Recaps

Li Ping'an helped uncover the Lüzhou massacre, then returned to Shushan and prepared Run Tu for its tribulation before taking an escort mission to the Yuelun Kingdom. After aiding A Yu and meeting Big Yellow Dog, he arrived at a temple where Xiong Da recognized him as an old benefactor.

• Li Ping'an and his companions investigated the Lüzhou Massacre Case, escaped an ambush, and helped expose Lü Liang’s attempted sacrifice of fifty thousand people.
• Li Ping'an reunited with Liu Yong, reunited with Jing Yu and Changqing, and later shared a moonlit farewell toast with them.
• Li Ping'an refined and sold Sows Go Wild, then prepared a Faraday Cage and supplies that helped Run Tu survive its heavenly tribulation and form its Dao Foundation.
• Li Ping'an fell into debt after preparing for Run Tu’s breakthrough, took an escort mission from Yun Shu, and agreed to accompany Princess Ruo Yun to the Yuelun Kingdom.
• Li Ping'an guided A Yu through a fever that strengthened her body, then helped her break through to the second realm when she challenged an old man in white to save Big Yellow Dog.
• A Yu asked Li Ping'an to take her as a disciple, but he refused, and Li Ping'an continued toward the Literary God Temple with Yun Shu and their companions.
• At the temple, Xiong Da and the rabbit worried about the new Mountain God and Liu Shun’s harassment, then Xiong Da recognized Li Ping'an as the benefactor who had once taken their food and belongings.

Li Ping'an left Shushan and traveled with Old Ox, helping people and encountering demons while reconnecting with Pang Jun at Chaolong Temple. The arc ended with the group freeing Liu Er’s wife from a possessing demon and Li Ping'an inspecting Liu Er for signs of something amiss.

• Li Ping'an helped Liu Kan arrange aid for Xiong Da and Rabbit, then paid his debt and returned to Heaven-Reaching Peak, where he sent Aliya money and supplies.
• After Elder Sun's staged collapse threatened Sows Go Wild, Li Ping'an stopped production until Zhou Rui funded and equipped him, then supported Jing Yu's land and tax reforms with a poem that Liu Yun ordered displayed across the provinces.
• Li Ping'an rebuilt Heaven-Reaching Peak, prepared Qingfeng and Run Tu to manage it, and left Shushan with Old Ox without saying goodbye.
• At White Horse Temple, Li Ping'an taught Wuchen eighteen saber moves, and Wuchen later killed the monster Guankong before leaving to pursue his path.
• Li Ping'an traveled south, developed Divine Power Pills, and made Big Blue Fish atone for overturning boats by helping people on the Tongtian River.
• After meeting Xuan Ruo and Wen Ruohai, Li Ping'an saved Xuan Ruo from Corpse Poison and killed the Hairy Stiff and Flying Stiff pursuing them.
• Li Ping'an reunited with Pang Jun at Chaolong Temple, helped restore his blocked true qi, and made Youth-Preserving Pills for Xuan Ruo, who mistakenly swallowed both at once.
• Liu Er begged the group to save his wife, and at his home the young Daoist struck down the demon possessing Xiu Lian, after the Day Patrol Gods took it away, Li Ping'an inspected Liu Er with his Dharma Eye.

Li Ping'an and Old Ox traveled south, helping people and confronting monsters while Li Ping'an reunited with Wang Yi and destroyed the City of a Hundred Ghosts. The White-Faced Scholar turned their travels into a bestselling book, then found himself attacked after meeting Zhao Ling'er.

• Li Ping'an learned that Liu Er was Liu Rui, then helped the young Daoist defeat the demon posing as the City God before leaving Chaolong Temple with Old Ox.
• At a Taoist temple, Li Ping'an warned a white-robed swordsman about the Mirror Ghost, and the swordsman destroyed it before continuing on his way.
• Li Ping'an joined Zhang Long's mercenary corps in Sunset Forest, where he warned the group of a giant creature and later shielded them while a giant ape fought a black iron seal.
• Li Ping'an explored a monster market, met Yuan San, and reunited with his former student Wang Yi, who asked for help rescuing a captive from the City of a Hundred Ghosts.
• Li Ping'an freed Wang Yi's teacher and a scholar from the city prison, then arrived at the Mangshan Ghost King's banquet as Wang Yi fought the ghosts over their captives.
• Li Ping'an destroyed the City of a Hundred Ghosts and its inhabitants, appointed the little ghost to rebuild Mangshan, and traveled onward with Old Ox and his companions.
• The White-Faced Scholar published Strange Tales of Travel, which Zhao Ling'er recognized as an account of Li Ping'an and Old Ox's adventures.
• After Zhao Ling'er visited the White-Faced Scholar and vanished, intruders broke into his home and pinned him down.

Li Ping'an crossed the South Sea, met old acquaintances, and intervened in the troubles of Yan Shisan and Master Zhang Da before reaching the Capital City. There he settled near Liu E and became entangled in a conflict involving demons at her family home.

• Liu Yun allowed the White-Faced Scholar’s book to circulate after deciding his mistake was unintentional, while Li Ping'an and Old Ox resumed their travels and crossed the South Sea by boat.
• Li Ping'an visited the flying ship, bought Spirit Rice, and failed a furnace challenge, then sailed on with Old Ox and the Octopus Swordsman toward the Great Desolation.
• On Great Wilderness Island, Li Ping'an reunited with Yan Shisan and later defeated Heavenly Baleful Star, securing True Person Yunshan’s promise to leave Yan Shisan alone for five years.
• Li Ping'an recovered his stolen boat from Master Zhang Da and used a fictional Good and Evil Fruit to persuade him to make amends, after which Master Zhang repented and entered the Underworld when he died.
• Li Ping'an received letters from his friends and master, then reached the mainland and traveled with a young gentleman in brocade to the Capital City.
• Li Ping'an rented a house with Liu E’s help, and after a human-form demon attacked her, he drove it away with the Drizzle Sword.
• At the Liu Residence, the demon attacked Liu E again, but a Biao fought and defeated it while Li Ping'an explained the tiger demon’s identity to Liu E.