Recaps

Ning Qi advanced his cultivation plans while the True Martial Sect rose to become the ninth Daoist Sect under heaven and prepared to recruit disciples. Meanwhile, peace talks between the Demonic Sect and the Southern Border Alliance exposed signs that a third party had provoked their conflict, and the chapter left both sides realizing they had been used.

• Ning Qi sensed that his Core Formation breakthrough had greatly strengthened his body, lifespan, and comprehension, and he planned to refine the Divinity Forging Method before pursuing the Heaven-Human Realm.
• Luo Wentian reported that the True Martial Sect had become the ninth Daoist Sect under heaven, gaining access to shared Daoist scriptures and mutual-defense support.
• Xiong Shi and the elders prepared for the sect's upcoming recruitment, while Ning Qi began forming an idea for screening applicants seeking access to the True Martial Sword Stele.
• Qin Yun and Ghost Mask met the Southern Border Saintess and her escorts to negotiate peace, but both sides disputed the heavy casualties suffered in their escalating conflict.
• Snake Granny demonstrated Elder Wang's signature poisonous-mist technique, and Ghost Mask confirmed that the elder had already fallen, revealing that an unknown force had used both sides as borrowed blades.

The Southern Border Saintess and Ghost Mask agreed to ally against Great Yan while investigating whether the True Martial Sect had framed their forces. As the True Martial Sect opened recruitment, Ning Qi and the sect prepared for infiltration, and Luo Wentian began the first assessment trial.

• The Southern Border Saintess argued that an expert who could imitate others might have impersonated both the North Suppressing King and Elder Wang, making the True Martial Sect a suspect in the attacks.
• Ghost Mask and the Southern Border Saintess agreed to ally, exchange support for their Martial Saint plans, and investigate both Great Yan and the True Martial Sect.
• Ning Qi strengthened his techniques, gave Luo Wentian an enhanced pseudo-core secret skill, and prepared the True Martial Sect for its recruitment day.
• Qin Yun and the Southern Border Saintess discussed planting spies among the True Martial Sect's recruits, while Ning Qi and Dragon Mountain Daoist considered a warning letter about their alliance.
• Luo Wentian enforced the recruitment standards, Xiong Shi frightened away those who protested, and the remaining candidates gathered for the assessment.
• Luo Wentian began the first trial, the Ascension Stairway, and warned that candidates who could not reach the top would not enter the True Martial Sect.

Ning Qi’s True Martial Sect tested prospective disciples with the Ascension Stairway, an Automaton Formation, and the Heart Inquiry Platform. The Heart Inquiry Platform exposed several Gang Yuan Realm candidates as agents of rival forces, leaving the sect’s leaders to face the newly revealed infiltration.

• Luo Wentian explained the Ascension Stairway rules, and the children began the willpower test as many gave up along the climb.
• Goudan dragged himself to the summit despite exhaustion and injuries, and Luo Wentian welcomed him with food and encouragement.
• Gang Yuan Realm candidates faced the Automaton Formation, where the blue-robed swordsman and a smaller group endured its attacks; Ning Qi identified several suspected spies and sent White Ape into action.
• Luo Wentian announced the Heart Inquiry Platform as the final test, and the candidates answered questions that revealed their true inclinations and affiliations.
• Several candidates named the Holy Gate, Southern Border, Sword Inquiry Pavilion, and Unphased Gate, until one man’s shout awakened everyone on the platform.

Luo Wentian and the True Martial Sect captured the spies who tried to flee during the assessment, with Luo Wentian and Yuan Tiansheng displaying unexpected strength. After recruiting sixteen Protectors, Luo Wentian began the children’s Heart Inquiry and grew interested in Goudan as a possible disciple.

• The spies exposed by the Heart Inquiry Platform fled, but Luo Wentian used the Thunder Tiger Pseudo-Core to overpower several of them while the sect’s allies helped surround the rest.
• Yuan Tiansheng revealed his six-zhang Ape King True Body, defeated the two Jade Liquid Realm Demonic Sect spies, and helped Luo Wentian capture the Core Formation Realm Blade Guest.
• Ning Qi and Dragon Mountain Daoist discussed Yuan Tiansheng’s martial arts and bloodline awakening, while the Southern Border Saintess learned that her spies had all been captured.
• Luo Wentian welcomed sixteen candidates who passed the Heart Inquiry as Zhenwu Sect Protectors and began the assessment for the children.
• Goudan volunteered first, passed the children’s Heart Inquiry with firm answers, and drew Luo Wentian’s attention as a potential disciple.

After the True Martial Sect accepted three hundred disciples and uncovered spies during its recruitment, Luo Wentian and Ning Qi confronted the threat of an alliance between the Demonic Sect and the Southern Border Alliance and demanded compensation from other infiltrating sects. Unphased Gate apologized and sent a large tribute, while nearby Sword Inquiry Pavilion still had not responded.

• Ye Qinghe announced the children who passed the Heart Inquiry Platform, including Goudan, leaving about three hundred new Outer Disciples.
• News of the recruitment and the True Martial Sect’s strength spread across the provinces, while the disciples wondered about Ning Qi’s hidden abilities.
• Luo Wentian reported that spies from the Demonic Sect and Southern Border Alliance had revealed the two powers were allied, and Ning Qi urged the sect to stay vigilant.
• Luo Wentian sent demanding letters to Unphased Gate and Sword Inquiry Pavilion after learning both had planted spies; he also spread news of their actions.
• Unphased Gate apologized and sent scriptures, rare books, medicines, materials, and manuals as compensation, while Sword Inquiry Pavilion remained silent.

Gu Changhe rejected the Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s responsibility for sending spies into the True Martial Sect and urged the sect to stand firm against Heavenly Sword Real Person. Ning Qi and Luo Wentian devised a plan to close the True Martial Mountain and use the swordsmen deprived of the True Martial Sword Stele to pressure the Sword Inquiry Pavilion, setting events in motion as the swordsmen left the mountain.

• Gu Changhe emerged from the Inheritance Sword Tower, rebuked Tang Qiu and the Sword Inquiry Pavilion elders for coveting the True Martial Sword Stele, and told them to demand proof that the captured intruders were spies.
• Gu Changhe declared that the Sword Inquiry Pavilion would not apologize or yield, and he expressed confidence that he could challenge Heavenly Sword Real Person.
• Luo Wentian, Ning Qi, and Dragon Mountain Daoist read the Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s denial and planned to close True Martial Mountain so the deprived swordsmen would turn pressure toward the pavilion.
• Luo Wentian told the swordsmen at the True Martial Sword Stele that the sect was closing its gates while it investigated the spies, and they left in frustration and anger.
• Ye Qinghe praised Luo Wentian’s convincing performance after the swordsmen had departed, while Luo Wentian waited for the situation to develop.

The True Martial Sect’s closure of the mountain stirred anger among swordsmen, and rumors blaming Sword Inquiry Pavilion turned that anger into widespread hostility. After Luo Wentian hung two captured spies above True Martial City’s gate, Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s leaders resolved to retaliate, and Grand Elder Gu Changhe set out for True Martial Mountain.

• Swordsmen in True Martial City grew restless as the True Martial Sect kept its gates closed, while Ning Qi continued cultivating and drawing insights from the True Martial Sword Stele.
• Rumors spread that Sword Inquiry Pavilion had coveted the True Martial Sword Stele and caused the closure, prompting swordsmen across the land to target the pavilion and its members.
• Luo Wentian rejected Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s offers of compensation and ordered two captured spies hung above True Martial City’s gate so everyone could identify them.
• Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s leaders grew furious over the public humiliation and worsening pressure on the sect.
• Grand Elder Gu Changhe called the leaders useless and chose several people to accompany him to True Martial Mountain to inspect the alleged spies.

Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s Gu Changhe confronted the True Martial Sect and demanded that Heavenly Sword Real Person appear, but Ning Qi answered through the True Martial Sword Stele’s power and killed Gu Changhe and the other Sword Inquiry Pavilion fighters. Li Ling watched from the back mountain as he continued learning the sword, and the chapter left him newly determined to become as strong as Heavenly Sword Old Senior.

• Chen Xing told Chen Yue that they would support the True Martial Sect if it fought Sword Inquiry Pavilion, while Qin Yun and the Southern Border Saintess discussed the coming clash.
• Gu Changhe arrived at True Martial City with Tang Qiu and killed the two suspected spies before leading Sword Inquiry Pavilion toward True Martial Mountain.
• Gu Changhe dismissed the True Martial Sect’s leaders, praised the mountain and Ascension Stairway, and declared that the True Martial Sword Stele should be joined with Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s Inheritance Sword Tower.
• When Gu Changhe challenged Heavenly Sword Real Person and attacked the True Martial Sword Stele, Ning Qi’s sword strike awakened the stele and destroyed Gu Changhe’s Sword Qi.
• The stele summoned thirty-six heavenly swords that formed the Tiangang Sword Formation, killing Gu Changhe and the other Sword Inquiry Pavilion fighters apart from Tang Qiu.
• Li Ling watched the battle while practicing under Heavenly Sword Old Senior, then asked whether he could someday become as powerful and received a yes.

After Heavenly Sword Real Person killed Gu Changhe through the True Martial Sword Stele, the world reeled at the revelation of his strength. Sword Inquiry Pavilion accepted harsh terms from Luo Wentian, ending with two of its Heaven-Human elders hauling its Inheritance Sword Tower toward True Martial Mountain.

• Heavenly Sword Real Person used the sword stele’s thirty-six heavenly swords to kill Gu Changhe, while Luo Wentian brought the terrified Tang Qiu inside to discuss the spy.
• Martial artists and the Southern Border Saintess reassessed Heavenly Sword Real Person’s threat; she told Qin Yun that Ning Qi might be a survivor of Snow Plum Manor, and Qin Yun realized the Demonic Sect no longer trusted him.
• News of Gu Changhe’s death spread across Great Yan, prompting Thunderclap Saber Master to enter seclusion and the North Suppressing King to warn the True Martial Sect against provoking other powers.
• Tang Qiu agreed that Sword Inquiry Pavilion would close its mountain for two hundred years, surrender its Inheritance Sword Tower and texts, and provide treasures to the True Martial Sect.
• Tang Qiu ordered Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s two remaining Heaven-Human elders to deliver the tower themselves, and that night witnesses saw them dragging it through the dark.

Ning Qi absorbed the Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s inheritance and transformed its tower into the Ten Thousand Paths Tower, which the True Martial Sect opened to outside martial artists in exchange for their own arts. The Sword Inquiry Pavilion accepted two centuries of seclusion, while the True Martial Sect’s rise drew the attention of the martial world and potentially the experts in Great Flame’s Imperial City.

• Luo Wentian required the Sword Inquiry Pavilion to close itself off for two hundred years, and its elders left the Inheritance Sword Tower with the True Martial Sect.
• Ning Qi entered the tower, comprehended its accumulated Sword Intents, and erased redundant or chaotic traces.
• Ning Qi turned the tower into the Ten Thousand Paths Tower, where visitors would exchange martial inheritances for the right to comprehend its contents.
• Tang Qiu delivered the Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s remaining compensation and agreed that the sect would remain secluded for two hundred years.
• The True Martial Sect reopened its mountain gate and announced that it would open both the True Martial Sword Stele and the Ten Thousand Paths Tower.
• The martial world reacted to the announcements, and the North Suppressing King wondered whether an expert in Yan Province Imperial City would take notice of Heavenly Sword Real Person.

After defeating Heart Inquiry Sword, Ning Qi’s reputation as the Heavenly Sword Real Person drew the attention of the Imperial Court, rival swordsmen, and hidden experts. As the True Martial Sect flourished, Ning Qi studied the Sword Inquiry Pavilion’s texts for clues about the Martial Saint realm.

• Flame Martial Great General told General Shenyu that the Heavenly Sword Real Person was strong enough to rival Sun Chasing Sword King and ordered him to investigate the Southern Border and station himself in Qing Province.
• Sun Chasing Sword King rebuked his followers for envying the Heavenly Sword Real Person, praised the True Martial Sword Stele, and said he hoped to meet Ning Qi after emerging from seclusion.
• Blade Demon heard people discuss Ning Qi’s victory and realized how to make the hilt of his broken blade disappear.
• The Blind Old Man wondered whether the Heavenly Sword Real Person was one of his old friends and considered visiting the True Martial Sword Stele.
• Ning Qi’s victory sparked discussion across Great Yan, while the True Martial Sword Stele and Ten Thousand Paths Tower drew growing crowds and helped the True Martial Sect prosper.
• Ning Qi studied ancient Sword Inquiry Pavilion texts for information about the Martial Saint realm as the Enlightenment Tea Tree grew from the buried Heavenly Human corpses.

Ning Qi discovered a hidden page in Wu Jianghe’s autobiography that warned the Great Yan Martial Saint might be suppressing the Martial Saint Realm and described a possible path toward it. He resolved to investigate the Martial Saint’s strength while continuing his cultivation and research, as True Martial City grew into a major martial arts center and the Zhenwu Peach Meet approached.

• Ning Qi uncovered silver pages hidden inside Wu Jianghe’s autobiography and read Wu Jianghe’s warning not to reveal or study the Martial Saint insights with others while Great Yan ruled.
• Ning Qi considered whether the Great Yan Martial Saint had erased the Martial Saint Method and decided he needed to learn more about Martial Saint strength before exposing himself or confronting powerful enemies.
• Ning Qi studied Wu Jianghe’s theory that advancing to Martial Saint required refining Heaven and Earth Power into a force one could control, and he stored the silver page for future use.
• Ning Qi rested by pondering how to make Gang Qi endure after leaving his body so he could give it to fellow disciples as protection.
• Martial artists flocked to True Martial City because of the True Martial Sword Stele and Ten Thousand Paths Tower, and the city expanded as Zhenwu Disciples patrolled to prevent conflicts.
• Jiang Baishan left Song Cheng to lead the patrol while he handled personal business, and Song Cheng looked forward to the Zhenwu Peach Meet in five days.

Jiang Baishan learned that Lin Ruhua was the daughter of Demonic Sect Vice Sect Leader Lin Xue Shuang, but accepted her and brought her to meet Dragon Mountain Daoist and Luo Wentian. Lin Ruhua warned them that the Demonic Sect and Southern Border were plotting to produce a Martial Saint within three years, leaving the True Martial Sect facing an approaching threat.

• Jiang Baishan asked Lin Ruhua to join him at the True Martial Sect, and she revealed her identity as Lin Xue Shuang's daughter.
• Lin Ruhua told Jiang Baishan that the Demonic Sect and Southern Border suspected the True Martial Sect of instigating their past conflict and might target its disciples.
• Lin Ruhua identified Qin Yun as the person who had secretly warned the True Martial Sect and explained that he had become a Candidate Holy Son but was now under suspicion and pressure from the Demonic Sect.
• Jiang Baishan brought Lin Ruhua to Bright Martial Pavilion, where she shared the intelligence with Dragon Mountain Daoist and Luo Wentian.
• Lin Ruhua warned that the Demonic Sect and Southern Border were close to producing a Martial Saint and might attack Great Yan within three years, leaving Dragon Mountain Daoist gravely concerned.

Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua agreed to marry, but Dragon Mountain Daoist ordered them to leave the mountain for three years to avoid being trapped between their families as the Demonic Sect and Southern Border sought to produce Martial Saints. Ning Qi and the True Martial Sect planned to delay that threat, and the chapter ended with Dragon Mountain Daoist sending a warning to the North Suppressing King.

• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua vowed to marry each other, and Lin Ruhua accepted Dragon Mountain Daoist as her master.
• Dragon Mountain Daoist ordered Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua to leave the mountain for three years, and they agreed to attend the Zhenwu Peach Meet before departing.
• Ning Qi explained that the Demonic Sect and Southern Border were likely using external power to create Martial Saints, and he expected to reach the Heaven-Human Realm in half a year.
• Luo Wentian proposed seeking the Great Yan Imperial Court's help and alerting the Martial World, while Dragon Mountain Daoist urged Ning Qi to escape if the sect faced destruction.
• Dragon Mountain Daoist wrote a confidential warning about the Martial Saint plot and sent Chen Xing to deliver it to the North Suppressing King while Chen Yue stayed to guard True Martial City.

At the Zhenwu Peach Meet, Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua announced they would become husband and wife before Jiang Baishan left the True Martial Sect with her. Ning Qi gave them protective Mandarin Duck Jade Pendants containing Gang Yuan Sword Seeds, then ended the gathering by serving Enlightenment Tea.

• The True Martial Sect secretly prepared survival seeds while Dragon Mountain Daoist searched for news of the Demonic Sect and Southern Border.
• At the Zhenwu Peach Meet, Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua announced their marriage, and the disciples celebrated and shared wedding candy.
• Ning Qi gave Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua handmade Mandarin Duck Jade Pendants that could unleash his Gang Qi and Sword Intent, sense their holders, and calm their minds.
• The disciples laughed together as Ye Qinghe shared stories about Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua, helping ease the sadness over their coming departure.
• Ning Qi served Enlightenment Tea and wished his fellow disciples flourishing martial fortune and a smooth road ahead.

Ning Qi shared Enlightenment Tea with his fellow disciples, then watched Jiang Baishan leave the sect with Lin Ruhua. The Great Yan Imperial Court promised support against the Demonic Sect and Southern Border, but the chapter ended with Blade Demon emerging from seclusion.

• Ning Qi and his fellow disciples drank Enlightenment Tea, gaining insights that broke through bottlenecks and strengthened their foundations.
• Jiang Baishan and Lin Ruhua quietly left True Martial Mountain, and Dragon Mountain Daoist and Ning Qi watched them depart.
• Chen Xing and General Shenyu brought the North Suppressing King's reply, confirming that the imperial court would oppose the Demonic Sect and Southern Border and station General Shenyu near the sect.
• General Shenyu revealed that the Demonic Sect's method for reaching the Martial Saint realm might involve Exotic Beast Inner Cores, while the imperial court investigated Southern Border's plans.
• Ning Qi continued cultivating as attention shifted away from Heavenly Sword Real Person, until Blade Demon emerged from seclusion.

Blade Demon continued defeating Heaven-Human experts with a single slash, and Ning Qi deduced that he was using the world’s strongest fighters to complete his Blade Dao. As Blade Demon’s route brought him closer to True Martial Mountain, Ning Qi focused on advancing his cultivation while Luo Wentian monitored the growing threat; the chapter ended with crowds gathering to watch Blade Demon’s expected challenge to Heavenly Sword Real Person.

• Blade Demon killed Heart Blade Old Man after defeating him, and people began investigating why his broken blade’s hilt seemed to grow shorter with each challenge.
• Ning Qi told Luo Wentian that Blade Demon might be using powerful fighters to complete his Blade Dao, while Luo worried that Blade Demon would soon challenge him on True Martial Mountain.
• Luo Wentian reported that the Imperial Court and True Martial Sect had damaged several Southern Border and Demonic Sect strongholds but had found no Blood King Gu; Ning Qi urged them to pursue Southern Border’s Gu instead.
• Ning Qi reasoned through how to cultivate the Three Flowers and strengthen his control of Heaven and Earth Power after entering the Heaven-Human Realm.
• Blade Demon defeated Luo Fu Swordmaster with one slash, and after further challenges, his route pointed toward Heavenly Sword Real Person.
• Crowds gathered at True Martial Mountain, expecting Blade Demon to challenge Heavenly Sword Real Person next.

Blade Demon sensed Ning Qi’s Sword Intent at True Martial Mountain and postponed their fight, later challenging other Heaven-Human Ranking experts as he built toward his strongest opponent. Meanwhile, the Demonic Sect and Southern Border leaders discussed how to counter the Great Yan Imperial Court’s interference with their Martial Saint plans.

• Blade Demon reached True Martial Mountain, sensed the True Martial Sword Stele, and recognized Ning Qi as a worthy opponent, but left without issuing a challenge so he could return at his peak.
• Blade Demon later challenged Night King Saber Sovereign and then Proud Heaven Sword, while people debated whether Heavenly Sword Real Person would be his final opponent.
• Ning Qi ignored the speculation and focused on God Forging, aiming to enter the Heaven-Human Realm within two months.
• Xiang Tianxing, Blue River Elder, and other Demonic Sect and Southern Border leaders met to discuss the Imperial Court’s efforts to disrupt their Blood Emperor Gu cultivation.
• Ghost Mask proposed that Southern Border help the Demonic Sect complete its Holy Pill first, after which the Demonic Sect would help refine the Blood Emperor Gu.

The Demonic Sect and Southern Border agreed to secretly gather resources for their Martial Saint plans while keeping Great Yan occupied. Meanwhile, Blade Demon defeated Divine Wind Saber Sovereign and Azure Sea Sword Sect, leaving two swordsmen as his remaining challengers as Ning Qi neared the Heaven-Human Realm.

• Black Rock rejected Ghost Mask's proposal to let Southern Border's Blood King Gu rely on human blood, and Lan Yiyi instead proposed using beast blood and Northern Barbarian resources while the Demonic Sect hunted Exotic Beasts.
• Lin Xue Shuang accepted a mission to hunt Exotic Beasts in the Ten Thousand Mountains after learning that her daughter Lin Ruhua had fled with Jiang Baishan, and she asked that Ruhua be brought to see her if found.
• Blade Demon defeated Divine Wind Saber Sovereign at Red Leaf Plain and revealed that he was half a step from the Supreme Realm, earning the title of number one Blade Guest under heaven.
• A month later, Blade Demon defeated Azure Sea Sword Sect at Vast Sea Pearl Island, and observers realized he had gained considerable insight during his delay.
• The martial world split between those who expected Blade Demon to challenge Heavenly Sword Real Person and those who expected him to challenge Sun Chasing Sword King, while Ning Qi neared a breakthrough to the Heaven-Human Realm.

Ning Qi silently entered the Heaven-Human Realm and gained confidence that he could face the coming Martial Saints, though he resolved to grow stronger and investigate their hidden strongholds. As the world focused on the Blade Demon’s challenge to the Sunset Sword Sect, Ning Qi continued cultivating while the Blade Demon arrived to face the Sun Chasing Sword King.

• Ning Qi perfected his divine intent, formed the Bridge of Heaven and Man, and entered the Heaven-Human Realm beneath the peach tree.
• Ning Qi discovered he could resonate with far more Heaven and Earth Power than ordinary experts and told himself he needed to grow stronger and locate the Demonic Sect’s and Southern Border’s secret sites.
• Dragon Mountain Daoist came to the Seeking Dao Institute, realized Ning Qi had broken through, and celebrated with him.
• Ning Qi ignored the Blade Demon’s challenge and worked to develop a second Bridge of Heaven and Man through his Heaven and Man United Secret Skill.
• Half a month after the Azure Sea Sword Sect’s defeat, the Blade Demon arrived at the Sunset Sword Sect to challenge the Sun Chasing Sword King.

Blade Demon defeated Sun Chasing Sword King in a clash of their strongest techniques and announced that his next battle would be against Heavenly Sword Real Person. As the world gathered around True Martial Mountain, Ning Qi planned how much power to reveal and sought a faster way to cultivate, while sensing a great terror hidden in the workings of the world.

• Blade Demon met Sun Chasing Sword King at Sword King Peak, and their first exchange ended with Sun Chasing Sword King realizing he had lost.
• Sun Chasing Sword King unleashed the sword power of Sword King Peak, but Blade Demon defeated his strongest strike with the Heaven Demon Blade and revealed that Wuwei Ke had died after receiving only half of it.
• Blade Demon confirmed that he would fight Heavenly Sword Real Person, then left as news of Sun Chasing Sword King's defeat drew crowds toward True Martial Mountain.
• Ning Qi decided to defeat Blade Demon without revealing power close to a Martial Saint's, and considered using heavenly thunder from the High Heavens to speed up his cultivation.
• Ning Qi sensed a great terror hidden in the unseen workings of the world and resolved to grow stronger quickly.

Ning Qi perfected the Bridge of Heaven and Man Secret Art and began tempering his Three Flowers with thunder from the High Heaven Thunder Forbidden Zone. As the Blade Demon’s duel with Heavenly Sword Real Person drew near and crowds gathered at True Martial Mountain, Ning Qi prepared to study Zhuang Chen’s Innate Sword Bone and the White Ape’s bloodline, then sensed the expected arrival of someone on the horizon.

• Ning Qi sublimated the Heaven and Man United Secret Skill into the Bridge of Heaven and Man Secret Art, greatly increasing how much Heaven and Earth Power he could resonate with.
• Ning Qi returned to the High Heaven Thunder Forbidden Zone and used its thunder to temper his Three Flowers more than twice as efficiently as ordinary heavenly thunder.
• Martial artists gathered at True Martial City to await the Blade Demon’s duel with Heavenly Sword Real Person, and Sun Chasing Sword King admired the True Martial Sword Stele and wondered if Heavenly Sword Real Person had reached the Ultimate Realm of the Sword Dao.
• Ning Qi gave Zhuang Chen a Secret Art to activate his Innate Sword Bone for study, after giving a similar art to the White Ape two days earlier.
• Ning Qi sensed someone arriving on the horizon and smiled.

The Blade Demon challenged Heavenly Sword Real Person at True Martial Mountain, hoping to advance his Blade Dao through their battle. Heavenly Sword Real Person revealed the Ultimate Realm of Sword Dao and shattered the Blade Demon’s strongest attack, leaving the Blade Demon defeated.

• The Blade Demon arrived at True Martial Mountain as martial artists and powerful experts gathered to watch his challenge.
• The Blade Demon greeted Heavenly Sword Real Person and unleashed his Human-Demon Blade, but Heavenly Sword Real Person dispersed it with a single heavenly sword.
• The Blade Demon revealed his incomplete Nirvana Slash, uniting heaven, earth, and man, while Ning Qi observed and assessed his Blade Dao.
• Heavenly Sword Real Person summoned 108 Heavenly Swords into the Tiangang Disha Sword Formation and trapped the Blade Demon’s demonic blade.
• The Heavenly Swords wore down the Nirvana Slash until the demonic blade shattered, confirming the Blade Demon’s defeat.

Heavenly Sword Real Person defeated Blade Demon, then helped him reach the Ultimate Realm of the Blade Dao. Blade Demon failed in his attempt to become a Martial Saint and departed, while Ning Qi gained new insight into the breakthrough and watched the True Martial Sword Stele attract renewed attention.

• Heavenly Sword Real Person defeated Blade Demon and trapped him in a Sword Cage, which he used to help Blade Demon gain enlightenment.
• Blade Demon entered the Ultimate Realm of the Blade Dao, thanked Heavenly Sword Real Person, and asked him to serve as Protector while he attempted to become a Martial Saint.
• Blade Demon perfected his Three Flowers and drew Heaven and Earth Power into his body, but Ning Qi saw that the breakthrough was failing.
• Heavenly Sword Real Person severed the connection between Blade Demon's Blade Intent and Three Flowers, allowing Blade Demon to vent the unstable power by sacrificing his left arm.
• Blade Demon thanked Heavenly Sword Real Person and left True Martial Mountain, while the gathered experts turned their attention to the True Martial Sword Stele.

After defeating the Blade Demon, Ning Qi persuaded him to guard True Martial Mountain for ten years in exchange for a Martial Saint Method. As Heavenly Sword Real Person’s fame spread, the Demonic Sect and Southern Border paused plans against the True Martial Sect, while Lan Yiyi was approached by Qin Yun.

• Ning Qi found the despairing Blade Demon, helped him overcome his Heart Demon, and offered him a Martial Saint Method for guarding True Martial Mountain for ten years.
• Ning Qi revealed that he had learned the Blade Demon's Blade Intent, and the Blade Demon accepted the pact, hoping to face a Martial Saint someday.
• News of Heavenly Sword Real Person's victory spread across the Martial World, drawing experts to True Martial Mountain and strengthening the True Martial Sect's influence.
• The Demonic Sect's Grand Elder ordered its members to stop troubling the True Martial Sect and focus on refining the Holy Pill.
• The Southern Border Council of Elders voted five to four to shelve action against the True Martial Sect and prioritize nurturing the Blood Emperor Gu.
• After Lan He confronted Hong Yan over his remarks about Lan Yiyi, someone told Lan Yiyi that Qin Yun had come to see her.