Recaps

Cao Yuan left the Great Whirlpool after the Giant launched him toward the Chaotian Continent, while the Giant held back the Yaoshou feeding the Heavenly Access Killing Formation. As the Giant entered the whirlpool to address the seawater passage, the Sea Above the Sea vanished on a distant continent, and the Church summoned its Sword Saint back.

• Cao Yuan accepted the Giant's help and let him hurl him through the Void Realm toward the Chaotian Continent.
• The Giant endured the remaining Heavenly Access Killing Formation and used thunder soulwood to knock Yaoshou away before they could feed it through Blood Sacrifice.
• The Giant remembered the seawater flowing into the Netherworld and walked toward the center of the Great Whirlpool.
• On a distant continent, the Sea Above the Sea vanished and the sea level began to fall.
• Church knights delivered the Pope's summons for the one-armed Sword Saint to return to the Church.

Xilai revealed his identity as the Western Sea Sword God and left to return to Chaotian Continent, while the Profound Yin Ancestor opened the Heavenly Access Well and unleashed deadly green smoke. Cao Yuan fell from the Void Realm and sealed the well, then explained that he had grown fat to prepare to fight Her Majesty the Queen.

• Xilai told the Church knights his name and killed the knight commander and a priest when they tried to stop him.
• Xilai flew toward the passage beneath the sea and vanished, wondering whether he was still in time.
• The Profound Yin Ancestor opened the Heavenly Access Well, releasing green smoke that killed animals and filled the survivors with despair.
• Cao Yuan fell from the Void Realm onto the Heavenly Access Well and inhaled the green smoke, blocking its passage into the mortal world.
• The Profound Yin Ancestor recognized Cao Yuan as the Blade Sage, and Cao Yuan said he had grown bigger because he needed strength to fight Her Majesty the Queen.

Cao Yuan revealed that Jingyang healed him and taught him Soul Fire Control, allowing him to break the Heavenly Access Killing Formation and reach Green Mountain. Jing Jiu explained to True Person Taiping that Cao Yuan would stop the flood threatening the mortal world, while Jing Jiu had prepared for what would happen after his ascension.

• Cao Yuan told the Profound Yin Ancestor that Jingyang healed his injuries with immortal qi and taught him Soul Fire Control.
• Cao Yuan revealed that he had left White City that morning, passed through Mingquan, and broken the Heavenly Access Killing Formation on his way to Green Mountain.
• Jing Jiu told True Person Taiping that destroying the living world was different from defeating it, and cast the bamboo tablet fragments and hidden feather over the cliff.
• Jing Jiu revealed that Cao Yuan was the great Buddha who would block the flood, having perfected his golden body and learned Soul Fire Control.
• Jing Jiu explained that he had healed Cao Yuan because he was considering what would happen to the world after his ascension.

The Profound Yin Ancestor explained to Cao Yuan that he had followed True Person Taiping partly to escape a life of fear and find purpose, then asked Cao Yuan to fight him. After Cao Yuan struck, the Ancestor covered his ears and wondered how powerful the Snow Nation Queen must be.

• The Profound Yin Ancestor told Cao Yuan that the Righteous Path’s treatment of mortals could also be unfair, and admitted he had sincerely followed True Person Taiping.
• The Ancestor recalled spending years underground evading the Green Mountain Sword Formation and described how he had searched for a chance to kill Taiping while traveling with him.
• The Ancestor confessed that he feared death and the certainty that he could not ascend, and said destroying the world gave him a conviction strong enough to face that fear.
• The Ancestor asked Cao Yuan to raise his saber and help him overcome his fear, and Cao Yuan agreed.
• After Cao Yuan struck, the Ancestor covered his ears and asked how the Snow Nation Queen could be so formidable, while Cao Yuan warned him to press his hands tighter.

At the Heavenly Access Well, the Profound Yin Ancestor died while Cao Yuan tried to preserve his life, then Cao Yuan entered the Netherworld to confront the spreading green smoke. Meanwhile, Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping faced each other at Heavenly Light Peak as Zhuo Rusui urged Taiping to admit defeat.

• The Profound Yin Ancestor questioned Cao Yuan about the Snow Nation Queen and True Person Taiping before Cao Yuan bound him to keep him alive a little longer.
• The Profound Yin Ancestor divided himself in two and died, releasing black smoke and flames over the sea.
• Cao Yuan ordered the formation rebuilt and went down into the Netherworld, where he appeared as the green smoke dispersed before the Nether Master.
• At Heavenly Light Peak, True Person Taiping asked Jing Jiu whether he could still ascend after giving his Immortal Qi to Cao Yuan, and Jing Jiu said he remained confident.
• Jing Jiu accused True Person Taiping of worrying about the sky falling instead of living, and Zhuo Rusui told Taiping to admit defeat.

True Person Taiping and Jing Jiu prepared to clash over the Green Mountain Sword Formation as their contest threatened to devastate Green Mountain. Gu Qing, Yuan Qu, Zhuo Rusui, True Person Guangyuan, and Nan Wang attacked the formation to open a way for Zhao Layue, who struck at Taiping to protect Green Mountain and keep Jing Jiu alive.

• True Person Taiping told Jing Jiu that controlling the Green Mountain Sword Formation could still let him win, while Jing Jiu challenged him to defeat him first.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping advanced toward the Heaven-Bearing Sword and poured out sword intent, endangering Green Mountain as the formation intensified.
• At Zhuo Rusui's urging, Gu Qing, Yuan Qu, Zhuo Rusui, True Person Guangyuan, and Nan Wang struck the same point in the formation, but each was repelled and injured.
• Their attacks opened a tiny crack in the barrier, allowing Zhao Layue to enter through her acquired formless sword body.
• Zhao Layue launched a sword attack at True Person Taiping, determined to preserve Green Mountain and keep Jing Jiu alive.

Zhao Layue and Jing Jiu fought True Person Taiping as the Green Mountain Sword Formation threatened to collapse, until Night Howl’s intervention forced the struggle into the Sword Prison. There, Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping continued down the passage holding the Heaven-Bearing Sword, and Jing Jiu prepared to act near the cell where Snow Ji was confined.

• Zhao Layue endured True Person Taiping’s Bone Flute sword intent, and Jing Jiu arrived to protect her while gripping the Heaven-Bearing Sword with Taiping.
• Guo Nanshan and other Green Mountain disciples prepared to sacrifice themselves, but Zhuo Rusui told them their deaths would not change the two combatants’ resolve.
• Liu S sui used the Guan Cheng Brush to appeal to Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping, then Night Howl’s tremendous howl scattered the storm and destabilized the Green Mountain Sword Formation.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping disappeared from Heavenly Light Peak with the Heaven-Bearing Sword, and Zhao Layue suspected they had gone to Hidden Peak.
• Corpse Dog confronted Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping beneath the shaft of heavenly light and made them heed his warning not to destroy Green Mountain.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping walked through the Sword Prison, where the sword formation killed a charging demonic cultivator; at Snow Ji’s cell, Jing Jiu asked Taiping to release the sword and then said he was sorry for the trouble.

Jing Jiu exposed True Person Taiping’s Red Robe Youth form after Big One broke the fan that concealed him, and the two continued their confrontation on Hidden Peak. Liu S sui awoke in a room with Snow Ji, who explained her agreement with Jing Jiu and recognized Liu S sui as someone who knew how to fix chairs.

• Big One attacked True Person Taiping’s hand, then shattered the fan after being blasted into the passage.
• The fan’s fragments released the Red Robe Youth, revealing that Liu S sui had been True Person Taiping and leaving him unconscious.
• True Person Taiping resumed his fight with Jing Jiu, while Big One was forced out of the Green Mountain Sword Formation.
• Corpse Dog opened the passage to Hidden Peak as Jing Jiu told True Person Taiping that revealing his true form made it easier to kill him.
• Liu S sui woke in a room with Snow Ji, who said Jing Jiu’s agreement required her to act for him once and keep Liu S sui alive.
• Snow Ji asked Liu S sui whether he was the one who knew how to fix chairs.

Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping entered Hidden Peak and argued over their opposing paths while fighting with the techniques they had learned. Their battle intensified, and Corpse Dog sensed a grave new threat as the chapter ended.

• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping entered Hidden Peak with the Heaven-Bearing Sword and Green Mountain Sword Formation, drawing the reclusive elders from their cave abodes.
• Fang Jingtian emerged from his cave and watched from the cliff with Corpse Dog and Big One, while Corpse Dog silenced the elders with a howl.
• Jing Jiu told True Person Taiping that their paths were different and that Taiping could not interfere with his; Taiping asked why Jing Jiu had opposed him.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping fought with sword techniques, Daoist arts, and formations as Fang Jingtian, Corpse Dog, and Big One watched.
• Jing Jiu used a Bone Flute to master the Silent Sword against the mosquitoes, and Corpse Dog suddenly stood and stared into the distance with grave concern.

Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping fought over control of the Green Mountain Sword Formation until their struggle destroyed the Heaven-Bearing Sword and ended the formation. They then battled with their swords in the sky above Hidden Peak, and Jing Jiu defeated True Person Taiping.

• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping refused to release the Heaven-Bearing Sword, and their contest shattered it into hundreds of fragments.
• The Green Mountain Sword Formation vanished, leaving the Green Mountain disciples shaken and weeping.
• Jing Jiu said he felt freer without the formation, while True Person Taiping claimed that he, too, had let go and vanished.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping fought with their swords above Hidden Peak as observers watched their dazzling clashes.
• Corpse Dog judged that True Person Taiping had lost when a scarlet streak drifted down from the sky.

Jing Jiu defeated True Person Taiping, but Taiping escaped into the Azure Sky Mirror, forcing Jing Jiu to enter after him. Jing Jiu found Taiping living as a young Daoist and called him Senior Brother, then demanded they settle things before sunset.

• True Person Tan and the Water-Moon Convent Abbess warned that True Person Taiping’s defeat did not mean the conflict was over.
• Ping Yongjia gathered the grieving flying swords around him and sensed something approaching Green Mountain.
• Jing Jiu confronted True Person Taiping on Hidden Peak and learned that Taiping had used Qing'er to find the Azure Sky Mirror as an escape route.
• True Person Taiping entered the Azure Sky Mirror, and Jing Jiu told Qing'er he would follow without delaying his Ascension.
• Inside the mirror, Jing Jiu visited Eldest Young Master Zhang, then followed a blood-red feather to a Daoist temple and found Taiping as a young Daoist.
• Jing Jiu greeted the young Daoist as Senior Brother and said they should end their story before sunset.

Jing Jiu found True Person Taiping inside the Azure Sky Mirror, and the two fought with the sword techniques they had practiced as young disciples. After Taiping died and Jing Jiu escaped the mirror, Jing Jiu sensed that she was coming as the sun set.

• Jing Jiu used the red feather and the wear on Taiping’s broom to recognize him inside the Azure Sky Mirror.
• Jing Jiu and True Person Taiping recalled their childhood on Heavenly Light Peak and fought with their old sword techniques.
• Jing Jiu told Taiping that he had lost to the world, and Taiping faded away after their duel.
• Jing Jiu broke through the mirror’s sky during heavenly tribulation and returned to Hidden Peak.
• Jing Jiu picked up the bone flute and said the sun had set and she was coming.

After True Person Taiping died, dusk spread across the Chaotian Continent, marking the end of his life and the relief and grief his death brought. A mysterious being descended from beyond the Void Realm and the Thunder Domain toward Green Mountain, and its approach left the weakened sect facing a new threat.

• True Person Taiping's death cast Green Mountain and the entire Chaotian Continent in blood-red dusk, prompting grief and relief among cultivators and mortals.
• The Water-Moon Convent Abbess and others sensed a powerful presence descending from the high sky, while Corpse Dog raised his battle intent.
• Jing Jiu told Qing'er to stay by the Azure Sky Mirror as a mountain range leading to the Sword Prison vanished in a terrifying upheaval.
• The dusk vanished, revealing a black hole in the sky from which a speck of light descended toward Green Mountain under immense pressure.
• Nan Wang identified Shangde Peak as the speck's target, and the Unthought Sword and dozens of Green Mountain flying swords attacked it.

Bairen Immortal descended on Green Mountain and effortlessly defeated the sect’s strongest cultivators, then transformed Shangde Peak into a dense, solid mass. She left Green Mountain and its Sword Prison destroyed beneath her, showing the gathered cultivators what an Immortal could do.

• Zhao Layue and the other Green Mountain cultivators attacked the speck of light with their flying swords, but Bairen shattered their weapons and grievously injured them.
• Bairen glanced at the Water-Moon Convent’s Green-Curtain Sedan and severely wounded its Abbess.
• True Person Tan and others recognized the woman as Bairen Immortal, the Zhongzhou Sect’s former Sect Master and the continent’s only ascendant in a thousand years.
• Bairen landed on Shangde Peak, where her immortal qi melted the snow and brought plants and flowers into bloom.
• Shangde Peak collapsed inward and became a much smaller, smooth, dense mass, destroying the Sword Prison and killing its prisoners.
• Zhuo Rusui’s damaged Swallowing Boat Sword broke on the transformed mountain as the cultivators watched Bairen stand above Green Mountain.

Bairen Immortal returned to the Mortal World, attacked Green Mountain, and explained that she sought to stop Jing Jiu’s Ascension from endangering the world. Jing Jiu escaped Hidden Peak with Corpse Dog and three newly revealed Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators, then confronted Bairen Immortal.

• The Zen Child persuaded the Snow Nation Queen to remain in the snowfield when he sensed an Immortal returning.
• Cao Yuan and the Nether Master felt the Immortal’s arrival shake the Netherworld and realized an Immortal had returned.
• Bairen Immortal sealed the Sword Prison beneath Shangde Peak and declared that she would keep Jing Jiu imprisoned to prevent a dangerous Ascension.
• Zhuo Rusui challenged Bairen Immortal’s explanation, while Zhao Layue accused her of having already killed Jing Jiu once.
• Jing Jiu broke out of Hidden Peak on Corpse Dog’s back with the bloodied white cat, accompanied by Fang Jingtian and three aged Daoist cultivators.
• Jing Jiu looked down at Bairen Immortal and said he was disappointed that she had returned.

Jing Jiu confronted Bairen Immortal after she returned to the Chaotian Continent, and she declared that no one could defeat her. When Shangde Peak split open, a line of snow burst out and collided with Bairen in the sky, provoking her fury.

• Jing Jiu accused Bairen of cowardice for returning to this world and said he would send her away to settle their karma.
• White True Person questioned whether Jing Jiu and Night Howl could challenge Bairen, leaving the Green Mountain disciples fearful after the Sword Formation’s destruction.
• Ping Yongjia tried to restore the Green Mountain Sword Formation but failed and sank to his knees in despair.
• Bairen demanded that Jing Jiu and Night Howl surrender, insisting that no one could match her.
• Jing Jiu rejected Bairen’s claim, and Shangde Peak cracked apart and split open.
• A line of snow shot from the fissure and struck Bairen in the sky, causing her to cry out in shock and fury.

Snow Ji fought Bairen on Green Mountain, revealing a power that surpassed the Immortal’s and shocking the assembled cultivators. Jing Jiu revealed that Snow Ji was not the Snow Nation Queen’s daughter but the Queen herself, the strongest being in the world.

• Liu S sui survived and was thrown back to Heavenly Light Peak as the snowline battled Bairen in the sky.
• Bairen returned to Shangde Peak, where the snowline revealed herself as Snow Ji, a snowman wrapped in an old quilt.
• True Person Tan accused Green Mountain of keeping the Snow Nation Queen’s offspring in the Sword Prison, and Jing Jiu did not answer.
• Bairen threatened Snow Ji, who removed her quilt and struck at her; their clash sank Shangde Peak and left both bleeding.
• Bairen asked who Snow Ji was, and Jing Jiu declared that she was the Snow Nation Queen and the strongest being in the world.

Snow Ji revealed herself as the Snow Nation Queen and fought Bairen Immortal, while Jing Jiu prepared a weapon drawn from Green Mountain’s Sword-Washing Creek. Bairen fled across the continent, but the silver stream struck her ankle from the Void Realm.

• Snow Ji’s identity as the Snow Nation Queen was revealed, and she confronted Bairen Immortal on Green Mountain.
• Snow Ji unleashed freezing winds and streams of snow against Bairen, but Bairen evaded her attacks and challenged Jing Jiu’s plan.
• Jing Jiu reached toward Sword-Washing Creek, causing the creek to surge from its gorge and rise into the sky as a silver whip.
• Bairen fled to South River Province, but a silver whip descended from the Void Realm and struck her ankle.

Jing Jiu used Sword-Washing Creek to bind Bairen while Snow Ji rallied Green Mountain’s scattered swords and killed the immortal. As the upheaval faded, Cold Cicada crawled across Snow Ji’s face, where a bloody grin opened and spoke in a young girl’s voice.

• Jing Jiu revealed that Sword-Washing Creek was Green Mountain’s inherited treasure and used it to bind Bairen, declaring his aim was to kill her.
• Snow Ji began speaking, and the scattered Green Mountain swords rose into the sky as the sword formation seemed to revive.
• Snow Ji charged Bairen with the flying swords, while Jing Jiu’s whip prevented Bairen from escaping.
• Bairen pierced Snow Ji with golden light, but the swords passed through Bairen and the immortal vanished in a burst of immortal qi.
• Snow Ji descended onto the Sea of Clouds with injuries, and Cold Cicada crawled across her face as a bloody grin opened and spoke.

After Bairen Immortal’s death, Snow Ji gathered the mountain’s snow and cold qi to prepare for Heavenly Tribulation. Jing Jiu let her ascend through the closing passage to the Upper Realm, and she escaped as the passage snapped shut.

• Snow Ji killed Bairen Immortal, and Jing Jiu kept hold of Sword-Washing Creek as the gathered cultivators feared what she might do.
• Jing Jiu confronted Snow Ji, and they exchanged thoughts about her destroying the Heaven-Bearing Sword and leaving as herself rather than as his sword.
• Snow Ji inhaled the snow and spiritual qi from Shangde Peak’s damaged cold vein as a vast Heavenly Tribulation formed above Green Mountain.
• At Jing Jiu’s command, Snow Ji swallowed Cold Cicada and flew through the passage into the Void Realm while the lightning struck around her.
• The passage snapped shut amid the lightning, and Snow Ji’s departing voice declared that she would never return.

After Snow Ji ascended, Jing Jiu explained her origins and why she had helped him defeat Bairen Immortal. As the sects gathered above Green Mountain, Jing Jiu attacked White True Person and bound her with his whip, while True Person Tan unexpectedly turned the Ten-Direction Demon-Suppressing Pagoda against her.

• Jing Jiu told the gathered cultivators that Snow Ji was born to guard the world and had helped him in exchange for a chance to ascend.
• Jing Jiu said Snow Ji had left the Snowfield after giving birth and that he had brought her to Green Mountain; he also refused to pursue the current Snow Nation Queen.
• Jing Jiu explained that he had offered Snow Ji a way to ascend through the passage used by Immortal Baisheng.
• White True Person questioned Jing Jiu’s plans and accused him of destroying threats and using Snow Ji to kill their immortal.
• Jing Jiu said he intended to keep White True Person there, then lashed his silver whip around the mist containing her.
• True Person Tan revealed the Ten-Direction Demon-Suppressing Pagoda and sent it toward White True Person.

Jing Jiu and True Person Tan joined forces to dissolve White True Person’s mist and apparently kill her, while the Zhongzhou Sect split over the Sect Master’s betrayal. The chapter ended with a woman in white reaching a fissure at Cold Mountain, calm and satisfied beneath traces of immortal qi.

• Jing Jiu bound White True Person’s mist with the Sword-Washing Creek while True Person Tan’s Ten-Direction Demon-Suppressing Pagoda dissolved it.
• Ren Qianzhu confronted Junior Brother Lou as Zhongzhou Sect cultivators divided between factions loyal to True Person Tan and White True Person.
• White True Person mocked True Person Tan for suppressing her and asked Jing Jiu whether he truly thought he could calculate everything.
• The mist dispersed, and White True Person’s figure dissolved as Jing Jiu asked where she was.
• A woman in white crossed the Cold Mountain wasteland, stopped beside a vast fissure, and looked at the traces of immortal qi with calm satisfaction.

White True Person reached the sealed passage to the Netherworld and used the Zhongzhou Sect’s secret method to remove its barrier. She forced the Fire Carp King through the opening and rode it into the Netherworld.

• White True Person appeared at Cold Mountain and reflected on Liu Ci’s hypothetical choice in the fight over the Heaven-Bearing Sword.
• She descended into the depths of Cold Mountain and encountered the Fire Carp King beside the sealed passage.
• White True Person explained that the Bairen Immortal’s death had restored the barrier and given the Human Race more time, then began undoing it.
• The Fire Carp King tried to flee, but the Zhongzhou Sect’s restriction forced it through the opening toward the Abyss.
• White True Person landed on the Fire Carp King’s back and rode it into the Netherworld.

White True Person and the High Priest prepared to unleash green smoke in the Netherworld, while the cultivators departed after the battle at Heavenly Light Peak. The chapter ended with blood appearing on Jing Jiu’s earlobe after he threw the Silver Whip down the mountain.

• White True Person rode the Fire Carp past Cao Yuan and told it that the High Priest had taken control of the Netherworld’s formations and could release the green smoke.
• The Fire Carp realized White True Person intended to sacrifice people to reshape the Mortal World, and she defended the plan as necessary for change.
• True Person Tan left on the Zhongzhou Sect’s Cloud Boat as the other sects departed Heavenly Light Peak, while Jing Jiu said he did not know what was happening.
• Jing Jiu agreed that the Shangde Peak disciples could stay at Sword-Washing Pavilion and threw the Silver Whip down Heavenly Light Peak, where it became Sword-Washing Creek.
• Nan Wang noticed a line of blood on Jing Jiu’s earlobe, which had split after a sharp crack.

After Green Mountain’s costly victory, Jing Jiu revealed that White True Person had survived and sent A Piao to the Underworld to help kill her. He then played Go with Que Niang and, despite winning, recognized that something had already become too late.

• Jing Jiu asked Fang Jingtian about revenge, sent him to take the three secluded elders to Past Arrival Peak, and ordered Guo Nanshan to organize repairs across Green Mountain.
• Jing Jiu confirmed Gu Qing would survive and sent him back to Chaoge City, then suffered an injury that severed part of his earlobe.
• Jing Jiu told A Piao to find Cao Yuan at the East Sea and take him to the Underworld to kill Bai Yuan, with Tong Yan seeking the Underworld Master’s help.
• Jing Jiu explained that White True Person had used a double and a trap in the Ten Directions Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, leaving True Person Tan seriously injured.
• Jing Jiu asked Que Niang to play Go, won the game, and told the arriving azure bird that it was too late.