Recaps

Xu Xuan strengthened Great Red Abbey, formed his Life Foundation, and uncovered threats surrounding an ancient blood flower and the Heaven-Bestowed Fortune Spring. The arc left Liu Xiaowen preparing for the spring’s trial as danger reached White Ridge Village.

• Xu Xuan recruited Liu Xiaowen into Great Red Abbey, negotiated alliances with Liu Qiuqi and the Autumn Gourd School, and helped arrange Wang Qiyun’s marriage to Shen Shu.
• Xu Xuan repelled Xie Miao’s attack, survived heavenly lightning to form his Life Foundation, and discovered a Foundation Establishment-grade Earthflame Noon-Origin Tree beneath White Stone Mountain.
• After Xu Xuan consumed the tree’s fruit, a red blood flower rooted in his qi sea, and a Purple Mansion True Person from Tip-Feng Mountain appeared and questioned him about Wen Fufeng.
• Xu Xuan sought help for Longbright’s spirit fields, while Wen Si'an resolved to cultivate sword essence and Zhang Gaoxia continued tending the plants.
• Liu Qiuqi told Xu Xuan about the Heaven-Bestowed Fortune Spring and arranged for their juniors to enter its trial together, while Xu Xuan obtained cultivation methods from the Ghost Market.
• Xu Xuan trained Liu Xiaowen for the trial, and Xie Shu arranged for his uncle to fight Xu Xuan and bring back a drop of blood.
• Liu Xiaowen killed a human-limbed spider monster with Fire Tiger Fang and headed toward White Ridge to check on his family, while Wang Qiyun completed a token that controlled earth baleful fire.

Xu Xuan uncovered schemes surrounding the Calamity Poison lineage, entered Surging Tribulation Heaven under a false dragon identity, and gained new thunder inheritances. He then pursued the Wei Household’s surviving heir, took Wei Fayan from the desert, and returned to Green Luo with the child.

• Liu Xiaowen survived the Underground Palace trials and claimed a share of the spirit spring, while Xu Xuan discovered that a Red-Fighting Centipede and a shamanic scheme had endangered him.
• Xu Xuan investigated the Beast Gu attacks near Eastern Secret, killed the Mountain Ogre’s controlling insect, and drove off Xie Miao, who returned to Xie Shu with Xu Xuan’s blood.
• Xu Xuan cultivated the Jade Blood Heavenly Heart Art, met Tiantuo, and agreed to aid him in exchange for help while adopting the name Mu Youdu to enter Mountain Flame City.
• Xu Xuan met Jingyan and learned that factions sought to use him and the Hollow Sword Gate’s sect leader in a scheme tied to Calamity Poison and Ancient Shu’s sword destiny.
• Xu Xuan entered Surging Tribulation Heaven with Yang Yuanxin, obtained the Marsh Thunder Dragon-Treading Scripture, and defeated Zhang Mingyuan and Cang Shi during the inheritance trials.
• Xu Xuan helped Yang Yuanxin and Bai Su escape their attackers, then agreed to help the Fire Crow clan obtain Thunder Tribulation Liquid for Flame-Treader.
• Xu Xuan followed the Goat-Spirit Earth-Nurturing inscription to the Ai Household estate, where he defeated Ai Chenghui and learned that Wei survivors were enslaved and their heir was in the Cloudsunken Desert.
• Xu Xuan defeated Duxin, found Wei Fayan beside his dead mother, and took the child back toward Green Luo, where he wondered how to explain him to his sect.

Xu Xuan investigated a dangerous cave abode, uncovered the truth about his master’s death, and became stranded in the Deep Abyss, where he seized control of three sea eyes and sought new cultivation methods. After returning from three years of seclusion, he found Green Plain Town facing disputes and watched Liu Xiaowen hatch a Disaster-Flame Crane.

• Xu Xuan restored Wei Fayan’s human nature, accepted him as a disciple, and named him Xu Fayan.
• Xu Xuan and his companions entered the cave abode at Cold Legacy Cliff, where Xu Xuan killed Du He and Liu Xiaowen obtained the Goodwill-Praying Karma-Transforming Talisman Art.
• Xu Xuan fought Zanluo and other cultivators as they battled over Gift of Ascent Pills, then witnessed Kang Ning crumble into a spirit pill after learning his dynasty had fallen.
• Xu Xuan placed Fan Huayan’s jade pendant in his Qi Sea and entered the White Jade Heavenly Palace, where he saw the Vermilion Bird kill Wen Fufeng, Chen Changqi, and Zhu Yucheng.
• Xu Xuan became trapped in the Deep Abyss after a shattered passage cut off his return, then subdued the lesser demons and took command of the three pearl-producing sea eyes.
• Xu Xuan claimed an ancient soul artifact, sealed the passage from the Southern Sea, and traveled through the Fire Crow territory before trading for the Returning to the Nether Sheep Aspect Scripture.
• After three years of seclusion, Xu Xuan ordered Liu Xiaowen to establish rules for Green Plain Town, and Liu Xiaowen helped hatch a Disaster-Flame Crane.
• Xu Fayan completed a Third Grade Righteous Mind Karma-Transcending Talisman, but it burned to ash when he tried to use it on himself, and Zhang Gaoxia left troubled after speaking with him.

Xu Xuan strengthened his abbey, confronted Buddhist and demonic threats, and helped his disciples prepare for the Hollow Sword Gate’s Sword Pool trial. As the trial began, he uncovered signs of corruption and hidden schemes within the Gate, then sent a golden thread into the pool to follow the entrants.

• Wang Qiyun forged Liu Xingfang’s flying sword, while Xu Xuan gave Xu Fayan a cultivation method and considered sending both disciples to the Sword Trial Gathering.
• Feng Chiquan brought Liu Xiaowen the promised bloodfire essence iron and reported that demons were fighting the Longevity Monastery, prompting Xu Xuan to investigate Mount Dapan and Lotus Temple.
• Xu Xuan and his companions destroyed Lotus Temple, defeated its glazed skeleton with the Mani Jewel, and restored Dapan to the Great Red Abbey.
• Xu Xuan recruited Liang Yong as his Dharma protector, and the Mani Jewel merged with the Dharma Master’s finger bone to awaken the Nine-Fire Pagoda.
• Xu Xuan established new halls for the abbey, trained Liu Xingfang and Xu Fayan, and broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining before learning that calamity had struck the Hollow Sword Gate.
• Xu Xuan attended the Hollow Sword Gate’s sword-testing ceremony, defeated Liang Xilan, and learned of missing disciples, a gu worm in Liang Xilan, and suspected ties between the Wu Clan and the Gate’s factions.
• Qi Wen opened the Great Wilderness Sword Pool, where Liu Xingfang, Liu Xiaowen, and other disciples entered as Xu Xuan detected a Purple Mansion Sword Immortal watching from within.
• The Sword Pool’s center opened, and Qi Wen, Wei Yan, Yuan Lu, Liang Yuanming, Liu Xiaowen, and Liu Xingfang entered its gray passage as Xu Xuan’s golden thread settled on Qi Wen’s shoulder.