Recaps

Chu Kuangren fought off the Taboo Heavenly Prides who sought the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence, then shattered Zi Wuji’s Space Condensing Character Talisman and overwhelmed their combined attacks. He left the gathered foes badly injured and terrified, while the Sword Daoist’s clone was destroyed.

• Chu Kuangren traded blows with Niu Dali, then blocked Bai Hongyu’s Worship-Heaven Seal and countered attacks from the Sword Daoist and Wang Quan.
• Chu Kuangren repelled Tu Heng’s Fallen Demon Eye and seized Niu Dali in his demonic bull form, hurling him into the charging Jiu Yan.
• Leng Ningyu refused to join the battle, while Zi Wuji attacked Chu Kuangren with a Space Condensing Character Talisman.
• The Taboo Heavenly Prides launched their attacks together after the talisman locked down the space around Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren broke the talisman and unleashed a Purple Sword Light that shattered their attacks and sent the attackers flying, severely injured.
• Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi Clone severed the Sword Daoist’s arm and then cleaved his clone in half, leaving the remaining Taboo Heavenly Prides terrified.

Chu Kuangren agreed to settle his clash with Zi Wuji through runic techniques, wagering the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence against a rubbing of the Myriad Runes Catalog. Zi Wuji unleashed a series of powerful runes, but Chu Kuangren calmly countered them with his Runes Swords.

• Chu Kuangren challenged Zi Wuji’s confidence in his runic techniques and agreed to their proposed duel.
• Chu Kuangren demanded the Myriad Runes Catalog as his prize, and Zi Wuji offered a rubbing of it instead.
• Zi Wuji and Chu Kuangren agreed to wager the rubbing against the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence.
• Zi Wuji attacked with runes that created fire, wind, lightning, frost, and other natural forces.
• Chu Kuangren blocked Zi Wuji’s attacks with Runes Swords while remaining composed, astonishing the watching Heavenly Prides.

Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Zi Wuji in a duel of runes, first breaking his copied techniques and then unleashing an uncopiable Runes Mystery. He left Zi Wuji with no choice but to concede.

• Zi Wuji used his Purple Talisman Demon Eyes to copy Chu Kuangren’s Runes Sword and Mountains and Rivers Talisman, but Chu Kuangren shattered his attacks.
• Zi Wuji trapped Chu Kuangren in World Tree Runes that continually regenerated their vines using the abundant wood attribute spiritual qi.
• Chu Kuangren used the Extinguishing Talisman, a Runes Mystery whose profound Daoist rhyme Zi Wuji could not copy, to dismantle the World Tree Runes.
• Chu Kuangren filled the sky with countless natural-force runes, and Zi Wuji conceded when he could not copy them fast enough.

Chu Kuangren defeated Zi Wuji with runes, claimed the Myriad Runes Catalog and the Wood Attribute vein essence, and accepted Leng Ningyu’s invitation to visit the Seven Emotions Sect. After rewarding Jian Changfeng and instructing him to monitor the Sword Clan, Chu Kuangren gathered with Shang Qingxue and Murong Xuan to celebrate their haul.

• Zi Wuji conceded defeat, and Chu Kuangren took the Myriad Runes Catalog rubbing copy from him.
• Chu Kuangren collected the Wood Attribute vein essence and other treasures from the vein as the other Heavenly Prides left.
• Leng Ningyu thanked Chu Kuangren for saving her and invited him to visit the Seven Emotions Sect, and he accepted.
• Chu Kuangren rewarded Jian Changfeng with an Emperor-grade Spirit Medicine and told him to monitor the Sword Clan, especially the Sword Daoist.
• Chu Kuangren summoned Shang Qingxue and Murong Xuan, and the three discussed how to make use of their gains after leaving the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven.

Chu Kuangren left Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven with the treasures he had seized, while the defeated Taboo Heavenly Prides contacted their factions to retaliate. Outside the grotto-heaven, cultivators eyed his immense haul with greed.

• Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, Tu Heng, and the Sword Daoist each contacted their backing factions after Chu Kuangren defeated them and took their treasures.
• As Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven began to close, Chu Kuangren gave Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue leyline essence and spirit medicines, then sent them ahead to temper themselves without him.
• Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue left the grotto-heaven, and Chu Kuangren followed when the remaining cultivators had mostly departed.
• Outside the grotto-heaven, cultivators discussed their gains and whispered about Chu Kuangren's treasures and strength as he appeared among them.

The Dragon Mountain Seven attacked Chu Kuangren to seize his treasures, but he shattered their combined strike and left them defeated. The Sword Clan then surrounded him with elders and more than ten thousand Sword Attendants, while Chu Kuangren hinted that other Daoist Traditions would join them.

• Dragon Mountain Boss confronted Chu Kuangren over his monopoly of a Spiritual Qi Vein and declared his intention to steal Chu Kuangren's treasures.
• Dragon Mountain Boss and the Dragon Mountain Seven combined their Spiritual Power to attack Chu Kuangren, but he destroyed their assault with a single palm strike and badly wounded them.
• The surrounding cultivators abandoned their plans to target Chu Kuangren after witnessing his strength.
• Sword Clan elders and more than ten thousand Sword Attendants arrived and surrounded Chu Kuangren over his destruction of the Sword Clan Daoist Seed's clone and seizure of the Sword Daoist's opportunity.
• Chu Kuangren taunted the Sword Clan for not bringing the Sword Daoist, then said other Daoist Traditions should be present as another streak of light arrived.

Chu Kuangren faced a coalition of powerful forces on the Emperor Road, including the Bai Family, Wang Family, Devil Race, and Sword Clan, and declared that he was his own greatest backer. When the Sword Clan attacked, he countered with the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder and killed several of their cultivators.

• Bai Tianque, Balha, and the Wang Family Matriarch arrived with their forces and demanded Chu Kuangren's death.
• Bai Tianque offered to spare Chu Kuangren if he surrendered the Spiritual Qi Vein treasures or married into the Bai Family, and Chu Kuangren insulted the offer.
• Chu Kuangren rejected the gathered factions' claims that he had no connections or backer, unleashing a tremendous presence that overwhelmed many cultivators.
• The Sword Clan Elder attacked Chu Kuangren, and Chu Kuangren's azure Thunder Light shattered the elder's sword strike and battered more than a dozen Sword Clan cultivators.
• Chu Kuangren revealed the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder and played a note that blasted apart several Sword Clan cultivators who had approached him.

Chu Kuangren used the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder and the Gods and Devils Eight Tones to slaughter the attackers surrounding him. When Bai Tianque, Balha, the Wang Family matriarch, and the Sword Clan elders joined forces against him, he unleashed the final piece, Great Sound Has No Sound, and their attacks collided in a massive explosion.

• Chu Kuangren played Boundless Heaven and Earth to stop a Sword Clan elder’s fire attack, then used the Gods and Devils Eight Tones to kill and repel many cultivators.
• The Sword Clan elder struck with Fire Meteor, but Chu Kuangren countered with Swallowing Ten Thousand Miles and shattered the attack.
• The Sword Clan elder urged Balha, Bai Tianque, and the Wang Family matriarch to join the fight.
• Bai Tianque’s Worship-Heaven Seal began breaking under Chu Kuangren’s Heaven and Earth Double Resonance.
• Balha, the Wang Family matriarch, and the Sword Clan elders launched their strongest attacks together, and Chu Kuangren answered with Great Sound Has No Sound.
• The opposing powers collided in a vast explosion that sent cultivators flying and engulfed the fighters in the impact.

Chu Kuangren faced four near-Emperor opponents wielding four Emperor Weapons and countered them with his own Emperor Weapons and sword techniques. The battle continued as Bahar clashed with him and coveted his weapons.

• The Wang Family Matriarch revealed the Five Elements Mountain River Bell, while the Sword Clan elder drew the Golden Emperor Divine Sword and attacked Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren donned the Heavenly Baleful Armor and wielded Golden Que, unleashing the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art with his nine-orifice exquisite sword heart.
• Bai Tianque used a defensive Emperor Weapon to shield the group from Chu Kuangren's sword qi.
• Bahar attacked Chu Kuangren with a dark-red Emperor Weapon saber, and their weapons clashed, driving both fighters back.
• Bahar recognized that Chu Kuangren possessed several Emperor Weapons and eyed them greedily.

Chu Kuangren escaped the forces that tried to kill him at the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven, then gained a legendary healer’s inheritance. His enemies turned their attention to the Barren Forbidden Land while he left with new medical skills.

• The Wang Family Matriarch and other leaders attacked Chu Kuangren for his treasures, but lightning from his talismans killed many of their cultivators and gave him time to escape with the Space Transport Technique.
• The Sword Clan Elder and the others agreed to hunt Chu Kuangren and considered finding a Heavenly Pardon Order in the Barren Forbidden Land to free Emperor-Class cultivators from their restrictions.
• Bai Hongyu, Xiao Jingchen, Tu Heng, and the other Taboo Heavenly Prides looked forward to entering the Barren Forbidden Land to find opportunities and a way to challenge Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren drew a legendary-grade healer’s inheritance and absorbed extensive medical knowledge and water-qi techniques.
• Chu Kuangren reflected on how his healing abilities complemented his Pill Master inheritance, then departed.

Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect after hearing that its scrolls might be connected to the Wrathful God Fist. At the foot of Seven Emotions Peak, the sect’s disciples recognized Leng Ningyu’s Saintess Token in his possession and wondered what relationship he had with their saintess.

• Chu Kuangren listened to a tavern storyteller praise his exploits and appearance while he drank in disguise.
• A woman in red from the Seven Emotions Sect objected to the praise and threatened anyone who spread rumors about her senior sister, Leng Ningyu, and Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren decided to visit the Seven Emotions Sect to investigate whether its scrolls were connected to the Wrathful God Fist.
• Chu Kuangren reached Seven Emotions Peak, presented the Jade Token Leng Ningyu had given him, and told the disciples he had come at her invitation.
• The disciples recognized the Jade Token as the Saintess Token and were shocked that Chu Kuangren had it.

Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect and clashed with Chi Yue, who blamed him for damaging Leng Ningyu’s reputation. Leng Ningyu welcomed him and led him inside, where her master and others were waiting.

• A Seven Emotions Sect disciple recognized Chu Kuangren and went to inform Leng Ningyu that he had arrived.
• Drunken Chi Yue teased Chu Kuangren, then attacked him after learning his identity and accusing him of sullying Leng Ningyu’s reputation.
• Chu Kuangren dodged Chi Yue’s attacks and subdued her with sword qi at her throat, warning her that he would fight back if she attacked again.
• Chi Yue ordered the other disciples to stand down, and Chu Kuangren said the rumors about Leng Ningyu had nothing to do with him.
• Leng Ningyu arrived, stopped Chi Yue from troubling Chu Kuangren, and escorted him into the sect to meet her master and the others.

Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect, where he and Fairy Lengyue discussed exchanging their collections of emotion-based cultivation scrolls. After noticing signs that Leng Ningyu might be falling for Chu Kuangren, Fairy Lengyue explained how love and loss could help her master the Unfeeling Dao, while her Fire Desire Poison remained a concern.

• Fairy Lengyue met Chu Kuangren and suppressed her Fire Desire Poison after his appearance stirred her feelings.
• Chu Kuangren used his Eye of Insight to identify Fairy Lengyue’s Fire Desire Poison and demonstrated the Wrathful God Fist for her.
• Fairy Lengyue revealed that the Seven Emotions Sect had five cultivation scrolls, and Chu Kuangren offered to trade his three for them.
• Fairy Lengyue sent Leng Ningyu to show Chu Kuangren around and discussed with Chi Yue whether Leng Ningyu had fallen for him.
• Fairy Lengyue said that experiencing and then forgetting love could help Leng Ningyu master the Unfeeling Dao, while hoping Li the Daoist might cure her poison with the Heavenly Ice Cold Python corpse.

Chu Kuangren toured the Seven Emotions Sect with Leng Ningyu and confronted Li Celong, who resented his closeness to her. In the main hall, Li the Daoist demanded that Fairy Lengyue become his Daoist partner in exchange for treating her fire poison.

• Leng Ningyu showed Chu Kuangren the Seven Emotions Sect and told him she had no intention of becoming Daoist partners with the Sword Daoist.
• Li Celong approached Leng Ningyu and questioned Chu Kuangren's intentions, so Chu Kuangren used his Sword Dao pressure to silence him.
• Chu Kuangren, Leng Ningyu, and Li Celong entered the main hall, where Fairy Lengyue was arguing with Li the Daoist.
• Li the Daoist said he could suppress Fairy Lengyue's fire poison only if she agreed to become his Daoist partner, and Chi Yue and Leng Ningyu objected.

Li the Daoist tried to force Fairy Lengyue and Leng Ningyu into Daoist partnerships by withholding treatment for Lengyue’s fire poison. Chu Kuangren offered to cure Lengyue instead and brought everyone to Flying Flow Waterfall to begin.

• Li the Daoist demanded that Fairy Lengyue become his Daoist partner and proposed that Li Celong pair with Leng Ningyu as well.
• Fairy Lengyue refused, and Leng Ningyu offered to marry Li Celong to secure treatment for her master, but both Lengyue and Chi Yue stopped her.
• Chu Kuangren claimed he could cure Lengyue’s fire poison, dismissed Li the Daoist’s threat, and gained Lengyue’s trust to try.
• On the way to Flying Flow Waterfall, Chu Kuangren asked why Leng Ningyu had offered to marry Li Celong, and she explained that she owed her master a debt of gratitude.
• At Flying Flow Waterfall, Chu Kuangren told Fairy Lengyue to let the water vapor enter her body and circulate her Spiritual Power with it.

Chu Kuangren cured Fairy Lengyue’s fire poison and exposed Li the Daoist’s harmful treatment, earning the Seven Emotions Sect’s gratitude and an exchange of Emperor Techniques. Fairy Lengyue then asked what he thought of Leng Ningyu, leaving Chu Kuangren wondering what she intended.

• Chu Kuangren condemned Li the Daoist’s use of wood-attribute acupuncture and explained that it had made Fairy Lengyue’s fire poison worse.
• Chu Kuangren used moisture needles to draw out and destroy Fairy Lengyue’s fire poison, curing her in front of everyone.
• Fairy Lengyue expelled Li the Daoist and his disciple from the Seven Emotions Sect, while Chi Yue apologized to Chu Kuangren.
• Fairy Lengyue offered Chu Kuangren the chance to study five of the Seven Emotions Sect’s Emperor Technique scrolls in exchange for his three scrolls.
• After the others left, Fairy Lengyue asked Chu Kuangren what he thought of Leng Ningyu.

Chu Kuangren refused Fairy Lengyue’s plan to make Leng Ningyu fall in love with him, then comprehended five Emperor Techniques and refined Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence. He advanced from the Saint King realm to the Quasi-Emperor Realm and prepared to use the White Spirit Divine Fruit to deepen his Dao comprehension.

• Fairy Lengyue asked Chu Kuangren to make Leng Ningyu fall in love with him to help her attain major mastery of the Unfeeling Dao, but he refused to deceive her.
• Fairy Lengyue told Leng Ningyu that she wanted her to fall in love with Chu Kuangren, and Leng Ningyu reacted with rare flustered surprise.
• Chu Kuangren comprehended all five Emperor Techniques in less than a day.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence, raising his cultivation from Saint King to Quasi-Emperor and increasing his power further within the realm.
• Chu Kuangren assessed his Dao and combat strength, then turned his attention to the White Spirit Divine Fruit.

Chu Kuangren consumed the White Spirit Divine Fruit and entered sudden enlightenment as the Barren Forbidden Land opened to the Heavenly Prides. There, Wang Quan, Bai Hongyu, and Xiao Jingchen each gained powerful opportunities while preparing to contend for the Emperor Position.

• Chu Kuangren ate the White Spirit Divine Fruit, entered sudden enlightenment, and continued improving his understanding of the Dao.
• Wang Quan defeated a five-colored spider, found high-quality Five Elements Essence, and began refining it to strengthen his Five Elements Divine Wheel.
• Bai Hongyu claimed the Dragon-Phoenix Red Saber and found an Emperor's remains, vowing to surpass Chu Kuangren after refining both.
• Xiao Jingchen inherited the legacy of Mo Xuan Great Emperor, causing his strength to rise as he vowed to defeat his rivals, including Chu Kuangren.
• The Heavenly Prides continued searching the Barren Forbidden Land for opportunities while Chu Kuangren gained new insights in seclusion at the Seven Emotions Sect.

While enlightened by the White Spirit Divine Fruit, Chu Kuangren created an invincible cultivation law by merging the techniques he had mastered, producing visions that spread across the three realms. The aura caught the attention of ancient beings and Qin Tianchen, who set aside his curiosity to refine a Great Perfection Emperor Medicine.

• Chu Kuangren realized he lacked a Daoist Law of his own and began merging his many techniques into an invincible law.
• After a month of seclusion, Chu Kuangren's new law released a powerful Daoist Rhyme and spectacular heavenly visions across the Seven Emotions Sect.
• Fairy Lengyue and the other cultivators wondered whether Chu Kuangren had created a new cultivation technique, while ancient beings sensed that it might grow into a profound law or beyond.
• Qin Tianchen sensed the aura from the Barren Forbidden Land and questioned how someone below Emperor level could create a profound law.
• Qin Tianchen drove away the surrounding Demon Beasts and chose to refine his Great Perfection Emperor Medicine before investigating Chu Kuangren's aura.

After emerging from seclusion with a new technique, the Invincible Law, Chu Kuangren learned that the Barren Forbidden Land had opened and prepared to go there. Inside the forbidden land, the Sword Daoist discovered Jian Changfeng was messaging Chu Kuangren and planned to exploit him, unaware the Charm Sword Guard also served Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion after creating the embryonic Invincible Law and learned that Ningyu and Chi Yue had entered the Barren Forbidden Land.
• The Sword Daoist, seeking enough strength to challenge Chu Kuangren, used the Azure Glass Divine Lamp to locate a destination in the forbidden land.
• The Charm Sword Guard noticed Jian Changfeng secretly sending a message and suspected he was reporting to Chu Kuangren.
• The Hidden Sword Guard reported Jian Changfeng's messages to the Sword Daoist, who revealed he had suspected Jian Changfeng since the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven.
• The Sword Daoist decided to feed Jian Changfeng false information for use against Chu Kuangren, while the Charm Sword Guard concealed that she too served Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren let the Sword Daoist lead the Sword Clan to the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s true resting place while Jian Changfeng’s cover was exposed. After Jian Changfeng survived as a puppet with Chu Kuangren’s help, he learned that Chu Kuangren had another informant inside the Sword Clan.

• Chu Kuangren received a message from the Sword Daoist and told him to find the Sword Emperor’s opportunity.
• The Sword Daoist led the Sword Clan toward the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s resting place, while Jian Changfeng secretly informed Chu Kuangren of its location.
• The Sword Daoist revealed that Jian Changfeng was a traitor and sent him into the black-mist restriction, where Sword Qi destroyed his body.
• Jian Changfeng’s soul survived in a wooden puppet, but the restriction’s Sword Qi attacked him again.
• Chu Kuangren arrived and protected Jian Changfeng, who reported what had happened and realized Chu Kuangren had another informant in the Sword Clan.

The Sword Daoist discovered the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s remains, obtained the Water-Fire Sword Essence and absorbed the Emperor’s inheritance. As he refined it, Chu Kuangren arrived at the palace, and the Sword Clan’s guards prepared to confront him.

• The Sword Daoist and the Sword Clan cultivators entered the secret realm and found sword marks and the remains of the Qingxuan Sword Emperor.
• The Sword Daoist read the Emperor’s final words and used his Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart to locate and claim the Water-Fire Sword Essence.
• A sphere containing the Sword Emperor’s inheritance emerged from the remains, and the Sword Daoist absorbed it while the Charm Sword Guard considered killing him but abandoned the plan.
• The Sword Daoist sensed Chu Kuangren approaching and ordered Mei'er to hold him off while he continued refining the inheritance.
• The Withered Sword Guard led the Sword Clan members out of the palace to face Chu Kuangren, who emerged from the black mist with the figurine Jian Changfeng.

Chu Kuangren confronted the Sword Clan guards, while the Charm Sword Guard revealed that she had willingly sworn loyalty to him. He crushed the guards’ attacks and killed the Withered Sword Guard, leaving the Sword Clan cultivators terrified.

• The Charm Sword Guard killed two Sword Clan cultivators and knelt before Chu Kuangren, declaring him her master.
• The Hidden Sword Guard attacked Chu Kuangren, but the Charm Sword Guard intercepted him and began fighting him in the void.
• Chu Kuangren tore apart the Sword Clan cultivators’ combined sword net with a single streak of Sword Qi, killing several of them.
• The Withered Sword Guard unleashed a life-consuming secret art and charged Chu Kuangren with a mighty sword strike, but Chu Kuangren defeated him with Kunwu and split him in two.

Chu Kuangren defeated the Sword Daoist’s attack using the weakened Sword Emperor’s Dao, then intercepted his escape as he unleashed four Sword Essences. Chu Kuangren countered with the Four Seasons Sword Formation and declared that he would take the essences.

• Chu Kuangren killed the Withered Sword Guard and the Hidden Sword Guard with effortless strikes, then headed toward the palace.
• The Sword Daoist emerged with the Qingxuan Divine Sword and used the Sword Emperor’s Dao to attack Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren’s sword strike overwhelmed him.
• Chu Kuangren explained that the Sword Emperor’s Dao had weakened over time and that the Sword Daoist was no Sword Emperor, prompting the Sword Daoist to flee.
• Chu Kuangren intercepted the Sword Daoist, deflected his Wind and Earth Sword Essences, and faced his attack with all four Sword Essences.
• Chu Kuangren summoned the Azure Spirit Sword Box and formed the Four Seasons Sword Formation, declaring that he would take the four Sword Essences.

Chu Kuangren trapped the Sword Daoist’s Four Symbols Sword Essence, drove him away, and then refined the essence into the supreme supernatural power Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword. After resolving to pursue a path beyond immortality, Chu Kuangren left the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s Secluded Cultivation Ground with the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng.

• Chu Kuangren trapped the four sword essences in the Four Seasons Sword Formation as the Sword Daoist fled, then suppressed the Sword Clan cultivators with Sword Qi.
• The Charm Sword Guard asked what to do after the Sword Daoist escaped, and Chu Kuangren told her to stay with him before beginning to refine the sword essences.
• Chu Kuangren destroyed the Sword Daoist’s Spirit Thought imprints, and the fleeing Sword Daoist vowed to settle the score after refining the Sword Emperor Inheritance.
• After seven days, Chu Kuangren completed the refinement and gained the Four Symbols Sword Dao and the supreme supernatural power Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword.
• Chu Kuangren declared that he would pursue a realm beyond immortality, then led the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng out by shattering the black mist’s restrictions with a four-colored sword projection.