Recaps

Lin Ye revealed that the Vast Sea Saint King could recover beyond thirty percent with help from another remnant soul in the Sword Ruins, and asked Lin Xuan to find the remains of Ancestor Zhiruo. The Vast Sea Saint King revived as Gu Hao, pledged his gratitude to Lin Xuan, and met Wu Liang as the Sword Pavilion’s new supreme elder.

• Lin Ye told Lin Xuan that another remnant soul in the Sword Ruins could stabilize the Vast Sea Saint King’s body and help him recover further.
• Lin Ye asked Lin Xuan to find Ancestor Zhiruo’s remains, then dissipated into the stone in Lin Xuan’s sleeve and left a divine character between his brows.
• Lin Xuan saw a memory of Lin Zhiruo fighting pursuing enemies and learned her name and her status as a peerless Lin Household sword cultivator.
• The Vast Sea Saint King and Cheng Jing Ting returned to their bodies, and Gu Hao awoke in the Spiritless Spiritual Spring, realizing he had come back to life.
• Gu Hao bowed to Lin Xuan in gratitude, and Lin Xuan helped him dress before introducing him to Wu Liang as the Sword Pavilion’s supreme elder.
• Wu Liang greeted Gu Hao, who recalled the Chongming Bird Clan and mourned that Wu Hantian had left no remnant soul; Wu Liang connected Gu Hao’s intervention to the Sun-Setting Bow choosing him.

Cheng Jing Ting awakened in the Spiritless Spiritual Spring with his memories ending at the war against the foreign races, discovering that his body and cultivation had been transformed. After his perception of Lin Xuan and the others injured him, the Vast Sea Saint King explained what had happened, and Wu Liang revealed that nearly two years had passed since the war.

• Cheng Jing Ting awakened with no memory of the years after he and his enemy had died in battle, and he found himself among strangers.
• Wu Liang told Lin Xuan that Cheng Jing Ting had risen from the King Realm to the Venerable Realm and possessed immense untapped potential.
• Cheng Jing Ting sensed the formidable power of the Vast Sea Saint King, Wu Liang, and Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan's Sword Intent overwhelmed him and made him fall into the water.
• The Vast Sea Saint King pulled Cheng Jing Ting from the water and explained that his enhanced perception had caused the backlash.
• Cheng Jing Ting asked where he was and how he had survived, and Wu Liang said nearly two years had passed since the war against the foreign races.

After learning that the Profound Domain had fallen, Cheng Jing Ting mourned his lost homeland but accepted his second chance at life. Lin Xuan recruited him into the Sword Pavilion and gave him supplies to begin anew, promising to reclaim the Profound Domain.

• Wu Liang told Cheng Jing Ting that the Profound Domain had suffered a crushing defeat and that he had revived him using a remnant soul Wu Liang had rescued.
• Cheng Jing Ting grieved for his destroyed homeland, then thanked Wu Liang and learned that Lin Xuan had provided his repaired soul and new body.
• Lin Xuan invited Cheng Jing Ting to join the Sword Pavilion and promised to lead its disciples back to the Profound Domain to drive out the foreign races.
• Cheng Jing Ting accepted and knelt before Lin Xuan, declaring himself a disciple of the Sword Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan gave Cheng Jing Ting a Sword Pavilion jade token, an emperor-grade talisman method, and several hundred high-grade talismans, leaving Cheng Jing Ting astonished by his new sect's resources.

Lin Xuan received rare talisman and array manuals through a system rebate but withheld them from Cheng Jing Ting until his disciple had grown stronger. Meanwhile, seven Saint Realm experts from allied clans besieged the Chongming Bird Clan's Saint City, where the old Demon Saint faced the Xiangliu leader's demand for surrender.

• Lin Xuan received the Holy Heaven True One Talisman Book and the True Explanation of Heavenly Dao Arrays as rebates after teaching Cheng Jing Ting a talisman art.
• Lin Xuan decided to keep the manuals until Cheng Jing Ting had stabilized his cultivation and reached the Thearch Realm, then set out for the Chongming Bird Clan's Saint City.
• Seven Saint Realm experts from the Xiangliu, Bai Ze, and Ancient Alligator Clans gathered above Saint City while its barrier trapped the Chongming Bird Clan inside.
• The old Demon Saint, Wu Jishan, faced the Xiangliu leader, who demanded that the Chongming Bird Clan surrender and become vassals or be exterminated.

Wu Jishan and the Chongming Bird Clan faced the Xiangliu, Bai Ze, and Ancient Tuo clans as their Saint City's formation neared collapse. After three days of bombardment, the formation shattered and the enemy forces charged into the city.

• Wu Jishan defied the Xiangliu forces and warned that the Chongming Bird Clan would fight to the death, forcing the seven Saint Realm beings to withdraw temporarily.
• Wu Jishan realized the grand formation could hold for only three days and hoped that clansmen away at the Vast Sea Saint Dynasty's secret realm would stay away rather than return to the city.
• Three days later, the seven Saint Realm beings and their forces attacked the cracked formation while Wu Jishan poured his spiritual power into it.
• The formation shattered under the assault, and its backlash made Wu Jishan spit blood and stagger backward.
• The seven Saint Realm beings and countless Half-Saints charged into the Saint City as the Chongming Bird clansmen lost hope, and a voice angrily condemned the attackers.

Two Saint Realm Chongming Birds returned to find Saint City destroyed, and Wu Jishan ordered his sons and the remaining clansmen to flee. After recognizing that Wu Liang held the Sun-Setting Bow, Wu Jishan charged at the enemy cultivators intending to self-detonate, but an unseen speaker intervened.

• Two Saint Realm Chongming Bird elders broke through the sealed space and rushed back to Saint City, where they found it reduced to ruins.
• Wu Jishan told the elders to leave and urged his returning sons Wu Lie and Wu Huan to get lost before they could be killed.
• Wu Jishan spotted Wu Liang holding the Sun-Setting Bow and realized the ancient weapon had acknowledged his mixed-blood son as its master.
• Wu Jishan transformed and charged at the seven Saint Realm cultivators, intending to self-detonate so Wu Liang and the clansmen could escape.
• A nearby speaker said Wu Liang must not be bound to the Luo Heaven Domain as Demon Saint and commanded Wu Jishan to stop.

A white-robed human stopped Wu Jishan from detonating himself as the Xiangliu, Bai Ze, and Ancient Tuo clans launched their final assault on Saint City. Wu Liang wielded the Sun-Setting Bow to kill their forces and rally the Chongming Bird Clan, but the Xiangliu clan chief moved to end the battle himself.

• A white-robed young man suppressed Wu Jishan's self-detonation and caught him as he fell.
• The Xiangliu clan chief led the three clans in an attack on Saint City while the Chongming Bird clanspeople feared defeat.
• Wu Liang used the Sun-Setting Bow to kill Ancient Tuo attackers, including half-Saints, with his first volley.
• Wu Liang declared himself the Holy Son acknowledged by the bow and ordered the Chongming Bird Clan to fight.
• Wu Liang fired his remaining arrows to kill more hostile Holy Spirits, then charged into the enemy forces as his clan rallied.
• The Xiangliu clan chief grew furious at the reversal and declared that the fighting would end.

The three allied clans overwhelmed the Chongming Bird Clan, defeating its Saints and trapping Wu Liang and the others in the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock. Just as the Xiangliu patriarch ordered the clan’s destruction, the Vast Sea Saint King arrived, shattered the lock, and challenged the attackers.

• The Xiangliu patriarch and the Ancient Alligator Saints attacked the Chongming Bird Clan, while the Bai Ze ancestor sealed a Chongming Bird Saint’s spiritual power and defeated him.
• The allied Saints gravely wounded the Chongming Bird Saints and trapped Wu Liang and the other Chongming Bird clanspeople in the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock.
• The Xiangliu patriarch declared that the Chongming Bird Clan would be wiped out and ordered its newborn birds captured and turned into corpse puppets.
• A blood-colored halberd struck the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock from the Ancient Alligator Saint’s grasp and shattered its chains, freeing the captives.
• The Vast Sea Saint King entered the battlefield and warned the seven Saints against acting as if he were dead.

The Vast Sea Saint King confronted the Xiangliu and Bai Ze Holy Spirits to protect the Chongming Bird Clan, revealing overwhelming strength despite having only a fraction of his power. He left the Holy Spirits stunned and badly outmatched as they called for a united attack.

• The Xiangliu patriarch offered the Vast Sea Saint King gifts to withdraw, but the Vast Sea Saint King refused to give his name and mocked the Holy Spirits.
• Lin Xuan watched from a distance and let the Vast Sea Saint King fight, hoping to see what strength he could show with only a fraction of his power.
• Two Saint Realm Ancient Tuo attacked while the Saint Realm Bai Ze tried to lock down the Vast Sea Saint King's spiritual power, but the Vast Sea Saint King broke free and struck Bai Ze away.
• The Vast Sea Saint King mocked the Bai Ze Clan's weakened bloodline and pierced a Saint Realm Ancient Tuo through the abdomen with his halberd.
• A Bai Ze Holy Spirit urged the others to stop holding back and attack the Vast Sea Saint King together.

The Vast Sea Saint King fought the Saint Realm Holy Spirits alone while Lin Xuan watched from a flying boat, convinced his companion did not need help. As the battle continued, the Vast Sea Saint King grew stronger and overwhelmed his opponents, leaving them terrified.

• Six Saint Realm Holy Spirits joined forces to attack the Vast Sea Saint King, while Lin Xuan stayed aboard the flying boat and refused to intervene.
• Lin Xuan told Wu Jishan that stepping in would insult the Vast Sea Saint King and said the battlefield would soon be cleared.
• The Vast Sea Saint King laughed and fought all six Holy Spirits with his blood-red halberd, growing fiercer as the battle went on.
• The Vast Sea Saint King smashed half of an Ancient Tuo Saint Realm cultivator's body apart, leaving the Ancient Alligator Clan elder in disbelief.
• The Vast Sea Saint King knocked the Bai Ze ancestor flying and called for his opponents to attack again.

Lin Xuan arrived in time to stop the Holy Spirits attacking the Chongming Bird Clan and killed all seven with a single sword strike. He revealed that Wu Liang was the deputy pavilion master of his Sword Pavilion, leaving the Chongming Birds stunned by their rescuers’ strength and connection to their third young master.

• The Saint Realm Holy Spirits fled from the Vast Sea Saint King, but Lin Xuan swept them all down with one sword strike.
• The Vast Sea Saint King thanked Lin Xuan as Pavilion Master and said he had enjoyed fighting the attackers.
• Wu Liang thanked Lin Xuan as Pavilion Master, astonishing the Chongming Birds, who realized their third young master was connected to the two rescuers.
• Wu Jishan introduced himself as patriarch of the Chongming Bird Clan and thanked Lin Xuan for saving them.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself as head of the Supreme Institute and founder of the Sword Pavilion, and revealed Wu Liang was its deputy pavilion master and his old friend.

After the Sword Pavilion saved the Chongming Bird Clan, the old Demon Saint prepared to pass his position to Wu Liang, assuming the Sun-Setting Bow and Wu Liang’s actions had made him the inevitable heir. At the succession ceremony, Wu Liang refused the Demon Saint’s seat, choosing his freedom as the Sword Pavilion’s deputy pavilion master instead.

• The old Demon Saint realized the Chongming Bird Clan was tied to the Sword Pavilion through Wu Liang and resolved to make him the next Demon Saint.
• The old Demon Saint invited Lin Xuan and the others into Saint City, and Lin Xuan understood that he planned to bind Wu Liang to the clan.
• After Saint City was restored, the old Demon Saint decided his weakened condition required him to abdicate.
• At the succession gathering, Wu Liang rejected the Demon Saint’s position despite the old Demon Saint’s furious demands.
• Wu Liang explained that he preferred serving as the Sword Pavilion’s deputy pavilion master rather than being bound to the Luo Heaven Domain.

Lin Xuan rejected Wu Liang as the Chongming Bird Clan's next Demon Saint and promised to heal Wu Jishan's injuries and restore his soul. He showed Wu Jishan an Extreme Yang Pure Longevity Fruit, then introduced the red-clad Vast Sea Saint King, who asked whether Wu Jishan remembered him.

• Wu Liang firmly refused to succeed Wu Jishan, and Lin Xuan confirmed that Wu Liang was unsuited to the position.
• Wu Jishan explained that his grave injuries and depleted lifespan left the Chongming Bird Clan at risk without a strong Demon Saint.
• Lin Xuan said he could resolve Wu Jishan's injuries and lifespan problem, then offered him an Extreme Yang Pure Longevity Fruit.
• Lin Xuan directed Wu Jishan's attention to the Vast Sea Saint King, who recalled Wu Jishan's youth and asked if he remembered him.

Wu Jishan recognized the Vast Sea Saint King and agreed to let Wu Liang follow Lin Xuan while granting him access to the Chongming Bird Clan’s resources. As Lin Xuan prepared to return to Primordial Holy Heaven, three messages drew his attention to the Taiyu Divine Dynasty, including a broken message from Wang Yan.

• Wu Jishan recognized the Vast Sea Saint King, bowed to him, and accepted his promise to heal Wu Jishan’s injuries.
• Wu Jishan allowed Wu Liang to remain the holy son, follow Lin Xuan beyond the Luo Heaven Domain, and use the Chongming Bird Clan’s resources.
• Lin Xuan settled the Bifang Clan in Chongming Birds’ Saint City before preparing to return to Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Lin Xuan received a fragmented message from Wang Yan containing the words “Eastern Continent” and “Taiyu Divine Dynasty,” and worried about his disciple.
• Bai Wuya told Lin Xuan that the former head of the Supreme Institute might be in the Taiyu Divine Dynasty and asked him to investigate.
• Lin Xuan received a third message about the Taiyu Divine Dynasty from the Ninth Imperial Princess of the True Spirit Prince’s Mansion.

Lin Xuan agreed to visit the Taiyu Divine Dynasty after Xia Mengyao told him about a broken Saint Weapon engraved with the character Lin, and he chose to travel with only the Saint King. At the True Spirit Prince's Mansion, Xia Mengyao's invitation of Lin Xuan drew the hostility of the Sword Ruins prodigy, Wang.

• Xia Mengyao told Lin Xuan that she had secured the sacred medicine and invited him to join the inter-mansion competition, whose rewards included a broken Saint Weapon engraved with Lin.
• Lin Xuan suspected the sword might be connected to Lin Zhiruo and decided to visit the Taiyu Divine Dynasty, bringing only the Saint King.
• Lin Xuan told Wu Liang to stay behind and stabilize his cultivation, prompting Wu Liang to resolve to turn his opportunities and inheritance into strength.
• Xia Mengyao rejoiced when Lin Xuan accepted her invitation, then went to the main hall after learning the Sword Ruins prodigy had emerged from seclusion.
• Wang sneered at Xia Mengyao for inviting powerful reinforcement and asked whether she lacked confidence in him.

Xia Mengyao tried to explain why she had invited Lin Xuan to support the True Spirit Prince's Mansion, but Wang Xiao took offense and left hostile toward her. The other consorts celebrated their scheme and planned to use the Mansion Competition to keep Xia Mengyao from gaining influence.

• Wang Xiao grew angry when he heard Xia Mengyao had invited another helper after recruiting him for the Mansion Competition.
• The Thirteenth Consort accused Xia Mengyao of being deceived and resented her for gaining the lord's attention by finding Wang Xiao's needed spirit medicine.
• Xia Mengyao realized the consorts had deliberately spread news of her invitation to turn Wang Xiao against her, then apologized and explained Lin Xuan's strength and role in recovering the medicine.
• Wang Xiao sneered at Xia Mengyao and left, warning that her invited helper might not last a single round in the competition.
• The consorts mocked Xia Mengyao and resolved to use Wang Xiao's results and her helper's likely failure to block her rise, possibly driving her from the mansion.

The True Spirit Mansion Master upheld Xia Mengyao’s promised invitation to the Mansion Competition but warned her not to repeat the incident, leaving her hurt and resentful. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King entered the Taiyu Divine Dynasty and rushed toward a mountain where a treasure with soul-related Spiritual Qi had appeared.

• The consorts mocked Xia Mengyao for inviting outside help, while the True Spirit Mansion Master worried about offending Wang Xiao, the mansion’s powerful Half-Saint competitor.
• The True Spirit Mansion Master confirmed that Xia Mengyao could keep the promised competition spot, then told her there must be no next time; Xia Mengyao lowered her head and agreed.
• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King arrived in the Taiyu Divine Dynasty and saw its powerful dragon Qi and flourishing fortune.
• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King sensed a golden stream of Spiritual Qi rising from a mountain and recognized that a supreme treasure had emerged.
• The Vast Sea Saint King sensed that the treasure was connected to the soul, and he and Lin Xuan hurried toward it.

Dongfang Muxue secretly traveled to obtain the Nether Soul Saint Lingzhi, which could heal the soul damage she had hidden while competing for the Taiyu Divine Dynasty throne. When the treasure ripened early and alerted others, she rushed to its location, where Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King had already found two lingzhi plants and another group arrived.

• Dongfang Muxue endured three months of soul-shattering pain after an assassination attempt while concealing her injury from the Eldest Imperial Prince.
• Dongfang Muxue secretly set out with a small escort to claim the Nether Soul Saint Lingzhi and its companion grass for herself and her injured allies.
• The Nether Soul Saint Lingzhi ripened ahead of time, releasing a pillar of light that alerted nearby cultivators.
• Dongfang Muxue ordered her party to abandon their concealed flying boat and hurry to the treasure using Secret Techniques.
• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King reached the Blackwater Swamp and found two Nether Soul Saint Lingzhi plants.
• Another group landed at the site, and Lin Xuan looked toward them without speaking.

Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King agreed to share the nether soul saint lingzhi with Dongfang Muxue, but the Eldest Imperial Prince’s forces ambushed them with a killing formation. The chapter ended as Elder Zhou took a sword meant for Dongfang Muxue.

• Dongfang Muxue proposed that each side harvest one nether soul saint lingzhi, and Lin Xuan agreed.
• An unseen enemy revealed that the Eldest Imperial Prince had used the lingzhi as bait to lure Dongfang Muxue out of the imperial capital.
• More than twenty powerful fighters serving the Eldest Imperial Prince surrounded the group and began forming a killing formation.
• An attacker struck at Dongfang Muxue, and Elder Zhou shoved her aside and took the sword through his chest.
• Dongfang Muxue cried out for Uncle Zhou as she saw him bleeding.

Hong Xi betrayed Dongfang Muxue and escaped from the sealed killing array, leaving Dongfang Muxue and her companions trapped. Lin Xuan shattered the array with one sword strike, but the two late Saint Realm brothers charged at him, determined to kill everyone.

• Hong Xi admitted she had her own difficulties, crushed a jade talisman, and escaped the array while Hong Fei discovered that the space was sealed.
• Dongfang Muxue and her retainers struggled against the Ten Directions Death-Dealing Array as their spiritual power rapidly drained.
• Lin Xuan told Dongfang Muxue the array could not hurt them, then broke it with a single sword strike.
• The array discs exploded and injured the experts outside, while the two late Saint Realm cultivators recognized Lin Xuan as a threat.
• The two brothers charged straight at Lin Xuan and declared that no one would leave alive.

Lin Xuan killed two late Saint Realm cultivators and Hong Xi while helping Dongfang Muxue, then left with the Vast Sea Saint King after they obtained the Nether Soul Saint Lingzhi. Dongfang Muxue ordered her party to keep the incident secret and set out to repay Lin Xuan without disturbing him.

• Lin Xuan killed the two late Saint Realm cultivators with a single sword strike, stunning Dongfang Muxue.
• Hong Xi tried to flee, but Lin Xuan pierced her with his sword, and Dongfang Muxue executed her for treason.
• The Vast Sea Saint King picked the Nether Soul Saint Lingzhi, and Lin Xuan said farewell before leaving with him.
• Dongfang Muxue ordered her companions to keep the incident secret and told Hong Fei to enter the Sea-Hiding Pavilion.
• Dongfang Muxue ordered her people to find Lin Xuan's whereabouts without disturbing him so she could repay his kindness.

Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King arrived at the True Spirit Prince's Mansion, where Xia Mengyao was stunned to recognize the legendary Saint King as a Sword Pavilion elder. While Lin Xuan searched the city for clues about Wang Yan, the Sword Pavilion, Ancestor Zhiruo, and the former head of the Supreme Institute, he discovered someone was tracking his movements and learned that the True Spirit Chamber of Commerce chairman had come to deliver a gift of thanks.

• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King reached the True Spirit Prince's Mansion and met Xia Mengyao at the city entrance.
• Xia Mengyao recognized the Vast Sea Saint King, and Lin Xuan explained that he was now a supreme elder of the Sword Pavilion.
• Xia Mengyao escorted Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King to prepared guest rooms in the mansion.
• Lin Xuan and the Vast Sea Saint King searched the city for Wang Yan, other Sword Pavilion members, traces of Ancestor Zhiruo's soul, and the former head of the Supreme Institute, but found nothing.
• Lin Xuan noticed the teahouse proprietor rushing out to notify someone and waited to see who would come.
• Nie Haitong, chairman of the True Spirit Chamber of Commerce, arrived and told Lin Xuan that someone had entrusted him with a gift of thanks.

Lin Xuan accepted a lavish thank-you gift, then offered sword guidance to a talented youth who rejected him and defended his own master’s teachings. Meanwhile, the lord of the True Spirit Prince's Mansion worried over political turmoil and pinned his hopes for the Mansion Competition on Wang Tianjiao.

• The president of the True Spirit Chamber of Commerce delivered Lin Xuan a Storage Bag of resources on behalf of the princess he had saved, and Lin Xuan accepted it.
• Lin Xuan found a youth practicing swordsmanship in the mansion’s training grounds and recognized that the youth had copied someone else’s Sword Intent onto a flawed path.
• The youth mocked Lin Xuan’s advice, cited his master and Senior Wang of the Sword Ruins, and dismissed Lin Xuan as a retainer recruited by Xia Mengyao.
• The lord of the True Spirit Prince's Mansion read about the Eldest Imperial Prince’s men dying in the Kaiyang Prince's Mansion and worried that the political crisis could threaten his own mansion.
• The lord recalled Lin Xuan’s Great Emperor cultivation and decided the mansion would have to rely on the Half-Saint Wang Tianjiao in the Mansion Competition.

The True Spirit Mansion Master received Commander Liu Kuo, a late Saint Realm expert from Princess Muxue’s residence, and wondered why the princess had taken an interest in his declining mansion. Liu explained that Princess Muxue wanted the mansion to visit the imperial capital more often and had sent gifts for an honored guest.

• The True Spirit Mansion Master learned that people from Princess Muxue’s residence had arrived and hurried to the main hall.
• The True Spirit Mansion Master recognized Commander Liu Kuo and greeted him with a bow.
• Commander Liu Kuo said he had come on Princess Muxue’s orders and conveyed her request that the True Spirit Prince’s Mansion visit the imperial capital more often.
• Commander Liu Kuo mentioned that the princess had heard an honored guest was staying at the mansion and had sent modest gifts for him.

Commander Liu delivered the princess’s treasures and request to the True Spirit Mansion Master, who could not identify the honored guest and ordered Wang Xiao and Lin Xuan to be treated equally well. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan bought gifts for his absent disciples and confronted Commander Liu, who revealed that Lin Xuan’s companion spiritual herbs had helped him and his colleagues recover.

• Commander Liu gave the True Spirit Mansion Master a royal Storage Bag filled with precious treasures and said the princess wanted him to entertain an honored guest.
• The True Spirit Mansion Master failed to determine whether Wang Xiao or Lin Xuan was the guest, so he ordered both to receive the highest courtesy.
• Lin Xuan bought a Nether Flame Feather Robe for Wang Yan, an Azure Vine Sword Case for Lianxin, and spiritual herbs for Demon Beasts.
• Lin Xuan confronted the figure who had followed him for days and recognized him as Commander Liu, a Saint Realm cultivator from Blackwater Swamp.
• Commander Liu said the companion spiritual herbs Lin Xuan had left behind helped him and his colleagues recover, while he wondered at Lin Xuan’s true strength.