Recaps

Huang Xiao fought Chao Jue and Lou Feishang, learned that Identity Token Formation Marks could lead to the Longevity Pill Manual, and rescued Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli from an ambush. He hid with the injured women and treated them while hostile cultivators searched nearby.

• Huang Xiao overheard Chao Jue and Lou Feishang plotting against him, then defeated them both and demanded the Demon Refining Formula before fleeing when their allies arrived.
• Huang Xiao fought Jia Kong and confronted Yu Du, who revealed that Formation Marks on Identity Tokens helped locate the Longevity Pill Manual.
• Lou Feishang and Chao Jue ambushed Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli after their duel, while Huang Xiao killed three pursuers and disguised himself as a Ten Thousand Demons Hall fighter.
• Huang Xiao exposed his disguise in the valley and drove off Chao Jue and Lou Feishang, but Chao Jue escaped with the women’s Identity Tokens.
• Huang Xiao used two of his own Identity Tokens to save Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli, carried them to shelter, and concealed them with an Illusion Formation.
• Huang Xiao struggled to heal the women’s opposing true qi, then disguised his healing energy so their meridians could accept it and help them recover.
• Huang Xiao killed Brother Chen after he discovered the hidden group, took his Formation Mark to raise his total to twenty-four, and waited for the remaining men to enter the formation.

Huang Xiao protected Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli while gathering Formation Marks and facing Zhong Tianlang and Xiang Guiqing inside the grand formation. Fan Zhongkun gave him forty-two marks before Huang Xiao set out for the Longevity Pill Manual, while Fan Zhongkun hurried toward the contest’s final crucial moment.

• Huang Xiao killed several attackers in the formation, raised his total to twenty-eight Formation Marks, and learned from Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli that the contest’s true purpose was to retrieve the Longevity Pill Manual at great risk.
• Huang Xiao escorted Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli toward the manual, while Zhong Tianlang and Xiang Guiqing gathered Formation Marks and planned to ambush young experts.
• Zhong Tianlang and Xiang Guiqing attacked Huang Xiao and the women, but Huang Xiao tricked Zhong Tianlang with a feint and escaped with the injured women.
• Huang Xiao, Zhangsun Youyue, and Jiang Liuli ambushed Demon and Ghost Faction groups, raising Huang Xiao’s total to thirty-nine Formation Marks before Zhong Tianlang and Xiang Guiqing caught up with them.
• Fan Zhongkun appeared after killing five of Zhong Tianlang’s men and forced Zhong Tianlang and Xiang Guiqing to withdraw.
• Fan Zhongkun gave Huang Xiao an Identity Token holding forty-two Formation Marks, bringing their combined total to eighty-one, and the women realized Fan Zhongkun and Huang Xiao served the Masked Old Man.
• Huang Xiao told Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli that he planned to enter the Heavenly Demon Hall and challenge Pang Yi, though he was not confident he could defeat him.
• Huang Xiao left for the Longevity Pill Manual, while Fan Zhongkun watched him depart and hurried toward the final crucial moment of the contest.

Wang Jiu found Dragon Fang and learned that the Ranking Contest was taking place inside the Longevity Death Formation, while Huang Xiao fought to gather Formation Marks and reach the lake’s center. The factions sacrificed contestants to weaken the formation, and Huang Xiao was left surrounded by three powerful enemies as Xiang Guiqing discovered his Red-Copper Token.

• The Masked Old Man defeated Baili Zhen’s attack, seized Dragon Fang from the Coiling Dragon Grand Formation, then left it to mature while Baili Zhen agreed to guard it.
• The Masked Old Man sent Wang Jiu to the Ranking Contest and revealed that the contestants were inside the Longevity Death Formation, where Formation Marks could help weaken the formation.
• The Heaven-Piercing Grand Formation pulled Dugu Sheng, Hong Yi, and the six women inside, and Qingfeng plunged into the pool to follow them.
• Huang Xiao, Zhangsun Youyue, and Jiang Liuli fought the Heavenly Sword Sect alongside Liu Wu’s Imperial Court group, then Huang Xiao took their Formation Marks and continued toward the Longevity Pill Manual.
• Sword God Yi, Pang Yi, and Li Chaoxun revealed that Formation Marks could weaken the lake’s formation but required people to risk death at its center, and the factions began sending contestants into the flames.
• Xiang Guiqing and Zhong Tianlang pursued Huang Xiao, Zhangsun Youyue, and Jiang Liuli, but Huang Xiao stayed behind to fight them and then drew the pursuers away from the women.
• Jia Kong ambushed Huang Xiao, and he, Zhong Tianlang, and Xiang Guiqing formed a temporary alliance after discovering that their groups held fewer Formation Marks than expected.
• Huang Xiao wounded Jia Kong with the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber’s Fifth Form, but Xiang Guiqing pierced his chest and exposed the Red-Copper Token as Jia Kong and Zhong Tianlang kept him trapped.

Huang Xiao survived the deadly lake formation, discovered the Longevity Chapter, and refined his true qi while the factions slaughtered one another for Formation Marks and Jade Slips. After he resurfaced and fought his pursuers, the Grand Formation broke and a Martial Realm expert identified him as Xuan Ju's killer.

• Huang Xiao forced Zhong Tianlang into the lake's flames and killed him before Xiang Guiqing and Jia Kong wounded Huang Xiao and knocked him into the water.
• The Minghong Saber protected Huang Xiao beneath the lake while Sword God Yi and the other factions sacrificed men and slaughtered weaker allies to gather Formation Marks.
• Huang Xiao found the nine Jade Slips, recovered through their medicinal fragrance, and memorized the Longevity Chapter after the Minghong Saber revealed its characters.
• Huang Xiao used flame essence to refine his Heavenly Demon True Qi before the collapsing formations sent the Jade Slips flying toward the surface.
• Liu Chongming escaped with a Jade Slip, Sword God Yi claimed the last unclaimed slip, and Huang Xiao emerged alive as the faction leaders turned against Pang Yi.
• Huang Xiao escaped the lakeside encirclement and gravely wounded Jia Kong with refined true qi while Lou Feishang sacrificed Chao Jue to escape Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli.
• Xiang Guiqing seized the Minghong Saber from the exhausted Huang Xiao, but its flames burned his hand as the Grand Formation began to break.
• A Martial Realm expert arrived, recognized Huang Xiao as Xuan Ju's killer through Imperial Remnant Manor's Token, and attacked him before Xiang Guiqing deflected the strike.