Recaps

Mo Shang concealed his true strength while joining the Hall of Souls' forces as they set out to destroy Starfall Pavilion. Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan that the attack was underway, and the two went to discuss the threat away from the gathered guests.

• After three days of cultivation, Mo Shang reached late-stage Three-Star Dou Zun but disguised his strength as Peak Two-Star Dou Zun before assembling with the Hall of Souls.
• The Eighth Heavenly Venerate praised Mo Shang's breakthrough and told him to stay near him during the attack on Starfall Pavilion.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate assembled the Hall of Souls' experts and led them aboard warships toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Sensing the approaching force through his connection with Mo Shang, Xiao Fan hurried to the Main Hall and informed Xiao Yan that the Third Heavenly Venerate, the Fourth Heavenly Venerable, the Eighth Heavenly Venerate, and more than a dozen Dou Zun experts were coming.
• Xiao Yan signaled Venerable Feng and then flew with Xiao Fan to a rear hall to discuss the impending attack.

With the Hall of Souls advancing on the Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Fan and the others prepared for war and secured aid from several major factions. The defenses were organized, but the battle’s outcome still depended on whether Yao Chen could break through to Dou Sheng and face the Third Heavenly Venerate.

• Xiao Fan revealed that the Hall of Souls' experts were approaching, then announced that he had broken through to One-Turn Dou Zun and would confront the Fourth Heavenly Venerate.
• Xiao Yan volunteered to hold off the Eighth Heavenly Venerate while the others prepared to face the remaining enemies.
• Venerable Feng reported that the Pill Tower, Burning Flame Valley, Myriad Sword Pavilion, and likely the Flower Sect would send help, while the Sound Valley refused to join.
• The group decided that disciples below Dou Emperor would shelter behind Xiao Fan's Turtle Spirit Grand Array as they organized the pavilion's defenses.
• Gu Chen told Xun'er that the Gu Clan would not intervene, and Xun'er watched the Main Hall with growing resolve.
• Venerable Feng, Xiao Yan, Iron Sword Venerable, and Heavenly Fire Venerable took charge of receiving allies, organizing fighters, guiding disciples, and controlling the array, while Xiao Fan disappeared.

Xiao Fan converted the Storage Rings of the Dou Zun experts he had killed into 940,000 Source Coins, then spent most of them on a World-Leaping Disk and a Demon Spirit Fruit. He brought the fruit to Yao Lao, believing it would help his teacher break through, and began burning through the barriers around the Mountain Cave.

• Xiao Fan fed Storage Rings from fallen Hall of Souls and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts to the system, protesting as it deducted conversion losses and offered only 120 Source Coins in compensation.
• Xiao Fan converted all the remaining rings and accumulated 940,000 Source Coins, while Mo Shang secretly watched the Eighth Heavenly Venerate with black flame swirling at his fingertips.
• Xiao Fan redeemed the World-Leaping Disk and Demon Spirit Fruit for 850,000 Source Coins and examined the damaged disk and potent fruit.
• Xiao Fan went to Yao Lao's Mountain Cave, announced that he had obtained something to help with the breakthrough, and used chaos flame to burn through the restrictive barriers.

Xiao Fan helped Yao Lao absorb the Demon Spirit Fruit as he fused with the bones of a Saint of Creation, then guarded him while anticipating Starfall Pavilion’s coming battle. Aboard the Hall of Souls’ warships, the Eighth Heavenly Venerate ordered Mo Shang to kill Xiao Fan and gave him a Bloodstone that could unleash a Four-Revolution Dou Venerate’s full-power strike, while Mo Shang secretly planned how to avoid killing his Original Body.

• Xiao Fan entered Yao Lao’s cave and used the Demon Spirit Fruit to accelerate the fusion of the Dou Sheng bones with Yao Lao’s body.
• As Yao Lao’s aura rose toward Dou Sheng, Xiao Fan sat by the cave entrance to guard him and turned his thoughts to Mo Shang.
• Aboard a Hall of Souls Sky-Reaching Warship, the Eighth Heavenly Venerate told Mo Shang that killing Xiao Fan could earn him a nomination as a new Heavenly Venerate.
• The Eighth Heavenly Venerate gave Mo Shang a Bloodstone that could unleash the Fourth Heavenly Venerable’s full-power strike and warned him to seize the chance to kill Xiao Fan.
• Mo Shang accepted the mission but privately considered how to appear to fulfill it without killing his Original Body.

The Hall of Souls attacked the Starfall Pavilion and its allied factions, led by the Third Heavenly Venerate, whose Half-Saint strength overwhelmed the assembled experts. Xiao Yan defied him and resisted his pressure with Heavenly Flames and Three Thousand Burning Flame as the battle began.

• The Starfall Pavilion gathered Dou Zun experts and allies, including the Pill Tower, Burning Flame Valley, and Myriad Sword Pavilion, to prepare for a conflict with the Hall of Souls.
• The Hall of Souls arrived aboard Sky-Reaching Warships and sealed the grassland around the Starfall Pavilion, trapping the scouts and preventing messages from getting through.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate revealed the Starfall Pavilion's hidden gateway and challenged its experts as Xiao Yan and Venerable Feng led their forces out to meet him.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate pressured Xiao Yan, who resisted with Heavenly Flames and Three Thousand Burning Flame and refused to yield.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate ordered the Hall of Souls to kill everyone, and both sides charged into battle across the plain.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan confronted the Hall of Souls’ Fourth and Eighth Heavenly Venerates while Starfall Pavilion’s allies prepared to engage the remaining attackers. The battle spread across the field as Iron Sword Venerable and Sword Venerable challenged the Hall of Souls’ Dou Zun experts.

• Xiao Fan arrived to face the Fourth Heavenly Venerate, while Xiao Yan headed off the Eighth Heavenly Venerate.
• Xiao Fan attacked the Fourth Heavenly Venerate with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then fused them into a black-and-white lotus that exploded against his chains.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to fight the Eighth Heavenly Venerate, while Venerable Feng called on the allied Dou Zun experts to help.
• Tang Zhen kept his blood-red stone hidden as he watched the Third Heavenly Venerate, and Sword Venerable and Iron Sword Venerable agreed to race to defeat their Hall of Souls opponents.
• Sword Venerable and Iron Sword Venerable unleashed powerful streams of sword Qi at the Hall of Souls’ Dou Zun experts.

Starfall Pavilion and the Hall of Souls fought across the plain as Heavenly Fire Venerable activated the Turtle Spirit Grand Array and the Third Heavenly Venerate threatened to kill everyone unless Yao Chen appeared. Xiao Fan attacked the Fourth Heavenly Venerate with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, leaving his opponent sensing imminent death.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable activated the Turtle Spirit Grand Array, summoning a massive flaming black tortoise around Starfall Pavilion's Spatial Passage.
• Venerable Feng fought Mo Shang, who used black flame to form armor and withstand Venerable Feng's wind attacks.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate demanded that Yao Chen appear within ten breaths and threatened to kill everyone from Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan cut off the Fourth Heavenly Venerate's taunt with a powerful Great Heaven Creation Palm attack.

Xiao Fan attacked the Fourth Heavenly Venerable with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, but the Third Heavenly Venerate intervened. Yao Lao revealed Dou Sheng-level power to protect Xiao Fan, while Mo Shang’s attack let the Fourth Heavenly Venerable escape.

• Xiao Fan struck the Fourth Heavenly Venerable with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, and the Fourth Heavenly Venerable defended himself with Blood Soul Chaos Heaven.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Fan, but Yao Lao appeared and dissolved the Half-Saint’s palm strike with his Heavenly Flame.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate recognized Yao Lao as a Dou Sheng, and Xun'er put away the white sphere she had been holding.
• Xiao Fan’s Great Heaven Creation Palm shattered the Fourth Heavenly Venerable’s shield and weakened him.
• Mo Shang attacked Xiao Fan with a blood-colored sphere, giving the Fourth Heavenly Venerable time to escape to the Third Heavenly Venerate’s side.

Yao Lao revealed that he had advanced to Dou Sheng and overwhelmed the Third Heavenly Venerate in a brief clash, leaving him badly injured. The Third Heavenly Venerate remained in disbelief as Yao Lao’s victory secured Starfall Pavilion’s position in the battle.

• The Fourth Heavenly Venerable praised Mo Shang for interrupting Xiao Fan’s assault, while the Third Heavenly Venerate doubted that Yao Lao had truly reached Dou Sheng.
• Yao Lao confirmed his breakthrough, prompting Starfall Pavilion’s elders and disciples to celebrate and the Hall of Souls forces to falter.
• Yao Lao attacked the Third Heavenly Venerate with a fire dragon formed from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as Mo Shang pulled the injured Fourth Heavenly Venerable away.
• Yao Lao’s flames engulfed the Third Heavenly Venerate, then contracted back into his palm and revealed the Heavenly Venerate with a greatly weakened aura and a burned-to-bone right hand.
• Xiao Fan felt reassured by Yao Lao’s victory, while the Third Heavenly Venerate struggled to accept that Yao Lao had surpassed him and reached Dou Sheng.

After breaking through to Dou Sheng, Yao Lao attacked the Hall of Souls forces gathered at the plain, killing half their members and gravely wounding the three Heavenly Venerables. He spared the Third Heavenly Venerate to avoid provoking the Hall of Souls into a greater conflict, then drove the survivors away.

• Yao Lao revealed his Dou Sheng breakthrough, shifting the balance of power in Starfall Pavilion’s favor.
• Yao Lao unleashed a white fire dragon, and the Fourth Heavenly Venerable used a pill to restore his strength before he, the Third Heavenly Venerate, and the Eighth Heavenly Venerate formed the Three Stars Supporting the Moon Formation.
• Mo Shang and the other Hall of Souls experts poured their Dou Qi into the formation to protect their group from Yao Lao’s attack.
• Xiao Fan sent Yao Lao a voice transmission urging him not to go too far, and Yao Lao chose to spare the Third Heavenly Venerate to avoid provoking the Hall of Souls.
• Yao Lao’s fire dragon shattered the formation, annihilated half the Hall of Souls group, and gravely wounded the three Heavenly Venerables.
• Yao Lao swept the surviving Hall of Souls experts off the plain and ordered them to leave.

Yao Lao drove back the Hall of Souls after breaking through to Dou Sheng, securing the Starfall Pavilion and winning the support of the factions that had come to its aid. The guests gathered inside the pavilion, where Xiao Fan teased Xiao Yan and Xun'er before heading to the Main Hall.

• Yao Lao seized the Hall of Souls' Sky-Reaching Warships and sent the Third Heavenly Venerate and his wounded companions fleeing.
• Yao Lao thanked the allied factions and invited their experts into the Starfall Pavilion to talk.
• Xiao Fan checked the pavilion's casualties and found that no one had suffered life-threatening injuries.
• The allied experts entered the pavilion, where Yao Lao welcomed Gu Chen and his companions.
• Xiao Fan teased Xiao Yan and Xun'er for spending time together instead of reassuring people in the Main Hall, then left them alone.

Xiao Fan toasted the allied factions after the Hall of Souls’ defeat, then joined the Dou Zun experts as they congratulated Yao Lao on becoming a Dou Sheng. Yao Lao summoned Xiao Fan to his cultivation quarters and reflected on how much his disciple’s mysterious strength and secrets exceeded his expectations.

• Xiao Fan entered the Main Hall, toasted the gathered factions, and received an enthusiastic response from the Dou Zong powerhouses.
• Xiao Fan joined the private gathering of Dou Zun experts and warmly greeted Tang Zhen, who thanked him for helping save Tang Huo'er.
• The gathered experts congratulated Yao Lao on his breakthrough and discussed how it would strengthen the Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Lao left the gathering, and Xiao Fan followed him to his cultivation quarters, where Yao Lao invited him inside.
• Yao Lao considered Xiao Fan’s many secrets and recalled that he had never heard of the spirit fruit Xiao Fan gave him during his breakthrough.

After Yao Lao reached Dou Sheng, he gave Xiao Fan a Sky-Reaching Warship and discussed their plans for the Gu Clan Celebration. Xiao Fan said he would leave the next day for the Moon God Trials, and Yao Lao promised to protect Starfall Pavilion while he was gone.

• Xiao Fan bound a Sky-Reaching Warship to his soul and tested how it expanded and shrank.
• Yao Lao said he planned to accompany Xiao Yan to the Gu Clan Celebration, and Xiao Fan said he also intended to visit the Gu Clan and the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Fan told Yao Lao about Yue Yao and the upcoming Moon God Trials, then said he would leave the next day.
• Yao Lao assured Xiao Fan that he would keep Starfall Pavilion safe while Xiao Fan faced the trials.

After leaving Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Fan headed toward the Spirit Clan and saw how Yao Lao’s breakthrough had spread across the continent. Meanwhile, the injured Hall of Souls leaders put Mo Shang in charge of their Central Plains forces while they entered seclusion, leaving him with authority that could help both him and Xiao Fan—but under close scrutiny.

• Xiao Fan left Starfall Pavilion with a keepsake from Xun'er that would let him enter Ancient Emperor City, then set out for the Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Fan learned that scouts had spread news of Yao Lao defeating the Third Heavenly Venerate, raising the alchemist world's admiration for him.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate announced that he, the Fourth Heavenly Venerable, and the Eighth Heavenly Venerate would enter seclusion and temporarily abandon plans against Starfall Pavilion.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate gave Mo Shang a jade tablet and appointed him to oversee the Hall of Souls' Central Plains forces, ordering the others to follow his arrangements.
• The Third, Fourth, and Eighth Heavenly Venerates told Mo Shang that his performance could earn him their recommendation as the next Heavenly Venerate, while privately treating the appointment as a test.
• Mo Shang accepted the authority and recognized that he could use it to build influence, though he knew the Hall of Souls would watch him closely.

In the Spirit World, Yue Yao awakened the dragon spear as Granny hoped she would survive her trial, while Xiao Fan traveled toward Sound Valley amid news of Starfall Pavilion’s victory. Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun headed for Starfall Pavilion, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan continued its plans to kill Xiao Fan despite Yao Chen’s breakthrough to Dou Sheng.

• Yue Yao grasped the awakened dragon spear as an illusory Palace began descending from the sky, and Granny declared that the Saintess would prevail.
• Xiao Fan hurried toward the Sound Valley location he had found while people across the Central Plains discussed Starfall Pavilion’s victory over the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Yi Xian rebuffed the Azure Sword Sect’s Sect Master, who fled after sensing her strength, and later died when multicolored markings consumed his blood essence.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun left for Starfall Pavilion through a space wormhole to attend its grand exchange gathering and see Xiao Fan.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan dismissed Yao Chen’s breakthrough as no obstacle and ordered its forces to continue the plan to bring back Xiao Fan’s head.

Xiao Fan sought Sound Valley’s help preparing for the Moon God trials, and Ru Shuang revealed that the valley’s former master had left behind a preparation method. The needed token had been entrusted to Ru Shuang’s eldest disciple, who betrayed the valley and left; Qin Xin identified her as Baili, her senior sister.

• Xiao Fan visited Sound Valley and asked Ru Shuang for help, offering the Moon God Envoy’s jade pendant as proof of his status.
• Ru Shuang explained that the trials took place in a Palace in the Spirit World, were deadly, and could not be interfered with, but surviving Moon God Envoys found ways to prepare.
• Ru Shuang revealed that a former Sound Valley master had left behind a preparation method, but its token was now with her estranged eldest disciple.
• Ru Shuang said her eldest disciple had abandoned Sound Valley and left with the token, then returned to the valley without revealing where she was.
• Qin Xin came out to meet Xiao Fan and identified the missing disciple as Baili, her senior sister.

Xiao Fan obtained a map and token from Qin Xin and traveled to the Eastern Region to find Baili, hoping to secure what he needed for the Moon God Trials. After breaking through Baili’s formation and meeting her, he told her that the Grand Elder had passed away, leaving her stricken with grief and regret.

• Qin Xin explained Baili’s past and gave Xiao Fan a map and a Sound Valley Jade Tablet, asking him to persuade Baili to return.
• Xiao Fan traveled aboard the Sky-Reaching Warship to the Eastern Region and ignored a fake-ruins scam after learning it was meant to lure and rob treasure hunters.
• Xiao Fan entered Baili’s illusion and killing formation, defeated its phantom beasts, and called out to meet her.
• Baili appeared and asked how Xiao Fan had found her; he showed her Qin Xin’s Jade Tablet and told her the Grand Elder had passed away.
• Baili trembled as sorrow and regret welled up within her.

Xiao Fan revealed that Ru Shuang had not died, then fought Baili after she realized he had deceived her. Baili recognized the insight in his attack and heard his plea to return to Sound Valley, just as Nalan Yanran arrived.

• Xiao Fan calmed Baili after she lost control of her Dou Qi at the news about Ru Shuang, then admitted that Ru Shuang was still alive.
• Baili attacked Xiao Fan with her zither, and he countered her Seven-Star Dou Zun strength with fire dragons and a powerful fist technique.
• Xiao Fan's golden dragon defeated Baili's attack, and Baili gained new insight into her formation as he redirected the dragon shadows away from her.
• Xiao Fan apologized for deceiving Baili and asked her to return to Sound Valley to reunite with Ru Shuang.
• Xiao Fan sensed someone approaching and recognized Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Fan reunited with Nalan Yanran at Sound Valley and learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun had already left, while Baili had taken Nalan as her disciple. He persuaded Baili to return to Sound Valley over the Moon God Envoy matter and set off with her and Nalan aboard a captured Sky-Reaching Warship.

• Xiao Fan confronted Nalan Yanran about Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, but Baili explained that the two women had left after she helped them escape a trap.
• Nalan Yanran confirmed that Baili had accepted her as a disciple, and Xiao Fan was reassured that Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun were safe.
• Xiao Fan told Baili that Senior Ru Shuang had trained her as a successor to the Moon God Envoy and said he had come to reclaim something from her.
• Baili agreed to return to Sound Valley with Xiao Fan so she could verify his claims with her teacher.
• Xiao Fan summoned a Sky-Reaching Warship taken from the Hall of Souls, and Baili and Nalan Yanran boarded it with him.
• As the warship raced through the void, Xiao Fan produced a rocking chair and offered Baili and Nalan Yanran meditation cushions.

On the journey to Sound Valley, Xiao Fan teased Baili with a fabricated tale about his Supreme Bone being stolen, while she questioned him about the Spirit World. The Sky-Reaching Warship continued toward Sound Valley as Xiao Fan gave up on his story and rested.

• Nalan Yanran sat at the edge of the Sky-Reaching Warship and began cultivating while Baili watched approvingly.
• Baili asked Xiao Fan how he knew about the Moon God Trials, and he let her believe he came from the Spirit World.
• Xiao Fan claimed he had been born with a Supreme Bone that a Dou Sheng Expert dug out and transplanted into another descendant.
• Baili urged Xiao Fan to continue his tale about the stolen bone and his escape from the Fire Spirit Clan in the Lava World.
• Xiao Fan realized Baili had seen through his fabrication, stopped talking, and lay back to rest.

Xiao Fan brought Baili and Nalan Yanran to Sound Valley, helping Nalan Yanran sense Spatial Force along the way. As their warship emerged from the void, four powerful members of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan ambushed them, and Baili chose to fight alongside Xiao Fan.

• Xiao Fan used Spatial Force to help Nalan Yanran experience and absorb a small amount of it.
• Xiao Fan opened a Spatial Portal, and the Sky-Reaching Warship emerged near Sound Valley into an attack from the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Baili shielded Nalan Yanran and refused the Phoenix clan members' offer to withdraw, asking Xiao Fan if he could handle three opponents while she held off one.
• Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes transformed and joined their power, each reaching the late stage of one-turn Dou Zun, while Xiao Fan faced them with killing intent.

Xiao Fan trapped three Heaven Demon Phoenix experts in a sea of fire while Baili fought their fourth member. The three used the Blood Pact to reach Three-Turn Dou Zun, but Xiao Fan matched their strength and summoned two lightning illusory bodies before the battle erupted.

• The fourth Heaven Demon Phoenix attacked Baili while Xiao Fan sealed the other three inside a barrier of flames.
• The three Heaven Demon Phoenixes activated the Blood Pact and used their blood essence to raise their strength to Three-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Fan activated the first three transformations of the Nine Solar Transformations and reached Three-Turn Dou Zun as well.
• Xiao Fan summoned two Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Bodies to hold off two opponents and leave him free to fight the third.
• The three Heaven Demon Phoenixes launched their attack, and the battle began inside the sea of fire.

Baili fought the last Heavenly Demon Phoenix while Nalan Yanran watched from the Sky-Reaching Warship, but the Phoenix overpowered her and wounded her. The sea of flames then collapsed, revealing Xiao Fan as the victor over the three Phoenixes.

• The last Heavenly Demon Phoenix attacked Baili after the sea of flames cut off all contact with Xiao Fan and the other Phoenixes.
• Baili used her Seven-String Zither to conjure a mountain and a barrage of musical attacks, but the Phoenix broke through and struck her down.
• Baili rose with killing intent and drew her Violet Jade Flute as Nalan Yanran watched anxiously from the Sky-Reaching Warship.
• The sea of flames erupted and faded, revealing three figures that appeared to be Xiao Fan before merging into one.
• Nalan Yanran and Baili realized Xiao Fan had defeated the three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes alone.

Xiao Fan defeated the last Heavenly Demon Phoenix and reunited Baili with her teacher, Ru Shuang. As they set off for Sound Valley, Baili took Nalan Yanran's hand and said she would take her home.

• Xiao Fan restrained the last Heavenly Demon Phoenix with spatial chains, destroyed its consciousness with his soul power, and stored its body in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Fan told Baili and Nalan Yanran that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had found him, then sensed Ru Shuang approaching near Sound Valley.
• Xiao Fan introduced Baili to Ru Shuang as her returned disciple, and the two exchanged an emotional reunion.
• Ru Shuang led the group toward Sound Valley, while Nalan Yanran helped Baili rise and Baili took her hand to bring her home.

Baili reunited with Ru Shuang at Sound Valley and introduced her disciple Nalan Yanran. Ru Shuang gave Xiao Fan the sect’s Jiao Pearl, which awakened his Moon God Envoy mark and drove him to enter seclusion inside the mountain.

• Xiao Fan rested with Ru Shuang at the pavilion, and she thanked him for bringing Baili back to Sound Valley.
• Baili knelt before Ru Shuang, who welcomed her home, and introduced Nalan Yanran as her disciple.
• Ru Shuang gave Nalan Yanran an ice-blue jade hairpin that could unleash a Dou Zun expert’s strike.
• Ru Shuang explained that the Jiao Pearl contained information about the Moon God Trials and handed it to Xiao Fan.
• The Jiao Pearl awakened a Crescent Mark on Xiao Fan’s forehead, and he sealed himself inside the mountain to enter seclusion.
• Qin Xin arrived after sensing the disturbance and tearfully greeted Baili as her senior sister.