Recaps

Han Xuanji triggered the Sword Ancestor's inheritance phenomenon in the Eternal Sword Pavilion's Sword Stele Forest and raised a sword stele 999 zhang tall, becoming known as the Sword Ancestor's Successor. As the Sword Pavilion's leaders sought to keep him there, Mo Chenxiao and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor learned of his feat and considered what it meant for the Sacred Court.

• Han Xuanji controlled his sword stele's height at 999 zhang, showcasing his Sword Dao attainments without drawing excessive attention.
• Fu Xin and others congratulated Han Xuanji, while Ji Mingyue told the Wuxin Sword Venerable to persuade him to stay close to the Sword Pavilion.
• The Flying Snow Sword Venerable watched Han Xuanji's towering sword stele and remarked that something felt unusual.
• Mo Chenxiao questioned Jian Wuji, learned that Han Xuanji had triggered the Sword Ancestor's phenomenon, and sent old friends messages boasting about his disciple.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor learned of Han Xuanji's feat and worried that Ji Mingyue would try to keep him at the Eternal Sword Pavilion.

The Immeasurable Saint Emperor summoned the Sacred Court’s highest officials and declared Han Xuanji the Young Emperor, granting him authority over the Twelve Sacred Halls and immunity from the Judgment Sacred Hall’s inquiries. Elder Lin Qi challenged the unprecedented title and urged the Saint Emperor to reconsider, leaving the assembly divided and the dispute unresolved.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor issued an emergency summons that brought hundreds of Sacred Court officials and elders to Hunyuan Hall.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor declared Han Xuanji the Young Emperor of the Sacred Court and granted him authority over the Twelve Sacred Halls.
• The gathered officials reacted with shock, while Mo Chenxiao suspected Han Xuanji’s deeds at the Sword Pavilion had prompted the sudden decision.
• Elder Lin Qi argued that the Young Emperor title would cause turmoil and proposed rewarding Han Xuanji in other ways instead.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor asked Elder Lin who was qualified, and Elder Lin replied that the position should not exist.

The Immeasurable Saint Emperor faced opposition to appointing Han Xuanji as Young Emperor from Elder Lin and Evergreen Saint King Lin Xiuyuan. He revealed footage of Han Xuanji’s extraordinary feat at the Eternal Sword Pavilion, leaving Lin Xiuyuan and the other elders convinced that the appointment was justified and that Han Xuanji could not be allowed to leave.

• Elder Lin objected to appointing Han Xuanji as Young Emperor, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor’s silence unsettled the hall.
• Evergreen Saint King Lin Xiuyuan arrived and argued that Han Xuanji was too young and that creating a Young Emperor was hasty.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor displayed a record of Han Xuanji’s feat in the Sword Stele Forest.
• The elders watched Han Xuanji summon the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance phenomenon and raise a nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-zhang sword stele.
• Lin Xiuyuan recognized Han Xuanji as the Eternal Sword Ancestor’s successor and concluded that appointing him Young Emperor was the right choice.

The Sacred Court named Han Xuanji Young Emperor to secure him against the Eternal Sword Pavilion, while former Saint Emperor Mo Wuying decreed that the title remain unannounced until Han reached the Holy Lord Realm. As the meeting ended, Mo Chenxiao imagined becoming the Saint Emperor’s teacher, but Holy Venerable Tianming reminded him that he still had to call him Teacher.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor argued that Han Xuanji should be named Young Emperor before the Eternal Sword Pavilion could claim him, and the elders supported the plan.
• The elders debated how much authority Han Xuanji should receive, until former Saint Emperor Mo Wuying entered and declared him worthy of the Young Emperor position.
• Mo Wuying ordered the Sacred Court to delay the public announcement until Han Xuanji reached the Holy Lord Realm, when he would enter the Sacred Domain.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor agreed to inform the other supreme powers, and the meeting ended with both generations of Saint Emperors backing Han Xuanji.
• Mo Chenxiao imagined becoming the Young Emperor’s master, but Holy Venerable Tianming reminded him that he still had to call him Teacher.

After Han Xuanji’s Sword Dao advanced at the Wordless Sword Stele, Si Xing challenged him to a duel at the World’s End Sword Dueling Platform. Si Xing launched a pure Sword Dao attack, and Han Xuanji prepared to test his newly gained strength.

• Han Xuanji accepted the praise of the Sword Pavilion disciples and exchanged brief congratulations with Chen Xin.
• Si Xing challenged Han Xuanji to a spar, and Fu Xin explained that Si Xing strengthened his Sword Dao through fighting powerful opponents.
• Han Xuanji accepted the challenge, and the crowd—including Chen Xin and the Sword Venerables—followed them to the World’s End Sword Dueling Platform.
• Han Xuanji and Si Xing took positions across the platform, where Si Xing announced his battle-tempered Sword Dao and began the duel with a direct charge.
• Han Xuanji noticed that Si Xing was using only Sage-level Sword Dao, leaving aside powers such as the Sage Law Domain and Sage Dharma Idol.

Han Xuanji overwhelmed Si Xing with a sword strike that revealed Sword Dao power beyond the Sage Realm. Under the pressure, Si Xing found inspiration, broke through to Eternal Holy Lord, and blocked Han Xuanji’s attack.

• Si Xing attacked Han Xuanji with his Ten Thousand Victories Sword Intent Sacred Domain, but Han Xuanji neutralized his first strike with a glance.
• Si Xing expanded his refined Sword Intent Domain across the Sword-Dueling Cloud Platform and challenged Han Xuanji again.
• Han Xuanji unleashed a vast sword strike that astonished the watching sword cultivators and drove Si Xing to the brink.
• Si Xing maintained a small portion of his domain and recognized that Han Xuanji’s Sword Dao reached the realm of a Sword Dao Saint Venerable.
• Si Xing entered a state of clarity, struck with his strongest move, Only Me, and broke through from Peak Sage to Eternal Holy Lord.
• Si Xing’s breakthrough-powered sword strike blocked Han Xuanji’s sweeping sword light.

After Han Xuanji’s sword strike helped Si Xing break through, Fu Xin asked Han for a private spar, and Han returned to his cultivation chamber to review his gains. He then noticed several messages waiting for him and reacted with a puzzled, rueful expression.

• Si Xing broke through during his fight with Han Xuanji, while the spectators treated Han as a villain and Si Xing as a hero.
• Han Xuanji reflected on how he had analyzed Si Xing’s Sword Dao and developed an overbearing style that made him exceptionally strong against sword cultivators.
• Fu Xin asked Han Xuanji for a private spar so he could experience Han’s Sword Dao, and Han agreed.
• Han Xuanji left the cloud platform, while the crowd questioned Chu Qi about Han’s preferences.
• In his cultivation chamber, Han Xuanji reviewed his Sword Dao gains and breakthrough to the Sixth Layer of Eternal Sage, then noticed messages from several people.

After the Immeasurable Saint Emperor named Han Xuanji the Sacred Court’s Young Emperor, Mo Chenxiao explained that the appointment was meant to secure his loyalty. Ji Mingyue then personally tried to recruit him into the Eternal Sword Pavilion, offering access to its secret Sword Dao inheritance, and left him to consider her offer.

• Han Xuanji learned that becoming Young Emperor made him the Immeasurable Saint Emperor’s heir and gave him authority over the Twelve Sacred Halls.
• Mo Chenxiao told Han Xuanji the Sacred Court had elevated him because his Sword Pavilion exploits had frightened the Saint Emperor, and warned him not to be won over.
• Ji Mingyue arrived at the Listening to Swords Residence and urged Han Xuanji to join the Eternal Sword Pavilion as the Sword Ancestor’s Successor.
• Ji Mingyue offered Han Xuanji better treatment than the Sacred Court and access to the Pavilion’s secret inheritance grounds, including the Eternal Sword Ancestor’s swords and notes.
• Han Xuanji weighed the offer but planned to refuse, while Ji Mingyue departed before he could answer.

Han Xuanji weighed Ji Mingyue’s interest in him, then chose to leave the Sword Pavilion’s deeper secrets alone and enter seclusion to study his gains. Meanwhile, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor confronted Ji Mingyue and secured her promise not to force Han Xuanji into danger.

• Han Xuanji suspected Ji Mingyue’s eagerness to recruit him was tied to a secret, but decided not to ask her about it.
• Han Xuanji gave up on seeking out more sign-in sites in the Sword Pavilion and entered seclusion to settle the Ancestor of the Sword Dao trait and study the Eternal Sword Instruction.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor visited Ji Mingyue and challenged her for trying to take Han Xuanji from the Sacred Court.
• Ji Mingyue explained that she believed Han Xuanji might be a contingency left by her father, the Sword Ancestor, or could guide her to his whereabouts.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor and Ji Mingyue agreed that she would not force Han Xuanji into anything, while he would not interfere with Han Xuanji’s choices.

Han Xuanji chose to leave the Sword Pavilion and return to the Sacred Court, resisting Ji Mingyue’s efforts to recruit him. The Immeasurable Saint Emperor revealed that Ji Mingyue was the Eternal Sword Ancestor’s daughter and only descendant.

• Han Xuanji instructed Fu Xin and several Sword Pavilion cultivators in Sword Dao, then grew tired of the repeated visitors and decided to return to the Sacred Court.
• Ji Mingyue questioned Han Xuanji about his choice, and he reaffirmed that he wished to leave for the Sacred Court.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor arrived, praised Han Xuanji for holding to his convictions, and took him away while Ji Mingyue left the invitation open.
• Han Xuanji asked why Ji Mingyue valued him so highly, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor explained that she was the Eternal Sword Ancestor’s daughter and only descendant.

The Immeasurable Saint Emperor explained why Ji Mingyue sought the Sword Ancestor and reassured Han Xuanji that she would not blame him if he found no clues. Han Xuanji prepared to return to the Sacred Court with his disciple Chu Qi, who was stunned to learn his master’s standing and meet the Saint Emperor.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor told Han Xuanji that Ji Mingyue had been cursed by an Eternal Deity targeting the Sword Ancestor, who sealed the curse before disappearing.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor explained that Han Xuanji’s Sword Stele phenomenon was unique and promised Ji Mingyue would not trouble him if he could not find information about the Sword Ancestor.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor promised Han Xuanji the Sacred Court’s ultimate inheritance after he reached the Holy Lord Realm and approved bringing Chu Qi back with him.
• Han Xuanji summoned Chu Qi and introduced him to the Immeasurable Saint Emperor, who invited Chu Qi to call him Uncle Fen.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor told Han Xuanji to prepare to return to the Sacred Court, and Chu Qi learned that Han Xuanji was his master and marveled at his good fortune.

Han Xuanji returned to the Sacred Court with Chu Qi, where the Immeasurable Saint Emperor gave him valuable cultivation resources and three inheritances. The Saint Emperor then showed him the Sacred Court’s supreme treasure, the Clock of Years, which could greatly accelerate his cultivation.

• Han Xuanji and Chu Qi said farewell to Fu Xin and Chen Xin before the Immeasurable Saint Emperor carried them across space to the Great Qian Domain.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor welcomed Han Xuanji as the Sacred Court’s Young Emperor and gave him a ring of treasures and three inheritances.
• Han Xuanji received the Great Qian Return to Origin Technique, the Immortal Emperor Body, and the Supreme Mystery God-Slaying Sword.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor led Han Xuanji into a secluded hall and revealed the Clock of Years, which could make one day of cultivation equal thirty days for a Sage Realm cultivator.

Han Xuanji entered the Clock of Years in the Time Domain to cultivate until he reached the Holy Lord Realm, then discovered it was a twelve-star check-in location. After gaining powerful time-related rewards and improving his Dao of Time comprehension, he learned that the system still counted days by the Eternal Continent’s time outside.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor left Han Xuanji to cultivate in the Clock of Years until he reached the Holy Lord Realm.
• Han Xuanji discovered that the Time Domain was a twelve-star check-in location and spent points to claim its rewards.
• The system gave Han Xuanji the Lord of Time trait, a wisp of the Power of the Origin of Time, and the Eternal Time Wheel Scripture.
• Han Xuanji merged with the Lord of Time trait and spent more than thirty years immersed in a sudden-enlightenment state, greatly advancing his Dao of Time comprehension.
• Han Xuanji checked the system and found that it counted days by the time outside the Time Domain, so he could not exploit its accelerated time to earn extra points.

Han Xuanji mastered the Eternal Time Wheel Scripture’s time domain and used the years-long cultivation session to reassess how to integrate his many cultivation systems. He began sorting through the Dao of Principle, preparing to transition from the Ten Directions Return to Origin Instruction to the Great Qian Return to Origin Technique.

• Han Xuanji stored the wisp of time-origin power and began comprehending the Eternal Time Wheel Scripture in the domain of years.
• Han Xuanji reached minor mastery and manifested a thousand-zhang Eternal Time Domain that accelerated his thinking and attacks several times over.
• Han Xuanji realized that several hundred years had passed within the domain, while only a dozen or so years had passed outside.
• Han Xuanji reviewed his rapid progress and decided to integrate his cultivation systems and incorporate them into his Great Dao.
• Han Xuanji began sorting through the Dao of Principle and prepared to transition from the Ten Directions Return to Origin Instruction to the Great Qian Return to Origin Technique.

Han Xuanji used the Butterfly Dream of the Heavens Secret Method and a wisp of the origin of time to experience a million reincarnations, gaining insights into many Dao Principles. After ending his final life as the Sovereign of Fire, he awoke in the Time Domain, where only a little over a thousand years had passed outside.

• Han Xuanji realized his Dao foundation was uneven and recalled the Butterfly Dream of the Heavens Secret Method as a way to comprehend the myriad Daos.
• Han Xuanji anchored the Secret Method with the origin of time and sent a fragment of his consciousness into reincarnation.
• Han Xuanji lived varied lives, including as a monarch, a sect elder, and a demon king, while gathering Dao insights.
• Han Xuanji used an incarnation's mastery of the Hundred-Turn Immeasurable Instruction to send over a thousand soul fragments into different reincarnations at once.
• Han Xuanji completed a million reincarnations and willingly dispersed the Primordial Fire, ending his final life as the Sovereign of Fire.
• Han Xuanji awoke in the Time Domain after more than thirty thousand years of secluded cultivation, while just over a thousand years had passed outside.

Han Xuanji reflected on the gains from his reincarnations, which had brought him to Sage Realm Perfection and greatly advanced his cultivation, body, soul, and Sword Dao. He completed seven sign-ins in the Time Domain and stored the dangerous rewards for later study, considering whether two of them could fuel his reincarnation secret method.

• Han Xuanji reviewed how his reincarnations had strengthened his Great Dao insights, body, soul, Sword Dao, and cultivation.
• Han Xuanji recognized that his final life had brought him to Sage Realm Perfection, one step short of the Holy Lord Realm, but had consumed his time origin power.
• Han Xuanji completed seven sign-ins in the Time Domain and obtained Time Slash, Water of Time, a Time Dao Fruit, a Time Dao Embryo, the Hunyuan Wheel of Time, the Clock of Years, and the Saint Mark of Time.
• Han Xuanji assessed the rewards and decided not to use the dangerous time-related items casually at his current cultivation.
• Han Xuanji considered using the Water of Time or Time Dao Fruit as fuel for the Butterfly Dream of the Heavens Secret Method and chose to study the idea later.

Han Xuanji fused the Time Dao Embryo and Saint Mark of Time as he prepared to break through to the Holy Lord Realm. Meanwhile, Zi expanded his power in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain, and Teng Yunhai offered him intelligence in exchange for a chance to advance his cultivation.

• Han Xuanji set aside the Hunyuan Wheel of Time and Clock of Years, while reserving Time Slash as a lethal trump card.
• Han Xuanji absorbed the Saint Mark of Time and fused the Time Dao Embryo with his soul, beginning his preparation for a breakthrough.
• Zi gathered weaker Eternal Deities, Holy Lords, and ferocious beasts under his banner and reached for An's territory.
• Teng Yunhai arrived at Zi's hall and offered information about the forces and defenses of several prefectures in exchange for a chance to break through.
• Teng Yunhai told Zi he would accept transforming into another form of life if it gave him a path to greater strength.

Teng Yunhai offered Zi information about Han Xuanji in exchange for an Eternal Origin Crystal, while Zi ordered the claims verified and prepared to act against the cultivators. Meanwhile, Han Xuanji began preparing to break through to the Eternal Holy Lord Realm, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor arrived to assist him.

• Teng Yunhai warned Zi that Han Xuanji had become a powerful young prodigy in Nine Mysteries Prefecture, but Zi dismissed the threat and gave Teng Yunhai an Eternal Origin Crystal for his information.
• After Teng Yunhai left, Zi ordered a subordinate to verify his claims and declared that the Eternal Deities would rise again.
• Han Xuanji prepared to break through beneath the Clock of Years with the Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruit, treasures from the Immeasurable Saint Emperor, and three Dao Attainment Pearls.
• Han Xuanji sent a message to the Immeasurable Saint Emperor, who arrived in the Time Domain less than three breaths later.

Han Xuanji used a Dao Attainment Pearl and the Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruit to break through to the Holy Lord Realm in the Time Domain. The Immeasurable Saint Emperor watched in astonishment, then Han Xuanji thanked him for standing guard.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor withdrew to the edge of the Time Domain while Han Xuanji began his breakthrough.
• Han Xuanji connected with a Dao Attainment Pearl and consumed the Azure Origin Hongmeng Dao Fruit.
• Han Xuanji guided his power into the Eternal Flower, whose separation from the Eternal Dao Fruit formed an Eternal Shengxin.
• Han Xuanji's breakthrough proceeded smoothly, transforming his true essence, Principles, soul, and body as the Immeasurable Saint Emperor watched in amazement.
• Han Xuanji completed the breakthrough, felt the Time Domain's influence weaken, and thanked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor for standing guard.

After Han Xuanji broke through to the Holy Lord Realm, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor sparred with him to assess his strength. The fight revealed Han Xuanji was already comparable to a Late-stage Holy Lord, while the emperor wondered whether he was concealing a powerful past identity.

• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor praised Han Xuanji's smooth breakthrough and invited him to spar for guidance.
• Han Xuanji activated the Unfettered Ultra Instinct Technique and drew the Supreme Void Sword Embryo before attacking with sword and fist.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor blocked Han Xuanji's opening strikes and exchanged more than a hundred moves with him while suppressing his cultivation.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor ended the spar and judged Han Xuanji's strength comparable to a Late-stage Holy Lord, possibly enough to challenge a top Holy Lord after refining the sword embryo.
• Han Xuanji thanked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor and concluded that his combat strength was around that of a top Holy Lord, while the emperor privately suspected he might be a powerful cultivator's reincarnation.

Han Xuanji learned that Zi, a Holy Lord-level Eternal Deity blessed by Zhu, was behind the impending beast tide in the Heavenly South Desolate Domain. He agreed to intervene and build his reputation as the Young Emperor, while the Immeasurable Saint Emperor hinted that Zhu’s response could give the cultivator faction grounds to act.

• Han Xuanji asked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor about the Heavenly South Desolate Domain and learned a new Holy Lord-level Eternal Deity had appeared, calling himself the Tenth Being.
• Han Xuanji recognized the Eternal Deity as Zi, the pro-war faction member suspected of masterminding the beast tide, and worried that Zhu might intervene.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor urged Han Xuanji to stop the beast tide and establish his standing as the Young Emperor.
• Han Xuanji agreed to act but warned that his intervention could provoke powerful Eternal Deities; the Immeasurable Saint Emperor said Zhu’s first move would give the cultivators grounds to respond.
• Han Xuanji declined help refining the Supreme Void Sword Embryo and watched the Immeasurable Saint Emperor leave, reflecting that the situation had become uncertain.

Han Xuanji finished forging the Mystic Heaven Sword and considered how to fill the empty slots in his Nine Luminaries Sword Case. After he asked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor for suitable divine swords, Lu Mingyan arrived to help.

• Han Xuanji refined the Supreme Void Sword Embryo for decades while consolidating his cultivation and planning to simulate Chu Qi.
• Han Xuanji forged the Mystic Heaven Sword, a ninth-tier Saint weapon, and reached the Holy Lord Second Layer.
• Han Xuanji placed the Mystic Heaven Sword in the Nine Luminaries Sword Case and considered how to obtain more swords for its empty slots.
• Han Xuanji asked the Immeasurable Saint Emperor for suitable divine swords, and Lu Mingyan arrived shortly afterward, complaining that the summons had startled him.

Han Xuanji visited Lu Mingyan and was allowed to select six sword-type Saint Artifacts from the Sacred Court treasury to fill his Nine Luminaries Sword Case. He chose two ninth-grade swords and four others, then went with Lu Mingyan to the treasury to see whether they would acknowledge him as their master.

• Han Xuanji told Lu Mingyan he had reached the Holy Lord Realm and credited the Immeasurable Saint Emperor with protecting his Dao.
• Lu Mingyan showed Han Xuanji the Sacred Court treasury catalog and told him he could freely choose sword-type Saint Artifacts of the sixth grade and above.
• Han Xuanji selected the ninth-grade swords Star Slasher and Drifting Snow, along with three eighth-grade swords and one seventh-grade sword.
• Lu Mingyan warned Han Xuanji that the swords had to acknowledge him and that the Immeasurable Saint Emperor would not interfere if they refused.
• Lu Mingyan led Han Xuanji to the Hall of Sacred Grace, where the elders surnamed Zhou and Chen greeted him as the Young Emperor.

Han Xuanji entered the Sacred Court treasury with Lu Mingyan to claim six top-tier Saint swords, drawing attention and doubt from the cultivators gathered there. The swords’ artifact spirits had to be approached personally, and Han Xuanji faced the test as the chapter ended.

• Elder Zhou and Elder Chen escorted Han Xuanji and Lu Mingyan into the Hall of Sacred Grace.
• Cultivators in the treasury recognized Han Xuanji and discussed his reputation and rumored strength.
• Elder Zhou brought out the six swords and explained that Han Xuanji would have to communicate with their unruly artifact spirits himself.
• Onlookers doubted Han Xuanji could subdue all six swords, while Lu Mingyan warned him about their power.

Han Xuanji revealed that he had reached the Holy Lord Realm and subdued all six divine swords in the Sacred Court treasury. News of his breakthrough spread through the Sacred Court, leaving the Ying Household facing the imminent public announcement that he was its Young Emperor.

• Han Xuanji released his Holy Lord Realm presence, shocking Elders Zhou and Chen and convincing them of his strength.
• Han Xuanji opened the sword cases and subdued the Star Severing Sword and Drifting Snow Sword with his Sword Intent.
• Han Xuanji made all six divine swords acknowledge him as master and stored them in the Nine Luminaries Sword Case.
• Elders Zhou and Chen congratulated Han Xuanji, while Lu Mingyan praised his skill before Han Xuanji left the treasury.
• Word of Han Xuanji's breakthrough spread through the Sacred Court, and the Ying Household anticipated the announcement of his Young Emperor title.