Recaps

Chu Huai Xu and his companions headed out on their tenth Reinforcement Mission, expecting to hunt Evil Cultivators, but found Dao Sect and Sword Sect disciples fighting over a Spiritual Herb. Chu Huai Xu ordered the Sword Sect disciples to sheath their swords, then blasted all nine of their weapons away when one defied him.

• Niu Yuanshan watched Chu Huai Xu leave and decided to let the young man live according to his ambitions.
• Chu Huai Xu reflected on the Dao Ancestor's Bestowed Seal, his desire for power, and how the Black Moon Cult's rise had changed the story he knew from Borrowed Sword.
• Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Little Xu set out on their tenth Reinforcement Mission with 1.6 million Experience Points accumulated.
• The trio discovered five Dao Sect disciples confronting nine Sword Sect disciples over a Spiritual Herb growing on a cliff.
• Chu Huai Xu rode between the groups and ordered the Sword Sect disciples to put away their swords.
• When a Sword Sect disciple challenged him, Chu Huai Xu blasted the weapons from all nine Sword Sect disciples' hands.

Chu Huai Xu helped Dao Sect disciples drive off a Sword Sect group, then waited as Xu Ziqing and Han Shuangjiang advanced into the Third Realm so they could enter the Inner Sect together. After the three received Inner Sect waist tokens, several elders arrived, each apparently hoping to take them as disciples.

• Chu Huai Xu used the Heart Sword to suppress the Sword Sect cultivators, and Meng Xing abandoned their claim to the Spiritual Herb.
• Chu Huai Xu asked Xu Ziqing about his stalled cultivation and encouraged him to keep working toward the Inner Sect.
• Xu Ziqing broke through to the Third Realm after a long wait, while Han Shuangjiang advanced to the Eighth Heaven of the Third Realm.
• Chu Huai Xu, Xu Ziqing, and Han Shuangjiang submitted their Inner Sect applications and received waist tokens from Mo Qingmei.
• Nangong Yue and several elders arrived at the Bamboo House and focused their attention on Chu Huai Xu and the others.

Chu Huai Xu faced a crowd of Dao Sect elders eager to become his masters in different Art Paths, while Chu Yinyin struggled to keep him as her disciple alone. After the elders offered him precious gifts, Chu Huai Xu left the decision to Chu Yinyin.

• Chu Yinyin objected when Zhao Shuqi and the elders proposed taking Chu Huai Xu as additional disciples in different Art Paths.
• Tai Tingbai, Nangong Yue, Li Chunsong, and other Dao Sect leaders joined the debate and devised ways to become Chu Huai Xu's masters without claiming true disciple positions.
• Chu Huai Xu thanked the elders but praised his First Master and Second Master, mentioning the sword training and Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill they had given him.
• Tai Tingbai and the other elders offered Chu Huai Xu valuable pills, talismans, and other gifts to win his approval.
• Chu Huai Xu bowed to Chu Yinyin and said he would leave everything to his Second Master.

Chu Huai Xu and his companions became True Disciples, and Xiang Yan explained how Junzi Temple’s Dao Ancestor Bestowed Seals were earned and interpreted. As Chu Huai Xu learned the verses attached to his and Han Shuangjiang’s seals, he asked about Jiang Zhi’s seal and discovered it was Jing Jun.

• Chu Yinyin approved Chu Huai Xu accepting several Art Path masters, and he bowed to Li Chunsong, Zhao Shuqi, and the others as their disciple.
• The group went to the Purple Bamboo Forest, where Shen Man agreed to take Xu Ziqing as her True Disciple and Nangong Yue became Han Shuangjiang’s master.
• Xiang Yan explained that Junzi Temple’s new disciples would receive the Dao Bell’s power and earn a seal through a mission to slay Evil Cultivators one major realm above them.
• Lu Pan revealed the verses accompanying Han Shuangjiang’s Return to True Origin seal and Chu Huai Xu’s South Flowing Scenery seal, and explained that seals could reflect character, offer advice, or serve as prophecy.
• Chu Yinyin said her seal was Tumi, then revealed that Jiang Zhi’s seal was Jing Jun, leaving Chu Huai Xu baffled by its meaning.

Chu Huai Xu learned about Jiang Zhi’s broom-themed Dao Seal, received a wisp from the Dao Bell, and saw the first measurable progress in treating Zhong Ming. He then took a dangerous demon-elimination mission with Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing, while Xiang Yan sent Lu Pan to investigate the unrest below the mountain.

• Chu Huai Xu learned that Jiang Zhi’s Dao Seal, Jing Jun, meant a broom, and heard how its imagery suited Jiang Zhi’s vow to eliminate demons.
• Lu Pan had Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing draw blood to receive green wisps from the Dao Bell, then instructed them to take demon-elimination missions.
• Chu Huai Xu treated Zhong Ming while Li Chunsong ate Ding Sheng Cake, and Chu Huai Xu’s system reported that treatment progress had reached one percent.
• Chu Huai Xu chose the West Gorge Mountain mission and assigned Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing one early Fourth Realm Evil Cultivator each while he took the other three.
• Xiang Yan voiced concern about the Black Moon Cult Leader, and Lu Pan went down the mountain to keep watch.

Jiang Zhi confronted the Black Moon Cult Leader, who trapped him in a formation and unleashed the Myriad Souls Banner. After destroying its Banner Spirits, Jiang Zhi recognized the cult leader as an Immortal Cultivator.

• Jiang Zhi sensed Chu Huai Xu had come down the mountain and worried about the dangers posed by Evil Cultivators searching for something for the Black Moon Cult Leader.
• The Black Moon Cult Leader ambushed Jiang Zhi in a great formation and attacked him with the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Jiang Zhi expanded his Sword Domain, Killing Life, and discovered that the banner contained Divine Souls of Immortal Cultivators.
• Jiang Zhi severed the Banner Spirits' lines of aura and found the banner's wielder's vital line connected to the hand holding it.
• Jiang Zhi realized the Black Moon Cult Leader was an Immortal Cultivator.

Jiang Zhi clashed with the Black Moon Cult Leader, whose Black Banner and half-strand of the Power of Origin kept him from being defeated quickly. Meanwhile, Chu Huai Xu and his companions found the Evil Cultivators at Guanghan Cliff, where Chu Huai Xu killed thirteen of them in an instant.

• The Black Moon Cult Leader summoned thirteen powerful Banner Spirits and used a formation to challenge Jiang Zhi.
• Jiang Zhi infused his Sword Qi with the Power of Origin, but the Black Moon Cult Leader used his own half-strand to withstand the strike and revealed that he intended to keep Jiang Zhi occupied.
• Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing reached Guanghan Cliff and used their Divine Souls to locate the Evil Cultivators near a Cold Pool.
• Chu Huai Xu unleashed twenty-one strands of Sword Qi, killing thirteen Third Realm Evil Cultivators before the remaining enemies could react.
• The surviving Evil Cultivators realized the attackers were only at the Third Realm, while Chu Huai Xu received 619,121 Experience Points.

Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing defeated a group of Evil Cultivators who sensed that one of the Dao Sect disciples had encountered what their cult master sought. A powerful masked man descended through the snow and immobilized them, but Lu Pan arrived and forced him down onto Guanghan Cliff.

• Chu Huai Xu assigned the five Evil Cultivators to himself, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing after they sensed a connection to the cult master's target.
• Chu Huai Xu used Sword Body Dual Cultivation to kill one Evil Cultivator, then chased down and killed another as the others fled.
• Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing defeated their opponents, and the three disciples regrouped as sudden heavy snow began to fall.
• A short, masked man descended from the sky and immobilized the three Dao Sect True Disciples, while Chu Huai Xu tried to use an Information Scan and considered activating his Domain God Talisman.
• Lu Pan appeared, dispelled the restraints, and used a green Formation to slam the masked man onto Guanghan Cliff.

Chu Huai Xu and his companions were ambushed by the Black Moon Cult’s Eighth Realm vice cult master, forcing Lu Pan to stay behind and fight. As the freezing attack overwhelmed them, Lu Pan’s gentle breeze carried them beyond Guanghan Cliff toward the Dao Sect.

• Lu Pan arrived and warned Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing to flee if the battle turned dangerous.
• The Black Moon Cult vice cult master revealed the Myriad Souls Banner and its three Banner Spirits, then demanded that Lu Pan hand over Chu Huai Xu.
• Lu Pan trapped the Banner Spirits in an array and used the Cage Array to hold back the vice cult master while Chu Huai Xu led Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing away.
• The vice cult master’s power froze Guanghan Cliff and injured the fleeing trio, but Lu Pan sent them safely beyond the danger with a gentle breeze.
• Lu Pan remained inside the array, protected from the cold by the glowing Pine and Cypress Dao Seal in his palm.

Jiang Zhi remained trapped by the Black Moon Cult Leader while the Cult’s forces ambushed Lu Pan and the Dao Sect disciples at Guanghan Cliff. Facing the Vice Leader and the empowered Banner Spirits alone, Lu Pan unleashed his Heaven and Earth Cage formation, halting the snow and severing the Yin Vein’s power.

• The Black Moon Cult Leader told Jiang Zhi that the Vice Leader had attacked Lu Pan, Chu Huai Xu, and two other Dao Sect disciples, leaving Jiang Zhi unable to intervene from inside the array.
• Jiang Zhi concluded that Lu Pan would prioritize protecting Chu Huai Xu and the others, while Lu Pan realized the enemy had blocked messages and could draw strength from a Yin Vein.
• The Vice Leader summoned three Banner Spirits and the Three Spirits Yin Astral Formation to fight Lu Pan, whose opponents gained strength from the Yin Vein.
• Lu Pan chose to use his strongest formation immediately and explained to Chu Huai Xu that the Formation Path could make the world itself a cage.
• Lu Pan activated Heaven and Earth Cage, froze the snow across Guanghan Cliff, and severed the Yin Vein’s power, causing the Vice Leader’s borrowed Eighth Realm strength to collapse.

Lu Pan sacrificed his life to trap and destroy the Black Moon Cult Vice Leader and all six Banner Spirits, while Jiang Zhi fell into demonic cultivation and attacked the Black Moon Cult Leader. Chu Huai Xu received Lu Pan’s belongings after Guanghan Cliff collapsed, then realized Lu Pan’s death contradicted the future he remembered.

• Jiang Zhi learned that Lu Pan had sent Chu Huai Xu and the others beyond the Yin Vein’s reach, then willingly entered Human Purgatory and fell into demonic cultivation.
• Lu Pan used the Heaven and Earth Cage to imprison the Black Moon Cult Vice Leader and summoned six Banner Spirits, enduring the Heavenly Dao’s backlash as he fought them.
• Lu Pan destroyed the Banner Spirits and the Vice Leader’s Black Banner, then defeated the Vice Leader after tearing away his mask and face.
• Lu Pan sent his Law token and two array Dao jade slips to Chu Huai Xu, bid farewell to his disciple, and turned to ashes as Guanghan Cliff collapsed.
• Chu Huai Xu watched the cliff vanish and wondered why Lu Pan had died when the future he remembered showed the Enforcement Elder alive.

A gentle breeze carrying Lu Pan’s presence passed through the Dao Sect, comforting his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters before his Life Token shattered and the Dao Bell announced the return of his Pine and Cypress Dao Seal to heaven and earth. In response to his memory and Chu Yinyin’s promise to listen to him, Chu Yinyin broke through from the Sixth Realm to the Seventh Realm.

• A gentle breeze swept through Mountain Beyond Mountain, patting Xiang Yan and Shen Man as they recognized Lu Pan’s presence and remembered his care for them.
• The breeze circled around Chu Yinyin without touching her, and she chased after it, calling out to Eldest Senior Brother.
• Xiang Yan and the others found a broken spear on Hidden Spirit Mountain, while Li Chunsong and Zhao Shuqi hurried to check Lu Pan’s Life Token.
• Li Chunsong and Zhao Shuqi found Lu Pan’s Life Token shattered, and the Dao Bell rang twice as the Pine and Cypress Dao Seal returned to heaven and earth.
• The Dao Sect’s Tenth Elder challenged Chu Yinyin to decide whether the Sixth Realm was truly enough, and she used a Five-Colored pearl to break through to the Seventh Realm.

Chu Huai Xu, Xu Ziqing, and Han Shuangjiang received Dao Seals at the Dao Bell, which revealed verses hinting at fate and a single lamp. Seeing the same phrase in both companions’ verses, Chu Huai Xu realized that “Huo Ding Yi” could form “a single lamp,” leaving him shaken by the link between his original identity and the Dao Seals.

• Chu Huai Xu returned to Junzi Temple with the others and told Xiang Yan what he had learned about the Nascent Soul Fruit Status, while Jiang Zhi arrived later with the Black Moon Cult Leader’s severed arm and entered secluded meditation.
• Chu Huai Xu, Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing spent five days cultivating before Xiang Yan summoned them to receive the Dao Ancestor’s Bestowed Seal.
• Xu Ziqing received the Dao Seal Imperial Chariot, accompanied by a verse describing a single lamp hanging through the eternal night.
• Han Shuangjiang received the Dao Seal Taiyin, whose verse said that a single lamp burned throughout the long night.
• Chu Huai Xu received the Dao Seal Huai Xu and realized that the characters in his original identity, Huo Ding Yi, could form the phrase “a single lamp.”

The author apologized for mishandling Lu Pan’s death and explained how exhaustion and rushed writing damaged the story’s buildup and logic. The author promised to rewrite the section, adjust their work habits in November, and announced a monthly-pass lottery funded with 10,000 yuan from the book’s prize money.

• The author reported that Borrowed Sword’s average subscriptions had risen to 65,000 and described three October business trips, illness, and exhaustion that harmed their writing.
• The author admitted that Lu Pan’s death lacked sufficient danger, character-driven buildup, and explanation of the enemy’s strength and goals, making the Dao Sect’s reaction feel forced.
• The author apologized for the weak storyline, said they might rewrite the section without notifying readers, and promised to take leave rather than publish while exhausted.
• The author explained Chu Huai Xu’s first two changes in mindset and said Lu Pan’s death was meant to bring about his third change, which the author regretted failing to develop properly.
• The author said November would bring a better work schedule and a series of climaxes, then asked readers to vote in the monthly-pass rankings.
• The author announced a lottery running from the 1st through the 7th, with 100 prizes of 50 yuan, automatic prizes for the ten highest monthly-pass voters, and a gold accessory grand prize; winners would be drawn on the 8th.

Chu Huai Xu received the Dao Seal [Huai Xu], which strengthened his sun-based abilities and produced a Heaven and Earth Anomaly. After learning the verse associated with his seal, he was shaken by its connection to the mysterious “one lamp” references.

• Chu Huai Xu received the Dao Seal [Huai Xu] and wondered why the Dao Bell had bestowed his own chosen name despite the changed destinies and uncertain plans of the Dao Ancestor.
• A golden pillar of sunlight descended around Chu Huai Xu, and [Huai Xu] strengthened his [South Flowing Scenery] and [Body Becoming Saint] abilities by about thirty percent.
• Zhao Shuqi explained that Xu Ziqing’s [Imperial Chariot] helped preserve his internal order and protect him from the Bronze Sword’s backlash, while Chu Huai Xu’s summer power complemented Han Shuangjiang’s [Taiyin] power.
• Xu Ziqing and Han Shuangjiang awoke and witnessed Chu Huai Xu’s golden pillar of light before he opened his eyes with blazing golden flames in his pupils.
• Chu Huai Xu asked whether a poem had appeared with his Dao Seal, and Xiang Yan recited the verse: “With one lamp, pass it on to every lamp; in the end, ten thousand lamps will all shine.”

After receiving the Dao Ancestor’s Bestowed Seal, Chu Huai Xu discussed the Black Moon Cult leader’s mysterious Immortal Cultivation with the Dao Sect and planned to grow stronger. As the Third Realm East-West Continent Grand Competition approached, Xiang Yan told him the Moon Kingdom would reward him with entry to either the Imperial Pool or the Imperial Mausoleum, and asked him to choose.

• Chu Huai Xu recognized the Dao Ancestor’s verse as a reference to the Lotus Sutra and connected its mention of “one lamp” to his names in the Xuanhuang Realm.
• Jiang Zhi and Xiang Yan explained that the Black Moon Cult leader was a Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivator with the Power of Origin and a Myriad Souls Banner containing spirits from powerful experts.
• Chu Huai Xu and the Dao Sect elders considered whether the cult leader had inherited a lost Nascent Soul Fruit Status and cultivation method, but they could not resolve the many mysteries.
• Chu Huai Xu resolved to grow stronger before the approaching Grand Competition and planned to advance beyond the Fifth Realm after resolving the Second Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm.
• Xiang Yan told Chu Huai Xu that the Third Realm East-West Continent Grand Competition would be held at the Moon Kingdom’s Daoist Academy and that he would advance directly to the Top 16.
• Xiang Yan said the Moon Kingdom Emperor would let Chu Huai Xu enter either the Imperial Pool or the Imperial Mausoleum as a reward, then asked which he would choose.

Chu Huai Xu chose to enter the Moon Kingdom’s Imperial Pool as his reward, while the wounded Black Moon Cult Leader recovered in hiding and argued with the second soul sharing his body. The second soul believed Chu Huai Xu might carry the lost Nascent Soul Fruit Status, leaving the cult leader focused on him.

• Chu Huai Xu chose entry into the Imperial Pool, and the Dao Sect elders discussed how much power he might absorb.
• Jiang Zhi’s strike left the Black Moon Cult Leader with a severed arm contaminated by Sword Qi, demonic qi, and Killing Aura.
• The Black Moon Cult Leader revealed that he had One Body, Two Souls, with one soul wielding Eighth Realm power and the other possessing Nascent Soul Stage cultivation.
• The two souls discussed restoring his arm and their plan to find the Nascent Soul Fruit Status, which they believed could help them attain transcendence.
• The Black Moon Cult Leader wondered whether Chu Huai Xu carried the Nascent Soul Fruit Status.

The Black Moon Cult Leader and an Immortal Cultivator discussed whether Chu Huai Xu possessed a fruit position and agreed he could become a threat, though the Immortal Cultivator urged patience. At the Dao Sect, Chu Huai Xu took Han Shuangjiang to the Outer Sect to seek another Dao Ancestor Inheritance, and a strange stone pulled her into a secret realm.

• The Black Moon Cult Leader learned that the Immortal Cultivator had sensed no fruit position on Chu Huai Xu, but argued that Chu Huai Xu should still be killed before he grew stronger.
• Chu Huai Xu heard Xu Ziqing scream through a painful Third Realm breakthrough and told him to rest while he took Han Shuangjiang out.
• Chu Huai Xu brought Han Shuangjiang to the Outer Sect, hoping to find the Dao Ancestor Inheritance she had not yet obtained.
• Han Shuangjiang kicked a small stone near a pavilion on Book Mountain, and after it flipped nine times, an azure light drew her into the Stone World.

Chu Huai Xu entered the Dao Ancestor’s ninth Inheritance Secret Realm at Book Mountain, while the Sword Venerable and Situ Cheng discussed Geng Tianhe’s progress and the [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin]. The Sword Venerable ended by insisting that what he had learned was not the technique’s true form.

• Chu Huai Xu discovered that kicking a small pebble opened the ninth Dao Ancestor Inheritance Secret Realm, and he entered after Han Shuangjiang.
• Xiang Yan, Nangong Yue, Li Chunsong, Zhao Shuqi, and Jiang Zhi recognized the secret realm’s nine ripples and discussed its possible connection to [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin].
• Situ Cheng visited the Sword Venerable on Nameless Peak and told him that Geng Tianhe had stabilized his Sword Intent and become his Personal True Disciple.
• Situ Cheng praised Geng Tianhe’s progress but lamented that Chu Huai Xu had already formed a Sword Heart.
• Situ Cheng said the Sword Venerable had beaten him with [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin], and the Sword Venerable replied that his version was not the true technique.

Situ Cheng and the middle-aged scholar discussed how the scholar’s version of [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin] differed from the Dao Ancestor’s true technique, then realized Chu Huai Xu might be able to master it. Han Shuangjiang entered a Sword inheritance realm and was joined by Chu Huai Xu, whose System identified it as the [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin] instance.

• Situ Cheng argued that the middle-aged scholar’s sword art had been [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin], but the scholar explained that it only controlled myriad swords rather than making them willingly return.
• The middle-aged scholar estimated his version had less than one-tenth of the Dao Ancestor’s power, and Situ Cheng recalled that Spirit Swords seemed unusually afraid of Chu Huai Xu.
• Situ Cheng told the middle-aged scholar that Chu Huai Xu had drawn [Partridge Sky] toward himself during the East Continent Grand Competition, and the scholar hoped Chu Huai Xu could learn the true technique.
• The middle-aged scholar asked Situ Cheng to take him to the Third Realm East-West Continent Grand Competition.
• Han Shuangjiang entered a Secret Realm marked with a [Sword] character and waited for Chu Huai Xu, who soon appeared beside her.
• Chu Huai Xu’s System announced that he had entered the Dao Ancestor’s inheritance instance, [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin].

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang entered the [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin] Secret Realm, where Chu Huai Xu suspected the inheritance was tied to the legendary sword technique. They shared a meditation mat and absorbed a mysterious energy that raised Chu Huai Xu’s Comprehension by one.

• Chu Huai Xu found that the Secret Realm was named [Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin] and wondered whether Han Shuangjiang’s ultimate technique would be the legendary sword art.
• Chu Huai Xu resolved to wait until he reached [Comprehension 7] before spending Experience Points to learn the technique, despite feeling that the inheritance was tempting him.
• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang found no response from the stone wall’s [sword] character, then opened a stone door and followed a narrow passage into a chamber.
• Chu Huai Xu scanned a floating green mass of energy but received only question marks, so he and Han Shuangjiang sat together on the meditation mat.
• The green energy split between Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang, and a System prompt told Chu Huai Xu that his Comprehension had increased by one.

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang gained insights from the Green energy before entering a dark passage that separated them. Chu Huai Xu emerged into a vision of Junzi Temple a thousand years earlier, where he watched the young Dao Ancestor and unexpectedly touched the Black Bead on his belt.

• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang absorbed the Green energy, improving their comprehension and resolving some of Han Shuangjiang’s cultivation confusion.
• The two entered a pitch-black passage, where they lost contact and each continued alone, realizing the trial had separated them.
• Chu Huai Xu reached a room at dawn and recognized the indistinct Ninth Senior Brother as the Dao Ancestor in his youth.
• Chu Huai Xu followed the Dao Ancestor and three other young disciples through Junzi Temple, learning that the Dao Ancestor ranked ninth among the disciples.
• While watching the Dao Ancestor wear a familiar Black Bead, Chu Huai Xu touched it, and the Dao Ancestor turned toward him with a gentle smile.

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang observed Junzi Temple a thousand years in the past as Dao Ancestor received a sword and learned the temple’s morning sword practice. When the world froze after the practice, Dao Ancestor alone continued dancing with his sword.

• Chu Huai Xu discovered he could touch the Black Bead hanging from Ninth Senior Brother, while Han Shuangjiang recognized the temple and respectfully identified Ninth Senior Brother as Dao Ancestor.
• The four young Daoists gathered outside the main hall, where the Temple Master and four middle-aged Daoists bestowed Black Wood swords on them.
• Chu Huai Xu identified the sword opposite Ninth Senior Brother as [Calming the Waves] but found that he could not touch it.
• The Temple Master led the temple in three rounds of morning sword practice, and Dao Ancestor quickly mastered the movements.
• After practice, the world froze, but Dao Ancestor continued dancing with his sword.

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang passed repeated sword-practice scenes, and Chu Huai Xu witnessed the young Daoist who would become the Dao Ancestor developing the Dao Canon and practicing with a broken sword. The scene froze again as the Dao Ancestor repeated his sword routine, and Chu Huai Xu began following along.

• Chu Huai Xu realized the Dao Ancestor’s sword practice was a replay, copied the basic movements, and was carried into darkness when he finished the set.
• Han Shuangjiang also recognized the repeating scene, imitated the sword movements, and returned to darkness.
• Chu Huai Xu found an unfinished first volume of the Dao Canon beside the young Daoist and inferred that the Dao Ancestor had developed the method himself.
• The young Daoist succeeded in combining Internal and External Cultivation, then read the Chasing Wind Sword Art and practiced it with his broken Black Wood Sword.
• The scene froze again, leaving only the Dao Ancestor practicing, and Chu Huai Xu decided to follow along.

Chu Huai Xu realized the Inheritance Secret Realm required him to comprehend the Dao Ancestor’s sword arts to Great Perfection, then watched the Dao Ancestor receive two higher-grade sword manuals. The chapter ended as Chu Huai Xu faced the Dao Ancestor’s demonstration of Tian Kui Sword Art with only 110,000 Experience Points left.

• Chu Huai Xu mastered Chasing Wind Sword Art through practice, then used Experience Points to raise it to Great Perfection and trigger the next scene.
• Chu Huai Xu concluded that the secret realm expected him to follow the Dao Ancestor’s entire sword path, but noted he had only 110,000 Experience Points remaining.
• A purple-robed woman from Spring Autumn Mountain visited the Dao Ancestor, exchanged pills for two sword arts, and left disappointed when he wished her a safe journey.
• Chu Huai Xu recognized the woman’s feelings and watched the Dao Ancestor begin practicing the Profound Grade low-rank Tian Kui Sword Art.
• The Dao Ancestor demonstrated Tian Kui Sword Art at Great Perfection, while Chu Huai Xu worried his remaining Experience Points could not max out both new sword arts.