Recaps

Huo Lian and the others arrived in a world with unusually thin Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth and found themselves on an uninhabited island. Unable to fly reliably, they crossed an immense freshwater lake on a raft and reached shore after ten days, where they could begin searching for people.

• Huo Lian said everyone who intended to come had already arrived, and Zuo Qiu Shu urged the group to investigate whether they had reached Kui Yong's world.
• Wu Xuancang tried to fly but began falling, and Huang Xiao and the others discovered that the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth was too thin for them to control their bodies and hover steadily.
• The group used lightness skill to survey the area and found they were on a small, forested island surrounded by an immense freshwater lake with no people in sight.
• Huo Lian and the others decided to find an inhabited place, built a raft from tree trunks, and took turns kicking it across the lake.
• After ten days of travel through violent winds and torrential rain, the group reached shore, tired and bedraggled.

Huang Xiao and his companions crossed a vast, perilous region with thin Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth, eventually finding signs of people and a battle. They watched the evenly matched fighters from a distance and judged their strongest combatant to be around the Void Martial Realm.

• Huo Lian and the others found that Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth remained thin as they traveled through mountains and past a lifeless lake.
• Over the following days, the group encountered naturally formed formations, poisonous mists, and eventually signs of birds and beasts.
• After three months, Huang Xiao's party found campfire ashes, suggesting that people regularly entered the region.
• Huo Lian heard blades clashing ahead, and the group cautiously went to investigate.
• Huang Xiao and his companions saw two nearly evenly matched parties fighting among numerous corpses, and Huang Xiao judged their strongest fighter to be around the Void Martial Realm.

Huang Xiao and the others learned that the Jianghu was searching the Desolate Mountain Range for Heaven-Sent Divine Weapons that had descended four months earlier. They discovered that the region’s unstable Spiritual Energy explained its barren center, while rumors pointed to a richer world across the sea.

• Huo Lian asked why the two groups were fighting, and a Void Martial Realm martial artist explained that they were searching for Heaven-Sent Divine Weapons.
• Huang Xiao and the others realized the weapons were likely the Xuanyuan Sword and other Divine Weapons that had come from the Martial World.
• The martial artist described the Desolate Mountain Range and said violent surges of Spiritual Energy in its central region had driven away birds, beasts, and visitors.
• Huang Xiao and the others learned that Spiritual Energy outside the range was also much thinner than in their sects and the Martial World.
• A man shared rumors of abundant Spiritual Energy across the sea, and Huang Xiao and the others concluded that a vaster world likely lay beyond it.

Huang Xiao and the others learned about the Desolate Domain, its dangerous sea, and the rumors surrounding the Desolate Mountain Range. They left with no firm answers about the Divine Weapons or their missing companions, but learned that the area had once been home to a powerful sect.

• A Void Martial Realm practitioner told Huang Xiao and the others about the Desolate Domain and the dangers of crossing the sea to reach a world with stronger experts.
• Huang Xiao asked whether people had fallen alongside the Divine Weapons, and worried that Dugu Sheng and Hong Yi might have been endangered; Huo Lian reminded him that they did not know what had happened.
• The practitioner explained that he could only point toward where a Divine Weapon had fallen, leaving them to search the vast Desolate Mountain Range.
• The practitioner recounted a legend that the Desolate Mountain Range had once been a spiritually abundant site of a powerful sect before some unusual change and the sect’s disappearance.
• Huo Lian learned that the strongest known local experts had reached the Dao Realm, then dismissed the practitioners so the group could investigate further themselves.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao’s group waited for the Jianghu factions to help search for the fallen Divine Weapon, then followed the gathered crowds toward its likely landing area. They learned that the weapon had fallen near a region affected by the central region, which the locals feared entering.

• Huo Lian killed the departing men to keep his group’s identities secret, then proposed finding the Divine Weapon.
• Huo Lian persuaded the group to wait for more Jianghu factions so they could use the crowds’ search to locate the weapon.
• After ten days in hiding, Huang Xiao’s group had seen over a dozen groups arrive, and they learned the Divine Weapon had fallen toward the central region.
• Huang Xiao and his companions followed the direction of the fall and found at least a hundred thousand people gathered ahead, with no one stronger than the Dao Realm.
• Huang Xiao learned from the Jianghu discussions that the area ahead was affected by the central region, which the locals did not dare enter.

Huang Xiao and his companions entered the central region after the Jianghu crowd advanced and discovered a dragon-marked saber that they identified as Dragon Fang. As surging Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth repeatedly felled people around them, the group raced toward the weapon, where a Dao Realm expert held it amid a rush of attackers.

• Wu Xuancang, Huo Lian, and the others waited as hundreds of thousands of Jianghu fighters gathered at the central region’s boundary.
• After someone ventured in, Xiao Yan, Zuo Qiu Shu, Wu Xuancang, and their companions followed the crowd into the central region.
• The crowd discovered a dragon-marked saber, and Huang Xiao and the others recognized it as Dragon Fang.
• Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth surged violently, disrupting Heaven and Earth Momentum and causing many people to collapse or die.
• When the energy surged again with greater force, Zuo Qiu Shu urged the group to seize the saber, and they rushed toward Dragon Fang.
• Huang Xiao saw a trembling Dao Realm expert holding Dragon Fang as other experts charged toward him to take it.

A Dao Realm expert wielding Dragon Fang slaughtered his rivals and attacked the surrounding crowd as the tremors in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth intensified. Huo Lian subdued the expert and captured Dragon Fang, then the group realized the tremors might be connected to the blade and decided to leave.

• The Dao Realm expert who seized Dragon Fang killed five attackers with one slash, then beheaded the nine remaining Dao Realm experts who tried to stop him.
• The Dragon Fang wielder attacked the surrounding crowd as the worsening tremors in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth left most people incapacitated.
• Huo Lian arrived, subdued the berserk Dao Realm expert with one palm, and caught Dragon Fang as it tried to escape.
• Huo Lian threatened to refine Dragon Fang, which stopped struggling and begged for mercy after he reminded it that he had nearly destroyed the Three Saber Souls before.
• Huang Xiao sensed that Dragon Fang had grown stronger, and Zuo Qiu Shu and Huo Lian suspected the blade had triggered the increasingly severe tremors.
• Huo Lian urged the group to leave, and Leng Guhan released an aura as Wu Xuancang asked what to do about the people remaining there.

Huo Lian and the others escaped the upheaval with Dragon Fang, then slaughtered Jianghu fighters who tried to seize the divine weapon. As they left in disguise, Huang Xiao learned from Dragon Fang that outside experts had intervened before the formation collapsed, though the fate of the other divine weapons remained uncertain.

• Leng Guhan unleashed Sword Qi to kill the surviving witnesses, and the group fled the central area as the spiritual upheaval worsened.
• Jianghu fighters demanded Dragon Fang, then charged Huo Lian and his companions; Huo Lian sent Dragon Fang into the crowd, where it killed them.
• Zuo Qiu Shu told Xiao Yan not to pity the dead, while Huang Xiao urged the women not to dwell on the slaughter.
• Huo Lian suppressed Dragon Fang's aura, and the group concealed themselves as they left the area.
• Huang Xiao learned from Dragon Fang that other experts had intervened before the formation collapsed, but Dragon Fang could not identify which divine weapons escaped.
• Leng Guhan and Pei Lingsha asked whether Zhanlu, Ganjiang, and Moye had escaped, but Dragon Fang did not know; Li Bai tried to reassure Pei Lingsha.

Huang Xiao and the others left the Desolate Mountain Range and reached Near Mountain City, where they learned that three Divine Weapons had fallen into the Desolate Domain. They planned to search for the other weapons after gathering more information.

• Leng Guhan remained uncertain whether the Zhanlu Sword had escaped or fallen into the hands of powerful old experts.
• Wu Xuancang and Huo Lian proposed locating the other Divine Weapons before considering crossing the sea.
• Huang Xiao and his companions spent half a month crossing the outskirts of the Desolate Mountain Range, then traveled a day to Near Mountain City.
• The group discovered they had no silver, but Xiao Yan and the other women exchanged jewelry so they could buy food.
• At a crowded wine shop, Huang Xiao listened to Jianghu conversations and learned that people knew of three Divine Weapons falling into the Desolate Domain.

Huang Xiao and his companions discussed the two divine weapons being fought over and the mysterious Holy Envoys from across the sea. They decided to seek information from the Creation Sect and prepare to intervene before the Holy Envoys claimed the weapons.

• Huo Lian and Li Bai explained that the two remaining divine weapons had changed hands repeatedly, drawing Jianghu fighters to the Desolate Mountain Range.
• Leng Guhan, Li Bai, and Pei Lingsha hoped the weapons were among the swords they sought, while the group considered the Holy Envoys’ unknown strength and origins.
• Huo Lian reasoned that the Holy Envoys represented different factions and would likely fight over the weapons, so the group agreed to wait for an opportunity rather than act rashly.
• Huo Lian proposed visiting the nearby Creation Sect, and the others agreed to seek accurate information there about the Holy Envoys.
• Huang Xiao and his companions planned to gather information and travel toward the weapons’ contested location before the Holy Envoys could take them away.

Huang Xiao went alone to the Creation Sect to meet its sect master while his companions waited nearby. Inside, Feng Duo warned his elders not to pursue the divine weapons, explaining that multiple holy envoys from competing forces were coming.

• Huang Xiao approached the Creation Sect and asked its guards to announce him to Feng Duo.
• Feng Duo met with the Creation Sect's grand elders and elders as they debated whether to seek a divine weapon in the Desolate Mountain Range.
• Feng Duo told them the divine weapons had already been claimed and confirmed that the holy envoys were coming.
• A grand elder suggested claiming a divine weapon to win favor with the holy envoys, and Feng Duo admitted the prospect of gaining pills or cultivation methods tempted him.
• Feng Duo rejected the plan, explaining that many holy envoys representing different forces were arriving and were already in competition.

Feng Duo decided that the Creation Sect should avoid competing for divine weapons, fearing that helping one Holy Envoy would anger the others. When Huang Xiao arrived at the sect’s gate, Feng Duo and many of the sect’s experts went out to meet him, leaving Huang Xiao wondering whether they meant to confront him.

• Feng Duo warned that seizing a divine weapon could make the Creation Sect offend multiple Holy Envoys, so he chose to stay out of the matter and protect the sect’s legacy.
• A guard reported that an imposing stranger had arrived at the gate and asked to see Feng Duo.
• The Grand Elders suspected the visitor was a Holy Envoy, and Feng Duo led the sect’s experts to greet him.
• Huang Xiao heard the large group approaching and wondered whether the Creation Sect had mobilized to make trouble for him.

Huang Xiao entered the Creation Sect and let its master, Feng Duo, mistake him for a Holy Envoy so he could learn more about the sect and the Jianghu. Feng Duo revealed that the Creation Sect had once been the greatest sect of the Righteous Path, including the lands across the sea, before the Ancient War.

• Feng Duo mistook Huang Xiao for a Holy Envoy, and Huang Xiao accepted the misunderstanding to encourage him to speak freely.
• Huo Lian and the others discussed whether they could use the Holy Envoy identity and agreed to wait for Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao noticed the Creation Sect's vast grounds and intricate formations, some of which he could not see through.
• Feng Duo explained that the Creation Sect had once been the greatest sect of the Righteous Path.
• Feng Duo said that before the Ancient War, the Desolate Domain had abundant spiritual energy and the Creation Sect's former reach included the lands across the sea.

Huang Xiao posed as a Righteous Path Holy Envoy and learned from Feng Duo how the Creation Sect had declined after its ancestor died. He asked the sect for information about the Heaven-Sent Divine Weapons and the other envoys, leaving Feng Duo ready to share what he knew.

• Huang Xiao convinced Feng Duo that he was a Righteous Path Holy Envoy by claiming his master had directed him to seek the Creation Sect’s help.
• Feng Duo explained that the Creation Sect’s ancestor died after suffering grievous injuries in the great war, after which Demonic Sects attacked and plundered the sect.
• Huang Xiao asked about the Divine Weapon in the Desolate Mountain Range, and Feng Duo said the Creation Sect had sent no one to search for it because it feared the risks.
• Huang Xiao questioned Feng Duo about other Holy Envoys and the information the sect had received, and Feng Duo agreed to tell him everything he knew.

Huang Xiao learned that the Infinite Measure Gate was the Desolate Domain’s only possible link to the other side of the sea, but Feng Duo had little reliable information. Rather than travel there, Huang Xiao stayed with the Creation Sect and ordered it to search for the arriving Holy Envoys, then rejoined his companions outside.

• Feng Duo told Huang Xiao that the Infinite Measure Gate had received word from the other side of the sea, though its claims of ongoing contact were untrue.
• Huang Xiao decided not to travel to the distant Infinite Measure Gate and instead planned to wait for the other Holy Envoys at the Creation Sect.
• Huang Xiao told Feng Duo that he had come for the divine weapon and promised rewards, then ordered the Creation Sect to report any Holy Envoys it found.
• Feng Duo questioned Huang Xiao about the divine weapon, but Huang Xiao said it was too early to pursue it and urged him to send scouts.
• Zhao Xin'er worried about Huang Xiao’s long absence, while Zuo Qiu Shu reassured her that the Creation Sect could not threaten him.
• Huo Lian spotted Huang Xiao leaving the Creation Sect, and Huang Xiao met the others more than ten li away.

Huang Xiao and the others discussed the Creation Sect’s history and waited for the Holy Envoys, then spotted a Void Realm Peak expert killing two disciples. They decided Huang Xiao would confront the envoy so they could capture him and learn about the lands beyond the sea.

• Huang Xiao told Wu Xuancang and the others that Feng Duo knew little about the Holy Envoys and explained the Creation Sect’s history.
• Huo Lian and Zuo Qiu Shu speculated that the Creation Sect’s Ancestor might still be alive and in slumber, while the group discussed the sect’s lost treasures and surviving formations.
• Huo Lian suggested that Zhao Yunhui study the Creation Sect’s grand formations after the matter with the Holy Envoys was settled, and Zhao Yunhui agreed.
• Huang Xiao and the others saw a stranger kill two Creation Sect disciples, and Wu Xuancang identified him as a Demonic Sect expert at the Void Realm Peak.
• Huo Lian proposed capturing the Holy Envoy to learn about the other side of the sea, and Huang Xiao agreed to approach him while the others held back.

Huang Xiao returned to the Creation Sect and found an Evil Domain Holy Envoy demanding women and information about the divine weapon in the Desolate Mountain Range. After Feng Duo revealed that another Holy Envoy had already visited, Huang Xiao stepped out and confronted the Evil Domain envoy.

• Huang Xiao entered the Creation Sect over its outer wall and found several disciples dead.
• The Evil Domain Holy Envoy demanded that Feng Duo provide ten women and tell him about the divine weapon.
• Feng Duo told the Holy Envoy that another envoy had already visited and that most disciples were searching for the weapon.
• The Holy Envoy learned the other envoy was still nearby and vowed to confront him.
• Huang Xiao emerged from hiding, called the Holy Envoy a barking dog, and identified him as a practitioner of the Evil Dao.
• The Holy Envoy said he had come on behalf of the Evil Domain and demanded Huang Xiao state his name.

Huang Xiao fought Xu Diao, the Evil Domain’s Holy Envoy, while Feng Duo and the Creation Sect watched their buildings crumble around them. Xu Diao claimed he would kill Huang Xiao, but the onlookers realized his power seemed boosted beyond his actual swordsmanship, while Huang Xiao still suspected he was holding back.

• Huang Xiao and Xu Diao tested each other with a brief exchange, and Huang Xiao judged Xu Diao to be near the void realm peak.
• Feng Duo ordered the Creation Sect to retreat and wait for the victor as Huang Xiao and Xu Diao’s fight wrecked buildings and sent disciples fleeing.
• Huang Xiao recognized that Xu Diao’s cultivation method was derived from the Evil Daoist Canon.
• Xu Diao named himself and challenged Huang Xiao, who drew the Minghong Saber as their fight moved beyond the Creation Sect.
• Leng Guhan, Huo Lian, Wu Xuancang, and Zuo Qiu Shu judged Xu Diao’s swordsmanship far weaker than his internal power and suspected he had used a power-boosting method.
• Huang Xiao also noticed Xu Diao’s swordsmanship was unimpressive, but assumed the older fighter was concealing his true strength.

Huang Xiao revealed a demonic art aura while fighting Xu Diao, who mistook him for someone from the Demon Domain and fled. Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang helped capture Xu Diao, and the group began interrogating him about a secret Huang Xiao did not know.

• Huang Xiao activated the Sixth Stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and overpowered Xu Diao, who identified his aura as belonging to the Demon Domain.
• Xu Diao revealed that both he and Huang Xiao were investigating something beyond divine weapons, then fled as Huang Xiao pursued him.
• Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang appeared ahead of Xu Diao and struck him down together.
• Huang Xiao carried the severely injured Xu Diao into a dense forest, where Xu Diao accused the group of being Demon Domain agents who had violated an agreement.
• Xu Diao realized Huang Xiao did not know the secret he sought, and Huang Xiao admitted that the group wanted to learn it.

After Xu Diao died, Huang Xiao used his essence blood to recover fragments of his memories about the factions across the sea and their Holy Envoys. The group learned that their opponents were limited in strength and numbers, leaving them confident about retrieving the other two divine weapons.

• Xu Diao died after taking a mysterious poison that contaminated his essence blood, but Huang Xiao extracted a small amount before stopping.
• Huang Xiao recovered fragments of Xu Diao’s memories, revealing factions such as the Demon Domain, Ghost Domain, and Slaughter Domain, along with their Ancestors.
• Huang Xiao reported that the Holy Envoys were generally in the Void Realm, with the strongest near the Upper Ancient Realm, and that powerful experts across the sea seemed reluctant to come here.
• Huo Lian concluded that a restriction likely limited the strongest outsiders and urged the group to reclaim the other two divine weapons.
• Huang Xiao explained that the factions had agreed to limit how many people they sent, with stronger powers such as the Demon Domain allowed more representatives than the Evil Domain.

Huang Xiao and the others speculated that the Evil God had sent Xu Diao to investigate a secret tied to the Creation Sect and its possibly surviving Righteous Path Leader. They voted to pursue the secret despite the danger, and Huo Lian ordered them to seize the Creation Sect’s Grand Elders for questioning.

• Wu Xuancang, Huo Lian, and Huang Xiao reasoned that the Evil Domain’s real objective was a hidden Creation Sect secret, possibly connected to the Righteous Path Leader’s survival.
• Zuo Qiu Shu and Huo Lian favored investigating, while Wu Xuancang warned that discovering the secret could put them in danger.
• The group voted on whether to pursue the secret, and only Wu Xuancang and Li Bai opposed it.
• Huo Lian ordered the group to take control of Feng Duo and the other Grand Elders for interrogation, while Huang Xiao suggested using Soul Search if necessary.
• Huo Lian and Leng Guhan said the Grand Elders should die if they might reveal the secret, even if the investigation found nothing.

Two Holy Envoys arrived at the Creation Sect and forced Feng Duo’s people to search the Desolate Mountain Range for a divine weapon. Huang Xiao, Wu Xuancang, and Leng Guhan followed them, where the envoys recognized Leng Guhan’s similar aura and reacted angrily to his insult.

• Two Holy Envoys arrived and ordered Feng Duo to send the Creation Sect’s people into the Desolate Mountain Range to find a divine weapon.
• Feng Duo prepared to leave with the sect’s valuables and arranged for disciples to guard the area after his group departed.
• Huang Xiao followed the two Holy Envoys, while Wu Xuancang and Leng Guhan secretly followed as well.
• The Holy Envoys discovered their pursuers and questioned Leng Guhan about his similar aura.
• Leng Guhan rejected any comparison with the Holy Envoys, and they responded with murderous expressions.

Huang Xiao, Leng Guhan, and Wu Xuancang confronted two Holy Envoys from the Slaughter Domain, who carried the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss. Leng Guhan attacked the senior brother, and Huang Xiao realized the divine weapon was resisting its wielder.

• Wu Xuancang and Leng Guhan discussed their shared Ruthlessness Dao, and the two Holy Envoys revealed they came from the Slaughter Domain.
• Huang Xiao recognized the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss concealed on the senior brother’s back, and the senior brother drew it and challenged them to take it.
• Leng Guhan charged the senior brother while Huang Xiao followed and Wu Xuancang engaged the junior brother.
• Leng Guhan’s Sword Qi struck the senior brother, whose divine weapon interfered with his strength and struggled against his control.
• Huang Xiao noticed the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss was resisting the senior brother and concluded that forcing its use was not necessarily an advantage.

The senior brother struggled against Leng Guhan and Huang Xiao while trying to control Seven-Star Dragon Abyss. After he threw the divine weapon away to save himself, it unexpectedly flew back toward him, making him think it had acknowledged him.

• Leng Guhan and the young-looking opponent attacked the senior brother from both sides, and Leng Guhan injured his left arm.
• Huang Xiao revealed his Demon Domain aura and struck the senior brother, who was shocked that he had joined forces with Righteous Path experts.
• The senior brother threw Seven-Star Dragon Abyss away to distract his attackers, but Huang Xiao and Leng Guhan continued their assault.
• The senior brother's junior brother called for them to retreat as the senior brother struggled to escape.
• Seven-Star Dragon Abyss flew back toward the senior brother, who wondered if the divine weapon had acknowledged him.

Huang Xiao and his allies defeated two opponents and discovered that their essence blood could not reveal their memories. Seven-Star Dragon Abyss agreed to lend them his power, and the group returned to the Creation Sect, where Feng Duo mistook the arrivals for Holy Envoys.

• Seven-Star Dragon Abyss cut off the senior brother’s palm, then flew to Leng Guhan, who used it to kill the senior brother.
• Wu Xuancang struck the junior brother as he tried to flee, and Leng Guhan killed him with Sword Qi.
• Huang Xiao drew in both men’s essence blood but could not read their memories because their cultivation method countered the Blood God Conversion Great Method.
• Seven-Star Dragon Abyss refused to become anyone’s divine weapon but agreed to lend his power when the group faced enemies.
• Wu Xuancang led the group back to the Creation Sect, where Feng Duo and the others gathered with cultivation methods and treasures for the Holy Envoys.
• Feng Duo and the elders saw the returning group enter and wondered whether they were all Holy Envoys.