Three Realms Immortal Lord urged Yang Qing to challenge Heavenly Law and save his companions.
• Yang Qing agreed to seek power in the Demon Abyss, and the Three Realms Immortal Lord led him, Mo Yang, Bu Er, Jiang Zhizhou, and Wood to its entrance.
• Yang Qing jumped from a cliff with his companions, and lightning carried them to a path before the Demon Abyss’s mountain gate, where Mo Yang tested whether his Half-Demon nature could open the way.

Yang Qing and his companions uncovered the secrets of the Demon Grassland, gathered demon grass power, and waited for Heavenly Law to strike. As Heavenly Law attacked, Yang Qing set out with Jiangli to find the formation eye, risking his life to give the others a chance to escape.

• Yang Qing and his companions entered the Demon Abyss Assembly after paying a talking bird with written characters, then settled in rooms behind Chen Qian’s tavern.
• Chen Qian introduced Yang Qing to Yao Zhuang, who joined the group in investigating the Demon Grassland because he believed his missing wife was there.
• Yang Qing and his companions broke through formations in the Demon Grassland and found records that the Peony Flower Demon had been offered to the Demon King, confirming that Yao Zhuang and his wife had missed each other.
• Yang Qing discovered that someone had used a Transposition Formation to steal the demon grass, and Jiangli proposed refining its power with heavenly fire while Mo Yang faced the Earth Core Flame.
• Ye Guang advised Yang Qing’s group to burn the demon grass fields and gather the glowing genuine stalks, and the Three Realms Immortal Lord appeared after they collected more than two hundred.
• Yang Qing and his companions discovered that Mo Yang was inside a cocoon and learned that he had to overcome a tribulation to emerge.
• Yang Qing, Bu Er, and Jiang Zhizhou found that Heavenly Law had sealed away memories of their past victory, then prepared to resist it with demon grass power as Jiangli sent True Fire into them for protection.
• Heavenly Law attacked with lightning, and Yang Qing and his companions endured it with refined Demon Grass Power before Yang Qing and Jiangli went to find the protective formation’s eye.