Recaps

Zhao Layue and Liu S sui helped bring down Luo Huainan, while Liu S sui fled and became a fugitive. Jing Jiu returned from the Snowfield, reunited with Zhao Layue, and brought White Ghost to Divine End Peak as he continued investigating Fang Jingtian.

• Zhao Layue and Gu Qing warned Consort Hu about Luo Huainan’s plans and sought his whereabouts, while Jin Mingcheng gave Zhao Layue the First Child Sword.
• Luo Huainan lured the Never-Old Forest into staging an attack, but Liu S sui and Zhao Layue made it real, killed him, and Tong Yan destroyed his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• The Green Mountain Sect and Yunmeng Mountain named Liu S sui as Luo Huainan’s killer, and Liu S sui escaped pursuit with help from the Old Scholar before joining the Never-Old Forest under the Western Prince.
• Gu Qing led Divine End Peak’s cultivators into the Snowfield, where he and Xiang Wanshu dug through the cold mist and found Jing Jiu alive.
• Jing Jiu helped Bai Zao recover from her snow cocoon, then returned to Green Mountain and reunited with Zhao Layue after she reached the Wandering the Wilds Realm.
• Jing Jiu explained his reasons for staying in the Snowfield and told Zhao Layue that Fang Jingtian had targeted him because he knew Jing Jiu was investigating.
• Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue visited Jade Lake Peak, where he used a Green Bamboo Tablet to pass the Forbidden Array and persuaded White Ghost to stay at Divine End Peak in exchange for restoring half the Precious Tree Residence.
• Jing Jiu brought White Ghost back to Divine End Peak, told Gu Qing and Yuan Qu to keep its identity secret, and explained that Yin Phoenix was a chicken and Origin Turtle was an old turtle.

Liu Sui’s undercover work exposed the Never-Old Forest’s plans, triggering a purge across the cultivation world and a desperate escape from Haizhou City. The Western Prince pursued Liu Sui for the First Child Sword, while Mister Yan intervened and Pei Baifa’s attack sent a sword flying from Heavenly Longevity Mountain.

• Jing Jiu sent the Unthought Sword across the sea, and the giant retrieved a Ten-Thousand-Year Ancient Tree from the Great Whirlpool before guarding the islands.
• He Wei exposed Song Qianji as a Never-Old Forest spy and joined White True Person near Cold Mountain as the orthodox sects moved against the forest.
• The Duke of Lu and Jin Mingcheng uncovered the Never-Old Forest’s efforts to seize the key to the Demon-Suppressing Prison, prompting arrests across Chaoge City.
• Liu Sui’s cover was exposed in Haizhou City, but Little Lotus helped him escape through a prepared tunnel, and his flying sword wounded his pursuers before the Western Prince struck them down with lightning.
• Liu Sui and Little Lotus recovered in a cave, where they discussed Jing Jiu’s role in arranging her help and shared their feelings about the years of secrecy between them.
• The Western Prince captured the First Child Sword and prepared to kill Liu Sui, but Mister Yan challenged him and protected Liu Sui and Little Lotus after the Prince fled.
• Jin Mingcheng connected the Emperor’s plan to locate the Western Prince with the missing Landscape Painting, and Pei Baifa unleashed an attack through it that sent a sword bursting from Heavenly Longevity Mountain.

The orthodox sects destroyed the Western Sea Sword Sect’s Cloud Terrace and scattered the Never-Old Forest, while Liu S sui returned to Green Mountain after uncovering the truth about Luo Huainan. The arc ended with Bai Zao visiting Jing Jiu as the Zhongzhou Sect’s marriage proposal stirred rumors across Green Mountain.

• Pei Baifa’s sword shattered the Western Prince’s arms and First Child Sword, and Liu Ci captured him after he fled into the Void Realm.
• Pei Baifa ordered the No-Grace Gate to burn White Deer Academy, while Yan gave Liu S sui the Guan Cheng Brush and warned him to leave.
• At Cloud Terrace, the Western Prince confessed that he had managed the Never-Old Forest and implicated sect leaders who had hired its assassins.
• The Western Sea Sword God destroyed Cloud Terrace and killed the Western Prince, while Green Mountain forces attacked the fleeing Western Sea disciples.
• A white-clad maiden spared Nan Zheng and Gu Pan, took Nan Zheng’s treasures, and departed without explaining herself.
• Guo Dong revealed that the mastermind behind the Never-Old Forest remained alive, and Pei Baifa offered to kill the Western Sea Sword God if Tong Yan could locate him within five years.
• Yin San revealed to the Profound Yin Ancestor that he had guided the Western Prince and used the rivalry with Jian Xilai to obtain the Never-Old Forest.
• Jing Jiu sent Zhao Layue’s Unthought Sword after Liu S sui, who returned to Green Mountain with Little Lotus and declined Bai Zao’s offer to conceal the truth about Luo Huainan for ten years.
• Jing Jiu told Liu S sui to live on Cloud-Walking Peak to resolve his mixed cultivation and agreed to help Little Lotus enter Green Mountain.
• Bai Zao arrived at Divine End Peak after rumors spread that she had come to propose marriage to Jing Jiu.

Jing Jiu confronted the growing conflict around Liu S sui and sent him to Fruitful Accomplishment Temple to resolve his clashing auras. Unable to repair his own stalled cultivation, Jing Jiu traveled to Chaoge City, where he met the emperor and then sought the Little Imperial Prince.

• Bai Zao visited Divine End Peak and explained that she had spread the marriage rumor to avoid becoming Tong Yan’s dao companion and to ease pressure on Jing Jiu, who again refused the idea.
• Fang Jingtian’s move against Liu S sui led Green Mountain to convene a summit, where Jian Ruyun accused Liu S sui of involvement in Zuo Yi’s death and Chi Yan ordered him imprisoned pending investigation.
• Green Mountain expelled Little Lotus, so Gu Qing escorted her to Yunji Town, while Jing Jiu entered the Sword Prison, freed Liu S sui, and sent him to Fruitful Accomplishment Temple with a letter.
• At the temple, Liu S sui studied the True Scripture with help from Yin San, who disguised himself as Yin Fu, while Little Lotus stayed with him and the pair marked the New Year together.
• Jing Jiu spent a hundred days trying to solve his cultivation problem but could not make the Iron Sword merge with his Sword Pellet, so he decided to seek help from the Nether Department in Chaoge City.
• Jing Jiu arrived in Chaoge with the white cat, visited Jing Shang, and heard Lu Ming describe the competing political ties among Jing Xin, the Zhongzhou Sect, One-Thatch Studio, and the Zhao Household.
• The Duke of Lu escorted Jing Jiu to the Imperial Study, where Jing Jiu met privately with the emperor and afterward asked to see the Little Imperial Prince.