Recaps

Sang Ying returned from ten thousand years in the past and saved Jiang Zhuoxue from the cultivators attacking him. After sending Jiang Zhuoxue and her allies beyond the Limitless Sect’s grounds, she faced the remaining cultivators as thunderclouds gathered for her Nascent Soul lightning tribulation.

• Sang Ying returned to the moment she had left and called out to Jiang Zhuoxue, distracting him as the cultivators attacked.
• Sang Ying used the Dragon Abyss Sword to repel the attackers and caught Jiang Zhuoxue as he fell from the sky.
• Jiang Zhuoxue recognized Sang Ying, said he had known she would return, and then fell asleep in her arms.
• Sang Ying asked Si Jing and the masked man to take Jiang Zhuoxue, Fang Chi, and the others outside the Limitless Sect’s grounds.
• The cultivators demanded Sang Ying surrender her sword, and she revealed thunderclouds gathering above the Limitless Sect for her Nascent Soul lightning tribulation.

As Sang Ying began her Nascent Soul tribulation inside the Limitless Sect, she drew Sect Master Wu and the other cultivators into its range to turn the heavenly lightning against them. The tribulation devastated the sect, while Sang Ying endured the strikes and her companions watched anxiously from outside.

• Sang Ying realized she was about to form her Nascent Soul and began absorbing Spiritual Qi as heavenly lightning gathered above the Limitless Sect.
• Sect Master Wu urged Sang Ying to move her tribulation elsewhere, but she refused and charged toward him as the first bolt fell.
• Sang Ying pulled Sect Master Wu into the tribulation cloud, and lightning struck them both; one of his fingers was charred black.
• Sang Ying expanded the tribulation's reach to trap the other cultivators, while Fang Chi, Hai Tingzhou, Fu Shuangjiang, Jimo Qing, and Jimo Xuan watched from outside.
• The heavenly lightning battered Sang Ying and the trapped cultivators, reducing the Limitless Sect's immortal mountains to ash as those outside escaped the destruction.

Liu Duanyue proved the Moonless Clan had cheated in the competition, leading to the Yin Mountain Sect’s victory and the clan’s loss of Moonless City for ten years. After Sang Ying left, Gu Wangchuan made ascending to immortality his goal, and the Cultivation World gained a young sword cultivator who liked to meddle in other people’s affairs.

• Liu Duanyue presented the Image-Retaining Stone and Sang Ying’s Storage Bag, proving Wuyue Qing and the Moonless Clan had violated the competition rules.
• The Moonless Household Head admitted the violation, and the judges awarded the Yin Mountain Sect the victory and ten of the Moonless Clan’s future realm-entry places.
• The Moonless Clan handed Moonless City’s seal to Sect Master Liu and endured public hostility and suppression under the Yin Mountain Sect.
• Liu Duanyue gave Gu Wangchuan Sang Ying’s healing herbs and sword manuals and told him she believed he would ascend and become an immortal.
• Gu Wangchuan decided to make ascension his goal, while the Cultivation World gained a young sword cultivator known for meddling in other people’s affairs.

Sang Ying used her lightning tribulation to punish thirty-seven powerful cultivators who had committed grave sins, despite the Spirit Transformation-level tribulation endangering her life. After surviving ninety-nine bolts, she faced the final strike as the clouds gathered enough power to level the immortal mountain.

• Reclusive cultivators arrived at the ruined Limitless Sect and realized that Sang Ying was undergoing the tribulation that had drawn in thirty-seven powerful cultivators.
• The sword-bearing old man recognized Sang Ying as the woman who had stopped the beast tide and condemned the Limitless Sect for its actions against the Dragon Race.
• Heavenly lightning struck the cultivators’ sins, leaving them in agony while Sect Master Wu suffered especially severe injuries.
• Sang Ying collapsed after the fifty-first bolt but forced herself to stand again by the seventieth, while Sect Master Wu’s Dantian was destroyed by the eightieth.
• Sang Ying endured the ninety-ninth bolt and stood back up, as the clouds gathered for a final strike powerful enough to level the immortal mountain.

Sang Ying faced the hundredth heavenly lightning bolt after exhausting herself through the tribulation, and her friends feared she had died when it struck. Golden light then emerged from the lightning, revealing Sang Ying alive and protected as she moved through the storm.

• Sang Ying could no longer move, so she tore off her jade pendant and flung Gu Shu beyond the lightning tribulation's range.
• The hundredth heavenly lightning bolt struck Sang Ying, and Fang Chi collapsed in grief as the onlookers believed she had died.
• The white-haired elder and sword-bearing elder resolved to help the Immortal Spirit Realm cultivators if the Limitless Sect's grand elders appeared.
• A ray of golden light cut through the lightning, and the onlookers recognized Sang Ying standing within it.
• Sang Ying rose and moved freely through the lightning as the white-haired elder wondered whether the golden light was Merit.

Sang Ying survived the heavenly lightning tribulation and became a Nascent Soul Cultivator, while her Floating River Sword gained a speaking sword spirit. As the injured cultivators scattered from the ruins, an enraged voice demanded to know who had destroyed the Limitless Sect.

• Sang Ying absorbed the last of the heavenly lightning, reached the Nascent Soul stage, and discovered that her injured Dantian had healed.
• Floating River became a true sword spirit and congratulated Sang Ying on helping it through the tribulation.
• Dong Fuzhu, Fang Chi, and Sang Ying's other companions rushed to embrace her and warned her not to risk her life again.
• The returning disciples found the sect masters and elders badly injured, and several cultivators chose to leave the ruins.
• The Limitless Sect disciples pulled their sect master and elders from the rubble before a furious voice shouted, "Who destroyed my Limitless Sect?!"

The Limitless Sect’s supreme elder arrived and demanded to know who had destroyed the sect. After He Xiu blamed Sang Ying, the elder stopped him from interrupting and told Sang Ying to explain.

• The supreme elder appeared in the air above the ruined Limitless Sect and demanded to know who had destroyed it.
• A disciple of Sect Master Wu recognized the old man as the sect’s supreme elder but stayed silent to protect Sang Ying.
• He Xiu accused Sang Ying of destroying the sect and pointed her out to the supreme elder.
• Sang Ying stepped forward and said the Limitless Sect still owed Jiang Zhuoxue an explanation for the wrongs she had suffered.
• When He Xiu interrupted Sang Ying again, the supreme elder slapped him ten li away and told Sang Ying to continue.

The grand elder learned that Sect Master Wu and the elders had framed Jiang Zhuoxue and murdered the people of Peach Blossom Village, and he accepted Sang Ying’s account of the Limitless Sect’s downfall. He apologized to Sang Ying and her companions with the sect’s Storage Bags, while leaving the fate of the unconscious leaders for later.

• Sang Ying explained the events at the Limitless Sect and refused to accept blame for the elders’ injuries from heavenly lightning.
• The young disciple confirmed that Sect Master Wu had framed the black dragon and that the elders had killed the people of Peach Blossom Village.
• The sole survivor of Peach Blossom Village confronted the young disciple, then fled in grief and hatred after hearing the truth.
• The grand elder sent the disciples away, learned that the young man was Jiang Chunsheng, and said he would deal with Sect Master Wu and the elders himself.
• The grand elder gave Storage Bags to Sang Ying and her companions as the Limitless Sect’s apology, telling them to demand more once the leaders awoke.

Wu Renyao and the Limitless Sect elders were left crippled after the supreme elder confronted them, while Sang Ying sorted through their recovered treasures. Si Jing then rushed Sang Ying to meet his master, where she encountered Jiang Zhuoxue.

• Wu Renyao woke in an inn, discovered he could not move his limbs, and cursed Sang Ying and those around him.
• The supreme elder confronted Wu Renyao and the elders, leaving them with ruined limbs, Dantians, and foundations.
• The supreme elder told Jiang Chunsheng not to summon a medical cultivator or give the injured men medicine.
• Sang Ying shared treasures from the Limitless Sect’s Storage Bags with Dong Fuzhu and Lan Fusheng, reassuring Dong Fuzhu that the supreme elder meant no harm.
• Si Jing hurried Sang Ying away because his master wanted to see her, and she came face to face with Jiang Zhuoxue.

After Jiang Zhuoxue recovered his memories, he reunited with Sang Ying and confessed that he had loved her for ten thousand years. Sang Ying could not promise him love while focused on cultivation, but she agreed to let him stay by her side, leaving their relationship open to whatever might come.

• After Jiang Zhuoxue woke, Si Jing asked Sang Ying to calm him, and Jiang Zhuoxue quieted as soon as she arrived.
• Jiang Zhuoxue embraced Sang Ying tightly, then apologized when she asked him to loosen his grip.
• Sang Ying asked Jiang Zhuoxue whether he liked her, and he confessed that he had loved her since ten thousand years ago.
• Sang Ying told Jiang Zhuoxue she could not promise to love him because she was focused on cultivation, but said she would not drive him away.
• Jiang Zhuoxue promised to stay by Sang Ying's side without demanding an answer, and they agreed to let their relationship unfold naturally.

As the Devil Lord Fusheng’s forces ravaged the Twin Orchid Realm, Song Jiaojiao helped defend the Flowing Light Sword Sect while the Layered Heavens Palace prepared for its first major battle. The palace master feared the realm would fall and hoped Fang Chi could preserve the sect after she was gone.

• A fox-eared girl reassured her younger brother and considered accepting Demonic Qi to protect him and the other fox cubs.
• Song Jiaojiao treated wounded disciples as the Flowing Light Sword Sect fought off Fusheng’s invading forces.
• Song Jiaojiao recalled that Fusheng had united the devils and demons, destroyed most righteous sects, and focused a major part of his army on the Flowing Light Sword Sect.
• The Layered Heavens Palace disciples prepared to face the invading army, while their palace master doubted she could protect them.
• The palace master remembered that she had sent Fang Chi away and touched her communication talisman, fearing her message would arrive after the Twin Orchid Realm had fallen.

Sang Ying visited the imprisoned Wu Renyao and the other injured members of the Limitless Sect after Jiang Chunsheng brought her to them. She revealed that she had news for them, though she warned it would likely make them angry.

• Wu Renyao argued with the elder and the other prisoners, who wanted him to leave their cramped room because his injuries and breathing made their misery worse.
• Wu Renyao blamed Jiang Chunsheng for betraying their master-disciple bond and vowed to expel him after reclaiming the sect master's position.
• Jiang Chunsheng brought Sang Ying to the prison after the grand elder asked him to receive her, while he continued overseeing plans to rebuild the Limitless Sect elsewhere.
• Sang Ying entered the filthy room, where Wu Renyao recognized her and called for guards to drag her away.
• Sang Ying told the prisoners that no one else would enter the room and that she had news that would probably anger them.

Sang Ying told Wu Renyao and the other imprisoned Limitless Sect leaders that they had lost their positions and would be left to die in confinement, then reunited with Jiang Zhuoxue. As Sang Ying and her companions departed the Black Tortoise Realm, its people blessed them, and Fu Shuangjiang resolved to become stronger before seeking Sang Ying again.

• Sang Ying told Wu Renyao and the other prisoners that the truth about their crimes had been spread and that they had been stripped of their positions and denied treatment.
• Sang Ying revealed that Jiang Zhuoxue was leaving with her, then met him outside and walked back with him after he recovered his teeth from the prisoners' Storage Bags.
• The people of Crane Islet City watched the realm-crossing flying boat depart and wished Sang Ying and her companions safety and happiness.
• The grand elder and two old friends opened a temporary tunnel, and an elderly swordsman gave Sang Ying a voice-transmission stone before the boat entered it.
• Fu Shuangjiang told Sect Master Ji that he would focus on his responsibilities and become a better person before seeking Sang Ying again.

Sang Ying learned that the Twin Orchid Realm was under attack by Fusheng’s Devil Race and chose to return rather than continue to the Immortal Spirit Realm. As Elder Jiulian arrived to bring them home, Song Jiaojiao treated wounded cultivators and remembered Jiang Yan, who had died in battle.

• Ji Fucang accelerated the flying boat, and he assured the group they would reach the Immortal Spirit Realm in less than two days.
• Fang Chi told Sang Ying that the Twin Orchid Realm faced a Devil Race invasion, and Hai Tingzhou reported that Fusheng’s forces had cornered his family.
• Sang Ying heard her parents’ message saying they were going to fight in the Twin Orchid Realm and that Jiulian had gone to rescue her group.
• Ji Fucang announced that Jiulian had arrived, but Sang Ying declared that they would return to the Twin Orchid Realm instead of going to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
• Song Jiaojiao treated wounded cultivators with Chen Xiu’s help and remembered that Jiang Yan had fallen in battle two days earlier.

Jiulian joined Sang Ying and her companions on their journey to aid the Twin Orchid Realm, despite Sang Ying's fears for his disciples' safety. Meanwhile, the Flowing Light Sword Sect's defenders fought off the demonic invasion as Fusheng demanded its destruction before nightfall.

• Jiulian was astonished that Sang Ying had reached the Nascent Soul stage, and she credited her progress to Merit she had gained by saving people.
• Jiulian explained that Ten Thousand Daos Born, the Azure Feather Sect, and the Jimo Clan had suppressed rumors about Jiang Zhuoxue's black dragon transformation before organizing a rescue party.
• Sang Ying objected to bringing Ten Thousand Daos Born's disciples into danger, but Jiulian and the others insisted on helping the Twin Orchid Realm; she asked Jiulian to evacuate them if defeat became inevitable, and he agreed.
• The flying vessel headed for the Twin Orchid Realm, while Fang Chi and Hai Tingzhou hoped for their return.
• Elder Yanhua, Sang Zheng, and Wen Miaoshu defended the Flowing Light Sword Sect against the demons, with Sang Zheng and Wen Miaoshu refusing to abandon their home realm.
• Fan Nanjun reported that the Flowing Light Sword Sect would likely fall by daybreak, but Fusheng demanded that it be reduced to ruins before nightfall.

Sang Ying returned to the Flowing Light Sword Sect with reinforcements and announced that they had driven the demons back. She reunited with her injured father, Sang Zheng, after arriving in time to save Song Jiaojiao from a fatal attack.

• Sang Zheng tried to return to battle despite his injury, but Nan Gurong urged him to rest and warned him that Sang Ying would be upset.
• Sang Ying arrived, caught Sang Zheng hiding his wound, and told him the demons had already been driven back.
• As the demon assault overwhelmed the Flowing Light Sword Sect, Chen Xiu died protecting Song Jiaojiao and asked to be buried with her senior sister.
• A Devil Cultivator broke Song Jiaojiao's spirit sword and attacked, but Sang Ying killed the attacker and dropped a sword for Song Jiaojiao to fight with.
• Sang Ying leaped down from an enormous flying boat as reinforcements arrived.

Sang Ying and the Ten Thousand Daos Born drove the demons and monsters away from the Flowing Light Sword Sect, then set out to aid the besieged Layered Heavens Palace. As they arrived, the palace master told Henghe to gather the young disciples and escape when an opportunity arose.

• Sang Ying used heavenly lightning and frost to destroy the attackers, while Ji Fucang, Jiulian, Elder Yanhua, and the Ten Thousand Daos Born helped break the siege.
• Sang Ying reunited with Sang Zheng and Nan Gurong, praised their efforts to defend the sect, and left to rescue other besieged powers.
• Ji Fucang chose to head for the remote Layered Heavens Palace, and Jiulian directed the flying boat toward the snowfields.
• The palace master of the Layered Heavens Palace summoned Henghe and ordered her to gather the young disciples so they could escape when the chance came.

The palace master sacrificed herself to destroy the Layered Heavens Palace and the demons attacking it, leaving Fang Chi to mourn her and take responsibility for rebuilding the sect. After Fan Nanjun reported the defeat to Fusheng, the Demon Lord ordered him to bring Sang Ying in.

• The palace master ordered Henghe to lead the surviving disciples away and warned him never to return to the Twin Orchid Realm or approach Fusheng.
• Henghe escaped through a secret passage while the palace master and the remaining disciples fought the demons; the palace master shattered her Dantian, destroying the sect and its attackers.
• Fang Chi and her companions arrived too late, and Fang Chi realized her master had died unleashing the tenth level of her cultivation method.
• Sang Ying and the others promised to help Fang Chi rebuild the Layered Heavens Palace, and Fang Chi accepted the responsibility.
• Fan Nanjun told Fusheng that Sang Ying had defeated him and ruined his plan, and Fusheng ordered him to bring her in.

Sang Ying and the others found Palace Master Shen alive beneath the ruins of the Layered Heavens Palace, then rushed to save the Myriad Phenomena Sect from the fiends. After taking the surviving Hai Household aboard their flying boat, they returned toward the Flowing Light Sword Sect, where Fan Nanjun ambushed them.

• Sang Ying and the others rescued several Layered Heavens Palace disciples and found Palace Master Shen buried beneath the rubble.
• Sang Ying discovered that Palace Master Shen was still breathing, and Fang Chi rejoiced that her master had survived, though she remained gravely injured and unconscious.
• Fang Chi learned that her senior brother had escaped with young disciples, and Sang Ying led the group to the Myriad Phenomena Sect.
• Sang Ying and the others helped the Myriad Phenomena Sect drive back the fiends, then learned the Hai Household had survived there and brought them aboard the flying boat.
• As the group returned to the Flowing Light Sword Sect, Fan Nanjun and his fiends ambushed the flying boat.

Jiulian pursued Fan Nanjun after the former Devil Venerable ambushed the flying boat, but a black lightning attack destroyed the vessel and its occupants. Meanwhile, Qi Yaoji arrived in the Twin Orchid Realm to assist Fusheng and was mistaken for Su Fuyun when she entered his courtyard.

• Jiulian countered Fan Nanjun's ambush, then chased him after learning he was the demon army's deputy commander.
• A bolt of black lightning broke through the flying boat's defenses and destroyed it, leaving Jiulian unable to find anyone aboard.
• Qi Yaoji arrived in the Twin Orchid Realm and went to meet Fusheng at the city lord's residence.
• A female devil general mistook Qi Yaoji for Su Fuyun and attacked her, but Fusheng hurled the attacker away.
• Fusheng identified the newcomer as Qi Yaoji, daughter of the master of the Mara Gate, and she smiled at him.

After the flying boat crashed, Jiang Zhuoxue and the others searched in vain for Sang Ying until her jade pendant’s spirit revealed that the Devil Race had taken her. Meanwhile, Fusheng visited a hidden ice chamber and found Sang Ying unconscious on an ice bed.

• Jiang Zhuoxue and Fang Chi rescued the survivors from the wreckage, but Sang Ying was missing.
• Sang Zheng and Jiulian joined the search, yet they found no sign of Sang Ying among the people or recovered belongings.
• Jiang Zhuoxue used the Shared Fate Gu to follow Sang Ying’s scent to her jade pendant in the grass.
• The pendant’s spirit told Jiang Zhuoxue that the Devil Race had taken Sang Ying.
• Fusheng went to a hidden cave outside the city and found Sang Ying lying unconscious on an ice bed.

Demon Lord Fusheng captured Sang Ying after destroying her flying boat, sealed her cultivation, and forced her to accompany him. He transformed her appearance and voice, renaming her Xiao Yao, while the Flowing Light Sword Sect remained under siege.

• Sang Ying woke in an ice chamber without her sword, belongings, or spiritual power, and Fusheng ordered her to change clothes and follow him.
• Sang Ying learned that her captor was Demon Lord Fusheng, who insisted on keeping her alive and by his side.
• Sang Ying followed Fusheng out of the mountain after he told her that demons and fiends still surrounded the Flowing Light Sword Sect and the flying boat's passengers were gravely injured.
• Fusheng used an Instruction to alter Sang Ying's appearance, seal away her former voice and cultivation, and name her Xiao Yao.

Fusheng declared Xiao Yao his only disciple, despite the devil generals’ objections and Qi Yaoji’s warning that he was a puppet serving their master’s plans. He promised to protect and teach Xiao Yao, but she rejected him and asked to leave, provoking his anger.

• Fusheng confirmed to the six devil generals that he had taken Xiao Yao as his disciple, then kicked a general who challenged the decision and decreed that she would be his only disciple.
• Qi Yaoji warned Fusheng not to forget that he was a puppet and to avoid interfering with their master’s plans, and Fusheng ordered her to leave.
• Fusheng found Xiao Yao practicing with a branch in the secluded rear courtyard and told her he had decided to take her as his disciple.
• Fusheng promised to protect Xiao Yao, teach her, and even help her become the new Devil Lord, but she wrote that she wanted to leave.
• Xiao Yao told Fusheng she already had a master, and he angrily challenged her to see whether that master could bring her back.

Sang Ying struggled to restore her cultivation while trapped in the city lord’s residence, as the Flowing Light Sword Sect prepared to resist Fusheng’s forces and rescue her. Jiang Zhuoxue proposed using his uncompleted coming-of-age lightning tribulation to destroy the Demon and Devil army.

• Fusheng ordered guards to surround the main courtyard, while Sang Ying tried unsuccessfully to restore her blocked meridians and considered how to escape.
• Wen Miaoshu and Hai Tingzhou strengthened the Flowing Light Sword Sect’s protective array before joining the elders’ meeting.
• Elder Yanhua and Jiulian discussed uniting with the Myriad Phenomena Sect and agreed to exchange the captive Fan Nanjun for Sang Ying.
• Jiang Zhuoxue suggested exploiting the Demon and Devil army’s weakness to heavenly lightning.
• Jiang Zhuoxue revealed that he had not yet undergone his coming-of-age lightning tribulation and proposed using it against the enemy forces.

Jiang Zhuoxue prepared to undergo his adulthood tribulation after rescuing Sang Ying, but the exchange failed when the Devil Race denied capturing her. Fusheng confronted Sang Ying in the city lord’s residence, furious that she had sought help, but recoiled when he tried to choke her.

• Jiang Zhuoxue announced he would undergo his tribulation after the group rescued Sang Ying and retrieved his two clones.
• Elder Yanhua informed the Myriad Phenomena Sect of the plan, and two days later Fan Nanjun was brought out of the water prison for the exchange.
• Elder Yanhua and the other negotiators returned, reporting that the Devil Race denied capturing Sang Ying.
• Jiulian suspected Fusheng had used Fan Nanjun to lure him away while the flying boat was attacked, and Jiang Zhuoxue beat Fan Nanjun for his role.
• Fusheng accused Sang Ying of contacting the Flowing Light Sword Sect, then grabbed her wrist and dragged her into a room.
• Fusheng tried to choke Sang Ying but abruptly released her, and she retreated from him as he left without explaining himself.