Recaps

Song Yan advanced to the Inner Sect and joined the Changping garrison, where he killed Devil Cultivators, earned merit, and secretly arranged Cheng Yu’s death. As the sects investigated the fugitive Jin Tianya, Song Yan discovered that Changping’s turmoil concealed a contest over a treasure and its clues to Jin Tianya’s former home.

• Song Yan bought a Mingjue Pill, escaped an ambush after the auction, and returned to cultivation after Xiang Zhaoling killed his pursuers.
• Song Yan completed the Heart-Refining Road, entered the Inner Sect, chose Sword-Wiping Peak, and prepared for the Changping assignment.
• Song Yan traveled to Changping, joined a patrol squad, and learned that Cheng Yu’s influence was disrupting his duties and cultivation.
• Song Yan killed the Five Demons of Cold Mountain and learned from Sheng Nian that Devil Cultivators were searching for Jin Tianya and a lost Central Region treasure.
• Song Yan forged intelligence about Lü Qin, earning merit while Sheng Nian used the resulting opening to kill Cheng Yu.
• The Six Sects began investigating Jin Tianya, while Shen Yu asked Shen Huai to watch Song Yan for leads about him.
• Song Yan sold the demons’ possessions and patrolled Shigu Flatland as Liu Ciming, disguised as a farmer, met Jin Tianya and discussed returning to the Demon Ruins with the Hell Transformation Painting’s clues.

Song Yan escaped the Hell Transformation Painting, killed Jin Tianya, and returned to Dongyuan Sect with his Sword Dao advancing. After helping Ju Luyi avenge the South Mountain Monastery, he demonstrated his strength by defeating Kong You in a spar.

• Jin Tianya’s Hell Transformation Painting trapped Song Yan and Li Qingfeng in Avīci Hell, where Song Yan awakened his Sword Intent and escaped the Hell Reflection.
• Song Yan killed Shen Huai and Jin Tianya, destroying the painting and ending the Ghost Domain, then completed his Life-Bound Flying Sword and began cultivating the Void-Viewing Sword Eye.
• Song Yan returned to Dongyuan Sect and learned that black jade pendants linked to Wu Daoxuan’s former residence had scattered across the region.
• While searching for herbs to ease his strained eyes, Song Yan met Ju Luyi, learned that attackers had slaughtered South Mountain Monastery, and accompanied her there.
• Song Yan and Xiao He killed the three attackers, buried the monastery’s disciples, and erected a cenotaph for Lu Yuan, and Song Yan recovered Ju Luyi’s embroidered needle and asked her to make him a Daoist robe.
• At the Sword-Discussion Platform, Song Yan accepted Kong You’s challenge and defeated him with Sword Qi without drawing his Flying Sword.

Song Yan survived the Sword-Wiping Assembly’s secret-realm trial, defeated Kong You, and advanced to the deciding matches while uncovering an inheritance tied to Nie Chao. After rejecting the Qin Lineage’s overtures and learning of its troubling practices, he strengthened his body and entered the arena for the contest against Li Yi.

• Song Yan completed the first stage of the Sword Eye and discovered a shadow in the Two-Pole Realm’s Ink Pool, then traced its presence to the Demonic Flame and recognized his Heart Demon’s influence.
• Song Yan entered the Grotto-Heaven Realm for the Sword-Wiping Assembly, gathered Spirit Marks, and was teleported away from Qingjiang Flat by Li Qingfeng, Sun Zhengfu, and Gu Qingqing.
• Song Yan found the Hidden Qilin Cloud Grotto and experienced Nie Chao’s story of confronting the Qilin Lord, then gained a body-refining method from the Two-Pole Realm.
• Song Yan defeated three Tongchen Peak ambushers and reunited with Gu Qingqing, then gathered Spirit Marks and took the Golden-Vein Spirit-Dispersing Herb from Li Qingfeng as he sent him out of the trial.
• Song Yan defeated Kong You and raised his score, while Li Yi helped drive off attackers, and the selection ended with Song Yan among the twenty-two finalists, and Li Yi challenged him to a duel.
• Yang Wenxuan visited Song Yan with Qin Sheng, searched his belongings, and asked Qin Sheng to report his unusual Spiritual Power to the Qin elders, and Song Yan then told Qin Xijun about the search.
• Qin Xijun explained her break with the Qin Lineage and warned Song Yan that missing children might be tied to a mysterious pill, prompting him to resolve to grow stronger and join Demon-Exorcising Peak.
• Song Yan used Qilin blood and spirit medicines in a medicinal bath to strengthen his body, then entered the arena with Li Yi and noticed Ju Luyi among the spectators.

Song Yan won second place in the Sword-Wiping Assembly, developed Sword Qi Alchemy, and joined Lin Qing in investigating a future threat. While traveling through Yunxi, he uncovered a demonic calamity in Qing Valley and killed the Tiger Demon, but Su Li turned on the villagers and Liu Xincheng.

• Song Yan advanced through the Sword-Wiping Assembly, defeated Yuwen Yao and Han Yuan, and drew with Li Yi to take second place.
• Song Yan claimed the Burning Like Karmic Fire as his reward, repaired Sacrificial Qilin Lord, and learned to refine pills using Sword Qi and Divine Sense.
• Lin Qing told Song Yan about his previous life and the danger he believed the Demonic Path posed, and Song Yan agreed to work with him.
• Song Yan killed five Zhongmiao Sect cultivators who attacked Wu Shuangzhi and Wu Zilin, then tested a Spirit-Gathering Sword Formation.
• Song Yan traveled to Yunxi City and found gaps in the records Liu Xincheng provided about Qing Valley and its missing attendant.
• Song Yan met Ju Luyi at Yunlin Market and learned that Attendant Hu was missing, then went with her and Liu Xincheng to investigate Qing Valley.
• The Tiger Demon revealed that it had eaten some missing attendants and disposed of the others in a cesspit, while Su Li activated a Binding Formation against the villagers.
• Song Yan killed the Tiger Demon, but Su Li attacked Liu Xincheng and Ju Luyi before a green leaf stopped his strike.