Recaps

Lian Sanyue and Jing Jiu defeated Bairen and the Zhongzhou Sect’s assault, but Lian Sanyue died after asking Jing Jiu to travel with her. While Jing Jiu slept for a century, Gu Qing faced a blackmail plot and Green Mountain prepared to choose a new Sect Master.

• Lian Sanyue defeated Kou Qingtong and True Person Tan, then faced Bairen after Bai Zao awakened with Bairen’s power.
• Lian Sanyue drove Bairen from Bai Zao, and Jing Jiu used the Zhuxian Sword Formation and the Netherworld Immortal Sword to destroy Bairen as the Green Mountain Sword Formation crushed the Zhongzhou Sect’s attack.
• Yin San threatened White True Person and withdrew from Chaoge City, while Jing Jiu left with Lian Sanyue and the unconscious Bai Zao.
• Lian Sanyue refined Bai Zao’s immortal qi at Three Thousand Nunnery, then dissolved into golden light after asking Jing Jiu to go with her to White City.
• Jing Jiu collapsed and remained asleep as Zhao Layue and others watched over him, while a century passed and Zhao Layue reached the peak of Sea-Breaking.
• Fang Jingtian proposed selecting a new Green Mountain Sect Master, while Gu Qing remained in Chaoge City and confronted his feelings for Empress Dowager Hu and his plans to wed Zhen Tao.
• Yin San used the Heaven-Restoring Pearl to blackmail Gu Qing, who decided to set a trap for True Person Taiping even if it cost him his life.
• Tong Yan returned to Green Mountain and advised Yuan Qu to support Shiyue Peak’s candidate, but Zhao Layue rejected his plan as they searched for another way to influence the Sect Master selection.

Zhao Layue survived her perilous Snowfield expedition while Gu Qing and the Green Mountain disciples moved against Yin San and Fang Jingtian. Jing Jiu awoke, settled old conflicts, and returned to Green Mountain, where he and Fang Jingtian descended into the Sword Prison.

• Zhao Layue crossed the Snowfield, killed Peng Si, and fought through waves of Snow Enchantresses until He Zhan found her gravely wounded and brought her back to safety.
• Gu Qing used the Zhuxian Sword Formation against Yin San, while Zhao Layue and Zhuo Rusui opposed Fang Jingtian’s claim to the Sect Master's Seat.
• Jing Jiu awoke, broke Yin San’s attack at the Old Plum Garden, saved Gu Qing and Liu S sui, and drove Yin San and his allies away.
• Jing Jiu visited the Imperial Palace, spoke with Gu Qing and Empress Dowager Hu, and joined Yuan Qijing for a final day of mahjong before Yuan Qijing vanished into snowflakes.
• Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue visited White City, where Jing Jiu repaired Cao Yuan’s saber, then killed He Wei at Blazing Sun Gorge and destroyed the Kunlun Sect’s formation.
• Jing Jiu returned to Green Mountain, made a Sand Diagram, and later heard Yin San investigate the life of a child surnamed Liu before Jing Jiu received the cultivators’ welcome.
• Jing Jiu confronted Fang Jingtian on Past Arrival Peak, and the two went to Shangde Peak and descended into the Sword Prison, where Corpse Dog opened his eyes.

Jing Jiu defeated Fang Jingtian and prepared to take his place as Green Mountain Sect Master, but True Person Taiping seized Liu S sui’s body and launched a plan to destroy the world. As the Nether River’s poison threatened the mortal realm, Cao Yuan and Giant confronted Yin Phoenix at the Great Whirlpool.

• Jing Jiu defeated Fang Jingtian and left him alive on Hidden Peak, then Ping Yongjia won the All Emptiness Sword and Jing Jiu prepared for the succession ceremony.
• True Person Taiping massacred Liu S sui’s village, later confronted Liu S sui at One-Thatch Studio, and revealed that he intended to claim him as the fruit of his schemes.
• Liu S sui explored Green Mountain before the succession ceremony, where Taiping revealed himself through Liu S sui’s body and challenged Jing Jiu for the Heaven-Bearing Sword.
• True Person Taiping pierced the Green Mountain Grand Array and unleashed a plan that sent seawater into the Netherworld, igniting the Nether River and producing poisonous smoke that threatened the mortal world.
• Tong Yan wounded the Nether Master and escaped, while Bu Qiuxiao became a sage and helped stabilize the passage into the Netherworld.
• Cao Yuan descended to the Great Whirlpool and fought the Yin Phoenix’s Yaoshou as their blood strengthened the Heavenly Access Killing Formation.
• Jing Jiu shattered Yin Phoenix’s Life Tablet, and the injured Yin Phoenix fled Cao Yuan before Giant struck it with a club and greeted Cao Yuan as “A Jia?”

Jing Jiu defeated True Person Taiping, but Bairen Immortal’s return brought a new confrontation that ended with Snow Ji killing her and leaving through the Void Realm. As Green Mountain began to recover, White True Person entered the Netherworld with plans to reshape the Mortal World, and Jing Jiu set new moves in motion.

• Cao Yuan blocked the Heavenly Access Well’s green smoke, then killed the Profound Yin Ancestor and went down into the Netherworld.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping fought across Green Mountain, shattered the Heaven-Bearing Sword, and continued their duel inside the Azure Sky Mirror, where Jing Jiu defeated Taiping.
• Bairen Immortal descended onto Green Mountain, destroyed Shangde Peak and the Sword Prison, and declared that she would imprison Jing Jiu to prevent his Ascension.
• Jing Jiu revealed Snow Ji as the Snow Nation Queen, and she fought Bairen while Jing Jiu used Sword-Washing Creek to prevent the immortal’s escape.
• Snow Ji killed Bairen Immortal, then entered the Void Realm through the passage during a Heavenly Tribulation and declared that she would never return.
• White True Person escaped Jing Jiu’s trap, opened the sealed passage at Cold Mountain, and rode the Fire Carp into the Netherworld to pursue her plan to reshape the Mortal World.
• Jing Jiu sent Fang Jingtian and Guo Nanshan to restore Green Mountain, directed A Piao to find Cao Yuan and kill Bai Yuan, and told the arriving azure bird it was too late.