Recaps

Li Shiming survived Green Field Blessed Land, advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage with five Nascent Souls, and gained new allies, techniques, and spirit pets. After killing Chen Zhou and concealing it, he became Great Cultivator Hu’s disciple, who promised to guide his cultivation and help him gather resources.

• Li Shiming and Li Yuanba survived the Green Field Blessed Land, where Li Shiming killed Wu Shao, Great Elder Wei Long, and Young Master Zhang Xian before receiving an advancement vision on the altar.
• Li Shiming used the vision and extensive resources to form five Nascent Souls, then survived his heavenly tribulation and advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage.
• Li Shiming strengthened his sword foundation, studied Great Power Zhai Ge’s inheritance, and joined Feng Lanxin’s circle, where he refined pills and received permission to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Blessed Land.
• Li Shiming refused Chen Zhou’s bargain, defeated and killed him, and his Phantom Spirit Flood Dragon absorbed Chen Zhou’s Dragon Faction spirit pet and advanced into a Five-Clawed Dragon.
• Li Shiming contracted with a Red Little Chick that Great Cultivator Hu recognized as a Crimson Gold Phoenix, and the Phantom Spirit Dragon survived its tribulation and advanced to Fourth Grade.
• Li Shiming accepted Great Cultivator Hu as his Master, named his pets Little Phoenix and Phantom Spirit Dragon, and devised a method for four Nascent Souls to cultivate while the fifth controlled his body.
• Li Shiming repelled Yuan Xun’s accusation and discovered Dragon-bloodline treasures and the Dragon Dance Nine Heavens Secret Technique among Chen Zhou’s possessions.
• Li Shiming formally entered Great Cultivator Hu’s tutelage, received a Life-Saving Escape Talisman, and told his Master about his cultivation methods, prompting warnings and a promise of guidance and resources.

Li Shiming forged a transcendent thunder treasure, uncovered a Legacy Mansion, and grew stronger through battles and the Tai Chu Sect gathering. The arc left him preparing to face Xiong Long after helping Senior Brother Song escape.

• Li Shiming advanced Nanming into a Golden Corpse, forged the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer, and defeated six Nascent Soul cultivators who came to investigate its tribulation.
• Li Shiming followed a map to a Legacy Mansion, defeated the Netherworld Emperor Lord, claimed the Cave Dwelling, and advanced another refined corpse into a Golden Corpse he named Black Shield.
• Li Shiming joined Lu Heng against the Spirit Beast Tide, then used the Heavenly Travel Merchant Guild’s boat and its crew as bait to kill Ren Xun and Jin Kai.
• Li Shiming studied a damaged Mystic Armor Puppet and built a Fourth Grade Railgun, then traveled with Feng Lanxin to the Tai Chu Sect gathering.
• Li Shiming won the alchemy competition as Li Shizhen, received the Profound Yin Nether Fire, and became master of the Tai Chu Treasure Cauldron after answering its Artifact Spirit’s questions.
• Li Shiming used his Heavenly Ghost to destroy Mu Jing’s Fourth Grade Nether Ghost, then struck Mu Jing with the Railgun and forced him to flee.
• Li Shiming returned to the secret Cave Dwelling, where Li Yuanba advanced the Profound Yin Nether Fire to third grade.
• Li Shiming flew to aid Senior Brother Song against Xiong Long, told Song to leave, and prepared to face Xiong Long alone.

Li Shiming killed Great Cultivator Zhao, gained powerful treasures, and forged the Traceless Illusion Sword, while Li Yuanba survived a deadly pursuit and advanced to Nascent Soul under Wu Qi’s guidance. The arc left Li Yuanba settled in the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion and preparing to stabilize his new realm as the sect searched for Jian Wuwei.

• Li Shiming defeated Xiong Long’s insect formations with spiritual illusions and Little Phoenix, which advanced to a Crimson Gold Phoenix after surviving heavenly tribulation.
• Li Shiming joined the campaign against Gu Wind Sect on Purple Leaf Island, then tracked down the wounded Zhao Qingfeng and caused Zhao’s Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insects to devour his Nascent Soul.
• Li Shiming claimed Zhao Qingfeng’s treasures, contracted a Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect, and spent two years refining puppets, healing Zhao’s body, and preparing a sword blank.
• Mu Jing sent Duan Zhen to kill Li Shiming, but Li Shiming’s Silver Wing Spirit Gu Insect devoured Duan Zhen, and Li Shiming later completed and refined the Traceless Illusion Sword through heavenly tribulation.
• Li Shiming met Li Yuanba, helped upgrade Ten Thousand Swords Peak, and sent him onward, while Li Yuanba acquired an artifact-refining cave and survived an ambush by Hundred Refinements Sect cultivators.
• Wu Qi rescued Li Yuanba from three pursuing Nascent Soul cultivators, taught him the Sword Intent Soaring Art, and protected him as he advanced to Nascent Soul.
• Wu Qi brought Li Yuanba to the Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, where Jiang Zhi registered him and assigned him Cave Dwelling No. 36 as the sect began searching for Jian Wuwei.

Li Shiming rescued Zhong Qiang, uncovered Qiu Hengyi’s treasure trail, and dismantled the Fish Soaring Merchant Guild’s scheme while supporting Jian Wuwei and Li Yuanba. Little Phoenix and Li Yuanba both survived major breakthroughs, and Li Yuanba ended the stretch with a new Shattering Void Sword Intent.

• Li Shiming killed Zhao Lingyu, recovered Zhong Qiang’s memories, and brought his Eldest Senior Brother back to reunite with Great Cultivator Hu.
• Li Yuanba joined Yun Xiao’s squad and helped destroy the Flower Butterfly Sect, then earned fourth-grade flying swords by refining pills for the squad’s cultivators.
• Zhong Qiang revealed Zhao Lingyu’s betrayal and entrusted Li Shiming with the other half of Qiu Hengyi’s map, which led Li Shiming to claim the Town Prison Demon Sword and learn the treasure lay in Central Continent.
• Li Shiming infiltrated Fish Soaring Merchant Guild Headquarters, freed Jian Wuwei and five other Nascent Soul cultivators, and destroyed the guild’s leaders and headquarters as the rescued cultivators escaped.
• Li Shiming accepted a Guest Elder appointment with the Central Continent Merchant Guild, completed great cultivator alchemy missions, and later rescued Jian Wuwei from Eagle Pavilion Stronghold pursuers before arranging his passage to Central Continent.
• Little Phoenix survived her Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to Fourth Grade Early Stage, while Li Shiming and his fellow disciples discussed the dangers of her exposed Phoenix bloodline.
• Jian Wuwei reunited with Sword Elder, who gave Li Yuanba a bag of flying swords and later infused five of his swords with Shattering Void Sword Intent.
• Li Yuanba survived the Heavenly Tribulation that transformed Ten Thousand Swords Peak into an Artifact Tribulation Magical Treasure, then condensed his own initial Shattering Void Sword Intent during seclusion.