Chapter Summaries

The Xi Sect’s Core Disciple Grand Competition revealed Jiang Ying’s exceptional three-realm Extreme Spiritual Sense and Qin Xuan’s overwhelming strength. After Jiang Ying secured third place, Qin Xuan and Zhang Wan prepared to fight for first place.

• Eighteen Core Disciples entered the competition, and Li Fengyun defeated Chang Zilong in the opening match.
• Jiang Ying quickly defeated Yao Chen, surprising the spectators with her three-realm Extreme Spiritual Sense and powerful techniques.
• Qin Xuan defeated his opponent with a single punch, then continued winning every match in the same overwhelming manner.
• Jiang Ying lost to Zhang Wan, conceded to Qin Xuan, and later narrowly defeated Feng Yu to secure third place.
• On the final day, Zhang Wan challenged Qin Xuan with a move he had trained to defeat him, but Qin Xuan dismissed his chances.

Qin Xuan won the Core Disciple Grand Competition and learned that Jiang Ying might awaken the Taiyin Sacred Body. When Jiang Ying’s flawed Sacred Body began erupting, she went to Li Changsheng for help.

• Qin Xuan defeated Zhang Wan, claimed first place for the fourth consecutive time, and heard the disciples praise his Cosmic Divine Body.
• Qin Xuan asked Jiang Ying to talk, but she rejected him; he then told Qin Shuangyang that she refused his advances.
• Qin Shuangyang urged Qin Xuan to cultivate Four Realms Extreme Spiritual Sense and win Jiang Ying, whose bloodline might awaken the Taiyin Sacred Body.
• Li Changsheng returned to his cave abode and resolved to cultivate diligently after reflecting on the Core Disciples’ strength.
• Jiang Ying’s flawed Taiyin Sacred Body erupted, and she decided to seek Li Changsheng rather than reveal her secret to the sect or her family.
• Jiang Ying broke into Li Changsheng’s sealed cave abode, and he recognized her through their familiar passage.

Li Changsheng advanced his Earth Sword Dao Fruit and used the Xi Sect’s Sword Tablet to rapidly improve his Void Sword Art and Sword Intent. With ten days of access remaining, he began cultivating more Spirit Refining-level sword arts to raise his Dao Fruit further.

• Li Changsheng upgraded his Human Sword Dao Fruit into a level 3 Earth Sword Dao Fruit and cultivated Spirit Refining-level sword arts to strengthen it.
• After raising the Earth Sword Dao Fruit to level 5, Li Changsheng measured his Sword Intent at fifty-five percent and advanced the Void Sword Art to the Great Accomplishment Realm of the second layer.
• Li Changsheng learned that the Xi Sect would open the Sword Tablet and used his contribution points to gain access.
• Inside the Sword Mountain sword tower, Li Changsheng advanced the Void Sword Art to the Perfection Realm of the third layer in twenty days and raised his Sword Intent to 12%.
• With ten days left at the Sword Tablet, Li Changsheng began cultivating more Spirit Refining-level sword arts to raise the Earth Sword Dao Fruit to level 6.

Li Changsheng advanced his cultivation and body-refining techniques after leaving the Sword Pagoda, reaching the Perfection Realm of the Yin God Realm and strengthening his spiritual defenses. When Jiang Ying revealed that her Taiyin Qi needed his Innate Yang Qi to suppress it, they agreed he would cultivate the Nine Yang Body Refining Technique in exchange for her letting him keep his vision clear during future episodes.

• Li Changsheng completed the third layer of the Void Sword Canon, advanced his Radiant Sun Body Refining Technique, and reached the Perfection Realm of the Yin God Realm.
• He cultivated the Xi Pagoda Technique to its tenth layer, then used it to resist Jiang Ying's spirit-refining attack when she visited him late at night.
• Jiang Ying's Taiyin Qi erupted, and she suppressed it with Li Changsheng's Innate Yang Qi.
• Jiang Ying revealed that she had an incomplete Taiyin Sacred Body and needed Li Changsheng's Innate Yang Qi to control its eruptions.
• Li Changsheng agreed to cultivate the Nine Yang Body Refining Technique, and Jiang Ying agreed not to block his vision during future episodes before giving him the inheritance sphere.

Li Changsheng used Jiang Ying’s Blazing Sun Fruits to perfect the third layer of the Nine Yang Body Refining Technique, then endured her extraction of his Innate Yang Qi. He began attempting to break through to the Yang God Realm by exposing his Yin God to Spiritual Fire, and his first attempt partially solidified his arm.

• Jiang Ying gave Li Changsheng nine Blazing Sun Fruits and a Sect Identity Token, and he used the fruits to perfect the third layer of the Nine Yang Body Refining Technique and the Radiant Sun Body Refining Technique.
• Jiang Ying visited Li Changsheng and used a secret method to absorb his Innate Yang Qi, then told him she might not need his help suppressing her Taiyin Qi for five years.
• After recovering, Li Changsheng prepared to advance from the Yin God Realm to the Yang God Realm and chose to temper his Yin God with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.
• Li Changsheng entered a high-grade cultivation chamber in the Xi Yuan Tower and exposed his Yin God to Scarlet Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, but withdrew after less than a quarter of an hour.
• Li Changsheng recovered with a Spirit Strengthening Pill and the Radiant Sun Spirit Refining Technique, then found that his Yin God’s arm had solidified by about fifty percent.

Li Changsheng completed his Yin God’s transformation into a Yang God and broke through to the Yang God Realm. He then obtained three Orange Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires from Jiang Ying and began using one to advance the Radiant Sun Spirit Refining Technique toward its eleventh layer.

• Li Changsheng tempered his Yin God in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire over two months until it transformed into a Yang God.
• Li Changsheng returned to his body, broke through to the Yang God Realm, and collected the Yang God Realm section of the Void Sword Canon.
• Li Changsheng cultivated the fourth layer of the Void Sword Canon and sought higher-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire to improve the Radiant Sun Spirit Refining Technique.
• Li Changsheng asked Jiang Ying for Orange Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, and she agreed to bring him three that night.
• Jiang Ying secretly delivered the three fires to Li Changsheng, who stored two and used the third to cultivate his Radiant Sun Spirit Refining Technique.

After strengthening his cultivation, Li Changsheng agreed to help Jiang Ying reach a ruin in a peak demon emperor’s territory, where she hoped to find a way to restore her incomplete Taiyin Sacred Body. He mastered the Vast Heaven Concealment Technique and departed with Jiang Ying for the ruin.

• Li Changsheng refined three Orange Grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fires, advanced his Radiant Sun techniques, and raised the Xi Pagoda Technique to the eleventh layer.
• Jiang Ying asked Li Changsheng to help her evade a demon emperor, and he agreed to split the ruin’s gains with her.
• Jiang Ying gave Li Changsheng an Enlightenment Tea Leaf and explained that she needed to restore her incomplete Taiyin Sacred Body before the Jiang Family ancestral land opened.
• Li Changsheng used the tea leaf to cultivate the Vast Heaven Concealment Technique to the Perfection Realm of the Third Layer and arranged to meet Jiang Ying outside the Xi Sect.
• Li Changsheng reached the island undetected, joined Jiang Ying aboard her Flying Boat, and set off with her toward the ruin.

Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying infiltrated a Sky Mending Sect ruin guarded by the Blood Dragon Demon Emperor, hoping to find the Sky Mending Technique. After surviving a hidden killing formation and finding the ruin stripped of resources, they discovered a Heavenly Demon Stone in a dungeon.

• Jiang Ying and Li Changsheng used the Vast Heaven Concealment Technique to slip past the Blood Dragon Demon Emperor and enter the ruin unseen.
• Li Changsheng recovered his mana while Jiang Ying waited, then followed her deeper into the ruin.
• Jiang Ying explained that the Sky Mending Sect was a Sect Master Grade Power and that she sought its Sky Mending Technique to repair her incomplete Taiyin Sacred Body.
• A concealed Killing Formation trapped them, but Jiang Ying used her Peacock Dharma Aspect and a magical treasure to break out.
• Jiang Ying recovered her mana, and the pair continued through the looted ruin until they sensed a chaotic spiritual force coming from a dungeon.
• Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying found a black stone embedded in a dragon beast statue, and Jiang Ying identified it as a Heavenly Demon Stone.

Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying explored the Sky Mending Sect branch ruin, where Jiang Ying obtained the Sky Mending Technique from a fading Spirit Artifact. The Spirit Artifact warned them about a deadly trap deeper in the ruin and directed them to Spirit Refining Mountain before they left.

• Li Changsheng took the Heavenly Demon Stone from a dungeon after Jiang Ying explained its demonic effects.
• Jiang Ying fought and defeated several weakened peak Dharma Aspect Realm puppets while Li Changsheng watched from hiding.
• A Spirit Artifact recognized Jiang Ying's incomplete Taiyin Sacred Body and revealed that it possessed the Sky Mending Technique.
• The Spirit Artifact gave Jiang Ying the technique after she swore to kill members of the Eight-Armed Yaksha Clan when she encountered them.
• The Spirit Artifact warned Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying not to venture deeper because a trap would destroy the ruin, then advised them to find inner sect disciple tokens and cultivate at Spirit Refining Mountain for three months.

Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying spent three months cultivating on Spirit Refining Mountain before returning to the Xi Sect, where Li Changsheng continued training to strengthen his spiritual sense. Jiang Ying learned that the Sky Mending Technique required five specific Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots, and several months later Li Changsheng’s spiritual sense finally transformed.

• Li Changsheng used the Heavenly Demon Stone to raise his Spirit Dao Fruit to level 7, then cultivated the Radiant Sun Spirit Refining Technique on Spirit Refining Mountain until he reached its thirteenth layer.
• After three months, Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying were expelled from Spirit Refining Mountain and secretly left the Sky Mending Sect ruins without being discovered by the Demon Kings or the Blood Dragon Demon Emperor.
• Li Changsheng and Jiang Ying returned to the Xi Sect separately; Li Changsheng secluded himself to cultivate the Xi Pagoda Technique while Jiang Ying studied the Sky Mending Technique.
• Jiang Ying learned that the Sky Mending Technique required five types of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots and found that the sect and her family possessed only three, leaving the Mysterious Sun Spiritual Root and Myriad Wood Spirit Root unobtainable.
• Several months later, Li Changsheng raised the Xi Pagoda Technique to the thirteenth layer and continued training until his spiritual sense transformed.

Li Changsheng advanced his spiritual sense and secretly killed North Sea Whale Clan Demon Kings, but the Blood Soul Curse marked him and exposed his position to pursuing enemies. As a peak Dharma Aspect Realm Demon King nearly killed him, Jiang Ying arrived to intervene.

• Li Changsheng transformed his spiritual sense into the Third-Stage Extreme Spiritual Sense and improved several cultivation techniques.
• Li Changsheng assassinated eleven Yang God Realm Demon Kings, so the Blood Whale Demon Emperor ordered six death warriors to carry the Blood Soul Curse and lure him out.
• After Li Changsheng killed one of the cursed Demon Kings, the Blood Soul Curse's aura attached to him, and he asked Jiang Ying for help.
• The Blood Whale Demon Emperor's trackers pursued Li Changsheng while the Emperor clashed with a Xi Sect elder, and a peak Dharma Aspect Realm Demon King struck Li Changsheng, destroying his sword and armor and grievously wounding him.
• Jiang Ying arrived and attacked the Demon King with her Peacock Dharma Aspect.

Jiang Ying rescued Li Changsheng from a North Sea Whale Clan ambush and brought him to the Nine Nether Stronghold, where Elder Yue Shan removed the Blood Soul Curse. After Qin Xuan grew suspicious of their relationship, Li Changsheng returned to the Xi Sect and began cultivating a new escape spell.

• Jiang Ying killed one pursuing top-tier Demon King, wounded another, and carried Li Changsheng to the Nine Nether Stronghold.
• Elder Yue Shan removed the Blood Soul Curse aura from Li Changsheng and wondered why Jiang Ying had rescued him so quickly.
• Jiang Ying told Li Changsheng to say they had met in some ruins if anyone asked about their relationship.
• Qin Xuan investigated Li Changsheng's background and threatened to kill him if he had a close relationship with Jiang Ying.
• Li Changsheng exchanged for the Instantaneous Movement Escape Technique and began cultivating it in his cave abode.

Li Changsheng advanced through the first round of Xi Sect’s alchemy competition after refining flawless-grade Yang Yuan Pills. Jiang Ying asked him to pursue the top three in the upcoming Nine Sects Alchemy Grand Competition because its rewards included the Myriad Wood Spirit Root she needed for the Sky Mending Technique.

• Li Changsheng learned that Xi Sect and the North Sea Whale Clan had called a truce after the Black Water Mysterious Snake Clan joined the conflict, but he remained cautious of assassination attempts.
• Li Changsheng improved his sword arts and cultivation, then studied alchemy manuals until his alchemy skills reached level 6.
• Li Changsheng entered Xi Sect’s alchemy competition and refined a batch of flawless-grade Yang Yuan Pills, easily advancing from the first round.
• Jiang Ying visited Li Changsheng and asked whether he could reach the top ten and represent Xi Sect at the Nine Sects Alchemy Grand Competition.
• Jiang Ying explained that she needed the Myriad Wood Spirit Root, a reward available to the competition’s top three, to cultivate the Sky Mending Technique.

Li Changsheng won the Xi Sect Alchemy Grand Competition by refining high-quality Star Pills, earning rewards and a place in the Nine Sects Alchemy Grand Competition. After learning the Mystic Cauldron Alchemy Technique and practicing for ten days, he departed with the other finalists for the Profound Pill Sect.

• Jiang Ying explained that the Myriad Wood Spirit Root was a reward at the Nine Sects Alchemy Grand Competition and that she needed it to complete her collection of five Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots.
• Li Changsheng refined three batches of Star Pills, producing flawless-grade pills that astonished Yue Shan and the other judges.
• Yue Shan announced Li Changsheng as the Xi Sect Alchemy Grand Competition champion, and Jiang Ying hoped he could place in the top three at the next competition.
• Li Changsheng received a magic treasure-grade alchemy cauldron, three pill formulas, contribution points, a Yellow-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, and an Enlightenment Tea Leaf.
• Jiang Ying gave Li Changsheng the Mystic Cauldron Alchemy Technique and helped gather ingredients while he practiced refining pills for ten days.
• Li Changsheng and the other nine finalists boarded the sect's Flying Boat with Yue Shan and two Emperor Realm elders to travel to the Profound Pill Sect.

Li Changsheng advanced through the first two rounds of the Nine Sects Alchemy Grand Competition and drew an incomplete ancient Dragon Elephant Pill formula for the final round. After raising his Alchemy Dao Fruit to level 7, he completed the formula and began refining the pill.

• Li Changsheng refined six flawless-grade Star Pills and one high-quality Star Pill, advancing to the second round alongside four other Xi Sect alchemists.
• Li Changsheng refined Tian Shu Pills, including three flawless-grade pills in his final batch, and advanced to the third round as one of only two Xi Sect alchemists.
• Li Changsheng drew the incomplete Treasure Pill formula for the Dragon Elephant Pill and chose to complete it rather than lower the pill's grade.
• Li Changsheng spent twenty-three days studying alchemy and raised his Alchemy Dao Fruit to level 7.
• Li Changsheng completed the ancient Dragon Elephant Pill formula and began his first refinement.

Li Changsheng took second place in the Nine Sects Alchemy Grand Competition and chose three rewards, including the Myriad Wood Spirit Root for Jiang Ying. After returning to the Xi Sect, he gave it to her, and she kissed his cheek, while Qin Xuan grew more wary of Li Changsheng.

• Li Changsheng refined two batches of Dragon Elephant Pills and placed second behind Chen Xuan in the competition.
• Li Changsheng chose the Myriad Wood Spirit Root, a Thousand-Year Marrow Cleansing Fruit, and a spiritual-sense Flying Sword from the treasure vault.
• Elder Yue Shan and the other Xi Sect alchemists returned with Li Changsheng, whose second-place finish drew attention throughout the sect.
• Qin Xuan brooded over Li Changsheng's growing influence and his close relationship with Jiang Ying.
• Jiang Ying visited Li Changsheng, received the Myriad Wood Spirit Root, and kissed his cheek before hurrying away.

Li Changsheng advanced his body refining, sword arts, and cultivation while Jiang Ying perfected the Sky Mending Technique and awakened her Taiyin Sacred Body. After warning Li Changsheng to beware of Qin Xuan, she entered long seclusion, and Li Changsheng finished refining Star Pills for Qu Zhen before preparing to cultivate further.

• Li Changsheng used a Thousand-Year Marrow Cleansing Fruit to advance the Radiant Sun Body Refining Technique to the Perfection Realm of the fifth level, then improved his Void Sword Art and reached the mid-stage Yang God Realm.
• Jiang Ying obtained the fifth Mysterious Sun Spiritual Root from the Qin Family, used all five Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots and Enlightenment Tea Leaves to perfect the Sky Mending Technique, and awakened her Taiyin Sacred Body.
• Jiang Ying told Li Changsheng of her awakening, warned him to beware of Qin Xuan, and announced that she would enter long seclusion.
• Qu Zhen asked Li Changsheng to refine flawless Star Pills and offered an Enlightenment Tea Leaf in payment, and Li Changsheng agreed to provide five pills per batch.
• Li Changsheng refined Star Pills for Qu Zhen for half a month, kept pills and the tea leaf as payment, then announced he was entering seclusion to recover and cultivate.

Li Changsheng advanced his Void Sword Art and Radiant Sun Body Refining Technique before receiving orders to enter the Three Leaf Secret Realm. He learned that the secret realm’s Three-Leaf Primordial Spirit Grass was vital to the Xi Sect and that its rival clans made the expedition dangerous.

• Li Changsheng used the Enlightenment Tea Leaf to reach Minor Accomplishment in the sixth level of the Void Sword Art and develop twenty percent sword intent.
• Li Changsheng consumed flawless-grade Star Pills, endured their violent energy with the Healing Dao Fruit, and broke through to the sixth level of the Radiant Sun Body Refining Technique.
• Zhang Yuanhe ordered Xi Sect disciples under fifty whose cultivation exceeded the Yang God Realm to enter the Three Leaf Secret Realm and seek Three-Leaf Primordial Spirit Grass.
• Jiang Wu reported that Jiang Ying was in critical seclusion, so Zhang Yuanhe excused her and ordered six Yang God Realm Perfection disciples to advance to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• Li Changsheng received the order to enter the secret realm, then asked Qu Zhen about its resources, entrances, native demon beasts, and rival Black Water Mysterious Snake and North Sea Whale clans.

Li Changsheng prepared for the Three Leaf Secret Realm while Qin Xuan arranged for Xiao Changye to track and kill him using Concentrating Spirit Incense and the Illusory Void Pearl. The Xi Sect disciples entered the realm, unaware that Li Changsheng had been marked.

• Jiang Ying told Li Changsheng she was converting her cultivation technique and would not join the trip to the Three Leaf Secret Realm.
• Qin Xuan pressured Xiao Changye to kill Li Changsheng and gave him an Illusory Void Pearl and a plan to track him with Concentrating Spirit Incense.
• Li Changsheng advanced his Void Sword Art to the sixth level’s Great Accomplishment Realm and his Instantaneous Movement Escape Technique to the third level’s Great Accomplishment Realm.
• Qin Xuan secretly placed a wisp of Concentrating Spirit Incense on Li Changsheng while Elder Yue Shan spoke with him.
• Elder Yue Shan led the disciples to the Three Leaf Secret Realm and warned them to leave through the entrance within three months.
• The Xi Sect disciples entered the Three Leaf Secret Realm.

Li Changsheng fought and killed Xiao Changye after the Core Disciple tracked him with the Concentrating Spirit Incense aura and tried to kill him. After recovering and taking Xiao Changye’s belongings, Li Changsheng found and crushed the hidden aura, then continued deeper into the Three Leaf Secret Realm.

• Xiao Changye used the Illusory Void Pearl to track Li Changsheng through his weakened Vast Heaven Concealment Technique and followed him to a deserted area.
• Xiao Changye sealed the area with the Void Sealing Disk and attacked Li Changsheng with his Mysterious Snake Dharma Aspect and Mysterious Night Spear.
• Li Changsheng blocked Xiao Changye’s attacks, shattered his Flame Pupil, and pursued him until Xiao Changye’s desperate Black Water Light strike injured Li Changsheng before Xiao Changye died.
• Li Changsheng recovered from his injuries and took Xiao Changye’s artifact armor, Void Sealing Disk, spirit-refining weapon, and other resources.
• Li Changsheng used the Radiant Sun Eye to find and crush the Concentrating Spirit Incense aura hidden on him, suspecting Qin Xuan had left it there.
• Li Changsheng continued deeper into the Three Leaf Secret Realm.