Recaps

Xie Yuan advanced his martial arts while navigating family conflicts, rival sects, and dangerous trials. After the Xie clan exposed his origins and opposed his leadership, he left its lands with Mu Chaoyun.

• Xie Yuan defeated Yao Tianchuan with the Cloud Dragon Nine Forms, astonishing the sword-match spectators.
• The Hidden Sword Pavilion won four of five opening matches against the Yunshan Sword Sect.
• The Fourteenth Prince seized the palace with the late Emperor’s edict, while Xie Yuan found the dying Xie Yi, who entrusted him with the Blood Jade Ring and the Xie Family’s leadership.
• Xie Yuan trained across several worlds and places, learned the Arhat booklet and Cloud Dragon Step, and defeated opponents including Yao Tianhong and Yao Tianming.
• Xie Yuan helped the Fourteenth Prince defeat the Nineteenth Prince, and later survived battles in the Floating Pagoda while rescuing Yunshan Sword Sect disciples.
• Xie Yuan used his powers to stop Da Bi Ge from sabotaging Wang Yibing’s stream, then spent a month with his family before returning to the danger at Seeing Truth Lake.
• Xie Zhi revealed that Xie Yuan was not related by blood to the Chen Commandery Xie clan, and Xie Yuan confirmed it before surrendering the Blood Jade Ring and leaving the clan lands with Mu Chaoyun.
• Xie Lingyun decided to follow Xie Yuan, while a gaunt old man arrived at Xie Yuan’s courtyard and condemned the clan for driving him away.

Xie Yuan confronted threats across several factions, returned to the Xie clan, and prepared for a hunt while advancing his martial skills. The stretch leaves him traveling with the escort team after he cuts through a band of refugees blocking their route.

• Xie Yuan defeated Fang Wei’s challenge, returned to the Xie Family Clan Land, and helped address the crisis at Heaven Cloud Garden before discovering that Iron Cloth training could dangerously drain his vitality.
• Xie Yuan met the taoist who had once trained Xie Lun, received a modified fist art, and continued strengthening his body and martial skills.
• Xie Yuan confronted the Right Dharma King, Jin Guang Temple’s corrupt abbot, and Yao Tianchuan, while conflicts involving Yunshan Sword Sect and other powerful figures escalated.
• Xie Yuan learned from the Old Taoist Priest that Wu Wudi had seized the Heavenly Dao’s place and was preparing to pursue him, then returned to the Xie clan and killed the Emperor and Wu Daoji.
• Xie Yuan took charge of the Xie Family, repelled attacks from the Ji Family, and received a visit from Mu Chaoyun while continuing his cultivation.
• Xie Yuan joined the Iron Clothes Gate, trained under Huo Da, and later advanced his Moon-Chopping Axe Technique while Mu Chaoyun studied the Black Heaven Book.
• Xie Yuan entered the escort agency’s contest, defeated several opponents, and prepared for the hunt by advancing the Great Golden River Skill and Heaven Concealing Art.
• Xie Yuan traveled with Zhao Xingyang’s escort team and killed the refugee leader and two others when the group blocked their passage.

Xie Yuan pursued martial arts, family ties, and wealth while facing threats across the clan, escort agency, and countryside. The stretch left him training rapidly at Iron Clothes Gate as Huo Da witnessed his surging Blood Qi.

• Xie Yuan charged the bandits surrounding the convoy, later defeated their fighters, and helped Shen Longteng bring captives to the County Office.
• Xie Yuan advanced his martial arts and was considered for Core Disciple status, while Mu Chaoyun left to investigate the Golden Dragon Merchant Company’s supply route.
• Xie Yuan learned from Xie Yi that he was Xie Xuan’s only son and Xie Yi’s nephew, then faced Xie Zhi’s public accusation that he was an impostor.
• Xie Yuan defeated Xie Chun in a clan challenge and joined Mu Chaoyun, Situ Qin, and Xie Lingyun to investigate the map’s destination in Five Elements Mountain.
• Xie Yuan and Situ Qin uncovered a trafficking case linked to powerful forces, then prepared for an attack by skilled intruders.
• Xie Yuan killed a blind bear, used the proceeds to obtain Purple Dragon Vine, and broke through to the Golden Bell Cover’s second layer.
• Xie Yuan passed the Xie Clan’s fifth- and sixth-floor trials, and Xie Fu offered him access to an eighth-floor cultivation art in exchange for recording his techniques.
• Xie Yuan trained and worked with the escort agency, endured an enhanced medicinal bath, and impressed Huo Da with his strength and surging Blood Qi.

Xie Yuan defeated Wu Daoji, navigated family disputes and dangerous investigations, and faced enemies ranging from Jade Serenity to Ji Xuan. The arc left him fleeing Ji Xuan through a forest near an entrance to Heaven Beyond Heaven.

• Xie Yuan resisted Wu Daoji’s possession attempt and annihilated his remnant soul inside his Sea of Consciousness with the Black Heaven Book and Mountains and Rivers Cauldron.
• Xie Yuan exposed evidence linking Vajra Gate disciples to the ambush on his escort run, but the County Magistrate ordered Yu Chunsheng to investigate instead of resolving the accusation.
• Xie Yuan reunited with Situ Qin and Xie Lingyun, received Mu Chaoyun’s final gift at the Human Emperor's Mausoleum, and forced the dragon and ghost rulers back behind their gates before entering the Tower to Heaven.
• Xie Yuan became a Grandmaster, learned the Fleeting Light Shadow Sword, and set out to visit old friends and pursue Lu Lao San.
• Xie Yuan confronted the aftermath of Lu Lao San’s murders and uncovered a trafficking scheme, while Mister Qian escaped and Yao Zhizhang was punished for his role in the crimes.
• Jade Serenity revealed that he had destroyed the Mu Family and manipulated Xie Yuan’s fate, then attacked Xie Yuan when he refused to surrender the Black Heaven Book.
• Xie Yuan defeated Cui Lei in a sparring match and later joined Yun Xing as her Fire Protector for the Holy Mountain ceremony.
• Xie Yuan broke through to Grandmaster-level strength during his fight with Ji Xuan, escaped the Heaven Piercing Style with the Heaven Illusion Art, and fled through the forest as Ji Xuan pursued him.