Recaps

After Wang Yan wins the competition, the Sea Clan challenges the Saint Heaven Realm and Qu Youmeng defeats Bo Yier. Several Holy Heavens then besiege Primordial Holy Heaven for its Primordial Token, but Lin Xuan and unexpected allies force them to retreat, and the story leaves Lin Xuan, Su Lianxin, and Lin Ling preparing to seek opportunities in the Endless Sea.

• Qu Youmeng broke through to the Thearch Realm during her fight with Wang Yan, then conceded after he dissolved her attack without countering, leaving Wang Yan the competition champion.
• Bo Yier defeated Shangguan Jue, but Qu Youmeng overwhelmed Bo Yier when he challenged her, and the Sea Clan withdrew after an unseen authority let them go.
• Sha Tianwen allied with Golden Feather Holy Heaven and Cang Xuan Holy Heaven to seize Primordial Holy Heaven’s Primordial Token, while Divine Firmament Holy Heaven refused to join.
• Sha Tianwen’s forces besieged Primordial Holy Heaven, and Bai Wuya, Ji Zhenyi, Wan Renshan, and the defenders vowed to fight rather than retreat.
• When Sha Tianwen and four Saints attacked Bai Wuya, Lin Xuan brought Wu Cenqing, Gu Hao, and their strength into the battle, and Situ Jian and Dongfang Muxue arrived as more Saints joined the assault.
• Sha Tianwen recognized that his forces could not win and ordered a retreat, after which Situ Jian met Lin Xuan and tested his Sword Dao at the Supreme Institute.
• Su Lianxin defeated Lin Ling in a spar, and Great Saint Goumang told them the Endless Sea’s hidden vaults would soon open, prompting them to seek resources there.
• The Vast Sea Saint King advised Lin Xuan to visit the Endless Sea before breaking through to the Saint Realm, and Lin Xuan agreed.

Lin Xuan advanced to the Saint Realm, was swept into the Central Continent, and took Fang Yun'er as his disciple. After arriving in Azure Wave City, he offered a sword scripture for auction and revealed his Sword Domain when he killed Chi Peng and Dongfang Li.

• Lin Xuan refused the Vast Sea Saint King's offer to guard him, then entered a cave in the Endless Sea and began advancing to the Saint Realm.
• Su Lianxin and Lin Ling entered the void palace, where Great Saint Goumang revealed its inheritance and urged them to seek it in the Central Continent.
• Lin Xuan survived his Saint Realm tribulation, and the palace drew him inside before transporting him to the Central Continent.
• Fang Yun'er saved the wounded Lin Xuan in the Desolate Forest, and he later defeated a Saint Realm Demon Beast and accepted her as his disciple.
• Lin Xuan guided Fang Yun'er to Azure Wave City, where the Fang Household assigned her to Black Robe Lane ahead of its assessment.
• Lin Xuan bought supplies at Linglong Pavilion, then wrote a sword scripture and submitted it to the Twelve-Story Pavilion's auction.
• Bikong recognized the scripture's value and asked to meet its author, while Chi Peng and Dongfang Li attacked him at the pavilion.
• Lin Xuan killed Chi Peng and Dongfang Li with one sword strike, and Bikong realized Lin Xuan was a young Sword Domain expert.

Fang Yun'er defied her relatives and unwanted marriage proposals, then defeated the Fang Household's strongest young competitors but was rejected by the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect for her low aptitude. Lin Xuan offered her a place as a True Disciple of Ximu Peak, while Cao Zhengyang welcomed news of Lin Xuan's recruitment.

• Lin Xuan accepted He Qinglang's invitation to become a Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect elder and agreed to let its disciples study the sword scripture.
• Fang Yun'er passed the aptitude assessment with three Divine Marks and refused Fang Hong's betrothal gifts and a maid's demand that she leave Azure Wave City.
• Fang Yun'er revealed her Heavenly Venerable Realm cultivation and defeated Fang Zhenyu after her followers insulted Lin Xuan.
• Fang Yun'er displayed third-level Sword Intent and used the Azure Arrow Sword Array to defeat Fang Xing, then finished tenth overall despite winning the combat round.
• Gong Zhi selected fifteen Fang Household members for the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect but rejected Fang Yun'er because of her low aptitude.
• Fang Yun'er rejected Fang Hong's renewed marriage proposal by placing her sword against his neck, then left to find Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan told Fang Yun'er to return with him to the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect as a True Disciple of Ximu Peak.
• Cao Zhengyang worried about Ximu Peak's lack of capable leaders and welcomed He Qinglang's report about Lin Xuan's strength and sword scripture.

Lin Xuan protected Ximu Peak from Chunwei Peak, rebuilt its ranks, and took Lang Ping as his personal disciple. As the sect prepared to enter the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm, Cao Zhengyang revealed the stakes of the expedition and the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect set out for Heaven-Gazing Ridge.

• He Qinglang brought Lin Xuan and Fang Yun’er to Ximu Peak, where Huang Mian announced that Xu Zegang would become deputy peak master unless someone defeated him.
• Xu Zegang beat He Qinglang, but Lin Xuan defeated Xu in one strike, and Cao Zhengyang appointed Lin Xuan deputy peak master.
• After entrusting Ximu Peak to Lin Xuan, Cao Zhengyang entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough, while Lin Xuan discovered that the peak’s treasury and cultivators were depleted.
• Fang Yun’er reached the Thearch Realm through a dangerous tribulation, and Lin Xuan used High Antiquity True Dragon essence blood to suppress her awakening Nine-Turn Heaven-Devouring Gu.
• At the recruitment ceremony, Lin Xuan took in the rejected candidates assigned to Ximu Peak and recognized Feng Jingyu as a perfectly reincarnated female Saint.
• After Longevity Star Peak expelled Lang Ping, Lin Xuan accepted him as a personal disciple, and Lang Ping refused to change his aptitude because he wanted to prove ordinary people could reach the pinnacle of the Sword Dao.
• Lang Ping advanced rapidly under Lin Xuan’s instruction as Cao Zhengyang revealed the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm’s history and the chance to pursue the Saint King’s legacy at Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• The Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect’s twelve flying ships departed for the secret realm, while observers noted that the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect had arrived with multiple Great Saints and might pursue the lost inheritance.