Recaps

Xiao Hua founded the Creation Sect for Zhong Haoran and his companions, then pursued a jade slip into the Sword Tomb and uncovered a secret Yu Family operation. Meanwhile, Zhang Qingxiao advanced plans for the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the Council Hall’s forces entered battle at Moqing City against Lu Ruochang.

• Xiao Hua gave Zhong Haoran and four companions cultivation methods, flying swords, and resources, then agreed to establish the Creation Sect with Zhong Haoran as its leader.
• Snowy Realm True Person investigated Qin Jian’s death and suspected Xiao Hua had killed him, while Xiao Hua escaped pursuit and reached the Sword Tomb.
• Xiao Hua killed Hu Guanqiu after Hu Guanqiu and an envoy tried to trap him, but the envoy escaped, and Zhang Zhihao later reported the encounter to Zhang Qingxiao.
• Zhang Qingxiao agreed with Yin Meng to establish the Heavenly Demon Sect and arranged three bases to confuse rival sects, then sought Xiao Hua’s help when Jiang Liuer fell unconscious.
• Xiao Hua followed a jade slip deeper into the Sword Tomb, endured its formations and sword intent, and used a Stone Transformation Token to enter a hidden silver complex.
• Xiao Hua learned that the Duojin Mountain Yu Family planned to use Stone Transformation on thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators, while Yu Qingtian prepared to activate the process.
• Qian Mo led the Council Hall’s forces to Moqing City, where Lu Ruochang revealed her Phoenix Sword Intent and launched a surprise attack after challenging the commanders.

The Dao Sect forces drove the swordsmen toward the Sword Tomb as Yu Qingtian’s blood sacrifice enabled Zhang Yuhe to complete Sword Transformation. Xiao Hua fought Zhang Yuhe until Yu Tong revealed his hidden strength and turned on her, but her soul sword struck him down.

• Lu Ruochang battled Qian Mo, Yuan Zhongyu, and Ji Hong, and Qian Mo sacrificed himself to disrupt her Sword Transformation and help the others survive.
• Yu Qingtian and Zhang Yuhe prepared the Yin and Yang sword spirits for a blood sacrifice while the retreating swordsmen and Dao Sect forces converged on the Sword Tomb.
• Yu Qingtian began the sacrifice, drawing blood and souls through the Fan Jin Great Formation as Xiao Hua resisted from within his sealed chamber.
• Zhang Yuhe secretly used the formation to cultivate her own Sword Spirit and complete Sword Transformation, then fought Yu Qingtian and severed his leg.
• Xiao Hua broke out of his chamber with the Yin Yang Sword Gourds, but Zhang Yuhe seized the spirits and killed Yu Qingtian during their ensuing battle.
• Xiao Hua attacked Zhang Yuhe with his magic treasures and Nascent Soul hand, while the unstable Yin Yang Sword Spirit forced her to turn away and protect it.
• Yu Tong appeared with a True Tiger Dharma Body and revealed that he had reached peak late Golden Core and planned to ambush Zhang Yuhe.
• Yu Tong overpowered Zhang Yuhe and sent a blood-red Yin spirit to devour her, but Zhang Yuhe’s soul sword pierced his forehead and caused him unbearable pain.

Yu Tong seized control of Duojin Mountain and refined the Yin Yang sword spirits while the Dao Sect forces trapped the retreating Sword Domain army in a series of annihilation formations. The formations devastated the sword cultivators, and Gao Wei and Qing Zhici prepared to activate another one.

• Yu Tong revealed himself as the hidden occupant who had guided Yu Tong for decades, took control of his body, and began refining Yu Qingtian and Zhang Yuhe into the Yin and Yang Sword Spirits.
• Xiao Hua escaped the fissure only to be trapped by Yu Tong’s silver lattices, then refined the Silver Tiger into the Si Yin Cauldron and learned it held the Metal Evasion technique.
• Hengming led the sect cultivators into Sword Tomb and assigned them to Qianmo’s Ten Directions Annihilation Great Formation, while Li Zongbao entered after searching unsuccessfully for Xiao Hua.
• Yu Tong seized Duojin Mountain’s leadership by killing Yu Lei and Yu Bing, then welcomed Yun Zichong and proposed using the Four Spirits Blood Curse to purify their bloodlines.
• Lu Ruochang led the retreating sword cultivators into the Dao Sect’s trap, where she directed attacks on the flag gates after the formation’s apparent weak point proved false.
• Ji Hong activated the Golden Annihilation Array against Lu Ruochang’s forces, whose golden light corroded sword intents and killed more than a hundred Womb Sword Disciples.
• Zhu Chengye and the Mingjian Sect were battered by the Heavenly Annihilation Formation’s spiritual-power spheres, while hurricanes and a blood tide devastated other sword sects.
• Tian Simu split the blood sea with the surviving Yanzhu Sword Sect swordsmen, and Gao Wei and Qing Zhici appeared beneath the fissure to activate the formation together.

Lu Ruochang’s forces broke the Ten Directions Annihilation Great Formation at terrible cost, then prepared the Great Four Directions Sword Array to trap the pursuing Dao Sect army. As the Yin Yang Sword Array attacked the surrounded cultivators, Xiao Hua began condensing a core while Yu Tong fled.

• Cang Yuan led the beast cultivators through the Soul Annihilation Formation’s banner gate, while Jian Jianli sacrificed himself to let thousands of Flowing Sword Sect cultivators escape the Sand Annihilation Formation.
• Lu Ruochang led hundreds of thousands of sword cultivators into the Golden Annihilation Array and overloaded it with sword intent, causing it to collapse and unleash bone-eroding golden light.
• Xiong Huasong pursued the wounded survivors after Heng Ming reversed his decision to withdraw, while Lu Ruochang directed her forces toward the Four Directions Sword Array.
• Yu Tong fused the Yin Yang Sword Gourds into Spirit Severing Primordial Light and attacked Xiao Hua, who resisted until Yu Tong suppressed his powers and confined him.
• Xiao Hua began condensing a core, overwhelming Yu Tong with his pressure and divine sense and forcing him to flee the Fan Jin Great Formation.
• Lu Ruochang gathered the sword sects and revealed that the pursuing Dao Sect army had entered the prepared Great Four Directions Sword Array.
• Lu Ruochang’s phoenix signal drew the Dao Sect army toward Dragon Slaying Slope, where sword formations divided and surrounded the pursuing cultivators.
• Meng Changshou and Li Ying revealed that they guarded the Yin Yang Sword Array, and Li Ying activated it as Heng Ming ordered the trapped Dao Sect disciples to attack.