Recaps

Mo Yun’s astonishing speed in resonating with the Ancient Blades stunned Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue as he reached the seventh blade, matching the Blade Tower’s historic record. Just as they hoped he would attempt the eighth, he turned around and walked back, leaving them bewildered.

• Mo Yun resonated with the fifth and sixth Ancient Blades in quick succession, while Lin Qingxue reflected on his remarkable talents across multiple disciplines.
• Liu Xiyan announced that Mo Yun had begun resonating with the seventh Ancient Blade and speculated that he might reach all nine.
• Xu Wei, discouraged by Mo Yun’s talent, said he wanted to leave the Blade Tower and return to the Fire Lineage; he then discovered Liu Xiyan had also resonated with six blades and accused her of lying.
• Liu Xiyan privately admitted she had exaggerated Xu Wei’s prospects to keep him at the Blade Tower, while hoping Mo Yun and Lin Qingxue would make that unnecessary.
• The seventh Ancient Blade fully lit up, matching the Blade Tower’s greatest recorded achievement, but Mo Yun turned away before attempting the eighth.

Mo Yun finished the Ancient Blade test after resonating with seven blades, then refused Liu Xiyan’s invitation to join the Blade Tower and uncovered clues that the blades held an Origin Returning Blade Canon inheritance. As he left, the tower’s Grandmaster Ancestor called him to the top for a chat.

• Mo Yun told Liu Xiyan that he had failed to resonate with the eighth Ancient Blade, and she concluded that seven blades were humanity’s limit.
• Liu Xiyan tried to bring Mo Yun to complete the discipleship ceremony, but he declined and explained his strength and training in the Metal Lineage’s Legacy Martial Arts.
• Mo Yun realized that he deciphered the Ancient Blade inscriptions rather than resonating with them normally, and his Virtual Panel recorded the incomplete Origin Returning Blade Canon.
• Mo Yun declined to attend the Rite Hall, said goodbye to Lin Qingxue, and started down the mountain.
• The Grandmaster Ancestor called Mo Yun to the top of the tower, surprising him and Liu Xiyan.

Mo Yun met the Blade Saint, learned that Gravel Province martial artists faced unusual barriers to cultivation, and questioned whether a flaw in the Blade Tower inheritance had left the old man near death. The Blade Saint welcomed him to return to the Tower, while Mo Yun remained determined to pursue the Martial Dao first.

• Mo Yun met the aged Blade Saint, who said that perfect resonance with seven Ancient Blades made Mo Yun equal to the Tower Master and urged him to join the Blade Tower.
• Mo Yun declined for now, explaining that he wanted to focus on martial cultivation and would reconsider after learning more about the inheritance.
• The Blade Saint recognized Mo Yun as a fellow martial artist from Gravel Province because their divine souls were different, and explained that Gravel Province natives struggled to reach Core Condensation and Primordial Unity.
• The Blade Saint recalled that an invisible barrier had blocked his own cultivation at peak transforming force, before his Blade Dao talent led him to the Blade Tower and a shortened life.
• Mo Yun asked why Gravel Province was different, and the Blade Saint said he did not know whether the cause was a flaw in the Great Dao or interference by powerful beings in the Primordial Era.
• Mo Yun asked whether the Blade Tower inheritance had caused the Blade Saint's condition.

Mo Yun learned that the Blade Tower Inheritance granted immense power but shortened its practitioners’ lives, and that the Blade Saint had survived nearly four centuries through the Turtle-Breathing Art. After the Blade Saint gave Mo Yun a new Blade Talisman by sacrificing his remaining Primordial Spirit Light, Mo Yun left the Blade Tower vowing to resolve the inheritance’s flaw.

• The Blade Saint explained that the Blade Tower Inheritance damaged the soul and reduced a blade cultivator’s lifespan to about three hundred years, but said he had no regrets about his path.
• The Blade Saint revealed that he had perfected the Turtle-Breathing Art to extend his life, and Mo Yun recognized the art as one he had also cultivated.
• The Blade Saint recalled obtaining the Turtle-Breathing Art from a small sect in Gravel Province and leaving it a Blade Dao inheritance, which Mo Yun suspected was the Chaos Blade Sect.
• Mo Yun explained why he had come, and the Blade Saint recognized that his earlier Blade Talisman had brought Mo Yun to the tower.
• The Blade Saint drew out his remaining Primordial Spirit Light and infused it into a jade pendant, giving Mo Yun a new Blade Talisman at the cost of much of his remaining lifespan.
• The Blade Saint sent Mo Yun from the tower, and Mo Yun vowed to resolve the flaw in the Blade Tower Inheritance.

Mo Yun received a powerful Blade Talisman, took a pill-refining mission, and advanced his Pill Dao to the third grade while continuing to seek a cure for the Blade Tower Inheritance’s flaw. After raising his Life value to 50, he headed to collect his origin crystal allowance, where an unfamiliar woman approached him.

• Mo Yun obtained a newly condensed Blade Talisman that he believed might be powerful enough to threaten a weaker Martial Saint, then left the Blade Tower determined to resolve its inheritance flaw for Lin Qingxue’s sake.
• Mo Yun found no Demon-Slaying missions and accepted a ten-day pill-refining assistance mission at the Pill Dao Institute for three thousand merit points.
• During the following days, Mo Yun helped refine pills, advanced his Pill Dao to the third grade, and taught Lin Qingxue the Turtle-Breathing Art to help extend her lifespan.
• Mo Yun spent a newly condensed white point on Life, raising his Life value to 50.
• The next morning, Mo Yun went to collect his origin crystal allowance, but a beautiful woman in a white dress stopped him and asked if he was Mo Yun.

Mo Yun received origin crystals from Bai Zhi on Lin Qingxue’s behalf, then perfected the True Essence Chapter and began transforming his true essence. The breakthrough produced forty white points, and Mo Yun considered using them to understand the inscriptions on the nine Ancient Blades.

• Bai Zhi introduced herself as the Blade Tower’s master, gave Mo Yun origin crystals from Lin Qingxue, and urged him to visit the Blade Tower.
• Mo Yun collected another hundred origin crystals from the Logistics Courtyard and spent the following days cultivating, completing an Alchemy Assistance task, and reading in the Library.
• After saving 360 black points, Mo Yun used them to perfect the True Essence Chapter.
• Mo Yun circulated the perfected art, causing his 360 drops of true essence to split and evolve toward a sea of true essence.
• Mo Yun saw that the breakthrough had produced forty white points and prepared to test the Black-and-White Seal’s limits.

After increasing his life value to 90, Mo Yun found his martial arts and cultivation advancing rapidly and prepared to visit the Blade Tower. He encountered Chu Qian near his residence, then bought Golden Spirit Fruits and headed to the tower the next morning.

• Mo Yun raised his life value from 50 to 90, practiced his martial arts, and estimated that several techniques would soon break through.
• Mo Yun worried about the cultivation barrier to core condensation but decided it should not stop him.
• Mo Yun encountered Chu Qian, who had moved into Lin Qingxue’s former courtyard, and ignored her; Chu Qian decided to keep her distance from him.
• Mo Yun went to the Dining Hall, where outer sect disciples recognized him as a Top A-Grade entrant but misremembered his name as “Mo-something Fish.”
• The next morning, Mo Yun exchanged merit points for twenty-two Golden Spirit Fruits and hurried toward the Blade Tower.

Mo Yun visited the Blade Tower, gave Liu Xiyan and Lin Qingxue Golden Spirit Fruits, and learned how the tower preserved its disciples’ consciousness through their blades. After studying the eighth Ancient Blade, he discovered that the first seven parts of the Origin Returning Blade Canon lacked its fundamental method, and the chapter ended as the eighth blade blazed with light.

• Mo Yun gave Liu Xiyan a Golden Spirit Fruit, and she explained how the Blade Tower’s blades preserved the consciousness of past disciples and strengthened its field domain.
• Mo Yun found Lin Qingxue beneath the second Ancient Blade and gave her twenty Golden Spirit Fruits for her cultivation.
• Mo Yun went to study the eighth Ancient Blade and received a complex inheritance inscription that revealed the first seven Ancient Blades lacked the Origin Returning Blade Canon’s fundamental method.
• The eighth Ancient Blade trembled and erupted in silvery-white light, startling Lin Qingxue.

Mo Yun perfectly resonated with the eighth Ancient Blade, astonishing the Blade Tower’s disciples and elders, but he could not yet resonate with the ninth. Bai Zhi urged him to switch to the Blade Tower lineage, just as the tower’s secluded elder also called for him to join.

• Lin Qingxue and Liu Xiyan witnessed the eighth Ancient Blade light up and realized Mo Yun had perfectly resonated with it.
• Bai Zhi arrived, confirmed Mo Yun’s achievement, and celebrated that he had broken every Blade Tower record.
• Mo Yun tried to resonate with the ninth Ancient Blade but failed, deciding he needed more Life Value before trying again.
• Lin Qingxue, Liu Xiyan, and Bai Zhi confronted Mo Yun, and he denied hiding his abilities.
• Bai Zhi urged Mo Yun to join the Blade Tower and threatened to cleave Xiao Changfeng in two if he refused to let Mo Yun switch lineages.
• An aged voice from the tower called on Mo Yun to stop practicing martial arts and join the Blade Tower lineage.

Mo Yun cultivated in seclusion and broke through the Body-Guarding Art, Black Tiger Leap, and White Tiger Slaughter, then spent white points to raise his life value above one hundred. After two more days of training, he sensed that his cultivation had broken through, leaving him poised for a new stage.

• Mo Yun refused the Blade Tower's invitations and spent several days alternating between martial arts practice, Pill Dao study, and visits to the Library.
• The Body-Guarding Art reached pure mastery, improving Mo Yun's defenses and granting him a damage-reflection effect.
• Black Tiger Leap reached pure mastery, allowing Mo Yun to flash roughly three hundred feet into the air.
• White Tiger Slaughter reached minor accomplishment, and Mo Yun's Virtual Panel showed his cultivation at late transforming force and sixteen new white points.
• Mo Yun used all sixteen white points to raise his life value to 106 and decided to visit the Blade Tower after his cultivation advanced.
• After two more days of training, Mo Yun sensed that his cultivation had broken through.

Mo Yun broke through to peak transforming force and discovered that the notorious Core Condensation barrier posed little threat to his powerful foundation. He collected his monthly origin crystals and reached the Blade Tower, where a senior sister recognized his intention to resonate with the Ninth Ancient Blade.

• Mo Yun broke through to peak transforming force, greatly increasing his constitution, defense, and True Essence Sea.
• Mo Yun examined the Core Condensation barrier and found that his strength could make it collapse, though he planned to perfect his visualization method and comprehend his force first.
• Mo Yun decided to wait about five days for his Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to improve before adding points to it.
• Mo Yun collected a hundred origin crystals from the Logistics Office and realized his faster cultivation would use them up in only six or seven days.
• Mo Yun climbed to the Blade Tower plaza without discomfort and concluded that increased life value had also strengthened his divine soul.
• A senior sister greeted Mo Yun and asked whether he had come to resonate with the Ninth Ancient Blade.

Mo Yun successfully resonated with the ninth Ancient Blade, astonishing the Blade Tower lineage. He deciphered its inscriptions and gained the complete Origin Returning Blade Canon and the Blade-Nurturing Art, while the gathered elders recognized his potential to open new paths in cultivation.

• Liu Xiyan told Mo Yun that blades were aired out only on the first and fifteenth of each month, when the Field Domain was weakest and moving them was safer.
• Mo Yun visited Lin Qingxue, who reported progress in the Origin Returning Blade Canon and said she might attempt core condensation in two years; he cautioned her to build a solid foundation.
• Mo Yun studied the ninth Ancient Blade, which resonated after nearly half an hour and sent a silver-white pillar of light over Blade Tower Peak.
• Lin Qingxue and Liu Xiyan witnessed the resonance, while Bai Zhi and the Grandmaster Ancestor arrived at the Testing Plaza and marveled at Mo Yun's talent.
• Mo Yun's Virtual Panel showed the complete Origin Returning Blade Canon and the newly comprehended Blade-Nurturing Art.

Mo Yun discovered that the complete Blade Tower inheritance could protect cultivators’ lifespans and help them pursue the Blade Saint realm, then shared it with Ge Xuanyi and the others. After they recognized him as tower master, Mo Yun learned the Blade Tower came from ruins and decided to cultivate the restored methods.

• Mo Yun realized that combining the complete [Origin Returning Blade Canon] with the [Blade-Nurturing Art] let cultivators nurture blades in acupoint spaces without harming their bodies.
• Mo Yun explained the missing methods to Ge Xuanyi and taught them to him, allowing the Blade Saint to see a way to restore his health and strength.
• Ge Xuanyi declared Mo Yun the Blade Tower's master and explained the complete inheritance to Bai Zhi, Lin Qingxue, and Liu Xiyan.
• Mo Yun told Bai Zhi that the restored methods could improve her lifespan and give her a thirty or forty percent chance of reaching the Blade Saint realm; Bai Zhi and the others greeted him as tower master.
• Ge Xuanyi revealed that the Blade Tower and its mountain had been excavated from ruins now controlled by the Five Elements Sect, which opened for training once a year.
• Mo Yun anticipated entering the ruins after becoming an inner disciple and decided to begin cultivating the complete inheritance immediately.

Mo Yun used the Blade Tower’s secret methods to open all 361 acupoint spaces and begin nurturing blades, then discovered he had mastered both techniques in just half an hour. His astonishing progress left the others in awe, and Bai Zhi asked him to return as tower master and teach them.

• Mo Yun visualized a primordial spirit and used the stars to open the second-layer spaces in all 361 acupoints.
• The Blade Tower’s blade intent and momentum flowed into Mo Yun’s acupoint spaces, beginning the blade-nurturing process.
• Mo Yun saw that he had grasped the basics of the [Origin Returning Blade Canon] and the [Blade-Nurturing Art], gaining ten white points.
• Ge Xuanyi, Bai Zhi, Liu Xiyan, and Lin Qingxue learned that Mo Yun had mastered both techniques in about half an hour and marveled at his talent.
• Bai Zhi declared that Mo Yun was the tower master and begged him to teach her how to nurture blades.

Mo Yun spent the origin crystals the Blade Tower had gathered for him on cultivation, then accepted a three-day mission to help repair the array on Purple Gold Mountain. After arriving at the mountain, he recognized someone in the group.

• Mo Yun returned to his residence with 522 origin crystals from the Blade Tower and added ten white points to his life value, raising it to 116.
• The next morning, Mo Yun searched the Mission Hall for a short-term assignment and chose a three-day Purple Gold Mountain array repair mission that required one Peak Transforming Force disciple.
• A Mission Hall attendant recognized Mo Yun and was shocked that he had advanced from Middle Transforming Force to Peak Transforming Force in just over two months.
• Mo Yun collected his mission token, cultivated at home, and headed to Purple Gold Mountain before noon.
• Mo Yun verified his mission details and spotted a familiar figure among the other disciples waiting for the array to open.

Mo Yun and Qi Heng guarded a Giant Centipede on Purple Gold Mountain while waiting for the array to be repaired, but Mo Yun grew suspicious of Qi Heng’s hidden cultivation and apparent motives. After Mo Yun drank water and went to sleep, Qi Heng entered his tree hollow and tried to wake him.

• Mo Yun ignored the Giant Centipede’s taunts and privately discovered that Qi Heng had condensed a false core despite claiming to be at peak transforming force.
• Qi Heng worried that Mo Yun’s powerful Body-Guarding Art might interfere with a secret operation planned for the night after tomorrow.
• Mo Yun and Qi Heng spent the next two days cultivating while the Giant Centipede cursed at them, and Qi Heng said the array should be repaired that night.
• Qi Heng handed Mo Yun water in the darkness, and Mo Yun drank it before going to sleep in a hollow tree.
• About a quarter of an hour later, Qi Heng entered the hollow and tried to wake Mo Yun.

Qi Heng drugged Mo Yun and joined Chu Qian in a plan to rescue a demon imprisoned on Purple Gold Mountain, but Mo Yun faked sleep and secretly followed them. After killing the Giant Centipede for black points, he reached the summit just as the demon tiger awakened and the group prepared to escape.

• Qi Heng tried to ensure Mo Yun was asleep after drugging him, then met Chu Qian, who told him the mountain array had been disabled temporarily.
• Chu Qian and Qi Heng left Mo Yun behind and hurried toward the summit, while Mo Yun revealed he had not drunk the drugged water.
• Mo Yun killed the Giant Centipede with one golden fist and absorbed its energy, gaining 3.8 black points.
• Mo Yun realized Chu Qian and Qi Heng were trying to rescue the demon and followed their tracks to the summit.
• The enormous striped tiger announced it had formed its Demon Core and advanced to the fourth tier, then prepared to escape with Chu Qian and Qi Heng.
• Mo Yun confronted them as they were about to leave, demanding to know whether they had asked his permission to take his belongings.

Mo Yun confronted Chu Qian, Qi Heng, and the Striped Tiger as they tried to escape the Five Elements Sect, then revealed overwhelming strength against the fourth-rank demon. The Striped Tiger kept charging despite Mo Yun repeatedly smashing him into the ground.

• Mo Yun stopped Chu Qian, Qi Heng, and the Striped Tiger from leaving, and Chu Qian and Qi Heng urged him to stand aside.
• The Striped Tiger tried to fly away, but Mo Yun struck at him with a golden fist and tore away some of his fur.
• The Striped Tiger unleashed his roar, but Mo Yun resisted it and answered with a far stronger Tiger's Roar in the Mountains that pinned the demon to the ground.
• The bloodied Striped Tiger sprang at Mo Yun, who punched him into a crater; when the demon charged again, Mo Yun knocked him back into the soil.
• The Striped Tiger roared in humiliation and declared that Mo Yun had forced him to do something.

Mo Yun defeated and killed the fourth-rank striped tiger demon on Purple Gold Mountain, then absorbed its energy and demon core for twenty black points. As three inner sect experts arrived, they found the devastated battlefield, the tiger's corpse, and Mo Yun alive beside it.

• The striped tiger unleashed its innate divine ability and fought Mo Yun, while Chu Qian and Qi Heng watched in terror.
• Chu Qian and Qi Heng tried to flee the Five Elements Sect, but Mo Yun struck them down with a golden fist imprint.
• The tiger tried to use its escape move, but Mo Yun interrupted it with golden fist imprints and cut it in two with saber light.
• Mo Yun absorbed the tiger's energy and demon core, gaining ten black points from each.
• Three black-robed inner sect experts arrived and found the battlefield flattened, Chu Qian and Qi Heng apparently dead, and Mo Yun beside the tiger's corpse.

Mo Yun recounted how he killed a fourth-tier Tiger Demon and knocked out two men accused of colluding with demons, then proved his strength by nearly killing Fang Bingjun with one palm. As Mo Yun agreed to accompany the Inner Sect Enforcement Team to make a statement, Steward Li Xinghe and a Vein Master arrived, leaving Mo Han stunned.

• Mo Yun identified himself to Captain Mo Han and explained the events on Purple Gold Mountain, withholding some details about the Giant Centipede.
• Zhang He questioned Mo Yun's claim that he had defeated the Tiger Demon and the two men, while Fang Bingjun accused him of lying.
• Mo Yun struck Fang Bingjun into the ground to demonstrate his strength, shocking Mo Han and Zhang He.
• Mo Yun agreed to return with Mo Han to give a statement to the Inner Sect Enforcement Team.
• Steward Li Xinghe arrived, followed by a Vein Master, and Mo Yun and Mo Han were surprised to see them.

After Mo Yun killed a powerful Fourth-Rank Tiger Demon, Metal Lineage Vein Master Xiao Changfeng praised him and explained the significance of Demon God Mountain and the Devil Abyss. Mo Yun returned to his courtyard, while Xiao Changfeng ordered Li Xinghe to report Mo Yun’s missions and travels to him.

• Xiao Changfeng arrived, praised Mo Yun for reaching Peak Transforming Force, and sent Mo Han and Zhang He away with Fang Bingjun.
• Xiao Changfeng checked that Mo Yun was unharmed and was surprised he had killed the Tiger Demon, which carried a Demon King bloodline.
• Xiao Changfeng explained that Demon God Mountain and the Devil Abyss were sacred ancestral lands protected by powerful natural field domains.
• Mo Yun identified Chu Qian and Qi Heng as Demon God Cult spies, and Xiao Changfeng revealed the sect would keep them captive.
• Mo Yun flew back to his courtyard to check his black points and plan to improve his Visualization Method.
• Xiao Changfeng told Li Xinghe to report Mo Yun’s missions and travels, especially any trips outside the sect.

Mo Yun’s Visualization Method broke through to minor accomplishment, increasing his combat strength and earning him twelve white points. After spending them to raise his life value, he prepared to check how many black points it would take to advance the method further.

• Mo Yun received 12,000 merit points for the Purple Gold Mountain mission, and the Logistics Courtyard questioned him about the Tiger Demon’s missing Demon Core; he denied seeing it.
• Mo Yun spent the day practicing martial arts and cultivating the Visualization Method until he sensed a breakthrough.
• Mo Yun visualized the Ancient Divine General and reached minor accomplishment in the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization, gaining twelve white points.
• Mo Yun tested the method and found that it boosted his combat strength by roughly twenty percent, then used the white points to raise his life value to 128.
• Mo Yun focused on the Visualization Method in the Virtual Panel to check the black-point cost of advancing it further.

Mo Yun saved enough black points to advance the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to Great Completion, strengthening his martial presence and combat power. He then prepared to spend his remaining points advancing the Turtle-Breathing Art to Pure Mastery.

• Mo Yun calculated that the Visualization Method would require fewer black points after more practice and estimated that the Turtle-Breathing Art could also advance to Pure Mastery.
• Mo Yun spent eleven days cultivating, bringing his available points to 360 while his Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap neared their next levels.
• Mo Yun used 316 black points to advance the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization to Mastery, gaining 40 white points and increases to his constitution and defense.
• Mo Yun tested the completed Visualization Method with White Tiger Slaughter and found it boosted his power by about fifty percent.
• Mo Yun turned to the Turtle-Breathing Art and prepared to use his remaining 44 black points to advance it.

Mo Yun advanced the Turtle-Breathing Art to pure mastery, greatly increasing his vitality, lifespan, and healing, then spent all his white points to raise his life value to 172. After testing his progress on several martial arts, he prepared to check the cost of perfecting the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization so he could pursue core condensation.

• Mo Yun used a plus point to raise the Turtle-Breathing Art to pure mastery, boosting his constitution, defense, and life essence.
• Mo Yun discovered that his lifespan had risen to about 410 years and that he could rapidly heal fatal injuries and regrow lost limbs.
• Mo Yun spent all forty-four white points on his life value, raising it to 172 and sharpening his body and comprehension.
• Mo Yun estimated that the Body-Guarding Art and Black Tiger Leap would break through in about seven days, while White Tiger Slaughter would take roughly thirty-seven or thirty-eight days.
• Mo Yun focused on the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization and prepared to check how many black points it would take to reach perfection before attempting core condensation.

Mo Yun realized that advancing his Visualization Method would require many origin crystals, so he decided to pursue a high position on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking for merit points and exemption from compulsory tasks. He reached the Divine Battle Hall to inspect the earth ranking and encountered someone familiar who offered to register him.

• Mo Yun checked his remaining black points and calculated how long it would take to advance the Western Extremity War-Lord Visualization, then resolved to keep cultivating and conserve resources.
• Mo Yun recalled that the earth ranking offered merit point rewards and exempted its top twenty from the outer sect’s monthly compulsory tasks, and set his sights on the top ten.
• Mo Yun traveled to the Divine Battle Hall and found the stele displaying the hundred names on the earth ranking.
• A familiar figure approached Mo Yun and offered to register his information for a ranking challenge, prompting Mo Yun to ask why they were there.