Recaps

Xu Yunfan won the Casting Hall’s True Inheritance Ceremony, defeated challengers from the Hidden Edge Pavilion and Nine Luminaries Sect, and began learning Heavenly Crafting Cave’s forging arts. He completed his third tempering and turned to the Pure Yang One Qi Art as he prepared for his next stage of cultivation.

• Zhan Yan secured approval for the Casting Hall’s True Inheritance Ceremony and promised Xu Yunfan a Precious Artifact, then forged him the Thunder Fire Qilin Hammer from the Amethyst Earth-Shaking Hammer fragment.
• Xu Yunfan completed Fleet Foot, received the Thunder Fire Qilin Hammer, and defeated an Incense Fire Sect attack before purifying the Bright Lord Statue’s remnant aura.
• At the ceremony, Xu Yunfan defeated Qi Huan and Teng Lingchuan, demonstrating his perfected second tempering and earning the Casting Hall’s True Inheritance position.
• Xu Yunfan declined Yin Hong’s offer to join the Nine Luminaries Sect and began learning Zhan Yan’s Heavenly Crafting Forging Art, quickly mastering its techniques and producing exceptional swords.
• Xu Yunfan studied forging and martial arts in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion while Yue Shan, Qi Huan, and Yan Yuwei tried to match his demanding training.
• Teng Lingchuan asked Yin Hong for another chance to fight Xu Yunfan, while Xu Yunfan completed Heavenly Cicada Force and achieved his third tempering, gaining Board Ribs Sinewy Tendons.
• Xu Yunfan studied an ancient codex about the three temperings, chose to pursue the Pure Yang One Qi Art, and encountered Yan Yuwei outside the Scripture Pavilion.

Xu Yunfan uncovered the Incense Fire Sect’s infiltration of Heavenly Crafting Cave and helped the sect survive the assault by repairing its ancient mobile fortress. As the fortress set out for Ghost Cry Abyss, the Empress’s attempt to summon the Primal Spirit destabilized Great Zhou’s earth veins and drew Dugu Jiu toward Jade Capital.

• Xu Yunfan and Yan Yuwei fought the Purple-Robed Old Man and Incense Fire Sect forces, then escaped Emerald Wave City as the sect massacred its people.
• Xu Yunfan and Yan Yuwei discovered Zhou Yuande’s betrayal and killed him, while Guo Lang revealed the Empress’s plan to sacrifice millions and reopen the sealed Spirit Pivot.
• Xu Yunfan returned to Heavenly Crafting City, where he and the cave’s leaders exposed infiltrators, confronted Bao Yan, and activated the Mystic Steel Lotus fortress against the Incense Fire Sect.
• Xu Yunfan learned the Heart Erosion Pill had compromised many disciples, and the cave counted its dead as reports arrived that the other Cangzhou sects had fallen.
• Xu Yunfan studied the halls’ martial arts, restored the Mohist School’s supreme art, and built a humanoid mechanism armor before a disturbance in the Thunderfire Pool revealed a chained shadow beneath the magma.
• Heavenly Crafting Cave chose Ghost Cry Abyss and launched its mobile fortress from Hump Mountain, with Xu Yunfan helping repair its overloaded mechanisms as it advanced.
• Guo Lang and the Empress began a vast blood sacrifice at Jade Capital to summon the Primal Spirit, but the ritual failed and destabilized the earth veins.
• The Empress confronted Guo Lang amid Jade Capital’s destruction, and Dugu Jiu arrived above the city as swords rang toward him.

Xu Yunfan helped establish Heavenly Crafting Cave in Ghost Cry Abyss, strengthened his martial arts under Zhan Yan, and reached minor mastery in the Pure Yang One Qi Art. The Apex Path Remains drew him into deadly dreams with a woman in white, leaving him to face her repeated attacks as he practiced the Lin Character Secret.

• Dugu Jiu and the Empress’s battle destroyed Jade Capital City as the Incense Fire Sect’s campaign and the weakening of Great Zhou’s rule unsettled the sects.
• Xu Yunfan joined Hong Baichuan on a visit to Mystic Truth Sect, where he sparred with Su Zhenhe and helped secure Ghost Cry Abyss for Heavenly Crafting Cave.
• Qi Huan touched a chained Demon Skeleton in Ghost Cry Abyss, succumbed to its influence, and killed Yan Qi and the other Hidden Edge Pavilion disciples.
• Xu Yunfan trained under Zhan Yan, mastered Starfall Heavenly River, and advanced the Pure Yang One Qi Art to minor mastery.
• The Apex Path Remains pulled Xu Yunfan into dreams where a woman in white repeatedly killed him, increasing his martial technique and Lin Character Secret proficiency.
• Zhan Yan warned Xu Yunfan that the dream might involve a dangerous inheritance, while Mo Han explained that Supreme Dao vessels had awakened as the primal spirit dispersed.
• Xu Yunfan hid the Apex Path Remains and improved his mining skills with Yan Yuwei before returning to confront the woman in white through repeated dream battles.

Xu Yunfan captured the Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King, strengthened his cultivation, and took on greater responsibility as war engulfed Great Qian. The arc left Fu Jin cornered by Tuoba Lie’s forces as Xu Yunfan descended toward the battle.

• Xu Yunfan captured the Ginseng Baby after rescuing it from the Corpse Tiger Demon, then escaped the mountain and killed Qu Bo when he tried to claim the Ginseng King.
• Xu Yunfan returned to Heavenly Crafting City with the demon in pursuit, and Pei Yan killed it after the city’s defenses weakened it.
• Xu Yunfan forged a Mystic Steel Mechanism Box to contain the Ginseng Baby and used its Ginseng Qi to advance his cultivation while declining invitations to the All Sects Martial Arts Performance.
• Xu Yunfan forged a Low-Grade Sharp Blade as news arrived that Great Qian’s army had invaded and Qingzhou and Wu Province had fallen.
• Xu Yunfan stayed in Heavenly Crafting City to oversee the Casting Hall while Fu Jin went to find Zhan Yan, who was trapped with survivors at Divine Weapon Ridge.
• Xu Yunfan reached Major Mastery in the Pure Yang One Qi Art, entered the Flesh Refining Realm, and secretly trained with the Thousand Jun Mountain Shaking Hammer Technique.
• Hong Baichuan announced that Qi Huan had died in the collapsed Mystic Truth Secret Realm, while Xu Yunfan refused to volunteer to investigate.
• Fu Li warned Xu Yunfan that Fu Jin was surrounded in Cangzhou, where Fu Jin rejected Lu Zhaoyang’s offer and Tuoba Lie shattered his hammer before Xu Yunfan fell from the sky.