Recaps

Qiu Changtian built his bond and rivalry with Xu Yinglian while taking her on a mission that ended in a fight with a Yin Ghost Dao cultivator. As Ling Yunpo and Luo Yan, he pursued the Sky Mending Stone fragments across Shushan and Penglai, where Shi Liuli began to suspect Luo Yan and Ling Yunpo’s black sword identified itself as Qingping.

• Qiu Changtian learned that the Sky Mending Stone fragments were hidden and began cultivating, while Xu Yinglian’s obsession with surpassing him persisted.
• As Ling Yunpo, Qiu Changtian joined Shushan and summoned a black flying sword that True Lord Minghua suspected might be the lost Qingping Sword.
• Qiu Changtian helped Xu Yinglian improve her swordsmanship, then watched her reject the idea that younger disciples could surpass her after the Heavenly Stairway trials.
• The Kunlun Mirror sent Ling Yunpo to Penglai as Luo Yan to seek the third fragment, and Luo Yan passed Yuqing Temple’s entrance examination with a perfect score.
• Ling Yunpo cared for the injured An Zhisu, learned that Stone Ziming had wounded her and Green Snail Peak had lost its spirit-stone allowance, then vowed to help her.
• Qiu Changtian took Xu Yinglian on a Kunlun mission, where they fought a Yin Ghost Dao cultivator who had lured disciples into a mine with Tu Lou, and Qiu Changtian defeated him with the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword.
• Qiu Changtian’s success raised his Invincible Persona synchronization, while Song He and his allies began plotting to sabotage him at the East Sea Departure Palace.
• At Yuqing Temple, Shi Liuli suspected Luo Yan was pretending to be stupid and began checking his exam records, and meanwhile Ling Yunpo returned to Mount Shu, where his black sword told him to call it Qingping.

Ling Yunpo stayed loyal to Green Snail Peak, mastered dual-sword techniques, and killed Lou Zhizheng in a duel. Meanwhile, Qiu Changtian trained in Lightning Magic, rescued Yuqing Temple disciples, and traveled to Penglai, where Shi Liuli’s admiration for him grew as Luo Yan considered joining her fan group.

• Ling Yunpo refused Lou Zhizheng’s offer to join Purple Cloud Peak and accepted the sword duel, while An Zhisu arranged for Lin Duanshan to teach him dual-sword techniques.
• Qiu Changtian learned Lightning Magic from the Ziwei Sect Master and used it to protect Kunlun disciples from Corpse Spiders and Yin Ghost Dao cultivators in an underground palace.
• Luo Yan impressed Elder Shi Ding with his knowledge of alchemy and joined his artifact-refining lineage, where Shi Liuli and the other senior disciples welcomed him.
• Ling Yunpo mastered Lin Duanshan’s dual-sword instruction, earned his respect, and received Thunderstrike Sword from An Zhisu after Qingping Sword intimidated it into obedience.
• Ling Yunpo defeated Lou Zhizheng with Green Mist Shrouding the Blue Peaks and Jade Pivot Divine Thunder, and An Zhisu vowed to protect him and preserve Green Snail Peak’s lineage.
• Luo Yan and Shi Liuli investigated the Li Palace, while Qiu Changtian learned that the Imperial Palace Secret Realm would soon open and agreed to keep its purpose secret.
• Qiu Changtian rescued trapped Penglai disciples in the Qinling Mountains, then accompanied Xu Yinglian and the Ziwei Sect Master to Penglai, where Shi Liuli praised him and clashed with Xu Yinglian.
• Luo Yan listened as Shi Liuli and the Yuqing Temple disciples praised Qiu Changtian, then agreed to consider joining Shi Liuli’s Changtian Society.