Recaps

Fairy Lingyue and the Shangqing Realm fighters attacked Heaven-Gate Rogue Person with their edicts, treasures, and blades, but his formidable body endured their assaults. Heaven-Gate Rogue Person broke free and battered Duan Tianya and Blade Ghost, leaving the fight against him unresolved.

• Fairy Lingyue trapped Heaven-Gate Rogue Person with Palm Grasping Mountains and Seas, but he broke the edict and unleashed a hurricane across the sea.
• Kang Cangzi used his purple-gold gourd to draw Heaven-Gate Rogue Person in while Blade Ghost and Duan Tianya struck him, and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu imprisoned him with the Haotian Mirror.
• Blade Ghost and Duan Tianya wounded Heaven-Gate Rogue Person, but his Dao-rhyme golden light kept his body from being suppressed.
• Heaven-Hunting Great Sage smashed half of Heaven-Gate Rogue Person's head with a punch, and Blade Ghost and Duan Tianya followed with another pair of powerful strikes.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person broke free of the restraints and repeatedly punched Duan Tianya and Blade Ghost, sending them flying as their protective Dao rhythm and treasures burst apart.

Heaven-Gate Rogue Person overwhelmed the Shangqing Cultivators with the Taiqing Heavenly Sound Edict, while Dragon Emperor Cangzhou reversed time within the Reflected Projection. Xu Taiping found a possible way to break the edict and asked Nangong Yu to send a message to the battlefield.

• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person survived Fairy Lingyue's attack and trapped the seven Shangqing Cultivators beneath his palm.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person unleashed annihilating sound waves that destroyed Duan Tianya, Blade Ghost, and Kang Cangzi, while Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Fairy Lingyue struggled to resist.
• The Old Daoist identified the Taiqing Heavenly Sound Edict, but Nangong Yu said he could not transport anyone and Lady Jade Mother warned that intervention was already too late.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu sacrificed himself through the Haotian Mirror to interrupt Heaven-Gate Rogue Person's sound attack, giving Fairy Lingyue time to push open his palm.
• Dragon Emperor Cangzhou used Tracing Light to reverse time in the Reflected Projection, and Fairy Lingyue called out to Taiping.
• Xu Taiping completed his calculations and asked Nangong Yu whether he could transmit a message to the battlefield.

Fairy Lingyue and the others used Kang Cangzi’s edict to divide Heaven-Gate Rogue Person into nine weaker clones, then captured one while Heavenly Lord Cangzhu sealed the rest. As they prepared to attack the remaining clones, Xu Taiping warned them that killing one would let the others break free and merge, and told Blade Ghost to open the Infernal Blade Prison.

• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person attacked again, but Fairy Lingyue blocked his edict with Palm Grasping Mountains and Seas while telling Blade Ghost not to strike.
• At Xu Taiping’s direction, Kang Cangzi used his edict to split Heaven-Gate Rogue Person into nine bodies, each with one-ninth of his strength.
• Fairy Lingyue crushed one clone, and Kang Cangzi trapped its escaping nascent soul in his purple-gold gourd to refine it.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu sealed the remaining eight clones with the Haotian Mirror as the others prepared to attack them.
• Xu Taiping warned that killing a clone would free and merge the other seven, then instructed Blade Ghost to open the Infernal Blade Prison.

Blade Ghost trapped the Heaven-Gate Rogue Person’s clones in the Infernal Blade Prison, but several escaped into Kang Cangzi’s purple-gold gourd. Unable to contain them, Kang Cangzi sacrificed himself to destroy the gourd and its captives, leaving Xu Taiping to carry on the battle.

• Blade Ghost opened the Infernal Blade Prison and dragged all eight of the Heaven-Gate Rogue Person’s clones inside, where Fairy Lingyue and the others joined the fight.
• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage and Duan Tianya emerged badly wounded, then returned to the prison after telling Xu Taiping and Xiaoyu not to grieve if they died.
• Kang Cangzi suffered a backlash while refining a clone and revealed that five clones had escaped into his purple-gold gourd.
• When the clones began to overwhelm the gourd, Kang Cangzi drew it into his body and told Xu Taiping to take over the battle.
• Kang Cangzi used Corporeal Dissolution, destroying himself and the purple-gold gourd.

Xu Taiping watched Heaven-Gate Rogue Person recover and break free of Blade Ghost’s Blade Prison, but Heaven-Hunting Great Sage and Duan Tianya were missing. With only Fairy Lingyue, Cangzhou, Blade Ghost, and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu left to face him, the survivors struggled to withstand his Earth-Shaking Edict while Nangong Yu needed more time to activate teleportation.

• After Kang Cangzi’s Liberation by Violence, Xu Taiping vowed to sweep away whatever unsettled his Dao Heart before choosing when to ascend.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person reappeared, recovered, and approached the Blade Prison, which Blade Ghost shattered from outside before its captives could be trapped any longer.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person’s surviving clones merged, restoring forty percent of his combat power, while Xu Taiping saw Fairy Lingyue and Blade Ghost emerge but could not find Heaven-Hunting Great Sage or Duan Tianya.
• Xu Taiping learned from Nangong Yu that teleportation would take another tea-brewing’s time, leaving Fairy Lingyue and the other survivors to hold out without his help.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person used his Earth-Shaking Edict to scatter the sea and shatter the survivors’ Dao Rhythm barriers, forcing Heavenly Lord Cangzhu to shield them with the Haotian Mirror.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person restrained Fairy Lingyue and the others with his earth-shaking power, then unleashed an even more terrifying aura.

Heaven-Gate Rogue Person overwhelmed Chu Lingyue and her allies with hundreds of treasures infused with Edict Power, badly wounding Blade Ghost and threatening the group. As the others struggled to hold him back, Chu Lingyue revealed that she had received part of the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance, shocking Chu Tianque.

• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person summoned hundreds of treasures and used them to break through Blade Ghost’s attack and wound him severely.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person sent the treasures against Chu Lingyue and her allies, while Blade Ghost and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou fought to hold them back.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu used the Haotian Mirror’s Illuminate the Sun power, but Heaven-Gate Rogue Person’s treasures began to overwhelm it.
• Chu Lingyue addressed Chu Tianque and recalled that their master had told her not to go easy on him when they practiced the sword.
• Chu Lingyue revealed that she had gained part of the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance, and Chu Tianque exclaimed that it was impossible.

Chu Lingyue remembered how she had secretly comprehended the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance as a child, then unleashed its power in battle against Heaven-Gate Rogue Person. Her righteous qi surged forth as Heavenly Lord Cangzhu struggled to withstand the attack.

• Palace Master Zuoxing let Chu Tianque try to comprehend the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance, but Chu Tianque failed and blamed Chu Lingyue for distracting him.
• Zuoxing gave Chu Lingyue a turn with the Moonlight Stone, and she entered a state of deep comprehension while Chu Tianque mistakenly thought she was daydreaming.
• Chu Lingyue concealed her comprehension after seeing Chu Tianque’s anxious reaction and Zuoxing’s disappointment.
• In the present battle, Chu Tianque’s treasures grievously wounded Cangzhou’s true dragon body and broke Blade Ghost’s blade force.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person challenged Chu Lingyue to show the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance as Heavenly Lord Cangzhu neared defeat.
• Chu Lingyue formed a Buddhist mudra and cried, “Recover Without Medicine,” releasing a vast surge of righteous qi.

Chu Lingyue revealed that she had reincarnated repeatedly to master the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance and began a devastating sword strike against Heaven-Gate Rogue Person. After he shattered Dragon Emperor Cangzhou and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu’s defenses, her sword divided him and the projected heavens in two.

• Chu Lingyue asked Blade Ghost, Dragon Emperor Cangzhou, and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu to hold off Heaven-Gate Rogue Person while she prepared her sword strike.
• Chu Lingyue revealed that she had reincarnated several times and cultivated Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism to gather what she needed to unleash the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance.
• Xu Taiping and the Old Daoist realized that Chu Lingyue was burning her origin to combine the three teachings’ power and make her body capable of wielding the inheritance.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person shattered Dragon Emperor Cangzhou and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, seized the Haotian Mirror, and charged at Chu Lingyue.
• Chu Lingyue struck Heaven-Gate Rogue Person with her sword, dividing his sunlike figure and the projected heavens in two.

After Fairy Lingyue apparently killed Heaven-Gate Rogue Person, Xu Taiping and the others learned that his blood bead could preserve his vitality and watched Dragon Emperor Cangzhou seal it away. As the third-layer barrier came under attack, Xu Taiping used his great deductive power to choose who would enter, and its result named five people.

• Dugu Qingxiao and Lü Daoxuan celebrated Heaven-Gate Rogue Person's apparent death, while Xu Taiping recognized a familiar aura in Fairy Lingyue's sword strike.
• Heaven-Gate Rogue Person's blood gathered into a bead, and Old Daoist explained that the Taiqing Edict could eventually restore him but leave him far weaker.
• Nangong Yu told Xu Taiping that Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Blade Ghost had survived but the other companions were gone, and Xu Taiping encouraged everyone to honor their sacrifice.
• Dragon Emperor Cangzhou swallowed the blood bead to seal it, while Chu Lingyue stayed in the second dream layer to heal before joining the others.
• As the expert sealed in the third layer battered its barrier, Nangong Yu said only five people could be transported, and Xu Taiping's deduction selected Xu Taiping, Lü Daoxuan, Dugu Qingxiao, Old Daoist, and Lady Jade Mother.

Xu Taiping and his allies entered the fourth layer of the dream, where Su Chan emerged unharmed from the deadly Flame Pool. As they prepared to fight him, Fairy Lingyue learned that her sword was connected to the Sword Ancestor and that she must complete the final step of bringing him back.

• Fairy Lingyue and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou discussed the Sword Ancestor’s appearance in her Sword Intent, and Cangzhou entrusted her with the final step of bringing him back before falling into slumber.
• Xu Taiping and his companions arrived in the fourth layer of the dream and discovered that its Flame Pool could burn their bodies to nothingness.
• Su Chan burst out of the Flame Pool unharmed and challenged the hidden group to reveal themselves and fight.
• Dream Master Xiaoyu warned that she could conceal the group only briefly, so the Old Daoist urged them to form an array and Xu Taiping to search for Su Chan’s weaknesses.
• Lady Jade Mother led Xu Taiping, the Old Daoist, Dugu Qingxiao, and Lü Daoxuan in forming the Heavenly Shadow Grand Formation around Su Chan.
• The group revealed themselves with their treasures and Edict Power, and Su Chan recognized the Azure Profound Sect’s Sword Intent before challenging Xu Taiping and Lü Daoxuan to settle their karma.

Xu Taiping and his four companions fought Su Chan, who countered their attacks and used Taiqing Edict to empower the Flame Pool's fire tornadoes. Dugu Qingxiao then unleashed Yellow Springs Crossing, breaking through Su Chan's defenses with a yellow boat as the battle escalated.

• Su Chan ambushed Xu Taiping and his companions with a fire tornado, but the five used the Heavenly Shadow Formation to reappear above him and attack.
• Su Chan grew gigantic, neutralized the group's attacks, and turned Lady Jade Mother's willow-leaf swords against Lü Daoxuan and Dugu Qingxiao.
• Su Chan summoned more fire tornadoes, and Xu Taiping judged that neither side had shown its full strength before Su Chan attacked again with more agile tornadoes infused with Taiqing Edict.
• Dugu Qingxiao unleashed Yellow Springs Edict—Yin-Yang Reversal and struck Su Chan with Yellow Springs Crossing.
• Su Chan's solar-corona defenses shattered in three layers when a yellow boat burst from the rift created by Dugu Qingxiao's sword strike.

Su Chan used the Taiqing Edicts to counter Dugu Qingxiao and Lü Daoxuan while disrupting Xu Taiping’s attempt to find the Heavenly Millstone’s weakness. As Xu Taiping prepared to use the Lotus Eye, Su Chan turned Lü Daoxuan’s Sword Light against him, forcing Lady Jade Mother to intervene.

• Su Chan unleashed a sun wheel from his left eye, destroyed Dugu Qingxiao’s Yellow Springs Power, and cracked the blood moon he had become.
• Lü Daoxuan attacked Su Chan with the Heavenly Craft Sword, but Su Chan crushed its strikes with the Heavenly Millstone Edict.
• Lü Daoxuan explained that the Heavenly Millstone was a Taiqing Heavenly Dao Edict and urged Xu Taiping to find a way to break it.
• Su Chan repeatedly used the Heavenly Millstone to disrupt Xu Taiping’s deductions, while Lü Daoxuan’s Sword Domain kept Su Chan occupied.
• Xu Taiping poured Primordial Chaos Power into the Lotus Eye, but Su Chan used Heaven and Earth Borrowing Technique to redirect the Sword Light at him.
• Lady Jade Mother erased the Sword Light threatening Xu Taiping and began fighting with all her strength.

Su Chan battled Dugu Qingxiao and the others, countering their attacks with powerful edicts while Xu Taiping used the Great Deductive Power to seek Su Chan’s weaknesses. Lady Jade Mother and the Old Daoist intervened to buy Xu Taiping time, and the chapter ended with Su Chan recognizing the Old Daoist’s summoned Giant Spirit Divine Generals as they attacked him.

• Dugu Qingxiao unleashed sword seeds from Grain in Ear, but Su Chan returned the attack and then used the Heaven and Earth Borrowing Technique to send the sword above Xu Taiping.
• Su Chan trapped Dugu Qingxiao with the Pinching Object posture, but Lady Jade Mother erased his edict power.
• Su Chan revealed three heads and six arms and used the Heaven-Crushing Edict to restrain the group, forcing Dugu Qingxiao and Lü Daoxuan to fight back with their flying swords.
• Lady Jade Mother used Evenly Bestowed Rain and Dew to dissolve Su Chan’s edict, and Xu Taiping said he still needed more information to deduce Su Chan’s weaknesses.
• The Old Daoist sent three hairs at Su Chan, which transformed into divine generals; Su Chan recognized them as Giant Spirit Divine Generals and blocked their axe attacks with his weapons.

Su Chan used the Flame Pool to destroy the three summoned Giant Spirit Divine Generals, then split into three bodies and struck at Xu Taiping and the others with the Heaven-Crushing Edict. As Lü Daoxuan’s sword wall began to fail, Xu Taiping revealed a deduction that called for Lü Daoxuan to face Su Chan alone, and the Old Daoist confirmed that his Equally Matched edict could make it possible.

• Su Chan awakened the Flame Pool into a fire python that destroyed the three Giant Spirit Divine Generals, then divided into three bodies and attacked Xu Taiping and the others.
• Su Chan’s combined Heaven-Crushing Edict shattered the Heavenly Shadow Formation and blasted the group apart, while Lü Daoxuan raised a sword-qi wall to hold him back.
• As the sword-qi wall began to collapse, Xu Taiping shared a great deductive power’s vision of Lü Daoxuan confronting Su Chan alone while the others were sealed outside an arena.
• The Old Daoist explained that his Equally Matched edict could balance the sides by sealing the others’ combat power and letting Lü Daoxuan match Su Chan.

Xu Taiping confirmed that Su Chan was bound to Lü Daoxuan by a powerful karmic connection, and Lü Daoxuan chose to face Su Chan alone as his destined tribulation. The battle continued as Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao attacked without revealing their full strength, but Su Chan easily blocked Dugu Qingxiao’s assault.

• The Lotus Eye confirmed that the Great Deductive Power’s result was certain and that Su Chan and Lü Daoxuan shared many karmic ties.
• Lü Daoxuan told Xu Taiping that confronting Su Chan was his destined tribulation, and Xu Taiping agreed to let him face it.
• Su Chan unleashed a torrent of lava through his fire pythons, breaking the Old Daoist’s divine generals and weakening the group’s defenses.
• Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao moved above Lü Daoxuan to wear Su Chan down before Lü Daoxuan confronted him.
• Dugu Qingxiao used Grain in Ear to fill the area with red lotuses and attack Su Chan, but Su Chan blocked the assault and questioned why Dugu Qingxiao had withheld his strongest sword move.

Xu Taiping used the Old Daoist’s “Equally Matched” edict to prevent Su Chan from escaping and limit the fight to a single opponent. He then summoned Lü Daoxuan, who faced his former disciple and declared he would sever their karma with his sword.

• Dugu Qingxiao used Xu Taiping’s Form- and Shadow-Transposition edict to switch places with him, and Xu Taiping attacked Su Chan with his Ultimate Dao True Dragon Divine Being Body.
• Xu Taiping’s thunder-infused punch broke through Su Chan’s Heaven-Sealing Edict and struck his chest, but a fire python dragged Su Chan into the Flame Pool before Xu Taiping could slash him.
• Su Chan emerged from the Flame Pool and manifested a massive human-headed, snake-bodied form as Xu Taiping waited for the Old Daoist to invoke “Equally Matched.”
• The edict sealed the battlefield and reduced Su Chan’s combat power to match Xu Taiping’s, while preventing anyone else from intervening.
• Xu Taiping declared that his karma with Su Chan had ended and summoned Lü Daoxuan, who challenged his treacherous disciple to a final duel.

Lü Daoxuan fought Su Chan, overcoming his edicts with the Heavenly Craft Sword and swordsmanship that approached Unity of Heaven and Man. Su Chan then unleashed a Golden Giant Net and appeared behind Lü Daoxuan, shattering his Body-Protecting Sword Light.

• Su Chan taunted Lü Daoxuan and declared that the battle would end with Lü Daoxuan’s death, but Lü Daoxuan affirmed that he was the strongest Sword Cultivator.
• Su Chan revealed his Ultimate Dao Body and attacked with the Heavenly Millstone power, while Lü Daoxuan’s Heavenly Craft Sword broke through it and drove toward him.
• Su Chan’s remaining arms ground down Lü Daoxuan’s sword strike, but Lü Daoxuan suddenly renewed his strength and pierced Su Chan with the sword.
• Su Chan’s clones emerged from his pierced body, and Lü Daoxuan fought two of them, using precise sword moves to break their edicts and abilities.
• Su Chan merged his two clones and created a Golden Giant Net, then appeared behind Lü Daoxuan and shattered his Body-Protecting Sword Light.

Lü Daoxuan unleashed his Heavenly Fire Sword Domain against Su Chan, but she used her Heavenly Millstone edict and swordsmanship to carve out a safe territory within it. The clash left the domain fissured and Su Chan still fighting, while Xu Taiping judged Lü Daoxuan to be the only one who could counter her in swordsmanship.

• Su Chan repeatedly evaded Lü Daoxuan's sword strikes and battered him with the Heavenly Millstone force.
• Lü Daoxuan opened his Heavenly Fire Sword Domain, which tore through Su Chan's golden net and attacked her with fire dragons and heavenly thunder.
• Su Chan summoned fire pythons and used the Heavenly Millstone edict to evade and withstand the sword domain's attacks.
• Su Chan pulled her golden net into the domain, establishing a protected territory, then drew a cracked longsword and challenged Lü Daoxuan to test her swordsmanship.
• Su Chan's sword strike incorporated the Heavenly Millstone edict, erased Lü Daoxuan's sword images, and cut a fissure through his domain.
• Xu Taiping concluded that Lü Daoxuan might be the only one able to counter Su Chan in swordsmanship.

Lü Daoxuan and Su Chan clashed with their strongest sword techniques, and Su Chan’s moon-wheel strike grew more powerful whenever the sword domain attacked it. Lady Jade Mother revealed that Lü Daoxuan might be allowing the strike to reach heaven-destroying power to trigger a more powerful heavenly punishment, leaving Xu Taiping and the others concerned about his plan.

• Lü Daoxuan restored his sword domain and formed hundreds of flying swords from its sword shadows.
• Su Chan’s moon-wheel sword shadow shattered under the flying swords, then grew stronger and began splitting the sword domain.
• Lady Jade Mother and the Old Daoist identified the strike’s edicts and warned that repeated attacks could raise it to heaven-destroying power.
• Dugu Qingxiao urged Lü Daoxuan to stop attacking, but Lü Daoxuan continued to strengthen Su Chan’s strike.
• Xu Taiping suspected Lü Daoxuan had a deeper purpose, and Lady Jade Mother explained that heaven-destroying techniques provoked stronger heavenly punishment.

Xu Taiping and the others watched Su Chan and Lü Daoxuan battle inside Lü Daoxuan’s Sword Domain, where Lü gradually gained the advantage through his swordsmanship. Su Chan then spent his own strength to unleash a full-moon strike, leaving the duel at its most dangerous point.

• Lady Jade Mother and the Old Daoist explained that Lü Daoxuan intended to make Su Chan’s Heaven-Extinguishing strike fall on him, and Xu Taiping realized Su Chan could not afford to delay.
• Su Chan sent hundreds of moonlight-like sword shadows through Lü Daoxuan’s Sword Domain, while Lü answered with merged Heavenly Escape Fire Thunder Swords and sealed the moon with golden characters.
• Su Chan broke the seal and challenged Lü Daoxuan, but Lü’s advancing swordsmanship sealed the moon again and drained its spiritual power with Heavenly Escape Fire Thunder Swords.
• Lü Daoxuan sent an enormous sword shadow into the moon, threatening to collapse it, and Su Chan merged into it to unleash a desperate strike powered by his own strength.
• The moon doubled in size and became completely full as Xu Taiping failed to find a path to save his master.

Lü Daoxuan summoned the Jade Capital Pavilion and fought Su Chan’s moon strike with its ten thousand swords, but the clash ended with both attacks destroyed. Heavenly punishment then blasted Su Chan into the Flame Pool, while Xu Taiping searched the aftermath, unsure whether his master had truly died.

• As Su Chan’s full moon split Lü Daoxuan’s sword domain, Lü Daoxuan transformed it into the Jade Capital Pavilion with the Heavenly Craft Sword.
• Lü Daoxuan led ten thousand flying swords against Su Chan’s moon, cleaving it apart and sending it crashing into a river of sword light.
• Su Chan’s moon rose above the river and swallowed it in moonlight, destroying the Jade Capital Pavilion and breaking the Heavenly Craft Sword.
• Heavenly fire shattered Su Chan’s moon, burned most of his body, and drove him into the Flame Pool before turning it into a Flame Mountain.
• Xu Taiping searched the surrounding heavens and earth with his divine sense, wondering whether Lü Daoxuan had truly died.

Xu Taiping and the others watched Lü Daoxuan and Su Chan survive their clash, but both were left gravely weakened. As Su Chan prepared to kill his master, Lü Daoxuan revealed that he had hidden a sword Su Chan could not see.

• Lü Daoxuan emerged from the Sword Radiance with his arms shattered and his body mangled, while the Heavenly Craft Sword had apparently saved his life.
• Flame Mountain exploded, and Su Chan emerged with his Dao Essence exhausted and his aura as weak as Lü Daoxuan's.
• The Old Daoist explained that intervening would make Lü Daoxuan suffer the backlash of the Equally Matched Edict, and Lü Daoxuan told Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao not to interfere.
• Su Chan taunted his injured master and leapt overhead with a broken sword, preparing to strike him down.
• Resonant Sword Cries made Su Chan retreat, but he sensed no flying swords and accused Lü Daoxuan of putting on a show.
• Lü Daoxuan grinned and told Su Chan that he had hidden a sword his disciple had failed to see.

Lü Daoxuan revealed that he had hidden memories of Su Chan’s sword strikes within him, using them to recall Su Chan’s years as his disciple. As Su Chan began to remember his past, Lü Daoxuan challenged him to draw his sword against the mystic-boned youth he had once been.

• Su Chan dismissed Lü Daoxuan’s hidden swords as a bluff, but a sword shadow appeared and forced him to retreat.
• Xu Taiping and the others realized Lü Daoxuan had hidden a sword within Su Chan, while Su Chan remained unaware of its origin.
• Lü Daoxuan prompted Su Chan to attack again, and the next sword shadow reminded Su Chan of his first sword lesson at the Azure Profound Sect.
• Lü Daoxuan revealed that he had hidden the sword strikes Su Chan made throughout his years of training, including the strike that slew a great flood dragon.
• Lü Daoxuan recalled Su Chan’s victories at the Seven Peaks Grand Competition and the Nine Prefectures Sword Chief Assembly, then challenged him to draw his sword against his former self.

Su Chan was overwhelmed by Lü Daoxuan’s Hidden Sword Art and died, while Lü Daoxuan recognized the young phantom as his disciple and entrusted Xu Taiping with winning the Heaven-Treading Contest. Lady Jade Mother sealed Lü Daoxuan’s remaining vitality, and a blood pearl appeared from Su Chan’s remains as Dugu Qingxiao moved to investigate it.

• Su Chan fought Lü Daoxuan’s sword shadows until his younger self pierced him and his body shattered into blood mist.
• The young phantom bowed to Lü Daoxuan, who realized his disciple had died when they last parted and had never been Su Chan’s shadow.
• Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao caught Lü Daoxuan as he fell, and he urged Xu Taiping to win the Heaven-Treading Contest before losing consciousness.
• Lady Jade Mother sealed Lü Daoxuan’s last trace of vitality and warned that his survival depended on the contest’s outcome.
• Su Chan’s blood mist condensed into a blood pearl, and Dugu Qingxiao thrust his Life-Bound Flying Sword, Grain in Ear, at it.

Xu Taiping and his allies learned that Yuqiu Heavenly Venerable had discovered the Third Layer of the Dream Realm and was waiting for them in the Fourth Layer, which Xiaoyu could no longer control. As they prepared to enter, Fairy Lingyue asked to borrow Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone and Kunwu, while the group examined Yuqiu’s prepared defenses.

• Xu Taiping failed to move the Blood Pearl, and Xiaoyu explained that it connected the Dream Realm to reality and could not be moved or destroyed.
• Yuqiu Heavenly Venerable revealed that he knew about the Third Layer and said he would wait for them in the Fourth Layer, after which Xiaoyu admitted she had lost control of that layer.
• Xiaoyu told the group she could still observe the Fourth Layer and give them a brief moment to prepare, then showed them Yuqiu’s recent location there.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping she had found Zhao Linglong, Xiaohei, and his Origin Beginning Clone, and asked to borrow the clone and Kunwu for a hidden plan; Xu Taiping agreed.
• Xiaoyu sent Lin Buyan to the group, and they saw Yuqiu sitting in an abandoned palace amid prepared formations and barriers as Lady Jade Mother asked Xu Taiping to use his deductions.