Recaps

Kui Yong nearly killed Huang Xiao, but the Minghong Saber wounded Kui Yong and held him off while Huo Lian and the others joined the fight. Huang Xiao retreated to heal, as Xuan Tu slowly made his way to him.

• Kui Yong used his formation-concealing movement technique to strike Huang Xiao from behind, leaving him severely wounded and unable to move.
• The Minghong Saber attacked Kui Yong from behind, cutting a deep wound across his back and giving Huang Xiao time to retreat.
• The Minghong Saber continued fighting Kui Yong alone to buy Huang Xiao time, while Zuo Qiu Shu, Huo Lian, and the others charged in to help.
• Huo Lian and the others attacked Kui Yong while the Minghong Saber blocked his blows, and Xuan Tu dragged himself toward Huang Xiao.

Xuan Tu transferred his essence blood aura to Huang Xiao, healing him and giving him strength to fight Kui Yong again. As the battle continued, Kui Yong overcame Pang Ji’s defenses and struck him down.

• Xuan Tu poured his essence blood aura into Huang Xiao despite warnings that doing so could cost him his life.
• Huang Xiao used the aura to heal his injuries, but Xuan Tu continued transferring it so Huang Xiao could kill Kui Yong.
• Kui Yong charged toward Huang Xiao, but Huo Lian, the Minghong Saber, and the others held him back.
• Kui Yong appeared beside Pang Ji and exposed how the Demon Refining Formula had exhausted Pang Ji’s formation and left him immobilized.
• Huo Lian and the others attacked Kui Yong to save Pang Ji, but Kui Yong ignored their blows and stamped a hoof toward Pang Ji’s chest, making him collapse.

Huang Xiao took back the Minghong Saber and fought Kui Yong after Kui Yong used the Demon Refining Formula to kill Pang Ji. As both fighters drew on their blood and strength to heal and keep battling, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly considered forcing the Four Clan Chiefs to provide more essence blood.

• Kui Yong used the Demon Refining Formula to leave Pang Ji unable to fight, then killed him as Huo Lian watched.
• Kui Yong prepared to shatter the Minghong Saber's Saber Soul, but Huang Xiao intercepted him and reclaimed the saber.
• Huang Xiao and Kui Yong clashed repeatedly, and Huang Xiao severed Kui Yong's three manifested legs before wounding his abdomen.
• Huang Xiao healed his broken chest with Longevity True Qi and Xuan Tu's essence blood while Kui Yong's wound also recovered.
• Zuo Qiu Shu asked whether Huang Xiao could win, and Huo Lian said the battle depended on who could last longer.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Xuan Tu that the Four Clan Chiefs would have to make up any shortfall in the essence blood he gave Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao continued fighting Kui Yong and learned that Kui Yong’s extraordinary body could withstand and heal his attacks. As the battle went on, Huang Xiao questioned whether Kui Yong could truly sustain his power for a day, but his saber strike to Kui Yong’s head bounced off.

• The Fourth Clan Chief offered to make a sacrifice for her brothers, while Xuan Tu’s allies acknowledged the sacrifices needed to face Kui Yong.
• Xuan Tu’s condition worsened after expending his essence blood, and the First Clan Chief urged the others to let him rest.
• Huang Xiao and Kui Yong exchanged powerful blows, each relying on their bodies and recovery to endure the fight.
• Kui Yong claimed he could heal Huang Xiao’s injuries and fight for a day, while Huang Xiao challenged him over the Imperishability Chapter’s aftereffects.
• Huang Xiao dodged Kui Yong’s devastating stomp and struck his head with the Minghong Saber, but the blade bounced away.

Kui Yong revealed that his horns were hidden inside his skull and used them to impale Huang Xiao, while knocking the Minghong Saber from his hand and badly damaging its saber soul. Huang Xiao escaped and sent the wounded saber to hold Kui Yong off as Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others rushed in to buy him time to heal.

• Kui Yong told Huang Xiao that his skull was exceptionally hard and that his horns were hidden inside it.
• Kui Yong brought out his horns, knocked the Minghong Saber from Huang Xiao's hand, and damaged its saber soul.
• Kui Yong pierced Huang Xiao's chest with a horn and shook him while he was impaled.
• Huang Xiao summoned the Minghong Saber, escaped by kicking off Kui Yong's head, and retreated to heal his severe injuries.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others rushed to help, while Huang Xiao sent the wounded Minghong Saber to hold Kui Yong off.

Huang Xiao concluded that Kui Yong’s unusually durable crown might be his hidden weakness and drew the battle away from the injured allies to test it. The chapter left Huang Xiao facing Kui Yong head-on, still waiting for a chance to exploit the brief moment when Kui Yong’s horns extended or retracted.

• Xuan Tu warned Huang Xiao that Kui Yong’s vitality made wearing him down futile and suggested that the strongest part might also be the weakest.
• Kui Yong severely wounded Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Huo Lian, and the other elders, leaving them unable to continue fighting.
• Huang Xiao called the nearly broken Minghong Saber back and led Kui Yong away from the injured group.
• Huang Xiao struck Kui Yong’s crown, but the blow was repelled; he then noticed that Kui Yong’s horns emerged and retracted rapidly.
• Huang Xiao decided to save the Minghong Saber for a crucial strike and met Kui Yong’s hoof phantom with his left fist.

Huang Xiao faced Kui Yong after Kui Yong revealed his early Primordial Ancient Realm strength and explained that Zuo Qiu Yi had once surpassed him. Huang Xiao launched a final gambit, exploiting the timing of Kui Yong's horns appearing and retracting, and the chapter ended as the Supreme Ghost Stele's ghost qi halted the horns' retreat.

• Kui Yong revealed that his full strength had reached the early Primordial Ancient Realm and said Huang Xiao could not bridge the gap.
• Kui Yong admitted that Zuo Qiu Yi had been stronger than him, likely reaching at least the middle Primordial Ancient Realm.
• Huang Xiao gathered the last of his strength and charged Kui Yong with the Minghong Saber, then withdrew when Kui Yong's horns appeared.
• Huang Xiao charged back as Kui Yong's horns began retracting and summoned the Supreme Ghost Stele.
• The Supreme Ghost Stele's ghost qi made Kui Yong's retracting horns pause.

Huang Xiao severed one of Kui Yong’s horns by using the Supreme Ghost Stele to briefly disrupt him. As Kui Yong charged to reclaim it, Huang Xiao and the Minghong Saber began refining the horn with heart fire, which melted it astonishingly quickly.

• Huang Xiao used Kui Yong’s essence blood to activate the Supreme Ghost Stele, disrupting Kui Yong long enough to cut off one of his horns.
• Kui Yong retreated with a bloody wound and a weakened aura, while Huang Xiao caught the severed horn and learned that his trick had consumed the essence blood he had saved.
• Xuan Tu urged Huang Xiao to make use of the horn, and Huang Xiao found traces of Kui Yong’s essence blood within it.
• The Minghong Saber tried to devour the horn’s essence, so Huang Xiao joined it in refining the horn with his heart fire.
• Kui Yong charged to reclaim his horn, but Huang Xiao’s heart fire melted it almost instantly, startling Ou Jin and the others.

Huang Xiao used the Supreme Ghost Stele and the strengthened Minghong Saber to grievously wound Kui Yong, who abandoned his pursuit of the Longevity Chapter and fought at the cost of his body. After Kui Yong knocked Huang Xiao down, his remaining horn began extending and retracting uncontrollably, giving Huang Xiao a chance to grab it and call for the Minghong Saber.

• Huang Xiao refined Kui Yong's severed horn with his Heart Fire, strengthening the Minghong Saber and absorbing a vast essence blood aura.
• Huang Xiao used the Supreme Ghost Stele to grievously injure Kui Yong's Divine Sense, then cut into his head with the Minghong Saber.
• Kui Yong's injuries and the Imperishability Chapter's backlash grew severe, and he swore to kill Huang Xiao rather than pursue the Longevity Chapter.
• Kui Yong knocked the Minghong Saber from Huang Xiao's hand and sent him flying, then rushed in to strike him with a hoof.
• Kui Yong's remaining horn began extending and retracting uncontrollably, and Huang Xiao seized it and called for the Minghong Saber.

Huang Xiao and the Minghong Saber severed Kui Yong’s second horn, weakening him and restoring some of the saber soul. Huang Xiao pressed his advantage, but after Kui Yong caught him off guard, they collided in a final exchange that left the Minghong Saber lodged in Kui Yong’s head and Huang Xiao struck in the chest.

• Huang Xiao held Kui Yong in place while the Minghong Saber cut off his second horn, then fed the horn’s essence to the saber.
• Huang Xiao absorbed the lingering essence blood as Kui Yong’s wounds worsened and his strength fell.
• Huang Xiao attacked while Kui Yong hesitated over the Supreme Ghost Stele, and the two continued fighting fiercely.
• Huang Xiao stumbled during a charge, letting Kui Yong rush him before the Supreme Ghost Stele’s aura could fully take effect.
• Kui Yong knocked the stele aside and struck Huang Xiao in the chest as Huang Xiao hurled the Minghong Saber into Kui Yong’s head; Kui Yong survived the blow.

Huang Xiao used his last essence blood to weaken Kui Yong, then called on the Minghong Saber to split Kui Yong’s head and kill him. Huo Lian and the others rescued Huang Xiao, who remained alive but unconscious, and prepared to ensure Kui Yong could not return.

• Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, Leng Guhan, and Zuo Qiu Shu charged Kui Yong while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly could barely move.
• Kui Yong plunged toward Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao struck him with a final Divine Sense assault that worsened his injuries without killing him.
• Huang Xiao admitted he had exhausted his essence blood, then shouted for the Minghong Saber as Kui Yong’s strength weakened further.
• The Minghong Saber split Kui Yong’s head in two, and his body crashed down onto Huang Xiao.
• Huo Lian kicked Kui Yong’s body aside while Wu Xuancang found Huang Xiao alive but unconscious and gravely injured.
• Huo Lian and Zuo Qiu Shu proposed destroying Kui Yong’s corpse, while the Minghong Saber’s aura turned chaotic and it fell from the air.

Kui Yong tried to hide his Divine Sense inside the Minghong Saber, and the others struggled to stop him. The Fourth Clan Chief enveloped the saber in her Nirvana Flame while her three brothers strengthened it with their essence blood, trapping Kui Yong for the moment.

• Ou Jin revealed that Kui Yong was using his Divine Sense to seize the Minghong Saber, and Huo Lian and the others attacked him without success.
• Huo Lian proposed sealing the saber, but Wu Xuancang warned that Kui Yong could likely defeat any formation they used.
• Ou Jin proposed that the Fourth Clan Chief burn Kui Yong's Divine Sense with her Nirvana Flame, strengthened by the other divine beasts' essence blood.
• The Fourth Clan Chief turned into a ball of blue Nirvana Flame and enveloped the Minghong Saber, provoking Kui Yong's scream and resistance.
• The three remaining Clan Chiefs poured their essence blood into the flame, steadying it and preventing Kui Yong's Divine Sense from breaking free.

The Four Clan Chiefs and the Nirvana Flame defeated Kui Yong’s Divine Sense and ended its threat to the Minghong Saber. As Huang Xiao lay near death, Xuan Tu began sacrificing himself to transfer essence blood from Kui Yong’s corpse and revive him.

• The Four Clan Chiefs suppressed Kui Yong’s Divine Sense, and the Saber Soul absorbed the Nirvana Flame before engulfing and destroying him.
• Huang Xiao woke briefly, comforted his grieving wives, and heard Jiang Liuli promise to raise Little Xie with the surname Huang.
• Xuan Tu tried to sustain Huang Xiao with his vitality, then proposed using the newly dead Kui Yong’s essence blood.
• When Huang Xiao fell unconscious, Xuan Tu used Essence Blood Resonance to draw essence blood from Kui Yong and inject it into Huang Xiao.
• Xuan Tu’s body and aura weakened as Huang Xiao’s nearly imperceptible aura slowly began to strengthen.

After Xuan Tu sacrificed himself, Huang Xiao slowly recovered from his near-fatal wounds and woke to learn that Kui Yong was dead. He suspected Demon Phoenix’s aura had appeared during the battle, but the others believed Demon Phoenix was gone, leaving Huang Xiao to hope the Minghong Saber might hold a surprise.

• Xuan Tu died after giving his essence blood to Huang Xiao, whose borrowed vitality began to fade as everyone waited for him to survive.
• Huang Xiao held on for three days, then his vitality began to recover, and he opened his eyes two days later.
• Wu Xuancang assured Huang Xiao that Kui Yong was dead, and Zuo Qiu Shu said his remains had been destroyed.
• Huang Xiao asked whether Demon Phoenix’s aura had appeared during the battle, and Huo Lian confirmed that it had.
• Huang Xiao sensed the Minghong Saber’s Saber Soul still within the blade and silently vowed to soak it in fine wine for Demon Phoenix.

Huang Xiao asked Ou Jin to keep the Minghong Saber, and Ou Jin left it with him before retiring from forging. Huo Lian reflected on the limits of his strength, while Huang Xiao revealed he had recovered only fragmentary information about the Imperishability Chapter from Kui Yong.

• Huang Xiao asked Ou Jin to keep the Minghong Saber, and Ou Jin agreed to lend it to him unless the saber later found him unsuitable.
• Ou Jin announced that he would forge no more weapons and departed, saying the Minghong Saber had fulfilled his journey.
• Wu Xuancang asked Huo Lian whether his journey was fulfilled, and Huo Lian admitted that the martial arts path had no end after seeing Kui Yong's strength and learning of greater experts.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said the Martial World could not produce experts like the old monsters, and Leng Guhan wondered whether they had to travel to their realm.
• Huo Lian asked Huang Xiao whether Kui Yong's memories had passed to him, and Huang Xiao explained that he had obtained only incomplete information about the Imperishability Chapter from Kui Yong's horns.

After defeating Kui Yong, Huang Xiao and the others discussed whether his memories and the incomplete Longevity and Imperishability Scriptures could lead them to the place he came from. The group revealed their reasons for wanting to go there, while Huang Xiao’s ability to reach it remained uncertain.

• Huang Xiao explained that Kui Yong’s unused essence blood had helped save him, and Wu Xuancang said Kui Yong’s fragmented memories could still teach Huang Xiao much.
• Zuo Qiu Shu suggested Huang Xiao might follow her missing big brother to Kui Yong’s homeland, but Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang doubted he had the strength to reach it.
• Wu Xuancang said he wanted to visit that place and test himself, while Zuo Qiu Shu wanted to learn whether her big brother was alive and Leng Guhan wanted to recover the Zhanlu Sword and advance his strength.
• Zuo Qiu Shu asked Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly if she would go, and she answered only with a cold snort as Zuo Qiu Shu reflected that their old grievances had eased.
• Ou Jin returned and, after Huang Xiao explained the discussion, said he was content with the Minghong Saber and did not expect to reach Kui Yong’s homeland.

Ou Jin told Huang Xiao that Demon Phoenix's Divine Sense might still remain in the Minghong Saber, though reaching the place Kui Yong came from might be necessary to save him. After the group decided to deal with the Pang Family once their injuries healed, Huo Lian and Huang Xiao revealed that they had gathered all Seven Great Treasures and hinted that Huo Lian might have discovered their secret.

• Ou Jin suggested that Demon Phoenix's faint Divine Sense might remain in the Minghong Saber and that a master from Kui Yong's homeland might be able to help.
• Huang Xiao took comfort in the possibility that Demon Phoenix survived, while the group agreed to recover before wiping out the Pang Family's forces.
• Huo Lian announced that he and Huang Xiao had gathered all Seven Great Treasures, shocking the others.
• Huang Xiao explained that he and Demon Phoenix had secretly taken the Supreme Evil Crystal from the Evil Water Region in a box that concealed its aura.
• Huo Lian admitted that he and Huang Xiao had not understood the Treasures' secret, but said he probably knew what it was.

Huo Lian and Zhao Yunhui broke the formation at the Soaring Immortal Fruit’s former site, revealing seven recesses linked to the Seven Great Treasures. After Huang Xiao placed the Supreme Ghost Stele in its matching recess without triggering a change, Zhao Yunhui discovered faint writing that Zuo Qiu Shu recognized as her Big Brother’s handwriting.

• Huo Lian led the group to the Soaring Immortal Fruit’s former site and asked Zhao Yunhui to help him break the formation.
• Huo Lian and Zhao Yunhui broke the formation, causing seven patches of ground to sink into recesses of different shapes.
• Huang Xiao placed the Supreme Ghost Stele in its matching recess, but nothing changed, so the group agreed to wait until they recovered and gathered the other treasures.
• Zhao Yunhui spotted faint writing at the site, and Zuo Qiu Shu recognized it as her Big Brother’s handwriting.

The group discovered that Zuo Qiu Yi had followed the Ruthlessness Dao, and Leng Guhan believed the revealed insights could strengthen his own cultivation. Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly concluded that she had been used for Zuo Qiu Yi’s cultivation, lost control of her aura, and was subdued by Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang.

• The writing appeared and disappeared, revealing Zuo Qiu Yi’s insights into the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Leng Guhan recognized the writing as a continuation of the insights from his bronze mirror and believed he could use them to grow stronger.
• Zuo Qiu Shu and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly realized that Zuo Qiu Yi’s cultivation explained his heartless treatment of her.
• Leng Guhan suggested Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly had been used to advance Zuo Qiu Yi’s cultivation, and Huo Lian agreed that this was plausible.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly lost control of her aura and struck Zuo Qiu Shu away.
• Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang subdued Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and treated her injuries until her aura settled.

Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly left after learning the truth about the Immortal Alchemist, while the others stayed to recover and learn the secret of the seven Supreme Treasures. Baili Zhen discovered that his disciple Hong Yi had been teleported away with Tan Ming’s disciple, and Wan Liukong agreed to take Wang Jiu and two others along to assess their saber talent.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly abandoned her plan to stay and left, heartbroken by what she had learned about the Immortal Alchemist.
• Baili Zhen arrived, and Tan Ming and Wan Liukong told him about the strange phenomenon and the events that had taken place.
• Huang Xiao told Baili Zhen that Hong Yi had been teleported away too, leaving Baili Zhen stunned.
• Huang Xiao suggested that Wan Liukong consider Wang Jiu and two other saber users as disciples, and Wan Liukong agreed to assess them.
• Baili Zhen decided to stay and learn the secret of the seven Supreme Treasures, arguing with Wan Liukong over who had more right to remain.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian retrieved the six remaining Supreme Treasures, and Huang Xiao brought Chao Lingyi back to the Soaring Immortal Land. They placed all Seven Treasures into the formation, which activated and sent a brilliant pillar of light into the sky as a familiar aura appeared.

• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian discussed the damaged Minghong Saber, the Ancient War, and why returning to the Central Plains was not yet possible.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian retrieved the six concealed Supreme Treasures and healed their injuries along the way.
• Huang Xiao went to the Imperial City, found Chao Lingyi safe, and brought her back to the Soaring Immortal Land.
• Huang Xiao told Huo Lian that he could not yet activate the tenth stage again without another breakthrough in his cultivation method.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao returned with Chao Lingyi and revealed the Seven Treasures to Wu Xuancang and the others.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian placed the Supreme Treasures in their positions, activating the formation and sending a pillar of light toward the heavens.

Huo Lian and the others discovered that the Seven Great Treasures activated an inter-realm Teleportation Formation, but they shut it down out of fear that beings from the other realm could trace it back. Huang Xiao and many others decided they wanted to travel there for their own reasons, while You Lian'er insisted that Huang Xiao's companions go with him.

• Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang tested the formation by sending a bird and a hare through it, confirming that it teleported them away.
• Huo Lian removed the Supreme Demon Core and stopped the formation, warning that the other realm might sense its activation or use it to come to the Martial World.
• Wu Xuancang and Huang Xiao realized that the Seven Great Treasures had revealed the passage to the realm Kui Yong came from.
• Huang Xiao, Zuo Qiu Shu, Leng Guhan, Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, Baili Zhen, Tan Ming, and Li Bai said they wanted to go to the other realm for their own goals, while Wan Liukong and Shi Hen chose to stay.
• You Lian'er insisted that she and the others accompany Huang Xiao, saying they also needed to find Dugu Sheng and Hong Yi, and Zhao Yunhui quietly apologized to Zhangsun Youyue, Jiang Liuli, and Chao Lingyi.

Huang Xiao and the others discussed who would travel through the formation, while Huo Lian and Zhao Yunhui stayed behind to study its limits and safety. Huang Xiao planned to return to the Three Immortal Mountains and visit the Demon Hall before leaving, but the group still had to decide what to do about Little Xie.

• Wu Xuancang challenged Huang Xiao's concern that the women were too weak to travel, and Huo Lian proposed studying the formation before deciding who would go.
• Huo Lian said the formation likely had no limit on the number of people, and Zhao Yunhui agreed to stay and study it with him.
• Huang Xiao agreed to return to the Three Immortal Mountains with Wu Xuancang and said he wanted to see Little Xie, while the other women planned to prepare for departure.
• Zhangsun Youyue asked what would happen to Little Xie, and Xiao Yan suggested discussing it after they returned.
• Shi Hen returned to the Demon Hall to arrange its affairs and planned to purge the Pang Family; Huang Xiao promised to visit after going to the Three Immortal Mountains.
• Leng Guhan remained behind, saying he no longer cared about the Sword Pavilion and focused only on the Heartless Sword Dao.

Huang Xiao and his companions prepared to cross over to Another Realm, while several people chose to remain behind to protect Little Xie. Before departing, Huang Xiao visited Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and agreed to return her jade pendant to the Immortal Alchemist if he met him.

• Huang Xiao failed to persuade Xiao Yan and the others not to go, and Jiang Liuli joined the group while leaving Little Xie in the Martial World with Chao Lingyi.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly chose to stay behind, and Huang Xiao found her heartbroken and gravely weakened; she gave him the jade pendant the Immortal Alchemist had once given her.
• Huang Xiao, the eight women, Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, Leng Guhan, Zuo Qiu Shu, Tan Ming, Baili Zhen, Li Bai, and Pei Lingsha gathered to cross over, with Pei Lingsha seeking to recover the Moye Sword.
• Little Xie tearfully said goodbye to Jiang Liuli and asked Huang Xiao not to bully her; Chao Lingyi promised to care for him.
• Huo Lian warned that the transportation could bring unforeseen accidents, then asked Zhao Yunhui to activate the formation with him.

Zhao Yunhui and Huo Lian transported the group safely to the realm Kui Yong came from, while the remaining leaders agreed to jointly oversee the Soaring Immortal Land and preserve peace in the Jianghu. Huo Lian had secretly brought the Seven Great Treasures along, hoping to uncover their remaining secrets in the new realm.

• Zhao Yunhui and Huo Lian activated the formation, transporting Huang Xiao and the others away as Little Xie cried for his parents.
• Shi Hen, Xuanyuan Song, and the other leaders agreed to restrain their factions from fighting and to jointly oversee the Soaring Immortal Land through representatives from seven great powers.
• The leaders noticed that the Seven Treasures had vanished from the formation, but Shi Hen insisted that they continue guarding the place.
• Huang Xiao and the others arrived together in the realm Kui Yong came from, and Huang Xiao felt relieved that no one had been scattered.
• Huo Lian revealed that he had brought the Seven Great Treasures with them so they could study their secrets in the new realm.