Recaps

Xie Feng used the Ancient Path of Samsara to cultivate through three lives over ten thousand years, returning to his body as a first-tier Heavenly Immortal. After leaving seclusion, he found Xuanji Mountain transformed and questioned why powerful strangers called him Sect Master.

• Xie Feng entered the Immortal Road, learned of realms beyond Immortal Ascension, and began his three lives of samsara.
• Xie Feng cultivated for ten thousand years across three lives, reaching Heavenly Immortal, and his accumulated cultivation returned to his original body.
• Xie Feng left seclusion and discovered that Xuanji Mountain had become an immortal paradise.
• An unfamiliar youth and a black-robed man greeted Xie Feng as Sect Master, then went to tell Sushang.
• Sushang and Anping welcomed Xie Feng, and he asked who the two strangers were.

Xie Feng returned to Xuanji Mountain, learned how Sushang and Anping had taken in Mo Lin and Zhou Jin, and heard about their progress during his year in seclusion. He then set out with Anping, while a rampaging Earth Qilin attacked the Azure Dragon Clan and its elders prepared to fight it.

• Sushang explained that Mo Lin had stayed on Xuanji Mountain to cultivate and that Zhou Jin had remained after losing his memories; Changying had returned to Guixu.
• Sushang admitted that she had let Mo Lin and Zhou Jin stay without permission, and Anping awkwardly slammed himself into a deep pit to apologize as well.
• Sushang reported that she had reached the fourth stage of the Ascension Realm and early ninth-grade alchemy, while Anping had advanced to the second stage of the Ascension Realm.
• Sushang revealed that Zhou Jin had fed them braised pork hock three times a day for a year, so Xie Feng told Mo Lin to take her down the mountain for a different treat.
• Xie Feng told Anping to accompany him on an errand after emerging from seclusion with greatly increased strength.
• An Earth Qilin rampaged through the Azure Dragon Clan grounds, and about a hundred Mahayana Realm elders joined forces to form an attack formation against it.

Xie Feng and Anping overwhelmed the Azure Dragon Clan, and Anping killed Xuan Tugu with a single throw. Xie Feng waited for someone who knew the story behind a broken Crimson Wildfire Iron sword as the Heavenly Ranking descended for its fourth round.

• The Earth Qilin shattered the Azure Dragon Clan elders’ formation and attacked the clan until Xuan Tugu arrived and struck it with an azure dragon phantom.
• Xie Feng appeared, and the Earth Qilin bowed to him; the Azure Dragon Clan recognized him as Qu Jiangxuan’s killer and demanded revenge.
• Xuan Tugu transformed into an azure dragon and attacked Xie Feng, but Anping took human form, lifted her, and hurled her into the Azure Dragon Hall, killing her.
• Xie Feng sealed the Azure Dragon Clan’s space and showed them a broken Crimson Wildfire Iron sword, saying he would wait for someone who knew its story.
• The Heavenly Ranking descended across the Three Thousand Worlds, beginning the fourth round a year after the previous ranking.

The Jiao King and queen worried over their absent son Mo Lin as the Heavenly Ranking opened the Physical Body Ranking. When the ranking began to reveal its entries, the Jiao King saw that Mo Lin had made it.

• The Jiao King complained that Mo Lin had been away for a year, while the queen defended her son and noted that his life lamp showed his cultivation and strength had improved.
• The Jiao King dismissed the queen's hope that Mo Lin could appear on the Heavenly Ranking, but promised to admit he was not hopeless trash if he did.
• The Physical Body Ranking opened, listing Lan Yue of the Azure Luan Clan in tenth place and Ji Zhi of the Golden Lion Clan in ninth.
• The queen pointed out that Mo Lin had been strong since childhood, and the Jiao King reluctantly looked back at the ranking.
• The Jiao King saw Mo Lin's name on the Heavenly Ranking and reacted with shock.

Mo Lin learned that he had placed eighth on the Heavenly Ranking and resolved to return to the Jiao Clan only after reaching the Immortal Ascension Realm. The ranking then revealed Zhou Jin as sixth place, spreading conflicting rumors about his past as he walked toward the spirit-pig pasture at the Xuanji Sect.

• The Jiao King and queen celebrated Mo Lin’s eighth-place ranking while pretending not to care that he had been away for a year.
• Mo Lin received the Great Heavenly Immortal Fruit and thought about his parents, vowing to return to Ink Abyss once he reached the Immortal Ascension Realm.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced Flame Emperor in seventh place, King Kan in sixth, and Yu Fengbo in fifth.
• People across the three thousand worlds argued over whether Zhou Jin had plotted against King Wu or had been falsely accused by his suspicious brother.
• Zhou Jin appeared in the Xuanji Sect’s back mountains and headed toward the forest where the spirit pigs roamed.

Zhou Jin regained his lost memories and realized he was King Kan, the Heavenly Dog God of War, while Sushang worried that Xie Feng had gone to confront the Azure Dragon Clan. The Heavenly Ranking then revealed Sushang in fourth place, Anping in third, and the Azure Dragon Ancestor in second.

• Zhou Jin selected a spirit pig for lunch, but the Heavenly Ranking’s reward arrived before he could eat it.
• Sushang and Mo Lin realized that Zhou Jin was King Kan, and the Great Dao infusion restored his memories of his past and the failed rebellion.
• Zhou Jin left in shock and despair, abandoning his meal, and the spirit pig escaped into the forest.
• Sushang guessed that Xie Feng had gone to the Azure Dragon Clan to uncover the truth about the past and resolved to cultivate so she could protect him.
• Mo Lin teased Sushang by flicking her tiger ear as the Heavenly Ranking announced Sushang in fourth place, Anping in third, and the Azure Dragon Ancestor in second.

Xie Feng slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Azure Dragon clansmen while waiting for the Azure Dragon Ancestor, who arrived and recognized the Crimson Wildfire Sword. The Ancestor’s memories surfaced, and Xie Feng revealed that he had heard them.

• Mo Lin counted four Xuanji Sect members among the top ten of the Physical Body Ranking: himself, Zhou Jin, Sushang, and Anping.
• Xie Feng demanded that the Azure Dragon clansmen move faster and began counting down, killing a hundred thousand with each number from one to four.
• The Azure Dragon Ancestor arrived as Xie Feng prepared to say the final number, and the surviving clansmen hailed him as their savior.
• The Azure Dragon Ancestor saw the Crimson Wildfire Sword and recalled the Primordial White Tiger survivors and the Azure Dragons who had hunted them thirteen years earlier.
• Xie Feng told the Ancestor he wanted to hear more, then revealed that he had overheard the Ancestor’s thoughts.

Xie Feng used the broken Crimson Wildfire Sword to force the Azure Dragon Ancestor to relive the truth of the Primordial White Tiger Clan’s destruction. The memory revealed how Sushang survived, while the Lost Immortal Temple’s key remained hidden in the ocean.

• Xie Feng overwhelmed the Azure Dragon Ancestor with his Heavenly Immortal might and drove the broken sword into his brow to uncover the truth.
• Thirteen years earlier, the Azure Dragon Ancestor and the Marquis of Northern Nether attacked Eternal Night to seize the Lost Immortal Temple’s key from Su Yuan.
• Su Yuan gave the key to his pregnant wife, Shang Ni, and sent Chen Beiye to help her escape while he stayed to defend the clan.
• Shang Ni hid the key in the ocean, gave birth to a daughter, and died after passing her bloodline power to the child; Chen Beiye lured away the pursuing azure dragons and vanished.
• Su Yuan died fighting, and the Primordial White Tiger Clan was annihilated without anyone claiming the key or opening the Lost Immortal Temple.
• Mo Shoupin found the newborn Sushang, named her Xiao Qiu, and adopted her into the Heavenly Sword Holy Land.

Xie Feng learned the truth of the Primordial White Tiger Clan’s destruction and confronted the Azure Dragon Ancestor, who broke through to the Human Immortal Realm before trying to take Xie Feng down with him. The Azure Dragon Ancestor fell, and the Heavenly Ranking revealed Xie Feng as the world’s strongest physical body, awarding him the Spirit of Holy Fire.

• Xie Feng learned that Su Yuan and Shang Ni had died and that Chen Beiye was presumed dead, then told the Azure Dragon Ancestor that Sushang of the Primordial White Tiger Clan was one of his own.
• The Azure Dragon Ancestor received the Heavenly Ranking’s reward, broke through into the first tier of the Human Immortal Realm, and laughed that Xie Feng could no longer kill him.
• The Azure Dragon Ancestor tried to self-detonate while gripping Xie Feng, but Xie Feng severed his arm and told him he was not worthy of perishing together.
• The Azure Dragon Ancestor’s name vanished from the Physical Body Ranking, confirming his fall and shocking the three thousand worlds.
• The Heavenly Ranking named Xie Feng first on the Physical Body Ranking, stated that his strength exceeded the world’s standards, and awarded him the Spirit of Holy Fire.

The Heavenly Ranking showed Xie Feng killing the Azure Dragon Ancestor and taking first place on all four rankings, leaving people across the world awestruck. At the Xuanji Sect, Sushang suspected the Azure Dragon Clan had been involved in her parents’ deaths, while Lu Xiuluo voiced his desire to fight Xie Feng and punished Blood Devil for dismissing the idea.

• The Heavenly Ranking revealed Xie Feng killing the Azure Dragon Ancestor, and the world marveled that he had claimed first place on all four rankings.
• At the Xuanji Sect, Sushang saw the video and suspected the Azure Dragon Clan had something to do with her parents, while Zhou Jin and Mo Lin learned Xie Feng was their sect master.
• Mo Lin ate the remaining pork hocks, so Zhou Jin knocked him on the head and cursed at him.
• At the Azure Luan Clan, Gu Chen watched the video and concluded that Xie Feng was unparalleled throughout the ages.
• At the Devil Grotto, Lu Xiuluo said he wanted to fight Xie Feng, but Blood Devil called him a fool, prompting Lu Xiuluo to yank his chain and force him to his knees.

Lu Xiuluo beat Blood Devil into submission, while Yan Fei sought to escape his future as heir by deciding to find Xie Feng and ask to become his disciple. In Wuyou Glacier, the Marquis of Northern Nether recognized Sushang as a possible descendant of the Primordial White Tigers and resolved to find them to obtain the key to the Lost Immortal Temple.

• Lu Xiuluo kicked Blood Devil and reminded him that he was a slave, and Blood Devil acknowledged his place.
• Yan Fei told Chu Shanjun about his agreement with Yan Hantian to reach the Mahayana Realm within five years or inherit the Setting Sun Sect.
• After seeing Xie Feng kill the Azure Dragon Ancestor on the Heavenly Ranking, Yan Fei asked Chu Shanjun to help him find Xie Feng so he could become his disciple.
• The Marquis of Northern Nether examined the Heavenly Rankings and saw that Xie Feng had destroyed the Azure Dragon Clan.
• The Marquis of Northern Nether recognized Sushang's Primordial White Tiger Immortal Physique, suspected they were the child of Su Yuan and Shang Ni, and decided to find them for the key to the Lost Immortal Temple.

After destroying the Azure Dragon Clan, Xie Feng received the Spirit of Holy Fire and suspected that the Lost Immortal Temple’s key was in Guixu. Qi Wuyan found him and asked him to refine a divine pill to save her, while Anping revealed that Xie Feng could already refine the Azure-Yellow Radiant Spirit Pill.

• Xie Feng annihilated the Azure Dragon Clan by sending its floating island into a spatial black hole.
• Xie Feng received the Spirit of Holy Fire, while Anping received the Five Elements Scale Armor.
• Xie Feng recalled that the Wei Clan’s Marquis of Northern Nether had also been involved in killing Shang Ni’s father and suspected that the Lost Immortal Temple’s key was in Guixu.
• Qi Wuyan appeared before Xie Feng and explained that calculating heavenly secrets had left her near death.
• Qi Wuyan asked Xie Feng to refine a divine pill to save her, and Anping said Xie Feng could easily refine the divine-grade Azure-Yellow Radiant Spirit Pill.

Xie Feng arranged for Qi Wuyan to join the Xuanji Sect in exchange for refining a pill to save her life. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Ranking began releasing the Weapons Ranking, and Jiang Fei planned a journey to the Land of Eternal Night as the rankings continued to descend.

• Xie Feng clarified that he had not refused to refine Qi Wuyan’s life-saving pill, and Anping persuaded her to join the Xuanji Sect.
• Qi Wuyan agreed to join the Xuanji Sect, and Xie Feng prepared to return there to refine her pill.
• The Heavenly Ranking revealed Leng Ruoshuang’s Frost and Snow sword in tenth place, and Jiang Fei decided to travel to the Land of Eternal Night.
• The Weapons Ranking announced Ji Yi’s Burning Stars, Tang Moling’s Non-Attack, and Meng Xuyi’s Fuzhu in ninth, eighth, and seventh place.

Ye Yuan’s Scarlet Maple Sword was revealed on the Heavenly Ranking, while Qi Wuyan arrived at the Xuanji Sect and began meeting its members. The chapter ended as someone approached the group and asked what they were discussing.

• Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu discussed Xie Feng and the worlds beyond their own while playing a board game.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Ye Yuan sixth and revealed his immortal-grade sword, Scarlet Maple, awarding him the Longevity Sword Art.
• The Heavenly Ranking announced Anping in fifth place and Chu Shanjun in fourth, stirring excitement across the land.
• Qi Wuyan accompanied Xie Feng and Anping to the Xuanji Sect and felt the mountain’s abundant providence strengthen her.
• Xie Feng introduced Qi Wuyan to Zhou Jin, who greeted her courteously.
• A bright voice called out to Xie Feng and the others as they gathered at the sect.

Qi Wuyan joined the Xuanji Sect and was astonished by its many Heavenly Ranking members before Xie Feng visited Sushang at Amber Terrace. After telling Sushang about her parents and clan’s deaths, he tried to comfort her as she cried.

• Mo Lin welcomed Qi Wuyan, while Zhou Jin, Anping, and Mo Lin argued over whether beauties should eat braised pork knuckles.
• Qi Wuyan learned that Xiao Shang was Sushang, a prodigy ranked highly on several Heavenly Rankings.
• Xie Feng found Sushang asleep over her cultivation scroll and woke her at Amber Terrace.
• Xie Feng told Sushang that her parents and the Primordial White Tiger Clan had perished in the events surrounding Eternal Night.
• Sushang wondered if she was a jinx, then crouched down and cried as Xie Feng tried to comfort her.
• Xie Feng laid out a collection of treasures, and Sushang smiled through her tears at his effort.

Sushang vowed to avenge her father by killing the Marquis of Northern Nether, and Xie Feng told her to cultivate until she reached the eighth stage of the Ascension Realm. The Heavenly Ranking named Xie Feng’s Cherished Wine Cup Sword its top weapon and awarded him the Weapon Immortal Pagoda, while a mysterious Xuanji pouch appeared at Azure Cloud Holy Land.

• Sushang told Xie Feng she wanted to kill the Marquis of Northern Nether with her own hands, and he said she needed to reach the eighth stage of the Ascension Realm.
• Sushang feared losing Xie Feng and asked him not to abandon her; he comforted her.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Xuanyuan Zhige’s Cinnabar Principle Sword third and the Marquis of Northern Nether’s Heavenly Soul Hand Cannon second.
• The Heavenly Ranking placed Xie Feng’s quasi-sacred Cherished Wine Cup Sword first and awarded him the Weapon Immortal Pagoda.
• Ye Yuan and Meng Wuqu praised Xie Feng at Azure Cloud Holy Land, where a brocade pouch embroidered with “Xuanji” appeared above their game board.

Ye Yuan received an Origin-Guarding Pill and asked Xisha to gather rare ingredients for Xie Feng, who then refined an advanced divine-grade pill on Xuanji Mountain. After giving the pill to Qi Wuyan, Xie Feng prepared to refine the Spirit of Holy Fire awarded by the Heavenly Ranking.

• Ye Yuan received an advanced tenth-grade Origin-Guarding Pill from Xie Feng and admired its quality.
• Ye Yuan asked Xisha to find four rare medicinal ingredients, and Endless Heaven gathered them in less than four hours.
• Xie Feng received the ingredients and entered the pill chamber to refine an Origin-Returning Life-Restoring Pill.
• Xie Feng completed the divine-grade pill after two days, drawing five-colored pill lightning that astonished Qi Wuyan.
• Xie Feng gave the pill to Qi Wuyan and returned to the pill chamber to refine the Spirit of Holy Fire.

Xie Feng entered the Spirit of Holy Fire’s realm and challenged it to test his strength. He defeated the Spirit in two breaths, forcing it to kneel and accept him as its master.

• Xie Feng entered the sphere of light and encountered the Spirit of Holy Fire in its secluded realm.
• The Spirit of Holy Fire challenged Xie Feng to kill it, and Xie Feng warned that it would kneel within three breaths if he struck.
• The Spirit of Holy Fire unleashed dark green flames and azure dragons as Xie Feng summoned the Northern Nether Illusory Flame and the Cherished Wine Cup Sword.
• Xie Feng’s sword qi extinguished the dragons’ flames, wounded the Spirit of Holy Fire, and left it unable to advance or retreat.
• The Spirit of Holy Fire knelt before Xie Feng, submitting to him as its master.

Xie Feng used the Twelve Sword Immortal Art and the Spirit of Holy Fire to advance the Cherished Wine Cup Sword and Northern Nether Illusory Flame, while the rankings concluded and announced the next round. At the Xuanji Sect, Sushang refined the Spirit of Immortal Fire and turned the Silken Heavenly Fire into immortal fire.

• Xie Feng used the Twelve Sword Immortal Art to submit the Spirit of Holy Fire, which tempered the Cherished Wine Cup Sword and Northern Nether Illusory Flame into holy-grade weapons and flames.
• The Heavenly Ranking updated Xie Feng's sword to holy grade, awarded him a Holy Weapon Baptism, and announced that the Heavenly Pride Ranking would begin in six months.
• Sushang entered the immortal fire space and used the Silken Heavenly Fire and Radiant Sun Sword to battle the Spirit of Immortal Fire.
• Sushang defeated the Spirit of Immortal Fire, advanced the Silken Heavenly Fire to immortal fire, and went to bathe.

Xie Feng took Sushang to Guixu, where they reunited with Changying and traveled by raft across the ocean. Changying opened the hidden passage into the region where they lived, and Sushang followed Xie Feng inside.

• Xie Feng sent Anping and Mo Lin down the mountain to recruit talented, hardworking disciples without using the Xuanji Sect's name.
• Xie Feng took Sushang to Guixu while Zhou Jin entered seclusion and Qi Wuyan returned to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to see Heavenly Master Qi.
• Xie Feng and Sushang met Changying on her raft, and Sushang eagerly hugged her and recounted the past year's events.
• Xie Feng stepped onto the crowded raft, making Changying blush and steam as they drifted toward the center of Guixu.
• Changying opened a spatial passage through Guixu's hidden barrier and entered first; Sushang followed Xie Feng through it.

Xie Feng visited Guixu with Sushang to discuss the key with the Master of Guixu, who was struck by Sushang’s resemblance to her mother, Shang Ni. After tea and Immortal Brew, the Master grew jealous of Changying’s warmth toward Xie Feng and began to tell a story before discussing their business.

• Changying led Xie Feng and Sushang to meet the Master of Guixu, who stared at Sushang after noticing how much she resembled Shang Ni.
• The group shared white tea, and Changying brought out a jar of Immortal Brew for Xie Feng while Sushang refused a taste.
• The Master of Guixu felt jealous as Changying treated Xie Feng warmly and worried his disciple might become romantically entangled with him.
• After Xie Feng drank one cup of wine and returned to tea, the Master warmed to him, and Xie Feng proposed discussing their business.
• The Master of Guixu said he wanted to tell Xie Feng a story first, and Xie Feng calmly invited him to continue.

The master of Guixu told Xie Feng and Sushang how he had saved Sushang’s mother, Shang Ni, and kept the key she entrusted to him. He led them to the Bottom of Guixu to retrieve it, but Sushang objected when told to wait outside.

• The master of Guixu recalled saving Shang Ni in Eternal Night and learning she was engaged to Su Yuan, while Changying teased him and Sushang grew uncomfortable.
• He explained that thirteen years earlier he had received a key carrying Shang Ni’s power and found the Primordial White Tiger Clan’s territory devastated by fire.
• Xie Feng clarified that Shang Ni had survived the fire, which Mo Shoupin had set to conceal her daughter’s birth from the Azure Dragon Clan’s pursuers.
• The master revealed that he had kept the key at the Bottom of Guixu for a White Tiger Clan survivor and agreed to return it to Sushang, who thanked him as Elder Uncle Xuanyuan.
• The group reached the magma-filled core of the Bottom of Guixu, where the key was buried, and Xuanyuan told Changying and Sushang to wait outside while he and Xie Feng went in.
• Sushang protested that waiting would be boring and insisted that she wanted to go inside too.

Xie Feng, Sushang, and the master of Guixu reached Guixu’s core, where the master recovered the white tiger key and gave it to Sushang. The key pointed northeast toward the Lost Immortal Temple, and Xie Feng set out with Changying; meanwhile, Lu Xiuluo discovered a mysterious diary page in a book of devil cultivation arts.

• Xie Feng and the master of Guixu protected Sushang from the core’s heat as they traveled into Guixu.
• The master of Guixu unearthed a green jade box buried for thirteen years and presented it to Sushang.
• Sushang opened the box and found a white tiger-shaped key that revealed a compass pointing northeast.
• Xie Feng took charge of the key and arranged for Changying to join him on the journey to the Lost Immortal Temple.
• In the Devil Grotto, Lu Xiuluo found a worn diary page that carried a formidable presence.

Lu Xiuluo read a diary describing the destruction of Eternal Night and grew interested in the Immortal Temple and its key. Xie Feng discovered that time had moved much faster outside Guixu, then followed the key to Eternal Night’s central world, where he and his companions entered a miniature universe.

• Lu Xiuluo read a diary recounting how Eternal Night fell in ten days and wondered who had destroyed it to obtain the Immortal Temple and its key.
• Xie Feng learned from Changying that one day in Guixu equaled three months outside, meaning nearly six months had passed and the Heavenly Pride Ranking was about to open.
• Xie Feng used the key to locate the Lost Immortal Temple in the heart of Eternal Night and led Sushang and Changying there.
• Xie Feng cleared away spacetime turbulence with his immortal pressure and opened a gate into Eternal Night’s central world.
• The key’s needle turned south after they entered, and Xie Feng found himself looking at a dangerous miniature universe filled with stars and spacetime elements.

Xie Feng, Changying, and Sushang defeated an invading army of Space Beasts in the miniature universe and followed a bone bridge to a new world. The key led them into the Central World.

• Xie Feng used a translator to reveal that the Space Beasts planned to feast on the trio's immortal souls.
• Changying unleashed the Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram and drowned the Space Beasts in a torrent that destroyed their bodies and souls.
• The Space Beasts' remains formed a bridge of white bones, and Xie Feng followed the key's direction across it with Changying and Sushang.
• At the bridge's end, the key opened a passage, and Xie Feng, Changying, and Sushang arrived in the Central World.