Recaps

Chu Feng trained Xiao Chen to restore his cultivation and master the Sword Dao, and Xiao Chen won the outer institute tournament while refusing offers to leave his master. After Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er departed to cultivate, Cao Youqian went to Dao-Seeking City and learned that Cao Youde had cut him off from Pill Dao Institute resources.

• Chu Feng accepted the crippled Xiao Chen as his disciple, promised to protect him, and wagered with Elder Bing that Xiao Chen would defeat Qin Rou within three years.
• Chu Feng taught Xiao Chen to perfect a basic sword stroke and cultivate through meditation, and Xiao Chen eventually cleaved a waterfall and mastered Sword Intent.
• Xiao Chen secretly hunted criminals as the Black-Robed God of Slaughter, then returned to the academy and entered the outer institute competition.
• Xiao Chen won match after match with his sword, defeated Jin Gang and Lin Qingyu, and claimed first place in the tournament.
• Chu Feng collected Cao Youqian's five million spirit stones and valuables after the wager, then accepted Cao Youqian as his disciple when he acknowledged him as master.
• Xiao Chen declined offers to join an inner institute and chose to stay with Chu Feng, while Liu Yue'er agreed to accompany him on his cultivation journey.
• Chu Feng let Cao Youqian travel to Dao-Seeking City, where Cao Youqian confronted Cao Youde and learned the great elder had barred him from Pill Dao Institute resources.

Chu Feng guided Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian through major breakthroughs while Xiao Chen and Liu Yue'er returned to Great Liang and reunited with Xiao Chen’s mother. Chu Feng then traveled to Dao-Seeking City to recruit a disciple and became involved in the rivalry between Kuang Sandao and Ling Zitong.

• Xiao Chen protected Cao Youqian from Lin Ping'an, who had challenged him over Xia Lianxin, and Cao Youqian later vowed to cultivate and accepted Chu Feng as his master.
• Chu Feng created the Chaos Body Refining Art for Cao Youqian, who endured the earth fire and Thousand-Year Cold Pool as his body and cultivation improved.
• Xiao Chen reached the True Fate Realm, awakened the Heaven-Collapsing Physique, and chose to remain at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute despite the Sword Martial King’s urging.
• Liu Yue'er awakened the Profound Yin Jade Physique and left for Great Liang with Xiao Chen, while Cao Youqian rejected offers from other elders and continued following Chu Feng.
• Xiao Chen confronted his father’s household at Prince Ding’s Estate, defeated Elder Bai, reunited with his mother, and warned Prince Ding to account for those who had mistreated her.
• Chu Feng traveled to Dao-Seeking City to recruit a disciple and watched Kuang Sandao defeat Ling Zitong in a duel, then chose Ling Zitong as his candidate.
• At the Pavilion of Fragrant Beauties, Chu Feng watched Miss Qin perform, and he outbid Ling Zitong to have her play again.

Chu Feng took Qin Qin and Wang Baole as disciples and guided them toward paths suited to their abilities, while Cao Youqian defeated Lin Ping'an and left to temper his Fist Intent. The arc ended with Qin Qin confronting pursuers from the Great Evolution Holy Land, whose tracking mark had led them to her.

• Chu Feng recognized Qin Qin’s story in her zither music, chose her as his disciple, and taught her the Eye of World Destruction Cultivation Method after bringing her to the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Qin Qin recovered her Double Pupils under Chu Feng’s guidance, while Cao Youqian returned and began Sword Qi Body Tempering.
• Cao Youqian awakened the Tyrant Divine Physique, trained in the Extreme Dao Divine Fist, and defeated Lin Ping'an on the Life-and-Death Platform.
• The Sword Martial King urged Lin Ping'an to pursue Seven Kills Sword Intent, while Xiao Chen and Cao Youqian left to continue their cultivation.
• Chu Feng helped Qin Qin develop her zither-based cultivation, and she shaped a musical note into a blade and achieved a clear mind and heart.
• Chu Feng accepted Wang Baole as a disciple, discovered his hidden bloodline, and helped him find his interest in food-based cultivation before writing the Ice and Fire Immortal Chef method.
• Chu Feng and Qin Qin went to Cloud Dream Marsh for ingredients, where Great Evolution Holy Land cultivators tracked Qin Qin to their cave.
• Qin Qin trapped the pursuers in a zither illusion, and Chu Feng captured the Ninth Deacon, who revealed that the Holy Land had placed a tracking mark on her.

Chu Feng guided his disciples through breakthroughs, new techniques, and Xiao Chen’s duel with Qin Rou while Elder Bing stayed at the institute to learn his methods. The arc ended with Wang Baole awakening the Taotie Physique and Chu Feng taking Daqian to hunt for food.

• Chu Feng warned Qin Qin that removing the mark before her soul transformed would harm her, while the Dark Hall and Great Evolution Holy Land learned of her awakening and began considering how to deal with her.
• Chu Feng trained Wang Baole and taught Qin Qin and Wang Baole Taiji Fist, then received Cao Youqian, who brought gifts and spoke of his difficulty developing Extreme Dao Fist Intent.
• Xiao Chen returned and challenged Qin Rou to a life-and-death duel, then defeated her at the Life and Death Arena and severed his ties with her without killing her.
• Chu Feng enforced Elder Bing’s wager after Xiao Chen won, and Elder Bing stayed at his courtyard as his foot-washing maid while secretly studying his Taiji Sword Technique.
• Xiao Chen comprehended Taiji Sword Intent, and Cao Youqian gathered basic fist and body-tempering techniques to pursue his own cultivation.
• Elder Bing realized how to approach Taiji Sword Intent, while Qin Qin broke through to the True Fate Realm, awakened the Void Physique, and rejected the academy leaders’ offers to become their disciple.
• Elder Bing apologized to Chu Feng for secretly learning his sword technique and brought him water for half a month, while Wang Baole broke through to the Dao Foundation Realm.
• Chu Feng discovered that Wang Baole had awakened the Taotie Physique, set him to practice knife skills, and took Daqian to hunt demonic beasts after Wang Baole consumed nearly a month’s food supply in seven days.