Recaps

Chu Huai Xu strengthened his Physique while the quarter-finalists prepared for the East-West Continent Grand Competition. As the drawing of lots began, the Female Imperial Advisor Lin Qingci arrived and fixed her gaze on Chu Huai Xu.

• Chu Huai Xu raised his Physique to 8 points and felt his strength and defense increase substantially.
• The Ancestor Emperor helped Qin Xuanxiao form a pseudo-spear heart and planned to use a Spirit Pill and his own power to secure Qin Xuanxiao’s next Match.
• Xu Ziqing failed to break through during two days of secluded cultivation, and the quarter-finals began at the Monastery’s Training ground.
• The Protector of the Nation Xiahou Yue arrived and took his seat beside the cultivation giants on the elevated platform.
• Zhuge Boyue and Cheng Yuyan joined the gathered leaders, followed by the Female Imperial Advisor Lin Qingci.
• Lin Qingci sat beside Ming Xuanji, stared directly at Chu Huai Xu, and the drawing of lots began.

Chu Huai Xu faced Geng Tianhe in the first match of the lot draw and agreed to fight him purely as a Sword Cultivator. As Chu Huai Xu mirrored Geng Tianhe’s Sword Arts with uncanny precision, Geng Tianhe mistook it for a sign of their kindred bond, until Chu Huai Xu countered his final technique with a Major Accomplishment version.

• At the Lot Drawing Area, Chu Huai Xu drew Geng Tianhe, while Xu Ziqing drew Qin Xuanxiao.
• Before their match, Chu Huai Xu promised Geng Tianhe a pure Sword Cultivator battle, and Geng Tianhe attacked with the Nine Heavens Soaring Dragon Sword.
• Chu Huai Xu matched Geng Tianhe’s Nine Heavens Soaring Dragon Sword and Heavenly Dipper Roaring Dragon Sword Technique, leaving Situ Cheng and the Sword Sect’s Sword Venerable astonished.
• Geng Tianhe believed Chu Huai Xu had learned his signature technique out of admiration and fought with renewed excitement.
• Geng Tianhe used Bìluò Sùhuǒ, and Chu Huai Xu countered with the same Sword Art at the Major Accomplishment realm.

Chu Huai Xu defeated Geng Tianhe with the final sword of the Bìluò Sùhuǒ, earning a place in the Contest for the Champion and a system reward. Jiang Zhi revealed that Chu Huai Xu had learned all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls in the Dao Ancestor’s inheritance, leaving the gathered sect leaders astonished.

• Chu Huai Xu used the Bìluò Sùhuǒ’s escalating swords against Geng Tianhe, who endured them to seek insight into his swordsmanship.
• Chu Huai Xu unleashed the ninth sword without using his Heart Sword, severely injuring Geng Tianhe and winning the match.
• Geng Tianhe declared that he had been enlightened, and Chu Huai Xu claimed 200,000 Experience Points, an Earth Grade Treasure Chest, and a free Special Attribute Point.
• Qin Xuanxiao anticipated another battle with Chu Huai Xu and believed he would face the Moon Kingdom’s Old Ancestor.
• Jiang Zhi explained that the Dao Ancestor had comprehended all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls and that Chu Huai Xu and Han Shuangjiang had entered his inheritance realm.
• Jiang Zhi revealed that Chu Huai Xu had learned all Three Thousand Sword Scrolls, shocking the assembled leaders.

Chu Huai Xu watched Xu Ziqing face Qin Qinxiao and wondered how they would withstand the Bronze Sword’s Malevolent Aura. After Xu Ziqing unleashed the sword’s power and took it in his right hand, the Evil Sword awakened and seemed to transform him, leaving him confronting the Emperor’s Divine Sense within Qin Qinxiao.

• Jiang Zhi refused to explain how Chu Huai Xu had learned the Sword Pavilion’s three thousand sword scrolls so quickly, frustrating the gathered cultivators.
• Chu Huai Xu considered whether the Corruption Pill could devour the Bronze Sword’s Malevolent Aura and decided to test the idea later.
• Xu Ziqing activated his Body Refining Divine Ability, while Qin Qinxiao used Divine Manifestation and drew the Bronze Sword from his Sword Case.
• Xu Ziqing swung the Bronze Sword twice with his left hand, shattering and severely damaging his arm as Qin Qinxiao struggled to resist the blows.
• Xu Ziqing gripped the sword with his right hand, awakening its Spiritual Pressure and causing black and blue-black energy to surround him.
• The transformed Xu Ziqing floated above Qin Qinxiao and stared with contempt at the Emperor’s Divine Sense inside him.

The Evil Sword possessed Xu Ziqing and clashed with the Ancestor Emperor, who possessed Qin Xuanxiao, during the Grand Competition. As the Ancestor Emperor unleashed his famous spear art, the Evil Sword’s casual strike began breaking apart its attack.

• The Ancestor Emperor took control of Qin Xuanxiao while leaving him conscious, and the Evil Sword possessed Xu Ziqing.
• The Ancestor Emperor and the Evil Sword rose into the air and began fighting as spectators watched the stand-ins battle.
• The Ancestor Emperor absorbed the capital’s National Destiny to strengthen himself and [Imperial Moon], while the Evil Sword initially devoured the same power.
• The Ancestor Emperor used the Heaven Grade Spear Art [Azure Moon Crossing the River], and the Evil Sword directed its Malevolent Aura at him instead of continuing to consume National Destiny.
• The Evil Sword casually swung its sword and walked across the air, causing the Ancestor Emperor’s blazing spear-aura bridge to collapse with each step.

The quarter-final ended with Qin Xuanxiao narrowly defeating Xu Ziqing after Ancestor Emperor used Supreme Saint Water to weaken the Evil Sword’s Malevolent Aura. As the Mirror Kingdom’s cultivators debated whether Qin could bring National Destiny into the Origin Spirit Realm, Chu Huai Xu raised his Physique to 9 and decided to spend Experience Points on learning Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin.

• Ancestor Emperor used a drop of Supreme Saint Water to disperse some of the Malevolent Aura as he fought Xu Ziqing, and both fighters fell from the sky after their weapons struck the arena.
• Jiang Zhi caught the unconscious Xu Ziqing, while Qin Xuanxiao remained standing before falling moments later; Qin advanced to the Contest for the Champion by a narrow margin.
• Situ Cheng and the other Mirror Kingdom cultivators questioned Qin Xuanxiao’s victory and whether Ancestor Emperor could bring National Destiny into the Origin Spirit Realm, and Xiahou Yue said someone claimed it was possible.
• Jiang Zhi told the gathered cultivators that the kingdoms could discuss who would enter the Origin Spirit Realm after the Grand Competition, and he predicted Chu Huai Xu would win.
• Chu Huai Xu spent his remaining Special Attribute Point to raise his Physique to 9, then opened an Earth Grade treasure chest and gained 6.66 million Experience Points.
• After seeing that his total had reached 11.8 million Experience Points, Chu Huai Xu remembered his agreement to spend one million for a pull every time he accumulated ten million and chose Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin.

Chu Huai Xu failed to learn Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin but discovered the attempt advanced his Sword Heart, while Xu Ziqing woke and learned that Chu intended to kill Qin Xuanxiao at the Contest for the Champion. As the Dao Sect disciples celebrated their success, Mo Qingmei remembered Niu Yuanshan and the confession she had written for him in the snow before his death.

• Chu Huai Xu failed to learn Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, but noticed that the attempt advanced his Sword Heart.
• Xu Ziqing woke and learned that he had lost to Qin Xuanxiao by a narrow margin, then asked whether Chu Huai Xu planned to kill Qin at the Contest for the Champion.
• Chu Huai Xu confirmed that he intended to kill Qin Xuanxiao before a crowd of ten thousand at the Contest for the Champion.
• The Dao Sect disciples celebrated their results in the snow while Mo Qingmei continued waiting for an explanation about Niu Yuanshan's death.
• Mo Qingmei remembered writing that she liked Niu Yuanshan in the snow and sending him a message to meet her before the words melted.

Chu Huai Xu prepared for the East-West Continent finals after discovering that the Corruption Pill could absorb some of the Evil Sword’s Malevolent Aura, while rumors in Moon Kingdom cast Qin Xuanxiao as the Ancestor Emperor’s reincarnation. Before the Dao Sect group departed for the contest, Chu Huai Xu stopped Mo Qingmei and began explaining why he had kept her waiting over Niu Yuanshan’s death.

• Chu Huai Xu used the Sword Nurturing Technique to awaken the Bronze Sword and successfully strengthened the Corruption Pill by having it absorb a limited amount of Malevolent Aura.
• News of Chu Huai Xu’s conduct spread through Moon Kingdom, where public anger grew and Qin Xuanxiao’s quarter-final victory fueled rumors that he was the Ancestor Emperor’s reincarnation.
• Moon Kingdom’s people pinned their hopes on Qin Xuanxiao winning the East-West Continent title and defeating Chu Huai Xu in the finals.
• The Dao Sect disciples gathered before the finals and cheered for Chu Huai Xu as Mo Qingmei organized their departure.
• Chu Huai Xu told Mo Qingmei that he knew she had sought answers from Master Nangong and apologized for making her wait, promising to give her an explanation.

Chu Huai Xu confronted Qin Xuanxiao at the Contest for the Champion, publicly accusing him of causing Niu Yuanshan’s death. He challenged the Prince to a deathmatch before the Moon Emperor and the gathered crowd, leaving Qin Xuanxiao to answer.

• Mo Qingmei worried that Chu Huai Xu might endanger himself, but he reassured her before the Dao Sect party arrived at the Training ground.
• Great cultivators and nobles gathered for the Contest for the Champion, and the Moon Emperor arrived with Xiahou Yue as Qin Xuanxiao received cheers from the crowd.
• Chu Huai Xu climbed onto the Arena and silenced the crowd by ordering them to shut their mouths.
• Chu Huai Xu accused Qin Xuanxiao of framing Niu Yuanshan as a spy and forcing him to kill himself, then cut his palm to invoke a blood feud.
• Chu Huai Xu challenged Qin Xuanxiao to settle their dispute through a deathmatch and demanded to know whether he had the courage to accept.

Chu Huai Xu forced Qin Xuanxiao into a Deathmatch before the Moon Kingdom crowd, then used the East Continent Token to secure the Four Great Sects’ promise that no one would interfere. The match was set to continue until one of them died.

• Chu Huai Xu publicly accused Qin Xuanxiao and challenged him to a Deathmatch, provoking the Moon Kingdom crowd to demand that Qin accept.
• Qin Xuanxiao cut his palm and accepted the challenge after receiving an order through Divine Sense, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Chu Huai Xu raised the East Continent Token and asked the Four Great Sects to prevent outside interference until the Deathmatch ended.
• Tian Luo confirmed that the Four Great Sects accepted Chu Huai Xu’s request.

Chu Huai Xu used the East Continent Token to secure the Four Great Sects’ backing for his deathmatch with Qin Xuanxiao, while the Moon Kingdom’s Great Cultivators threatened to intervene. As the duel began, Qin Xuanxiao invoked the Moon Kingdom’s founding emperor, and Chu Huai Xu revealed his full-power Body Becoming Saint Divine Ability; the two faced off as the emperor rose into the air.

• Chu Huai Xu presented the East Continent Token, and Tian Luo declared that the Four Great Sects accepted the deathmatch without outside interference.
• Xiahou Yue challenged the Four Great Sects’ position, but the Sword Venerable accepted the token and promised Chu Huai Xu he would let the duel proceed, even if he had to enter the Ninth Realm.
• Ming Xuanji announced the start of the match, and Qin Xuanxiao took a pill that let the Moon Kingdom’s founding emperor’s Divine Sense fight in his place.
• Qin Xuanxiao transformed under the emperor’s influence as Chu Huai Xu activated his Body Becoming Saint Divine Ability, astonishing the Great Cultivators watching.
• The founding emperor rose into the air, and Chu Huai Xu prepared to punch him back down.

Chu Huai Xu fought the Ancestor Emperor, using a Corruption Pill to absorb the National Destiny empowering his enemy. After the pill filled, he advanced his Sword Heart and connected with the National Suppressing Sword, leaving the Ancestor Emperor facing the approaching blade.

• Chu Huai Xu attacked Qin Xuanxiao with stored Sword Qi, [Six Severances], and his two Sword Hearts, but the Ancestor Emperor blocked his strike with [Imperial Moon].
• The Ancestor Emperor summoned National Destiny and hurled [Imperial Moon] at Chu Huai Xu, who used a Corruption Pill to absorb the spear’s power and the purple moonlight.
• The Ancestor Emperor recalled his spear and continued fighting Chu Huai Xu, while Chu Huai Xu endured his injuries and recovered as they clashed.
• The Corruption Pill filled with National Destiny, and Chu Huai Xu spent more than eight million Experience Points to raise [Myriad Swords Becoming One] to Major Accomplishment.
• Chu Huai Xu used the Sword Heart breakthrough to connect with the National Suppressing Sword, then called for it to come to him.
• A long sword burst from the ground somewhere in the imperial capital and flew toward the Training ground.

During his life-and-death battle with the Ancestor Emperor, Chu Huai Xu used his breakthrough to Sword Heart Major Accomplishment to summon the National Suppressing Sword from the Imperial Capital Grand Array. The Heaven and Earth Anomaly soon ended, but the sword stayed in his grasp because his Heart Sword had entered it.

• The National Suppressing Sword tore out of the Imperial Capital Grand Array and flew toward the Training ground, alarming the Old National Preceptor and the Moon Emperor.
• Chu Huai Xu broke through to Sword Heart Major Accomplishment, and the National Suppressing Sword landed in his hand instead of returning to the Ancestor Emperor.
• Chu Huai Xu realized the breakthrough's Anomaly had let him sense and borrow the sword, which carried a great amount of Moon Kingdom's Destiny.
• The Ancestor Emperor angrily challenged Chu Huai Xu and waited for the Anomaly to end, expecting the sword to return to its former master.
• After the Anomaly subsided, the Ancestor Emperor summoned the National Suppressing Sword, but it remained still in Chu Huai Xu's hand because Chu Huai Xu's Heart Sword had entered it.

Chu Huai Xu seized control of the National Suppressing Sword and used its gathered destiny to overpower Ancestor Emperor, who was fighting through Qin Xuanxiao's body. The duel continued with both combatants trading severe injuries, and Chu Huai Xu left Ancestor Emperor badly wounded.

• Chu Huai Xu used his Heart Sword to prevent Ancestor Emperor from summoning the National Suppressing Sword, revealing its identity to the crowd.
• Chu Huai Xu drew the destiny gathered on the sword into himself and unleashed a powerful strike that knocked Ancestor Emperor from the sky.
• Chu Huai Xu pressed his attack, trading injuries without hesitation while Ancestor Emperor struggled with pain in Qin Xuanxiao's body.
• Chu Huai Xu kicked Ancestor Emperor into the air and struck him down onto the Arena again.
• Ancestor Emperor impaled Chu Huai Xu's lower abdomen, but Chu Huai Xu severed Qin Xuanxiao's left arm and slashed open his chest.

Chu Huai Xu defeated the Ancestor Emperor’s possessed vessel despite the Moon Kingdom’s intervention, then destroyed the Emperor’s main soul and killed Qin Xuanxiao. The chapter ended with Qin Xuanxiao pinned to the arena by the National Suppressing Sword as the deathmatch agreement concluded.

• Qin Xuanxiao drew on the Ancestor Emperor’s blood essence and Mountain Suppressing Manual, but Chu Huai Xu repeatedly struck him and blocked his mountain-like attack with Dao Gives Birth to One.
• The Moon Emperor ordered the Moon Kingdom’s Nine-Realm powerhouses to intervene, while Jiang Zhi and Tian Luo helped hold them back.
• The middle-aged scholar used Chu Huai Xu’s East Continent Token to enter the Ninth Realm and summon the Imperial Capital’s Spirit Swords in Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, protecting Chu Huai Xu and overwhelming the Moon Kingdom’s cultivators.
• Chu Huai Xu defeated the Ancestor Emperor’s attack, destroyed the four strands of the Emperor’s Divine Sense with the Heart Sword, and annihilated the main soul.
• Chu Huai Xu ignored Qin Xuanxiao’s pleas, drove the National Suppressing Sword into his heart, and pinned him to the arena.

Chu Huai Xu killed Qin Xuanxiao in the Contest for the Champion and claimed the Xuanhuang Champion Token, leaving Moon Kingdom humiliated and the future uncertain. After completing the competition’s main quest and receiving its rewards, he wondered whether he would finally obtain a High-grade Spiritual Embryo.

• Chu Huai Xu killed Qin Xuanxiao with the National Suppressing Sword, and the ten thousand Spirit Swords sang as he claimed the champion position.
• Lin Zixuan suffered backlash and fainted, while Lin Qingci realized Qin Xuanxiao’s death had weakened the Emperor’s Divine Sense within her.
• The Moon Emperor announced Chu Huai Xu as the competition’s winner and presented him with the Xuanhuang Champion Token.
• Chu Huai Xu returned the National Suppressing Sword to the Imperial Capital Grand Array, alarming Ming Xuanji, who wondered how Qin Xuanxiao’s death would change the future.
• The Dao Sect and other Mirror Kingdom disciples cheered for Chu Huai Xu, and his system awarded him one million Experience Points, a Heaven Grade Treasure Chest, and a Spiritual Embryo Attribute point.

After the competition, Chu Huai Xu claimed Supreme Saint Water as his prize and opened a Heaven Grade Treasure Chest, obtaining the three-second Absolute Defense item. He raised his Spiritual Embryo to high grade, awakening a connection between his Heart Sword and the Power of Origin, and a mysterious sword phenomenon drew cultivators to the Monastery, where they realized the Sword Venerable was not responsible.

• Chu Huai Xu chose Supreme Saint Water as his competition prize and prepared to return to the Eastern Continent with the Four Great Sects.
• Chu Huai Xu opened his Heaven Grade Treasure Chest and obtained the Absolute Defense item, which he believed could block any power in the Xuanhuang Realm for three seconds.
• Chu Huai Xu used his Spiritual Embryo attribute point to raise his Heart Sword to a High-grade Spiritual Embryo, and it began connecting with the Power of Origin.
• A young Sword Cultivator's Destined Sword flew toward the Monastery, prompting sword cultivators and other cultivators across the imperial capital to follow the gathering swords.
• Lin Qingci, the Protector of the Nation, and the Blade Master rushed to the Monastery and saw the Sword Venerable observing the phenomenon, while the gathered cultivators concluded that he was not its source.

Chu Huai Xu’s Heart Sword drew more than ten thousand Spirit Swords, convincing onlookers that he was learning Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin even as the Sword Venerable suggested he was developing a different path. After Chu Huai Xu collapsed from exhaustion and slept for a day and night, Xiahou Yue summoned him to meet His Majesty.

• Chu Huai Xu’s Heart Sword gathered more than ten thousand Spirit Swords around the Monastery while he meditated.
• Sword Cultivators argued that Chu Huai Xu was comprehending Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin, and the rumor spread among the gathered cultivators.
• The Sword Venerable said Chu Huai Xu’s path differed from the Dao Ancestor’s technique and predicted he would surpass the Sword Venerable.
• Chu Huai Xu’s Spirit Fetus finished advancing, and he collapsed as the gathered Spirit Swords fell to the ground.
• Chu Huai Xu woke after sleeping for a day and night, and Xiahou Yue told him that His Majesty wanted to see him.

Chu Huai Xu refused the Moon Emperor’s summons, while Qin Tianyang revealed to Xiahou Yue that he wanted to use Chu Huai Xu’s power to free the Qin Family from the Ancestor Emperor’s control. After returning to the Dao Sect, Chu Huai Xu requested Supreme Saint Water and exposed a Corruption Pill during his elders’ argument over a wager.

• Chu Huai Xu declined to visit the imperial palace and gave Xiahou Yue an evasive answer about whether he had mastered Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin.
• Qin Tianyang told Xiahou Yue that the Ancestor Emperor’s remaining Divine Sense had dwindled to two wisps and declared that he was willing to risk his health to become the Moon Kingdom’s true emperor.
• Xiahou Yue warned Qin Tianyang that Chu Huai Xu’s power could irreparably damage his Sea of Consciousness, but Qin Tianyang decided to wait and have the Dao Sect send Chu Huai Xu to the palace later.
• Chu Huai Xu exchanged for Supreme Saint Water, then returned to the Dao Sect with the other disciples, where Xiang Yan granted him the requested reward and offered Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing other rewards.
• Li Chunsong and Zhao Shuqi argued over whether Chu Huai Xu’s encounter with the Emperor’s Divine Sense had won their wager, and Chu Huai Xu produced a semitransparent Corruption Pill as they debated.

Chu Huai Xu discussed using the contents of Ye Kongxuan’s Corruption Pill to create an External Incarnation, while the Dao Sect celebrated his victory. In Moon Kingdom, Ming Xuanji recognized Chu Huai Xu as a major Variable and sent Lin Zixuan to find him; several days later, she arrived at Junzi Temple.

• Chu Huai Xu showed the Dao Sect elders the Emperor’s Divine Sense sealed inside a Corruption Pill and revealed that he wanted to extract the fortune and Four Symbols Spiritual Root from another pill.
• Chu Huai Xu proposed refining an External Incarnation from an Immortal Cultivation practitioner’s corpse, and Xiang Yan suggested searching the other Great Sects and the Moon Kingdom Imperial Family for the missing materials.
• Chu Huai Xu received a hero’s welcome from Dao Sect disciples for winning the Xuanhuang Champion title and killing Qin Xuanxiao.
• Lin Zixuan struggled with Qin Xuanxiao’s death and the sudden upheaval to the life she had expected to lead.
• Ming Xuanji performed divinations, realized Chu Huai Xu had accomplished something extraordinary in the Second Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm, and ordered Lin Zixuan to follow him.
• Several days later, Nangong Yue brought Lin Zixuan to meet Chu Huai Xu at Junzi Temple.

Chu Huai Xu welcomed Lin Zixuan into his household and later used a Spirit Cleansing Talisman on Zhong Ming. The talisman briefly restored clarity to the Ninth-Realm cultivator, who grabbed Chu Huai Xu by the neck.

• Lin Zixuan joined Chu Huai Xu’s household after Ming Xuanji ordered her to follow him, and Chu Huai Xu agreed to take her to the Origin Spirit Realm.
• Xu Ziqing broke through during the night, while Lin Zixuan settled into life with Han Shuangjiang and decided to stop leaving food uneaten.
• Two days later, Chu Huai Xu accompanied Li Chunsong to visit Zhong Ming and secretly used a Spirit Cleansing Talisman after treating him with South Flowing Scenery.
• The talisman raised Zhong Ming’s healing progress to 10%, briefly brought clarity to his eyes, and prompted him to break through his restraints and seize Chu Huai Xu by the neck.

Zhong Ming broke free of his restraints and attacked Chu Huai Xu, but then briefly regained clarity and transferred an unknown power into Chu Huai Xu’s Sea of Consciousness. After Zhong Ming calmed and Chu Huai Xu woke, he discovered the power had fused into a black lotus platform beneath his Heart Sword.

• Zhong Ming broke through the courtyard’s Restrictions, seized Chu Huai Xu, and struck Li Chunsong aside before pressing a hand to Chu Huai Xu’s chest and sending an unknown power into him.
• Zhong Ming regained clarity long enough to warn Jiang Zhi, Xiang Yan, and Tai Tingbai to stay back, then unleashed chaotic power as they reinforced the Restrictions.
• The black mark on Zhong Ming’s brow vanished, his condition settled, and Jiang Zhi let him sleep while Tai Tingbai confirmed he was physically unharmed.
• Jiang Zhi and the others examined the unconscious Chu Huai Xu, found no clear injury or cause, and left him to recover under Han Shuangjiang’s care.
• Chu Huai Xu woke near midnight, checked the System’s history, and learned that the unknown power had entered his Sea of Consciousness and successfully fused.
• Chu Huai Xu found that the fused power had formed a black lotus platform beneath his Heart Sword, alongside the sword and his remaining Power of Origin.

After Zhong Ming bestowed an unknown power on Chu Huai Xu, a Black Jade Lotus Platform appeared beneath his Heart Sword and greatly strengthened him, especially at night. The Dao Sect elders could not identify it, but confirmed that it had fortified his Sea of Consciousness as Chu Huai Xu prepared to enter the Origin Spirit Realm.

• Chu Huai Xu found a Black Jade Lotus Platform in his Sea of Consciousness, but his Information Scan could not identify it and the Lost Fruition quest remained unchanged.
• Chu Huai Xu tested his strength at night and discovered that his sword qi was thirty percent stronger; he defeated Han Shuangjiang and then Han Shuangjiang, Xu Ziqing, and Lin Zixuan together in a spar.
• Chu Huai Xu found that cultivating with the Dao Canon also yielded thirty percent more Experience Points, while the boost fell to ten percent after dawn.
• Jiang Zhi and the Dao Sect higher-ups examined Chu Huai Xu but could not identify the platform; they found that it had made his Sea of Consciousness more stable and harder to invade.
• As the days passed, the day to set out for the Origin Spirit Realm arrived.

Chu Huai Xu prepared for the Second Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm in the Moon Kingdom by crafting and strengthening Corruption Pills and learning several techniques. The night before he set out, he reassured Han Shuangjiang and spent the night with her.

• Chu Huai Xu prepared two new Corruption Pills, strengthened them with Malevolent Aura from the Bronze Sword, and learned talisman arts, pupil techniques, and arrays from his masters.
• At dinner, Lin Zixuan asked Chu Huai Xu to plant another Spirit Seed in her, and he agreed.
• Chu Huai Xu reviewed his Origin Spirit Realm mission and considered how losing could let the Kunlun Cave Heaven create invasion passages into the Xuanhuang Realm.
• Han Shuangjiang visited Chu Huai Xu because she was worried about his dangerous trial, and he promised he would return safely.
• Chu Huai Xu kissed Han Shuangjiang and persuaded her to stay with him that night, while they stopped short of consummating their relationship because of her Profound Yin Physique.

The narrator visited a hospital and learned from an MRI that the issue was minor, though the department director suspected psychosomatic symptoms. The director prescribed medication and advised the narrator to rest, relax, and adjust their sleep schedule.

• The narrator visited a hospital and saw a specialist.
• The narrator underwent an MRI, which showed a minor issue.
• The department director suspected the narrator might have psychosomatic symptoms.
• The department director prescribed medication and advised the narrator to rest, relax, and adjust their sleep schedule.