Recaps

Pei Ye connected the Cicada Sparrow Sword and Yellow Jadeite to the old man’s murder of Bai Yuliang, then prepared to confront the Pill-Delivering Old Man. The old man revealed that he had targeted Bai Yuliang to harvest a complete Jadeite Sword inheritance, while Pei Ye faced him alone.

• Li Piaoqing confirmed that the corpse had no wound from Lu Yunsheng’s Fine Steel Spike and collapsed in grief.
• Pei Ye realized that Escort Chief Zhao had taught Bai Yuliang the Cicada Sparrow Sword and that the Pill-Delivering Old Man had spied on them to seize the Jadeite inheritance.
• Pei Ye stayed behind to face the approaching Pill-Delivering Old Man while telling Black Cat to help Li Piaoqing first.
• Pei Ye assessed his chances against the Seventh Growth old man and chose to fight despite the danger.
• The Pill-Delivering Old Man recalled how Bai Yuliang’s swordsmanship had led him to pursue the Jadeite inheritance, but the forms he harvested had not been perfected.

Pei Ye fought Yang Hu, who had come to harvest him before the Cicada Section was complete. Pei Ye’s sword intent trapped Yang Hu in darkness, but Yang Hu protected his vital points with True Qi as Pei Ye faced the staff strike.

• Yang Hu recalled how Pei Ye had mastered the sword art and decided to harvest him after Heavenly Mountain’s move forced the confrontation.
• Pei Ye completed the Cicada Section while practicing, and Yang Hu ordered his allies to keep Heavenly Mountain and Jade Feather occupied.
• Yang Hu charged Pei Ye with a staff, while Pei Ye used [Quail Head] to track him and aimed a killing strike at his throat.
• Yang Hu stopped just beyond the sword’s reach and drove his staff forward, expecting to smash Pei Ye as the boy committed to his attack.
• Pei Ye unleashed sword intent that plunged Yang Hu into darkness, and Yang Hu withdrew his True Qi to shield his vital points with [Iron Garment].

Pei Ye fought Yang Hu with a carefully planned sequence of sword-intent attacks, nearly breaking through the Seventh Growth's defenses. Just as Pei Ye prepared his third strike, Yang Hu revealed a powerful fire technique and engulfed the training ground in a Fire Lotus.

• Pei Ye used [Clouded Sky Obscures Eyes, Lost Feathers] to unsettle Yang Hu, then withdrew when he could not safely attack through the old man's staff strike.
• Pei Ye launched a second sword-intent attack at greater speed, predicting that Yang Hu would withdraw his staff to defend again.
• Pei Ye stole power from Yang Hu's staff with [Leaf-Eating] and [Spread Wings], then struck Yang Hu's neck with [Clear Cry], shattering his scales but failing to pierce his [Iron Garment].
• Pei Ye retreated from Yang Hu's counterattack, while Yang Hu realized Pei Ye had anticipated his defensive choice and resolved to end the fight quickly.
• Yang Hu planted his staff and raised his hand, trapping Pei Ye in an expanding force that ignited the air into an immense Fire Lotus.

Pei Ye survived the old man's Immortal Fire with Black Chi's help, then joined Yang Yan in a coordinated attack on the Seventh Growth. The old man overcame his hesitation and counterattacked both boys, drawing a hidden long sword as he thrust it toward Pei Ye's chest.

• The old man engulfed Pei Ye in Immortal Fire, but Pei Ye called on Little Cat and Black Chi sheltered him from the flames.
• Yang Yan charged the old man with his saber after seeing Pei Ye swallowed by fire.
• Pei Ye emerged from the flames consuming the Immortal Fire and attacked with [Clouded Sky Obscures Eyes, Lost Feathers] as Yang Yan struck from the other side.
• The old man chose to face both attacks rather than evade, thrusting his staff toward Yang Yan and drawing a long sword from it.
• The old man stabbed his newly drawn sword toward Pei Ye's chest while protecting himself with [Iron Garment].

Pei Ye used darkness and Heart-Slaying Glaze, powered by Ming Qitian from afar, to kill the old man. He preserved the corpse from burning, then learned that his Green Skirt friend was facing a badly wounded Seventh Growth cultivator.

• Pei Ye used fear and precise sword control to deflect the old man's hidden sword thrust and escape its reach.
• Pei Ye sent Heart-Slaying Glaze through the old man's weakened defenses with power from Ming Qitian, piercing his throat and killing him.
• Pei Ye stopped the flames consuming the old man's corpse and drew them into his palm with Black Cat's help.
• Pei Ye asked about the fight elsewhere, and Black Cat told him that his Green Skirt friend had encountered a badly wounded Seventh Growth cultivator.

After Pei Ye and Yang Yan defeated the old man, they examined his belongings and discovered that Yang Yan’s jade pendant reacted to the Soul-Seizing Pearl. Yang Yan revealed that he had fled his sect with the pendant after his master died, and said the pendant could be opened.

• Yang Yan reacted in shock to Pei Ye’s flying sword, Heart-Slaying Glaze, and Pei Ye thanked him for joining the fight against the old man.
• Pei Ye searched the old man’s body and found a Soul-Seizing Pearl, but Black Cat said the fire had destroyed whatever produced it.
• Yang Yan’s jade pendant moved toward the Soul-Seizing Pearl, but the two objects showed no further reaction after touching.
• Pei Ye let Yang Yan examine Heart-Slaying Glaze and explained that he was looking after it for Ming Qitian.
• Yang Yan said his master had died, he had escaped his sect with the jade pendant, and someone wanted to take it.
• Yang Yan told Pei Ye that the jade pendant could be opened.

Yang Yan asked Pei Ye to help unlock his sect’s Jade Pendant by learning Snow-Collapsing, while Pei Ye examined a recovered Ascension Pill. After Li Piaoqing returned from a devastating battle, Pei Ye brought her to identify an old man’s corpse.

• Yang Yan revealed that Sea-Swallowing and Snow-Collapsing could unlock his sect’s Jade Pendant, and asked Pei Ye to learn Snow-Collapsing after he won its manual at the Martial Competition.
• Pei Ye examined an Ascension Pill recovered from the dead Cheng Jianghong and decided to keep it for Green Skirt to inspect.
• Pei Ye told the Martial Arts Hall students that the seventh-growth criminal was dead and revealed the corpse of the elder they had meant to summon.
• Li Piaoqing and Lu Yunsheng returned to the Martial Arts Hall after the battle, and Lu Yunsheng promised to face future battles alongside her sect.
• Pei Ye found Li Piaoqing bloodied and dazed, helped her down from the carriage, and led her to the East Courtyard to examine an old man’s corpse.

After Li Piaoqing learned that Pei Ye had killed the man from the Joy-in-Death Tower, she protected him and coordinated with Heavenly Mountain and the Immortal Platform over the corpse and evidence. With the immediate crisis contained, she had her wounds treated and fell asleep while Pei Ye stayed beside her.

• Pei Ye explained that the dead man had tried to kill him for a sword technique, and Li Piaoqing identified the threat as a member of the Joy-in-Death Tower.
• Li Piaoqing learned that several people knew Pei Ye had killed the man and told him to keep silent while the Emerald Feather Sword Sect handled the matter.
• Zhao Fu tried to enter the courtyard to investigate, but Li Piaoqing challenged his authority and Pei Ye’s drawn sword made him stop short.
• Lu Yunsheng arrived as a representative of Heavenly Mountain, and Li Piaoqing helped keep Pei Ye under the protection of Heavenly Mountain and the Emerald Feather Sword Sect.
• Li Piaoqing told Pei Ye that the Immortal Platform would investigate the Soul-Seizing case while the corpse and bead remained in their custody until Heavenly Mountain arrived.
• After a doctor treated her wounds, Li Piaoqing asked Pei Ye to stay in the West Courtyard, then fell asleep as he kept watch beside her.

Pei Ye and Li Piaoqing discussed the unusual flames produced by their enemy’s True Qi Art and inspected an Ascension Pill, which Li Piaoqing judged genuine. They then examined the corpse’s disguise, and Li Piaoqing began explaining how its human-skin mask had been made.

• Li Piaoqing said the enemy’s enormous flames were unusual for a True Qi Art and might have used True Qi as fuel.
• Li Piaoqing inspected the Ascension Pill and said it appeared genuine, then suggested testing a small amount on an animal.
• Pei Ye fed a speck of the pill to Black Cat, who ate it, and Li Piaoqing offered to let Pei Ye give the pill to Zhang Junxue.
• Pei Ye persuaded Li Piaoqing to inspect the corpse’s false face, and she cut beneath its ear to reveal a human-skin mask.
• Li Piaoqing explained the first method of disguise and offered to teach Pei Ye simple techniques.

Li Piaoqing and Pei Ye uncovered the unnaturally featureless face beneath a human-skin mask, while Pei Ye learned that the Cicada Sparrow Sword and Yellow Jadeite were parts of Jadeite Mountain’s scattered legacy. After Pei Ye took the Ascension Pill and reached Fourth Growth, the Seven Flood Dragons sect leader’s arrival at the Moon-Catching Tower halted his planned attack, and Li Piaoqing later brought Zhang Junxue the pill she needed.

• Li Piaoqing removed a human-skin mask and revealed the corpse’s smooth, featureless face, deepening Pei Ye’s suspicion of the Joy-in-Death Tower.
• Pei Ye explained that the Cicada Section and Yellow Jadeite likely belonged to one sword art, and Li Piaoqing agreed to take him to her master after the Martial Competition.
• Pei Ye swallowed the Ascension Pill, grew to Fourth Growth with sixteen meridians, and tested how his true qi could heat water and pierce wood.
• Pei Ye and Li Piaoqing debated going to the Moon-Catching Tower, but a Bowang Garden cook reported that the Seven Flood Dragons sect leader had arrived there to protect Shang Huaitong.
• The Immortal Platform grandmaster went to the Moon-Catching Tower to negotiate with the sect leader, stabilizing the conflict while Li Piaoqing sent for Seventh Growth cultivators to scout Seven Flood Dragons’ mountain headquarters.
• After sleeping through the afternoon, Li Piaoqing gave Zhang Junxue the Ascension Pill she needed.

The chapter revealed why Luo Defeng had abandoned the Seven Flood Dragons’ stronghold: Shang Huaitong had been promised a place at Shaolong Prefecture’s Sword Cultivation Academy. On the day of the Egret Isle Poetry Gathering, Pei Ye practiced applying makeup with Li Piaoqing as the city prepared for the academy overseer’s arrival.

• Pei Ye gave Lu Yunsheng the Soul-Seizing Pearl to hold until Heavenly Mountain’s representative arrived and they could decide its fate.
• Pei Ye learned that Li Piaoqing’s master had entered Bowang City and had received all her letters.
• The Seven Flood Dragons denied responsibility for the lake fighting and the Soul-Seizing affair, while Jade Feather planned to let Shaolong Prefecture’s Immortal Platform take over the investigation.
• The Sword Cultivation Academy announced that it would offer Bowang a Dao Student place, with Shang Huaitong expected to meet its standard and the overseer due on the second day of the ninth month.
• Pei Ye practiced drawing eyeliner under Li Piaoqing’s guidance at Changdao Martial Arts School.

Pei Ye and Li Piaoqing traveled to Egret Isle for Bowang’s poetry gathering, where Jade Feather planned to oppose Shang Huaitong’s bid for power. After arriving, Pei Ye spotted Zhang Dingyun and Fang Jidao, and Zhang approached him with something he seemed reluctant to say.

• Li Piaoqing taught Pei Ye to apply subtle disguises, and he improved before the lesson ended at noon.
• On the carriage ride to the poetry gathering, Pei Ye studied a swordcraft book and learned that Qi Zhaohua had written personal lines in his invitation.
• Li Piaoqing explained that the gathering would give Pei Ye a chance to gain fame through swordplay and poetry, but Pei Ye said their main aim was to stop Shang Huaitong.
• Pei Ye, Li Piaoqing, Yang Yan, and Zhang Junxue crossed Moon-Catching Lake and arrived on Egret Isle, where Jade Feather disciples welcomed Li Piaoqing.
• Pei Ye recognized Zhang Dingyun and Fang Jidao, and Zhang Dingyun greeted him by saying he had become completely one of Jade Feather.

At the Egret Isle Poetry Gathering, Pei Ye warned Zhang Dingyun about the Seven Flood Dragons and learned that Fang Jidao had been pressured to write a poem praising Shang Huaitong. Pei Ye joined the Jade Feather disciples as the gathering began, watched the sects and Shang Huaitong, and ended the chapter when Li Piaoqing asked to read his Booklet with him.

• Pei Ye advised Zhang Dingyun to distance himself from the Seven Flood Dragons and draw closer to Jade Feather, prompting Zhang to reconsider his family's business ties.
• Zhang Dingyun told Pei Ye that Qi Zhaohua had asked Fang Jidao to write a poem praising Shang Huaitong as a stepping stone for Shang, though Fang defended her decision.
• Pei Ye joined Li Piaoqing and the Jade Feather disciples on the Egret-Viewing Terrace, where they met Yang Yan, Zhang Junxue, and the others.
• Qi Zhaohua opened the gathering, and the House Guard instructor's demonstration began a lively exchange of swordplay, poetry, silk sashes, and released egrets.
• Pei Ye observed the troubled Seven Flood Dragons and the composed Shang Huaitong, then continued reading while the gathering carried on.
• Li Piaoqing approached Pei Ye and asked whether she could read his Booklet with him.

Pei Ye and Li Piaoqing read a difficult sword theory book before Qi Zhaohua drew him aside to discuss Moon-Catching Lake and her conflict between love and political affairs. Qi asked Pei Ye for detailed intelligence about Jade Feather’s offensive against the Seven Flood Dragons, leaving him wary of her motives.

• Pei Ye shared the Compendium of Six Dynasties Swordcraft with Li Piaoqing, explained the passage on the Intent Sword, then took the book back when she read too slowly.
• Qi Zhaohua asked Pei Ye to speak privately, and he questioned her about the stalled Moon-Catching Lake project and the Seven Flood Dragons’ opposition.
• Pei Ye suggested Qi had failed to sway Shang Huaitong, and Qi admitted she could not decide between love and political affairs.
• Qi told Pei Ye that Moon-Catching Lake’s success depended on Sect Leader Luo, not Shang Huaitong, and said she had not investigated Zhang Junyu and Gu Guang further.
• Qi asked Pei Ye for detailed information about Jade Feather’s offensive against the Seven Flood Dragons, and Pei Ye recognized her skillful acting.

Pei Ye told Qi Zhaohua that Jade Feather was rapidly dismantling the Seven Flood Dragons’ influence, then joined the disciples’ Finger Sword game at the Egret Isle Poetry Gathering. A flying message from Ming Qitian arrived with her advice about Heavenly Mountain, leaving Pei Ye ready to give the bead to its disciple.

• Pei Ye told Qi Zhaohua that Jade Feather would sever the Seven Flood Dragons’ connection to the Five Lakes Gang within three days and clear their Bowang businesses within ten days.
• Li Piaoqing urged Pei Ye to join the Jade Feather disciples’ Finger Sword game, where Shen Yao won the round.
• Pei Ye realized he had forgotten his Finger Sword and accepted a hovering white-jade sword carrying a reply from Ming Qitian.
• Pei Ye read Ming Qitian’s message advising him to give the bead to the Heavenly Mountain disciple after she had consulted their sect head.

Pei Ye reassured Jade Feather that Heavenly Mountain had no scheme against him, then joined the gathering’s contests as the Seven Flood Dragons faced mounting pressure. After Jade Feather’s fighters weakened their opponents, Pei Ye entered the longsword field and defeated a fifth-growth disciple in five moves, leaving the gathering stunned.

• Ming Qitian learned from the sect leader, Ye Wohan, and Chu Xiao that Heavenly Mountain was investigating a case without intending to harm Pei Ye, then sent him a brief reply approving the Soul-Seizing Pearl.
• Pei Ye showed Li Piaoqing the note, promised to give her a present in about ten days, and began competing in the little-sword bouts.
• A Seven Flood Dragons disciple won three bouts, but Chu Nian defeated him and two more fourth-growth opponents before losing to a fifth-growth fighter; Shen Yao then won one bout before being defeated by another.
• Li Piaoqing sent Pei Ye to the longsword field after he completed a clean sweep of the little-sword contest.
• Pei Ye drew his sword and disarmed a fifth-growth Seven Flood Dragons disciple in five moves, stunning the gathering.

Pei Ye defeated a string of challengers at the poetry gathering, drawing acclaim and becoming a leading dark horse for the Martial Competition. Li Piaoqing read a letter from his friend Ming and realized Pei Ye had been worried about his prospects, while Shang Huaitong resolved to face him at the competition; the chapter ended with Pei Ye discovering Li Piaoqing had read the letter.

• Pei Ye defeated the Seven Flood Dragons’ remaining Fifth Growth fighter and impressed the watching scholars with his swordsmanship.
• Pei Ye defeated six more challengers, while Li Piaoqing watched the poets produce several highly praised works.
• Li Piaoqing found and read Pei Ye’s letter from Ming, learning that Ming had encouraged him and asked about his study of the Compendium of Six Dynasties Swordcraft.
• Shang Huaitong considered challenging Pei Ye but followed Qi Zhaohua’s plan and decided to wait for the Martial Competition.
• Pei Ye returned to Li Piaoqing after the poetry judging, and she praised his performance before he noticed the open letter on her lap.

At the Egret Isle Poetry Gathering, Shang Huaitong stopped two rival Fifth Growth fighters from killing each other, then Lay Buddhist Qi’s poem about his intervention earned thirteen White Herons. The gathering’s honored guest, Lord Sui, arrived just as the poem took the event’s highest distinction.

• Pei Ye learned that the approaching Lord Sui was a powerful academy overseer and official whose favor could shape the gathering’s contest for renown.
• Two rival escort masters turned their sparring bout into a deadly fight, and Shang Huaitong rushed in and disarmed them before they could kill each other.
• Fang Jidao’s poem praising Shang Huaitong drew criticism, while Lay Buddhist Qi’s poem about the rescue impressed the scholars.
• Lay Buddhist Qi’s poem earned thirteen White Herons, the gathering’s maximum, and was set to be presented to Lord Sui as he arrived with Zhao Zhang.

Qi Zhaohua helped Shang Huaitong impress the visiting superintendent, then learned the Seven Flood Dragons had lost four elders and faced Heavenly Mountain’s support for Jade Feather. At the selection, Sui Zaihua introduced a magical artifact for testing the candidates, while Pei Ye watched from afar.

• Qi Zhaohua sent Fang Jidao to retrieve contracts and discussed her plans with Shang Huaitong after the poetry gathering raised his reputation.
• Shang Huaitong told Qi Zhaohua that Jade Feather and Heavenly Mountain had caused the Seven Flood Dragons to lose four elders, and she resolved to help the group respond.
• Provincial Governor Zhao Zhang and Sui Zaihua arrived at the Egret-Viewing Terrace, where Sui praised Shang Huaitong’s poem and observed the martial talents.
• Sui Zaihua announced that he would choose the number of promising candidates himself and brought out a magical artifact for a character-assessment game.
• Pei Ye examined the mirror-like artifact from a distance as the candidates hesitated over who should try it first.

At the Egret-Viewing Terrace, Sui Zaihua demonstrated the Swordheart Reflection, which tested a person's resilience and sword-bearing state of mind. After nearly every challenger received the lowest result, Li Piaoqing stepped forward and drew the old man's special attention.

• Zhao Zhang tried the Swordheart Reflection, experienced a terrifying vision, and received the result Relying on Qi, Sword-Loss.
• Sui Zaihua explained the mirror's four states of mind and four levels of resistance to fear.
• Nearly twenty challengers, including Kuang Rong and Chu Nian, failed to improve on the lowest result, while Shen Yao and Zhang Mozhu briefly slowed the black substance before it overcame them.
• Zhao Zhang hoped Shang Huaitong could uphold Bowang's dignity as Li Piaoqing rose to take her turn.
• Sui Zaihua watched Li Piaoqing and called her a spiritually clear child.

Li Piaoqing impressed Sui Zaihua by resisting the Sword Heart Reflection’s black substance and was judged to have reached Facing the Scene and All-Control. After Sui Zaihua explained the academy’s standards and higher realms, he chose Pei Ye to take the next test.

• Sui Zaihua invited Li Piaoqing to demonstrate her swordsmanship, and she performed Fire-Sweeping Through the Waterfall and Fallen Leaf Returning Tide.
• Li Piaoqing touched the Sword Heart Reflection and resisted the black substance throughout its advance, displaying her ability to control her emotions and actions.
• Sui Zaihua named Li Piaoqing’s levels Facing the Scene and All-Control, and Zhao Zhang celebrated her achievement.
• Sui Zaihua explained the Sword Cultivation Academy’s admissions standards and described the realms of Relying on Qi, Facing the Scene, All-Control, Holding the Heart, and Unchanging.
• Sui Zaihua declined to call Shang Huaitong yet and instead selected Pei Ye to try the test.

At the Sword Heart Reflection trial, Yang Yan achieved All-Control through Relying on Qi, and Li Piaoqing put forward Pei Ye as Bowang’s finest sword talent. Pei Ye rejected the Sword Cultivation Academy, then entered the trial, where his [Quail Head] first disrupted the test before he faced its overwhelming threat with a sword.

• Sui Zaihua invited Yang Yan to try the mirror, and Yang Yan’s resolve held the black substance back for forty breaths, earning him Relying on Qi: All-Control.
• Li Piaoqing praised Pei Ye as Bowang’s greatest sword talent and nominated him, intensifying the rivalry with the Seven Flood Dragons over Shang Huaitong’s standing.
• Sui Zaihua invited Pei Ye to demonstrate sword moves, but Pei Ye said he did not want to enter the Shaolong Sword Cultivation Academy before touching the mirror.
• Pei Ye recognized the mirror’s material and found that his [Quail Head] prevented the trial from erasing his memories, so he asked Little Cat to cover it up.
• After Little Cat blanked his mind, Pei Ye faced an apparently unbeatable presence in the illusion, picked up a sword, and prepared to resist it.

Pei Ye stunned the gathering by clearing the Fearlessness Pass of Sword Heart Reflection and reaching Holding the Heart · Illuminated Spirit. After Sui Zaihua invited him to the Prefectural Office for a conversation, Pei Ye returned to the Jade Feather seats, where Cui Xiaoyan eagerly praised him.

• Pei Ye faced the black substance in Sword Heart Reflection and annihilated it with a single thrust of his sword.
• Sui Zaihua announced that Pei Ye had reached Holding the Heart · Illuminated Spirit and asked what experiences had shaped him.
• Pei Ye said he was from Fenghuai and agreed to meet Sui Zaihua at the Prefectural Office after the gathering.
• Sui Zaihua told Zhao Zhang that Pei Ye could choose his own path rather than be pressured to join the Sword Cultivation Academy.
• Pei Ye returned to the Jade Feather seats, where Cui Xiaoyan rushed over and called him the best in Bowang City.

Pei Ye impressed Lord Sui with his extraordinary state of mind but remained intent on killing Shang Huaitong rather than seeking a place at the Sword Cultivation Academy. Meanwhile, Qi Zhaohua met Shang Huaitong with lake deeds, and he hinted that others had long misunderstood his feelings about Bai Yuliang.

• The girl worried that Shang Huaitong might meet Lord Sui’s standard, while Pei Ye encouraged her to speak with the supervisor about entering the Sword Cultivation Academy.
• Pei Ye exchanged a challenging look with Shang Huaitong, then told the girl he still planned to kill him.
• Fang Jidao delivered lake deeds to Qi Zhaohua and offered to accompany her, but she refused and sent him back.
• Zhang Dingyun told Fang Jidao that Pei Ye had become Bowang’s new god, then heard Fang begin to explain how Qi Zhaohua had helped him when they first met.
• Qi Zhaohua gave Shang Huaitong the lake deeds, and he said he had been misunderstood for a long time about Bai Yuliang.

Qi Zhaohua warned Shang Huaitong that Jade Feather would move against the Seven Flood Dragons, and they arranged to sell Moon-Catching Lake to the authorities before the sect lost control of it. Shang Huaitong then impressed Sword Cultivation Academy overseer Sui Zaihua with his swordsmanship, revealing his exceptional talent and his Seven Flood Dragons technique, Three Fires Conceal Life.

• Qi Zhaohua told Shang Huaitong that Jade Feather would attack the southern city and sever the Seven Flood Dragons' ties to the Five Lakes Gang within three days.
• Qi Zhaohua arranged for the authorities to buy Moon-Catching Lake at a price twenty percent above the agreed amount, and Shang Huaitong sealed the deed.
• Shang Huaitong went to meet Sui Zaihua after Qi Zhaohua handed him her cloak.
• Shang Huaitong demonstrated Three Fires Conceal Life, and Sui Zaihua praised the technique and judged him to be at the peak of the Clumsy Realm.
• Shang Huaitong told Sui Zaihua that he was twenty-three, had studied the sword for eleven years, and had entered the Clumsy Realm three years earlier.