Recaps

Xu Xuan traveled west to secure the Essence Water of Transformed Nature and joined Pingxiu and others in hunting Sheni, whose Great Cosmic Shuttle drew them into a clash with Calamity Power and Mu Youdu. After a mysterious white insect appeared and was driven away, Ashe gave Xu Xuan the water and a water-fire refining method, leaving him to ponder the dragon’s intentions.

• Xu Xuan left Red Cloud, met Pingxiu, and endured the Wind-Thunder Pool before joining him and Wuyou to hunt Sheni.
• Xu Xuan traveled west through Heaven Pool and Deva Continent, then descended into the Great Flame Milk Sea and obtained one white fish from Dragon Maiden Ashe.
• Xu Xuan and Ashe refined their plans as Sheni entered the Flame Cavern, where Ashe’s forces trapped him and Xu Xuan struck with altar thunder and his sword.
• Sheni broke free, but Xu Xuan, Pingxiu, Jianzhuo, Wuyou, Calamity Power, and Kong Zhao pursued him as the Great Cosmic Shuttle became the focus of their conflict.
• Xu Xuan destroyed Calamity Power’s five Diamonds, while Mu Youdu arrived at the Dragonkin Ancestral Palace and fought the assembled cultivators.
• Mu Youdu and Xu Xuan clashed with thunder and sword techniques, then agreed to meet again for a duel as Ashe claimed the Great Cosmic Shuttle and Sheni died.
• A crystalline white worm froze the Great Void and attacked Ashe and Xu Xuan before a golden-scaled dragon shedding absorbed it and Mu Youdu severed its sinister pull.
• Ashe gave Xu Xuan the Essence Water of Transformed Nature and the Third Water-Fire Refining Method, and Xu Xuan wondered what the venerable dragon intended to do with the golden nature.

Xu Xuan pursued thunder inheritances and strengthened his sect while his disciples competed in a descending secret realm tied to King Junfeng. He obtained a powerful Dharma Body inheritance and a page of the Ji Histories, then began investigating the Northern Thunder School and preparing for the grotto-heaven.

• Pingxiu explained the Great Cosmic Shuttle’s history, asked Xu Xuan to search for Immortal Ash, and pointed him toward Origin Wood in the Clear Vast Way.
• Xu Xuan refined Wrathful Water-Fire, met Bai Xuan and agreed to protect her avatar Bai Su, then arranged a sword contest with Mu Youdu.
• Xu Xuan obtained Origin Wood from Bixi, fought Mu Youdu, and discovered that taboo wood might balance the thunder within his Dao realm.
• Xu Xuan accepted Liu Shu Han as his disciple, learned that secret realms were about to descend, and traveled north to inherit Radiant Light’s thunder arts from Dragon King Xuzhi.
• White Silk explained the history of Lightning Flash and Abundant Thunder and secured Xu Xuan’s oath to revive the Cold Storage lineage if he attained the Golden Position.
• Xu Xuan perfected Primordial Sequence and sent Liu Xingfang and Empty-Handed into King Junfeng’s descending estate, where they fought rival cultivators for its treasures.
• Xu Xuan took the Clear Source Temple Dao Text from Empty-Handed, fought An Xianhui, and obtained the Supreme Clear Profound-Mystery Dharma Body inheritance.
• Luyu offered Xu Xuan Fate-Extinguishing Purge in exchange for help at the Kunwei Grotto-Heaven, and Xu Xuan later received a page of the Ji Histories while refusing to trade it away.

Xu Xuan refined his heavenly eye, prepared for the opening of Kunwei Heaven, and entered the grotto-heaven with Pingxiu. As he gathered ancient treasures, he clashed with Guangji and Venom-Folding before joining Wei Shuang against Great Adept Yuman and reaching the Offering Altar.

• Liu Shu Han completed the Colorless World Gate trial with help from a mysterious old man, and Nangang enrolled her in the Wu Household’s main lineage.
• Xu Xuan refined Sundial Clear Light into his heavenly eye, while Liu Xiaowen began seclusion to pursue a divine ability and Guang Su identified the tomb beneath Great Scenery Plains as the resting place of Great Qi’s last crown prince.
• Xu Xuan learned from Tiantuo that his dragon body and human body might let him pursue mystic thunder, then accepted Sundial Clear Light from Qing Ling after learning Liu Qiuqi was alive.
• Kunwei Heaven descended at Lacquer Mountain, and Xu Xuan entered it with Pingxiu after agreeing to help him seek immortal ash.
• Xu Xuan recovered Divine Hou Treasure Soil and an eastern origin wood spirit pillar, while Tiantuo warned him that Venom-Folding was following him.
• Xu Xuan defeated Guangji’s attack on the Mysterious Terrace, claimed the Red Jade Mysterious Seal, and escaped Venom-Folding’s poison assault.
• Xu Xuan joined Wei Shuang in resisting Great Adept Yuman, helped drive Yuman away, and approached the Offering Altar after the Records of the Ji Histories responded to its Wu Light.

Xu Xuan survived An Xianhui’s attack, recovered with the Treasure-Nourishing Golden Man, and defeated Yuanpu before attending Dongfang Lanqing’s banquet. After winning a thunder duel with Yuan Jia, he uncovered a higher thunder inheritance and planned how to pursue a Golden Position without revealing his true intentions.

• Xu Xuan took the Blackbird Bronze Mirror from Wu Balance Palace, then refined its Righteous Order Wu Radiance as the Grotto-Heaven’s seals began to break.
• Nangang and Wen'e killed Venom-Folding and took the Five Poisons Altar, but Witch Mountain’s incantations empowered his three poisonous creatures to escape.
• Xu Xuan fought Baoqiu while answering Luyu’s call for help, then found Zhu Yucheng as he continued through the Grotto-Heaven.
• An Xianhui burned Xu Xuan with the Heavenly Decline Yin Candle, but Xu Xuan used Golden Scale to destroy his Dharma Body and let his true spirit escape.
• Wei Shuang and Guan Quan helped Xu Xuan stabilize his injured Dharma Body with the Treasure-Nourishing Golden Man, and Xu Xuan began rebuilding himself and forming a Heart Sword.
• Xu Xuan defeated Yuanpu and negotiated the return of the Stone Man Way descendants in exchange for several treasures, then studied the spirit thunder he had acquired.
• At Dongfang Lanqing’s banquet, Xu Xuan rejected Zhong Mang’s request for the Netherwhales to join the Dragon Court and secretly punished him for his blood offerings.
• Xu Xuan defeated Yuan Jia in a Thunder Arts duel with Chaos-infused Shock Thunder, then discovered the Mystery Mystic Thunder Unification Secrets and resolved to conceal his pursuit of Interflowing Union.