Recaps

Su Yao left Qixia Mountain to pursue a third talisman, but the Daozheng’s restrictions and a journey through Zhongnan brought him face to face with Xicheng and a hidden affliction. After Xicheng sent him to the foot of Zhongnan, Su Yao obtained a spirit object and became caught in a secret realm dispute that ended with Changlu ordered to complete a task in Nanzhao.

• Su Yao left Qixia Mountain with Zhengji, the two birds, and supplies from Nannuo and Jueming, while the Daozheng forbade his return for twenty years and sealed the mountain gates.
• Su Yao exposed the mountain god’s test, refused to forgive the woodcutter’s adopted son, and later accepted the Daozheng’s warning to keep a wooden box safe and postpone his trip to Yongzhou.
• Su Yao and his companions fought the Fire Sparrows and Hepu witches, survived Zhao Xin’s curse and Que Qiu’s attack, and learned that the Hepu Witch Tribe would apologize to the Rosy Clouds High Sect.
• Su Yao crossed Hepu territory by boat and reached Mount Zhongnan, where a creature collected his tears and left him unconscious until Xicheng drove it away and carried him to the Jade Palace Lotus Pond.
• Xicheng examined Su Yao, used white lotuses to restrain the creature’s effects, tested Su Yao’s understanding of the Dao, and taught him a Jade Void technique while warning him to wait a year before using it normally.
• Su Yao recognized and retrieved Submerging Ford Rinsing Mysterious Essence, then ordered Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi to defeat disciples sent by a hidden Purple Mansion expert.
• A secret realm opened beneath the waterfall pool, where a gray Fu Water figure rescued Su Yao from a cyan Gui Water True Person and told him to enter the realm for its treasure.
• Nuoli told Changlu he could claim the realm’s scriptures and marrow for True Lord Luyuan’s sake only after going to Nanzhao and completing a task, while the Prince of Qin worried about Jiankang’s designs on his household.

Su Yao reached Nanzhao, learned he could not return to Mount Zhongnan, and destroyed the Lu Household after its attack on Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi. With Gui Hong driving back the tribe’s pursuers, Su Yao began establishing Qixia Temple’s branch residence at Golden Ao Mountain.

• Su Yao explored the secret realm, found a fire-damaged Shengyu egg, copied a Gui Water scripture, and chose artifacts before traveling through the earth veins to Golden Ao Mountain.
• Nuoli delivered the True Lord’s order barring Su Yao and Qizhenzi from Mount Zhongnan, and Su Yao resolved to continue for the people of Qixia Mountain.
• After the White Sand Lu Household injured Liu Yunhe and Li Siyi, Su Yao attacked its stronghold and killed its patriarch, Lu Shang, and other cultivators.
• Gui Hong drove back the Langcao Wu Tribe’s pursuers, while Nuoli captured a Purple Mansion woman seeking revenge against Qixia Temple.
• Su Yao recovered and learned that Gui Hong had killed two early-stage True Persons and wounded a Great True Person, though the conflict remained unresolved.
• Gui Hong brought Han Ziyi to Golden Ao Mountain before departing, and Su Yao named Qixia Temple’s branch residence Pear Garden.

Su Yao faced Mianning’s judgment, defeated Ji Jie, and learned the truth about his birth parents before returning to Golden Ao Mountain. With the mountain’s defenses raised, he refined a new talisman, hatched Xiao Huang, and began preparing to receive guests.

• Su Yao refused Zheng Xuanzhi’s offer for White Sand Mountain and prepared his disciples to investigate the shifting forces around Nanzhao.
• Mianning tested Su Yao over the destruction of the Lu Household, then established a nonlethal formation on Golden Ao Mountain and recruited him to fight for Jade Void Palace’s lineage.
• Su Yao defeated Ji Jie in their duel, while Mianning and his allies later destroyed the black vapor threatening the Great Void.
• Mianning explained the southern campaign and sent Su Yao to Yongzhou, where Su Yao met his birth parents, Gu Lanyin and Su Shouzhuo, and learned why they had abandoned him.
• Mianning rescued Su Yao from a Confucian master, while Qingyang and Qixia’s allies dealt with threats and disputes involving the Nanzhao factions.
• Mianning brought Zhang Ziyan and Zhu Xuejie to Golden Ao Mountain, gave Su Yao Autumn Steed and the formation token, and restored the Shengyu egg’s vitality.
• Su Yao opened Golden Ao Mountain, refined the talisman Drinking from the Marsh and Bearing the Abyss, and mastered the secret method Unfurling Splendor.
• The Shengyu hatched as Xiao Huang, and Su Yao emerged from seclusion to plan the mountain-opening ceremony and consider hiring attendants from the Flower-Shifting Palace lineage.

Su Yao established Pear Garden on Golden Ao Mountain, recruited disciples, and defeated Shen Yuxiao in a sword contest. As Gui Hong revealed the growing upheaval across Nanzhao and the Three Powers, Su Yao began organizing his students and preparing them for their cultivation paths.

• Su Yao sent Zhang Ziyan and Zhu Xuejie to Flower-Shifting Palace, then entrusted Zhang Ziyan with Pear Garden’s assets and transactions.
• Su Yao responded to Cibi Lake’s rising winds by protecting Golden Ao Mountain and sending Liu Yunhe to offer the lake god Azure Water Pills and a message of goodwill.
• Zhang Ziyan and Zhu Xuejie returned with seventeen spiritual embryos, and Su Yao entrusted them to Li Siyi before assigning the pair new duties and rewarding them.
• Su Yao opened Pear Garden’s branch temple as Princess Ziheng visited, while he warned Li Siyi that rival powers would contend for influence and merit across the region.
• Su Yao, Zilin, and Yang Xiu examined their wooden boxes and read a poem foretelling an emperor’s death, then agreed to recruit gifted disciples and wait for the appointed time to advance Proclaiming Earth.
• Su Yao set the Pear Garden’s admission rules and accepted candidates, identifying Ren Han’s affinity for the Golden Court’s Profound Qi and arranging cultivation paths for Ren Han and Zichuan.
• Su Yao defeated Shen Yuxiao’s challenge with Golden Palace Morning Clouds and rainbow sword techniques, then advised him to separate his Witch Techniques from his Rainbow Clouds.
• Gui Hong explained that Witchcraft Dao was suppressing rival cultivators and that disorder across heaven, earth, and humanity was driving the upheaval, after Gui Hong departed, Su Yao organized his disciples’ daily training and summoned Ren Han.