Recaps

Taishang Laojun recovered his Primordial Spirit and prepared to face Sun Wukong and the Heavenly Court again. Sun Wukong destroyed the small temple and captured the Primordial Spirits inside, but the Heavenly Court sent a Seven-Colored Meteorite against him.

• Taishang Laojun restored his Primordial Spirit with the Five Elements Reincarnation Cauldron and resolved not to lose to Sun Wukong again.
• Sun Wukong vowed to rescue his master after cultivating further, then flew to destroy the small temple.
• Sun Wukong shattered the temple, caught the fleeing Primordial Spirits, and stored them in his Storage Ring to refine later.
• Sun Wukong noticed a Seven-Colored Meteorite above him and realized the Heavenly Court intended to kill him.

Sun Wukong fought the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Emperor and four divine generals, but their treasures and the Sword of the Heavenly Court inflicted severe wounds. He summoned the Jingu Bang to strike back, yet the Heavenly Emperor blocked it and launched another sword attack.

• The Heavenly Emperor struck Sun Wukong with a palm and tried to suppress and kill him.
• Sun Wukong powered up and charged, but the Heavenly Emperor's Law swords and the four divine generals' treasures wounded him.
• Sun Wukong used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art to strengthen his veins and renewed his attack.
• The Heavenly Emperor summoned the Sword of the Heavenly Court, which repeatedly pierced Sun Wukong and left him covered in wounds.
• Sun Wukong ordered the Jingu Bang to suppress the Heavenly Emperor, but the Heavenly Emperor blocked it and engulfed Sun Wukong in a rain of sword shadows.

Sun Wukong blocked the Heavenly Emperor’s attack and shattered his body with a staff strike, while Nüwa questioned why he still seemed demonic. Elsewhere, Lü Dongbin escaped Daoist Silver’s pursuit after handing him a dragon, and Daoist Silver began considering how to attack from a distance.

• The Heavenly Emperor attacked the wounded Sun Wukong, but Sun Wukong’s golden light blocked the sword strike.
• When the Heavenly Emperor appeared behind him and struck, Sun Wukong swung his staff and burst the Heavenly Emperor’s body into bloody mist.
• Nüwa wondered why Sun Wukong still had a demonic nature despite having passed through the tribulation of Western Heaven.
• Lü Dongbin set out for Yingzhou Island to rescue He Xiangu, but Daoist Silver stopped him and asked to borrow his dragon.
• Lü Dongbin handed over the dragon, then tore apart Daoist Silver’s pursuing fireball and fled toward Yingzhou Island.
• Daoist Silver chased Lü Dongbin to a star, lost sight of him, and wondered whether his Law Power could attack across a distance.

Lü Dongbin appeared among the cultivators of Southern Wilderness Island after Daoist Silver’s Fire Phoenix failed to finish him, and he used the promise of the Nine Chapters of the Azure Emperor to gain access to the island’s library. Daoist Silver excitedly led him and the others into a vast valley filled with towering trees.

• Daoist Silver sent a Fire Phoenix after Lü Dongbin, but a huge silver fireball attacked him and shook the star where he stood.
• The cultivators blamed a demon fox and prepared to capture her, until Lü Dongbin appeared and said he only wanted to ask them something.
• Lü Dongbin claimed he could defeat the island lord with Fire Element Law Techniques and offered Daoist Silver the Nine Chapters of the Azure Emperor.
• Daoist Silver recognized the cultivation method and invited Lü Dongbin to the Southern Wilderness Island library, leading the group into a valley of enormous trees that absorbed Fire Element energy.

Lü Dongbin asked Daoist Silver about He Xiangu, but no one on Southern Wilderness Island had heard of her. When Daoist Silver threatened him, Lü Dongbin revealed his power and challenged the island’s cultivators to a wager.

• Lü Dongbin asked Daoist Silver whether He Xiangu lived in the waters around Southern Wilderness Island, and Daoist Silver said he had never heard of her.
• Daoist Silver warned Lü Dongbin to leave before Demon Race cultivators hunted him, but Lü Dongbin said he had his own way to leave.
• Daoist Silver grew angry when Lü Dongbin dismissed his warning and threatened to deal with him.
• Lü Dongbin released his divine sense across Southern Wilderness Island, but the island’s defensive formation blocked it.
• Lü Dongbin wagered his life against Daoist Silver’s submission and revealed that dozens of Golden Core Stage cultivators stood with him.
• Daoist Silver’s cultivators warned Lü Dongbin that he should leave, but he insisted they were insignificant beyond the island.

Lü Dongbin attacked Daoist Silver and overwhelmed him with his spear and Azure Dragon technique. Daoist Silver was left grievously wounded after the dragon struck him, while the other cultivators remained in danger.

• Lü Dongbin charged Daoist Silver with a giant spear, but Daoist Silver’s palm imprint shattered it and revealed his overwhelming power.
• Lü Dongbin demanded that Daoist Silver and the other cultivators kneel and surrender their weapons or be killed.
• Daoist Silver attacked Lü Dongbin, but Lü Dongbin’s spear shadows battered him and steadily broke down his defenses.
• Lü Dongbin thrust at Daoist Silver’s chest, but Daoist Silver dodged and counterattacked with his white jade saber.
• Lü Dongbin summoned an Azure Dragon, which bit into Daoist Silver and hurled him into a mountain, leaving him severely wounded.

Lü Dongbin continued to overpower Daoist Silver despite the latter’s repeated attacks and shattered white jade saber. He left Daoist Silver beaten on the ground as the other cultivators watched in disbelief.

• Daoist Silver recovered from his earlier defeat and charged Lü Dongbin with his white jade saber.
• Lü Dongbin dodged the saber’s blast, and Daoist Silver’s weapon broke when its attack missed.
• Daoist Silver attacked again, but Lü Dongbin blocked his strikes with his spear.
• Daoist Silver launched a two-saber attack, but Lü Dongbin knocked one blade aside and struck him with a fist and elbow.
• Daoist Silver fell to the ground, bloodied, while the watching cultivators stared in shock at Lü Dongbin’s victory.

Lü Dongbin overwhelmed Daoist Silver in their fight, mocking him and leaving him badly injured. Daoist Silver refused to accept defeat, but Lü Dongbin vanished after blocking his saber, leaving him sensing imminent danger.

• Daoist Silver questioned Lü Dongbin’s identity, then clashed with his spear and was knocked back as a mountainside shattered.
• Lü Dongbin struck Daoist Silver again, sending him flying and leaving him severely wounded.
• Lü Dongbin mocked Daoist Silver for being weak, and Daoist Silver charged at him in a rage.
• Lü Dongbin punched Daoist Silver’s white jade saber, cracking the blade and injuring Daoist Silver’s hand and face.
• Daoist Silver attacked again, but Lü Dongbin blocked his saber with his spear, put the spear into his storage ring, and vanished.
• Daoist Silver sensed danger and realized Lü Dongbin seemed considerably stronger than him.

Lü Dongbin defeated Daoist Silver when the latter tried to stop him, then confronted Bai Yuchan over the Mystic Heaven Sect’s attempt to bar him from the ancient tombs. Bai Yuchan apologized, but Lü Dongbin remained hostile and demanded to know why the sect thought it could control his entry.

• Daoist Silver charged after Lü Dongbin, determined to keep him there even at the cost of his life.
• Lü Dongbin’s spear struck Daoist Silver in the chest and knocked him down as a massive bolt of lightning shattered the ground nearby.
• Bai Yuchan praised Lü Dongbin’s hidden strength and admitted that the Mystic Heaven Sect meant him no harm.
• Lü Dongbin accused Bai Yuchan and the Mystic Heaven Sect of sending an expert to stop him from entering the ancient tombs.
• Bai Yuchan apologized, but Lü Dongbin questioned whether the sect believed it could control him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

Lü Dongbin fought Bai Yuchan with a golden dragon, killed him, and burned his corpse before leaving the battlefield. In the forest, a silver needle struck Bai Yuchan, and a white-robed man later captured his fleeing Primordial Spirit with a short blade.

• Bai Yuchan activated the tomb’s formations and attacked Lü Dongbin with black water, but Lü Dongbin summoned a golden dragon and wounded him.
• Bai Yuchan escaped underground, then fled toward the mountain forest as Lü Dongbin pursued him with golden lightning.
• Lü Dongbin stabbed Bai Yuchan through the chest, killed him, and burned his corpse until nothing remained.
• Lü Dongbin entered a dense forest, where a silver needle shot from his body and struck Bai Yuchan between the brows; Bai Yuchan fell limp, and the surrounding tree was smashed.
• A burly man in white robes appeared, split open Bai Yuchan’s forehead with a golden-lit short blade, and trapped his fleeing Primordial Spirit.

Bai Yuchan submitted to the blade and began cultivating to become its puppet, while Lü Dongbin broke through after obtaining Bai Yuchan’s jade pendant. Lü Dongbin then entered a guarded city on Yingzhou Island, where a guzheng’s deadly music attacked him, leaving him preparing to fight.

• Bai Yuchan agreed to submit to the short blade and entered seclusion to cultivate as its puppet.
• Lü Dongbin returned to his cave, broke through his bottleneck with the jade pendant from Bai Yuchan’s corpse, and greatly increased his strength.
• Gongsun Hailong visited Lü Dongbin and relayed his master’s summons; Lü Dongbin agreed to kill Gongsun Hailong after being asked to help with a revenge plot.
• Lü Dongbin entered a guarded city on Yingzhou Island and saw masked Middle Golden Core Stage figures, a female cultivator playing a guzheng, and precious treasures in a great hall.
• Lü Dongbin touched the guzheng, whose music turned into a swordlike attack that threatened his soul, so he gathered his power to confront the black-clad figures.

Lü Dongbin battered the ground before discovering that an array on the guzheng was draining his soul power and leaving him helpless. Men in black surrounded him, and their leader threatened him with a forbidden drug as Lü Dongbin struggled against the array’s devouring force.

• Lü Dongbin struck the ground repeatedly, creating deep cracks and a massive handprint.
• Lü Dongbin examined a depression on the guzheng and realized its array was absorbing his soul power until he collapsed.
• Men in black surrounded Lü Dongbin, and their black-robed leader produced a gourd filled with the sect’s forbidden drug.
• The black-robed man demanded the blood in Lü Dongbin’s body, but Lü Dongbin refused and tried to escape.
• The array kept Lü Dongbin trapped and drained his power as he wondered why his cultivation was disappearing.

Lü Dongbin fought the man in black while the formation’s guzheng absorbed his soul power, but he broke through the man’s attack and wounded him. The man ordered his four or five companions to join the fight, leaving Lü Dongbin outnumbered by six Golden Core experts and in growing danger.

• The guzheng absorbed Lü Dongbin’s soul power, weakening him as he struggled against the formation.
• The man in black attacked with poisonous smoke from his gourd, but the guzheng’s power shattered it.
• Lü Dongbin refused to surrender, and the man in black transformed into a Jiaolong and attacked him with spear shadows.
• Lü Dongbin broke through the spear assault and struck the man in black, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• The wounded man in black ordered his four or five companions to attack Lü Dongbin together.
• Lü Dongbin faced six Golden Core experts and regretted refusing the man in black’s earlier advice.

Lü Dongbin endured the Blood Bat Sect’s Thousand Souls Erode the Spirit ambush and overwhelmed the attackers with his secret arts. After his power left him and he collapsed unconscious, the surviving men in black attacked him and pierced his chest with a halberd.

• A man in black taunted Lü Dongbin with the Blood Bat Sect’s secret art, Thousand Souls Erode the Spirit, and demanded that he surrender.
• Lü Dongbin summoned a sun and unleashed a flaming mountain, killing one attacker and hurling the others away.
• Lü Dongbin pursued the men in black through the valley, cutting apart their Law Treasures and killing nearly half of their force.
• After using a secret art, Lü Dongbin fell unconscious and withered as the surviving men in black turned back to attack him.
• The men in black bombarded Lü Dongbin with magical artifacts, and a halberd pierced his chest and emerged from his back.

Lü Dongbin survived the men in black’s assault and fought back, but their renewed attack left him wounded. Experts from Immortal Demon City arrived to rescue him, only to be ambushed and slaughtered before a powerful blade strike forced the black-clad man to dodge.

• Lü Dongbin opened his eyes, overwhelmed the men in black with the Golden Crow Halberd, and drove them toward the cavern, where chains knocked them back.
• Lü Dongbin teleported behind one attacker and killed him, then fought off the men in black as they attacked together.
• A man in black struck Lü Dongbin and sent him retreating while the others pursued.
• Experts from Immortal Demon City arrived to rescue Lü Dongbin, but the black-clad man attacked and reduced them to pools of blood.
• An unseen attacker’s golden blade light forced the black-clad man to dodge and carved a long trench through the ground.

Lü Dongbin overwhelmed the men in black with the Golden Crow Divine Axe, killed their leader, and captured the energy they used to escape. Elsewhere, Dijun visited Ao Changsheng to discuss the Primordial World, and Ao Changsheng invited him to explain his purpose.

• The man in black attacked Lü Dongbin, but Lü Dongbin struck him down and slaughtered the others with the Golden Crow Divine Axe.
• The surviving men in black fled using energy from their rings, but Lü Dongbin’s purple gourd absorbed the energy.
• Lü Dongbin put away the gourd and questioned the mysterious man in black about his identity and presence in the ruins.
• Dijun visited Ao Changsheng’s cave abode and remarked that Ao Changsheng had likely seen something of the situation in the Primordial World.
• Ao Changsheng invited Dijun to discuss an important matter, and Dijun criticized the Demon Race for repeatedly breaking the rules.

Ao Changsheng persuaded Dijun to help him obtain an unknown treasure, then a hundred years later a mysterious black-clad man attacked an old man who was also called Changsheng. The black-clad man revealed a strange token and threatened to destroy him, leaving the old man alarmed but still defiant.

• Ao Changsheng told Dijun that only he could obtain an important treasure, though Ao Changsheng admitted he did not know what it was.
• Dijun agreed to help Ao Changsheng and mocked him after he left, suspecting his request was a scheme.
• A hundred years later, a black-clad man appeared before an old man in an ancient city and questioned who had sent him.
• The old man fought the black-clad man with an axe, but the attacker dodged his strikes, wounded him with an icicle, and demanded his submission.
• The black-clad man crushed a token and claimed its power could destroy the old man without a trace, leaving him shaken but unconvinced.

Cao Guojiu arrived as the old man fought the black-robed man and took over the confrontation. After restraining and questioning the old man about who was directing him, Cao Guojiu still could not make him talk.

• The old man healed his injuries, transformed into a giant, and attacked the man in black with a dragon of Qi, but the man in black struck it down with his spear.
• Cao Guojiu joined the fight and told the old man to leave, but the old man insisted on killing the man in black and challenged Cao Guojiu instead.
• Cao Guojiu and the old man exchanged dozens of blows without either gaining the advantage.
• Cao Guojiu vanished, seized the old man from behind, and demanded to know who was pulling his strings.
• The old man refused to reveal the person behind him and tried to kill himself, but Cao Guojiu stopped him and kicked him until he spat blood.

Cao Guojiu tortured an old man to force him to reveal his master, but the man refused and remained defiant. When a cloaked Blood Sha Sect disciple attacked, Cao Guojiu killed him and turned back to the old man, preparing to torture him further.

• Cao Guojiu crushed the old man's chest and demanded the mastermind's identity, but the old man refused to talk.
• The old man released his True Essence and attacked Cao Guojiu, but his punch did no harm and Cao Guojiu battered him.
• The man in black arrived with several others, found his master gravely injured, gave him a pill, and carried him away.
• Cao Guojiu ordered the corpses dealt with and questioned another old man, who again refused to reveal anything.
• A cloaked man attacked Cao Guojiu with a sword and identified himself with the Blood Sha Sect, but Cao Guojiu killed him with a punch.
• Cao Guojiu seized the old man and threatened to torture him until he wished he were dead.

True Person Qinglian revealed himself and used his intrinsic true fire and immense strength to slaughter Cao Guojiu and others outside the city. After the survivors submitted, Qinglian Zhenshui appeared behind him and wounded him, leaving him suspicious and threatening Cao Guojiu.

• Cao Guojiu recognized the black-robed man as True Person Qinglian and realized someone seemed to be controlling him.
• True Person Qinglian unleashed his intrinsic true fire, declared that he would destroy everyone in the city, and attacked the fleeing cavalry.
• True Person Qinglian killed Cao Guojiu with a blow from his huge hand and then slaughtered more people as the others tried to escape.
• The surviving people knelt and begged True Person Qinglian to spare them, and he believed he had cowed them into submission.
• Qinglian Zhenshui struck True Person Qinglian from behind, and he turned to face her while suspecting Cao Guojiu had plotted against him.

Cao Guojiu killed True Person Qinglian with the Golden Crow after Qinglian threatened Qingyunzi and his companions. As Cao Guojiu led his army onward, a force of black-robed figures confronted him, and their blue-robed leader pinned the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples to the ground.

• Cao Guojiu refused to yield to True Person Qinglian, who threatened his relatives and demanded Qingyunzi's treasures.
• True Person Qinglian attacked Qingyunzi, but the Golden Crow trapped him and burned him nearly to death before devouring his head.
• Cao Guojiu held Qingyunzi and the others in place with his Innate True Fire and warned them against resistance.
• A group of two or three hundred black-robed figures blocked Cao Guojiu's path and challenged his claim that his backing made him untouchable.
• The blue-robed leader mocked Cao Guojiu and unleashed a vast pressure that pinned the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples to the ground.

Cao Guojiu and True Person Qinglian were overwhelmed by the Azure Lotus Pavilion’s power until Han Xiangzi appeared and burned the Pavilion’s disciples with a devastating attack. The blue-robed man blamed Cao Guojiu for the disaster and prepared to cripple his cultivation.

• Cao Guojiu tried to attack the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples, but their blue-robed companion’s Late Tribulation Transcendence cultivation sealed his power.
• Cao Guojiu threatened the blue-robed man with the Azure Lotus Pavilion’s revenge, then spotted Han Xiangzi arriving above them on a seven-colored cloud.
• Han Xiangzi struck the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples with a massive fireball, setting them ablaze and leaving them screaming in agony.
• The blue-robed man blamed Cao Guojiu for leading Han Xiangzi to them, while Cao Guojiu insisted the attacker was a Demon Race cultivator.
• The blue-robed man vowed to spare Cao Guojiu’s life but cripple his cultivation, then sent Sword Qi sweeping toward him.

The green-robed man battered Cao Guojiu and the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples, but a sudden force swept through the group and a black-robed man appeared before him. The newcomer recognized the green-robed man as the Azure Lotus Pavilion’s foremost expert, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The green-robed man struck Cao Guojiu with his sword, injuring him and the surrounding Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples with flying stone fragments.
• The green-robed man summoned a white tiger phantom that bit Cao Guojiu and left him barely alive.
• Cao Guojiu challenged the green-robed man, and their clash further injured the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples.
• A powerful force swept in from the distance, sending the disciples flying and blasting one into a mist of blood.
• A black-robed man appeared before the green-robed man and praised him as the Azure Lotus Pavilion’s foremost expert.

The black-robed man, claiming to be the Heavenly Mountain Pavilion master, attacked the Azure Lotus Pavilion after demanding its secret manual and arguing over the pavilions’ past actions. The Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples resisted, but the clash left one of them wounded on the ground.

• Cao Guojiu trembled in fear when he saw the black-robed man, who revealed himself as the Heavenly Mountain Pavilion master and demanded the Azure Lotus Pavilion’s secret manual.
• The azure-robed man refused, and the black-robed man struck him with his saber, sending him crashing into a wall and leaving him badly injured.
• The azure-robed man’s cousin demanded to know why the black-robed man was targeting their pavilion, and the two sides traded accusations over their treatment of fellow disciples.
• An Azure Lotus Pavilion disciple mocked the black-robed man and declared that they had refused to kill a captured woman, prompting him to charge at the disciple.
• The azure-robed man unleashed the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, but the attacked disciple was knocked backward and spat blood after the clash.

The black-robed man overwhelmed the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples, killing one and forcing another to retreat despite his higher cultivation. The surviving disciples and elder were left shocked and fearful as the fight continued.

• The black-robed man badly injured the Azure Lotus Pavilion disciple, who charged at him again in rage.
• The wounded disciple ordered the other Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples to flee, but the black-robed man pursued them and kept attacking him.
• The black-robed man cut the disciple down with repeated Sword-Rays, killing him as the Azure Lotus Pavilion elder watched in horror.
• The Azure Lotus Pavilion elder turned to face the black-robed man's Sword-Rays and broke them with the Azure Lotus Sword, but he retreated while spitting blood.
• Two nearby Azure Lotus Pavilion disciples stared at the black-robed man in terror after seeing his overwhelming strength.