Recaps

Ji Shu joined Mount Hua Sect and rapidly mastered its sword arts, earning the trust of Yue Lingshan and Ning Zhongze. After saving Mount Hua from an attack by rival sects, he became its Vice Sect Leader and discovered a hidden cave containing Five Peaks Swordplay.

• Ji Shu entered The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, gained Peak Comprehension and Inner Strength Talents, and joined Mount Hua Sect as Yue Lingshan’s disciple.
• Ji Shu rapidly mastered Mount Hua’s sword arts, while Yue Lingshan and Ning Zhongze discovered the extent of his talent and taught him more techniques.
• Ji Shu cultivated beneath the Old Sophora Tree and fused the sword arts he learned into his Righteous Qi Sword.
• Ji Shu raced to the hall and killed Cheng Buyou to protect Ning Zhongze, then drove back Ding Mian and the Mount Song Sect attackers.
• Ji Shu defeated Feng Buping, learned his sword techniques, and returned to Mount Hua, where Yue Buqun named him chief disciple and Vice Sect Leader.
• Ji Shu agreed to accompany Yue Buqun’s group to the Five Peaks Alliance gathering and later took Yue Lingshan to Cliff of Reflection.
• Ji Shu and Yue Lingshan found a hidden cave containing skeletons and Five Peaks Swordplay, which Ji Shu quickly comprehended before they decided to tell Mount Hua’s leaders.

Ji Shu survived repeated attempts on his life, mastered new martial arts, and reached Mount Song as Zuo Lengchan moved to unite the Five Peaks sects. He defeated Linghu Chong in the arena and sent Mount Song’s challengers flying, leaving the contest underway.

• Feng Qingyang recognized Ji Shu’s grasp of the Nine Swords of Dugu, while Yue Buqun examined the cave swordplay and restricted what his disciples could learn.
• Ji Shu created the Righteous Qi Swordplay, traveled toward Mount Song with Yue Buqun’s party, and exposed Lao De Nuo’s plot to ambush them for Zuo Lengchan.
• Ji Shu killed Hong Yi’s assassins in Luoyang, rescued Wang Yuanba and the other captives, and refused to take Lin Pingzhi as a disciple while offering to teach him martial arts.
• Ji Shu killed Ji Wushi and the attackers sent against him, then mastered the Five Poisons Secret Codex and resolved to target Zuo Lengchan.
• At Mount Song, Ji Shu killed the Six Immortals of Peach Valley when they tried to attack him, while Linghu Chong grew jealous of Ji Shu’s closeness with Yue Lingshan.
• Ji Shu completed his Five Poisons Inner Qi cultivation, then entered the Five Peaks Alliance Arena Competition after Linghu Chong defeated Yu Jizi and Tang Ying'e.
• Ji Shu disarmed Linghu Chong with Sword Qi and knocked him off the stage, then drove Zhang Jingchao, Sima De, and Deng Bagong from the arena with his scabbard.

Ji Shu strengthened his martial arts, destroyed the Mount Song Sect, and killed the Shaolin-led alliance that pursued him. He left for West Lake Plum Manor with Qu Feiyan, carrying new manuals and refining his sword art along the way.

• Ji Shu survived Mount Song Sect’s ambushes, perfected the Purple Cloud Divine Skill, and killed Hong Qian and eight hundred cavalrymen when they tried to seize him.
• Ji Shu attacked Mount Song Sect, killed Zuo Lengchan and its disciples, then killed Master Fangzheng and the Eighteen Arhats when Shaolin intervened.
• Ji Shu returned to Mount Hua, mastered several manuals, and completed the Righteous Qi Sword Art while Yue Lingshan practiced beside him.
• Ren Yingying offered Ji Shu treasures and protection for Mount Hua in exchange for rescuing a prisoner at West Lake Plum Manor, and he agreed.
• Ji Shu left Mount Hua, rescued Qu Feiyan from Tian Boguang, and killed an assassin sent after him near West Lake Plum Manor.
• Master Kongji led more than two hundred martial artists against Ji Shu, but Ji Shu killed them and pursued the fleeing Yu Jizi.
• Ji Shu killed Yu Jizi, obtained the Supreme Sensing Art, and traveled west with Qu Feiyan while mastering more martial arts techniques.

Ji Shu freed Ren Woxing, killed Linghu Chong, and survived a massive Players’ ambush in Fuzhou while learning more about the forces seeking to control The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. He returned to Mount Hua with the complete Nine Yin Manual, prepared to cultivate and face the court’s next move.

• Ji Shu rescued Ren Woxing from West Lake Prison, mastered the Four Friends of Jiangnan’s arts, and took them into his service.
• At the exchange in Lin'an, Linghu Chong attacked Ji Shu, who killed him despite Ren Yingying’s pleas, then refused Ren Woxing’s offer of friendship.
• Ji Shu traveled toward Fuzhou, refined his martial arts, and killed Mu Gaofeng before entering a city filled with enemies waiting to claim Hong Gao’s bounty.
• Hong Gao’s Players and martial artists set Shangliang Inn ablaze and attacked Ji Shu, but Ji Shu defeated their forces, including the Shaolin elites and Master Fang Sheng.
• Ji Shu interrogated Hong Gao about Players and the Hong Kingdom, took the Nine Yin Manual, and ordered Hong Gao to send letters while keeping him alive.
• Ji Shu learned that Ren Yingying had used Hong Gao’s treasures to lure him into the West Lake ambush, while rumors after the Fuzhou Campaign turned the Jianghu against him.
• Ji Shu agreed to meet Zhu Houzhao in the capital in a month, then traveled with Hong Gao and his companions to Mount Hua.
• Yue Lingshan welcomed Ji Shu back to Mount Hua, where he read the complete Nine Yin Manual and developed Nine Yin True Qi.