Recaps

Qin Huaian helped uncover the island’s mysterious treasure, fought off sea demons, and escaped when the Demon Race joined the attack. He found an ancient artifact-refining pavilion, gained control of Xu Yunpeng’s Primordial Spirit, and headed toward Azure Flood Dragon Palace.

• Qin Huaian entered the cave’s natural Illusion Formation, defeated the black-robed cultivator’s physical body, and discovered an indestructible boulder absorbing spiritual energy.
• Lin Tianyu and the sect leaders arrived, and Qin Huaian guided them through the formation as the boulder’s lights multiplied and the island’s spiritual energy rose.
• Qin Huaian advanced to the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, improved his concealment and escape arts, and killed three sea demons sent to investigate the island.
• Rogue Cultivators learned of the island’s treasure, and sea demons and Azure Edge’s Demon Race forces attacked the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect, forcing Qin Huaian to flee beneath the seabed.
• Qin Huaian traveled toward Orca Hall, learned that Abyssal Darkness had taken most of its forces away, and found a damaged seventh-rank Concealment Array hiding an ancient pavilion.
• Qin Huaian entered the pavilion and found Mo Qiyuan’s records, which described the Green Mud Sect, the ancient war against the Devil Race, and a cultivator imprisoned in the rear courtyard.
• Xu Yunpeng’s Primordial Spirit tried to possess Qin Huaian, but Qin Huaian captured and bound him after agreeing to spare him under a soul-control condition.
• Qin Huaian learned from Xu Yunpeng that Azure Flood Dragon Palace had once ruled the eastern Boundless Sea, then traveled toward it after hearing that its forces were heading to the treasure island where Master and the others had withdrawn.

Qin Huaian stole part of the Azure Flood Dragon Clan’s spirit vein, reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and was drawn through the Boundary Stele’s Immortal Path. He arrived in Sword Mark Canyon under the name Wang Baole, where he killed three cultivators who tried to rob him and escaped their pursuers.

• Qin Huaian stole a section of the Azure Flood Dragon Clan’s spirit vein and killed Qiu Hai while escaping underground.
• Qin Huaian cultivated to Golden Core Great Perfection, then formed a Nascent Soul as the Boundary Stele appeared and began drawing cultivators toward its teleportation array.
• Qin Huaian returned to the Yellow Mountain Sword Sect, shared cultivation arts with Lin Tianyu and Min Yingzhu, and warned the sect as the music lured cultivators toward the array.
• The Boundary Stele pulled Qin Huaian and Min Yingzhu into its vortex, but they became separated after entering the seven-colored passage.
• Qin Huaian arrived at Sword Mark Canyon, introduced himself to Zhao Jinnan and Zhao Sisi as Wang Baole, and learned that the canyon held Mirrorheart Sword Orchids and a damaged immortal artifact sword.
• Qin Huaian took a Mirrorheart Sword Orchid and killed Wan'er after she and two other cultivators tried to rob him, then lured the survivors away from the canyon.
• Qin Huaian trapped and killed the two pursuing Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators with his formation and Sword Domain, destroyed their Nascent Souls, and escaped underground.
• Boss Chen’s group found the battle site and reported Qin Huaian’s apparent death to the Seventh Princess, while Zhao Sisi read the message and frowned.

Qin Huaian inherited Immortal King Falling Dust’s damaged Flowing Cloud sword and became the target of Riverbank Continent’s factions. He concealed his identity in Vast Peace City, advanced his cultivation and array mastery, and drew the attention of cultivators after buying a mysterious material that reacted with his flame.

• Qin Huaian gained insights at Ask Sword Peak, received the Broken Iron Sword, and fled as Sword Mark Canyon’s formation collapsed and the Sword Intent vanished.
• Qin Huaian learned from Immortal King Falling Dust’s message that Flowing Cloud was a damaged immortal artifact tied to a Sword Dao inheritance, then refined it and escaped the canyon.
• Zhao Sisi recognized Qin Huaian as Wang Baole, and major factions began searching for him after hearing that he might have inherited the Sword Immortal Legacy.
• Qin Huaian killed one Cao Clan cultivator, captured another, and possessed the captive so Xu Yunpeng could take over his body and swear allegiance.
• Qin Huaian and Xu Yunpeng reached Vast Peace City, where Qin Huaian rented a courtyard, studied the city’s pill and formation markets, and spent years cultivating and refining array disks.
• Qin Huaian sold array disks for high-grade spirit stones, used them to advance to Nascent Soul Middle Stage 50/100, and declined to join Xu Yunpeng in searching for Earthcore Flame Marrow.
• Qin Huaian bought a transparent material that the stall owner identified as Starlight Fire Glaze, then placed it with the Crimson Ash Quicksand Flame in his Seed Space.
• Qin Huaian advanced to Nascent Soul Middle Stage 82/100 and Sixth-Grade Array Master Minor Achievement 1/100 as the flame enveloped the Starlight Fire Glaze, while the stall owner’s Master ordered disciples to watch his cave abode.

Qin Huaian entered the Volcano Secret Realm in search of a treasure for Little Seedling, selling the Flowing Cloud Sword Art and fighting cultivators and beasts along the way. After diving beneath a lava river, he fell into a sealed trial ground where an old Daoist began explaining its purpose and rules.

• Qin Huaian broke through to Early Stage Spirit Transformation, learned of the Volcano Secret Realm, and set out after sensing a treasure northeast of Vast Peace City.
• Qin Huaian killed the cultivators tracking him over the Starlight Fire Glaze, then reached the secret realm and sold ten copies of the Flowing Cloud Sword Art to major factions.
• Qin Huaian entered the secret realm, found a giant tree he could barely mark, and killed a cultivator while claiming a seventh-tier Blood Ginseng.
• Qin Huaian collected Earthcore Flame Marrow from magma pits, then defeated the white-bearded elder and his disciple after they pursued him.
• Qin Huaian used his Body Integration Realm puppet to kill bandits who demanded his Earthcore Flame Marrow and continued toward the lava river where the Twin-Heart Molten Heart Lotus was growing.
• Qin Huaian avoided the battle for the matured Molten Heart Lotus and dove beneath the lava river, where he found a barrier blocking his way to Little Seedling’s treasure.
• When the Molten Heart Lotus was harvested, Qin Huaian and more than a thousand cultivators fell through the altered barrier into a vast space where they lost access to spiritual power, divine sense, and Storage Rings.
• An old Daoist explained that War God Xing had made the realm a trial ground from the Flame Devils’ former territory and warned the cultivators not to damage the great trees.