Recaps

Xu Xiaoshou encountered the Ghost Ancestor and endured the Qian Shi Holy Emperor’s cycle of memories while seeking to understand the Ancestor Gods’ plans. As Xiao Wanfeng drew the Famous Swords’ gathering into conflict, Ba Zunan intervened and defeated the Saints who challenged him.

• Xu Xiaoshou revealed himself to Yue Gongli and Hua Changdeng, but rejected Yue Gongli’s protection and escaped after taunting him.
• Jinren encountered the Ghost Ancestor, received Death God’s Scythe, and learned that Bei Huai was the Medicine Ancestor’s chosen contingency before the Ghost Ancestor warned him not to go to Qian Shi.
• In Qian Shi, Jinren met Liu Keke and then the Turtle Boy, who trapped him in memories of countless lives and revealed a face identical to A-Jie.
• Dao Qiongchang told Xu Xiaoshou that the Heavenly Origin Saint Emperor was half a step from becoming an Ancestor God, while the Turtle Boy forced Jinren through memories that helped Xu Xiaoshou approach the Dao of the Mortal World.
• At Fusang City, Cheng Xie demanded Xuancang from Xiao Wanfeng, who revealed his Sword Way Throne and defeated Cheng Xie’s Great Void guards and clan elders.
• Ba Zunan arrived at the conflict, took Ghost Wheel Sorrow from Li You, then killed Cheng Xie and trapped the Saints who came to avenge him in his Illusion Sword Technique.
• Ba Zunan told Xu Xiaoshou that the Famous Swords might summon the Sword Ancestor’s Godhood and warned him to uncover the Ancestor Gods’ plans, while explaining that Ba Zunan himself had become their focus.
• Ba Zunan’s wilderness visions broke Green Ghost and drove Dai Xiu to flee, while Cheng Caizhi was left alive but unable to rise and Ba Zunan departed with his sack.

Xu Xiaoshou entered the River of Time to investigate the Ancestor Gods and sought the Devil Ancestor’s bargain while the Ancestor Gods attacked the Time Realm Rift. As Ba Zunan and Hua Changdeng clashed, Xu Xiaoshou used the Source of Time and Space on the Passive System and saw it replaced by a black roulette wheel.

• Kui Leihan sent Cao Erzhu visions of Ghost Buddha and the Ancestor Gods, while Five Declines of Heaven and Man led Lei Xier toward Crossroads Corner.
• Kong Yuhen brought Xu Xiaoshou, Ba Zunan, and Mei Suren to the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, where Xu Xiaoshou returned the Time Ancestor Shadow Staff and learned about the Time Realm.
• Xu Xiaoshou used the Dao-Nurturing Seeds to enter the River of Time, watched his past, and reached the moment when the Devil Ancestor gave Yue Gongqi an Ancestor God Godhood.
• The Devil Ancestor offered Xu Xiaoshou ten Ancestor God Godhoods in exchange for collecting every Kong Yuhen along the River of Time, and Xu Xiaoshou asked to hear its upper choice.
• At the Time Realm Rift, Kui Leihan removed his Martial-Sealing Talismans and wielded tribulation lightning as a hammer against the Ancestor Gods.
• Hua Changdeng pursued Ba Zunan and captured Zhu Yike and Li Fugui, while Xiao Kongtong challenged him and was killed before Ba Zunan intervened.
• Ba Zunan used Xiao Kongtong’s attack to make Hua Changdeng stumble, then agreed to fight him if he entered the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion.
• Xu Xiaoshou pressed the Source of Time and Space against the Passive System interface, and the system was replaced by a black roulette wheel.

Xu Xiaoshou uncovered the Ancestors’ plans for reincarnation and endured the Nuo Ancestor’s test, then returned to the present as Ba Zunan confronted Hua Changdeng at Lingyu Mountain. Meanwhile, Moon Palace Slave learned of Dao Qiongchang’s schemes, and Shen Yi received Liu Guifen and his suspicious gifts.

• Xu Xiaoshou witnessed the Name Ancestor, Time Ancestor, and Nuo Ancestor discuss reincarnation, then learned that Nuo had helped prepare the black turntable and that his former life had been a vessel meant to awaken the Name Ancestor.
• Xu Xiaoshou endured thousands of years facing the River of Time until Nuo revealed that the Name Ancestor and Time Ancestor had fallen and sent him toward the Ancestral Court Great Demon Mountain for help.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to the present, disrupted Sui Yin’s technique, and discussed Dao Qiongchang, the Ancestors’ experiments, and Ba Zunan’s pursuit of Sword Self.
• Dao Qiongchang appeared before Yu Zhiwen, Liu Fuyu, and Moon Palace Slave, exposed parts of his schemes involving them and Ba Zunan, and directed the women toward Lingyu Mountain.
• Ba Zunan caught Xiao Wanfeng after Hua Changdeng wounded him, then challenged Hua Changdeng to a discussion of Dao and sent wine to sword cultivators across the Five Domains.
• Ba Zunan told Hua Changdeng that Xu Xiaoshou had never been under his command, while Dao Qiongchang and the Ancestors speculated about Nuo and the Way of Fame.
• Liu Guifen visited Shen Yi, presented World-Elephant Spider Lotus Crystals, and received Shen Yi’s promise to grant a request that did not violate his principles.
• Aunt Xiang used a crystal to restore Shen Yi’s body, and Liu Guifen revealed that he had obtained an inheritance from a green dagger in the Relics of the Gods.

Ba Zunan summoned the Famous Swords and opened the Mysterious Gate, bringing the Sword Ancestor into the Five Domains as Xu Xiaoshou maneuvered among the Ancestors and pursued his own plans. The Sword Ancestor invited Hua Changdeng into the Sword Tower and chose Gu Qingyi, Xiao Wanfeng, and Lei Shuangxing as Dao-seed inheritors before disappearing with them.

• Ba Zunan summoned the Famous Swords across the Five Domains, assembled them around Lingyu Mountain, and opened the Mysterious Gate with the Ancient Sword Arts.
• Xu Xiaoshou confronted Dao Peipei, learned of the possible conflict among the Ancestor Gods, and later mocked Hua Changdeng before Jinren fought him and Xu Xiaoshou sent Yanmang toward Ba Zunan.
• Shen Yi led Lei Xier, Liu Guifen, Wu Siniang, and Five Declines of Heaven and Man into the abyss beneath the Inverted Buddha Pagoda, where the Bloodworld Pearl swallowed Shen Yi’s finger.
• The Sword Ancestor appeared, revealed his name as Gu Mu, and described the creation of the Five Domains and the Famous Sword Twenty-One as the gathered sword cultivators listened.
• The Sword Ancestor offered his Ancestor God Godhood to Ba Zunan, but Hua Changdeng interrupted the transfer and Xu Xiaoshou persuaded the Sword Ancestor to let him keep it.
• Xu Xiaoshou made a deep-cooperation pact with Dao Qiongchang, discussed Nuo and Kong Yuhen’s possible role in the Time Realm, and agreed to entrust an Ancestor God Godhood to Cao Erzhu.
• Jiang Nayi became Jinmo in the Devil Ancestor’s Divine Court and received orders to befriend Shen Yi’s group, conceal his identity, and watch Five Declines of Heaven and Man and the Bloodworld Pearl.
• The Sword Ancestor gave Sword Jades to Hua Changdeng, Ba Zunan, and Gou Wuyue, then selected Gu Qingyi, Xiao Wanfeng, and Lei Shuangxing as Dao-seed inheritors and vanished with them.