Recaps

Chen Nian finished the academy mission, returned to Blue Star, and traveled with Xiao Zhu to Mu Yun’s world, where he joined the Azure Profound Sect and pursued his own plans in Luoyang. The arc ended with Chen Nian discovering Mu Qingxuan bathing in a sealed cave and hiding behind a rock wall.

• Chen Nian and Yu Jing defeated two Tier Six Heavenly Cascades while An Ran fought her sister An Qingluo and Mu Yun battled Gao Yue at the ruins.
• An Ran sacrificed herself to open An Qingluo’s magic circuits, and Gao Yue seized the Demon God Core before Chen Nian and An Qingluo defeated him.
• An Qingluo learned from An Ran’s earrings that her sister had protected and loved her, then thanked Chen Nian for helping them share three days of memories.
• Chen Nian returned to the academy, advanced to Tier Six, and joined a student competition, where he defeated Chu Yan and the other freshmen.
• Chen Nian traveled home for a month, then took Xiao Zhu aboard the World Tree Train to Mu Yun’s world and rescued Yue Xiaomeng from Rakshasa Sect attackers.
• Chen Nian joined the Azure Profound Sect, quickly learned to cultivate Profound Qi, and helped defeat the Rakshasa Sect before traveling with the sect members to Luoyang.
• In Luoyang, Chen Nian deceived Ji Ya about his background and spent the night with her, then escaped when she confronted him the next morning.
• Chen Nian followed Xiao Zhu to a concealed cave, erased its sealing spell, and found Mu Qingxuan bathing in its cold pool.

Chen Nian won the Sword Discussion Tournament and used the Nine-Character Mantra to help repel the Heavenly Demon Hall, then defied the Four Great Holy Lands to protect Mu Qingxuan. As Bo Yi awakened to his divine identity, Chen Nian returned to face the four Holy Lords’ Heavenly Dao formation while his friends remained captive.

• Chen Nian climbed the Cloud Sky Ladder to find Mu Yun, reunited with him and Mu Qingxuan, and kept telling Mu Qingxuan The Legend of Sword and Fairy.
• Jun Moxie recruited Jiuyou to aid the Heavenly Demon Hall, while Chen Nian represented the Grand Profound Holy Land at the Sword Discussion Tournament and defeated three opponents in the free-for-all.
• Chen Nian claimed the Nine-Character Mantra and used its power to help drive back the Heavenly Demon Hall’s assault on Azure Cloud Mountain.
• Venerable Kongxuan revealed that Mu Qingxuan was Mu Qiufeng’s daughter, and Chen Nian fought the Four Great Holy Lands so Mu Yun could take her away.
• Mu Yun and Mu Qingxuan fled to Luoyang, where Chen Nian reunited with them and kissed Mu Qingxuan, but the Holy Lands later captured them and Jin Shu.
• Chen Nian returned to the Azure Profound Sect and learned its disciples had been taken, while Bo Yi recognized his love for Jin Shu and awakened amid the sun, moon, and stars.
• Chen Nian stormed the Grand Profound Holy Land to rescue the captives, but the four Holy Lords trapped him in the Formation of the Heavenly Dao and drained his divine power as Jun Moxie watched.

Chen Nian helped Tamamo-no-Mae overcome her cultivation limits and traveled with her to C-04, where he protected Yu'er and the snake sisters from demon kings, Fahai, and Lingyou. Back at the academy, Chen Nian and Su Jinyu joined a mission to the Sixth Stratum, where their squad arrived in a battered world to confront Calamity.

• Jun Yi defeated the Grand Profound Holy Land’s attackers and destroyed the Heavenly Demon Hall’s forces, while his chess piece erased three Origin Demon Gods in the Calamity World.
• Chen Nian left the Nine Provinces with Xiao Zhu, learned from the academy dean about the World Tree’s guardians and Calamity, and took Tamamo-no-Mae to C-04 as the amnesiac Yu'er.
• Chen Nian settled near Hangzhou with Yu'er, where Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing became his neighbors and protected them from demon kings until Chen Nian killed the Black Fiend Wolf King and drove the others away.
• Fahai pursued the snake sisters, but Chen Nian protected them and defeated Fahai before helping stop Chan Master Lingyou from harvesting demons’ cores beneath Leifeng Pagoda.
• Chen Nian parted from Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, returned to the academy, and reunited with Su Jinyu, who attended Lin Xiaomeng’s mixer with him and became his girlfriend.
• Merlin called for Tier Six students to reinforce worlds under attack in the Sixth Stratum, and Chen Nian and Su Jinyu joined a squad assigned to destroy a black obelisk and Calamity forces.
• Chen Nian’s squad arrived in a battered Sixth-Level World, and he warned them to follow the reconnaissance signal and avoid flying high where an Origin Demon God might spot them.

Chen Nian defeated Demon Gods, rescued Tang Rou, and strengthened himself as the Calamity spread toward the Fifth Stratum. After defending Blue Star and covering the Lost Continent’s evacuation, he was stranded behind the sealed World Gate and rescued by Uesawa Ueki while the academy believed him likely dead.

• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu defeated the village’s Demon Gods and destroyed the Black Obelisk Tower, while Chen Nian formed a Destined Contract to save Lin Xiaomeng.
• Mo Ning identified A Yuan as a possible guardian of the Sixth Stratum, but Chen Nian secured the academy’s reinforcement slot to rescue Tang Rou instead.
• Chen Nian rescued Tang Rou from the Calamity Tree in G-02 World, destroyed the tree, and returned with her to the academy.
• Ye Yuan awakened as the Sixth Stratum’s guardian, but Jian Yang sealed her power before Jun Yi brought her to Mo Ning.
• Chen Nian learned Nine Heavens, Azure Firmament, returned to Blue Star with his companions, and helped repel the invasion by killing Blood Pupil.
• Chen Nian defended the Lost Continent’s evacuation, defeated a Demon God alongside Sun Wukong, and reached early Tier Eight through Sun Wukong’s lingering power.
• Chen Nian stayed behind to cover his companions’ escape, and Rika sealed the World Gate before Uesawa Ueki rescued him from Di Mie.
• Uesawa Ueki brought Chen Nian to the Barrier Domain Rangers, where Old Miao told him that the Calamity army was heading for the Fourth Tier instead of the remaining Fifth Stratum worlds.