Recaps

Huang Xiao returned to Heavenly Demon Hall, survived an ambush, and entered seclusion while Zhou Daohang plotted another attack. Wu Xuancang sought support against the Demon Hall, and Huo Lian brought Zhu Fancheng into the Divine Beast Holy Land to study its inner seal.

• Huo Lian revealed that Demon Phoenix’s parents were trapped in the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Ou Jin discovered a hidden saber soul while preparing to reforge the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Huang Xiao killed three attackers with help from the Supreme Demon Pearl and Supreme Evil Crystal, returned to Heavenly Demon Hall, and accepted Chao Lingyi.
• Wei Yidao identified the attackers as likely Pang Family experts and gave Huang Xiao the twelfth level of the Heavenly Demon Skill, while Zhou Daohang planned to lure Huang Xiao outside with a fake Supreme Evil Crystal.
• Huang Xiao entered seclusion and used supreme evil qi to strengthen his divine sense and alter his imperishable true qi before studying the eleventh level of the Heavenly Demon Skill.
• Wu Xuancang revealed that past Demon Hall Masters remained alive, arranged for Zhangsun Youyue to stay at the Divine Nun Convent, and pledged support for Huo Lian and Huang Xiao.
• Elder Tang moved Jiang Liuli to a guarded mountain peak, and Zhu Fancheng joined Huo Lian to investigate the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Huo Lian brought Zhu Fancheng into the Soaring Immortal Land, where Zhu Fancheng agreed to study the intricate formation seal until the Thousand-Year Period.
• The Third Elder took Hong Yi to the Dragon Pool under the First Clan Chief’s authorization and instructed him to acclimate to its dragon qi before entering.

Huo Lian’s party found the hidden vault and Huo Lian secretly took the second part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art. Huang Xiao survived Zhou Daohang’s ambush, sheltered the wounded Yan Youwang, and faced growing pressure from the Pang Family as Pang Yi trained for the contest for the Hall Master’s Seat.

• Huo Lian led Zhu Fanjiang, Wang Mizong, and Fan Xiu to Fan Tianhui’s relocated village, where they traced the hidden treasure to a passage behind a cliff and crossed a dangerous formation to reach the vault.
• Huo Lian secretly took the manual marked “Second” while the others memorized the vault’s contents, and Fan Xiu suspected what he had done but persuaded Wang Mizong not to confront him without proof.
• Huang Xiao broke through to the Enlightenment Realm, then joined Wu Cang in pursuing a false lead about the Supreme Evil Crystal and fought Zhou Daohang and five Entering Dao Realm experts.
• Yan Youwang rescued Huang Xiao and Wu Cang, suppressed Wu Cang’s dangerous forbidden art, and explained that rumors about the Supreme Evil Crystal had concealed his flight from his pursuers.
• Huang Xiao arranged shelter for Yan Youwang, and Wei Yidao reprimanded Huang Xiao and Wu Cang before assigning Wu Cang to oversee Yan’s recovery and promising to hide him from his enemies.
• Huang Xiao tested the newly made Heavenly Demon Soul-Destroying Flute and Heavenly Demon Soul-Severing Zither, discovering that his flute overwhelmed the courtyard’s formations while he still lacked skill with the zither.
• Zhu Xing E arrived with Shi Hen’s orders to remain secretly at the Heavenly Demon Hall, as Wei Yidao prepared for a possible Pang Family attack.
• Pang Tiangang reprimanded Pang Ruyuan for unauthorized attempts against Huang Xiao, then learned from Pang Ji that Pang Yi was still weaker than Huang Xiao as Pang Yi endured painful cultivation in a pool.

Wei Yidao sheltered Yan Youwang as a hidden safeguard for Huang Xiao while major powers arranged to decipher the Longevity Jade Slips at Imperial Remnant Manor. Pang Ruyuan and three elders stole Pang Tiangang’s seal and Shattering-Void Pills to lure Wei Yidao away and attack him and Huang Xiao.

• Pang Ji revealed that Pang Yi was practicing the Ten-Thousand Interception Method and remained confident that he would win the Hall Master’s Seat.
• Huang Xiao mastered the Eighth Form, and Wei Yidao secretly sheltered Yan Youwang and arranged for Huang Xiao to receive his guidance.
• Wei Yidao warned Huang Xiao to sever ties with Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue after learning that both women were carrying his children.
• Huang Xiao strengthened his essence blood through repeated rebirth and repair, then survived practicing the third layer of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art.
• Li Bai secured Imperial Remnant Manor’s agreement to host the deciphering of the Longevity Jade Slips and guided Dugu Sheng toward forming a bond with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Leng Guhan used a Longevity Jade Slip to reveal Senior Immortal Alchemist’s cultivation insights in the bronze mirror, memorized them, and destroyed the mirror.
• Pang Ruyuan and three elders stole Pang Tiangang’s seal and Shattering-Void Pills, summoned Wei Yidao with a forged order, and escaped toward Liangzhou to carry out their attacks.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that he might travel to Imperial Remnant Manor and instructed him to stay with Yan Youwang during his absence.

The Pang Family's attacks on Wei Yidao and Huang Xiao failed, and Huo Lian secretly saved Wei Yidao while demanding punishment from Pang Ji. Huo Lian's retaliation forced a change in the Inner Hall's leadership, but Pang Ji rejected his proposed alliance against the First Hall Master.

• Yan Youwang killed Pang Qingyao and Pang Naiwu to protect Huang Xiao, while Wei Yidao used Heavenly Demon Disintegration and helped Zhu Xing E kill Pang Hekong before Pang Ruyuan escaped.
• Huang Xiao repaired enough of Wei Yidao's severed meridians to keep him alive, and Huo Lian secretly restored him while arranging for his death to be announced.
• Shi Hen demanded an accounting from Pang Ji, who demoted Pang Tiangang, killed Pang Rufu, ordered Pang Ruyuan hunted down, and appointed Pang Tianlu Inner Hall Grand Elder.
• Huo Lian rejected Pang Ji's response, killed Pang Tianlu, and had Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang massacre Pang Tianlu's clansmen before sending Pang Ji an ultimatum.
• Pang Ji appointed Pang Tianjiu as the replacement, and Huo Lian's party wiped out Pang Tianjiu's branch before Pang Ji came to confront Huo Lian.
• Huo Lian and Pang Ji exchanged palm strikes, and Huo Lian proposed an alliance against the still-living First Hall Master while offering to sacrifice Huang Xiao.
• Pang Ji rejected the alliance and revealed that Wei Yidao was no longer a Demon Hall member, after which Wei Yidao pledged to follow Huo Lian.
• Pang Ji removed Pang Tianjiu, appointed Liu Tengfan Inner Hall Grand Elder, and ordered Liu Tengfan to decipher the Longevity Jade Slip at Imperial Remnant Manor.