Recaps

Bo Yi returned to the Grand Profound Holy Land, revealed himself as Jun Yi, a guardian of the World Tree, and rescued Jin Shu before empowering Chen Nian. With that power, Chen Nian broke the four Holy Lords’ formation and destroyed the Grand Profound Holy Land’s ultimate sword attack, leaving the Holy Lords and their disciples injured.

• Bo Yi climbed the Heavenly Stairway with ease, bypassed the Flying Eagle Sword Formation, and entered the plaza where the four Holy Lords were suppressing Chen Nian.
• Bo Yi reunited with Jin Shu, revealed his identity as Jun Yi, and drove Jun Moxie away with a glance.
• Jun Yi gave Chen Nian a strand of power, then took Jin Shu to the hundredth level of the Heavenly Stairway and explained his role as a World Tree guardian.
• Chen Nian stood up under the strengthened formation and unleashed the complete Nine-Character Mantra Divine Art.
• Xuan Sanqing summoned the Grand Profound Immeasurable Sword, but Chen Nian transformed his phantom into a towering divine sovereign that shattered the formation and destroyed the sword.

Chen Nian defeated the four Holy Lords, killing Xuan Sanqing and the Wuji Holy Lord while sparing the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord at Lin Xian'er’s request. Jun Yi then revealed his overwhelming power, destroyed the Heavenly Demon Hall, and sent a chess piece into the Calamity World, where it demolished three Demon God Towers.

• Chen Nian used the divine lord manifestation to crush Xuan Sanqing’s defenses, and Xuan Sanqing killed himself after Chen Nian ordered him to take his own life as penance.
• Chen Nian killed the Wuji Holy Lord, caught the fleeing Jiuyou and let Xiao Zhu burn him to ash, then spared the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord when Lin Xian'er intervened.
• Jun Moxie arrived at the Heavenly Demon Hall’s gathered forces and ordered them to retreat, but Jun Yi immobilized them on a game board and summoned Mu Qiufeng’s sword.
• Jun Yi shattered the Heavenly Demon Dragon-Subduing Formation and crushed the Heavenly Demon Hall with a giant chess piece, then embedded a black chess piece in the returning Origin Demon Core.
• The Origin Demon Core returned to the Calamity World, where Jun Yi’s black chess piece struck three Demon God Towers and erased three Origin Demon Gods.

After the battle at the Grand Profound Holy Land, Chen Nian and his companions made plans to reunite and pursue their own paths. Chen Nian later intervened in the Heavenly Maiden Sect’s Holy Maiden selection, securing Ji Ya’s appointment before disappearing.

• Mu Yun and Mu Qingxuan left the Grand Profound Holy Land, then found Jun Yi’s letter saying he had taken Jin Shu away to travel across the Nine Provinces and beyond.
• Mu Yun proposed settling at the Azure Profound Sect to build a powerful sect, while Chen Nian revealed to Mu Qingxuan that he came from another world and intended to leave but return to visit.
• Mu Qingxuan grew jealous after Xiao Zhu revealed Chen Nian had female confidantes elsewhere and decided to keep Xiao Zhu, agreeing to give it the fire energy in the Wind-Inquiring Sword.
• Chen Nian left to fulfill a promise, while news of the Grand Profound Holy Land battle spread across the Nine Provinces.
• At the Heavenly Maiden Sect’s Holy Maiden selection, Chen Nian objected to Hua Wanling’s appointment and supported Ji Ya, prompting the sect master to choose Ji Ya instead.

Chen Nian reunited with Mu Qingxuan at the Azure Profound Sect, and their teasing turned into a shy agreement that he could stay another month. The chapter left them alone together in the courtyard as Chen Nian stroked her legs, while Xiao Zhu fled.

• Chen Nian returned to the Azure Profound Sect, where Xiao Zhu challenged him with her Vermilion Bird Divine Fire and he sent her into an alternate space with the Chaos Light-Devouring Beast.
• Mu Qingxuan thanked Chen Nian for his help, and he teased her about their first meeting and her brother Mu Yun playing board games.
• That night, Chen Nian told Mu Qingxuan part of The Legend of Sword and Fairy and said he needed to leave the next day to catch the World Tree Train.
• Mu Qingxuan admitted she wanted Chen Nian to stay, and Xiao Zhu blurted out that he should stroke Mu Qingxuan's legs.
• Mu Qingxuan agreed Chen Nian could stay another month if Xiao Zhu left, and Chen Nian sent the bird away before stroking her legs.

After failing another breakthrough, Tamamo-no-Mae considered using a plan to get close to Chen Nian, then sent Haruna to fetch him. Chen Nian arrived in God-Demon Capital and met Tamamo-no-Mae, who had summoned him without explaining why.

• Tamamo-no-Mae failed her tenth attempt to break through, while her other personality urged her to pursue Chen Nian through dual cultivation.
• Chen Nian left the Nine Provinces Continent with Xiao Zhu, returned to his world, and found Ye Hongling away from home.
• Chen Nian threatened to roast Xiao Zhu, but Ye Hongling returned, freed the bird, and locked her in the freezer for the night.
• Chen Nian visited Su Jinyu and Zhao Yixue, then returned home and found Haruna waiting outside his door.
• Haruna told Chen Nian that Tamamo-no-Mae had ordered her to bring him to God-Demon Capital, where he met Tamamo-no-Mae.

Chen Nian visited Tamamo-no-Mae, explained that her cultivation had reached the limit of her world, and promised to ask about taking her to a higher world. After discovering her apparent invitation to massage her had been an illusion, he left to visit his friends and return to the academy.

• Chen Nian met Tamamo-no-Mae, and she restrained him with her fox tails when he tried to touch her legs.
• Tamamo-no-Mae asked why her cultivation had stalled, and Chen Nian explained the World Tree Hierarchy and the limits of her world.
• Tamamo-no-Mae arranged for Chen Nian to massage her legs, but he later realized the courtyard scene had been an illusion and he had been hugging a log.
• Tamamo-no-Mae admitted to herself that she had let Chen Nian massage her before using an illusion to hide her embarrassment, then hung Haruna upside down from a cherry tree.
• Chen Nian visited Shangze Sakura, Gu Qingyue, and Qin Yu before heading back to the academy to ask the dean about Tamamo-no-Mae's situation.

Chen Nian returned to World Tree Academy and discovered Lin Xiaomeng had become his new roommate. He consulted the dean about powerful World Tree guardians and people who could break through world barriers, then resolved to take Tamamo-no-Mae to a higher world despite the danger.

• Chen Nian found Lin Xiaomeng in Hao Jin's bed wearing only a T-shirt and panties, and learned that she had swapped roommates with Hao Jin.
• Chen Nian told Lin Xiaomeng to dress properly before leaving the boys' dorm, while she secretly interpreted his warning as jealousy.
• Chen Nian asked the dean about a person from the Nine Provinces Continent who had suddenly gained immense power, and the dean identified the person as possibly the World Tree's fourth Level Guardian.
• The dean explained that former Level Guardians might be behind Calamity and that they were bound by rules preventing them from attacking ordinary people directly.
• The dean described Barrier Breakers and Barrier Domain Rangers, including a one-armed saber-wielding young man who had approached the threshold through his own strength.
• Chen Nian asked to borrow an academy vehicle to take Tamamo-no-Mae to a third-level world, accepting the danger because he had promised to help her.

Chen Nian trained at the academy, then traveled with Tang Rou and later went to world C-04 to help Tamamo-no-Mae break through. There, he found her transformed into an amnesiac girl he named Yu'er, but their journey began with a talking tiger threatening to eat her.

• Instructor Liu told Chen Nian about world C-04 and mentioned his former student Qin Xuan, a snake demon who had joined the academy.
• Chen Nian learned to use Dharma Heaven and Earth in training and gained a powerful new combat ability.
• Lin Xiaomeng tried to get closer to Chen Nian, but he arranged for her to pay for a meal with Tang Rou instead; after a month, he left the academy with Tang Rou.
• Tamamo-no-Mae sealed her demonic power and memories, reverted to her youthful appearance, and arranged for Chen Nian to be the first person she saw.
• Chen Nian named the amnesiac Tamamo-no-Mae Yu'er, spent a month caring for her, and then took her aboard the World Tree Train to world C-04.
• After arriving in C-04 with about half his power, Chen Nian encountered a talking tiger that planned to eat Yu'er for her cultivation.

Chen Nian and Yu'er traveled to Hangzhou after Chen Nian killed a tiger demon, while Bai Suzhen and Qing'er also headed there. At West Lake, Bai Suzhen recognized Chen Nian as the man who had saved her centuries earlier, and Qing'er urged her to investigate him before approaching.

• Chen Nian defeated the tiger demon, learned that Hangzhou was protected by a powerful snake demon, then killed the tiger when it tried to attack from behind and took its hide and demon core.
• Bai Suzhen told Qing'er that she had loved the mysterious man who saved her from a world-devouring worm centuries earlier, and the sisters decided to visit Hangzhou.
• Qin Xuan offered to accompany Bai Suzhen and Qing'er, but Bai Suzhen declined and left with her sister.
• Chen Nian sold the tiger hide in Hangzhou, bought clothes, and followed a broker to look for a secluded house near West Lake.
• Qing'er sensed that Yu'er was a fox demon and considered taking her demon core, while Bai Suzhen recognized Chen Nian as her long-lost savior and Qing'er stopped her from rushing after him.

Jun Yi met Mo Ning at the Mirror Moon Stargazing Pavilion, where they discussed the guardians’ reincarnations and the Calamity faction’s threat to the World Tree. Mo Ning suspected their eldest brother led Calamity and told Jun Yi to defend the fourth stratum as the fifth and sixth strata faced danger.

• Jun Yi reunited with Mo Ning and played Go with her while they discussed the Creation War and the conditions for their Divine Awakening.
• Mo Ning revealed that she had awakened early because members of a faction called Calamity had entered her world.
• Mo Ning told Jun Yi she suspected their eldest brother was behind Calamity and was trying to change the World Tree’s order.
• Mo Ning said the ninth, eighth, and seventh strata were under Calamity’s influence, while the sixth and fifth strata faced imminent danger.
• Mo Ning explained that the World Tree’s laws limited how the guardians could intervene and told Jun Yi to defend the fourth stratum.
• Mo Ning said the fifth brother was crucial to opposing their eldest brother, then won the Go game against Jun Yi.

Chen Nian settled into a house beside a reed marsh with Yu'er, while Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing moved in next door to get closer to him. After a peaceful few days, the snake sisters sensed another demon arriving outside their home after midnight.

• Chen Nian and Yu'er rented and cleaned a remote house south of Hangzhou.
• Qing'er told Xiao Bai where Chen Nian had settled, and the sisters decided to become his neighbors.
• The broker brought Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing to the neighboring house, and Chen Nian used his Heavenly Eye to discover they were powerful snake demons.
• Chen Nian introduced Yu'er as his younger sister, while Xiao Bai urged Xiao Qing not to use magic and treated Yu'er cautiously.
• Chen Nian and the snake sisters exchanged occasional greetings, and Qing'er complained after Chen Nian declined to share his dinner.
• After midnight, Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing woke and sensed another demon outside.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing protected Yu'er from demons while growing close to Chen Nian, and Xiao Bai wondered whether he was the person who had once saved her. As Demon Kings gathered to seize Yu'er, Xiao Bai chose to defend Chen Nian’s household, and the enemy host surrounded the sisters.

• Xiao Bai defeated a wolf demon who tried to take Yu’er’s core, and Chen Nian later invited the sisters to share a meal.
• When Xiao Qing sent Chen Nian to fetch Xiao Bai in the rain, Xiao Bai asked whether he had once saved a white snake, but he said he did not remember.
• Demon Kings learned that Yu’er had no magical power and planned to seize her, while Qin Xuan secretly encouraged them to punish Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing lightly.
• Xiao Qing warned Xiao Bai to leave when greater demons approached, but Xiao Bai decided to protect Chen Nian and Yu’er because they were her friends.
• The Black Fiend Wolf King, Blood Rage Bear, and Jade-Faced Spider arrived with their forces and ordered Xiao Bai to step aside.

Chen Nian revealed his hidden strength when he saved Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing from the demon kings attacking their home. After killing the Black Fiend Wolf King and driving off the others, he explained that Yu'er was a fox demon he meant to protect, while Qin Xuan learned that Chen Nian was responsible for the Wolf King's death.

• Chen Nian absorbed a demon core inside the house while Xiao Bai protected it from three demon kings and their followers.
• The demon kings wounded Xiao Bai, but Chen Nian emerged and slaughtered the attacking demons with Word Spirit, Judgment.
• Chen Nian killed the Black Fiend Wolf King with a golden dragon technique, and the Bear Demon King and spider demon fled.
• Chen Nian gave Xiao Bai the Wolf King's demon core to heal her, shared other cores with Xiao Qing, and explained his connection to Yu'er.
• Qin Xuan learned from his returning informant that Chen Nian had killed the Black Fiend Wolf King and frightened off the other demon kings.

Chen Nian visited the recovering Xiao Bai and learned that a rat demon had poisoned Hangzhou's wells to profit from selling medicine. Xiao Qing attacked the culprit but failed to catch him, and the magistrate learned that the monk Fahai was coming to Hangzhou to vanquish demons.

• Chen Nian found Xiao Bai after her magical barrier fell, caught her when she stumbled, and was teased by Xiao Qing about his closeness with Yu'er.
• Xiao Qing told Chen Nian that a rat demon had poisoned the city's wells and that she planned to catch the culprit.
• Xiao Qing infiltrated the pharmacy, discovered its owners dividing profits with the rat demon, and sent snakes into the room.
• Xiao Qing fought the rat demon and wounded him, but he escaped by splitting into countless rats.
• The pharmacy owner reported the demon and the snakes to the magistrate, who said Fahai was on his way to Hangzhou.

Fahai traveled to Hangzhou to hunt demons, while Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing refused Qin Xuan’s attempt to take them away. After capturing a rat demon, Fahai followed demonic aura to Chen Nian and tried to give him a detection talisman, prompting Chen Nian to call him sick in the head.

• Fahai told Chan Master Lingyou he was leaving for Hangzhou, where demons had appeared, and set out with the Golden-Furred Hou.
• Qin Xuan warned Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing that Fahai was coming and urged them to leave Hangzhou, but they refused.
• Fahai captured a rat demon who revealed that a snake demon was also in the city, then began searching for her.
• The Golden-Furred Hou detected demonic aura on Chen Nian and led Fahai to him.
• Fahai offered Chen Nian a talisman that would reveal nearby demons, and Chen Nian asked if the monk was sick in the head.

Chen Nian protected Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, and Yu'er from Fahai, allowing them to escape while he was taken to Jinshan Temple. He used his powers to keep Fahai there, while Xiao Bai sought help from Qin Xuan and planned to find another way to rescue him.

• Fahai sent the Golden-Furred Hou to track Chen Nian, but Chen Nian used Word Spirit-Hidden Shadow to evade it.
• Fahai ordered Hangzhou residents to drink enchanted realgar wine to expose snake demons, but Chen Nian stopped Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing from drinking and knocked out the soldiers with Xiao Qing.
• Chen Nian told Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing to take Yu'er away, then let Fahai escort him to Jinshan Temple.
• At the temple, Chen Nian used Word Spirit, Sovereign, to subdue Fahai and two disciples, then revealed his power was meant to keep Fahai from pursuing the sisters.
• Xiao Qing learned that Chen Nian was confined at Jinshan Temple, and Xiao Bai asked Qin Xuan to help rescue him, but Qin Xuan refused.

Tamamo-no-Mae broke through her cultivation restriction and entered Jinshan Temple to rescue Chen Nian, where Fahai trapped them inside the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl. As Chen Nian absorbed the demon cores, Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai arrived and fought Fahai’s Golden-Furred Hou, ending the chapter as they sent a towering wave crashing toward Jinshan Temple.

• Tamamo-no-Mae transformed from Yu'er, defeated the Black Bear Demon King, and learned the way to Jinshan Temple.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing discovered Yu'er was gone, then defied Qin Xuan and flew to Jinshan Temple after learning Yu'er had gone there to find Chen Nian.
• Tamamo-no-Mae entered Jinshan Temple using Mirror Flowers and Water Moon, but Fahai was awakened by his master and attacked her and Chen Nian with the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl.
• Tamamo-no-Mae urged Chen Nian to swallow his demon cores and used the Dream Creation Technique to help him absorb their power while she resisted the bowl’s Buddhist scriptures.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing challenged Fahai and defeated the Golden-Furred Hou with their combined swords.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing raised a massive wave and sent it crashing toward Jinshan Temple.

Chen Nian escaped Fahai’s Purple-Gold Alms Bowl and defeated him after the monk attacked the Qing and Bai Sisters. Fahai admitted defeat, leaving his vow about demons unresolved.

• Fahai drove back the Qing and Bai Sisters’ flood and tried to imprison them beneath Leifeng Pagoda, while Qin Xuan intervened to protect them.
• Chen Nian and Tamamo-no-Mae broke out of the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl, and Chen Nian demanded that Fahai spare the sisters and reconsider his belief that all demons were evil.
• Chen Nian challenged Fahai to a duel, defeating the Azure Dragon Chan Staff’s golden dragon and escaping the Brocade Kasaya’s phoenix and prayer beads.
• Chen Nian used Word Spirit and the divine art Death God to overcome Fahai’s final defenses, then held his sword at Fahai’s throat.
• Fahai admitted defeat as Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai celebrated, but something stirred in Leifeng Pagoda.

Chen Nian rescued Tamamo-no-Mae after Chan Master Lingyou revealed his plan to refine her demon core and become immortal. He destroyed Lingyou and Leifeng Pagoda, leaving Fahai mourning his dead master and Xiao Bai unsettled by Chen Nian’s resemblance to someone from her past.

• Chan Master Lingyou seized Tamamo-no-Mae and admitted he had guarded Leifeng Pagoda to absorb demons’ cores and become immortal.
• Fahai attacked Lingyou, but Lingyou shattered his Azure Dragon Chan Staff and trapped the serpents outside a golden barrier.
• Chen Nian invoked five words of the mantra and used Dharma Heaven and Earth to break the barrier and defeat Lingyou.
• Chen Nian’s second punch shattered Lingyou’s manifestation and reduced Leifeng Pagoda to ruins, freeing Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Fahai accepted that his master was dead, while Xiao Qing teased Xiao Bai about marrying Chen Nian and Xiao Bai wondered whether he was someone from her past.

After the battle at Jinshan Temple, Chen Nian said farewell to Xiao Bai and returned to the academy, while Tamamo-no-Mae secretly revealed she was carrying his child. Back at the dorm, Chen Nian reunited with Hao Jin, who showed him a photo of newcomer Su Jinyu and warned him not to pursue her.

• Chen Nian spared Fahai after the battle and reunited with Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, and Qin Xuan, who warned Xiao Bai about Chen Nian’s many female confidantes.
• Xiao Bai admitted her feelings for Chen Nian might grow, then gave him a jade hairpin that would summon her when he returned.
• Chen Nian left Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, and Tamamo-no-Mae returned to her own world, where her other half revealed she was carrying a little fox.
• Chen Nian returned to the academy and found that Lin Xiaomeng had moved out and Hao Jin had become his roommate again.
• Hao Jin showed Chen Nian a photo of newcomer Su Jinyu and told him not to pursue her.

Su Jinyu learned that Chen Nian was famous at the academy and grew jealous when Lin Xiaomeng bragged about living with him. After Chen Nian turned down a dormitory mixer, Su Jinyu accepted his friend request and ordered him to attend; he agreed, and the mixer was set for the next evening.

• Su Jinyu joined the academy and overheard the girls discussing Chen Nian’s achievements and reputation with women.
• Lin Xiaomeng claimed Chen Nian liked her best and had lived with her for half a month, angering Su Jinyu.
• The girls asked Lin Xiaomeng to invite Chen Nian to a mixer, while Chen Nian sent Su Jinyu friend requests that she initially rejected.
• Su Jinyu accepted Chen Nian’s third request, learned he had refused the mixer, and told him to go because she would attend too.
• Chen Nian agreed to attend, and Lin Xiaomeng invited the girls to join her the following evening.

Chen Nian attended Lin Xiaomeng’s mixer, where his tense interactions with Su Jinyu revealed that they were longtime lovers having a spat. Su Jinyu left with Chen Nian, while the others realized the mixer had become part of their reconciliation.

• Chen Nian told Hao Jin that Su Jinyu would attend Lin Xiaomeng’s mixer, and Hao Jin warned him not to overstep with her.
• At the mixer, Su Jinyu rejected Chen Nian’s toast but accepted the chicken wing he placed in her bowl, then offered him a garnish when he refused the other food.
• Chen Nian told the stunned guests that he and Su Jinyu came from the same world and had been dating for a long time; Su Jinyu called him the Leg-Touching Immortal.
• Chen Nian said he would choose dinner with Su Jinyu but suggested she would not mind him dining with other female friends, and she let his answer pass.
• Su Jinyu told Chen Nian to walk her back, and the two left the mixer together.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu reconciled and spent time together, while the academy learned about their relationship. At the medical department, Tang Rou rejected Cai Ming’s confession but stayed to eat after seeing Chen Nian arrive with Su Jinyu.

• Chen Nian kissed Su Jinyu in the grove, and he learned that her strength had reached Tier Six.
• Su Jinyu returned to the dormitory, where Lin Xiaomeng complained that Chen Nian touched her legs and then playfully retaliated by tickling Su Jinyu.
• News of Chen Nian’s girlfriend spread through the academy, and Rika and An Qingluo discussed the intensifying frontline fighting and the need for reinforcements and medical personnel.
• Cai Ming confessed his feelings to Tang Rou over a meal, but Tang Rou saw Chen Nian arrive with Su Jinyu and sat back down to eat instead of leaving.
• Chen Nian noticed Tang Rou and Cai Ming at the table.

Chen Nian learned that the academy was sending student volunteers to reinforce the battle for the Sixth Stratum, and he joined a five-person team with Su Jinyu and Lin Xiaomeng. Before departing, he discovered that Tang Rou was also being sent on a dangerous medical mission to G-02 World in the Seventh Stratum.

• Chen Nian saw Tang Rou dining with Cai Ming, deputy director of the Medical Department, and later messaged her about it, but she stopped replying.
• Headmaster Merlin announced that students at Tier Six or above could volunteer to reinforce eight worlds in the battle for the Sixth Stratum.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu signed up, and they were assigned to a group with Lin Xiaomeng and two male students.
• The academy briefed the group on their mission to destroy a black obelisk and Calamity forces, and explained the aircraft’s escape and security measures.
• Chen Nian told Tang Rou he was leaving on a mission, and she revealed that she was accompanying reinforcements to G-02 World in the Seventh Stratum as medical personnel.

Chen Nian’s squad crossed a world barrier in a newly built aircraft and arrived in the war-ravaged Sixth-Level World. As they headed toward a reconnaissance unit, Chen Nian warned the team to stay low because an Origin Demon God was present.

• Chen Nian’s five-person squad launched in a barrier-breaking aircraft while the Equipment Department revealed that an unknown designer had provided flawless schematics.
• Merlin reported the aircraft’s successful launch to Mo Ning, the true founder of World Tree Academy, and confirmed Chen Nian had joined the mission.
• Chen Nian’s squad arrived in the battered Sixth-Level World, and the aircraft vanished into self-protective invisibility mode.
• Chen Nian ordered the team to follow the reconnaissance unit’s signal and stopped a member from flying high, warning that an Origin Demon God could spot them.
• Chen Nian took Su Jinyu by the hand to help her keep up, while Lin Xiaomeng protested that she needed help too.