Recaps

Xiao Hua learned that Li Zongbao’s Mirror of Parting Emotions was making him increasingly cold, then told him about the Xuntian Tea House’s trafficking in cultivators’ remains and asked him to inspect a damaged thunder boat. As their flying boat crossed the stormy skies, Li Zongbao rushed to aid Dao Sect disciples fighting Bright Sword cultivators, and Xiao Hua followed when he recognized members of the Joyful Sect and Thunder Control Sect among them.

• Li Zongbao told Xiao Hua that Zhuo Xia was the one person he could never let go of, and Xiao Hua worried that his hidden sword cultivator strength and role in Tu Hong’s death could be exposed.
• Xiao Hua asked Xiao Mao about Li Zongbao’s cultivation technique and learned that the Joyful Sect’s Mirror of Parting Emotions was said to sever passions and desires.
• Xiao Hua showed Li Zongbao the remains of Thunder Control Sect disciples and a damaged thunder boat, then described how cultivators at the Xuntian Tea House had traded in the remains.
• Li Zongbao condemned the trafficking and said he would investigate it and report the matter to the Council Hall, then explained that the thunder boat’s destroyed Thunder Pool made it useless.
• After weeks of sleet, Li Zongbao spotted a battle between Dao Sect disciples and Bright Sword disciples and rushed to help, while Xiao Hua followed after recognizing Joyful Sect and Thunder Control Sect cultivators among the Dao Sect group.

Li Zongbao and Xiao Hua joined the battle against the Bright Sword Swordsmen, and their fierce attacks turned the tide for the Joyful Sect and Thunder Control Sect disciples. The surviving sword cultivators faced defeat as Li Zongbao continued killing, while Xiao Hua questioned his path.

• Li Zongbao charged into the battle and struck more than twenty Bright Sword Swordsmen with the Immortal-Piercing Whip, breaking several flying swords but suffering injuries himself.
• Li Zongbao challenged Xiao Hua to kill ten swordsmen each, and Xiao Hua attacked with the Leaf Sun Fan, a devilish staff, and lightning techniques.
• Xiao Hua killed five Bright Sword Swordsmen in quick succession, inspiring the Thunder Control Sect disciples to push back their opponents.
• Li Zongbao killed four more swordsmen and grew increasingly absorbed in killing, while Xiao Mao praised his cultivation path.
• Xiao Hua objected to Li Zongbao's bloodthirsty approach as the battle continued in the sects' favor.

Xiao Hua and Li Zongbao helped defeat the sword cultivators pursuing Thunder Control Sect and Joyful Sect disciples, then divided the spoils fairly. After learning that both Seven Absolute Ridge and Flowing Ice Valley needed aid, Xiao Hua chose to go to Seven Absolute Ridge while Li Zongbao took Xiao Mao to Flowing Ice Valley.

• Li Zongbao used the Immortal-Piercing Whip to kill the remaining sword cultivators, and Xiao Hua and the other cultivators finished off the survivors.
• Xiao Hua introduced himself to the Thunder Control Sect disciples, who asked Kun Peng to gather the sword cultivators’ storage bags.
• Xiao Hua had the storage bags divided between the Thunder Control Sect and Joyful Sect disciples, then gave his share to his companions and reserved a share for Xiao Mao.
• Kun Peng told Xiao Hua that Thunder Control Sect disciples at Seven Absolute Ridge needed reinforcements after an ambush by sword and beast cultivators.
• Li Zongbao asked Xiao Hua to accompany him to Flowing Ice Valley, but Xiao Hua chose Seven Absolute Ridge, so Li Zongbao took Xiao Mao with him instead.

Xiao Hua headed to Seven Absolute Ridge to aid the besieged disciples, but Kun Shuai lured him into a trap at Prison Dragon Ridge. The chapter ended with Kun Shuai preparing a golden flame while Xiao Hua fought to break free of the formation.

• Xiao Hua sent Kun Peng and the others to join the Joyful Sect disciples, then flew alone toward Seven Absolute Ridge.
• Kun Shuai met Xiao Hua, corrected the route Kun Peng had given him, and invited him to follow along through Prison Dragon Ridge.
• While they flew, Kun Shuai asked about Dui Qimeng and Cui Hongshen, and Xiao Hua said they had reconciled.
• Kun Shuai activated a formation that slammed Xiao Hua into the ground and trapped him in the valley.
• Kun Shuai ignored Xiao Hua's questions and formed a growing ball of golden flame as Xiao Hua rose to attack and reach for his demonic staff.

Kun Shuai trapped Xiao Hua in the Six Ding Mountain Splitting Demon Sealing Formation and attacked him with Innate True Fire. After defending himself until the flames filled the valley, Xiao Hua used Fire Evasion to reach Kun Shuai and strike his leg with the As-You-Wish Staff.

• Kun Shuai activated the Six Ding Mountain Splitting Demon Sealing Formation, which pinned Xiao Hua down and made his demon staff unbearably heavy.
• Kun Shuai summoned six streams of Innate True Fire, and Xiao Hua's Leaf Sun Fan fire dragons failed to affect them.
• Xiao Hua used the As-You-Wish Staff to knock away the flame sparks while the formation steadily wore him down.
• Kun Shuai covered the valley in flame sparks and mocked Xiao Hua's Hidden Fire Physique as he ran out of room to dodge.
• Xiao Hua used Fire Evasion to disappear into the Innate True Fire, emerged near Kun Shuai, and struck his leg with the As-You-Wish Staff.

Xiao Hua survived Kun Shuai’s trap and killed him, then discovered Li Chengxu hiding nearby and attacked him. The chapter left Xiao Hua and Li Chengxu fighting, with Li Chengxu striking Xiao Hua with a pipa’s piercing sound.

• Kun Shuai’s phantom vanished as a spindle-shaped artifact trapped Xiao Hua and Kun Shuai inside a collapsing space.
• Xiao Hua’s immense magical power reversed the artifact’s collapse, killing Kun Shuai and weakening the Six Ding Mountain Splitting Demon Sealing Formation.
• Xiao Hua took Kun Shuai’s magic bottle, command token, artifacts, storage bag, and Golden Core, then burned Kun Shuai’s corpse.
• Xiao Hua sensed something was amiss, revealed Li Chengxu hiding nearby, and attacked him with the As-You-Wish Staff.
• Li Chengxu tried to flee, then produced a pipa and struck a piercing note at Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua fought Li Chengxu with soul attacks, flying swords, and Dream Slayer, while Li Chengxu’s protective talisman and hidden strength made him a dangerous opponent. Li Chengxu unleashed a Nascent Soul cultivator’s blood-red hand, but Xiao Hua used repeated fireball jade talismans to blast its confinement apart and halt its advance.

• Xiao Hua struck Li Chengxu with the Soul Capturing Bell and toad soul artifact, then cracked his protective radiance with the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Xiao Hua trapped Li Chengxu in a Seven Star Great Formation, and Li Chengxu recognized him as the assassin of Tu Hong.
• Xiao Hua used Concealment of Heaven's Guise to display the pressure of Golden Core Mid-stage cultivation, then sent Dream Slayer’s sixty-four sword lights into the array.
• Li Chengxu activated a spirit talisman that summoned a blood-red hand, which shattered the sword formation and crushed Dream Slayer’s sword lights.
• Xiao Hua scattered fireball jade talismans, whose explosions broke the hand’s confinement and forced Li Chengxu to struggle to control it.

Xiao Hua trapped Li Chengxu with Innate True Water and the Seven Star Great Formation, intercepting his communication talisman before Li Chengxu destroyed himself with his Golden Core. Xiao Hua survived the blast, recovered the scattered water, and captured Li Chengxu’s soul long enough to question it before sending it onward.

• Li Chengxu tried to flee inside the Nascent Soul hand, but Xiao Hua restrained it with spirit fire and the Buddha Sarira’s Innate True Water.
• Li Chengxu launched a communication spirit talisman, but Xiao Hua intercepted it and stored it in his space.
• Xiao Hua broke the Nascent Soul hand and trapped Li Chengxu with the Seven Star Great Formation, while Li Chengxu’s defensive radiance resisted the Innate True Water.
• Li Chengxu attacked with a circular magic treasure, but Xiao Hua knocked it aside, and Li Chengxu then detonated his Golden Core.
• The explosion scattered the Innate True Water and injured Xiao Hua, who gathered the water back into the Pure Water Vase.
• Xiao Hua seized Li Chengxu’s lingering soul, questioned it, and sent it onward.

Xiao Hua survived Li Chengxu’s self-destruction, worried that True Person Du'e might be searching for him, and headed toward Seven Absolute Ridge to prepare for the coming battle. In Xuntian City’s Council Hall, Qian Mo defended his past handling of Dui Qimeng and Cui Hongshen by arguing that keeping Tu Hong as a commander could save countless Dao Sect cultivators.

• Xiao Hua gathered the scattered flying swords and remnants after Li Chengxu’s self-destruction, then wondered whether True Person Du'e had been searching for him.
• Xiao Hua decided to refine the Ice Mirror before the assault on Seven Absolute Ridge, burned away the traces in the valley, and flew toward the ridge.
• Heng Ming asked whether the sects had dispatched their probing disciples, and Zhou Qingping and Zhu Junwei reported that their disciples had already departed.
• Heng Ming, Xiong Huasong, Huo Ping, and Xiang Ming voiced confidence that the Dao Sect could defeat the sword cultivators after gathering its forces.
• Wang Ye mocked Qian Mo over Dui Qimeng and Tu Hong, but Qian Mo defended his actions as protecting Dui Qimeng, Cui Hongshen, Tu Hong, and the dignity of the Nascent Soul elders.
• Qian Mo argued that keeping Tu Hong, a talented commander, in the Council Hall justified the Thunder Control Sect’s losses because Tu Hong’s plans could save tens of thousands of Dao Sect cultivators.

The Council Hall learned that Li Chengxu had died, and Qian Mo offered Tu Hong’s recorded battle plans while presenting himself as a loyal investigator. As Qian Mo revealed a second, secret plan, Wang Ye questioned why he kept attributing the strategies to Tu Hong.

• Fairy Lianxia informed Heng Ming that Li Chengxu’s Life Spirit Tablet had shattered and ordered an investigation into his death.
• Qian Mo volunteered to investigate Li Chengxu’s death with Peng Die and twenty Council Hall disciples, then gave Heng Ming a jade slip containing Tu Hong’s battle plan.
• Heng Ming praised Tu Hong’s plan to use an attack on the spirit stone mine as a feint and ambush the sword cultivators.
• Qian Mo claimed Tu Hong had another secret calculation, so Heng Ming used a restriction to separate the rotating cultivators from the others.
• Heng Ming read Qian Mo’s second jade slip, while Wang Ye asked why Qian Mo attributed the strategy to Tu Hong instead of claiming it as his own.

Heng Ming presented Tu Hong’s proposal to ambush sword cultivators at the Sword Tomb, and the Council Hall debated whether the plan could work. Nearly every Golden Core cultivator supported pursuing it, leaving Li Jijie as the lone opponent.

• Qian Mo defended Tu Hong’s credit as Heng Ming prepared to explain the jade slip.
• Heng Ming revealed that Tu Hong had planned to lure sword cultivators into a Spirit Howl Great Formation at the Sword Tomb.
• Wang Ye, Dexun, Qian Mo, and Xiong Huasong questioned the plan’s feasibility and discussed the Sword Tomb’s routes, spiritual energy, and possible formations.
• Liu Xinwu reported that patrols had found no signs of high-level Sword Cultivator activity at the Sword Tomb.
• Li Jijie and Cheng Ming raised objections, while Qian Mo and Gao Wei argued that an ambush could still inflict losses and boost morale.
• Heng Ming called for a vote, and every Golden Core cultivator except Li Jijie supported the plan.

Hengming and the Council Hall leaders secretly arranged for disciples to train under Xiong Huasong while debating how to respond to Li Chengxu’s death. As they prepared for a final offensive, Xiao Hua settled into a cave and examined a jade slip from Tu Hong’s storage pouch.

• Qian Mo urged the Council Hall leaders to keep the training and formation plans secret from Xuntian City, and they agreed to send arriving disciples directly to Sword Tomb under Xiong Huasong.
• After Qian Mo and Peng Die left, the leaders fell silent as they considered Li Chengxu’s unexplained death and the weakness of their battlefield command.
• Hengming reassured the leaders that Li Chengxu’s death would not derail their plans, and they agreed to prepare a final attack and summon support from Xuntian City.
• Xiao Hua entered a dry mountain cave, set up a Minghua Stone, and retrieved a jade slip from Tu Hong’s storage pouch.
• After studying the jade slip, Xiao Hua pondered briefly and gave a cold sneer.

Xiao Hua thwarted Tu Hong’s attempt to possess him, reunited the Ice Mirror with the triangular treasure to restore the Kunlun Mirror, and discovered that Kun Shuai carried materials and a secret method for refining a thunder boat. He left the reason Kun Shuai had gathered Great Universe Shifting Token materials unresolved.

• Xiao Hua used the Setting Sun Island refinement method to bind Tu Hong’s triangular magic treasure and drew Tu Hong’s hidden Primordial Spirit out through the Ice Mirror’s vortex.
• Little Yellow trapped and devoured Tu Hong’s Primordial Spirit after Xiao Hua refused his plea for mercy.
• The Ice Mirror absorbed the triangular treasure and became the Kunlun Mirror, whose three-colored powers Xiao Hua tested against a cave wall.
• Xiao Hua set aside Tu Hong’s storage pouch to avoid exposure and regretted that Li Chengxu’s self-destruction had destroyed most of his belongings.
• Xiao Hua found Great Universe Shifting Token repair materials in Kun Shuai’s storage pouch, along with Thundercrack Stone and the Thunder Control Sect’s secret method for refining a thunder boat.
• Xiao Hua noticed that Kun Shuai had gathered Token materials without the method to repair it and wondered why.

Xiao Hua discovered Kun Shuai’s dealings with True Person Jinglü and planned to intercept Hu Guanqiu for his materials before traveling to Seven Absolute Ridge. There, sword cultivators guarding a spirit stone vein sensed someone approaching and prepared to attack.

• Xiao Hua concluded Kun Shuai had tried to kill him through the Forbidden Technique Record, then found the Thunder Control Sect’s thunder boat refining method among Kun Shuai’s possessions.
• Xiao Hua read a communication talisman revealing that Hu Guanqiu planned to meet Kun Shuai and carry materials needed to repair the Great Universe Shifting Token, so he decided to go after him.
• Xiao Hua refined more fire talismans, left his cave, and headed toward Seven Absolute Ridge.
• Ruo Si and Yun Bai led sword cultivators practicing a formation to defend Seven Absolute Ridge’s spirit stone vein.
• After the sword cultivators discussed their hopes of fighting Dao cultivators, Yun Bai noticed a flash of sword light and announced that someone was approaching.

Gu Yu arrived at Seven Absolute Ridge with Void Sky Sword Sect reinforcements, but said she would not fight because she had sworn not to kill Daoist cultivators again. She revealed that the Terrifying Phoenix had spared her, leaving Ruo Si and Yun Bai astonished and Yun Bai doubtful of her account.

• Yun Bai showed Ruo Si a sword image of a dozen incoming Bright Sword swordsmen, and Ruo Si sent Chen to receive them.
• Li Chun arrived with twelve Void Sky Sword Sect disciples and explained that they had been ordered to reinforce Seven Absolute Ridge.
• Ruo Si recognized Gu Yu and praised her reputation, but Gu Yu said her Formless Sword could no longer be used by her in battle.
• Li Chun explained that Gu Yu had gained insight into the Sword Dao, and Gu Yu clarified that she had vowed never to initiate the killing of Daoist cultivators again.
• Li Chun said Gu Yu's vow followed her encounter with the Terrifying Phoenix, whom Gu Yu said had spared her.
• Yun Bai rejected the idea that the Terrifying Phoenix could have spared Gu Yu and questioned her account.

Gu Yu explained how her encounter with Terrifying Phoenix transformed her understanding of the Formless Sword, prompting Yun Bai to accuse her of betraying the Sword Domain. The dispute ended when Ruo Si spared Gu Yu from fighting, but the arrival of a large Huanhua Sect force brought the Seven Absolute Ridge under threat.

• Gu Yu recounted how Terrifying Phoenix returned her severed arm and gave her a spirit pill, and she said he had spared her because he was not cruel.
• Gu Yu condemned the Great Sword Dao Battle and said her enlightenment had advanced her to Bright Sword Sixth Grade, with her Formless Sword now residing in her heart.
• Yun Bai challenged Gu Yu's convictions with her lotus flying sword, but Ruo Si stopped her and accepted Gu Yu's offer of support without requiring her to fight.
• Ruo Si's communication swords revealed more than twenty thousand Huanhua Sect disciples approaching Seven Absolute Ridge, and their scouts destroyed the viewing mirrors.
• Li Chun offered to lead the Void Sky Sword Sect disciples in the first defense, while Yun Bai declared she would defeat the invading force; another urgent sword cry followed.

Ruo Si organized the Seven Absolute Ridge swordsmen to face attacks from the Huanhua Sect and Thunder Control Sect, while Kan Sheng led the Thunder Control Sect’s allied forces toward the ridge. The swordsmen withdrew from their ambushes, and Kan Sheng ordered Yu Feng to scout ahead as the two sides approached a confrontation.

• Ruo Si and Junior Sister Yunbai divided the Seven Absolute Ridge forces, with Yunbai taking the Huanhua Sect and Ruo Si leading swordsmen against the Thunder Control Sect.
• Ruo Si ordered Chen Feng to summon Ji Ye of the Bronze Bell Sect from seclusion to take command, then assigned Li Chun and Gu Yu to her force.
• Kan Sheng used his divine sense to locate Bright Sword Swordsmen beyond thirty li and sent Yu Feng with nearly three hundred disciples to attack them.
• Yu Feng returned after the swordsmen received a summons and withdrew before his force could reach them.
• Kan Sheng ordered Yu Feng to lead the three hundred disciples ten li ahead of the main force and kill any swordsmen they encountered.

Kan Sheng led the Thunder Control Sect’s forces into battle against the swordsmen of Seven Absolute Ridge, and the two armies’ opening clash quickly became a brutal melee. Li Chun killed a Thunder Control Sect cultivator, while Chunfen was killed by a thunderball that had been aimed at someone else.

• Kan Sheng learned that the Huanhua Sect had also reached the outskirts of Seven Absolute Ridge, then ordered his disciples to advance faster and prepare for battle.
• Nearly twenty thousand swordsmen emerged from Seven Absolute Ridge, and Kan Sheng ordered his forces to form up and attack.
• A hundred swordsmen combined their flying swords into a giant blade, which clashed with the cultivators’ magical artifacts and began the battle.
• Li Chun killed a Thunder Control Sect cultivator and attacked two more, while Chunfen killed one of them with a hidden sword strike.
• A cultivator detonated a magic treasure and blasted Chunfen and nearby fighters, then a Thunder Control Sect disciple’s stray thunderball struck Chunfen from behind and killed him.

Gu Yu refused to join the battle while Ruo Si confronted Kan Sheng with the White Cloud Sword and held him in a fierce clash. Two powerful divine senses swept over the battlefield, revealing that senior experts from both sides were nearby as the fighting continued.

• A Thunder Control Sect disciple was killed when a hidden sword light pierced through the dust after his lightning shattered an earthen pillar.
• Ruo Si asked Gu Yu to fight, but Gu Yu refused because she saw the fallen fighters as innocent lives caught in the war.
• Ruo Si attacked Kan Sheng with the White Cloud Sword, and their first collision sent both Golden Core fighters hurtling backward.
• Kan Sheng used his Purple Gold Hammer and lightning to counter Ruo Si’s sword lights, but she sustained a dense assault that began to weaken his defenses.
• An icy divine sense swept over the battlefield and departed, leading Kan Sheng to suspect an Illusion Sword Rank Three expert was stationed at Seven Absolute Ridge.
• A late-stage Golden Core divine sense swept over the battlefield from behind Kan Sheng and continued onward, invigorating the Thunder Control Sect, Mount Mosang, and Yongyi Gate disciples.

Ruo Si used a sword-transformation secret art to wound Kan Sheng and drive the allied cultivators into retreat, while Yunbai damaged Mingyue’s White Lotus Sword but then injured Fairy Hongxia. Hongxia’s Ice Phoenix Dharma Body trapped Yunbai’s sword in Innate True Water, leaving Yunbai trying to escape.

• Ruo Si transformed into a flying sword and pierced Kan Sheng despite his Purple Gold Hammer and lightning, forcing him and the Thunder Control Sect, Mosang Mountain, and Yongyi Gate cultivators to retreat.
• Ruo Si ordered over ten thousand swordsmen to pursue the retreating cultivators toward the other side of Seven Absolute Ridge.
• Mingyue used her round moon magic treasure to shatter Yunbai’s lotus-petal sword form and damage the White Lotus Sword, injuring Yunbai in the clash.
• Yunbai attacked Fairy Hongxia with the damaged White Lotus Sword, cutting her arm and slicing her ribbon magic artifact into pieces.
• Fairy Hongxia summoned her Ice Phoenix Dharma Body, which released Innate True Water that trapped the White Lotus Sword and began sealing Yunbai in.
• Yunbai desperately activated her sword essence and tried to pull the White Lotus Sword back through the Innate True Water.

Fairy Hongxia trapped Yun Bai in Innate True Water and nearly killed her, but a powerful blue-robed swordsman arrived and froze the attack with his force of confinement. Just as Yun Bai faced certain death and Lady Mingyue prepared to retreat, Xiao Hua’s thunderous arrival struck the confinement with heavenly lightning.

• Two powerful divine senses swept over Fairy Hongxia, and she recognized one as Xiao Hua’s concealed divine sense.
• Fairy Hongxia trapped Yun Bai with Innate True Water while Lady Mingyue tried and failed to control her Bright Moon magic treasure against the blue-robed swordsman’s divine sense.
• Fairy Hongxia raised another wave to kill Yun Bai, but the blue-robed swordsman transformed into a rainbow and rushed toward them.
• Fairy Hongxia’s control of the Innate True Water strengthened as Xiao Hua approached, and she sent a towering wave crashing down on Yun Bai.
• The blue-robed swordsman confined Fairy Hongxia and the Innate True Water just before the wave struck Yun Bai.
• A voice mocked the swordsman’s killing intent, and over a hundred bolts of heavenly lightning struck his confinement.

Xiao Hua arrived at the Huanhua Sect battlefield and killed Yun Bai by breaking his confinement with heavenly lightning, then faced the blue-robed Illusion Sword Rank Three swordsman. The two stood motionless as the battle shifted around them, while Ming Yue and Kan Sheng tried to identify Xiao Hua and Ruo Si learned Yun Bai had died.

• Xiao Hua's heavenly lightning shattered the confinement around Fairy Hongxia, and Yun Bai was swallowed by her Innate True Water and killed.
• Ming Yue welcomed Xiao Hua as a Thunder Control Sect senior, while Fairy Hongxia recognized him beneath his changed appearance and joined another battle group.
• Xiao Hua and the blue-robed swordsman faced one another without attacking, as Ming Yue arranged to receive Kan Sheng and the retreating Thunder Control Sect disciples.
• Kan Sheng arrived wounded, admitted he could not identify Xiao Hua, and explained that Xiao Hua's barehanded control of heavenly lightning was a rare Thunder Control Sect secret.
• Ruo Si arrived with Formless Sword Valley Rain, learned Yun Bai had been killed, and fixed an angry gaze on Ming Yue.

Xiao Hua, posing as Nameless, fought Ji Ye, a high-level Illusion Sword artifact cultivator from the Bronze Bell Sect, in a battle of physical strength. Ji Ye acknowledged Xiao Hua as a worthy rival and prepared to use his natal cultivation technique.

• Ji Ye introduced himself as a Bronze Bell Sect cultivator and challenged Nameless, while Xiao Hua realized Ji Ye was an artifact cultivator whose body was a magic treasure.
• Ji Ye’s confinement force disrupted nearby cultivators’ control of their weapons, but Xiao Hua used Thunder Control Movement to charge through it.
• Xiao Hua’s Soul Stab failed against Ji Ye, and the two collided fist to fist, with Xiao Hua recovering from the blow and attacking again.
• Xiao Hua and Ji Ye exchanged martial-arts punches and kicks for half a cup of tea, fighting evenly as onlookers watched in astonishment.
• Ji Ye praised Xiao Hua’s fighting skill and announced that he would use his natal cultivation technique, while Xiao Hua urged him to fight without restraint.

Xiao Hua clashed with Ji Ye, who transformed into the Sea-Overturning Seal, and the two agreed to continue their duel away from the battlefield. Their departure prompted both armies to halt the fighting and await the outcome; alone on a snowy plain, Xiao Hua finally revealed the As-You-Wish Staff.

• Ji Ye transformed into the Sea-Overturning Seal and used its powerful restraint to withstand Xiao Hua's lightning and drive him back.
• Ji Ye accused Xiao Hua of holding back, and Xiao Hua agreed to show his other methods away from the assembled fighters.
• Xiao Hua and Ji Ye left the battlefield, while Mingyue, Ruo Si, and Kan Sheng arranged a truce and ordered the armies to withdraw and wait.
• Xiao Hua followed Ji Ye to a remote snowy plain, checked that no one was nearby, and took out the As-You-Wish Staff.
• Ji Ye questioned Xiao Hua for bringing out another demonic artifact, and Xiao Hua promised to satisfy him with his other methods.

Xiao Hua fought Ji Ye, who had transformed into the Sea-Overturning Seal, and gained the upper hand by trapping him with the Seven Star Great Formation and Innate True Water. As the battle continued, Ji Ye shared the story of a soul cultivator named Zi Yan whom he had loved, leaving Xiao Hua wondering whether she was connected to Zi Ye.

• Xiao Hua fought the Sea-Overturning Seal with his As-You-Wish Staff, then used the seven flying swords to form the Seven Star Great Formation after the staff proved insufficient.
• Xiao Hua revealed that he was the Terrifying Phoenix and told Ji Ye his name as the formation restrained the Sea-Overturning Seal.
• Ji Ye interfered with Xiao Hua's control of the Sword Pouch, but Xiao Hua released Innate True Water, which overwhelmed the seal within the formation.
• Ji Ye praised Xiao Hua's open-mindedness and explained that he had entered artifact cultivation after failing to cultivate Daoist arts.
• Ji Ye recalled meeting the soul cultivator Zi Yan a thousand years earlier, and Xiao Hua wondered whether she was related to Zi Ye.