Recaps

Yue Wen advanced to the tournament’s top eight by defeating a string of challengers, including Li Flying Rosy Clouds, while Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian also secured their places. After Zhao Shizhe tested the group by taking Big White, Yue Wen and Perfected One Nagiko accepted his explanation, just as Hu Jiuyi and his allies began attacking the Hu Family manor.

• Yue Wen defeated Yun Huairou, Chen Hao, and Zhang Putuo, earning his eighth consecutive victory as Wei Ping reacted furiously to his losses.
• Qi Dian defeated Su Renxue, Zhao Xing'er beat Lu Ren, and the River City team’s other contenders advanced through the tournament’s early matches.
• Yue Wen drew Li Flying Rosy Clouds and learned that Perfected One Nagiko planned to take him to the Bluefall Mystic Sect after the assembly, while he separately arranged to meet Pudu Sect steward Mai Yaode.
• The Six Pythons of Gray Mountain ambushed Mai Yaode at East City Cemetery and killed him, while Immortal Lord Biyue sent Dai Muhun’s Dharma Bodies to investigate the reincarnated Shuangling Body in River City.
• Zhao Xing'er defeated Hu Kaiting, Lan Zhi made Hu Yuting concede, and Yue Wen overcame Li Flying Rosy Clouds’s soul and spatial techniques to win their match.
• Qi Dian defeated Xiao Chubei, and the quarterfinal draw set Yue Wen against Hu Yunting, Zhao Xing'er against Li Tieqin, Liu Yuanjun against Deng Ran, and Qi Dian against Lan Zhi.
• After Big White was taken and a ransom note directed the group to Moon-Gazing Tower, Yue Wen, Qi Dian, and Zhao Xing'er climbed separate stairways to answer Zhao Shizhe’s tests.
• Yue Wen summoned Perfected One Nagiko, whose attack badly charred Zhao Shizhe before he revealed himself as Zhao Xing'er’s father and explained the test, as they reconciled, Hu Jiuyi and two allies began attacking the Hu Family manor.

Yue Wen and his companions claimed City Hero seats while the Hu Family’s attempt on Yue Wen collided with the Pudu Sect’s investigation and the search for Daoist Ye’s secret. The City Heroes’ Battle reached its final, with Yue Wen facing Liu Yuanjun, as Hu Hanyi prepared to meet powerful visitors from the Supreme Eight Desolations Sect.

• Hu Jiuyi, Wang the Skinny, and Dongli Yang burned Hu Family Manor after evacuating its occupants, and Hu Hanyi returned to investigate the ruins.
• Zhao's father used his Divine Treasury Sea to accelerate Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian's cultivation, while Hu Yunting broke through and vowed to defeat Yue Wen.
• Qi Dian defeated Lan Zhi, Zhao Xing'er defeated Li Tieqin, and Yue Wen overcame Hu Yunting after reaching the Late Astral Realm and taking control of his sword.
• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, Qi Dian, and Liu Yuanjun became City Heroes, and Yue Wen received a threat as Hu Hanyi arranged to have him killed.
• A Hu Family assassin attacked Yue Wen, but the Six Pythons of Gray Mountain mistakenly killed him, and Perfected One Nagiko captured the gathered intruders.
• Perfected One Nagiko learned that Immortal Lord Biyue had sent the Youjing Body to find her reincarnated Dharma Body and Daoist Ye’s corpse, while Yue Wen discovered a Visualization Diagram hidden in Daoist Ye’s severed palm.
• Yue Wen learned the Shapeshifting Art from Su Yun, then defeated Zhao Xing'er in the semifinal after a fierce, closely matched fight.
• Liu Yuanjun knocked Qi Dian out of the arena and advanced to face Yue Wen in the final, while Hu Hanyi and Guan Mingli waited at River City Airport to meet Huo Yanshan.

Yue Wen entered a false secret realm, outmaneuvered the searching factions, and discovered the true Azure Dragon Burial Ground hidden behind its palace throne. He learned the history of Ao Ye and found the Azure Dragon Pearl, where a white-robed woman awaited him.

• Yue Wen defeated Liu Yuanjun to become River City's captain, then learned that the Azure Dragon Seal required dragon breath and promised Da Long he would seek the buried dragon's pearl.
• Yue Wen followed the dragon finger's trail to Hidden Dragon Pool, overcame Huang Qiuzi, Chen Xuanchao, Lan Zhi, and Fang Qingcang, and entered a hidden secret realm beneath the water.
• Yue Wen survived the realm's hostile plants, befriended its plant spirits, and found a Dragon Hall chest containing Dragon Breath and a Fox Smiley Face Game Coin.
• Perfected One Nagiko and Huo Yanshan brought their disciples to the realm and raced through Yue Wen's plant-filled traps, while Yue Wen's group reached the palace first and found an Earth Wolf eyeball in the chest.
• Yue Wen suspected the false realm concealed the real burial ground, evaded the Bureau's blockade, and found a spatial rift behind the throne that led through deadly storms to floating lands shaped like a dragon.
• Da Long translated the Azure-Gold stele and told Yue Wen how Ao Ye created the realm, suffered betrayal by two fallen immortals, and left his legacy behind.
• Yue Wen searched for the Azure Dragon Pearl, dispelled an illusion with the Earth Mother Azure Heart Jade, and discovered a Jade Coffin whose white-robed occupant presented the pearl and said Ye Changsheng had foretold his arrival.

Yue Wen gathered the costly materials Zhang Biyue needed, then entered the Wasteland Zone disguised and joined a group searching Redcloud Mountain. He defeated Granny Wolf and the Wolf Demon clan, helped the group escape a jiangshi king, and left Little Black in danger after Yang Xiezi confronted him over the Redflame Ancient Leaf.

• Zhang Biyue told Yue Wen how Ye Changsheng had saved her and arranged for her to sleep in a jade coffin, then asked him to find three immortal goods so she could escape the Secret Realm.
• Yue Wen borrowed money from Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian, bought supplies, planted Immortal Lotus Root in Immortal Dew Valley, and formed a disguised team to enter the Wasteland Zone.
• Yue Wen joined Gao Xuezhi, Xue Tang, Yang Xie, and Little Black on the journey to Redcloud Mountain, where they became trapped in Granny Wolf's Nightmare Realm.
• Huang Qiuzi and the others fought Granny Wolf and her wolf pack, but Yue Wen defeated the creature alone and shattered the Nightmare Realm.
• Yue Wen killed the Redblood Wolf clan's Gray Wolf King after stealing into its cave, while the other wolves fled and Yue Wen's cultivation was drained by his Brass Little Sword.
• Huang Qiuzi and Chen Xuanchao fled a jiangshi king with the rest of the group, and Yue Wen destroyed it with Azure Dragon breath after they reached the wolf cave.
• Yue Wen concealed himself after leaving the cave, while Yang Xiezi revealed his identity and attacked Little Black over the stolen Redflame Ancient Leaf.