Recaps

Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Meng Shushu harvested a hidden treasure of spiritual medicines, including the rare Fifth-grade Heavenly Dew Marrow, which Xu Yan planned to refine into pills. They prepared to return to the borderlands with their haul, while Xu Yan intended to collect stored medicines, buy more, and visit Canglan Island before heading home.

• Meng Shushu explained how to harvest spiritual medicines as the three of them collected twenty-three kinds from the first medicine field.
• Meng Shushu opened a hidden medicine field and identified its Heavenly Dew Marrow as a rare Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine with nine drops of marrow.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong refused to trade or eat the Heavenly Dew Marrow, and Meng Shushu carefully dug it up and sealed it after Meng Chong promised him a pill.
• The three harvested several Sixth-grade Spiritual Medicines, wrapped two that they could not seal, and packed the haul into Xu Yan's sack.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong decided to return toward the borderlands, with Xu Yan planning to collect stored medicines, buy more, and visit Canglan Island first.

Xu Yan escorted Meng Chong and Meng Shushu toward Lanping Commandery with the Spiritual Medicines, but Killing Skeleton, a Grandmaster under Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable, confronted them at the border. Xu Yan fought back after learning Killing Skeleton’s robe had destroyed his spirit tickets, and the battle turned deadly.

• Xu Yan and his companions traveled toward Lanping Commandery, discussing Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s Flying Kite communications and how Meng Shushu could contact them later.
• At the commandery border, Xu Yan stopped the group when a scarlet-robed Grandmaster approached, and Meng Shushu identified him as Killing Skeleton, an expert under Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable.
• Killing Skeleton attacked Xu Yan with Blood Prison Fire, but Xu Yan countered it with his Dragon Subduing Palm and Mountain River sword techniques.
• Killing Skeleton tried to flee and then unleashed a blood-powered attack, while Xu Yan discovered that his spirit tickets had been destroyed with his robe.
• Xu Yan grew furious over the lost money and unleashed a terrifying killing intent as Killing Skeleton prepared to fight to the death.

Xu Yan killed the Killing Skeleton after the Demon Cult Grandmaster destroyed the Spirit Notes in his robe, then set out to claim the bounty and spread word of his victory. Meanwhile, Du Yuying resolved to earn money for Xu Yan, and the Peerless Grandmaster and her disciple discussed their interest in him.

• The Killing Skeleton tried to unleash his Killing Life Secret Art, but Xu Yan killed him with one sword after the Skeleton destroyed his money pouch and enraged him.
• Xu Yan took the Skeleton Staff for his junior sister and planned to claim the bounty, using a robe fragment as proof and asking Meng Shushu to publicize his feat.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong reached Iron Mountain County, then split up; after waiting three days, Xu Yan headed to collect the bounty while rumors of his victory spread across the Inner Domain.
• Du Yuying heard that Xu Yan had killed the Killing Skeleton and decided to open a trading house to earn money for a Storage Bag for him.
• The Peerless Grandmaster discussed Xu Yan with her disciple, who planned to win his favor with Spirit Crystals, Spiritual Medicines, and a Storage Bag.

Li Xuan traveled through the Border Wasteland looking for another disciple, then returned to Yunshan County as Xu Yan and Meng Chong killed Grandmasters in the Inner Domain. Su Lingxiu advanced her Medicinal Dao and Martial cultivation, while Li Xuan gained new techniques and left her studying the Bagua.

• Li Xuan visited Xu Yan’s parents in Donghe Commandery, toured Qi Kingdom, Wu Kingdom, and the Northern Barbarians, and returned without finding a suitable disciple.
• Xu Yan killed the Grandmasters pursuing Meng Chong, earning Li Xuan enhanced Mountain River Sword Intent and Nirvana Sword Intent.
• Su Lingxiu successfully refined pills barehanded, granting Li Xuan the Void Alchemy Technique, then comprehended the embryonic Medicinal Dao Martial Codex and gave him its complete beginner version.
• Li Xuan taught Su Lingxiu the Bagua and encouraged her to study it while cultivating; he also helped Zhou Ying complete Organ Refining and enter the Martial Dao.
• Meng Chong killed Grandmaster Martial Artists, enhancing Li Xuan’s God Slaying Saber experience, while Xu Yan slew another Grandmaster and strengthened Li Xuan’s Nirvana Sword Intent.
• Su Lingxiu broke through to the minor accomplishment of the Qi and Blood Realm, and Li Xuan’s Medicinal Dao Martial Dao reached major accomplishment in the Innate Realm.

Meng Chong returned with a haul of spiritual medicines, including the Fifth-grade Heavenly Dew Marrow, and recounted how he and Xu Yan fought their way through the Inner Domain. His discovery that the enemies pursuing him wore the same attire as Su Lingxiu’s enemies left her and Zhou Ying alarmed.

• Li Xuan received feedback that Xu Yan had killed another Grandmaster, while Meng Chong returned with a large sack of spiritual medicines and a bundle containing the Heavenly Dew Marrow.
• Su Lingxiu identified the Heavenly Dew Marrow as a rare Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine and arranged for jade boxes to store it and the other valuable medicines.
• Meng Chong told Su Lingxiu, Zhou Ying, and Shi Er how he had helped Meng Shushu gather medicines and how Xu Yan had killed several Grandmasters, including the Killing Skeleton and Yin Hong.
• Meng Chong revealed that the faction employing Meng Shushu and the Grandmasters who had hunted him wore the same attire as the faction connected to Su Lingxiu’s enemies, alarming her and Zhou Ying.

Su Lingxiu told Meng Chong and Li Xuan about her unknown father, her mother's death, and the shadowy force pursuing her, then devoted herself to studying pills. Li Xuan demonstrated Void Alchemy to make Golden Body Pills for Meng Chong, and Su Lingxiu later received the Medicinal Dao Martial Codex and improved her alchemy.

• Su Lingxiu explained that her mother had been a Grandmaster who died after giving birth to her, and that her grandfather, the Medicine King Su Zhen, had died protecting her from the force pursuing her.
• Zhou Ying revealed that Su Zhen had spent his favors obtaining spiritual medicine to treat Su Lingxiu's mother, while Meng Chong promised to help defeat the black-robed men.
• Su Lingxiu experimented with spiritual medicine and developed Body Strengthening Pills, but Meng Chong found their effects modest for his powerful physique.
• Li Xuan used Void Alchemy to refine Golden Body Pills for Meng Chong and told Su Lingxiu she was not yet strong enough to learn the technique.
• Su Lingxiu refined many kinds of pills for her companions and the Xu Family, then received Li Xuan's Medicinal Dao Martial Codex and advanced her alchemy skills.

Su Lingxiu reached the peak of the Qi and Blood Realm, and Li Xuan taught her an assembly-line approach to pill production to prepare Evergreen Pavilion for future expansion. In the Inner Domain, Xu Yan collected rewards, accepted Du Yuying’s gifts, and set out for Canglan Island with Xie Lingfeng, where they encountered the Peerless Pavilion’s woman in white.

• Su Lingxiu broke through to the peak of the Qi and Blood Realm, and Li Xuan advised her to divide pill refinement into separate production steps.
• Su Lingxiu began working out the methods and equipment needed for assembly-line pill production while continuing her studies.
• Xu Yan collected rewards in the Inner Domain, returned the Flying Kite Token to Hu Shan, and agreed to travel with Xie Lingfeng to the Borderland.
• Xie Lingfeng gave Xu Yan the chest of gifts from Du Yuying, including Cloud Mist Spiritual Tea, and Xu Yan accepted it for his master.
• Du Yuying gave Xu Yan two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals as thanks for killing the Killing Skeleton, and Xu Yan told her how to contact him about a Storage Bag.
• Xu Yan and Xie Lingfeng left for Canglan Island and encountered the Peerless Pavilion’s woman in white outside Seven Stars City.

Xu Yan reached Canglan Island, where two perfected Grandmasters ambushed him and demanded Su Lingxiu’s whereabouts. After taking their meager money bags, Xu Yan fought back, using the battle to deepen his understanding of the Profound Understanding Realm.

• The plain-clothed woman thanked Xu Yan for killing the Killing Skeleton, gave him three hundred thousand Spirit Crystals and Spiritual Medicine, and invited him to visit the Peerless Pavilion.
• Xu Yan, Xie Lingfeng, and Hu Shan traveled to Canglan Island, which Xu Yan intended to claim as his territory.
• Xu Yan sensed an ambush near the island and sent Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan away before confronting two black-robed perfected Grandmasters.
• The black-robed men demanded that Xu Yan reveal Su Lingxiu’s whereabouts, while Xu Yan insisted they hand over their money bags first.
• Xu Yan took the men’s bags, mocked their small haul, and provoked them into attacking.
• Xu Yan fought both Grandmasters with Mountain River Dragon’s Roar as their battle stirred the Cang River into towering waves.

Xu Yan defeated and killed two perfected Grandmasters who attacked Canglan Island, earning a reputation across the Inner Domain. After collecting Yin Hong’s hidden treasures, he remained on the island to pursue insights into reaching the Profound Understanding Realm.

• Xu Yan fought two black-robed perfected Grandmasters alone and killed them with his Mountain River Sword Dao and Dragon Subduing Palm, while declaring that anyone who coveted Canglan Island would die.
• Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan joined Xu Yan on Canglan Island, where they searched Yin Hong’s residence and found Spirit Crystals, Seventh-grade Spiritual Medicines, and spirit notes in a hidden chamber.
• Xu Yan took the medicines and spirit notes, left the Spirit Crystals behind, and told Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan to stay while he sought insights on the island.
• Xu Yan sat beneath an ancient tree and reviewed his understanding of true qi, True Essence, and the spiritual qi of Heaven and Earth as he studied the method for reaching the Profound Understanding Realm.

Xu Yan comprehended the Profound Understanding Realm method and set out for home with Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan, carrying spiritual medicines for Su Lingxiu. After Xu Yan reached the Border Wilderness, his breakthrough triggered Li Xuan’s own advancement to the Profound Understanding Realm.

• Xu Yan comprehended the Profound Understanding Realm method and resolved to strengthen himself and investigate the forces pursuing Su Lingxiu.
• Xu Yan bought spiritual medicines at Lanping Commandery’s capital, and he, Xie Lingfeng, and Hu Shan fended off several groups of robbers, including six Grandmasters who recognized Xu Yan and fled.
• Su Lingxiu devised an assembly-line process for making pills, gained Li Xuan’s approval, and prepared to teach Evergreen Pavilion members.
• Su Lingxiu gave Meng Chong Golden Body Pills, while Li Xuan continued training Red Cat and received word that Xu Yan had killed Grandmasters.
• Xu Yan comprehended the Profound Understanding Realm method, causing Li Xuan to break through to the realm and demonstrate his control over the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

Li Xuan examined the faint golden light of his cheat and welcomed Xu Yan back from the Inner Domain with Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan. Su Lingxiu refined an improved Youth Preserving Pill for Xu Yan to take home to his parents, producing twelve pills.

• Li Xuan saw a faint golden light while examining his cheat and planned to pass Xu Yan the martial arts method beyond the Profound Understanding Realm.
• Xu Yan returned with Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan, bringing spirit medicines for Su Lingxiu and Cloud Mist Spiritual Tea for Li Xuan.
• Su Lingxiu and Xie Lingfeng became acquainted, while Li Xuan enjoyed the spiritual tea Xu Yan had brought him.
• Su Lingxiu began refining an improved Youth Preserving Pill using higher-grade spiritual medicines so Xu Yan could take it to his mother.
• Su Lingxiu opened the Alchemy Furnace and produced twelve lustrous Youth Preserving Pills.

Su Lingxiu advanced her alchemy and prepared to scale it up with an assembly line, while Li Xuan guided Xie Lingfeng through his doubts about cultivation. The chapter ended with Hu Shan returning with new alchemy equipment and herbs, and Su Lingxiu preparing pills for Xie Lingfeng.

• Su Lingxiu refined a high-quality Youth Preserving Pill, agreed to make pills for Hu Shan, and gave him blueprints for an improved Alchemy Furnace and assembly-line alchemy equipment.
• Li Xuan reassured Xie Lingfeng about combining his existing cultivation with true qi, restoring his confidence and urging him to explore his own martial path.
• Xu Yan returned from visiting his family and maternal grandfather, and Su Lingxiu broke through to the perfected Qi and Blood Realm.
• Xu Yan began helping Su Lingxiu understand the Bagua so she could develop a movement technique suited to her Medicinal Dao Martial Dao.
• Hu Shan returned with a top-grade Alchemy Furnace and assembly-line equipment, and Su Lingxiu began assembling the setup and arranging to train alchemists.
• Xie Lingfeng requested pills to improve cultivation speed, aid healing and recovery, and strengthen his physical body.

Su Lingxiu comprehended the Thousand Butterfly Illusions movement technique and a deadly golden-needle art through Bagua, while Xu Yan and Meng Chong developed new techniques of their own. The chapter leaves Su Lingxiu testing her needles on Xu Yan, who gathered them safely into his palm.

• Su Lingxiu refined Qi Nourishing, healing, and Body Strengthening Pills for Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan, while Kou Ruozhi oversaw construction of an assembly-line alchemy workshop.
• A butterfly inspired Su Lingxiu to comprehend the Thousand Butterfly Illusions movement technique, earning Li Xuan the Thousand Thunder Illusions technique through his golden finger.
• Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan used Su Lingxiu's pills to cultivate and both advanced to mid-tier Grandmaster, while Su Lingxiu instructed Kou Ruozhi and the workshop's alchemy apprentices.
• Xu Yan comprehended the Shocking Thunder Sword from Bagua, and Meng Chong improved his Wind Thunder Diamond Fist and reached minor accomplishment in Blade Soul and Blade Intent.
• Su Lingxiu developed a golden-needle art that could heal or kill, then launched a rain of needles at Xu Yan, who gathered them with the Dragon Subduing Palm.

Su Lingxiu prepared for her Innate Realm breakthrough and used pills, her Evergreen Bone, and the medicinal path to transform her incomplete special constitution. As spiritual energy gathered in her Dantian Sea of Qi, Li Xuan realized her constitution had been restored and was becoming even stronger.

• Su Lingxiu named her Bagua-inspired golden-needle technique the Swift Wind Divine Needle and went to test it on Hu Shan.
• Su Lingxiu organized alchemy training, assigned Kou Ruozhi to prepare Evergreen Pavilion’s entry into Iron Mountain County, and sent him to the Inner Domain.
• Li Xuan advised Su Lingxiu to draw on the medicinal path and her Evergreen Bone when breaking through to the Innate Realm.
• Su Lingxiu refined nine pills from spiritual medicines and began her breakthrough while Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Xie Lingfeng, Hu Shan, and Zhou Ying watched.
• Su Lingxiu’s body absorbed spiritual energy intensely, so she took her pills, tempered her Evergreen Bone, and used golden needles to stimulate her acupoints.
• Su Lingxiu’s Evergreen Bone grew stronger, the spiritual energy entered her Dantian Sea of Qi, and Li Xuan recognized that her special constitution was becoming complete and sublimated.

Su Lingxiu broke through into the Innate Realm and transformed into a Green Wood Spiritual Body, granting Li Xuan an Innate Spiritual Body through the golden finger. As the Evergreen Pavilion expanded its pill production, Xu Yan reached Xiantian Perfection and continued building his foundation before attempting the Profound Understanding Realm.

• Li Xuan explained that Su Lingxiu's breakthrough was correcting deficiencies in her constitution, while Xu Yan took his master's words as encouragement to surpass those with innate constitutions.
• Su Lingxiu entered the Innate Realm, gained a Green Wood Spiritual Body, and advanced Li Xuan's Medicinal Dao to the Profound Understanding Realm while granting him an Innate Spiritual Body.
• Su Lingxiu refined pills with pill fire, instructed the Evergreen Pavilion's apprentices, and helped its assembly line produce pills at high success rates; she also made Red Cat eat ruined pills and used golden needles to aid its digestion.
• Xie Lingfeng broke through into the Grandmaster realm, while Zhou Ying reached great accomplishment in the Qi and Blood Realm and the Evergreen Pavilion's members cultivated faster with a steady supply of pills.
• Xu Yan broke through to Xiantian Perfection, doubling Li Xuan's True Essence, but continued tempering himself and accumulating his foundation before entering the Profound Understanding Realm.

Su Lingxiu learned Li Xuan’s Void Alchemy Technique, then successfully refined the rare Heavenly Dew Marrow into Heaven Marrow Pills that could improve talent and comprehension. She distributed and traded some of the pills, while Meng Chong kept one for his family.

• Li Xuan taught Su Lingxiu the Void Alchemy Technique after advising her to calm her mind before refining the precious Heavenly Dew Marrow.
• Su Lingxiu practiced by refining Regeneration Pills and traded one bottle to Xie Lingfeng for ten Sixth-grade Spiritual Medicines.
• With Xu Yan, Meng Chong, Xie Lingfeng, Hu Shan, and Red Cat watching quietly, Su Lingxiu successfully refined thirty Heaven Marrow Pills from the Heavenly Dew Marrow.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong found the Heaven Marrow Pills useless to them, while Hu Shan and Xie Lingfeng each bought one from Su Lingxiu for twenty Sixth-grade Spiritual Medicines.
• Meng Chong kept a Heaven Marrow Pill for his family, expecting Meng Shushu to work harder after experiencing its benefits.

Xu Yan and his companions prepared to leave the Borderlands for the Inner Domain, while news spread that Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable and other powerful Grandmasters were threatening Xu Yan at Canglan Island. At Seven Stars Academy, Fu Yuntian recognized the danger and sent Xu Yan a letter as he investigated the forces behind the threats.

• Su Lingxiu distributed defective Heaven Marrow Pills, and Red Cat ate one while Zhou Ying, Shi Er, Xie Lingfeng, and Hu Shan cultivated after taking their pills.
• Kou Ruozhi returned from Iron Mountain County, reported Evergreen Pavilion's progress, and received instructions from Su Lingxiu to plan the pavilion's Inner Domain business.
• Kou Ruozhi told Xu Yan that a notorious Grandmaster had challenged him at Canglan Island and that a powerful Grandmaster had searched for him there; Xu Yan and Meng Chong prepared to face their enemies.
• Kou Ruozhi reported that someone was urgently searching for Xu Yan and Meng Chong in Iron Mountain County, so Meng Chong decided to meet his clansman, Meng Shushu.
• Xu Yan and his companions began preparing to move their families and Evergreen Pavilion into the Inner Domain, while news of Xu Yan's victory over a Grandmaster spread through the Martial World.
• Fu Yuntian learned that Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable had threatened Xu Yan and Canglan Island, suspected that multiple Peak Grandmasters were joining forces, and sent Xu Yan a letter.

Meng Shushu found a treasure land controlled by the black-robed faction and told Meng Chong about a likely Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine and a possible Peak Grandmaster. After Meng Chong promised to investigate with Xu Yan, Li Xuan and his group set out for the Inner Domain.

• Du Yuying and the Peerless Grandmaster failed to learn who the black-robed people were, while the Peerless Grandmaster speculated that Xu Yan had not heard about Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable occupying Canglan Island.
• Kou Ruozhi, Xu Junhe, and Apothecary Pan helped establish the Evergreen Pavilion in the Inner Domain as Xu Yan and his allies prepared to move there.
• Meng Shushu met Meng Chong at the Evergreen Pavilion and reported finding a treasure land occupied by the black-robed faction, with a likely Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine and an aura that suggested a Peak Grandmaster.
• Meng Chong gave Meng Shushu a Heaven Marrow Pill and told him to seek him at the Evergreen Pavilion; he then informed Su Lingxiu about the treasure land, and she resolved to retrieve its spiritual medicine with Xu Yan.
• Li Xuan, Su Lingxiu, Red Cat, Shi Er, Zhou Ying, Xu Yan, and Meng Chong set out for the Inner Domain, while Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan returned to Sword Venerate Cliff to gather promised spiritual herbs.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong set out with Meng Shushu to investigate a treasure land held by men in black robes, while Guo Rongshan led Qi and Wu Kingdoms to unite as the Great Wilderness. Li Xuan then received the Heart and Visage of the Martial Ancestor after the Border Wasteland honored him as its Martial Ancestor.

• Xu Yan and Meng Chong planned to raid the black-robed men's treasure land before demanding a million Spirit Crystals from Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable.
• Meng Shushu discovered that a Heaven Marrow Pill had improved his talent, then agreed to search for Spiritual Medicine in exchange for cultivation pills.
• Guo Rongshan persuaded Qi Emperor to merge Qi Kingdom and Wu Kingdom into the Great Wilderness, with himself as Grand Elder of its cabinet.
• The Great Wilderness cabinet formed, renamed the two kingdoms' armies, and spread Martial Dao cultivation and laws throughout the land.
• Li Xuan received the Heart of the Martial Ancestor and Visage of the Martial Ancestor after the Great Wilderness revered him as its Martial Ancestor.

Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Meng Shushu reached a spiritual medicine treasure land and secretly killed its five warning kites before attacking the black-robed faction’s stronghold. Meng Chong fought three Grandmasters and then faced the Peak Grandmaster White Protector, while spotting a possible fifth-grade spiritual medicine and valuable bundles in a cliff chamber.

• Xu Yan used pills to lure and silently kill five flying kites, preventing the black-robed people from sending a warning.
• Xu Yan and Meng Chong entered the valley while Meng Shushu guarded the perimeter, and Meng Chong drew out a late-stage Grandmaster.
• Two more Grandmasters joined the fight, but Meng Chong used his Great Sun Golden Body and martial arts to suppress all three.
• The late-stage Grandmaster unleashed a chilling killing move, but Meng Chong shattered it and counterattacked.
• White Protector, a Peak Grandmaster, emerged from the stone wall and blocked Meng Chong’s attack.
• Meng Chong spotted a possible fifth-grade spiritual medicine and bundles of valuables in a secret chamber as he prepared to face White Protector.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong defeated the black-robed men guarding a valley, with Xu Yan killing White Protector, a Peak Grandmaster, in three swords. After looting the spiritual medicines and supplies, they left for Canglan Island, where Xu Yan demanded a million Spirit Crystals and Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable’s entire fortune as his price for accepting the challenge.

• Meng Chong fought the black-robed Grandmasters while Xu Yan appeared to face White Protector, a Peak Grandmaster.
• Xu Yan killed White Protector with three swords, and Meng Chong killed the other three fleeing Grandmasters.
• Xu Yan, Meng Chong, and Meng Shushu found and collected a Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine, other herbs, spirit notes, pills, and letters in the chambers.
• Meng Shushu explained that the black-robed men had been cultivating spiritual medicines at the valley, and the three searched the site before leaving.
• Xu Yan decided to head toward Canglan Island and demanded a million Spirit Crystals and Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable’s entire fortune as his appearance fee.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong returned with rare Spiritual Medicine while Li Xuan received feedback that Xu Yan had reached grandmastery in the Mountain River Sword Dao. Su Lingxiu learned that Meng Shushu’s grandfather had been close to her grandfather, and Xu Yan and Meng Chong prepared to face Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable and two other Peak Grandmasters on Canglan Island.

• Xu Junhe expanded Evergreen Pavilion’s influence by spreading Great Wasteland martial arts and arranging for Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to sell Qi Nourishing Pills.
• Li Xuan received confirmation that Xu Yan had killed a Peak Grandmaster and mastered the Mountain River Sword Dao, while Meng Chong had killed three Grandmasters and strengthened his Blade Intent.
• Meng Shushu recognized Su Lingxiu as the granddaughter of his grandfather’s old friend and revealed that his grandfather had died trying to rescue her grandfather.
• Xu Yan presented Su Lingxiu with a rare Fifth-grade Stone Nether Grass, and she explained its spirit-nourishing effects before giving Meng Shushu pills in gratitude.
• Xie Lingfeng warned Xu Yan that at least three Peak Grandmasters were on Canglan Island, but Xu Yan said they would not be difficult to kill, and Meng Chong asked to spar with one.

Xu Yan demanded and received a million Spirit Crystals from Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable before agreeing to fight on Canglan Island, where several Peak Grandmasters were gathering to kill him. On the way, Xu Yan demonstrated his overwhelming strength to the Peerless Grandmaster and continued toward the island, leaving Yun Miaomiao warning him to be careful.

• Xu Yan learned that the black-robed men were likely behind another Peak Grandmaster's ambush, then demanded a million Spirit Crystals and Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable's fortune before traveling to Canglan Island.
• Yin Jue agreed to the payment and revealed that he and two Hidden Pavilion guardians were working with Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable to kill Xu Yan; Fire Slaughter left a map of his collection as a prize.
• Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable paid the million Spirit Crystals, and Xu Yan accepted his challenge, saying they would fight to the death outside Canglan Island.
• Great Supervisor Fu invited Xu Yan to visit the Seven Stars Academy after the battle, while Yun Miaomiao warned him that other Peak Grandmasters awaited him on Canglan Island.
• The Peerless Grandmaster challenged Xu Yan after he claimed he could defeat her in two or three strikes; Xu Yan's single sword forced her to retreat, and she gave him a million Spirit Crystals.
• Yun Miaomiao gave Xu Yan another gift and cautioned him about Canglan Island before the Peerless Grandmaster dragged her away.

Xu Yan faced Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable and two Black-Robed Men who had gathered on Canglan Island, while Grandmasters watched from the Cang River. After obtaining Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable’s hidden-collection map, Xu Yan rejected the Black-Robed Men’s demand to reveal Su Lingxiu’s whereabouts, and the three Peak Grandmasters attacked him together.

• Grandmasters from the major factions, including Peerless Grandmaster, the Second Prince of Great Yue Kingdom, Fu Yuntian, and Hu Hai, gathered on boats to watch the battle.
• Xu Yan walked across the Cang River as Meng Chong submerged himself to wait for any underwater ambushers.
• Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable appeared and attacked Xu Yan with his Hellfire Blood Refining Technique, but Xu Yan evaded him with Shape-Shifting Evasion.
• Xu Yan demanded the map to Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable’s hidden collection, and two Black-Robed Men appeared and tossed him the scroll.
• Yin Jue demanded that Xu Yan reveal Su Lingxiu’s whereabouts, but Xu Yan drew his sword and challenged the three Peak Grandmasters.
• Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable, Yin Jue, and the other Black-Robed Man joined forces and launched a devastating attack against Xu Yan.

Xu Yan and Meng Chong defeated the attackers threatening Canglan Island, killing several Peak Grandmasters and forcing the watching experts to retreat. Xu Yan barred entry to the island, and the two brothers regrouped after the battle.

• Xu Yan used his Shocking Thunder Sword of Myriad Phenomena of Mountains and Rivers to kill Fire Slaughter Demon Venerable, then slew the protector with two more sword strikes.
• Meng Chong intercepted a black-robed attacker and fought him with his Great Sun Golden Body, crushing him to death with his arms.
• Xu Yan caught the fleeing Yin Jue and killed him after blocking his final strike with a golden dragon formed by his palm.
• Xu Yan challenged the experts on the Cang River and declared that no one could enter Canglan Island without permission; no one objected.
• The Second Prince of Great Yue Kingdom ordered his people to conceal his connection to Yin Hong, while Hu Hai and the other observers reacted to the brothers' strength.
• Meng Chong rejoined Xu Yan and said the battle had been exhilarating; Xu Yan remarked that ordinary Grandmasters could no longer injure him.