Recaps

Ye Qiubai and the others assessed how to cross the chaotic waterspouts, and Song Xiao proposed working together to hold open the gaps with coordinated attacks. After Jiang Wu died trying to cross a gap, the prodigies agreed to attack together, and they launched their first volley when an opening appeared.

• Song Xiao suggested striking each gap with prepared attacks to keep it open, and Ye Qiubai and the others considered cooperating with him.
• Jiang Wu punched a gap and charged through, but the waterspouts closed over him and swallowed him into the sea.
• Cheng Rongzhi proposed that the prodigies attack each gap together and warned that anyone who held back would become their target.
• Ye Qiubai revealed the Sword God’s intent, and Cheng Rongzhi praised him and asked to spar after they crossed.
• Mu Fusheng concealed his strength and joked that his talent was a little weaker.
• When a gap appeared, the prodigies unleashed their attacks together.

Ye Qiubai’s group and the other cultivators forced open the waterspout’s gap and discovered that the ancient battlefield lay atop the tail of a Kunpeng. At the battlefield’s entrance, the stone stele rejected every cultivator who tried it, and Ye Qiubai prepared to test whether he could gain the remnant souls’ recognition.

• Ye Qiubai’s group and the other cultivators combined their attacks to widen the waterspout’s gap and rushed through before it closed, while seven cultivators were swallowed by the waterspout.
• Song Xiao identified the enormous exotic beast as a Kunpeng, and Kunpeng told those who had passed the first two trials to seek recognition from the remnant souls in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Ye Qiubai and the others found a vast battlefield on Kunpeng’s tail and saw a stone stele engraved with the words “Mortal Realm.”
• Kunpeng explained that placing a hand on the stele would reveal whether a cultivator could enter, but the stone showed no response to the prodigies who tried.
• Ye Qiubai’s companions urged him to try next, confident that he would be recognized, while Song Xiao questioned their certainty.

Ye Qiubai gained a remnant soul’s recognition and received a sword token that opened a way into the Ancient Battlefield. Before he could enter, Nan Congyin and He Shangke prepared to break the battlefield’s barrier, but an enormous figure rose from the sea and condemned them.

• Ye Qiubai entered the Celestial Person State and pressed his hand against the stele, causing it to shine with sword intent and move aside.
• A sword token fell into Ye Qiubai’s hand, and he told Hong Ying and the others he would wait for them beyond the barrier.
• Nan Congyin and He Shangke appeared above the Ancient Battlefield with scrolls containing formations powerful enough to kill God Lord Realm experts.
• Nan Congyin announced that their formations would shatter the barrier and let everyone enter the Ancient Battlefield.
• A thunderous voice denounced Nan Congyin and He Shangke for breaking the forebears’ rules, and an enormous figure surged out of the sea.

The Dark Lord sent Liu Ziru to investigate the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s entry into the Ancient Battlefield, hoping to involve Lu Changsheng in the matter. At the battlefield, the Supervisory Sacred Hall used God-Suppressing Lightning Nails to restrain Kunpeng.

• The Dark Lord told Liu Ziru that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had found a way into the Ancient Battlefield and ordered him to investigate covertly.
• Liu Ziru agreed to investigate but said he would report the mission to Lu Changsheng first, causing the Dark Lord to spit blood in frustration.
• Kunpeng confronted Nan Congyin and the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s group, condemning them for violating the Ancient Battlefield.
• He Shangke challenged Kunpeng’s ability to stop them, and Nan Congyin said they would not kill him.
• Four God-Suppressing Lightning Nails struck Kunpeng and suppressed him with purple lightning.

Nan Congyin and He Shangke used a destructive formation to break the Ancient Battlefield’s barrier from within, revealing the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s plan to gain control of a divine object. He Shangke placed soul restrictions on the gathered prodigies, but Lu Changsheng’s protections destroyed the restrictions before they could reach Ye Qiubai and his companions.

• The four God-Suppressing Lightning Nails pinned Kunpeng, who warned Nan Congyin and He Shangke that destroying the Ancient Battlefield’s gate could expose the Mortal Realm to invasion.
• Kunpeng recognized the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s intentions and stopped struggling, while Ye Qiubai and the others realized the Hall’s purpose was connected to the Evil Devil Domain.
• Nan Congyin and He Shangke used two formation scrolls to send destructive spiders through the stone tablet’s barrier, opening a vast gap from the inside.
• The barrier broke, releasing the Ancient Battlefield’s ancient aura, and Nan Congyin and He Shangke celebrated their chance to search for a divine object.
• He Shangke placed soul restrictions on the prodigies to prevent them from revealing what had happened, but Lu Changsheng’s protections intercepted and destroyed the restrictions targeting Ye Qiubai and his companions.

The Supervisory Sacred Hall let the gathered cultivators enter the Ancient Battlefield while seeking a particular treasure or inheritance, then sent seven people, including Song Ci, to join them. Song Ci provoked Ye Qiubai, but the fight was postponed until the battlefield, where unseen observers began considering the group another target.

• Nan Congyin said cultivators could seek inheritances in the Ancient Battlefield but had to report what they obtained, and the Supervisory Sacred Hall would offer a trade for its desired treasure or inheritance.
• Seven Supervisory Sacred Hall figures arrived, including a middle God Emperor Realm woman and the peak God King Realm Song Ci, who challenged Ye Qiubai over the remnant soul's recognition.
• Ye Qiubai mocked Song Ci's failure, and Song Ci demanded a fight; Song Xiao intervened, and the woman leading the group told Song Ci not to cause complications.
• Song Ci entered the Ancient Battlefield with the Supervisory Sacred Hall group, leaving Ye Qiubai under a gaze filled with killing intent.
• Song Xiao agreed to continue cooperating with Ye Qiubai, while Cheng Rongzhi proposed settling their sparring match over any shared inheritance realm they encountered.
• Unidentified observers said Ye Qiubai and his companions were not their main objective but would be worth taking care of as well.

Ye Qiubai and his companions followed a sword token through the Ancient Battlefield to a sword tomb, where Mu Wan'er poisoned Qu Tianjian after his group confronted them. Qu Tianjian sat down to purge the poison, leaving him unable to act for at least seven days.

• Ye Qiubai followed the sword intent from the token while the group passed the Ancient Battlefield's ruined halls and cave abodes.
• The token's sword intent led Ye Qiubai and the others to a hill covered in broken swords, and Ye Qiubai bowed in respect.
• Six people caught up with the group, and Mu Wan'er rebuked them for following Ye Qiubai's clues.
• Mu Wan'er poisoned Qu Tianjian with Immortal-Dispersing Powder, which disrupted his Qi and state of mind.
• Qu Tianjian sat down to purge the poison, while Mu Wan'er told Ye Qiubai that Qu Tianjian would be unable to act for at least seven days.

Lu Changsheng had taught Mu Wan'er to study poison, and she used her Immortal-Dispersing Powder during a confrontation at the Sword Tomb. When the Yin Yang Divine Sect and Eight Desolations Divine Sect demanded that Xiao Hei return with them, Song Xiao intervened and challenged them alongside the Hao Tian Divine Domain.

• Lu Changsheng gave Mu Wan'er a poison pill and advised her to develop poison as a means of attack.
• Mu Wan'er used her imperfect Immortal-Dispersing Powder to poison Qu Tianjian, making the others keep their distance.
• Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun revealed they had come for Xiao Hei, the former Devil Master of the Demon King Domain, and demanded he come with them.
• Xiao Hei attacked Bai Gongjun, who stretched his upper body away from the punch and kicked Xiao Hei hard enough to shatter his waist bones.
• Shen Chongyuan charged Xiao Hei with his spear, but Song Xiao intercepted the thrust with his fist.
• Song Xiao identified himself with the Hao Tian Divine Sect and declared that they would fight the two sects rather than back down.

Song Xiao revealed that the Hao Tian Divine Sect had sent him to protect Ye Qiubai and the others, then joined Xiao Hei in fighting Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun. As Du Yun of the Primordial Sword Sect waited with Ye Qiubai at the Sword Tomb, Xiao Hei’s balefulness surged and began turning Bai Gongjun’s tornado red.

• Song Xiao revealed his mission from the Hao Tian Divine Sect and charged at Shen Chongyuan alongside Xiao Hei, who took on Bai Gongjun.
• Ye Qiubai met Du Yun of the Primordial Sword Sect, and they agreed to wait until the fights ended before climbing the Sword Tomb.
• Song Xiao fought Shen Chongyuan at full strength, while Bai Gongjun used his twisting body and astral wind to overpower Xiao Hei.
• Mu Fusheng warned that Xiao Hei’s balefulness was clouding his consciousness, but Xiao Hei continued struggling inside Bai Gongjun’s tornado.
• The astral wind tornado began turning red as Xiao Hei’s bloodlust eroded it.

Xiao Hei broke free of Bai Gongjun’s wind tornado and struck him down, but Bai Gongjun escaped by shedding his skin with a secret technique. The battle continued with Bai Gongjun’s gruesome, exposed body revealed.

• Bai Gongjun trapped Xiao Hei inside a tornado of cutting winds, which turned blood-red as Xiao Hei’s heartbeat shook the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xiao Hei tore apart the tornado and charged at Bai Gongjun, who tried to dodge his punches with his unusual physique.
• Xiao Hei broke both his own arms to strike Bai Gongjun in the back of the head, then kicked his body as it collapsed like an empty skin.
• Bai Gongjun’s phantom appeared in the distance, and Song Xiao identified his escape as the Yin Yang Divine Sect’s Skin Shedding Technique, which required the Immortal Spirit Serpent Physique.

After Bai Gongjun and Shen Chongyuan fled, Ning Chenxin calmed Xiao Hei’s rampaging balefulness with Confucian Dao arts. Ye Qiubai and Du Yun then entered the Sword Tomb, where Du Yun headed for the summit while Ye Qiubai began sensing the broken swords.

• Bai Gongjun escaped after Xiao Hei defeated him, and Song Xiao fought Shen Chongyuan until Shen Chongyuan fled.
• Ning Chenxin used verses and a holy light to calm Xiao Hei and clear away his balefulness.
• Du Yun recognized Ning Chenxin’s techniques as rare Confucian Dao arts, and Xiao Hei said he might ask his Master for help integrating the balefulness.
• Ye Qiubai and Du Yun stepped onto the Sword Tomb, where Du Yun walked toward the lone broken sword at the summit.
• Ye Qiubai stayed among the broken swords, felt their mournful cries and past experiences, and fell into a trance.

Ye Qiubai sensed the memories within the Sword Tomb’s broken blades and witnessed the white-robed swordsman who had created it while fighting a sinister demon. Realizing the swords mourned their lost chance to fight evil, Ye Qiubai invited them to join him, and nearly every sword in the tomb began to tremble.

• Du Yun reached the Sword Tomb’s peak and tried to grasp a broken sword marked with golden patterns, but its Sword Qi pierced his palm.
• Jiang Qingluan worried that Ye Qiubai would lose the inheritance, while Mu Ziqing, Song Xiao, Hong Ying, and the others trusted his judgment.
• Ye Qiubai sensed the broken swords’ histories and witnessed a white-robed swordsman unleash his sword case against a winged, horned demon.
• The swordsman destroyed the demon’s fist imprints with a final slash, but his body and sword broke apart, leaving his swords to form the Sword Tomb.
• Ye Qiubai realized the swords grieved because they could no longer fight evil and asked them to join him in slaying demons.
• Every sword in the Sword Tomb except the one at the peak began to tremble.

Ye Qiubai resonated with the broken swords in the Sword Tomb and won the recognition of the gold-threaded sword, restoring it with the other swords’ power. The sword’s former wielder entrusted him with the Geng Metal Sword Case and warned him about the Evil Devil Domain’s threats to the Mortal Realm.

• Ye Qiubai’s words stirred the broken swords, and he sensed that they could leave the Sword Tomb only if the sword at its summit recognized him.
• Ye Qiubai gripped the gold-threaded sword and used his Sword Domain and Sword God Intent to persuade it to come with him.
• The gold-threaded sword trembled, and Ye Qiubai pulled it free as the broken swords rose and circled him; Du Yun left, acknowledging that he owed Ye Qiubai a favor.
• The broken swords transformed into Sword Dao Rules and repaired the gold-threaded sword, drawing Ye Qiubai’s consciousness into a blank world where he met the white-robed man from its memories.
• The white-robed man warned Ye Qiubai that the Evil Devil Domain could weaken people’s resolve and asked whether he would remain steadfast; Ye Qiubai affirmed his commitment while saying he would prioritize his family and sect.
• The white-robed man gave Ye Qiubai the Geng Metal Sword Case, and Ye Qiubai promised that it would not gather dust in his hands.

The man in white explained that the Geng Metal Sword Case fused sword souls, but warned it could not withstand Ye Qiubai’s Azure Cloud Sword unless upgraded to Saint Artifact level. Before disappearing, he gave Ye Qiubai Sword Dao Law to help him advance beyond the Sword God realm, and entrusted the Evil Devil Domain to him.

• The man in white explained that the Geng Metal Sword Case could link sword souls and let a powerful leading sword nourish the others.
• Ye Qiubai showed the man in white the Azure Cloud Sword, and the man was stunned to learn that Ye Qiubai’s master had given it to him.
• The man in white explained the weapon grades and said the Geng Metal Sword Case could not contain the Saint Artifact Azure Cloud Sword unless it was upgraded.
• The man in white gave Ye Qiubai a sphere of Sword Dao Law, telling him to absorb and comprehend it gradually to pursue the Origin-Breaking Realm.
• The man in white entrusted the Evil Devil Domain to Ye Qiubai and disappeared, leaving him with the Geng Metal Divine Sword and Geng Metal Sword Case.

Ye Qiubai and his companions discussed how to handle Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun while continuing their search in the Ancient Battlefield. In the Wilderness Realm, Xin Hongyi was summoned back to the hidden Xin Clan, where an elder said it was time for her to learn certain things.

• Mu Ziqing reassured Ye Qiubai that the Geng Metal Sword Case and Geng Metal Divine Sword had chosen him because they trusted his abilities.
• Song Xiao warned that Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun might return with allies, while Mu Fusheng revealed he had placed tracking talismans on them and wanted to wait for a bigger target.
• Qin Tiannan prepared the Southern Region Hidden Dao Academy disciples for the Four Academies Grand Competition, whose reward was a lecture from Lu Changsheng and other renowned figures.
• A voice summoned Xin Hongyi back to the Xin Clan just as she was about to depart for the competition, so Qin Tiannan arranged for another disciple to lead the team.
• Xin Hongyi arrived at the Xin Clan ancestral hall, where a white-haired elder told her that the time had come for her to learn certain things.

Xin Hongyi learned that the Xin Clan came from the Evil Devil Domain and had been planted in the Wilderness Realm as a hidden chess piece. After agreeing to serve the clan, she was tasked with stopping humans from obtaining an object left by the Human Ancestors on the Ancient Battlefield.

• Xin Hongyi's ancestor asked whether she would give up everything for the Xin Clan, and she pledged her loyalty.
• The ancestor revealed that the Xin Clan descended from the Evil Devil Domain and had been banished to the Wilderness Realm as part of a scheme.
• He explained that the clan had sent Xin Hongyi to investigate the Cottage's previous master, believed to have fought in the war against the Evil Devil Domain.
• The ancestor told Xin Hongyi that the Supervisory Sacred Hall had moved and ordered her to retrieve or destroy an object left by the Human Ancestors on the Ancient Battlefield.
• Xin Hongyi agreed to abandon her identity as a member of the human race and remain loyal to the Xin Clan.

Xin Hongyi underwent a bloodline replacement so the Xin Clan could return to the Evil Devil Domain, while Song Ci negotiated with Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun in the Ancient Battlefield. Ye Qiubai and his companions reached a sheer cliff where a suspended chessboard blocked their way.

• The Xin Clan ancestor watched as Xin Hongyi's bloodline was replaced with blood carrying Evil Devil Qi and urged her to complete her mission so the clan could return to the Evil Devil Domain.
• Song Ci and the woman identified their location in the Luan Emperor Region and planned to find out where the other groups were; Wei An left to gather intelligence.
• Song Ci met Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun, who offered information about the other Divine Lord-level forces and secrecy in exchange for the Supervisory Sacred Hall's help against Ye Qiubai.
• Song Ci accepted the offer and suspected Shen Chongyuan and Bai Gongjun mainly wanted to monitor the Supervisory Sacred Hall's movements.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions reached a sheer cliff with no path forward, where a chessboard hung in midair alongside several other people.

Ning Chenxin faced Emperor Luan in a game of Go that tested his beliefs about the Dao and the rules needed for peace. He overcame his doubts, reversed the board, and earned the chance to inherit Emperor Luan’s mantle.

• Fang Yan introduced himself and his companions to Ye Qiubai, then stepped onto the board without triggering anything.
• Ning Chenxin sensed something unusual and sat on the board, where his Confucian Dao presence summoned a refined man in a Daoist robe.
• Emperor Luan challenged Ning Chenxin’s views on the Dao as they played, arguing that his plan to establish new rules was hypocritical.
• Ning Chenxin wavered under Emperor Luan’s argument, then declared that the process and outcome mattered despite the path’s imperfections.
• Ning Chenxin attacked the living stones and reversed the board, prompting Emperor Luan to offer him his mantle.

Ning Chenxin declined Emperor Luan’s inheritance but accepted his book of Dao insights, earning the Dao Ancestor’s praise and the Heavenly Dao Chessboard. After the group escaped the collapsing cliff, a naked woman emerged from a pool of blood in the Xin Clan’s forbidden grounds.

• Emperor Luan offered Ning Chenxin his Dao lineage, but Ning Chenxin refused, explaining that he would follow his own understanding of the Dao.
• Emperor Luan praised Ning Chenxin’s views and gave him a book containing his lifetime’s understanding of Dao arts.
• Ning Chenxin promised to treasure the book and pass on Emperor Luan’s Dao arts to a suitable person.
• Emperor Luan merged into the Heavenly Dao Chessboard and left it to Ning Chenxin, who vowed not to betray his trust.
• The cliff shook after Ning Chenxin put away the chessboard, and Mu Fusheng announced that the flight restriction had ended, allowing the group to escape safely.
• A naked woman emerged from a pool of blood in the Xin Clan’s forbidden grounds in the Wilderness Realm.

Xin Hongyi completed her blood replacement and learned that He Shangke would take her to the Ancient Battlefield. There, Ye Qiubai and the others reached Hundred Emperor City and encountered Song Ci, Cheng Rongzhi, and Du Yun.

• Xin Hongyi emerged from the blood pool with a powerful evil devil bloodline and reached the middle God Emperor realm.
• The Xin Clan ancestor introduced He Shangke, who told Xin Hongyi to consolidate her cultivation before they set out for the Ancient Battlefield in three days.
• Nan Congyin ordered White-Robed Inspectors to reinforce the Supervisory Sacred Hall’s encampment and warned that he suspected He Shangke might betray the Hall.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions reached Hundred Emperor City, where Song Ci taunted them and Ning Chenxin questioned his behavior.
• Cheng Rongzhi and Du Yun arrived, and Du Yun bowed to the inscription above the city gate in respect for Hundred Emperor City’s sacrifices in the ancient war.

Song Xiao explained that a hundred God Emperors had sacrificed themselves to defend the Mortal Realm, and Ye Qiubai’s group entered Hundred Emperor City to seek their inheritances. Du Yun gained Sword Emperor Xingdao’s recognition and entered through the black iron gate to inherit his mantle.

• Song Xiao told the group that the hundred God Emperors had given their lives to hold back enemies from beyond the realm.
• Song Ci threatened that Ye Qiubai would obtain no inheritance, while Bai Gongjun watched Xiao Hei with killing intent; Ye Qiubai’s group entered Hundred Emperor City.
• A powerful spatial force transported the visitors to an azure hall, where they found a black iron gate flanked by a hundred statues bearing Soul Fire.
• A God Emperor’s voice explained that visitors had to strike the gate or channel their presence into it to earn an inheritance.
• Du Yun attacked the gate with his sword, and Sword Emperor Xingdao recognized his talent and willingness to act without hesitation.
• Du Yun accepted Xingdao as his master, and Xingdao opened the gate and sent him inside.

Ye Qiubai and the others watched several candidates receive God Emperor inheritances before Ye Qiubai tested the iron doors and drew the attention of five Sword Dao masters. The five Soul Fires fought over him, and even Sword Emperor Xingdao regretted having chosen Du Yun too soon.

• Hong Ying and Ning Chenxin observed that the God Emperor statues nearer the iron doors exerted greater pressure, suggesting they were stronger.
• Cheng Rongzhi, Song Xiao, Ji Qianyao, and several others won recognition from statues; Ji Qianyao received offers from two and chose one inheritance.
• Mu Ziqing earned recognition from the twenty-ninth statue on the left and opened the iron doors.
• Ye Qiubai struck the doors with his Geng Metal Divine Sword, and five Sword Dao Soul Fires appeared, including the second statue on the right.
• The five God Emperor phantoms argued over who would pass their mantle to Ye Qiubai, while Sword Emperor Xingdao said he had chosen too soon and asked to inherit him as well.

Ye Qiubai drew the attention of five ancient Sword Emperors, while Song Xiao uncovered the other groups’ plot against Xiao Hei and secured Fang Yan, Tong Xu, and Peng Shiwu’s decision to stop opposing them. The chapter left Ye Qiubai being offered the inheritance of Sword Emperor Pohong, the foremost Sword Dao master of his era.

• Sword Emperor Qingtian and three other Sword Emperors argued over Ye Qiubai, while Cheng Rongzhi left after Qingtian dismissed his heavy sword as a match for the legacy.
• Song Xiao deduced that the other groups had coordinated their arrival and that they had tested the chessboard before crossing it.
• Peng Shiwu revealed that Bai Gongjun and Shen Chongyuan had asked him, Fang Yan, and Tong Xu to watch Xiao Hei or kill him if an opportunity arose.
• Fang Yan, Tong Xu, and Peng Shiwu chose to stop opposing Ye Qiubai’s group, compensate them, and keep watch on Bai Gongjun and Shen Chongyuan.
• Sword Emperor Pohong offered Ye Qiubai his inheritance, silencing the four arguing Sword Emperors.

Ye Qiubai accepted Sword Emperor Pohong’s legacy after honoring the ancient Sword Emperor, and his fellow disciples won recognition from many other God Emperors. Song Ci then used his recognition by six statues to ask about a divine object, while the Supervisory Sacred Hall left with plans to stop Ye Qiubai.

• Ye Qiubai respectfully accepted Sword Emperor Pohong’s teachings after confirming their Sword Dao was compatible and explaining his long bow of gratitude.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, Mu Wan'er, and Fang Qiong each gained recognition from statues suited to their paths and chose legacies.
• Fang Yan and his companions, Song Xiao, and the Supervisory Sacred Hall members reacted to the disciples’ extraordinary results as Ye Qiubai and the others entered the black-iron doors.
• Song Ci gained recognition from six statues but declined their legacies and asked where the divine object in the Ancestral Emperor Region was.
• After leaving Hundred Emperor City, Song Ci told the woman that Ye Qiubai would only truly obtain a legacy if he made it out of the Ancient Battlefield.

Hong Ying faced the Imperial Dragon God Emperor’s trial: leading a demoralized, outnumbered army in a battle illusion. She rallied the soldiers with her imperial authority and led them forward, leaving the battle poised to begin in earnest.

• Hong Ying saw a battlefield where her army in snow-white armor was retreating before a larger force in fiery-red robes.
• The Imperial Dragon God Emperor told Hong Ying she had to lead the demoralized army to victory to prove she deserved his inheritance.
• Hong Ying rebuked the enemy commander for addressing her and challenged him to bring his sovereign instead.
• When the enemy commander urged the white-armored soldiers to surrender, Hong Ying reminded them that defeat or surrender would cost them everything, restoring their will to fight.
• Hong Ying summoned the Samsara Long Spear, mounted a horse, and ordered her soldiers to keep charging even if she fell.
• The white-armored soldiers raised their weapons and echoed Hong Ying’s vow: “Until the enemy breaks, we swear not to turn back!”