Recaps

Li Xiaoya helped bring the Righteous-Demonic War to a tense halt while investigating attacks, a flood, and signs of demonic infiltration. After rescuing the Wood Family Three Treasures from a blood-sacrifice method, he returned to Tranquil Valley determined to cultivate for the calamity ahead.

• Li Xiaoya rescued Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong from masked Demonic Path attackers, then learned that the attack was linked to the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor.
• Ghost Sword Deity attacked the Second Army fortress seeking High Person Qianshan, but Li Xiaoya drove him away and strengthened the army's defenses against further assaults.
• After discovering thousands of flood victims and killing a demonic cultivator who had blocked the Raging Dragon River, Li Xiaoya urged leaders to consider the suffering caused by the war.
• Li Xiaoya promised to help restore the Spring Returning Church, and the Twelve Sects agreed to peace talks and to withdraw their armies, though clashes continued afterward.
• Li Xiaoya returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect, became responsible for Heavenly Capital Peak, and chose the Water Dragon Heaven-Turning Mirror from the Treasure Pavilion.
• Mu Dafeng, Mu Zhongfeng, and Mu Xiaofeng asked Li Xiaoya to save them from a blood-sacrifice cultivation method, which he linked to the masked cultivators and the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor.
• Li Xiaoya used Diamond Grass Liquid to remove the brothers' demonic qi and preserve their cultivation, then warned High Person Qianshan and Buddha Xuanmen about suspected infiltration.
• Li Xiaoya tested himself against Buddha Xuanmen and High Person Qianshan, lost both contests, and returned to Tranquil Valley determined to cultivate diligently.

Li Xiaoya refined the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill, uncovered demonic schemes, and learned that the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor had helped the Red Sand Sect conquer the Origin Continent. As Great Illusion prepared for war, a vast mountain range rose from the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea, where Dong Santong confronted King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs.

• Li Xiaoya traded pill formulas with the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning for rare ingredients, then spent years studying alchemy before refining the Nine-Turn Spirit Communion Pill at Spiritlight Lake.
• Li Xiaoya discovered that the Demon-Sealing Grand Array had been damaged and the black crystal stone was missing, then refined seven pills and learned that the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma's pearl absorbed five-element primordial power.
• Li Xiaoya rescued Liu Xin'er from Ma Lingran, discovered through a soul search that Elder Ma had taught demonic cultivation, and reported his suspicions to High Person Qianshan.
• Li Xiaoya learned that the Red Sand Sect had defeated the Mystic Heaven Way with help from the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor, and he and High Person Qianshan warned Great Illusion's sects to prepare for invasion.
• After a century of preparation and attacks on smaller sects, a tremendous upheaval sent land rising from beneath the sea and spread five-colored spiritual energy across Great Illusion.
• High Person Qianshan organized four armies as reports showed that the five-colored energy was advancing inland from the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea without demonic qi.
• Dong Santong entered the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea and found a glowing mountain range surrounded by demon beasts attacking a Five-Colored Light Curtain.
• King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs revealed Dong Santong with golden light and fired a golden attack at him.

Li Xiaoya and the Heavenly Dao Sect fought King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs, the Black Demon Young Master, and the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor’s forces as cultivators converged on Treasure Mountain. The sect broke through the Five-Element Formation and entered the mountain, while the opening began shrinking behind them.

• Dong Santong passed through the Five-Colored Light Barrier and headed for the mountain, while King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs attacked the barrier and High Person Qianshan organized an expedition.
• After Chen Da’s death was reported, High Person Qianshan mobilized the Heavenly Dao Sect and sent the Treasure Ship Market toward the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Sea.
• King Ten-Thousand-Zhangs ambushed cultivators near the mountain, but the Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor subdued him and ordered him to stop attacking the humans.
• High Person Qianshan led the Treasure Ship Market through demon-beast attacks, while Li Xiaoya used its cannons and defenses against the beasts and masked cultivators.
• The Heaven-Shaking Great Emperor’s forces trapped High Person Qianshan, the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning, and Buddha Xuanmen in a Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation as demon beasts attacked the sect.
• Li Xiaoya burned away the Black Demon Young Master’s Demon Maggots and killed him with the Water-Fire Dragon-Devouring Wave, breaking the formation and freeing the three Grand Supremes.
• High Person Qianshan ordered the Linked Super Spirit Cannons to blast a hole through the Five-Element Formation, then he, Li Xiaoya, and others entered the mountain as the opening began to shrink.

Li Xiaoya and his companions entered Treasure Mountain, overcame its restrictions, and explored the Dao Virtue Grotto-Heaven while rival cultivators fought for its treasures. The arc left Li Xiaoya holding an object from Xiao Jiu as Poison King Immortal Venerable attacked him.

• High Person Qianshan, Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning, Li Xiaoya, and Old Dragon Head crossed the bridge and used Li Xiaoya’s Swastika Divine Stone to open the Dao Virtue Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Xiaoya and his companions harvested Goddess Immortal Fruits, defeated the elemental puppets, and climbed to Dao Virtue Hall, where they claimed treasures and studied the Dao Scripture.
• Li Xiaoya gained insight from the Dao Scripture, found a golden scabbard that strengthened his Fire Dragon Sword, and helped harvest rare herbs from a garden.
• Li Xiaoya’s group fled the approaching Demonic Path cultivators and reached the Origin-Breaking Nine-Turn Tower, which repelled both factions’ attempts to claim it.
• After Li Xiaoya called to the tower with his divine sense, it answered, identified itself as Xiao Jiu, and directed him toward the mountain summit.
• Xiao Jiu warned Li Xiaoya that Old Dragon Head and five Demonic Path cultivators intended him harm, then sent an object flying toward the competing groups.
• Li Xiaoya cut through Poison King Immortal Venerable’s armored arm and seized the object, but Poison King sprayed black blood at him as High Person Qianshan shouted a warning.