Recaps

Huang Xiao strengthened his allies and led them into the Central Desert to pursue the keys tied to the Longevity Daoist’s cultivation site. After gathering keys and entering the site, they emerged amid a battle over the silver keys, where Wang Mengjiao demanded their share and Huang Xiao’s group fought back.

• Huang Xiao and Ke Zhenyi discussed seeking different flames to restore the Minghong Saber Soul, while Huang Xiao decided he needed more strength before traveling to other domains.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian chose not to use the Demon God’s aura in the Demon General Token until they understood its risks, and Huang Xiao secretly examined Liu Wangtai after he cultivated with it.
• Ke Zhenyi settled at Wild Ox Peak, and after months of sparring and cultivation Liu Wangtai entered the ancient realm while Huang Xiao grew strong enough to consider defeating Zhao Wei.
• When news spread of the Longevity Daoist’s cultivation site and its golden keys, Huang Xiao agreed to seek them with Ke Zhenyi and Liu Wangtai.
• Huang Xiao’s group met Mu Fucheng in the Central Desert, and he joined them to seek keys after Huang Xiao offered to divide their gains fairly.
• Huang Xiao and his allies defeated the Slaughter Domain fighters Brother Chen, Brother Xu, and Brother Zheng, taking their keys and continuing toward the cultivation site.
• At the site, Huang Xiao entered the formation with Mu Fucheng, Ke Zhenyi, and Liu Wangtai, then led them through an underground passage to a chamber containing silver keys.
• The formation broke and scattered the keys, and Huang Xiao’s group escaped the ensuing crowd with eleven keys before Wang Mengjiao demanded that they hand over ten.
• Huang Xiao refused Wang Mengjiao’s demand and charged at him as Mu Fucheng, Ke Zhenyi, and Liu Wangtai joined the fight.

Huang Xiao survived the Broken Blade Sect’s assault, surrendered a Bronze Key in exchange for Ren Dongju’s protection, and turned the Wild Ox Sect’s keys into powerful cultivation formations. As Iron Key rumors sparked bloodshed across the Jianghu, Mu Fucheng arrived injured with a genuine Iron Key.

• Huang Xiao killed Wang Mengjiao, escaped the Central Desert encirclement, and later severed Bi Hu’s arm before leading his injured companions back to Inkstone Mountain.
• Huang Xiao and the Wild Ox Sect prepared to face Bi Hu’s revenge, but the sect was surrounded by Bi Hu’s allies and powerful experts demanding Huang Xiao’s treasure.
• Wang Renyu, Zhuang Chen, and Gao Yin pressed Huang Xiao for a suspected Bronze Key, but Ren Dongju arrived and stopped them from robbing him.
• Huang Xiao gave Ren Dongju the Bronze Key in exchange for rare treasures and protection, and Ren Dongju explained that eight keys corresponded to eight great formations.
• Ren Dongju explained the uses of Golden and Silver Keys and agreed to seek unusual flames that could awaken Huang Xiao’s saber soul before leaving for the Wood Demon Sect.
• Huang Xiao used recovered materials and the keys offered by Ke Zhenyi and Liu Wangtai to help Lu Mu build stronger Spirit-Gathering Divine Formations for the Wild Ox Sect and its allies.
• Huang Xiao’s strength advanced, and he and his companions chose to stay at Inkstone Mountain while Iron Key rumors caused bloody battles across the Jianghu.
• Mu Fucheng arrived seriously injured, handed Huang Xiao a wooden box, and collapsed, and Huang Xiao opened it to reveal an Iron Key.

Huang Xiao traced Mu Fucheng’s Iron Key to the Zhu Family, hoping they could help restore the Minghong Saber Soul, but they rejected him. He continued searching the Extreme Cold Mountains and discovered a powerful moving formation, where an enormous phantom appeared.

• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian used the Bronze Key to reveal a map leading to the Extreme Cold Mountains, and Mu Fucheng explained the key’s history before Huang Xiao accepted it.
• Huang Xiao gave two Silver Keys to the crowd outside the Wild Ox Sect to ease pressure on the sect, then left for the Frozen Snowfield with the Bronze Key and Supreme Ghost Stele.
• Huang Xiao saved Zhou Kemo and Sun Lanbing from three old men, and they showed him their valley’s natural Spirit-Gathering Divine Formation.
• Zhou Kemo and Sun Lanbing directed Huang Xiao to Wine-Crazy, who revealed that the Zhu Family had studied how to repair saber souls and that Zhu Fengmu had once possessed the Iron Key and a map.
• Zhu Fenglin confirmed the Iron Key opened the Zhu Family’s sacred grounds, and Huang Xiao returned it in exchange for the family’s promised help with the Minghong Saber Soul.
• The Grand Elder accepted the genuine key and let Zhu Fenglin rejoin the Zhu Family but rejected Huang Xiao, who retrieved his hidden treasures and searched the mountains for the map’s destination.
• Huang Xiao became trapped among snowy peaks whose spiritual energy matched a powerful formation, then waited at their center until a greater-than-fourth-layer natural formation gathered and shifted away.
• An enormous phantom appeared at the center of the moving formation.

Huang Xiao survived the lake’s freezing power, found a crystal-clear key, and awakened a man named Ji who recognized his connection to the Martial World. Elsewhere, the women uncovered a hidden residence, Xuanyuan Xin and Zuo Qiu Shu found a divine-beast sanctuary, and several characters faced new trials across the Ancient World.

• Huang Xiao climbed the newly revealed snow mountain, became trapped in its freezing lake, and used Hell Origin Flame and Heart Fire to survive until the ice released him.
• Huo Lian searched for news of Huang Xiao, accepted Ren Dongju’s offer to cultivate with the Wood Demon Sect, and resolved to investigate his disappearance.
• Pei Lingsha and Zhao Yunhui discovered a hidden island and entered Ji Residence, where they uncovered a map of the Desolate Domain and nearby sea.
• Leng Guhan joined the Ancestor’s contest, gathered identity tokens, and killed a balding old man to reach the required hundred-token threshold.
• Yang Jun explained the Guiyi Sect’s place in the Righteous Path alliance and the contests that determined access to a great opportunity, prompting Wu Xuancang and Li Bai to pursue its slots.
• Xuanyuan Xin and Zuo Qiu Shu found a concealed site guarded by Ao Yuan, whose formation drew five divine beasts and offered them a chance to cultivate there.
• Tan Ming and Baili Zhen fled into the Valley of Death, where Old Hu and Old Ke explained that its pressure trapped residents and its martial visions could offer a path to power.
• The Radiant Sun Sect failed to break the barrier around Dugu Sheng and the Xuanyuan Sword, while Dugu Sheng chose to cultivate with the sword’s growing power.
• Qingfeng and the Soaring Immortal Fruit discovered a valley of medicinal plants and a formation transmitting their accumulated efficacy, which the fruit decided to absorb.
• Huang Xiao retrieved the crystal-clear key from beneath the Frozen Man’s ice, but the man awakened and identified himself as Ji after learning Huang Xiao’s origins and secrets.