Recaps

Lu Changsheng restored Ye Qiubai’s cultivation, took Hong Ying as a disciple, and sent both of them into the Blood Prison Trial. Ye Qiubai entered a mysterious swordsman’s trial, while threats from the Qiu Lineage and Sunset Dynasty awaited him inside the realm.

• Lu Changsheng took Ye Qiubai as his disciple, restored his cultivation, and helped him awaken Sword Intent at the Hidden Dao Academy.
• Ye Qiubai defeated the academy’s challengers and returned to the Ye Lineage, where he killed Ye Yan despite opposition from the elders and ancestor.
• Hong Ying joined the Cottage, merged the cultivation and talents of her nine past lives, and learned Lu Changsheng’s Samsara Spear Technique.
• Qiu Libei and the eldest prince arranged to kill Ye Qiubai during the Blood Prison Trial, while Jiang Chan learned that he would enter it.
• Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying departed for the trial, and the Sunset Dynasty’s cultivators killed a Bright Yang Sect prodigy before the Blood Prison opened.
• Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying entered the Blood Prison, exchanged a protective jade pendant, and went their separate ways.
• Ye Qiubai followed black Sword Qi to a chained cage, where a white-robed swordsman chose him as a potential successor and sent him into a trial against a faceless crowd.

Ye Qiubai survived the Blood Prison, returned to the Cottage, and traveled north for the academy exchange, where his victories drew the attention of Jian Chaomian and Huang Tian Ming. The arc ends as Ye Qiubai prepares to fight Jian Chaomian, while Huang Tian Ming orders an attempt on his life after the match.

• Ye Qiubai passed the Heavenly Demon Sword Saint’s trial, received the Dark Demon, and left the Blood Prison after crippling Qiu Libei and reuniting with Hong Ying.
• Lu Changsheng repelled a powerful being’s lightning, then welcomed Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying back to the Cottage as Huang Tian Ming ordered more assassins and warned Jiang Chan not to interfere.
• Lu Changsheng took Ning Chenxin as his disciple, while Ye Qiubai joined the Hidden Dao Academy delegation traveling to the Northern Region exchange.
• At a Northern Region banquet, Ye Qiubai defeated Qiu Yu and overwhelmed Liao Meisheng before Jian Chaomian stopped his final strike.
• Ye Qiubai killed the Yin Dragon, defeated Liao Meisheng, and led the Southern Region in points, while Xin Hongyi and Huang Yuan also competed in the martial exchange.
• Ye Qiubai helped the Southern Region advance by defeating its final Eastern Region opponent, then faced Jian Chaomian’s challenge after Jian Chaomian led the Northern Region past the Western Region.
• Ye Qiubai revealed Great Swordmaster-level Sword Intent as he prepared to fight Jian Chaomian, while Huang Tian Ming ordered the Asura Iron Cavalry to kill him after the match.

Ye Qiubai survived the Sunset Dynasty’s attacks with help from his allies and Lu Changsheng, while Lu Changsheng destroyed Shadow Kill Pavilion and gained a new disciple, Ning Chenxin. Ye Qiubai went on to the Main Academy, and Lu Changsheng was pressed into teaching there, where his pills produced startling results.

• Ye Qiubai won the Hidden Dao Academy exchange for the Southern Region, but Huang Tian Ming accused him of a crime and set the Asura Iron Cavalry on him before Hong Ying and Yun Ming intervened and killed the attackers.
• Lu Changsheng accidentally crushed four visitors with his Nine Nether Yellow Springs Grand Array, then Huang Yitong stripped Huang Tian Ming of his princely position and told him to regain it by dealing with Ye Qiubai.
• Ye Qiubai returned to Heavenly Origin City to protect the Ye Lineage, where he killed Tian Pin with the Azure Cloud Sword before Yun Ming rescued him from the Sixth Prince and Fan Jingrao.
• Huang Tian Ming demanded that the Hidden Dao Academy surrender Ye Qiubai, but Qin Tiannan and the academy resisted while Hong Ying fought Eunuch Ming and Lu Changsheng stopped a Shadow Kill assassin.
• Lu Changsheng tracked down and destroyed Shadow Kill Pavilion, then returned to the Cottage and told Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying what he had done.
• Ning Chenxin arrived at the academy, impressed Zhong Wu with his explanation of the Confucian Dao, and joined Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying at the Cottage as Lu Changsheng demonstrated pill refinement to the Pill Hall elder.
• Ye Qiubai entered the Main Academy, reached the thirty-seventh floor of the Land of Hundred Refinements, and surpassed the previous record as Jian Chaomian congratulated him.
• Qin Tiannan persuaded Lu Changsheng to teach at the academy, where Lu’s pills helped Pill Hall students and the elder make breakthroughs and gain insight before he headed to the Sword Hall.

Ye Qiubai rose through the Land of Hundred Refinements, survived Huang Tian Ming’s assassination attempt, and entered the Hidden Sword Sect’s Sword Tomb. He claimed the founding ancestor’s legacy and sect master token, while Lu Changsheng took Xiao Hei as a disciple and began training him.

• Ye Qiubai defeated Huang Zhengzhan on the Yan Cloud Platform, and Yun Jing stopped Zhou Shizhong from interfering before Ye killed Huang.
• Lu Changsheng helped Yun Jing comprehend Heart Sword, while Ye Qiubai learned Sword Domain from the lingering will at Sword Peak and was chosen to enter the Hidden Sword Sect’s Sword Tomb.
• Ye Qiubai defeated Guan Zongyan, broke his Land of Hundred Refinements record, and set out for the Hidden Sword Sect, where Huang Tian Ming ambushed him with the Asura Iron Cavalry and several Martial Ranking experts.
• Lu Changsheng rescued Ye Qiubai, killed Eunuch Ming and destroyed the Asura Iron Cavalry, then spared Huang Tian Ming so Ye could settle their grudge himself.
• Lu Changsheng recruited Xiao Hei, gave him the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd and the Eternal Devil Body method, and helped him temper his body in the little bird’s flames.
• Ye Qiubai advanced through the Sword Tomb, broke its barriers, reached two hundred zhang, and claimed the Cloud-Hidden Sword Saint’s legacy and a Cloud Phoenix Secret Realm token.
• Lin Rufeng welcomed Ye Qiubai as the founding ancestor’s heir and gave him the sect master token, and Ye Qiubai defeated Liang Feng in a sparring match.