Recaps

Han Xuanji explored the Heart Sword Pavilion, gained its Sword Dao inheritances, and took Chu Qi under his care. At the Wordless Sword Stele, his resonance revealed a unique Sword Dao and raised his stele to 999 zhang, leaving the Sword Pavilion in awe.

• Han Xuanji arrived at the Eternal Sword Pavilion, met Ji Mingyue and Wuxin Sword Venerable, and gained treasures through special sign-ins at the Taishang Sword Palace.
• Han Xuanji asked Wuxin Sword Venerable to let Chu Qi serve him after the pavilion rejected Chu Qi following his success on the Heart-Tempering Road.
• Han Xuanji explored the Heart Sword Pavilion and gained Sword Dao rewards, then gave Chu Qi the Mystic Heaven Chaos Primordial Beginning Scripture.
• Han Xuanji spent a hundred years studying three Sword Dao inheritances, advanced to the fourth level of Eternal Sage, and visited the Sword Stele Forest with Chu Qi.
• Han Xuanji watched Chen Xin raise his sword stele to 180 zhang, then accepted the crowd’s challenge to demonstrate his own Sword Dao at the Wordless Sword Stele.
• Han Xuanji’s special sign-ins granted him the Ancestor of the Sword Dao trait and other rewards, and his resonance awakened the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance across the pavilion.
• The Wordless Sword Stele mistook Han Xuanji for the Eternal Sword Ancestor, raised his cultivation to the sixth layer of Eternal Sage, and inspired him to forge a distinct Sword Intent and new stele.
• Han Xuanji’s sword stele rose to 999 zhang and made the forest’s swords pay homage, while Jian Wuji contacted Mo Chenxiao about his offer to take Han Xuanji as a disciple.

Han Xuanji’s Sword Ancestor feat prompted the Sacred Court to name him Young Emperor, and he returned to cultivate in the Clock of Years. After reaching the Holy Lord Realm and refining his strength, he claimed six divine swords as the Sacred Court prepared to announce his title.

• Han Xuanji raised a 999-zhang sword stele at the Sword Pavilion, and the Immeasurable Saint Emperor moved to secure him as the Sacred Court’s Young Emperor before Ji Mingyue could recruit him.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor formally named Han Xuanji Young Emperor, and Mo Wuying endorsed the decision while ordering the announcement delayed until Han Xuanji reached the Holy Lord Realm.
• Han Xuanji defeated Si Xing in a duel, prompting Si Xing to break through to Eternal Holy Lord, then declined Ji Mingyue’s invitation to join the Eternal Sword Pavilion and left with the Immeasurable Saint Emperor.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor revealed Ji Mingyue’s connection to the missing Sword Ancestor and brought Han Xuanji and Chu Qi back to the Sacred Court, where Han Xuanji received three inheritances and began cultivating in the Clock of Years.
• Han Xuanji used the Time Domain to deepen his Dao comprehension through a million reincarnations, then completed his cultivation and reached Sage Realm Perfection.
• Han Xuanji broke through to the Holy Lord Realm under the Immeasurable Saint Emperor’s guard, and their spar showed that his strength rivaled a Late-stage Holy Lord.
• Han Xuanji learned that Zi had emerged as the Tenth Being and agreed to confront the beast tide, then refined the Supreme Void Sword Embryo, forged the Mystic Heaven Sword, and advanced to the Holy Lord Second Layer.
• Han Xuanji chose six swords from the Sacred Court treasury and subdued their artifact spirits, while word of his breakthrough spread and the Ying Household anticipated his Young Emperor announcement.

Han Xuanji prepared for the beast tide at Thousand Souls City, defeated Zi’s forces, and helped draw Zhu into the cultivators’ trap. After the cultivators captured Zhu and won the battle, the Immeasurable Saint Emperor revealed the larger struggle over the Eternal Divine Tree and identified Han Xuanji as a likely candidate to become an Origin Sovereign.

• Han Xuanji learned that Chu Qi was the reincarnation of the Undying Saint King, offered him the Time Dao Fruit, and took his disciples to Thousand Souls City to prepare for the beast tide.
• Han Xuanji seized Youying, learned when the beast tide would arrive, and used false reports and defensive formations to prepare the city.
• Han Xuanji and the city’s cultivators repelled the beast tide, then Han Xuanji killed several Eternal Deity leaders and forced Zi to flee into the Heavenly South Desolate Domain.
• Han Xuanji pursued Zi and An, but Xu intervened before Holy Venerable Tianming weakened him and Zhu arrived to protect him.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor took Han Xuanji and Mo Chenxiao to safety as the cultivators battled Zhu and the Eternal Deities across the Heavenly South Desolate Domain.
• Ji Mingyue and the Saint Kings broke Zhu’s defenses, severed his heads, and captured him as the cultivators swept away the Eternal Deities’ forces.
• The Immeasurable Saint Emperor explained the Eternal Divine Tree’s importance, the threat from outside powerhouses, and the war’s goal of nurturing an Origin Sovereign.
• Han Xuanji learned that Sage King Wendao had died defending the Eternal Divine Tree and that the Immeasurable Saint Emperor believed Han Xuanji was the likeliest candidate to become an Origin Sovereign.