Recaps

Han Xuanji left the Azure Lotus Sword World and arrived at Great Xia’s imperial capital, where the emperor and countless people welcomed him as the Sword Immortal. As the city bowed to him, an unexplained ripple appeared in the nearby void.

• The Demon Race’s strategist warned the Phantom Mist Demon Saint and the one-horned man not to underestimate Han Xuanji, but the Phantom Mist Demon Saint decided to go see him.
• Han Xuanji obtained ten bottles of Immortal Ascension Pills through signing in, then set out for Great Xia’s imperial capital with Little White Tiger.
• Han Xuanji used the Nine Steps of the Great Void to cross a vast distance and arrive near the imperial capital.
• Ji Chengtian and Great Xia’s ministers, guards, cultivators, and citizens bowed and welcomed Han Xuanji at the White Jade Immortal Platform.
• An almost imperceptible ripple suddenly appeared in the void near Han Xuanji.

Han Xuanji foiled the Phantom Mist Demon Saint’s ambush and tracked him across a million miles. He killed the demon saint and then destroyed the Demon Race’s encampment, leaving no life within a hundred miles.

• The Phantom Mist Demon Saint attacked Han Xuanji with the Formless God-Slaying Thorn, but Han Xuanji sensed it and broke it with a flick of his finger.
• Han Xuanji found the Phantom Mist Demon Saint hiding in the crowd and trapped his scattered smoke within a world of sword intent.
• Han Xuanji’s sword light killed the Phantom Mist Demon Saint’s clone, and the demon saint’s main body felt its death from a million miles away.
• Han Xuanji sent a sword light across a million miles and destroyed the Phantom Mist Demon Saint’s body and soul.
• Han Xuanji sent nine more flying swords to destroy the Demon Race’s encampment, killing everything within a hundred miles.

Han Xuanji destroyed the Demon Race’s invasion force and saved Great Ming, earning the reverence of the people in Great Xia’s imperial capital. After receiving Human Dao Fortune for signing in at the White Jade Immortal Platform, he wondered whether he might be the greatest tribulation of all.

• A boy in a refugee camp saw sword light disperse the Yao Qi and shouted that an immortal had come to save them.
• Han Xuanji’s attack annihilated the Demon Race’s vanguard camp, killing the Demon Master, the Golden Armor Demon Saint, the Phantom Mist Demon Saint, and countless troops.
• People in the imperial capital cheered for Han Xuanji, while cultivators recognized that he had killed an Immortal Ascension Realm demon with ease.
• The Xia Emperor thanked Han Xuanji and considered building an immortal shrine in his honor.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the White Jade Immortal Platform and received Human Dao Fortune, which could avert misfortune and weaken his heavenly tribulations.
• Han Xuanji wondered if he was the greatest tribulation, then dismissed the thought.

Han Xuanji revealed that he had routed the Demon Race vanguard, prompting Great Xia to organize a counteroffensive while the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom called on a powerful envoy to retaliate. He stayed in Great Xia to build his strength, gaining several valuable rewards through signing in.

• Han Xuanji admitted that he had destroyed the Demon Race vanguard, and Great Xia’s gathered experts agreed to clear demons from Great Ming and incorporate it into Great Xia.
• Li Taiqing asked Han Xuanji whether he had any rivals, and Han Xuanji warned that powerful experts remained hidden in the world.
• The Demon Emperor learned that Phantom Mist and Golden Armor had died, and Demon Envoy Tianman was assigned to deal with the Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal.
• After the Demon Race army broke apart, Great Xia’s forces swept south as the Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal’s name spread across the continent.
• Han Xuanji stayed in Great Xia and signed in at imperial sites, obtaining an Immortal Artifact, a Divine Ability, a Cultivation Method, and Immortal Ascension Pills over the following month.

Han Xuanji signed in at Great Xia’s dragon vein and gained an Immortal Artifact that could aid his cultivation and protect him with dragon Qi. At the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, Li Taiqing and Nangong Wenjian sensed the Demon Race’s growing strength before a terrifying great demon appeared.

• Han Xuanji received the Nine Luminaries Star Bow while signing in at locations across the Great Xia imperial palace.
• An imperial elder led Han Xuanji into the underground palace and showed him the heart of Great Xia’s dragon vein.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the dragon vein and obtained the Black and Yellow True Dragon Jade Disc, which could draw on a dynasty’s fortune to assist cultivation and defense.
• At the Great Ming border, Li Taiqing and Nangong Wenjian surveyed the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge and sensed the Demon Race gathering strength.
• A colossal red-armored great demon revealed its form in the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge and roared, shaking the mountains.

The Heavenly Savage Demon Sage led the Demon Race invasion into Eastern Cang Province, overwhelming Arhat Wuzhu when he stood against it. As the demon prepared to strike again, Li Taiqing drew his treasured sword and called for it to slay the demon.

• The Heavenly Savage Demon Sage advanced with the Demon Race army while concealed Immortal Ascension Realm demons discussed testing the human sword immortal.
• Li Taiqing and Lu Fan fled from the demon army, but a Body Integration Realm bird demon pursued them.
• Arhat Wuzhu rescued Li Taiqing and Lu Fan and confronted the Heavenly Savage Demon Sage.
• The Heavenly Savage Demon Sage battered Arhat Wuzhu’s Acala Dharma Manifestation and sent the monk crashing through the trees.
• Arhat Wuzhu urged Li Taiqing and Lu Fan to seek help from the immortals of Central Province as the Heavenly Savage Demon Sage prepared to attack again.
• Li Taiqing drew his treasured sword and called upon it to slay the demon, and Lu Fan reacted with sudden hope.

Li Taiqing activated the killing move Han Xuanji had sealed in his sword, severely wounding the powerful Heavenly Savage Demon Sage but failing to kill him. Han Xuanji sensed the danger to Li Taiqing and Lu Fan, then began drawing a radiant longbow above the Great Xia imperial palace.

• Li Taiqing recited Han Xuanji’s mnemonic and unleashed the sword’s sealed killing move against the Heavenly Savage Demon Sage.
• The azure sword light pierced the demon sage’s body, leaving him gravely wounded as Arhat Wuzhu and the hidden demons sensed its power.
• Ji Chengtian ordered Great Xia’s forces to retreat after receiving word of the Demon Race’s attack and its powerful Immortal Ascension leaders.
• Han Xuanji used his Void-Penetrating Divine Eye to see Li Taiqing and Lu Fan in danger, and realized the demon sage had survived his sword strike.
• Han Xuanji appeared above the imperial palace and drew a radiant longbow, gathering spiritual energy and starlight into an invisible arrow.

Han Xuanji fired a divine arrow from Great Xia at Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, where the Demon Sages were still tending to the wounded Savage Heaven Demon Sage. The demons’ barrier failed against the arrow, and it devastated their forces, leaving an Immortal Ascension demon in disbelief.

• Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, and Arhat Wuzhu prepared to flee as three more Demon Sages gathered around the wounded Savage Heaven Demon Sage.
• Han Xuanji used the Nine Luminaries Star Bow to fire an arrow toward Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, judging that its range and power could kill an ordinary Immortal Ascension Realm enemy.
• Three Demon Sages sensed the incoming arrow and joined the Demon Race forces in raising a vast Yao Qi barrier.
• Han Xuanji fired a second arrow, which joined the first and formed a stronger strike that shattered the barrier.
• The divine arrow swept through the Demon Race forces, killing countless demons and leaving an Immortal Ascension demon stunned by the attack.

Han Xuanji annihilated the Demon Race army and its Immortal Ascension Realm Demon Sages with attacks launched from afar, ending the immediate threat to Great Xia. Survivors and witnesses realized the scale of his power, while Great Xia's leaders wondered whether he had reached the realm of a True Immortal.

• Han Xuanji's divine light killed three Immortal Ascension Realm Demon Sages and destroyed much of the Demon Race army, while an arrow struck down Savage Heaven Demon Sage.
• Arhat Wuzhu, Li Taiqing, and Lu Fan sensed the distant destruction, and Li Taiqing and Lu Fan recognized that Han Xuanji had saved them.
• Arhat Wuzhu confirmed that the Demon Race's strongest fighters had been killed and thanked Han Xuanji for intervening.
• The surviving demons fled Ten Thousand Demon Ridge toward Ten Thousand Demons Province.
• In Great Xia's council hall, the Xia Emperor and gathered leaders received news that the Demon Race army and four Immortal Ascension Realm Demon Sages had been wiped out.
• Great Xia's leaders connected the attack to Han Xuanji and speculated that he might be a legendary True Immortal.

After signing in at the Great Xia Altar of Land and Grain, Han Xuanji obtained a Nirvana Fruit that strengthened his foundation and helped him advance to the Immortal Ascension Third Layer. He decided to travel to Great Ming to seek more places to sign in, while news of the Demon Race’s defeat stirred the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom.

• Han Xuanji signed in at the Great Xia Altar of Land and Grain and received a Nirvana Fruit that could strengthen his foundation and accelerate his immortal-physique transformation.
• Han Xuanji went to the dragon vein and swallowed the fruit, suppressing the phenomenon it caused so people in the imperial capital would not see it.
• The Nirvana Fruit transformed Han Xuanji’s body, strengthened his foundation, and raised his cultivation to the Immortal Ascension Third Layer.
• Han Xuanji noticed that his cultivation speed had increased and realized he could no longer sign in at the altar.
• Han Xuanji decided to go to Great Ming, where he hoped to find more places to sign in.
• News from the front lines stirred the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom.

After the Demon Race’s invasion failed, the Golden Sun Demon Sage gained permission to summon an ancestral artifact to kill Han Xuanji. Han Xuanji continued signing in across Great Ming, grew stronger, and obtained an immortal artifact refining inheritance that could help him forge equipment suited to himself.

• The Golden Sun Demon Sage blamed Han Xuanji’s victory on a sneak attack and persuaded the Demon Emperor to let him summon an ancestral artifact.
• The Demon Race’s invasion ended, and Great Xia prepared to unite with Great Ming as Han Xuanji traveled to Great Ming and signed in for the Ming Emperor Profound Origin Armor.
• Little White Tiger told Han Xuanji that an Immortal Ascension Realm great devil had broken free in Central Province, but Han Xuanji left the matter to its powerful immortal sects.
• Over four years, Han Xuanji signed in at Great Ming’s powers, gained five Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts, and advanced to the Immortal Ascension Fourth Layer.
• At the Divine Sword Sect’s Ten Thousand Swords Pool, Han Xuanji obtained an Immortal Artifact Refining Master’s Inheritance and chose to accept it.

Han Xuanji used the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Craft Instruction and the rare immortal materials he had collected to forge a lifebound Immortal Artifact in the Ten Thousand Swords Pool. He completed a snow-white immortal sword that acknowledged him as its master, as dark clouds and thunder signaled the heavens’ response.

• Han Xuanji absorbed the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Craft Instruction and realized he could use his accumulated immortal materials to forge an Immortal Artifact himself.
• Han Xuanji chose the Ten Thousand Swords Pool as his furnace and spent a month preparing it, melting its swords and fusing immortal metals, Immortal Artifacts, and Law Artifacts within it.
• Han Xuanji began refining the artifact, using the pool’s Sword Intent and earth-vein fire while imprinting his Immortal Dao Principles into the sword embryo.
• After seven days and nights, Han Xuanji completed the sword and infused it with his Essence Blood, causing it to acknowledge him as its master.
• Dark clouds covered the sky and thunder sounded as the immortal sword was born.

Han Xuanji forged a powerful immortal sword, named it Mystic Heaven, and tested its strength. Meanwhile, the Blood Spirit Devil Lord repelled Kunlun Immortal Sect forces at the Sunken Devil Abyss, and Yu Huatian urged him to seek blood in Eastern Cang Province.

• Han Xuanji endured the lightning tribulation and forged a high-grade immortal sword from the Ten Thousand Swords Pool.
• Han Xuanji named the sword Mystic Heaven and found that its power rivaled the Azure Lotus Dao Sword.
• Ancestor Ziyang and the Kunlun Immortal Sect experts attacked the Blood Spirit Devil Lord with the Heavenly Light Golden Seal, but failed to harm him and retreated.
• Yu Huatian praised the Blood Spirit Devil Lord and proposed that he go to Eastern Cang Province to kill its lone Immortal Ascension expert and absorb the population's blood.
• The Blood Spirit Devil Lord considered Yu Huatian's plan as a way to restore and increase his strength.

Yu Huatian persuaded the Blood Spirit Devil Lord to target the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable, while Han Xuanji remained unaware and continued cultivating. At White Cloud City, Li Taiqing defended his master’s standing to Xie Yunliu before a sudden quake shook the city.

• Yu Huatian proposed that the Blood Spirit Devil Lord kill the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable so the Heavenly Evil Sect could pursue revenge without interference from Central Province.
• The Blood Spirit Devil Lord agreed that sacrificing Eastern Cang Province’s living beings was worthwhile and believed he could easily kill a newly ascended Immortal Ascension expert.
• Han Xuanji continued cultivating after refining the Mystic Heaven Sword, sensing that the Demon Race might be planning something.
• At White Cloud City, Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, Nangong Wenjian, and Lin Potian discussed the Sword Discussion Platform at the Moon-Gathering Pavilion.
• Xie Yunliu challenged Li Taiqing’s confidence in Han Xuanji and praised the power of the Kunlun Immortal Sect, while Li Taiqing calmly defended his master.
• A tremendous rumble shook White Cloud City, rattling the Moon-Gathering Pavilion as guests cried out and pointed outside.

The Blood Spirit Devil Lord destroyed White Cloud City's protective formation and began slaughtering its residents, trapping Lu Fan, Li Taiqing, and Xie Liuyun in the spreading blood mist. As Xie Liuyun tried to lead them to safety, Yu Huatian set out to capture them, with orders to keep the Kunlun disciple alive.

• The Blood Spirit Devil Lord covered White Cloud City in blood mist and shattered its city-protecting formation, killing weaker cultivators.
• Xie Liuyun identified the attacker as the Blood Spirit Devil Lord, explained his terrifying history, and shielded the group with his ancient jade.
• Xie Liuyun hoped his master Ancestor Ziyang would rescue them, while Li Taiqing said he would call on Han Xuanji and insisted his master was stronger.
• The Blood Spirit Devil Lord formed a Blood Qi spear and targeted the group, forcing Xie Liuyun to lead them through the blood mist.
• Yu Huatian offered to capture the group, and the Blood Spirit Devil Lord ordered him to leave the Kunlun disciple alive.

Han Xuanji signed in at the Pill Saint Sect and sensed the battle in White Cloud City, where the Blood Spirit Devil Lord overwhelmed Ancestor Ziyang. As Yu Huatian taunted Li Taiqing and the others, Han Xuanji appeared behind him and seized him.

• Han Xuanji obtained the Immortal Alchemy Master's Inheritance at the Pill Saint Sect and sensed powerful experts battling near White Cloud City.
• The Blood Spirit Devil Lord dispersed Ancestor Ziyang's attack, then defeated him and damaged his golden seal with a blood-colored spear.
• Xie Liuyun realized Ancestor Ziyang was losing, while Li Taiqing and the others hoped Han Xuanji would arrive.
• Yu Huatian taunted the group and asked whether the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable would dare come.
• Han Xuanji appeared behind Yu Huatian, seized him, and said he was hard to kill.

Han Xuanji arrived as the Blood Spirit Devil Lord threatened the group and killed Yu Huatian with a casual pat. He then destroyed the Devil Lord’s lifebound spear and slew him with the Mystic Heaven Sword, leaving everyone stunned.

• Han Xuanji appeared before Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, Lin Potian, and the others as Yu Huatian begged the Blood Spirit Devil Lord to save him.
• Han Xuanji destroyed Yu Huatian’s body and spirit with a touch, ensuring he could not escape again.
• The Blood Spirit Devil Lord attacked Han Xuanji with his crimson spear, but the Mystic Heaven Sword shattered its illusory spears and severed its true form.
• Han Xuanji unleashed the Mystic Heaven Sword’s full strike, overcoming the Devil Lord’s forbidden arts and killing him.
• Li Taiqing and the others stared in shock at the Devil Lord’s sudden defeat.

After Han Xuanji killed the Blood Spirit Devil Lord, Ancestor Ziyang invited him and his companions to visit the Kunlun Immortal Sect. They arrived at the sect’s magnificent mountain range, where Ziyang said the sect master had been informed and they would be welcomed.

• Han Xuanji’s Mystic Heaven Sword dispelled the devil clouds after killing the Blood Spirit Devil Lord, and Xie Liuyun praised Han’s strength.
• Ancestor Ziyang thanked Han Xuanji for saving him, while Xie Liuyun apologized and expressed his gratitude for being rescued.
• Xie Liuyun invited Han Xuanji to Kunlun, and Han accepted, hoping to sign in at the renowned sect; Li Taiqing, Nangong Wenjian, and Lu Fan joined them.
• Ancestor Ziyang formed a flying boat and carried the group to the Kunlun Immortal Sect’s territory.
• The group admired the Kunlun Mountain Range and its grand palaces as Ancestor Ziyang announced that the mountain gate was near and the sect master had been informed.

Han Xuanji received an elaborate welcome at the Kunlun Immortal Sect and checked in at its mountain gate, earning the Double Pupils trait. As he asked why Kunlun had not stopped Blood Spirit Devil Lord, True Person Lingyun revealed that the Kunlun mountains were an enormous cage and that Central Province once had five great holy lands.

• True Person Lingyun and hundreds of Kunlun disciples welcomed Han Xuanji as the Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal, honoring him for killing Blood Spirit Devil Lord.
• Han Xuanji checked in at Kunlun's mountain gate and obtained the Double Pupils trait, which could perceive the Principles and trajectories of fate.
• True Person Lingyun thanked Han Xuanji while Li Taiqing and the others were taken away by Xie Liuyun, with Little White Tiger tagging along.
• Han Xuanji asked why Kunlun's many powerful experts had not dealt with Blood Spirit Devil Lord, and True Person Lingyun explained that the Kunlun mountains were an enormous cage.
• True Person Lingyun said that Central Province once had five great holy lands, leaving Han Xuanji to consider what the lost fifth might have been.

Daoist Lingyun and Ancestor Ziyang explained that the holy lands existed to guard ancient devil abysses, and Han Xuanji learned how the Blood Spirit Devil Lord had escaped from the Sunken Devil Abyss. Han Xuanji declined Lingyun’s invitation to join Kunlun but agreed to help if it faced trouble and accepted an alliance between Kunlun and the Divine Profound Sect.

• Daoist Lingyun told Han Xuanji that the Primordial Ultimate Heavenly Sect had been destroyed when its ancient devil abyss went out of control, and that the holy lands were founded to guard the five abysses.
• Daoist Lingyun and Ancestor Ziyang explained that the Blood Spirit Devil Lord had escaped into the Sunken Devil Abyss and later attacked its guard to break free.
• Han Xuanji expressed respect for the holy lands’ sacrifices and apologized for having misunderstood their role.
• Daoist Lingyun invited Han Xuanji to join Kunlun, but Han Xuanji declined while offering to help if Kunlun needed him.
• Daoist Lingyun proposed an eternal alliance and exchanges between Kunlun and the Divine Profound Sect, and Han Xuanji agreed.

Han Xuanji fused with the Double Pupils while staying at the Kunlun Immortal Sect, and Xuanweizi learned that Kunlun would establish friendly relations with the Divine Profound Sect. Han Xuanji then entered Kunlun’s Immortal Medicine Garden, where its keeper Feng Xianzi welcomed him and offered him the garden’s treasures.

• Han Xuanji claimed the Double Pupils reward and gained extraordinary insight, vision, and two powerful eye techniques.
• Xuanweizi received Han Xuanji’s message that the Kunlun Immortal Sect would establish friendly relations with the Divine Profound Sect and celebrated the news.
• Han Xuanji visited Kunlun’s Immortal Medicine Garden, where he found rare Spirit Roots and met its Immortal Ascension Realm Third Layer keeper, Feng Xianzi.
• Feng Xianzi greeted Han Xuanji as an equal and invited him to take whatever he wanted from the medicine garden.

Han Xuanji visited the Kunlun Immortal Medicine Garden with Feng Xianzi and received a Nine-Thousand-Year Peach of Immortality from his system. He asked to cultivate beneath the Peach of Immortality tree, and Feng Xianzi welcomed him to stay.

• Feng Xianzi guided Han Xuanji through the garden and showed him its rare spirit plants.
• Han Xuanji recognized the Peach of Immortality tree, and his system awarded him a Nine-Thousand-Year Peach of Immortality for signing in at the garden.
• Feng Xianzi offered Han Xuanji one of the tree's peaches, but Han Xuanji declined and asked to spend time cultivating beneath the tree.
• Feng Xianzi agreed that Han Xuanji could stay in the garden as long as he wished.
• Han Xuanji sat beneath the tree to cultivate while planning to sign in there each day.

After three years of cultivating in Kunlun’s herb garden, Han Xuanji reached a bottleneck and prepared to leave, then used a nine-thousand-year flat peach to pursue a breakthrough. Its vitality surged through him and rapidly raised his cultivation.

• Across three years, Han Xuanji watched Li Taiqing, Xie Liuyun, and Lu Fan travel Central Province to fight demons and devils.
• Han Xuanji checked in at the Kunlun herb garden and received nine thousand-year flat peaches, while the System warned that the Dao resonance there had declined.
• Feng Xianzi brought Han Xuanji wine, and the two shared a drink and reflected on their three years together.
• Han Xuanji told Feng Xianzi he had reached a bottleneck and would leave the herb garden.
• Han Xuanji reviewed the treasures he had accumulated and took out his three nine-thousand-year flat peaches to aid his breakthrough.
• Han Xuanji ate a small bite of a flat peach, causing his immortal essence and cultivation to surge.

Han Xuanji advanced to the fifth level of the Immortal Ascension Realm and awakened his Primordial Human Bloodline after eating a nine-thousand-year-old flat peach. Meanwhile, Li Taiqing and his companions defeated the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method's inheritor, who warned that the Heaven-Devouring Holy Sect would soon arrive.

• Han Xuanji stabilized his breakthrough to the fifth level of the Immortal Ascension Realm and ate another nine-thousand-year-old flat peach.
• The flat peach activated the primordial origin hidden in Han Xuanji's bloodline, strengthening his body and potential and improving his sensitivity to the Great Dao.
• Li Taiqing, Lu Fan, Nangong Wenjian, Lin Potian, and Xie Liuyun battled the Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method's inheritor in an ancient domain in Eastern Cang Province.
• Xie Liuyun used an ancient talisman to suppress the inheritor's devil Qi, and Li Taiqing struck him with the Nine Tribulations Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• As he died, the inheritor warned that the people of his Heaven-Devouring Holy Sect would soon arrive.

After the Devil Cultivation Method inheritor revealed a possible connection to the Heaven-Devouring Holy Sect, the group learned that the distant devil sect ruled a continent and might threaten the Nine Provinces. Han Xuanji received Li Taiqing’s warning while signing in at Kunlun’s scripture repository, and an extraordinary figure arrived at the Divine Profound Sect.

• Lu Fan burned the Devil Cultivation Method inheritor’s corpse after the battle ended.
• Lin Potian and Xie Liuyun identified the Heaven-Devouring Holy Sect as a powerful devil sect ruling a distant continent, and Li Taiqing agreed to warn his master and the sect’s ancestors.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Kunlun Scripture Repository and obtained the Kunlun Dao Scripture, which he judged inferior to his main cultivation method.
• Li Taiqing sent Han Xuanji information about the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect’s cruel system of extracting cultivation and lifespan from its followers.
• An extraordinary figure flew to the Divine Profound Sect and drew the attention of those there.