Recaps

Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang cleared the Annual Rings inheritance, while Xu Ziqing survived the Bronze Sword’s attempt to control him and began cultivating the Sword Nurturing Technique. As the East Continent Grand Competition approached, Jiang Zhi learned of Chu Huai Xu and summoned him, only to take an immediate dislike to him.

• Chu Yinyin gave Chu Huai Xu a protective Black Gold Robe and Spirit Wine, and he began Shen Man’s Sword Domain trial in his dreams.
• Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang entered the Annual Rings Duo Dungeon, endured its seasons and aging, then reached Enlightenment Lake and gained the inheritance of Yan Shen.
• Han Shuangjiang gained Reincarnation Sword Intent, while Chu Huai Xu mastered two sorceries and later awakened Sword Intent—Fearless through Shen Man’s trial.
• Chu Huai Xu helped Xu Ziqing open his Ninth Aperture, choose the Ice Muscle Jade Bone Heart Method, and climb Hidden Spirit Mountain.
• Xu Ziqing reached the summit and touched the Bronze Sword, which tried to control him until the Junzi Tablet’s words helped him resist and collapse unconscious.
• The elders learned that Chu Huai Xu’s Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill had helped Xu Ziqing survive, and they decided Xu Ziqing would learn the Sword Nurturing Technique while Chu Huai Xu continued cultivating.
• Xu Ziqing learned the Sword Nurturing Technique and briefly awakened the Bronze Sword, while Chu Huai Xu registered for the East Continent Grand Competition with Han Shuangjiang.
• Jiang Zhi learned that Chu Huai Xu had brought Xu Ziqing to the sect, given him the pill, and was to become his Grand-disciple, then summoned Chu Huai Xu and immediately disliked him.

Chu Huai Xu advanced through the East Continent Grand Competition, revealing his unusual cultivation and defeating several powerful opponents as Xu Ziqing unveiled the Dao Ancestor Sword. The arc left Chu Huai Xu confronting Kui Muquan after the latter threatened Han Shuangjiang.

• Jiang Zhi discovered Chu Huai Xu’s Dao Canon cultivation, Clear Heart Sword, and self-comprehended Sword Intent, then learned the Junzi Tablet’s message about using things without being used by them.
• Chu Huai Xu declared he would win the East-West Continent Top Prize, while Jiang Zhi brought Xu Ziqing to Hidden Spirit Mountain and began training him to temper his body.
• Chu Huai Xu defeated Lang Yue with Martial Arts, and Xu Ziqing later knocked Wang Dong from the arena with his Sword Case.
• Chu Huai Xu advanced through the competition by defeating Shen Miaoyun, Ding Bolin, Mo Lingfeng, and Ji Sikong, revealing his Body Cultivation, sword suppression, and Fingertip Thunder.
• The Great Cultivators learned the Origin Spirit Realm had grown more dangerous, while Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival with Xu Ziqing and Jiang Zhi visited the mad Zhong Ming.
• Xu Ziqing opened his Sword Case against Guo Zhennan and unleashed the Dao Ancestor Sword, but the strike mangled his arm before Situ Cheng intervened to save Guo Zhennan.
• Chu Huai Xu defeated Zhao Xinghan by breaking through the Danqing Mountains and Rivers Scroll with his Fearless Sword Intent, then decided he still needed to grow stronger before facing Xu Ziqing.
• After Kui Muquan defeated Feng Xiliang and pointed his saber at Han Shuangjiang, Chu Huai Xu pulled her behind him and challenged Kui Muquan.

Chu Huai Xu defeated the East Continent’s strongest challengers and won the championship despite the Bronze Sword’s assault, then defeated Prince Rui’s Heir to become the Xuanhuang Champion. His victories brought the Origin Spirit Realm crisis closer, while his Heart Sword advanced and gained a new ability.

• Han Shuangjiang defeated Kui Muquan, and Chu Huai Xu defeated Geng Tianhe, whose loss helped him enter the realm of Sword Intent.
• Chu Huai Xu advanced through the tournament, then defeated Han Shuangjiang in the quarter-finals and withdrew before injuring her.
• Xu Ziqing defeated Chen Haoran with his left hand, but Jiang Zhi told him the East Continent champion would face a dangerous mission and ordered him to win with his right hand.
• Chu Huai Xu defeated Xu Ziqing and the Bronze Sword after its Sword Spirit awakened, becoming Champion of the East Continent.
• Li Chunsong explained that the East-West Continent Grand Competition was tied to the Origin Spirit Realm and its Xuanhuang Origin Fragment, and Chu Huai Xu accepted responsibility for the crisis linked to it.
• Prince Rui’s Heir, Qin Xuanxiao, arrived at the Dao Sect and learned from Niu Yuanshan that Huo Ding Yi was Chu Huai Xu, but chose to keep Chu’s identity secret.
• Chu Huai Xu defeated Qin Xuanxiao in the East-West Continent championship and was declared the Xuanhuang Champion.
• Chu Huai Xu claimed his final rewards, advanced his Heart Sword, and discovered it had gained a new ability.

Chu Huai Xu faced a Primordial Spirit during the Chixi Stream mission and learned how Kunlun Cave Heaven threatened the Xuanhuang Realm through possession and the search for Eternal Life. After the mission, he secured a Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill for Liu Chengqi, whose Spiritual Embryo recovered and who resumed cultivation.

• At the Night Banquet, Qin Xuanxiao called Chu Huai Xu Huo Ding Yi, but Chu denied any connection to that name, then confessed his feelings to Han Shuangjiang and told her the next morning that he had meant them.
• Chu Huai Xu accepted the Chixi Stream Demon Eradication mission with Han Shuangjiang, Liu Tianfeng, and Mo Qingmei, while Qin Xuanxiao ordered Niu Yuanshan to remain in the Dao Sect and observe what Chu Huai Xu knew.
• At Chixi Stream, Chu Huai Xu killed Evil Cultivators and fought a Primordial Spirit that tried to possess him, Ge Long, Liu Tianfeng, and Han Shuangjiang before he destroyed it with his Heart Sword.
• The mission cost Liu Tianfeng and Ge Long their lives, and Chu Huai Xu crippled Zhao Qianfeng by destroying the spirit in his Destined Sword after Zhao confessed that he had helped the Primordial Spirit seek a suitable vessel.
• Jiang Zhi and Xiang Yan explained that Primordial Spirits came from Kunlun Cave Heaven, whose cultivators sought Xuanhuang Origin Fragments and used Body Possession to pursue Eternal Life, while Chu Huai Xu prepared to enter the Origin Spirit Realm.
• Chu Huai Xu pressed Jiang Zhi to provide Liu Tianfeng’s son Liu Chengqi with a Xuantian Fetal Breath Pill, and the sect agreed to compensate Liu’s family with one.
• Chu Huai Xu visited Liu Chengqi and left him the pill, saying his father had obtained it for him, and Liu Chengqi’s Blazing Fire Spiritual Embryo recovered that night as he began cultivating again.