Recaps

After Liu Ci’s death, Jing Jiu pursued True Person Taiping’s trail, helped resolve the Hanging Bell Sect crisis, and returned to Green Mountain. He accepted Liu Ci’s final edict and became Sect Master, then left the sect’s growing administrative burden to Gu Qing and Yuan Qijing.

• Jing Jiu and Liu Ci escaped Yunmeng Mountain with Qing'er and the Azure Sky Mirror, then joined forces with Cao Yuan to destroy the Profound Yin Sect and purge Cold Mountain.
• Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue that True Person Taiping wanted to break the world’s rules and lead cultivators to ascend, while Yin San began rebuilding the Profound Yin Sect and preparing to attempt Feathering.
• Jing Jiu recovered the First Child Sword, broke through to Sea-Breaking, and traveled to the Hanging Bell Sect, where he killed De Yuanquan and rescued Sect Master Chen and Se Se.
• Jing Jiu dismantled the Hanging Bell Sect’s formation, allowing Sect Master Chen and Se Se to reclaim control, while He Zhan returned to White City and Yin San sought scales and feathers for his cultivation attempt.
• Jing Jiu gave the First Child Sword to Jing Yao, inspected the damaged Demon-Suppressing Prison, and returned to Green Mountain as the sect debated Liu Ci’s successor.
• Jing Jiu claimed the Sect Master’s seat and revealed Liu Ci’s final edict, then won the election with support from White Ghost and Origin Turtle after the vote was contested.
• Yuan Qijing and the Green Mountain disciples recognized Jing Jiu as Sect Master, and Jing Jiu defeated Bai Rujing’s challenge and assigned Guo Nanshan to lead Heavenly Light Peak.
• Jing Jiu agreed to take the position properly but left the succession ceremony to Yuan Qijing and told Gu Qing to handle reports from the peaks.

Jing Jiu prepared Green Mountain for conflict with the Zhongzhou Sect while pursuing True Person Taiping and a way to ascend. After killing Master Huiyuan, he found evidence that Taiping was aboard a Treasure Ship in the Ice Storm Sea.

• Jing Jiu delegated Green Mountain’s accumulated business to Gu Qing, identified Su Ziye as the Profound Yin Cult Master, and ordered Twofold Forgetting Peak’s disciples to remain in the mountains until they reached the Sea-Breaking Realm.
• Jing Jiu investigated the Smoke and Clouds Disperse Formation, discovered that his senior brother had hidden a flaw in it, and gathered rare materials as he sought another path to ascension.
• Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue confronted Su Ziye in Yizhou, killed the Profound Yin Sect remnants, and sent Tong Yan into the Netherworld to seek the Nether Master’s cooperation.
• At Fruitful Accomplishment Temple, Jing Jiu and the Zen Child examined the formation while Gu Qing advanced in cultivation and Zhao Layue and Zhuo Rusui faced Kunlun and Zhongzhou Sect forces.
• Jing Jiu resisted the Zhongzhou Sect’s demands at the autumn gathering, and Green Mountain forces killed Netherworld invaders, including the Twelfth Priest, before Jing Jiu declared the Zhongzhou Sect responsible for Soul-Gathering Valley.
• Jing Jiu led Zhao Layue, Gu Qing, and Zhuo Rusui to the Great Marsh, then cultivated with them on a snow-covered mountain before entering the Thunder Domain.
• Jing Jiu confronted Master Huiyuan at Pinggu Temple, defeated him in a destructive battle, and learned nothing about Taiping’s whereabouts before the monk died.
• Jing Jiu examined the prefectural office after Zhao Layue identified the dead prefect as a Never-Old Forest member, then concluded that Taiping was aboard a Treasure Ship in the Ice Storm Sea.

Jing Jiu revealed himself as Jingyang and faced a challenge to his identity that split Green Mountain. He left the mountain with his companions and settled near Yunji Town, where crowds and growing hostility gathered around him while the Zhongzhou Sect remained a looming danger.

• Jing Jiu pursued Yin San across the frozen sea, then returned to Zhao Layue and turned his attention to the mystery of the previous Sword Immortal and the danger beyond ascension.
• Four years later, Jing Jiu became Green Mountain Sect Master, but Fang Jingtian challenged his identity and Jing Jiu declared that he was Jingyang.
• Fang Jingtian and A Piao questioned whether Jing Jiu was Jingyang or Oneness of All Things, while Jing Jiu said he was the point toward which all his karma pointed.
• Green Mountain disciples rallied around Jing Jiu, and after Zhao Layue disarmed Bai Rujing, Jing Jiu left the mountain with Zhao Layue, Gu Qing, Yuan Qu, and Zhuo Rusui.
• Jing Jiu settled in the residence he had arranged near Yunji Town, where Nan Wang confronted him and the group prepared for conflict with the Zhongzhou Sect.
• Cultivators flocked to Jing Garden, while Zhao Layue’s sword killed a Sky Pillar Sect cultivator who had harassed Yunji Town.
• Guo Nanshan rescued Zhou Yunmu and Lu Jin from an evil-path attacker, and Gu Qing reported that Cheng Ruqing had joined East Yi Dao to seek a cure for his gravely ill wife.
• Jing Jiu told Zhao Layue about losing a childhood friend and urged her to live for thousands of years, while True Person Tan asked Zen Child for help approaching Jing Jiu and gaining his trust.

Jing Jiu's disciples defended his standing after his departure from Green Mountain, while the Zhongzhou Sect prepared to contest Jing Yao's succession. After the Divine Emperor died, Jing Jiu secured Jing Yao's throne and agreed to five matches against the Zhongzhou Sect, with Lian Sanyue entering the conflict and facing Kou Qingtong.

• Jing Jiu refused True Person Tan's offer to join the Zhongzhou Sect, and Zhuo Rusui defeated Jian Ruyun when Green Mountain's affiliated households pressured the Gu Household.
• Jing Jiu freed A Piao from the ice and began teaching her the Emperor's Art.
• Ping Yongjia emerged from prolonged cultivation, defeated Fang Xingwai and Jian Ruyun, and declared himself Jing Jiu's disciple.
• Jing Jiu confined his companions on Hidden Peak and took Ping Yongjia and A Piao to the Imperial Palace as True Person Tan brought Jing Xin toward Chaoge City.
• The Divine Emperor died after the civilians evacuated, and Jing Jiu's allies restored the Imperial City Grand Formation against the Zhongzhou Sect's Cloud Boats.
• Jing Jiu killed Xin Haichen and the guards who threatened Jing Yao, then secured Jing Yao's enthronement under the Divine Emperor's final edict.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Tan agreed to five matches with each winner staying on, then withdrew the city's formation and the Cloud Boats.
• Guo Dong revealed herself as Lian Sanyue and intervened for Jing Jiu, and Kou Qingtong demanded the Immortal Register before attacking her with a punch that blasted her from the square.