Recaps

Lu Yang completed his avatar’s Fallen Genius Destiny Pattern by arranging for Yan Xiao to suffer a broken engagement before True Person Demon-Sweeping took him as a disciple. The avatar reached the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, where it was about to offer incense to the founding patriarch and undergo its entry rites.

• Yan Xiao signed the Contract Paper dissolving his engagement after the girl and the middle-aged man scorned him.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping arrived, named himself Ye Guangji, and declared Yan Xiao his sole disciple and the Sword Pavilion’s true successor.
• Yan Xiao’s Fortune awakened, while Lu Yang watched through the Puppet on Strings and confirmed that his Destiny Pattern had been completed.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping taught the avatar the secret art of Eradicate Past Life and brought it to the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping led the avatar to the Reception Hall and gave it incense to offer to the founding patriarch.

Lu Yang’s avatar passed Sword Pavilion’s Reception Hall trial and reached the Divine Shrine, where he received the First Grade True Art, Sword Lord's Secret Chapter of Mystic Gold. The shrine then converted his accumulated fortune into Sword Pavilion’s fortune, burdening him with its karmic debts and leaving him furious.

• Lu Yang’s avatar passed the three incense questions and entered the Reception Hall, where he saw other candidates struggle to advance toward the Divine Shrine.
• An ordinary-looking youth reached eighty steps, tried to go farther, and collapsed after cracks spread across his body.
• Lu Yang used his Fortune Drawing Sign and, with Great Auspicious fortune, walked within three steps of the Divine Shrine, startling True Person Demon-Sweeping.
• Lu Yang offered his incense and received the First Grade True Art, Sword Lord's Secret Chapter of Mystic Gold.
• The shrine took Lu Yang’s accumulated fortune and returned Sword Pavilion’s fortune in its place, saddling him with karmic debts and enraging him.

After being named a Sword Seed and given the Daoist name Minghe, Lu Yang discovered that the Sword Lord's Secret Chapter of Mystic Gold transformed outsiders' Dao Foundations to nourish the Sword Dao Fruit Position. Patriarch Tingyou then connected True Person Demon-Sweeping's cultivation to an earlier case involving Wall Earth.

• True Person Demon-Sweeping registered Lu Yang's avatar as a Sword Seed, gave him the Daoist name Minghe, and handed him a status token.
• Ye Cheng congratulated True Person Demon-Sweeping and said Lu Yang should repay the harm done to Xingfeng, worsening Demon-Sweeping's mood.
• Lu Yang studied the Sword Lord's Secret Chapter of Mystic Gold in his cave abode and found that its cultivation method ended at Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Lu Yang realized the art remade cultivators into Eternal Observing World Golden Sword Foundations, using outsiders' talents and Dao Foundations to build the Sword Dao Fruit Position.
• Lu Yang wondered why True Person Demon-Sweeping cultivated the art, and Patriarch Tingyou asked whether Ye Guangji had previously cultivated Wall Earth.

Lu Yang uncovered the Sword Pavilion’s hidden risks in the Sword Lord’s Secret Chapter of Mystic Gold, but found that its Sword Case art could help his avatar gain Sword Divine Abilities. He turned to his next plan at Skull Mountain, where Patriarch Tingyou was soon due to escape the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.

• Lu Yang concluded that the Sword Pavilion’s First Grade True Art could make cultivators into sacrifices for the Sword Dao Fruit Position, though its Foundation Establishment power remained formidable.
• Lu Yang discovered that Sword Cultivators forged Sword Cases and gathered killing aura to form Sword Divine Abilities, or could transform abilities from a previous life instead.
• Lu Yang decided his avatar could transform Myriad Fragrance Marrow and Sea of Sorrow into Sword Divine Abilities to support its false Great True Person status.
• Lu Yang’s true body emerged from seclusion at Hidden Sword Manor and judged that his eight-year-old avatar had time to develop.
• Lu Yang prepared to head to Skull Mountain, expecting Patriarch Tingyou to escape the Witch Ghost Secret Realm soon.

Lu Yang sought a clue to the Xin Metal in Suheng Palace and decided to capture Arhat Fulong without alerting the World Honored One. He used Zhao Xuhe’s Foundation Establishment attempt as bait, but the Sacred Sect’s True Persons mistook the ambush for a fellow disciple’s scheme.

• Lu Yang spotted Zhao Xuhe at Skull Mountain Market and learned from the Peak Master of Heaven Mending that a clue to Xin Metal lay in Suheng Palace, where Arhat Fulong could help him obtain it.
• Wary of drawing the World Honored One’s attention, Lu Yang decided to capture Arhat Fulong first and interrogate him later.
• Lu Yang gave Zhao Xuhe a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object and used Puppet on Strings to make him attempt Foundation Establishment, shaking Skull Mountain Market.
• Arhat Fulong emerged from Skull Mountain, while the Sacred Sect’s True Persons watched and chose not to interfere.
• Lu Yang ambushed Arhat Fulong with a streak of Radiance and captured him, leading the Sacred Sect’s True Persons to assume a fellow disciple had laid the trap.

Lu Yang subdued Arhat Fulong and learned that the monk could obtain Xin Metal from Wonder Suheng Palace through his disciple Guangming, the Pure Land’s newly descended Buddha’s Son. After storing Fulong away, Lu Yang met Hongju, whose respectful greeting did not hide his suspicions.

• Lu Yang used Solemn Mystic Frost to overpower Arhat Fulong and realized that Fulong’s Jia Wood Divine Ability had damaged his Dao Path.
• Lu Yang learned from Fulong that Wonder Suheng Palace held Xin Metal and demanded that Fulong retrieve it.
• Fulong offered to send his disciple Guangming, whom he identified as the Pure Land’s newly descended Buddha’s Son, to obtain the Xin Metal.
• Lu Yang suppressed Fulong, stored him in his sleeve, and sensed Hongju approaching.
• Hongju recognized Lu Yang’s Hongyun Gold Nature shell and bowed, but Lu Yang detected that Hongju doubted him.

Lu Yang convinced Hongju that he was the long-planning Lord Hongyun, then assigned him several tasks. When the Witch Ghost Sect Secret Realm emerged at Skull Mountain, Lu Yang realized Patriarch Tingyou should have appeared as well.

• Lu Yang revealed his Spirit Immortal body and three Innate Divine Abilities, persuading Hongju that his overseas plans had brought about Non-Existent Heaven.
• Hongju abandoned his suspicions and praised Lu Yang’s schemes, believing his repeated failures to obtain Covered Lamp Fire had been a disguise.
• Lu Yang ordered Hongju to gather qi in the Ten Thousand Martial Realm and later explore Suheng Palace, while Hongju admitted he knew nothing about Chongguang’s Xin Metal body.
• A roar came from Skull Mountain as the Witch Ghost Sect Secret Realm emerged, and Lu Yang realized Patriarch Tingyou should have emerged too.

Lu Yang watched the Sacred Sect overwhelm the Divine Martial Sect, then entered Skull Mountain and recovered a fragment of Patriarch Tingyou’s soul. Seeing a chance to restore him to life, Lu Yang offered him the Celestial Embryo Worldly Secret Record and asked whether he wanted to truly live.

• Xiang Ye concealed the Divine Martial Sect Leader with Star Concealing Radiance while the Sacred Sect’s True Persons besieged him, and Lu Yang judged that the Divine Martial Sect would be wiped out.
• Lu Yang avoided the battle, entered Skull Mountain, and found a False-Holding Foundation Establishment cultivator hidden in its earth vein.
• Patriarch Tingyou calmed the erupting earth vein, and Lu Yang killed the hidden cultivator and sent him into the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner to be refined.
• Patriarch Tingyou absorbed the cultivator’s innate energy and recovered a fragment of his soul from the Witch Ghost Secret Realm.
• Lu Yang considered using the Celestial Embryo Worldly Secret Record to create a body for Patriarch Tingyou, then handed him the Dao Book and asked if he wanted to truly live.

Lu Yang offered Patriarch Tingyou the Fruit Position Prototype so he could revive and pursue the Golden Core, then stole the Divine Martial Sect’s superior Spiritual Treasure during its defeat. The chapter ended with Lu Yang escaping while Hongju distracted Xiang Ye and took the blame for the theft.

• Lu Yang persuaded Patriarch Tingyou to accept the Fruit Position Prototype and revive, promising that they would help each other pursue the Golden Core and rebuild the Witch Ghost Sect.
• Xiang Ye overwhelmed the Divine Martial Sect Leader, who used the Divine Martial Flood Dragon Binding Axe to break through Star Concealing Radiance before falling.
• Xiang Ye realized the Divine Martial Sect had been looted while he fought, and Lu Yang caught the axe after it flew back to the sect.
• Lu Yang escaped by severing Karma with Calamity Waves as Hongju blocked Xiang Ye’s line of sight and became the apparent culprit.

Lu Yang refined a Celestial Embryo for Patriarch Tingyou and killed Arhat Fulong rather than risk entanglement with the Pure Land. His avatar overcame a sabotaged Foundation Establishment breakthrough with the help of a fortune sign, then awakened multiple Sword Divine Abilities and surpassed Lu Yang’s main body in strength.

• Lu Yang helped Patriarch Tingyou enter a newly refined Celestial Embryo, where he began recovering from Qi Refining Great Perfection.
• Lu Yang crushed the Mystic Pearl and killed Arhat Fulong, deciding to avoid Buddha’s Son Guangming and seek Xin Metal through Hongju instead.
• Lu Yang drew a Minor Auspicious fortune sign warning that someone would plot against his avatar’s Foundation Establishment.
• At Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, Lu Yang’s avatar successfully established its foundation, while True Person Demon-Sweeping pondered the heads in his Storage Pouch.
• Lu Yang realized True Person Demon-Sweeping’s Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object had hindered the breakthrough, and suspected someone had tried to harm him.
• Lu Yang’s avatar transformed two Grand Void Divine Abilities into Sword Divine Abilities and reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage perfected, surpassing Lu Yang’s main body.

Lu Yang comprehended the four mysteries of his newly formed Eternal Observing World Golden Sword Foundation before True Person Demon-Sweeping sent him to investigate the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s alleged abduction of Jiangnan commoners. Ye Cheng secretly worked to provoke a conflict with the sect, and a spy passed word of Lu Yang’s mission to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect before he left the Sword Pavilion.

• Lu Yang discovered that his Lifebound Divine Ability was named after his Daoist title and studied its four sword mysteries: Heaven Execution, True Person Slaying, Mind Trapping, and Life Severing.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping ordered Lu Yang to investigate reports that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect was abducting Jiangnan commoners to refine Gu.
• Ye Cheng revealed that he had secretly arranged to sabotage Lu Yang’s Foundation Establishment and hoped to use his death to give the Sword Pavilion cause to attack the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.
• Ye Cheng sent a message to a Sword Pavilion disciple, who relayed news of Lu Yang’s mission to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect through a Thousand Mile Heartlink Gu.

Lu Yang learned that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool could produce Xin Metal and openly entered the Southern Border despite the Dao Court’s warning display. True Persons Cicada and Dragon Centipede decided to intercept him, but his brazen approach caught them off guard.

• Lu Yang discovered that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s sacred pool could produce Xin Metal, making the sect a target for him.
• Suppress-South King Wu Tai’an blocked Lu Yang’s way with a military formation, but Lu Yang introduced himself as Minghe and questioned his motives.
• True Persons Cicada and Dragon Centipede discussed delaying Lu Yang to protect the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool and their nearly completed Ten-Thousand Calamity Gu.
• Wu Tai’an departed, and Lu Yang openly flew into the Southern Border instead of sneaking in.
• Cicada and Dragon Centipede were startled by Lu Yang’s audacious entry.

Lu Yang confronted the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect over the disappearance of Jiangnan commoners and revealed that he had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. He used Mind Trapping and a Great Auspicious fortune slip to kill True Persons Longwu and Huigu, leaving the sect's response unresolved.

• Lu Yang flew deep into the Southern Border while True Persons Longwu and Huigu followed, believing he was walking into their trap.
• A Dragon Centipede Gu appeared, and Lu Yang demanded that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect Leader explain the disappearance of Jiangnan commoners.
• True Person Longwu attacked Lu Yang with the Soul-Stunning Gu, but Lu Yang's sword qi destroyed the insects and forced Longwu to flee.
• Longwu and Huigu realized Lu Yang was at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Huigu tried to escape by activating his Cicada Gu.
• Lu Yang trapped both True Persons with Mind Trapping, drew a Great Auspicious fortune slip, and killed them with a single sword strike.

Lu Yang defeated two Ten Thousand Poisons Sect True Persons and claimed their Gu insects, then Wu Tai'an watched from the Southern Border and decided to be the first to pursue Gold for the Dao Court. The chapter ended with Wu Tai'an preparing to risk martyring himself to the Dao amid the Great Contention Era.

• Lu Yang examined the Dragon Centipede Gu and discovered that the Cicada Gu could make an illusion become real if its victim believed in it.
• Lu Yang stored the Cicada Gu and chose not to capture the two Ten Thousand Poisons Sect True Persons, avoiding any clues that might link his avatar to his main body.
• Wu Tai'an watched Lu Yang's victory from the Southern Border and lamented that the Dao Court lacked outstanding heroes compared with the Sacred Sect, Sword Pavilion, Pure Land, and Overseas.
• Wu Tai'an argued that the world's True Persons were too afraid to seek Gold, doubting that True Lord Chaozhen Tai Xu could maintain the peace for the promised sixty years.
• Wu Tai'an declared that he would be the first to martyr himself to the Dao and seek Gold for the Dao Court.

After killing Dragon Centipede and Cicada, Lu Yang went to Ten Thousand Poisons Sect headquarters under orders to investigate the abduction of Jiangnan civilians. He pressured sect leader Longyue to surrender, and she invited him inside after witnessing his sudden power.

• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect elders learned that Dragon Centipede and Cicada had died and feared the Sword Pavilion’s involvement.
• Lu Yang’s Sword Qi Thunder Sound battered the sect’s Mountain-Protecting Array as he demanded that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect Leader appear.
• Lu Yang identified himself as Minghe, the Sword Pavilion’s current Sword Seed, and said he had come to investigate the abduction of Jiangnan civilians.
• Longyue emerged and extinguished Lu Yang’s sword qi with her greater power, then asked why he had come.
• Lu Yang said he had killed two Ten Thousand Poisons Sect True Persons and demanded that Longyue open the mountain gate and submit to an investigation.
• Longyue prepared to fight, but Lu Yang’s aura surged after the Calamity Waves blessing, and she changed course and invited him inside.

Lu Yang searched the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect for Xin Metal and inferred that its Moon Worship Pool concealed another treasure, while Longyue tried to protect the sect’s secrets. Just as Lu Yang considered how to handle her, a tremor announced that the Ten-Thousand Calamity Gu had been refined and emerged.

• Lu Yang entered the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and searched its grounds despite Longyue’s displeasure.
• Longyue concealed the sect’s century-long deal with someone in Sword Pavilion to abduct Jiangnan commoners for Gu testing.
• Lu Yang summoned Longyue to speak privately, and her hesitation led him to suspect the Moon Worship Pool held something valuable.
• Lu Yang used a Fortune Drawing Sign and chose its Last Auspicious guidance to seek Xin Metal before deciding whether to confront Longyue over the hidden treasure.
• A violent tremor shook the sect, and Longyue realized the Ten-Thousand Calamity Gu had emerged.

Lu Yang discovered the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Indestructible Golden Silkworm, a Gu that could help a cultivator survive the Five Decays and reach Foundation Establishment Perfection, but pretended to dismiss it. He took the pool of Xin Metal for his true body and resolved to claim the Gu for Sword Pavilion.

• Lu Yang used his Dharma Eye to find a hidden formation containing the Indestructible Golden Silkworm and a pool of Xin Metal.
• Lu Yang recognized the Gu’s power to protect its master through the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, but feigned contempt for it.
• Longyue relaxed when Lu Yang appeared uninterested, then put away the Gu and offered him the Xin Metal.
• Lu Yang drew in the pool of Imperial Flowing Sap and sent the Xin Metal to his true body, enabling it to approach Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Perfection.
• Lu Yang returned his consciousness to his avatar and decided the Indestructible Golden Silkworm was fated to belong to Sword Pavilion.

Lu Yang accused Longyue and the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect of colluding with the Demon Sect, then attacked her to seize the Indestructible Golden Silkworm. He vowed to exterminate the sect, while Longyue used her Sun-Devouring Toad to swallow his sword qi.

• Longyue handed Lu Yang several Qi Refining disciples involved in abducting Jiangnan civilians, but he rejected them as insufficient.
• Longyue offered herself and her Kanli Mystic Jade Body to persuade Lu Yang to spare her Foundation Establishment True Persons, but he remained unmoved.
• Lu Yang revealed Chen Taihe's Heaven Mending Decree and accused the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect of colluding with the Demon Sect and abducting civilians.
• Longyue realized Lu Yang wanted the Indestructible Golden Silkworm and challenged his conduct as a righteous leader.
• Lu Yang struck Longyue with Heaven Execution, and she healed her wound by having her Sun-Devouring Toad swallow his sword qi.
• Lu Yang declared that he would exterminate the entire Ten Thousand Poisons Sect so no one could reveal what happened.

Lu Yang attacked the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to seize its treasures and the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool, forcing Longyue to activate the Five Saints Moon Worship Mystic Array. He overcame her gu insects, attained Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity, and killed her, leaving her soul captured by a banner.

• Lu Yang decided to destroy the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and summoned his sword foundation, drawing Longyue into its Mind Trapping ability.
• Longyue activated the Five Saints Moon Worship Mystic Array and used Heavenly Spider Prison, White Snake Lord, and Falling Horse Venom to attack Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang’s Qian Tian Total Control Myriad Forms Dharma Body endured Longyue’s attacks and grew stronger, while the array concealed the battle from Suppress-South King Wu Tai'an.
• Lu Yang combined his Innate Divine Abilities with Calamity Waves and attained Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity.
• Lu Yang struck Longyue down with Proclaiming Might, and a banner captured her escaping soul.

Wu Tai'an met Guangming through the Prayer Wheel and accepted the World Honored One’s invitation to become his disciple, while Lu Yang entered the Moon Worship Pool to accelerate his Spirit Immortal’s growth. As Lu Yang grew drowsy, a sudden disturbance jolted him awake and he called for Calamity Waves to save him.

• Wu Tai'an used the Prayer Wheel to summon Guangming and asked whether the World Honored One was before him.
• Guangming said four disciples from different regions were destined to accompany him westward in search of Gold, and Wu Tai'an was one of them.
• Wu Tai'an accepted Guangming as his master, then learned that another person with the same karmic affinity was nearby.
• Lu Yang sensed an ominous chill, opened the mountain gate with the Mountain Moving True Method, and entered the Moon Worship Pool in his true body.
• Lu Yang realized the pool could help his Spirit Immortal reach completion within thirty years, but a sudden rumble woke him from an unprecedented drowsiness and he cried out to Calamity Waves for help.

Lu Yang resisted the Moon Worship Pool’s assault on his consciousness and realized Heaven and Earth had been influencing him and may have trapped him for his Spirit Immortal body. He discovered the trap was moving quickly because Guangming, the Buddha’s Son, had arrived.

• Lu Yang used Cave Illumination, Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity, and A Bit Capable to resist the pool’s attack, then activated Mind Trapping to return to the moment he entered the pool.
• Lu Yang sealed his senses and used Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity to examine how his recent good fortune had made him careless.
• Lu Yang recalled his suspicions about Heaven and Earth from the Ten Thousand Man Pit and realized a Perception Barrier had kept him from examining Hongyun’s memories.
• Lu Yang concluded that Heaven and Earth might be influencing him and seeking his Spirit Immortal body, though he had not yet obtained You Metal.
• Lu Yang used Calamity Waves, Sword Heart Penetrating Clarity, and Mind Trapping to resist another assault and reset his state of wakefulness.
• Lu Yang saw a vision resolve into Guangming and realized Heaven and Earth had acted in haste because Buddha’s Son had arrived.

Lu Yang realized heaven and earth were trying to control him as a Spirit Immortal while Guangming approached the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect to convert him. Trapped in the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool, Lu Yang gained his fourth Innate Divine Ability and sent a figure out to confront Guangming, who declared they were destined to become master and disciple.

• Lu Yang concluded that heaven and earth had been supporting Spirit Immortals while the Dao Lords suppressed or recruited them, and he suspected their tribulations were the Dao Lords’ work.
• As Guangming neared the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Lu Yang tried to self-destruct but found the Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool had imprisoned his Spirit Immortal body.
• Lu Yang resisted heaven and earth’s attempts to frighten and influence him, and sensed their power over him weaken as they turned their attention elsewhere.
• Guangming arrived at the sect’s mountain gate, and Lu Yang’s Weapon Master, Stubborn Gold Lord, and Solemn Mystic Frost abilities flew out while Calamity Waves remained unaffected.
• Heaven and earth formed You Metal before Lu Yang, which fused with his true body and gave him the fourth Innate Divine Ability, Heaven-Resounding Bell.
• The four Innate Divine Abilities formed a figure that shot through the mountain gate, and Guangming watched it with satisfaction and called Lu Yang his destined disciple.

Guangming tried to recruit a divine ability projection outside the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect while Lu Yang struggled against Heaven and earth’s attempt to refine him. Lu Yang realized his consciousness might escape through his avatar, but with his power nearly exhausted, he called on Patriarch Tingyou for help.

• Guangming offered the divine ability projection a Mind-Binding Circlet and invited it to become his foremost disciple, but the projection fought back with Solemn Mystic Frost and Heaven-Resounding Bell.
• Lu Yang reasoned that Heaven and earth wanted to refine him to uncover his secrets, not because it had discovered the Hundred Lives Book.
• After using Mind Trapping for the third time, Lu Yang realized he might survive by separating his consciousness from his soul and transferring it to his avatar.
• Lu Yang activated the Ten Thousand Spirit Banner and contacted Patriarch Tingyou, begging him to save him.

Lu Yang used Patriarch Tingyou and the Fortune Drawing Sign to transfer his consciousness into his avatar, escaping the Spirit Immortal’s influence. After Shangzhang fled Guangming’s attack on Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Lu Yang tried to escape unnoticed, but Guangming confronted him and asked whether he knew the Spirit Immortal.

• Lu Yang summoned Patriarch Tingyou and spent all the fortune he had gathered to secure a favorable outcome for separating his consciousness.
• Patriarch Tingyou transferred Lu Yang’s consciousness into his avatar, where Lu Yang subdued its split soul and resisted the Spirit Immortal’s influence.
• Guangming discovered that the Master-Disciple Karmic Bond had broken and realized Heavenly Duke had reached the Spirit Immortal first.
• The Spirit Immortal declared itself Shangzhang, and Guangming’s manifestation destroyed Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s mountain gate and Moon-Worshipping Sacred Pool, but Shangzhang escaped.
• Lu Yang fled, relieved that Heaven and Earth had concealed his connection to the affair, until Guangming approached and asked if he knew the Spirit Immortal.

Lu Yang confronted Guangming, who tried to bind him and then decided to kill him despite recognizing him as a Sword Cultivator. As Lu Yang prepared to use his suicidal Life Severing sword, True Person Demon-Sweeping arrived and stopped him.

• Lu Yang claimed the Spirit Immortal was destined to join Sword Pavilion, and Guangming asked him to become a disciple instead.
• Guangming attempted to bind Lu Yang, but halted when Lu Yang revealed his Sword Cultivator identity.
• Guangming reconsidered, then decided to kill Lu Yang rather than risk letting him go.
• Lu Yang formed his Life Severing sword, intending to sacrifice himself and strike Guangming.
• A sword cry and urgent warning interrupted Lu Yang, and True Person Demon-Sweeping arrived to shield him.