Recaps

Lang Ping stunned the spectators by matching a gifted Purple Firmament Palace swordsman, despite having once been dismissed as a good-for-nothing. The duel remained unresolved as the disciples who had looked down on Lang Ping began to fear his strength.

• The Purple Firmament Palace swordsman charged Lang Ping with a dragon of lightning and fire, but Lang Ping met the attack with mountain-like Sword Qi.
• Lang Ping and the Purple Firmament Palace swordsman clashed evenly, leaving spectators amazed that Lang Ping could keep pace with such a prodigy.
• Cao Zhengyang asked Cao Chun who Lang Ping was, and she recalled that Longevity Star Peak had rejected him as a good-for-nothing before he was sent to Ximu Peak.
• Longevity Star Peak's disciples recognized Lang Ping as the person they had called Senior Brother Stone and struggled to reconcile his strength with their memories of him.
• Lang Ping's former tormentors remembered how they had treated him and began worrying that he might take revenge.

Lang Ping defeated Purple Firmament Palace’s strongest challenger, securing victory for the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect and revealing how much he had changed under his master’s guidance. After Purple Firmament Palace conceded and handed over the wager, Chunyang refused her compensation and directed the spoils to Lang Ping, leaving another elder to ask Cao Zhengyang whether Lang Ping was a secret direct disciple.

• Lang Ping defeated the Purple Firmament Palace disciple, who admitted defeat and praised his skill.
• Cao Zhengyang and the others celebrated their unexpected victory as the Purple Firmament Palace elder conceded and led his people away.
• Cao Zhengyang inspected the storage ring from Purple Firmament Palace and found that its treasures were mostly poor quality.
• Cao Zhengyang offered the ring to Chunyang as compensation, but she refused it and said the spoils should go to Lang Ping.
• Cao Zhengyang agreed to give the spoils to Lang Ping, and another elder asked whether he had secretly taken Lang Ping as a direct disciple.

After the Purple Firmament Palace group withdrew, Ximu Peak’s disciples celebrated Lang Ping’s victory and mocked the Longevity Star Peak disciples who had mistreated him. Longevity Star Peak’s disciples refused to concede and insisted their absent eldest senior brother would defeat Lang Ping, leaving the rivalry unresolved.

• Cao Zhengyang realized that neither he nor his daughter knew how Ximu Peak had produced so many talented disciples, and decided to ask Lin Xuan after leaving the secret realm.
• Ximu Peak’s disciples taunted Longevity Star Peak over Lang Ping’s treatment and claimed the formation inheritance would ultimately pass to Chunyang, with Ximu Peak receiving the largest share of her payment.
• Longevity Star Peak’s disciples looked to Lang Ping for a response, but he ignored them completely.
• Longevity Star Peak’s disciples retorted that their eldest senior brother ranked among the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s top ten young fighters and would defeat Lang Ping.

Lang Ping remembered the mistreatment he had endured on Ximu Peak and looked forward to proving himself at the sect tournament. In the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm, Feng Jingyu discovered a Sword Intent trial leading to the White Jade Capital and set her sights on claiming its top spot.

• Lang Ping stopped the boy with the wine gourd from arguing with the Longevity Star Peak disciples and reflected on how his Peak Master and Eldest Senior Brother had treated him.
• Lang Ping resolved to defeat Eldest Senior Brother and the others from his past at the sect tournament.
• Feng Jingyu killed an ambushing Demon Beast and realized the Spiritual Power near the White Jade Capital was suppressed.
• Feng Jingyu read the stele and learned that sword cultivators could solidify the white jade steps by proving their Sword Intent.
• Feng Jingyu saw Lin Xuan's name at the top of the stele and decided she would claim the White Jade Capital's top spot.

Feng Jingyu tested her Sword Intent against the White Jade Capital stele and rose to second place, but Lin Xuan remained firmly at the top. After viewing his residual Sword Intent, she was stunned by the gulf between his skill and hers and wondered who he was.

• Feng Jingyu first used a tenth of her strength on the stele, but her name appeared at the bottom with a blurry mark.
• She struck again with seventy percent of her strength and rose to the upper-middle ranks, then decided to use her full strength.
• Feng Jingyu's full-power strike made golden light blaze and white jade steps form as her name climbed past the other ranked swordsmen to second place beneath Lin Xuan.
• Feng Jingyu ignored the steps to the jade tower and connected her Divine Sense to Lin Xuan's name to view his residual Sword Intent.
• Lin Xuan's single casual sword strike overwhelmed Feng Jingyu's Divine Sense and shattered the vision, leaving her stunned by his extraordinary talent.

Luo Qingxue, the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s Holy Maiden, fled after powerful cultivators attacked her, killing the elders and deputy Peak Masters who helped her escape. As her secret drug wore off, a Great Saint caught up and immobilized her, leaving her facing death.

• Luo Qingxue recalled how a Secret Method awakened her bloodline and constitution, making her the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s Holy Maiden and a target for rival factions.
• Luo Qingxue came to Heaven-Gazing Ridge because the struggling Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect needed her to help defend its place among the four great sects.
• Luo Qingxue escaped an enemy ambush with the help of several elders and deputy Peak Masters, who died covering her flight.
• Luo Qingxue fled while wounded and using a secret drug to suppress her injuries, but two Great Saints continued pursuing her.
• Luo Qingxue’s drug wore off, and a Great Saint’s technique immobilized her as a pursuer declared that she would not live to become a Great Saint.

Luo Qingxue was cornered by Nalan Ying, another Great Saint, and their allies after the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect's defenders were killed. Just as the male Great Saint moved to kill her, an unknown white-robed swordsman arrived, severed his arm, and stood between Luo Qingxue and her pursuers.

• Nalan Ying and the pursuing experts caught up with Luo Qingxue, leaving her alone and surrounded.
• The male Great Saint sealed space, interrupted Luo Qingxue's attempt to use her secret method, and prepared a killing strike.
• A distant Sword Qi struck the male Great Saint and severed his arm, forcing him to retreat from Luo Qingxue.
• A white-robed swordsman appeared in front of Luo Qingxue, caught his returning sword, and faced the assembled experts.

Lin Xuan appeared to rescue Luo Qingxue, cutting through Lü Meng’s Great Saint Secret Method and revealing his powerful Sword Intent. As Nalan Ying and Lü Meng attacked him together with their strongest Divine Abilities, Luo Qingxue feared that even he might not withstand two Great Saints.

• Lin Xuan’s sword severed Lü Meng’s arm and broke his sealed-space Secret Method, easing the pressure on Luo Qingxue.
• Nalan Ying demanded Lin Xuan’s identity, but he refused to tell her and said he intervened because he could not stand seeing two Great Saints bully a junior.
• Nalan Ying ordered Lü Meng to attack Lin Xuan, and Lü Meng agreed, confident they could overwhelm him together.
• Nalan Ying unleashed the Purple Firmament Nine Thunder Instruction while Lü Meng summoned saber light infused with Immortal Qi, forcing the onlookers to retreat.
• Luo Qingxue watched the two Great Saints’ attacks and feared Lin Xuan would be defeated and she would die.

Lin Xuan revealed a fully developed sword domain and overwhelmed the two Great Saints with its terrifying presence. As Nalan Ying and the other Great Saint spent their blood and exposed a sinister infant-like heart to strengthen their attacks, they prepared to kill everyone before them.

• Lin Xuan unfolded his sword domain and combined it with his sword formation, shocking Nalan Ying, the other Great Saint, and the watching crowd.
• Sword cultivators within three thousand li sensed Lin Xuan’s presence, including an old man on a donkey and a red-dressed woman who decided to avoid the area.
• Nalan Ying and the other Great Saint realized they could not retreat and resolved to use every trump card they had against Lin Xuan.
• Nalan Ying forced out her heart’s blood to strengthen her purple mist, while the other Great Saint stabbed his chest and revealed an infant-like being with pitch-black eyes inside.
• The other Great Saint unleashed a powerful Divine Sense and declared that everyone would die.

Lin Xuan killed two Great Saints and the fleeing disciples of the four sects who had ambushed the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect. He left Luo Qingxue alive and departed before her sect arrived, whose members discovered the corpses and recognized Nalan Ying and Lü Meng.

• Lin Xuan killed Nalan Ying and Lü Meng with a single sword strike, shocking everyone present.
• When Nalan Ying's eldest disciple urged the others to run, Lin Xuan killed all the fleeing disciples from the four sects with another sword strike.
• Lin Xuan told Luo Qingxue they would meet again, then left to search the secret realm for soul-healing pills and spirit medicines.
• The Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect's sect master and cultivators arrived, relieved to find Luo Qingxue alive.
• Qi Zhengliu recognized the bodies of Nalan Ying and Lü Meng among the corpses around Luo Qingxue.

Qi Zhengliu discovered that Lü Meng and Nalan Ying had been killed and learned from Luo Qingxue that a white-robed swordsman had slain them. He could not locate the mysterious senior, so he took Luo Qingxue to Heaven-Gazing Ridge as it opened.

• Qi Zhengliu found Lü Meng and Nalan Ying dead and realized the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s elders were likely also gone.
• Qi Zhengliu asked Luo Qingxue whether she had killed the two Great Saints, and she said a white-robed senior had done it with one sword strike.
• Luo Qingxue described the senior’s Sword Domain and explained that he had cleared the battlefield with another strike before leaving.
• Qi Zhengliu asked where the senior had gone so he could thank him, but Luo Qingxue said she did not know.
• Qi Zhengliu accepted that he could not form a connection with the senior and took Luo Qingxue to Heaven-Gazing Ridge.

Lin Xuan followed clues from a collection of protected childhood toys and broken relics toward Heaven-Gazing Ridge, suspecting the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord might still be alive. On the way, he found a young woman he had seen before fighting seven Saint Realm cultivators over the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl.

• Lin Xuan studied a broken bronze fragment whose trembling pointed toward Heaven-Gazing Ridge and wondered whether it had belonged to the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord.
• Lin Xuan recalled other carefully preserved toys and relics he had found, and suspected the Domain Lord might have left behind a remnant soul inside Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• Lin Xuan decided to follow the little sword's direction toward Heaven-Gazing Ridge and continued traveling.
• Lin Xuan heard fighting and recognized a young woman he had seen at several treasure sites, who was holding her own against seven attackers.
• One of the attackers demanded that the young woman hand over the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl and threatened her with the arrival of his sect's experts.

Liu Rumei fought off prodigies from three major sects in the Heaven-Gazing Domain as they tried to seize her Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl. Lin Xuan learned she was a powerful young mistress from the Great Wilderness Realm, traveling to settle a three-year agreement with her former fiancé, Ye Hao.

• Prodigies from the Azure Soaring Daoist Sect, Purple Firmament Palace, and another sect surrounded Liu Rumei and attacked her for the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl.
• Liu Rumei refused to surrender the pearl and answered the attackers with a powerful sword strike.
• Lin Xuan examined Liu Rumei and discovered she was the only daughter of the Liu Household's head and a fourth-level Saint Realm prodigy.
• Liu Rumei recalled that Ye Hao's cultivation had regressed and his temper had led her to ask the Ye Household to end their engagement.
• Ye Hao rejected the compensation and made a three-year agreement with Liu Rumei to settle victory and defeat when they were both twenty.

Liu Rumei fought seven Saint Realm cultivators while pursuing the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord’s inheritance, hoping to strengthen herself for her three-year challenge against Ye Hao. When Elder Li of the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect offered her the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl and the holy maiden position in exchange for joining, Liu Rumei rejected her with an insult.

• Liu Rumei recalled Ye Hao’s rapid rise and resolved to defeat him in their three-year challenge rather than renew their engagement.
• Liu Rumei entered the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm to seek the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord’s inheritance, despite lacking a Heaven-Gazing Token.
• Liu Rumei overpowered seven Saint Realm cultivators who demanded that she surrender the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl.
• Elder Li arrived and offered Liu Rumei the pearl and the holy maiden position if she joined the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect.
• Liu Rumei mocked the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect as usurpers of the former Heaven-Gazing Sacred Sect’s glory and asked whether they were worthy.

Liu Rumei refused Elder Li’s offer to join the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect and stood her ground when Elder Li attacked her for the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl. She blocked one blow with her Liu Household Secret Technique, but it weakened her, and Elder Li sealed off her attempt to escape.

• Liu Rumei rejected Elder Li’s invitation, declaring she would not give up the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl even against a Great Saint.
• Elder Li unleashed a giant palm at Liu Rumei while onlookers mocked her refusal.
• Liu Rumei used the Liu Household Secret Technique to summon a silver fox whose tails blocked Elder Li’s attack.
• Liu Rumei weakened and spat blood, realizing she could not contend with Elder Li even at a higher Saint Realm.
• Elder Li saw Liu Rumei prepare to flee and used a sealing technique to stop her.

Elder Li trapped Liu Rumei with a secret treasure and prepared to kill her, but Lin Xuan intervened and destroyed the Great Saint with a single sword strike. Liu Rumei recognized Lin Xuan, who then asked the remaining Saint Realm cultivators whether they would handle the rest themselves.

• Elder Li used a damaged compass-like Law Treasure to seal the surrounding space and prevent Liu Rumei from escaping.
• With her Secret Technique disabled, Liu Rumei prepared to burn her Essence Blood and lifespan to flee, despite the cost to her talent and cultivation.
• Lin Xuan stopped Liu Rumei's technique and unleashed Sword Qi that annihilated Elder Li's body and soul.
• Liu Rumei recognized Lin Xuan and realized how powerful he was after their repeated encounters in the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm.
• Lin Xuan glanced at the frightened Saint Realm cultivators and asked whether he would need to handle the rest.

After Lin Xuan helped Liu Rumei defeat the sect disciples who attacked her, she offered him the spoils, but he took only Elder Li’s Storage Bag and damaged compass. Lin Xuan and Liu Rumei set out together for Heaven-Gazing Ridge, where he intended to learn the fate of the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord.

• Liu Rumei collected the fallen disciples’ Storage Bags and Elder Li’s damaged Saint Artifact, then thanked Lin Xuan for saving her.
• Lin Xuan refused most of the spoils and let Liu Rumei keep the Scarlet Fire Spirit Pearl and the items she had found herself.
• Lin Xuan introduced himself and learned that Liu Rumei came from the Great Wilderness Realm and faced a three-year agreement involving the powerful Ye Household.
• Lin Xuan told Liu Rumei she could seek him at the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect if she needed help, though she doubted his power could solve her predicament.
• Liu Rumei asked to travel with Lin Xuan to Heaven-Gazing Ridge, and he agreed while thinking about taking her as his disciple and investigating the Heaven-Gazing Domain Lord.

The major sects and forces gathered outside Heaven-Gazing Ridge, each noting missing elders and disciples and suspecting the others after recent unexplained deaths. As Jiang Bo prepared to claim the ridge’s inheritance for the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect, the appointed time arrived and he called for it to be opened.

• The leaders and forces from the Heaven-Gazing Domain and neighboring realms assembled outside Heaven-Gazing Ridge as the sects noticed their missing members.
• Lei Mingzi concluded that Nalan Ying had likely been killed and silently vowed revenge on whoever had slain her.
• Jiang Bo learned that Elder Li had not returned and observed that several other sects had also lost people.
• Jiang Bo resolved to obtain the Heaven-Gazing Sacred Sect’s inheritance and end his sect’s dependence on others.
• Qi Zhengliu saw how many Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect cultivators had died and glared at Lei Mingzi.
• Jiang Bo announced that the appointed hour had arrived and called for Heaven-Gazing Ridge to open.

Ten chosen geniuses from the five great sects prepared to enter Heaven-Gazing Ridge, where they would compete for the buried Saint King's legacy. As the ridge opened, the formation spirit summoned them to ascend.

• Jiang Bo summoned ten chosen geniuses, who represented the tokens that could open Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• Qi Zhengliu and the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect's leaders were surprised by the powerful, unfamiliar third representatives from the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect and the Divine Nether Sect.
• Jiang Bo secretly judged his sect's hidden trump card stronger than the Divine Nether Sect's and expected the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect to win.
• The Azure Soaring Daoist Sect's two representatives drew wary attention, especially the pregnant-looking woman whose belly radiated a sinister presence.
• Qi Zhengliu warned Luo Qingxue to prioritize her survival, but she remained determined to avoid finishing last.
• After the ancient bell rang, white jade steps appeared before the ten, and a voice told them to ascend the ridge.

Heaven-Gazing Ridge appeared, and a Nine Heavens Sect prodigy tried to enter without a Heaven-Gazing Token but was thrown out after reaching the ninth step. After learning that the steps tested talent and disposition through trials that felt like years, Feng Jingyu watched calmly, confident she could do better.

• Heaven-Gazing Ridge emerged amid dense Spiritual Qi, stunning the gathered cultivators and the ten prodigies preparing to enter.
• A man entered the white jade steps without a Heaven-Gazing Token and passed the formation spirit's initial trial, but the ninth step collapsed and hurled him out.
• The crowd recognized him as the Nine Heavens Sect's foremost prodigy, a Saint Realm sword cultivator with Fifth-Level Sword Intent, and marveled that he had reached only nine steps.
• The Nine Heavens Sect prodigy explained that each step contained a trial testing talent and disposition, and that time inside had felt like many years.
• Feng Jingyu watched his failure without concern and believed she could withstand the hundredfold difficulty.

After a Nine Heavens Sect cultivator failed at Heaven-Gazing Ridge, Feng Jingyu and Liu Rumei considered their own goals, while Lang Ping wondered how far his ordinary aptitude would take him. The crowd hesitated to climb until Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect Holy Son Xiao Ce stepped forward.

• Feng Jingyu concealed her strength and decided she would show everyone what a true heaven's chosen was.
• Liu Rumei resolved to claim the Heaven-Gazing Domain's inheritance and uphold her three-year agreement rather than apologize to Ye Hao.
• Lang Ping admitted he did not know how many steps he could pass, but remained determined to try despite his ordinary aptitude.
• After the Nine Heavens Sect cultivator failed and the crowd held back, Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect Holy Son Xiao Ce stepped forward with confidence.

Xiao Ce, the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect’s Holy Son, climbed Heaven-Gazing Ridge with the aid of his Heaven-Gazing Method. As he reached the twentieth level, a celestial phenomenon appeared and began strengthening him, allowing him to climb even faster.

• Xiao Ce stepped onto the white jade stairs without taking the trial because he carried a Heaven-Gazing Token.
• Lin Xuan recognized the stairs as possibly belonging to the Heaven-Gazing Sacred Sect’s Sword Dao lineage.
• Xiao Ce climbed rapidly, reaching the ninth level in a few seconds and leaving the Nine Heavens Sect’s heaven’s chosen shaken by the gap in their strength.
• Xiao Ce slowed as he climbed higher, while the onlookers watched his progress with growing tension.
• When Xiao Ce reached the twentieth level, golden clouds, dragons, phoenixes, and immortal music filled the sky, and golden light surrounded him.
• Onlookers identified Xiao Ce’s Heaven-Gazing Method as being at major mastery and realized the celestial phenomenon was strengthening him as he climbed.

Xiao Ce climbed fifty-eight levels of Heaven-Gazing Ridge before withdrawing, setting a new record, and Xiao Nian reached fifty-seven. The Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect’s results left the other sects envious, while its quiet, unfamiliar saber-wielding prodigy remained at the foot of the ridge and did not climb.

• Xiao Ce used the Heaven-Gazing Method to reach level fifty-eight, then withdrew and reported his result to Jiang Bo.
• Jiang Bo praised Xiao Ce, while Qi Zhengliu and the other spectators worried about the rewards and pressure his record would bring.
• Xiao Nian entered Heaven-Gazing Ridge and withdrew at level fifty-seven, just one level below her twin brother.
• The onlookers envied the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect’s results and wondered about its remaining prodigy.
• The unfamiliar saber-wielding prodigy kept his eyes closed and made no move to climb.

The Divine Nether Sect revealed Shen Youzi, a disciple secretly raised to master the Nether God Secret Method, as its hidden contender for first place at Heaven-Gazing Ridge. As her ascent filled the sky with a netherworld phenomenon, Jiang Bo recognized her rare physique and realized she might one day reach Saint Lord.

• The Divine Nether Sect's sect master challenged Jiang Bo and declared that his sect would claim the top spot at Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• The sect master introduced the veiled Shen You as Shen Youzi, revealing that he had secretly nurtured her for years because she possessed the netherworld physique.
• Shen Youzi stepped onto the white jade stairs, and her ascent swept away the lingering golden sky and replaced it with a dusky purple phenomenon that disturbed nearby cultivators.
• Jiang Bo identified Shen Youzi's physique as the myriad ages netherworld physique and warned that she could attain Saint Lord, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Shen Youzi of the Divine Nether Sect climbed Heaven-Gazing Ridge to the sixty-sixth step, surpassing the records of the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect and the four great sects. As the crowd reacted with envy and fear, Jiang Bo’s previously resting young sect member opened his eyes and dismissed her achievement before offering to climb.

• The Divine Nether Sect’s sect master expected Shen Youzi’s rare physique to secure first place at Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• Shen Youzi climbed past the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect holy maiden’s fifty-seven-step mark and the holy son’s fifty-eight-step mark.
• Shen Youzi reached the sixty-sixth step, then returned to the foot of the ridge without attempting the sixty-seventh.
• The onlookers focused on the Divine Nether Sect, with some fearing Shen Youzi’s future power and considering her a threat.
• Jiang Bo’s young sect member opened his eyes, called sixty-six steps nothing special, and said he would climb.