Recaps

Huang Xiao realized Xu Zhiru was heading toward the formation imprisoning the Creation Sect members and suspected he meant to activate it. With no one else able to stop him, Huang Xiao attacked the Longevity Daoist’s followers to buy time and disrupt the collection of essence blood.

• Huang Xiao watched Xu Zhiru slaughter the great powers’ disciples and noticed that he was approaching the formation holding the Creation Sect members.
• More than a dozen Grand Elders joined forces against Xu Zhiru, but he nearly wiped them out with a single move.
• Huang Xiao feared Xu Zhiru intended to activate the formation and kill Xuan Yuanxiang and the other Creation Sect members.
• Huang Xiao charged into a group of the Longevity Daoist’s followers, killing several people and drawing their attention.
• As more enemies surrounded him, Huang Xiao kept fighting and absorbed essence blood to hinder the Longevity Daoist’s plan.

Huang Xiao joined the surviving experts from the Great Powers of the Various Domains to fight Xu Zhiru’s forces and draw attention away from the Grand Formation. He was confronted by one of the five exceptional fighters from the Valley of Death and discovered that the man wielded a concealed flexible sword.

• Huang Xiao killed a group of enemies and joined forces with surviving experts from the Great Powers of the Various Domains.
• Huang Xiao charged into the enemy ranks, but one of the five exceptional fighters attacked him with a powerful Palm Force.
• Huang Xiao and the newcomer exchanged taunts, and Huang Xiao unleashed Heavenly Demon Disintegration before attacking with his saber.
• The newcomer revealed a colorless, transparent longsword and clashed with Huang Xiao, sending them both flying back.
• Huang Xiao noticed blood on his cheek and realized his opponent’s flexible sword had curled around his saber to strike at his throat.

Huang Xiao fought a powerful swordsman who had emerged from the Valley of Death and defeated him after revealing his own strength. The other enemies remained occupied, while Xu Zhiru continued activating the formation.

• Huang Xiao recognized his opponent’s transparent sword as a divine weapon left behind by Longevity Daoist and taunted him as a frog at the bottom of a well.
• Huang Xiao and the swordsman exchanged hundreds of blows while Huang Xiao watched Xu Zhiru activate the formation.
• The swordsman invoked a forbidden art and increased his strength, but Huang Xiao blocked his strike and unleashed Heavenly Demon Disintegration Fifteenth Stage.
• Huang Xiao pursued the retreating swordsman and battered his meridians with successive saber strikes.
• Huang Xiao sealed off the swordsman’s escape routes and killed him, leaving his body to fall into the sea.

Huang Xiao killed one of the five experts, then fought two others who used a Combined Strike Method to hold him off. When he fled toward the Great Powers' experts and asked them to help him heal, they refused, leaving him surrounded as the four enemies mocked their infighting.

• Huang Xiao killed one of the five experts, prompting two others to break away and attack him.
• Huang Xiao sent the saber wielder flying, but the second attacker forced him to abandon his follow-up strike.
• The two experts used a Combined Strike Method to match Huang Xiao and drive him back.
• Huang Xiao fled toward the Great Powers' experts and asked them to hold off his pursuers while he healed.
• The Great Powers' experts refused to help, and Huang Xiao threatened that none of them would survive if he died.

Huang Xiao exploited the scattered experts to kill two of them quickly, then stopped when the survivors fled toward Xu Zhiru. Xu Zhiru killed one fleeing man but suffered backlash from the formation after being distracted, leaving Huang Xiao encouraged by his weakness.

• Huang Xiao used the crowd to prevent two separated experts from joining forces and chased one down.
• Huang Xiao disarmed the fleeing expert and killed him with a second slash after the man called for help.
• The crowd blocked another expert’s escape, allowing Huang Xiao to kill him in one move.
• The remaining two experts fled toward Xu Zhiru, who killed one with a flick of his sleeve.
• Xu Zhiru spat blood after the interruption, and Huang Xiao realized the formation had struck him with backlash.

Huang Xiao devoured the formation’s essence blood aura while Xu Zhiru struggled with the backlash and ordered his last expert to stop him. After Huang Xiao killed the expert, he looked Xu Zhiru directly in the eye.

• Xu Zhiru suppressed his injuries and ordered the remaining men to deal with the chaos while he continued his task.
• Huang Xiao devoured the essence blood aura at an increasing rate, killed several people, and collected their Blood Crystals.
• When the remaining expert warned that Huang Xiao had taken nearly forty percent of the aura, Xu Zhiru ordered him to attack Huang Xiao.
• The expert charged Huang Xiao and mistook a phantom for his real body, leaving himself open to a fatal saber strike.
• Huang Xiao killed the expert and openly looked straight at Xu Zhiru.

Xu Zhiru completed his work on the formation and pursued Huang Xiao, but fled when Xuan Yuanjun’s image appeared. Xuan Yuanjun explained that he had contacted Huang Xiao through a formation he had secretly placed, which unexpectedly revealed part of Xu Zhiru’s actions.

• Huang Xiao devoured much of the essence blood aura before the formation collapsed, then fled as the survivors escaped.
• Xu Zhiru finished working on the formation and chased Huang Xiao, intending to capture him and reclaim the essence blood aura he had devoured.
• Xu Zhiru suddenly fled, and the other people from the Valley of Death followed after seeing him run.
• Huang Xiao returned to find Xuan Yuanjun and asked whether he had stopped Xu Zhiru from activating the grand formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun explained that he was speaking from the Zhu Family through a formation image, and that his secretly placed formation had unexpectedly let him detect some of Xu Zhiru’s actions.

Huang Xiao learned that Xuan Yuanjun’s hidden formation had activated because the Grand Formation was slightly damaged, possibly by Xu Zhiru on Longevity Daoist’s orders. Xuan Yuanjun planned to investigate the damage, while Huang Xiao worried about the formation’s killing power and the Jianghu crowds who had fled; at the Zhu Family, Xuan Yuanjun began explaining his distraction to the gathered old experts.

• Xuan Yuanjun told Huang Xiao that his hidden formation was meant to reveal his survival and deter intruders, not to neutralize the Grand Formation’s killing power.
• Xuan Yuanjun suspected damage to the Grand Formation had triggered his formation and said Xu Zhiru may have caused it on Longevity Daoist’s orders.
• Xuan Yuanjun said the damaged section could provide a way to unravel the Grand Formation and planned to inspect it in person.
• Huang Xiao failed to find the damage himself and worried that the Jianghu crowds’ flight would leave no one to share the Grand Formation’s killing power.
• At the Zhu Family, Zhu Qingquan asked why Xuan Yuanjun had seemed distracted, and Xuan Yuanjun began explaining that something unexpected had happened.

Xuan Yuanjun told the assembled leaders that the Longevity Daoist had created the formation at the site and that Xu Zhiru had attacked those gathered there on the Daoist’s orders. The meeting ended with the leaders still questioning Xuan Yuanjun and asking what Xu Zhiru had wanted.

• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that the Longevity Daoist had laid the formation after Xuan Yuanxiang asked him for help.
• Xuan Yuanjun said a formation he had secretly left at the site let him learn that Xu Zhiru had attacked, killing all the Grand Elders present and leaving only twenty or thirty percent of the others alive.
• Xuan Yuanjun claimed Xu Zhiru took orders from the Longevity Daoist, who had also directed Xu Zhiru to plot against him.
• Xuan Yuanjun warned that a few people in the Jianghu, possibly including someone at the meeting, might serve the Longevity Daoist, prompting Xun Wuying and Shentu Kuanglang to challenge him.
• Xuan Yuanjun defended taking Inugami and Tiger Wing as an advance contribution toward the fight against the Longevity Daoist, while Zhu Qingquan asked again what Xu Zhiru had wanted.

Xuan Yuanjun tried to unite the Ancestors against the Longevity Daoist, but several doubted his claims and refused to commit. The Demon God arrived, declared his support, and persuaded the gathering to follow Xuan Yuanjun, while warning him not to lead them into a trap.

• Xuan Yuanjun said Xu Zhiru had altered the formation and urged everyone to join forces against the Longevity Daoist, but Xun Wuying and Shentu Kuanglang reserved judgment.
• Xuan Yuanjun suggested that only the Longevity Daoist's allies would oppose cooperation, prompting Xun Wuying and Shentu Kuanglang to protest.
• The Demon God entered the Main Hall, said he believed Xuan Yuanjun, and endorsed joining forces against the Longevity Daoist.
• The Demon God asked the gathering to follow Xuan Yuanjun, and no one objected.
• The Demon God warned Xuan Yuanjun that he would turn against him if he suspected the plan was leading them to their deaths, and Xuan Yuanjun said he would treat everyone equally.

Xuan Yuanjun and the gathered factions decided to confront the Blood God over the Blood Domain’s suspected role in recent attacks, while Zhu Qingquan promised them Divine Weapons to help fight Longevity Daoist. As their mighty party approached, the Blood God Sect struggled to explain the mysterious attackers and prepare for the visitors.

• Xuan Yuanjun learned that Xu Zhiru had attacked those guarding the Last Spirit Land before going overseas, and the gathered leaders suspected the Blood God was connected to the attacks.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God agreed to visit the Blood Domain and demand an explanation from the Blood God.
• Zhu Qingquan promised to provide Divine Weapons without charge to suitable disciples and subordinates who would join the fight against Longevity Daoist.
• Xuan Yuanjun led the powerful group toward the Blood Domain, alarming Jianghu onlookers as they passed.
• The Blood God Sect Master asked his senior experts how to respond to the approaching factions, while Jiang Wei said the attackers were not Blood God Sect disciples and some had been missing for thousands of years.

The Blood God Sect’s sect master faced a gathering of domain ancestors who demanded to see the Blood God Ancestor, and led them to his hidden retreat. When Xuan Yuanjun revealed his identity, the sect master feared the Blood God Ancestor might be killed and the Blood God Sect destroyed.

• The Blood God Sect’s sect master rejected awakening the Ancestor as a dangerous option and asked his subordinates for another plan.
• A disciple announced that the assembled ancestors had arrived, and they soon appeared inside the main hall after breaking through the grand formation.
• Xun Wuying demanded that the Blood God Ancestor emerge from seclusion, while the Demon God warned that Blood God showed no mercy even to his own people.
• The Blood God Sect’s sect master agreed to lead the visitors to the Ancestor’s retreat and told his subordinates to stay behind.
• At a concealed cave, Xuan Yuanjun revealed his identity, leaving the sect master afraid that the Blood God Ancestor would die and the Blood God Sect would fall.

The Blood God revealed that he had helped a puppet of the Longevity Daoist gather essence blood aura in exchange for a share of it. After Xuan Yuanjun explained the Longevity Daoist’s betrayal, the Blood God agreed to support their alliance and share details of the formation, leaving them ready to investigate the Spirit Land Grand Formation.

• The Blood God ordered the Blood God Sect's Sect Master to withdraw before confronting Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, and the others.
• Xuan Yuanjun questioned the Blood God about the Blood Crystals, and the Blood God admitted they came from his cooperation with the Longevity Daoist.
• The Blood God explained that the Longevity Daoist had sent a puppet to arrange the formation, and that he had failed to track the puppet to its master.
• Xuan Yuanjun recounted the Longevity Daoist’s betrayal, and the Blood God agreed to support their alliance and help stop him.
• The Blood God explained the essence-blood-gathering formation in full, and Xuan Yuanjun said they would begin by investigating the Spirit Land Grand Formation.

Xuan Yuanjun explained that Huang Xiao had consumed much of the essence blood aura the Longevity Daoist was trying to gather, so the Daoist might still lack what he needed. The group agreed to monitor the Spirit Land Grand Formation and watch for further attempts to collect essence blood, though they could not tell whether the Longevity Daoist would act again.

• The Blood God and Xuan Yuanjun debated whether the Longevity Daoist had gathered enough essence blood, with Xuan Yuanjun arguing that he might still be short.
• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that Huang Xiao, a junior from the Martial World who had inherited part of the Blood God's cultivation method, had devoured much of the essence blood aura on two occasions.
• The Blood God and Demon God were surprised by Huang Xiao's ability, and the group agreed the Longevity Daoist's plans might have been disrupted.
• Xuan Yuanjun proposed sending a few disciples to watch the Spirit Land Grand Formation, while the Demon God urged them to gather intelligence about other places where the Longevity Daoist might collect essence blood.
• Xuan Yuanjun said another attempt would suggest the Longevity Daoist still needed essence blood, but the Blood God questioned whether his silence would rule out other actions.

Xuan Yuanjun and the other leaders discussed how to respond while Longevity Daoist lay low, then agreed to investigate the Transfer Formation Site and try to break its formation. They left together without Blood God, who remained at his sect but promised to help if needed.

• Xuan Yuanjun warned that Longevity Daoist would likely pause to review his plans, leaving the gathered leaders unable to locate him or attack directly.
• Xuan Yuanjun proposed targeting the Transfer Formation Site, where Xu Zhiru had tampered with the formation and Xuan Yuanxiang and others were trapped.
• Demon God cautioned that the damaged formation might be part of Longevity Daoist’s plan, but Xuan Yuanjun said they had to proceed and hoped to disrupt the grand formations of both domains.
• Demon God agreed to go, while Blood God declined because he was at a critical point in his secluded cultivation and offered to assist if summoned.
• The other leaders agreed to accompany Xuan Yuanjun and Demon God, partly because staying together seemed safer than returning alone.
• Xuan Yuanjun urged the group to set off promptly.

Xuan Yuanjun and the other old powers examined the hidden formation trapping Xuan Yuanxiang and his companions, while the Blood God reflected on a defiant junior he considered his chess piece. Ao Yuan arrived on behalf of the Divine Beast Clan and agreed to join forces as the group continued investigating the formation.

• The Demon God agreed to contact the Southern Wilderness Dense Forest and arrange for them to meet the group at sea.
• After the visitors left, the Blood God said a junior had resisted him and resolved to calm down before deciding what to do next.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others examined the Transfer Formation Site and learned it concealed a killing formation as well as trapping Xuan Yuanxiang and the others.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he needed a month to determine whether he could break the formation, and the other old fellows continued studying it.
• Ao Yuan arrived half a month later, challenged Xun Wuying's attempt to speak for the group, and agreed to join forces on behalf of the Divine Beast Clan.

Ao Yuan joined the Demon God and the others as they prepared to break the Longevity Daoist’s formation, and Xuan Yuanjun revealed that he possessed the Seven Great Treasures and several divine weapons. Ao Yuan began sharing what he knew about the Longevity Daoist, including a faint bloody aura he had sensed.

• Ao Yuan asked about the absent Blood God and Slaughter Evil Lord, then offered to share news about the Longevity Daoist.
• Xuan Yuanjun arrived and said breaking the formation by force would require everyone’s strength and certain treasures.
• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that the Seven Great Treasures had been brought from the Martial World by his junior and were in his hands.
• The Demon God urged the others to contribute any divine weapons they possessed, and Xuan Yuanjun revealed that those weapons were also in his hands.
• Ao Yuan said that the Longevity Daoist had carried a faint bloody aura when Ao Yuan met him.

Ao Yuan revealed that the Longevity Daoist had negotiated for the Divine Beast Clan’s accumulated essence blood in exchange for refuge in the Southern Wilderness Dense Forest, but had not yet received it. Xuan Yuanjun suspected the Longevity Daoist’s recent essence-blood collection was meant to muddy the waters and direct suspicion toward Wen Zhaozhen, whose trustworthiness remained uncertain.

• Ao Yuan told Xuan Yuanjun and the others that the Longevity Daoist had once asked him for the Divine Beast Clan’s essence blood.
• Ao Yuan explained that the Longevity Daoist had promised the clan a safe refuge in the Southern Wilderness Dense Forest in exchange, but the clan had not handed over the blood.
• Xuan Yuanjun guessed that the Divine Beast essence blood was a backup supply and that the Longevity Daoist’s other collection efforts might have been intended to divert suspicion toward Wen Zhaozhen.
• The Demon God said Wen Zhaozhen still seemed to be hiding something, and Xuan Yuanjun admitted he had left the Blood God Sect with lingering doubts.

Xuan Yuanjun argued that Longevity Daoist had framed Wen Zhaozhen to divide their forces, and the group agreed to strengthen their alliance. Ao Yuan agreed to provide the Divine Beast Clan’s essence blood and gained the Ancestors’ support for ending targeted hunts, though the plan depended on defeating Longevity Daoist.

• Xuan Yuanjun said the evidence against Wen Zhaozhen likely pointed to a frame-up designed to distract them from Longevity Daoist.
• Demon God and Ao Yuan recognized that Longevity Daoist had used a faint bloody aura to direct suspicion toward Blood God and weaken their strength.
• Xuan Yuanjun asked Ao Yuan to contribute the Divine Beast Clan’s stored essence blood to help Wen Zhaozhen grow stronger, and Ao Yuan agreed.
• Xuan Yuanjun proposed that the Ancestors forbid their followers from hunting divine beasts so the Divine Beast Clan could leave the Southern Wilderness Dense Forest.
• Demon God and the other Ancestors agreed to restrain targeted hunts while accepting that ordinary conflicts could still cause casualties.
• Ao Yuan offered to hand over the essence blood, suggesting that Blood God collect it in person or that Demon God and Xuan Yuanjun pass it along.

Xuan Yuanjun took responsibility for safeguarding the Divine Beast Clan’s essence blood and promised to prepare the formation-breaking setup within ten years. As the group departed, Fu Beiwang agreed to temporarily oversee the Alliance Domain while Xuan Yuanjun focused on the formations.

• Xuan Yuanjun persuaded the Demon God to let him keep the essence blood until Wen Zhaozhen emerged from seclusion, and the Demon God warned him not to let the Longevity Daoist seize the divine weapons.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he needed time to gather materials and refine the formation setup, estimating that he could be ready within ten years.
• Xuan Yuanjun told Ye Nishang to monitor the Spirit Land Grand Formations in the Immortal Spirit Domain, especially the one in the Last Spirit Land.
• Fu Beiwang and Gu Chengfei agreed that Fu Beiwang would temporarily maintain order in the Alliance Domain while Xuan Yuanjun worked on the formations.
• Gu Chengfei returned toward the God Transformation Sect, and Fu Beiwang continued into the Immortal Spirit Domain.

Gu Chengfei secretly met Xu Zhiru and Du Mei, who were also working for Longevity Daoist, and learned that their operation required them to cooperate while keeping their identities hidden. Xu Zhiru revealed that their task was to kill someone, but did not yet name the target.

• Gu Chengfei left Fu Beiwang, then changed course and traveled to a small island offshore.
• Xu Zhiru and Du Mei greeted Gu Chengfei and confirmed that they were secretly working together.
• Xu Zhiru gave Gu Chengfei a healing pill from Longevity Daoist, and Gu Chengfei took it.
• Xu Zhiru told Gu Chengfei to cooperate with Fu Beiwang to reduce Xuan Yuanjun's suspicions.
• Xu Zhiru explained that Longevity Daoist had summoned them and revealed that their task was to kill someone.

Xu Zhiru told Du Mei and Gu Chengfei that they would target Huang Xiao because Ji Xuanying and her son were guarding him. He assigned Gu Chengfei to kill Huang Xiao and later ambush Fu Beiwang, hoping Fu Beiwang’s death would distract Xuan Yuanjun in the final battle.

• Du Mei and Gu Chengfei learned that Xu Zhiru wanted them to kill Huang Xiao, the Wild Ox Sect Master, who was protected by Ji Xuanying and her son.
• Xu Zhiru said Gu Chengfei would kill Huang Xiao while the others held off the two experts, and Du Mei objected that this could expose her identity.
• Xu Zhiru revealed that Gu Chengfei had a more important task afterward, prompting Du Mei and Gu Chengfei to argue over their relative strength.
• Xu Zhiru told them that Gu Chengfei was to ambush and kill Fu Beiwang rather than Xuan Yuanjun.
• Du Mei suggested that Fu Beiwang’s death might distract Xuan Yuanjun during the final battle.

Du Mei, Gu Chengfei, and Xu Zhiru discussed Longevity Daoist’s orders to make Xuan Yuanjun suffer and kill Huang Xiao, then headed for the Desolate Domain. Meanwhile, Huang Xiao waited for Senior Xuanyuan and reflected on Qingfeng’s advice about keeping an even mind and knowing what to relinquish.

• Xu Zhiru revealed that Longevity Daoist wanted Xuan Yuanjun to suffer before dying and that Gu Chengfei was better suited to ambush Fu Beiwang.
• Du Mei and Gu Chengfei questioned why Longevity Daoist wanted Huang Xiao killed, but Xu Zhiru said he did not know.
• Du Mei agreed to keep her identity concealed and accepted that the Ghost God Sect might be destroyed; Xu Zhiru led the group toward Huang Xiao in the Desolate Domain.
• Huang Xiao waited with Qingfeng for Senior Xuanyuan, who had not returned, and explained that he had come out of the formation for fresh air.
• Qingfeng advised Huang Xiao to ease his pressure and learn what to keep and relinquish, prompting Huang Xiao to recall the remainder of the Dao.

Xu Zhiru and Du Mei arrived to distract Ji Xuanying and Ji Shidao while Gu Chengfei tried to reach the island and kill Huang Xiao. Ji Xuanying exposed Du Mei’s identity, and the four began fighting as Huang Xiao and the others watched from afar.

• Huang Xiao calmed himself after Qingfeng pointed out that he had become restless under the pressure of the Final Battle.
• Huang Xiao spotted Xu Zhiru and a disguised companion approaching, and he and Qingfeng realized the visitors posed a threat.
• Ji Xuanying and Ji Shidao intercepted Xu Zhiru and Du Mei while Gu Chengfei took another route to attack Huang Xiao.
• Ji Xuanying recognized Du Mei as the Ghost Hag, and Du Mei dropped her disguise.
• Du Mei fought Ji Xuanying as Xu Zhiru and Ji Shidao joined the battle, while Huang Xiao and the others watched from the island.

Ji Xuanying and Ji Shidao fought Du Mei and Xu Zhiru while Huo Lian realized Longevity Daoist might have sent reinforcements. Gu Chengfei arrived and nearly killed Huang Xiao, but three divine weapons intervened and helped Huang Xiao and the others escape to the Ji Residence’s small island.

• Ji Xuanying and Ji Shidao fought Du Mei and Xu Zhiru, with the Ji family holding a slight advantage.
• Huo Lian and the others suspected Longevity Daoist had sent more people, and Gu Chengfei appeared behind them.
• Gu Chengfei attacked Huang Xiao, suppressing him so completely that he could barely move.
• The Xuanyuan Sword, Ganjiang, and Zhanlu struck Gu Chengfei and gave Huang Xiao time to flee with the others.
• Li Bai and his companions recalled the divine weapons, and the group reached the Ji Residence’s small island while Gu Chengfei vowed to capture them.