Recaps

A masked man attacked Tiansang Spirit Palace to take Snowfall over Tomb City, while Xu Xiaoshou stumbled into the clash and helped Elder Sang drive off the intruders. Afterward, Xu Xiaoshou won a wager against Cheng Xingchu and handed over several rare treasures for repair, leaving the Spirit Palace elders overwhelmed by what he had acquired.

• The masked man broke into Su Qianqian’s room, took Snowfall over Tomb City, and provoked her Swordmaster breakthrough before Xiao Qixiu and Xu Xiaoshou arrived.
• Xu Xiaoshou accidentally stabbed the wounded masked man, then fled when the man unleashed the famous sword’s power and Elder Sang intervened.
• Elder Sang trapped the masked man and Cen Qiaofu in the Dragon-Fusion Realm, weakened them with flames, and let them leave after the fighting ended.
• Xu Xiaoshou refused the masked man’s offer to teach him, then returned to the outer court as disciples mobbed him for an autograph.
• Ye Xiaotian chose Xu Xiaoshou to compete with Cheng Xingchu for White Cavern slots, and Xu Xiaoshou took Cheng Xingchu’s spirit sword with his Innate Sword Intent.
• Xu Xiaoshou agreed to wager his fifth-grade spirit sword against Cheng Xingchu’s ruined Origin Mansion, then knocked Cheng Xingchu unconscious with the Five-Finger Seed Imprinting Technique.
• Jiang Bianyan conceded the contest, and Xu Xiaoshou gave Ye Xiaotian and Qiao Qianzhi the Origin Mansion and Life Spirit Seal for repairs.
• Qiao Qianzhi recognized A-Jie as a world-suppressing treasure, and Xu Xiaoshou fled after Ye Xiaotian ordered him out.

Xu Xiaoshou killed Zhang Xinxiong, explored his alchemy and A-Jie’s transformations, and learned more about Mu Zixi, Ghost Beasts, and Saint Slave from Elder Sang. He left for Tiansang City with Mu Zixi to obtain alchemist badges, while new swordsmen arrived in search of Sword Will.

• Xu Xiaoshou confronted Lan Xinzi over her orders to kill him, fought her and the law enforcers, then faced Zhang Xinxiong’s challenge and killed him in the life-and-death arena.
• The seniors discussed Elder Sang’s possible ties to Saint Slave, while Xu Xiaoshou discovered how to make A-Jie transform into an iron ball, ring-blade, and iron pestle.
• Xu Xiaoshou competed with Mu Zixi in alchemy, produced a ninth-grade Red-Gold Elixir and Spirit-Refining Liquid, and received formulas, ingredients, and pill-preserving bottles from Elder Sang.
• Elder Sang gave Xu Xiaoshou the White Flame technique and a Dragon-Fusion Realm jade slip, then explained the Ghost Beast, Saint Slave’s interest in famous swords, and Mu Zixi’s Life-Swallowing Wood Body.
• A silent carver called Xu Xiaoshou his half-disciple, showed Elder Sang a purple token, and urged him to decide whether to return, saying that unless one became a Saint, one remained a slave.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Mu Zixi left for Tiansang City, while Elder Sang departed and Lan Xinzi and He Yuxing set out to kill the Zhang Clan.
• Xu Xiaoshou took Mu Zixi to the Gold-Rich Trading Company, where they saw the Murder-Sensing Dragon, while three Ancient Sword Arts cultivators arrived at the city gates and sensed Sword Will.

Xu Xiaoshou bought the Murder-Sensing Dragon, defeated Li Qi, and dealt with Jiao Tangtang and Xin Gugu over Greed God. After the Imperial Guard detained him, he captured Xiao Sixteen and learned the Zhang Clan had offered a bounty for the Throne Essence Blood.

• Xu Xiaoshou bargained the receptionist down to fifty thousand Spirit Crystals for the Murder-Sensing Dragon, then discovered its dragon turned red around him and Mu Zixi.
• Xu Xiaoshou left Gold-Rich Trading Company with Mu Zixi and A-Jie, while Li Qi and Xiao Sixteen waited in Black Street to assassinate him.
• Xu Xiaoshou defeated Li Qi with a compressed fireseed and A-Jie crushed Li Qi’s head, after which Fu Yinhong arrived and ordered Xu Xiaoshou detained.
• Jiao Tangtang and Xin Gugu tried to take Mu Zixi, but Xu Xiaoshou intervened and used Greed God to make them back away and trade him their artifacts.
• Xu Xiaoshou persuaded Jiao Tangtang to let Greed God follow him, while Old Jin warned Qu Qing'er about the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon, Saint Slave, and the coming chaos.
• Xu Xiaoshou searched Li Qi’s ring, found valuable supplies and array disks, then tortured the waking Xiao Sixteen until he revealed Zhang Taiying’s bounty and the Zhang Clan’s interest in Throne Essence Blood.
• When Xiao Sixteen reached for his ring to retrieve the Throne Essence Blood, Xu Xiaoshou panicked and thrust his hand into Xiao Sixteen’s chest.

After learning that the Zhang Clan had placed a deadly bounty on him, Xu Xiaoshou focused on strengthening his abilities and went to the Alchemist Association with Mu Zixi. There he humiliated Fu Xing, met President Shi Ti through Elder Sang’s letter, and began his alchemist assessment.

• Xiao Sixteen told Xu Xiaoshou that the Zhang Clan had issued a Three Incense Sticks wanted order against him, and Xu Xiaoshou killed him before burning his body and deciding to grow stronger before confronting the clan.
• Xu Xiaoshou gained Resilience and awakened Countershock into Explosive Stance, testing the abilities in a series of destructive mishaps while advancing to the middle stage of the Yuan Ting Realm.
• Lan Xinzi confronted Zhang Taiying about leaving the slave registry, survived his attack, and left with He Yuxing for the White Cavern.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Mu Zixi visited the Alchemist Association, where Xu Xiaoshou challenged Fu Xing to a one-punch wager and Fu Xing’s attack rebounded through the Pill Tower.
• Xu Xiaoshou persuaded the crowd that Fu Xing had caused the damage, then gave President Shi Ti Elder Sang’s letter and secured permission for himself and Mu Zixi to take their assessments.
• Xu Xiaoshou stopped Fu Xing’s sword with Innate Sword Intent and sent him through the Pill Tower wall with the Ten-Stage Sword Finger, after which Fu Xing begged Xu Xiaoshou to teach him the technique.
• Yunhe instructed Xu Xiaoshou to begin the alchemist assessment by refining a tenth-grade pill, and Xu Xiaoshou asked to use his own cauldron and earth fire.