Across the Cangyun Realm, immortals and demons fight without end. Xu Changqing grows up in the Qinglian Sword Valley dreaming of one day becoming a sword immortal, but his luck soon runs out. The Ninth Demon General of Cangyue Palace attacks the valley, and Xu Changqing's grandfather gives his life in the assault. Chosen by the Qinglian Emperor Sword, Xu Changqing faces the demon general in battle and proves no match for him. Then Qiu Wuyai, Kunlun's Taibai Sword Immortal, shows up, crushes the demonic sect, and carries Xu Changqing and Mu Zixun off to Kunlun. The Kunlun immortals covet the Qinglian Emperor Sword, but Qiu Wuyai blocks their attempt to take it. When his immortal spirit, the Chaos Gathering Spirit Tablet, awakens, Xu Changqing becomes Qiu Wuyai's disciple, and a new stage of his path toward sword immortality begins.