Recaps

Wang Hao explained the three-Dantian cultivation system, convincing the Taoist elders that their path had been flawed, then accepted Zhu Wudao as his Registered Disciple. He began copying White Cloud City's Pangu Heaven-Opening Diagram onto Daoist Cangmang's treasured jade disc, but the effort rapidly exhausted him.

• The white-haired old Daoist realized that the Taoist School's cultivation system had been wrong and sensed the elusive Spirit Sea of the Upper Dantian.
• The Wheel-Turning King brought Zhu Wudao to Wang Hao, who accepted him as his Registered Disciple after learning he had improved his speed and cultivation.
• Wang Hao announced that he would copy the Pangu Heaven-Opening Diagram, and the Taoist elders and Zhu Wudao waited for the materials.
• Daoist Cangmang arrived furious that Wujizi had lent out his Cangmang Jade Disc, which he had spent decades carving.
• Wang Hao used Divine Sense Object Control to paint the diagram on the jade disc, captivating the Taoists but draining more than half his Innate Qi and Divine Sense before he had copied five percent.

Wang Hao copied part of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe’s blade, destroying Daoist Cangmang’s jade wall and exhausting everyone’s Divine Sense. He used the spectacle to win the Taoist School’s gratitude and arranged to cultivate on Mount Tai in exchange for medicinal decoctions, leaving Wujizi and Daoist Cangmang to seek Fairy Yushu’s help with the cost.

• Wang Hao copied a third of the axe blade before the Cangmang Jade Wall shattered, injuring him and draining nearly half the others’ Divine Sense.
• Wujizi ordered Yuyin to prepare Wang Hao’s medicinal decoction, while Daoist Cangmang mourned his ruined jade wall.
• Daoist Qingsong noticed that the blade’s image was fading from their memories, so Wang Hao gave the group a visualization method to preserve what they had seen.
• After recovering with the decoction, Wang Hao announced that he would cultivate on Mount Tai for a month and requested a new jade wall every ten days.
• When Wujizi asked to see the diagram again, Wang Hao demanded ten portions of the decoction daily, and Wujizi agreed to ask Fairy Yushu to share the expense with Daoist Cangmang.

Wang Hao comprehended Mount Tai’s Fortune at the ancient altar, survived the emperors’ residual thoughts, and gained a share of the mountain’s power. He tested that power against Fairy Yushu, leaving her unconscious and Wujizi wary as he learned she was Daoist Qingsong’s mother.

• Wang Hao used the Dao Comprehension Function on Mount Tai’s ancient altar and was flooded with the residual thoughts of emperors seeking immortality.
• Mount Tai’s Fortune expelled those thoughts, merged the National Fortune it held, and bestowed a powerful share of its Fortune upon Wang Hao.
• Wang Hao left the altar and told the Wheel-Turning King and Wujizi that Mount Tai’s Fortune could support three Shattering Realm experts.
• When Fairy Yushu showed hostility, Wang Hao struck her with the emperors’ residual thoughts and Mount Tai’s Fortune, severely injuring her and knocking her unconscious.
• Wujizi apologized for Fairy Yushu’s conduct and explained that she had taken offense over her son Qingsong’s arranged duel, surprising Wang Hao.

Wang Hao trained Zhu Wudao through direct combat, helping him break through to Complete Integration in the Foundation Establishment Saber Art and promising to awaken his Acquired Divine Sense if he reached the First-Rate realm and Peak Perfection within a month. Wang Hao then returned to Mount Tai’s ancient altar to cultivate, hoping to use the emperors’ residual thoughts to open his Spirit Sea early.

• Wang Hao sparred with Zhu Wudao using a sheathed sword, exposing flaws in Zhu Wudao’s saber moves and forcing him to adapt.
• Zhu Wudao landed his first complete saber move, broke through to Complete Integration in the Foundation Establishment Saber Art, and improved his cultivation.
• Wang Hao promised to help Zhu Wudao awaken Acquired Divine Sense if he reached the First-Rate realm and Peak Perfection within a month, and Zhu Wudao vowed to meet the goal.
• Wang Hao returned to the ancient altar because leaving it caused the emperors’ residual thoughts within him to become unstable.
• After drinking Wujizi’s medicinal decoction, Wang Hao cultivated with the Nine Revolutions Spirit Nourishing Instruction and visualized the Pangu Heaven-Opening Diagram, aiming to open his Spirit Sea with the residual thoughts.

While Wang Hao cultivated on Mount Tai, Xie Feng traded martial arts manuals for supreme arts and a breakthrough method, drawing experts to watch Ye Gucheng’s coming duel. As Wang Hao attempted to open his Spirit Sea and was badly injured, hidden Innate experts seized the chance to rush the altar and ambush him.

• Xie Feng led the Brocade Guard in purging nearby martial arts forces and brought their manuals to Wang Hao to study.
• At Wang Hao’s instruction, Xie Feng exchanged manuals for supreme arts and offered a method to break through to the Innate Realm, attracting reclusive experts to Mount Tai.
• Wang Hao reached the peak of Second-Tier Divine Sense and used the emperors’ remnant thoughts to attack the Spirit Sea.
• Wujizi, Fairy Yushu, Daoist Cangmang, and the Wheel-Turning King guarded Wang Hao while hidden experts abandoned their plans to seize him after an earlier ambush had failed.
• Wang Hao suddenly vomited blood and his presence weakened, prompting the waiting Innate experts to charge toward Dai Summit for another ambush.

Wang Hao opened his Spirit Sea and transformed his Divine Sense into Innate Divine Sense while the ambush outside threatened Fairy Yushu and the others. He intervened at the last moment, helping Fairy Yushu defeat two Peak Xiantian Grandmasters and drive the remaining attackers away.

• Wang Hao’s Spirit Sea opened when the power suppressing it broke, but ninety-five emperors’ remnant wills absorbed nearly all its spiritual origin, leaving him with only five percent to transform his Divine Sense.
• Fairy Yushu used the Jade Heart Temple’s Heart-Destroying Instruction to protect Wang Hao from two Peak Xiantian Grandmasters, burning her lifespan as they kept attacking him from a distance.
• Wang Hao completed his transformation into Innate Divine Sense, rose behind Fairy Yushu, and struck the two attackers with a Divine Sense assault that briefly froze them.
• Fairy Yushu seized the opening and crippled the two men with her sword, while the other attackers fled after realizing the ambush had failed.
• Fairy Yushu looked at her sword and the defeated opponents in confusion, unaware that Wang Hao’s attack had created the opening.

Wang Hao restored Fairy Yushu’s youth by awakening a rabbit bloodline in her, after her use of the Heart-Destroying Instruction had left her aged and near death. Fairy Yushu pressed him to marry her and have a child, but Wang Hao insisted she first regain her strength, reach the Celestial Person Realm, and learn his true identity.

• Wang Hao realized Fairy Yushu’s love for him had erupted after he shattered the Jade Heart Temple cultivation method’s proud State of Mind, and he ordered the Wheel-Turning King and the others to keep two Peak Innate experts alive.
• Wang Hao took Fairy Yushu into the forest, gave her a white rabbit, and used its blood to awaken her rabbit Bloodline Power and Bloodline Divine Ability.
• Fairy Yushu’s Bloodline Power restored her appearance and could preserve her youth, while Wang Hao told her it might help her live long enough to pursue another breakthrough.
• Fairy Yushu urged Wang Hao to marry her and have a child immediately, but he said she should first reach the Celestial Person Realm and spend more time with him.
• Wang Hao promised to help Fairy Yushu break through after she regained Peak Xiantian Grandmaster strength, while resolving to reveal his identity and postpone consummating their marriage.

Wang Hao reassured Fairy Yushu that her hearing-related Bloodline Divine Ability could grow into control over wind, then went to face Daoist Qingsong in their arranged duel. He unveiled his Heavenly Flying Immortal sword move before a crowd, leaving the spectators awed as the attack began.

• Wang Hao explained that Fairy Yushu’s Divine Ability drew on the power of wind and could become useful in movement and combat.
• Fairy Yushu asked Wang Hao to cripple Daoist Qingsong’s cultivation so he would abandon the Confucian cultivation system and adopt the overseas martial world’s system.
• Wang Hao and Fairy Yushu arrived at the Mount Tai Sword Sect, where Daoist Qingsong had prepared for their duel after a month of seclusion.
• Wang Hao and Daoist Qingsong introduced their swords and boasted about their signature sword moves, drawing awe from the assembled martial artists.
• Wang Hao launched Heavenly Flying Immortal from the sky, using Sword Qi and Innate Divine Sense to overwhelm the spectators with the bearing of an immortal.

Wang Hao defeated Daoist Qingsong with Heavenly Flying Immortal, crippled his cultivation, and spared him so he could improve his swordsmanship. After Fairy Yushu revealed that she and Wang Hao were in love and made Qingsong call him Father, Wang Hao announced plans to establish White Cloud City's legacy on Mount Tai.

• Wang Hao's Heavenly Flying Immortal overwhelmed Daoist Qingsong's defenses, shattered Evergreen for Eons, and crippled Qingsong's cultivation as Sword Qi devastated the Mount Tai Sword Sect's great hall and surrounding buildings.
• Daoist Qingsong accepted his defeat, and Wang Hao explained that he spared him because he considered him a kindred spirit whose swordsmanship could improve.
• Fairy Yushu arrived and revealed that she and Wang Hao had pledged themselves to each other, then ordered Qingsong to call Wang Hao Father.
• Daoist Qingsong reluctantly called Wang Hao Father, and Wang Hao turned to the gathered martial artists to announce that he would establish White Cloud City's legacy on Mount Tai and open it to qualified visitors in one month.

Wang Hao persuaded the Taoist School leaders to expand their sect on Mount Tai by claiming a coming opportunity to comprehend and condense Fortune would bring great benefits. After awakening Zhu Wudao’s Divine Sense and passing on several inheritances, Wang Hao withdrew to Dai Summit to recover and study martial arts he had obtained from captured experts.

• Wujizi, the Wheel-Turning King, Daoist Cangmang, and Fairy Yushu questioned Wang Hao about provoking the Confucian School, and he claimed a chance to comprehend Fortune on Mount Tai would force both schools into conflict within three years.
• Wang Hao explained that strong sect Fortune could aid enlightenment and breakthroughs, persuading Fairy Yushu, Wujizi, and Daoist Cangmang to recruit widely and prepare to seize the opportunity.
• Wang Hao instructed the Taoist School leaders to model reforms on the Mount Heng Sword Sect and gave them inheritances, Divine Sense visualization methods, and the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Ten Strong Martial Arts.
• Wang Hao awakened Zhu Wudao’s Divine Sense, passed on the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe blade and other methods, and praised his rapid progress.
• Wang Hao went to the ancient altar on Dai Summit to recuperate for three days and comprehend the inheritances he had extracted from two Peak Xiantian Grandmaster experts.

After recovering on Mount Tai, Wang Hao left Fairy Yushu with martial inheritances and departed for White Cloud City, hoping his travels would help him complete a Qi-and-Blood cultivation method. He and Xie Feng sailed away without another attack, while Wang Hao dismissed Xie Feng’s doubts about marrying the two-hundred-year-old Fairy Yushu.

• Wang Hao failed to deduce a method for condensing Qi and Blood and hoped his trip to Mount Song would supply the missing insight.
• After three days of recovery, Wang Hao said farewell to Fairy Yushu, gave her memories of his martial inheritances, and left Mount Tai for White Cloud City.
• Wujizi remarked on Wang Hao’s appearance and age difference with Fairy Yushu, but she warned him off and watched Wang Hao depart fondly.
• Wang Hao met Xie Feng at the foot of the mountain, and they sailed from the Yellow River ferry without being ambushed.
• Xie Feng asked whether Wang Hao would marry Fairy Yushu, and Wang Hao insisted that age was no barrier.

Wang Hao traveled to Mount Song under a carefully disguised Ximen Chuixue identity, arranging a decoy and keeping Wangcai away from danger. At Mount Song, the Wheel-Turning King arrived with Zhu Ruoxue and a formidable escort, unsettling the Dugu Household as Xie Feng began clearing the area.

• Wang Hao returned to his true form at sea, then arranged to travel separately from Xie Feng so their movements would draw less suspicion.
• Wang Hao left Wangcai with Zhou Xueyi’s people, returned toward the Yellow River, and sailed toward Mount Song in an ordinary disguise.
• After five days, Wang Hao met his stand-in at Mount Song, checked into an inn, and transformed himself into a balding, greasy version of Ximen Chuixue.
• Xie Feng reached the Mount Song ferry crossing, where Beggars’ Sect experts joined him to clear martial-world forces from the area.
• The Wheel-Turning King arrived with Zhu Ruoxue, Zhu Yunlu, and forty-nine Early Innate experts, while the Dugu Household’s people grew alarmed at the welcome they received.

Xie Feng arrived at the Mount Song Sword Sect, where Zuo Yihan revealed himself as an ancient expert allied with the Confucian School and attacked the Wheel-Turning King. Xie Feng blocked him with his newly created Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, and the chapter ended as Zuo Yihan accepted his challenge and the two struck at each other.

• Xie Feng arrived at the Mount Song Sword Sect, where the eight patriarchs of the Confucian School had gathered alongside the sect's leaders.
• Zuo Qiutang mocked Xie Feng, and Zuo Yihan challenged his right to lead the Beggars' Sect in Chen Youliang's name.
• The Wheel-Turning King recognized Zuo Yihan as a former guard of Zhu Yuanzhang who had secretly founded the Mount Song Sword Sect.
• Zuo Yihan attacked the Wheel-Turning King with a frigid palm, but Xie Feng shattered it with his new Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and challenged Zuo Yihan to fight.
• After receiving an apparent signal from a Confucian School expert, Zuo Yihan accepted Xie Feng's challenge and attacked him as Xie Feng countered with a blood-red dragon of force.

Xie Feng defeated Zuo Yihan with his blood-colored Qi and declared his ideal of a world without beggars, winning the Beggars' Sect disciples and leaving the Confucian School patriarchs unable to object. As the crowd absorbed his words, Ximen Chuixue announced his arrival at the mountain gate.

• Xie Feng and Zuo Yihan exchanged full-force palm strikes, and Xie Feng remained standing while Zuo Yihan was sent flying and badly injured.
• A Confucian School expert used an ancient sword to force Xie Feng's blood-colored Qi out of Zuo Yihan, leaving him aged and gravely wounded.
• Xie Feng declared that his ideal was a world without beggars, and the Beggars' Sect disciples shouted their support.
• Zhu Yunlu recognized that the ideal likely came from her elder cousin and considered its meaning for the Great Ming.
• Ximen Chuixue announced that he had come to visit, and the Confucian School patriarchs rose to greet the long-awaited swordsman.

Wang Hao arrived at the Mount Song Sword Sect disguised as the Sword God Ximen Chuixue and confronted the Confucian School’s eight patriarchs, explaining why their ancient swords could not become divine weapons. Revealing his bald appearance shocked the crowd and crushed Zhu Yu’er’s hopes of marrying him, while Wang Hao insisted that martial arts experts did not have to be handsome.

• Wang Hao saw the Confucian School’s eight patriarchs and their ancient swords, then explained that the blades lacked the essence, Qi, and spirit needed to become divine weapons.
• After a patriarch challenged him to remove his veiled hat, Wang Hao revealed his gleaming bald head and stunned the crowd.
• Zhu Yu’er, who had been urged by the Wheel-Turning King to approach Ximen Chuixue, lost hope when she saw Wang Hao’s appearance.
• Wang Hao confirmed that he was Ximen Chuixue and argued that powerful martial artists did not have to be handsome.
• Several unattractive martial artists embraced Wang Hao’s defense of their looks and resolved to become his devoted fans.

Wang Hao tried to raise Dongfang Bai’s standing by inventing a connection to the Ancient Sun Emperor, but she questioned his claims and nearly disrupted his deception. He turned the exchange into a public appeal for the lost history of the ten ancient emperors, leaving Dongfang Bai seated among the leaders while the martial artists gathered to hear more.

• Wang Hao dismissed the gathered martial artists as unworthy opponents and noticed Dongfang Bai watching from the roof.
• Wang Hao claimed that Dongfang Bai followed the path of the Ancient Sun Emperor, one of the ten ancient emperors, and Dongfang Bai asked what he meant.
• Dongfang Bai said the Central Plains had no legends of the ten ancient emperors, so Wang Hao feigned offense and started to leave over their supposed disregard for their ancestors.
• The eight patriarchs of the Confucian School and the other martial artists stopped Wang Hao, apologized, and promised donations to restore statues of the ancient emperors.
• Wang Hao invited Dongfang Bai to the seat of honor as a supposed descendant of the Ancient Sun Emperor, and the patriarchs agreed to let her sit there.
• Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai took seats on the raised platform as martial artists, including displaced Innate experts, gathered below to hear the ancient emperors’ deeds.

Wang Hao recounted the deeds and cultivation systems of ten ancient human emperors, using myths and legends to make his fabricated history sound credible to the martial artists. The crowd accepted his account and asked whether ancient special physiques still existed, leaving Wang Hao to answer.

• Wang Hao described the ancient emperors, including the Western Empress of the Jade Pool, the Great Emperor Without Beginning, Empress Ruthless, and Heavenly Emperor Ye, and the Taoists connected his story to the Queen Mother of the West.
• Dongfang Bai asked how ancient cultivation differed from the present, and Wang Hao claimed the old Qi and Blood Martial Dao had later been joined by Heavenly Emperor Ye's Qi Refinement path.
• Wang Hao equated the ancient emperors' Dao attainment with the Celestial Person Realm and said special physiques let them fight at Shattering Realm strength.
• Wang Hao explained that the Chaos Physique and Innate Sacred Physique Dao Embryo came from particular combinations of physiques and could not be inherited intact.
• An unidentified martial artist asked whether any ancient special physiques still survived, and the crowd turned to Wang Hao for an answer.

Wang Hao, disguised as Ximen Chuixue, claimed to possess a Divine King Physique and used warnings about the Confucian School’s karma to avoid visiting its patriarchs and stir resentment toward it. He then exaggerated the power of Wang Hao’s unknown physique, leaving the patriarchs fearing that the Confucian School had made a formidable enemy.

• Wang Hao refused the Confucian patriarchs’ invitation, claiming their tangled karma could hinder his cultivation.
• The Confucian patriarchs grew alarmed when Wang Hao’s warning seemed to explain why they struggled to advance, while other martial artists welcomed the setback.
• Wang Hao said special physiques were rare in the Central Plains because awakened talents were secretly taken away by powerful outsiders.
• Wang Hao claimed Zhu Yanzu had awakened a Lunar Physique, then said Wang Hao’s physique was likely stronger than his own Divine King Physique.
• Wang Hao suggested that Wang Hao might possess an Innate Sacred Physique Dao Embryo, leaving the Confucian patriarchs terrified of the consequences.

Wang Hao, posing as Ximen Chuixue, discussed Dongfang Bai’s chances of advancing her Shaoyang Physique into a Solar Physique and agreed to spar with her. After a hidden speaker accused the overseas martial world of abducting ancient emperors’ descendants, Wang Hao invented the assassin group Net Trap and turned suspicion toward the Confucian School, which vowed to protect Dongfang Bai.

• Wang Hao explained that Dongfang Bai’s Shaoyang Physique might advance into a Solar Physique, though survival was unlikely, and offered to help her seek insight from the Ancient Sun Emperor’s statue.
• Dongfang Bai asked to spar with Wang Hao, and they took their places in the training ground.
• Wang Hao announced his sword background and defended the overseas martial world’s martial virtue when a hidden speaker accused it of taking Central Plains prodigies.
• Wang Hao claimed Net Trap had hunted ancient emperors’ descendants for the Zhou Dynasty and that the overseas martial world planned to destroy the organization.
• The crowd suspected the Confucian School of links to Net Trap, prompting its eight ancestors to deny responsibility and promise to protect Dongfang Bai.
• Wang Hao urged Dongfang Bai to return overseas with him, but the leading Confucian elder pledged that the Confucian School would keep her safe.

Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai began a sword contest after she refused his offer to leave the Central Plains, and each revealed the strengths of their sword paths. The duel escalated into a clash of lightning and extreme yang, with both moving too quickly for most onlookers to follow.

• Dongfang Bai declined Wang Hao's offer and accepted his warning that Net Trap would target her after her Ancient Emperor Bloodline Lineage was exposed.
• Wang Hao used his emotion-suppressing method to project a deity-like presence as Dongfang Bai demonstrated her self-created Bubai Swordsmanship.
• Dongfang Bai's rapid attacks found no opening in Wang Hao's defense, while he praised the perfection of her offense.
• Dongfang Bai channeled innate extreme yang Qi into her sword, and Wang Hao formed Innate Thunder Sword Qi with lightning power.
• Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai clashed swords and fought at extreme speed, scattering sparks and lightning as the onlookers struggled to follow them.

Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai’s fierce duel led them to break through into the Early Innate realm, alarming the Confucian School patriarchs who feared their declining dominance. After their final sword strikes collided and formed an unstable sphere of energy, Wang Hao tried to save the exhausted Dongfang Bai, but the explosion caught them before they could escape.

• The Confucian School patriarchs watched Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai’s combat strength and worried that overseas martial artists and the Heavenly Demon Sacred Cult would threaten their position.
• Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai’s battle intensified until they broke through from the Acquired Grandmaster Realm into the Early Innate realm.
• Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai agreed to settle the duel with one final strike and formed enormous blades of Innate Sword Qi.
• The martial artists retreated as Wang Hao and Dongfang Bai’s swords collided and created a growing sphere of violent energy.
• After Xiao Mengmeng warned that Dongfang Bai could not retreat, Wang Hao carried her away, but the sphere exploded and he shielded her with his body and a protective Gang barrier.

Wang Hao saved Dongfang Bai from the blast of her and Ximen Chuixue’s fused Sword Qi, then astonished the survivors by rapidly healing from catastrophic injuries. He left Dongfang Bai with advice about her Shaoyang Physique and the Dao of the Sun.

• Wang Hao shielded the incapacitated Dongfang Bai from the exploding Sword Qi, taking more than a hundred wounds as the Mount Song Sword Sect was reduced to ruins.
• The eight Confucian School patriarchs assumed the bloodied Wang Hao was dead, but he spoke and began healing before their eyes.
• Wang Hao claimed his recovery came from the Divine King Physique and described how its complete form could achieve rebirth from a drop of blood.
• Wang Hao told Dongfang Bai that her extreme yang power was damaging her body and urged her to study the Sun’s creative aspects alongside destruction.
• Dongfang Bai thanked Wang Hao and said she had learned from his guidance.

Wang Hao reflected on the changes to his Innate Qi and discovered that his Spirit Sea could serve as a storage space. He accepted Zhu Ruoxue as his disciple, advised the Wheel-Turning King on developing the Old Zhu Household, and gave him a manuscript of cultivation insights.

• Wang Hao realized that his materialized Spirit Sea could store objects wrapped in Innate Divine Sense.
• The Wheel-Turning King brought Zhu Ruoxue to Wang Hao, who accepted her as his disciple and praised her sword talent.
• Wang Hao denied that Zhu Ruoxue had a Divine King Physique bloodline but said she might cultivate a special physique.
• Wang Hao urged the Old Zhu Household to hunt exotic beasts and learned that they had already begun collecting them.
• Wang Hao gave the Wheel-Turning King a manuscript containing insights into advancing beyond the Innate Realm.

Wang Hao gave the Wheel-Turning King a secret method for condensing Innate Qi and increasing the Old Zhu Household’s strength. He then agreed to let Dugu Ran and Dugu Mo compete with Zhu Ruoxue for a chance to inherit the Ruthless Divine Sword, leaving the Dugu Household confident in its juniors’ victory.

• Wang Hao explained his quantitative-accumulation method for advancing Innate Qi and gave the Wheel-Turning King a secret method to compress Innate Qi into a pill.
• The Wheel-Turning King accepted the method, memorized it, and destroyed the manuscript before preparing to pass it to the Old Zhu Household’s ancestor.
• Wang Hao met Dugu Shang, who brought Dugu Ran and Dugu Mo at Zhu Yanzu’s request to seek discipleship.
• Wang Hao proposed that Dugu Ran, Dugu Mo, and Zhu Ruoxue compete, with the winner qualifying to inherit the Ruthless Divine Sword.
• Dugu Shang ordered his two juniors to spar and assumed that their numbers and recent training would let them defeat Zhu Ruoxue.

Zhu Ruoxue defeated Dugu Ran and Dugu Mo after they used pills to force breakthroughs, while Wang Hao revealed that their choice had cut them off from cultivating Innate Qi and inheriting his sword path. The Dugu Household’s elders were left reeling, and eight Confucian School patriarchs learned that the Sword Demon had wielded the Momentum of the Celestial Person Realm.

• Zhu Ruoxue held off Dugu Ran and Dugu Mo, whose Nine Swords of Dugu could not overcome her Foundation Establishment Sword Art and Sword Intent.
• Dugu Ran and Dugu Mo activated pills to break through to the Acquired Grandmaster Realm, forcing Zhu Ruoxue onto the defensive.
• Zhu Ruoxue drew out her stored medicinal potential, advanced to Early First-Rate, and regained the advantage as her sword art improved.
• Wang Hao ended the fight and declared Zhu Ruoxue the winner, then explained that the men’s use of internal force to break through had ruined their chance to nurture Innate Qi.
• Dugu Shang spat blood and admitted the Dugu Household had been wrong, while Dugu Ran and Dugu Mo struggled to accept that they had severed their own futures.
• The eight hidden Confucian School patriarchs learned that the Sword Demon had possessed the Momentum of the Celestial Person Realm and resolved to seek a Celestial Person Realm expert.