Recaps

Chu Kuangren rescued Shang Qingxue at Heavenly Lake, defeated the leaders who threatened them, and drew the Sword Clan into open conflict. In Seven-String City, he claimed the Emperor Weapon Spring Thunder, killed the Zither Demon and Painting Ghost, and left with Murong Xuan determined to pursue Emperorhood.

• Chu Kuangren kept the Azure Glass Divine Lamp, killed the Seven-Colored Sword Attendants who demanded it, and left the Wu Family with the lamp.
• Chu Kuangren broke through Heavenly Lake Mountain’s barrier and rescued Shang Qingxue, who refined the Iceheart Snow Lotus and advanced her Frost Dao Body.
• Chu Kuangren killed the four Quasi-Emperor leaders who came for Shang Qingxue, and the Sword Clan sent its Shadow Sword Guards to hunt him for the lamp.
• Chu Kuangren killed Mountain Sword Guard, then traveled with Shang Qingxue to Seven-String City to compete for an Emperor Weapon guqin.
• At the Cloud Pavilion, Chu Kuangren reunited with Murong Xuan and met Yang Xiyun, who had grown close to Murong Xuan after he saved her.
• At the Ten Thousand Zithers Banquet, the Zither Demon and Painting Ghost tried to seize Spring Thunder, but Chu Kuangren claimed the guqin and killed them both.
• Jian Changfeng put Chu Kuangren on the Sword Clan’s blacklist, and the Rare Sound Sect Master ordered him and the Mystic Heaven Sect to leave.
• Murong Xuan refused the Rare Sound Sect Master’s offer to part from Yang Xiyun, said goodbye to her, and told Chu Kuangren he wanted to become an Emperor.

Chu Kuangren pursued opportunities in the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven, defeated the Sword Clan’s guards and Daoist Seed, and claimed the Spiritual Qi Vein’s treasures. The arc ended as he confronted Niu Dali over the newly revealed Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence while the other Heavenly Prides considered joining forces against him.

• Chu Kuangren uncovered the massacre in Ye City, defeated the Grudge Sword Guard, subdued Jian Changfeng, and purified the city’s resentful qi.
• Chu Kuangren captured the Charm Sword Guard, branded her with a Soul-Controlling Slave Seal, and later released her with the Azure Glass Divine Lamp and information about the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven.
• At the grotto-heaven’s entrance, Chu Kuangren rescued Murong Xuan from Xiao Jingchen and entered the realm with Murong Xuan and Shang Qingxue.
• Chu Kuangren defeated the Sword Daoist’s clone and took the Desolate Origin Sword Grass, then tracked the Sword Daoist and claimed the White Spirit Divine Fruit.
• When a vast Spiritual Qi Vein emerged, Chu Kuangren defeated Jiu Yan and fought Wang Quan, Bai Hongyu, Tu Heng, and the Sword Daoist before forcing the gathered cultivators to surrender its treasures.
• Leng Ningyu revealed that Chu Kuangren had saved her, making the Sword Daoist jealous as Chu Kuangren gathered the vein’s treasures.
• The Spiritual Qi Vein revealed Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence, and Chu Kuangren froze Jiu Yan before meeting Niu Dali’s punch head-on.

Chu Kuangren defeated the factions targeting him, visited the Seven Emotions Sect, and created an embryonic Invincible Law. In the Barren Forbidden Land, he seized the Sword Emperor’s four sword essences from the Sword Daoist and left with the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng.

• Chu Kuangren defeated the Taboo Heavenly Prides at the Wood Attribute Earth Vein, won Zi Wuji’s Myriad Runes Catalog rubbing, and left the Ten Thousand Wonders Grotto-Heaven with his companions.
• Dragon Mountain Boss, the Sword Clan, Bai Tianque, Balha, and the Wang Family Matriarch confronted Chu Kuangren outside the grotto-heaven, but he fought them off and escaped with the Space Transport Technique.
• Chu Kuangren visited the Seven Emotions Sect, cured Fairy Lengyue’s Fire Desire Poison, and exchanged scrolls to study the sect’s five Emperor Techniques.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Wood Attribute Earth Vein Essence, reached Quasi-Emperor, and created the embryonic Invincible Law after a month of seclusion.
• The Sword Daoist led the Sword Clan to the Qingxuan Sword Emperor’s resting place, while Chu Kuangren rescued Jian Changfeng and followed them into the secret realm.
• Chu Kuangren defeated the Sword Clan guards and overwhelmed the Sword Daoist, then trapped the four sword essences in his Four Seasons Sword Formation as the Sword Daoist fled.
• Chu Kuangren refined the four sword essences, gained the Four Symbols Sword Dao and Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword, and left the forbidden land with the Charm Sword Guard and Jian Changfeng.

Chu Kuangren rescued Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue, seized the treasures of the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave, and crushed the Heavenly Prides who challenged him. After helping Jian Changfeng take Jian Yunyang’s identity and arranging for Charm Sword Guard to join the Darkness God Church, Chu Kuangren approached the Primordial Dao Source and faced a formation ambush.

• The Crimson Refinement Princess poisoned Leng Ningyu and Chi Yue, but Chu Kuangren arrived, treated them, and uncovered Li Celong’s role in her scheme.
• Chu Kuangren tracked Li Celong and the Crimson Refinement Princess to the Red Lotus Miasma Fire, where they killed Li the Daoist, then refined the fire’s energy after they escaped.
• Chu Kuangren reached the Many-Treasure Ancient Cave and defeated Bai Hongyu, Wang Quan, and the Sword Daoist before claiming the cave’s treasures and killing Xiao Jingchen, Tu Heng, and other challengers.
• Chu Kuangren found a Heavenly Pardon Order among the treasures and agreed to give it to Chi Yue’s Seven Emotions Sect.
• Chu Kuangren rescued Jian Changfeng from the Sword Clan, helped him take Jian Yunyang’s body, and killed Jian Yunyang and the other Sword Clan Heavenly Prides.
• Charm Sword Guard accepted the Darkness God Church’s offer to become its Saintess, while Chu Kuangren prepared for the forces gathering against him.
• Chu Kuangren approached the Primordial Dao Source, dismantled Zi Wuji’s runes, broke Formation Daoist Seed’s Earth Prison Formation, and blasted Yun Luozi away with the Four Symbols Primordial Spirit Sword.