Recaps

Tiantuo traveled to the Many-Treasure Grotto-Heaven in pursuit of origin wood, survived attacks on the way, and gained the chance to advance his Dao. Xu Xuan defeated Hope Sea and learned that restoring Ren Water would face opposition from the Primordial One tradition.

• Tiantuo perfected [Wind-Restoring Retribution], then went to Red Cloud with Liu Xiaowen and exchanged Azure-Glow True-Gold Bamboo for the Sword Canon of the Azure Leisure Profound Lord.
• Yelü Tan was caught trespassing in Tiantuo’s heavenly realm, and Xu Xuan erased his recent memories before returning him to the Liao Lands with the character Jiang marked on his forehead.
• Tiantuo learned that powerful beings had interfered with his Jiansui Edict, but chose to take the dangerous Hidden Autumn Sea Route to reach the Many-Treasure Tradition.
• Xu Xuan chose the [Wu Venerable] from the Heavenly Treasury and joined Cave Azure and True Person Azure Origin’s effort to enter Autumn Sea while other allies confronted their enemies.
• Tiantuo crossed the Hidden Autumn Sea Route amid attacks by Guyang and Jinghua, then entered Long Abode Palace, where Dusk Wood and the decaying corpse threatened to overwhelm him.
• Tiantuo absorbed the Vast Wood qi, completed all Five Woods in his Inner Scenery, attained [Whitewood Shrine], and transformed [Wind-Restoring Retribution] into [Bringing Forth Harmonious Scenery].
• Bao Zi told Tiantuo that he had little time left and offered to become origin wood’s blight so Tiantuo could defeat him and attain the true nature, and Baoqiu then gave Tiantuo the Canopy Dawn Seal to refine.
• Xu Xuan defeated Hope Sea and returned to Dao Xian Palace, where Cave Azure explained that restoring Ren Water required cooperation and that the Primordial One tradition would oppose it.

As the Li-Liao war reached Desecration Mound, Feng Yan briefly attained the blood fruit position before a greater force cut him down, and the battlefield’s powerful factions began preparing for what followed. Xu Ming entered the Secret Realm of Revered Virtue and advanced his cultivation while Xu Xuan and others faced new conflicts across the realm.

• Xu Xuan bestowed Divine Abilities on Mu Yu, Mu Sheng, and Xu Ming, urged Xu Ming to master Sword Qi, and arranged for Xu Fayan to oversee White Cang.
• Xu Fayan chose the Daoist title Ominous Portent, received treasures from Xu Xuan, and set out to cultivate in the Great Nether Wastes as Liu Xingfang prepared to pursue the Purple Mansion.
• Wankong and Wanjin awakened Corpse Inquiry, who battled Tuoba Jue and left Wolf Mountain devastated, while Tianchi ordered preparations to seize Desecration Mound.
• Xu Ming entered the Secret Realm of Revered Virtue, received Thunder Pivot Mystic Radiance from the Ancestor, and returned to Red Cloud with Chen as Liu Xiaowen integrated the secret realm into the sect formation.
• The campaign against Desecration Mound began, and Xu Xuan fought Xu Dai while Feng Yan overcame Fu Chang and killed the King of Misty Mountain.
• Feng Yan briefly gained the blood fruit position before a force severed him from it, and his death brought Li Fire and other powers into open conflict as Desecration Mound fell.
• Yue Lingxu abandoned seclusion and left with Wanjin to demand answers from Rebirth and Clear Reverence, while Xu Ming advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining and received news of his planned marriage to Princess Qingci.
• Great Li, Buddhist factions, and Great Xia weighed their next moves, while Wen Guang and Wang Cheng Yan began investigating Du Lang after witnessing his encounter with a wounded green ox.

Xu Xuan seized the Calamity Blessing fruit position by halting Yuan E’s attempt to attain the Dao, then uncovered new threats and prepared for Great Li’s coming war. As Qi Changsheng began his bid for the Golden Position at the Shangyuan Festival, Xu Xuan exposed a flaw in his method, and an immense Bai Ze-like beast appeared to obstruct him.

• Xu Xuan entered the Great Void during Yuan E’s ritual, halted his ascent, and gained the Calamity Blessing fruit position as the Immortal Stele acquired the character [Calamity].
• Xu Xuan used the fruit position to seize its scriptures and memories, while Yuandan took charge of Heavenly Poison Mountain and Huji resolved to test whether calamity was yin and fortune was yang.
• Xu Xuan learned that the Xiao Clan and demons were pursuing their own plans, warned Autumn Clarity Gate of an approaching killing tribulation, and discovered from Dongfang Guangxu’s memories that the Heavenly Vessel’s Former Body lay beneath Guixu.
• Xu Xuan and Tiantuo uncovered how the demon land stole true names, then turned toward Qi Changsheng’s bid for the Golden Position and investigated the shifting nature of calamity blessing.
• Heavenly Sparrow ordered Qingci to marry Xu Ming once he reached Foundation Establishment, while Yelü Tan accepted command as First General Against Li and vowed to defend his nation.
• As the Shangyuan Festival approached, Double Radiance Mountain appeared above Southern Capital and Qi Changsheng began his ceremony to seek the Golden Position.
• Qi Changsheng dispelled Great Li’s plagues and summoned a Fortune Star, but Xu Xuan revealed that Calamity Blessing retained a hidden yang nature, and a vast Bai Ze-like beast appeared to block Qi Changsheng’s Dao.

Xu Xuan and his disciples pursued new powers and allies as Xu Fayan survived a dangerous secret realm and returned with a fragment tied to a supreme treasure. The arc ended with Song Lang forcing the Gloomy Netherworld to withdraw from Wu Chu, while Xu Xuan prepared to seek the golden position and the conflicts around Li Fire intensified.

• Qi Changsheng failed to attain the Golden Rank, became an evil creature, and was sacrificed by Xu Xuan, who gained a vision of [Celestial Subtlety's Central Pivot].
• Ye Xi and Fan Ming fought Obscuring Barrier, whose clash with Ye Xi split the land and sent a thousand li of territory drifting into the sea.
• Liu Xiaowen and Xu Fayan killed Elephant Key, and Xu Fayan gained the golden bull’s [Great Tranquil Profound Purity Light].
• Xu Fayan entered Myriad Evolutions Mountain’s secret realm, seized the Gray Remnant Stone, and escaped as the collapsing realm swallowed the Great Evolution Inquiring into the Dao treasure.
• The Evil Blood King pursued Xu Fayan, who survived the Zhuyan’s attack with Nether Sheep’s power before Liu Xiaowen and a green-robed swordsman helped drive the Zhuyan off.
• Xu Xuan used the Gray Remnant Stone’s divine mechanism to expand his calamity arts, then followed a lightning signal to the Northern Thunder Blessed Land.
• Xu Xuan’s allies helped purify the false nature of ultimate fire, revealing the black-fire sword’s true name, [Invoke Wrath], while Xu Ming advanced his cultivation and met Song Qing.
• Xu Xuan established a hidden route into Great Scarlet Heaven and began preparing for the conflicts among the Golden Cores, while Wu Chu defied the Gloomy Netherworld until Song Lang forced it to withdraw.