Recaps

Song Yan pursued the ingredients for Foundation Establishment, joined Wang Ke on the journey to the Go Dao Tournament, and protected him from Yuan Zhen’s scheme. After killing Yuan Zhen and securing the final Truefall Vine, Song Yan prepared to leave for the Chu Capital, but Wang Ke’s remark about the Five-Star Pulse Seizing Orthodox and Reversed Diagram caught his attention.

• Song Yan learned Bai Tao’s history through Moon-Crying and refined the sword into his Law Artifact, while the crow’s spirit joined him as Xianxian.
• Song Yan traveled with Xiao Ju, reached Wushan Valley, entered the abandoned Sword Sect, and discovered its Jade Seal and Sword Qi Pill Furnace.
• Song Yan helped Sheng Nian defeat the Demon Ruins pursuers, then cultivated on Qingzhang Mountain and completed the Void Spirit Bone Molding stage of his Buddhist cultivation.
• Song Yan reunited with Liang Feng at Lanxi Cave and settled in his valley, where he began refining Thoughtless Pills while seeking Truefall Vine.
• Wang Ke offered Song Yan Truefall Vine in exchange for an escort to the Go Dao Tournament and the Chu Capital, and Song Yan agreed.
• At the tournament, Wang Ke reached the deciding match against Yuan Zhen, who attacked him and tried to break his protective restriction.
• Song Yan fought Yuan Zhen, shattered his defenses with the White Bone Dharma Body and Sword Qi, and killed him, freeing Wu Huaguo.
• Wang Ke won the tournament, and Song Yan prepared to leave for the Chu Capital before stopping at Wang Ke’s description of a geomantic diagram.

Song Yan established his Sword Dao Foundation, took Xiao Ju as his disciple, and uncovered the Void Transformation Book within the Inexhaustible Treasury. At the Dragon Pool Gathering, he defended the Dongyuan Sect and began preparing for the trials ahead while the Useless Sword Case drew the attention of a Thousand-Forging Hall shopkeeper.

• Song Yan obtained the Dharma-Transmission Object from Yuan Zhen and failed to comprehend its inheritance, then left Beiya Mountain with Xiao Ju and Wang Ke.
• Wang Ke left the Chu Kingdom, while Song Yan traveled to Immortal-Descending Pass, where he encountered the Straw-Cloaked Old Man and helped him return Xiao Ming to his family before Xiao Ming chose to pass on.
• Song Yan killed Qin Yicao, received a pearl from the Straw-Cloaked Old Man, and refined it into a concealed sword light that he suspected was a Sword Pellet.
• Song Yan cultivated at Immortal-Descending Pass, returned to the Dongyuan Sect, and spent over ten months preparing before completing his Foundation Establishment with a Sword Dao Lotus.
• Song Yan became Xiao Ju’s master, and she severed her Spiritual Roots and formed a Sword Mansion and Dao Seed through the Sword-Planting Technique.
• Song Yan used the Sword Sect Jade Seal to reach the Sword Sect, discovered the Inexhaustible Treasury, and obtained the incomplete Void Transformation Book, then hurried to the Dragon Pool Gathering.
• Song Yan arrived at the gathering, struck Li Xuan with a sword attack after Li Xuan threatened Gu Qingqing, and reunited with the Dongyuan Sect disciples.
• Song Yan studied the Void Transformation Book, sparred with Li Yi, and visited Thousand-Forging Hall, where the shopkeeper recognized the Useless Sword Case and Joined Branches as intact and harmonized.

Song Yan survived the Dragon Pool Gathering’s collapse, uncovered the Hu Lineage’s betrayal, and escaped an assassination attempt before returning to Dongyuan Sect. With the northeast battlefield awaiting him and Xiao He considering a different path, he discovered that his mask connected him to a gathering of Nuo Mask bearers.

• Song Yan entered the Dragon Pool selection, collected talismans, and qualified for the Grand Competition after defeating Fan Dongchen.
• Song Yan refused Yang Wenxuan’s demand to give Qin Zhan a competition place, then traveled with the Dongyuan Sect to Dragon Pool Mountain.
• The Demon Ruins’ attack and the Rogue Cultivator of Xin Mountain’s formation collapse destroyed the Great Enclosure Tower and killed countless cultivators, including Yang Yuerong.
• Song Yan rescued Zhou Liu from Ke Huai and Yang Kaijun, killed Yang Kaijun with a distant sword strike, and later mourned Yang Yuerong with Gu Qingqing.
• Song Yan found a mysterious mask in Yang Kaijun’s belongings and saw a giant statue in a black-mist space when he put it on.
• Song Yan pursued a fleeing Hu Lineage cultivator, learned that Xin Mountain had been hired by Yang Wenxuan to kill him, and was seemingly killed before reviving through Xianxian’s Sword Qi.
• Song Yan returned to Dongyuan Sect, visited Qin Xijun at Sky Falcon Cliff, and agreed to join the northeast battlefield within six months.
• Song Yan advanced his Void-Viewing Sword Eye, gave Xiao He the Glutton Tail Flute, and used the Jiazuo mask to meet Cuoduan, Lanzhu, Boqi, and Zuming in the Nuo Realm.

Song Yan pursued ancient swords and fought Devil Cultivators before entering the ancient battlefield, where he gained an Ancient Talisman and became entangled in the armies’ struggle. The stretch ended with Song Yan battling Yang Wenxuan at Daming Pass while Sheng Nian killed He Yiming.

• Song Yan accepted Yan Bo’s broken Flying Sword, discovered its name was Seeking Benevolence, and began restoring it in the Infinite Treasury.
• Song Yan led the fight against Devil Cultivators at Crane Rock Mountain, killed Peony and Zhuo Hong, and gave Wu Shuangzhi a saber to aid her revenge.
• Song Yan commanded reinforcements at Tiansheng Pass, defeated attacking Devil Cultivators, and discovered Zhou Zixiu had been staying in Zhou Mengdie’s dreams.
• Song Yan entered the ancient battlefield with an Ancient Talisman, was conscripted into the Tiger-Wolf Army, and gathered scarlet Spiritual Qi by fighting rebels.
• Song Yan killed Xu Duan and survived Chen Li’s ambush, then learned General Bai could see his Ancient Talisman and offered him a ring-pommel sword for earning a thousand battlefield merits.
• Song Yan and Sheng Nian uncovered the likely purpose of the sealed battlefield, then fought Sui cultivators and took their Ancient Talismans.
• Song Yan led an assault on Daming Pass, fought through its formation, and attacked Yang Wenxuan while Sheng Nian killed He Yiming.