Recaps

Lan Yu exposed Lü Yan’s attempts to seduce Chu Kuangren and slapped her, while Chu Kuangren sided with Lan Yu and left Lü Yan to the Greenwater Sect Master. Back at the Mystic Heaven Sect, Chu Kuangren agreed to lead a group to the Sword Tower, then learned Venerable Xuanqi intended to make him the next sect leader.

• Lan Yu accused Lü Yan of pursuing Chu Kuangren despite his marriage and her past relationship with Linghu Teng, then slapped her.
• Lü Yan tried to turn Chu Kuangren against Lan Yu, but he checked Lan Yu’s hand and said he knew what had happened.
• Chu Kuangren left Lü Yan to the Greenwater Sect Master, who ordered her to leave the sect the next day because she had offended him.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect and heard from Venerable Xuanqi about the upcoming Sword Tower opening at Hidden Sword Gorge.
• Venerable Xuanqi told Chu Kuangren to take Murong Xuan, Nangong Huang, and others to the Sword Tower, then said Chu Kuangren would take over as sect leader.
• Chu Kuangren raised concerns about his experience and prestige, but Venerable Xuanqi dismissed them and insisted the sect would approve.

On the way to Hidden Sword Gorge, Chu Kuangren lamented that his master wanted him to become the Mystic Heaven Sect’s leader despite his young age. At the Sword Tower, he resonated with its inscription, causing the gorge’s sword Daoist Rhymes to shake.

• Chu Kuangren told Murong Xuan, Nangong Huang, and the others that he sighed because he felt too young to become sect leader, but they praised the idea.
• Chu Kuangren and the Mystic Heaven Sect disciples arrived at Hidden Sword Gorge and headed toward the Sword Tower.
• Chu Kuangren studied the Sword Tower’s inscription and saw a white-robed man performing a sword dance.
• Chu Kuangren’s Sword Dao Rhythm collided with the inscription’s Daoist Rhyme, shaking Hidden Sword Gorge and disrupting its sword marks.
• Powerful sword cultivators recognized that Chu Kuangren had resonated with the Sword Tower, and Chu Kuangren withdrew his gaze, satisfied with the visit.

After Chu Kuangren impressed the sword cultivators at the Sword Tower, Qian Fugui brought him and the Mystic Heaven Sect group to his restaurant, where Chu discovered Qian owned the Prosperity Trading Company. When Murong Feiyu arrived to challenge Chu, Lan Yu confronted him with Kunwu while Chu remained in seclusion.

• Chu Kuangren accepted Qian Fugui's invitation to stay at the Famous Sword Restaurant, and the group followed him through Hidden Sword Gorge.
• Chu used the Eye of Insight and learned that Qian Fugui owned the Prosperity Trading Company and controlled a vast share of Firmament Star's spirit stones.
• Murong Feiyu arrived at the restaurant and challenged Chu Kuangren, drawing the attention of the sword cultivators there.
• Murong Xuan revealed detailed knowledge of Murong Feiyu and the Murong Family, then firmly denied having any connection to the family.
• Lan Yu came out carrying Kunwu and told Murong Feiyu that Chu had sent her to test whether he could withstand one sword strike.
• Kunwu trembled in Lan Yu's arms, revealed part of its blade, and released a terrifying Sword Dao Rhythm.

Lan Yu used the remaining Sword Qi in Kunwu to kill Murong Feiyu after he attacked her from behind, leaving Murong Yu to postpone revenge until after the Sword Tower opened. When the tower opened, only thirty chosen cultivators could enter because Saints’ restrictions barred everyone else.

• Lan Yu defeated Murong Feiyu with one-third of Chu Kuangren’s Sword Qi, then killed him with the remaining two-thirds when he launched a sneak attack to take Kunwu.
• Murong Yu mourned Murong Feiyu but chose to conserve his strength for the Sword Tower, then learned that Murong Feiyu’s half-brother had joined the Mystic Heaven Sect as its Daoist.
• Sword cultivators from many factions gathered in Hidden Sword Gorge and waited for the Sword Tower to open.
• A surge of Sword Qi announced that the Sword Tower had opened, but most cultivators were repelled by its force field.
• A sword cultivator explained that Saints had restricted entry to thirty places, and the gathered cultivators fell silent at the reminder of their power.

Chu Kuangren defended Murong Xuan against the Murong Family’s insults as the Saints prepared to open the Sword Tower. The groups entered the tower, with six Mystic Heaven Sect disciples among them, and onlookers wondered who would reach its summit.

• The gathered orthodoxies watched Chu Kuangren arrive, while Fengyun Mountain’s Sword Maniac, Ling Feng, took an interest in him.
• Murong Hai mocked Murong Xuan for his birth and his place in the Mystic Heaven Sect, so Chu Kuangren struck him and warned the Murong Family not to insult his fellow disciple or sect.
• The Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven defended Chu Kuangren before the Saints, and the Sword Tower’s sealed doors opened.
• The orthodoxies entered the Sword Tower, with four Linghu Family members and six Mystic Heaven Sect members taking places; onlookers suspected the Linghu Family had ceded its place to the Mystic Heaven Sect.

Chu Kuangren raced through the Sword Tower’s early floors, smashing barriers and Faceless Swordsmen before reaching a trial that tested comprehension and Daoist heart. As the corridor mural trial began, a young man was teleported out after failing.

• Linghu Teng blamed Chu Kuangren for the Linghu Family losing a spot and challenged him, but the Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family urged him into the Sword Tower.
• Chu Kuangren entered alone after the tower separated him from Nangong Huang and the others, then broke through the barriers between floors with ease.
• Chu Kuangren rapidly climbed ahead of Sword Maniac, Murong Yu, and Linghu Teng, drawing attention from the Saints watching outside.
• From the twentieth floor onward, Chu Kuangren defeated Faceless Swordsmen made of Sword Qi, including Supreme Being-level opponents by the thirty-eighth floor.
• On the thirty-ninth floor, Chu Kuangren comprehended a mural’s Sage Law and realized the trial tested both comprehension and Daoist heart.
• A young man who failed the corridor mural trial was teleported out of the Sword Tower.

Chu Kuangren reached the Sword Tower’s unprecedented forty-eighth floor and fought a faceless swordsman whose strength always surpassed his own. He broke through to Battle King Perfection during the battle, but the swordsman revived even stronger, leaving Chu Kuangren searching for the way to clear the trial.

• Several challengers were teleported out after failing the thirty-eighth floor, while Chu Kuangren advanced ahead of the other Heavenly Prides.
• Chu Kuangren reached the forty-eighth floor, where a faceless swordsman matched and exceeded his strength.
• Chu Kuangren fought the swordsman with his sword arts, Dao body phenomena, and supreme foundations, and the battle shook the Sword Tower.
• Under pressure from the fight, Chu Kuangren broke through to Battle King Perfection and struck the swordsman apart.
• The faceless swordsman reformed with even greater strength, and Chu Kuangren realized he had not yet found the key to passing the floor.

Chu Kuangren endured the Faceless Swordsman on the forty-eighth floor long enough to advance, then overcame the Dao Heart trial on the forty-ninth and reached the Sword Tower’s final floor. His unprecedented ascent left the sword cultivators outside stunned.

• Murong Yu was teleported out of the forty-seventh floor, leaving Chu Kuangren and Sword Maniac on the forty-eighth.
• Sword Maniac, Ling Feng, emerged after lasting seven moves against the Faceless Swordsman and learned that Chu Kuangren had stayed on the floor for nearly an hour.
• Ling Feng and Murong Yu insisted that nobody could pass the forty-eighth floor, but Chu Kuangren advanced to the forty-ninth, proving them wrong.
• Chu Kuangren realized that passing the forty-eighth floor required enduring the Faceless Swordsman for an hour, not defeating him.
• Chu Kuangren ignored the illusions on the forty-ninth floor and quickly reached the fiftieth, making history as the only person in countless years to reach the Sword Tower’s summit.

Chu Kuangren reached the top of the Sword Tower and met Mingxin Great Emperor, who granted him the Mingxin Emperor Scripture and the tower itself. After the Great Emperor’s thought vanished, Chu Kuangren learned that controlling the tower required overcoming a Flood Dragon he had been fishing for.

• Chu Kuangren reached the fiftieth floor and discovered Mingxin Great Emperor fishing beside a lake.
• Mingxin Great Emperor identified himself as the Sword Tower’s master and offered Chu Kuangren his inheritance.
• Chu Kuangren told Mingxin Great Emperor that he already possessed the Longevity Emperor Scripture, and the Great Emperor recognized the name from ancient texts.
• Mingxin Great Emperor gave Chu Kuangren the Mingxin Emperor Scripture and the Sword Tower, then revealed that his presence was only an Emperor thought and hinted that ancient Emperors might still exist somewhere.
• After Mingxin Great Emperor’s thought dissipated, a Flood Dragon burst from the lake, and his remaining voice revealed that the means to control the Sword Tower was inside it.

Chu Kuangren slew the flood dragon on the Sword Tower’s fiftieth floor, refined its core, and took control of the tower. After emerging, he faced Linghu Teng and Murong Yu, who attacked him together, but he easily defeated them while Ling Feng watched.

• Chu Kuangren killed the black flood dragon and found a pearl identified as the Sword Tower Core.
• Chu Kuangren refined the core, took control of the Sword Tower, and stored the miniature tower in his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• Linghu Teng and Murong Yu questioned Chu Kuangren about the tower and challenged him, while Ling Feng refused to join their attack.
• Chu Kuangren shattered Linghu Teng and Murong Yu’s sword attacks with a palm strike, then slammed Linghu Teng into the ground and kicked him into a rock wall.
• Chu Kuangren walked through Murong Yu’s Sword Rain Art and knocked him away with a single slap.

Chu Kuangren effortlessly defeated Murong Yu and Linghu Teng, then suppressed Ling Feng until he could not unleash a single strike. After the Saints arrived, the Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven protected Chu Kuangren from pressure to reveal what he had found in the Sword Tower.

• Chu Kuangren defeated Linghu Teng and shattered Murong Yu's Quasi-Saint-grade Sword Talisman-enhanced attack with a palm strike.
• Chu Kuangren's Sword Dao Rhythm overwhelmed Ling Feng, who failed to bring down his sword projection and admitted defeat.
• Linghu Teng tried to fight again, but Saint Dao Pressure suppressed the sword cultivators as four Saints appeared.
• The Saints asked Chu Kuangren what opportunity lay within the Sword Tower, and the Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven said he did not have to tell them.
• The Third Ancestor of the Linghu Family objected, but the Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven refused to let anyone force Chu Kuangren to reveal the secret.

After returning from Hidden Sword Gorge with the Sword Tower’s Emperor Scripture, Chu Kuangren was warned to keep the inheritance secret and learned that he would soon become Mystic Heaven Sect’s Sect Leader. He returned to the Dao Palace and found Lan Yu and Xiao Bing inspecting the lavish outfit prepared for his Succession Ceremony.

• Qian Fugui watched Chu Kuangren depart and told his subordinate that he intended to invest in a relationship with him.
• The Third Ancestor of Mystic Heaven warned Chu Kuangren that the Emperor Scripture must remain secret and spoke of powerful forces and Unknowable Places beyond the Saintly Dao Traditions.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect, where Venerable Xuanqi and the elders praised his success and confirmed his Succession Ceremony would take place in half a month.
• Venerable Xuanqi told Chu Kuangren he would become Sect Leader and could delegate most duties, prompting the elders to beat and scold him after Chu Kuangren left.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Dao Palace and found Lan Yu and Xiao Bing examining the expensive outfit prepared for his ceremony.

As Chu Kuangren prepared to succeed as Mystic Heaven Sect Leader, he studied an Emperor Technique and took the Divine Phoenix Egg to a volcano to hatch. Drawn by the egg’s aura, powerful Demon Beasts gathered to seize it, and Chu Kuangren rose to face them.

• News spread that Chu Kuangren would soon become the Mystic Heaven Sect Leader, while he studied the Mingxin Emperor Scripture and began learning the Sword Qi Manifestation Art.
• Three days before the succession ceremony, Chu Kuangren sensed that the Divine Phoenix Egg was about to hatch and carried it to a volcanic crater.
• The Divine Phoenix Egg absorbed the volcano’s fire-attribute Daoist Rhyme, and its own powerful aura attracted nearby Demon Beasts.
• Powerful Demon Beasts gathered at the crater and began advancing despite sensing danger from Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren stood up as the Demon Beasts moved toward the egg, releasing a terrifying Daoist Rhyme.

Chu Kuangren defended the Divine Phoenix Egg by using Sword Qi Clones armed with treasured swords to slaughter the attacking Demon Beasts, then refined their remains with the Taotie Technique. The Divine Phoenix hatched from the volcano and soared into the sky, leaving Chu Kuangren to marvel at its entrance.

• Chu Kuangren repelled the Demon Beasts attacking him and the Divine Phoenix Egg, then created four Sword Qi Clones to fight them.
• Chu Kuangren armed the clones with treasured swords from the Azure Spirit Sword Box, allowing them to kill even the tough-scaled tiger Demon Beast.
• Chu Kuangren watched the clones wipe out the Demon Beasts, then drew their corpses into the Taotie Space to refine them into Spiritual Power.
• The volcano shook, and a blood-red Divine Phoenix emerged as the remaining Demon Beasts prostrated themselves and birds across Firmament Star cried in response.
• Chu Kuangren recognized that the Divine Phoenix had hatched and remarked on its impressive entrance.

The Undying Divine Phoenix emerged from the volcano and reunited affectionately with Chu Kuangren, attracting the attention of cultivators across Firmament Star. Ku Yun Daoist of the Death Sacred Hall tried to seize the Divine Phoenix, but Chu Kuangren wounded him and prepared to test his Four Seasons Sword Formation.

• Tianjizi tried and failed to divine the Divine Phoenix's location.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix landed beside Chu Kuangren, and he learned she was a Supreme Being and sovereign of the phoenix race.
• Ku Yun Daoist of the Death Sacred Hall arrived and approached Chu Kuangren, intent on taking the Divine Phoenix.
• Ku Yun Daoist attacked, but Chu Kuangren's four Sword Qi clones distracted him and Chu Kuangren slashed him nearly in half.
• The Divine Phoenix and Chu Kuangren's swords helped drive Ku Yun Daoist back, and Chu Kuangren formed the Four Seasons Sword Formation to test it against him.

Chu Kuangren used the second level of the Four Seasons Sword Formation to kill the Quasi-Saint Ku Yun Daoist, then learned more about the mysterious Death Sacred Hall and rode the Undying Divine Phoenix toward the Mystic Heaven Sect. He arrived as the sect’s succession ceremony was about to begin, with Venerable Xuanqi waiting impatiently for him.

• Chu Kuangren trapped Ku Yun Daoist in the Twelve-Month Sword Formation and overwhelmed him with attacks representing the changing seasons.
• Ku Yun Daoist recognized Chu Kuangren, but Chu unleashed the formation’s full power and pulverized him.
• Chu Kuangren took Ku Yun Daoist’s Heaven and Earth Ring, wondered whether the Death Sacred Hall was an Unknowable Place, and refined the corpse with the Taotie Technique.
• The Undying Divine Phoenix called Chu Kuangren her mother, and he persuaded her to call him Big Brother before asking to ride her.
• Chu Kuangren rode the Undying Divine Phoenix toward the Mystic Heaven Sect while Venerable Xuanqi urged him to return for the succession ceremony.

Venerable Xuanqi stalled the Mystic Heaven Sect’s Succession Ceremony with a lengthy farewell speech while everyone waited for Chu Kuangren. Chu Kuangren arrived riding the Divine Phoenix, leaving the gathered guests and rival Heavenly Prides stunned as the ceremony was about to begin.

• Venerable Xuanqi went out to address the waiting guests and began recounting his years as Sect Leader instead of starting the ceremony.
• The representatives and Heavenly Prides grew impatient as Venerable Xuanqi’s speech continued for hours.
• A Divine Phoenix appeared in the sky, and the guests realized Chu Kuangren was standing on her back.
• Chu Kuangren rode the Divine Phoenix to the Mystic Heaven Sect, leaped down, and greeted the gathered cultivators.
• Yuan Hong, Gu Changge, Ao Cang, and the other Heavenly Prides were shaken when they saw Chu Kuangren had already subdued the Divine Phoenix.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect with a Divine Phoenix and was formally installed as its tenth Sect Leader. He vowed to protect and strengthen the sect, while the gathered cultivators and hidden ancestors welcomed his leadership.

• Chu Kuangren told Venerable Xuanqi and the others that he had encountered the Divine Phoenix while traveling, and Venerable Xuanqi prepared to begin the succession ceremony.
• Chu Kuangren appeared in ceremonial robes as the gathered cultivators marveled at his looks and discussed his prospects, then walked through the disciples to the raised platform.
• Venerable Xuanqi passed Chu Kuangren the Mystic Heaven Sword Token and declared him the sect’s tenth Sect Leader.
• Chu Kuangren swore to protect and prosper the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Mystic Heaven Sword Mountain answered with a spectacular display of flying swords and resonating sword intents.
• The sect’s hidden ancestors praised Chu Kuangren and recalled that the Seventh Ancestor’s Five Decays of the Celestial Person had been cured.
• The Mystic Heaven Sect’s disciples and elders bowed to Chu Kuangren, and representatives of other traditions congratulated him and proposed future cooperation.

At his succession ceremony, Chu Kuangren became the Qingyun Dynasty’s Peerless King and the White Lotus Sect’s Grand Supreme Elder, strengthening the alliance among three Saintly Dao Traditions. The celebration ended with Murong Feng, second in the Hundred Swords Register, challenging him at the Mystic Heaven Sect’s gates, where their Sword Dao Rhythms collided.

• Chu Kuangren took over as Sect Leader of the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Princess Linglong arrived with an Imperial Edict from the Qingyun Dynasty.
• Princess Linglong proclaimed Chu Kuangren Peerless King, and he accepted the title without kneeling.
• The White Lotus Saintess presented Chu Kuangren with a token promoting him to Grand Supreme Elder of the White Lotus Sect.
• Guests recognized that the Qingyun Dynasty and White Lotus Sect had elevated Chu Kuangren’s status to reinforce their alliance with the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Murong Feng arrived at the mountain gates and challenged Chu Kuangren, who quickly went out to meet him; their Sword Dao Rhythms collided.

Chu Kuangren defeated Murong Feng with one sword strike after Murong insisted on challenging him during the Mystic Heaven Sect’s Succession Ceremony. After the guests departed, the Divine Phoenix affectionately rushed to greet Chu Kuangren at Ling Tian Dao Palace.

• Chu Kuangren told Murong Feng to return another day, but Murong refused and attacked with the Sun-Competing Sword.
• Chu Kuangren used the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art to shatter Murong Feng’s strike and knock him unconscious with one blow.
• Venerable Xuanqi invited the guests to a banquet after the Succession Ceremony concluded.
• At Ling Tian Dao Palace, the elders marveled at the Divine Phoenix and joked about being bumped by her.
• The Divine Phoenix nuzzled Chu Kuangren, and he stroked her neck and told her to stop charging around.

After naming the Divine Phoenix Chu Hong, Chu Kuangren used a Dao Enlightenment Card in the Library Pavilion to create multiple Sage Laws. The chapter ended as more Sage Law visions appeared above the pavilion.

• Chu Kuangren named the Divine Phoenix Little Red, then agreed to make her formal name Chu Hong.
• Chu Kuangren received a Star Radiance-level Dao Enlightenment Card and went to the Library Pavilion to develop his idea.
• Chu Kuangren used the card to study and reconstruct the Mystic Heaven Sect’s sword cultivation methods.
• A Sage Law vision appeared above the Library Pavilion, drawing the disciples, elders, and ancestors to watch.
• Chu Kuangren’s Sword Dao Rhythm transformed into several more visions, each carrying the pressure of a Sage Law.

Chu Kuangren created twelve Sage Laws in half a day and engraved them onto Dao-Carrying Steles for Mystic Heaven Sect’s True Disciples to study. The elders and ancestors marveled at how greatly the laws would strengthen the sect’s foundations, while Chu Kuangren left the elders to handle the rest.

• Chu Kuangren entered a state of enlightenment and manifested twelve phenomena, each representing a Sage Law, astonishing Mystic Heaven Sect’s disciples and ancestors.
• Chu Kuangren asked Elder Ruyan to bring twelve Dao-Carrying Steles, then engraved one Sage Law onto each stele.
• Chu Kuangren announced that the steles would be placed on the Library Pavilion’s top floor for True Disciples to study.
• Chu Kuangren explained that he had created the laws using his understanding of Daoist Law and the sect’s cultivation methods, though he wished he could have made Sage King Laws as well.
• Elder Ruyan told Chu Kuangren that his comment was crushing their Dao hearts, and the elders accepted his offer to name the Sage Laws.
• The Mystic Heaven ancestors reflected that the twelve Sage Laws would strengthen the sect and called Chu Kuangren a star of fortune.

Chu Kuangren installed the Sword Tower as a trial ground for Mystic Heaven Sect’s disciples, while Murong Xuan agreed to enter the Murong Family’s lineage trial to protect his mother’s grave. Chu Kuangren continued cultivating, determined to build a supreme venerable foundation and eventually attempt a supreme saint foundation.

• Chu Kuangren placed the Sword Tower on a Mystic Heaven Sect mountain and opened it as a trial ground where disciples could test their combat strength and Daoist hearts.
• The disciples entered the Sword Tower, and Chu Kuangren and the sect’s ancestors praised its benefits for their cultivation and competition.
• Murong Feng emerged from the rubble after being unconscious for two days and told Murong Xuan that the Murong elders planned to remove his mother from the ancestral tomb.
• Murong Xuan refused to return to the Murong Family but agreed to attend its lineage trial and take first place to protect his mother’s resting place.
• Chu Kuangren continued building up his Spiritual Power, seeking a supreme venerable foundation and considering an attempt at a supreme saint foundation.

Chu Kuangren agreed to help the White Lotus Sect purify demonic qi leaking from a damaged seal, then traveled to the Great Moon Country with Lan Yu and the White Lotus Saintess. He arrived to find the capital overwhelmed by demonic qi and in chaos, while the White Lotus Sect’s Saint struggled to suppress the Hell Magic Beast.

• The White Lotus Saintess told Chu Kuangren that a damaged seal had let demonic qi escape from the Hell Magic Beast, and he agreed to help the White Lotus Sect.
• Murong Feng came to take Murong Xuan back to the Murong Family, and Chu Kuangren warned him not to let Murong Xuan suffer mistreatment.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu traveled with the White Lotus Saintess to the Great Moon Country aboard an Immortal Boat.
• Chu Kuangren saw demonic qi spreading through the capital as the White Lotus Sect’s Saint pinned the three-headed Hell Magic Beast beneath a giant white lotus.
• The demonic qi drove some residents mad while others prayed in the streets, and Qinglan Supreme Being arrived as the White Lotus Sect Leader approached.

Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu purified the demonic qi spreading through Great Moon Country while the White Lotus Sect's Saint kept the Three-Headed Hound sealed. A mysterious black-robed man revealed that he had weakened the seal to release the beast and began draining its soul with the Soul-Devouring Dagger.

• Chu Kuangren used the White Lotus Purification of the World Chapter to clear demonic qi and restore corrupted civilians, while Lan Yu scattered it with her Divine Light Body.
• The Three-Headed Hound recognized the White Lotus Saint King's power and raged against the woman suppressing him beneath a giant white lotus.
• A black-robed man walked through the demonic qi and attacked the sealed Three-Headed Hound with the Soul-Devouring Dagger.
• The dagger wounded the Three-Headed Hound and absorbed his leaking soul power, rapidly increasing the black-robed man's strength.
• The black-robed man admitted that he had weakened the seal to release the beast and taunted the White Lotus Sect's Saint, who could not stop him without risking the beast's escape.