Recaps

Murong Jue reclaimed the Cloud Emperor Crown from Grand Duke Linglong, killed him, and received the Heavenly Ranking’s national fortune reward, which strengthened both Murong Jue and the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty. At Xuanji Sect, Xie Feng set out with Sushang to search the Land of Eternal Night for rare ingredients needed to refine a divine pill.

• Murong Jue’s imperial majesty drew the Cloud Emperor Crown and its Eternal Dragon Qi away from Grand Duke Linglong, and the Linglong forces and surrounding tribes knelt before him.
• Grand Duke Linglong attacked Murong Jue in rage, but Murong Jue beheaded him with a strike of Dragon Qi.
• The Heavenly Ranking changed the Cloud Emperor Crown’s owner to Murong Jue and awarded him Holy Dragon National Fortune, raising his cultivation to Mahayana fourth stage and turning the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty into a holy land.
• Xie Feng identified Dust of Eternal Night, Unwithering Jade, and Ten-Thousand-Year Immortal Bone as the missing ingredients for the Great Radiance Spirit-Enhancing Pill.
• After Sushang showed Xie Feng that she could refine early sixth-grade pills, he invited her to go treasure hunting in the Land of Eternal Night.

The Heavenly Dusk Dynasty became a holy land, while powerful figures searched for Xie Feng and others pursued their own goals. Xie Feng and Sushang entered the Land of Eternal Night, where he discovered dark red dust that needed refining.

• The Heavenly Dusk Dynasty rose to become a holy land, and Qu Jiangxuan ordered Ning Liao to search for Xie Feng.
• Chu Shanjun briefly comprehended the Sword Dao and left to seek another beating from Xie Feng.
• Jiang Fei learned that the search for Mo Ren and her other unnamed target had found no results.
• Xie Feng and Sushang entered the Land of Eternal Night, where Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to inspect the dangerous terrain and spotted Dust of Eternal Night.

Xie Feng refined and collected dust of eternal night, then discovered a broken crimson sword that seemed connected to Sushang’s origins and the Azure Dragon Clan. Sushang struggled with grief and fear of involving her master, but asked to study harder after Xie Feng comforted her.

• Xie Feng used his Void Heaven Spirit Eyes to refine the soil of Eternal Night and collected the resulting dust of eternal night.
• Sushang sensed something nearby that disturbed her and led Xie Feng to a broken sword buried beneath the red dust.
• Xie Feng identified the sword as being made from crimson wildfire iron and found the words “Azure Dragon” on its blade.
• Xie Feng used his Heaven Diviner abilities to glimpse figures fleeing from azure dragons, while Sushang feared the Azure Dragon Clan had killed her parents.
• After Xie Feng comforted her, Sushang asked him to teach her the Void Heaven Spirit Eyes and requested permission to study at the Technique Tower.

Lu Xiuluo brought the chained monk Mo Ren, whom he called Blood Devil, to Jiang Fei and demanded that she marry him, but she refused and ordered Jialuo Holy Land to prepare for war. Meanwhile, after Xie Feng obtained the Dust of Eternal Night, two strangers confronted him and Sushang and attacked them to reclaim it.

• Leng Ruoshuang spotted Lu Xiuluo's devil soldiers outside Jialuo Hall, where they brought a bloodied, chained monk.
• Leng Ruoshuang recognized the monk as Mo Ren, while Lu Xiuluo called him Blood Devil and presented him as a gift to Jiang Fei.
• Lu Xiuluo proposed marriage and tried to persuade Jiang Fei to become a devil, but she rejected him and ordered him to leave.
• Jiang Fei warned Lu Xiuluo that his handsome appearance would not charm her, then ordered Jialuo Holy Land to prepare for war.
• In the Land of Eternal Night, two strangers confronted Xie Feng and Sushang after they obtained the Dust of Eternal Night and attacked them to take it back.

Xie Feng and Sushang confronted the Night Alliance over the Dust of Eternal Night, and Sushang slaughtered its twin generals and their troops. As they left with the dust, a powerful presence from the darkness ordered them to stay.

• Chi Huo and Ling Man claimed the Dust of Eternal Night for the Night Alliance and threatened Xie Feng and Sushang.
• Sushang challenged the generals and, with Xie Feng's approval, attacked the Night Alliance troops using the Radiant Sun Sword Art.
• Sushang killed Chi Huo, Ling Man, and every Night Alliance member present.
• Xie Feng decided they should leave Eternal Night after obtaining the dust, and Sushang shrank back to her little-girl form and followed him.
• A formidable presence emerged from the darkness and told Xie Feng and Sushang to stay.

Xie Feng and Sushang confronted Venerable Night and the Night Alliance in Eternal Night, where Xie Feng summoned Solar Zhuzhao and overwhelmed them. As Venerable Night fled, a mysterious figure appeared, and he begged the newcomer to save him.

• Venerable Night recognized Xie Feng and Sushang’s renowned Dharma artifacts and demanded they hand them over, but Xie Feng refused and challenged him.
• Xie Feng unleashed his overwhelming power while Sushang fought the Night Alliance soldiers with her sword.
• Venerable Night attacked Xie Feng with the Dark Emperor Saber, but Solar Zhuzhao appeared and shattered the saber while its power destroyed Night Alliance members.
• Venerable Night recognized Solar Zhuzhao, realized Xie Feng had reached the ninth stage of Mahayana, and fled as Zhuzhao formed a maw to devour him.
• A mysterious figure arrived, and Venerable Night shouted for his lord to save him.

Xie Feng destroyed Venerable Ye and faced Meng Wuqu, before Ye Yuan introduced himself and invited Xie Feng to play chess. Xie Feng entered Ye Yuan’s private domain, leaving Sushang and Meng Wuqu waiting outside.

• The black-robed Meng Wuqu watched as Solar Zhuzhao destroyed Venerable Ye and reduced his soul to dust.
• Meng Wuqu and Xie Feng tested each other’s power through a tense clash of gazes, then Ye Yuan emerged and introduced himself as the master of Endless Heaven.
• Ye Yuan apologized for the Night Alliance’s actions and asked Xie Feng to become friends; Xie Feng agreed to play chess with him.
• Ye Yuan opened a private domain with the Soundless Disc as a chessboard, and Xie Feng told Sushang to stay behind before entering with Ye Yuan.
• Sushang waited nervously with Meng Wuqu, imagining that Xie Feng’s chess game might last for days, while Meng Wuqu silently watched her fret.

Sushang spoke with Meng Wuqu while Xie Feng and Ye Yuan played chess inside the domain. Xie Feng left with Sushang, and Ye Yuan revealed that Xie Feng had defeated him despite giving him a three-stone handicap, then realized Xie Feng considered him a friend.

• Meng Wuqu teased Sushang and spoke of how the strong were always lonely, leaving her worried that she might someday have to leave her Master.
• Xie Feng and Ye Yuan emerged from the domain without signs of a fight, and Xie Feng said he had enjoyed the trip and made a new friend.
• Xie Feng and Sushang departed Eternal Night after saying goodbye to Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu.
• Ye Yuan told Meng Wuqu that Xie Feng had beaten him decisively at chess despite giving him a three-stone handicap.
• Ye Yuan resolved to keep cultivating his Dao of Chess, then realized Xie Feng had called him a friend.

Xie Feng refined Great Dao Luck, advanced to the fifth stage of the Immortal Ascension Realm, and glimpsed the Immortal Road. Meanwhile, Murong Jue launched a war against the Devil Beast Forest, and Yan Fei secretly traveled to the Eastern Continent to support him.

• Xie Feng refined Great Dao Luck and rose from the Mahayana Realm to the fifth stage of the Immortal Ascension Realm while Sushang broke through to the ninth stage of Tribulation Crossing and protected him during his lightning tribulation.
• Xie Feng attained enlightenment, advanced his abilities, and saw half of the Immortal Road, vowing to cross it and fully attain immortality.
• Murong Jue led the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty's troops into the Devil Beast Forest with the Cloud Emperor Crown and Taotie Bowl, killing Devil Beasts and provoking the Flame Emperor into battle.
• Yan Hantian warned Yan Fei that the Setting Sun Sect could not intervene without risking a wider conflict over the divine artifacts.
• Yan Fei secretly called on Chu Shanjun and hurried to the Eastern Continent to support Murong Jue.

Changying left Guixu to seek out Sushang while Murong Jue’s army pushed the Devil Beasts toward defeat. Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun arrived to support the Flame Emperor, and the battle resumed with both sides ready to fight.

• Changying decided to visit Sushang while the Master of Guixu was away, then fell asleep as her boat drifted toward Guixu’s exit.
• Murong Jue’s million-strong Heavenly Dusk army fought the Flame Emperor and the Devil Beasts, using two divine artifacts to overwhelm them.
• The Flame Emperor refused to retreat and declared he would fight to the death rather than surrender his people.
• Yan Fei and Chu Shanjun arrived on the battlefield to help the Flame Emperor, surprising the Heavenly Dusk army.
• Murong Jue ordered his forces to attack Yan Fei, Chu Shanjun, and the Devil Beasts.

Ye Yuan tried to befriend Qi Wuyan while they played Go, and they discussed Xie Feng’s remarkable skill. Meanwhile, Changying explored the world after leaving Guixu and was ambushed by Xun Ji and Cheng Lian, whom she trapped in a powerful space.

• Ye Yuan invited Qi Wuyan to admire the snow and make friends, then beat her at Go.
• Ye Yuan told Qi Wuyan that Xie Feng had defeated him at Go with ease.
• Changying traveled through the mountains while searching for Sushang and enjoying the world outside Guixu.
• Xun Ji and Cheng Lian confronted Changying and attacked, hoping to gain fame on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Changying trapped Xun Ji and Cheng Lian in a vast space, where they saw her immense face and felt her killing intent.

Changying killed Xun Ji and Cheng Lian inside the Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram as the Heavenly Ranking opened its third round, the Grace Ranking. Qin Luofan took tenth place and advanced to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, while Qi Wuyan placed ninth but feared her failing health would keep her from using her reward; Ye Yuan suggested Xie Feng might be able to help, though he did not know where to find him.

• Changying used the Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram to drown Xun Ji and Cheng Lian, killing both Mahayana Realm experts.
• The Heavenly Ranking opened the Grace Ranking and named Qin Luofan tenth for his looks, talent, and world-shaking presence.
• Qin Luofan received Great Dao Body Infusion and broke through into the Tribulation Transcendence Realm First Stage.
• Qi Wuyan appeared in ninth place for making the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion the world's foremost intelligence organization, earning the immortal art Divine Scroll of Heavenly Strategy.
• Qi Wuyan told Ye Yuan that her frail, overdrawn body left her unable to cultivate the immortal art, and Ye Yuan suggested Xie Feng might refine a pill for her.
• Qi Wuyan wondered whether Xie Feng could refine divine pills, but Ye Yuan admitted he did not know where Xie Feng was.

Xie Feng confronted Qu Jiangxuan, who had been searching for him to prove himself by killing the Heavenly Ranking’s top figure. After Xie Feng used a broken Azure Dragon sword to investigate Qu Jiangxuan’s connection to an old mystery, Qu Jiangxuan attacked, but Xie Feng emerged unharmed and prepared to strike back.

• Qu Jiangxuan found Xie Feng in a realm of clouds and challenged him to a fight, hoping to take his place at the top of the Heavenly Ranking.
• Xie Feng showed Qu Jiangxuan a broken sword engraved with “Azure Dragon” and sensed that someone else, rather than Qu Jiangxuan, was connected to the Primordial White Tiger from twelve years earlier.
• Qu Jiangxuan unleashed his Ancestral Dragon Formless Demon Physique and flooded the battlefield with blood dragons as Ning Liao and Yan Ya arrived to watch.
• Xie Feng blocked Qu Jiangxuan’s strongest attack with the Azure Profound Fan and remained unharmed.
• Xie Feng summoned two enormous silver dragons and announced that it was his turn, leaving Qu Jiangxuan stunned and furious.

Xie Feng killed Qu Jiangxuan, Ning Liao, and Yan Ya, then turned his attention toward Xuan Tugu as the Heavenly Ranking began updating. The rankings revealed Changying, Flame Emperor, and Chu Shanjun, whose sword had shattered the Cloud Emperor Crown and helped defeat the Heavenly Dusk Dynasty.

• Xie Feng effortlessly annihilated Qu Jiangxuan, then killed Ning Liao and Yan Ya as they tried to flee.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced Changying in eighth place, while the Dharma Artifact Ranking replaced the destroyed Cloud Emperor Crown with Xing Qianran's Rainbow Abyss Flute.
• The Grace Ranking placed Flame Emperor seventh and Chu Shanjun sixth, showing Chu Shanjun destroying the Cloud Emperor Crown with his sword.
• In the Devil Beast Forest, Chu Shanjun, Flame Emperor, and Yan Fei defeated Murong Jue, and the Heavenly Dusk army retreated.
• Flame Emperor praised Chu Shanjun as invincible in the Dao of the Sword after witnessing his strength.

Chu Shanjun praised Xie Feng as the world’s truly invincible swordsman while the Heavenly Ranking revealed Chen Queyue in fifth place and Lu Xiuluo in fourth. Lu Xiuluo received the Zai Slaughter Devil Armor after slaughtering ten powers and using the massacre to break Blood Devil’s Buddhist heart, while Jiang Fei took third place for eradicating Buddhism and received the Three Chen Art.

• Chu Shanjun named Xie Feng as the swordsman he deeply admired, prompting the Flame Emperor to hope he could meet him.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Chen Queyue fifth for unifying the Southern Continent and Lu Xiuluo fourth for destroying ten powers in half a day.
• Lu Xiuluo accepted the Zai Slaughter Devil Armor and revealed that he had arranged the massacre to turn Blood Devil into a devil.
• Blood Devil retched and wept as his Buddhist faith faded, and the Blood Tathagata Beads around his neck turned inky red.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Jiang Fei third for ordering a four-month eradication of Buddhism and awarded her the immortal art Three Chen Art.
• Jiang Fei accepted the reward at Jialuo Holy Land, where Leng Ruoshuang informed her that State Preceptor Lu was waiting with an important matter.

Jiang Fei recalled how a mysterious blue-robed man named Xuanji had saved her and agreed to meet State Preceptor Lu. The Heavenly Ranking revealed that Xie Feng had killed Qu Jiangxuan and claimed first place, while the Azure Dragon Clan discovered three shattered life talismans.

• Jiang Fei told Leng Ruoshuang how a blue-robed man had rescued her during the bloody trial that made her Empress Jialuo, and how she had searched for him for two hundred years using the name Xuanji.
• Jiang Fei and Leng Ruoshuang set out to meet State Preceptor Lu.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Qu Jiangxuan second, but his entry vanished and the other rankings shifted after his death; Ye Yuan appeared in tenth place on the Heavenly Ranking.
• The rankings named Xie Feng first with a score of 10,000, showing him killing Qu Jiangxuan with one finger and awarding him the Ancient Path of Samsara.
• At the Azure Dragon Clan's ancient temple, Xuan Tugu saw the life talismans of Qu Jiangxuan, Ning Liao, and Yan Ya shatter and erupted in fury.

After the Heavenly Ranking named Xie Feng its top prodigy, the Azure Dragon Clan swore revenge for Qu Jiangxuan’s death while Xie Feng retrieved Unwithering Jade for his pill. The ranking announced its next contests, and Sushang encountered a mysterious white-robed woman as she meditated.

• Xuan Tugu mourned Qu Jiangxuan’s death and vowed to kill Xie Feng, while the Azure Dragon Ancestor emerged from seclusion and attacked the Heavenly Ranking’s image of him.
• The Heavenly Ranking revealed Xie Feng as its number one, prompting Gu Chen to weigh whether the Azure Luan Clan should aid him or let the Azure Dragon Clan pursue him.
• Xie Feng traveled to a perilous sea of clouds and used Northern Nether Illusory Flame to pluck an Unwithering Jade pine cone.
• The Great Dao announced that the Physical Body Ranking and Weapons Ranking would be released in one year.
• Sushang reached the Mahayana Realm Fourth Stage and seventh-grade great perfection in alchemy before a white-robed woman appeared beside her, making her recoil in alarm.

Changying examined Sushang’s primordial white tiger immortal physique, then fled when Xie Feng arrived. As Xie Feng and Sushang headed to the Spirit Continent for the final medicinal ingredient, Changying awkwardly followed them and lost track of them.

• Changying immobilized Sushang and examined her, recognizing the primordial white tiger immortal physique and wondering whether she was connected to her master’s old acquaintance.
• Xie Feng arrived, and Changying released Sushang before transforming into a white cloud and fleeing.
• Sushang complained to Xie Feng about Changying touching and immobilizing her, and Xie Feng suspected Changying’s interest in her physique concealed a secret.
• Xie Feng and Sushang set off for the Spirit Continent to find the last medicinal ingredient, and Xie Feng ruffled Sushang’s head.
• Sushang noticed someone following them, and Changying tried to pretend she was admiring the sunshine, flowers, and lake.
• Xie Feng and Sushang disappeared while Changying made excuses, leaving her embarrassed as she drank from her immortal gourd.

Xie Feng and Sushang entered the Xuanqiong Immortal Tower to reach its top floor and claim the ten-thousand-year immortal bone, while Changying secretly followed and helped them fight. On the thirtieth floor, the Devil Beasts sent a trembling little beast to confront Xie Feng, and it attacked despite his immortal pressure forcing it to its knees.

• Xie Feng and Sushang entered the Xuanqiong Immortal Tower, where the trapped Devil Beasts attacked them.
• Xie Feng destroyed the Devil Beasts as he and Sushang climbed the tower, while Sushang revealed her Primordial White Tiger form to frighten them.
• Changying followed the pair into the tower and used her immortal gourd to kill Devil Beasts pursuing them.
• The Devil Beasts on the thirty-fifth floor sensed the intruders and resolved to protect the Beast Lord's immortal bone.
• Xie Feng and Sushang reached the thirtieth floor, where the Devil Beasts sent a small yellow beast to face Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng's immortal pressure drove the little beast to its knees, but it stood and lunged at him.

Xie Feng and Sushang defeated the Xuanqiong Immortal Tower’s final guardians and searched for a way to reach its top floor. A timid little beast offered to help them, then made an astonishing move before the bixi statue.

• Changying knocked the little beast unconscious after it roared at Xie Feng and Sushang.
• Xie Feng and Sushang reached the thirty-fifth floor and confronted the Immortal Ascension Realm guardians, Azure Pheasant and Purple Ape.
• Xie Feng burned both guardians to ashes with the Northern Nether Illusory Flame, and Sushang collected the fire stones they left behind.
• Xie Feng discovered a bixi statue with a black-hole-like opening that drained spiritual power, but he used flame to break its suction and pull away.
• The spared little beast offered to repay Xie Feng’s kindness by showing them the way to the top floor, then made an astonishing move before the statue.

Xie Feng and Sushang found Xuanqiong’s immortal bones, which crumbled except for a tooth and frontal bone, while the timid little beast revealed itself as an Earth Qilin. Changying asked to travel with Xie Feng, and the little beast timidly asked to come too.

• Xie Feng and Sushang entered the secret chamber where Xuanqiong’s remains rested, and Xie Feng’s touch reduced most of the immortal bones to ash.
• Xie Feng recovered a surviving immortal tooth and frontal bone from the remains.
• Changying tried to enter the passage, but the little beast clung to her leg while guarding it as promised.
• The little beast manifested its Dharma aspect, and Xie Feng identified it as an Earth Qilin before it retreated into the corner.
• Changying invited Xie Feng to visit Guixu, and he said he would go after refining pills for Sushang.
• Changying asked to follow Xie Feng, and the little beast timidly asked to come along too.

After the immortal bone was found and the Devil Beasts were defeated, Xie Feng took Changying as a guest and welcomed the orphaned Earth Qilin into his household, naming him Anping. Anping revealed how he had been bullied in the tower, and the group set out for the Xuanji Sect to refine pills.

• Xie Feng accepted Changying as a guest and the Earth Qilin as a servant, then named the little beast Anping.
• Changying teased Anping until he transformed into a young man and revealed that he had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm Ninth Stage.
• Anping told Xie Feng that his immortal-beast parents had died trying to escape the tower and that he had been mistreated as their son.
• Sushang comforted Anping by telling him that Xie Feng had given him a home.
• Xie Feng led the group out of the tower with the Ten-Thousand-Year Immortal Bone and announced they would return to the Xuanji Sect to refine pills.
• Sushang and Anping chatted about the Xuanji Sect on the way, while Anping asked whether he could eat its facilities.

Madam Wenqu guided Xuanyuan Zhige toward a revelation about Sushang while discussing the Heavenly Rankings and the era ahead. At Xuanji Sect, Anping sensed a powerful sacred-beast descendant beneath the lake where Sushang fed Mung Bean.

• Madam Wenqu discussed the Heavenly Rankings with Xuanyuan Zhige, who suspected Sushang might be connected to an old acquaintance who died twelve years earlier.
• Madam Wenqu revealed she had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm and planned to enter seclusion, while she and Xuanyuan Zhige noted Xie Feng's top position across all three rankings.
• Xie Feng returned to Xuanji Sect, gathered herbs, and began refining the Great Radiance Spirit-Enhancing Pill.
• Sushang toured Changying and Anping around Xuanji Mountain and showed them the emerald lake where she fed Mung Bean.
• Anping sensed a formidable sacred-beast descendant at the bottom of the lake and realized Mung Bean was no ordinary turtle.

Qi Wuyan refused Xuan Tugu’s demand to divine Xie Feng’s location, and Xuan Tugu threatened the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu intervened, driving Xuan Tugu away, while Qi Wuyan remained exhausted and offered Ye Yuan her support if the Azure Dragon Clan retaliated.

• Qi Wuyan received Xuan Tugu, who demanded that she divine where Xie Feng was.
• Qi Wuyan refused, citing the uncertainty of Heaven’s secrets, and Xuan Tugu threatened the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and Heavenly Master Qi.
• Ye Yuan arrived and stood with Qi Wuyan, dismissing Xuan Tugu’s attempt to provoke him.
• Meng Wuqu entered and planted the Fishing Fire Sword on the table, frightening Xuan Tugu with his sword intent.
• Xuan Tugu left in a rage, and Qi Wuyan thanked Ye Yuan and promised to help if the Azure Dragon Clan caused trouble.

Xie Feng refined a divine-grade Great Radiance Spirit-Enhancing Pill, and his power destroyed the five-colored pill lightning threatening Xuanji Mountain. He left Sushang with demanding cultivation goals before entering seclusion.

• Sushang tried Changying’s Immortal Brew and quickly became drunk, while Changying watched over her.
• Xie Feng’s pill refinement summoned five-colored pill lightning, but the Northern Nether Illusory Flame annihilated it and set the sky ablaze.
• Xie Feng completed the Great Radiance Spirit-Enhancing Pill and advanced his pill-refining skill to the divine grade.
• Xie Feng dispelled Sushang’s drunkenness, gave her the divine pill, and assigned her several cultivation and study goals before entering seclusion.
• Xie Feng told Sushang to let Anping study at the cultivation technique tower and to allow the fairy from Guixu to choose whether to stay or leave.