Recaps

Chu Huai Xu survived the Ancestor Emperor’s attempt to possess him in the Imperial Pool, then entered the competition determined to confront Qin Xuanxiao. He advanced to the semifinals as Qin Xuanxiao defeated Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing defeated Ji Sikong.

• Chu Huai Xu reached Minor Accomplishment of the Sword Heart and sensed a special sword connected to the imperial capital’s City Protection Formation.
• Chu Huai Xu entered the Imperial Pool, absorbed its power with his Sacred Body State, and reached the tenth pool, where the Ancestor Emperor’s four strands of Divine Sense tried to possess him.
• Chu Huai Xu’s Heart Sword, Dao Seals, and Corruption Pill thwarted the possession attempt, and he revived with his body restored before Lin Qingci, under the effects of medicine, tried to draw him into dual cultivation.
• Chu Huai Xu escaped the Imperial Pool and told Jiang Zhi and his allies what had happened, then decided to target Qin Xuanxiao while insisting Niu Yuanshan had not been a spy.
• At the competition, Chu Huai Xu defeated Lou Mingdong and Leng Wuya with powerful sword strikes, provoking the Moon Kingdom as he advanced to the quarterfinals.
• Geng Tianhe defeated Lin Zixuan, while Chu Huai Xu defeated Leng Wuya with one sword and warned Han Shuangjiang about the Ancestor Emperor’s Divine Sense.
• Qin Xuanxiao used Lin Zixuan’s Spiritual Power to defeat Han Shuangjiang, and Xu Ziqing defeated Ji Sikong with the Bronze Sword to complete the semifinal lineup.
• Chu Huai Xu warned Xu Ziqing that the Ancestor Emperor might intervene in a match against Qin Xuanxiao, then claimed his rewards and added a Random Special Attribute Point to Physique.

Chu Huai Xu won the Xuanhuang Grand Competition by killing Qin Xuanxiao in a deathmatch, then returned to the Dao Sect and gained an unknown power in his Sea of Consciousness. As the journey to the Origin Spirit Realm approached, he prepared for the trial and promised Han Shuangjiang he would return safely.

• Chu Huai Xu defeated Geng Tianhe with the ninth sword of Bìluò Sùhuǒ, then learned he had mastered all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls.
• Qin Xuanxiao narrowly defeated Xu Ziqing with the Ancestor Emperor’s help, and Chu Huai Xu declared that he would kill Qin at the Contest for the Champion.
• Chu Huai Xu challenged Qin Xuanxiao to a public deathmatch over Niu Yuanshan’s death, and the Four Great Sects agreed to prevent outside interference.
• During the deathmatch, Chu Huai Xu absorbed the power of [Imperial Moon], called the National Suppressing Sword to him, and used it to defeat the Ancestor Emperor and kill Qin Xuanxiao.
• Chu Huai Xu won the Xuanhuang Champion title, chose Supreme Saint Water as his prize, and raised his Heart Sword to a High-grade Spiritual Embryo as Spirit Swords gathered around the Monastery.
• After Zhong Ming sent an unknown power into Chu Huai Xu, Chu discovered a Black Jade Lotus Platform beneath his Heart Sword and found that his sword qi and cultivation gains had increased.
• Chu Huai Xu prepared for the Origin Spirit Realm, promised Han Shuangjiang he would return safely, and spent the night with her without consummating their relationship.
• The narrator visited a hospital, underwent an MRI, and received medication and advice to rest, relax, and adjust their sleep schedule.

Chu Huai Xu claimed the Night Venerable’s authority, subdued Wen Shiyu, and strengthened himself while learning that other lost Fruit Statuses and a larger plot remained. After Zhong Ming briefly recovered enough to direct him to Spring Autumn Mountain, Chu Huai Xu accompanied Xu Ziqing to confront the man who had slaughtered his family.

• Chu Huai Xu entered the Origin Spirit Realm’s Second Layer, defeated Wen Shiyu, and discovered that his thoughts could alter the small world around him.
• Chu Huai Xu spread eternal night across Kunlun Cave Heaven and learned from Wen Shiyu that he had inherited the Night Venerable’s Fruit Status.
• Chu Huai Xu captured Wen Shiyu’s Primordial Spirit, brought her out with two Xuanhuang Origin Fragments, and assigned her to make an External Incarnation from Ye Kongxuan’s corpse.
• Chu Huai Xu chose the Pure Yang Bloodline, refined an External Incarnation, and brought Wen Shiyu into his household as he questioned her about cultivation and lost Fruition Statuses.
• The Snow Venerable urged the Black Moon Cult Leader to kill Chu Huai Xu for the Night Venerable’s Fruit Status, while Kunlun’s Immortal Venerables ordered Chu Huai Xu’s portrait distributed.
• Chu Huai Xu treated Zhong Ming with his strengthened South Flowing Scenery, and Zhong Ming briefly regained clarity to send him to Spring Autumn Mountain.
• Chu Huai Xu and Jiang Zhi led a party to Spring Autumn Mountain, where Chu Huai Xu accused Xu Chi Huai De of murdering Xu Ziqing’s family and demanded his life.
• Xu Chi Lei brought Xu Chi Huai De before Chu Huai Xu and Xu Ziqing, begged for his son’s life, and offered compensation, while Chu Huai Xu warned that the Xu Chi Family would be implicated if it sheltered him.