Recaps

Li Xiaoya and his companions infiltrated the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, rescued Li Muzhi, and joined the Mystic Heaven Way’s assault. The Heavenly Earth Tower fell, but Black Old Devil gained strength by detonating the Devouring God Pearl, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Black Old Devil fortified the sect and kept his forces inside while Li Xiaoya’s group moved toward the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect and began drawing its defenders out.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong infiltrated the city and Heavenly Earth Tower while their companions distracted the defenders, and Li Xiaoya broke into the sealed chamber and freed Li Muzhi.
• Li Xiaoya carried Li Muzhi from the tower as Black Old Devil and the elders pursued them, and the escape turned into a running battle beyond the sect’s defenses.
• Li Xiaoya’s group reunited with Li Mother and the others, then Master Long and the Mystic Heaven Way arrived and engaged the weakened Heavenly Earth Demon Sect.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong returned to the city and fought their way toward the tower, where Li Xiaoya struck it until the Heavenly Earth Tower and its restrictions collapsed.
• The sect’s forces fled as the Mystic Heaven Way advanced, while Black Old Devil wounded Dong Santong and fought Li Xiaoya amid the destruction.
• Liu Xian’er, Zhang Hong, Han Bing, and Lie Yan destroyed the Third Elder, and Liu Xian’er and Zhang Hong pursued the Black Demon Young Master’s true body.
• Master Long used a shield against Black Old Devil as Li Xiaoya attacked, but Black Old Devil detonated the Devouring God Pearl, blasted Li Xiaoya away, and fired red lightning at him after Li Xiaoya struck back.

Li Xiaoya gathered ingredients for a Demon-Expelling Pill to save Buddha Xuanmen from a Cross-Realm Demon’s divided spirit, while venturing into dangerous seas with Dong Santong. The search left them with heavenly starstone and an object from the Upper Realm.

• Li Xiaoya returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect with his companions, divided the spoils, and began cultivating with Black Old Devil’s treasures and cultivation insights.
• Li Xiaoya helped High Person Qianshan destroy the Heavenly Tribulation Gate during Buddha Xuanmen’s breakthrough, then learned Xuanmen had been possessed by a Cross-Realm Demon’s divided spirit.
• Li Xiaoya offered to refine a Demon-Expelling Pill, and High Person Qianshan assigned him and Dong Santong to find its missing ingredients.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong enlisted Zhou Xiaoya’s help, then stole the ripened golden light fire fruit from under Elder Lu and Elder Liu’s guard without fighting them.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong searched the sea for ingredients, entered the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea, and escaped attacks by powerful demon beasts.
• The pair found the heavenly starstone and negotiated with the Whale-Swallowing Beast before Li Xiaoya killed it and cut into the stone.
• Li Xiaoya uncovered a translucent green object containing a golden rod, and Second Better identified it as something from the Upper Realm.

Li Xiaoya gathered the rare ingredients needed for the Demon-Expelling Pills, helped Buddha Xuanmen recover, and received a Sword Dao book from Dongling Daojian. The arc ended with Qianshan revealing that a Demon Realm invasion was imminent.

• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong searched for rare ingredients, dealt with Zhao Xiaoqing and Ling Yuyu, and learned the Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom might be available at the Treasure Ship Market.
• At the Treasure Ship Auction, Li Xiaoya acquired several pill ingredients, while his Fire Dragon Sword absorbed a dragon egg and advanced to a mid-grade Spirit Treasure.
• Li Xiaoya attended an underground auction, traded his Primordial Chaos Pill for the Vermilion Jade Iron Cherry Blossom, and escaped an attempt by Sun Haotian to seize it.
• Li Xiaoya refined five Demon-Expelling Pills, and Dongling Daojian gave him a Sword Dao book before joining Qianshan and Great Gong Diamond to treat Buddha Xuanmen.
• Buddha Xuanmen recovered and reached the Spirit Communion Stage, and the Heavenly Dao Sect rewarded Li Xiaoya and his companions.
• Li Xiaoya chose the Water-Fire Sky-Piercing Pearl from the Treasure Pavilion and gave it to Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong.
• Qianshan warned Li Xiaoya to cultivate faster and revealed that a Demon Realm invasion was imminent after the demonic beast that possessed Buddha Xuanmen had tried to open the Demon Realm Passage.

Li Xiaoya uncovered the Fire Dragon Palace’s attack on the Spring Returning Church and helped the Heavenly Dao Sect rally the Righteous Path with his spirit cannons. The Spring Returning Church joined the sect as war spread across the Great Illusion Continent, and Li Xiaoya’s army faced a tense border standoff.

• Li Xiaoya attended the Treasure Ship Auction, sought ingredients for the Nine-Turn Spirit-Linking Pill, and survived an ambush by eight demonic cultivators sent by the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor.
• Li Xiaoya rescued Lin Jingru, Hai Qiao'er, and Hai Ping'er from Fire Dragon Palace pursuers and learned that the palace had destroyed the Spring Returning Church.
• Li Xiaoya explained the Heavenly Dao Sect’s position to Alchemy Spirit Child as the sect’s elders debated whether the Spring Returning Church survivors should join them.
• Qianshan convened the elders, learned that the Fire Dragon Palace had used the Four Symbols Spirit Cannon, and asked Li Xiaoya how the sect could respond despite its heavenly tribulation pact.
• Li Xiaoya demonstrated his self-repairing mobile spirit cannon, and Qianshan ordered the sect to prepare for war and assigned Li Xiaoya command of the Second Army.
• The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning exposed Elder Hai’s demonic possession, and Qianshan and Li Xiaoya used spirit cannons to destroy the transformed beast.
• The Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning temporarily joined the Heavenly Dao Sect as its Second Elder, while Old Dragon Head secured the Hehuan Cult’s agreement to prepare for war.
• Half a year later, Li Xiaoya held the border fortress as the Fire Dragon Palace retreated to Spring Renewal Valley, then welcomed Zhang Hong and Liu Xian'er and noticed Liu Xian'er's poor complexion.