Recaps

Su Fuyun learned that the four men connected to her had fought on Settled Frost Peak and blamed Sang Ying, then rushed to confront her. At the Flowing Light Sword Sect’s gate, Jiulian arrived and announced that Sang Ying was his disciple.

• The elders made Su Fuyun seal her cultivation and sweep the staircase on Settled Frost Peak as punishment.
• A female disciple showed Su Fuyun the Record of Renown and an image bead recording Luo Jin, Bai Ji, and Liu Yuzhi fighting on Settled Frost Peak.
• Su Fuyun realized the four men had become enemies, blamed Sang Ying for their falling-out, and hurried up Settled Frost Peak to confront her.
• Jiulian arrived at the Flowing Light Sword Sect and told the disciples guarding the gate that he had come to take his disciple back.
• When Jiulian named Sang Ying as his disciple, the disciples’ expressions changed abruptly.

Sang Ying confronted Su Fuyun after destroying her ties with her four male confidants, and tried to kill her when she came to accuse her. Gu Huaiwei intervened, but a red-clad young man appeared to protect Sang Ying and challenge him.

• Su Fuyun barged into Sang Ying's room and accused her of ruining the relationships with her four male confidants.
• Sang Ying seized Su Fuyun by the throat with her Spiritual Power and said she had already begun cutting off Su Fuyun's advantages.
• Su Fuyun tore open a talisman, summoning Gu Huaiwei from his seclusion on Crimson Snow Peak.
• Gu Huaiwei shattered Sang Ying's Spiritual Power, rescued Su Fuyun, and argued with Sang Ying over her treatment of her senior sister.
• Gu Huaiwei and Sang Ying clashed, sending Sang Ying flying backward, but a red-clad young man caught her and revealed power equal to Gu Huaiwei's.

Jiulian arrived at the Flowing Light Sword Sect to take Sang Ying away, and she declared that he was her master. Before leaving, Sang Ying began recounting a dream that unsettled Gu Huaiwei and Su Fuyun, then departed with Jiulian, leaving Gu Huaiwei questioning his memories and loyalties.

• Jiulian confronted Gu Huaiwei and revealed that Sang Ying’s parents had wanted her to become his disciple.
• Sang Ying told Gu Huaiwei that he had neglected her as a master and said she was leaving with Jiulian.
• Sang Ying declined Jiulian’s offer to handle her conflict with Gu Huaiwei and Su Fuyun herself.
• Sang Ying described a dream in which she was a sword spirit, prompting Su Fuyun to cry out and Gu Huaiwei to demand that she continue.
• Sang Ying left the Flowing Light Sword Sect with Jiulian, while Gu Huaiwei was too injured to pursue them.
• Gu Huaiwei stopped when Su Fuyun sobbed and began doubting whether she resembled the sword spirit he had been waiting for.

Sang Ying learned that Ten Thousand Daos Born had uncovered and thwarted several schemes by the immortal Gu Huaiwei, though he had escaped after contaminating much of the sect with Demonic Qi. Jiulian told her the sect wanted her to help track down the man who looked like Gu Huaiwei.

• Sang Ying left the Flowing Light Sword Sect after stripping Settled Frost Peak of its useful belongings and traveled to the Immortal Spirit Realm.
• Sang Ying joined Ten Thousand Daos Born under Jiulian and later warned the sect that someone resembling Gu Huaiwei would bring disaster.
• Ten Thousand Daos Born discovered the Mara Gate's ties to Gu Huaiwei and tracked one of his bases using a Gu insect that contained his blood.
• Ten Thousand Daos Born used Gu Huaiwei's blood to foil his plans in the Hidden Moon Forest and the Hidden Nether Realm.
• Gu Huaiwei appeared at Ten Thousand Daos Born, spread Demonic Qi through more than half the sect, destroyed the blood-tracking lead, and escaped.
• Jiulian told Sang Ying that Ten Thousand Daos Born wanted her to use her connection to Gu Huaiwei to help locate and capture him.

Sang Ying and Ten Thousand Daos Born used a karmic thread to pursue and capture "Gu Huaiwei" after years of chasing him across the Immortal Spirit Realm. With the impostor captured and her old entanglements resolved, Sang Ying prepared for her heavenly tribulation.

• Master Xiuming found a thick, sinful karmic thread linking Sang Ying to "Gu Huaiwei" and warned that his deeds could bring her retribution.
• Wen Miaoshu developed an array disk to disable the Teleportation Arrays in "Gu Huaiwei's" hideouts, and Ten Thousand Daos Born joined other powers to hunt him.
• Over ten years, the search teams destroyed "Gu Huaiwei's" forces and seized Qi Yaoji's remnant soul from Su Fuyun's jade pendant.
• Gu Huaiwei of the Flowing Light Sword Sect learned Su Fuyun was an impostor, severed ties with her, and later reportedly suffered a realm decline after entering seclusion.
• Sang Ying cornered and captured the weakened "Gu Huaiwei" after Buddhist cultivators cleared away his Demonic Qi.
• "Gu Huaiwei" asked to see Sang Ying during his interrogation, but she refused and continued preparing for her heavenly tribulation.

Sang Ying secretly traveled to the Upper Realm, sealed the Gods and Devils Battlefield’s Demonic Qi, and returned to reshape the Lower Realm before its world-ending tribulation. After reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, she ascended, while the people and factions from her past faced their own declines.

• Sang Ying used an array plate made from Immortal Realm materials to destroy the Devil Creatures and drive Demonic Qi from the Gods and Devils Battlefield, then told the Dragon Race that Gu Huaiwei’s notes had prompted her actions.
• Xuan Zhuo and the other dragon leaders let Sang Ying leave, but destroyed the Teleportation Array; Xuan Zhuo wondered whether he had known her before.
• Sang Ying merged the five small worlds of the Lower Realm, restoring sunlight to the Hidden Nether Realm, connecting the Beastmen World and Cultivation World, and reviving the Old Heavenly Dao.
• The Flowing Light Sword Sect tried to recruit Sang Zheng and his wife to reconcile with Sang Ying, but they refused, and the sect gradually declined.
• Su Fuyun and her former male confidants fell into ruin, while Gu Huaiwei perished in his heart-devil tribulation before Sang Ying’s ascension.
• Sang Ying survived an immense ascension lightning tribulation and became the second person to ascend from the Cultivation World in a long time.

After waking from a mysterious dream, Sang Ying prepared a feast to celebrate becoming an Immortal Emperor and welcomed her friends and family to the Changheng Immortal Sect. The gathering ended in laughter as Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue joined their loved ones, looking forward to another fine day.

• Sang Ying woke beside Jiang Zhuoxue and told him she had experienced a long dream, while he confirmed she was well.
• Jiang Zhuoxue told Sang Ying that Sang Zheng, Jiulian, and the others were coming to celebrate her becoming an Immortal Emperor.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue prepared a feast as Dong Fuzhu, Lan Fusheng, Bai Kejin, Bai Nianchou, Hai Tingzhou, Fang Chi, and Mingyue arrived.
• Gu Wangchuan, Gu Shu, Jiulian, Sang Zheng, and Wen Miaoshu joined the gathering, and the Old Heavenly Dao arrived claiming he had only come to show his support.
• Gu Shu teased the Old Heavenly Dao, who chased him around, while Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue joined their friends in laughter.