Recaps

Xu Xiaoshou secured a place in the Heavenly Mystery Gate and moved into the Inner Academy, where Chao Shu attacked him and died in their fight. After studying pill refinement and reaching ninth-grade alchemist status, Xu Xiaoshou entered the gate with the other chosen disciples.

• Elder Sang told Xu Xiaoshou he had secured him a Heavenly Mystery Gate spot, gave him the Ten-Stage Sword Finger, and sent him to find an Inner Academy spiritual residence.
• Xu Xiaoshou met Lan Xinzi, then found Rao Yinyin bathing in the residence he chose and negotiated with her over a Throne Pill before Su Qianqian interrupted them.
• Yuan Tou urged Chao Shu to kill Xu Xiaoshou before the gate opened, and Chao Shu attacked him in the back mountain over his assigned slot.
• Xu Xiaoshou fought Chao Shu with compressed fireseeds and other techniques, killed him, then accused Yuan Tou of being the real murderer when Zhao Xidong arrived.
• Xu Xiaoshou escaped the enforcers with Elder Sang’s token, and Elder Sang urged him to grow stronger after learning about the fight and telling him of Ba Zunan.
• Elder Sang revealed that Mu Zixi was Xu Xiaoshou’s junior sister, then demonstrated pill refinement while Xu Xiaoshou began developing his own Soup-Stewing Style.
• Xu Xiaoshou refined a powerful Red-Gold Elixir, mastered pill refinement enough to reach ninth-grade alchemist status, and set out for Heavenly Mystery Gate.
• Qiao Qianzhi opened Heavenly Mystery Gate and the chosen disciples entered, while Elder Sang admitted to Xiao Qixiu that he had forgotten to warn Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou trained beneath Blackfall Falls, broke through to Innate, and claimed the Blackfall Sword Scabbard after clashing with Luo Leilei. He later learned Yuan Tou had been sent to kill him and began a fierce fight with him.

• Xu Xiaoshou adapted to Heavenly Mystery Gate’s spiritual energy and went to Blackfall Falls, where he endured its crushing water and sword auras to train.
• Xu Xiaoshou comprehended Ordinary Thought Force beneath the falls, broke through to Innate, and gained Spiritual Sense as the Passive System upgraded.
• Xu Xiaoshou strengthened his passive skills, awakened Berserk Giant, and flew to the summit of Blackfall Cliff.
• Xu Xiaoshou found Luo Leilei trying to take the Blackfall Sword Scabbard, pulled it from the ground, and defeated her in their fight.
• Xu Xiaoshou healed Luo Leilei, refused to leave Heavenly Mystery Gate with her, and kept the sword sheath.
• Mo Mo obtained the Seal Stone, refused the presence in her censer’s order to kill Xu Xiaoshou, and continued toward Myriad Secret Forest.
• Xu Xiaoshou persuaded the Blackfall Sword Scabbard to follow him, then learned Yuan Tou had been sent by Zhang Xinxiong to kill him over Rao Yinyin.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Blackfall Slash gravely wounded Yuan Tou, but Yuan Tou transformed with Throne Essence Blood and matched Xu Xiaoshou in a clash of strength.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated Yuan Tou, reunited with Mu Zixi, and confronted the Gray Mist Man before the Heavenly Mystery Gate began collapsing. As everyone fled, Xu Xiaoshou uncovered a sealed puppet child beneath the Slaughter Corner and was attacked by it.

• Xu Xiaoshou killed Yuan Tou with West Wind Withers Snow, claimed his ring, and set off for the Myriad Secret Forest to find Mu Zixi.
• Mu Zixi fought Mo Mo over the Life Spirit Seal, and Xu Xiaoshou arrived as Mo Mo was about to seal her completely.
• The Gray Mist Man attacked Mu Zixi, but Xu Xiaoshou battled it, endured its Azure Dragon Seal, and smashed it with his awakened golden giant form.
• Xu Xiaoshou healed Mo Mo and learned she was a first-generation Ghost Beast Host, then helped her forge a bracelet from the Seal Stone to suppress the Gray Mist Man.
• Ye Xiaotian admitted that something had gone wrong inside the Heavenly Mystery Gate, and its shaking worsened as the Twelve-Bead Spirit Veil Disc failed.
• Xu Xiaoshou rushed Mu Zixi and Mo Mo to the Formation Gate, then left the group with the dean’s order to place a jade slip in a realm-suppressing seal.
• Xu Xiaoshou reached the Slaughter Corner, knocked out Zhou Tianshen, and found a humanlike puppet child sealed beneath the arena.
• The puppet child attacked Xu Xiaoshou whenever he moved, and he tried to reason with it before it slammed his head into the ground.

Xu Xiaoshou escaped the collapsing Heavenly Mystery Gate with A-Jie and became entangled in a confrontation between the Spirit Palace and Saint Slave. Lei Shuangxing escaped with Luo Leilei, and Cen Qiaofu arrived to face the Spirit Palace leaders as the crisis continued.

• Xu Xiaoshou planted the tree seed in the sealing pit, and its growth began repairing the collapsing world so Ye Xiaotian could evacuate the survivors.
• Xu Xiaoshou brought A-Jie out through the world passage, then learned that Yuan Tou was missing and Zhao Xidong was searching everyone for the stolen Realm-Suppressing Treasures.
• Xu Xiaoshou revealed the Blackfall Sword Scabbard and identified Luo Leilei as the other person with an opportunity, prompting her to reveal her ice-blue egg and attack the enforcers.
• Lei Shuangxing arrived to take Luo Leilei, and Xu Xiaoshou carried the feverish Mu Zixi away before returning to rescue the captives.
• Xu Xiaoshou used tricks and hostage exchanges to free several captives, but Lei Shuangxing escaped with Luo Leilei after piercing Xu Xiaoshou and Mu Zixi with the Soul-Drawing Staff.
• Ye Xiaotian failed to keep Lei Shuangxing from teleporting away, then warned Xu Xiaoshou that Saint Slave might be connected to Ghost Beasts.
• Cen Qiaofu revealed that he had joined Saint Slave, challenged the Spirit Palace leaders, and invited Ye Xiaotian to play chess.