Recaps

Tu Hong’s costly victory at Quanjin Mountain shaped a marriage proposal and left Xiao Hua trapped in the formation for five years. Xiao Hua escaped, reunited with the survivors, and joined Li Zongbao’s mission to kill Qin Jian.

• Tu Hong reported that his formation had killed tens of thousands of sword cultivators, while nearly all the Dao Sect forces at Quanjin Mountain had perished.
• Snowy Realm True Person backed Tu Hong’s request to marry Dui Qimeng, but she declared her love for Cui Hongshen, whose Life Spirit Tablet remained intact.
• News of Xiao Hua’s reported death reached his friends, while Zhang Qingxiao investigated Quanjin Mountain and failed to penetrate its formation.
• After five years trapped inside the Seven Star Great Formation, Xiao Hua broke it and escaped in the catastrophic eruption, carrying the unconscious survivors with him.
• Zhang Xin’s squad rescued Xiao Hua and the others, who concealed how they had survived and learned they had been missing for five years.
• Xiao Hua protected Zhen Huo and Bai Su Gu during their Foundation Establishment breakthroughs, then defeated sword cultivators who attacked them and the group.
• Xiao Hua and Li Zongbao fought an ambush together, and Li Zongbao invited Xiao Hua to accompany him on a mission to kill Qin Jian.

Xiao Hua and Li Zongbao battled sword cultivators in Huan Kingdom, then Xiao Hua learned that Xiao Mao had been taken from the Xunyan Sect’s spirit stone mine. After negotiating the captives’ escape and reaching Yin Yang Spring Mountain, Xiao Hua resumed his search for Xiao Mao.

• Xiao Hua and Li Zongbao found the aftermath of a beast-cultivator massacre, killed the attackers, and discovered the victims were Thunder Control Sect disciples.
• At Swift Wind Snowfield, Dao and sword cultivators clashed in an ambush, and Xiao Hua and Li Zongbao helped rout the swordsmen with their magical treasures.
• Pan Hao told Xiao Hua that Zhuo Qingyuan had died and that Xiao Mao was fighting with their group, prompting Xiao Hua to set out for the Xunyan Sect’s spirit stone mine.
• Xiao Hua defeated Feng Buping, reached the mine, rescued the imprisoned Xunyan Sect disciples with Guan Peng’s cooperation, and learned that an Illusion Sword Cultivator had taken Xiao Mao and others away.
• Xiao Hua identified Yin Yang Spring Mountain as the likely destination and flew there alone, leaving Li Zongbao behind.
• At Yin Yang Spring Mountain, Xiao Hua pursued a white snake that had stolen a rain lotus pistil, then abandoned the chase and tunneled upward to continue searching for Xiao Mao.

Xiao Hua uncovered a sword-cultivator secret beneath Yin Yang Spring Mountain, freed Xiao Mao, and reunited with Fairy Hongxia after returning to Xuntian City. The story left him facing news that Tu Hong’s dual cultivation partner was Dui Qimeng.

• Xiao Hua followed Little Silver through Yin Yang Spring Mountain, found Dui Miaoqing trapped in a sword formation, and heard her warning about the sword-cultivator secret before she died.
• Xiao Hua entered the mountain’s core, seized the Innate Jellyfish and Taiwei Azure Light from the flying sword, and escaped with Little White Dragon.
• Xiao Hua emerged into a cavern, defeated Zhong Haoxuan’s group, and found Xiao Mao bound for sacrifice beside a green gourd.
• Xiao Hua rescued Xiao Mao, buried the dead cultivators with him, and taught him as they flew toward the Swift Wind Snowfield.
• Xiao Hua met Li Zongbao and Gao Chengyuan, learned Qin Jian was not at the Swift Wind Snowfield, and joined Li and Xiao Mao on their journey toward Xuntian City.
• Xiao Hua confronted Zhang Qingxiao, who explained why he had provoked the war, and gave him a Buddhist cultivation technique for Jiang Liuer.
• Xiao Hua and his companions reached Xuntian City, learned that Qin Jian’s forces had ambushed Gao Chengyuan’s group, and reunited with Fairy Hongxia.
• Fairy Hongxia told Xiao Hua that Tu Hong’s dual cultivation partner was Dui Qimeng, leaving him speechless.

Xiao Hua exposed Tu Hong’s plot and killed him, allowing Dui Qimeng and Cui Hongshen to reunite while the city blamed Qin Jian. After returning to Fairy Hongxia, Xiao Hua learned of her search for the Cai Family’s former ancestral hall and agreed to accompany her.

• Xiao Hua reported the battle and the deaths at Yin Yang Spring Mountain to the Council Hall, then revealed the recovered bodies of Thunder Control Sect disciples.
• Xiao Hua learned that Dui Qimeng was set to marry Tu Hong, and he went to discover what she truly thought of the match.
• Disguised as Qin Jian, Xiao Hua entered Tu Hong’s residence, discovered Yu Meng’s body, and learned from Lan Qin that Tu Hong planned to make Dui Qimeng take Yu Meng’s place.
• Xiao Hua confronted Tu Hong in public, revealed Yu Meng’s corpse, and killed Tu Hong before escaping Snowy Realm True Person’s search.
• Snowy Realm True Person stopped Dui Qimeng from killing herself and told her Cui Lang was alive, while the city blamed Tu Hong’s death on Qin Jian.
• Dui Qimeng reunited with Cui Hongshen, and Xiao Hua later defended their squad from Kun Thunder Palace disciples who mocked them.
• Xiao Hua gave Cui Hongshen and Dui Qimeng Thunder Beast Inner Cores and a secret art, which awakened Cui Hongshen’s Skylark Dharma Body.
• Fairy Hongxia accepted Xiao Hua’s gifts and asked him to accompany her to search for the Cai Family’s former ancestral hall near Million Meng Mountain.