Recaps

After Zhu Lin attained the Dao, Jiang Yang dealt with Cong Ya’s death, guided Cong Huaijin into the Sect, and learned more about Tai Pei’er’s cultivation. He formed the Autumn Response sword essence and deepened his Sword Dao bond with Bai Tang before departing with Xuan Di for the Dragon Lord’s birthday, arriving at the Heli Heavenly Abyss.

• Zhu Lin attained the Dao as the True Lord of Attached Fire, while Xuan Guang explained the history of Dao Fruit positions to Jiang Yang, Chu Qingjian, and Zhi Yu.
• After Cong Ya died during her breakthrough, Xuan Guang entrusted her burial items to Chu Qingjian, and Jiang Yang and Bi Xingjian buried her at Falling Feather Island.
• Jiang Yang and Chu Qingjian stopped Cong Ya’s relatives from taking her spirit treasures, and Chu Qingjian later took Cong Huaijin as her Founding Disciple.
• Jiang Yang reunited with Zhu Dan Ruo and promised to keep a Foundation Establishment-level Pill Furnace for her until she could afford it.
• Tai Pei’er visited Jiang Yang, explained her Taiyin Immortal Foundation and Dao Trajectories, and gave him a Metal-Grinding Stone to hone his sword.
• After Tai Pei’er left, Jiang Yang attained the [Autumn Response] sword essence, and Bai Tang drew on it to regain her body and reveal the rust-free White Du Sword.
• Bai Tang helped Jiang Yang comprehend her Sword Dao, and Jiang Yang demonstrated his progress before entering seclusion to strengthen his magic power.
• Xuan Di invited Jiang Yang to the Dragon Lord’s birthday banquet, then carried him through the Great Void to the Heli Heavenly Abyss.

Jiang Yang traveled with Xuan Di to the Dragon King’s birthday banquet, where he entered the juniors’ duels to seek a Shuo Yang spirit treasure. He won six bouts and returned to his seat to recover as the next round began.

• Xuan Di brought Jiang Yang to the seabed Ripplefront Water Palace, where Ao Qian hosted the Celestial River Tradition and other guests at the Dragon King’s birthday banquet.
• At the banquet, Jiang Yang met Yun Zhen and watched the gathered cultivators, while Ao Qian replaced the unruly festivities with a contest among the juniors.
• After learning that a prize was a Shuo Yang Spirit Treasure, Jiang Yang entered the duels and defeated Jiang Qianchuan’s successor Dongmen Shu with his swordsmanship.
• Jiang Yang overcame Cen Huaijun’s Wu Earth Mystic Palace with Southern Nest Branch, then defeated Lu Jingchuan and Yuan Jiu.
• Jiang Yang beat Yan Heng after evading his vermilion flames and piercing his shield with his Spirit Sword.
• Jiang Yang defeated Qi Lianggu with Bright Mystery and fine sword qi, bringing his record to six victories.
• Jiang Yang declined another bout, returned to his seat, and replenished his qi sea with Spirit Fruits as Yun Zhen praised him and Yuanzhu announced the next round.

Jiang Yang won the Dragon Palace duel, gained rare treasures and a dangerous Dao Scroll, and learned that Azure Corner Heaven would soon descend. Back at Rain Xiang Mountain, he advanced his cultivation, uncovered clues linking Fang Xu to the coming Grotto-Heaven, and began preparing to cultivate a powerful pupil art.

• Jiang Yang won first place in the Dragon Palace bouts and chose the [Shuoding Manifestation Pupil], then received the Azure Silk Severing Hub Dao Scroll from Yuan Jun.
• Yuan Jun revealed that Azure Corner Heaven would descend within three to five years near the Zheng Kingdom and Wu Kingdom border, and warned Jiang Yang to keep the secret.
• Xuan Di explained Rain Xiang Mountain’s precarious standing and the difficulty of restoring the yi wood tradition, while Jiang Yang reunited with Xuan Guang and connected Bai Tang’s discovery to Azure Corner Heaven.
• Jiang Yang broke through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, then learned that Fang Xu had left to guard the Towering Mine Vein.
• Jiang Yang reunited with Shang Qingzheng and Little Sixteen, promised to help Shang Qingzheng investigate her mother’s death after reaching Purple Mansion, and began studying Yuan Jun’s Dao Scroll.
• Jiang Yang mastered the Azure Silk Profound Light, which drained a tree branch’s vitality, and learned that the Scroll’s lifespan-consuming arts could provoke hatred.
• Jiang Yang discovered that the Sect was reinforcing the Towering Mine Vein and concluded Azure Corner Heaven would likely descend nearby within three to five years.
• Jiang Yang asked Xuan Guang to refine the [Moon-Full Crescent of Darkness] and the [Shuoding Manifestation Pupil] so he could cultivate the Profound Eyes of Lunar Phases Manifestation.

Jiang Yang completed his Mystic Pupils, left Cong Huaijin in Xuan Yan’s care, and traveled to Cuiwei to reinforce the Towering Mine Vein. After punishing blood-consuming demons along the way, he led a successful defense against ore raiders and prepared to question their captured leader.

• Jiang Yang endured the refinement of the Shuoding Manifestation Pupil and Hui Yin Spirit Treasure, then nurtured his new Mystic Pupils for eighty-one days while teaching Cong Huaijin.
• Zhi Yu ordered Jiang Yang to reinforce the Towering Mine Vein, and Jiang Yang left Cong Huaijin with Xuan Yan before traveling north.
• Jiang Yang confronted Red Mane over blood essence, killed demons who had consumed Blood Food, named the pig demon Zhu Wuhui, and learned of strange phenomena in the south.
• Jiang Yang reached Cuiwei, learned from Zhi Yu that raids were disrupting the Ore Vein, and took over the effort to stop the attackers.
• Jiang Yang set out on a lightly guarded Flying Boat carrying Raw Ore and waited until concealed robber cultivators attacked.
• Jiang Yang killed one raider and captured the fleeing leader while the disciples defeated the remaining attackers, though Qi Anhui suffered a serious wound.
• Jiang Yang and Zang Yu contained the True Fire, collected spirit materials, and brought the captured bandit leader into the cabin for questioning.