Recaps

Zhang Guangmu fought Kinoshita Hanbei and Long Xiaofan, claimed King Yama’s power, and created a new underworld after surviving a nuclear attack. Back in the Real World, he reunited with Mooncake and began exploring Transcendent abilities with his allies.

• Zhang Guangmu summoned Zhou Yu through the Radiation Summon ritual, and Zhou Yu’s evolving spatial-link ability enabled the Xuanxian Group to launch a counterattack against Long Xiaofan.
• Long Xiaofan confronted Zhang Guangmu, but a black gate transported them both to Yinsi Gorge, where Kinoshita Hanbei revealed that he had engineered events to claim King Yama’s power.
• Zhang Guangmu and Long Xiaofan joined forces against Kinoshita Hanbei’s army, and Zhou Yu brought more than ninety thousand Xuanxian Group members into the battle.
• Zhang Guangmu summoned Zhuge Liang, who forged new weapons, while the Xuanxian Group’s reinforcements fought Kinoshita Hanbei’s counterfeit ancestral spirits.
• Zhang Guangmu used Tian Guang Furnace to destroy Kinoshita Hanbei’s forces and kill him, but Long Xiaofan then attacked Zhang Guangmu and severed his upper body.
• Zhang Guangmu regenerated with King Yama’s Heart, killed Long Xiaofan, and sealed Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, and Lu Bu in nether jade.
• Yang Chi threatened Yingzhou with ninety-nine nuclear bombs, but Zhang Guangmu survived the detonations, defeated Yang Chi, and established the underworld and its Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Zhang Guangmu returned to the Real World, reunited with Mooncake, discovered his Transcendent fire ability, and traveled with his allies to the space station to test supernatural powers with Li Zhou.

Zhang Guangmu became a Pillar-level Transcendent and joined Cao Guan’s film before entering the role of an injured swordsman who helped revive the failing Feihong Swordsmanship Club. After healing his spine and defeating Feihong’s traitors, he prepared for his league debut as the club struggled to survive financially.

• Li Zhou tested Zhang Guangmu and the club members, revealed that Mooncake and Li Xiaoxiao had awakened abilities, and introduced Deep Blue Nutritional Paste, which strengthened Zhang Guangmu’s flame.
• Zhang Guangmu passed the Transcendent test by destroying Chi You Hao, received his certificate as a Pillar-level Transcendent, and made his rating public before joining Cao Guan’s film, Swords, Fame, and Fortune.
• In the film, Zhang Guangmu met Chu Fan, gained the trust of Lin Zitong by demonstrating swordsmanship, and accepted Lin’s Mirage Sword and offer of discipleship.
• Zhang Guangmu joined the struggling Feihong Swordsmanship Club, promising Chu Fan he would help it win enough league matches to avoid demotion.
• Chu Fan drew the alien Spirit Sword Power from Zhang Guangmu’s spine, and Zhang used the Mirage Sword to reconnect his nerves and regain movement in his toes.
• Mu Youhai and MacGarde attacked Chu Fan and Zhang Guangmu, but Zhang used the Mirage Sword’s mist to make MacGarde kill Mu Youhai, while poison killed MacGarde before he could reveal who sent them.
• Li Xiaoxiao recognized Zhang Guangmu’s advanced swordsmanship and promised to build momentum for his debut at the Golden Autumn Sword Competition Festival, while Chu Fan offered him a top-level contract and access to Feihong’s secret techniques.
• Feihong ran short of money after debt collectors took Li Xiaoxiao’s borrowed funds, so Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao agreed they needed financial help, and Zhang Guangmu returned with a rising financial talent.

Zhang Guangmu turned Feihong’s financial recovery into a spectacular rise at the Golden Autumn Sword Competition, defeating his challengers and advancing his own abilities. After confronting the Ghost Sword Sect over its attempt to cripple him, he forced its leader to accept his demands.

• Tang Lanshan joined Feihong after Zhang Guangmu vouched for her, and she helped turn around the sect’s finances before the Golden Autumn Sword Competition began.
• Zhang Guangmu defeated Shi Lie, then stopped Lin Chimou from attacking by threatening to expose the secret of his sword sheath.
• Zhang Guangmu challenged nineteen sects at once and defeated their swordsmen with Sword Like Prison, then drank the medicinal Dufa Wine and began his Nightmare Plan.
• Zhang Guangmu refined the Spirit Sword Fiends into Nightmare Sword Gus, killed Hans Dekson in a duel, and used the Wind Domain Sword to strengthen his Sword Net.
• Zhang Guangmu forged the Mad Lord Bone in his spine and used the Sword Net to multiply secret medicines, enhancing himself and Feihong’s companions.
• Black and White Impermanence tried to seize Zhang Guangmu’s soul, but he overpowered them and followed them to the Ghost Sword Sect.
• Zhang Guangmu demanded compensation, the sect’s inherited sword manual, and a top-grade Netherworld System spirit sword, then killed ten disciples when Li hesitated, prompting Li to accept.

Zhang Guangmu exposed Lin An’s schemes, inherited Zhao Zhengrong’s power, and confronted Lin An’s belief that their world was artificial. After absorbing Lin An and freezing Sword, Fame, and Fortune, Zhang Guangmu prepared for The Path of the Great Emperor as Mooncake transformed into a girl.

• Zhang Guangmu entered the Ghost Sword Sect’s forbidden ground, destroyed the twin swords, and learned that the Burial Sea and Netherworld River inheritances were traps meant to possess their students.
• Zhang Guangmu exposed Lin An as the mastermind behind the Ghost Sword Sect’s crimes and spread rumors about the Crimson Lotus Swordplay to draw out his enemies.
• At the Original Crown Mountain ceremony, Zhang Guangmu demonstrated Star Proliferation, killed Hans Dekson and Jonah Ackerman, and shared the Crimson Lotus Swordplay with the assembled heroes.
• Qiao Man died when the Soul-Binding Sword Sheath’s power attacked his divided soul, and Lin An revealed his plan to kill Zhao Zhengrong and destroy intelligent life.
• Zhang Guangmu reached Wudang too late to save Zhao Zhengrong, but received Daoist Scripture Evolution from him and refined Lin An’s incarnation before burning it away.
• Lin An killed Lin Zitong and Lin Chimou, then told Zhang Guangmu that he believed their world was an artificial story controlled by gods.
• Zhang Guangmu showed Lin An the hidden records and proposed cryogenic hibernation to stop everyone on the bonus list, then absorbed Lin An and his legion and froze Sword, Fame, and Fortune.
• Zhang Guangmu celebrated with his companions before The Path of the Great Emperor, where Mooncake transformed into a girl and the group learned that the coming trial offered both great danger and career rewards.