Recaps

Meng Zhao’s plot against Beitang Xing ended with the prince’s death and Meng Zhao’s acquisition of the Qiong Tian Seal. As Meng Zhao prepared to approach the Pudu Cult, Bei Tangsu learned that Beitang Xing wanted to meet him and decided to leave Divine Saber Hall.

• Beitang Xing lured Tan Cai'er away from Lu Family Manor, but she drugged him and revealed herself as Meng Zhao, who had impersonated her to trap the prince.
• Meng Zhao defeated Beitang Xing with his Heavenly Dao-based martial art, absorbed his power, and spared him, but Beitang Xing killed himself rather than accept Meng Zhao’s offer.
• A Purple Eye awakened from Beitang Xing’s corpse and attacked Meng Zhao, who countered with the Qiong Tian Seal before the eye self-destructed to escape.
• Meng Zhao told Tan Cai'er and Lu Hou'er that Beitang Xing was dead, then arranged Old Daoist Liu’s cremation and agreed with Monk Huikong to pursue their plans involving the Pudu Cult.
• Bei Tangsu carved a saber from Crimson Ore and considered how Divine Saber Hall and its hidden practitioners had constrained his ambitions in Yanzhou.
• Gong Huai told Bei Tangsu that Beitang Xing had come to Kaiming City seeking a meeting, and Bei Tangsu confirmed the prince’s identity through the Chilong Jade Disk.
• Bei Tangsu first refused to meet Beitang Xing, but then decided to leave Divine Saber Hall and judge the prince for himself, relying on Demonic Saber Jingqing for protection.

Bei Tangsu absorbed the Demonic Saber’s power and faced Xue Zihou, whose strange protective force drew Meng Zhao into Yanzhou’s affairs. Meng Zhao studied that power, then ambushed Bei Tangsu at Canglang Pavilion, where their battle escalated into a clash of demonic techniques and dragon transformations.

• Bei Tangsu went to the Blade Sharpening Pool to absorb Demonic Saber Jingqing’s power, while Xue Zihou sought help from Uncle Chang and received a mysterious protective force.
• Bei Tangsu survived an assassination attempt at Jade Lake Mountain and fought Xue Zihou, whose protective power let him escape with the surviving assassins.
• Meng Zhao appeared, killed the three assassins, and explained to Xue Zihou that his strange power involved the Dao of time and space.
• Xue Zihou let Meng Zhao study the power, and Meng Zhao gained insight into time and space while improving Xue Zihou’s Saber Bone and aptitude.
• Meng Zhao disguised himself as Beitang Xing and attacked Bei Tangsu at Canglang Pavilion, but a Demonic Saber projection blocked his first strike.
• Bei Tangsu and Meng Zhao exchanged powerful techniques, with Meng Zhao’s Supreme Purple Qi injuring Bei Tangsu and his Ice Dragon freezing Jade Lake.
• Bei Tangsu unleashed Demonic Extreme Blood Surge and transformed into a towering demonic shadow, while Meng Zhao used his battle armor and Azure Dragon Battle Soul to suppress the turmoil in his body.

Meng Zhao defeated Bei Tangsu and transferred his Demonic Seed to Xue Zihou, while the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord sent Tong Lie into Divine Land. As Meng Zhao dealt with the Hengshun Bell and growing unrest, Tong Lie arrived in Liang Prefecture and revealed his strength.

• Meng Zhao survived Bei Tangsu’s final slash, and Bei Tangsu died after revealing the Demonic Seed’s connection to the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord.
• Meng Zhao transferred the Demonic Seed to Xue Zihou, whose resolve led him to pursue the Eight Demonic Saber Techniques despite the risk that the Seed might control him.
• The Heavenly Demon Palace Lord sent Tong Lie through the Heavenly Passes with a letter and orders to find its recipient, while Tong Lie’s uncle entrusted him with the Flying Sickle Axe.
• Meng Zhao refused to sacrifice Little Nine to restore the Hengshun Bell and accepted Monk Huikong’s offer of the bell while investigating a safer method.
• Beitang Shu and Eunuch Zhan searched for Beitang Xing’s body and killer, while the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child killed Li Xiaotian.
• Tong Lie reached Liang Prefecture and defeated three Grandmasters without them breaking his defenses.
• The story recounted how Ye Shaoqiu avenged the Ye Family, rebuilt its standing, and defended Liang Prefecture alone against the allied remnants of the Hundred Clans.

Tong Lie’s provocations and the rumors surrounding him stirred the Northern Lands into a contest over human martial strength. As Tong Lie challenged Meng Zhao, Meng Zhao visited the Divine Saber Hall, defeated Xue Zilei in a contest of Martial Dao, and warned him to prepare for upheaval.

• Tong Lie challenged the Ye Family, defeated Ye Mingyang, and left him gravely injured after Ye Mingyang refused to yield the Cheng Jun Divine Sword.
• The Ye Family spread rumors that Tong Lie was an Arctic Ice Plains spy, and Tong Lie fought assassins and local experts as he traveled toward Yanzhou.
• Tong Lie defeated Xie Wanzhi after a day and night of fighting, then planned to challenge Meng Zhao and Shen Tianci.
• Tong Lie wagered ten years of service if he lost to Meng Zhao, while Northern Lands forces promoted Meng Zhao as the defender of human martial arts.
• Liang Muqiu and Lü Yue weighed the pressure on Meng Zhao to accept the challenge, while Liang Muqiu revealed that Meng Zhao had won over most officers in the Beitang army.
• Meng Zhao visited the Divine Saber Hall, exchanged cultivation guidance with its Second Generation Saber Users, and met Xue Zilei after the Purple Lightning Saber Lord entered the Great Grandmaster Realm.
• Meng Zhao erased the Divine Charm in Xue Zilei’s seven saber forms with his Primordial Spirit, and Xue Zilei admitted defeat and offered him the Heavenly Thunder Altar.
• Xue Zilei asked Meng Zhao to help Xue Zihou in the future, and Meng Zhao declined the altar before warning that realm-wide chaos might coincide with a great transformation of the Divine Continent.