Recaps

Li Hao grew up in the Divine General Residence, concealing his extraordinary sword and body-refining abilities while surviving an assassination attempt and watching Bian Ruxue pursue her cultivation. After meeting Li Muxiu and discovering his talent for fishing, Li Hao gained a powerful ally, and a letter from the Sword Hermitage arrived.

• The Yu Emperor named Li Hao after his fallen father, while Ji Qingqing promised to protect him from the burden of the imperial name.
• Li Hao discovered that Liu Yuerong had secretly given him medicine to suppress his divine blood, then failed to absorb the residence’s foundation and blood-fusion medicines.
• Li Hao recorded sword and body-refining manuals, secretly mastered the Boundless Sea sword art, and buried Lin Haixia after demons killed him.
• Li Hao comprehended Chess Heart, defeated and killed an assassin sent by the White God Lord, and asked He Jianlan to keep news of the attack from his parents.
• Sword Wudao invited Bian Ruxue to train at the Sword Hermitage, but judged Li Hao unsuitable and offered him a Body Refining Manual instead.
• Li Hao trained in body-refining manuals at the Listening Rain Pavilion and met Second Uncle Li Muxiu, who took him fishing and shared a meal with him.
• Li Hao caught and killed several fish demons, revealed to Li Muxiu that he had secretly cultivated the Thousand Dragons Sacred Body, and gained his support.
• Li Muxiu showed off Li Hao and his fish catch around the residence, and Li Fu handed Li Hao a letter from the Sword Hermitage.

Li Hao perfected his cultivation, entered the Soul Succession Realm, and enrolled in Tan Palace Academy’s Class A Institute. He settled into academy life while the Mo River Battle Realm trial loomed as a future test.

• Li Hao advanced his cultivation and arts, opened the Yin and Yang Great Meridians, and gained Li Muxiu’s approval to seek an inheritance at the Li Family Ancestral Hall.
• Li Hao questioned the founding ancestor Li Tianyuan’s oath, then later entered the Soul Succession Realm through his Imperial Dao insights without accepting the offered inheritance.
• After turning fourteen, Li Hao received an invitation to Tan Palace Academy and traveled there with Li Yuanzhao, Li Yun, and Li Zhining.
• Li Hao passed the academy’s entrance trials with his invitation and sword skill, then earned a Class A waist tag by demonstrating the Wind Severing Fist.
• Su Yehua taught the Class A students about the martial realms, Black White Hall, and the dangerous Mo River Battle Realm trial.
• Li Hao spent time playing chess with Zhao Zongyuan and Shen Yunqing, while they noticed he had mastered the White Phoenix Skill to the Perfect Level in half a month.
• Du Yueqiu warned Li Yuanzhao that Li Hao would have to rely on himself in the Mo River Battle Realm trial, and Zhao Zongyuan and Shen Yunqing realized Li Hao had taken the path leading there.

Li Hao cleared the Feng Mountain Fallen River, then traveled to Qizhou and destroyed the demons threatening Cangyu City. After the battle, he set out for Qing Prefecture and clashed with Xia Yong over his insult to the Li Family.

• Li Hao fulfilled the Black Robed Scholar’s wish by painting A Yue’s portrait, cleared the Mo River, and earned 100 merit under the name Chong Er.
• Li Hao rode toward Qizhou with his companions and killed two Black Jiaolongs who had been sent to assassinate him.
• Li Hao scouted Black Wind Mountain, killed the gathered demons, rescued seven survivors, and found evidence that Tiger Robe and the Red Eyebrow Daoist planned to attack Cangyu City.
• Li Hao confronted Tiger Robe and Yue Shuhong, subdued the demon, and learned that Yue had fed prisoners and civilians to monsters to protect the city.
• Li Hao used Ren Qianqian’s sword to break the western assault, then killed the Red Eyebrow Daoist and eight Spirit Wandering Realm Great Demons, scattering the monster tide.
• Li Hao arranged treatment for Li Fu, collected cultural treasures, and embedded two techniques into his cultivation before leaving Cangyu City with his companions.
• Xia Yong insulted the Li Family on the road, so Li Hao shattered Xia Yong’s divine soul and let Xia Qingshuang carry him away for treatment.

Li Hao reunited with his father, learned the True Dragon selection was approaching, and gained public recognition for his cultivation and his defense of Cangyu City. As he prepared for the contest, Bian Ruxue chose the Sword Dao, leaving Li Hao resolved to pursue its summit himself.

• Li Hao learned the Saint Palace planned to withdraw from the Yanbei Battlefield and considered competing for the Li Family’s True Dragon Seat.
• Li Hao entered Black White Hall as an honorary instructor, painted Song Qiumo, and impressed Jiang Hanxing with his poetry.
• Li Hao attended Li Wushuang’s return banquet, where he clashed with her over her defense of Li Yun and later subdued her when she attacked him.
• Li Hao reunited with Li Tiangang after fourteen years, argued with him over his paintings and their absent family life, and eventually asked for more freedom.
• The ancestors set the True Dragon selection for two months later, and Li Hao received a Bo-rank Noble title and a city as his fief for saving Cangyu City.
• Li Hao taught the White Hall students the true state of the Yin Yang Reversal Sword, then took them to the Cloud and Mist Tower and was reprimanded by Li Tiangang.
• Li Hao welcomed Bian Ruxue back and spent time with her, but she told him she would pursue the Sword Dao before returning to marry him, prompting him to resolve to reach its summit.
• Li Hao defeated the Black Chess Elder in two games of Go and left without accepting the promised gift.