Recaps

Yu Huatian arrived at the battle outside Dragon Gate Inn and watched Dongfang Bubai face seven righteous experts, deciding not to intervene while the Sun Moon Holy Cult was losing. As Dongfang Bubai was pushed to the brink, he called on the Heavenly Venerable, whose masked followers appeared in the rain.

• Yu Huatian, Ding Xiu, and Zhao Tong reached the battlefield, where the Sun Moon Holy Cult fought the martial sects.
• Dongfang Bubai battled Kong Jian, Kong Zhi, Yu Lianzhou, Daoist Chongxu, Wooden Daoist, Zuo Lengchan, and Abbess Miejue, while the Money Gang watched without joining in.
• Jing Wuming studied Abbess Miejue's Heavenly Sword, and Xiang Song teased him about wanting to take it.
• Yu Huatian recognized the seven opponents and judged Dongfang Bubai's ability to withstand them as extraordinary.
• Yu Huatian refused Zhao Tong's suggestion to attack, wary of provoking conflict between the martial world and the imperial court.
• After Dongfang Bubai was wounded and nearly overwhelmed, he called on the Heavenly Venerable, whose masked followers arrived and announced their presence.

The Heavenly Venerable joined forces with the Sun Moon Holy Cult to seize the Great White Upper Kingdom’s treasure, but the Money Gang refused their offer and the battle resumed. As Yu Huatian concealed his strength and waited for other factions to reveal themselves, one Grandmaster and four innate experts trapped him in a death trap.

• The golden-masked leader offered Jing Wuming an equal share of the treasure in exchange for the Money Gang’s alliance, but Jing Wuming refused.
• The Heavenly Venerable and Sun Moon Holy Cult attacked the gathered factions, while Jing Wuming confronted the golden-masked leader.
• Li Zhenzhen revealed herself as Abbess Miejue’s senior sister and fought her using Emei Sword Technique.
• Dongfang Bubai gained ground against Kong Jian and his companions as the other factions fought across the battlefield.
• Yu Huatian held back while suspecting more factions were waiting in ambush, then a Grandmaster and four innate experts surrounded him.

Yu Huatian confronted Black Stone’s assassins and Murong Fu’s group after they joined forces to kill him. He launched a surprise attack on the Wheel King as the battle began, while Ding Xiu overwhelmed Murong Fu and forced him to call for help.

• Yu Huatian identified the Wheel King and Black Stone’s assassins, then demanded to know who had hired them.
• Murong Fu and three retainers arrived with a black-robed woman who had followed Yu Huatian in Dragon Gate City, revealing that they had joined Black Stone’s ambush.
• Yu Huatian declared that Black Stone would be destroyed and struck at the Wheel King with hidden strength.
• The Wheel King dodged Yu Huatian’s attack and called for everyone to attack together, while Murong Fu moved to intercept Ding Xiu and Zhao Tong.
• Ding Xiu used Japanese Swordsmanship to drive Murong Fu backward, resisted the Star-Shifting Technique, and forced him to ask for help.

Yu Huatian defeated the assassins and palace infiltrators who attacked him, killing the Wheel King, whom he recognized as Cao Feng, and the remaining fighters. The last attacker, Ling Yanqiu, died seeking revenge for Zhao Huaian, and Yu Huatian identified her after she fell.

• The Wheel King sent Drizzle to help Murong Fu, but Yu Huatian wounded the Wheel King and recognized him as Cao Feng.
• Yu Huatian killed Lei Bin with the concealed short swords from his Three-Pronged Sword, then pursued and killed Cao Feng.
• Lian Sheng and Ye Zhanqing fled, but Yu Huatian caught and killed both of them.
• Yu Huatian confronted the black-clad swordswoman, who attacked without answering his question about her grievance, and killed her.
• The dying woman murmured Zhao Huaian’s name and clutched a bamboo flute, allowing Yu Huatian to identify her as Ling Yanqiu.

As the battle at Dragon Gate Inn continued, the Bright Moon Cult arrived under Zhang Wuji, and Yu Huatian revealed that Zhang Wuji’s companions included officials from the Great Song’s Six Doors. The factions turned their attention to the new accusation, leaving the question of the Bright Moon Cult’s alliance unresolved.

• Black Stone’s assassins were killed by the white-robed Yu Huatian, while Drizzle escaped during the Bright Moon Cult’s arrival.
• Zhao Tong launched a signal firework at Yu Huatian’s order, and Murong Fu exposed Yu Huatian as the West Depot’s director.
• Zhang Wuji arrived with the Bright Moon Cult and greeted his Wudang uncles, revealing his connection to the sect.
• Zhang Wuji said the Bright Moon Cult opposed the imperial court and refused the gold-masked Heavenly Venerable leader’s offer to join forces.
• Yu Huatian accused Zhang Wuji of cooperating with the Great Song court and identified the four figures behind him as the Four Great Constables of the Six Doors.

Yu Huatian exposed the Bright Moon Cult’s alliance with the Great Song Dynasty and vowed to capture everyone gathered at the treasure site. As the Money Gang tried to leave, Ding Xiu blocked Jing Wuming, and reinforcements from the West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard arrived.

• Yu Huatian identified the Four Great Constables and accused Zhang Wuji and the Bright Moon Cult of treason for cooperating with the Great Song Dynasty.
• Zhang Wuji defended the alliance, but Yu Huatian declared that no one would leave alive, drawing scorn from the gathered factions.
• Jing Wuming led the Money Gang away, but Ding Xiu blocked him and forced him to fight.
• Jing Wuming attacked Ding Xiu again, but an arrow from the dunes interrupted him.
• Figures from the West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard appeared as battle cries and hoofbeats sounded through the rain.

Yu Huatian killed Jing Wuming and then entered the chaotic battle among the court forces and martial sects, harvesting fortune as he attacked. The chapter left him fighting through the battlefield while fortune notifications continued to sound.

• Emotionless ordered the Four Great Constables to attack, and Iron Hand, Cold Blood, and the others charged Yu Huatian as Emotionless used hidden weapons against the arriving court forces.
• The West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard attacked the martial sects, sparking a chaotic three-way melee, while Duan Tianya, Guihai Yidao, and Shangguan Haitang engaged the three Great Constables.
• Yu Huatian fought Jing Wuming, wounded his left shoulder, and killed him when Jing Wuming's right-handed sword attack failed.
• Yu Huatian saw Dongfang Bubai fighting Zhang Wuji and joined the wider battle to plunder fortune from the gathered fighters.

As the battle raged, the martial sects began retreating rather than risk the court’s wrath, while Yu Huatian slaughtered their disciples. He killed Abbess Miejue and Li Zhenzhen with the Heavenly Sword, leaving the Emei disciples in shock.

• Song Yuanqiao ordered the Wudang Sect to withdraw after the Wooden Daoist warned that Yu Huatian was deliberately killing weaker fighters.
• Shaolin Temple, the Kongtong Sect, and the Mount Song Sect followed Wudang’s retreat, while Abbess Miejue ordered the Emei disciples to leave as she fought Li Zhenzhen.
• Yu Huatian told Abbess Miejue that Ding Minjun was likely dead, then killed her with a swift strike and took the Heavenly Sword.
• Yu Huatian tested the Heavenly Sword’s power by attacking Li Zhenzhen, whose attempt to flee ended when the sword energy killed her.

Zhang Wuji fought Dongfang Bubai while Yu Huatian joined the battle and wounded him with the Heavenly Sword. Badly injured, Zhang Wuji escaped with the Bright Moon Cult disciples, leaving Yu Huatian wondering why Dongfang Bubai was so powerful.

• Zhang Wuji and Dongfang Bubai fought as Dongfang Bubai demanded the Nine Yang Divine Skill and attacked with concealed needles.
• Yu Huatian stabbed Zhang Wuji in the shoulder with the Heavenly Sword and taunted him about Zhou Zhiruo.
• Zhang Wuji charged Yu Huatian, but Dongfang Bubai struck him from behind and badly injured him.
• Zhang Wuji used a burst of force and sand to escape, ordering the Bright Moon Cult disciples to retreat with him.
• Yu Huatian reflected that Zhang Wuji might be stronger than him and wondered whether Dongfang Bubai's Sunflower Manual was cultivated differently.

After the battle, Yu Huatian let Dongfang Bubai escape and organized compensation for the West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard casualties. He rebuked the failed secret agents, then returned toward Dragon Gate Pass while an armored watcher secretly observed the battlefield and rode away.

• Dongfang Bubai escaped despite a volley of crossbow bolts, and Yu Huatian stopped his men from pursuing him.
• Yu Huatian ordered proper burials and compensation for fallen West Depot men and Embroidered Uniform Guards, including the family of Qian Chaofeng.
• Yu Huatian confronted Duan Tianya, Shangguan Haitang, and Guihai Yidao for failing to stop the Four Great Constables; Duan Tianya accepted responsibility, and the three left.
• Yu Huatian surveyed the battlefield at dawn, then mounted Zhao Tong's white horse and set off toward Dragon Gate Pass.
• A hidden figure watched Yu Huatian leave through a brass telescope, whistled for a horse, and rode away in the opposite direction.

A Great Yuan princess learned that Yu Huatian had defeated the factions gathered at the Dragon Gate Inn and planned with Yuan Zhen to use poison against him. Meanwhile, Yu Huatian rested in Dragon Gate City and discovered that his plundered fate had reached 159527.

• Barsi reported to the Great Yuan princess that Yu Huatian had defeated the martial factions at the Dragon Gate Inn and left them unable to compete for the treasure.
• Yuan Zhen warned the princess that Yu Huatian might anticipate Great Yuan's involvement and urged her not to underestimate him.
• The princess asked Yuan Zhen for a strategy to seize the treasure, and he proposed using poison during the desert Black Sandstorm.
• Yu Huatian rested in a bath at the Golden Phoenix Tower and checked his information panel, seeing his plundered fate reach 159527.

Yu Huatian spent his fortune on a Gold draw and obtained the Innate Body-Piercing Formless Sword Qi, then mastered it along with several other martial arts from Silver draws. He ended with only 2,427 fortune points and a much broader arsenal of techniques.

• Yu Huatian used 100,000 fortune points for a Gold draw and obtained the Innate Body-Piercing Formless Sword Qi.
• Yu Huatian mastered all five transformations of the Innate Formless Finger Sword and all three realms of the Body-Piercing Formless Sword Qi.
• Yu Huatian drew a Great Restoration Pill and Black Jade Intermittent Ointment, storing the pill and deciding the ointment had little use for him.
• Yu Huatian obtained and mastered the Star-Absorbing Great Method, planning to absorb internal energy in moderation and convert it into Sunflower True Energy.
• Yu Huatian obtained and mastered the Dragon-Capturing Skill, leaving his fortune at 2,427 points.

After recovering from the battle at Dragon Gate Inn, Yu Huatian led the West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard back into the desert to pursue the treasure. Dongfang Bubai learned that Yilin was his sister and sent intelligence to repay Yu Huatian, while the chapter ended with Yan Shisan blocking Yu Huatian’s procession.

• Yu Huatian slept to recover from the mental strain of the battle as news of the slaughter spread across the martial world.
• Dongfang Bubai learned that Yilin was his long-lost younger sister, ordered her protected, and sent Yu Huatian intelligence about remaining treasure seekers.
• Yu Huatian received a list of martial artists in Dragon Gate City and left with his forces to return to the desert.
• Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, and Fu Hongxue joined Yu Huatian’s procession, with Lu Xiaofeng promising not to disrupt his plans.
• Yan Shisan appeared on the road ahead and blocked the West Depot procession, prompting Yu Huatian to recognize him.

Yu Huatian faced Yan Shisan in a duel after learning they both practiced the Thirteen Life-Taking Swords, and the two swordsmen fought to test their abilities. A Black Sandstorm swept toward the battlefield, forcing most onlookers to flee while Yu Huatian and Yan Shisan remained locked in combat.

• Lu Xiaofeng identified the black-clad swordsman as Yan Shisan, and Yu Huatian rode forward to meet him.
• Yue Buqun arrived with Ning Zhongze, and Ma Jinliang publicly threatened the Mount Hua Sect over Yue Buqun’s connection to Linghu Chong’s death.
• Yan Shisan explained that he accepted a contract to kill Yu Huatian partly to earn a name independent of Xie Xiaofeng, then challenged him to a duel.
• Yu Huatian revealed that he had mastered the Thirteen Life-Taking Swords and urged Yan Shisan to show him the Fourteenth Sword, but Yan Shisan admitted he had not yet comprehended it.
• Yu Huatian and Yan Shisan exchanged deadly sword techniques, and their duel raised a vast cloud of dust as they fought at close quarters.
• A Black Sandstorm approached, prompting Lu Xiaofeng and most others to retreat; Ma Jinliang and Ding Xiu stayed behind as some martial artists ran toward the storm seeking the treasure.

Yu Huatian fought Yan Shisan using only the Thirteen Life-Taking Swords and discovered the Fourteenth Sword by transforming its killing intent into vitality. After using it to destroy a tornado in the Desert Black Sandstorm, Yu Huatian fled with Ma Jinliang and Ding Xiu, while Yan Shisan chose to pursue him to learn the new sword.

• Yu Huatian and Yan Shisan fought evenly for hundreds of exchanges using only the Thirteen Life-Taking Swords.
• Yu Huatian realized the Fourteenth Sword could turn death into life and comprehended a sword filled with vitality rather than murderous intent.
• Yu Huatian unleashed the Fourteenth Sword into the sky and destroyed a nearby tornado with its sword light.
• Yan Shisan recognized the strike as the Fourteenth Sword and asked Yu Huatian about it.
• Yu Huatian took Ma Jinliang and Ding Xiu and fled the approaching sandstorm, and Yan Shisan followed after stabilizing his injuries.

Yu Huatian emerged from the Black Sandstorm alive, and Yan Shisan followed after him, having survived their duel. Yu Huatian explained the Fourteenth Sword and persuaded Yan Shisan to join him, leaving the swordsman ready to serve.

• West Depot agents and martial artists gathered outside the storm and discussed claiming treasure from the Great White Upper Kingdom's capital.
• Yue Buqun saw Yu Huatian return and realized Yan Shisan had failed to kill him.
• Yan Shisan emerged from the storm, and Yu Huatian explained that the Fourteenth Sword transformed death into life.
• Yu Huatian told Yan Shisan that a swordsman should cultivate his heart and use his sword to oppose injustice.
• After Yu Huatian mentioned the possibility of further swords beyond the Fourteenth, Yan Shisan agreed to follow him.

Yu Huatian recruited Yan Shisan, killed Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze with formless sword qi, and claimed Yue Buqun’s Violet Mist Manual. As the Black Sandstorm subsided, rival groups discovered the ancient White-Shang Kingdom city and raced toward it.

• Yu Huatian brought Yan Shisan into the West Depot, and Yan Shisan identified Yue Buqun as the man who had hired him to kill Yu Huatian.
• Yu Huatian let Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze flee, then struck them down with formless sword qi and took the Violet Mist Manual from Yue Buqun’s body.
• Lu Xiaofeng recognized Yu Huatian’s Innate Body-Piercing Formless Sword Qi, and Yu Huatian warned Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, and Fu Hongxue to keep his martial art secret.
• As the Black Sandstorm ended, Yu Huatian led the West Depot and Embroidered Uniform Guard into the desert while Chai, Feng Lidao, and their allies emerged from a tunnel beneath the Dragon Gate Inn site.
• Chang Xiaowen’s group found the golden roofs of the White-Shang Kingdom’s ancient city, and Yu Huatian and another armed force rode toward it.

Yu Huatian reached Blackwater City, killed Feng Lidao and the others who had tried to seize its treasure, and began searching the palace. The chapter left him facing a new group led by a handsome gentleman and an armored man from Great Yuan and Western Xia.

• A group of treasure hunters entered Blackwater City and began looting the golden palace before Yu Huatian and the West Depot arrived.
• Yu Huatian confronted the looters, let Lu Xiaofeng refuse the gold, and exposed Feng Lidao, whose face resembled his own.
• Yu Huatian killed Gu Shaotang and Feng Lidao with sword qi, then ordered the West Depot to kill the remaining looters and Dragon Gate Inn's people.
• Yu Huatian entered the palace's golden main hall and headed toward the dragon throne, where he spotted a figure on the desk.
• A handsome young gentleman and an armored man entered with a group of martial artists, and Yu Huatian identified their origins as Great Yuan and Western Xia.

Zhao Min and Helian Tieshu attempted to recruit Yu Huatian after poisoning his people, but Yu Huatian countered with Sorrowful, Crispy Breeze and revealed a Ming army surrounding Blackwater City. Jiang Yan arrived with thirty thousand Dragon Gate Pass troops awaiting Yu Huatian’s orders.

• Ma Jinliang reported that the guards outside were dead as Zhao Min and Helian Tieshu entered the palace with Mongolian and Western Xia forces.
• Lu Xiaofeng identified Zhao Min and Helian Tieshu, and Zhao Min invited him and Yu Huatian to join Great Yuan.
• Zhao Min revealed that she had poisoned Yu Huatian’s people with Ten Fragrance Muscle-Softening Powder.
• Yu Huatian’s Sorrowful, Crispy Breeze poisoned Zhao Min, Helian Tieshu, and their followers, leaving them weak and in tears.
• Ming troops surrounded Blackwater City, and Jiang Yan reported that thirty thousand soldiers from Dragon Gate Pass had arrived to receive Yu Huatian’s orders.

Yu Huatian poisoned Zhao Min’s forces, killed Zhao Min and the Mongol-Yuan and Western Xia experts, and began looting the palace with Jiang Yan’s troops. A Great Grandmaster appeared and ordered Yu Huatian to cure the survivors and withdraw, leaving her identity unresolved.

• Yu Huatian revealed that he had poisoned Zhao Min’s forces and killed Zhao Min when she begged him to spare her.
• Yu Huatian killed the Mongol-Yuan experts who attacked him, then ordered Jiang Yan to evacuate his people and carry away the gold.
• Yu Huatian killed the poisoned Mongol-Yuan experts, including Li Sicui, Gangxiang, Fan Yao, Cheng Kun, Crane-Pen Weng, and Deer Staff Guest.
• Helian Tieshu pleaded for his life and offered to keep Western Xia from opposing Ming, but Yu Huatian prepared to kill him.
• A woman appeared on the golden roof, knocked Yu Huatian’s sword aside, and ordered him to cure the poisoned survivors and leave the palace.
• Yu Huatian recognized the woman as a Great Grandmaster.

Yu Huatian confronted Li Qiushui, the Western Xia royal consort and a great grandmaster, while continuing to seize the gold at Dragon Gate Pass. He unleashed his Fourteenth Sword and sent her crashing into the mountainside, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Li Qiushian arrived at Dragon Gate Pass and ordered Yu Huatian to stop moving the gold, while Yu Huatian told Jiang Yan to continue.
• Helian Tieshu recognized Li Qiushui and begged her to save him, but Yu Huatian killed Daoist Nine Wings and warned the other Western Xia experts to stay silent.
• Li Qiushui threatened to kill Yu Huatian, and he challenged her to do so before they prepared to fight.
• Yu Huatian attacked with his Fourteenth Sword, which tore through Li Qiushui’s White Rainbow Palm Force and shattered her protective astral energy.
• The sword strike injured Li Qiushui and hurled her into the mountainside as the golden roof burst apart.

Yu Huatian fought Li Qiushui above Blackwater City, outmaneuvered her with a hidden sword technique, and forced her to flee before the Black Sandstorm arrived. He then collapsed from his wounds after taking a Great Restoration Pill, leaving his allies to rescue him.

• Yu Huatian wounded Li Qiushui with the Fourteenth Sword, but she recovered and counterattacked with her Great Grandmaster strength and Formless Skill.
• Yu Huatian used the Sunflower Manual’s Seventy-Two Sword Forms to defend against Li Qiushui while the approaching storm threatened the Western Xia experts.
• Yu Huatian feinted with the Fourteenth Sword and struck Li Qiushui with Innate Body-Piercing Formless Sword Qi, wounding her and making her wary.
• Li Qiushui recognized Yu Huatian as Guan Qi’s successor, seized Helian Tieshu, and escaped into the desert as the Black Sandstorm approached.
• Yu Huatian collapsed after the battle, swallowed a Great Restoration Pill, and lost consciousness as Jiang Yan and the others rushed to help him.

After recovering from his battle with Li Qiushui, Yu Huatian considered how to reach the Great Grandmaster realm and decided to seek a chance to visit Wudang. He spent 100,000 fate points on a gold-tier draw and obtained Indestructible Golden Body.

• Yu Huatian woke aboard the West Depot fleet and found that the Great Restoration Pill had healed his injuries and hidden ailments.
• Yu Huatian reasoned that reaching the Great Grandmaster realm required improving the quality of his true qi, not merely increasing its quantity.
• Yu Huatian considered Zhu Wushi, Gu Santong, Shangguan Jinhong, and Zhang Sanfeng as possible sources of guidance, then decided to visit Wudang after returning to the capital.
• Yu Huatian checked his status and saw that he had 117,698 plundered fate points after the battle at Blackwater City.
• Yu Huatian used 100,000 fate points for a gold-tier draw and received the martial art Indestructible Golden Body.

Yu Huatian recovered from his three-day unconsciousness, tested his Indestructible Golden Body, and directed his men to secure the treasure and monitor martial factions as the fleet carried the gold toward the capital. Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, and Fu Hongxue followed the fleet, while Lu Xiaofeng worried over Yu Huatian’s vast ambitions.

• Yu Huatian stopped Yan Shisan’s sword with his Indestructible Golden Body and learned that the fleet had safely left the desert with the treasure.
• Ma Jinliang reported that the Mongolians and Western Xia experts had been buried in Blackwater City, and Yu Huatian ordered surveillance of the factions involved in the desert struggle.
• Yu Huatian identified Murong Qiudi as Heavenly Venerable’s creator, dismissed Black Stone as a weakened threat, and had Ma Jinliang safeguard the former Great White Upper Kingdom’s jade seal.
• Yu Huatian gave Ma Jinliang manuals for the Star-Absorbing Great Method and the Violet Mist Manual, urged his men to improve their skills, and ordered the fleet to hurry to the capital.
• Lu Xiaofeng explained to Hua Manlou and Fu Hongxue that he followed the fleet to protect the treasure for famine relief, and he reflected warily on Yu Huatian’s ambitions.

Yu Huatian returned to the capital with the treasure and learned that the emperor had fallen ill after an accident, prompting him to suspect Lu Wenzhao and rush to the palace. Meanwhile, Zhu Wushi assessed Yu Huatian’s growing influence and introduced Cheng Shifei as Dragon Guard Mountain Villa’s Yellow No. 1 secret agent.

• Cao Zhengchun welcomed the returning fleet and planned to let the West Depot’s enemies undermine Yu Huatian’s growing reputation.
• After Ma Jinliang told Yu Huatian that the emperor had fallen into the water, Yu Huatian suspected Lu Wenzhao’s involvement and warned that he would kill him if the emperor died.
• Yu Huatian left Cao Zhengchun to escort the gold, returned to the capital, and rode straight to the palace after dismissing officials and warning the Embroidered Uniform Guard commanders to choose their allegiance.
• Ma Jinliang suspected Lu Wenzhao was connected to the emperor’s accident and sent Ding Xiu to follow him.
• Zhu Wushi defended Yu Huatian’s rise as deserved, rebuked Duan Tianya, Guihai Yidao, and Shangguan Haitang for their shortcomings, and introduced Cheng Shifei as their new junior fellow disciple.