Recaps

Xiao Hua left the Immortal Palace without learning where Xin Xin was imprisoned, but learned that he must find her himself and demonstrate his strength. He set out for the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range with Wenqu and Heavenly Man to involve Creation Sect disciples in the search.

• Immortal Emperor Gouchen explained that the Nangong Family and the other Great Families had to prove themselves before marrying his princesses, then left Xiao Hua without revealing Xin Xin’s location.
• The Lord of Taiqing Palace questioned why Xiao Hua could not enter the Xuanhuang List, and Xiao Hua admitted he did not know.
• Sun Jian thanked Xiao Hua for helping him kill Xie Xin, and Xiao Hua told him to return to the Immortal Palace and watch Huayao Palace.
• Xiao Hua and Wenqu discussed Maitreya Buddha World Honored One’s departure from Thunder Sound Temple and prioritized finding which Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal held Xin Xin.
• Xiao Hua sent Wenqu and Heavenly Man into the space to hear the Xuanhong Discourse on the Dao, then released Fu Zhiwen, Qiongqiong, and the Heavenly Steed Flying Carriage and headed for the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range.

Xiao Hua returned to Creation Sect and accepted his disciples’ proposal to become Great Sect Leader Master. He appointed Thunderclap True Person and Wenqu to senior roles, and Gongshu Yixin, Gongshu Yiming, and Mo Jianli became Wenqu’s disciples.

• Xiao Hua returned to the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and was welcomed by Creation Sect’s disciples.
• Fu Zhiwen and Wang Zhengfei explained why Xiao Hua should be called Great Sect Leader Master, and Xiao Hua accepted the title.
• The disciples named Thunderclap True Person Sect Master Second Elder, and he emerged from the Kunlun Mirror and gave them life-saving pills.
• The disciples named Wenqu Sect Leader Third Master, and Wenqu emerged from the Kunlun Mirror and agreed to visit the Gusu Family to propose marriage.
• Xiao Hua directed Gongshu Yixin, Gongshu Yiming, and Mo Jianli to pay respects to Wenqu as their master.

Xiao Hua welcomed several powerful figures as Creation Sect’s Masters and announced that a missing Phoenix Dharma Body might be its Tenth Master. The reunion ended with the tenth figure’s whereabouts and strength still unknown.

• Wenqu accepted Gongshu Yixin, Gongshu Yiming, and Mo Jianli as disciples, then Xiao Hua and the others welcomed Starry Sky Great Sage Feng Wu as the Fifth Master of the Sect.
• Feng Wu received a star-patterned treasure from Xiao Hua and settled down to study it.
• Chang Yuan named Wu Daoist the Sixth Master, Yuan Ya named the True Person the Seventh Master, and Xuan Songzi’s group welcomed Tianren as the Eighth Master.
• Yuan Ya named Demon Venerable Slayer the Ninth Master, and Slayer gave the disciples soul essence cores.
• Xiao Hua revealed that his lost Phoenix Dharma Body could be the Tenth Master of the Sect, though no one knew where it was or how powerful it had become.

Xiao Hua finalized the Creation Sect’s leadership and reviewed the sect’s affairs, including the founding of Xiao Kingdom and the conflicts involving the dragons. He ordered Liu Yi to oversee the sect’s daily business, secretly investigated Lan Dianzi, and revealed that the Creation Sect had acquired Star Picking Tower.

• Xiao Hua left the Tenth Master position vacant and praised Xuan Songzi for receiving the returning disciples and dealing with those who had harmed them.
• You Zhongquan reported that Liu Yi and Jiang Hong were expanding their influence while Ao Zhan was away; Xiao Hua warned the disciples never to kill fellow Creation Sect members.
• Wang Zhengfei reported that Lan Dianzi had founded Xiao Kingdom and expanded its territory, and Xiao Hua said it should be governed without a ruler while secretly ordering Fu Zhiwen to investigate Lan Dianzi.
• Xiao Hua appointed Liu Yi to return to the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and manage Creation Sect affairs.
• Xiao Hua said he needed a disciple with commercial talent to oversee a valuable acquisition, and Fu Zhiwen and the others realized he meant Star Picking Tower.
• Xiao Hua confirmed that the Creation Sect had acquired Star Picking Tower and ordered everyone to keep it confidential.

Xiao Hua appointed Qiongqiong to take over Star Picking Tower and arranged for Lord of Wenqu Palace and his friends to visit the Gusu Family for Gu Suqiudi and Zhai Xingzi’s marriage. He then left the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range with his incarnations and used the Hand of Cause and Effect to search for Princess Xinxin, creating a vast space filled with frozen black-and-white visions.

• Xiao Hua accepted Qiongqiong’s offer to manage Star Picking Tower temporarily and ordered her to gather intelligence on the Nangong Family, with Fu Zhiwen assigned to assist her.
• Xiao Hua asked Lord of Wenqu Palace to visit the Gusu Family to propose marriage for Zhai Xingzi and Gu Suqiudi, and approved their friends’ plans to travel and settle in the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range.
• Lord of Wenqu Palace gathered the group and set off for the Gusu Family while Xiao Hua stayed behind and reflected on his reluctance to part with his disciples.
• Xiao Hua led his incarnations beyond the Creation Sect’s protective formation and positioned them around a mountain summit to guard him.
• Xiao Hua performed the Hand of Cause and Effect on the ground to search for Princess Xinxin, unleashing a storm of laws and forming an immense space where black-and-white scenes appeared frozen.

Xiao Hua advanced his Hand of Cause and Effect and learned that Xin Xin was imprisoned at Chaomu Cliff, though he remained uncertain whether the vision could be trusted. He decided to go rescue her with the Creation Sect masters, and Gongshu Yixin identified the place as Chaomu Cliff of Cangxian Continent.

• Xiao Hua completed his ninety-nine days of cultivation, advanced his Cause and Effect technique, and recovered the surrounding landscape and flow of time.
• Xiao Hua returned to Creation Dao Palace, asked about Xin Xin’s whereabouts, and gave his disciples a jade pupil showing the perilous place revealed by his technique.
• Xiao Hua told Wenqu that he doubted the information but could not ignore the chance to find Xin Xin, and Wenqu agreed that the Creation Sect’s ten masters would go with him.
• Gongshu Yixin returned and identified the place in the jade pupil as Chaomu Cliff of Cangxian Continent.

Xiao Hua learned that Princess Xinxin was suppressed at Chaomu Cliff and prepared to lead the Creation Sect there while leaving True Person to guard Soaring Dragon Mountain Range. Before the expedition began, news arrived that Chun Zang’s journey through the Pure Land was nearing its end and powerful figures were gathering for a ceremony in Changsheng Town.

• Gongshu Yixin explained Chaomu Cliff’s connection to the Tender as Water Sword and the tragic tale of Pear Blossom Fairy, then directed Xiao Hua to Xuan Songzi for its location.
• Xuan Songzi warned Xiao Hua that Chaomu Cliff had chaotic Primordial Qi, strange space, immense pressure, and rapidly changing weather.
• Xiao Hua ordered an expedition, then adjusted his forces after worrying that Immortal Emperor Gouchen or the Four Great Families might attack Soaring Dragon Mountain Range.
• True Person agreed to guard Soaring Dragon Mountain Range while Xiao Hua took Tianren and prepared to lead disciples toward Chaomu Cliff.
• A message from the Star Picking Tower reported that Chun Zang and his four disciples were nearing Changsheng Town, where major leaders would attend the end of Seeking Scriptures in the Pure Land and perform Opening Light on the continent’s first Buddha statue golden body.

Xiao Hua and Wenqu traveled toward Chaomu Cliff, while Xiao Hua worried about the disasters caused by the missing Nine Provinces Ding and resolved to restore it after rescuing Xinxin. Wenqu sensed a strange, sorrowful familiarity with Chaomu Cliff, and the chapter ended as the two cautiously approached its unstable, layered space.

• Xiao Hua distributed more fine seeds to ease the suffering across Cangxian Continent and continued toward Qing Province.
• Wenqu sensed a familiar aura nearby and said it felt as though a lifetime had passed, but he declined Xiao Hua’s suggestion to seek help from the Four Great Families.
• Xuan Songzi revealed that Chaomu Cliff lay in the direction Wenqu had sensed, and Xiao Hua joked that Wenqu might be connected to a legend about the Immortal Emperor Gouchen.
• Wenqu felt sorrow, helplessness, reluctance, and farewell near Chaomu Cliff, though he insisted the emotions were not his own.
• Xiao Hua and Wenqu cautiously approached the pale gray expanse and saw that its outer spatial layers were torn and unstable while its inner layers remained intact.

Xiao Hua and Wenqu reached Chaomu Cliff, where Wenqu confronted unfamiliar emotions and chose to continue despite the pain. They discovered that morning and twilight shifted between two cliffs, and Xiao Hua encountered a cultivator from the Nangong Family across a vast sea of clouds.

• Wenqu felt heart-rending sorrow near Chaomu Cliff, and Xiao Hua suspected Immortal Emperor Gouchen had tampered with the place.
• Xiao Hua offered to send Wenqu back, but Wenqu chose to face the trials and continued toward Chaomu Cliff.
• Xiao Hua and Wenqu reached the cliff and realized that morning light and twilight alternated between two separate cliffs.
• Xiao Hua crossed to one cliff and saw another cultivator standing on a distant cliff above a boundless sea of clouds.
• The distant cultivator addressed Xiao Hua and Wenqu by name, and Xiao Hua asked which member of the Nangong Family he was.

Xiao Hua confronted Nangong Tianzhi and Nangong Jingyin over Xin Xin, rejecting the Nangong Family’s claim that marrying her served her best interests. As the dispute escalated, Nangong Tianzhi admitted that he had proposed marriage to pursue the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin.

• Nangong Yaji greeted Xiao Hua and revealed that Nangong Tianzhi and the family heir had come to Chaomu Cliff.
• Nangong Tianzhi accused Xiao Hua of falling into Gouchen’s scheme and argued that he should have warned the Nangong Family before coming for Xin Xin.
• Nangong Jingyin accused Xiao Hua of competing with him for the Ninth Princess, but Xiao Hua said Jingyin wanted her for status and family interests rather than love.
• Xiao Hua proposed that he and the Nangong Family rescue Xin Xin together and let her choose between him and Nangong Jingyin.
• Nangong Tianzhi tried to persuade Xiao Hua to let Xin Xin go, then threatened him and boasted of the Four Great Families’ hidden strength.
• Xiao Hua accused Nangong Tianzhi of seeking the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin, and Nangong Tianzhi admitted that it was why he had proposed marriage at the Immortal Palace.

Xiao Hua confronted the Heads of the Four Great Families over the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin and Xin Xin’s imprisonment, while warning them that Immortal Emperor Gouchen was manipulating both sides. As Wenqu approached a breakthrough, Xiao Hua ran out of time to stall and brought out the Kunlun Mirror.

• Xiao Hua accused Nangong Tianzhi of planning to seize the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin and predicted that the other three family heads would appear.
• Dongfang Qionghao, Ximen Jianzhong, and Beiming Chouqing emerged and confirmed that the Four Great Families wanted the method.
• Xiao Hua said he would trade the method for Xin Xin’s release, but the family heads refused to set aside their pride and make the exchange.
• Xiao Hua realized Immortal Emperor Gouchen might have sent Wenqu to help him as part of a scheme, but he still defended Wenqu as his friend.
• As Wenqu’s emotions began to settle, Xiao Hua took out the Kunlun Mirror and declared that he would rely on love and strength to face the Four Great Families.

Xiao Hua and the Creation Sect faced the Four Great Families as the Nangong Family deployed its army and Beiming Chouqing called out his troops. The forces gathered for battle at Chaomu Cliff, with both sides’ formations ready to clash.

• Beiming Chouqing rejected Dongfang Qionghao’s plea to avoid battle, while Xiao Hua declared that defeating the Four Great Families would make a fitting betrothal gift for Xin Xin.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to summon two hundred thousand Creation Sect Iron Army soldiers, who formed the Duotian Star Array.
• Nangong Tianzhi activated the Nangong Family’s Weapon Storing Banner and summoned two hundred thousand golden-armored disciples, who formed golden chrysanthemum battle formations.
• Wen Qu said his heartache had turned into battle intent, and Xiao Hua prepared to fight beside him.
• The Creation Sect and Nangong Family armies gathered at Chaomu Cliff as their battle intent stirred the clouds and winds.
• Beiming Chouqing summoned Beiming Noble House troops with a Troop Stationing Order, and Wen Qu recognized it as an ancient Sacred Military Artifact.

Xiao Hua and the Four Great Families deployed vast armies at Chaomu Cliff, each side summoning hundreds of thousands of disciples and forming powerful battle arrays. As both forces reached nine hundred thousand troops, Xiao Hua ordered the Creation Sect to attack, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Xiao Hua summoned another two hundred thousand Creation Sect disciples, whose Mao Ri Demon Devouring Immortal Array threatened the Beiming Noble House formation.
• Ximen Jianzhong struck the Troop Recall Gong and summoned two hundred thousand Ximen Noble House disciples, while Xiao Hua called forth another Creation Sect formation.
• Nangong Tianzhi realized the Creation Sect had six hundred thousand disciples, and Dongfang Qionghao summoned three hundred thousand Dongfang Noble House troops with the Troop Gathering Drum.
• Xiao Hua summoned more Creation Sect forces, and three hundred thousand disciples, including dragons, formed the Ji Shui Washing Heart Formation against the Four Great Families.
• The Four Great Families and the Creation Sect each fielded nine hundred thousand disciples, and Xiao Hua ordered his warriors to kill.

The Creation Sect’s nine hundred thousand disciples clashed with the Four Great Families as Xiao Hua and his allies confronted the family leaders and their powerful Confucian Sages. Xiao Hua began fighting Nangong Tianzhi, and the battle turned toward a contest of strength and True Qi.

• The Creation Sect’s four battle units charged the Four Great Families’ forces, beginning a massive battle at Chaomu Cliff.
• Xiao Hua summoned Thunderclap True Person and the Heavenly Man, then lent the Heavenly Man Yuan Ya’s bone spear.
• The Four Great Families’ leaders decided to proceed with their plan to capture Wenqu and obtain the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin.
• Dongfang Qionghao bypassed Xiao Hua and attacked Wenqu, while Nangong Tianzhi and several Confucian Sages surrounded Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua exchanged blows with Nangong Tianzhi and resisted attacks from the surrounding Confucian Sages with his durable golden body.
• Nangong Tianzhi and the Confucian Sages unleashed streams of True Qi to attack Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua battled Nangong Tianzhi and several ninth-grade Literary Saints, then used their confidence in close combat to turn the fight in his favor. After killing two Literary Saints and being struck by Nangong Tianzhi, he flew toward a third opponent, revealing that he had borrowed the force of the palm strike.

• Xiao Hua countered Nangong Tianzhi and the other Literary Saints’ spatial attacks with a giant hand of lightning, and their collision unleashed a storm that disrupted both armies below.
• Xiao Hua rushed through the storm and attacked the Literary Saints at close range, catching them off guard with his fists and kicks.
• Xiao Hua’s punch collapsed one Literary Saint’s body and swallowed his remains into the void.
• Xiao Hua kicked a second Literary Saint, collapsing his body and leaving him gravely injured.
• Nangong Tianzhi struck Xiao Hua with all his strength, but Xiao Hua used the force to fly toward a third Literary Saint.

Xiao Hua overwhelmed Nangong Tianzhi’s Literary Saints and broke the Vast Qi River with the Spirit Severing Primordial Light Sword Gourd. As Nangong Tianzhi fled and a new phenomenon appeared in the distance, the celestial being clashed with Ximen Jianzhong while trying to reach Dongfang Qionghao.

• Xiao Hua struck Nangong Pinghu’s shoulder and spared his life after badly injuring him, while the other Literary Saints fled.
• Nangong Tianzhi unleashed his Vast Qi River, but Xiao Hua’s Spirit Severing Primordial Light absorbed the Aurora Primordial Magnetism and turned it back on him.
• Nangong Tianzhi tried to escape toward Dongfang Qionghao, but Xiao Hua severed part of his secondary body with the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Xiao Hua sent Spirit Severing Primordial Light threads against Nangong Family disciples, piercing their middle dantians without directly killing them.
• The celestial being confronted Ximen Jianzhong, who summoned sword intent and blocked his way to Dongfang Qionghao.
• The celestial being attacked Ximen Jianzhong with a Devil Dragon released from his bone spear.

Heavenly Human battled Ximen Jianzhong and several Literary Saints, revealing the power of the Heavenly Human White Bone and his three-headed, six-armed form. The fight remained unresolved as Ximen’s sword pierced Heavenly Human’s heart, while Heavenly Human struck back at the Literary Saints.

• Ximen Jianzhong and the Literary Saints attacked Heavenly Human with Heaven and Earth Sword Intent and flying swords, but Heavenly Human’s bone spear shattered Ximen’s giant sword.
• Ximen Jianzhong revealed the Yulan Ascension Sword and unleashed its deadly sword intent, forcing Heavenly Human to fuse with the Heavenly Human White Bone.
• Heavenly Human transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form and used three beams of light and his bone spear to counter Ximen’s sword attack.
• Heavenly Human wounded and killed a Literary Saint, while Ximen Jianzhong pierced Heavenly Human through the heart with the Yulan Ascension Sword.
• Heavenly Human’s spear-wielding hands emerged from the void and pierced two Literary Saints through their chests.

The celestial being survived Ximen Jianzhong’s sword strike and drove off the attacker, while Thunderclap True Person faced Beiming Chouqing. Beiming trapped Thunderclap in his Cold Plum Blossom Restraining Lightning Diagram, but Thunderclap unleashed six-colored spirit fire to break free.

• The celestial being kicked two Literary Saints from the sky, revealed that he had three hearts, and seized Ximen Jianzhong’s sword with lightning, forcing Ximen to teleport away.
• Thunderclap True Person agreed to fight Beiming Chouqing after Dongfang Qionghao named him as the opponent, while Wenqu accepted Dongfang’s challenge.
• Beiming Chouqing released his Cold Plum Blossom Restraining Lightning Diagram, suppressing Thunderclap’s lightning techniques and trapping him inside an invisible lotus that sealed off his senses and power.
• Thunderclap True Person sensed a Daoist aura within the diagram, then summoned a six-colored spirit flame and prepared to break free.

Thunderclap True Person broke Beiming Chouqing’s formation and drove him away, while Wenqu and Dongfang Qionghao debated the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin before fighting. Wenqu’s stronger Confucian technique initially overwhelmed Dongfang, but Dongfang revealed a bamboo ability that drained Wenqu’s giant hand and sent deadly qi toward him.

• Thunderclap True Person shattered Beiming Chouqing’s Cold Plum Blossom Restraining Lightning Diagram and wounded several hidden Literary Saints with six-colored spirit fire.
• Beiming Chouqing cut off his burning giant hand and fled after hearing Dongfang Qionghao’s voice, while Thunderclap True Person pursued the wounded Literary Saints.
• Dongfang Qionghao moved Wenqu to another location above Chaomu Cliff, where Wenqu recited the Song of Tomorrow and reflected on the passing of time.
• Wenqu told Dongfang Qionghao that the Method of Five Qi Towards the Origin would be made public, but Dongfang refused to withdraw and said he still had to capture Wenqu.
• Dongfang Qionghao offered to join forces and help Wenqu become Immortal Emperor, but Wenqu refused and urged the Four Great Families to withdraw before the battle escalated.
• Wenqu’s five-colored giant hand broke Dongfang Qionghao’s attack, but Dongfang revealed a bamboo technique whose colorless flowers drained Wenqu’s power and sent death qi surging toward him.

Wenqu resisted Dongfang Qionghao’s attacks with his Confucian cultivation and the Heaven and Earth Pagoda, while the Four Great Families summoned their own saintly figures. The families’ Laozi images were shattered by the true Saints who appeared through Wenqu, leaving the four heads in shock at his genuine Literary Star realm.

• Wenqu used life qi to transform Dongfang Qionghao’s deathly bamboo aura into new shoots, then blocked the Sage Master’s Ruler with the Heaven and Earth Pagoda.
• Dongfang Qionghao summoned Ximen Jianzhong, Nangong Tianzhi, and Beiming Chouqing, and the four family heads combined their powers to reveal two saintly images of Laozi.
• Xiao Hua recognized the images as Laozi, the vanished Saint, and realized the Four Great Families carried his inheritance.
• Wenqu summoned the Saints who had illuminated his Wenqu Star, whose voices and brushes confronted the two Laozi images.
• The Saints shattered the Laozi images and forced the clear light back into the four family heads, who staggered in fear at Wenqu’s true Literary Star realm.

As Xiao Hua and his allies struggled to contain the Immortal Palace Star River and rescue the trapped disciples, the Four Great Families’ leaders fled and an imperial force attacked. Wenqu finally confronted the Lord of Shangqing Palace, whose Xuanyuan Sword stirred a painful memory.

• The Immortal Palace Star River descended over Chaomu Cliff, and Dongfang Qionghao, Ximen Jianzhong, Nangong Tianzhi, and Beiming Chouqing escaped without rescuing their disciples.
• Xiao Hua ordered Tianren to use the Kunlun Mirror to gather the Creation Sect and Four Great Families’ disciples while Xiao Hua collected the innate heavy water and Fengwu blocked the star river sand.
• Thunderclap True Person entered the darkness to confront the Immortal Palace procession after Fengwu’s power revealed him as a Starry Sky Great Sage.
• Thunderclap True Person fought the procession accompanying Fifth Princess Qingqing, while the Lord of Shangqing Palace appeared and attacked Xiao Hua with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Wenqu recognized the Lord of Shangqing Palace and sent nine sword intents against the Xuanyuan Sword’s phantom, forming a flexible sword that revealed the image of an immortal maiden.

The Lord of Shangqing Palace halted his strike when he saw Pear Blossom Fairy’s image, and Wenqu explained that her remaining resentment had faded. After learning the verse left in the Nine Stars Sword Pellets, the Lord of Shangqing Palace believed Pear Blossom had forgiven him, and the chapter ended with him asking Wenqu to deal with the Star River Great Formation.

• The Lord of Shangqing Palace cried out for Pear Blossom and stopped his Xuanyuan Sword strike, revealing the face of Li Xiubai.
• Wenqu told the Lord of Shangqing Palace that Pear Blossom Fairy’s image and the resentment within the Nine Stars Sword Pellets had disappeared.
• Wenqu recited Pear Blossom’s verse, and the Lord of Shangqing Palace concluded that she had understood his reasons and forgiven him.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace’s heart was untied, while the Lord of Taiqing Palace arrived and revealed that he was True Person Mingjian.
• Wenqu bowed to the two Lords of Liangqing Palace as his former masters, and they acknowledged his strength and their changed relationship.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace said he would leave the Star River Great Formation in place and asked Wenqu to handle it while two immortal friends still resisted the Heavenly River.

Wenqu and Thunderclap True Person broke through the Star River Great Formation, and Thunderclap True Person defeated Princess Qingqing’s guards and wounded her while taking the formation plate. Wenqu used the plate to shut down the formation, while Thunderclap True Person left with it and remembered Qingqing’s furious, embarrassed expression.

• Wenqu broke through the Star River Great Formation as Xiao Hua collected its stars and Feng Wu blocked them.
• Thunderclap True Person killed several Literary Saints and Immortal Soldiers and Generals, then ignored Princess Qingqing’s demand to stop.
• Thunderclap True Person killed Gu Xianyun, struck down the canopy, and wounded Princess Qingqing without killing her.
• Thunderclap True Person took the formation plate from Princess Qingqing’s bodice and departed as the surrounding Literary Saints withdrew.
• Wenqu used the pendant to reveal the formation plate and shut down the Star River Great Formation, then returned the pendant to Thunderclap True Person.

After defeating the Four Great Families at Chaomu Cliff, Xiao Hua spared their surviving disciples and learned the Immortal Palace had arranged the conflict as a trap. The Lord of Shangqing Palace began revealing the true story behind the Tender as Water Sword, leaving Xiao Hua still needing to search for Xin Xin’s Heavenly Punishment Prisoner Crystal.

• Wenqu chose to spare the surviving Four Great Families disciples, and Xiao Hua agreed before Tianren let them leave Chaomu Cliff.
• Feng Wu departed after greeting the palace lords and promising to await Xiao Hua at the Great Sacred Hall, while Thunderclap True Person and Tianren led Creation Sect’s remaining disciples away.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace explained that the Immortal Palace had secretly ordered him to establish the Star River Great Formation, though he had not known its purpose.
• The Lord of Taiqing Palace told the Lord of Shangqing Palace that Xiao Hua had stormed the South Heaven Gate for Princess Xinxin, easing the lord’s suspicion and earning his apology.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace began telling Xiao Hua and Wenqu the true history of Pear Blossom Fairy and the Tender as Water Sword, explaining that she had forced her way to the South Heaven Gate to demand an explanation from him.

The Lord of Shangqing Palace explained how Pear Blossom Fairy died and how the Soft Water Tender Love Sword fragments became nine Sword Pellets on Xiaoyu Continent. Xiao Hua and Wenqu revealed that Xiao Hua found the pellets in the Thunder Control Sect treasury and later gave them to Wenqu, leaving the Lord of Shangqing Palace to learn where his lost token of love had gone.

• The Lord of Shangqing Palace recounted how Pear Blossom Fairy charged at him, was killed by the Empress, and entered reincarnation, while the Soft Water Tender Love Sword shattered and disappeared.
• The Lord of Shangqing Palace and the Lord of Taiqing Palace created reincarnated incarnations on Xiaoyu Continent, where they became Li Xiubai and True Person Mingjian and sought the sword fragments.
• Li Xiubai and True Person Mingjian hid their true purpose, left records in a cave, and later reincarnated again after their incarnations faced a life-or-death crisis.
• Wenqu realized that Xiao Hua’s Nine Stars Eclipse the Sun Sword Pellets were the Soft Water Tender Love Sword fragments and that Pear Blossom Fairy’s consciousness had shaped Wenqu’s emotions.
• Wenqu corrected the Lord of Shangqing Palace’s mistaken reference to Jiang Kingdom, then told him that Xiao Hua had obtained the fragments from the Thunder Control Sect treasury.
• Xiao Hua described how he found the Sword Pellets, and Wenqu explained that Xiao Hua later gave them to him after they became sworn friends.