Recaps

The other great sects forced the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect to share access to the Heaven-Gazing Secret Realm with the Purple Firmament Palace, whose disciples then targeted its members. Lin Xuan rescued Nie Fa, while Ximu Peak disciples challenged the Purple Firmament Palace over an inheritance and Lang Ping entered the unfinished fight.

• Qi Zhengliu yielded a Heaven-Gazing Token to the Purple Firmament Palace and secured a wager for additional tokens if the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect won the expedition.
• Nie Fa wounded Liang Jiugong with third level sword intent while defending the Ximu Peak disciples, but Elder Gong intervened and attacked after Nie Fa refused his offer of discipleship.
• Lin Xuan rescued Nie Fa, killed Elder Gong, and gave Qin Meier a passage token for Ximu Peak before leaving with his sect’s disciples.
• Feng Jingyu killed the cultivators demanding her Mystic Phoenix Ghost Vine and spared Fang Liqiu and the other Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect disciples who entered the valley.
• Cao Chun reunited with the injured Cao Zhengyang and recognized that the rival sects were competing through the Heavenly Net Scarlet Pattern Formation for a likely Great Saint inheritance.
• Xiao Ni defeated two unexpectedly powerful Ximu Peak disciples before Qiao An defeated him and advanced the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect one step.
• Lang Ping entered the formation against a Purple Firmament Palace disciple and met his purple-flame attack with a clash that astonished the crowd.

Lin Xuan rescued Luo Qingxue and Liu Rumei while searching for Heaven-Gazing Ridge, where the gathered sects began testing their prodigies. Shen Youzi set the leading record at sixty-six steps, and Jiang Bo’s young sect member prepared to climb.

• Lang Ping defeated the Purple Firmament Palace swordsman, leaving Longevity Star Peak’s disciples to reckon with the strength of the former Senior Brother Stone they had mistreated.
• Feng Jingyu claimed second place on the White Jade Capital stele, then saw Lin Xuan’s residual Sword Intent and was overwhelmed by his casual sword strike.
• Lin Xuan rescued Luo Qingxue by killing Nalan Ying, Lü Meng, and the fleeing disciples, then left before Qi Zhengliu arrived with the Cinnabar Cloud Sword Sect.
• Lin Xuan saved Liu Rumei from Elder Li, let her keep her spoils, and agreed to travel with her to Heaven-Gazing Ridge.
• Jiang Bo assembled the sects and summoned ten prodigies to ascend Heaven-Gazing Ridge, while Qi Zhengliu warned Luo Qingxue to prioritize her survival.
• Xiao Ce climbed to level fifty-eight with the Heaven-Gazing Method, and Xiao Nian reached level fifty-seven before both withdrew.
• Shen Youzi climbed to the sixty-sixth step, surpassing the Heaven-Viewing Saint Sect’s prodigies, then returned to the foot of the ridge.
• Jiang Bo’s young sect member opened his eyes, dismissed the sixty-six-step result, and said he would climb.