Recaps

Huang Xiao defeated Cao Wuxin and was named Leisurely Marquis, but Zhao Xin'er left for Heavenly Mountain Pavilion before he could reach her. Meanwhile, Wan Qingteng attacked Poison God Valley for the Medicine King Scripture, and Ling Tianya revived Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong after they appeared to be killed.

• Huang Xiao gave Dugu Sheng the Broken Sword Scripture, and Dugu Sheng began developing sword techniques meant to counter other martial arts.
• Huang Xiao learned Cao Wuxin was seeking Zhao Yunhui, agreed to fight him, and was drugged by Zhao Yunhui to keep him away from the contest until Zhao Yunya woke him.
• Dugu Sheng challenged Cao Wuxin and cut his palm with a new countering move, but Cao Wuxin broke Dugu Sheng's sword and wounded him before Huang Xiao stepped in.
• Huang Xiao fought Cao Wuxin and sent him flying from the arena with the Heavenly Demon Skill, then was declared the winner and named Leisurely Marquis.
• Zhao Xin'er left the palace for Heavenly Mountain Pavilion, and Huang Xiao recovered with a Xuanxuan Pill before setting out to find her.
• Wan Qingteng and Ge Gu attacked Poison God Valley for the Medicine King Scripture, and Mu Yi shredded its lower volume to force the other disciples' retreat.
• Wan Qingteng captured Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong, but Ling Tianya appeared to kill them and later revived them with the Ten Thousand Demons Formless Art.

Ling Tianya and Huang Xiao were drawn into the battle at Shaolin as the Righteous Path sought to use Huang Xiao to control his grandfather. Huang Xiao rejected Ling Tianya, pursued revenge against Medicine King Hall, and ended the stretch facing Cao Wuxin after gravely injuring Xiao Yan.

• Ling Tianya revealed that Huang Xiao was his grandson and explained why he had saved Mu Yi, Xu Yan Yun, and Li Cong, who went into hiding while he headed east toward Shaolin.
• Huang Xiao learned that Poison God Valley and Medicine God Valley had been destroyed, fought off Medicine King Hall attackers, and set out for Shaolin to seek revenge.
• At Shaolin, Huineng and five Buddhist abbots fought the Three Great Divine Monks as the Heterodox and Demonic Factions attacked the mountain, and Ling Tianya revealed himself and pursued the white figure who killed Pudu.
• Huang Xiao fought in the battle, killed Bai Tianqi, and learned from Cao Wuxin that Ling Tianya was his grandfather, and meanwhile Jin Yi urged the Righteous Path leaders to capture Huang Xiao as bait.
• Ling Tianya learned from Mu Jingfei that Tuoba Xiongzhen had stirred up the Jianghu turmoil and might still be alive, then hurried away when he heard Huang Xiao was in danger.
• Cao Wuxin and Righteous Path experts tried to seize Huang Xiao, but Ling Tianya intervened, and Huang Xiao rejected him, citing the patriarchs Ling Tianya had killed, and fled while Ling Tianya held off his pursuers.
• Huang Xiao encountered Xiao Yan and struck her while overwhelmed by Demonic Qi, and Cao Wuxin arrived, announced he would take her and kill Huang Xiao, then struck Huang Xiao as he prepared Heavenly Demon Disintegration.

Huang Xiao became Heavenly Demon Sect Master, rose to the eighth stage, and set out to find Zhao Xin’er and learn what happened to Qingfeng. At Xiping Prefecture, he rescued the Golden-Winged Roc’s fledgling, fought Jin Yi, and confronted Gui Jiu over the Seven-Spirit Disc.

• Huang Xiao broke through to the fifth layer and drove Cao Wuxin away, but Gui Jiu and Jin Yi soon cornered him before Ran Chou, Wan Qingteng, and Mu Jingfei intervened.
• Tuoba Xing revealed himself alive, punished Gui Jiu for seeking his family’s cultivation methods, and ordered him to stir up conflict and find the remaining Seven Spirit Blades.
• Ran Chou brought Huang Xiao to the Heavenly Demon Guard, where the Lineages voted him in as Heavenly Demon Sect Master despite Fang Dong’s opposition.
• After years of cultivation and six rejuvenations, Huang Xiao reached the eighth stage and left the sect for Xiping Prefecture to seek Zhao Xin’er and investigate Du Tianchou’s capture.
• Huang Xiao learned that Du Tianchou’s master had wounded Qingfeng and thrown him from a cliff, then killed both prisoners and discovered that Li Jiqian had drunk from the Ageless Spring.
• Huang Xiao found Jin Yi attacking the Golden-Winged Roc, but the dying Roc entrusted its fledgling to him before Huang Xiao forced Jin Yi to retreat.
• Hong Yi battled Dalzha while Huang Xiao pursued Jin Yi to a cliff cave, where Gui Jiu emerged with the Seven-Spirit Disc and Huang Xiao recognized its connection to the Seven Spirit Blades.
• Huang Xiao joined Jin Yi in attacking Gui Jiu, but Gui Jiu’s White Bone Ghost Claw failed to overcome Huang Xiao’s Everlasting Spring Ageless True Qi, and Gui Jiu withdrew as Huang Xiao gained the upper hand.

Huang Xiao recovered from the fight over the Seven-Spirit Disc, reunited with Zhao Xin'er and Qingfeng, and learned of Zhao Guangyi’s failing health. After Huang Xiao and Qingfeng treated the emperor and entered the palace’s political turmoil, Qingfeng departed to fulfill Xuanzhenzi’s last wish, leaving Huang Xiao in Kaifeng.

• Huang Xiao fought Gui Jiu and Jin Yi over the Seven-Spirit Disc, but Gui Jiu feigned weakness, stole it, and escaped while Jin Yi died in a fall.
• Huang Xiao buried Brother Peng and his mate with Hong Yi and Dugu Sheng, entrusted their young eagle to Dugu Sheng, and explained how he had discovered the Heavenly Demon Canon.
• Huang Xiao reunited with Zhao Xin'er on Heavenly Mountain, learned Zhao Guangyi had only months to live, and then traveled to Zhongnan Mountain to search for Qingfeng.
• Huang Xiao found Qingfeng in the ancient tomb, and Qingfeng gave him the Nameless Scripture and taught him about the Xiantian Wuji Skill and the dangers of his cultivation methods.
• Huang Xiao and Qingfeng traveled to Kaifeng, where Zhao Yunya helped them enter the palace despite Li Jilong’s attempt to arrest them.
• Huang Xiao and Qingfeng restored Zhao Guangyi’s meridians over seven days, and Zhao Guangyi entrusted Zhao Xin'er and Zhao Yunhui to Huang Xiao while keeping his recovery secret.
• Huang Xiao discovered that Qingfeng had left to fulfill Xuanzhenzi’s last wish, then vowed to find Qingfeng and Qinghe and decided to remain in Kaifeng under the Daoist name Qingxiao.