Recaps

Xie Feng reunited with A Ning, who had sent troops to protect the Xuanji Sect and Imperial Evil Realm from the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance. The reunion ended when Xie Feng discovered that A Ning had been poisoned.

• Feng Jia welcomed Xie Feng and Gu Yuan, revealed that he was now commander of the Nation-Defending Army, and said his forces had defeated the alliance branch.
• A Ning greeted Xie Feng and explained that she had deployed a hundred thousand troops to guard the borders after learning the alliance threatened Ziyun and the Xuanji Sect.
• Xie Feng gave A Ning a spatial ring containing a thousand Supreme-grade Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills refined by Elder Sushang.
• Xie Feng noticed A Ning's blackened finger and, using his Double Pupils, saw black Qi spreading through her arm and damaging her body.
• Xie Feng told A Ning that she had been poisoned, and she reacted with shock.

After A Ning was poisoned with Beauty Withered Bones Poison, Gu Yuan identified the attacker as Yu Qingzhu, a former manor lord of the Immortal Firmament Manor whom Xie Feng knew. Xie Feng prepared to visit Yu Qingzhu at the manor, where Yu Qingzhu and Sheng Haotian were drinking wine.

• Xie Feng gave A Ning a Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pill, but it failed to stop the poison spreading through her arm.
• A Ning described the powerful black-robed attacker and recalled that he wore a Red Jade Ring.
• Gu Yuan investigated and identified the attacker as Yu Qingzhu, a former Immortal Firmament Manor lord who had recently returned to fight for the faction.
• Xie Feng asked A Ning to prepare a gift and set out to visit Yu Qingzhu at the Immortal Firmament Manor.
• At the manor, Yu Qingzhu sat drinking wine with Sheng Haotian, who had persuaded him to return to protect the faction.

Xie Feng visited Yu Qingzhu and demanded the antidote for A Ning, whom Yu Qingzhu had poisoned. After revealing an assassination list, Yu Qingzhu bent down to retrieve it while Xie Feng held him at weapon-point.

• Yu Qingzhu told Sheng Haotian that Xie Feng had the potential to become Gu Xinglan's most troublesome opponent.
• Sheng Haotian learned that Yu Qingzhu had poisoned A Ning with Beauty Withered Bones Poison and left to report to Gu Xinglan.
• Xie Feng visited Yu Qingzhu and presented him with three severed heads belonging to Immortal Firmament Manor members killed by A Ning.
• Xie Feng pressed the Dark Ink Fan to Yu Qingzhu's neck and demanded the antidote because A Ning was his disciple.
• Yu Qingzhu handed Xie Feng a sandalwood bottle, then picked up a crumpled assassination list at Xie Feng's command.

Xie Feng confronted Yu Qingzhu over the assassination list targeting the Seven Heroes, then persuaded him to abandon Sheng Haotian and join the Xuanji Sect. Yu Qingzhu gave A Ning the antidote, which restored her poisoned arm.

• Xie Feng threatened to kill Yu Qingzhu unless he abandoned Sheng Haotian and stopped pursuing the assassination list.
• Yu Qingzhu said he wanted to return to his teahouse, and Xie Feng promised he could preserve it and the Immortal Firmament Manor if he joined the Xuanji Sect.
• Yu Qingzhu agreed to become a Xuanji Sect elder, and Xie Feng brought him back to A Ning, Feng Jia, and Gu Yuan.
• Yu Qingzhu apologized to A Ning and offered her the antidote; Xie Feng introduced him as the sect's new Medical Dao and Poison Dao elder.
• A Ning applied the antidote to her poisoned arm, which quickly regained its youthful appearance.

A Ning rejected Yu Qingzhu’s offer to teach her poison arts as he followed her on patrol. Meanwhile, Gu Xinglan revealed she had broken through to the indestructible saint emperor fourth stage and gave Cheng Hao the first two chapters of the Ancient God Secret Art, which required him to cripple his cultivation first.

• A Ning left to patrol the surroundings, and Yu Qingzhu followed her while urging her to become his first student.
• Cheng Hao confronted Gu Xinglan while she fished, warning that the Devil Race was counterattacking and that Lu Yinjian planned to attack the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race.
• Gu Xinglan revealed her cultivation had reached the indestructible saint emperor fourth stage, explaining why she was not worried about Lu Yinjian’s plans.
• Gu Xinglan gave Cheng Hao the first two chapters of the Ancient God Secret Art and told him he had to cripple his current cultivation before practicing it.
• Cheng Hao questioned whether the dangerous cultivation method was truly risk-free.

Gu Xinglan enlisted Cheng Hao to find people with yin-type physiques for her experiments, while Cheng Hao sought powerful bloodline power in return. After they learned Xie Feng had become a threat, Gu Xinglan ordered his death, and Dao of Illusion attacked him in his tent.

• Cheng Hao refused to cultivate Gu Xinglan's dangerous Ancient God Secret Art, and she explained that she had risked many secret arts to build her strength.
• Gu Xinglan gave Cheng Hao sensing stones and asked him to find ten people with yin-type physiques, while he requested powerful bloodline power in exchange for his help.
• Cheng Hao told Gu Xinglan that the Xuanji Sect supported the Imperial Evil Realm and that Xie Feng had won Yu Qingzhu's support; Gu Xinglan ordered Xie Feng killed.
• Dao of Illusion froze Xie Feng inside his tent and trapped him in an illusion, but Xie Feng used his Double Pupils to shatter it.
• Dao of Illusion froze the domain and Xie Feng, then reached toward the space between Xie Feng's brows.

Xie Feng survived the Dao of Illusion’s assassination attempt and forced him to flee with the help of Little Sword, then suspected the attack was tied to Heavenly Soul Venerable and people in the Origin Realm. Meanwhile, Yu Qingzhu warned Sheng Haotian that the Immortal Firmament Manor should avoid the war because Xie Feng was too strong to defeat.

• The Dao of Illusion attacked Xie Feng, but Xie Feng broke through to the third stage of Indestructible Saint Lord under the pressure.
• When the Dao of Illusion tried to stab Xie Feng, Little Sword appeared, revealed Origin Level power, and shattered the attacker’s body, forcing him to flee.
• Xie Feng returned to his tent and suspected that Heavenly Soul Venerable had ties to Gu Xinglan or Cheng Hao and had arranged the assassination.
• Yu Qingzhu met Sheng Haotian in a grove and advised him to keep the Immortal Firmament Manor out of the war, saying they could not beat Xie Feng.

Yu Qingzhu warned Sheng Haotian against involving Immortal Firmament Manor in the alliance’s conflict, but learned that its forces had already attacked the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race. Xie Feng rushed to Dragon-Shaking Pass, where the outnumbered defenders opened the gate and were overwhelmed by Immortal Firmament Manor’s troops.

• Yu Qingzhu urged Sheng Haotian to keep Immortal Firmament Manor out of the alliance’s affairs, but Sheng said An Jie and Zhong Mu had already been sent against the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race.
• Yu Qingzhu told Xie Feng about the attack, and Xie Feng decided to go to the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race; Gu Yuan learned that An Jie and Zhong Mu were fighting at Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Xie Feng left Gu Yuan and Yu Qingzhu to help A Ning guard their position and traveled alone to the border.
• At Dragon-Shaking Pass, the defending general learned that six thousand soldiers had died and their reinforcements signal and specialists had been lost.
• The defenders opened the gate to fight Immortal Firmament Manor’s advancing troops, but the thousand warriors were quickly swallowed by the larger force.

Ze Ling drove Immortal Firmament Manor’s forces out of Dragon-Shaking Pass with the dragon soul and summoned Cong Yun when An Jie and Zhong Mu attacked her. Cong Yun arrived, Zhong Mu fled to fetch reinforcements, and An Jie continued charging at Cong Yun.

• An Jie and Zhong Mu killed the defending general and led Immortal Firmament Manor’s army into Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Ze Ling appeared with the dragon soul and blasted Immortal Firmament Manor’s troops out of the pass.
• An Jie killed the commander as he tried to protect Ze Ling, then she and Zhong Mu moved to attack the girl.
• Ze Ling called for backup, and Cong Yun arrived at Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Zhong Mu fled to fetch reinforcements while An Jie charged at Cong Yun, who prepared to fight her.

Cong Yun killed An Jie and nearly killed Zhong Mu before Gu Xinglan arrived to turn the battle against the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race. Xie Feng appeared to protect Cong Yun and Ze Ling, then proposed negotiating peace with Gu Xinglan, who asked how he wanted to negotiate.

• Cong Yun killed An Jie, dragged Zhong Mu back after he fled, and was forced to release him when his wail summoned Gu Xinglan and Hun Wudao.
• Gu Xinglan confronted Cong Yun and Ze Ling, broke Cong Yun’s attack, and sealed space as Cong Yun prepared to retreat from Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Xie Feng appeared behind Cong Yun, separated her from Gu Xinglan with a golden flame, and reminded Ze Ling to call for help when she could not win.
• Hun Wudao demanded revenge for Xie Feng killing his brother Hun Wuchen, but Gu Xinglan stopped him from charging at Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng proposed negotiating peace, and Gu Xinglan asked how he wanted to negotiate.

Xie Feng used the Cherished Wine Cup Sword and Dark Ink Fan to force Gu Xinglan and the Immortal Firmament Manor’s army to retreat from Dragon-Shaking Pass. Afterward, he and Cong Yun discussed the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance’s likely next attacks, and Cong Yun asked Xie Feng for an honest answer.

• Xie Feng confronted Gu Xinglan at Dragon-Shaking Pass and warned that the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race and the Devil Subduing Realm would go to war if she stayed.
• Xie Feng revealed his Dark Ink Fan alongside the Cherished Wine Cup Sword, and Gu Xinglan withdrew with the Immortal Firmament Manor’s army.
• Hun Wudao followed Gu Xinglan after Xie Feng warned that he would reunite him with his brothers.
• Xie Feng, Cong Yun, and Ze Ling regrouped on the walls of Dragon-Shaking Pass, where Xie Feng warned them not to lower their guard against the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance.
• Cong Yun predicted that Lu Yinjian would soon destroy the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race and then attack the Kui Emperor White Crow Clan.
• Cong Yun told Xie Feng she considered him a friend and asked him to answer a question honestly.

Cong Yun rushed to Gu Xuan City after 201 Taiyin Imperial Dragons vanished, and Xie Feng searched the city for clues. He found a dead odd-job worker hidden in a well, revived him, and learned that someone had tried to kill him.

• Cong Yun told Xie Feng that she would trust his promise to remain allies, then received a transmission from Dao Hong reporting 201 people missing in Gu Xuan City.
• Cong Yun traveled to Gu Xuan City with Xie Feng and Ze Ling, where Dao Hong explained that searches had uncovered no clues or traces of the missing people.
• Xie Feng questioned Dao Hong about the disappearances, but Dao Hong could not identify where the victims vanished or name any suspects.
• Xie Feng sensed something unusual in an abandoned courtyard and uncovered a dead odd-job worker in a well.
• Xie Feng revived the worker with a Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pill, and the terrified man begged him to save him from someone who wanted to kill him.

After Dao of Illusion abducted two hundred Taiyin Imperial Dragons, Xie Feng deduced that someone wanted their bloodline power and confronted the illusionist. Dao of Illusion revealed that he needed Xie Feng’s Chaos No-Dao Physique and attacked him.

• The odd-job worker told Xie Feng and the others that a white ghost had injured him and carried people away in a white vortex.
• Xie Feng identified the attacker as Dao of Illusion and proposed that he had abducted the Taiyin Imperial Dragons for someone else’s purposes.
• That night, Dao of Illusion appeared before Xie Feng, announced that he planned to kill him for his Chaos No-Dao Physique, and confirmed that he had taken the dragons.
• Xie Feng accused Dao of Illusion of serving Gu Xinglan and taking the dragons to help resurrect a demon king; Dao of Illusion said Xie Feng was only partly right.
• Dao of Illusion attacked Xie Feng with his Great Thousand Illusion Power as the Dark Ink Fan opened.

Xie Feng struggled against Dao of Illusion until Xiangxiang arrived and defeated him. After Xiangxiang swallowed Dao of Illusion, Xie Feng absorbed some of his silver sphere and broke through to the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm.

• Xie Feng fought Dao of Illusion, but his Little Sword began to falter under the stronger opponent's attack.
• Xiangxiang arrived, punched Dao of Illusion away, and told Xie Feng she would punish him for bullying her big brother.
• Xiangxiang beat Dao of Illusion until he tried to self-detonate, then transformed into a Taotie and swallowed him.
• Xiangxiang spat out Dao of Illusion's silver cultivation source, which Xie Feng caught and began absorbing.
• Xie Feng broke through to the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm, leaving more than half of the sphere's energy stored in his dantian.

Xie Feng rose to the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm and appeared fourth on the Heavenly Ranking, drawing praise from the Imperial Evil Realm and hostility from humans. After he and Xiangxiang discovered a Dark King Palace force approaching Gu Xuan City, they attacked it, and Xie Feng faced two surviving elders who did not recognize him.

• Xie Feng reached the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm and took fourth place on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Humans condemned Xie Feng for siding with the Devil Race, while the Imperial Evil Realm celebrated his new rank.
• Xie Feng thanked Xiangxiang for helping him, learned she had swallowed the Dao of Illusion, and agreed to make her more herb balls.
• Xiangxiang told Xie Feng that more than seven hundred people were hiding in a forest, and they went to investigate.
• Xie Feng and Xiangxiang recognized the approaching group as members of the Dark King Palace and attacked them with Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, killing most of the force.
• Two Indestructible Saint elders confronted Xie Feng, and the black-robed elder jolted when Xiangxiang mentioned the Heavenly Ranking.

Xie Feng captured two Dark King Palace elders but won their sympathy by criticizing their leadership, then questioned and released them. He learned that Gu Xinglan had sent the Dao of Illusion to capture two hundred members of the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race for Cheng Hao, who was usually on Immortal Yao Island.

• Xie Feng revealed his identity as fourth on the Heavenly Ranking and sealed the black-robed and purple-robed elders in place.
• Xie Feng complained that Hun Wudao had sent the elders on a suicidal mission, and they agreed that their leader treated his subordinates unfairly.
• Xie Feng offered to spare the elders if they answered his questions, and they said the Dao of Illusion had captured two hundred members of the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race for Cheng Hao's needed physiques.
• The elders told Xie Feng that Cheng Hao was usually on Immortal Yao Island, but they did not know how he, Gu Xinglan, and the Dao of Illusion had become involved.
• Xie Feng let the elders go and invited them to join him if they could no longer get by in the Dark King Palace; they fled toward Gu Xuan City.

Xie Feng returned to Gu Xuan City, where Dao Hong reported that he had killed two Dark King Palace elders and confirmed a planned attack. Hun Wudao blamed Cheng Hao for the destruction of his forces, and their argument ended with Cheng Hao telling him to confront Gu Xinglan instead.

• Xie Feng met Cong Yun and Ze Ling in Gu Xuan City, where Cong Yun congratulated him on ranking fourth on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Dao Hong reported finding burned human remains and presented the severed heads of two Dark King Palace elders he had killed while patrolling.
• Cong Yun ordered the city's defenses strengthened and its residents evacuated to safety.
• Hun Wudao learned that more than seven hundred Dark King Palace members had been wiped out and went to confront Cheng Hao.
• Cheng Hao urged Hun Wudao to blame Gu Xinglan, but Hun Wudao admitted he would not dare confront her.

Cheng Hao warned Hun Wudao that the Imperial Evil Realm was rapidly expanding and extorted hush money from him by promising not to reveal his complaints about Gu Xinglan. At the Xuanji Sect, Gu Yu trained after losing an assessment, then learned that an unknown visitor was waiting for him at the foot of the mountain.

• Hun Wudao complained that the Dark King Palace had been chosen to confront the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race, and Cheng Hao promised to ask Gu Xinglan to assign the dangerous task elsewhere.
• Cheng Hao told Hun Wudao that the Imperial Evil Realm had destroyed the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race in fifteen days and warned that its ambitions threatened their alliance.
• Cheng Hao claimed that a powerful weapon was being made to fight the Imperial Evil Realm, then demanded hush money from Hun Wudao in exchange for keeping his complaints from Gu Xinglan.
• At the Xuanji Sect, Gu Yu continued practicing the Xuanji Sword Art after losing a swordsmanship assessment to A Ning, while Sushang held him to high standards.
• A disciple told Gu Yu that someone was waiting for him at the foot of the mountain, and Gu Yu reluctantly agreed to go find out who it was.

Gu Xinglan told Gu Yu how the Devil Subduing Realm helped the Imperial Evil Realm destroy the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race in fifteen days and used the war to gather three million people with yin constitutions. Worried that the coming great war would endanger him, she took Gu Yu from the Xuanji Sect and left him on unfamiliar land.

• Gu Xinglan froze Gu Yu when he tried to leave and told him the Imperial Evil Realm had destroyed the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race in fifteen days.
• Gu Xinglan revealed that the Devil Subduing Realm had infiltrated the race and secretly joined forces with the Imperial Evil Realm, allowing her to gather three million people with yin constitutions.
• Gu Xinglan warned Gu Yu that the final great war was coming and said she would protect him, then lifted him into the air to show how vulnerable he was.
• Gu Xinglan ordered Gu Yu to come with her, shifted the stars, and transported him from the Xuanji Sect to a strange stretch of land.

Gu Xinglan brought Gu Yu to a blood-red forest in the Devil Subduing Realm and showed him the golden coffin where she had been trying to restore Xuan Li’s body. She explained her plan to revive him, but Gu Yu questioned whether a body without its soul could truly be Xuan Li, and Gu Xinglan struck him in anger.

• Gu Xinglan forced Gu Yu to open his eyes and led him through the Devil Subduing Realm to a blood-red forest.
• Gu Xinglan revealed that the forest’s blood came from three million Purple-Feathered Azure Luans she had killed.
• Gu Xinglan showed Gu Yu Xuan Li’s skeleton in a golden coffin beneath an ancient banyan tree.
• Gu Xinglan told Gu Yu she had spent over a hundred years preserving Xuan Li’s bones and believed she could restore his body.
• Gu Yu questioned whether reviving Xuan Li’s body without his soul and thoughts would make him anything but a puppet.
• Gu Xinglan hit Gu Yu with a blast of palm force, sending him flying and leaving him injured.

Gu Xinglan brought Gu Yu to guard Xuan Li’s remains and, after he angered her and tried to leave, crippled his cultivation and gave him the Ancient God Secret Art. She said she trusted him more than anyone else, while Gu Yu struggled to accept her actions and the price of cultivating the art.

• Gu Xinglan stopped Gu Yu from leaving and ordered him to guard Xuan Li’s remains.
• After Gu Yu complained about staying and mocked Xuan Li’s remains, Gu Xinglan revealed her face and intimidated him with her Indestructible Saint Emperor pressure.
• Gu Xinglan struck Gu Yu with a lightning-covered palm, destroying his cultivation.
• Gu Xinglan gave Gu Yu the Ancient God Secret Art and said it could make his cultivation a hundred times stronger if he reached major accomplishment.
• Gu Yu learned that the art required him to cripple his cultivation and that Gu Xinglan would turn him into a loyal enforcer if he mastered it.
• Gu Xinglan denied planning the incident and said Gu Yu was the only person she trusted most.

Gu Xinglan forced Gu Yu to remain with her and master the Ancient God Secret Art, while Xie Feng and Cong Yun uncovered five Coiled Dragon Jade Pendants hidden beneath Gu Xuan City. Cong Yun proposed forming an alliance against the Alliance, and Xie Feng appeared willing to help.

• Gu Xinglan ordered Gu Yu to master the Ancient God Secret Art within six months and refused to let him return home.
• At dawn, Cong Yun took Xie Feng to an abandoned courtyard in Gu Xuan City and revealed its passage to a hidden chamber.
• Cong Yun opened five boxes containing Coiled Dragon Jade Pendants, which had been left by an ancestor of the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race for a crisis threatening the race.
• Cong Yun told Xie Feng that the Alliance must be stopped from growing stronger and proposed that they form their own alliance.
• Xie Feng agreed with Cong Yun’s plan, and she asked for his help because of his connections.

Xie Feng learned that Gu Xinglan had taken his disciple Gu Yu and began investigating where she had brought him. The Imperial Evil Lord offered to search for Gu Yu while he and Old Lu prepared to enter seclusion, and Xie Feng set out to return to Eastern Dawn Valley.

• Cong Yun showed Xie Feng the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race's coiling dragon jade pendants and offered to lend them to him, then voiced concern about Gu Xinglan.
• Sushang told Xie Feng that Gu Yu had disappeared after meeting a cloaked stranger outside Eastern Dawn Valley, and Xie Feng promised to return.
• Xie Feng used his Double Pupils to reverse time and saw Gu Xinglan take Gu Yu away from the valley.
• The Imperial Evil Lord arrived, agreed to investigate Gu Yu's whereabouts, and told Xie Feng that he and Old Lu planned to enter seclusion for a month or two.
• Xie Feng agreed to wait for more information and headed back toward Eastern Dawn Valley.

Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect and took charge of the Imperial Evil Realm while the Imperial Evil Lord and Lu Yinjian were in seclusion. After hearing reports of growing threats, he assigned plans to investigate the Kui Emperor White Crow Clan, build alliances and prepare the sect for war.

• Xie Feng collected Xiangxiang from Gu Xuan City and returned with her to the Xuanji Sect, where its leaders welcomed him.
• Gu Yuan told Xie Feng that Lu Yinjian had appointed him to lead the Imperial Evil Realm, and Xie Feng reluctantly accepted.
• Ziyun reported that Cheng Hao was expanding the Kui Emperor White Crow Clan's forces and building Earth Devil Towers, while Chi Ling and Leng Hanyu reported the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance's growth and Gu Xinglan's absence.
• Xie Feng planned to investigate the Earth Devil Towers with Sushang and tasked Yue Heng, Gu Yuan, and Chi Ling with recruiting allies.
• Xie Feng assigned Yu Qingzhu and Xiangxiang to search for Gu Yu, Leng Hanyu and the Seven Heroes to prepare supplies and defenses, and Tao Xue to guard the Xuanji Sect.

Xie Feng and Sushang traveled to the Kui Emperor White Crow Clan and began destroying its black towers, which were being used to forge weapons. After two days of attacks across the clan, they arrived at White Crow City, where ten towers stood.

• Xie Feng and Sushang left the Xuanji Sect and used the cross-dimensional converter to reach the Kui Emperor White Crow Clan's border.
• Xie Feng and Sushang spotted black towers forging weapons and demolished them with sword strikes before escaping unseen.
• Xie Feng and Sushang reached the clan's central plains and contacted Gu Yuan for a map of the towers in White Crow City.
• Xie Feng and Sushang destroyed towers as they traveled, spreading panic and forcing guards to increase patrols without stopping them.
• Xie Feng and Sushang arrived at White Crow City two days later.