Recaps

Han Xuanji uncovered a plot against Hun Qianxue, helped the Soul Household defeat its traitors, and aided Li Tiantong in searching for the Dao Ancestor. After preparing for the Life and Death Ravine, Han Xuanji entered its core, gained the Source of Life and Extinction, and left almost immediately.

• Han Xuanji warned Hun Qianxue that Hun Zangfeng and Hun Qianchen planned to ambush him, then used his ability to identify moles among Hun Qianxue’s allies.
• Han Xuanji’s simulation showed Hun Qianxue defeating the Heavenly Martial Sect’s ambush, while Hun Qianling died protecting Han Xuanji during the later beast tide.
• Han Xuanji helped Li Tiantong escape a punitive assignment, learned how Li Tiantong and the Dao Ancestor had reached the Eternal Continent, and offered him cultivation manuals while arranging an investigation of the secret realm where the Dao Ancestor disappeared.
• Hun Qianxue lured Hun Zangfeng, Hun Qianchen, and Wu Tianqiong into a failed ambush, then captured the conspirators and crushed their forces with Hun Pojun and other Eternal True Gods.
• The Soul Household executed the traitors, seized the Heavenly Martial Sect’s properties, and gave Han Xuanji the Purple Soul Grotto-Heaven as compensation for his help.
• Han Xuanji entered Life and Death Ravine with Hun Qianling and headed straight for its core, where he checked in repeatedly and received the Source of Life and Extinction.
• Han Xuanji left the ravine after only half a shichen, surprising Hun Qianling and the watching elders before departing by flying boat.

Han Xuanji completed his ninth Dao Principle, defeated Zhou Lie to earn access to the Creation Platform, and cultivated its inheritances while preparing for the Principle Conference. As the conference drew near, rivals gathered in Thousand Souls City and hinted at a powerful contender from another great domain.

• Han Xuanji cultivated the Canon of Life and Extinction, united life and death, and reached the Eternal Dao Master Eighth Layer.
• Rumors that Han Xuanji had fled the Life and Death Ravine spread through Thousand Souls City, but Hun Qianxue traced them to Wu Daoyuan and Zhou Lie and had the rumor-spreaders silenced.
• Han Xuanji endured He Guanshan’s pressure and defeated Zhou Lie, passing the Tiger and Panther Legion’s trials and earning entry to the Creation Platform.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Creation Platform, gained inheritances and treasures tied to creation and destruction, and advanced his understanding through years of cultivation.
• Han Xuanji condensed the Dao Principle of Creation, completed his ring of nine Dao Principles, and reached the Eternal Dao Master Ninth Layer.
• Han Xuanji learned that Li Wendao had survived, then continued studying destruction as news spread of the upcoming Principle Conference and Xiao Yan’s decision to join the Sacred Court.
• Wang Ping, Li Tiantong, and Hun Jiuge resolved to prepare for the conference after a visitor from Nine Mysteries City challenged their confidence in Thousand Souls City’s prodigies.
• Ling Cang told Ling Xuan and Xie Qingqing that an extraordinary contender from another great domain had his attention, and declared his own intention to win the championship.

Han Xuanji emerged from thirty years of seclusion and advanced through the Principle Conference, defeating several highly ranked contestants, including heaven-grade seeds. After eliminating Ling Cang in the quarterfinals, he faced Song Tiancheng as the contest narrowed to four competitors.

• Han Xuanji completed the Dao Principle of Destruction, advanced to the tenth layer of the Eternal Dao Master realm, and arrived at the conference after thirty years of seclusion.
• Han Xuanji defeated Lu Zhiyi and Yan Han with ease, drawing attention as he advanced through the early rounds.
• Han Xuanji defeated heaven-grade seed Zhou Yunhe with one punch, then beat Zhou Lie after briefly matching his strength.
• Han Xuanji defeated Ling Cang in the quarterfinals with his sword, while Ling Cang accepted the loss and later apologized with Ling Xuan for Ling Xuan’s insults.
• Han Xuanji watched the field narrow to himself, Song Tiancheng, Yan Xiao, and Shi Ziyun, then entered the next match against Song Tiancheng.
• Song Tiancheng began channeling wood-attribute power combined with other Dao laws, and Han Xuanji recognized the exceptional harmony of his ten Dao laws.

Han Xuanji won the Principle Conference final against Xiao Yan and accepted Mo Chenxiao as his master, gaining powerful inheritances and rewards. He arrived in Nine Mysteries City, where Mo Chenxiao publicly named him his second personal disciple and presented him with a treasured ring.

• Han Xuanji dismantled Song Tiancheng’s Heavenly Net Dao Domain, then watched Xiao Yan defeat Shi Ziyun and advance to the final.
• Xiao Yan awakened his Saint King Bloodline during the final, but Han Xuanji endured its pressure and defeated him with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Han Xuanji claimed the championship, and Elder Meng offered him an Eternal Dao Artifact and a place as his disciple before Mo Chenxiao arrived.
• Han Xuanji accepted Mo Chenxiao as his master, received secret cultivation inheritances and Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruits, and learned he would travel to Nine Mysteries City after a month in Thousand Souls City.
• Leng Qianshuang escorted Han Xuanji, Hun Qianling, and Li Tiantong to Nine Mysteries City, where Mo Chenxiao introduced Han Xuanji to the palace elders and other Holy Lords.
• Han Xuanji explored his new palace, received sign-in rewards including the Saint Soul Physique and Eternal Saint Artifacts, and prepared for his disciple-acceptance ceremony.
• Major factions gathered at Nine Mysteries Palace as Han Xuanji walked onto the platform and paid his respects to Mo Chenxiao.
• Mo Chenxiao declared Han Xuanji his second personal disciple and gave him the Heavenly Mandate Azure Profound Ring, drawing envy from the assembled crowd.