Recaps

Ye Qiubai declined special treatment from the Starfall Sword Sect, earning the elders’ trust, then prepared to test the strength he gained from the Starfall Sword Emperor’s inheritance. His first spar with Lin Jie began as he wielded the legendary Starfall Sword.

• Ye Qiubai told Jian Wufeng he would only ask the sect for resources when he truly needed them, and Jian Wufeng praised his independence.
• After Ye Qiubai left, the mountain gatekeeper emerged and agreed with Jian Wufeng that Ye Qiubai’s character made him worthy of entrusting the sect to.
• Ye Qiubai reunited with Lin Jie, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng, and Lin Jie challenged him to a spar to gauge his improved strength.
• At the sparring grounds, Lin Jie asked Ye Qiubai to use the Starfall Sword, and Ye Qiubai brought out the nine-foot legendary weapon.
• Ye Qiubai unleashed the first strike of the Starfall Sword Technique, filling the arena with powerful Star Sword Intent, and Lin Jie raised his sword to meet it.

Ye Qiubai and Lin Jie fought a sword duel that tested their limits, with Lin Jie unleashing his sharpest strike and Ye Qiubai answering with the twenty-first strike of the Starfall Sword Technique. Ye Qiubai overwhelmed Lin Jie, who admitted defeat.

• In the shadows, Zhang Yunzong told the masters of Purple Haze Peak and Ultimate Intent Peak that Ye Qiubai's talent surpassed Lin Jie's.
• Lin Jie and Ye Qiubai clashed, and Lin Jie found himself at a disadvantage against Ye Qiubai's heavy Starfall Sword.
• Lin Jie drew out the Sword Intent from the mark on his forehead and unleashed his strongest sword strike, pushing his skill beyond his realm.
• Ye Qiubai built up the Starfall Sword Technique to its twentieth strike, and he and Lin Jie agreed to settle the duel with one final blow.
• Ye Qiubai's twenty-first strike broke Lin Jie's attack, and Lin Jie conceded defeat as Ye Qiubai's sword stopped a finger's breadth from his chest.

The Evil Race commander led the defeated generals toward the Heavenly Spirit Realm, where Ning Chenxin and Hong Ying prepared for another invasion. After learning the enemy would arrive in two days, Lu Changsheng reluctantly decided to act.

• A commander spared the blue-faced evil generals and ordered them to follow him to the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Ning Chenxin completed the World-Purifying Array at Cloud Phoenix Palace, with Mu Wan'er and other alchemists ready to support him.
• Hong Ying and Man Wujiang organized the realm’s defenses and sent Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin into seclusion to strengthen themselves.
• Lu Changsheng improved his emotion-calming array and tested it on Liu Ziru.
• Liu Ziru told Lu Changsheng that the Evil Race had set out and would reach the Heavenly Spirit Realm in two days.
• Lu Changsheng cursed that he must owe those little brats and got up from his recliner.

Lu Changsheng went to intercept the Evil Race before they could reach the Heavenly Spirit Realm and slaughtered their forces with his wooden sword. The chapter ended with Man Wujiang wondering why the Evil Race had not arrived.

• Liu Ziru told Lu Changsheng that an Evil Race commander in the Spirit Division Realm and his forces were approaching the Heavenly Spirit Realm.
• Lu Changsheng and Liu Ziru waited in the spatial turbulence, and Lu Changsheng decided to handle the attackers himself to avoid owing the Dark Domain a favor.
• The commander and the Evil Race forces arrived, and Lu Changsheng killed the commander with a single sword strike.
• Lu Changsheng unleashed sword light on the remaining Evil Race members and began a one-sided slaughter.
• Man Wujiang looked into the sky in the Heavenly Spirit Realm and wondered why the Evil Race had not arrived.

Lu Changsheng secretly eliminated the Extraterrestrial Evil Race threat, while Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin grew stronger and remained unaware of his actions. At the Starfall Sword Sect, Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei faced a new threat as representatives of three first-rate powers arrived together.

• Lu Changsheng destroyed the corpses and souls of the Evil Race, then repeatedly returned to check for overlooked traces.
• Hong Ying emerged from seclusion at the late-stage Emperor Realm, and Man Wujiang encouraged her to join the Boundless Dynasty when she left the Cloud Phoenix Empire.
• Ning Chenxin advanced in his Dao attainment while the Heavenly Spirit Realm stayed alert for the Evil Race.
• Lu Changsheng returned to the Cottage and chose not to tell his disciples that he had removed the threat, believing they should remain vigilant.
• The Cold Spirit Sect, Profound Brightness Cliff, and Divine Spear Sect sent peak Spirit Division Realm representatives to the Starfall Sword Sect in search of Ye Qiubai and his companions.
• Zhang Yunzong and the peak masters of Purple Haze Peak and Ultimate Intent Peak rose to meet the three visitors.

Three powerful sects demanded that the Starfall Sword Sect surrender Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei over the divine treasure Shi Sheng obtained, threatening war when the sect refused. The Starfall Sword Sect prepared to fight and support the three, while Jian Wufeng arranged intensive training for Ye Qiubai and Lin Jie.

• Bai Qikai, the Cold Spirit Sect fairy, and the Profound Brightness Cliff elder demanded that the Starfall Sword Sect hand over Ye Qiubai and his two companions, revealing their interest in Shi Sheng’s treasure from the Kunlun Heavenly Pool.
• The Starfall Sword Sect disciples drew their swords, and Jian Wufeng declared that the sect would not surrender the three and accepted the threat of war.
• After the three representatives left, Jian Wufeng recalled absent disciples and elders, ordered the sect to prepare for war, and opened its secret realms and cultivation methods.
• Lin Jie urged Ye Qiubai not to feel responsible for the sect’s decision, and Ye Qiubai gave up his idea of leaving to protect the Starfall Sword Sect.
• Jian Wufeng arranged for the three peak masters to instruct Lin Jie and offered to spar with Ye Qiubai so they could improve through combat.

The Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff escalated their conflict with the Starfall Sword Sect over the divine object Shi Sheng took from the Kunlun Heavenly Pool. As Ye Qiubai trained under Jian Wufeng, the three factions arrived at the Starfall Mountain Range, and Jian Wufeng ordered the sect to prepare for battle.

• The three first-rate factions declared war on the Starfall Sword Sect, while other factions watched and discussed the divine object Shi Sheng had obtained.
• Mu Zhengting asked Mu Fusheng about the divine object, and Mu Fusheng said he would not seize something already claimed by another; Mu Zhengting then suggested he go see the Starfall Sword Sect’s crisis.
• Jian Wufeng trained Ye Qiubai in basic sword techniques and explained the Sword Dao realms, while Ye Qiubai steadily lasted longer in their sparring.
• Jian Wufeng received a voice transmission confirming that the three factions had reached the Starfall Mountain Range and ordered the Sword Ancestor disciples to prepare to repel them.

The Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff attacked the Starfall Sword Sect, whose disciples and leaders chose to resist rather than surrender. As the sects’ strongest fighters clashed and the Big Dipper Sword Array formed, Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng joined the battle against dozens of Emperor Realm experts.

• Bai Qikai, Zhang Yunzong, and the other sect leaders confronted the Starfall Sword Sect, but Zhang Yunzong and the disciples refused to surrender.
• Zhang Yunzong, Purple Haze Peak's master, and Ultimate Intent Peak's master faced their opponents while Jian Wufeng and three Dao Integration Realm experts began a chess match in the sky.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng joined Lin Jie at the front of the formation despite being told to stay back.
• The three sects' forces attacked the mountain gates, and Lin Jie ordered the disciples to activate the Big Dipper Sword Array.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei charged alongside Lin Jie to meet dozens of Emperor Realm experts, beginning the great battle.

The Starfall Sword Sect faced the allied forces of the Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff while its disciples tried to form the Big Dipper Sword Array. Shi Sheng killed an Early Emperor Realm opponent, Xiao Hei and Lin Jie intercepted attackers, and Ye Qiubai engaged a Cold Spirit Sect fairy as the battle continued.

• Dozens of Emperor Realm experts from the allied army charged at the Starfall Sword Sect's disciples, while the sect's elders moved to intercept them.
• Shi Sheng confronted a Profound Brightness Cliff Emperor Realm expert, and Xiao Hei intercepted a Divine Spear Sect expert who tried to join the fight.
• Shi Sheng used his star-powered Minghuang Mystic Axe to split the Profound Brightness Cliff expert in two.
• Lin Jie moved to stop another Early Emperor Realm attacker, while Ye Qiubai faced a Cold Spirit Sect fairy wielding an ice-blue silk ribbon.
• Ye Qiubai used his Four Absolutes Primordial Sword to engage the fairy, but her palm strike sent him flying and froze his arm.

Ye Qiubai fought the Cold Spirit Sect fairy, an Emperor Realm cultivator, using the escalating strikes of the Starfall Sword Technique. He broke her Ice Lotus and killed her, leaving the Boundless Realm poised to be stirred by a Half-Step Emperor Realm cultivator slaying an Emperor Realm expert.

• Ye Qiubai endured the fairy’s attacks and countered with successive Starfall Sword Technique strikes, growing stronger with each blow and eventually injuring her.
• The fairy summoned her Ice Lotus trump card, but Ye Qiubai combined the Starfall Sword Technique with the Four Absolutes Primordial Sword to match its power.
• Ye Qiubai retreated to build momentum, then shattered the Ice Lotus with his eleventh strike and caused the fairy to suffer a backlash.
• Ye Qiubai seized the opening and killed the wounded fairy with his twelfth strike, piercing her chest and slaying an Emperor Realm cultivator.

As the Starfall Sword Sect was driven back by the three allied factions, Shi Sheng began using a domain Dao art to suppress their enemies. Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Lin Jie fought to protect him while he prepared to complete it.

• Lu Changsheng received Ye Qiubai's message asking for help against three first-rate factions and decided to travel to the Starfall Sword Sect himself.
• Bai Qikai gained the upper hand against Zhang Yunzong, while the Divine Spear Sect's sect master trapped Jian Wufeng's stones in their ongoing game.
• The allied forces intensified their assault as the Big Dipper Sword Array remained incomplete, and Lin Jie was injured by a middle Emperor Realm expert.
• Shi Sheng asked Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei to guard him for ten breaths, then began unleashing the domain Dao art Steal the Heavens and Replace the Sun.
• Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei were knocked back while intercepting a late-stage Emperor Realm expert, but Shi Sheng's starry domain descended and suppressed the enemy forces.

Shi Sheng’s domain and the Big Dipper Sword Array temporarily slowed the three allied forces, but the Starfall Sword Sect was nearing defeat after the array broke. Mu Fusheng arrived with the imperial guards and asked the attackers to end the conflict, but the sect masters refused to back down.

• Shi Sheng used Steal the Heavens and Replace the Sun to suppress the Divine Spear Sect elder, allowing Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei to fight him on more even terms.
• The Big Dipper Sword Array swept through the allied forces, killing many cultivators, before Bai Qikai shattered its attack and Zhang Yunzong wounded him without breaking his foundation.
• After the array broke, the Starfall Sword Sect’s defenders faced a growing rout, with Shi Sheng unable to fight and Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei wounded.
• A giant beast darkened the sky, and Mu Fusheng descended with the Silver-Armored Imperial Guard to ask the three sects to end the conflict.
• The Divine Spear Sect master rejected Mu Fusheng’s request, insisting the sects would not withdraw after their enmity had been established.

The three sects escalated their attack on the Starfall Sword Sect, while Mu Fusheng openly backed Ye Qiubai and threatened to involve the Boundless Dynasty. With the sect’s experts occupied and two Spirit Division Realm attackers closing in, Ye Qiubai trusted that his master would arrive.

• Jian Wufeng and Mu Fusheng rejected the three sects’ demands, and Mu Fusheng declared that he would defend Ye Qiubai as a friend.
• The Divine Spear Sect’s sect master summoned four Spirit Division Realm experts, who charged into the Starfall Sword Sect as Mu Fusheng’s two experts intercepted two of them.
• The Starfall Sword Sect’s gatekeeper confronted a Dao Integration Realm expert, but another Dao Integration Realm expert arrived to hold him back.
• The two remaining Spirit Division Realm experts charged toward Ye Qiubai and the others, and Xiao Hei prepared to release the sealed demon god.
• Ye Qiubai stopped Xiao Hei and said that their master would arrive soon.

Lu Changsheng arrived to protect Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng, instantly killing two Spirit Division Realm attackers before confronting the allied forces. He unleashed overwhelming Sword Dao power that annihilated their army, leaving the three sect masters in despair.

• Ye Qiubai told Shi Sheng and Xiao Hei that he had contacted Lu Changsheng, and Xiao Hei warned him that his master would scold him.
• Lu Changsheng tore open space, killed two Spirit Division Realm experts with Sword Intent, and emerged to reprimand Ye Qiubai for getting used to his scolding.
• Lu Changsheng dismissed the Boundless Realm's restrictions on Dao Integration Realm experts and demanded that anyone who wanted to kill his disciples step forward.
• After the Divine Spear Sect's master said they had sought the divine treasure, Lu Changsheng called the allied forces guilty and sent compressed Sword Dao Rules over them.
• Lu Changsheng's attack swept through the allied forces and reduced them to dust, while the three sect masters despaired and Mu Fusheng was pleased with his bet.

Lu Changsheng refused the three sect masters’ offer to surrender and demanded that everyone who took part in plotting to kill his disciples stay and die. When he attacked the Divine Spear Sect’s master with a strand of Sword Intent, the other two sect masters rushed to help.

• Lu Changsheng slaughtered the allied army and killed two Spirit Division Realm experts, leaving the Divine Spear Sect, the Cold Spirit Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff devastated.
• The Divine Spear Sect’s master accused Lu Changsheng of defying the world, but Lu Changsheng said the three sects had brought this on themselves by targeting his disciples.
• The three sect masters conceded defeat and offered to discuss compensation with Jian Wufeng, but Lu Changsheng refused to let them leave.
• Lu Changsheng said everyone involved in the attempt on his disciples’ lives would stay, and the Divine Spear Sect’s master prepared to fight with the support of the other two sect masters.
• Lu Changsheng’s Sword Intent collided with the Divine Spear Sect’s master’s Spear Intent, prompting the master to call for help as the Cold Spirit Sect’s and Profound Brightness Cliff’s masters attacked.

Lu Changsheng overwhelmed the three sect masters and killed the Divine Spear Sect’s supreme elder while defending against their attacks. After defeating the sect masters, he refused Profound Brightness Cliff’s master’s offer of treasure and declared that he would eliminate the sect as well.

• The Cold Spirit Sect’s master and Profound Brightness Cliff’s master joined the Divine Spear Sect’s master in resisting Lu Changsheng’s Sword Intent, but the three were steadily driven back.
• The Divine Spear Sect’s supreme elder launched a spear attack on Lu Changsheng, who caught and shattered the spear, seized him, and killed him with Sword Dao Rules power.
• The Divine Spear Sect’s master realized the supreme elder’s death left his sect severely weakened, while Mu Fusheng wondered whether his father could defeat Lu Changsheng.
• Lu Changsheng strengthened his attack with Sword Dao Rules power, breaking the three sect masters’ combined defense and leaving them coughing blood.
• Profound Brightness Cliff’s master begged Lu Changsheng to spare him and offered the sect’s treasures, but Lu Changsheng rejected the offer and said he would eliminate the sect.

Lu Changsheng killed the masters of the Divine Spear Sect, Cold Spirit Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff, then annihilated their sects. After sparing Jian Wufeng and the others at Ye Qiubai’s request, he left to finish eliminating any remaining threats.

• Lu Changsheng’s Sword Dao Rules destroyed the Divine Spear Sect master and the Cold Spirit Sect master.
• The Profound Brightness Cliff master detonated his body and fled as a soul, but Lu Changsheng used bloodline tracking and suppression to kill him across the void.
• Bai Qikai realized he could not escape and killed himself as Lu Changsheng turned toward him, while everyone from the three sects was annihilated.
• Lu Changsheng suspected Jian Wufeng, Mu Fusheng, and the others until Ye Qiubai told him they were friends.
• Lu Changsheng told Ye Qiubai to report for punishment when they returned, then vanished to cut off the remaining threats.

Lu Changsheng destroyed the Cold Spirit Sect, Divine Spear Sect, and Profound Brightness Cliff, while Mu Fusheng arranged to blame their destruction on the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. The chapter ended with Lu Changsheng receiving a quest to take Mu Fusheng as a disciple and puzzling over his “god of lying low” talent.

• Lu Changsheng tore through the Cold Spirit Sect’s concealment array and erased the sect and its grounds.
• Lu Changsheng slaughtered the Divine Spear Sect, buried its spear-shaped mountain underground, and then headed for Profound Brightness Cliff.
• Mu Fusheng told the silver-armored commander and an old man to suppress information about Lu Changsheng, suggesting they blame the destruction on the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• Jian Wufeng also chose to suppress information about the three sects’ destruction.
• Lu Changsheng saw a quest to take Mu Fusheng as a disciple and wondered what the “god of lying low” talent meant.

Lu Changsheng punished Ye Qiubai for provoking powerful factions and killing their disciples, then thanked the Starfall Sword Sect for protecting his disciples. He gave Jian Wufeng a wisp of Sword Dao Rules to help the sect comprehend the Sword Dao.

• Ye Qiubai offered Lu Changsheng a wooden sword and confessed to provoking factions and killing their disciples.
• Lu Changsheng invoked the saying, “Confess for leniency, rot in prison,” stopped Ye Qiubai from fleeing, and bound him with Sword Dao Rules.
• Lu Changsheng warned Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng to behave, while Mu Fusheng assured him the news of his arrival would remain sealed.
• Jian Wufeng explained that Ye Qiubai had inherited the Starfall Sword Sect’s Sword Emperor legacy and become its Sword Child.
• Lu Changsheng gave Jian Wufeng a wisp of Sword Dao Rules so the Starfall Sword Sect could comprehend the Sword Dao.

Lu Changsheng took Mu Fusheng as his disciple and gave him powerful talisman and lightning arts. After leaving, he left Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng together, with Mu Fusheng inviting his resentful senior brother for a drink.

• Lu Changsheng offered to take Mu Fusheng as his disciple, and Mu Fusheng accepted.
• Lu Changsheng gave Mu Fusheng the Book of Talisman Seals and praised his focus on escape and defensive talismans.
• Lu Changsheng passed Mu Fusheng the Nine-Nine Primordial Chaos Heavenly Lightning Dao Art and a jade pendant for contacting him.
• Lu Changsheng withdrew the Sword Dao Rules around Ye Qiubai, tore open space, and left.
• Ye Qiubai confronted Mu Fusheng, who invited him to drink before returning to study the talisman seals.

Mu Fusheng studied his master's talisman book, tested a powerful new escape talisman, and was summoned by Mu Zhengting, who confronted him about taking an expert as his master.

• Mu Fusheng studied the talisman book and learned about the Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman and the Ninefold Lightning Shield.
• Mu Fusheng spent two days inscribing a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman, then used it to escape the Boundless Dynasty's heavenly prison and return to his residence.
• Mu Fusheng spent two months testing the talisman's range and accuracy, then recorded his findings on a parchment scroll.
• A silver-armored guard summoned Mu Fusheng to the imperial palace, where Mu Zhengting asked why he had not told him about taking an expert as his master.

Mu Fusheng told Mu Zhengting that he had taken Lu Changsheng as his master because they shared the same cautious approach to cultivation. Mu Zhengting tried to prepare an apprenticeship gift, but Mu Fusheng’s account of Lu Changsheng’s generosity—and the wine Lu Changsheng brewed—left him speechless.

• Mu Zhengting summoned Mu Fusheng and questioned why he had chosen a master without informing him for two months.
• Mu Fusheng explained that Lu Changsheng was powerful and shared his belief in cultivating quietly and avoiding needless danger.
• Mu Zhengting approved of Lu Changsheng and ordered Mu Fusheng to choose treasures from the treasury as an apprenticeship gift.
• Mu Zhengting presented a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, a Thunderlight Nirvana Sword, and an imperial armament-grade spatial shuttle, but Mu Fusheng said his master might not value them.
• Mu Fusheng told Mu Zhengting that Lu Changsheng had given his senior brother the Power of the Stars, prompting Mu Zhengting to suggest inviting Lu Changsheng for a drink.
• Mu Fusheng gave Mu Zhengting Lu Changsheng’s liquor, and Mu Zhengting fell silent after tasting it.

Mu Fusheng urged Ye Qiubai to keep a low profile and warned him that the Mu Clan might oppose his relationship with Mu Ziqing. Ye Qiubai resolved to grow stronger, while Mu Fusheng chose to stand by him and share the risk.

• After a month of cultivation, Mu Fusheng completed dozens of Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans and went to find Ye Qiubai.
• Mu Fusheng warned Ye Qiubai to stop stirring up trouble and asked which factions he had provoked so he could prepare precautions.
• Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai that the Mu Clan might prevent Mu Ziqing from marrying outside the clan because of her awakened physique and bloodline.
• Ye Qiubai decided to surpass the power Mu Ziqing possessed so the Mu Clan would reconsider their opposition.
• Mu Fusheng said he would support Ye Qiubai despite the risk, leaving Ye Qiubai wondering if their master could take him back.

Mu Fusheng was ordered to accompany Mu Qingqing to investigate the upheaval at Boundary Mountain, where Evil Qi threatened to break the seal holding back the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. As their party traveled there with Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei, sinister voices in the black mist announced that the Starfall Sword Emperor’s suppression was nearing its end.

• Mu Zhengting summoned Mu Fusheng to court, where Prince Linlong reported that unstable Evil Qi had gathered at Boundary Mountain and the seal beyond it was stirring.
• Mu Qingqing volunteered to lead troops to investigate, and Mu Zhengting ordered Mu Fusheng to accompany her despite his protests.
• Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Xiao Hei about the mission, and they agreed to go with him while he prepared defensive talisman seals.
• Mu Qingqing arrived at Mu Fusheng’s residence, met his three senior brothers, and led them aboard an enormous ship surrounded by the Silver-Armored Imperial Guard.
• Within Boundary Mountain, black mist swirled as voices declared that the Starfall Sword Emperor’s suppression was ending and that the Low-Latitude Realms would face despair.

Mu Qingqing and Mu Fusheng led preparations in Dragonrise City after scouts disappeared inside Boundary Mountain. As teams set out to investigate, Xiao Hei sensed a presence with the same origin as himself and wanted to enter the mountain.

• Mu Fusheng tried to persuade Mu Qingqing not to assign him dangerous missions, while she asked about his master and senior brothers.
• Mu Qingqing and Mu Fusheng arrived in Dragonrise City, where the city lord reported that black mist and evil power had emerged in Boundary Mountain and several scouting teams had vanished.
• Mu Fusheng ordered the city lord to gather forces from nearby cities, while Mu Qingqing arranged a camp and a World-Purifying Great Array.
• Mu Qingqing assigned investigation teams to different parts of Boundary Mountain and warned them to retreat and call for help at the first sign of danger.
• Xiao Hei sensed a presence in the north of Boundary Mountain that shared his origin and told Ye Qiubai he wanted to investigate.