Recaps

Xu Xiao traveled from Chronicle to Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, learned the Northern Darkness Divine Art, and gathered Internal Energy while intervening in Dali’s conflicts. After crippling Jiumozhi and bringing him to Swallow Dock, Xu Xiao exposed A Zhu’s disguise on the Murong Family’s island.

• Xu Xiao absorbed energy from the Superpower Crystal, escaped the authorities, and crossed into the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.
• Xu Xiao forced Duan Yu to guide him to Langhuan Blessed Land, where he found the Northern Darkness Divine Art and began learning it.
• Xu Xiao rescued Zhong Ling, then helped the Dali Duan Clan defeat the Four Great Evils and persuaded Duan Yanqing to find Ding Chunqiu.
• Xu Xiao struck a deal with Dali to drain the Internal Energy of captured martial artists in exchange for teaching the Northern Darkness Divine Art to the Duan Clan’s direct descendants.
• Xu Xiao drained Ye Erniang, Yue Laosan, and other captured martial artists, then agreed to help Dali face Jiumozhi at Heavenly Dragon Temple.
• Xu Xiao crippled Jiumozhi with iron slivers, drained most of his Internal Energy, and forced him to guide the way to Swallow Dock.
• Xu Xiao confronted A Zhu, who was disguised as Murong Fu, and removed her mask after recognizing her as a woman.

Xu Xiao abducted A Zhu, A Bi, and Wang Yuyan, then seized control of the palace and established the Martial Command Office. He crushed a rebellion in Kaifeng and turned his attention to the jianghu, waiting for Qiao Feng to return.

• Xu Xiao took A Zhu and A Bi from Swallow Dock, revealed A Zhu’s parentage, and abducted Wang Yuyan from Mantuo Manor despite her protests.
• Xu Xiao defeated Li Qingluo’s forces on Lake Tai and flew with the three women to Kaifeng, where he fought his way into the imperial palace.
• Xu Xiao captured Zhao Xu, forced him to summon the officials, and secured appointment as Military Command Commissioner before imposing the Martial Command Office and demanding control of the court and jianghu.
• Empress Dowager Gao and court factions backed a rebellion against Zhao Xu, while Yu Wenzhao kept his troops outside the city at Eunuch Huang’s request.
• Qin Jingzhong’s rebel army attacked Xuande Gate, but Xu Xiao stopped its artillery, killed Qin Jingzhong and the surrounding generals, and forced the troops to surrender.
• Xu Xiao’s forces crushed the attacks at the other gates, dismantled the rebellion, and Kaifeng soldiers arrested the conspirators and prominent families.
• A week later, Xu Xiao ordered Wu 1 to watch for Qiao Feng after learning that Beggar Clan members were plotting and that Qiao Feng had not returned to headquarters.

Xu Xiao forced the Beggar Clan under the Martial Command Office, made himself head of the Carefree Sect, and destroyed Shaolin while expanding his campaign against the martial world. The arc ended with Liao, Tubo, and Western Xia invading Great Song as Xu Xiao prepared to confront them.

• Xu Xiao exposed Kang Min, Bai Shijing, and Elder Xu’s roles in framing Qiao Feng, then offered the Beggar Clan a place in the Martial Command Office.
• Qiao Feng refused to merge the Beggar Clan himself, but its disciples accepted Xu Xiao’s terms, and the clan joined the Martial Command Office after its forces defeated the Western Xia First-Class Hall.
• Xu Xiao captured Ding Chunqiu and brought him to Wuyazi, where he killed him, reunited Wuyazi with Wang Yuyan, and accepted leadership of the Carefree Sect.
• Wuyazi revealed that Carefree Wind Riding was the Carefree Sect’s supreme art, and Xu Xiao began cultivating it with his guidance.
• Xu Xiao ordered Shaolin dissolved and its wealth confiscated, then used his forces to set the temple ablaze and kill most of its monks.
• Xu Xiao defeated and killed the Sweeper Monk after Qiao Feng tried to defend him, then Qiao Feng and Xiao Yuanshan pledged loyalty to Xu Xiao as the Martial Command Office destroyed Shaolin.
• After the Martial Command Office demanded that martial artists register or disband, Liao, Tubo, and Western Xia invaded Great Song, and Xu Xiao ordered Qiao Feng to control the domestic jianghu while he prepared to face the invaders.

Xu Xiao conquered rival states, mastered Carefree Wind Riding, and returned to the apocalypse world before entering the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes. There he gathered martial arts and built the Restoration Army to fight the Mongols, leaving the army on its way to Xiangyang.

• Xu Xiao saved Yanmen Pass by killing the Liao commanders and Emperor Yelü Hongji, then traveled to Western Xia and killed Li Liangzuo before sparing Li Qiushui and agreeing to protect Li Qinglu.
• Li Qiushui brought Li Qinglu to Xu Xiao, and Xu Xiao took control of Western Xia as the rulers of several states died and their successors pledged allegiance to Great Song.
• Wu Xingyun reunited with Wuyazi in Kaifeng, then agreed to teach Xu Xiao the Heaven and Earth Everlasting Eternal Spring Art while arguing with Li Qiushui over his marriages.
• Xu Xiao cultivated Carefree Wind Riding on Mount Kunlun, gained Divine Sense and Spiritual Power, held a grand wedding, and returned to the apocalypse world.
• Xu Xiao seized crystal cores in the outer reserve and Vanguard City, killed the city's defenders, and discovered that films, television shows, and comics could anchor travel between worlds.
• In the world of The Return of the Condor Heroes, Xu Xiao subdued Li Mochou, won her over, and forced the Quanzhen Religion to give him Wang Chongyang's Innate Skill manual.
• Xu Xiao and Li Mochou visited the Ancient Tomb Sect, where they met Granny Sun and Xiaolongnü and found Wang Chongyang's writing beneath a coffin.
• Xu Xiao destroyed the Zhao Song dynasty, formed and trained the Restoration Army, then led it toward Xiangyang and told Guo Jing that the Han people must choose their own path.