Recaps

Chen Changan confronted two elders who mocked his appointment as Grand Elder and boasted of his victory over the Haojian Sect. When Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang insulted Qi Wushang for associating with the Profound Sword Sect, Chen Changan prepared to face them, leaving Qi Wushang to watch.

• Chen Changan revealed that he was the Profound Sword Sect's newly appointed Grand Elder after an Illusion Sword Sect elder and a Destroy Sword Sect elder berated him.
• The two elders mocked the rumors that Chen Changan had subdued the Haojian Sect, while Qi Wushang said he would stand with Chen Changan.
• Qi Wushang suggested he might bring the Myriad Sword Sect to Chen Changan's side, making the two elders worry that attacking the Profound Sword Sect could provoke it.
• Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang insulted Qi Wushang for associating with the Profound Sword Sect, and Qi Wushang mocked their Three Wus Young Masters nickname.
• Chen Changan told Qi Wushang to step aside and faced Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang as Qi Wushang praised their bravery.

Chen Changan killed Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang with a single sword strike, while Mu Yunyao stopped their Elders from attacking. The Elders threatened retaliation against the Profound Sword Sect, but Chen Changan confronted them, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Qi Wushang told Chen Changan he no longer cared about ranking first among the younger generation, and Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang mocked him.
• Chen Changan said Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang would soon be gone, then killed both with one sword strike.
• Chen Changan told Qi Wushang that defeating everyone ranked above him was how to become the best, while the two Elders realized the young men could not be revived.
• Mu Yunyao punched the two Elders back when they charged Chen Changan, and Qi Wushang was shocked by her strength.
• Chen Changan threatened Qi Wushang with his sword after Qi glanced at Mu Yunyao, and Qi insisted he had only been curious.
• The two Elders warned Chen Changan that his actions would bring trouble to the Profound Sword Sect, but he asked what they could do now that Qin Wudao and Huo Wushuang were dead.

Chen Changan defeated two elders by commanding the Flowing Light Sword Tomb’s Sword Qi and Sword Intent, then collected Broken Swords and pulled the Flowing Light Sword from the center of the tomb. After Hongchen devoured the sword, the group prepared to return and check in.

• Chen Changan rebuked the elders of the Illusion Sword Sect and the Destroy Sword Sect for attacking the Profound Sword Sect, then used the sword tomb’s power to kill them.
• Mu Yunyao explained to Qi Wushang that Chen Changan commanded the sword tomb through his superior Sword Intent, and she revealed that her swordsmanship surpassed Qi Wushang’s.
• Chen Changan gathered Broken Swords and fed them to Hongchen, while Qi Wushang marveled that the sword could devour them.
• Chen Changan reached the tomb’s center and pulled the Flowing Light Sword from the ground.
• Chen Changan asked Hongchen about her origins and compared her with the Flowing Light Sword, then told her to devour it before they returned to check in.

Chen Changan prepared to return to the Profound Sword Sect after asking Qi Wushang to alert the Illusion Sword Sect and Destroy Sword Sect that he had killed their people. He gave Qi Wushang five supreme-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills and promised to refine three supreme-grade pills from each batch of materials, leaving Qi Wushang eager to bring the Myriad Sword Sect into the arrangement.

• Chen Changan declined Qi Wushang’s invitation to visit the Myriad Sword Sect and asked him to tell the Illusion Sword Sect and Destroy Sword Sect to seek him at the Profound Sword Sect if they wanted revenge.
• Qi Wushang explained that the powerful Evil Sword Sect was excluded from the Southern Region’s three great sword sects, though he warned that it was the Evil Sword Sect that should be wary of Chen Changan.
• Chen Changan gave Qi Wushang five supreme-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills, and Qi Wushang celebrated the prospect of the Southern Region no longer relying on the Jade Pill Sect.
• Mu Yunyao teased Qi Wushang that Chen Changan would be the one oppressing the Southern Region, and Chen Changan jokingly agreed.
• Chen Changan promised to refine three supreme-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills from every batch of materials the Myriad Sword Sect brought him, and Qi Wushang called him his real dad.
• Chen Changan told Qi Wushang to leave and said he would return to make preparations as the Southern Region was about to get lively.

Chen Changan returned to the Profound Sword Sect after killing disciples and elders from several rival sects, alarming Long Jianxiong. He proposed offering free Myriad Tribulation Pill refinement to the Southern Region’s sects, then learned that the person Da Huang had been watching had visited the Evil Sword Sect and returned.

• Chen Changan returned to the Profound Sword Sect and told Long Jianxiong he had killed a disciple of the Underworld Sword Sect, Qin Wudao, Huo Wushuang, and elders and disciples of the Illusion Sword Sect and the Destroy Sword Sect.
• Long Jianxiong worried that the sects might join forces against the Profound Sword Sect, and Chen Changan mocked his fear.
• Chen Changan proposed refining Myriad Tribulation Pills for any Southern Region sect that supplied ingredients, guaranteeing two top-grade pills per batch, with extra pills going to the Profound Sword Sect.
• Chen Changan explained that the three top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills he had given Qi Wushang would lead the Myriad Sword Sect to vouch for the offer.
• Chen Changan returned to Tianjian Peak with Mu Yunyao, where Da Huang reported that the person he had been tracking went to the Evil Sword Sect and then came back.

Chen Changan learned that the Yu Family had returned to the Profound Sword Sect after meeting with the Evil Sword Sect, while Big Yellow admitted he had been taking Li Huan to brothels. Li Jianyi punished Li Huan and argued with Li Yue, but their defense of Big Yellow left him furious and vowing to fight the dog.

• Chen Changan asked Big Yellow what the Yu Family had done after meeting with the Evil Sword Sect, and Big Yellow said he had been busy helping people alongside Li Huan.
• Li Jianyi beat Li Huan for visiting brothels with Big Yellow, but Li Huan insisted the visits were trials meant to temper his mind.
• Li Jianyi scolded Li Yue for following Big Yellow, and she defended the dog while accusing her father of being narrow-minded.
• Li Huan and Li Yue left Li Jianyi alone after their arguments stunned him.
• Li Jianyi roared across Tianjian Peak and the Profound Sword Sect that he and Big Yellow could never coexist.

Da Huang defended taking Li Huan to a brothel and letting Li Yue follow him, arguing that he was helping both siblings grow. Li Jianyi accepted that he had been wrong and left to apologize to his children, while Da Huang admitted he had mainly wanted to provoke him.

• Li Jianyi confronted Da Huang over Li Huan’s visit to a brothel, and Da Huang defended it as a way to strengthen Li Huan’s judgment and resolve.
• Da Huang argued that Li Jianyi cared more about his reputation than his son’s growth or the women Li Huan had helped.
• Li Jianyi challenged Da Huang about Li Yue following him, and Da Huang accused him of insulting his daughter and disregarding her ambitions.
• Li Jianyi admitted he was wrong, and Da Huang told him to apologize to his children rather than to Da Huang.
• Li Jianyi bowed to Da Huang, nodded to Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, and left to make amends.
• Chen Changan praised Da Huang, who admitted he had wanted to provoke Li Jianyi but claimed he had helped the siblings in his own way.

Yu Zhanxiao confessed that he had secretly arranged a trap with the Evil Sword Sect and asked Chen Changan to help lure them out. Chen Changan agreed to meet them at Seven Peaks Mountain, and he, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang left the Profound Sword Sect to prepare for the confrontation.

• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao sensed Yu Zhanxiao approaching, and Yu Zhanxiao admitted his family had offended Chen Changan and that he had gone to the Evil Sword Sect without permission.
• Yu Zhanxiao explained that he had promised to lure Chen Changan to an ambush at Seven Peaks Mountain so the Profound Sword Sect could strike the Evil Sword Sect.
• Yu Zhanxiao said the meeting was set for half a month later and that three former Tianjian Peak elders might lead the enemy group.
• Chen Changan agreed to go to Seven Peaks Mountain and told Yu Zhanxiao to inform Long Jianxiong and the others to follow a day later.
• Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Da Huang left the Profound Sword Sect, while Da Huang questioned whether Chen Changan trusted Yu Zhanxiao.

Chen Changan sent Yu Zhanxiao to report to the Profound Sword Sect so he could judge the man’s loyalty by his actions, then traveled to Seven Peaks Mountain. Meanwhile, the Profound Sword Sect’s claim that it could refine supreme-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills stirred the Southern Region, and Chen Changan discovered a hidden intact sword before the Evil Sword Sect confronted him.

• Chen Changan explained to Da Huang that Yu Zhanxiao could benefit whichever side won, and said he would spare him if he proved sincere but destroy the Yu Family of Tianhai if he had ulterior motives.
• The Profound Sword Sect’s pill-refining claim divided the Southern Region’s sects, while the Illusion Sword Sect and Destroy Sword Sect chose to wait and see.
• The Myriad Sword Sect’s sect master personally brought people to the Profound Sword Sect for pill refining, prompting the Jade Pill Sect to cut off its pill-refining assistance.
• Chen Changan arrived at Seven Peaks Mountain, where Hongchen sensed a concealed, perfectly intact sword hidden by the local sword domain.
• The Evil Sword Sect appeared before Chen Changan, who asked whether they were the traitors from the Profound Sword Sect.

Chen Changan confronted former Profound Sword Sect elders from the Evil Sword Sect while Mu Yunyao and Da Huang fought two of them. He discovered the Heaven Devouring Sword, a sentient sword that had repaired itself by devouring Broken Swords, and it asked Chen Changan to become its master.

• The Evil Sword Sect members challenged Chen Changan’s position as Grand Elder, and he declared that he had come to stop them from harming the Profound Sword Sect.
• Mu Yunyao and Da Huang attacked two Formless Realm opponents, while Chen Changan struck at the rest with his sword.
• Chen Changan left Mu Yunyao and Da Huang to continue fighting as he searched Seven Peaks Mountain for the intact sword.
• Hongchen questioned the Heaven Devouring Sword and learned that it had once been broken, retained its awareness, and repaired itself by devouring other Broken Swords.
• Chen Changan suggested finding the sword a master, but the Heaven Devouring Sword asked to serve him, and he refused.

Chen Changan found the Heaven Devouring Sword on Seven Peaks Mountain and allowed it to choose Mu Yunyao as its master. After leaving the mountain, he met Long Jianxiong and the Profound Sword Sect’s disciples, then led them back to the sect.

• Red Dust explained that it spared the Heaven Devouring Sword because its aura felt familiar, and Chen Changan promised to find it a suitable master.
• The Heaven Devouring Sword chose Mu Yunyao, who accepted it and welcomed its tiny Sword Spirit as a pet.
• Da Huang asked for a sword too, but Chen Changan warned that carrying one in the Burial Sword Land would provoke its Sword Cultivators.
• Chen Changan and his companions left Seven Peaks Mountain, where they encountered Long Jianxiong and the Profound Sword Sect’s elite disciples coming to meet them.
• Yu Zhanxiao explained that he had brought the disciples early out of concern for Chen Changan, and Chen Changan praised him and ordered extra training.
• Chen Changan dismissed any pity for the former Profound Sword Sect members killed at Seven Peaks Mountain, saying their fate was their own responsibility, then set out for the sect.

The Myriad Sword Sect arrived at the Profound Sword Sect seeking Myriad Tribulation Pills, but found its Sect Master and Elders away. After five days, Chen Changan returned and welcomed them, while Qi Wushang’s familiarity with him embarrassed the Myriad Sword Sect’s delegation.

• Long Yi told Sect Master Xin that the Profound Sword Sect’s leaders had gone with Long Jianxiong to help Chen Changan, who had left to pick a fight.
• Qi Wushang reassured the Myriad Sword Sect’s Sect Master that Chen Changan was powerful and that supreme-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills were common at the Profound Sword Sect.
• Qi Wushang claimed the Myriad Sword Sect’s favorable pill arrangement came from his connection to Chen Changan and insisted nobody in the Southern Domain could defeat him.
• Chen Changan and his party returned five days later, and he personally welcomed the Myriad Sword Sect’s delegation.
• Qi Wushang greeted Chen Changan warmly and called Sect Master Xin “Little Xin,” prompting the Myriad Sword Sect’s members to scowl.

Chen Changan offered the Myriad Sword Sect a favorable deal and refined all one hundred batches of their materials into top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills. The Myriad Sword Sect’s sect master was overwhelmed by the results and prepared to bow to Chen Changan in gratitude.

• Qi Wushang revealed that he was the Myriad Sword Sect’s junior grand-uncle, and Chen Changan offered to refine every batch of materials the sect had brought.
• The Myriad Sword Sect’s sect master agreed to the deal and presented one hundred batches of materials.
• Chen Changan began refining pills without an alchemy furnace, astonishing the Myriad Sword Sect’s delegation.
• Chen Changan produced six top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills from the first batch and ultimately refined all one hundred batches without wasting any materials.
• The materials yielded 675 top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills, and the Myriad Sword Sect’s sect master hurried to Chen Changan and said he would bow to him in gratitude.

The Myriad Sword Sect's sect master received hundreds of top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills from Chen Changan and agreed to spread the word about the Profound Sword Sect's pill-refining ability. Chen Changan then announced that the Profound Sword Sect would train its own alchemists, leaving its disciples to consider his claims that alchemy was not difficult to learn.

• The Myriad Sword Sect's sect master nearly knelt to Chen Changan in gratitude, and Qi Wushang pulled him up and scolded him for losing his composure.
• Chen Changan told the Myriad Sword Sect's sect master that the Profound Sword Sect could refine pills without a recovery cycle and would keep all but three pills from each batch.
• The Myriad Sword Sect's sect master promised to prove to the Southern Region that the Profound Sword Sect could refine pills, then left with his people to deliver the pills and spread the news.
• Long Jianxiong worried that frequent pill refining would interfere with Chen Changan's cultivation, so Chen Changan said the sect would train its own alchemists.
• Chen Changan dismissed the Jade Pill Sect's claims about alchemy's requirements and said the true difficulty was matching his own skill.

Chen Changan selected ten disciples from the Profound Sword Sect to train as alchemists and set out with them to find flames at the Blazing Cloud Fire Sea. Meanwhile, news of the sect producing hundreds of top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills spread across the Southern Region, leaving rival sects scrambling and the Jade Pill Sect alarmed.

• Chen Changan chose two flame-talented disciples from each of the Profound Sword Sect's five sword peaks to train as alchemists.
• When the disciples lacked flames, Gou Sheng explained that his wife could not safely provide ten conscious flames, and Chen Changan learned of the Blazing Cloud Fire Sea.
• Chen Changan told the ten disciples to prepare for the journey, informed Long Jianxiong, and left the Profound Sword Sect with alchemy ingredients and his trainees.
• The Myriad Sword Sect spread word that the Profound Sword Sect had produced hundreds of top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills, prompting many sects to rush toward it with ingredients.
• The Haojian Sect decided to flee the Southern Region, while the Underworld Sword Sect weighed its comparatively safer position.
• The Jade Pill Sect's Sect Master dismissed the report as false, but its elders warned that the sect should prepare in case Chen Changan's pills were real.

The Jade Pill Sect challenged the Profound Sword Sect to an alchemy duel to defend its standing in the Southern Region. With Chen Changan away training alchemists, Long Jianxiong refused to rush to answer the challenge and left the Jade Pill Sect to wait.

• A Jade Pill Sect Elder urged the Sect Master to highlight the sect’s ability to refine pills beyond the Myriad Tribulation Pill.
• The Jade Pill Sect Sect Master challenged the Profound Sword Sect to an alchemy duel, and news of it spread across the Southern Region.
• Sword sects traveling to the Profound Sword Sect reconsidered their plans and decided to watch the duel before choosing sides.
• Visitors at the Profound Sword Sect hesitated to request pills until after the duel because Chen Changan was absent.
• Long Jianxiong said the Jade Pill Sect could wait while Chen Changan trained alchemists, and vowed the Southern Region’s order had changed.

The Jade Pill Sect arrived at the Profound Sword Sect and challenged its standing as the Southern Region’s orthodox pill-refining sect. When one of its members mocked Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, she struck him down, leaving the assembled sects stunned.

• The Myriad Sword Sect arrived, and visitors discussed how the Profound Sword Sect’s top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills had fueled its disciples’ cultivation and repeated tribulations.
• The Jade Pill Sect arrived, and Long Jianxiong mocked its people by thanking them for providing the recipe that let the Profound Sword Sect refine top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills.
• The Jade Pill Sect’s leader challenged the Profound Sword Sect and demanded to know why Chen Changan was absent; Long Jianxiong said he had left on business before the challenge.
• The Jade Pill Sect’s members laughed at Chen Changan’s absence and accused the Profound Sword Sect of making excuses.
• Mu Yunyao appeared and insulted the Jade Pill Sect members as stray dogs; after Long Jianxiong introduced her as Chen Changan’s wife, one member mocked her husband for fleeing.
• Mu Yunyao drew the Heaven Devouring Sword and killed the member who had insulted her, stunning everyone present.

Mu Yunyao stopped the Jade Pill Sect from provoking the Profound Sword Sect and urged the sword sect members to stand up to its alchemists. After she left, the others discussed Chen Changan’s absence and learned that Da Huang had taken Li Jianyi’s son out to gain experience.

• Mu Yunyao reprimanded the Profound Sword Sect members and suggested they capture the Jade Pill Sect’s alchemists rather than let them push the sword sects around.
• The Jade Pill Sect Master warned that captured alchemists could refuse to make pills and accused Mu Yunyao of trying to disrupt the pill contest.
• Mu Yunyao admitted killing a Jade Pill Sect member and threatened to kill anyone else who provoked her, then left the sect members to guard the visitors.
• The Myriad Sword Sect’s master praised the Profound Sword Sect for having Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao, while Li Jianyi took credit for bringing them into the sect.
• Qi Wushang asked about Da Huang and Chen Changan, and Li Jianyi explained that Da Huang had taken his son away and Chen Changan had gone to train the sect’s alchemists.

After returning with Xiao Yubo and the others, Chen Changan accepted the Jade Pill Sect’s challenge to compete in alchemy. The Jade Pill Sect Sect Master began refining pills, unaware that Chen Changan was secretly learning from him.

• While the other sects waited for more than two months, Chen Changan refined many top-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills for the Profound Sword Sect.
• Chen Changan returned with Xiao Yubo and the others, who had learned to refine Myriad Tribulation Pills and could produce a top-grade pill in one out of every three batches.
• Chen Changan agreed to the Jade Pill Sect’s challenge to compete in speed, pill quality, and variety, and let its Sect Master go first.
• The Jade Pill Sect Sect Master refined three top-grade and two high-grade Myriad Tribulation Pills in half an hour, then prepared to make more pills.
• While the Jade Pill Sect Sect Master continued refining, Chen Changan secretly studied his techniques.

The Jade Pill Sect's sect master impressed the crowd by refining a Three-Turn Formless Pill, but Chen Changan showed little interest and began making a Myriad Tribulation Pill without a furnace. As Chen Changan casually reached the pill-forming stage in less than half an incense stick, the crowd wondered whether his pill had surpassed top grade.

• The Jade Pill Sect's sect master refined three Three-Turn Formless Pills, including one high-grade pill, and explained how difficult and valuable they were.
• Long Jianxiong explained the Three-Turn Formless Pill's importance to Chen Changan and Qi Wushang, while the sect master confidently challenged Chen Changan to compete.
• Chen Changan took out the ingredients for a Myriad Tribulation Pill and began refining without an Alchemy Furnace.
• The crowd watched Chen Changan's flames extract the ingredients while he leisurely played with his fingers, reaching the pill-forming stage in less than half an incense stick.
• The crowd smelled the pill and wondered whether its quality had surpassed top grade.

Chen Changan refined eight Divine-Grade Myriad Tribulation Pills, leading the Jade Pill Sect to recognize him as the Pill God and end their contest. He declined Ren Dancheng’s offer to follow him and urged the Jade Pill Sect and Profound Sword Sect to cooperate, prompting the Jade Pill Sect to change its pill-refining terms.

• Chen Changan refined eight Divine-Grade Myriad Tribulation Pills, astonishing the Jade Pill Sect and Sword Sect.
• Ren Dancheng examined the pills, recognized them as Divine Grade, and knelt before Chen Changan as the Pill God; the Jade Pill Sect followed.
• Ren Dancheng ended the contest, and Chen Changan revealed that he was also the Sword God and said alchemy was only one of his minor skills.
• Ren Dancheng asked to follow Chen Changan, but Chen Changan refused and urged the Jade Pill Sect and Profound Sword Sect to help each other thrive.
• Ren Dancheng promised the Jade Pill Sect would stop imposing extra conditions and would split successfully refined pills evenly with the sect that requested them.

After the alchemy duel, Chen Changan helped the Jade Pill Sect reform, and the Southern Domain's sword sects recognized the Profound Sword Sect as the Number One Sword Sect. The Evil Sword Sect's master, Hou Mubai, arrived to challenge that title and announced a contest at Sword King Mountain, prompting Chen Changan to question whether he would leave the Profound Sword Sect alive.

• The sword sects praised Chen Changan for changing the Jade Pill Sect rather than destroying it and declared the Profound Sword Sect the Southern Domain's Number One Sword Sect.
• Chen Changan obtained many pill recipes from Ren Dancheng for the Profound Sword Sect's alchemists.
• Hou Mubai arrived with the Evil Sword Sect and said its slain members had simply been too weak to survive.
• Hou Mubai announced that the Evil Sword Sect would challenge for the title at Sword King Mountain in half a year, demanding that other sects submit if they did not attend.
• Chen Changan calmly asked what right Hou Mubai would have to contend for the title if he could not leave the Profound Sword Sect that day.

Chen Changan let Hou Mubai leave after learning that the Evil Sword Sect planned to challenge for the Southern Domain's Number One Sword Sect title at Sword King Mountain in half a year. After refining Myriad Tribulation Pills for the other sects, Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao reached the peak of the Myriad Tribulation Realm, and Da Huang returned with a surprising explanation for his own breakthrough.

• Hou Mubai challenged the sword sects to meet him at Sword King Mountain in half a year, and Chen Changan let him go to learn what he was waiting for.
• Chen Changan agreed to attend the gathering with the other sects and then refined Myriad Tribulation Pills for five days.
• Chen Changan stored the pills in his Jade Bottle of Fortune and returned to Tianjian Peak to focus on cultivation.
• Mu Yunyao reached the peak of the Myriad Tribulation Realm in three months, and Chen Changan reached the same level.
• Da Huang returned to Tianjian Peak, and the Grand Elder revealed that he cultivated by drawing Myriad Tribulation into his body at brothels.

Chen Changan set out for Sword King Mountain with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang, leaving Profound Sword Sect to develop under Long Jianxiong and the others. At Sword King Mountain, Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang waited as sword sects gathered, while Hou Mubai repeatedly tried to recruit Qi Wushang and learned that Chen Changan was the rival he should pursue.

• Chen Changan told Long Jianxiong that he would go to Sword King Mountain without the others and ordered Profound Sword Sect to continue developing while he was away.
• Long Jianxiong reported that Xiao Yubo and the other alchemists had improved their Myriad Tribulation Pills and were studying additional recipes.
• Chen Changan left Profound Sword Sect with Mu Yunyao and Da Huang as sword sects from across the Southern Domain traveled to Sword King Mountain.
• Qi Wushang arrived alone and questioned Hou Mubai, who tried to recruit him into Evil Sword Sect.
• Qi Wushang said he trusted Chen Changan more than Hou Mubai and asked why the contest had been set for six months later.
• As more sword sects gathered, Hou Mubai continued teasing Qi Wushang about joining him, then agreed to try recruiting Chen Changan instead.

Chen Changan met Hou Mubai on Sword King Mountain, where Hou Mubai revealed the Burial Sword Convention and the Southern Domain’s chance to qualify for it. Hou Mubai invited Chen Changan and the other sword sects to join the Evil Sword Sect, but Chen Changan confidently refused.

• Chen Changan arrived on Sword King Mountain and drew an enthusiastic crowd, while Qi Wushang teased Hou Mubai about being envious of him.
• Hou Mubai announced that he had come to the Southern Domain to pursue the Heaven Burying Sword and that he had secured the region an opportunity to qualify for the Burial Sword Convention.
• Hou Mubai explained that the convention determined the Burial Sword Land’s Number One Sword Sect and Number One Sword God, and that the winning sect earned the right to search for the Heaven Burying Sword.
• Hou Mubai urged Chen Changan and the other sword sects to join the Evil Sword Sect, claiming it was their best chance to qualify.
• Chen Changan told Hou Mubai not to come begging him to join the Profound Sword Sect, and Hou Mubai laughed off the suggestion.