Recaps

Ye Lin welcomed a mysterious Sword Elder, watched Song Xue defeat Feng Yuan, and saved the Rogue Cultivator Alliance from destruction. He then traveled to the border, where Cangwu killed Sui Xin before Xu Yang challenged him and gained the upper hand.

• Ye Lin left the Dao lectures, met a nameless old powerhouse in the City Lord Mansion, and let him stay as Sword Elder.
• Song Xue defeated Feng Yuan in the Arena with Return to the Void, and Feng Yuan left after conceding and severing their karma.
• Ye Lin accompanied Tang Feng to the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and forced the five attacking Quasi-Saints to retreat, warning them to leave the Alliance alone.
• Yun Qiyue told Ye Lin that the Chaos Ancient Clan had challenged the Eastern Region, and Ye Lin went to the border to meet a powerful sword cultivator.
• Cangwu defeated and killed Sui Xin, then intimidated the Eastern Region cultivators and demanded their territory.
• Xu Yang challenged Cangwu with his spear, and after their first exchange he unleashed Saintfall, cracking Cangwu’s sword and forcing him back.

Ye Lin defeated Cangwu, then uncovered the Bronze Immortal Hall’s connection to his past as the Sword Dao Master and awakened his original Sword Heart. He passed the Sword Heart assessment’s first two trials and advanced through the sword-filled third trial toward the Progenitor Sword.

• Xu Yang and Cangwu fought with their strongest techniques, and both were badly injured before Cangwu let Xu Yang leave alive.
• Ye Lin defeated Cangwu, erased him with Karma Annihilation, and claimed the Windcloud Mirror.
• Ye Lin followed a map and jade pendant to the Bronze Immortal Hall, where sixty figures recognized him as the reincarnated Sword Dao Master.
• Ye Lin underwent the first Sword Dao transformation, awakened his original Sword Heart, and advanced to the Third Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Ye Lin returned to Dao Sword City, then traveled to the Sword Dao Holy Land and passed the Wenxin trial by answering three questions about his path and will.
• Ye Lin defeated Blackwater Worldslayer’s sword-soul projection in the strength trial, causing Worldslayer to admit defeat.
• Ye Lin entered the Myriad Swords Pay Homage trial and won the acknowledgment of the swords in the first regions, including the forty-nine swords that judged his Sword Dao.
• Ye Lin followed the swords’ guidance to a small white sword embedded in bluestone.

Ye Lin explored the Sword Dao Holy Land, learned from its ancient sword cultivators, and reunited with his master in Dao Sword City. He agreed to enter the deadly arena tournament against the Chaos Ancient Clan and arrived at the venue to learn about his potential opponents.

• Ye Lin met the Sword Graveyard’s gatekeeper, heard the story of the Sword Dao Holy Land’s founder, and left without being able to wield the white short sword.
• Ye Lin visited the Scripture Depository and Teaching Hall, learned sword arts, and chose to hear a sealed cultivator explain the Destruction Sword Dao.
• Ye Lin returned to Dao Sword City and found the Heavenly Blade Sage lecturing powerful cultivators at the Lecture Platform.
• The Heavenly Blade Sage told Ye Lin about the arena tournament against the Chaos Ancient Clan, secured him a place, and gave him the Innate Spirit Treasure Divine Evolution.
• Ye Lin agreed to compete, while Yun Qiyue revealed that she possessed a sealed Ancient Phoenix bloodline and said she would accompany him to cheer.
• The Heavenly Blade Sage brought Ye Lin and Yun Qiyue to the Boundary Sea Abyss, where they met Yan Ting and other tournament participants.
• Ye Lin received a list of the Chaos Ancient Clan’s thirty-six contestants and became eager to face a powerful Third Heaven Quasi-Saint body cultivator.

Ye Lin and the Origin Continent cultivators entered a deadly contest against the Chaos Ancient Clan, where Liu Yan sacrificed herself to wound Lai Te and Yun Feiyang was killed by Barnes. The Origin Continent fell six battles behind and lost two prodigies with the potential to reach the Ninth Heaven Quasi-Saint Realm.

• Yan Ting gathered the cultivators for a month of rest before the tournament, and Ye Lin received Identity Tokens from Su Wuhen and Canglan Venerable.
• The tournament began with the Origin Continent and Chaos Ancient Clan drawing matches, and Liu Yan faced the powerful body cultivator Lai Te.
• Liu Yan burned her cultivation and laws to attack Lai Te, but he endured her assault and tortured her until she self-destructed, leaving him badly wounded.
• After the Chaos Ancient Clan claimed Icefield Prefecture, Yun Feiyang entered the Arena to face Barnes, his unresolved opponent from the Boundary Sea.
• Yun Feiyang used the Sword God’s sword technique to wound Barnes and drive him to the brink of defeat, but Barnes’s bloodline awakened and healed him.
• Yun Feiyang severed Barnes’s transformed claw with his fifth sword, then collapsed before he could unleash a sixth, and Barnes impaled him.
• Barnes shattered Yun Feiyang’s Primordial Spirit and declared that the Chaos Ancient Clan deserved to rule the Origin Continent as its defeat count reached six.