Recaps

Xie Jinghan rescued Xie Jinlin from the Blood Slaughter Sect, built his reputation through sword duels, and defeated Gong Feiyu when the sect threatened the Xie Household. He returned home determined to train the household’s younger generation, while Miao Cunyi’s letter and gift introduced a new mystery.

• At Xie Xuanyuan’s birthday banquet, Wu Hen attacked the Xie Household and revealed Xie Jinlin’s severed arm, but Xie Jinghan killed him with one sword strike.
• Xie Jinghan reached the Innate Realm, then accepted a mission to search for Xie Jinlin near Black Tiger Mountain.
• Xie Jinghan tracked a hidden Blood Slaughter Sect base, rescued Xie Jinlin, Wang Tianfeng, and Ling Yun, and destroyed the Blood Pool.
• After returning to the Xie Residence, Xie Jinghan defeated Chu Ning at Wangjiang Terrace with a single strike and encouraged Xie Jinlin to keep pursuing swordsmanship despite losing an arm.
• Gong Feiyu sent the Blackfeather Guard to seal the Xie Residence and forced Xie Jinghan to accept a Sword Challenge Letter under threat to his family.
• Xie Jinghan defeated Gong Feiyu at Wangjiang Terrace, ending the Blood Slaughter Sect’s immediate threat to the Xie Household.
• Xie Jinghan decided to train the Xie Household’s younger members, then received Miao Cunyi’s letter and the Seven-Star Sword Art manual.

Xie Jinghan trained the Xie Household’s young sword guards, killed Wei Dong, and traveled to Great Black Mountain to help villagers find a missing child. After claiming part of a rare Earthcore Fire Lotus, he and two beasts faced the Ink Jiao, leaving their battle unresolved when a mysterious youth struck the beast with an arrow.

• Xie Jinghan formed a group of eight Sword Guards, trained them in sword arts, and took the Twelve Moonlit Nights swords from the Armory Pavilion.
• Xie Jinghan left the Xie Residence for Tiger Leaping Gorge, where Wei Dong and A Qing ambushed him, and he killed Wei Dong while A Qing escaped.
• Xie Jinghan recovered at Tiger Leaping Gorge, then returned to Zhao Village and joined the villagers’ search for Feng'er after a white tiger took him.
• Xie Jinghan and three villagers found an underground cavern where a White Tiger and an Azure Wolf fought over the Earthcore Fire Lotus.
• Xie Jinghan divided the ripe lotus among himself and the two beasts, then asked the White Tiger about the young man it had taken.
• An Ink Jiao emerged from the gorge and attacked Xie Jinghan, the White Tiger, and the Azure Wolf after sensing the lotus seed he carried.
• Xie Jinghan and the two beasts struggled against the Ink Jiao until a mysterious youth fired an arrow that pierced its scales and lodged in its skull.

Xie Jinghan left Zhao Village to seek a way to save Miao Cunyi, while Zhao Feng departed for Heaven Beyond Heaven and the village gained new protections. In Dutian Prefecture, Xie Jinghan uncovered a plot behind Miao Cunyi’s imprisonment, then became trapped in a prison ambush with the other visitors.

• Li Muyang named Zhao Feng his heir, secured treasures for him through Xie Jinghan and Li Niannian, and bound Zhao Feng and the White Tiger with a Blood Pact.
• Xie Jinghan consumed an Earthcore Fire Lotus Seed and advanced to the Third Heaven of the Innate Realm, then watched Zhao Feng survive heavenly tribulation and reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Zhao Feng invited Xie Jinghan to join him in Heaven Beyond Heaven, but Xie Jinghan declined until he had settled his debts and grudges, and Zhao Feng gave him a fire-attribute secret technique before departing.
• Xie Jinghan helped protect Zhao Village by arranging a mountain-guarding formation and securing the Azure Wolf’s aid, while Zhao Xin'er left with Zhao Feng and the others.
• After learning that Miao Cunyi was imprisoned and sentenced to execution, Xie Jinghan traveled to Dutian Prefecture and paid Qian Sanqi a Spirit Stone to arrange a prison visit.
• At the prison, Miao Cunyi warned Xie Jinghan that the visit was a trap and revealed that Yang Shijing had targeted Xu Lingkong’s lineage to steal the Seven-Star Sword Sect’s techniques.
• Bai Ji ordered the visitors seized, and several accused him of framing and exploiting people, and Xie Jinghan and a tall swordsman fought through the garrison as the Cold-Blooded Thirteen Eagles appeared to block their escape.