Recaps

Li Chungang used the reward from his first Draw Sword to accelerate his cultivation, then reached ten uses and obtained a Transfer Talisman that could divert his karmic fate for seven days. He continued cultivating with a possible solution to the approaching one-month deadline in hand.

• Li Chungang unlocked a Divine Essence Pill after his first Draw Sword and swallowed it to increase his cultivation speed.
• Li Chungang consumed Qi Refinement Pills, entered the initial stage of the Qi Refinement Realm, and found that Draw Sword drained less of his strength.
• Li Chungang cultivated and performed Draw Sword roughly every four hours, reaching ten uses on the morning of the fourth day.
• Li Chungang received a Transfer Talisman that could transfer his karmic fate to another person for seven days.
• Li Chungang decided the talisman could help him evade danger when the one-month deadline arrived, then resumed cultivating.

Li Chungang advanced to Mid Qi Refinement and went downstairs with Han Qingxue to meet three newcomers in the courtyard. He sensed that one of the new men was unusually dangerous, while the others reacted with shock to his rapid cultivation.

• Li Chungang broke through to Mid Qi Refinement and found that he could recover from drawing his sword in two hours, raising his daily limit to six attempts.
• Han Qingxue told Li Chungang that three people had arrived while he was cultivating and invited him to meet them.
• Han Qingxue asked whether Li Chungang was worried about the approaching one-month deadline, but he said the courtyard was safe from Stowaways.
• Li Chungang and Han Qingxue met the sword-robed man, a cat-eared woman, a nine-tailed fox demon, and an ordinary-looking man whom Li Chungang sensed was a threat.
• The sword-robed man congratulated Li Chungang on reaching Mid Qi Refinement, and the two women exclaimed in shock at his progress.

Li Chungang and Han Qingxue discussed their potential and the chance to advance their cultivation with pills. The sword-robed man told them to attend a City Lord's Residence gathering in thirteen days, where major factions would recruit them, and Li Chungang began considering how to use the event to protect himself.

• Li Chungang said that despite their strength, he and the others were still weak compared with the powers of the higher realm.
• The sword-robed man judged Li Chungang's potential to be SS level or higher and said his physique and bloodline awakening could raise it further.
• Han Qingxue asked for some of her promised pill rewards in advance, and the sword-robed man agreed to provide up to half a month's supply of Qi Refinement Pills.
• The sword-robed man told Li Chungang, Han Qingxue, and the others to attend a City Lord's Residence gathering in thirteen days, where major factions would try to recruit them.
• Li Chungang and Han Qingxue reaffirmed their agreements to join the Heaven Sword Sect, while Li Chungang considered using his Transfer Talisman at the gathering.

Li Chungang and the other newly ascended cultivators learned that a stowaway with the Law of Space had escaped Lin City and might sneak back in. They received jade talismans to summon the swordsman in the sword robe, then returned to their residences to cultivate and stay alert.

• The swordsman in the sword robe introduced Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Mei'er, and Han Paopao to Li Chungang, and they exchanged greetings.
• The swordsman in the sword robe told the group that a stowaway had escaped Lin City using spatial techniques and might return while concealing his aura.
• Li Chungang urged everyone to stay awake through cultivation and asked whether they could use jade talismans to call for help.
• The swordsman in the sword robe gave the group jade talismans and promised to provide reinforcement if they encountered danger.
• Li Chungang returned to his residence, Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er followed Han Qingxue with questions, and Han Paopao found a residence and shut himself inside.

After ten days of cultivation, Li Chungang received a visit from Han Paopao, who revealed that he had recognized Li Chungang as a Stowaway and warned that Pangu’s Will and the Heaven Sword Sect’s testing stone could expose him. Han Paopao implied he wanted to help, but Li Chungang asked what he wanted in return.

• Li Chungang maintained his cultivation routine for ten days, then answered a knock at his door and found Han Paopao waiting.
• Han Paopao asked to enter and used a compass with Li Chungang’s help to seal the room against eavesdroppers.
• Han Paopao said he and Li Chungang were alike and warned that fewer than five days remained before Li Chungang’s deadline.
• Han Paopao revealed his Heavy Pupils and explained that Pangu’s Will could expose Li Chungang’s disguise, with another risk awaiting him at the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Li Chungang realized Han Paopao had uncovered his identity and asked what Han Paopao wanted from telling him.

Han Paopao offered to eliminate Li Chungang’s hidden danger in exchange for three favors, then revealed that he wanted Li Chungang’s protection from a stowaway hunter in Lin City. He warned that the hunter was close to becoming a Lesser Child of Fortune after killing several stowaways.

• Han Paopao offered to remove Li Chungang’s hidden danger in exchange for three favors, and Li Chungang asked whether he was a stowaway or an Ascender.
• Han Paopao said he was an Ascender and revealed that he had sent over a thousand clones into the Pangu Great World, though the Holy Lands detected and killed one of them.
• Li Chungang questioned Han Paopao’s motives, and Han Paopao admitted he wanted Li Chungang to protect him and let him stay until Li Chungang left.
• Han Paopao explained that a clone who had ascended days earlier was killed by a stowaway in Lin City who wielded the Law of Space and could identify stowaways.
• Han Paopao said the hunter had killed at least seven or eight stowaways and might become a Lesser Child of Fortune after killing one or two more.

Li Chungang agreed to help Han Paopao deal with the Stowaway threatening him, provided Han Paopao resolved Li Chungang’s own hidden danger. Han Paopao explained that Blood Exchange could conceal Li Chungang’s identity from Immortal Sects, then began warning him about the Holy Lands’ more powerful detection methods.

• Li Chungang realized the Stowaway Han Paopao’s clone had pursued could become a Lesser Child of Fortune and threaten everyone, and Han Paopao revealed that the Stowaway had marked him after killing his clone.
• Li Chungang agreed to help Han Paopao defeat the Stowaway, on the condition that Han Paopao first resolve the danger to Li Chungang.
• Han Paopao explained that a Stowaway’s blood revealed his identity and that Blood Exchange could make Li Chungang’s blood belong to the Pangu Great World, fooling Immortal Sect tests.
• Li Chungang asked why Han Paopao had warned him away from Holy Lands, and Han Paopao said they used supreme-grade Divine Artifacts that could detect him unless he surpassed their owners in strength.

Li Chungang learned that joining the Holy Land was impossible and considered using Han Paopao’s Blood-Exchange Secret Art to fix the weakness in his blood. After discovering the process required keeping an ordinary person alive for three months, he asked Han Paopao what other weaknesses he had.

• Li Chungang accepted that he could not join the Holy Land, while Han Paopao explained why avoiding it was safer and left room to join another immortal sect.
• Han Paopao warned that Li Chungang would need to escape surveillance and secure two uninterrupted hours to use the Blood-Exchange Secret Art.
• Li Chungang received the Jade Talisman and learned the blood donor had to survive for three months before he could take their fate and gain Pangu’s Will’s recognition.
• Han Paopao advised using an ordinary person as the donor and keeping them sealed in a Storage Pouch until the three months passed.
• Li Chungang asked Han Paopao what weaknesses he had beyond his blood.

Li Yun learned from Han Paopao that Han Qingxue might be a stowaway, then noticed her watching his window after Han Paopao left. Both Li Yun and Han Qingxue grew suspicious, leaving Li Yun to prepare for a possible threat.

• Han Paopao explained that Li Yun's blood had revealed his outsider aura and said Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er were not stowaways, while Han Qingxue remained uncertain.
• Li Yun and Han Paopao agreed to be cautious about Han Qingxue, then ended their meeting and pretended they had only discussed cultivation.
• After Han Paopao left, Li Yun saw Han Qingxue close the window opposite and worried she had noticed their secret meeting.
• Li Yun planned to wait three days for a reward from Draw Sword, then seek a target for Blood Exchange if he still lacked a way to conceal his bloodline.
• Han Qingxue suspected Han Paopao had detected something unusual about her after sensing a watcher and seeing him meet with Li Yun.

Li Chungang received a Space-Time Factor from drawing his sword one hundred times and used it to awaken his space-time bloodline. He gained a way to escape the restrictions trapping him in Lin City, though the Holy Land’s examination remained a potential danger.

• Li Chungang received a Space-Time Factor after drawing his sword one hundred times and realized it could help him escape the Heaven Sword Sect residence and Lin City.
• Li Chungang swallowed the factor, which raised his cultivation to the late Foundation Establishment Realm and transformed his blood.
• Li Chungang recognized that his changing blood signaled a bloodline awakening, making him a genuine Ascender without needing a blood exchange.
• After a day and a night, Li Chungang awakened his space-time bloodline and learned it could eventually unlock space-time authority.
• Li Chungang celebrated his newfound power and considered how his evolved bloodline might protect him from Han Paopao’s Blood-Exchange Secret Art.

Li Chungang and Han Paopao left the Heaven Sword Sect outpost for Lin City ahead of the City Lord's banquet, while suspecting Han Qingxue of being a Stowaway. Once outside, Li Chungang received Origin Stones and set out to explore the city and pursue his plans.

• Li Chungang planned to test whether his transformed Space-Time Bloodline had gained Pangu's Will's recognition and headed downstairs.
• Han Paopao warned Li Chungang that Han Qingxue had been watching them, and Li Chungang proposed waiting for her to make a move so they could suppress or kill her.
• The man in the sword robe led Li Chungang, Han Paopao, Han Qingxue, and the other women out of the outpost and told them to attend the City Lord's Residence during the day.
• Li Chungang stepped into Lin City and felt his power and aura strengthen in the city's environment.
• The man in the sword robe gave the group Origin Stones to spend, and Li Chungang and Han Paopao departed in different directions.

Li Chungang visited the Ascension Pool and asked the Shangqing Sacred Land elder whether his newly awakened bloodline would make him a Stowaway. The elder confirmed that Pangu's Will accepted the bloodline, but warned Li Chungang to keep it secret because others could steal it.

• Li Chungang walked through Lin City and arrived at the Ascension Pool.
• Li Chungang asked the Shangqing Sacred Land elder whether his bloodline, awakened after ascending, would cause him to be treated as a Stowaway.
• Li Chungang explained that his bloodline awakened the previous day and raised his cultivation from Mid Qi Refinement to Foundation Establishment.
• The elder examined Li Chungang and confirmed his powerful Bloodline Power, saying Pangu's Will had acknowledged it and it could lead him to the Human Immortal Realm once his other potential awakened.
• The elder warned Li Chungang that bloodlines could be replicated and that revealing his might make him a target; Li Chungang wondered whether the Blood-Exchange Secret Art was connected.

Li Chungang confirmed that his bloodline was genuine and left the registration site, where he met Xiao Huo Huo, a newcomer with extraordinary flames and SSS potential. The old man offered Xiao Huo Huo a place in the Shangqing Sacred Land, while Li Chungang recognized similarities to figures from his past-life memories and prepared to speak.

• Li Chungang thanked the old man for protecting his safety and decided there was no need to test his information again.
• Xiao Huo Huo emerged from the Ascension Pool carrying a Black Iron Profound Ruler, and Li Chungang and the old man watched his powerful flames.
• Xiao Huo Huo introduced himself and asked the old man where he was; the old man explained the registration and testing process.
• The old man's Immortal Artifact revealed Xiao Huo Huo's half-awakened Void Ancient Dragon race, Emperor Flame Bloodline, and Myriad Flames Emperor Physique, along with SSS potential.
• The old man invited Xiao Huo Huo to join the Shangqing Sacred Land as a Holy Son, but Xiao Huo Huo hesitated because he did not know enough about the world.
• Li Chungang suspected Xiao Huo Huo might be a transmigrator and addressed him as a fellow Daoist.

Li Chungang advised Xiao Huo Huo to join the Shangqing Sacred Land, and Xiao Huo Huo agreed on the condition that his wives, Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er, could join him. After learning they were at the Heaven Sword Sect’s residence, the old man promised to bring them from the City Lord’s Residence banquet, and Xiao Huo Huo agreed to join the Shangqing Sacred Land.

• Li Chungang told Xiao Huo Huo that the Shangqing Sacred Land was the best choice for someone of his talent.
• Xiao Huo Huo agreed to consider joining the Shangqing Sacred Land if the old man helped find his two wives.
• Li Chungang recognized Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er as the women Xiao Huo Huo was seeking and revealed that they were at the Heaven Sword Sect’s residence.
• The old man offered Li Chungang a low-grade Divine Artifact for the information and promised to take Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er from the City Lord’s Residence banquet.
• Xiao Huo Huo thanked the old man and agreed to join the Shangqing Sacred Land if he brought his wives along.

Li Chungang and Xiao Huo Huo headed to the City Lord's Residence after the Shangqing Sacred Land elder gave Xiao Huo Huo an identity token and sacred-land jade pendant. The City Lord welcomed them into his study, where they were about to speak.

• The elder promised Li Chungang a low-grade Divine Artifact sword and gave Xiao Huo Huo an identity token and Shangqing Sacred Land jade pendant.
• After Li Chungang and Xiao Huo Huo left, the elder messaged the Holy Lord about Xiao Huo Huo's potential as a Child of Fortune and asked for someone to receive him in Lin City.
• Li Chungang and Xiao Huo Huo arrived at the City Lord's Residence, where the guards verified their identities and recognized Xiao Huo Huo's Shangqing Sacred Land affiliation.
• The guard escorted Li Chungang and Xiao Huo Huo to the City Lord's study, and the City Lord opened the door and invited them inside.

The city lord explained that his residence served the Shangqing Sacred Land and treated Xiao Huo Huo as a future superior because he had been invited to join. Xiao Huo Huo asked him to bring Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er over, while Li Chungang revealed that he could not join the sacred land because he was the physical manifestation of the Chaos Spiritual Root.

• The city lord explained that city lords held status equivalent to inner disciples of the Shangqing Sacred Land and inferred that Xiao Huo Huo might become a direct disciple.
• Xiao Huo Huo asked the city lord to bring his wives, Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er, from the Heaven Sword Sect contingent.
• The city lord hurried off to invite Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er, while Li Chungang sensed that he was currying favor with Xiao Huo Huo.
• Li Chungang warned that the Heaven Sword Sect might demand a price for releasing Xiao Huo Huo's wives, and Xiao Huo Huo trusted that the senior had made arrangements.
• Xiao Huo Huo asked why Li Chungang would not join the Shangqing Sacred Land, and Li Chungang said he was the physical manifestation of the Chaos Spiritual Root.

Li Chungang explained why he would not join the Shangqing Sacred Land and advised Xiao Huo Huo to accept its offer for the sake of his wife. Xiao Huo Huo reunited with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er, while the City Lord learned that Li Chungang had been paid a Lesser Divine Artifact to encourage Xiao Huo Huo to join.

• Li Chungang told Xiao Huo Huo that his Chaos Spiritual Root would eventually force him to leave the Pangu Great World, making him unsuitable for the Shangqing Sacred Land.
• Li Chungang said he preferred freedom and would not join the Shangqing Sacred Land, while Xiao Huo Huo lamented that he had already agreed to enter it.
• Li Chungang urged Xiao Huo Huo to join because it could help him become a Child of Fortune and secure resources and protection for his wife.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er returned with the City Lord, and Xiao Huo Huo ran to embrace them.
• The City Lord asked Li Chungang why he had encouraged Xiao Huo Huo to join the Shangqing Sacred Land, and Li Chungang revealed that he had been offered a Lesser Divine Artifact.

Li Chungang warned Xiao Huo Huo, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Mei'er that Han Qingxue was likely a stowaway, putting the two women in danger. The three thanked him and agreed to keep her secret quiet as they considered the threat.

• Xiao Huo Huo, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Mei'er thanked Li Chungang for helping them reunite and for warning them about the risks of living in the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The city lord left the group, intending to deal with a suspected hidden hazard involving Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er.
• Li Chungang revealed that Han Qingxue was probably a stowaway, alarming Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er.
• Xiao Xun'er explained what a stowaway was, and Xiao Huo Huo realized his wives could be in danger if Han Qingxue acted against them.
• Xiao Huo Huo, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Mei'er thanked Li Chungang and promised to repay his help.
• Li Chungang told them not to reveal Han Qingxue's secret, and the three agreed.

After learning that Han Qingxue had deliberately approached Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er, Xiao Huo Huo considered killing her, but Li Chungang persuaded him to wait until he had greater strength and could expose her as a Stowaway. The group agreed to leave as soon as possible after learning that a dangerous Stowaway had mastered the Law of Space.

• Xiao Huo Huo, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Mei'er thanked Li Chungang and agreed to stop dealing with Han Qingxue.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er revealed that Han Qingxue had repeatedly sought them out and probed for information about their lives in the lower realm.
• Xiao Huo Huo grew furious and asked Li Chungang how to lure Han Qingxue out alone, but Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er urged him not to act rashly.
• Li Chungang warned that Xiao Huo Huo could not defeat a Stowaway and advised him to build his strength before using the Holy Land's inspection methods to expose Han Qingxue.
• Li Chungang explained that exposing Stowaways could bring great benefits to Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er, and Xiao Huo Huo calmed down and thanked him.
• Li Chungang advised Xiao Huo Huo to take Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er away after tonight because the Stowaway who had mastered the Law of Space was especially dangerous.

After warning Xiao Huo Huo about the Stowaways, Li Chungang received a wisp of Emperor Fire as protection. The City Lord then revealed that a powerful space-type Stowaway had entered the residence and asked Li Chungang and Xiao Huo Huo to help lure him out.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Huo Huo that a Stowaway had mastered the Law of Space and killed several other Stowaways.
• Xiao Huo Huo said he would take his wife and the other woman to the Shangqing Sacred Land after the banquet, while Li Chungang assured him he could remain safe at the City Lord's Residence and the Heaven Sword Sect's encampment.
• Xiao Huo Huo gave Li Chungang a wisp of Emperor Fire, which could self-destruct to kill an enemy if Li Chungang's life was in danger.
• The elderly Jieyin entered with the City Lord, and Jieyin sealed the main hall before the City Lord explained the threat.
• The City Lord said the space-type Stowaway had killed nine Stowaways, was close to becoming a Lesser Child of Fortune, and had likely entered the residence to hunt more; he asked Li Chungang and Xiao Huo Huo to help lure him out.

Li Chungang learned that killing a Nine-Star Stowaway could make him a Lesser Child of Fortune and help him remain in the Pangu Great World, so he agreed to join a plan to lure and kill one. When Li Chungang worried that others might pursue him, Xiao Huo Huo proposed using a pill to disable the people gathered at the City Lord's Residence.

• Li Chungang asked whether he could refuse the request, and the old man explained that killing a Nine-Star Stowaway would count as five Stowaway kills and grant major rewards.
• The old man told Li Chungang that becoming a Lesser Child of Fortune could let him remain in the Pangu Great World and have Pangu's Will alter his origin.
• Li Chungang asked why he had been chosen, and the old man said his Chaos Spiritual Root made the opportunity especially valuable to him.
• Li Chungang agreed to the plan and asked how he could convince the Stowaway he was one and kill him; the City Lord described a trap using a treasure and the old man's concealed true body.
• Li Chungang asked how he would deal with others who pursued him, and Xiao Huo Huo proposed mixing a special pill into wine to temporarily prevent everyone at the City Lord's Residence from using their power.

Li Chungang agreed to help the City Lord lure out and kill the Stowaway, receiving a protective token and a pill for the plan. The old man gave him a Lesser Divine Artifact, which Li Chungang stored away before leaving the hall.

• Li Chungang agreed to the City Lord's plan, provided the City Lord helped protect him.
• The City Lord gave Li Chungang a jade pendant and told him to take a pill after midnight, then instructed him to flee when he received the signal.
• Li Chungang said he would join the Heaven Sword Sect disciples at the banquet to avoid suspicion and escape quickly if necessary.
• Xiao Huo Huo watched as the old man kept his promise and gave Li Chungang a Lesser Divine Artifact, which Li Chungang stored in his Storage Pouch.
• After Li Chungang left, the City Lord asked whether Xiao Huo Huo and the others should be sent away, but the old man refused because their departure could alert the person watching in secret.

Li Chungang reunited with Han Qingxue, Han Paopao, and the Heaven Sword Sect elder, who lamented losing Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er to the Shangqing Sacred Land. A burly recruiter from the Divine Body Sect then invited the three to join, leaving Li Chungang to decide after Han Qingxue and Han Paopao declined.

• Li Chungang found the sword-robed man, Han Qingxue, and Han Paopao looking troubled in the banquet hall.
• The sword-robed man explained that Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei'er had joined the Shangqing Sacred Land with their husband and could no longer return to the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Li Chungang reassured the sword-robed man that the three remaining disciples were still there and that the Heaven Sword Sect had gained goodwill by helping the women.
• Han Paopao asked Li Chungang whether he knew the women’s husband, but Li Chungang avoided answering and hinted that the coming banquet would be exciting.
• A burly recruiter invited Li Chungang, Han Qingxue, and Han Paopao to join the Divine Body Sect; Han Qingxue and Han Paopao declined.
• The recruiter told Li Chungang that his Chaos Spiritual Root Transformation made him especially suited to the Divine Body Sect.

At the City Lord’s banquet, Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue refused the Divine Body Sect’s offer and reaffirmed their choice of the Heaven Sword Sect. The City Lord arrived with Xiao Huo Huo and the others, then opened the banquet with a toast wishing the candidates success in their sect assessments.

• The Divine Body Sect’s burly man invited Li Chungang and the other two to join, but they declined because they had chosen the Heaven Sword Sect.
• The burly man left after telling them the Divine Body Sect’s doors would remain open, and the sword-robed man assured them they would not be bullied in the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Li Chungang, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue reaffirmed their choice, while the sword-robed man privately lamented losing the rewards for recruiting them.
• The City Lord arrived with Xiao Huo Huo, Xiao Xun’er, and the others, and the guests noticed them seated near the front.
• The City Lord welcomed the guests and raised a toast, wishing them success in passing their chosen sects’ assessments.

At the City Lord’s banquet, a powerful Sermon raised Li Chungang and the other Ascenders’ cultivation before the phantom dissipated. The City Lord explained that the Sermon was a reward from Shangqing Sacred Land and outlined the sect options available after the one-month assessment.

• The City Lord began the banquet, and an illusory figure delivered a Sermon that drew the cultivators into cultivation.
• Li Chungang advanced to Middle Core Formation Realm as Xiao Huo Huo, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Mei'er, Han Paopao, and Han Qingxue also gained cultivation.
• Li Chungang noticed that Han Paopao used the Beginner Qi Refinement Formula and suspected he had hidden something from him.
• The phantom broke apart, ending the Fortuitous Encounter and prompting the Ascenders to thank the City Lord.
• The City Lord said the Sermon came from an outer sect Elder of Shangqing Sacred Land and explained that Ascenders could join a sect after a one-month assessment, with some able to enter Shangqing Sacred Land as Outer Sect Servants.