Recaps

Yuan Xinzhu defeated Yu Mengwu with his self-created Candlelight Heart Saber, and Gu Sha later overwhelmed Xu Qingbi with the Heavenly Origin Battle Body. Lu Ming fought Zhan Lan without drawing his saber and countered his ultimate move by gathering Heaven and Earth Origin Energy into a black pillar of light.

• Yuan Xinzhu defeated Yu Mengwu with the Candlelight Heart Saber, and both fighters left the arena after the result was announced.
• Lu Ming explained that Yuan Xinzhu's saber technique seemed to require refining essence, energy, and spirit, then won his own fifth-round match easily.
• Gu Sha used the Heavenly Origin Battle Body to bombard Xu Qingbi with repeated waves of fist force until Xu Qingbi could no longer keep up and was knocked from the arena.
• Lu Ming faced Zhan Lan, evaded his Flying Sleeve Divine Sword Art, and repeatedly knocked away the sleeves and hidden swords with his fingers.
• Zhan Lan unleashed White Dragon Breaks Through Air, but Lu Ming gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Energy around himself and fired a huge black pillar of light toward the white dragon.

Lu Ming defeated Zhan Lan after discovering how to combine the Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique with other martial arts, while observers debated his broad training and saber skill. In the sixteenth round, Su Xinghan faced Gu Suhan, who escalated their sword duel with the Great Compassion Sword Technique as Su Xinghan finally drew his treasured sword.

• Lu Ming used Poison Dragon Divine Claw with the Kunpeng Swallows Stars Technique to break White Dragon’s momentum and defeat Zhan Lan.
• Gang Yuan Realm experts noticed Lu Ming’s martial arts were growing stronger and debated whether learning so many disciplines was wasting his talent.
• Yuan Xinzhu hoped Lu Ming’s saber technique would prove worthy of a duel, and the competition advanced to the sixteenth round.
• Su Xinghan and Gu Suhan began their match, with Su Xinghan relying on his Sword Finger while Gu Suhan attacked with sword intent.
• Su Xinghan’s speed and Sword Qi suppressed Gu Suhan, who countered with Wife and Children Scattered and then Mountains and Rivers Shattered.
• Su Xinghan grew serious and summoned a treasured sword.

Su Xinghan defeated Gu Suhan with overwhelming Sword Intent, while the elders discussed Lu Ming’s unusual potential. Lu Ming then quickly defeated Tang Qinghong with his saber, drawing the attention of the other Prominent Figures.

• Su Xinghan used Sword Intent Forming Threads to shatter Gu Suhan’s Sword Qi, then crushed Gu Suhan’s strongest sword strike and won the match.
• Daoist Xingxuan and Daoist Taichu discussed Su Xinghan’s strength and sensed that Lu Ming might possess both Saber Intent and Sword Intent.
• Lu Ming took the stage against Tang Qinghong of Heartless Villa and drew the Wraith Blade to fight her Heartless Saber Technique.
• Lu Ming overwhelmed Tang Qinghong with fast, precise attacks, broke her moves, and held his blade to her neck until she conceded.
• The crowd praised Lu Ming’s lethal saber technique, and Yuan Xinzhu began considering how he would counter it.

Lu Ming defeated a Prominent Figure, while Zhu Ningyun revealed a powerful new sword and Mo Xiruo defeated Yi Qianling in a clash of their ultimate moves. The chapter ended with Mo Xiruo’s victory after Yi Qianling admitted defeat.

• Lu Ming easily defeated a Prominent Figure, exciting the Wuji Sect members and surprising Zhu Yiqing and Ji Jianping.
• Guan Wuli won his seventeenth-round match, while Zhu Ningyun lost to a Quasi-Prominent Figure after nearly turning the battle with a new sword.
• Lu Ming supported Zhu Ningyun after her match, warned her not to overuse her unfinished sword, and shared his Man-Saber Slash explanation as a reference.
• Mo Xiruo and Yi Qianling fought fiercely, then unleashed moves powered by forty percent Blazing Flame Intent and forty percent Ice Intent.
• Mo Xiruo’s Fire God’s Wrath shattered Yi Qianling’s icy fist force, and Yi Qianling admitted defeat.

After the competition resumed, Rong Qi defeated Yong Yu with his powerful defensive technique, and Lu Ming later overwhelmed Gu Suhan with his fast, forceful saber strikes. Lu Ming remained undefeated, leaving the other prominent figures wary of facing him.

• After the first day’s battles ended, Lu Ming reviewed what he had learned and cultivated through the night.
• Dan Jianjun defeated Shang Hua in the thirty-third round.
• Rong Qi stopped Yong Yu’s ultimate sword technique with his protective energy shield and won their battle.
• Rong Qi’s master, Daoist Taichu, confirmed that Rong Qi had cultivated the third volume of the Mystic Tortoise Manual.
• In the fortieth round, Lu Ming shattered Gu Suhan’s sword attacks and forced him to concede.
• The spectators discussed Lu Ming’s combination of power, defense, and speed, while the prominent figures grew wary of him.

Lu Ming and Su Xinghan continued to display strength on par with the tournament’s foremost prodigies. Lu Ming defeated Yuan Xinzhu after revealing forty percent Saber Intent, leaving Wuji Sect hopeful that he could contend for the top three.

• Su Xinghan defeated Xu Qingbi after evading his attacks and cutting his clothes with a sword, prompting Xu Qingbi to concede.
• Lin Feng admitted he could not match Su Xinghan, while Dongfang Yulong said Lu Ming likely had comparable battle strength.
• Yu Mengwu defeated Tang Qinghong in the forty-third round with her spear techniques.
• Lu Ming revealed forty percent Saber Intent and used Dominate the World against Yuan Xinzhu’s defensive technique.
• Lu Ming struck again and shattered Yuan Xinzhu’s defense, winning the match as the crowd recognized his strength.

Lu Ming continued his winning streak, defeating Yi Qianling and then Mo Xiruo with his formidable saber technique and External Skill. Gu Sha also defeated Taiqing Changyi by unleashing Xuanwei Palace's Mysterious Heart Righteous Qi, leaving Lu Ming as the winner of a clash between two previously undefeated fighters.

• By the seventy-second round, Lu Ming had won seventy-one consecutive matches, and he defeated Yi Qianling by cutting through her Ice Intent with a single saber slash.
• In the seventy-third round, Gu Sha endured Taiqing Changyi's Taiqing Force Field and defeated him with Mysterious Heart Righteous Qi.
• Lu Ming faced the undefeated Mo Xiruo, who opened with her Fire God's Wrath technique.
• Lu Ming used Absolute Heaven Ten Lands to break Mo Xiruo's flaming palm, then destroyed her fire giant phantom and sent her flying, winning the match.

Lu Ming defeated Taiqing Changyi by overpowering his Taiqing Force Field with saber intent, securing a place in the Heavenly Pride Ranking’s top four. The competition continued to narrow toward the final contenders.

• Lu Ming broke through Mo Xiruo’s Wrath of the Fire God with the Demon Vanquishing Saber Scripture, and the Wuji Sect members celebrated his likely top-five finish.
• Tang Qinghong defeated Shang Hua, and Xu Qingbi imitated Yong Yu’s technique to locate his true body and win.
• Yi Qianling fought Gu Suhan in a fierce battle and knocked him off the arena, though she also spat blood afterward.
• Lu Ming defeated several more Prominent Figures, including Xu Qingbi and Yong Yu, as the competition reached its eighty-fifth round.
• Taiqing Changyi used the Taiqing Force Field to stop Lu Ming’s first saber strike, but Lu Ming’s second strike overwhelmed him and caused a backlash.
• Lu Ming defeated Taiqing Changyi and secured his place among the top four.

The Heavenly Pride Competition narrowed the field to Lu Ming, Rong Qi, Su Xinghan, and Gu Sha, who drew numbers for the final six matches deciding the top four rankings. Rong Qi and Su Xinghan prepared to begin the first showdown.

• Yuan Xinzhu defeated Mo Xiruo with his Eight-Flashes Candlelight saber, though he was badly exhausted.
• Rong Qi defeated Yu Mengwu after his shield of light absorbed the spear attack and blasted Yu Mengwu backward, securing a place in the top four.
• Su Xinghan defeated Mo Xiruo, while Gu Sha used evasive tactics to defeat Yuan Xinzhu and claim the fourth top-four spot.
• The remaining rankings were finalized, with Yuan Xinzhu fifth, Mo Xiruo sixth, and Guan Wuli and Zhu Ningyun placing thirty-fifth and fifty-second; the Wuji Sect celebrated its best-ever result.
• Daoist Feiling had the four top contenders draw numbers: Rong Qi drew one, Su Xinghan two, Lu Ming three, and Gu Sha four.
• Rong Qi and Su Xinghan took the stage for the first match of the final showdown.

Su Xinghan defeated Rong Qi by revealing fifty percent Sword Intent, overcoming the Mystic Tortoise Bodyguard Strength and securing first place on the Prodigy Ranking. With Rong Qi taking second, Lu Ming and Gu Sha were left to fight for third.

• Rong Qi attacked Su Xinghan, but his Mystic Tortoise Bodyguard Strength deflected Su Xinghan's sword strikes.
• Su Xinghan used the Flying God Sword, and Rong Qi's defense initially blocked and absorbed its Sword Qi.
• Su Xinghan revealed fifty percent Sword Intent and pierced Rong Qi's light shield, narrowly missing his cheek.
• Rong Qi acknowledged Su Xinghan's victory, and the judge declared Su Xinghan the winner.
• Lu Ming calmly awaited his match with Gu Sha as they prepared to fight for third place.

Lu Ming defeated Gu Sha and then Rong Qi in the tournament, revealing his powerful Wind Fire technique and Slaughter Saber Intent. After winning both matches, he left the spectators and elders wondering how his talent compared with Yun'er's awakened bloodline.

• Lu Ming used two powerful saber strikes to force Gu Sha to concede, after explaining that his next Wind Fire Prairie Fire Slash would include four parts of saber intent.
• After the crowd learned Gu Sha could not withstand Lu Ming's attacks without access to Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, they speculated that Lu Ming would take third place.
• Following a two-quarter-hour break, Lu Ming revealed four parts of Slaughter Saber Intent and cut through Rong Qi's protective halo with one slash.
• The referee declared Lu Ming the winner, and Ji Jianping and Zhu Yiqing discussed whether Yun'er's fully awakened bloodline could match Lu Ming's talent.

Lu Ming and Su Xinghan fought for first place in the Heavenly Pride Competition after Rong Qi defeated Gu Sha to secure third. Their evenly matched battle escalated into a fierce exchange of techniques, and Daoist Xingxuan revealed that Su Xinghan still had one sword left to use.

• Su Xinghan quickly defeated Gu Sha with his speed and five-tenths Sword Intent.
• Rong Qi defeated Gu Sha by driving him off the arena with Mysterious Turtle Break, earning third place while Gu Sha placed fourth.
• Lu Ming and Su Xinghan began their battle for first place, matching each other in speed and exchanging dozens of strikes.
• Su Xinghan used Flying God Sword, but Lu Ming countered with his four-tenths Slaughter Saber Intent, and their clash forced the referees to raise a barrier.
• Lu Ming and Su Xinghan traded increasingly powerful techniques, including Wind Fire Prairie Fire, Star River Slash, and Absolute Heaven Ten Lands.
• Daoist Xingxuan told Daoist Taichu that Su Xinghan was about to use one more sword.

Lu Ming defeated Su Xinghan with a powerful Dual Sabers version of [Blood Sea Torrent] and claimed first place on the Prodigy Ranking. As the crowd celebrated his victory, Daoist Xingxuan and Daoist Taichu sensed a Heavenly Human Realm expert warning them not to question Lu Ming.

• Su Xinghan unleashed Star God Sword, and Lu Ming answered with his Dual Sabers version of [Blood Sea Torrent].
• Their attacks clashed until Su Xinghan's sword qi crumbled and he was sent flying, while Lu Ming fell from the ruined arena after his saber qi shattered.
• The crowd recognized Lu Ming as the winner, and the Wuji Sect celebrated his first-place finish.
• Dongfang Yulong told Li Ansheng to reward Chu Yunxiao when they returned, while Zhu Yiqing said Lu Ming seemed increasingly well-matched with Zhu Ningyun.
• Daoist Taichu suggested calling Lu Ming over to question him, but a Heavenly Human Realm expert's unseen gaze warned both Daoists and then vanished.

Lu Ming defeated Su Xinghan to claim first place in the Heavenly Pride Competition, then received his rewards and recovered with the Wuji Sect. He left the city with his sect and the Jade Luo Sect, intent on returning home to create his Cultivation Method and eventually reach the Gang Yuan Realm.

• Old Man Zhao watched Lu Ming from a spatial rift, recognized his Destruction Sword Intent, and decided to meet him after handling another matter.
• Su Xinghan conceded defeat but vowed to challenge Lu Ming again, and Daoist Feiling finalized the rankings with Lu Ming in first place.
• Daoist Feiling awarded Lu Ming three hundred thousand Mid-grade Yuan Stones, ten Clarity Pills, an Earth-grade high stage Cultivation Method, a Divine Martial Secret Realm qualification, and a Purple Cloud Merchant Alliance token.
• After recovering, Lu Ming told the Wuji Sect elders that he planned to return to the sect and cultivate until he reached the Gang Yuan Realm.
• The Wuji Sect and Jade Luo Sect set out from the city together, while Lu Ming closed his eyes and began preparing to deduce his Cultivation Method.

After Lu Ming took first place on the Prodigy Ranking, Wuji Sect celebrated its rising fame while Xuan Yin Shang Ren abandoned hopes of immediate revenge. Months later, Lu Ming secluded himself to break through to the Gang Yuan Realm using his newly created Earth-grade peak cultivation technique, the Cloud Water Heavenly Scripture.

• Xuan Yin Shang Ren watched Wuji Sect depart and admitted that Lu Ming was too well protected for him to attack, though he vowed to seek revenge when Lu Ming was alone.
• Dongfang Yulong and Lin Feng told Ren Canqing that five Wuji Sect members had ascended the Heavenly Stairway, three had entered the Prodigy Ranking, and Lu Ming had taken first place.
• Wuji Sect announced Lu Ming's victory, stirring pride among its members and prompting Chu Yunxiao to expect another reward for introducing him to the sect.
• News of the competition spread across Fengzhou, drawing a surge of prospective disciples to Wuji Sect and angering Nine Heavens Sect.
• Lu Ming cultivated in seclusion with the Cloud Water Heavenly Scripture, an Earth-grade peak technique he had created, and neared a breakthrough to the Gang Yuan Realm.

Ren Canqing broke through to the Late Gang Yuan Realm, and Lu Ming advanced to the Gang Yuan Realm, strengthening Wuji Sect and alarming its rivals. Lu Ming and Zhu Ningyun confessed their feelings, but she revealed that she had to leave for the Central Continent, where Lu Ming promised to find her.

• Ren Canqing advanced to the Late Gang Yuan Realm and credited Lu Ming's improved cultivation method and returned techniques for Wuji Sect's growing strength.
• Lu Ming broke through to the Gang Yuan Realm and became a Grand Elder, prompting excitement in Wuji Sect and fury in Nine Heavens Sect.
• Lu Ming asked Zhu Ningyun about the sword manual, and she admitted it had helped her but that she had not mastered its three techniques.
• Lu Ming told Zhu Ningyun he liked her, and she confessed that she liked him too.
• Zhu Ningyun told Lu Ming that her mother was taking her to the Central Continent because she was descended from the Third-Rank Zhu Family.
• Lu Ming encouraged Zhu Ningyun to go and promised to find her in the Central Continent.

Lu Ming and Zhu Ningyun grew closer while she prepared to leave Wuji Sect, but her Zhu Family relatives arrived and discovered she possessed the rare Azure Cloud Sword Body. The family elder demanded that she return and tried to separate her from Lu Ming, leaving tensions high as a young Zhu Family man challenged him.

• Lu Ming and Zhu Ningyun spent nearly half a month cultivating together and growing closer as Wuji Sect accepted that she might soon leave.
• A Zhu Family party led by an Early Sea Transformation Realm elder arrived at Wuji Sect, and the elder tested Zhu Ningyun's bloodline with a crystal orb.
• The orb revealed Zhu Ningyun's Azure Cloud Sword Body, and the elder said she could complete its awakening through the clan's Sword Pool baptism.
• The elder declared that Zhu Ningyun must return with the Zhu Family and told Lu Ming he was not qualified to be with her.
• Zhu Ningyun defended Lu Ming and threatened to take her own life rather than leave under those conditions, but Lu Ming calmed her and the elder temporarily backed down.
• A young man from the Zhu Family challenged Lu Ming, calling him a small-place genius and insisting he would demonstrate their difference immediately.

Old Man Zhao intervened when the Zhu family elder pressured Lu Ming and Wuji Sect, revealing his overwhelming strength and forcing the elder to back down. Zhu Ningyun left with the Zhu family’s main branch, and Old Man Zhao gave Lu Ming a protective Martial Dao soul before discussing cultivation with him.

• The Zhu family elder released his power over Wuji Sect and declared that Lu Ming was unworthy of the Zhu family, but Old Man Zhao suddenly appeared and injured him.
• Old Man Zhao identified Lu Ming as his junior and warned the Zhu family elder not to interfere with the juniors’ choices.
• Old Man Zhao praised Zhu Ningyun’s aptitude and allowed her to leave with her family, while she and Lu Ming tearfully promised to meet again.
• After Zhu Ningyun departed, Old Man Zhao stayed behind with Lu Ming and explained that Lu Ming had to walk his own path.
• Old Man Zhao gave Lu Ming a jade slip containing a Lower Heavenly Human Realm Martial Dao soul that could summon him in a crisis, then asked about Lu Ming’s cultivation experiences.

Lu Ming said farewell to Wuji Sect’s leaders but clarified that he was setting out to gain experience and planned to return, leaving with their blessings. After witnessing the dangers beyond the Sky Curtain, he flew toward Zhao Kingdom’s border and encountered Li Yishan teaching a young disciple the Hegemon Saber technique.

• Lu Ming shared the Slaughter God Heavenly Scripture and described the Ling Tian Sword Canon for Old Man Zhao to study.
• Lu Ming reassured Ren Canqing, Dongfang Yulong, and Lin Feng that he was not leaving Wuji Sect permanently and would return after gaining experience and entering the Divine Martial Secret Realm.
• Several days later, Lu Ming refused Ren Canqing’s Mid-grade Treasure Sword and departed with the sect leaders’ well-wishes.
• Lu Ming flew near the Sky Curtain, saw the dangerous stars and celestial forces beyond it, and resolved to grow stronger.
• Near Zhao Kingdom’s border, Lu Ming found Li Yishan teaching a youth the Hegemon Saber technique and greeted him.

Lu Ming refined the Dragon Riding Art into a powerful movement and combat technique, then traveled toward Dragon Marsh Perilous Land while investigating the mysterious map. Along the way, he returned to Qingxi Village, destroyed a statue erected in his honor to protect the villagers, and heard that Su Xinghan and other prodigies had broken through to the Gang Yuan Realm.

• Lu Ming visited Li Yishan and gave his disciple a book containing Lu Ming’s insights into the Hegemon Saber technique and Hegemonic Intent.
• Lu Ming traveled toward Dragon Marsh Perilous Land and practiced martial arts, focusing on improving the Dragon Riding Art.
• Lu Ming killed a Level 4 Ghost-faced Dove with his refined technique, renamed the [Dragon Hành Công], and collected the beast’s valuable remains.
• Lu Ming returned to Qingxi Village, destroyed the statue the villagers had erected of him, and explained that it could attract danger to them.
• Lu Ming traveled through the Taiqing Empire and learned that several Prodigy Ranking competitors, including Su Xinghan, had reached the Gang Yuan Realm.
• Su Xinghan resolved to catch up to and surpass Lu Ming, while Daoist Xingxuan worried that Lu Ming’s rivalry might weigh on him.

Lu Ming followed the mysterious map through Dragon Marsh Perilous Land and Guzhou to a hidden barrier at the map’s endpoint. After entering, he found signs that others had arrived before him and followed their trail toward sounds of battle.

• Lu Ming avoided entering Dragon Marsh Perilous Land with other explorers and changed his clothes and concealed his face so they would not recognize him.
• Lu Ming followed the map to Ancient Sword Peak, crossed Blade Mountain and other landmarks, and reached an ordinary-looking peak at the endpoint.
• Lu Ming discovered that a barrier distorted the peak, tested it with finger force and a sword, then entered with his defenses raised and the Azure Dragon Saber ready.
• Lu Ming found a stone path inside the barrier and collected materials from the corpses of Demonic Beasts left behind by other people.
• Lu Ming put away the Azure Dragon Saber, continued with the Moon Shadow Sword, and heard fighting ahead.

Lu Ming explored a dangerous, isolated region and found a mausoleum entrance, where he encountered the purple-robed princess and her two guards again. The princess revealed that they had come seeking a place marked on an Ancient Jiang Kingdom imperial treasure map, while Lu Ming still did not know what the kingdom was.

• Lu Ming watched the purple-robed princess and her two guards drive off a powerful Black Wind Demonic Wolf before he continued exploring alone.
• Over several days, Lu Ming cautiously fought demonic beasts, killed an Ironclad Savage Bull with his sword techniques, and avoided a sleeping Late Level Four beast.
• Lu Ming found a ruined tomb complex with a blue light gate at its entrance.
• The princess and her guards arrived and questioned Lu Ming, who identified himself as the Iron Mask Swordsman.
• Lu Ming repelled the Mid Gang Yuan Realm guard’s aura with his sword intent, and the princess said they had come for the place using an Ancient Jiang Kingdom imperial treasure map.
• Lu Ming asked which kingdom’s princess she was, having never heard of the Ancient Jiang Kingdom.

Lu Ming entered the Ancient Jiang Kingdom’s treasure vault alongside Xia Yue and her two guards, where they fought through its defenses. After Lu Ming saved Uncle Liu from a deadly attack, Xia Yue invited him to explore with them.

• Xia Yue identified the light gate as the Ancient Jiang Kingdom’s treasure vault and agreed to let Lu Ming enter, while privately believing only her imperial bloodline could open its true treasure.
• Uncle Liu tested the passage and entered first, then Xia Yue and her guards followed; Lu Ming entered last and found a sinister corridor lined with stone statues.
• Lu Ming reached a tomb chamber where Xia Yue and her guards fought two armored Headless Generals, and Xia Yue disabled one by piercing its core.
• Dragon heads in the chamber walls began firing deadly red beams, and Lu Ming intercepted a beam aimed at Uncle Liu before destroying the remaining puppet and the traps.
• Xia Yue thanked Lu Ming for saving Uncle Liu and invited him to travel with them, proposing that they handle dangers together and divide any finds by their own abilities.

Lu Ming and Xia Yue passed through a light gate that barred their older companions and reached a tomb chamber guarded by a stronger puppet. After finding a dead intruder and taking his Storage Ring, they prepared to share its contents before confronting the puppet.

• Lu Ming and Xia Yue’s group searched a tomb chamber, found martial arts manuals, and divided them after memorizing their contents.
• Lu Ming discovered that the light gate allowed him and Xia Yue through but blocked the two middle-aged men, then followed Xia Yue inside.
• Lu Ming and Xia Yue found a skeleton in another tomb chamber and spotted a headless puppet equipped with Mid-Grade Divine Weapons and armor.
• Lu Ming took the Storage Ring from the dead intruder and offered to share its contents with Xia Yue.

Lu Ming and Xia Yue identified Shangguan Yu, a powerful elder who had died in the tomb, and defeated a Mid Gang Yuan Realm puppet by targeting its neck. They continued through the tomb and discovered a chamber packed with chests and bookshelves.

• Lu Ming found Shangguan Yu's identity token and learned from Xia Yue that he had been the Grand Elder of the Six Void Sect; Xia Yue memorized three martial arts manuals while Lu Ming collected the corpse and examined a puppet.
• Lu Ming deduced that the puppet's neck was vulnerable, then restrained it while Xia Yue stabbed through its neck and disabled it.
• Lu Ming took the puppet's Mid-grade Armor, and Xia Yue claimed its spear; Xia Yue also told Lu Ming about the rare Barbarian Tribe and its body-refining skills.
• Lu Ming and Xia Yue proceeded to the next tomb chamber, where they found more than twenty chests and two bookshelves full of books; Xia Yue opened a chest and reacted with amazement.