Recaps

Xie Feng used the funds he obtained from Xiao Tianzi to bring cultivation manuals and the Literary Dao Tower to Pill Maple Academy, then explored the tower and advanced to the early Literary Emperor realm. After returning to the academy, he encountered Lü Yan with ten unfamiliar children.

• Xiao Tianzi questioned Xie Feng about Kong Qiusu, promised to keep the meeting secret, and saw Xie Feng off with the money.
• Xie Feng transported two million top-tier Literary Dao cultivation manuals and the Literary Dao Tower to Pill Maple Academy.
• Xie Feng entered the tower and chose its super advanced cultivation space, where he found a Literary Dao Tree.
• Xie Feng cultivated beneath the tree and advanced from the late Literary Venerable realm to the early Literary Emperor realm.
• Xie Feng inspected the tower's other spaces, returned to Pill Maple Academy, and saw Lü Yan arriving with ten unfamiliar children.

Xie Feng reprimanded Han Yu for imposing an entrance assessment, reminding him that Pill Maple Academy followed the principle of education without discrimination. After meeting the students and learning that Hai Kuoyun had spread rumors about him, Xie Feng heard Tang Ran challenge him to explain the Literary Dao and began answering with a sudden display of power.

• Xie Feng summoned Han Yu and demanded to know why he had created an entrance assessment without the academy's approval.
• Xie Feng reminded Han Yu that Pill Maple Academy upheld equal education without discrimination, and Han Yu admitted his mistake.
• Xie Feng gathered all twenty children, introduced himself, and learned that Hai Kuoyun had ordered rumors about him to be spread.
• Tang Ran asked what the Literary Dao was and why students should study it, and Xie Feng said he would explain.
• Xie Feng unleashed the Power of the Literary Dao, forcing Tang Ran to his knees and shocking the other students.

Xie Feng taught Tang Ran that the Literary Dao existed to protect himself and others, then sparred with his senior brother Kong Qiusu to learn from his overwhelming mastery. Kong Qiusu began teaching Xie Feng a cultivation technique after calmly passing through his strongest attack.

• Xie Feng taught Tang Ran the Guard formula and showed him how it could defend against an attack.
• Xie Feng explained that strength was meant to protect oneself and others, and Tang Ran accepted his lesson.
• Jialan asked who deserved protection, and Xie Feng answered that a nation’s people and a family’s loved ones did.
• Xie Feng and Kong Qiusu began sparring, and Kong Qiusu effortlessly countered Xie Feng’s Literary Dao attacks.
• Xie Feng unleashed Vast as Wrath, but Kong Qiusu walked through the storm untouched and reached toward Xie Feng’s brow to teach him a cultivation technique.

Kong Qiusu taught Xie Feng his formidable cultivation art, Emperor Su’s Eight Returns, and explained its dangers and his faith in Xie Feng’s potential. Xie Feng was moved by his senior brother’s affection, while Little Sword broke down sobbing at their exchange.

• Kong Qiusu accidentally drained Xie Feng with Emperor Su’s Eight Returns, then stopped and restored him.
• Kong Qiusu explained that the art plundered eight aspects of a cultivator but that absorbed Dao laws could conflict and strain the body.
• Kong Qiusu told Xie Feng that their master had praised his exceptional aptitude and that he regarded his fellow disciples as family.
• Xie Feng asked whether Kong Qiusu feared being surpassed, and Kong Qiusu said he would be proud if Xie Feng became greater than him.
• Little Sword sobbed after hearing the brothers express their devotion to each other.

Xie Feng learned that the Spirit, Ghost, and Pill Clans had called an assembly of the ten clans in Delusion City, and Shui Yunjun warned him that it might be a trap. At the assembly, Yan Ming cautioned Kui Xin not to provoke Xie Feng, but Kui Xin insulted him.

• Shui Yunjun visited Xie Feng at Pill Maple Academy and told him that Hai Kuoyun, You Chenfeng, and Kui Xin had organized a ten-clan assembly in Delusion City.
• Xie Feng and Shui Yunjun agreed that the assembly could be a trap, and Shui Yunjun promised to act if anyone threatened him.
• You Chenfeng, Hai Kuoyun, and Kui Xin welcomed attendees to the assembly before the remaining clan patriarchs arrived.
• Kui Xin glared at Yan Ming over Yang Lin's death and tried to confront him, but Hai Kuoyun stopped him to preserve their plan.
• Yan Ming warned Kui Xin three times not to provoke Xie Feng, and Kui Xin retorted that Yan Ming was a coward afraid of Shui Yunjun.

The ten-clan assembly gathered in Delusion City as several clan leaders discussed plans against the Literary Clan and Xie Feng. Shui Yunjun and Xie Feng arrived together, drawing every gaze and leaving the assembly poised for confrontation.

• Yan Ming warned Kui Xin against provoking Xie Feng, but Kui Xin dismissed him and continued toward the assembly.
• Kui Xin, Hai Kuoyun, and You Chenfeng discussed their plan to target Shui Yunjun and Xie Feng, while Yan Ming overheard their conspiracy.
• Haidera told Mang Yan that he wanted to test Xie Feng, whom he considered a more intriguing target than Shui Yunjun.
• Zhou Jin, Ge Kuangwo, Chen Ling, and other guests arrived and took their seats.
• Shui Yunjun arrived at the assembly with Xie Feng behind her, and the assembled leaders watched them closely.

Xie Feng and Shui Yunjun attended the Assembly of the Ten Clans, where You Chenfeng slighted them before Buddha Venerable Lingdu showed Xie Feng unusual courtesy. Hai Kuoyun then revealed that the Spirit, Nether, and Pill Clans wanted the Literary Clan removed from the ten great clans.

• You Chenfeng offered Xie Feng no seat until Shui Yunjun challenged him, and Xie Feng mocked the Ghost Clan's quick change of leadership.
• Buddha Venerable Lingdu arrived, treated Xie Feng with respect, and took a seat beside You Chenfeng.
• The leaders welcomed the gathered powers as the Assembly of the Ten Clans began.
• Hai Kuoyun announced that the Spirit, Nether, and Pill Clans proposed striking the Literary Clan from the ten great clans.
• The attendees reacted with shock and argued over whether the Literary Clan deserved its standing.

Hai Kuoyun called for the Literary Clan to be removed from the ten great clans and forced into seclusion, while Shui Yunjun questioned his plan. You Chenfeng nominated Chen Ling’s Dust Clan to replace them, but Chen Ling stood with Xie Feng and refused to be used; Hai Kuoyun then put the proposal to a vote.

• Hai Kuoyun accused Shui Yunjun and the Literary Clan of destabilizing the Dao Realm and demanded their removal from the ten great clans.
• Shui Yunjun asked whom Hai Kuoyun intended to support, and You Chenfeng nominated Chen Ling’s Dust Clan.
• Chen Ling rejected You Chenfeng’s proposal and made clear that she stood with Xie Feng.
• Shui Yunjun and Xie Feng discussed the three clans’ attempt to pressure the Literary Clan, while Little Sword argued with Kong Qiusu in Xie Feng’s dantian.
• Hai Kuoyun called for attendees to vote on the Literary Clan’s expulsion by raising red or blue cards.

At a banquet where two hundred factions voted on removing the Literary Clan from its position, Xie Feng and Shui Yunjun faced a close contest between support and opposition. With the final votes still undecided, Xie Feng turned to Cloud Clan Leader Yun Qingmeng and asked after her princess.

• Hai Kuoyun, You Chenfeng, and Kui Xin raised red cards against the Literary Clan, and many factions followed their lead.
• Zhou Jin, Ge Kuangwo, and their allies raised blue cards in support, and Xie Feng also cast a blue card after Shui Yunjun entrusted him with her decisions.
• Buddha Venerable Lingdu declared Buddha Island neutral, prompting several factions to choose neutrality as well.
• Xue Yan and Qing Wu declared the Snow Clan and Moon Clan neutral, and Yan Ming chose neutrality for the Blaze Clan.
• The tally reached seventy red cards, seventy blue cards, fifty-four neutral votes, and six undecided factions: the Dark Sea Clan, Star Clan, Cloud Clan, Blaze Clan, Snow Clan, and Moon Clan.
• Xie Feng addressed Cloud Clan Leader Yun Qingmeng and asked whether her princess had been well.

Xie Feng tried to persuade the clans at the assembly to support the Literary Clan, while Haidera chose to back its removal and Yi Cang declared the Star Clan neutral. Xie Feng then used an argument about Pei Jue’s authority to press Yi Cang to change the Star Clan’s vote, leaving Yi Cang unconvinced.

• Yun Qingmeng withheld the Cloud Clan’s vote until the other clans had decided, despite Hai Kuoyun’s objections.
• Mang Yan advised Haidera that the Dark Sea Clan should avoid being drawn into a conflict, but Haidera pushed his red card forward to support removing the Literary Clan.
• Yi Cang declared the Star Clan neutral, giving Hai Kuoyun’s side a narrow lead.
• Xie Feng questioned Yi Cang about the Star Clan’s strength and Pei Jue’s authority, then argued that Yi Cang should follow Pei Jue and choose the blue card.
• Yi Cang asked why he should believe Xie Feng’s claim that Pei Jue would support him.

Xie Feng defended the Literary Clan against accusations from the Ghost, Spirit, and Pill Clans, persuading Yun Qingmeng and the assembly to support them. The blue placards won by a landslide, leaving Xie Feng credited with turning the vote around.

• Yi Cang changed his vote to blue after Xie Feng implied he had a close connection to the Star Clan leader, tying the tally at one vote each.
• Yun Qingmeng asked Xie Feng to respond after You Chenfeng and the others accused the Literary Clan of interfering in their battle.
• Xie Feng condemned the three clans for invading Flame Island, attacking its people, colluding, attempting to kill him, and violating the great-clan covenant.
• The assembly turned against the three clans, and many attendees changed their votes to blue.
• Yun Qingmeng chose the blue placard, giving the Literary Clan 175 votes against 20 red votes and five abstentions.

Xie Feng stopped Hai Kuoyun, You Chenfeng, and Kui Xin from ending the meeting and demanded compensation for their attack on Flame Island. He named a staggering payment of fifty trillion Dao Crystals from each clan to each of Xie Feng, Shui Yunjun, and Ge Kuangwo, leaving the hall stunned.

• Haidera kept his red vote and became more interested in Xie Feng, despite Mang Yan warning him about Xie Feng's power and influence.
• Hai Kuoyun tried to adjourn the meeting, but Xie Feng demanded an apology and Shui Yunjun declared the Literary Clan and Dust Clan allies.
• Ge Kuangwo rejected the three clan leaders' apology, and Xie Feng refused to let them leave without addressing Flame Island's losses.
• Xie Feng demanded fifty trillion Dao Crystals from each of the three clans for each of himself, Shui Yunjun, and Ge Kuangwo, stunning everyone in the hall.

Xie Feng demanded that Kui Xin, Hai Kuoyun, and You Chenfeng pay the Literary Clan, provoking a confrontation at the meeting. Shui Yunjun’s overwhelming power forced them to back down, and the chapter ended with the clan chiefs being pressured to write IOUs.

• You Chenfeng objected to Xie Feng’s demand, and Kui Xin and Zhou Jin stood up as tensions escalated.
• Hai Kuoyun and You Chenfeng joined the standoff, but Shui Yunjun unleashed her Dao Ancestor Realm pressure and overwhelmed them.
• Kui Xin urged the others to avoid fighting and offered to discuss the money, but Xie Feng insisted they agree immediately.
• Kui Xin agreed to pay and wrote an IOU for the debt, with Xie Feng setting a six-month deadline.
• Xie Feng warned Hai Kuoyun and You Chenfeng that their debts could rise, and Kui Xin urged them to write their IOUs too.

Xie Feng secured IOUs from three clan leaders after the conference and left Delusion City with Shui Yunjun, who discussed the looming war between the Literary Clan and the Spirit and Ghost Clans. On his way back to Pill Maple Academy, Xie Feng entered an ink bamboo forest with Kong Qiusu and met Pei Jue paying tribute to his missing master.

• Xie Feng collected IOUs from You Chenfeng, Hai Kuoyun, and the third clan leader, promising to visit their homes for the Dao Crystals in six months.
• Shui Yunjun warned Xie Feng that the three clan leaders would not let the matter rest and explained why war between the clans had become inevitable.
• Xie Feng and Shui Yunjun parted ways, with Shui Yunjun giving him a voice transmission talisman before returning to the Literary Clan.
• Kong Qiusu recognized the ink bamboo forest as familiar, so Xie Feng entered it with him.
• Pei Jue paid tribute to his vanished master and told him he planned to claim the Star Ancestor's inheritance and change the Star Clan.
• Pei Jue recognized Xie Feng as his martial uncle and asked where his master was; Xie Feng said he had seen him and reassured Pei Jue that his master had praised him.

Xie Feng agreed to help Pei Jue win over Yi Cang and protect him from an assassination in the Nether Passage Secret Realm. After killing an attacker in the bamboo grove, Xie Feng faced Hai Kuoyun, the Spirit Clan’s leader.

• Pei Jue told Xie Feng about his efforts to reform the Star Clan and the obstacles posed by his uncle Pei Shanhe and the clan’s powerful officials.
• Pei Jue revealed that Grand Elder Feng Lin planned to assassinate him when the Nether Passage Secret Realm opened, and Xie Feng promised to accompany him.
• Pei Jue gave Xie Feng a tracking tag and left the bamboo grove.
• Xie Feng considered entering the secret realm early, but Little Sword criticized him for taking advantage of Pei Jue’s trust.
• Xie Feng killed an attacker who shot a blazing arrow at him, then learned that someone else was approaching.
• Hai Kuoyun emerged from the bamboo grove and taunted Xie Feng.

Xie Feng faced Hai Kuoyun in the ink bamboo forest and used the Dao-Burying Sword Art to empower Little Sword against the Nether Tribulation Emperor Sword. Little Sword grew into a towering sword as the two blades prepared to clash.

• Xie Feng and Hai Kuoyun exchanged taunts before Hai Kuoyun attacked with the Nine Heavens Profound Palm.
• Xie Feng used the northern nether illusory emperor flame to destroy Hai Kuoyun's palm attack.
• Hai Kuoyun summoned the Nether Tribulation Emperor Sword, and Xie Feng revealed that three Emperor Swords had been destroyed during the Spirit Clan's attack on Flame Island.
• Little Sword appeared as the Cherished Wine Cup Dao Sword, and the Nether Tribulation Emperor Sword trembled in fear.
• Xie Feng activated the Dao-Burying Sword Art, and Little Sword absorbed the power of heaven and earth until he towered above the forest.

Xie Feng defeated Hai Kuoyun after Little Sword devoured the Nether Tribulation Emperor Sword and pierced the Dao Emperor. He spared Hai Kuoyun temporarily in exchange for ten trillion in cash, sending the Spirit Clan leader back to fetch it.

• Little Sword swallowed the Nether Tribulation Emperor Sword, and Xie Feng advanced four tiers to the tenth tier of the Dao Master Realm.
• Hai Kuoyun attacked Xie Feng, but Little Sword pierced and immobilized him before Xie Feng destroyed his body.
• Hai Kuoyun recognized Little Sword as the Extreme Dao Sword, and Xie Feng called it the Cherished Wine Cup Dao Sword.
• Hai Kuoyun threatened war and then pleaded for his life, offering money in exchange for his freedom.
• Xie Feng demanded ten trillion in cash and told Hai Kuoyun to return to the Spirit Clan to get it.

Xie Feng forced Hai Kuoyun to take him to the Spirit Clan’s secret treasury and demanded ten trillion in payment. When Hai Kuoyun could not provide enough, Xie Feng questioned him about the Spirit Clan’s conflict with Flame Island, and Hai Kuoyun sprang a trap.

• Little Sword threatened Hai Kuoyun until he agreed to lead Xie Feng to the Spirit Clan’s secret chamber.
• Hai Kuoyun opened the royal treasury, where Xie Feng collected Dao Crystals, treasures, cultivation techniques, and weapons.
• When Xie Feng found the payment short, Hai Kuoyun offered his ten sons, but Xie Feng refused and insisted on the full amount.
• Xie Feng asked why the Spirit Clan and Ghost Clan had openly attacked Flame Island, and Hai Kuoyun said he would not trust Xie Feng to spare his life.
• Hai Kuoyun triggered the secret chamber’s alarm and formation, trapping Little Sword as powerful Spirit Clan forces rushed toward them.

Xie Feng escaped the Spirit Clan after killing Hai Kuoyun and destroying the clan’s underground city, leaving Han Haotian and the elders to believe their leader was dead. He returned to Pill Maple Academy, where Sushang welcomed him with a wreath and Han Yu began reciting verses for an unexpected occasion.

• Xie Feng realized Hai Kuoyun had triggered an alarm, but Little Sword broke free and killed him before the Spirit Clan’s experts arrived.
• Xie Feng destroyed the underground city and its formation, then left the Spirit Clan with Little Sword.
• Han Haotian found Hai Kuoyun’s token among the ruins and concluded that the clan leader might have been killed by Xie Feng.
• Han Haotian ordered Elder A to attack Pill Maple Academy, but Elder A evaded the assignment and urged the clan to choose a successor first.
• Xie Feng returned to the dark academy, where Sushang hugged him and placed a maple-leaf wreath on his head.
• Han Yu and the others lit up the academy and gathered around Xie Feng as Han Yu recited verses, leaving Xie Feng confused about the occasion.

Xie Feng celebrated his unexpected birthday with the people at Pill Maple Academy, then discovered his second senior brother, Ge Ya, had arranged the surprise. Their reunion became even more lively when Kong Qiusu appeared, and the two senior brothers immediately began trading insults.

• Changying and Zhou Jin brought Xie Feng birthday noodles and prepared a feast, while Sushang kept the celebration secret.
• Xie Feng celebrated with everyone at Pill Maple Academy and declined Sushang’s suggestion to tell others so they could collect presents.
• Sushang led Xie Feng to a side courtyard, where he found Ge Ya waiting beneath a maple tree with wine.
• Ge Ya toasted Xie Feng and lamented that their master and eldest senior brother were not there to celebrate with them.
• Kong Qiusu emerged from Xie Feng’s dantian, and he and Ge Ya greeted each other with hostile jokes.

Xie Feng celebrated his birthday with Kong Qiusu and Ge Ya, who traded insults but reaffirmed their bond as fellow disciples. Mu Bingxing watched them from afar with a silver-dressed woman, saying the time was not yet ripe to reunite with them.

• Kong Qiusu and Ge Ya bickered over their habits, wealth, and Ge Ya’s lost star mine while sharing wine with Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng raised a toast to their lifelong bond, and Kong Qiusu and Ge Ya agreed that they would always remain martial brothers.
• Ge Ya said he was searching the dimensions for their master, and Xie Feng asked him to look for Kong Qiusu’s physical body too.
• Mu Bingxing watched the three disciples drinking together from a cliff on Dark Ink Mountain, and a silver-dressed woman said one of them was still missing.
• Mu Bingxing said the time was not ripe, and the woman remarked that Kong Qiusu’s missing body meant their reunion would take longer.

On Xie Feng’s birthday, a mysterious woman in a silver dress came looking for him, while Ge Ya and Kong Qiusu gave Sushang extraordinary gifts. Sushang affirmed that Xie Feng was still the best in her heart, and Xie Feng prepared to meet the visitor.

• Mu Bingxing refused to visit Shui Yunjun or attend his disciple’s birthday, and watched Pill Maple Academy from the cliff.
• Sushang told Xie Feng that a beautiful, cold woman in a silver dress was waiting outside, prompting him to head to the gate.
• Ge Ya and Kong Qiusu recognized the visitor and warned Xie Feng that she was powerful and had a difficult temperament.
• Ge Ya gave Sushang a Dao Grade cultivation technique and told her to open it only when she was alone.
• Kong Qiusu gave Sushang a Black Diamond Dragon Insignia containing five hundred trillion.
• When Ge Ya asked whether he or Xie Feng was better, Sushang said Xie Feng was the best, then reassured Ge Ya that he was great too.

Xie Feng learned that Long Cangxue had come to reclaim the Extreme Dao Sword and Guixu, whose vessels were Little Sword and Changying. Long Cangxue offered to take Sushang as her disciple, but Sushang chose to remain with Xie Feng.

• Sushang brought Xie Feng to meet the silver-skirted woman, who introduced herself as Long Cangxue.
• Little Sword revealed that Long Cangxue was its true master and that Changying was Guixu’s vessel.
• Long Cangxue said she had come to take the Extreme Dao Sword and Guixu away so they could grow stronger.
• Changying gave Xie Feng her White Jade Immortal Gourd and Sushang her moon-white sachet, then reassured them they would meet again.
• Long Cangxue offered to take Sushang as her disciple, but Sushang refused, saying she valued companionship and wanted to stay with Xie Feng.

Long Cangxue transformed Sushang’s physique into the Great Cosmos Devil-Devouring Physique, raising her cultivation to the peak of the Dao Realm and her Alchemical Dao to high-level Emperor Grade. She explained how the acquired physique was made safe and hinted at her connection to Xie Feng’s master, leaving Xie Feng to annoy her with a blunt remark about her age.

• Long Cangxue bestowed the Great Cosmos Devil-Devouring Physique on Sushang, transforming her body and rapidly raising her cultivation and Alchemical Dao abilities.
• Xie Feng recognized the physique as the one possessed by his second senior brother, Ge Ya, and worried that Sushang might suffer from its dangers.
• Long Cangxue explained that Sushang’s acquired physique was safer than an innate one and that she had included a Great Cosmos Devil-Resolving Pill.
• Xie Feng learned that Long Cangxue had given Ge Ya the pill that let him control his physique, then asked about her background and relationship with his master.
• Long Cangxue called herself and Xie Feng’s master friends across the generations, and Xie Feng bluntly remarked that she looked over a thousand years old.
• Little Sword hit Xie Feng for insulting Long Cangxue and whispered that she was trying to save him from a deadly palm strike.

Long Cangxue told Xie Feng that he needed to match or surpass Ge Ya's strength before he could see his master, then gave him a black leaf to take to Primordial Bamboo for his master's birthday gift. After Long Cangxue departed with Changying and the others, Shui Yunjun arrived at the academy.

• Long Cangxue warned Little Sword not to embellish her words and told Xie Feng he could see his master once he matched or surpassed Ge Ya's strength.
• Long Cangxue gave Xie Feng a black leaf from his master and told him to bring it to Primordial Bamboo, which was in the Upper Realm.
• Long Cangxue departed on her Extreme Dao Phoenix, Little Silver, with Changying, Mian'er, and the old man in the straw rain cape.
• Sushang grew sad at Changying's departure, and Xie Feng comforted her while Little Sword wept until its tears flooded Dark Ink Mountain.
• Han Yu told Xie Feng that Shui Yunjun had arrived, and Xie Feng returned to the academy's main courtyard with Sushang and Little Sword.