Recaps

Lin Xuan led his disciples through the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm, broke through to the King Realm, and defeated cultivators who challenged his claim to its treasures. The arc left him at the Ancestral Tree Trial, where Su Lianxin defeated the bronze-armored wooden figure after Lin Xuan had begun comprehending its sword formation diagram.

• Lin Xuan rejected the Holy Son's camp, built up his strength through the Investment Rebate System, and took Su Lianxin, Wang Yan, and Qu Youmeng as disciples.
• Lin Xuan killed the Purple Scorpion Demon King, then slew King Mingkong and the Linyue City Lord at the Dusk Moon Auction after they threatened his property.
• Lin Xuan brought Wang Yan's family safely through the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range and entered the Heaven-Burning Mystic Realm, where he broke through to the King Realm beside a spirit spring.
• When King Realm cultivators tried to seize the spring, Lin Xuan used Demonic Shadow Clones to fight them and forced the survivors to their knees.
• Lin Xuan helped the Qingwei Peak Master and her companions keep spirit fruits from the Divine Firmament Hall, then continued exploring the mystic realm.
• At a withered tree, Lin Xuan killed Ming Gu for disturbing his cultivation, advanced to King Realm second layer, and discovered the Ancestral Tree Trial.
• Lin Xuan shattered the bronze-armored wooden figure with one strike and began comprehending its sword formation diagram as other challengers, including Prince Jinyang, failed.
• Su Lianxin arrived and defeated the wooden figure with two sword strikes.

Lin Xuan left the Azure Yang Sword Sect with his disciples after it chose to surrender Wang Yan, then destroyed the Spirit Jade Sect and helped restore the Jade Balance Sword Palace. As the Immortal Ascension Ceremony approached, his disciples were chosen to represent the palace, while Yunyi set out to find him.

• Su Lianxin won the sect competition, Wang Yan placed third, and Lin Xuan rebuked the Ninth Peak Master after his predictions failed.
• When the sect leaders chose to hand Wang Yan over to the Spirit Jade Sect, Lin Xuan left the Azure Yang Sword Sect with Wang Yan, and Li Fufeng followed them.
• Lin Xuan sent Su Lianxin, Qu Youmeng, and Wang Yan toward the Heron Empire, then destroyed the Spirit Jade Sect in revenge for its threat against Wang Yan.
• Lin Xuan helped Chen Xiong return to the Jade Balance Sword Palace, where Heavenly Venerable Yunli reclaimed her position and Lin Xuan’s clone forced the Illusory Feather Sect and Spirit Firmament Sect to pay compensation.
• The Spirit Firmament Sect and Illusory Feather Sect brought twenty million Spirit Stones to the Jade Balance Sword Palace, and Chen Xiong confirmed that Heavenly Venerable Yunli was the palace’s long-missing master.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli appointed Han Yue as Palace Master and secured competition places for Lin Xuan’s disciples, who were selected to represent the Jade Balance Sword Palace.
• Lin Xuan accepted a palace token and agreed to travel to Silver Heron Sacred Mountain for the Immortal Ascension Ceremony, while Yunyi headed there seeking him as her master.

Lin Xuan gathered disciples despite the Scarlet Ghost King’s threat, then led the Jade Balance Sword Palace into the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition. His disciples swept the top three places, but Su Lianxin’s injury of Li Jing’an provoked the Li Household, whose powerful ancestor led an armed force toward the Heron Empire.

• Yun Chengzhi joined the Spirit Taming Sect, Xi Huan accepted Elder Feng’s offer from the Azure Luan Pavilion, and Lin Xuan took Qin Feng and Yunyi as disciples despite objections and threats.
• Lin Xuan’s clone killed Elder Feng, and he admitted it to the Azure Luan Pavilion Master before overpowering her and sending her away.
• Lin Xuan reached King Realm Fifth Layer Perfection in seclusion, while his disciples advanced and prepared for the Seven Kingdoms Grand Competition.
• Wang Yan and the other contestants passed the first round, and Wang Yan defeated Lu Tianxing before holding out against Li Jing’an, who injured him after he fell from the arena.
• Su Lianxin crippled Li Jing’an in retaliation, then defeated Lei Yuan and Ao Tai as Yunyi and Qu Youmeng also won their matches.
• Su Lianxin, Yunyi, and Qu Youmeng claimed first, second, and third place for the Jade Balance Sword Palace, winning Fairy Cold Moon’s fifty-million-Spirit-Stone wager.
• Yun Donglai failed to persuade Yunyi to leave the Jade Balance Sword Palace, and Lin Xuan rewarded Wang Yan and Su Lianxin with treasures through his rebate ability.
• After the Li Household patriarch learned Li Jing’an had been crippled, Li Tiantong emerged from seclusion and led more than fifty King Realm cultivators toward the Heron Empire.

Lin Xuan established the Sword Pavilion after Heavenly Venerable Yunli destroyed the Li Household invasion, then entered the Void Realm and recruited powerful allies. His disciples gained opportunities and reunited, while Su Lianxin encountered Su Ditian.

• Ancestor Xuanjian learned of Lin Xuan’s disciples’ competition victories and collapsed, regretting their expulsion.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli destroyed the Li Household invasion, and Lin Xuan reached King Realm Thirteenth Layer before establishing the Sword Pavilion.
• Lin Xuan killed the Thousand Flames Demon Sect pursuers aboard his spirit vessel, recruited Youying as Ninth Sword Master, and entered the Void Realm.
• Lin Xuan harvested Blood Bodhi Fruits and killed Wu Chen and the cultivators drawn by his false rumor of a Fruit King.
• Su Lianxin met Chen Xiao, activated all nine Nine-Bend Coiling Dragon Walls, and received Cang Xuan’s legacy opportunity.
• Heavenly Venerable Yunli rescued Youying by killing the Thousand Flames Demon Sect’s grand elder and his companions.
• Lin Xuan defeated Wu Liang and Gong Yang’s phantom, freed Wu Liang from confinement, and secured his service as the Sword Pavilion’s deputy pavilion master.
• Su Lianxin and Chen Xiao joined Qu Youmeng to explore the Void Realm, then encountered Su Ditian at a site of fortuitous opportunity.