Recaps

After Yu Tunzhou killed Jin Xiongfei, news of his suspected mastery of Unity of Heaven and Celestial Person reached the old prince and Star Palace, drawing astonishment and plans to bring him together with Feng Yanleng. As Yu Tunzhou traveled deeper into the Western Desert, he uncovered the Seven Bandits’ plans against Gao Old Village and headed there to warn its people.

• Garrison Commander Wang ordered Xiao He to send news of Yu Tunzhou’s victory to Feng Xu, who passed the report to the old prince.
• The old prince dismissed Feng Xu’s guess about Yu Tunzhou’s Martial Dao innovation, learned that Yu Tunzhou had reached the Pure Land, and ordered Feng Xu to locate Feng Yanleng and tell her the news.
• Mo Shougui and Daoist Purple Mountain discussed Yu Tunzhou’s strength and agreed that Star Palace needed to act as the Martial Dao entered a golden age and an age of chaos.
• Zhao Cang told Ghost Blade Sun Xiongman about Yu Tunzhou, and Sun Xiongman ordered his men to search the Western Desert for the young martial artist.
• Yu Tunzhou learned that Sun Xiongman’s bandits were seeking Feng Yanleng and that Illusory Spider Hua Nongying planned to attack Gao Old Village, so he decided to warn its master, Fu Baichuan.

Yu Tunzhou attended Zhu Baichuan’s banquet and watched Ji Yanleng accuse the village master of betraying Jiang Ying to the Seven Bandits. Ji Yanleng revealed herself as Feng Yanleng and attacked Zhu Baichuan, who called on Hua Nongying for help.

• Yu Tunzhou entered Gao Old Village under a false name and sat beside Luo Zichuan at Zhu Baichuan’s banquet.
• Ji Yanleng accused Zhu Baichuan of betraying Jiang Ying ten years earlier and said she had rescued her and buried her in her hometown.
• Zhu Baichuan denied the accusation and threatened to capture Ji Yanleng, who declared that she had come to kill him.
• Ji Yanleng summoned the Mistwater Sword, and Shen Yulou recognized her as Feng Yanleng.
• Zhu Baichuan called for Hua Nongying to help kill Feng Yanleng, but Feng Yanleng struck first with the Supreme Sword Lord’s Sword Intent.

Yuyang exposed Zhu Baichuan’s betrayal of Jiang Ying, and the ensuing battle turned against Feng Yanleng and her allies when Hua Nongying intervened. Yu Tunzhou used the Vajra Bracelet to break Zhu Baichuan’s defenses and help Feng kill him, while Hua escaped; Feng recognized Yu and invited him to drink with her another time.

• Yuyang attacked Zhu Baichuan and revealed that he had betrayed Jiang Ying and helped the Seven Bandits of the Western Desert torment her for Xuandu’s inheritance.
• Hua Nongying arrived and fought Yuyang while Zhu Baichuan battled Feng Yanleng, driving the other martial artists back with his powerful Gang Qi.
• Yu Tunzhou realized the Vajra Bracelet could pierce Zhu Baichuan’s defenses and circled behind him while Feng kept him occupied.
• Yu struck Zhu Baichuan’s skull with the Vajra Bracelet, breaking his body-tempering defenses, and Feng killed and beheaded him.
• Hua Nongying fled after assessing Yu’s weapon, and Feng recognized Yu and suggested they share a drink when they next met.

After helping Feng Yanleng and Yuyang defeat Zhu Baichuan, Yu Tunzhou arranged for the Gold-Wielding Guard to manage the fallout in Donghe County and began cultivating in seclusion. His Immortal Foundation transformed as he used Taijiquan to shape his Dao Embryo, revealing two possible Dao Paths: Taiji and Wuji.

• Yuyang and Feng Yanleng took Zhu Yaowu into custody and invited Yu Tunzhou to meet them at Falling Star Gorge half a month later.
• Yu Tunzhou asked Gold-Wielding Guard Liu An to prevent infighting over Gao Old Village, prepare for a possible attack by Hua Nongying, and gather information about Zhu Baichuan, Falling Star Gorge, and Xuandu.
• At a secluded residence in Donghe County, Yu Tunzhou studied how the Vajra Bracelet could pierce protective Gang Qi and considered its limits against Hua Nongying.
• Yu Tunzhou watched his Primordial Azure One Qi begin transforming and reflected on how his Immortal Foundation could guide his Dao Path.
• Yu Tunzhou practiced Taijiquan under the principles of Wuji and Taiji, causing Fist Intent to spread across Donghe County as his Dao Embryo took shape.
• Great Sage Huntian recognized the power of a source of the Dao and cried out that it resembled Laojun's-Taiji Diagram, while Yu Tunzhou realized he had two Dao Paths: following the current as Taiji or reversing it as Wuji.

Yu Tunzhou formed an unsettled Dao Embryo that held the paths of Taiji and Wuji, while Great Sage Huntian warned him to study both before choosing. After learning that Falling Star Gorge might hold the Xuandu inheritance, Yu Tunzhou resolved to master the first level of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art before going there, and Huntian warned that completing it would bring a lightning tribulation.

• A yin-yang phenomenon spread across Donghe County as Yu Tunzhou formed his Dao Embryo, and Liu An identified him as its source and drove the local factions away from Gao Old Village.
• Huntian examined Yu Tunzhou's Dao Embryo, explained the Taiji and Wuji paths, and urged him to delay choosing between them.
• Yu Tunzhou refined his remaining acupoints while Liu An brought records about Zhu Baichuan, Falling Star Gorge, and Xuandu.
• Yu Tunzhou suspected the Xuandu inheritance lay near the village where Zhu Baichuan, Jiang Ying, and Yuyang were born, and decided to finish the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art before exploring it.
• Huntian rejected Yu Tunzhou's claim that Grand Dharma Master Xuandu was Laojun's foremost disciple and one of Nüwa's first humans, then warned that the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art's first tribulation was a lightning tribulation.

Yu Tunzhou completed the first stage of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art, reached Unity of Heaven and Celestial Person, and survived six bolts of heavenly lightning that transformed his body. Great Sage Huntian warned that the new Heavenly Dao still threatened him, so Yu Tunzhou planned to seek Xuandu’s inheritance at Falling Star Gorge, only to discover the tribulation had burned off his hair.

• Yu Tunzhou connected all 365 acupoints into a cycle of yin and yang and sensed the primordial Qi of heaven and earth as he reached Unity of Heaven and Celestial Person.
• Six bolts of heavenly lightning struck Yu Tunzhou; he endured the first five, used dragon pearl wine to recover, and survived the sixth by entering a state of feigned death.
• Liu An and the martial artists of Donghe County felt the tribulation’s pressure and mistook the lightning for a Divine Ability Yu Tunzhou was cultivating.
• Yu Tunzhou revived with a treasured golden sheen beneath his skin, and Great Sage Huntian concluded that the Ancient Method was not tolerated in this age and suggested seeking Xuandu’s inheritance in an ancient-world fragment.
• Yu Tunzhou discovered that his new Unity of Heaven and Celestial Person let him perceive his surroundings with extraordinary clarity, then planned to travel to Falling Star Gorge after resting.
• Yu Tunzhou reached for his head and realized the lightning tribulation had burned off his hair.

Yu Tunzhou left Donghe County for Falling Star Gorge while Liu An recorded his bald head as a possible sign he intended to become a Buddhist monk. In the Western Desert, Hua Nongying, Sun Xiongman, and Yan Wen agreed to pursue Xuandu’s inheritance, while Zhao Cang mistook Yu Tunzhou for his quarry at Western Yang Pass before recognizing his bald head.

• Yu Tunzhou asked Liu An to care for a fledgling, chose a conical hat, and quietly left Donghe County; Liu An reported that Yu Tunzhou showed signs of entering the Buddhist order.
• Hua Nongying told Sun Xiongman that she knew Yu Tunzhou’s whereabouts and proposed joining forces to seek Xuandu’s inheritance.
• Yan Wen revealed that Helian Tu was occupied by Qin Zang, then joined Hua Nongying and Sun Xiongman in planning to watch the abandoned village near Falling Star Gorge.
• Yu Tunzhou reached Western Yang Pass and continued toward Falling Star Gorge.
• Zhao Cang spotted Yu Tunzhou in the crowd, briefly thought he had found his target, then recognized his bald head and cursed his subordinate for mistaking him for a young man.

Yu Tunzhou found Feng Yanleng and her companions in Falling Star Gorge as they prepared to enter the Xuandu inheritance, but Yan Wen and other members of the Seven Bandits ambushed them. Guided by Huntian, Yu Tunzhou summoned heavenly lightning to attack the bandits, then escaped through the opened gateway with the others as the lightning continued to intensify.

• Yu Tunzhou spotted a staged horse-bandit chase and suspected Hua Nongying was trying to lure him, then entered Falling Star Gorge and found Yuyang.
• Yuyang explained that Yan Wen, an External Scenery expert, had ambushed their group and killed Zhang Ping; Yu Tunzhou met the surviving heroes and learned Feng Yanleng held the Law Seal for the inheritance gateway.
• As Feng Yanleng opened the starry gateway at midnight, Yan Wen, Hua Nongying, Sun Xiongman, and their bandits attacked the group.
• Huntian recognized the gateway's primordial presence and urged Yu Tunzhou to use the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art, which drew heavenly lightning down on everyone in the gorge.
• Yu Tunzhou endured and refined his own lightning strike, then warned the others that another wave was coming and urged them through the open gateway.
• Yu Tunzhou followed Feng Yanleng into the gateway, and Yuyang and the remaining companions escaped inside as the heavenly lightning grew stronger.

Yu Tunzhou and his companions entered Xuandu Cave, where they found the Eight Sceneries Palace and confronted Yan Wen. Their discovery of the inheritance site coincided with Helian Tu revealing that he expected someone important to arrive and ordering the Heavenly Demon Sect to send stronger forces.

• Yu Tunzhou escaped Yan Wen's heavenly lightning tribulation by leading his companions through the portal, while Feng Yanleng's blade strike delayed their pursuers.
• Sun Xiongman and Hua Nongying discovered that the grotto-heaven made comprehending the unity of heaven and man easier, and they agreed to an alliance as Yan Wen followed Yu Tunzhou's group.
• Yu Tunzhou's group crossed a mountain path guarded by restrictions and reached Xuandu Cave, where they entered the Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Yan Wen caught up with them, but Yu Tunzhou distracted him by calling out Helian Tu's name, allowing Feng Yanleng and the others to attack.
• In the Western Desert, Helian Tu told Huyan Zheng that the inheritance would attract a certain person and ordered him to summon Heavenly Demon Sect members at least at the External Scenery level.

Yu Tunzhou and his allies killed Yan Wen after Feng Yanleng wounded his Primordial Spirit, but Shen You then appeared and demanded that Feng Yanleng enter the Dao Palace. As Yu Tunzhou prepared to use the Vajra Bracelet, Great Sage Huntian recognized it and began to suspect Yu Tunzhou was Laojun reincarnated.

• Feng Yanleng struck Yan Wen’s Primordial Spirit, and Qin He, Yuyang, Ye Jing, and Master Yile joined her in battling him.
• Yan Wen tried to seize Feng Yanleng, but Yu Tunzhou struck through his protective Gang Qi, allowing Yuyang and another attacker to kill him.
• Yu Tunzhou searched Yan Wen’s belongings and found a Yellow Springs Token and a Pseudodivine Weapon before Feng Yanleng revealed a secret route out of the grotto-heaven.
• Shen You appeared, identified himself as the Heavenly Demon Kou Ziling’s disciple, and pressured Feng Yanleng to enter the Dao Palace by threatening her companions and hinting at her unknown origins.
• Yu Tunzhou asked Great Sage Huntian to awaken the dormant Vajra Bracelet, and Huntian recognized its Inner Heaven and Earth and suspected Yu Tunzhou was Laojun reincarnated.

Yu Tunzhou entered the Eight Sceneries Palace and discovered a Taiji Diagram suppressing a mysterious being, while powerful forces clashed around him. After the Vajra Bracelet drove back one attacker, the Eight Trigrams Furnace carried Yu Tunzhou to an ancient palace, where an old Daoist addressed him as Xuandu and gave him the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Flag.

• Feng Yanleng negotiated for everyone to enter the Dao Palace together, and Shen You agreed while warning that no one but Feng Yanleng could leave.
• Yu Tunzhou and the others entered an empty hall, where an illusion tested their hearts; Yu Tunzhou alone resisted it and sensed that those bearing Dao and Virtue faced no restrictions.
• Yu Tunzhou followed the corridor to a hall containing the Eight Trigrams Furnace and the Taiji Diagram, where he saw a mysterious figure suppressed by the two artifacts.
• The imprisoned figure's heartbeat harmed the others, and three forces clashed until Great Sage Huntian awakened the Vajra Bracelet to protect Yu Tunzhou.
• The Eight Trigrams Furnace swallowed Yu Tunzhou and carried him to an ancient Eight Sceneries Palace, where an old Daoist called him Xuandu and handed him the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Flag.

Yu Tunzhou found himself in the Primordial Era inhabiting a body associated with Grand Dharma Master Xuandu, where the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue sent him to meet Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and taught him One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones. Meanwhile, Yan Huifeng and Kou Ziling discussed the dwindling number of Dharma Aspect cultivators and the enemies they saw in the path of ascension.

• Yu Tunzhou accepted the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Flag from the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue, discovered his unfamiliar body and missing treasures, and concluded that he might have taken Grand Dharma Master Xuandu's place.
• Yu Tunzhou gave the flag to Guangchengzi, who mistook him for Senior Brother Xuandu and thanked him before leaving.
• Yu Tunzhou questioned the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue, who sent him to Jade Void Palace to meet Celestial Venerable Yuanshi; Yuanshi acknowledged him and immediately sent him away.
• After Yu Tunzhou returned, the Heavenly Lord of Dao and Virtue began teaching him One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones, and Yu Tunzhou saw the figure of Great Master Xuandu before him.
• In the Western Desert, Kou Ziling sensed four forces had emerged and warned Yan Huifeng that Dharma Aspect cultivators viewed others as obstacles to ascending to heaven.

Yu Tunzhou returned from the primordial age, condensed Innate One Qi in the Eight Sceneries Palace, and endured the eighth and ninth heavenly lightning bolts to advance his Eight-Nine Mysterious Art. After recovering from the tribulation, he set out to find Hua Nongying and her companion, wondering whether Shen You was still in the Western Desert.

• Kou Ziling discussed the overseas surviving clans with Yan Huifeng and considered meeting Yu Tunzhou, while Yan Huifeng departed the Heavenly Demon Sect.
• Kou Ziling asked Deng Canglan to kill two of his peers in the top ten of the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, and Deng Canglan refused to follow his master's Cultivation Method.
• Yu Tunzhou returned to the present age and, guided by the Eight Sceneries of the Eight Sceneries Palace, condensed Innate One Qi and began laying the foundation for One Qi Transforms into the Three Pure Ones.
• Yu Tunzhou left the Eight Sceneries Palace, faced the eighth and ninth heavenly lightning bolts with his physical body, and survived the tribulation.
• Yu Tunzhou recovered through the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art, gained strength comparable to someone who had mastered its second level, and decided to seek out Hua Nongying and her companion.

Yu Tunzhou returned to Twin Rivers Commandery, learned that the Three Harmonies Martial Arts School and its allies were under attack, and defeated Zhao Huchen before tracking him to the Qingyang Prince's Residence. There, Yu Tunzhou discovered Prince Qingyang Ji Zhaole was working with the Seven Bandits of the Western Desert and the Six Paths of Evil and Demons, while Hua Nongying was present.

• Han Chong learned that several factions connected to Hero Yu and Senior Zhang were being targeted and that Zhao Huchen had come to demand the Three Harmonies Martial Arts School disband or join his school.
• Han Chong refused Zhao Huchen's offer and vowed to defend the school; Zhao Huchen gave him until the next sunset to disband.
• Yu Tunzhou confronted Zhao Huchen in an alley, defeated him with a single punch, and ordered him to tell those behind him to prepare for his arrival.
• Yu Tunzhou followed Zhao Huchen to the Qingyang Prince's Residence and overheard Prince Qingyang Ji Zhaole discuss the attack and summon Mr. Yin.
• Mr. Yin arrived and asked who had trespassed, while Yu Tunzhou spotted Hua Nongying and realized Ji Zhaole was colluding with the Seven Bandits of the Western Desert and the Six Paths of Evil and Demons.

Yu Tunzhou overheard Commandery Prince Qingyang and Elder Yin planning a Blood God Ritual against the Twin Rivers Wang Household and those who resisted the prince, with Helian Tu set to join them. After discovering that they had marked him as a target too, Yu Tunzhou arranged for Luo Zichuan to seek reinforcements and decided to unite everyone he could against the plot.

• Elder Yin told Ji Zhaole that the Six Paths of Evil and Demons had sealed off Twin Rivers Commandery and planned to use the Blood God Ritual to destroy the Wang Household and the prince’s opponents.
• Ji Zhaole agreed to target Yu Tunzhou instead of Feng Yanleng, while Yu Tunzhou stayed hidden and learned that Helian Tu would arrive after keeping Qin Zang occupied.
• Elder Yin returned to the courtyard in a bodiless form to search for Yu Tunzhou, but Yu remained concealed until dawn and slipped out of the prince’s residence.
• Yu Tunzhou considered leaving the city to seek help, then spotted Luo Zichuan and persuaded him to leave Twin Rivers Commandery and request reinforcements from his household.
• Luo Zichuan agreed to seek help, and Yu Tunzhou decided to stay and try to stop the ritual by uniting everyone who could be united.

Luo Zichuan persuaded Luo Zijin to seek help while Yu Tunzhou warned Wang Chongyi about Commandery Prince Qingyang’s Blood God Ritual and planned to seize the prince. Yu Tunzhou kidnapped Ji Zhaole and brought him to Qi Anmei, then asked whether the Gold-Wielding Guard’s loyalty belonged to the realm and the old prince or to the imperial family.

• Luo Zichuan convinced Luo Zijin to go to Moon-Worshipping Mountain for help after warning her that Twin Rivers Commandery faced a crisis.
• Yu Tunzhou told Wang Chongyi that Ji Zhaole had joined forces with the Six Paths of Evil and Demons, and Wang Chongyi agreed to help him investigate.
• Yu Tunzhou and Wang Chongyi decided that Yu Tunzhou would kidnap Ji Zhaole while Wang Chongyi drew away an External Scenery expert at the prince’s residence.
• Ji Zhaole told Jin Shouzhong to gather infant blood for the ritual, while Hua Nongying stayed behind to protect him.
• Yu Tunzhou defeated Hua Nongying, knocked Ji Zhaole unconscious, and escaped with him as Jin Shouzhong pursued them.
• Yu Tunzhou carried Ji Zhaole into the Gold-Wielding Guard office, showed Qi Anmei Feng Xu’s token, and asked where Qi’s loyalty lay.

Yu Tunzhou persuaded Qi Anmei to act against Ji Zhaole and uncover the Blood God Ritual, then joined forces with the Gold-Wielding Guard and the Wang Household to attack the Qingyang Prince's Residence. The assault exposed Yin Jiuquan as a Blood River Dao protector, but his dying revelation that Helian Tu was the ritual's core left Twin Rivers Commandery in immediate danger.

• Yu Tunzhou accused Ji Zhaole of colluding with the Seven Bandits of the Western Desert and the Six Paths of Evil and Demons, and Qi Anmei agreed to investigate and interrogate him.
• Qi Anmei ordered Zhang Zhikui to surround the Wang Household while Yu Tunzhou warned Wang Chongyi, and the two sides secretly coordinated their forces.
• Qi Anmei struck Jin Shouzhong instead of Wang Chongyi when Jin attacked the Wang Household, and the Gold-Wielding Guard used a staged battle as cover to send its elites toward the Qingyang Prince's Residence.
• Yin Jiuquan and Hua Nongying mistook the apparent clash at the Wang Household for a real battle, but Qi Anmei and Wang Chongyi ambushed them at the prince's residence.
• Qi Anmei and Wang Chongyi grievously wounded Yin Jiuquan, who revealed that Helian Tu was the Blood God Ritual's core before unleashing a Blood River Dao forbidden technique.

After learning that Helian Tu might be possessed by the Nine Netherworlds Devil God, Yu Tunzhou and his allies prepared a lightning formation to exploit the ancient being’s weakness. As Twin Rivers Commandery braced for an attack, Yu met Chen Xuanjing of the Five Thunder Temple and learned that his lineage descended from the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole; the formation was ready, and they awaited Helian Tu.

• Wang Chongyi and Qi Anmei killed Yin Jiuquan, then learned from Hua Nongying that Helian Tu might arrive the next day and that an ancient Great Sage called the Nine Netherworlds Devil God was tied to him.
• Huntian urged Yu Tunzhou to lure heavenly lightning onto the Devil God and taught him a method to combine with the Blood God ritual, while Wang Chongyi and Qi Anmei arranged the city’s defenses.
• The Gold-Wielding Guard requisitioned Han Chong and his fellow disciples to keep order, told them the Six Paths of Evil and Demons planned to attack, and reported that the Gilded Martial Arts School’s leaders had been arrested for suspected collusion.
• Huntian identified the ritual’s formation cores and concealed the lightning method in its auxiliary formation, so the lightning would strike Helian Tu when he activated the grand formation.
• Yu Tunzhou met Chen Xuanjing of the Five Thunder Temple, discussed the Thunder Method with him, and learned from Huntian that Chen’s inheritance came from the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole.
• Chen Xuanjing agreed to welcome Yu Tunzhou to the Five Thunder Temple, and Qi Anmei and Wang Chongyi returned after successfully setting the formation.

Yu Tunzhou and his allies waited for Helian Tu to activate the Blood God Ritual, while Huntian prepared the altered formation to summon heavenly lightning. Helian Tu brought the Blood God Son’s will into the world, but the formation exposed both of them to the Heavenly Dao’s judgment, and lightning struck them together.

• Yu Tunzhou questioned Hua Nongying in the dungeon, and she warned that he would die the next day if he did not flee.
• Helian Tu secretly entered the ruined Qingyang Prince's Residence, consumed Yin Jiuquan's Essence Blood, and learned how to complete the ritual's core node.
• Helian Tu activated the core node, causing three auxiliary nodes across Twin Rivers Commandery to form a blood-colored gateway for the Blood God Son.
• Huntian recognized the Blood God Son and urged Yu Tunzhou to activate the lightning-summoning array as the Blood God Son descended and confronted Helian Tu, whom he called Yuan Tu.
• The altered formation revealed its true nature, and two bolts of heavenly lightning struck Helian Tu and the Blood God Son before successive bolts engulfed them.

Yu Tunzhou and Huntian helped turn the lightning-summoning formation against Helian Tu and the Blood God Son, while Old Gang Leader Su confronted Helian Tu and Kou Ziling. Twin Rivers Commandery’s immediate crisis ended, but Huntian’s presence and the battle in the void left further dangers unresolved.

• The heavenly lightning battered Helian Tu and the Blood God Son, and the Blood God Son scattered his divided spirit into a rain of blood to escape.
• Huntian borrowed Yu Tunzhou’s Primordial Spirit Inner Form, appeared as a Golden-Winged Great Peng, swallowed the blood rain, and moved to devour Helian Tu.
• Kou Ziling helped Helian Tu escape the lightning by transferring his Primordial Spirit into a prepared body, but Old Gang Leader Su struck with the Tathagata Divine Palm.
• Old Gang Leader Su and Kou Ziling took their battle into the void, with Helian Tu’s remaining Primordial Spirit drawn into Kou Ziling’s black sword.
• Qin Zang arrived, praised Yu Tunzhou, Wang Chongyi, and Qi Anmei, then left to aid Old Gang Leader Su in the void.
• Qi Anmei warned Yu Tunzhou and Wang Chongyi that Huntian remained a threat, while Huntian quietly blamed Kou Ziling for the danger.

Yu Tunzhou learned what had happened at the Eight Sceneries Palace, reunited with Old Gang Leader Su, and heard that the Ancient Method was about to be unsealed. After Yu Tunzhou left for Five Thunder Temple, Ji Tianfang decided to give him the title “Madman” and confirmed he would compete at the Eternal Dragon Gates of the Four Seas.

• Yu Tunzhou questioned Hua Nongying in the dungeon and learned that Shen You had taken her and Sun Xiongman out of the inheritance ground before they reached the Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Yu Tunzhou told the Three Harmonies Martial Arts School what he knew, then met Old Gang Leader Su at a breakfast stall and learned that Kou Ziling had challenged him to a ten-move fight.
• Old Gang Leader Su explained that Martial Fortune could restrict one’s Dao and warned Yu Tunzhou that the Ancient Method would soon be unsealed and the Immortals and Gods would return.
• Yu Tunzhou arranged with Qi Anmei to receive word about the court’s judgment, then set off for Five Thunder Temple with Daoist Chen.
• In the Divine Capital, Ji Tianfang approved Yu Tunzhou’s remarks about the realm, learned that Yu Tunzhou ranked fourth on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, and chose “Madman” as his title.

Qian Jinqing and others learned that Yu Tunzhou had risen to fourth on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, while the people connected to him reacted to his progress. After studying Five Thunder Temple’s Thunder Method, Yu Tunzhou prepared to hunt Sun Xiongman in the Western Desert before traveling to the South Sea Dragon Palace.

• Jin Ding told Qian Jinqing that Yu Tunzhou had reached fourth on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, and Wang Shubo explained the significance of his Dao Path Phenomenon.
• At the South Sea Dragon Palace, Liu Zhizhou and Ao Xiyu read Yu Tunzhou’s ranking; Ao Xiyu hoped he would come to the Eternal Dragon Gate.
• Cao Jianjia asked Yan Huifeng to let her enter the Sword Pool so she could keep pace with Yu Tunzhou, and he agreed.
• Yu Tunzhou cultivated Five Thunder Temple’s Thunder Method, learned to summon heavenly lightning, and received news that Qi Anmei would be transferred to the Divine Capital without the court pursuing him.
• Yu Tunzhou decided to hunt Sun Xiongman in the Western Desert before heading to the South Sea Dragon Palace, while Chen Xuanjing began teaching Qingyu the Thunder Method in the courtyard Yu Tunzhou had used.

Liu Yiqing and her second uncle joined other factions in paying tribute to the newly advanced Sun Xiongman, whose power had taken over the Western Desert. Yu Tunzhou arrived at the banquet, killed Sun Xiongman, and left the oasis buried in yellow sand.

• Liu Yiqing and her second uncle brought the Liu Household's tribute to Sun Xiongman's oasis, where gatekeepers and steward Zhao Cang treated the guests arrogantly.
• Zhao Cang hosted the banquet in Sun Xiongman's absence, and a young scholar in green recited verses that mocked the rise and fall of the oasis.
• Yu Tunzhou revealed his External Scenery-level strength, killed Zhao Cang, and challenged Sun Xiongman, while the Jin Brothers followed him deeper into the blessed land.
• Yu Tunzhou used the Thunder Method to shatter the blessed land's boundary, killed the elder Jin brother with heavenly lightning, and defeated Sun Xiongman.
• Yu Tunzhou emerged carrying Sun Xiongman's severed head, and Liu Yiqing asked him to finish the verse as the oasis sank beneath the sand.

Yu Tunzhou reached Far West City to investigate Little Black’s transformation and visit the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple, where he challenged the Western Frontier’s young talents. He revealed ties to the temple by presenting Zuo Lan with Sun Xiongman’s severed head, leaving the gathered martial artists stunned by his apparent ability to kill an External Scenery expert.

• After Yu Tunzhou killed Sun Xiongman and his bandits, Liu Yiqing watched him leave, and three days later he arrived at Far West City seeking clues about Little Black and the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple.
• At a restaurant, Yu Tunzhou listened as Central Plains and Western Frontier martial artists argued over his ranking, then invited promising local talents to challenge him.
• At the temple gates, Yu Tunzhou handed a bloodied bundle to a guard as a greeting gift for Senior Brother Zuo Lan and accepted a challenge from Pang Tu.
• Yu Tunzhou overwhelmed Pang Tu with his presence and a thunderous Primordial Spirit attack, then declared that Pang Tu was not strong enough to make him lift a hand.
• Zuo Lan welcomed Yu Tunzhou as a fellow martial brother, and Yu gave him Sun Xiongman’s severed head, revealing that the newly advanced External Scenery expert had been killed.

Yu Tunzhou arrived at the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple carrying Sun Xiongman's head, then searched the temple’s records for a way to transform his Kun Fish Primordial Spirit Inner Form into a peng. After developing a new fist technique and beginning to teach Feng Qingping, he defeated Mo Tianxiong with a single overwhelming punch, leaving the young martial artists of Far West City to reckon with his strength.

• Zuo Lan welcomed Yu Tunzhou at the Heavenly Peng Daoist Temple after displaying Sun Xiongman's head, and Yu explained that his Kun Fish Primordial Spirit Inner Form had reached a transformation bottleneck.
• Zuo Lan offered the founding master's journals to help Yu Tunzhou find a way forward and warned him that young martial artists would challenge him over places at the Eternal Dragon Gate.
• Mo Tianxiong challenged Yu Tunzhou, while Puppeteer advised Mo to use the fight to display his strength rather than expect to win.
• Yu Tunzhou studied the founding master's writings, shaped a Half-Step External Scenery fist technique that stirred Little Black, and invited Feng Qingping to learn boxing from him.
• Mo Tianxiong attacked Yu Tunzhou on a Far West City street, but Yu's overwhelming presence and punch left him unable to fight back.
• Yu Tunzhou withdrew his punch, assessed Mo Tianxiong's strength and flaws, and walked away as the watching martial artists fell silent.