Recaps

Luo Ge defeated Gino and then Nina in duels at the Sword Sanctum, demonstrating overwhelming speed and skill. Sword God Gal watched with growing interest and began to believe Luo Ge's claim that he had escaped the Dragon God.

• Luo Ge defeated Gino with a single strike, and a disciple carried the unconscious swordsman away for treatment.
• Nina challenged Luo Ge, but he dodged her attacks without moving his feet and knocked the sword from her hand.
• Nina refused to concede and charged again, so Luo Ge struck her with thirty-two rapid Sword God Style slashes and knocked her unconscious.
• The Sword Sanctum disciples reacted in shock to Luo Ge's speed, while Gal ordered Nina taken for treatment.
• Gal said Ghislaine had sent him an interesting boy and told Luo Ge he was beginning to believe his claim about escaping the Dragon God.

After Nina’s defeat, Sword God Gal challenged Luo Ge and lent him his magic sword, Gullet, for a fair fight. Luo Ge admitted he could not yet defeat Gal but declared that the future would belong to him; he then blocked Gal’s first strike, leaving the dojo stunned as Gal eagerly called for them to continue.

• Sword Emperor Timothy offered to fight Luo Ge for Gal, but Gal refused and said Timothy might not be able to match the boy.
• Gal invited Luo Ge to challenge him and offered his Sword God title as a wager; Luo Ge acknowledged his current weakness and vowed to surpass him and defeat the Dragon God.
• Gal lent Luo Ge his magic sword, Gullet, and took an ordinary iron sword for himself.
• Gal struck with a seemingly simple slash, and Luo Ge used the Transparent World and instinct to block it, though the impact sent him flying.
• The dojo’s disciples and Timothy were astonished that Luo Ge had blocked Gal’s strike, and Gal praised him and asked whether he could continue.

After losing to Sword God Gal, Luo Ge accepted him as his master and was named the Sword Sanctum’s new Sword King. Gal made him defend the title against any challenger for ten days, and Luo Ge entered his first night at the Sanctum with Gullet temporarily in his possession.

• Luo Ge admitted that he could not defeat Gal, and Gal said he saw a chance for him to defeat the Dragon God in the future.
• Luo Ge became Gal’s disciple, and Gal declared him the Sword Sanctum’s new Sword King, provoking objections from the other disciples.
• Gal challenged the disciples to defeat Luo Ge within ten days to claim the title, and Luo Ge accepted the trial.
• Gal demanded his magic sword Gullet back, then lent it to Luo Ge for the ten-day trial and promised him another sword if he survived.
• A disciple led Luo Ge to his private courtyard, where he watched the snow and considered the ten days ahead.

After waking from her humiliation, Nina learned Luo Ge was accepting challenges for the Sword King title and rushed to the audience hall. She found him had defeated the Sword Sanctum’s disciples, and Gal officially declared him the new Sword King, leaving Nina consumed with envy.

• Nina woke three days after her beating and asked Gino where Luo Ge was.
• Gino told Nina that Luo Ge had become the Sword God’s disciple and was defending the Sword King title against challengers.
• Nina hurried to the audience hall, where she found the Sword Saints sprawled across the floor and Luo Ge standing unharmed.
• Nina realized Luo Ge had defeated the challengers, then refused Gal’s invitation to challenge him.
• Gal declared Luo Ge the Sword Sanctum’s new Sword King, while Nina left in jealous disappointment and Gino continued toward the kitchen.

Luo Ge became a Sword King and received the Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword from Sword God Gal, who ordered him to practice ordinary sword swings every day. Nina resented the gift but resolved to grow stronger, while rumors spread comparing Luo Ge with the Dragon Slayer Rudeus Greyrat.

• Gal led Luo Ge to his collection of magic swords and let him choose one as his Sword King reward.
• Luo Ge chose the Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword, and Gal explained that it could nullify Touki defenses and suit Sword God Style techniques.
• Gal told Luo Ge to spend each day swinging his sword with ordinary moves, and Luo Ge accepted the instruction.
• Nina confronted Gal about giving Luo Ge the sword, then vowed to surpass him after Gal urged her to keep getting stronger.
• People across nearby towns discussed Luo Ge's Sword King title and Rudeus Greyrat's Red Dragon victory, prompting comparisons between the two.
• Nina insisted that Rudeus was stronger and privately took comfort in the idea that he might make Luo Ge's life difficult.

Nina grew increasingly resentful as the Sword Sanctum welcomed Luo Ge and Gino befriended him, while Luo Ge ignored her attempts to provoke him. She vowed to defeat Luo Ge herself and continued watching his every move.

• Nina overheard female disciples praising Luo Ge and angrily confronted them, but they scattered rather than challenge her.
• Nina dragged Gino aside and accused him of abandoning their plan to ostracize Luo Ge; Gino said Luo Ge was decent and warned her not to provoke him.
• Gino told Nina that Luo Ge had shared swordsmanship advice and claimed he had encountered the Dragon God, but Nina dismissed the story.
• Nina grew frustrated that everyone admired Luo Ge, including her father, who had given him the Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword.
• Nina repeatedly mocked Luo Ge, but he calmly ignored her, so she left vowing to beat him herself.

Luo Ge spent more than a year refining his swordsmanship, mana, and self-developed Magic Sword Style, while Nina trained hard in hopes of catching up to him. After witnessing his devastating sword slash, Nina realized the gap between them had only widened, leaving her discouraged despite achieving Sword Saint rank.

• Nina secretly followed Luo Ge and, seeing how relentlessly he trained, began competing with him by arriving early and practicing harder.
• Luo Ge moved his training to a remote seaside cliff, where repeated sword swings strengthened his resolve and refined his Sword God Style.
• Over the following year, Luo Ge mastered Sword of Light, greatly expanded his mana reserves, and developed Magic Sword Style by combining voiceless magic with sword techniques.
• Luo Ge's stats improved further, and at nine years old he unleashed a powerful slash across the sea before returning to meditation.
• Nina, newly promoted to Sword Saint after learning Sword of Light, witnessed Luo Ge's slash and left in despair, believing she could never catch up.

North Emperor Auber Corbray arrived at the Sword Sanctum and fought Luo Ge, discovering the young swordsman was the famed Demon Sword King. Gal invited Auber to teach Luo Ge North God Style techniques so he could prepare to defeat the Dragon God, and Luo Ge agreed to learn from him.

• Auber asked Luo Ge to introduce him to Sword God Gal, but Luo Ge challenged him when he refused to move aside.
• Luo Ge and Auber exchanged dozens of sword strikes, matching each other with Sword God Style and North God Style techniques.
• Auber recognized Luo Ge as the Demon Sword King and praised his swordsmanship when Gal joined them.
• Gal revealed that he had summoned Auber to teach Luo Ge North God Style because Luo Ge wanted to defeat the Dragon God, who had mastered all three sword styles.
• Luo Ge accepted Auber's instruction, and Auber agreed to teach him.

Luo Ge impressed Auber by advancing rapidly in the North God Style, while Nina left the Sword Sanctum to prove herself and encountered a Snow Dragon Beast. The chapter ended as Nina charged at the monster with no way to escape.

• Luo Ge and Auber sparred, and Auber judged Luo Ge to have reached King Rank in the North God Style and to be on track for Emperor Rank.
• The disciples praised Luo Ge, while Nina watched resentfully and left the Sword Sanctum alone to hunt a monster for a Sword Saint fur coat.
• Nina lit a fire near the frozen waterfall and killed a pack of demon wolves that came out of the forest.
• A Snow Dragon Beast appeared, and Nina realized she could not defeat it alone.
• The Snow Dragon Beast attacked Nina, and she charged at it rather than retreat.

After Nina went missing for three days, Luo Ge rode into the western forest to search for her and found her stranded beneath a waterfall, injured and close to death. He rescued her from a demonic wolf, but Nina lost consciousness before she could identify him.

• Sword God Gal ordered the disciples to search for Nina, while Luo Ge insisted he had not left the sanctum.
• Luo Ge took Little Red and rode west, suspecting Nina had gone to the forest near the waterfall.
• Nina’s memories revealed that she had escaped a snow dragon beast by jumping from the waterfall and had spent three days injured, cold, and hungry.
• A demonic wolf approached Nina as she lay unable to defend herself, and she cried for someone to save her.
• An unidentified swordsman killed the wolf with a flash of sword light, and Nina passed out before learning who had rescued her.

Nina woke healed in a cave after an unknown magician saved her, then returned to the Sword Sanctum and confronted Luo Ge, frustrated by his strength and composure. When she tried to recruit Gino to criticize him, Gino instead asked Luo Ge to teach him swordsmanship, leaving Nina alone in her argument.

• Nina woke in a cave with her injuries healed and found that her mysterious rescuer had left behind an outer robe.
• Nina returned to the Sword Sanctum, where Gino and her friends welcomed her back; she kept the rescuer's identity secret.
• At the dojo, Nina objected when the girls praised Luo Ge and then blocked his path to insult him.
• Nina told Luo Ge she had become a Sword Saint, but he calmly congratulated her and questioned whether the rank was strong.
• Nina called on Gino to help her challenge Luo Ge, but Gino asked Luo Ge for swordsmanship advice instead.

Luo Ge met Hitogami in the world of nothingness and learned that he was still far too weak to defeat the Dragon God. Hitogami gave him three goals for becoming strong enough, and Luo Ge woke from the encounter determined to pursue them.

• Hitogami told Luo Ge that, despite his advances in magic and swordsmanship, he could not yet defeat the Dragon God.
• Hitogami promised to create an opportunity for Luo Ge to defeat the Dragon God if he followed his advice.
• Hitogami instructed Luo Ge to reach God Rank in the Sword God, North God, and Water God styles.
• Hitogami told Luo Ge to seek the help of Sword God Gal Farion, Water God Reida, and North God Kalman III Alexander Rybak.
• Hitogami told Luo Ge to find the King Dragon Sword and Battle God Armor, then disappeared from the white void.
• Luo Ge woke in his bedroom, reflected that mastering all three styles would take years, and went back to sleep.

Water God Reida and her apprentice Isolte visited the Sword Sanctum, where Isolte searched for Rudeus and Nina suspected he was the boy known as Rog Greyrat. As Gal prepared Reida to meet the disciple he wanted her to train, the boy approached, and Isolte recognized him.

• Reida arrived at the Sword Sanctum with Isolte, and Nina escorted them toward the audience chamber.
• Isolte asked Nina whether a disciple named Rudeus was at the Sanctum, then described Rudeus Greyrat after Nina said she did not know him.
• Nina realized Isolte's description matched Rog Greyrat and offered to introduce them when he came out.
• Behind the audience chamber doors, Gal asked Reida to teach a disciple the Water God Style and called the boy a monster.
• A boy in a white swordsman's uniform approached, and Isolte recognized him.

Luo Ge reunited with Isolte but failed to remember her name, then traded blunt remarks with the Water God, Reida. Reida urged Isolte to challenge him, and Isolte prepared to fight before asking Luo Ge for one small favor.

• Isolte recognized Luo Ge, but he initially did not remember her and then mistakenly called her Lute Izo.
• Nina ushered Luo Ge, Nina, and Isolte into the audience chamber, where Reida recognized Luo Ge as Gal's disciple and learned he was a Sword King.
• Luo Ge insulted Reida's early skill, and Isolte felt better when she saw that he treated her grandmother just as bluntly.
• Reida told Isolte to test Luo Ge and encouraged her by saying the Water God Style could counter the Sword God Style.
• Isolte faced Luo Ge, acknowledged the gap between their ranks, and asked him to grant her a small request before they fought.

Luo Ge defeated Isolte in a Water God Style spar by exploiting her desperation to win, despite letting her believe she had the advantage. Water God Reida tried to recruit him afterward, but he reaffirmed his loyalty to the Sword Sanctum.

• Isolte challenged Luo Ge to fight using only the Water God Style, and Nina refereed the match.
• Luo Ge deliberately used a slow, heavy strike that Isolte blocked, then let her drive him back with a series of counterattacks.
• When Isolte thrust at an apparent opening, Luo Ge used a Water God Style technique to send her flying and win the duel.
• Water God Reida explained that Luo Ge had exploited Isolte’s desperation, and Isolte admitted defeat.
• Reida offered to bring Luo Ge into the Water God Style, but he refused, saying he would always remain a disciple of the Sword Sanctum.

Luo Ge explained to Isolte why she lost their duel, then accompanied her to meet her master, Reida. As they walked through the Sword Sanctum, Isolte warmed to Luo Ge and hoped to get to know him better.

• Reida and Gal agreed that Isolte would stay at the Sword Sanctum to learn the Sword God Style, while Gal would teach Reida's disciple.
• Isolte visited Luo Ge and asked why their matching moves in the previous day's duel had ended with her being sent flying.
• Luo Ge told Isolte that speed and superior strength had beaten her focus on technique, then boastfully declared she could never defeat him.
• Isolte invited Luo Ge to meet her master, and he agreed after washing up.
• As they crossed the Sword Sanctum, Luo Ge patiently helped disciples with their swordsmanship, impressing Isolte with his approachable manner.

Luo Ge met the Water God, Reida, who agreed to teach him the Water God Style in exchange for his guidance of her disciple Isolte. When Reida learned that Luo Ge had learned the style from his father Paul, she recalled Paul’s scandalous departure from her dojo.

• Reida praised Isolte’s swordsmanship talent and told Luo Ge she believed he could defeat the Dragon God.
• Reida asked Luo Ge to guide Isolte as she taught him the Water God Style, and Luo Ge agreed.
• Reida asked about Luo Ge’s Water God Style rank and learned he had reached Advanced Rank under Paul’s instruction.
• Reida recognized Paul as a former dojo disciple who had fled after a scandal involving a female disciple.
• Reida warned Luo Ge not to treat Isolte as Paul had treated the woman, while Luo Ge privately reflected on Paul’s infamous reputation.

Luo Ge trained with Water God Reida and explained that he wanted to defeat Dragon God Orsted because he wanted to live. After seeing Luo Ge use voiceless magic in their spar, Reida became convinced he could become the Water God, while Isolte accepted that he was someone she still hoped to catch up to.

• Water God Reida discussed Luo Ge's father's swordsmanship and explained that advancing in the Water God Style required mastering one of its five secret arts.
• Luo Ge said he wanted to defeat Dragon God Orsted because Orsted had nearly killed him, and Reida admitted she feared the Dragon God.
• Reida taught Luo Ge the Water God Style's techniques, and the two sparred as Luo Ge struggled to find an opening in her defense.
• Luo Ge used voiceless wind magic to escape Reida's counterattack, shocking her and prompting her to say he would definitely become the Water God if he trained hard.
• Isolte felt a brief sense of defeat but smiled as she renewed her resolve to catch up to Luo Ge.

Luo Ge tested himself against Water God Reida but could not break her flawless defense and conceded. Reida recognized his extraordinary talent and compared his potential to the First Water God, while Isolte renewed her resolve to catch up to him.

• Luo Ge used the Transparent World and tried several attacks against Water God Reida, but her defensive counters stopped each one, so he conceded.
• Isolte praised Reida, who reminded her that Luo Ge was not yet ten and had already become a Sword King capable of making Reida take him seriously.
• Reida told Isolte that Luo Ge was a genius among geniuses and said she might have been discouraged too if she had met him when she was young.
• Reida said Luo Ge reminded her of the First Water God, whose mastery of magic matched his God Rank swordsmanship.
• Reida predicted Luo Ge could surpass her in the Water God Style and perhaps reach the First Water God's heights, though she lamented that his aspirations lay elsewhere.
• That night, Isolte practiced sword swings in the snowy courtyard, determined to catch up to Luo Ge and reclaim her pride.

Luo Ge mastered a Water God Style secret art under Reida’s instruction, then discovered that Little Red had stolen the Sanctum’s female disciples’ panties and brought them to his room. As the Sanctum searched for the thief, someone knocked on Luo Ge’s door while he stood beside the incriminating sack.

• Luo Ge mastered one of the Water God Style’s five great secret arts after half a month of training with Reida.
• Little Red returned to Luo Ge’s room with a sack and sought praise for its gift.
• A disciple told Luo Ge that a thief had stolen the female disciples’ panties, and Gal ordered an investigation.
• Reida confronted Gal over the theft, while Nina led the female disciples in searching the Sanctum.
• Luo Ge opened the sack and realized Little Red had stolen the panties, including Reida’s, from the Sanctum.
• Someone knocked on Luo Ge’s door as he panicked beside the sack.

Luo Ge narrowly avoided having Isolte discover the stolen goods hidden under his bed when she mistook the Red Dragon for the secret he was hiding. Just as he prepared to burn the bundle, Isolte returned and caught him holding it.

• Nina demanded to search Luo Ge's room, but Isolte volunteered to inspect it instead.
• Isolte searched the room while Luo Ge nervously tried to keep her from looking under the bed.
• Isolte found the Red Dragon under the bed and assumed Luo Ge had been hiding a monster.
• After Isolte left, Luo Ge pulled out the bundle of stolen goods and prepared to burn it.
• Isolte reopened the door and caught Luo Ge holding the bundle.

Luo Ge was caught with the stolen underwear that the Red Dragon had brought into his room, and Isolte teased him by pretending to believe he was the thief. She revealed she already knew the Red Dragon was responsible, then left Luo Ge with her own underwear as a private secret between them.

• Isolte found Luo Ge beside a bundle of stolen women's underwear and accused him of being the Holy Land's panty thief.
• Luo Ge blamed the Red Dragon, but Isolte pretended to doubt him and promised to keep his supposed secret.
• Isolte revealed she had seen the Red Dragon steal the underwear the night before and had only been teasing Luo Ge.
• Isolte gave Luo Ge a pair of her own underwear and warned him to keep them safe as their little secret.
• Luo Ge blamed the Red Dragon for the trouble and said it would get no snacks for a month.

Luo Ge advanced rapidly in Water God Style while remaining determined to grow strong enough to defeat the Dragon God. Isolte admitted she had fallen for him and asked Nina to help bring them together, while Nina’s memories of a mysterious rescuer stirred feelings she had not examined.

• Luo Ge progressed from Advanced Rank to near Water Emperor in Water God Style and focused on becoming strong enough to defeat the Dragon God.
• Isolte watched Luo Ge train and told Nina she admired him and wanted to win his heart.
• Nina insisted she was focused on becoming the Sword God, but remembered the unknown man who had rescued her three months earlier.
• Isolte asked Nina to help bring her and Luo Ge together, and Nina reluctantly agreed.

Luo Ge practiced the Water God Style at the beach while Isolte and Nina secretly watched him. At lunch, Isolte used her loss to Nina as an excuse to ask Luo Ge for help, and he offered to teach her Light Reversal, a counter to Nina’s Sword of Light.

• Luo Ge practiced swordsmanship at the beach, and Isolte and Nina watched him from behind a rock.
• Isolte approached Luo Ge at lunch and tried to arrange another meeting, but he turned down her invitations.
• Isolte told Luo Ge that Nina had defeated her because she could not sense Nina’s killing intent or follow her fast sword techniques.
• Luo Ge recognized Nina’s Sword of Light and explained that Light Reversal could interrupt it by striking the opponent’s sword wrist before the slash reached full speed.
• Isolte agreed to learn Light Reversal from Luo Ge.

Luo Ge taught Isolte the Light Reversal technique, which was designed to counter the Sword of Light, and she learned its basic movements after an afternoon of practice. Over the next three days, Isolte kept finding excuses to get close to Luo Ge during training, while he noticed her odd behavior but decided to let it go.

• Luo Ge demonstrated Light Reversal to Isolte and explained how to use it against the Sword of Light.
• Isolte struggled to grasp the technique, so Luo Ge guided her movements by holding her wrist and correcting her stance.
• Isolte successfully performed Light Reversal, and Luo Ge told her they would continue strict training the next day.
• Over the following three days, Isolte repeatedly sought Luo Ge's help and found excuses to touch or lean against him.
• Luo Ge noticed Isolte acting strangely around him but decided not to question her as long as she continued practicing.