Recaps

Zhen Kong repented after his demon tribulation, and Lü Cao confirmed he was the real Zhen Kong before Chun Zang’s party resumed its journey. Nearly fifty years later, the chapter recounted the Heaven-Defying Thunder Phoenix’s quiet rise among the demons and Wenqu’s arrival as master of Wenqu Palace, where he made the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin available to Confucian cultivators.

• Zhen Kong admitted that his slaughter had caused his demon tribulation and vowed before the World Honored One never to kill recklessly again.
• Lü Cao recognized the real Zhen Kong, whose face had once frightened her, and her hatred gave way to relief.
• Zhen Jie sent Zhen Kong to beg alms and scout the road, while Chun Zang’s group packed up and set out with Lü Cao.
• Over nearly fifty years, the Heaven-Defying Thunder Phoenix established the Big Dipper Seven Realms but avoided fighting over territory.
• Wenqu presented the complete Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin to the Immortal Palace and earned recognition as Immortal Master and Lord of Wenqu Palace after defeating Confucian generals in literary contests.

Maitreya Buddha World Honored One established Little Linglong Temple, while Chunzang’s scripture-seeking entered its final stage and the Creation Sect grew powerful under Thunderclap True Person. As Xiao Hua and his incarnations continued cultivating in Star Moon Palace, the eighty-one rounds of Xuanhong Discourse on the Dao ended and the gods prepared to part.

• Maitreya Buddha World Honored One led nearly forty percent of Thunder Sound Temple’s Buddhists to Little Linglong Temple, where they studied and discussed Buddhist teachings together.
• After fifty years of hardship, Chunzang and his disciples entered Yuzhou, bringing the scripture-seeking journey into its final stage as Confucian cultivators harassed them along the way.
• The Xuanhuang Order sent Literary Sages to attack the Creation Sect, but Thunderclap True Person returned and killed the attackers and their besieging forces with lightning and a counterattack.
• The Creation Sect strengthened its position as the Immortal Palace and Confucian factions remained divided and unwilling to challenge Thunderclap True Person.
• The eighty-one rounds of Xuanhong Discourse on the Dao ended while Xiao Hua and his incarnations remained in Star Moon Palace.

Xiao Hua and his companions were expelled from the Star Moon Palace as its realm collapsed, and he returned to the Three Great Continents. After using Senior Xu’s Mao Luo Talisman to dispel the realm’s backlash, he found himself among rice paddies and spoke with a local elder.

• The nine suns in the Primordial Realm exploded, and the realm’s power swept Xiao Hua and the others out of the Star Moon Palace.
• Xiao Hua called his avatars back into his space and rescued Xiaohei and Xiao Huang, then saw Ancestor Hongmeng as they were separated.
• Jing told her Teacher that the treasure ship had been damaged and that a mayfly had fallen into the mortal world; her Teacher ordered her to repair it after realizing the event had followed the Heavenly Dao.
• Xiao Hua arrived in the Three Great Continents, where the laws and repulsive force of the realm assailed him.
• Xiao Hua activated Senior Xu’s Mao Luo Talisman, which removed the pressure and conflict from his body.
• Xiao Hua admired the ripening rice in a paddy, then answered an elder who called out from a distant field ridge.

Xiao Hua met an old farmer in the fields of Xiao Kingdom and accepted his offer of shelter, touched by his kind words about family and home. After giving the farmer spirit dates, Xiao Hua left the old man with enough to share with his family.

• Xiao Hua spoke with the old farmer about his harvest and admitted that he had been away from home so long he could no longer find the way back.
• The old farmer comforted Xiao Hua and invited him to rest in his field shed and eat warm rice porridge.
• Xiao Hua noticed something in the night sky, flicked several golden threads into the void, and then declined the farmer’s food by claiming he had already eaten.
• The old farmer explained that they were in Xiao Kingdom, founded after the Divine Demon Blood Swamp vanished, and offered to help Xiao Hua find his book attendant the next day.
• Xiao Hua gave the old farmer spirit dates, and the farmer tasted one before Xiao Hua poured the rest onto the boards for him to take.

Xiao Hua learned that neighboring Daoist sect countries were seizing Xiao Kingdom’s land and terrorizing its farmers, so he revealed himself and vowed to punish those responsible. He sent Xiong Yi to destroy the nearby countries and then continued arranging cultivation for Ao Sheng, Xiaohei, and Xiaohuang.

• Xiao Hua listened as the old man described how Mo Wu Kingdom and other neighboring countries destroyed farmland and drove villagers from their homes.
• Xiao Hua rose into the sky, proclaimed himself True Person Xiao, and promised to make those who threatened Xiao Kingdom pay tenfold.
• Xiao Hua summoned tens of thousands of Shenhua Continent disciples and ordered Xiong Yi to eliminate the nearby countries, capture their rulers, and uncover the forces behind them.
• Xiao Hua sent Ao Sheng back into his space with dragon crystals and Dragon Race treasures to aid his cultivation.
• Xiao Hua placed the remains of Tun Tian Beast and Diting into Xiaohei and Xiaohuang, whose bodies settled as the beasts’ phantoms enveloped them.

Xiao Hua witnessed the villagers’ faith in him and vowed to protect them, then learned that the surrounding countries’ rulers had been captured and returned to the Creation Dao Palace. There, Lan Dianzi and Li Xiang reflected on the Creation Sect’s growth and began discussing its affairs.

• Xiao Hua watched the villagers of Xiao Kingdom worship him, vowed not to betray their trust, and received a divine response that strengthened their faith.
• Xiong Yi told Xiao Hua that the Creation Sect had captured the rulers and royal families of thirty neighboring countries, and Xiao Hua ordered him to lead the way back to the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range.
• Xiao Hua departed on the Heavenly Horse as the villagers wept and bid him farewell.
• At the Creation Dao Palace, Lan Dianzi asked Li Xiang to discuss a matter and recalled their early struggles building the Creation Sect with Xiong Yi and Chang Yu.
• Lan Dianzi praised the Creation Sect’s rise, while Li Xiang acknowledged how much the sect and the Three Great Continents had changed.

Lan Dianzi urged the Creation Sect to arrange the division of Cangxian Continent’s nine provinces and expand its influence, while Li Xiang warned that the plan could make the sect a weapon in someone else’s hands. Xiao Hua returned to the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range, interrupting Lan Dianzi’s growing authority, and shared news and medicinal pills from his trip to Star Moon Palace.

• Li Xiang warned Lan Dianzi that cooperating with Ancestor Hongmeng without knowing his strength could provoke the Confucian, Buddhist, and demon forces into another alliance.
• Lan Dianzi explained his plan for dividing the nine provinces with True Lord Qingxu, but Li Xiang feared the Creation Sect would become a pawn and urged him to consult Thunderclap True Person.
• Lan Dianzi proposed sending You Fang and other disciples to recruit members elsewhere, while Li Xiang suspected he was using the plan to expand his own influence.
• Thunderclap True Person announced that Xiao Hua had returned, and Lan Dianzi hurried to join Li Xiang in welcoming him.
• Xiao Hua told Thunderclap True Person about the teachings at Star Moon Palace, and Thunderclap True Person entered the space to collect the medicinal pills Xiao Hua had left for him.

Xiao Hua returned to the Creation Sect with overwhelming force, reunited with his disciples, and began restoring order while keeping his suspicions about Lan Dianzi in mind. After dispatching disciples to protect those emerging from Star Moon Palace, he delegated rewards to Lan Dianzi and started guiding Li Xiang’s cultivation.

• Thunderclap True Person took the bamboo segment containing a congealed river and began refining it in seclusion, while Xiao Hua learned more about Lan Dianzi and decided to confront Ancestor Hongmeng in the future.
• Xiao Hua’s return stirred the skies, and the disciples of the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range welcomed him before he led them back to the Creation Dao Palace.
• Xiao Hua ordered Xuan Songzi, True Person Jingting, Wang Jingfei, You Zhongquan, and Chang Yuan to search the Three Great Continents for every Creation Sect disciple who had entered Star Moon Palace.
• Lan Dianzi and Li Xiang reported on the sect’s development, and Xiao Hua gave Lan Dianzi responsibility for distributing the disciples’ rewards while he focused on teaching Li Xiang.
• Fu Zhiwen told Xiao Hua that he had an important private matter to discuss, then withdrew as Xiao Hua passed secret arts and medicinal pills to Li Xiang and encouraged his progress toward the Integration stage.

Xiao Hua arranged Li Xiang’s cultivation and heard Fu Zhiwen’s account of events across the Three Great Continents. He learned that Princess Xinxin had been imprisoned for sacrificing the Heavenly Heart to save him, and began considering how to find her as he summoned Qiongqiong for more information.

• Xiao Hua gave Li Xiang cultivation techniques and pills, sent him into the Kunlun Immortal Realm, and discussed Creation Sect disciples and the coming Yaotai Gathering.
• Fu Zhiwen told Xiao Hua about Wenqu’s appointment as an Immortal Master and other changes across the Three Great Continents.
• Fu Zhiwen revealed that Princess Xinxin had lost half the Heavenly Heart to save Xiao Hua and had been imprisoned in the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal for nearly three hundred years.
• Fu Zhiwen explained that Qiongqiong had been banished to the lower realm ten years earlier and had warned of the Nangong Family’s possible marriage proposal to the Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Hua dismissed the Luoyi Merchant Alliance’s ability to uncover Immortal Palace secrets and ordered Fu Zhiwen to bring Qiongqiong to him.

Xiao Hua learned from Qiongqiong how Princess Xinxin was imprisoned and discussed the obstacles to rescuing her. Qiongqiong revealed that Sun Jian had returned to the Immortal Palace, suggesting he and Empress Dongmian were coordinating with Xiao Hua to help find Xinxin.

• Xiao Hua welcomed Qiongqiong as Fu Zhiwen’s wife, bestowed pills on the couple, and promised to rescue Princess Xinxin.
• Qiongqiong recounted Xinxin’s longing for Xiao Hua, her apparent farewell before receiving heavenly punishment, and her imprisonment in an unknown Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal.
• Qiongqiong explained that she had been banished to the lower realm with her cultivation intact, apparently to deliver a message to Xiao Hua.
• Fu Zhiwen said Xiao Hua would need to locate Xinxin’s crystal and enter the Immortal Palace and Thunder Province Three Divisions to learn where it was held.
• Qiongqiong realized that Sun Jian was the Sun Chou she had seen at Pixiang Hall and inferred that he and Empress Dongmian were coordinating with Xiao Hua from within the Immortal Palace.

Xiao Hua decided to rescue Princess Xinxin openly and honorably, then propose to the Immortal Emperor Gouchen in person. He planned to find the Immortal Palace himself, though he warned that he might fight his way into Lingyun Hall if the Emperor refused to help.

• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen to contact Nangong Pingping and arrange a message to Nangong Jingyin.
• Xiao Hua remembered his promise to have Wenqu propose marriage to the Gusu Family for Gu Suqiudi, and Fu Zhiwen revealed that he and Qiongqiong planned to marry.
• Hearing their concern for proper status made Xiao Hua resolve to rescue Princess Xinxin publicly and propose marriage to the Immortal Emperor Gouchen.
• Xiao Hua rejected suggestions to let Nangong Jingyin rescue Xinxin first, insisting that he would find and rescue her himself before returning to the Immortal Palace to propose.
• Xiao Hua said he would ask the Emperor for Xinxin's whereabouts and, if refused, break into Lingyun Hall, while keeping his plan to find the Immortal Palace to himself.

Xiao Hua planned to use the National Teacher's tokens at the Yaotai Gathering to trace their return to Lingguan Hall and find the Immortal Palace, while sending Creation Sect disciples to take over Xiao Kingdom. After learning Princess Xinxin had risked herself to save Qiongqiong, Qiongqiong vowed to rescue her; Xiao Hua and his disciples then arrived at Yaotai Mountain for the gathering.

• Xiao Hua explained that he would establish Creation Sect rule in Xiao Kingdom and send its outer sect disciples there to avoid conflict with the inner sect disciples.
• Fu Zhiwen estimated that about eight hundred National Teacher's tokens would be available at the Yaotai Gathering, and Xiao Hua revealed that he intended to follow them to the Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Hua sent Fu Zhiwen to organize the Creation Sect disciples and assigned Qiongqiong to investigate the Confucian cultivators around Xiao Kingdom.
• Qiongqiong learned that Princess Xinxin had gone to Profound Water Palace to rescue her and vowed to save the princess from the Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal.
• Xiao Hua gathered Fu Zhiwen, Qiongqiong, and the disciples into Shenhua Continent, then arrived at Yaotai Mountain as the Yaotai Gathering approached.

Zhi Chengzi returned to Yaotai Mountain to recruit cultivators and seek National Teacher's tokens as the Yaotai Gathering began. Linghu Pizheng opened the gathering, but the arrival of one hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples in a lightning formation left the Star Lord Palace facing an overwhelming challenge.

• Zhi Chengzi recalled how he had escaped the previous Yaotai Gathering's calamity by leaving early and later joined Ancestor Hongmeng's forces.
• Zhi Chengzi brought over a hundred cultivators to Yaotai Mountain to recruit followers and seize National Teacher's tokens.
• Linghu Pizheng and the Twenty-Eight Star Generals opened the Yaotai Gathering, and Linghu Pizheng received a golden imperial decree.
• A tremendous gale and lightning disrupted the gathering's ceremony, and Linghu Pizheng recognized the approaching force as the Creation Sect.
• One hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples arrived in the Golden Crow Immortal Slaying Demon Array, prompting Linghu Pizheng to wonder whether they intended to seize tokens or destroy the Star Lord Palace.

Xiao Hua arrived at Yaotai Mountain with one hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples, overwhelming the gathering and shattering the imperial decree’s yellow dragon with a cough. After the Dragon Gate opened, Fu Zhiwen ordered the disciples to claim all 483 National Teacher’s tokens, and Linghu Pizheng finally approached Xiao Hua to pay his respects.

• Xiao Hua and one hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples arrived at Yaotai Mountain, leaving Linghu Pizheng and the other attendees in awe.
• Fu Zhiwen told Linghu Pizheng that the Creation Sect intended to establish a nation in Gun Province and requested access to the Dragon Gate.
• Nearly seventy percent of the Daoist sect cultivators departed after Fu Zhiwen refused to say how many National Teacher’s tokens the Creation Sect wanted.
• Linghu Pizheng opened the imperial decree, but Xiao Hua shattered its yellow dragon with a cough; the decree then opened a damaged Dragon Gate.
• Linghu Pizheng placed the treasures and 483 National Teacher’s tokens inside the Dragon Gate, and Fu Zhiwen ordered the Creation Sect disciples to take every token.
• After the other Daoist cultivators left, Linghu Pizheng approached Xiao Hua and apologized for being unable to greet him earlier.

Xiao Hua questioned Linghu Pizheng about Kong Hongwu and Heaven and Earth Gate, then revealed that he planned to collect the National Teacher's tokens to establish Xiao Country and find the Immortal Palace. After the Creation Sect disciples gathered 483 tokens at Yaotai Mountain, Xiao Hua sent one back to Lan Dianzi to establish Xiao Country.

• Xiao Hua asked Linghu Pizheng about the Yaotai Gathering, and Linghu revealed that Kong Hongwu had served Heaven and Earth Gate, the Immortal Palace's secret-agent organization.
• Linghu Pizheng explained that Heaven's Secret Hall had altered Kong Hongwu's private chambers after his death, and Xiao Hua confirmed he knew Wenqu and True Confucian.
• Xiao Hua told Linghu Pizheng that the Creation Sect would establish Xiao Country as a lasting paradise and that he intended to use the National Teacher's tokens to locate the Immortal Palace.
• The Creation Sect disciples emerged from Yaotai Mountain and handed Fu Zhiwen 483 National Teacher's tokens before Linghu Pizheng departed.
• Xiao Hua gave one token to Fu Zhiwen to send to Lan Dianzi, instructing him to establish Xiao Country.

After escorting the Creation Sect disciples from Yaotai Mountain, Xiao Hua pursued the National Teacher's token phantom through time-warping vortices toward the Immortal Palace. He forced his way through its inscription-chain barrier and faced guards at the South Heaven Gate.

• Xiao Hua gathered the Creation Sect disciples into the Shenhua Continent and used the National Teacher's token to summon a phantom that led him onward.
• Linghu Pizheng watched Xiao Hua depart and wondered whether the Immortal Palace might eventually become a laughingstock too.
• Xiao Hua concluded that Kong Hongwu's master was connected to Heaven's Secret Hall and believed Sun Hao had gone into hiding.
• Xiao Hua followed successive token phantoms through an illusion array and a strange vortex until he reached a vast five-colored formation surrounding the Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Hua destroyed the inscription chains blocking his path and passed through a breach toward the Immortal Palace.
• A guard accused Xiao Hua of trespassing through the South Heaven Gate and demanded to know his crime.

Xiao Hua arrived at the South Heaven Gate and asked to meet the Immortal Emperor Gouchen about Xin Xin, but the guards repeatedly challenged him and prepared to fight. After he revealed that he was Xiao Hua of the Creation Sect, the immortal generals recognized the sect from the updated Xuanhuang List.

• Xiao Hua calmly told Kua Yu, commander of the South Heaven Gate, that he had come to request an audience with the Immortal Emperor Gouchen, and Kua Yu went to report to Heavenly King Fuyue.
• While waiting, Xiao Hua recalled seeing the South Heaven Gate in an illusion and thought of Xin Xin and Guo Village.
• Several dozen immortal generals confronted Xiao Hua, and their leading general attacked him with a Fangtian Huaji before Xiao Hua repelled him with a bolt of lightning.
• The immortal generals formed the Golden Lock Azure Sky Great Formation and accused Xiao Hua of violating immortal law.
• Xiao Hua identified himself as Xiao Hua of the Creation Sect and again asked them to report his request; some generals recognized the sect from the Xuanhuang List.

Xiao Hua broke the immortal generals’ formation at the South Heaven Gate and revealed that he was the Creation Sect Master. When the master of the Xuanhuang Order appeared to challenge him, Xiao Hua met the visitor’s attack with his own enormous lightning-wreathed Dharma Body.

• The immortal general dismissed Xiao Hua’s reputation and ordered several dozen immortal generals to attack him with the Golden Lock Azure Sky Great Formation.
• Xiao Hua shattered the formation with a single finger, causing its backlash to injure the generals and gravely wound their leader.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he was the Creation Sect Master and said his disciple had defeated Sun Ge and captured the Twenty-Eight Mansions.
• A powerful visitor emerged from the South Heaven Gate, and Xiao Hua recognized him as the master of the Xuanhuang Order rather than Immortal Emperor Gouchen.
• Xiao Hua transformed into a towering Dharma Body Golden Body and shattered the space sealed by the visitor’s light and darkness.
• The visitor unleashed an attack of bright and dark inscription chains that tore through space and threatened to engulf Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua battled the Lord of Taiqing Palace at the South Heaven Gate, and their clash threw the Immortal Palace into confusion. As Sun Jian hurried to intervene and protect Xiao Hua, the Lord of Yuqing Palace arrived, while Sun Jian suspected someone had arranged the confrontation.

• Xiao Hua used a nine-colored Hand of Thunder to break the Lord of Taiqing Palace’s attack, then fought him in a fierce contest that shook the South Heaven Gate and the Immortal Palace.
• Immortal Soldiers and Generals rushed to defend the palace, while confused rumors spread that the Four Great Families or a Daoist sect cultivator had launched an invasion.
• Sun Jian learned that Xiao Hua was likely fighting the Lord of Taiqing Palace and resolved to reach the South Heaven Gate and accept responsibility for the crisis.
• An Immortal General urged Sun Jian to report the battle, so Sun Jian ordered him to notify the Lord of Wenqu Palace while avoiding alerting the Lord of Yuqing Palace.
• The Lord of Yuqing Palace appeared and challenged Xiao Hua, prompting Sun Jian to suspect that someone had deliberately provoked the confrontation.

Sun Jian reached the South Heaven Gate as Heavenly Human fought the Lord of Yuqing Palace, and the Immortal Palace’s defenses began to fail. After confronting hostile Immortal Generals, Sun Jian entered the defensive formation to face the destructive battle.

• Sun Jian ordered the Immortal Soldiers and Generals to reinforce the South Heaven Gate and protect the Immortal Palace’s defensive formation.
• At the gate, Sun Jian saw the formation being torn apart as Heavenly Human and the Lord of Yuqing Palace clashed beyond it.
• Several Heavenly King Hall Immortal Generals challenged Sun Jian’s authority, but he reminded them of their duty to defend the Immortal Palace.
• Sun Jian pushed into the defensive formation, summoned Vast Righteous Qi and his subsidiary body, and flew toward the Hand of Thunder.
• Heavenly Human unleashed lightning and beams against the Lord of Yuqing Palace, whose purple cloud defenses began to crack under the assault.

Xiao Hua fought the Lord of Taiqing Palace until the Lord brought out the Xuanhuang List, but Sun Jian intervened and explained that Xiao Hua had come to speak with the Immortal Emperor. Immortal Emperor Gouchen arrived, and the chapter ended with Xiao Hua attacking the Xuanhuang List with a partial Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors, which failed to harm it.

• The Lord of Taiqing Palace summoned the Xuanhuang List, whose power healed the shattered space and restrained Xiao Hua.
• Sun Jian tried to stop the confrontation, apologized to Xiao Hua, and clarified that Xiao Hua had come to ask the Immortal Emperor about another matter.
• Immortal Emperor Gouchen appeared on his golden throne and restored order to the Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Hua told Sun Jian that Sun Hao's master might be connected to the Heaven and Earth Gate, and Sun Jian said the clues now made sense.
• Sun Jian accused Kuayu of overstepping his authority by reporting Xiao Hua's arrival to the Lord of Taiqing Palace and left to await the Immortal Emperor's decree.
• The Lord of Taiqing Palace attacked Xiao Hua with the Xuanhuang List, but Xiao Hua's Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors only severed its armor inscriptions and could not damage the list itself.

Sun Jian took command of the Immortal Palace's forces and staged an attack on Xiao Hua while Xie Xin prepared a hidden move. Xiao Hua shattered the Xuanhuang List with the Wrath of Lightning and the As-You-Wish Staff, then called on Wenqu to attack Lord of Taiqing Palace.

• Wenqu arrived to aid Xiao Hua as the Immortal Emperor Gouchen prepared to confront him.
• Sun Jian persuaded the Immortal Emperor Gouchen to put the Immortal Palace's soldiers and generals under his command, then assigned them attacks against Xiao Hua and secretly tasked Xie Xin with a hidden move.
• Xiao Hua used the Wrath of Lightning, the Sound of Lightning, and the Execution Stage to break the Xuanhuang List's defenses before smashing its exposed true form with the As-You-Wish Staff.
• Lord of Taiqing Palace retrieved the damaged Xuanhuang List with a Daoist technique, and Xiao Hua recognized that his opponent had used Daoist cultivation.
• Sun Jian offered Xiao Hua a choice between apologizing and leaving or facing the Immortal Palace's generals, but Xiao Hua refused and called on Wenqu to act.
• Wenqu summoned an enormous five-colored hand and sent it descending toward Lord of Taiqing Palace.

Xiao Hua and Wenqu helped Immortal Emperor Gouchen expose and capture Xie Xin, who had secretly occupied the Son of Heaven Sword shell. Gouchen turned the confrontation into a public display of imperial authority, bestowed the title of Thunder Master on Xiao Hua, and left Xiao Hua ready to ask him an important question.

• Xiao Hua revealed Xie Xin, who had been hiding in the void, and Xiao Hua and Wenqu trapped him with their giant hands.
• Immortal Emperor Gouchen suppressed Xie Xin with a golden pillar of light and declared that the confrontation had been arranged to expose the traitor.
• Gouchen named Xiao Hua the Immortal Palace's Thunder Master, and laws formed a crown that strengthened Xiao Hua's Five-colored True Qi and restored part of his Heavenly Heart fragments.
• Xiao Hua accepted the title and stored the crown, then prepared to ask Gouchen an important question.

The Immortal Emperor Gouchen exposed Xie Xin’s betrayal and destroyed him with the Execution Stage, then restored the Son of Heaven Sword. Xiao Hua asked about the Ninth Princess Xin Xin, and Gouchen’s armor inscriptions suddenly burst apart.

• The Immortal Emperor Gouchen dismissed the heavenly officials and used the Haotian Mirror to reveal Xie Xin’s crimes, including Sun Jing’s death and the massacre at Black Ruins Mountain.
• The Lords of Liangqing Palace and Wenqu agreed that Xie Xin should be destroyed, and the Immortal Emperor Gouchen and Empress Dongmian executed him with the Execution Stage.
• The Immortal Emperor Gouchen reunited the Son of Heaven Sword with its outer shell and absorbed the Immortal Palace’s Righteous Qi into it.
• Xiao Hua declined the Immortal Emperor Gouchen’s offer of a banquet and asked where the Ninth Princess Xin Xin was.
• The Immortal Emperor Gouchen trembled, and tens of thousands of armor inscriptions on his robes burst apart.

Xiao Hua confronted the Immortal Emperor Gouchen over Princess Xinxin’s imprisonment, and their clash revealed the strain between the Emperor’s political ambitions and his family ties. After their magic mirrors nearly damaged each other, Gouchen explained that he had accepted the Nangong Family’s marriage proposal to unite Confucian cultivators, leaving Xiao Hua newly alarmed by news about Maitreya Buddha.

• The Immortal Emperor Gouchen refused to reveal where Princess Xinxin was imprisoned, and Empress Dongmian accused him of treating his daughter cruelly.
• Gouchen defended his actions by recalling Xinxin’s defiance at the Heaven’s Choice Gathering, while Xiao Hua insisted he had come to end her sorrow.
• Empress Dongmian left in despair, and Gouchen and Xiao Hua exchanged attacks with the Haotian Mirror and Kunlun Mirror before withdrawing them from their dangerous suction.
• Sun Jian urged Gouchen to treat Xiao Hua’s arrival as an opportunity to fulfill his family bonds, and Gouchen revealed he had agreed to the Nangong Family’s marriage proposal.
• Gouchen described the Immortal Palace’s political and military pressures and said he planned to unite Confucian cultivators with the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin.
• Xiao Hua was shocked when Gouchen said Maitreya Buddha World Honored One had rebelled against Thunder Sound Temple.