Recaps

After Zhang Yuhe shattered Yu Tong’s soul, the ancient presence that had secretly guided him took over his body and captured Zhang Yuhe. It began refining both souls into the Great Yin Yang Sword Spirits, then left the formation to pursue Feng Ying and recover the Duojin Mountain Yu Family’s ancestral artifact.

• Yu Tong’s hidden occupant revealed that he had guided Yu Tong for decades and claimed his body after Zhang Yuhe shattered Yu Tong’s soul.
• The hidden occupant subdued Zhang Yuhe, took her soul talisman, and declared that he would refine her and Yu Tong into the Great Yin Yang Sword Spirits.
• He recovered Yu Qingtian’s body and soul, then transferred Yu Tong’s phantom into the corpse and took on the identity of the Yu Family’s head.
• He placed Yu Qingtian and Zhang Yuhe into the Yin and Yang Sword Spirits, respectively, and began tempering them with the sword gourds.
• He expanded the silver space with the True Tiger Dharma Body and then flew through the canopy after sensing Feng Ying’s lightning escape.

Xiao Hua tried to escape the Fan Jin Great Formation after discovering Yu Tong’s strength, but Yu Tong trapped him in an endless series of silver barriers. Xiao Hua used Rabbit Spirit Talismans and Innate True Water to form a barrier of his own, leaving Yu Tong suspicious of his origins and resolved to finish refining the Yin Yang Sword Gourds.

• Xiao Hua fled the fissure and discovered the Fan Jin Great Formation was suspended in the night sky, where Yu Tong’s silver lattices blocked his escape.
• Xiao Hua smashed through hundreds of lattices, but Yu Tong confronted him and demanded the Silver Tiger while offering to let him keep Yu Qingtian’s storage bag.
• Yu Tong formed a huge silver cage around Xiao Hua and pressed it down, forcing Xiao Hua to use the Pure Water Vase and Innate True Water to resist.
• Xiao Hua recalled that Metal Evasion might counter the formation and activated several dozen Rabbit Spirit Talismans within the Innate True Water.
• Yu Tong mistook Xiao Hua’s formation for the Du Tian Xing Dou Great Formation and wondered whether a divided soul in Xiao Hua’s Purple Mansion had given it to him.
• Yu Tong decided to finish refining the Yin Yang Sword Gourds and use them against Xiao Hua, regardless of who was inside him.

Yu Tong trapped the Innate True Water in a silver labyrinth and fled, while Lu Ruochang led the sword cultivators toward the Fan Jin Great Formation and discussed the staged retreat with Qu Jianchong. Lu Ruochang revealed that her plan relied on sacrificing Sword Domain warriors to convince the Dao Sect cultivators they had won.

• Yu Tong enclosed the Innate True Water in a silver labyrinth, then vanished after vowing to kill it once his sword gourd was refined.
• Lu Ruochang and the sword cultivators changed course toward the Fan Jin Great Formation after sensing Sword Transformation Sword Intent, continuing their feigned retreat.
• Lu Ruochang approached Qu Jianchong and discussed Tu Hong’s death, Qin Jian’s fate, and the mysterious identity of the Terrifying Phoenix.
• Lu Ruochang told Qu Jianchong that the staged rout required sacrificing Sword Domain warriors to make the Dao Sect believe its victory was real.
• Qu Jianchong accepted the sacrifice as necessary for the Sword Domain’s plan to destroy the larger Dao Sect force.

Lu Ruochang questioned Qu Jianchong about the mysterious Sword Transformation Sword Intent as the Sword Domain forces approached the Sword Tomb. The sword cultivators found several routes into the Tomb and began withdrawing through them, while the pursuing sect cultivators paused at its edge.

• Qu Jianchong told Lu Ruochang that the Sword Transformation Sword Intent contained sword formulas resembling those of the Huanjian Sect, though no Huanjian Sect elder could account for it.
• Lu Ruochang suspected the Sword Intent was connected to the Xuanjian Sect and planned to guide the retreating cultivators toward the great formation after entering the Sword Tomb.
• Sword cultivators at the Tomb’s edge recalled their earlier confidence and argued over whether a Sword Transformation Senior would protect them.
• Old Man Zhao used a small sword to locate a safe passage, and Swordsman Liao and three others found nearby routes into the Sword Tomb.
• Illusion Sword Swordsmen organized the retreat through the passages, while the pursuing sect cultivators gathered and paused outside the Tomb.

As the Daoist sects prepared to pursue the sword cultivators into the Sword Tomb, the Golden Core cultivators discussed command, battle merit, and Li Zongbao’s reputation. Heng Ming gave Li Zongbao Xiao Hua’s special pardon order to deliver, while warning him to control his emotions.

• Liu Xinwu organized the sect disciples and praised Li Zongbao for his battle merit as the cultivators gathered before the Sword Tomb.
• The Golden Core cultivators considered Heng Ming the natural commander of the final battle, while Gao Wei brought Xiao Mao to join the group.
• Heng Ming wondered whether Xiao Hua might be the Terrifying Phoenix, but Li Zongbao said he had found no trace of Xiao Hua during the war.
• Li Zongbao asked about the Thunder Control Sect’s special pardon order and learned it was being held by Heng Ming because Qianmo had died.
• Heng Ming handed Xiao Hua’s pardon order to Li Zongbao, advising him to control his emotions and deliver it himself.

Li Zongbao received the pardon decree and discussed Xiao Hua and Qianmo with Hengming while waiting for the final battle at the Sword Mound. Hengming revealed that the Dao Sect had secretly prepared Qianmo’s Ten Directions Annihilation Great Formation there, leaving Ji Mo angry that Xuntian City had been kept uninformed.

• Hengming urged Li Zongbao to prepare for forming a core, and Li Zongbao said he had made preparations and stocked Qianli Pills.
• Hengming explained his changed view of Qianmo and praised Xiao Hua; Li Zongbao said Xiao Hua repaid kindness and pursued grudges without end.
• Xiao Mao asked whether there was news of Xiao Hua, and Li Zongbao remained confident that Xiao Hua was safe and might appear unexpectedly.
• Hengming announced that Xiong Huasong had laid Qianmo’s Ten Directions Annihilation Great Formation inside the Sword Mound as part of the plan for the final battle.
• Ji Mo objected that Xuntian City and its City Lord had not been told about the secret plan, while Hengming said the Council Hall could not trust everyone with sensitive information.

Hengming assigned Daoist sect forces to the Ten Directions Annihilation Great Formation and sent them into Sword Tomb to ambush the defeated sword cultivators. As he assigned the Soul Annihilation Formation, Yuan Zhongyu questioned how he could preside over it without knowing Million Meng Mountain’s Soul Cultivation Technique.

• Hengming dismissed Ji Mo’s concerns about possible leaks and urged the gathered cultivators to follow his command into Sword Tomb.
• Hengming explained that safe passages led to the formation’s positions and distributed jade slips assigning sect leaders to the formations.
• Dexun and Huang Feng led disciples of Taiqing Sect, Exotic Beast Sect, and Immortal Music Sect into the Heavenly Annihilation Formation.
• Xu Jie led disciples of Xuantian Sect and Yanjiang Sect into the Earthly Annihilation Formation to join Xiong Huasong.
• Hengming assigned leaders and disciples to the Wind, Ice, Golden, Blood, Fire, and Water Annihilation Formations, and the groups entered Sword Tomb.
• Yuan Zhongyu accepted the jade slip for the Soul Annihilation Formation but asked Hengming what he should do because he lacked Million Meng Mountain’s Soul Cultivation Technique.

Li Zongbao entered the Sword Tomb with the other cultivators while Xiao Hua remained trapped in Yu Tong’s Fan Jin Great Formation. Searching Yu Qingtian’s storage pouch for a way out, Xiao Hua instead found an ancient account of bloodlines descended from transformed Ancient Demonic Beasts.

• Hengming assigned Cheng Ming and Peng Die to lead the Earth Annihilation Formation, then entered the Sword Tomb with the remaining sects.
• Li Zongbao searched for Xiao Hua outside the Sword Tomb, failed to find him, and entered after the Fire Fierce Mountain disciples.
• Yu Tong repaired the Fan Jin Great Formation and boasted that his true spirit bloodline let him control it, then sensed progress in the Stone Transformation Plan and vanished using Metal Evasion.
• Xiao Hua replenished himself with Azure Spirit Pills and searched Yu Qingtian’s storage pouch for a Metal Evasion jade slip, but found none.
• Xiao Hua examined an ancient, damaged jade slip and learned that true bloodlines could descend from Ancient Demonic Beasts that transformed into human form and had children with mortals or cultivators.

Xiao Hua learned that the Silver Tiger controlled the Fan Jin Great Formation but supposedly required the Yu Family’s True Tiger bloodline. After forcing the artifact to accept his essence blood and refining its hidden cauldron form, he discovered it was the Si Yin Cauldron, a token for entering the mysterious Yi Ze Realm.

• Xiao Hua read about Saint Bloodlines and the Four Spirits Blood Array, then realized a jade slip might contain a way to break the Fan Jin Great Formation.
• He found the formation’s instructions in a Yu Family jade slip, but learned that only someone with the True Tiger bloodline could refine the Silver Tiger and control the formation.
• Xiao Hua tried the prescribed refinement method, failed, and then used his essence blood, Sleeve Universe, and Sea-Overturning Seal to overpower the Silver Tiger’s resistance.
• After refining the Silver Tiger for a day and night, Xiao Hua transformed it into a cauldron and received a flood of memories.
• Xiao Hua learned that the cauldron was the Si Yin Cauldron, a token for entering the Yi Ze Realm and obtaining a bloodline inheritance, though its memories gave few details about the realm’s location or origins.

Xiao Hua found the Metal Evasion technique in the Si Yin Cauldron and began studying it as a way to escape the formation. Yu Tong gathered the Duojin Mountain Yu Family disciples and revealed that Yu Qingtian was dead, leaving the elders shocked and Yu Ping thinking of Xiao Hua.

• Xiao Hua realized the Si Yin Cauldron held the Metal Evasion technique and resolved to use it to escape the formation.
• Yu Tong returned to the enormous space and used his True Tiger Dharma Body to restore the plaza and its cultivation nests.
• Yu Tong summoned the Yu Family disciples and questioned the elders about their gains from the Stone Transformation Plan.
• Yu Lei refused to discuss his progress with Yu Tong, who then announced that Yu Qingtian was dead.
• The Nine Great Elders reacted in disbelief, while Yu Ping remembered Xiao Hua and concealed his reaction.

Yu Tong recounted Yu Qingtian’s death and claimed that the Sect Master had named him as his successor. The Nine Great Elders were stunned, and Yu Lei immediately rejected the claim.

• Yu Bing and Yu Huo silenced the gathered Yu Family members and urged Yu Tong to explain Yu Qingtian’s death before they chose a new Sect Master.
• Yu Tong said Yu Qingtian had died from the sword spirit’s backlash while refining it, and that he had restrained the spirit himself.
• Yu Tong revealed that the sword spirit still belonged to Duojin Mountain’s Yu Family, then said Yu Qingtian’s final instructions concerned the next Sect Master.
• Yu Tong claimed Yu Qingtian had shouted that the Sect Master position would be entrusted to him if he escaped the sword spirit.
• Yu Lei leaped up and declared Yu Tong’s claim impossible.

Yu Tong faced challenges from Yu Bing, Yu Lei, and the other Duojin Mountain elders over his claim that Yu Qingtian had named him Sect Master and over the missing Silver Tiger. He revealed the sword spirit’s power by killing Yu Lei and Yu Bing, leaving the succession dispute unresolved but his opponents silenced.

• Yu Lei challenged Yu Tong’s account of Yu Qingtian’s instructions, while Yu Huo defended Yu Tong and opposed demands for a blood oath.
• Yu Bing demanded that Yu Tong produce the Silver Tiger and Yu Qingtian’s corpse, implying that Yu Tong had hidden the clan artifact.
• Yu Tong pointed to the sword spirit’s cocoon and sent its blue-green and crimson sword lights at Yu Lei, severing his head.
• Yu Bing attacked Yu Tong with a flying sword and used Metal Evasion to flee, prompting Yu Huo to order the exits guarded.
• Yu Tong directed the sword lights after Yu Bing, and they exposed and beheaded him as he tried to escape.

Yu Tong seized control of Duojin Mountain by killing Yu Bing and displaying his overwhelming power, then forced the elders and disciples to recognize him as sect master. As the crowd dispersed, the disciples began to imagine a prosperous future under his leadership, and Yu Tong resolved to make the most of his new strength.

• Yu Tong killed Yu Bing and revealed that he controlled the Fan Jin Great Formation, forcing the disciples and elders to kneel and greet him as sect master.
• Yu Tong explained that he had accepted the position at Yu Qingtian's deathbed request and said Yu Bing and Yu Lei had brought their deaths upon themselves.
• Yu Huo praised Yu Tong and accused Yu Bing of leaking Duojin Mountain's secrets, while the other elders accepted Yu Tong's authority.
• Yu Tong appointed Yu Ping to an elder's post, promised to help the elders form Golden Cores, and left routine clan affairs to them while ordering them to keep his takeover secret.
• The disciples left the plaza expecting Yu Tong's bloodline and ties to the Huanhua Sect to transform Duojin Mountain, while Yu Tong silently vowed to use his new strength well.

Yu Tong assigned Duojin Mountain’s elders to prepare his inauguration, return the disciples from the Sword Graveyard, and nurture promising followers. Yun Zichong recognized Yu Tong and recalled their past, ending with the revelation that Yu Tong had become a Golden Core cultivator.

• Yu Tong ordered Yu Huo to arrange his inauguration ceremony and promised the elders that they could reach Golden Core within five years.
• Yu Tong instructed Yu Huo and the other elders to return Duojin Mountain’s disciples in batches and gave Yu Ping a list of promising disciples to nurture.
• Yu Tong told Yu Huo to handle the other sects’ participants according to Yu Qingtian’s arrangements, then asked him to bring Yun Zichong.
• Yu Tong praised the disciple who had protected the secret of his position, and the disciple left after giving his name.
• Yun Zichong recognized Yu Tong and recalled how their paths had diverged as his own Flame Dragon bloodline and cultivation advanced.
• Yun Zichong remembered his master revealing that Yu Tong had become a Golden Core cultivator.

Yun Zichong learned that Yu Tong had become Duojin Mountain’s new Sect Master and thanked him for the Stone Transformation Plan’s boost to his cultivation. Yu Tong explained the plan would not be repeated for a hundred years, but revealed another cultivation method that might suit Yun Zichong because of his true bloodline.

• Yun Zichong discovered that Yu Tong had reached the Golden Core realm and joined the Stone Transformation Plan through Jing Sheng and Yu Qingtian’s help.
• Yu Tong greeted Yun Zichong warmly, persuaded him to call him Senior Brother, and recalled Yun Zichong’s kindness when they first entered the Huanhua Sect.
• Yu Tong told Yun Zichong that Yu Qingtian had died controlling the great formation to protect the participants, and Yun Zichong bowed to honor his sacrifice.
• Yu Tong revealed that he had become Duojin Mountain’s Sect Master, and Yun Zichong reacted with excitement and surprise.
• Yu Tong told Yun Zichong the Stone Transformation Plan would likely not happen again for a hundred years, then offered to discuss another cultivation method suited to Yun Zichong’s true bloodline.

Yu Tong revealed the Four Spirits Blood Curse to Yun Zichong and persuaded him to join in raising their bloodlines to Saint Bloodlines. Their alliance was interrupted when news arrived that Daoist cultivators and sword cultivators were fighting inside the Sword Mound.

• Yu Tong explained the Four Sacred Beasts and revealed that a secret art from an ancestral jade pendant could purify their bloodlines.
• Yun Zichong agreed to help Yu Tong use the Four Spirits Blood Curse, and they swore an oath to cooperate.
• Yu Tong asked about Feng Ying, and Yun Zichong said he knew a Foundation Establishment disciple named Feng Yi who had recently visited him.
• A violent rumble shook the plaza, and communication talismans informed Yu Tong that Daoist cultivators had pursued retreating sword cultivators into the Sword Mound.
• Yu Tong and Yun Zichong learned that the sword cultivators were trapped in a great formation, and Yun Zichong welcomed the chance to earn merit.

Yun Zichong left the Sword Tomb while Yu Tong stabilized the Fan Jin Great Formation and planned to use the war to advance Duojin Mountain. As Lu Ruochang revealed the sword cultivators’ feigned retreat and ordered them toward the Four Directions Sword Array, Mu Ting questioned whether they should change course after encountering deadly spatial blades.

• Yun Zichong declined to join the battle, and Yu Tong remained behind to refine the Great Yin Yang sword spirit.
• Yu Tong used the True Tiger Dharma Body to stabilize the Fan Jin Great Formation and planned to kill Feng Yi before leaving the Sword Tomb.
• Lu Ruochang and Mu Ting discussed revealing the planned ambush to the sword cultivators as they heard pursuing cultivators fall into formations.
• Lu Ruochang told Tie Min to announce that the retreat was feigned and direct the sword cultivators toward the Four Directions Sword Array.
• Mu Ting and Lu Ruochang encountered a spatial blade that cut through sword light, and Mu Ting urged them to reconsider their route.

Lu Ruochang realized that the Sword Domain’s retreating forces had been trapped inside a Dao Sect spell formation in the Sword Tomb. As the swordsmen gathered to assess the ambush, suspicion over a Sword Transformation Sword Intent threatened to divide them.

• A vast spell formation illuminated the Sword Tomb, revealing the scattered swordsmen among boulders and skeletons and preventing them from using their divine senses.
• Lu Ruochang concluded that Dao Sect cultivators had ambushed the Sword Domain forces, calmed Mu Ting, and ordered scouts to investigate the formation.
• Lu Ruochang summoned the Illusion Sword swordsmen to discuss the trap.
• Xue Chong challenged Qu Jianchong over the Xuanjian Sect Sword Transformation Sword Intent, and Qu denied that it proved a senior had led them into the formation.
• Cang Yuan angrily told the swordsmen to stop arguing and unite against the enemy.

Lu Ruochang tried to rally the trapped sword cultivators and assess the Daoist formation surrounding them. After learning that it could overpower even a Fourth Grade Bright Sword swordsman, she admitted she had less than half a chance of breaking it, and Ruoling asked what she planned to do.

• Lu Ruochang ended the swordsmen’s debate and won their agreement to follow her lead while they waited for scouts to report on the formation.
• A flying sword message from Tie Min revealed that the formation spanned about eighty li, with ten flag gates set among mist and blood-red lanterns.
• Lu Ruochang identified the formation as resembling the Heaven and Earth Flag Gate Formation but said its ten gates made it unfamiliar and difficult to break.
• Jian Jianli argued that the swordsmen could break through by attacking in one direction, but Ruoling and Lu Ruochang warned that the formation was too powerful for a simple assault.
• Lu Ruochang reported that Tie Min had entered a flag gate, where the sword light overwhelmed him and pierced his flying sword; Ruoling explained why the Daoist cultivators needed such a powerful formation.
• Ruoling asked Lu Ruochang what she planned to do, after Lu Ruochang admitted she had less than half a chance of success.

Lu Ruochang led a combined strike against the formation’s apparent core, but the point of light proved to be a trap that injured her and the other Illusion Sword Swordsmen. She ordered the sword forces to attack all ten banner gates at once, then encountered a golden mist with Bright Sword Swordsmen waiting inside.

• Ruoling and the other swordsmen urged Lu Ruochang to strike the formation’s central point of light, and five Illusion Sword Swordsmen transformed into giant swords to attack it.
• The point of light vanished and unleashed a powerful fluctuation that shattered the five swords’ sword qi and injured Lu Ruochang and her allies.
• Lu Ruochang realized the apparent weak point was a trap and ordered the forces to attack all ten banner gates simultaneously.
• Lu Ruochang led the Xuanfeng Sword Sect disciples toward a banner gate while the other sword sects pursued their own targets.
• A golden mist appeared ahead of Lu Ruochang, and several Bright Sword Swordsmen waited inside it.

Lu Ruochang led more than ten thousand Xuanfeng Sword Sect disciples into the Golden Annihilation Array to avenge Tie Min. Inside, she found a sword grave guarded by Ji Mo and three Golden Core cultivators, who revealed that Qian Mo had planned the array during the earlier attacks on the spirit stone mines.

• Lu Ruochang learned that Tie Min had fallen inside the array and led her disciples through the golden mist toward the banner gate.
• Ji Mo challenged Lu Ruochang to enter the Golden Annihilation Array, and she led the disciples through its golden gate without encountering danger.
• Lu Ruochang discovered an immense sword grave within the array and dismissed it as an imitation of the sword cultivators’ Sword Condenses the World realm.
• Ji Ye, Ji Hong, and Zhou Qingping appeared alongside Ji Mo, taunted Lu Ruochang, and vowed to bury the Xuanfeng Sword Sect disciples in the array.
• Lu Ruochang asked when the array had been set up and who created it, and Ji Hong said it was planned by Qian Mo during the earlier attacks on the spirit stone mines.

Lu Ruochang and the Xuanfeng Sword Sect were caught in the devastating Golden Annihilation Array, whose golden light corroded sword intents and bodies alike. As the slaughter continued, Zhu Chengye prepared Mingjian Sect to enter the separate, ominous Heavenly Annihilation Formation.

• Ji Hong revealed that Qianmo’s ambush had led the cultivators into the Golden Annihilation Array, then ordered the formation to attack Lu Ruochang’s forces.
• The array unleashed a torrent of Broken Swords laced with golden light, and Lu Ruochang recognized the killing power behind Tie Min’s dying insight.
• The golden light corroded sword intents and pierced bodies, killing over a hundred Womb Sword Disciples and devastating the Xuanfeng Sword Sect ranks.
• Lu Ruochang used her Sword Transformation Secret Technique, but Ji Hong intensified the array with the spiritual power of one hundred thousand Foundation Establishment disciples.
• At the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, Zhu Chengye recognized the danger of its blue radiance and ordered the Illusion Sword disciples to stop concealing their cultivation.

Zhu Chengye led more than ten thousand Mingjian Sect disciples into Dexun and Huang Feng’s Heavenly Annihilation Formation, where the Dao Sect cultivators unleashed a starry-sky formation. The swordsmen faced a vast darkness as an approaching star caught their attention.

• Zhu Chengye entered the azure banner gate with his Crimson Sun Sword Intent, and the Mingjian Sect disciples followed behind him.
• Dexun and Huang Feng revealed themselves, rejected Zhu Chengye’s challenge, and prepared to activate the formation together.
• Zhu Chengye ordered the disciples to form a battle formation as hurricanes twisted the azure sky around them.
• Zhu Chengye and the Illusion Sword swordsmen transformed into giant swords to resist the formation’s distortions.
• The formation tore away the azure sky and revealed a black starry expanse, where a Womb Sword Swordsman pointed out a glowing star drifting toward them.

Zhu Chengye led the Mingjian Sect swordsmen against the spheres unleashed by the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, while Dexun and Huang Feng discussed how the three sects’ combined spiritual power made the spheres imitate the inscrutable trajectories of the Heavenly Dao. The spheres eventually overwhelmed the sword formation, leaving many swordsmen dead and the survivors surrounded.

• Zhu Chengye recognized the danger and ordered the Mingjian Sect disciples to form a defensive sphere as points of light multiplied around them.
• Zhu Chengye met the first massive sphere with his transformed giant sword, which was badly shaken by the impact.
• Zhu Chengye explained that the spheres condensed the spiritual power of nearly a hundred thousand Taiqing Sect and Exotic Beast Sect cultivators, then led the swordsmen to resist them.
• Dexun and Huang Feng discussed the Heavenly Annihilation Formation and how the three sects’ disciples gave the spheres unpredictable trajectories resembling the Heavenly Dao.
• More than a dozen spheres surrounded the swordsmen and smashed into their ranks, killing Womb Sword Swordsmen and leaving the formation under severe pressure.

The Wind Annihilation Formation and the blood-sea formation devastated the Mingyang and Yanzhu Sword Sect forces, forcing Xue Chong and Tian Simu to transform into swords to defend their disciples. Tian Simu’s strike split the blood sea and exposed Gao Wei and Qing Zhici at its bottom, where they prepared to activate something together.

• Dozens of spheres hurtled toward Zhu Chengye and the Mingjian Sect disciples, and Zhu Chengye realized he could withstand only one more attack.
• A growing barrage of hurricanes tore through the Wind Annihilation Formation, killing many Mingyang Sword Sect disciples and severing Xue Chong’s sword formation.
• A blood tide engulfed Tian Simu and more than ten thousand Yanzhu Sword Sect swordsmen, corroding their sword light, weapons, and bodies.
• Tian Simu transformed into a giant sword, joined by Illusion Sword disciples, and led the surviving swordsmen in a strike that split the blood sea.
• Gao Wei and Qing Zhici appeared beneath the fissure and agreed to activate the formation together.