Recaps

Chen Changan and Hou Mubai waited for the Glazed Sword Sect representatives, who were needed to approve the Southern Region’s participation in the Burial Sword Convention. Their arrival interrupted the group’s teasing of Hou Mubai just as he threatened to settle things with Chen Changan in the coming fight.

• Chen Changan learned that the Emperor Sword Sect had won every recent Burial Sword Convention and that the Southern Region needed its approval to participate.
• Hou Mubai explained that he had contacted the Glazed Sword Sect, an affiliated sect handling preliminary work for the convention.
• Chen Changan and the others teased Hou Mubai about his loneliness and upbringing, leaving him angry and embarrassed.
• Chen Changan joked that Hou Mubai needed treatment for taking so long to urinate, and Hou Mubai threatened to show him who was the father when the fight began.
• Two unfamiliar figures appeared atop Sword King Mountain, and Hou Mubai announced that they had finally arrived.

Chen Changan challenged Hou Mubai for the title of the Southern Domain’s strongest swordsman after clashing with two arrogant visitors from the Glazed Sword Sect. Hou Mubai struggled to make the first move, and the Glazed Sword Sect pair recognized Chen Changan’s terrifying swordsmanship, though they questioned whether his combat strength could match Hou Mubai’s.

• The Glazed Sword Sect pair mocked the Southern Domain, and Chen Changan and Da Huang answered their insults.
• Chen Changan declared himself the Southern Domain’s Number One Sword God, while Hou Mubai insisted their duel would decide who was strongest.
• Hou Mubai challenged Chen Changan and urged him to concede, but Chen Changan told him to make his move.
• Hou Mubai found himself unable to attack as Chen Changan’s swordsmanship blended perfectly with heaven and earth.
• The Glazed Sword Sect pair recognized Chen Changan’s extraordinary sword realm but wondered whether he could match Hou Mubai in combat strength.

Chen Changan effortlessly stopped Hou Mubai’s strongest sword strike with his Sword Intent, forcing Hou to accept defeat. After learning that the Profound Sword Sect had qualified for the Burial Sword Convention’s next stage, Chen Changan challenged the two Glazed Sword Sect members before they could leave.

• Hou Mubai drew his sword and charged Chen Changan with his strongest strike.
• Chen Changan stopped Hou Mubai’s sword with his Sword Intent, and Hou admitted defeat.
• Chen Changan praised Hou Mubai’s ability to accept defeat and asked about the next stage of the Burial Sword Convention.
• The two from the Glazed Sword Sect explained that the Profound Sword Sect would need to challenge other qualified junior Sword Sects to earn a place among the ten finalists.
• When the Glazed Sword Sect members prepared to leave, Chen Changan asked them to demonstrate their abilities.

Chen Changan forced two Glazed Sword Sect visitors to apologize for insulting the Southern Domain, then urged its Sword Cultivators to grow stronger before he left. Hou Mubai praised Chen Changan’s leadership but said he was better suited to wandering alone than running a sect.

• Chen Changan challenged the Glazed Sword Sect visitors to fight or apologize for insulting the Southern Domain.
• The woman apologized on behalf of herself and her companion, and the visitors left Sword King Mountain.
• Chen Changan told the gathered Sword Cultivators to remember the humiliation, strengthen themselves, and share his warning with their sects before he departed.
• Hou Mubai admired Chen Changan’s leadership and said his personality made him better suited to wandering alone than leading a Sword Sect.

Chen Changan learned how the Burial Sword Convention’s preliminary stage worked and gathered a five-person team to represent the Profound Sword Sect. Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang joined him, and Chen counted Da Huang as the fifth fighter.

• Hou Mubai explained that sects had to defeat a hundred opponents in five-person matches at Battle Hundred City to advance in the Burial Sword Convention.
• Chen Changan said he planned to compete all the way to the end, despite Hou Mubai warning him about the challenges ahead.
• Hou Mubai offered to leave the Evil Sword Sect and join the Profound Sword Sect so he could compete alongside Chen Changan.
• Qi Wushang argued that he should join too, and Hou Mubai agreed to let him represent the Profound Sword Sect.
• Chen Changan declared the team complete with Hou Mubai, Qi Wushang, and Da Huang, though the others noted that only four people had been counted.

Chen Changan, Mu Yunyao, and Big Yellow reached the Formless Realm before leaving the Profound Sword Sect for the Burial Sword Convention. The sect prepared to improve without them, while Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang waited at the meeting point and traded barbs.

• Chen Changan gave the Profound Sword Sect large supplies of pills and materials, then asked how to cultivate in the Formless Realm.
• Long Jianxiong explained that the Formless Realm depended on comprehension, and Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao immediately broke through; Big Yellow followed.
• Chen Changan urged the Profound Sword Sect to train hard and explore beyond the Southern Domain, then left with his companions without a farewell.
• Chen Changan and the others met Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang, who teased each other about their pasts and backgrounds.
• Qi Wushang told Hou Mubai that Big Yellow liked visiting brothels, and Big Yellow boasted that he could even reach the heavens.

Chen Changan made Hou Mubai tell the group about his past before they traveled together to the Burial Sword Convention. Hou Mubai explained that he had developed the Reverse Flow Sword Dao by practicing swordsmanship backward, and he wanted to prove his family wrong.

• Da Huang bit Hou Mubai after Hou Mubai taunted it, and Chen Changan stopped their squabble.
• Chen Changan asked Hou Mubai to share his past so the group could build trust before attending the Burial Sword Convention.
• Hou Mubai described being dismissed as a failure by the Hou Family because he could not practice swordsmanship their way.
• Hou Mubai said he found that training backward worked for him, though his family condemned the method as heretical.
• Chen Changan called Hou Mubai the founding patriarch of the Reverse Flow Sword Dao, and Hou Mubai eagerly embraced the title.
• Hou Mubai explained that he left the Hou Family to prove that his unconventional path could bring success and show his family they were wrong.

Chen Changan encouraged Hou Mubai and learned the rules of the Battle Hundred Sects after the group reached Battle Hundred City. He decided to register and challenge the sword sects without making preparations, confident that he had never lost.

• Chen Changan encouraged Hou Mubai to stay true to himself, then teased him by leaving before telling their own stories.
• Chen Changan and his companions flew for several months to Battle Hundred City, where sword sects had gathered for the Burial Sword Convention.
• Hou Mubai explained that contestants had to win every match, could not refuse challenges, and could challenge others if nobody challenged them.
• Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang urged Chen Changan to gather information and choose opponents carefully, while they bickered over Hou Mubai's nickname.
• Chen Changan dismissed their concerns and said they should register and challenge the sects one by one because he had never lost.

Chen Changan brought Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang to the Hundred Battles Arena and challenged the Five Elements Sword Sect after dismissing the preliminary competitors as weak. Qi Wushang entered the first match, where Chen Changan encouraged him to rely on his sword and gain combat experience.

• Chen Changan brushed off Hou Mubai's concern that his arrogance would make other sects target them, then led the group to the Hundred Battles Arena.
• A registration clerk questioned whether the Southern Domain's Profound Sword Sect was qualified, but Chen Changan demanded that he register them.
• Chen Changan judged the preliminary competitors weak, prompting a Five Elements Sword Sect sect master to confront him.
• Chen Changan challenged the Five Elements Sword Sect and sent Qi Wushang to fight its late-stage Formless Realm Elder.
• Chen Changan calmed Qi Wushang and told him to trust his sword, while the Five Elements Sword Sect mocked his chances.

Qi Wushang regained his confidence and defeated the Five Elements Sword Sect’s challengers, winning the first battle for the Profound Sword Sect. After the Five Elements Sword Sect conceded, Chen Changan invited all sword sects to challenge them.

• Qi Wushang overcame his doubts and defeated a Five Elements Sword Sect Elder with one sword strike.
• Qi Wushang defeated two more opponents in succession, drawing attention to the Profound Sword Sect.
• The Five Elements Sword Sect admitted defeat and withdrew from the competition.
• Chen Changan told Qi Wushang to remain in the arena and challenged all sword sects to face the Profound Sword Sect.

Chen Changan challenged the gathered sects to face the Profound Sword Sect, and Qi Wushang fought a string of opponents at the Hundred Battles Arena. After five straight wins, Qi Wushang neared his limit and Chen Changan called him down, leaving the Profound Sword Sect established as a dangerous dark horse.

• Chen Changan welcomed challenges from every sect, and the Crimson Flame Sword Sect sent an Elder to fight Qi Wushang.
• Qi Wushang defeated the Crimson Flame Sword Sect Elder with a sword strike, then beat the sect master as his Sword Intent grew stronger.
• The Crimson Flame Sword Sect conceded and withdrew, giving the Profound Sword Sect two wins.
• Chen Changan kept Qi Wushang fighting while Hou Mubai asked for a chance to take the arena.
• Qi Wushang won three more matches in a row, reaching five straight wins before Chen Changan called him down.

After the Profound Sword Sect’s victories discouraged other sects from challenging them, Chen Changan returned to the inn with his group and reminded Qi Wushang and Hou Mubai to stay humble and focused. Hou Mubai had no chance to fight that day, and the group ended the evening impressed by Chen Changan’s influence.

• After Qi Wushang left the arena, Hou Mubai tried to attract challengers, but no one dared face another Profound Sword Sect fighter.
• Chen Changan told Hou Mubai to return the next day, promising he could choose someone to challenge if no one came forward.
• On the way back to the inn, Qi Wushang celebrated his five consecutive wins while Hou Mubai challenged him to a spar, which Qi Wushang refused.
• Chen Changan cautioned Qi Wushang against becoming arrogant and urged him to learn from both victories and defeats.
• When Hou Mubai laughed at Qi Wushang, Chen Changan rebuked him until he apologized, leaving Hou Mubai and Qi Wushang impressed by Chen Changan’s persuasive presence.

At the Hundred Battles Arena, Hou Mubai tried to attract a challenger but was ignored because Qi Wushang’s earlier victory had made the Profound Sword Sect too notorious. When Dai Shang and the Nether Separation Sword Sect challenged them, Hou Mubai eagerly asked to enter the ring.

• Chen Changan stopped Hou Mubai from rushing into an empty ring and explained that he needed an opponent first.
• Hou Mubai called out to the crowd, but everyone ignored him and refused to challenge him.
• Hou Mubai blamed Qi Wushang’s earlier showing for making the crowd avoid the Profound Sword Sect.
• Dai Shang introduced himself as Sect Master of the Nether Separation Sword Sect and challenged the Profound Sword Sect.
• Hou Mubai hurried to the referee, eager to take the match.

Hou Mubai defeated Dai Shang and pushed the Profound Sword Sect’s wins to twenty as rival sects repeatedly forfeited rather than face him. When Chen Changan and the others returned to the arena, they found it empty and wondered if the entire city had ostracized them.

• Hou Mubai defeated Dai Shang with his self-created Reverse Flow Sword Dao, and Dai Shang stopped his sect members from arguing after their loss.
• The Nether Separation Sword Sect withdrew, bringing the Profound Sword Sect’s victories to six.
• Hou Mubai challenged opponents at random, but they forfeited without entering the arena, raising the Profound Sword Sect’s total to twenty.
• Chen Changan explained that other sects feared humiliation and did not want to become supporting characters in the Profound Sword Sect’s rise.
• On the third day, Chen Changan and the others found the Hundred Battles Arena empty except for an old man sweeping, and Hou Mubai wondered if the whole city had ostracized them.

When the Hundred Battles Arena’s opponents stopped appearing, Chen Changan used Big Yellow to provoke the city into sending a crowd after them. He persuaded the furious pursuers to enter the arena in groups, setting up a stream of challengers for the Profound Sword Sect.

• Chen Changan realized the Hundred Battles Arena had no challengers or referee, and Big Yellow left to provoke the city while Mu Yunyao went to fetch the referee.
• Big Yellow caused a commotion across Hundred Battles City, angering a growing crowd as he insulted people, bit one man, and stole a treasured sword.
• Big Yellow led his pursuers to the arena, where the referee activated the barrier and the crowd confronted the Profound Sword Sect.
• Chen Changan offered the crowd a chance to beat Big Yellow in the arena and ruled that five people could count as one sect.
• The first person in line charged into the arena, and the referee sighed at the disorder.

Da Huang helped the Profound Sword Sect reach fifty victories at the Burial Sword Convention, making the sect so unpopular that the people of Hundred Battles City hid in their homes. Chen Changan invited the other Sword Sects to a banquet and proposed that they help his sect finish its Hundred-Win Streak by tricking other Sword Sects into coming to the arena.

• Da Huang defeated every challenger with one slap, bringing the Profound Sword Sect's victory count to fifty and earning the sect widespread hatred.
• The referee warned the Profound Sword Sect to leave Hundred Battles City, but Chen Changan returned to the inn to wait until the next day.
• Chen Changan told Qi Wushang and Hou Mubai to invite the other Sword Sects to a meal and assure them the Profound Sword Sect would not challenge them.
• Chen Changan apologized to the guests and explained that the stalemate kept everyone from participating in the Burial Sword Convention.
• Chen Changan proposed that the other Sword Sects trick additional Sword Sects into coming so the Profound Sword Sect could complete its Hundred-Win Streak.

Chen Changan arranged for the other sword sects in Hundred Battles City to lure more challengers to the Profound Sword Sect, giving the sects there an excuse to help them complete their Hundred-Win Streak. Rumors brought several renowned sects to the arena, where Mu Yunyao challenged them and the Profound Sword Sect accepted every match.

• Chen Changan persuaded the sword sects in Hundred Battles City to find challengers for the Profound Sword Sect, and he and his companions stayed at an inn to cultivate.
• The other sword sects spread rumors about the Profound Sword Sect, drawing several nearby sects to Hundred Battles City.
• Six or seven sword sects arrived and went to the Hundred Battles Arena, where Chen Changan and the crowd were waiting.
• The newcomers asked where to find the Profound Sword Sect, and the crowd pointed toward Chen Changan and his companions.
• Mu Yunyao took the next turn and entered the arena, prompting the Southern Bright Sword Sect to challenge her.
• Mu Yunyao told the newcomers to stop wasting time, and the Profound Sword Sect declared that it would accept every challenge that day.

Mu Yunyao swept aside challengers from eight sword sects, then took on the Wind Cloud Sword Sect after its Dao Derivation Realm expert, Feng Xiaoyun, arrived. She defeated his peak Formless Realm Elder with one punch and challenged Feng Xiaoyun to fight her next.

• Mu Yunyao defeated every challenger from eight sword sects with a single sword strike each.
• Feng Xiaoyun of the Wind Cloud Sword Sect arrived, and Mu Yunyao challenged his sect to a match.
• Feng Xiaoyun sent a peak Formless Realm female Elder to fight Mu Yunyao instead of facing her himself.
• Mu Yunyao shattered the Elder's Sword Domain and knocked her into the arena barrier with one punch.
• Mu Yunyao told Feng Xiaoyun that no one in his sect was worthy of making her draw her sword and urged him to fight her.
• Feng Xiaoyun accepted Mu Yunyao's challenge and declared that he would show her a true powerhouse.

Mu Yunyao crushed Feng Xiaoyun without drawing her sword, and Chen Changan used the arena rules to intimidate the Wind Cloud Sword Sect into conceding. The Profound Sword Sect completed its hundred-win streak in under half a month, while Chen Changan explained why he had not fought.

• Mu Yunyao overwhelmed Feng Xiaoyun with her fists, knocked him unconscious, and challenged the Wind Cloud Sword Sect to send another fighter.
• Chen Changan pointed out that the rules did not forbid wiping out a sect, and the Wind Cloud Sword Sect conceded and left.
• Spectators became afraid of the Profound Sword Sect and helped bring challengers to the arena until the sect completed its hundred-win streak.
• Qi Wushang and Hou Mubai asked why Chen Changan had not fought, and he said the challengers were not worth his time.

After completing the Hundred-Win Streak, Chen Changan learned that the next stage of the Burial Sword Convention was Battle Mountain Gate, in which his team had to challenge ten Sword Sects within five years. Back at the inn, he laid out training advice for the team and called Mu Yunyao and Da Huang the weak links.

• The City Lord explained that Chen Changan's team had to challenge ten Sword Sects in the Battle Mountain Gate stage and succeed within five years.
• Chen Changan agreed to continue, and the City Lord said he would randomly select the ten sects and send their names.
• Chen Changan told his teammates to improve their cultivation and urged Qi Wushang and Hou Mubai to strengthen their swordsmanship and sword domains.
• Chen Changan said Mu Yunyao's swordsmanship was already perfected and Da Huang did not need swordsmanship, then declared them the team's weak links.

Chen Changan encouraged Hou Mubai to confront his unresolved feelings about the Hou Family, then learned the Azure Vault Sword Sect included Hou Mubai’s two elder brothers. He led the group from Hundred Battles City toward the Hou Family, leaving the other Sword Sects to wonder how far the Profound Sword Sect would go in the Burial Sword Convention.

• Hou Mubai told Chen Changan he wanted to defeat the Hou Family’s experts and eventually sever his ties with the family.
• Chen Changan advised Hou Mubai not to let his past become a shackle, and Hou Mubai resolved to face the Hou Family directly.
• Chen Changan saw the Glazed Sword Sect on the list of ten chosen Sword Sects, while Hou Mubai noticed that his eldest and second brothers belonged to the Azure Vault Sword Sect.
• Chen Changan urged Hou Mubai not to doubt himself before fighting his brothers and announced that the group would visit the Hou Family first.
• Chen Changan and his companions left Hundred Battles City for the Hou Family as the gathered Sword Sect members discussed the Profound Sword Sect’s prospects.

Hou Mubai returned to the Hou Family to sever his remaining ties, only to learn his father had already erased his name from the family genealogy. As Hou Mubai prepared to leave, the Family Head ordered that he be kept there for the rest of his life.

• The Hou Family discussed its elders’ progress in the Burial Sword Convention, and the Family Head condemned Hou Mubai as a disgrace.
• Hou Mubai returned with Qi Wushang and Da Huang, and Hou Family members insulted him and demanded that he leave.
• The Hou Family’s Family Head accused Hou Mubai of returning to rely on the family for Burial Sword Convention qualifications, but Hou Mubai said he had already obtained them himself.
• Hou Mubai said he had returned to erase his name from the Hou Family genealogy and cut all ties with the family.
• The Family Head revealed that he had erased Hou Mubai’s name years earlier, and Hou Mubai said farewell.
• The Family Head stopped Hou Mubai from leaving and ordered that he spend the rest of his life in the Hou Family.

Chen Changan, Da Huang, Qi Wushang, and Hou Mubai confronted the Hou Family, and Chen Changan used his sword domain to overpower them. Hou Mubai severed his ties to the family and left, determined to keep the Hou surname and make the Hou Family regret abandoning him.

• Chen Changan defended Hou Mubai’s right to leave the Hou Family and said Hou Mubai belonged to the Profound Sword Sect, which had completed a Hundred-Win Streak.
• Da Huang charged the Hou Family Head and sent him flying through buildings after the Hou Family dismissed him.
• Chen Changan’s sword domain subdued the entire Hou Family, and he spared them for Hou Mubai’s sake while declaring that Hou Mubai owed them nothing.
• Hou Mubai left the Hou Family after letting go of his resentment, while the family members argued over whether they had mistreated him.
• Da Huang offered to let Hou Mubai take the surname Huang and become his son, but Hou Mubai refused and vowed to keep the Hou surname.

After Chen Changan refined divine-grade pills, the renowned Sword Wine Immortal, Crippled Beggar, appeared and begged for a taste. Chen traded food and fine wine for the old man’s stories, leaving Hou Mubai to wonder what Chen intended to gain.

• Chen Changan refined a batch of divine-grade Three-Turn Formless Pills while Qi Wushang, Hou Mubai, and Da Huang watched.
• Crippled Beggar arrived, and Hou Mubai recognized him as a powerful Burial Sword Land senior reputed to rank among its top five.
• Crippled Beggar asked for pills to eat with his wine, but Chen Changan offered him unfamiliar snacks instead, which the old man eagerly devoured.
• Chen Changan served food to Qi Wushang and Hou Mubai and brought out fine wine, catching Crippled Beggar’s attention.
• Chen Changan agreed to trade wine and food for Crippled Beggar’s stories, while Hou Mubai questioned why Chen was not asking for more.

Chen Changan pressed the old beggar about his past and learned that he had spent years searching the Burial Sword Land for the elusive Chaos Sword Tomb. The old man offered to guide Chen Changan and his companions there, while revealing that the Heaven Burying Sword remained a separate mystery possibly known to the Emperor Sword Sect.

• Chen Changan asked about the old beggar and his Broken Sword, but the old man refused to explain his past and urged him not to pry into others' lives.
• The old beggar said he wandered the Burial Sword Land in search of wine and had no places he could not enter, only places he did not want to go.
• The old beggar introduced the Chaos Sword Tomb and explained that it appeared unpredictably, vanished without warning, and might soon appear nearby.
• The old beggar offered to take Chen Changan and his companions to the dangerous Chaos Sword Tomb and protect them in exchange for more wine, and Chen Changan agreed.
• The old beggar said the Chaos Sword Tomb was unrelated to the Heaven Burying Sword, whose location was unknown, though the Emperor Sword Sect might know something about it.