Recaps

Zhu Ji met with his mother, the empress, after returning too late to see his father before his death, and learned that Taizong had appeared on the night the emperor died. As Zhu Ji prepared to ascend the throne, the empress advised him on court affairs and his maternal family’s titles, while her white hair revealed the depth of her grief.

• Zhu Ji entered the Palace of Earthly Tranquility in mourning and saw that his mother's hair had turned entirely white.
• Zhu Ji apologized for failing to return in time to see his father, and the empress reminded him that his father had waited sixty years while he was in Qingzhou.
• The empress told Zhu Ji that Taizong had appeared on the night the emperor died, and Zhu Ji described seeing Taizong's Human Dao radiance preserving his father's body.
• Zhu Ji reported that the Prince of Han secretly harbored ambition but had made no substantial move, while he knew little about the Prince of Zhao.
• The empress approved the proposed enthronement date and rejected Zhu Ji's plan to elevate his maternal uncle to a dukedom, warning that excessive honors could bring disaster.
• The empress urged Zhu Ji to stabilize the court and avoid war until the matter of Nanzhao was settled, then sent him away to prepare for the enthronement.

Zhu Ji completed his accession rites, became emperor, and honored his mother as Empress Dowager. He ordered envoys to appease the princes of Han and Zhao while preparing the Capital Garrison for a campaign against Nanzhao, where the court and the Mysterious Gate were pursuing rival plans.

• At the Circular Mound, Zhu Ji performed the imperial rites, and the twelve symbols on his robes shone as Human Dao Qi raised him to the standing of a True Lord.
• Zhu Ji ascended the throne, granted an amnesty, and changed the reign title to Xuande.
• Zhu Ji honored Empress Dowager Lady Zhang with jade and gold seals and installed her in the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.
• Yang Dongli, Xu Jingchang, Zhang Fu, and Zhu Yong advised Zhu Ji on the princes of Han and Zhao and the conflict in Nanzhao.
• Zhu Ji ordered Yang Dongli to send envoys bearing gifts to the princes of Han and Zhao, and directed the three dukes to ready the Capital Garrison for a southern march.
• Zhu Ji declared that he would settle accounts with Nanzhao as the court and the Mysterious Gate maneuvered against each other.

Su Yao learned that Xuan Yan had sent an urgent plea from the Red Rock Zhao Household and hurried there, leaving Zilin and two Purple Mansion cultivators to guard Golden Ao Mountain. The chapter ended with Zilin watching the new Human Dao presence over Jiankang as Su Yao raced northeast.

• Su Yao and Zilin sensed the powerful Human Dao presence in Jiankang and bowed in respect after the new ruler ascended the throne.
• Zilin reported that Yang Xiu, Mo Li, Ying Qi, and Xuan Yan had been guarding key locations, and that Xuan Yan had killed Zhao Household defectors who sought to join Proclaiming Earth.
• Su Yao received Xuan Yan's urgent message requesting aid at the Zhao Household and ordered Han Ziyi, Zhang Ziyan, Zhu Xuejie, and Yang Nan to hold their posts.
• Su Yao summoned Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi, told them to help Zilin defend Golden Ao Mountain, and left for the Zhao Household using Golden Light Across the Land.
• Zilin assigned Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi to guard the eastern and western gates, then watched the Human Dao presence in Jiankang and noted the date of the new reign.

Su Yao fought Lu Yu, who tried to block his involvement in Proclaiming Earth with seven Spirit Treasures and three Technique Swords. Su Yao defeated him and sent a warning to Yuanfu before continuing northeast to deal with the Zhao Household’s matter.

• Lu Yu confronted Su Yao in the Great Void and challenged his Intent Sword with three Technique Swords.
• Lu Yu attacked with his Technique Swords and four other Spirit Treasures, but Su Yao countered them with his banner and swords.
• Su Yao struck back, shattered Lu Yu’s defenses, and wounded him by exploiting the limits of his single Divine Ability.
• Lu Yu unleashed Cannot Bear the Cold, but Su Yao dispelled its attack and caused Lu Yu’s Spirit Treasures and Technique Swords to fall.
• Su Yao told Lu Yu that Qixia Temple would pursue the Zhao Household and Nanzhao matter, and warned Yuanfu not to interfere.
• Lu Yu withdrew, and Su Yao hurried northeast because the Zhao Household’s matter could not wait.

Su Yao arrived at Red Rock Mountain and joined Xuan Yan against the Li Fire Demon King and his two allies. Su Yao wounded the demon king and turned toward the other enemies, while Xuan Yan and the white-robed cultivator were both badly injured.

• Xuan Yan held the Zhao Household's formation against the Li Fire Demon King, the white-robed Dui Metal cultivator, and the old Bamboo-Bookcase Wood woman until the barrier began to crack.
• Su Yao arrived and pierced the old woman's left shoulder with the Autumn Steed Sword.
• Su Yao blocked the Li Fire Demon King's flame attack and wounded him in the right shoulder with Crimson Dawn Unstained Night-Illuminating Clear Light Sword.
• Xuan Yan held off the white-robed cultivator with Falling Star Rain, then pierced his ribs with a comet-patterned ruler and disrupted his Dui Metal Qi.
• Su Yao turned from the wounded Li Fire Demon King and attacked the white-robed cultivator and the old woman as Xuan Yan's comet light spread through the cultivator's wound.

Su Yao killed the Bamboo-Bookcase Wood old woman and the Dui Metal man in white, while the Li Fire Demon King escaped, then entered Red Rock Mountain with the wounded Xuan Yan. A mysterious decree ordered Su Yao to make Proclaiming Earth True Lord’s reincarnation undergo Liberation by Violence within one year, and the two set out for Golden Ao.

• Su Yao cut down the old woman’s Scripture Pavilion domain and killed her with the Autumn Steed Sword.
• Su Yao pursued and killed the fleeing man in white, while the Li Fire Demon King escaped with the Crimson Sun Pendant.
• Su Yao gave Xuan Yan a pill for his wound, and they entered Red Rock Mountain, where they found the Zhao Household’s surviving children and young people.
• Xuan Yan said his True Lord had ordered him to guard the Zhao Household, kill defectors, and destroy texts, but had given no explanation for the surviving children.
• A mysterious voice ordered Su Yao to make Proclaiming Earth True Lord’s reincarnation undergo Liberation by Violence within one year.
• Su Yao told Xuan Yan to return with him to Golden Ao, and they left the children in the cavern hall.

Su Yao returned to Golden Ao Mountain and urged the group to wait for guidance from their superiors rather than attack the Proclaiming Earth barrier recklessly. As they went to meet a mysterious white-robed messenger arriving with a decree, the group still had no solution to Liberation by Violence.

• Mo Li, Ying Qi, Xuan Yan, Yang Xiu, and Zilin argued over their lack of progress against the True Lord's reincarnation and the danger of attacking his Proclaiming Earth barrier directly.
• Yang Xiu revealed that Monks Mao had appeared near the Nanzhao-Tubo border and might be seeking Proclaiming Earth or the witches.
• Su Yao returned from seclusion, said the superiors had given directions without methods before, and urged the group to wait for their next move.
• Liu Yunhe reported that a mysterious boy in white robes with surging Ancient True Qi had arrived at the mountain gate to summon Su Yao and the Dao Children to receive a decree.
• Su Yao led Yang Xiu, Xuan Yan, Zilin, Ying Qi, and Mo Li toward the mountain gate to welcome the messenger.

A white-robed Jade Void envoy met Su Yao and five companions at Golden Ao Mountain, gave Su Yao and Yang Xiu treasures for confronting the reincarnated Proclaiming Earth True Lord, and revealed that powerful elders would secretly help them. Su Yao accepted the mission and arranged for their forces to gather at Golden Ao Mountain in seven days before setting out together.

• The white-robed envoy recognized Su Yao, Yang Xiu, Xuan Yan, Zilin, Ying Qi, and Mo Li, and remarked on their lineages and standing.
• The envoy warned that Tubo’s Esoteric School was seeking to spread its influence through Nanzhao and gave Su Yao the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet and Yang Xiu the Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk.
• The envoy explained that the two Law Treasures only qualified the group to confront the reincarnated True Lord, while others would break the Proclaiming Earth barrier and assist in secret.
• Su Yao understood that their elders wanted them to take part so the accomplishment would count as their own, and he agreed to proceed with Yang Xiu.
• Su Yao ordered the group to summon their protectors and allies to gather at Golden Ao Mountain in seven days.

Chen Hai watched two plays about the rise and fall of Chen Sheng and worldly glory before learning that Great Qing forces were approaching the Miao Frontier. He flew to face them, reflecting that overturning the old order was not enough without establishing a new one, while the mysterious farmer revealed himself as the Jade Pure One and vanished.

• Chen Hai watched a play depicting Chen Sheng's rebellion, kingship, and death by a wooden dagger-axe, then declared that he would never become King Chen She.
• Chen Hai watched a second play contrasting a minister's family wealth with immortal cultivation and rewarded the performers with silver.
• A messenger warned Chen Hai that several dukes of Great Qing had brought tens of thousands of Capital Garrison elites into the Miao Frontier, and Chen Hai flew toward the confluence of the two rivers.
• Chen Hai told the Li Fire Demon King that Chen Sheng had failed because he had sought kingship without planning how to establish and maintain a new realm.
• The middle-aged farmer revealed his true form as the white-haired Jade Pure One and vanished in immortal light.

Chen Hai withdrew from the confluence of the two rivers, explaining that his new territories were not ready for war and revealing that Zang Pu had been a Mysterious Gate pawn. Su Yao and his allies killed the Li Fire Demon King and the other demon kings, then watched as the Five Villages Temple’s Earth Master Dao collided with the Geomancy Dao.

• Chen Hai said Great Qing was not yet his enemy and refused to risk a decisive battle before securing Nanzhao and the Southern Frontier.
• Chen Hai revealed that Zang Pu served the Mysterious Gate and that he had endured the play to avoid showing them his anger.
• Su Yao arrived with Zilin, Yang Xiu, Ying Qi, Xuan Yan, Mo Li, Liu Yunhe, and the others, and killed the Li Fire Demon King with his swords.
• Su Yao’s allies surrounded and killed the demon kings who had followed Chen Hai, preventing their escape.
• Five rays representing the Earth Master’s five earths converged at the confluence of the two rivers, where they clashed with the Geomancy Dao’s feng shui Qi.

Chen Hai realized that Gathering Wood had broken through Earth and reconsidered the Mysterious Gate’s role in Proclaiming Earth’s humanization. As the factions converged at the two rivers, Su Yao received the Peach Blossom Sword and broke the Proclaiming Earth barrier, preparing to invite the True Lord’s reincarnation to return.

• Chen Hai examined the wooden pattern on his palm, reflected on the Mysterious Gate and the Jade Void lineage, and took out the Great Marsh Banner.
• A mysterious voice ordered Su Yao and his companions to assist the True Lord, but blood rain revealed that a Devil Lord had fallen.
• Su Yao’s group reached the confluence and used the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet and Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk to protect themselves.
• Su Yao saw the Jieshi Dao Lineage and Great Qing confronting Nanzhao’s ruler and the Buddhist School, and argued that the Buddhist School was interfering rather than the ruler joining it.
• Huangmeizi sent the Peach Blossom Sword to Su Yao, who used it to split and shatter the Proclaiming Earth barrier.
• Su Yao recalled the talisman tablet and said it was time to invite the True Lord’s reincarnation to return.

Su Yao and his companions confronted Chen Hai, who had become the Proclaiming Earth True Lord’s reincarnated body, and defeated him with their combined powers. The True Lord’s wooden casket sank into the river after three heavenly forces contested it, leaving the canyon transformed and the casket’s fate unresolved.

• Su Yao and five companions entered the rift and found Chen Hai immersed in Proclaiming Earth power, with a wooden casket pulsing inside him.
• Chen Hai revealed himself as the Proclaiming Earth True Lord, invited Su Yao to join his undertaking, and began fighting when Su Yao refused.
• Yang Xiu used the Pure Leaf Calamity-Resolving Silk to counter Chen Hai’s attacks while Su Yao used the Dawn Calamity-Breaking Talisman Tablet and Peach Blossom Sword.
• Su Yao combined Peach Blossom with the Autumn Steed Sword and, with Yang Xiu’s protection, shattered Chen Hai’s giant sword and mortally wounded him.
• Chen Hai’s body disintegrated, and the wooden casket absorbed the Great Marsh Banner and Sixfold Completion Jar before Vast Righteousness Qi, Purple Qi, and wisdom light fought over it.
• The casket fell into the river and disappeared; a Xun Wind healed the battle damage except for the widened river valley, and Su Yao left the casket’s fate unanswered.

Su Yao reunited with his nephew Su Mingcheng, learned about his family’s past and a mysterious aunt who practiced Heavenly Governance, then pursued a silver trace back to Qixia Mountain. He returned to the sealed mountain after decades away, weeping as he said he was home.

• Su Yao watched Su Mingcheng defeat a Foundation Establishment snake demon and confirmed that he was his nephew.
• Su Yao sent Liu Yunhe and four others to visit their families, then gave Yang Nan a token and told him to bring his people to the spirit mountain near Qixia Temple.
• Su Yao killed the snake demon and followed Su Mingcheng to his grandparents’ graves at Shouwei Mountain, where he learned about his aunt Gu Wanniang and her Heavenly Governance cultivation.
• Su Mingcheng revealed that Gu Wanniang had come from the South Sea and met Su Yao in a secret realm, but silvery starlight dispelled Su Yao’s probing and led him on a chase.
• Su Yao destroyed a silver talisman clone and found himself outside Qixia Mountain’s protective formation.
• Su Yao gazed at Qixia Mountain after decades away, wiped his tears, and said, “I’m back.”

Su Yao returned to Qixia Mountain after decades away, reclaiming its mountain-god talisman decree and accepting an imperial honor. Pear blossoms bloomed across the mountain as he reached the Purple Empyrean Golden Palace, where Nannuo, Jueming, and the disciples welcomed him home.

• Su Yao confronted the mountain god of Qixia Mountain and demanded that he take his own life in exchange for sparing his lineage.
• The mountain god surrendered his talisman decree and destroyed his divine rank, disappearing as the mountain’s earth qi returned to Qixia Mountain.
• Chen Hong delivered an imperial decree naming Su Yao the Nation-Protecting True Person and bestowing titles, treasures, and spiritual materials, which Su Yao accepted.
• Su Yao used the talisman decree to open the way into Qixia Mountain, where immortal music sounded and pear blossoms bloomed across the autumn mountain.
• Su Yao crossed the rainbow bridge and reached the Purple Empyrean Golden Palace, where Nannuo, Jueming, and more than fifty disciples welcomed him back.

Su Yao returned to Qixia Temple, learned that Daozheng and others had sent no word, and agreed to Qingyang’s plans to open the mountain and arrange a marriage proposal. He accepted an invitation to the Flower-Shifting Palace’s ceremony in Fuzhou, where its two palace masters would seek divine attainments, then ended the chapter reflecting on those long absent.

• Su Yao asked Qingyang about Daozheng, True Lord Xicheng, and Gui Hong, but Qingyang had received no word from them.
• Qingyang confessed that it had arranged for Zilin to receive the Purple Cloud Unity Covenant, and Su Yao agreed to proceed with the arrangement.
• Qingyang told Su Yao that the Primordial Lady of Purple Void had slain three Great Qing True Lords and two Buddhist bodhisattvas, and that the Flower-Shifting Palace was inviting him to its ceremony.
• Lianyue invited Su Yao and Qixia Temple to Fuzhou for the two Flower-Shifting Palace masters’ gold-seeking ceremony, and Su Yao accepted.
• Lianyue explained that the Flower-Shifting Palace had withdrawn from Nanzhao to avoid the Proclaiming Earth affair, and Su Yao reflected on the palace’s caution before returning up the mountain.

At Mount Jing, Miaoyuan underwent the gold-seeking ceremony before a vast gathering of Purple Mansion cultivators, with Su Yao and Zilin observing. She attained the Subsidiary Rank of Flourishing Yin Wood and became Divine Lord Nurturer of Virtue in All Blossoms, while Miaoqing prepared to begin her own pursuit of gold.

• Su Yao watched the Purple Yang Temple delegation arrive with Zilin and her elder sister, the head of Mount Lao's Purple Yang Temple.
• Miaoqing left Mount Jing to guard from a distant hill while Miaoyuan began her gold-seeking ceremony.
• Miaoyuan manifested Receive Eastern Qi, Nurture the Azure Embryo, Govern Spring and Longevity, Sunward Branch, and Guard the Flowering Signal, then combined them into the gold nature of Flourishing Wood.
• Su Yao recognized that Miaoyuan had combined Five Virtues Resonance with Heavenly Heart Resonance and was pursuing the Divine Dao.
• Miaoyuan attained the Subsidiary Rank of Flourishing Yin Wood and declared herself Divine Lord Nurturer of Virtue in All Blossoms, establishing her dominion over vegetation, flowering seasons, and the nurturing of lifespans.
• The gathered cultivators bowed and congratulated Miaoyuan, while Miaoqing rose from her hill and turned east to begin seeking gold.

Miaoqing failed to obtain the Flourishing Wood Remaining Rank, but used the Hundred Lotus Pill to become a Heavenly Immortal while returning her golden nature to True Lord Miaoyuan. As the sisters faced an old demonic foe, a white scar split the sky and the Heavenly River began pouring into the mortal world.

• Miaoqing followed the Primordial Lady of Purple Void's guidance and used her five Divine Abilities to seek the Flourishing Wood Remaining Rank, but the rank did not answer.
• Miaoqing swallowed the Hundred Lotus Pill, released her golden nature to True Lord Miaoyuan, and cultivated into a Heavenly Immortal.
• Miaoqing declared her attainment in Linchuan, Fuzhou, and the gathered Purple Mansions congratulated her.
• A demonic voice challenged True Lord Miaoyuan and Miaoqing to settle an old grievance, and the two sisters vanished to fight beyond the heavens.
• A golden sword light appeared in the mortal world, a white scar split the sky, and Heavenly River water poured through it as a Purple Mansion warned that the Five-Colored Stone had gone wrong.

Su Yao and Zilin left Mount Jing for Qixia Mountain as the Heavenly River continued pouring through a scar in the sky. Zique watched them go and kept her concerns about her younger sister and Su Yao to herself.

• Su Yao told Zilin that Qinghe Commandery and Qixia Mountain would face danger if the breach in the heavens widened, and said he had to return there.
• Zique arrived from Purple Yang Temple, greeted Su Yao, and exchanged restrained words with Zilin.
• Su Yao explained that an Immortal or Dao Lord might have shaken loose a corner of the Five-Colored Stone and warned that repairing it would be difficult.
• Zique invited Su Yao to Mount Lao to discuss important matters, and Su Yao departed for Qixia Mountain with Zilin.
• Zique watched the sisters part without speaking, then told a Purple Mansion cultivator that saying more would have been too much.

Su Yao and Zilin held back the Heavenly River flood threatening Qinghe Commandery City until four disciples arrived with Spirit Treasures to secure the land and collect the water. Su Yao left for Qixia Mountain to find Qingzhu while the others began rescuing the city.

• Su Yao used the Nine Heavens Auspicious Cloud Banner to shield Qinghe Commandery City from the flood, and Zilin's Purple Gauze Umbrella failed to withstand the Kan Water.
• Liu Yunhe, Han Ziyi, Li Siyi, and Zhang Ziyan arrived with Spirit Treasures, while Xuejie stayed on Qixia Mountain to guard its thirty-six secret realms.
• Su Yao assigned the four disciples to secure the riverbanks, stabilize the earth veins, collect the floodwater, and capture its Kan Water essence.
• Su Yao left for Qixia Mountain to find Qingzhu, and Zilin remained to guard the disciples.
• The four disciples used their Spirit Treasures to contain and redirect the flood as the people of Qinghe Commandery City watched the waters recede.

Su Yao visited Qingzhu on Qixia Mountain to seek a way to mend the breach in the heavens, learning that an East Sea Dragon Palace Dao Lord had split the Five-Colored Stone to pressure the Dragon God for the Sea-Subduing Stone. The South Sea Dragon Palace helped contain the flood, and Su Yao left after Qingzhu told him to visit Mount Lao.

• Su Yao climbed Qixia Mountain and found Qingyang lying before the Ancestral Master Hall, warming himself beneath five Great Yang light rings.
• Qingyang told Su Yao that an East Sea Dragon Palace Dao Lord had split the Five-Colored Stone to force the Dragon God to surrender the Sea-Subduing Stone.
• Returning Water Qi surged from the south, gathered the Heavenly River waters, and eased the strain on the four guardians and their Spirit Treasures.
• Qingyang called the South Sea Dragon Palace envoy back, and the aged voice thanked him.
• Su Yao picked up Ask Amid the Clouds and returned it beside Qingyang, who explained he had borrowed five Spirit Treasures to warm himself after being soaked by Kan Water.
• Su Yao bowed before the memorial tablets and Qingyang, then left; Qingyang told him to visit Mount Lao, and Su Yao said he knew.

Baihezi came to Qixia Mountain seeking to borrow treasures for the fight against the Blood Devil, but Qingzhu refused his request and clashed with him. Afterward, Su Yao learned Qingzhu had secretly guided his romantic prospects to strengthen ties with Mount Lao, and the two wrestled over Ask Amid the Clouds.

• Qingzhu brought Su Yao to meet Baihezi, who asked for the Heaven-Piercing Pillar and then two Wu Earth Law Treasures to aid True Lord Xicheng against the Blood Devil.
• Qingzhu said he would consult Qizhenzi, then hosted Baihezi with Vermilion Rosy Cloud Brew and immortal apricots.
• Qingzhu and Baihezi fought when the Taiji Talisman Edict descended on Qixia Mountain, and the Transforming Azure Bracelet carried Su Yao away from the clash.
• Su Yao found Qingzhu injured before the Ancestral Hall, where Qingzhu used five great suns to recover and admitted he had hoped Su Yao would marry a woman from Mount Lao to secure the Five Fires Seven Fowl Fan.
• Su Yao accused Qingzhu of guiding his fate and rushed for Ask Amid the Clouds, but Qingzhu pinned the sword beneath himself, and they wrestled before the Ancestral Hall.

Su Yao parted from Zilin at Mount Lao and promised her to wait for him. On his journey south, Zique questioned whether his feelings were true, then accepted his assurance and entrusted Zilin to him, leaving the gates of Mount Lao open to him.

• Zilin told Su Yao that borrowing the Five Fires Seven Fowl Fan was her sister's decision and promised to speak with Zique herself.
• Su Yao and Zilin exchanged farewells, and Su Yao flew away before calling back, “Wait for me.”
• Zique appeared before Su Yao in the Great Void and asked whether he truly loved Zilin or wanted the fan.
• Zique explained that Zilin's fate and cultivation might benefit from being with Su Yao, and Su Yao assured her that his feelings were true.
• Zique accepted his answer, said Mount Lao's gates would always be open to him, and flew toward the Purple Mansion Continent.

Su Yao returned from Mount Lao and learned from Qingzhu why Qixia Temple was desperate to strengthen itself and what cultivation path Qingzhu had planned for him. He concealed the Prism’s role in his rapid progress and left the meeting committed to keeping his true abilities hidden.

• Su Yao reported his conversations with Danqiuzi and Zique, and Qingzhu admitted to arranging events without Qizhenzi’s involvement because Xicheng might not be able to contain the devil much longer.
• Qingzhu explained how Guiyuan’s death, Xicheng’s failed efforts, and Qixia Temple’s conflicts had left the temple vulnerable, and said Su Yao could help protect it by attaining the Rainbow Cloud Fruition.
• Qingzhu outlined Su Yao’s remaining Divine Abilities, saying he should cultivate Heaven-Weaving Shuttle and Half Farewell to Heaven before Rosy Clouds Red City, and set a three-hundred-year goal for preparing to seek gold.
• Su Yao privately recognized that the Prism had already shown him how to cultivate the remaining abilities, but decided to conceal his progress and the Prism from everyone.
• Qingzhu said they would inventory the treasure cave another day, then left Su Yao alone in the Purple Empyrean Golden Palace.

Zhao Shouyi overwhelmed Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han with his five perfected Human Dao Divine Abilities, nearly crushing Zichuan. Qixia’s temple master emerged from seclusion and used Half Farewell to Heaven to break Zhao Shouyi’s attack, then challenged him over his choices.

• Zhao Shouyi confronted Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han in the South Sea and refused to let them pass to fight the Demonic Dao.
• Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han attacked Zhao Shouyi together, but his five Human Dao Divine Abilities countered them and weakened all three.
• Zhao Shouyi focused his five Divine Abilities on Zichuan, shattered his defenses, and sent him crashing across the sea.
• As Zhao Shouyi’s five forces bore down on Zichuan, Qixia’s temple master appeared and used Half Farewell to Heaven to freeze the battlefield and dismantle the attack.
• The temple master addressed Zhao Shouyi, questioning why he had abandoned his Dao Path and attacked Qixia’s disciples.

Su Yao fought Zhao Shouyi in the South Sea, revealed that he had perfected all five Divine Abilities, and killed him after Zhao refused to abandon his blood feud over Nanzhao. Su Yao collected Zhao’s four Spirit Treasures, sent Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han back to Qixia, then flew toward the Demonic Qi to continue his preparations.

• Zhao Shouyi confronted Su Yao over the deaths in Nanzhao and attacked him with five Divine Abilities and four Spirit Treasures.
• Su Yao used Pear Blossom Return, his Spirit Treasures, and his Divine Abilities to fight back, but Zhao’s Sun and Moon Radiant Together Pearl shattered Heaven-Weaving Shuttle and pushed him into retreat.
• Su Yao revealed Rosy Clouds Red City, his fifth Divine Ability, and used its suppressive force to extinguish Zhao Shouyi’s halos before killing him with Pear Blossom Return.
• Zhao Shouyi’s body and soul disintegrated, and Su Yao caught the sun-and-moon pearl, bronze mirror, whisk, and bronze lamp as they fell.
• Su Yao gave pills to Lu Yuan, Zichuan, and Ren Han and told them to return to Qixia.
• Su Yao flew toward the Demonic Qi, intending to make preparations to seek gold and clear the miasma.