Recaps

Xu Xuan battled for treasures and inheritances in Kunwei Heaven, then returned to Red Cloud to arrange cultivation, forge Cinnabar Thunder, and investigate Liu Shu Han’s demonic inheritance. The arc leaves a mysterious presence outside the Founders’ Hall calling Xu Xuan “Constant Light.”

• Yuan Jia killed Yun Cang and Zhong Mang, while Jinghua captured Yun Cang’s escaping demonic heart and told Ye Yanzhen to prepare for the Azure Leaf Sky.
• Xu Xuan agreed to marry Yang Yuanxin in winter, learned of the Golden Crows’ plans surrounding Jiaoyang, and discovered that his connection to the Dragon Court had been severed.
• Xu Xuan entered Kunwei Heaven, seized spirit treasures and roots from its sacred peaks, and killed Henhai with Tribulation Command, severing the Hatewater Demonic Path’s inheritance.
• Xu Xuan fought Changsun Jun over the immortal ash and claimed a golden Dao Seed before an evil creature swallowed him and other cultivators, and the Grotto-Heaven then shattered, and Xu Xuan escaped with treasures for forging a sword.
• Xu Xuan returned to Red Cloud, arranged Wen Si’an’s cultivation and gave Liu Xingfang the Gathering Nest, then entrusted Candle Sword with reforging Cinnabar Thunder.
• Xu Xuan traded the Ancient-Inquiry Ji Chronicle to Zhaoyu for the Universalizing Thunder Edict Seal and helped Wen Guang absorb the Void-Bright Heavenly Fire.
• Xu Xuan learned from Guan Quan that Feng Yan held the Greed and Evil position, while Feng Yan set out to challenge Great Thunder Heaven.
• Liu Shu Han reached Qi Refining, and Xu Xuan found her followed by black footprints linked to the Wu Household’s Colorless World Gate, and he withheld her seal script as a presence outside the Founders’ Hall called him “Constant Light.”

Xu Xuan reforged Cinnabar Thunder, pursued the Lightning Flash position, and strengthened his sect while preparing for the northern war. He completed his Dharma Body and brought the Great Scarlet Heaven grotto-heaven into his Dao realm, then turned his attention to the advance in the Six Prefectures.

• Xu Xuan and Wen Guang helped Candle Sword forge Cinnabar Thunder into a tribulation-cleaving Altar Thunder Spirit Sword, and Candle Sword prepared to leave to pursue the golden position.
• Xu Xuan traveled north, fought Feng Yan at the Vast Sea, and copied sword intent from the Heavenly Stele before trading with Yun Yi for the Northern Thunder Tribulation-Rising Scripture.
• Xu Xuan returned to Red Cloud, gave Liu Xingfang the scripture, and witnessed Liu Xiaowen’s breakthrough as Bingxiao, whom he appointed Abbot of the Great Red Abbey.
• Xu Xuan completed his Dharma Body, while Ruan Yuan completed Azure Yang Radiance and took charge of Thunder-Gathering Grounds in the Western Sea.
• Xu Xuan agreed to help the Thunder Department at Azure Lake and prepared for the northern counteroffensive, while assigning Red Cloud Sect to garrison Witch South Commandery.
• Xu Xuan exchanged Purple Void Great Splendor for the Pure Abode of Mysterious Principles and borrowed the Treasure-Nourishing Golden Man from Guan Quan, who asked him to watch for Jing Xing.
• Xu Xuan drew the Great Scarlet Heaven grotto-heaven into his Dao realm, where Miao'e became Moon Goddess and Tiantuo took charge of the sun.
• Xu Xuan learned that Bliss-Desire Demon Land cultivators were in the Six Prefectures, resumed cultivating Calamity-Transforming sword intent, and ordered Liu Xiaowen to oversee Azure Depths and travel overseas with Empty-Handed, Liang Yong, and Qi Zhengyi.

Xu Xuan helped break Mingying’s Wish-Lotus Pure Land and was drawn into Great Li’s campaign against the Evil Land. As Liu Xiaowen secured a foothold overseas and the northern armies advanced, Xu Xuan faced a Vast Water Sword Immortal near Perilous Pass.

• Tiantuo opened a shipping route between Azure Depths and Sindhu, then proposed joining Liu Xiaowen to claim what Cang Water would leave behind.
• Feng Yan went to defend Rare Mountain as the Great Li Thunder Department arrived, and Song Shiqing’s forces revealed and attacked Mingying’s Wish-Lotus Pure Land.
• Xu Xuan fought Chou Xi and Mingying, while Song Shiqing and Liu Xiaowen struggled to stop the Pure Land’s advance across Heavenwater.
• Ye Lingxiao rose from the Azure Wood Coffin and sealed Mingying and the Wish-Lotus Pure Land inside it, while Xu Xuan used Cinnabar Thunder to help awaken the dazed survivors.
• Xu Xuan learned that Rare Mountain had fallen and received Tianchi’s appointment as Thunder Department Divine General before joining the planned northern campaign.
• Liu Xiaowen pursued the White Cang Sea, but First Sea swallowed Spring and Autumn Temple along with Cang Water and Dark Abyss before Liu Xiaowen’s party could claim it.
• Tianchi ordered the Thunder and Fire Ministries to advance against the Evil Land, and Weihua supplied Xu Xuan with thunder methods and materials for the campaign.
• At Perilous Pass, Yi Li confronted Evil Land as Zhuoxie, Xing You, and the Li Fire forces attacked the Pure Land, while Xu Xuan began fighting a Vast Water Sword Immortal.

Xu Xuan and Great Li’s allies captured Shengle after Evil Land’s forces were defeated and Zhuoxie died, while Xu Xuan gained a new cultivation method and pursued Altar Thunder. The arc left Azure Leaf Sky close to falling as Nine Firmaments arrived to meet Xu Xuan and Yang Yuanxin.

• Yi Li sealed the Great Void and fought Evil Land as the defenders battled the Buddhist forces, while Wanjin helped Xu Xuan kill White Countenance.
• Yi Li transformed the Dreary Sea’s Azure Ancient Tree into a vast tree and became a small wooden dragon, revealing the emergence of Azure Leaf Sky.
• Xu Xuan and Guang Chan advanced toward Shengle, where Ancient Boat split Evil Land’s Pure Land and Feng Yan blocked the Misty Mountain forces at Yin Mountain.
• Xu Xuan and his allies fought the Liao cultivators at Shengle, killed Zhi Xi and Bright Lotus, and drove back Evil Land’s forces, but Zhuoxie died holding Feng Yan’s spear and restoring the corrupted land.
• Xu Xuan obtained the Aperture-Restoring Truth-Seeking Wonder Method and used the Supreme Clarity Stele to reveal how the Treatise on Wonder and Constancy could conceal and manifest Divine Abilities.
• Tianchi summoned the white qilin and sent Xu Xuan to the Former Grounds of Tribulation Command, where Song Shiming died opening the silver thunder gate and Xu Xuan began cultivating Fate-Extinguishing Purge with Altar Thunder.
• Xu Xuan learned that Ronghai had been burned by what appeared to be Ding Fire, while Liu Xiaowen prepared to cultivate Kunwu Furnace and rebuild White Cang.
• First Sea killed a malformed newborn and its mother, blinded He Gui, and sent him to watch Yama Hall, while Nine Firmaments reached Heaven Pool as Azure Leaf Sky neared its fall and met Xu Xuan and Yang Yuanxin.