About this season
In an Eastern-styled fantasy setting, a brother and sister team of sacred guardians is beset by the Xuan Gui Zong, minions of Miè Tian Hai, who seeks the Tian Xing Jiàn sword that they possess. Hai showing up himself leads to the defeat of the brother, but his sister, Dan Fei, jumps off a cliff to temporary safety. Later, a wandering swordsman comes across a ruined temple where a statue of Buddha is protected by an umbrella against the rain. When he takes the umbrella for himself, a man resting under a tree nearby informs him the he must be compassionate to the next traveler he meets as trade-off for taking the umbrella. But the next traveler is Dan Fei, who is still being pursued by the Xuan Gui Zong minions, and between that and the sorcery of the other man he finds himself unable to avoid getting involved.
Episodes (13)
1. Xian Zhen Fortress
Aired 1 October 2018 • 24 min
The Sorcerous Sword Index is a collection of 35 magical swords wielding otherworldly powers, many of which have the potential to bring ruin to the human realm. Shang Bu Huan has fled his homeland of Xi You with the index in order to keep it from falling into the wrong hands... but trouble has a way of finding him.
2. The Stolen Sorcerous Blades
Aired 8 October 2018 • 24 min
The Princess of Cruelty Xie Yingluo has managed to make off with a pair of blades from the Sorcerous Sword Index, and now she plots to use them and her mastery over poison to seize the rest from Shang Bu Huan.
3. The Princess of Cruelty
Aired 15 October 2018 • 24 min
Shang Bu Huan is stricken by the Princess of Cruelty's poison, leaving him and Lang Wu Yao on the run. Between the toxic temptress' attack and the and the ruthless pursuit of magistrate Xiao Kuang Juan, their quest to protect the Sorcerous Sword Index might be impossible... without some help.
4. Close Foes
Aired 22 October 2018 • 24 min
Lin Xue Ya and Shang Bu Huan are reunited, while the fugitive hunter Xiao Kuáng Juan approaches the Princess of Cruelty with an offer she can't refuse.
5. Hellfire Valley
Aired 29 October 2018 • 24 min
With his health recovered, Shang Bu Huan takes a stand against the poisonous Xie Yīngluo and the treacherous Xiao Kuang Juan.
6. A Poisoner’s Pride
Aired 5 November 2018 • 24 min
With his health recovered, Shang Bu Huan takes a stand against the poisonous Xie Yingluo and the treacherous Xiao Kuang Juan.
7. Bewitching Whispers
Aired 12 November 2018 • 24 min
Xie Yīngluo has been bested, beaten, betrayed, and brutalized, and at this point she has nothing to lose. What will happen when the cornered scorpion is presented with a means of turning her doomed luck around?
8. The Song That Dooms Evil
Aired 19 November 2018 • 24 min
9. The Path of the Strong
Aired 26 November 2018 • 24 min
10. Demonic Swords/Holy Swords
Aired 3 December 2018 • 24 min
11. The Dignity of Evil
Aired 10 December 2018 • 24 min
12. The Hunting Fox
Aired 17 December 2018 • 24 min
13. A Bizarre, Bloodstained Ballad
Aired 24 December 2018 • 24 min