Recaps

Ling Tianya told Mu Yi, Li Cong, and Xu Yan Yun that Huang Xiao was his grandson, explaining that he had saved them to repay their kindness to Huang Xiao. He then revealed how the Ten Thousand Demons Formless Art let him imitate auras and make others appear to be dead, leaving the three amazed by the technique.

• Ling Tianya said he had saved the three to repay a favor owed to Huang Xiao.
• Ling Tianya revealed that Huang Xiao was his grandson, left with an adoptive family during turmoil in Khitan and found two years earlier.
• Ling Tianya explained that he could not rescue the other disciples because doing so would make an enemy of Wan Qingteng.
• Ling Tianya demonstrated how the Ten Thousand Demons Formless Art could imitate the aura of the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art.
• Ling Tianya explained that the technique could disguise his aura or erase others' auras, and Mu Yi asked why he had shared the secret.

Ling Tianya told Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong to disappear while Huang Xiao grew stronger, then set off toward Shaolin. The three wounded allies agreed to recover in hiding and seek revenge on Wan Qingteng later, while Ling Tianya entered a town and approached a party from Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Ling Tianya explained that Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong should remain hidden for Huang Xiao’s sake, and they agreed to wait until he was powerful enough to face the Jianghu.
• Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong decided to recover in seclusion, with Mu Yi planning to attempt a breakthrough before they challenged Wan Qingteng again.
• Li Cong warned that restoring their burial mounds could expose them if their disciples returned, so the three left the graves untouched and vanished into the night.
• Ling Tianya hurried east toward Shaolin and hid near a town when he spotted a group from Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Perfected Being Xuying’s party found the local inn full, and Sect Leader Kong offered to make room for them by having his disciples share rooms.

Ling Tianya seized Perfected Being Xuying and disguised himself to take his place on the journey to Shaolin, while Cao Wuxin and Grand Martial Uncle Jin discussed Huang Xiao’s identity and the growing crisis around Shaolin. Near Poison God Valley, Huang Xiao heard that a huge fire had burned through the night and demanded to know whether Medicine God Valley and Poison God Valley were ablaze.

• Ling Tianya ambushed Perfected Being Xuying, knocked him unconscious, hid him in a wardrobe, and took his appearance and Daoist robe.
• Cao Wuxin learned that Huang Xiao was likely Ling Tianya’s grandson, and Grand Martial Uncle Jin told him he could kill Huang Xiao if necessary.
• Grand Martial Uncle Jin warned Cao Wuxin that many Jianghu sects were heading to Shaolin and said reinforcements would arrive the next day.
• Huang Xiao reached a wine shop near Poison God Valley after searching unsuccessfully for Zhao Xin'er, then overheard travelers discussing a massive fire to the west.
• Huang Xiao smashed a table and urgently demanded to know whether Medicine God Valley and Poison God Valley had burned.

Huang Xiao reached the ruined Poison God Valley and learned that Medicine King Hall and Ling Tianya had killed its three patriarchs. He swore revenge, despite knowing he was no match for them yet.

• Huang Xiao left the tavern and hurried to Poison God Valley after hearing that a huge fire had burned there.
• Huang Xiao found Poison God Valley destroyed and its disciples and Medicine God Valley disciples laying out the dead.
• Senior Brother Yang warned Huang Xiao that Medicine King Hall might target him and explained that Wan Qingteng had defeated the three patriarchs.
• Senior Brother Yang revealed that Ling Tianya had killed the three patriarchs while seeking the Medicine King Scripture’s lower volume.
• Huang Xiao vowed to avenge the patriarchs and roared at the onlookers to get lost.

Huang Xiao and Senior Brother Yang’s group faced an ambush by Medicine King Hall while gathering the dead, and Huang Xiao revealed overwhelming strength by seizing an enemy expert. After he killed the hostage rather than accept the enemy leader’s false offer of safe passage, both sides charged into battle.

• Medicine King Hall attackers ambushed the Jianghu onlookers and the disciples of Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley, killing and wounding many.
• Senior Brother Yang urged Huang Xiao to flee, but Huang Xiao returned to fight alongside him and the other disciples.
• Huang Xiao swiftly subdued a low peak expert, and the Medicine King Hall leader offered to let the group leave if Huang Xiao released the captive.
• Huang Xiao refused the offer, killed the captive by snapping his neck, and provoked the Medicine King Hall leader into ordering everyone killed.
• Medicine King Hall disciples charged at Senior Brother Yang’s group while the leader and three low peak experts attacked Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao defeated the Medicine King Hall experts guarding the Two Valleys’ burial site and interrogated their surviving leader, learning that the Hall Master had gone to Shaolin to target Taixuan Sect experts. After the prisoner tried to escape and Senior Brother Yang killed him, Huang Xiao and the others began burying the dead, but they could not find the patriarchs’ bodies.

• Huang Xiao unleashed his Heavenly Demon True Qi, killed three Low Peak experts, and defeated and sealed the remaining Mid Peerless expert.
• Huang Xiao questioned the prisoner with Senior Brother Yang’s poison and learned that a Medicine King Hall expert had gone to Shaolin, where the Hall Master intended to target Taixuan Sect experts.
• The prisoner broke through his sealed acupoints and tried to flee, but Huang Xiao shattered his meridians and knocked him back.
• Senior Brother Yang killed the crippled prisoner, and the Poison God Valley group began gathering and burying the bodies.
• Huang Xiao and Senior Brother Yang searched for the patriarchs’ bodies but suspected Medicine King Hall had taken them away.

Huang Xiao headed for Shaolin, hoping to exploit the gathering of powerful factions and learn whether his missing brothers had survived. At Shaolin, the Righteous Path’s leaders met six abbots from the other Buddhist sects, whose arrival sparked a dispute over seniority.

• Huang Xiao told Senior Brother Yang he would go to Shaolin to look for a chance to kill Medicine King Hall experts, then raced east while hoping Qingyun and Qinghe were alive.
• Huang Xiao decided to postpone pursuing Zhao Xin'er and considered the dangers of entering the gathering at Shaolin.
• Righteous Path experts assembled at Shaolin, where Master Juebei awaited Perfected Being Xuying and reassured the gathered leaders about the threat from the Heterodox and Demonic Factions.
• Six old monks arrived at the Mahavira Hall, and Master Juebei greeted their leader, Huineng, as the senior abbot of the Pure Land Sect.
• Huineng challenged Master Juebei’s understanding of their seniority, while a Righteous Path expert objected and Master Juebei proposed addressing the visitors by their abbot titles.

Abbot Huineng and the Six Sects challenged Shaolin, and Master Juebei stepped forward to defend the temple. Their fight escalated as Juebei unleashed the Great Compassion Thousand-Leaf Hand, but Huineng believed Juebei was still no match for him and aimed to defeat Shaolin’s three senior monks.

• Huineng dismissed Juebei’s authority and demanded that Shaolin’s martial uncles appear, while Juebei asked the Jianghu spectators to stay out of the Buddhist dispute.
• Huineng chose to fight Juebei, attacked without warning, and exchanged rapid blows with him before both men were driven back.
• Juebei increased his strength and fought Huineng head-on, but Huineng’s palm force overwhelmed him and pushed him into using the Great Compassion Thousand-Leaf Hand.
• Huineng recognized the real palm among Juebei’s many shadows and countered with the Amitabha Palm.
• Huineng judged that Juebei was powerful but still weaker than himself, and planned to defeat Shaolin’s three old monks to damage Shaolin’s prestige.

Huineng overwhelmed Master Juebei’s Demon-Subduing Staff Art, but Pudu intervened and fought him with the same technique. Huineng was injured by Pudu’s Formless Calamity Finger, and two more white-browed monks appeared beside Pudu.

• Huineng’s palm force drove Master Juebei back and injured him.
• Master Juebei used the Demon-Subduing Staff Art to control his kasaya, but Huineng eventually reversed its force and severely injured him.
• Pudu arrived beside Juebei, redirected the kasaya, and forced Huineng back with his greater power.
• Huineng tore Pudu’s kasaya apart with the Infinite Buddha Palm and challenged him to use the Formless Calamity Finger.
• Pudu struck Huineng with the Formless Calamity Finger, injuring him, and two more old monks appeared beside Pudu.

Huineng and the other five abbots challenged Shaolin’s Three Divine Monks, who agreed to face them all together and held firm against their combined attacks. As the fight continued, experts from the Heterodox and Demonic Factions attacked Mount Song, and the battle spread down the mountain as defenders moved to stop them.

• Huineng and the other five abbots challenged Shaolin’s claim to Mount Song, and Pudu, Pufa, and Pulu agreed to fight all six at once.
• The six abbots surrounded the Three Divine Monks and launched a combined attack, but the monks defended themselves without giving them an opening.
• A messenger warned Juebei that numerous experts from the Heterodox and Demonic Factions were climbing the mountain, so Juebei sent his junior brothers and other sect leaders down to organize a defense.
• The two forces clashed below the summit, where a Ghost Gate expert confronted an attacker and the Heterodox and Demonic Factions continued advancing despite resistance.
• Experts from the Heterodox and Demonic Factions at the foot of the mountain spotted dozens of Daoists from Dragon Tiger Mountain rushing toward them and scattered in alarm.

Perfected Being Xuying arrived at Shaolin as the Six Buddhist Sects’ challenge turned against the Three Great Divine Monks. He intervened after Huineng and the others used a dangerous forbidden art, but the chapter ended with Pudu suddenly blasted away.

• Perfected Being Xuying led Dragon Tiger Mountain fighters through the battle outside Shaolin, then hurried up the mountain after learning the Six Buddhist Sects had challenged Shaolin.
• Perfected Being Xuying reached the Mahavira Hall and watched the Three Great Divine Monks hold their own against Huineng and five other Buddhist experts.
• Huineng grew uneasy when Ling Tianya failed to appear, then urged his companions to use a forbidden art that greatly increased their power at the cost of their lives.
• The Six Buddhist experts overwhelmed the Three Great Divine Monks, leaving Juebei and the other Shaolin fighters worried about the battle’s outcome.
• Perfected Being Xuying charged into the fight, but Huineng drove him back; as Pudu caught Xuying and explained the forbidden art, Pudu was suddenly blasted away.

Ling Tianya revealed that he had impersonated Perfected Being Xuying to wound Pudu, then confronted him over the destruction of the Profound Ice Sect. As Pudu began to identify the person he suspected of spreading news about the Ten Thousand Demons Canon, Ling Tianya suddenly moved toward him.

• Ling Tianya shed Perfected Being Xuying’s disguise and admitted he had attacked Pudu in revenge for the deaths of his sect’s disciples, wife, and children.
• Pudu accepted responsibility for his past sins but refused to let Ling Tianya destroy Shaolin, warning him that other powers could exploit the conflict.
• Huineng tried to press Pudu and his companions to admit defeat, but Ling Tianya ordered Huineng to stay out of his unfinished business.
• Pudu warned Ling Tianya that destroying Shaolin would weaken the Thousand Demons Sect and benefit its rivals, prompting Ling Tianya to pause.
• Pudu said his investigation had uncovered a suspicion about who spread word of the Ten Thousand Demons Canon, and Ling Tianya lunged at him as he began to say, “Perhaps he is Mu...”

A white figure killed Pudu with a sudden blast of finger force, and Ling Tianya chased the killer down the mountain. As the Righteous Path joined forces against the Heterodox and Demonic Factions in a sprawling battle, Huang Xiao arrived near Mount Song and saw the fighting already raging.

• The white figure killed Pudu with a blast of finger force, and Ling Tianya pursued the killer down the mountain.
• Perfected Being Xuying and Perfected Being Xuhua reached the summit, where Xuying blamed himself for Ling Tianya impersonating him and enabling the attack.
• Pufa asked Huineng and the other five Buddhist sect leaders to postpone their dispute with Shaolin, and Huineng agreed to help fight the Heterodox and Demonic Factions.
• The Righteous Path drove the enemy forces back toward the foot of Mount Song, where hidden fighters joined the battle and fighting spread across the mountain.
• Huang Xiao arrived near Mount Song and saw more than a hundred fighters battling, with countless more closer to Shaolin.

Huang Xiao helped the Righteous Path fighters battling near Shaolin and then pursued Tuoba Xing after seeing him kill members of his own side. Huang Qitao intervened before Huang Xiao could kill Tuoba Xing, forcing Huang Xiao to leave without pursuing the accusation.

• Huang Xiao rescued a group of Righteous Path fighters from more than a hundred heterodox and demonic fighters, then continued toward Shaolin to aid others.
• Huang Xiao spotted Tuoba Xing killing Righteous Path fighters and chased him when he fled.
• Huang Xiao wounded Tuoba Xing and invoked his authority as an Arrest Sage, but Tuoba Xing threatened him with the Tuoba Family of Lin'an.
• Huang Qitao appeared, drove Huang Xiao back, and challenged him to produce evidence against Tuoba Xing.
• Huang Xiao agreed to let the matter go for the moment, warned Tuoba Xing, and left.

Huang Xiao joined the battle for the Righteous Path and confronted Bai Tianqi, who had been transformed into a nearly mindless, ghostlike fighter. After defeating Bai Tianqi and his two companions, Huang Xiao heard Bai Tianqi beg for death, leaving him to decide how to answer the plea.

• Huang Qitao called Tuoba Xing useless and left, while Tuoba Xing suppressed his anger and departed in another direction.
• Huang Xiao entered the battle and routed the Heterodox and Demonic fighters, drawing three attackers who included Bai Tianqi.
• Huang Xiao discovered that Bai Tianqi and the other two had bodies that ignored pain and injury, and he killed the companions by disabling their limbs and removing their heads.
• Huang Xiao broke Bai Tianqi's limbs and declared that he had avenged his master, but Bai Tianqi briefly regained clarity and begged Huang Xiao to kill him.

Huang Xiao avenged his master by killing Bai Tianqi, then joined Liaochen in defending Shaolin and learned that Pudu had been killed. As the fighting continued, Cao Wuxin arrived and learned from Tuoba Xing that Huang Xiao was nearby.

• Huang Xiao killed Bai Tianqi and resolved to seek revenge for the fallen members of Poison God Valley.
• Huang Xiao rescued Liaochen from evil fighters, and together they killed three attackers before the rest fled.
• Liaochen told Huang Xiao that Pudu had died, and Huang Xiao described the destruction of Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley.
• Tuoba Xing retreated toward the outskirts, where Cao Wuxin confronted him and demanded to know how the battle was going.
• Tuoba Xing told Cao Wuxin that Huang Xiao was nearby, and Cao Wuxin ordered Tuoba Xing to roll away while threatening his life.

Tuoba Xing endured Cao Wuxin’s humiliation, then unleashed a deadly scream before returning toward Shaolin’s mountaintop. There, Jin Yi proposed capturing Huang Xiao to lure Ling Tianya, and the gathered experts debated whether to follow his plan.

• Tuoba Xing rolled away at Cao Wuxin’s command, then watched Cao leave and was left burning with rage.
• A Jianghu man attacked Tuoba Xing, who killed him with a glance and then screamed, killing everyone within ten zhang before heading back toward the mountaintop.
• Jin Yi introduced himself to Pufa, Pulu, Xuying, Xuhua, and the other experts and said Huang Xiao was Ling Tianya’s grandson.
• Jin Yi urged the experts to capture Huang Xiao and use him to draw Ling Tianya out, prompting debate over the plan and the evidence for their relationship.
• Xuying supported the plan, while Xuhua warned that detaining Huang Xiao might provoke Ling Tianya; Jin Yi then left without taking part in the decision.

At Shaolin, the gathered experts debated eliminating Ling Tianya and agreed to search for Huang Xiao, whom they suspected was his grandson. At the foot of the mountain, Cao Wuxin confronted Huang Xiao and revealed his lineage, leaving Huang Xiao to face the danger posed by the Righteous Path experts who now knew the truth.

• Jin Yi left, while the assembled experts agreed that Ling Tianya had to be eliminated despite Master Xuhua pleading for mercy for Huang Xiao.
• Pufa sent several experts down the mountain to find Huang Xiao and invite him to Shaolin, promising Master Xuhua they would spare his life but keep him under watch.
• Huang Xiao fought demonic practitioners alongside Liaochen when Cao Wuxin arrived and threatened to kill him.
• Cao Wuxin told Huang Xiao that Ling Tianya was his grandfather, and Huang Xiao struggled to accept the revelation while considering the many people Ling Tianya had killed.
• Cao Wuxin warned Huang Xiao that the Righteous Path experts on the mountain already knew his identity and would not let him escape.

Ling Tianya confronted Mu Jingfei, who revealed that Tuoba Xiongzhen had instigated the turmoil behind the destruction of Ling Tianya’s Profound Ice Sect and had urged Mu Jingfei to seize the throne. Mu Jingfei believed Tuoba Xiongzhen might still be alive, and Ling Tianya vowed to kill him himself as three figures approached their meeting.

• Ling Tianya challenged Mu Jingfei and demanded to know whether he was connected to the plot behind the spread of Ling Tianya’s cultivation method.
• Mu Jingfei admitted that Tuoba Xiongzhen had secretly fanned the Jianghu turmoil and encouraged him to usurp the throne.
• Mu Jingfei said Tuoba Xiongzhen had sought to create chaos so he could control the Wulin and the realm.
• Ling Tianya vowed to destroy the Tuoba of Lin'an, then learned from Mu Jingfei that Tuoba Xiongzhen might still be alive.
• Three figures approached, and Mu Jingfei assured Ling Tianya that they had come for an appointment rather than to target him.

Mu Jingfei gathered Ling Tianya, Fang Ketian, Huang Qitao, and Qiu Ming to reveal that Tuoba Xiongzhen was likely still alive and to propose joining forces to find his mysterious scriptures. He ended by suggesting that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for Ling Tianya to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon.

• Ling Tianya mocked the gathered experts, then identified Fang Ketian, Huang Qitao, and Qiu Ming and criticized their ties to Tuoba Xiongzhen.
• Mu Jingfei asked Fang Ketian and Huang Qitao to confirm they were willing to oppose Tuoba Xiongzhen, and both pledged their support.
• Mu Jingfei showed the group hand bones from Tuoba Xiongzhen's coffin and explained that their ordinary fingers proved the buried corpse was not Tuoba Xiongzhen.
• Mu Jingfei said Tuoba Xiongzhen was probably still alive, possibly living under another identity, and proposed seeking the mysterious scriptures he possessed.
• Mu Jingfei suggested that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for Ling Tianya to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon.

Mu Jingfei revealed that Tuoba Xiongzhen had cast the Ten Thousand Demons Canon into the Jianghu and might possess several other scriptures, prompting the group to plan to find and take them. After Huang Qitao warned that righteous factions might use Huang Xiao to threaten him, Ling Tianya rushed to protect his grandson, while Mu Jingfei privately considered keeping the scriptures for himself.

• Mu Jingfei told Ling Tianya that Tuoba Xiongzhen had arranged for him to obtain the Ten Thousand Demons Canon, which Tuoba could not comprehend himself.
• Mu Jingfei revealed that Tuoba Xiongzhen might possess other scriptures, and Ling Tianya agreed that everyone could read any they seized.
• Ling Tianya and Mu Jingfei asked Huang Qitao, Fang Ketian, and Qiu Ming to investigate Tuoba Xiongzhen, while Fang Ketian questioned whether they would share in the spoils.
• Huang Qitao warned Ling Tianya that Shaolin and the righteous path might use Huang Xiao to threaten him, and Ling Tianya immediately vanished to protect his grandson.
• After the three men left, Mu Jingfei privately doubted that he would share the scriptures and considered recruiting the Taixuan Sect if necessary.

Huang Xiao was cornered by Cao Wuxin, but Jiao Qin and Ke Zhen intervened to take him hostage because of his ties to Ling Tianya. When Ke Zhen tried to seize him, Ling Tianya arrived and attacked the two elders.

• Cao Wuxin caught up with Huang Xiao, wounded him, and told him that Liaochen had survived but was badly hurt.
• Jiao Qin and Ke Zhen arrived, identified Cao Wuxin, and announced that they intended to take Huang Xiao to use against Ling Tianya.
• Cao Wuxin tried to kill Huang Xiao, but Jiao Qin blocked him and drove him back.
• Jiao Qin revealed that Huang Xiao was Ling Tianya's grandson, and Ke Zhen moved to seize Huang Xiao and take him up the mountain.
• A thunderous shout injured Jiao Qin and Ke Zhen, and Ling Tianya appeared, declaring that he would kill them.

Ling Tianya fought off the Righteous Path experts who tried to use Huang Xiao against him, but Huang Xiao refused to acknowledge him as his grandfather. Huang Xiao said Ling Tianya had killed his three patriarchs and declared he would seek revenge only against Medicine King Hall.

• Ling Tianya knocked Ke Zhen and Jiao Qin aside, then abandoned his attack when Perfected Being Xuying moved to seize Huang Xiao.
• Perfected Being Xuying, Pufa, Pulu, Xuhua, and other Righteous Path experts gathered to confront Ling Tianya and threatened to use Huang Xiao against him.
• Ling Tianya drove Pufa back and told Huang Xiao to escape, but Huang Xiao coldly denied having any connection to him.
• Cao Wuxin mocked Ling Tianya over Huang Xiao’s refusal, while Ling Tianya insisted Huang Xiao was his grandson.
• Huang Xiao said Ling Tianya had killed his three patriarchs, so he would neither acknowledge Ling Tianya nor seek revenge against him, and would instead pursue Medicine King Hall.

Ling Tianya provoked Huang Xiao by revealing that he had killed Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong, then used the ensuing chaos to drive Huang Xiao into a fury. Huang Xiao fled and turned his anger on the Medicine King Hall, but he attacked Xiao Yan’s party instead, leaving her gravely injured.

• Ling Tianya threatened to kill the surviving Two Valleys disciples unless Huang Xiao acknowledged him as his grandfather, and Huang Xiao’s aura grew unstable with rage.
• Pufa and the Jianghu experts attacked Ling Tianya and tried to seize Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao moved away and fled while Ling Tianya held them off.
• Ling Tianya realized Cao Wuxin was pursuing Huang Xiao and fought desperately to delay the other experts, hoping Ran Chou would help.
• Huang Xiao blamed the Medicine King Hall for his grief and raced toward a group of Khitan people, where he encountered Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan tried to help Huang Xiao and ordered her guards to restrain him, but Huang Xiao’s Demonic Qi overwhelmed him and he struck her, gravely injuring her.

After Huang Xiao accidentally injured Xiao Yan, Cao Wuxin arrived and revealed his plan to kill Huang Xiao, abduct Xiao Yan, and disrupt peace between Khitan and Great Song. Xiao Yan’s guards tried to stop him, but Cao Wuxin broke through and struck at Huang Xiao before he could unleash Heavenly Demon Disintegration.

• Huang Xiao regained his senses after striking Xiao Yan, while her guards threatened him and she ordered them to stand down.
• Cao Wuxin appeared, identified Xiao Yan as Huang Xiao’s designated bride, and announced he would kill Huang Xiao and take her away.
• Cao Wuxin explained that abducting Xiao Yan would also sabotage the planned friendship between Khitan and Great Song.
• Xiao Yan ordered her three guards to intercept Cao Wuxin, but he wounded them and charged past toward Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao circulated Heavenly Demon True Qi and prepared to use Heavenly Demon Disintegration, but Cao Wuxin struck his chest to stop him.