Recaps

Pang Ji revealed that Pang Yi was enduring the Ten-Thousand Interception Method, a refined and even more dangerous version of the Pang Family’s forbidden art, to prepare him to defeat Huang Xiao for the Hall Master’s Seat. Pang Tiangang left reassured, while Pang Ji remained confident that Pang Yi would ultimately surpass Huang Xiao.

• Pang Tiangang worried that the Thousand Interception Method would cripple Pang Yi, but Pang Ji dismissed the risk because Pang Yi needed to win the Hall Master contest.
• Pang Ji explained that Pang Yi had suppressed his internal power to the Void Martial Realm and was actually practicing the more powerful Ten-Thousand Interception Method.
• Pang Ji said he had prepared safeguards for Pang Yi and ordered Pang Tiangang to keep the truth from others, though leaked information could mislead the Heavenly Demon Hall and Huo Lian.
• Pang Tiangang left feeling trusted and secure in his position as Grand Elder of the Inner Hall.
• Pang Ji considered Huang Xiao’s Entering Dao Realm Middle Stage strength and remained confident that Pang Yi would surpass him and claim the Hall Master’s Seat.

Huang Xiao broke through to the Eighth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques, but its uncontrolled power nearly struck Chao Lingyi. Afterward, he told Chao Lingyi to keep giving Wu Cang the pills he requested, which Huang Xiao intended for Yan Youwang.

• Huang Xiao practiced the first seven forms before successfully executing the Eighth Form, unleashing a powerful Blade Aura that carved through the arena floor.
• Huang Xiao rushed to block the uncontrolled Blade Aura before it could reach Chao Lingyi, breaking his Imitation Saber and injuring his hands in the process.
• Huang Xiao reflected on the Eighth Form’s strength and decided he needed to master control of it before continuing his training.
• Chao Lingyi told Huang Xiao that Wu Cang had collected pills three times in five days and worried that he was asking for too many.
• Huang Xiao assured Chao Lingyi that she should keep giving Wu Cang the pills, explaining that the matter was important while privately thinking of Yan Youwang’s serious injuries.

While Huang Xiao focused on cultivation, Wei Yidao learned that Yan Youwang was recovering from severe injuries and that the Heavenly Evil Sect and Ghost Spirit Sect were searching for him. Wei Yidao visited Yan Youwang and hinted that he could take refuge inside the Heavenly Demon Hall.

• Wei Yidao heard from Wu Cang that Yan Youwang's injuries were severe but were healing quickly with the supplied medicinal pills.
• Wu Cang reported that the Heavenly Evil Sect and Ghost Spirit Sect were covertly investigating in Liangzhou, and Wei Yidao decided to visit Yan Youwang.
• Wei Yidao met Yan Youwang at a Heavenly Demon Hall compound and warned him that the current refuge would not remain safe for long.
• Yan Youwang asked whether Wei Yidao would let him take refuge inside the Heavenly Demon Hall, and Wei Yidao replied, "Why not?"

Wei Yidao persuaded Yan Youwang to hide in the Heavenly Demon Hall, explaining that the Pang Family’s repeated attacks on Huang Xiao had left him worried about another attempt. Yan Youwang accepted the offer, and Wei Yidao killed the people who had served him to keep his whereabouts secret.

• Wei Yidao offered Yan Youwang shelter in the Heavenly Demon Hall, where he could avoid Fan Liya, Jiang Pandong, and the Pang Family.
• Yan Youwang questioned Wei Yidao’s motives, and Wei Yidao explained that the Pang Family had tried to kill Huang Xiao twice and that he feared further attacks.
• Wei Yidao said he could not ask Shi Hen for help without alerting the Pang Family, and he wanted Yan Youwang as a hidden safeguard.
• Yan Youwang accepted Wei Yidao’s invitation and agreed to leave for the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang left the courtyard, and Wei Yidao’s roar killed the people who had served Yan Youwang there.

Wei Yidao kept Yan Youwang hidden in the Heavenly Demon Hall, while Huang Xiao learned that Liu Jiong had taken Zhou Daohang’s position and that the matter of Zhou’s death had been put to rest. After Huang Xiao reported mastering the Eighth Form, Wei Yidao invited him to see what had happened to Yan Youwang.

• Wei Yidao settled the injured Yan Youwang in a secluded spot and told Wu Cang to stop contacting him.
• Wu Cang told Huang Xiao that Liu Jiong had broken through and taken Zhou Daohang’s position, and that the God-Burying Hall had not challenged Zhou’s death.
• Wu Cang said Wei Yidao had stopped asking him to contact Yan Youwang, leaving Huang Xiao puzzled about the reason.
• Huang Xiao told Wu Cang he had mastered the Eighth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques and went to report the breakthrough to Wei Yidao.
• Wei Yidao praised Huang Xiao’s progress and, when Huang Xiao asked whether Yan Youwang had left, invited him to come along.

Wei Yidao brought Huang Xiao to meet Yan Youwang, who was secretly staying in the Heavenly Demon Hall, and asked Huang Xiao to care for him and seek his guidance. Huang Xiao continued visiting Yan Youwang, who recognized Wei Yidao’s plan and began discussing the Demon Hall’s talented younger generation.

• Wei Yidao took Huang Xiao to Yan Youwang’s secluded courtyard and told him he would handle Yan Youwang’s needs from then on.
• Wei Yidao explained that Huang Xiao was expected to gain guidance from Yan Youwang in return for helping him, calling it lodging fees.
• Huang Xiao visited Yan Youwang every few days and warned Chao Lingyi to keep his whereabouts secret.
• Yan Youwang saw through Huang Xiao’s hope of gaining benefits and guessed Wei Yidao had arranged it for Huang Xiao’s sake.
• Yan Youwang praised the Demon Hall’s past and present young talents, including Huang Xiao and Pang Yi.

Huang Xiao asked Yan Youwang about Ghost Dao and Monster Dao cultivation methods, learning that both consumed essence blood and that the Longevity Chapter was believed to be the only way to regenerate it. Yan Youwang did not know Huang Xiao possessed the chapter or that he had passed the missing jade slip to Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli, and Huang Xiao revealed that the slip had not been lost.

• Huang Xiao asked Yan Youwang about Ghost Dao methods for extending life, and Yan Youwang explained that they depleted essence blood and weakened their practitioners.
• Yan Youwang told Huang Xiao that the Demon Spirit Sect's Monster Dao methods also consumed essence blood, shortening practitioners' lifespans despite their powerful bodies.
• Yan Youwang said the Longevity Chapter could regenerate essence blood, while the Imperishability Chapter lacked the Longevity Chapter's support and could not last.
• Yan Youwang explained that Jianghu factions sought the Longevity Chapter and hoped to find clues in the Longevity Pill Manual.
• Yan Youwang said a jade slip had fallen into the Evil Water Region and remained missing, and Huang Xiao revealed that it had not been lost.

Huang Xiao learned that the final Longevity Jade Slip had been recovered and discussed the Longevity Pill Manual with Yan Youwang, who planned to attend the gathering despite his injuries. Huang Xiao then learned that Li Bai was already contacting the powers holding the Jade Slips, but he said he would not participate.

• Yan Youwang realized that the recovered Jade Slip was with Jiang Liuli or Zhangsun Youyue and decided to recover quickly so he could pursue the Longevity Pill Manual.
• Huang Xiao asked Yan Youwang about Ghost Spirit Sect techniques that revived the dead, and learned they consumed irreplaceable essence blood and had largely been abandoned.
• Huang Xiao wondered whether the Longevity Chapter had protected him from the harmful effects of resurrection techniques and why the Patriarch had forbidden him from practicing the Demon Refining Formula.
• Huang Xiao asked Yan Youwang to keep him informed about the Longevity Pill Manual, and Yan Youwang asked Huang Xiao to report any news.
• Yin Huju told Huang Xiao that Li Bai was contacting the Jade Slip holders to decipher the slips, and Huang Xiao said he would not join them.

Huang Xiao told Wei Yidao that Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue’s children were his, and Wei warned that the Demon Hall would eliminate them rather than let them become leverage against Huang Xiao. Huang Xiao tried to distance himself from Chao Lingyi to protect her and resolved to gain enough strength to keep others from controlling his fate.

• Yin Huju told Huang Xiao that the Main Hall and other major powers were handling the Longevity Pill Manual, leaving little chance of learning inside information.
• Huang Xiao informed Wei Yidao that the Jade Slips had been gathered, then admitted that Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue were carrying his children.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao to sever ties with both women and warned that the Demon Hall would kill them and his child to prevent anyone from using them as hostages.
• Huang Xiao returned to his quarters fearing for his family and thought that he must also keep Xiao Yan and the others’ whereabouts secret.
• Huang Xiao harshly dismissed Chao Lingyi, hoping to protect her from becoming someone he cared about, then vowed to gain enough strength to shield those close to him.

Huang Xiao repeatedly used the Rebirth Method to damage and repair his essence blood, making it stronger and increasing the power of his Imperishable True Qi. He tried the third layer of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art and survived its devastating backlash, but was left gravely injured and still repairing his meridians.

• Huang Xiao killed himself in the secret chamber to study how rebirth affected his essence blood, then discovered that its quality had been damaged.
• Huang Xiao used Imperishable True Qi to repair his essence blood and found it had become stronger, improving his recovery.
• Huang Xiao repeatedly used the Rebirth Method and repaired his essence blood, steadily strengthening his Imperishable True Qi.
• Huang Xiao attempted the third layer of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art, whose power shook the reinforced secret chamber.
• Huang Xiao survived the technique's backlash but suffered severe injuries, so he continued using Imperishable True Qi to repair his damaged meridians.

Huang Xiao discussed his recent dangerous training and the upcoming Hall Master contest with Yan Youwang, then told him the Longevity Pill Manual would be deciphered in three months at Imperial Remnant Manor. Yan Youwang looked forward to the chance to recover the manual’s contents and clues to the Longevity Pill.

• Yan Youwang noticed Huang Xiao’s weakened aura, and Huang Xiao said he had injured himself during training.
• Huang Xiao reflected that he had adapted to the Third Layer of Heavenly Demon Disintegration but intended to keep his true strength concealed.
• Yan Youwang said Huang Xiao and Pang Yi were the strongest Hall Master Candidates in ten thousand years.
• Huang Xiao told Yan Youwang that the jade slip would be deciphered in three months at Imperial Remnant Manor using the Tortoise Shell Inscription and Selection Inscription Stele.
• Yan Youwang said he expected to recover at least ninety percent of his strength by then and thought Imperial Remnant Manor would keep the jade slip.

Yan Youwang explained to Huang Xiao why Imperial Remnant Manor could dictate terms over the Selection Inscription Stele, citing its immense strength and the hidden Sword Master. The chapter ended with Yan Youwang warning that Imperial Remnant Manor might have even older, stronger experts than anyone knew.

• Huang Xiao asked why the major powers would accept Imperial Remnant Manor's conditions for using the Selection Inscription Stele, and Yan Youwang explained that its strength made attacking it too costly.
• Yan Youwang said Imperial Remnant Manor might rival the Demon Hall and the Three Immortal Mountains, especially when the Demon Hall lacked its Hall Master.
• Yan Youwang explained that Imperial Remnant Manor's long-standing agreement with the Demon Hall endured because the manor had enough strength to uphold it.
• Yan Youwang told Huang Xiao that the Sword Master, not the Manor Lord, was Imperial Remnant Manor's strongest known expert and was likely from Pang Ji and Huo Lian's generation.
• Yan Youwang said Imperial Remnant Manor might have even more senior experts, since it controlled the world's Number One Divine Weapon.

Huang Xiao and Yan Youwang discussed Imperial Remnant Manor’s restored Xuanyuan Sword and the Demon Hall’s disadvantage in divine weapons. At Imperial Remnant Manor, Li Bai met Tan Ming, and their sword intents clashed before they exchanged respectful greetings.

• Huang Xiao agreed with Yan Youwang that Imperial Remnant Manor’s Xuanyuan Sword would make its experts even more formidable.
• Li Bai arrived at Imperial Remnant Manor to negotiate over deciphering the Longevity Jade Slips and waited for the Manor Lord to receive him.
• As Li Bai followed a host toward the Manor Lord’s secluded residence, he encountered Tan Ming, and their sword auras surged against each other.
• Imperial Remnant Manor’s disciples gathered and recognized Li Bai as the Transcendent Immortal Sword Lord, while anticipating a fight between him and Tan Ming.
• Li Bai and Tan Ming ended their clash without fighting, exchanged courtesies, and Tan Ming praised Li Bai’s swordsmanship.

Li Bai met with the Manor Lord of Imperial Remnant Manor to arrange a gathering for deciphering the Longevity Jade Slips and securing the materials tied to the Longevity Pill Manual. The Manor Lord agreed to host it in three months and began explaining what Imperial Remnant Manor knew about the Longevity Pill and Longevity Chapter.

• Tan Ming told Li Bai that he had gained no insight into wielding the Xuanyuan Sword despite years at Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Li Bai met the Manor Lord and proposed gathering the sects at Imperial Remnant Manor in three months to decipher the Longevity Jade Slips.
• The Manor Lord agreed on the condition that Imperial Remnant Manor receive the related jade slips and Tortoise Shell Inscription after the Longevity Pill Manual was obtained.
• Li Bai said the major sects had anticipated the Manor Lord's demand and were essentially willing to accept it so Imperial Remnant Manor could fulfill its ancestor's last wish.
• Li Bai asked about the connection between the Longevity Pill Manual, Longevity Pill, and Longevity Chapter, and the Manor Lord said the manual held clues to the pill but their historical texts had no precise records of the chapter.

Li Bai questioned the Manor Lord about the Longevity relics and was invited to sense the Xuanyuan Sword. When he heard the young man in the sword formation was named Dugu Sheng, Li Bai’s reaction aroused the Manor Lord’s suspicion.

• Li Bai asked whether the Longevity Pill Manual and Longevity Chapter were related, and the Manor Lord said the records were unclear.
• The Manor Lord promised that the Longevity Jade Slip and Tortoise Shell Inscription would be burned as offerings to the ancestor in a public ceremony.
• Li Bai accepted the Manor Lord’s invitation to stay and asked to see the Xuanyuan Sword, so the Manor Lord took him and Tan Ming to its valley.
• Li Bai bowed to the turtle-shaped statue and entered the valley, where he saw the Eight-Trigram Sword Formation, the Eight Divine Beasts, and Dugu Sheng.
• Tan Ming asked Dugu Sheng about his progress, and Li Bai turned to stare when he heard the young man’s name.
• The Manor Lord asked whether Li Bai knew Dugu Sheng, and Li Bai claimed he had only assumed the young man was a manor disciple.

Li Bai failed to claim the Xuanyuan Sword, then stayed with Tan Ming to discuss swordsmanship while Dugu Sheng listened and became certain Li Bai was the Senior Li he had heard of. Li Bai later appeared at Dugu Sheng’s courtyard after watching him practice and acknowledged that doing so broke a Jianghu taboo.

• Li Bai approached the Xuanyuan Sword, which responded to his aura, but he abruptly withdrew and admitted he was not destined to wield it.
• Tan Ming invited Li Bai to stay at his quarters, where Dugu Sheng listened as the two sword masters discussed their insights.
• Dugu Sheng recognized traces of Taixuan Sword Swordsmanship in Li Bai’s swordplay and concluded that he was Senior Li Bai.
• Dugu Sheng practiced swordsmanship in his courtyard, and Li Bai appeared at the entrance after watching him from outside.

Li Bai told Dugu Sheng that Yan Xi, Huang Xiao, and the other women were safe, while Hong Yi’s whereabouts remained unknown. He warned Dugu Sheng to conceal his origins and revealed that Dugu Sheng’s growing resonance with the Xuanyuan Sword might lead to the Imperial Remnant Manor’s divine weapon falling into his hands.

• Li Bai visited Dugu Sheng and revealed that Huang Xiao and six women, including Yan Xi, had spoken of him.
• Dugu Sheng learned that Yan Xi and the other women were safe, but Li Bai had not found Hong Yi.
• Li Bai cautioned Dugu Sheng to hide his origins from outsiders, including Tan Ming, and explained that Huang Xiao was a Demon Hall Hall Master Candidate.
• Dugu Sheng apologized for using Li Bai’s Taixuan Sword Swordsmanship, and Li Bai praised his ambition and aptitude.
• Li Bai asked whether Dugu Sheng resonated with the Xuanyuan Sword, then suggested the Imperial Remnant Manor’s weapon might fall into his hands; Dugu Sheng doubted it.

Li Bai explained that Dugu Sheng needed to establish a mysterious sense of accord with the Xuanyuan Sword, which could help prepare for the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period. He left Dugu Sheng with renewed purpose, then began to explain how he had refined the Heavenly Mystic Swordsmanship.

• Li Bai told Dugu Sheng that Imperial Remnant Manor would be forced to act against the Demon Hall and might entrust the Xuanyuan Sword to him.
• Li Bai urged Dugu Sheng to use his heart to form a human-sword unity with the Xuanyuan Sword, explaining how he had achieved that with Ganjiang.
• Li Bai said the Xuanyuan Sword and Imperial Remnant Manor’s resources could greatly increase Dugu Sheng’s strength, and that the sword might be needed to suppress the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Li Bai compared Dugu Sheng’s situation with Huang Xiao’s and said Dugu Sheng’s wife Yan Xi and the others were safe, though he did not reveal their location.
• Li Bai told Dugu Sheng that he had refined the Heavenly Mystic Swordsmanship after reaching the Martial World.

Li Bai demonstrated his perfected Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship to Dugu Sheng. Meanwhile, Leng Guhan investigated an old bronze mirror linked to Jade Butterfly, and it revealed writing when he opened a box of Longevity Jade Slips.

• Li Bai offered to guide Dugu Sheng and demonstrated the perfected Transcendent Immortal Swordsmanship for him to study.
• Leng Guhan recognized the bronze mirror’s engraved name, “Jade Butterfly,” as possibly belonging to the former Manor Lord of the Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Leng Guhan searched the mirror for secrets but found nothing and worried that he could not reach the Jianghu’s highest level in time.
• Leng Guhan opened a box containing three Longevity Jade Slips, causing them to glow and the mirror to display the words “Sever the Mortal World, Sever All Affections.”

Leng Guhan discovered that the bronze mirror revealed Senior Immortal Alchemist’s cultivation insights when paired with a jade slip, and took them as confirmation of his Heartless Sword Dao. After destroying the mirror to keep the insights to himself, he learned that only three of the four Heavenly Evil Sect seniors had returned, and Zhu Fancheng was absent.

• Leng Guhan used one of his three jade slips to reveal the bronze mirror’s complete cultivation insights and memorized them.
• Leng Guhan concluded that Senior Immortal Alchemist’s pursuit of severing mortal ties supported his Heartless Sword Dao and could help him strengthen both himself and the Sword Pavilion.
• Leng Guhan suspected Imperial Remnant Manor might seek the jade slips and decided not to hand them over without a convincing reason or compensation.
• Leng Guhan destroyed the bronze mirror so no one else could learn its contents.
• A disciple told Leng Guhan that three Heavenly Evil Sect seniors had returned, and Leng Guhan discovered Zhu Fancheng was missing.
• Zhu Fanjiang told Leng Guhan that Zhu Fancheng would not be returning for the time being, prompting Leng Guhan to suspect Huo Lian was responsible.

Leng Guhan learned that Zhu Fancheng was inside the sealed Divine Beast Holy Land, where Huo Lian sought to break the formations, and considered whether the place held a treasure connected to the Immortal Alchemist. He arranged for Zhu Fanjiang to join his coming visit to Imperial Remnant Manor while the others stayed at Sword Pavilion to help guard Jiang Liuli, then entered seclusion to study the Immortal Alchemist’s insights.

• Zhu Fanjiang told Leng Guhan that Zhu Fancheng was in the Divine Beast Holy Land, which Huo Lian had led them to in Mist Mountain.
• Zhu Fanjiang explained that Huo Lian wanted Zhu Fancheng’s formation expertise to break the Holy Land’s seal, and the group revealed they had failed to find the Second Part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art.
• Leng Guhan speculated that Huo Lian sought a treasure connected to the Immortal Alchemist and shared what Li Bai had told him about that senior and Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Leng Guhan invited the three men to accompany him to Imperial Remnant Manor, and Zhu Fanjiang agreed to go alone while the others remained to help protect Jiang Liuli from the Demon Hall.
• Leng Guhan told the guards not to disturb him except about Li Bai, then entered the Cultivation Chamber to study Senior Immortal Alchemist’s insights.

Pang Ruyuan persuaded the Pang Family Clan Chief to help arrange an attack on Huang Xiao and Wei Yidao. They planned to lure Wei Yidao away from Heavenly Demon Hall with a forged order, then strike both targets at once.

• Pang Ruyuan and three other elders vowed to kill Huang Xiao and Wei Yidao, accepting that they might die and defect from the Demon Hall.
• Pang Ruyuan argued that the Clan Chief could take Pang Tiangang's Grand Elder position if the plan forced him from office, persuading the Clan Chief to help.
• Pang Ruyuan proposed using the Demon Hall's selection of a candidate for Imperial Remnant Manor as a pretext to summon Wei Yidao to the Main Hall.
• Pang Ruyuan asked the Clan Chief to distract Pang Tiangang while the four elders stole his seal and issued the order to Wei Yidao.
• Pang Ruyuan planned to split the elders into two teams: one would attack Huang Xiao in Heavenly Demon Hall, while he and another would intercept Wei Yidao.

Pang Ruyuan and Pang Tianjiu arranged a scheme to steal Pang Tiangang’s Grand Elder seal and Shattering-Void Pills, using the theft to mask their plan against Huang Xiao and Wei Yidao. While Pang Tianjiu kept Pang Tiangang occupied, Pang Ruyuan and his companions found the seal and six pills in the study.

• Pang Ruyuan persuaded Pang Tianjiu to distract Pang Tiangang so he could steal the Grand Elder seal and Shattering-Void Pills.
• Pang Tianjiu visited Pang Tiangang and asked to represent the Demon Hall at Imperial Remnant Manor when the longevity Jade Slips were deciphered.
• Pang Ruyuan arrived at Pang Tiangang’s residence with three companions and went inside without waiting for an announcement.
• Pang Ruyuan led the others into Pang Tiangang’s study while Pang Tianjiu kept the Grand Elder occupied.
• Pang Ruyuan and his companions found the Grand Elder seal and a bottle containing six Shattering-Void Pills.

Pang Ruyuan and three companions broke into Pang Tiangang’s study, stole the Shattering-Void Pills, and fled after sending a forged order summoning Wei Yidao. Pang Tiangang discovered the theft and ordered their capture, but they injured guards and escaped the Main Hall.

• Pang Ruyuan used Pang Tiangang’s seal to send an order summoning Wei Yidao, then left the study with the Shattering-Void Pills and three companions.
• A patrol noticed the men leaving the study, and guards learned they were heading for the entrance and raised the alarm.
• Pang Tiangang ordered the Demon Hall sealed and the Inner Hall Elders to bring Pang Ruyuan back; Pang Tianjiu also set out to pursue them.
• Pang Tiangang searched his study, discovered that the Shattering-Void Pills were missing, and realized Pang Ruyuan had stolen them.
• A guard reported that Pang Ruyuan and his companions had injured several people and escaped from the Main Hall.

Pang Ruyuan and three pseudo-Shattering-Void Realm experts fled the Demon Hall after stealing Shattering-Void Pills and planned to ambush Wei Yidao. Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that he might be sent to Imperial Remnant Manor, and arranged for Huang Xiao to stay with the injured Yan Youwang while he was away.

• Pang Tiangang ordered the capture of Pang Ruyuan, Pang Hekong, Pang Naiwu, and Pang Qingyao after they fought in the Demon Hall, but the four escaped and erased their tracks.
• Pang Ruyuan led the others toward Liangzhou to wait for Wei Yidao near the Heavenly Demon Hall and carry out their plan.
• Pang Tiangang concealed the Shattering-Void Pill theft, treating the other offenses as serious but not capital crimes.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that he might be selected to travel to Imperial Remnant Manor to deal with the Longevity Jade Slips.
• Wei Yidao warned Huang Xiao that the Heavenly Demon Hall would be vulnerable during his absence and instructed him to stay with Yan Youwang.