Recaps

Chu Kuangren passed the Heart Ladder so quickly that his Daoist heart caused it to collapse, then entered the palace to hear the Whitebrow Saint preach the Dao. He gained some insight but found the sermon offered him little by the end, realizing his aptitude and comprehension were too good for it.

• Chu Kuangren crossed the Heart Ladder in a few dozen breaths, and the ladder cracked apart and collapsed.
• The little Daoist attendant said an indestructible Daoist heart could destroy the Heart Ladder, and the cultivators speculated that Chu Kuangren's heart rivaled an Ancient Great Emperor's.
• The Whitebrow Saint let only those who had stepped onto the Heart Ladder enter the palace, and the rest were sent away.
• Chu Kuangren used his Eye of Insight to learn that the Whitebrow Saint was an early-stage Manifestation cultivator who practiced a merit treasure body.
• The Whitebrow Saint preached the Dao, and while the other cultivators became absorbed, Chu Kuangren received little insight and concluded his aptitude and comprehension were exceptionally high.

After Whitebrow Saint finished his discourse and answered the cultivators’ questions, Chu Kuangren revealed that he had spent the gathering comprehending his sword rather than listening. He asked the Saint to debate the Dao with him, leaving the assembly stunned.

• Chu Kuangren waited until Whitebrow Saint’s three-day discourse ended, then continued comprehending the Kunwu Sword’s Sword Soul.
• Whitebrow Saint answered the cultivators’ questions about the Great Age of Strife, the next Emperor, Chu Kuangren’s Daoist heart, and breaking through the Venerable Realm.
• When a Supreme Being rebuked Chu Kuangren for ignoring the discourse, Kunwu Sword’s aura frightened him into silence.
• Chu Kuangren asked Whitebrow Saint whether he was tired after the discourse and question session, then requested a debate on the Dao.
• Several Supreme Beings condemned Chu Kuangren, but his Sword Dao Rhythm forced them back as he repeated his request directly to the Saint.

Chu Kuangren discussed the Dao with Whitebrow Saint, using the exchange to deepen his understanding and gather his many Daoist arts into a single sword strike. The sword Dao breakthrough sent astonishing phenomena across Firmament Star and left even probing Saints trembling in terror.

• Chu Kuangren asked Whitebrow Saint to discuss the Dao, and the Saint agreed after noticing Chu Kuangren's merit power and high Daoist Law realm.
• Chu Kuangren and Whitebrow Saint exchanged Daoist techniques for an entire day, and Chu Kuangren displayed mastery of many cultivation arts, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• Whitebrow Saint's powerful attack damaged the Heavenly Dao Sword, but Kunwu's sword rhythm stabilized it as Chu Kuangren entered sudden enlightenment.
• Chu Kuangren integrated his many Daoist Laws and his gains from the Longevity Emperor Scripture into the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.
• The Heavenly Dao Sword released a terrifying Daoist rhythm that produced celestial phenomena across ten thousand miles and alarmed powerful figures and Saints throughout Firmament Star.

During a discussion of the Dao with Whitebrow Saint, Chu Kuangren created an Emperor Technique while still at the Battle King level and matched the Saint’s Daoist Law. After the gathering, news of his achievement spread across Firmament Star, making him the center of attention once again.

• The Saints investigating the Daoist Rhyme on Whitebrow Mountain saw Chu Kuangren’s manifestation and realized he was creating his own Emperor Technique.
• Chu Kuangren used what he had learned to raise the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art to an Emperor Technique and struck at Whitebrow Saint.
• Whitebrow Saint blocked Chu Kuangren’s strike, and the two remained seated, leaving their discussion of the Dao an even match.
• A Supreme Being explained that Chu Kuangren had created an Emperor Technique, stunning the cultivators and prompting Ao Cang and Yuan Hong to give up on competing with him.
• Chu Kuangren left after the discussion, and news of his feat spread throughout Firmament Star.

Chu Kuangren traveled to the Qian Kingdom after Venerable Xuanqi sent him to investigate Demon Cultivators causing trouble there. After meeting the King of Qian and learning the attackers were searching for something, Chu Kuangren went out to tour the Royal Capital with the Second Prince.

• Chu Kuangren received Venerable Xuanqi's message about Demon Cultivators in the Qian Kingdom and changed course toward its Royal Capital.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu wore masks to avoid drawing attention, but palace guards stopped them at the royal gates.
• Chu Kuangren revealed his identity, and the King of Qian personally welcomed him into the palace.
• At a banquet, the King of Qian told Chu Kuangren that Demon Cultivators from the Elysium Sect, the Asura Sect, and an unknown group had caused harm while searching for something.
• The Second Prince invited Chu Kuangren to tour the Royal Capital while the kingdom's investigators looked into the Demon Cultivators.

Miss Hong learned that Chu Kuangren had arrived in the Qian Kingdom to investigate the Demon Tempering Pool, sending the local Demon Cultivators into hiding. When the second prince brought Chu Kuangren to Heavenly Fragrance Tower, Miss Hong recognized the danger and tried to avoid him, but she was forced to play the zither for him.

• Miss Hong heard that the sect leader and others were coming to the Royal Capital to seek the Demon Tempering Pool and its Saint King Demon Heart, while Asura Sect and other Demon Cultivators also pursued it.
• Miss Hong's maid told her that Chu Kuangren had arrived in the Qian Kingdom, and Demon Cultivators across the country withdrew in fear.
• The second prince brought Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu to Heavenly Fragrance Tower, where Chu Kuangren drew the attention of the women there.
• Miss Hong recognized Chu Kuangren when she saw him and tried to leave, but the second prince ordered her to entertain him.
• Miss Hong played the zither for Chu Kuangren, then snapped a string when he smiled at her with amusement.

Chu Kuangren exposed Red Girl as an Elysium Sect Demon Cultivator and forced her to reveal that the Demon Cultivators sought the demonic heart in the Demon Tempering Pool. The King of Qian prepared to ambush them at the secret realm’s location in three days.

• Chu Kuangren recognized Red Girl as an Elysium Sect Demon Cultivator when she played the zither, and his domain stopped her escape.
• Chu Kuangren threatened Red Girl until she revealed that the Demon Cultivators wanted the demonic heart of Old Man Juexin, hidden in the Demon Tempering Pool.
• Red Girl said the secret realm would open in three days in a forest southeast of the Royal Capital, which the Demon Cultivators had sealed off.
• Chu Kuangren kept Red Girl under control with the royal palace’s secret drug so she could not warn the Elysium Sect.
• The King of Qian sent people to investigate the forest and concentrated defenses there to capture the Demon Cultivators when they arrived.

Chu Kuangren obtained the Soul-Hooking Cord and learned that Li Xingchen had come to the Qian Kingdom seeking the Demon-Tempering Pool Secret Realm. As the Elysium Sect and Asura Sect gathered to pursue the Demon Heart, Chu Kuangren appeared and struck the Asura Sect Leader.

• Chu Kuangren drew the Saint King Artifact Soul-Hooking Cord and began refining it.
• Qinglan Supreme Being brought Li Xingchen to Chu Kuangren after the guards caught him near the woods; Li Xingchen offered to help fight the Demon Cultivators while concealing his teacher’s interest in the secret realm.
• The leaders and experts of the Elysium Sect and Asura Sect gathered outside the Royal Capital, wary of Chu Kuangren and his Supreme Supreme-level Dao Protector.
• The Asura Sect Leader threatened to kill Chu Kuangren after obtaining the Demon Heart, but Chu Kuangren arrived and struck him into a crater.

Chu Kuangren attacked the gathered Demon Cultivators, overpowering the Elysium Sect Master and Asura Sect Master as Royal Palace Guards surrounded them. A Secret Realm opened, and two Supreme Supremes arrived with Zhao Wuji, the Demon-Crying Mountain survivor, who confronted Chu Kuangren.

• Chu Kuangren ambushed the Demon Cultivators and defeated the Elysium Sect Master's illusion with ease.
• Chu Kuangren shattered the Asura Sect Master's saber attack with a sword strike that barely drew Kunwu.
• Royal Palace Guards surrounded the gathering, and Li Xingchen, the King of Qian, Qinglan Supreme Being, and Granny Meng helped defeat the Demon Cultivators.
• A Secret Realm entrance opened, but two Supreme Supremes attacked Chu Kuangren before the sect masters could escape into it.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with the two Supreme Supremes and told Chu Kuangren that they had met before; Chu Kuangren recognized him as the Demon-Crying Mountain survivor.

Chu Kuangren and the Seventh Ancestor confronted the King of the Turning Wheel and the Old Asura Sect Master as Zhao Wuji slipped into the secret realm to retrieve the Demon Heart. Chu Kuangren withstood the Old Asura Sect Master's Asura Dharma Form and then unleashed the Emperor Technique Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.

• The King of the Turning Wheel ordered Zhao Wuji to retrieve the Demon Heart while he and the Old Asura Sect Master faced Chu Kuangren and the Seventh Ancestor.
• The Seventh Ancestor chose to fight the King of the Turning Wheel, leaving Chu Kuangren to face the Old Asura Sect Master.
• The Old Asura Sect Master summoned his Asura Dharma Form and attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren's White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter dismantled the strike without injury.
• Chu Kuangren revealed Emperor Dao pressure and unleashed the Emperor Technique Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.

Chu Kuangren killed the Asura Sect's former sect master and used the Nine Heavens Sword Prison to trap the Demon Cultivators, slaughtering them as they tried to escape. He killed Zhao Wuji, refined the Demon Cultivators' essence, and broke through to the late-stage Battle King realm while the King of the Turning Wheel remained trapped by the Seventh Ancestor.

• Chu Kuangren killed the Asura Sect's former sect master with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art and refined his corpse with the Taotie Technique.
• Zhao Wuji emerged from the secret realm and told the King of the Turning Wheel that the Demon Heart was gone because someone had taken it first.
• The King of the Turning Wheel tried to escape with Zhao Wuji, but Chu Kuangren trapped the Demon Cultivators inside the Nine Heavens Sword Prison.
• Chu Kuangren defeated and refined more than a dozen Venerable Realm Demon Cultivators who charged him.
• Chu Kuangren killed Zhao Wuji and refined him, then explained to the King of the Turning Wheel that techniques depended on how their users wielded them.
• After refining the Demon Cultivators, Chu Kuangren broke through to the late-stage Battle King realm while the Seventh Ancestor kept the King of the Turning Wheel occupied.

Chu Kuangren defeated the King of the Turning Wheel after surviving his desperate self-destructive attack, then helped end the Demon Cultivators’ assault. After returning to the palace, Chu Kuangren arranged to refine Longevity Pills for Granny Meng.

• The King of the Turning Wheel used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art and attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu healed from a near-fatal shoulder wound and killed him with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art.
• The slaughter continued until dawn, when the Demon Cultivators were wiped out and the secret realm’s rift closed.
• Li Xingchen asked his Saint King Remnant Spirit what they would do with the heart they had obtained, and his teacher said he would teach him to refine it.
• The King of Qian thanked Chu Kuangren for helping purge the Demon Cultivators, and Chu asked where Li Xingchen had gone before leaving the remaining matters to the King of Qian.
• Chu Kuangren sorted through his battle spoils and asked Granny Meng to collect ingredients for Longevity Pills, which he intended to refine for her.

Saint King Juexin possessed Li Xingchen through the Demon Heart, while Chu Kuangren refined ninth-grade Supreme Treasure Longevity Pills for Granny Meng. Juexin resolved to befriend Chu Kuangren after learning he was the Grandmaster Alchemist behind the extraordinary pills.

• Juexin used his Heart-Severing Soul-Transference Great Art to take over Li Xingchen’s body and suppressed Li Xingchen’s soul.
• Chu Kuangren refined Supreme-grade Longevity Pills in the King of Qian’s palace, drawing cultivators with the pill qi and vitality from the alchemy chamber.
• Nine pill clouds appeared above the chamber, and the King of Qian recognized that a Grandmaster Alchemist had refined ninth-grade Supreme Treasure Pills.
• Juexin, now in Li Xingchen’s body, learned from the Seventh Ancestor and Qinglan Supreme Being that Chu Kuangren was the one refining the pills, and decided to build a relationship with him.
• Chu Kuangren emerged with twelve Longevity Pills and gave them to Granny Meng, saying one each month would extend her lifespan by around three thousand years.

Chu Kuangren discovered that Saint King Juexin had possessed Li Xingchen and was hiding within him. When Juexin threatened Li Xingchen’s life, Chu used the Soul-Hooking Cord to pull Juexin’s Remnant Spirit out of Li’s body.

• The King of Qian and other cultivators praised Chu Kuangren’s alchemy and sought to win his favor.
• Chu used the Eye of Insight to see that Li Xingchen’s soul was dormant and that Saint King Juexin was possessing him.
• Chu led Li Xingchen to a secluded garden and revealed that he knew Juexin had taken over Li’s body.
• Juexin threatened that killing him would kill Li Xingchen, but Chu brought out a pitch-black chain and hooked Juexin’s spirit.
• Chu pulled Saint King Juexin’s Remnant Spirit out of Li Xingchen and bound him with the Soul-Hooking Cord.

Chu Kuangren captured Saint King Juexin, learned that the Saint War had taken place in the Ancient Battlefield, and destroyed Juexin’s Remnant Spirit after rescuing Li Xingchen. Later, aboard the Immortal Boat, Chu Kuangren drew another Supreme Artifact sword and added it to his collection.

• Chu Kuangren restrained Saint King Juexin with the Soul-Hooking Cord and questioned him about the Saint War.
• Saint King Juexin explained that Saints had fought in the Ancient Battlefield fifty thousand years earlier to make the Great Dao manifest and create a chance to become Emperors.
• Chu Kuangren killed Saint King Juexin’s Remnant Spirit, confirmed he had left no trace in Li Xingchen, and told Li Xingchen that he was safe.
• Li Xingchen thanked Chu Kuangren for saving him, and Chu Kuangren said friends did not need to be formal.
• After staying at the palace for two more days, Chu Kuangren and the others left.
• On the Immortal Boat, Chu Kuangren drew the Azure Emperor Sword and placed it in the Azure Spirit Sword Box.

After learning that Venerable Xuanqi would undergo his heavenly tribulation in seven days, Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect and prepared rare pills to improve his master's odds. He gave Xuanqi healing and feigned-death pills, but still insisted that an eighty percent chance of success was not enough.

• Chu Kuangren heard that Venerable Xuanqi planned to undergo his tribulation and returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect with Li Xingchen.
• At the sect, Xuanqi said he had a seventy percent chance of surviving, and Chu Kuangren promised to prepare supplies to raise his odds to at least ninety percent.
• Chu Kuangren refined Quasi-Saint-level pills in the Pill Pavilion, drawing the attention of the sect's elders and alchemists.
• Chu Kuangren gave Xuanqi three Life Creation Pills to heal injuries and one Spring Sleep Pill that could feign death and deceive the heavenly tribulation.
• Xuanqi estimated that the pills raised his chances to eighty percent, but Chu Kuangren said that was still too low.

Chu Kuangren demonstrated that his Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needles could channel lightning away from Venerable Xuanqi during his upcoming tribulation. As Venerable Xuanqi worried about old enemies interfering, Linghu Hong recruited a disgraced swordsman to help sabotage the tribulation, and the man agreed to seek revenge.

• Chu Kuangren led Venerable Xuanqi and the elders to the tribulation site and revealed four Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needles.
• The Second Elder attacked Chu Kuangren with increasingly powerful lightning sword techniques, but the needles diverted the lightning into the ground.
• Venerable Xuanqi said his tribulation was nearly assured with the Life Creation Pill and the needles, then worried that old enemies might interfere.
• Linghu Hong found a disheveled, one-armed swordsman and told him Venerable Xuanqi was about to become a Saint.
• Linghu Hong offered to have the Linghu Family's Saint handle the Mystic Heaven Sect's Saint and invited the swordsman to sabotage the tribulation.
• The swordsman revealed that Venerable Xuanqi had cut off his arm and agreed to settle the score.

As Venerable Xuanqi prepared to undergo his Heavenly Tribulation, Chu Kuangren learned that his master had many enemies who might exploit the moment. When the tribulation began, attackers caused chaos across the Mystic Heaven Sect, forcing Elder Ruyan and the others to leave Xuanqi alone on the mountain peak.

• Elder Ruyan told Chu Kuangren that Linghu Hong and several other enemies might target Venerable Xuanqi during his tribulation.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Venerable Xuanqi's Heavenly Tribulation began as he summoned the Holy Sword Purple Star.
• Elder Ruyan received messages that attackers had invaded several parts of the sect and killed or wounded disciples.
• Venerable Xuanqi told Elder Ruyan and the others to stop the attackers, insisting that the tribulation would protect him and that he could defend himself between its strikes.

As Venerable Xuanqi faced his heavenly tribulation, Chu Kuangren stayed to guard him and confronted five Supreme Supremes who came to attack. Chu Kuangren gravely wounded Qianming Sword Venerable with one strike, declaring his place at the top of the Hundred Swords Register.

• Chu Kuangren sent Lan Yu to help Elder Ruyan, then stayed with Venerable Xuanqi as the first heavenly tribulation began.
• The Lightning-Deflecting Divine Needle redirected the first two lightning strikes into the earth, leaving Venerable Xuanqi largely unharmed.
• Feng Wuchang and other experts arrived to surround the mountain, and Chu Kuangren identified Linghu Hong as the one directing the attack.
• After seeing the needle withstand the second tribulation, Linghu Hong and the others realized their plan to attack an exhausted Venerable Xuanqi had gone awry.
• Chu Kuangren stopped Venerable Xuanqi from facing the attackers and offered to fight them himself.
• Qianming Sword Venerable attacked Chu Kuangren, who countered with one slash that gravely wounded him and defended his first-place ranking in the Hundred Swords Register.

Chu Kuangren fought four Supreme Supremes while protecting Venerable Xuanqi’s tribulation, then used the Soul-Hooking Cord to capture and destroy Qianming Sword Venerable’s soul. Linghu Hong realized the battle was turning against them and brought out a mysterious golden sword.

• Chu Kuangren overwhelmed Linghu Hong with his sword techniques as Venerable Zhuolang, the Greenwater Sword Sect’s grand elder, and Feng Wuchang joined the fight.
• Qianming Sword Venerable tried to attack Venerable Xuanqi, but Chu Kuangren sent the Soul-Hooking Cord after him.
• The Soul-Hooking Cord ensnared Qianming Sword Venerable and pulled his soul from his body while Chu Kuangren absorbed his body into the Taotie Space.
• Chu Kuangren dismantled the four Supreme Supremes’ combined attack with the White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter.
• Chu Kuangren shattered Qianming Sword Venerable’s soul and vowed that the remaining attackers would not leave the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Linghu Hong judged that a prolonged fight would be dangerous and took out a mysterious golden sword given to him by the Third Ancestor.

Chu Kuangren resisted Linghu Hong’s Heart-Scouring Sword and defeated the attackers threatening the Mystic Heaven Sect while Venerable Xuanqi underwent his tribulation. After Chu killed Linghu Hong, the Linghu Third Ancestor confronted him, but the Mystic Heaven Third Ancestor arrived to defend the sect.

• Linghu Hong used the Heart-Scouring Sword against Chu Kuangren, but Chu’s Rock-Solid Dao Heart resisted it.
• Chu Kuangren used the Soul-Hooking Cord to kill Feng Wuchang, while the Seventh Ancestor stopped Venerable Zhuolang from escaping.
• Elder Ruyan and the other elders joined the battle, and the Soul-Hooking Cord tore apart the Greenwater Sword Sect grand elder’s soul.
• Chu Kuangren killed Linghu Hong with the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art despite the Linghu Third Ancestor ordering him to stop.
• The Mystic Heaven Third Ancestor appeared and defended Chu Kuangren, prompting the Linghu Third Ancestor to acknowledge the Mystic Heaven Sect’s good fortune.

Venerable Xuanqi survived his ninth heavenly tribulation and gained the chance to become a Saint. The Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven forced the Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family to grant the Mystic Heaven Sect another Sword Tower slot before he could leave.

• Venerable Xuanqi used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art to resist the eighth heavenly tribulation, then healed his injuries with a pill refined by Kuangren.
• Venerable Xuanqi faced the final tribulation as a Thunder Dragon, and his Bronze Shield shattered under its attack.
• Venerable Xuanqi endured the lightning with his sword qi and two Life Creation Pills, surviving the tribulation as the clouds gave way to purple auspicious clouds.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family tried to leave, but the Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven confronted him and demanded another Sword Tower slot.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family swore a Dao heart oath to grant the slot after the Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect's aura threatened him.

After Venerable Xuanqi entered the Quasi-Saint realm, Chu Kuangren was sent to subdue the Greenwater Sword Sect and learned that the Mystic Heaven Sect intended him to become its next sect leader. Young Emperor Linghu promised to protect the Greenwater Sword Sect and prepared to face Chu Kuangren as the Mystic Heaven Sect’s Immortal Boat arrived.

• Venerable Xuanqi thanked Chu Kuangren for helping him complete his tribulation and gave him leadership of the group heading to the Sword Tower.
• The Seventh Ancestor told Chu Kuangren that the sect planned for him to succeed Venerable Xuanqi as sect leader and that subduing the Greenwater Sword Sect would build his prestige.
• The Greenwater Sect Master reassured her elders that Young Emperor Linghu would protect their sect from the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Young Emperor Linghu promised Lü Yan and the Greenwater Sect Master that he would honor his uncle’s agreement and confront Chu Kuangren.
• The Mystic Heaven Sect’s Immortal Boat arrived above the Greenwater Sword Sect with Chu Kuangren leading its cultivators.

Chu Kuangren led Mystic Heaven Sect forces to the Greenwater Sword Sect and demanded its submission or destruction over the First Elder’s actions. When Linghu Teng claimed the Linghu Family would protect the sect, Chu Kuangren sent him flying and Linghu Teng retaliated with a sword strike.

• Mystic Heaven Sect’s fleet arrived at the Greenwater Sword Sect, whose disciples activated the defensive formation as its leader came out to meet them.
• Chu Kuangren offered the Greenwater Sword Sect two choices: submit and pay tribute, or face destruction.
• The Greenwater Sect Leader presented the First Elder’s letter severing ties with the sect, but Chu Kuangren rejected it and questioned why the sect had not disclosed it earlier.
• Linghu Teng left the formation and declared that the Linghu Family would protect the Greenwater Sword Sect.
• Chu Kuangren struck Linghu Teng three hundred meters backward, and Linghu Teng drew his sword and launched a torrent of Sword Qi at him.

Chu Kuangren destroyed Linghu Teng’s clone, forcing the Greenwater Sword Sect to submit to the Mystic Heaven Sect, then obtained the Four Seasons Sword Formation. Lü Yan tried to win his favor, but Lan Yu grew suspicious and turned her away when she brought him pastries.

• Chu Kuangren pulverized Linghu Teng’s clone with a palm strike and demanded the Greenwater Sword Sect choose between submission and destruction.
• The Greenwater Sect Master surrendered, and the Greenwater Sword Sect became a vassal of the Mystic Heaven Sect, giving up access to its resources.
• Linghu Teng learned his clone had been destroyed and swore revenge against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren drew the legendary Four Seasons Sword Formation and realized his twenty-seven swords could activate its third stage.
• Lü Yan tried to attend to Chu Kuangren and later sought information about his habits, while Lan Yu recognized her intentions.
• Lan Yu told Lü Yan that Chu Kuangren was not there and that she need not return when Lü Yan brought him pastries.