Recaps

Ye Qiubai used the intent of life to restore and strengthen his Immortal Sword, breaking Su Muyou’s dragon and taotie phantoms and shattering the defenses of her Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron. He pointed his sword at Su Muyou and asked if the match was over, leaving her stunned by her defeat.

• Ye Qiubai unleashed an Immortal Sword slash, while Su Muyou used the Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron and her secret art to summon dragon and taotie phantoms against it.
• The dragon and taotie halted Ye Qiubai’s giant sword, causing its Sword Intent to leak and its form to flicker.
• Ye Qiubai wrapped the giant sword in the intent of life, restoring it and increasing its power.
• Ye Qiubai’s giant sword cleaved the phantoms in two and struck the Dragon-Binding Taotie Cauldron, shattering its ancient characters and forcing it back into Su Muyou’s storage ring.
• Ye Qiubai stepped forward and pointed his sword at Su Muyou, who stood stunned after losing.

Ye Qiubai defeated Su Muyou, securing Heavenly Sword Peak a place in the top three of the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition. Immortal Ape Village challenged Avici Purgatory, whose injured members conceded, leaving Heavenly Sword Peak, the Holy Talisman Sect, and Immortal Ape Village as the top three factions.

• Su Muyou accepted her defeat and invited Ye Qiubai to join the Su Clan, but he declined because he already belonged to Heavenly Sword Peak.
• The Inspector decided to report Ye Qiubai as a candidate for the Inspectors, while Xiao Hei and Mu Fusheng teased Ye Qiubai about Su Muyou and Mu Ziqing.
• The Inspector announced Heavenly Sword Peak's victory, bringing its score to 120 points, and Yuan Han asked Xiao Hei which faction Immortal Ape Village would challenge.
• Xiao Hei chose Avici Purgatory rather than the Su Clan, and Ye Qiubai scolded him for implying Su Muyou might become his sister-in-law.
• Avici Purgatory's Pan Xie conceded because his faction was badly injured, confirming Heavenly Sword Peak, the Holy Talisman Sect, and Immortal Ape Village as the top three.
• Avici Purgatory and Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall vanished from the area after the competition ended.

After the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition reshaped the Mid-Latitude Realm’s power rankings, the Inspectors considered recruiting Ye Qiubai and prepared for Severed Soul City’s opening. As hidden forces gathered souls near the city’s entrance, Lu Changsheng began preparing a grand teleportation array in the Changsheng Realm.

• The Holy Talisman Sect, Immortal Ape Village, and Heavenly Sword Peak took the top three places, while the Su Clan, Spirit Immortal Palace, Immortal Ape Village, and Holy Talisman Sect became the Mid-Latitude Realm’s four top-tier forces.
• On Heaven-Hating Peak, Zhan Zhi urged Elder Cui to recruit new disciples, but he rejected the promising candidates because they did not meet his standards.
• The tower master of the Talisman Tower heard about Mu Fusheng’s performances and suspected the Mid-Latitude Realm was too small for him.
• Han Jinghe proposed making Ye Qiubai an Inspector, and the other Inspectors agreed to ask the Divine Envoy to approve him as a candidate.
• The Inspectors prepared for Severed Soul City to open in fifteen days, while black-robed figures gathered souls at its entrance.
• In the Changsheng Realm, Lu Changsheng began preparing a grand teleportation array.

Lu Changsheng learned why cultivators from the Mortal Realm lacked true immortal strength and planned to send his disciples to the Immortal Realm once they reached the Earth Immortal realm. He secured teleportation routes to the Changsheng Realm while Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei strengthened themselves before Severed Soul City opened.

• Hong Ying reported that only five domains remained unconquered, while she reached the peak Turbid Immortal realm and Shi Sheng reached the late Turbid Immortal realm.
• Willow Tree explained to Lu Changsheng that the Mortal Realm lacked Immortal Qi and that his disciples needed to reach the Earth Immortal realm before enduring its complete transformation.
• Lu Changsheng planned to send Hong Ying, Shi Sheng, and Ning Chenxin to the Immortal Realm when they were ready and to take Shi Sheng to the Pagoda to strengthen the seal.
• Lu Changsheng established teleportation arrays connecting various domains to the Changsheng Realm, adding soul inspections, concealment formations, and killing formations.
• Xiao Hei condensed his sixth Eternal Devil Body pattern, Mu Fusheng entered the sixth level of the Soul Nourishing Technique, and Ye Qiubai reached the middle Blood Transformation realm with a wisp of immortal intent in his Sword Dao.
• An unspecified piece of news shook the Mid-Latitude Realm one day before Severed Soul City opened.

After Severed Soul City was forcibly opened, Mu Fusheng suspected Avici Purgatory was behind the change and prepared to enter with his companions. Elsewhere, Yuezheng Chi revealed his formidable strength and headed to Severed Soul City after being warned of an impending calamity.

• The news that Severed Soul City’s entry restrictions had been lifted spread across the Mid-Latitude Realm, prompting factions to prepare their disciples and Inspectors to investigate.
• Mu Fusheng suspected Avici Purgatory had a reason to act so brazenly during the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition, and the Holy Talisman Sect’s leaders warned him and his companions to prioritize survival inside Severed Soul City.
• The Holy Talisman Sect’s supreme elders, Huo Zhengheng, and Yuan Shou prepared to escort their respective groups to Severed Soul City.
• A minister’s son threatened Yuezheng Chi at a music house, so Yuezheng Chi killed him with a single zither note before leaving.
• The state preceptor admitted he could not gauge Yuezheng Chi’s strength, and an old man then told Yuezheng Chi through a jade pendant to go to Severed Soul City because a calamity was likely; Yuezheng Chi vanished from the city.

Severed Soul City was about to open, drawing countless factions and cultivators to its entrance. Ye Qiubai and his companions faced threats from Avici Purgatory and the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall as the entrance began to break open.

• Countless factions gathered in the far west, with the top factions and the Ten Thousand Domains Grand Competition’s top three standing at the front.
• Mu Fusheng joked with Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei about his competition rewards, then reunited with Zhan Tianxing, who praised Ye Qiubai’s growth.
• Pan Xie arrived with Avici Purgatory and threatened Mu Fusheng, who considered assassinating the demonic cultivators and had prepared talismans.
• Qiu Genyin and the Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall challenged Xiao Hei, while Xiao Hei met Qiu Genyin’s gaze without replying.
• Lin Zhinan warned Ye Qiubai about the mysterious factions, and Su Muyou offered the Su Clan’s help as potential allies.
• Ripples and a sea of souls formed at Severed Soul City’s entrance, and the gathered factions watched as space began to crack.

Ye Qiubai entered Severed Soul City and encountered souls trapped beneath a star-powered seal. After an elderly soul offered an inheritance clue in exchange for breaking the seal, Ye Qiubai realized the old man was hiding his true intentions.

• Ye Qiubai arrived alone outside an ancient city within Severed Soul City and sensed the immense power of the stars suppressing it.
• Ye Qiubai found the city filled with humanoid soul bodies, and an elderly soul explained that outsiders had destroyed the city and trapped its inhabitants.
• The elderly soul offered Ye Qiubai a Sword Intent imprint as an inheritance clue if he removed the talismans sealing the stone pillar.
• The old man led Ye Qiubai to the pillar and claimed that only physical contact could break the weakened talismans.
• Ye Qiubai stopped before touching the talismans and challenged the old man about his story and how he knew of a sword cultivator's inheritance.

Ye Qiubai foiled the old man's attempt to possess him and forced him to surrender a Sword Dao inheritance imprint and explain Severed Soul City. He learned how the city's regions and suppressed souls were arranged, and suspected that the place had been deliberately made as a trial.

• Ye Qiubai rejected the old man's offer of a Sword Dao inheritance, recognizing that the soul was hiding its motives.
• The old man's soul tried to possess Ye Qiubai, but the Azure Cloud Sword split it in two and left it badly weakened.
• Ye Qiubai made the old man hand over the soul imprint and explain Severed Soul City, threatening him if he lied.
• The old man explained that the souls were slowly being siphoned away and that outsiders had previously undone seals, allowing powerful souls to escape.
• Ye Qiubai learned that Severed Soul City's outskirts held clusters of cities and inheritance clues, its middle region contained secret realms, and no one knew what lay at the center.

Ye Qiubai learned that failed trials could lead to possession, then reached a sword inheritance site where a hostile cultivator revealed his grudge against Heavenly Sword Peak. When nine sword cultivators gathered, their soul marks opened the barrier to the inheritance path.

• Ye Qiubai learned that possessed outsiders could seek treasures and kill others to regain strength, while Mu Fusheng and Xiao Hei also defeated the souls that approached them.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei saw starlight burst from sealed pillars after other outsiders were possessed, and Mu Fusheng regretted coming while resolving to finish the tests.
• Ye Qiubai followed his soul mark to a mountain hollow and found a barrier of Immortal Sword Intent that weakened when he brought his mark close.
• Yuezheng Chi arrived with an ancient zither, learned Ye Qiubai belonged to Heavenly Sword Peak, and declared that Ye Qiubai would not obtain the inheritance.
• Seven more sword cultivators joined Ye Qiubai and Yuezheng Chi, and their nine soul marks entered the barrier, causing it to dissipate.

Ye Qiubai and eight other cultivators entered the Sword Dao inheritance secret realm, where Yuezheng Chi clashed with Su Hao and Qiu Lu urged Ye Qiubai to scout the dangerous path. Ye Qiubai entered the hollow, and Zhuang Zidong followed him.

• The Sword Intent barrier opened after the nine cultivators arrived, and its released Immortal Sword intent swept across them before revealing a path through the hollow.
• Zhuang Zidong told Ye Qiubai that Chu Lan and Chi Bing might have gone to other inheritance secret realms.
• Su Hao confronted Yuezheng Chi, who threatened him, and Qiu Lu stepped in to stop them from fighting.
• Qiu Lu suggested that the cultivator with the lowest realm scout ahead, and the others turned their attention to Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai walked into the hollow, and Zhuang Zidong followed him.

Ye Qiubai endured Immortal Sword Intent body tempering and passed the first trial of the inheritance secret realm alongside Zhuang Zidong and the others. The chapter left Mu Fusheng and Ning Xi facing off before a soul-filled secret realm.

• Ye Qiubai withdrew his Sword Domain and discovered that the Immortal Sword Intent was tempering his body rather than killing him.
• Several people withdrew from the trial, but Ye Qiubai endured two hours of pain and passed, strengthening his physique and stabilizing his cultivation.
• Zhuang Zidong also passed the body-tempering trial, surprising Ye Qiubai with how well he endured it.
• Yuezheng Chi, Qiu Lu, Su Hao, and another person completed the trial, and Ye Qiubai continued onward with Zhuang Zidong.
• Mu Fusheng and Ning Xi faced each other with talisman brushes and swords drawn before a secret realm filled with the presence of souls.

Mu Fusheng exposed the soul entity possessing Ning Xi and fought back against its attempt to devour his soul. He revealed that he had prepared lightning shields coated in soul power to block the entity’s attacks.

• Mu Fusheng deduced that Ning Xi had been possessed after noticing how unnaturally he acted and answered questions.
• Mu Fusheng baited the possessed Ning Xi into attacking, then confirmed that the soul entity retained Ning Xi’s strength and had a more powerful soul.
• The soul entity revealed that it wanted to devour Mu Fusheng’s soul to recover its strength.
• The soul entity attacked Mu Fusheng with soul needles while inscribing a talisman, but Mu Fusheng’s lightning shields stopped the needles.
• Mu Fusheng revealed that he had prepared a vast number of talismans to counter soul attacks and coated his lightning shields with soul power.

Mu Fusheng used his soul-defense talismans to convince Ning Xi and the onlookers that he was a reincarnated mighty expert, then exploited Ning Xi’s suspicion to kill him. He burned Ning Xi’s body and made the four witnesses promise to keep what happened secret.

• Mu Fusheng revealed that his lightning shields were reinforced with Earth Immortal-grade soul-defense talismans, leading Ning Xi and the four onlookers to suspect he was a reincarnated mighty expert.
• Mu Fusheng offered to help Ning Xi recover his strength, and Ning Xi agreed not to target him if Mu Fusheng left him alone.
• After Mu Fusheng removed his lightning shields, Ning Xi launched a surprise soul attack, but it struck only Mu Fusheng’s afterimage.
• Mu Fusheng appeared behind Ning Xi and used a Heavenly Immortal-grade offensive talisman to destroy his body, dantian, and soul.
• Mu Fusheng burned Ning Xi’s remains and had the four witnesses promise not to reveal what they had seen.

Mu Fusheng weighed whether to silence the four who believed he was a reincarnated talisman master, while Ye Qiubai and the others entered the inheritance secret realm and discovered a deadly sword trial. After a rogue sword cultivator was drained of his Sword Intent and soul, Qiu Lu suggested the group advance together.

• Mu Fusheng decided he might have to silence the four witnesses to protect himself from future trouble.
• Ye Qiubai, Zhuang Zidong, Yuezheng Chi, Qiu Lu, Su Hao, and a rogue sword cultivator entered the secret realm and saw a palace beneath a powerful stone pillar, surrounded by thousands of swords.
• The rogue sword cultivator asked Ye Qiubai to scout ahead, but Ye Qiubai struck him back with a single blow, revealing his formidable strength.
• The rogue sword cultivator crossed the pit toward the palace, and the suspended swords followed his movements before plunging into him and pinning him to the ground.
• The swords drained the rogue sword cultivator's Sword Intent and soul until he withered into a skeleton, prompting Qiu Lu to suggest that the others proceed together.

Ye Qiubai and the others crossed the sword-filled pit together, fending off an escalating barrage as they approached the palace. When Zhuang Zidong suddenly attacked Ye Qiubai, Ye Qiubai escaped with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman, confirming his suspicion that Zhuang Zidong had been possessed, then struck back from the palace entrance.

• Yuezheng Chi, Ye Qiubai, Zhuang Zidong, Qiu Lu, and Su Hao entered the pit in formation and advanced toward the palace beneath the stone pillar.
• When they reached the sword cultivator's remains, ten thousand swords attacked, and the five fought back with their Sword Intent while pushing onward.
• As the swords attacked more fiercely, Zhuang Zidong abandoned his sword and lunged at Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai used a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman to appear at the palace entrance, confirming his suspicion that Zhuang Zidong was possessed.
• Ye Qiubai stayed outside the palace and slashed at Zhuang Zidong with the Primordial Immortal Sword.

Ye Qiubai used the ten-thousand-sword trial to attack the possessed Zhuang Zidong and kill him. Yuezheng Chi, Qiu Lu, and Su Hao survived the trial as Zhuang Zidong died.

• Ye Qiubai escaped Zhuang Zidong’s attempt to possess him and attacked while the ten thousand swords restrained Zhuang Zidong.
• Qiu Lu and Su Hao urged Ye Qiubai to stop, but Ye Qiubai continued fighting as Yuezheng Chi focused on surviving the trial.
• Zhuang Zidong countered Ye Qiubai with a powerful flaming palm, but Ye Qiubai pressed on with sword strikes, lightning, and his Sword Domain.
• As the swords pinned and weakened him, Zhuang Zidong offered information, treasures, and help attaining the Immortal Sword, but Ye Qiubai refused.
• The swords drained Zhuang Zidong’s soul and body until he died, and Ye Qiubai turned toward Yuezheng Chi, Qiu Lu, and Su Hao after they passed the trial.

Ye Qiubai confronted Qiu Lu and Su Hao after they accused him of killing Zhuang Zidong, then entered the palace with the others to face the final inheritance trial. A sealed old swordsman revealed that the trial required inheritors to take up his stone sword and defeat one another.

• Qiu Lu accused Ye Qiubai of dishonorable conduct, and Su Hao threatened to report him to the Su Clan.
• Ye Qiubai dismissed Qiu Lu’s schemes and exposed his stalled Sword Dao, leaving Qiu Lu visibly angered.
• Ye Qiubai, Qiu Lu, Su Hao, and Yuezheng Chi entered the palace and found a skeleton bound beneath a stone pillar.
• The skeleton’s soul appeared and explained that the pillar prevented him from possessing anyone and that he sought an inheritor for his Sword Dao.
• The old swordsman announced the final trial: an inheritor had to take up the stone sword and defeat the others.

Ye Qiubai took up the stone sword and defeated Su Hao in the first challenge, leaving Yuezheng Chi and Qiu Lu to compete for the next turn. Yuezheng Chi approached Ye Qiubai with his guqin and prepared to fight.

• Ye Qiubai took the stone sword after the others hesitated, accepting that it would be shattered if he lost it.
• Su Hao challenged Ye Qiubai, but Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain and Transcendent Sword Intent to disarm and wound him.
• Ye Qiubai taunted Su Hao by comparing him unfavorably with Su Muyou, and Su Hao spat blood after his Dao heart was shaken.
• Qiu Lu asked Yuezheng Chi who would challenge Ye Qiubai next, and Yuezheng Chi criticized Qiu Lu's indecision.
• Yuezheng Chi approached Ye Qiubai with his guqin and said Ye Qiubai's strength and sword were inadequate.

Ye Qiubai fought Yuezheng Chi, a sword cultivator who entered the Sword Dao through music, and learned why Heavenly Sword Peak had expelled him. As Yuezheng Chi unleashed his full strength, Ye Qiubai prepared to meet the assault with his Sword Domain, the stone sword, and two bolts of world-destroying lightning.

• Ye Qiubai asked Yuezheng Chi why Heavenly Sword Peak expelled him, and Yuezheng Chi explained that he had been blamed for a genius’s actions before discovering how music could connect to the Sword Dao.
• Yuezheng Chi attacked with sword intent carried by zither melodies, but Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain and stone sword to block the four strikes.
• Su Hao watched Ye Qiubai withstand the attack, while Qiu Lu studied Yuezheng Chi’s techniques in preparation for his own fight.
• Yuezheng Chi increased his attack, turning his melodies into a vast army that charged at Ye Qiubai from the ground and sky.
• Ye Qiubai summoned countless swords within his Sword Domain, gathered an Intent of Unending Life around the stone sword, and began forming two bolts of world-destroying lightning.

Ye Qiubai defeated Yuezheng Chi by unleashing the Yin-Yang World-Destroying Lightning Art while protecting the stone sword from its destructive backlash. After Yuezheng Chi conceded, Ye Qiubai turned his attention to Qiu Lu and asked whether he would concede too.

• Ye Qiubai combined yin and yang lightning on the stone sword, using faint green light to keep the sword intact as he unleashed the technique.
• Ye Qiubai’s lightning pillar swallowed Yuezheng Chi’s army of musical soldiers and dragons, forcing Yuezheng Chi to play his strongest melody, Sword Melody, Mountains and Rivers Overturned.
• The lightning pillar and Sword Intent storm canceled each other out, but Yuezheng Chi’s ancient zither lost three strings and its backlash badly injured him.
• Ye Qiubai remained standing with the undamaged stone sword, and Yuezheng Chi admitted defeat and said he would visit Heavenly Sword Peak again to challenge him.
• Ye Qiubai turned toward Qiu Lu, who stepped back, and asked whether he would concede.

Qiu Lu feigned retreat before launching a surprise attack on Ye Qiubai, aiming to destroy his stone sword and make him fail the trial. Ye Qiubai used Yin-Yang World Annihilation Lightning to break the assault, then unleashed his Sword Domain as Qiu Lu charged again.

• Qiu Lu mocked Ye Qiubai's exhaustion but hesitated to challenge him, then pretended to abandon the inheritance and leave.
• Qiu Lu suddenly reappeared and attacked Ye Qiubai's stone sword, exploiting his exhaustion and preventing him from using his Sword Domain.
• Ye Qiubai struggled to defend the stone sword as Qiu Lu pressed his advantage, while the old man chose not to intervene.
• Ye Qiubai unleashed Yin-Yang World Annihilation Lightning, blasting Qiu Lu away and creating distance between them.
• Qiu Lu charged again, and Ye Qiubai released his Sword Domain as the essence of heaven and earth gathered on his stone sword.

Ye Qiubai used the Primordial Sword Scripture’s Demon Breaking strike to kill Qiu Lu, then returned the stone sword to its platform and collapsed from exhaustion. Su Hao recognized the gap between them, broke through to the Middle Turbid Immortal Realm, and left the palace.

• Ye Qiubai gathered the palace’s dim black light into the stone sword while enduring Qiu Lu’s attacks.
• Ye Qiubai’s Demon Breaking strike shattered Qiu Lu’s flexible sword, pierced his chest, and destroyed his body and soul.
• Ye Qiubai returned the stone sword to the platform and collapsed, while the old man recognized that he was only exhausted.
• Yuezheng Chi doubted whether he could withstand Ye Qiubai’s strike, and Su Hao realized why his family valued Ye Qiubai.
• Su Hao resolved to cultivate diligently, broke through to the Middle Turbid Immortal Realm, and left the palace.

The elder restored Ye Qiubai, examined his powerful cultivation method, unusual constitution, and stable foundation, then placed his inheritance in Ye Qiubai’s Second Dantian. Elsewhere, Pan Xie threatened seven captives as a woman named Pan Xie’s ancient warning about Avici Purgatory went unanswered.

• Yuezheng Chi and Su Hao left the palace after Ye Qiubai collapsed, while Qiu Lu was dead.
• The elder restored Ye Qiubai and discovered that his cultivation method, constitution, and foundation surpassed the elder’s expectations.
• The elder found a rudimentary Second Dantian shaped like a sword and used his remaining strength to refine it with his inheritance, causing Ye Qiubai’s presence to rise.
• Pan Xie used a small pagoda and a red banner to suppress seven people and demanded their souls.
• A woman among the seven warned Pan Xie that his actions could bring about the same fate as ancient Avici Purgatory.

Xiao Hei challenged Pan Xie to protect Su Muyou despite the suppressive power of Pan Xie's small tower. He unleashed Demon God Descent, endured Pan Xie's soul attack without harm, and drew the attention of the enormous skeleton behind Pan Xie.

• Pan Xie threatened Su Muyou and the others, claiming the small tower and Severed Soul City’s suppression would prevent them from resisting or alerting their clans.
• Xiao Hei warned Pan Xie not to touch Su Muyou, then stepped forward when Pan Xie attacked him with soul-corroding green flames.
• Su Muyou urged Xiao Hei to retreat, but he advanced through the growing suppression and told her to look after herself.
• Xiao Hei manifested black-and-red armor with five patterns and unleashed Demon God Descent, resisting the tower’s suppression as his presence surged.
• Xiao Hei let the green flames enter his sea of consciousness, where his bloodline power scattered them, and the skeleton behind Pan Xie seemed to raise its head.

Xiao Hei overcame Pan Xie's suppressive tower and soul-extracting flag, then shattered Pan Xie's blood palm with a single punch. As Xiao Hei reached the summit and launched another attack, Pan Xie escaped by using a talisman to distort space.

• Xiao Hei resisted Pan Xie's tower and flag and climbed the stairs while the earthfire failed to harm him.
• Pan Xie unleashed a sea of blood and formed a massive blood palm to kill Xiao Hei.
• Xiao Hei's punch shattered the blood palm, and Pan Xie recoiled in fear.
• Xiao Hei stepped onto the final stair, dispersed the earthfire storm with a punch, and charged at Pan Xie.
• Pan Xie used a talisman to twist space and vanish before Xiao Hei's attack landed.