Recaps

Qingyuan True Lord Wendao visited Qi Yun to propose an alliance ahead of the Great Tide of Time and asked him to refine the Immortal-Slaying Dao Fruit. After several days of consideration, Qi Yun agreed to the proposal and sent Cai Shen to deliver his answer.

• Qingyuan True Lord Wendao arrived at the Green Mountain Daoist Temple and told Qi Yun that the Great Tide of Time would weaken the barrier around the Xuanhuang Home Realm.
• Qingyuan True Lord proposed an alliance with Qi Yun, saying Dao Kings would project more power into the realm and that Qi Yun could contend with them.
• Qingyuan True Lord asked Qi Yun to refine the Immortal-Slaying Dao Fruit to benefit the Sword Dao lineage and strengthen the realm's fighting forces.
• Qi Yun noticed a faint Sword Intent in the remnant thought pulse when Qingyuan True Lord arrived, and he watched the visitor look west toward the ancient city hidden within it.
• After several days, Qi Yun told Cai Shen to inform Qingyuan True Lord that he agreed to the proposal.

Qi Yun refined the Immortal-Slaying Dao Fruit at the Sword Pavilion, awakening a new Sword Intent and freeing the sword Dao lineage from its suppression. Following the remnant thought’s guidance west, he faced a probing attack from the World-Honored One but continued toward the ancient city, where something seemed to be awakening.

• Qi Yun went to the Sword Pavilion and began refining the Immortal-Slaying Dao Fruit on Dao-Seeking Peak with Qingyuan True Lord standing guard.
• During the refining, Qi Yun glimpsed a sleeping figure surrounded by an ancient Sword Intent through the remnant thought in his sleeve.
• A gray-robed elder tried to stop Qi Yun from refining the Dao Fruit, but Qingyuan True Lord defended him and the elder withdrew.
• Qi Yun completed the refinement, merged the Immortal-Slaying Dao Fruit into Primordial Unity, and awakened Sword Intent that Qingyuan True Lord said would end the sword Dao lineage’s suppression.
• Qingyuan True Lord told Qi Yun that a mysterious Sword Intent had directed him to travel west to resolve Xuanhuang’s calamity, and Qi Yun followed the remnant thought’s guidance toward the west.
• The World-Honored One confronted Qi Yun with a golden Buddha’s hand, tested his strength, and called True Lord Contemplating the One a traitor; Qi Yun resisted and continued west toward the ancient city.

Qi Yun reached Chang'an and inherited the Great Tang Emperor’s united Sword Dao, along with the duty to protect Xuanhuang. As the ancient city faded, Qi Yun returned toward Xuanhuang, determined to choose his own path and face those threatening the realm.

• Qi Yun followed the remnant thought west to Chang'an, where the gates opened and he found the sleeping Emperor inside the Black Tortoise Gate.
• The Son of Heaven Sword revealed that the Emperor had divided his Sword Dao into four parts and left them to be brought together in Chang'an.
• Qi Yun united the four parts of the Sword Dao, deepening his connection to the Xuanhuang Home Realm as Chang'an began to disappear.
• Qi Yun told Cai Shen that he would choose his own path rather than simply follow the Emperor’s wish to protect Xuanhuang.
• Qi Yun and the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron flew east toward the Xuanhuang Home Realm, ready to confront the forces pursuing their plans.

Qi Yun returned to Xuanhuang after his journey to Chang'an and learned that news of the Great Tide of Time had spread, with factions preparing and overseas Buddhist cultivators assembling. He called a Dao Discussion Assembly for three months later, intending to force the hidden powers to reveal their plans.

• Qi Yun questioned Cai Shen about the Imperial Weapons that had rebelled, then said he had protected Xuanhuang in his own way.
• After returning to the Green Mountain Daoist Temple, Qi Yun learned from the Great Void Jade Tally that events had unfolded during his absence and went to the Great Void Hall for a report.
• Black Mountain True Person told Qi Yun that the Great Tide of Time had become public, the Sword Pavilion had allied with the Holy Sect, and overseas bodhisattvas were preparing a formation for the Tide.
• Qingyuan True Lord told Qi Yun that righteous sects were recalling their disciples while the demonic path expanded its forces, and Qi Yun said they should wait for their opponents to move—or force them to act.
• Qi Yun announced a Dao Discussion Assembly at the Wuji Sacred Sect in three months, inviting leaders from every faction to discuss how to face the Great Tide of Time.

As the Great Tide of Time approached, Qi Yun summoned the factions’ True Lords and declared that Xuanhuang faced danger but that he had a countermeasure. After the assembly, he privately explained that he had meant to establish his authority and position the True Lords as pieces on his board; Qingyuan later visited him and agreed that the Sword Pavilion would guard Xuanhuang.

• The factions’ True Lords arrived at the Wuji Sacred Sect, where Qi Yun presented an image of Xuanhuang and warned them that the Great Tide of Time could expose the realm to outside enemies.
• Qi Yun asked the True Lords to guard separate regions when the tide arrived, while withholding the full truth and saying someone would tell them what to do.
• After three days of discussion, Qi Yun told Cai Shen that the assembly had been a declaration that Xuanhuang was not without a master, and that the departing True Lords had become pieces on his board.
• Qingyuan visited Qi Yun to ask what he had shown the black-robed elder, but Qi Yun refused to explain and told him that the Sword Pavilion should guard Xuanhuang.
• Qingyuan accepted Qi Yun’s instruction and departed, while Qi Yun decided not to warn him about a hidden danger, believing that doing so would alert their enemy.

Qi Yun invaded the Pure Land and crippled its bodhisattvas before destroying the Grand Reception Formation they were preparing for the World-Honored One. After returning to Green Mountain Daoist Temple, he learned the Great Tide of Time would arrive in a little over a month and began calculating his next move.

• Qi Yun left Green Mountain Daoist Temple alone and entered the Pure Land, where the bodhisattvas discussed their nearly completed Grand Reception Formation.
• Qi Yun split the Pure Land's golden barrier and overwhelmed attacks from World-Purifying White Lotus Bodhisattva, Jeweled Tree Adornment Bodhisattva, and Dragon Elephant Prajna Bodhisattva with one strike.
• Qi Yun ordered the bodhisattvas to dismantle the Grand Reception Formation within ten days, then destroyed its foundation with a sword strike when Wrathful Wisdom King Bodhisattva defied him.
• Qi Yun returned to the temple, where Cai Shen welcomed him back and asked about the Pure Land.
• Qi Yun received a message from Canyi that the Great Tide of Time would arrive in a little over a month, then began calculating his next move while looking toward All Wonders Heaven.

As the Great Tide of Time approached and the Xuanhuang Home Realm’s barrier weakened, Qi Yun tested the World-Honored One’s power and learned that Dao Kings might overwhelm even him. He organized the True Lords to prepare Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Heaven, a formation meant to suppress invading Dao Kings, and began building it as the realm’s strange changes worsened.

• Qi Yun sensed several Dao Kings watching the Xuanhuang Home Realm and later traveled to its weakest outer-realm boundary to confront them.
• Qi Yun slashed at the World-Honored One’s gaze, then met the golden Buddha hand with four sword lights; their attacks were evenly matched before the World-Honored One withdrew and promised to claim Qi Yun when the tide came.
• Qi Yun told the Wuji Sacred Sect’s True Lords that the Great Tide of Time would arrive in half a month and proposed Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Heaven to suppress Dao Kings to True Lord level.
• The True Lords agreed to lend their Great Daos, and Qi Yun ordered them to await his summons when the tide arrived.
• Qi Yun began constructing the formation in the Great Void Hall, drawing on the True Lords’ Great Daos as the sky and spiritual essence grew increasingly unstable.

The Great Tide of Time tore open the Xuanhuang Home Realm’s barrier, and Qi Yun used the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Heaven formation to repel the World-Honored One’s first attack. The tide continued to threaten the realm, and Qi Yun prepared to hold the formation against the Dao Kings’ return.

• The Great Tide of Time swept through the outer void and ripped a vast rift in the Xuanhuang Home Realm’s barrier.
• Qi Yun activated the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Heaven formation with the True Lords’ Great Daos as the World-Honored One’s will shook the realm.
• The World-Honored One thrust a golden Buddha hand through the rift, and Qi Yun’s formation struck it with chaotic Sword Qi and a concentrated counterattack.
• The World-Honored One withdrew, warning Qi Yun that he would return when the tide reached its height.
• Qi Yun ordered the True Lords to keep the formation active and take turns resting while he remained at its eye.

As the Great Tide of Time battered Xuanhuang and seven Dao Kings watched from fissures in the realm barrier, Qi Yun completed his [Primordial Unity] world and used it to repel the World-Honored One’s attack. He left the other Dao Kings reassessing him as he calmly challenged them to act.

• Sage Wang True Lord warned Qingyuan True Lord that the grand formation could hold for only three months as the Great Tide intensified.
• Seven Dao Kings appeared through fissures and watched Xuanhuang, while Qi Yun exchanged Sword Intent with the Sword Dao Dao King and declined True Lord Contemplating the One’s offer of help.
• As the fissures widened on the fifteenth day, Qi Yun drove his [Primordial Unity] Dao to its limit and solidified his azure heaven into a complete independent world.
• The World-Honored One attacked the grand formation with two Buddha hands, but Qi Yun’s azure heaven hands overpowered them and forced them to burst apart.
• Qi Yun ignored the changed gazes of the other Dao Kings and asked, “Who else?”

Qi Yun endured probes from seven Dao Kings in the Great Void Hall and promised that Xuanhuang would survive the coming storm. As he began recovering, True Lord Contemplating the One watched the events from the Long River of Time and said it was not yet time to act.

• A dark Dao King attacked Qi Yun with a thread that devoured space, but Qi Yun blocked it with his Dao of Primordial Unity.
• A moon-white Dao King struck at the foundations of cultivation with a bell-like question, which Qi Yun resisted without wavering.
• A Dao King remained silent within an ocean of ice, while the purple-gold figure recognized a familiar presence in Qi Yun's azure heaven and said, “A pity—it is not him.”
• The World-Honored One challenged Qi Yun's choice to bind his Dao to Xuanhuang and damaged the azure heaven, but Qi Yun drove back the force and withstood the final probe.
• After all seven rifts closed, Qi Yun told the True Lords to recover and promised that Xuanhuang would still stand after the storm.
• True Lord Contemplating the One watched the scene with True Lord Feng Xi on Long Ages Immortal Island and said he would wait until the flower had fully bloomed.

Qi Yun entered seclusion to seek the Xuanhuang Home Realm’s aid against the seven Dao Kings, and All Wonders Heaven’s indistinct figure lent him the realm’s power after examining his Dao. He emerged with his strength restored and challenged the Dao Kings to face him in person as their seven gazes lit up.

• Qingyuan True Lord warned Qi Yun that the great formation could hold for at most another month, and Qi Yun announced that he would enter seclusion before the final battle.
• In All Wonders Heaven, Qi Yun found the Xuanhuang Treasure Tree withering as the rifts drained the realm’s source Qi.
• Qi Yun asked the indistinct figure in All Wonders Heaven to lend him its strength, and the figure scrutinized his Dao before agreeing to help.
• The figure lent Qi Yun the power of the Xuanhuang Home Realm and All Wonders Heaven, warning him that he would have to return it.
• Qi Yun emerged from seclusion with his blue sky restored, stepped above the heavens, and challenged the seven Dao Kings to face him in person.

Qi Yun used the Hunyuan Great Luo Heaven’s new Myriad Daos mechanism to level the Dao Kings’ status with ordinary True Lords, then led an assault on the seven rifts. The True Lords’ attacks failed to overcome the Dao Kings until True Lord Contemplating the One joined them, and Qi Yun launched a renewed charge with his allies.

• Qi Yun activated Myriad Daos, forcing every Dao Fruit in All Wonders Heaven, including the Dao Kings’ Fruition Statuses, onto the same level.
• Dozens of True Lords attacked the seven rifts, but the Dao Kings repelled them and badly wounded several fighters.
• Qi Yun called for True Lord Canyi Budao, who emerged and struck at the seven rifts, revealing that he had severed his own Dao King status.
• True Lord Contemplating the One told Qi Yun the rest was up to him, and Qi Yun led the True Lords in another assault on the seven rifts.
• The renewed attack made the rifts crack further and caused the Dao Kings’ gazes to change.

Qi Yun and the True Lords broke the World-Honored One’s Buddha hand, but six Dao Kings attacked True Lord Contemplating the One while the World-Honored One restored his hand through time reversal. Qi Yun drew on the Xuanhuang Origin to close the World-Honored One’s rift, leaving six rifts open and True Lord Contemplating the One beside him.

• Desolate Halberd Heaven-Rending True Lord and Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord cracked the Buddha seal, allowing Qingyuan True Lord Wendao, True Lord Vast Sea and Fine Dust, and the other True Lords to break it.
• Qi Yun endured the Buddha hand’s pressure, cut a gash into it with Primordial Unity Sword Intent, and led the True Lords in breaking the hand apart.
• Six Dao Kings attacked True Lord Contemplating the One, while the World-Honored One reversed time to restore his Buddha hand.
• Qi Yun drew on the growing blue sky behind him and formed a sword bearing the Xuanhuang Treasure Tree.
• Qi Yun used the Xuanhuang Origin to erase the World-Honored One’s rift and force his will back, leaving six rifts open.
• True Lord Contemplating the One arrived beside Qi Yun and looked at the Xuanhuang Treasure Tree reflected in his sword.

Qi Yun refused True Lord Contemplating the One’s demand for the Xuanhuang Origin and fought off his attempt to sever its bond with him. True Lord Feng Xi arrived and agreed to help Canyi in exchange for Qi Yun’s Primordial Unity, just as Qi Yun moved to act.

• True Lord Contemplating the One demanded that Qi Yun hand over the Xuanhuang Origin, arguing that it belonged to the Xuanhuang Home Realm.
• Qi Yun said only he could use the Origin to its full effect, then cut True Lord Contemplating the One’s hand with a sword strike powered by it.
• True Lord Contemplating the One urged the other True Lords to help him control the Origin, but Desolate Halberd Heaven-Rending True Lord rejected his appeal and accused him of fearing Qi Yun.
• True Lord Feng Xi arrived and told Canyi that he could not take the Origin from Qi Yun without risking both their lives.
• True Lord Feng Xi offered to help Canyi in return for Qi Yun’s Primordial Unity, and Qi Yun moved after they agreed.

Qi Yun used the Xuanhuang Origin to fight True Lord Contemplating the One, then broke True Lord Feng Xi’s confinement and drained much of her cultivation with the Xuanhuang Treasure Tree. The two former Dao Kings withdrew, but six hostile gazes still watched from the rifts as Qi Yun realized the time had come.

• Qi Yun cut through True Lord Contemplating the One’s silver threads and challenged him, then struck with a sword technique that forced him back.
• True Lord Feng Xi stopped Qi Yun’s attack and imprisoned him by rewriting the rules of the battlefield.
• Qi Yun awakened the Xuanhuang Treasure Tree, broke Feng Xi’s rules, and drained at least thirty percent of her cultivation before she escaped its roots.
• Qi Yun confronted True Lord Contemplating the One, who withdrew into the void, and True Lord Feng Xi left after him.
• Desolate Halberd Heaven-Rending True Lord caught the exhausted Qi Yun, who looked up at the six lingering gazes in the sky and then down at his sword.

Qi Yun fused with the Xuanhuang Origin and became one with the Xuanhuang Home Realm as seven Dao Kings moved to stop him and seize the Origin. With the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron and dozens of True Lords buying him time, Qi Yun continued transforming while the World-Honored One raised his hand against the Great Void Hall.

• Qi Yun agreed to bind himself completely to Xuanhuang, and Xuanhuang Heaven's Will merged into his Dao.
• Qi Yun touched the Origin's seed, unleashing its power and rapidly advancing his Dao toward the Dao King realm.
• The seven Dao Kings agreed to join forces, reopened their rifts, and entered the Xuanhuang Home Realm to stop Qi Yun and claim its Origin.
• Qi Yun used the Mountains and Rivers Cauldron to form a protective array over the world, then fused completely with the Origin's seed and became one with Xuanhuang.
• The seven Dao Kings broke through the cauldron's defenses and overwhelmed the True Lords, who continued fighting to buy Qi Yun time as his Hunyuan Dao Fruit ripened.
• The World-Honored One reached the sky above the Great Void Hall and pressed his Buddha hand toward Qi Yun as the Law Technique announced its final update.

Qi Yun completed his transformation by absorbing Xuanhuang’s myriad Dao Fruits and gaining control of All Wonders Heaven, then effortlessly halted the attacks of seven Dao Kings. He confronted the World-Honored One and declared that he would reclaim the power the Buddha had drawn from Xuanhuang.

• The World-Honored One’s strike erased the Wuji Sacred Sect and the Great Void Mirror Heaven, leaving Desolate Halberd Heaven-Rending True Lord and the survivors stunned.
• The World-Honored One declared that Qi Yun had lost the Xuanhuang Origin, as the seven Dao Kings’ combined pressure weighed upon Xuanhuang.
• All Wonders Heaven revealed the [Primordial Unity] Dao name, and its countless Dao Fruits broke free and streamed toward it.
• True Lord Contemplating the One realized that Qi Yun was merging with the Dao, prompting the World-Honored One and the other Dao Kings to attack All Wonders Heaven.
• Qi Yun emerged healed and transformed, with his Law Technique updated to [Hunyuan Great Luo] and a new mechanism named Xuanhuang Master, then stopped all seven Dao Kings’ attacks with a casual press of his hand.
• Qi Yun faced the World-Honored One and said he would reclaim the power the Buddha had taken from Xuanhuang.

Qi Yun began reclaiming the World-Honored One’s power as Xuanhuang Master, but the nine Dao Kings summoned the Long River of Time to overwhelm him. As its torrent descended, Qi Yun called upon Xuanhuang, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Qi Yun used his authority over Xuanhuang to strip the World-Honored One’s Buddhist power and damage his Dao Fruit and Pure Land.
• The Terminus Dao King urged the others to attack, and the seven Dao Kings drew upon the Long River of Time to scour Qi Yun and Xuanhuang.
• True Lord Feng Xi called on True Lord Contemplating the One to reclaim their hidden Dao King stations, and both restored their former power.
• Canyi and Feng Xi joined the other seven Dao Kings, forming nine Dao Kings who summoned the true Long River of Time and focused its force on Qi Yun.
• Qi Yun stopped extracting the World-Honored One’s power, faced the descending torrent, and commanded Xuanhuang to obey him.

Qi Yun used the Long River of Time to reverse Xuanhuang’s existence and remake the world from its primordial origin. He emerged as the anchor of the newborn Xuanhuang World and declared himself supreme.

• Qi Yun fused with Xuanhuang’s Origin and manifested the Xuanhuang Treasure Tree to withstand the nine Dao Kings’ assault.
• As the Long River of Time eroded the tree, Qi Yun merged completely with it and reversed the river’s effects, causing the tree and the Dao Kings’ Dao Fruits to regress.
• Canyi realized Qi Yun intended to use the Long River of Time to remold Xuanhuang by returning it to its origin point.
• Qi Yun drew the world, its inhabitants, the Dao Kings, and the Long River of Time into the tree’s core, reducing everything to primordial chaos and a single seed.
• A new Xuanhuang Treasure Tree grew from the seed and opened a brand-new world, where Qi Yun took shape above the tree and proclaimed his supremacy.