Recaps

Lu Ming woke in the wilderness in the body of a beggar who had frozen to death, and learned from his memories that he had entered a dangerous world where martial arts existed. Determined to practice martial arts someday, he focused on surviving and began eating sweet-rooted grass to regain his strength.

• Lu Ming woke beside a steaming pile of feces and realized he was in an unfamiliar wilderness rather than his room.
• Lu Ming absorbed the original owner's memories and learned that he had transmigrated into the body of a beggar who had frozen to death.
• Lu Ming learned that Martial Artists could perform extraordinary feats, and he decided that he would practice martial arts despite the obstacles.
• Lu Ming recognized the wilderness's dangers and tried to stand, but his weakened body collapsed back to the ground.
• Lu Ming pulled up wild grass with sweet roots, shook off the sand, and ate it to stave off hunger.

After surviving in the wilderness, Lu Ming reached the road to Shuofeng City and planned to hide two books he had found in a tomb before entering the city. He finally took the books out to inspect them, hoping they would help him begin practicing martial arts.

• Lu Ming ate grass roots to regain his strength and headed toward Shuofeng City while resolving to pursue martial arts and a greater goal than revenge on the beggar who had oppressed the original owner.
• Lu Ming reached the official road and saw Shuofeng City in the distance.
• Lu Ming recalled that the original owner had found two books in a tomb while searching for meat, then fled when a ferocious beast approached and later froze to death.
• Lu Ming decided not to return to the tomb or bring the books into the city, since the beast, Monster Hunters, or the controlling beggar could threaten him.
• Lu Ming found a secluded place and took the two books from his clothes to inspect them.

Lu Ming found an unfamiliar martial arts manual in the stone coffin but could not read its text, so he resolved to learn the local language and anatomy. The Jade Pendant on his chest transported him to a mysterious space, where a golden figure demonstrated the manual and transferred its knowledge into his mind before Lu Ming returned to the freezing wasteland.

• Lu Ming examined two books from the stone coffin and found that the thinner one contained illustrations of a cultivation art and a blade technique.
• Lu Ming decided he needed to learn the local writing and understand the body's meridians before he could use the manual.
• A Jade Pendant pattern appeared on Lu Ming's chest, and he blacked out before arriving in a mysterious space.
• A golden figure demonstrated the cultivation art and blade technique shown in the manual.
• The golden figure turned into light and entered Lu Ming, giving him clear knowledge of the cultivation art and blade technique.
• Lu Ming returned to the freezing wasteland, saw that the Jade Pendant pattern had vanished, and prepared to hide the books and enter the city.

Lu Ming studied the Earth-grade Heavenly Saber Art and realized he had to keep the manual secret as he continued toward Shuofeng City. A young lady’s carriage stopped to give him clothes, silver, and pastries, leaving him with a better chance to start over once he reached the city.

• Lu Ming reviewed the Heavenly Saber Art’s cultivation realms and learned that its Earth-grade rank made it dangerously valuable.
• Lu Ming stopped to rest on the road, then moved aside as a lavish carriage passed him.
• The carriage stopped, and the burly coachman gave Lu Ming a bundle on behalf of the young lady before soaring back to the carriage.
• Lu Ming found clothes, ten taels of silver, and pastries in the bundle, and resolved to repay the young lady if they met again.
• Lu Ming ate some pastries and hurried to find water so he could wash and change before entering Shuofeng City.

Lu Ming entered Shuofeng City, found lodging, and began practicing the Heavenly Saber Art. He quickly reached the First Layer of Inner Qi, but hunger forced him to stop cultivating before he fell asleep.

• Lu Ming changed into clean clothes and hurried toward Shuofeng City, wary of the powerful Martial Artists he encountered along the road.
• Lu Ming entered the city through its quiet northern gate and ignored beggars who had once known the original owner.
• Lu Ming rented a room at a cheap inn, bathed, and ate the inn’s modest dinner.
• Lu Ming practiced the Heavenly Saber Art and successfully completed Drawing Qi into the Body, reaching the First Layer of Inner Qi.
• Lu Ming grew intensely hungry while cultivating, ate the pastries he had left, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Ming rented a dilapidated courtyard near the city wall and began settling into his new home. When he met Old Man Zhao at the well, the old man displayed surprising strength and control, leaving Lu Ming stunned.

• Lu Ming found Young Man Li and rented his rundown courtyard for five qian of silver a month.
• Lu Ming signed the rental contract, cleaned the courtyard, and bought rice, cooking supplies, and coarse-cloth clothes.
• Lu Ming met Old Man Zhao at the well and explained that he had changed clothes to save money.
• Old Man Zhao effortlessly lifted a full bucket from the well without spilling or rippling the water, astonishing Lu Ming.

Lu Ming cleaned his new courtyard, cooked meat-bone congee, and cultivated until his inner qi grew substantially. After three days of recovery exercises, he began practicing his old Eight Extremes Fist and decided to improve his flexibility with splits.

• Lu Ming finished cleaning the kitchen, cooked meat-bone congee, and shared a brief conversation with Old Man Zhao.
• Lu Ming cultivated through the night, found his inner qi had grown to about three times its previous amount, and stopped to rest.
• Lu Ming spent three days cultivating and doing calisthenics until his health improved enough to increase his exercise.
• Lu Ming attempted the Eight Extremes Fist, but his stiff body prevented him from completing the movements.
• Old Man Zhao warned Lu Ming not to overstrain himself while stretching, and Lu Ming began working toward horizontal and vertical splits.

Lu Ming began learning to read from Old Man Zhao after discovering there were no dictionaries in the city. His remarkable memory impressed the old man, who invited him to stay for lunch, while Lu Ming wondered whether his neighbor was a hidden expert.

• Lu Ming practiced a full side split, then rested and decided to find a dictionary so he could learn the written language.
• Old Man Zhao told Lu Ming there were no dictionaries in the city and offered to teach him, leading him to a study full of books.
• Old Man Zhao gave Lu Ming three Character Manuals and taught him characters from memory.
• Lu Ming memorized and recited more than a thousand characters flawlessly, impressing Old Man Zhao with his exceptional memory and comprehension.
• Lu Ming asked whether Old Man Zhao was a hidden peerless expert, and the old man flicked him on the head before inviting him to cook lunch at his house.

Lu Ming recovered, advanced the Heavenly Saber Art to its third layer, and broke through to the Second Layer of Inner Qi. He began formal saber training with a homemade wooden saber, then visited Old Man Zhao, who recognized how quickly and steadily he had advanced.

• Lu Ming reached the Second Layer of Inner Qi after the Heavenly Saber Art helped him break through with ease.
• Lu Ming tested his new strength and agility, then decided to begin practicing saber techniques the next morning.
• Lu Ming made a weighted wooden saber and practiced the basic techniques of the Heavenly Saber Technique until exhaustion.
• Lu Ming rested, ate meat porridge, and went to Old Man Zhao's courtyard.
• Old Man Zhao praised Lu Ming's stable cultivation and breakthrough, and Lu Ming asked how his cultivation speed compared to others.

Lu Ming mastered the first three forms of the Heavenly Saber Technique and advanced to the Third Layer of Inner Qi. After preparing a sharpened short saber, he set out at dusk to settle his score with the beggar who had enslaved the original owner.

• Old Man Zhao called Lu Ming’s aptitude excellent but warned him that early talent did not guarantee lasting progress, and Lu Ming vowed to remember the advice.
• Lu Ming practiced Gale Style, Rain-Pouring Style, and Skyward Slash for several days until he could perform the Heavenly Saber Technique fluidly and pierce and split a wooden plank.
• Lu Ming decided to take revenge on the beggar who had controlled the original owner and planned to take money from him to buy a saber.
• Lu Ming cultivated that night and broke through to the Third Layer of Inner Qi.
• Lu Ming sharpened a rusty woodcutting saber, practiced with it, concealed it in his sleeve, and left at dusk.

Fatty Zhou was ordered to deliver a paltry payment to Jade Wind Hall, a task he feared would get him killed and provoke a war. After learning that a beggar had found a Human-tier Mid-grade Soaring Cloud Skill manual, Fatty Zhou killed him to keep it, then faced an unseen attacker inside his room.

• Steward Wang gave Fatty Zhou one hundred taels and ordered him to deliver it to Jade Wind Hall as compensation, warning that the Sect Leader had assigned the task.
• Fatty Zhou accepted the dangerous assignment, then decided he could send someone else in his place.
• A beggar told Fatty Zhou that Li San had been killed by a severely wounded martial artist and handed over the thin booklet he had found on the man.
• Fatty Zhou recognized the booklet as the Human-tier Mid-grade Soaring Cloud Skill and killed the beggar to keep the manual secret.
• As Fatty Zhou entered his room to hide the manual, a sharp gust of force rushed toward him, and he shouted, "Who!"

Lu Ming killed Fatty Zhou, recovered his manual and money, and decided to settle his old grudges and become stronger. He bought a suitable blade at a blacksmith shop, where the shopkeeper praised his skill, and asked its price.

• Lu Ming killed Fatty Zhou with a Gale Style strike, then took his manual, banknote, and loose silver.
• Lu Ming saw that the beggar and Li San were already dead and left, considering his old grudges settled.
• Lu Ming visited a blacksmith shop and overheard that Young Master Yang might become the disciple of an Inner Sect Elder from the Nine Heavens Sect.
• Lu Ming chose a slender, two-handed blade and cut through a test post with a single swing.
• The shopkeeper praised Lu Ming's technique, and Lu Ming asked how much the blade cost.

Lu Ming bought Muscle Relaxing Ointment, told Old Man Zhao about his past and the Heavenly Saber inheritance, and intensified his training. After more than twenty days, he had reached the fifth layer of the Nei Qi Realm and decided to enter the Shuofeng Mountain Range to test himself in real combat and earn money.

• Lu Ming sold his saber, spent fifty taels on Muscle Relaxing Ointment, and told Old Man Zhao how he had obtained the Heavenly Saber inheritance.
• Old Man Zhao explained that Old Man Heavenly Saber had been a famous Early Gang Qi Realm saber expert and said he had recognized the technique when Lu Ming practiced it.
• Lu Ming applied the ointment, recovered from his soreness overnight, and began training his flexibility alongside his saber skills and reading.
• Over the next twenty days, Lu Ming reached the sixth level of the Nei Qi Realm cultivation technique, advanced to the fifth layer of the Nei Qi Realm, and mastered the first three moves of the Heavenly Saber Technique.
• Lu Ming split a wooden stake with Skyward Slash, judged his training complete for now, and decided to go to the Shuofeng Mountain Range to gain combat experience and earn money.

Lu Ming prepared for a trip into the Shuofeng Mountain Range, then entered its dense outskirts while avoiding a group waiting for him near Old Man Heavenly Saber's tomb. After encountering a powerful hunter, he continued deeper into the mountains and faced his first opponent.

• Old Man Zhao warned Lu Ming that people could be more dangerous than demonic beasts, and Lu Ming promised to bring him fresh venison.
• Lu Ming decided not to retrieve the books hidden near Old Man Heavenly Saber's tomb because someone might be lying in wait for him.
• A bearded leader and his men searched the Stone Coffin and ordered their people to keep watching for Lu Ming and the tiger.
• Lu Ming used the Soaring Cloud Skill to travel south from Shuofeng City and entered the Shuofeng Mountain Range.
• Lu Ming encountered a seventh-layer Inner Qi hunter carrying a wild boar, then continued into the woods and met his first opponent.

Lu Ming hunted demonic beasts in the Shuofeng Mountain Range, sharpening his saber skills and advancing to the sixth layer of the Nei Qi Realm. After nearly three days, he headed back with a sack full of materials, but two people suddenly blocked his path.

• Lu Ming killed a Red Rock Lizard and collected its valuable hide and other materials, finding no Demonic Core.
• Lu Ming fought and killed a swift demonic wolf, improving his combat skills through repeated exchanges.
• Lu Ming sheltered overnight in a stone cave, recovered his Inner Qi, and broke through to the sixth layer of the Nei Qi Realm.
• Lu Ming hunted more than twenty demonic beasts over nearly three days, escaped from a second-level beast, and recognized his need for fist and foot techniques.
• Lu Ming killed a Green Vine Snake and started back with his sack, but two people blocked his path.

Lu Ming killed the Ruan Brothers when they tried to rob him, then met Dugu Mingri, a young swordsman from one of Shuofeng City's great families. As they traveled back together, Lu Ming asked why Dugu Mingri had not joined a sect, and Dugu Mingri questioned whether his talent was truly exceptional.

• The Ruan Brothers demanded Lu Ming's belongings and martial arts, so Lu Ming killed the scar-faced brother and then the burly brother with swift saber strikes.
• Lu Ming searched the brothers, took their silver notes and heavy sabers, and discovered Dugu Mingri watching from behind a tree.
• Dugu Mingri introduced himself as a member of the Dugu Family, and Lu Ming agreed to travel back with him.
• Dugu Mingri dealt with demon beasts along the return journey, giving Lu Ming a chance to assess his sword speed and strength.
• Lu Ming asked why Dugu Mingri had not joined a sect, and Dugu Mingri replied by asking whether Lu Ming thought his talent was very good.

Lu Ming and Dugu Mingri returned to Shuofeng City after discussing cultivation and competing in lightness skills, and Dugu Mingri gave Lu Ming a bottle of Qi Replenishing Pills. Lu Ming sold the spoils from his hunt for a large sum, bought a new saber, and headed home with a venison leg.

• Dugu Mingri told Lu Ming that he had spent six months stuck at the peak of the ninth layer of the Nei Qi Realm, but now felt close to breaking through to the Zhen Qi Realm.
• Lu Ming and Dugu Mingri discussed young geniuses, then raced back to Shuofeng City, where Lu Ming won by a dozen meters.
• Dugu Mingri gave Lu Ming a bottle of Qi Replenishing Pills before they parted ways in Shuofeng City.
• Lu Ming sold monster materials for six thousand seven hundred taels and other goods, including two steel sabers, for another two thousand one hundred taels.
• Lu Ming kept one thousand taels, used one thousand one hundred taels to buy a new saber, and headed home carrying a venison leg.

Old Man Zhao taught Lu Ming the Soaring Dragon Palm, and Lu Ming continued cultivating until he reached the eighth layer of the Nei Qi Realm. After Dugu Mingri left to join the Jade Luo Sect, Lu Ming was confronted by the Black Tiger Gang and refused to join, prompting one of its members to attack.

• Old Man Zhao taught Lu Ming the Soaring Dragon Palm and showed him how its three killing moves released Hidden Strength on contact.
• Lu Ming spent the following months cultivating and training, mastered Soaring Dragon Palm, and reached the eighth layer of the Nei Qi Realm.
• Dugu Mingri told Lu Ming that he had broken through to the Zhen Qi Realm and was leaving to join the Jade Luo Sect, and Lu Ming celebrated and saw him off.
• Lu Ming returned to Shuofeng City with spoils from the Shuofeng Mountain Range and attracted the attention of the Black Tiger Gang.
• Advisor Liu offered Lu Ming a courtyard if he joined the gang, but Lu Ming refused, so a burly man stepped forward and attacked him.

Lu Ming fought Li Chonghu, the Black Tiger Gang's Sect Leader, and used his speed and saber skill to suppress the Zhen Qi Realm expert. As the fight continued across the street and rooftops, Chu Yunxiao of the Wuji Sect identified how Lu Ming gained the advantage, but the chapter ended before the victor was known.

• Lu Ming defeated Li Qihu in one move, prompting Advisor Liu to threaten him until Li Chonghu arrived.
• Li Chonghu ordered Lu Ming to join the Black Tiger Gang or die, but Lu Ming refused and challenged him to fight.
• Li Chonghu attacked with his Tiger Fiend Claw, but Lu Ming dodged the claw force and countered with rapid saber strikes.
• Lu Ming's speed and Torrential Rain Style kept Li Chonghu on the defensive as their battle moved from the street to rooftops and back.
• Chu Yunxiao, an inner disciple of the Wuji Sect, explained that Lu Ming was exploiting Li Chonghu's gaps, and a bystander asked him who would win.

Lu Ming defeated Li Chonghu despite their difference in realms, but suffered internal injuries and returned to Old Man Zhao for help. After learning of the fight, Old Man Zhao expelled the strange true qi, while two mysterious figures began investigating Lu Ming as a potential recruit for their sect.

• Lu Ming tricked Li Chonghu into exposing himself, struck him with Dragon Emerges From Sea Strike, and forced him to flee after the palm force injured him.
• The crowd learned that Lu Ming had defeated a Zhen Qi Realm expert, and he left before the gathering could keep him.
• Chu Yunxiao admired Lu Ming’s combat skill, while two people in bamboo hats decided to investigate him before recruiting him for their sect.
• Lu Ming reached Old Man Zhao’s courtyard, spat blood, and admitted that he had fought Li Chonghu.
• Old Man Zhao expelled the strange true qi from Lu Ming and said his remaining internal injuries would heal with a few days of rest.

After recovering from his injuries, Lu Ming studied Old Man Heavenly Saber’s travel journals and learned how the late saber master had pursued Blade Intent. Lu Ming grasped a prototype of Blade Intent, and Old Man Zhao confirmed he had taken the first step toward mastering it.

• Old Man Zhao praised Lu Ming for defeating an Early Zhen Qi Realm Martial Artist and urged him to treat his internal injuries.
• After his injuries healed, Lu Ming retrieved Old Man Heavenly Saber’s books, buried the bones left at the tomb, and read the saber master’s travel journals.
• Lu Ming learned that Old Man Heavenly Saber had sought Blade Intent after witnessing a saber wielder maintain saber qi that split and held back a waterfall.
• While reflecting on Blade Intent, Lu Ming decided that it came from the wielder’s own intent, and a sharp will burst from him as the saber beside him trembled.
• Old Man Zhao sensed Lu Ming’s will, came to his courtyard, and confirmed that Lu Ming had comprehended a prototype of Blade Intent.

Lu Ming decided to join the Nine Heavens Sect, reached the ninth layer of Inner Qi, and set out from Shuofeng City after saying goodbye to Old Man Zhao. Three Zhen Qi Realm pursuers cornered him in the wilderness, and a sword-bearing youth appeared with an explanation for why they were chasing him.

• Lu Ming told Old Man Zhao he planned to join the strongest sect, the Nine Heavens Sect, and Old Man Zhao gave him a Storage Ring filled with books before revealing he would leave too.
• After half a month of cultivation, Lu Ming broke through to the ninth layer of Inner Qi and formally bid farewell to Old Man Zhao.
• Lu Ming traveled south from Shuofeng City toward the Nine Heavens Sect, noticed three people following him, and led them to an uninhabited area.
• Lu Ming stopped to face the three pursuers, judged that two were in the early stage of the Zhen Qi Realm and one was in the middle stage, and prepared Qi Replenishing Pills.
• When Lu Ming asked why the pursuers had followed him, a sword-bearing youth arrived and said he could answer.

Chu Yunxiao arrived to investigate the Sacred Cult remnants and fought two of them while Lu Ming faced Li Chonghu. Lu Ming killed Li Chonghu with a single saber strike, drawing the attention of the fighters.

• Chu Yunxiao identified himself as a Wuji Sect inner disciple on a mission and confronted the three Sacred Cult members pursuing Lu Ming.
• The Sacred Cult members admitted their identities and invited Lu Ming to join them, but he refused.
• Li Chonghu revealed himself and was ordered to hold Lu Ming off while the other two fought Chu Yunxiao.
• Chu Yunxiao fought the mid-stage Zhen Qi Realm man and Chi Wuya, holding his own against both attackers.
• Lu Ming's increased speed overwhelmed Li Chonghu's defenses, and Lu Ming killed him with Skyward Slash.
• Lu Ming announced he would demonstrate his true abilities with Chasing Stars and Seizing the Moon.

Lu Ming and Chu Yunxiao defeated two Demonic Cult fighters, though one escaped, and left before reinforcements could arrive. After traveling together for half a month, Lu Ming agreed to accompany Chu Yunxiao to the Wuji Sect, and they reached the mountains near its gate.

• Chu Yunxiao drove back Chi Wuya with his attacks, giving Lu Ming the opening to kill him, while the other Demonic Cult fighter escaped using an explosive smoke bead.
• Lu Ming searched the fallen enemies and collected their money and Li Chonghu’s Tiger Fiend Claw manual, but Chu Yunxiao refused a share of the spoils.
• Old Man Zhao watched Lu Ming and Chu Yunxiao leave, decided not to intervene against the fleeing fighter, and departed after sensing that Lu Ming might be drawn toward the Wuji Sect.
• Chu Yunxiao invited Lu Ming to travel to the Wuji Sect with him, and Lu Ming agreed despite originally intending to join the Nine Heavens Sect.
• Lu Ming and Chu Yunxiao traveled southeast for half a month, with Chu Yunxiao repeatedly praising the Wuji Sect and reporting the Demonic Cult’s return to fellow disciples.
• The two reached the mountain ranges near the Wuji Sect and rode toward its mountain gate instead of stopping in Yangguan Town.

Lu Ming joined Wuji Sect after the elders verified his extraordinary talent and cultivation history. He entered as an Outer Sect disciple under the sect’s rules, while the elders decided to let him prove himself through competition.

• Lu Ming followed Chu Yunxiao into Wuji Sect and stayed in the guest courtyard while Chu Yunxiao reported their mission.
• Gongsun He questioned Lu Ming about his background, then arranged for Elder Wang to verify his claim that he had cultivated for only five months.
• Elder Wang confirmed Lu Ming’s history and battle prowess, and Gongsun He admitted him as an Outer Sect disciple despite his exceptional talent.
• Gongsun He told Elder Wang that the Grand Elder and Sect Master wanted Lu Ming to face ordinary Outer Sect competition before receiving special treatment.
• Gongsun He and Elder Wang discussed Zhu Ningyun, who had reached the Zhen Qi Realm and passed the Inner Sect examination after just over four months at Wuji Sect.