Recaps

Xu Xuan and the allied forces attacked the Rebirth Pure Lands, where he killed Three-Karma Mind and helped bring down the Golden Mountain, but Lion's Roar escaped death through reincarnation. As battles spread across the Southern Border and Eastern Sea, Xu Fayan and Xu Ming reached the Many Treasures Grotto-Heaven.

• Xu Xuan learned of Great Li’s Northern Campaign and returned to the capital, while Liu Xingfang tempered Wen Guang’s sword at the Thunder Department and named it Flaw Severance.
• Tian'ou ordered the sects to attack the Path of Rebirth and revealed that Great Li’s war was meant to help Li Fire attain immortality, while Tian Tanban and Three-Karma Mind assembled forces to defend Great Sage Wilderness.
• Xu Xuan killed Three-Karma Mind and damaged the Thunderclap Pure Land, but Lion’s Roar and Tuoba Jue brought Wang Yuchu’s legacy into the battle against him.
• Xu Xuan and Weihua failed to defeat Shaochu, then Xu Xuan exposed and destroyed the Golden Mountain’s defenses as Shaochu spent his life unleashing the Heavenly Stems Xianji Mystic Ring.
• Lion’s Roar destroyed Wolf Mountain and the Divine Dao Grand Formation, then used the Primordial Gate to reincarnate as the Giant Spirit deity of Thunderfall Marsh, while Xu Xuan recorded his nature and life to track him.
• Qingyue and the Southern Border factions fought Xu Gong’s formation, and Qingyue destroyed Xu Gong before Cheng Dui and the serpent-headed emperor tied the Dui Metal inheritance to Longjue’s legacy.
• Li Jinxin killed Xiao Dianqing and wounded Guang Chan, while Ru Su was revealed to have never existed and a qilin-headed monster confronted Li Jinxin in the snow.
• Xu Fayan and Xu Ming crossed into the Eastern Sea, evaded Ye Yanzhen, and entered the Many Treasures Grotto-Heaven, where Xu Fayan recognized its golden mountain as position proof.

Xu Xuan and his allies broke Rebirth and saw Chi proclaimed the Southern Emperor, while the Song Clan prepared to attack Liao. As Xu Xuan investigated the hidden struggle over Calamity Blessing, he uncovered signs of Penglai and planned separate journeys for his dragon and human bodies.

• Xu Ming met Baoqiu, who warned him about spirit-monster reincarnation and advised him to develop his sword intent, while Xu Fayan received guidance and Daoist texts from Wuge Gaoshi.
• Baoqiu gave Xu Fayan rare materials in exchange for a future spirit treasure, and Xu Ming endured Ji Zisang’s exposure of the Ji bloodline’s sword wound, loosening his Sword Dao bottleneck.
• Liu Xiaowen reclaimed Great Mystery Mountain for Great Scarlet, defeated Du Shaosi, and ordered the Xiao Clan to leave.
• Song Mingli summoned Lord Ashen Death, who destroyed Demon Fang’s pure land and Divine Proclamation Ridge, then killed Great Lotus Vow and shattered the Dharma Realm protecting White Lotus Mountain.
• Xu Xuan and the allied cultivators defeated Tian Tanban as Rebirth’s Pure Lands collapsed, and Chi’s Li Fires and Ghost Gods proclaimed him the Southern Emperor.
• Song Yuanli announced an attack on Liao Capital in three years, while Xu Xuan received the Five Phases Hall and realized the Song Clan’s sacrifice was obstructing his command of Calamity Blessing.
• Xu Xuan completed the Five Phases Hall and confronted Yelü Tan, who revealed that the Shepherding Spirit Emperor believed Mysterious Heaven’s plans involved Primordial Heaven and Postnatal Heaven.
• Xu Xuan learned that Great Simplicity had crossed the Primordial Gate, received the revelation [Penglai] from the Immortal Stele, and decided that his dragon body would investigate Penglai while his human body traveled to Kunlun.

Xu Xuan pursued the history and powers needed to seek the Golden Position, acquiring a new divine ability and testing it in the Land of Being and Nonbeing. As he prepared to join Li’s campaign against Liao, the Song Clan launched its assault on Edict Spirit Pass while Liao’s defenders rallied.

• Xu Xuan visited Penglai and the Cold Storage Dragon Palace, learning of Shangyou’s failed attempt to attain the Golden Position and entering the Thunder Pivot’s Thunder Marsh unharmed.
• Xu Xuan questioned Pang Qingyi about Shangyou, fought off Crimson Cicadas Child, and resolved to challenge those who controlled others’ fates.
• Qingjing attempted Seeking Dui at Peaceful Mountain, but Dui Metal destroyed his Dharma Body and shattered the mountain’s hold over Yue Land.
• Xu Xuan crossed the Great Abyss of Heli, reached Qilin Mountain, and received the Divine Exorcism Dao Origin Scripture and its [Dao-Venerating Palace] ability from Yuan Jia.
• Xu Xuan entered the Land of Being and Nonbeing, defeated condemned sinners, and used their primordial steaming to strengthen his abilities, though he still struggled to cultivate [Dao-Venerating Palace].
• Xu Fayan built the foundation of his Divine Kingdom, while the Song Clan prepared its Li Fire sacrifice and Chi awoke with his ancient memories restored.
• Xu Xuan received the campaign order, joined Li’s forces at Southern Capital, and saw the Southern Emperor manifest as Tian’ou raised [Burning Abandonment].
• Xiao Xian refused to surrender Liao and accepted Helian Changchuan’s offer to fight, while Tian’ou’s Thunder Department broke Edict Spirit Pass’s defenses and Song Yuanli faced Xiao Jun.

As Li conquered Liao, Xu Xuan gained calamity blessing’s authority and intervened in the battles among the great Dao lords. After the Song Clan’s realm collapsed, he prepared to pursue Le Yu while facing the consequences of his new power.

• Xu Xuan pursued Tuoba Jue, learned that Lady Feng had sent him to draw Xu Xuan away, and agreed to rescue Tuoba Cai from Le Yu when he could.
• Tian'ou conquered Liao and killed Xiao Xian, but Chi burned away Tian'ou and awakened Zhu Xia as a Vermilion Bird.
• Xu Xuan used the Central Palace Dao Child and his thunder edicts to erase the Malevolent Bird, Tian'ou, and the Song Clan cultivators bound to it.
• Xu Xuan created a Second Primordial Spirit and gained access to calamity blessing’s six authorities while resisting its power through his connection to his original self.
• Xu Xuan helped Tianyu recover his memories and Jia Wood position, then swore an oath with Cave Azure to oppose Divine Vastness.
• Xu Xuan used the Cross Ten bow and Split Wood arrow to shatter Divine Vastness’s head, while Jin Qi returned and defeated Nanxian as Li Fire’s campaign ended.
• Xu Xuan organized relief for the disaster-stricken lands and agreed to attend Liyang Heaven’s disposal after learning that Le Yu had fled with the [Colorless World Gate].
• Xu Xuan watched Liyang Heaven collapse, found blood resonating with his calamity blessing fruit position, and received [Tomb Shifter] from Song Shiqing.