Recaps

Lin Xuan revealed Xuan Bing’s Thearch Realm strength, killed the two Blood-Melting Hall Venerables, and left after the Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples thanked him. In Demon-Suppressing City, three Primordial Holy Heaven Saint Masters learned that the gifted young sword cultivator had rejected all Ten Great Saint Heavens.

• The Blood-Melting Hall Venerables tried to flee after seeing Xuan Bing grow to her full size, but Xuan Bing killed them with a wind blade that froze and shattered them.
• Lin Xuan took the Venerables’ Storage Bags and told the Heaven-Pillaring Sect disciples he had fulfilled their bargain before leaving.
• A Saint Master from the Primordial Holy Heaven worried over recent events in Demon-Suppressing City and asked two returning Saint Masters whether they had recruited the young sword cultivator.
• The two Saint Masters said the girl had rejected every one of the Ten Great Saint Heavens, including the Primordial Holy Heaven.

The Saint Masters learned that the young sword cultivator had refused every Holy Heaven, then prepared to join the thousand-year harvest of the Holy Lotus of Creation in Cloudmist Marsh. As the lotus bloomed and the restrictions fell, the Holy Heavens began arguing over its parts before the Primordial Holy Heaven could claim anything.

• The middle-aged Saint Master heard that the young sword cultivator had rejected the Ten Great Saint Heavens and learned that the Holy Lotus of Creation was about to bloom.
• One returning Saint Master stayed behind to recover, while the middle-aged Saint Master and Yun Bi prepared to enter Cloudmist Marsh with some Heavenly Venerable students.
• Several days later, the Holy Lotus of Creation began blooming on an island in Cloudmist Marsh as demons, Demon Beasts, and humans lay dead around it.
• The leaders of the Holy Heavens opened the lotus's restrictions while their forces gathered, hoping to claim its petals, roots, seeds, and leaves.
• The leaders of several Holy Heavens started dividing the lotus's treasures, and the Primordial Holy Heaven's members looked displeased before they could speak.

Lin Xuan intervened after Golden Feather Holy Heaven humiliated Primordial Holy Heaven over the Holy Lotus of Creation, killing Fang Sheng with one sword and reclaiming the lotus seeds. As the gathered students reeled from his strength, a furious Great Emperor’s presence swept over the island.

• Fang Sheng offered Primordial Holy Heaven three low-grade lotus seeds, then struck Xiao Yu and took them back when Xiao Yu protested.
• Lin Xuan appeared and condemned Golden Feather Holy Heaven’s treatment of Primordial Holy Heaven, while Xuan Bing demanded the lotus seeds.
• Fang Sheng mocked Lin Xuan and drew his twin sabers, but Lin Xuan killed him with a single sword strike before he could finish speaking.
• Lin Xuan reclaimed the lotus seeds and tossed them to Xuan Bing, then challenged anyone who objected to step forward.
• A terrifying presence identified as that of a Great Emperor swept over the island.

After Lin Xuan killed Fang Sheng, Golden Feather Holy Heaven's sage instructor Fang Fu arrived and threatened to kill him. Chi Yizhou intervened to protect Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan refused to flee and challenged Fang Fu to take his life himself.

• Fang Fu found Fang Sheng's corpse and accused Lin Xuan of killing his disciple, declaring that he would kill him.
• Chi Yizhou arrived on a jade bird and stepped between Fang Fu and Lin Xuan, insisting that he would protect the Primordial Holy Heaven student.
• Fang Fu threatened the other Primordial Holy Heaven disciples, and Chi Yizhou ordered Huang Li'er to protect Lin Xuan as he prepared to fight.
• Huang Li'er urged Lin Xuan to escape while she protected him, but Lin Xuan declined and set her on Xuan Bing's back.
• Lin Xuan walked toward Fang Fu with his sword and challenged him to take his life himself.

Lin Xuan killed Fang Fu, a Great Emperor from Golden Feather Holy Heaven, with a single sword strike in Cloudmist Marsh. He harvested the Holy Lotus of Creation and distributed three white lotus seeds to each of the other eight Holy Heavens.

• Lin Xuan drew his sword and challenged Fang Fu despite being below the Thearch Realm.
• Chi summoned his heaven-swallowing python to protect the Primordial Holy Heaven disciples and moved to save Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan struck Fang Fu with a Sword-Ray, killing the Great Emperor instantly.
• Xuan Bing retrieved Fang Fu's and Fang Sheng's Storage Bags while Lin Xuan assessed his strength and harvested the Holy Lotus of Creation.
• Lin Xuan gave the other eight Holy Heavens three white lotus seeds each, reminding them that he had considered their earlier efforts.

Lin Xuan defeated the other Holy Heavens, gave Primordial Holy Heaven thirty golden lotus seeds and a section of lotus root, then slipped away from Elder Zuo. Deep in the Demon Battlefield, the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower emerged, still hungry for more human cultivators.

• The other eight Holy Heavens fled after Lin Xuan intimidated them, while Primordial Holy Heaven celebrated its reversal of fortune.
• Lin Xuan gave the middle-aged Holy Master thirty golden lotus seeds and a section of creation lotus root before departing with Xuan Bing.
• The middle-aged Holy Master realized the lotus root might heal his hidden injuries and let him advance further.
• Elder Zuo searched Cloudmist Marsh for Lin Xuan, unaware that Lin Xuan had deliberately hidden from him.
• Deep in the Demon Battlefield, the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower devoured human corpses, transformed its Demon Qi, and shrieked for more prey.

The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower revealed an ancient palace as bait to draw human cultivators within reach. Lin Xuan and Xuan Bing approached the palace, and Lin Xuan resolved to hunt the powerful presence he sensed there.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower summoned an ancient palace from her blossom and hid beneath it, hoping to lure human cultivators with its treasures and trapped demons.
• Lin Xuan continued across the Demon Battlefield while Xuan Bing, having eaten most of the Holy Lotus of Creation, urged him toward the palace for its enticing food.
• Lin Xuan saw that cultivators were flocking to the palace, which rumors identified as a damaged Half-Step Saint Weapon containing ancient demons and the legacy of a Holy Heaven Domain sect.
• Lin Xuan sensed a powerful presence near the palace and decided to kill it to help Xuan Bing grow stronger.

Lin Xuan saved a group of Moon Eve Alliance cultivators from a powerful demon and asked them about his sister, Lin Yuechan. They told him that Lin Yuechan had failed her breakthrough and returned to Primordial Holy Heaven a few days earlier.

• A Moon Eve Alliance group was overwhelmed by a two-mark Heavenly Venerable Perfection demon while trying to reach the ancient hall.
• Lin Xuan arrived and killed the demon with one slash of Sword Qi, while his deer spirit pet collected its body.
• The wounded cultivators recognized Lin Xuan’s Moon Eve Alliance jade pendant and wondered at his immense strength.
• Lin Xuan asked the group where the alliance leader had gone, hoping to learn news of his sister.
• The group’s leader told Lin Xuan that Lin Yuechan had failed her breakthrough and returned to Primordial Holy Heaven a few days earlier.

Lin Xuan learned that his sister Lin Yuechan had survived her failed breakthrough and agreed to bring the injured Moon Eve Alliance members to the ancient hall. At the entrance, Yu Wei tried to place the Primordial Holy Heaven students under his command, while Lin Xuan remained focused on the opportunity inside.

• Lin Xuan reassured the injured Moon Eve Alliance members that the Black-Crowned Snow Lotus would not cure Lin Yuechan’s breakthrough backlash and invited them to travel with him to the ancient hall.
• Wen Ling and his companions accepted Lin Xuan’s offer, and they continued onward with him, killing demons along the way.
• After a day of travel, Lin Xuan’s group reached the ancient hall, where people from the Ten Great Saint Heavens and other factions had gathered.
• Wen Ling spotted Yu Wei, a Heavenly Venerable Perfection disciple from the Heaven-Reaching Institute, and Yu Wei came over to confront the group.
• Yu Wei ordered the Supreme Institute students to follow his arrangements, prompting Lu Qiuyan to object before another woman covered her mouth.
• Lin Xuan ignored the dispute over leadership and kept his attention on the fortuitous opportunity inside the ancient hall.

Lin Xuan and the others followed Yu Wei into the ancient hall, where they discovered that its floors and walls were made of rare, valuable materials. At a fork in the increasingly dangerous maze, Yu Wei proposed going left, but someone disagreed and suggested the right path.

• Yu Wei spoke with Qin Lingsu, then arranged for the group to enter the ancient hall together and warned them not to touch anything.
• Inside the hall, Qin Lingsu identified the floor as azure flame stone, and the group found other rare materials decorating the walls and ceiling.
• The group restrained themselves from taking the materials because damaging the hall might release demons or provoke its defenses, while Xuan Bing watched hungrily from Lin Xuan's shoulder.
• As the group traveled deeper, they encountered fewer but stronger demons and eventually reached a fork with left and right paths.
• Yu Wei suggested taking the left path, but an unidentified voice said they should go right.

At a fork in Cloudmist Marsh, Lin Xuan chose the passage filled with demons after Xuan Bing sensed a supreme treasure there, while Yu Wei led most of the group toward the denser Immortal Spirit Qi. The chapter left Lin Xuan’s small party heading right, joined by Qin Lingsu.

• Xuan Bing urged Lin Xuan to take the right passage because she sensed something exceptionally delicious among the demons there.
• Yu Wei rejected Lin Xuan’s choice, called the right passage too dangerous, and led most of the group left.
• Wen Ling and the other Supreme Institute members stayed with Lin Xuan despite warnings from Wen Ling’s friend, trusting Lin Xuan’s strength.
• Qin Lingsu reflected on Lin Xuan’s unusual presence and her dislike of Yu Wei, then chose to go right with Lin Xuan.

After Qin Lingsu joined Lin Xuan’s group, they advanced deeper into the ancient hall and faced increasingly powerful demons. Lin Xuan stopped them just before a Five-Mark Demon emerged, leaving the group trapped between it and demons blocking their retreat.

• Qin Lingsu rejected Yu Wei and walked over to Lin Xuan, prompting Yu Wei to leave in anger with his followers.
• Lin Xuan’s group cautiously advanced along the dangerous passage, where Wen Ling’s compass detected dense Demon Qi and the demons grew stronger.
• Qin Lingsu distributed pills to help the group endure while Wen Ling and the others fought the demons; Lin Xuan held back at Wen Ling’s request.
• Lin Xuan raised his hand to stop the group just before the path ahead collapsed and a powerful demon burst out, shattering the surrounding formations.
• Qin Lingsu recognized the demon as a Five-Mark Demon, but the passage behind the group collapsed and became blocked by other demons, trapping them.

Lin Xuan saved the group by killing a Five-Mark Demon and its horde with one sword strike, then guided them through the hall’s broken formations. The group arrived at a flooded cavern filled with demons and spotted a Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruit.

• Wen Ling and the others despaired when a Five-Mark Demon confronted them.
• Lin Xuan emerged from the formation barrier and killed every demon, including the Five-Mark Demon, with a single sword strike while leaving the group and formation unharmed.
• The group continued through the hall, relying on Xuan Bing to sense formations and Lin Xuan to dismantle them.
• A group teleportation formation carried them to a ruined, flooded cavern packed with demons that all stared at the same spot.
• Qin Lingsu recognized the object captivating the demons as a Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruit.

Lin Xuan killed the demons guarding a Vermilion Bird Spirit Tree, collected its fruits, and shared some with the Moon Eve Alliance. The group reached another hall, where a damaged sword’s overwhelming Sword Intent drew their attention.

• Qin Lingsu identified the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruits and living soil, but the group feared the demons guarding them.
• Lin Xuan descended into the pool and killed all the demons with a single strike of Sword Qi.
• Lin Xuan collected the spirit fruits, gave one to each companion, and traded Qin Lingsu three more for two fruits suited to beasts.
• Xuan Bing ate the beast pills Qin Lingsu offered and secretly returned to swallow the demon-contaminated water from the pool.
• Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance reached another hall and saw a damaged palm-sized sword whose Sword Intent stunned them.

Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance disciples entered a hall where a small sword's powerful Sword Domain drew sword cultivators to comprehend it, while injuring those who could not withstand its pressure. They spotted Yu Wei nearby, then Wang Fu approached to taunt them about their ragged appearance and claim they had gained nothing.

• Lin Xuan recognized that the small sword contained an extraordinary Sword Domain, and the group saw a cultivator suffer backlash from its Sword Intent.
• Wen Ling warned his companions to proceed cautiously after they saw the cultivator carried away injured.
• Lu Qiuyan spotted Yu Wei and the others comprehending the sword's Intent within a hundred zhang of it.
• Wang Fu and two companions approached Lin Xuan's group and mocked their torn clothes and supposed lack of gains.
• Wang Fu thanked them for not joining his group, saying he would otherwise have had to share their Spirit Stones with them.

Wang Fu and Yu Wei believed Lin Xuan’s companions regretted choosing him, but Qin Lingsu and the Moon Eve Alliance were content with their choice. Mo Hui, a famed sword cultivator, arrived at the hall and stepped into the small sword’s range, leaving everyone eager to see how far he could advance.

• Wang Fu mocked Lin Xuan’s group, while the Moon Eve Alliance kept quiet about the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fruits they had obtained.
• Yu Wei noticed Qin Lingsu and the others, but Qin Lingsu dismissed him and remained confident in her choice to follow Lin Xuan.
• Yu Wei decided Qin Lingsu would regret rejecting him and imagined making her pay for her choice.
• Mo Hui of True Martial Holy Heaven arrived, drawing everyone’s attention as a renowned sword cultivator said to have comprehended sixth layer sword intent.
• Mo Hui loosened his muscles and joints, then stepped into the small sword’s range as the crowd watched.

Mo Hui crossed the sword’s hundred-zhang boundary with ease and reached sixty-five zhang before sitting down, a feat that awed the onlookers. Lin Xuan then stepped toward the sword, ignoring Yu Wei’s warning and mockery.

• Mo Hui advanced past the hundred-zhang mark and continued beyond Li Tiancun’s record as the crowd watched in amazement.
• Mo Hui stopped at sixty-five zhang, judged that going farther risked injury, and sat cross-legged.
• Yu Wei praised Mo Hui and reflected on his own admiration for him and his failed attempt to join True Martial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan judged Mo Hui’s performance as merely good and moved toward the small sword.
• Yu Wei mocked Lin Xuan and warned him not to enter, but Lin Xuan ignored him and stepped inside the sword’s range.

Lin Xuan entered the hall’s Sword Intent and advanced past the distance reached by Yu Wei and Mo Hui with apparent ease. The other cultivators watched in disbelief as the unfamiliar Primordial Holy Heaven student continued beyond sixty zhang.

• Yu Wei and the others mocked Lin Xuan for entering the little sword’s sphere of influence, but he walked past the hundred-zhang mark without hesitation.
• Wen Ling watched Lin Xuan advance within ninety zhang and felt vindicated for choosing to follow him.
• Lin Xuan passed Mo Hui, who was meditating at sixty-five zhang, and continued beyond the sixty-zhang boundary Mo Hui could not cross.
• The cultivators from the various Holy Heavens stared at Lin Xuan in astonishment, wondering who the unfamiliar student was.

Lin Xuan advanced within forty zhang of the little sword, where he stopped to comprehend its Sword Intent, while Xuan Bing sensed a strange stench. Hidden beneath the hall, the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower decided to attack the meditating Lin Xuan and devour his talent to hasten its own advancement.

• Lin Xuan walked past the sixty- and fifty-zhang marks and reached within forty zhang of the little sword without being affected by its Sword Intent.
• Mo Hui and Yu Wei watched in shock as Lin Xuan surpassed them, while the gathered cultivators marveled at his strength.
• Lin Xuan stopped at forty zhang to study the little sword's Sword Intent, and Xuan Bing remained unaffected on his shoulder.
• Xuan Bing furrowed her brows and wondered why the area smelled a little stinky.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower recognized Lin Xuan as a human prodigy immersed in meditation and resolved to devour him to advance ahead of time.

The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower revealed that the ancient hall was a trap and overwhelmed the trapped cultivators. As it moved to devour the wounded Mo Hui, Xuan Bing intervened with dazzling Immortal Spirit Qi.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower emerged inside the hall, and the cultivators recognized the Seven-Mark Demon from the wanted list.
• The demon revealed that it had used the ancient hall to lure Lin Xuan and the other Human Race cultivators into a trap, then sealed the hall with its stems.
• Mo Hui attacked the demon, but it knocked away his sword and gravely injured him, shattering the protective stone tablet given to him by the vice dean.
• As the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower moved to devour Mo Hui, Xuan Bing gave a call and released dazzling Immortal Spirit Qi that dispersed the blood-colored fog.

Xuan Bing revealed her immense power as a Holy Spirit and confronted the seven-mark Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower to protect Lin Xuan. As the battle erupted, Mo Hui gathered the other cultivators behind him and warned them that the flower’s Demonic Qi was spreading.

• The cultivators recognized Xuan Bing as a Mysterious Frost White Deer with Thearch Realm strength, while the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower focused its greed on her.
• The flower’s bewitching voice nearly lured a cultivator into its jaws, and Mo Hui warned everyone that its mind-affecting power had grown stronger.
• Xuan Bing dismissed the others’ belief that she was an ordinary Holy Spirit, shielded Lin Xuan with white light, and charged the flower to protect her master.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower attacked Xuan Bing with its stalks, filling the battlefield with Immortal spiritual Qi and Demonic Qi.
• Mo Hui ordered the cultivators to gather behind him, then asked where Lin Xuan was; Wen Ling concealed that Xuan Bing had shielded him.
• Mo Hui warned the group that the flower’s Demonic Qi was beginning to spread.

Xuan Bing fought the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower to protect Lin Xuan and the Moon Eve Alliance cultivators, but her strength eventually failed. After revealing that Lin Xuan was her master, she fell onto his shoulder, and Lin Xuan awakened as the flower attacked.

• Xuan Bing used up her saved snacks and fought the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower while shielding Lin Xuan and distracting it from the others.
• The cultivators realized that fleeing would be fatal after a Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven cultivator showed them his dead senior brother's shattered soul token, and Mo Hui said he could not move them safely without a formation disk.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower pierced Xuan Bing's chest, leaving her gravely wounded and unable to keep fighting.
• Xuan Bing turned into a little fawn, landed on Lin Xuan's shoulder, and said that she had done her best and that he was her master.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower sent its stems toward Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan opened his eyes and sword shadows filled the sky.

Lin Xuan awakened and used his newly formed Sword Domain to trap and overwhelm the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower as it tried to flee. As he realized he had comprehended the Sword Domain, he struck at the demon and the space beneath it.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower sensed danger from Lin Xuan and began withdrawing its stems to escape.
• Lin Xuan opened his eyes, unleashed a black-and-white Sword Domain, and filled the hall with sword graves that trapped the demon and the other cultivators.
• Thousands of spiritual swords attacked the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower, badly wounding it and leaving it unable to evade.
• The demon secretly extended a flower stem beneath itself, hoping to escape while Lin Xuan's attack continued.
• Lin Xuan returned to his senses, recognized his technique as the Sword Domain, and slashed at the demon and the space beneath it.

Lin Xuan pursued the fleeing Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower after rescuing Xuan Bing and leaving the others stunned by his strength. He caught up with the demon at another human gathering and sliced off half its stem, leaving the onlookers shocked.

• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower severed most of its roots and fled the great hall, but Lin Xuan pursued it with his sword domain.
• Lin Xuan comforted the exhausted Xuan Bing, placed a mind-clearing jade talisman against her, and tucked her into his sleeve.
• Lu Qiuyan and the others debated whether Lin Xuan was a student or a holy instructor, while Wen Ling rejoiced that the Moon Eve Alliance had been saved.
• The Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower reached another gathering of humans, who panicked when they recognized it.
• Lin Xuan caught up with the demon and cut off half its flower stem, leaving the gathered humans staring at him in shock.

Lin Xuan pursued and killed the seven-patterned Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower, ending its threat to the cultivators trapped in the ancient hall. After the hall’s illusions collapsed and most of the others’ treasures turned to ash, he led Wen Ling and the others back toward Demon-Suppressing City.

• The cultivators watched Lin Xuan chase the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower and realized he was hunting it rather than fleeing from it.
• Lin Xuan used his Sword Domain to overcome the flower’s resistance and killed it just before it escaped Cloudmist Marsh.
• With the flower dead, the ancient hall decayed and its false treasures were exposed, while many cultivators discovered their Spirit Stones and materials had become empty shells or ash.
• Wen Ling and the others found that the items they had collected under Lin Xuan’s protection were mostly unharmed.
• Lin Xuan returned, told the cultivators the flower was dead, and left for Demon-Suppressing City with Wen Ling and the others.