Recaps

Xu Yi completed a month-long task by forging hundreds of weapons, impressing the Righteous Alliance and silencing Qi Xiongbei’s challenge. While relaxing with Yan Jingming, he learned that Song Huanshan hoped to recruit him to help the alliance secure a leading role in forging Star Refining Furnaces.

• Xu Yi emerged from the refining room and revealed three hundred Spirit Weapons and twenty divine weapons, which flew to their owners in response to their will.
• Song Huanshan praised Xu Yi, while Qi Xiongbei lost hope and Master Wu acknowledged Xu Yi’s skill before proposing a future contest.
• Song Huanshan arranged a hot spring for Xu Yi and left Yan Jingming to accompany him.
• Yan Jingming explained that the Spring City Council needed expert refiners to forge Star Refining Furnaces and that Song Huanshan hoped the opportunity would advance his bid for deputy council chairman.

Xu Yi learned that the Star Refining Furnace was central to Spring City's control of star ore, and Yan Jingming urged him to compete to become Chief Refiner. Yan Jingming explained that the role could help Xu Yi obtain the resources and Imperial Decree Tablet he needed for the upcoming Imperial Decree Battle, and Xu Yi agreed to compete.

• Yan Jingming explained how ore-bed channeling methods and Spring City's seven Star Refining Furnaces enabled the city to dominate star ore production.
• Yan Jingming urged Xu Yi to compete for Chief Refiner, saying Master Wu could not match his skill and that the alliance needed a capable refiner.
• Yan Jingming told Xu Yi that the Righteous Alliance would support him with resources if he helped create a Star Refining Furnace, giving him a path toward obtaining an Imperial Decree Tablet.
• Xu Yi agreed to compete after learning the next Imperial Decree Battle was only a year away.
• Yan Jingming gave Xu Yi a Sumeru Ring containing five Origin Embryo Pills as a goodwill gift from Deputy Alliance Leader Song.
• Yan Jingming arranged a room for Xu Yi, who rested and read while anticipating difficulties ahead.

Qi Xiongbei discovered that Master Wu was considering an offer from the Sea of Stars Alliance, threatening Qi’s ambitions in the Righteous Alliance. As Qi stood stunned by the news, someone suggested that Master Wu should stay.

• Fang Zheng told Qi Xiongbei that Master Wu thought Xu Yi might be a hidden master and was reluctant to compete with him.
• Qi Xiongbei learned from Fang Zheng that the Sea of Stars Alliance had contacted Master Wu and rushed to confront him.
• Master Wu said the Sea of Stars Alliance had offered him one of its three Furnace Master slots, though he had not yet accepted.
• Qi Xiongbei realized Master Wu had little reason to risk competing for the Righteous Alliance’s single Furnace Master slot.
• As Qi Xiongbei stood dazed in Master Wu’s courtyard, an unidentified voice said Master Wu would be better off staying in the Righteous Alliance.

Xu Yi investigated a supposed underground fire vein and discovered Qi Xiongbei had lured him into an ambush. Xu Yi escaped underground and turned the attackers’ pursuit into a deadly counterattack, leaving Qi Xiongbei’s remaining forces trapped in the tunnel.

• Fang Zheng urged Qi Xiongbei to offer Master Wu stronger support, and Qi asked Master Wu to give him three days before deciding to leave the Righteous Alliance.
• Steward Hu told Xu Yi about a newly discovered fire vein at Loushan Yan, and Xu Yi hurried there to investigate.
• Xu Yi sensed that the lava river was a fake, but Qi Xiongbei and five cultivators attacked him at once.
• Xu Yi opened a hole in the ground and escaped the combined attack by digging a deep tunnel.
• Qi Xiongbei led the six cultivators into the tunnel, where Xu Yi’s treasured swords killed the old man in hemp clothes and then struck down Qi Wuzi.

Xu Yi fought off Qi Xiongbei’s ambush in a narrow underground tunnel, killing three Human Immortals before a devastating shock wave forced him and the little wolfdog to escape. Qi Xiongbei’s reinforcements arrived, and he credited Master Wu with the attack that had driven Xu Yi from his burrow.

• Qi Wuzi and two other Human Immortals died as Xu Yi’s Purple Firmament Sword Group swept through the tunnel.
• Huo Beifang, Qi Xiongbei, and Zhao Dong escaped the tunnel, and Huo Beifang refused to keep fighting Xu Yi.
• A shock wave tore through the underground passage, and the little wolfdog opened a path that let Xu Yi burst out of the ground.
• Fang Zheng, Master Wu, and two cloaked Third Realm Human Immortals arrived from the east.
• Qi Xiongbei welcomed the newcomers and praised Master Wu for driving Xu Yi out of the tunnel.

Xu Yi survived Qi Xiongbei and Master Wu’s ambush when Alliance Leader Chen intervened, then woke in the Righteous Alliance and tried to withdraw from its affairs. Song Huanshan revealed that Master Wu may have belonged to the Xing Tian Sect, leaving Xu Yi shaken by the connection to an identity he had once acquired.

• Fang Zheng and Qi Xiongbei agreed to kill Xu Yi, while Master Wu urged Qi Xiongbei to give the fight everything he had.
• Qi Xiongbei attacked Xu Yi, but Alliance Leader Chen’s black string shattered the blade aura and sent Qi Xiongbei flying.
• Xu Yi collapsed and later woke in an elegant room, where Yan Jingming apologized and said the Alliance had chosen Xu Yi as its Furnace Master representative on the council.
• Xu Yi pretended to sleep and told Yan Jingming he no longer wanted to join the Righteous Alliance’s affairs.
• Song Huanshan apologized on behalf of the Righteous Alliance and asked Xu Yi whether he had heard of the Xing Tian Sect.
• Xu Yi asked whether Master Wu belonged to the Xing Tian Sect and wondered why he had tried to kill him.

Song Huanshan explained why the Xing Tian Sect targeted Xu Yi and described the Tu Hun Alliance, the Tian Huan Star Domain, and the ranks granted through the Imperial Decree Platform. Xu Yi learned that divine ranks determined whether someone could rule a major star, establish a system on a King Star, or found a more limited doctrine.

• Song Huanshan explained that Wu had targeted Xu Yi to secure the Righteous Alliance’s Furnace Master position and its support, while the Xing Tian Sect sought control of the Furnace.
• Song Huanshan promised that the Righteous Alliance would try to secure an Imperial Decree Tablet for Xu Yi, and Xu Yi agreed to stop pressing his grievances for now.
• Song Huanshan described the Tu Hun Alliance as a loose coalition of city councils that could assume command during a major disaster on Tu Hun Star.
• Song Huanshan explained that the Tian Huan Star Domain contained seven major stars, dozens of King Stars, and more than a hundred resource stars.
• Song Huanshan outlined the five divine ranks, explaining that the highest could rule a Great World, the next offered hope of becoming a Heavenly Immortal, and the lower ranks established limited doctrines.

Xu Yi learned from Song Huanshan that the Imperial Decree Platform was perilous and filled with powerful cultivators, and that entering too soon could be fatal. Though Huang Mei urged him to wait, Xu Yi resolved to seize the upcoming opportunity, believing he had ways to handle the danger.

• Xu Yi asked Song Huanshan about the Imperial Decree Platform, and Song revealed that he had failed to obtain divine status there despite being a Third Realm Human Immortal with a White Grade Divine Weapon.
• Song Huanshan explained that cultivators from the First Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm competed on the platform, warned Xu Yi that entry was dangerous, and said its next opening might come within one to four years.
• Song Huanshan told Xu Yi that he had attached himself to an existing divine system and advised him to delay entering the platform, since most entrants had only one chance.
• After Song Huanshan left, Huang Mei warned Xu Yi not to rush into a battle against powerful opponents.
• Xu Yi told Huang Mei he could not wait another twenty years and intended to pursue the opportunity, trusting that he had room to maneuver.

Xu Yi met the captured Mr. Wu and learned that the man believed Xu Yi was a fellow Xing Tian Sect member infiltrating the Righteous Alliance. Xu Yi remained cautious as Mr. Wu urged him to deny membership and wait for the chance to advance the sect’s cause.

• Xu Yi dismissed Desolate Charm Old Ancestor’s doubts and considered relying on a Life and Death Talisman and the little wolf-dog as he waited for news from the Righteous Alliance.
• Yan Jingming told Xu Yi that the captured Mr. Wu wanted to see him, and Xu Yi agreed because he remembered Wu’s attempt to kill him.
• Xu Yi met the wounded Mr. Wu alone in an underground chamber and suspected the Righteous Alliance had arranged the meeting to test him.
• Mr. Wu used the Xing Tian Sect’s secret inscription to signal Xu Yi, who recognized it from the token he had obtained from Li Daoyuan.
• Mr. Wu told Xu Yi to deny belonging to the Xing Tian Sect and wait for his death to make the Righteous Alliance believe its spy had been eliminated.
• Xu Yi judged that Mr. Wu was probably sincere but remained unsure whether anyone was watching them.

Xu Yi killed Master Wu during their meeting and let Desolate consume his immortal soul to uncover the truth. Desolate concluded that Wu had been controlled as part of a test, while Deputy Alliance Leader Song later confirmed that the meeting had been a setup arranged to investigate Xu Yi.

• Master Wu attacked Xu Yi, who killed him and sent his immortal soul to Desolate.
• Deputy Alliance Leader Song and Yan Jingming arrived, and Xu Yi recounted his conversation with Master Wu.
• Desolate told Xu Yi that Wu had been controlled and used to test whether Xu Yi would reveal their conversation honestly.
• Deputy Alliance Leader Song told Fang Sidao that Xu Yi was not with Xing Tian Sect and revealed that the meeting with Master Wu had been a test.
• Deputy Alliance Leader Song explained that Fang Sidao had grown suspicious of Xu Yi because of his artifact-refining skill and unclear origins.

Fang Sidao continued to suspect Xu Yi of ties to Xing Tian Sect, but Xu Yi revealed that he had deliberately used the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword to expose his identity. After Alliance Leader Chen traced Xu Yi’s history and cleared him, Xu Yi passed the Furnace Master assessment and received his Refiner Order.

• Fang Sidao warned Deputy Alliance Leader Song that Xu Yi might still be connected to Xing Tian Sect and advised against putting him forward as a Furnace Master.
• Huang Mei worried that the Righteous Alliance would never accept Xu Yi, but Xu Yi showed him the token granting him the Furnace Master position.
• Xu Yi explained that he had deliberately used the Thousand Illusions Heavy Thunder Sword to kill Wu Yashi so the Righteous Alliance could identify him.
• Alliance Leader Chen traced the sword and investigated Xu Yi’s background, confirming his history and easing Fang Sidao’s suspicions.
• Xu Yi passed the Furnace Master assessment and received his Refiner Order.

Xu Yi discussed the value of Wu Yashi’s immortal soul and learned more about Xing Tian Sect’s plans and its Left Arm organization on Tu Hun Star. He and Huang Mei then reached Xi Hua Valley, a secluded base of the Spring City Council.

• Xu Yi explained why he believed Deputy Alliance Leader Song and the Righteous Alliance would conceal his identity, and Huang Mei praised his calculation.
• Xu Yi asked Huang Mei what he had learned from devouring Wu Yashi’s immortal soul, hoping to use the knowledge to improve his standing in Xing Tian Sect.
• Huang Mei explained that Xing Tian Sect’s Left Arm organization was seeking a method to make a Star Refining Furnace and that Wu Yashi had been a Black Rank Xing Zhe.
• Xu Yi reasoned that a Tu Hun Alliance sleeper agent had likely disrupted Xing Tian Sect’s long-term infiltration, and Huang Mei advised him to become a valued refiner before pursuing either organization.
• Xu Yi and Huang Mei arrived at Xi Hua Valley, a secluded Spring City Council base protected from ferocious beasts by Stealth Formations.

Xu Yi was appointed captain of the refiners gathered in Xi Hua Valley, but the group challenged his exemption from the examination and questioned his reputation. He accepted any weapon-refining challenge and raised the stakes to life and death, leaving the confrontation poised for a duel.

• Xu Yi sent Big Yellow away to forage and practice fighting while he waited with the other refiners in Xi Hua Valley.
• Dong Guo Shun announced that the weapon-refining examination would begin in three days and appointed Xu Yi captain, exempting him from the trial.
• Bei Qihan and other refiners protested Xu Yi’s appointment, prompting Dong Guo Shun to explain Xu Yi’s record of exposing Wu Yashi and refining weapons.
• Bei Qihan challenged Xu Yi to refine a White Grade Divine Weapon, and the crowd accused Xu Yi of fraud when he did not immediately accept.
• Xu Yi agreed to compete against Bei Qihan or anyone else, then proposed that the winner live and the loser die, wagering the treasures in his Starry Sky Ring.

Xu Yi displayed his wealth to deter challengers, then passed the first trial and learned that the next requirement was cultivating Jade Void Sacred Qi. He recognized it as a flawed, abbreviated form of Cloud Crane Pure Qi, but Huang Mei warned that using his own version could expose him.

• Xu Yi piled up three thousand Star Spirit Essences, and Bei Qihan withdrew from their wager while no one else dared challenge him.
• Xu Yi and the other candidates completed the month-long trial, with only three of the fifty-eight being eliminated.
• Dong Guo Shun told the candidates that they had to cultivate Jade Void Sacred Qi within a month to qualify as refiners and distributed jade slips containing its method.
• Xu Yi studied the method and recognized Jade Void Sacred Qi as a crooked, abbreviated version of Cloud Crane Pure Qi.
• Huang Mei warned Xu Yi that his Cloud Crane Pure Qi might differ in appearance from Jade Void Sacred Qi and arouse suspicion when his cultivation was inspected.

Xu Yi failed to cultivate the Jade Void Sacred Qi because the council had given the candidates a fake manual, but he saw through the deception and avoided being exposed as a member of the Xing Tian Sect. The council’s assessment was interrupted by an attack, and Zhang Chu Cheng killed the two attackers as the hall descended into chaos.

• After failing to cultivate Jade Void Sacred Qi, Xu Yi chose to pass off Cloud Crane Pure Qi and risk the assessment rather than leave.
• Dong Guo Shun dismissed the candidates who had failed to cultivate Jade Void Sacred Qi, and Bei Qihan mocked Xu Yi and challenged him to a fight in a month.
• Xu Yi accepted Bei Qihan’s challenge, then Zhang Chu Cheng arrived as armored soldiers stormed into the hall.
• Two attackers fled toward the passageway, but Zhang Chu Cheng killed them with his Black Grade Divine Weapon.
• Xu Yi realized the council had given the candidates a fake Jade Void Sacred Qi manual to expose members of the Xing Tian Sect, and that his understanding of the Minor Cloud Crane Art had helped him avoid the trap.

Zhang Chu Cheng exposed and killed two Xing Tian Sect spies, clearing Xu Yi’s name after the Council had suspected him. Xu Yi then tried to withdraw from the Refining Soldier ranks, but Song Huanshan urged him to stay, and Xu Yi explained that he wanted to strengthen himself before entering the Imperial Decree Platform.

• Zhang Chu Cheng killed the two Xing Tian Sect spies who had tried to pass off Cloud Crane Pure Qi as Jade Void Sacred Qi.
• Dong Guo Shun told the crowd that the spies had been caught, and Xu Yi asked him to referee his duel with Bei Qihan a month later.
• Bei Qihan called the duel a joke and publicly acknowledged Xu Yi’s superior skill to avoid further humiliation.
• Song Huanshan came to Qilong Hall to persuade Xu Yi not to leave the Refining Soldier ranks.
• Xu Yi complained that the Council’s suspicion and recent dangers had made him regret joining the Righteous Alliance’s affairs.
• Xu Yi told Song Huanshan he planned to enter the Imperial Decree Platform and needed to improve his strength first.

Xu Yi secured increased support from the Righteous Alliance and began training as an artifact refiner at the Spring City Council. After receiving the Fourth Star Pattern Jade Slip, he learned Huang Mei had recognized a secret behind its patterns.

• Xu Yi refused to abandon his plan to pursue the Imperial Decree Platform, and Song Huanshan offered him increased Incense Spirit Essence support from the Righteous Alliance.
• Yan Jingming delivered Xu Yi a new token with double pay, and Xu Yi later received another token from the Council, bringing the total absorbing Incense Spirit Essence for him to four.
• Xu Yi joined the Council's artifact-refining team, which first made weapons and armor before being given Star Pattern Jade Slips to study.
• Huang Mei told Xu Yi to take the Fourth Star Pattern Jade Slip because Wu Yashi was aiming for Furnace Four, and Xu Yi kept that slip after accidentally catching five.
• Xu Yi activated the Fourth Star Pattern Jade Slip, and Huang Mei recognized why the Xing Tian Sect had gone to great lengths to obtain it.

Huang Mei explained how star mines and Star Refining Furnace secrets were protected, and Xu Yi began deciphering the sealed Star Patterns. Xu Yi unlocked one pattern and started studying a second while keeping his breakthrough secret.

• Huang Mei explained that star mines required imprinted mineral foundations and that the Star Refining Furnace’s five sets of Star Patterns remained secret behind Mandarin Duck Spirit Locks.
• Xu Yi entered the No. 4 Star Pattern Jade Slip and used Cloud Crane Pure Qi to stabilize the first pattern’s talisman marks.
• Xu Yi spent three days deciphering the first Star Pattern, and the golden mandarin duck on the left disappeared on the fifth morning as a white imprint appeared on the Refining Furnace Embryo.
• Huang Mei urged Xu Yi to keep the breakthrough secret and study another pattern, and Xu Yi slept before beginning the second one.

Xu Yi secretly deciphered all five Subordinate Star Patterns on the No. 4 Star Refining Furnace, then concealed his success and reported mastering one pattern after ten days. His record-breaking achievement earned him the Spring City Council’s attention and an early Star Refining Master badge, which was to be awarded three days later.

• Xu Yi completed all five Star Patterns, restored the furnace, and destroyed the Star Pattern Jade Slip to hide his progress.
• Xu Yi pretended he had failed to decipher any Star Pattern and claimed frustration had led him to break the jade slip; Dong Guo Shun accepted the fragments and let him rest.
• After reporting one Star Pattern at random, Xu Yi studied it and announced on the tenth day that he had comprehended the metal Star Pattern.
• Dong Guo Shun, Song Huanshan, and Zhong Changming celebrated Xu Yi’s achievement, and Zhong Changming personally met with him.
• Dong Guo Shun told Xu Yi that he would receive the Star Refining Master badge in three days, granting him certification ahead of the usual requirements.

Xu Yi earned the Spring City Council’s Star Refining Master title early and stunned his doubters with his rapid progress. When he learned the Imperial Decree Platform would open in just over a year, he worried his Incense Spirit Essence would not be enough to reach the Third Realm and began searching for a solution.

• Song Huanshan congratulated Xu Yi on his coming promotion and strengthened their ties, while other Refining Soldiers came to offer their congratulations.
• Zhong Changming presided over Xu Yi’s Star Refining Master badge ceremony and praised him publicly, drawing both admiration and jealousy.
• Xu Yi engraved the metal-element Star Pattern on Furnace No. 4’s Refining Furnace Embryo in three months, silencing those who had expected him to fail.
• Xu Yi learned the Imperial Decree Platform would open on the fifteenth day of the eighth month next year and realized he had little time to reach the Third Realm.
• Xu Yi confined Huang Mei when he advised him to wait decades, then calmed himself and concluded that Incense Spirit Essence was the key to solving his problem.

Xu Yi tried to find a way into the Xing Tian Sect to obtain Incense Spirit Essence, but a mysterious pale cultivator approached him with an offer involving the Imperial Decree Platform. The cultivator later praised Xu Yi as a promising candidate and rewarded the undercover Officer Dayuan.

• Xu Yi concluded that working with the Xing Tian Sect was his best option, but he could not think of a plausible way to contact its Tu Hun Star branch.
• A pale-faced cultivator appeared in Xu Yi’s private room at Yanran Residence, and they drank together behind a barrier.
• The cultivator asked whether Xu Yi had an Imperial Decree Tablet and warned him against entering the Imperial Decree Platform rashly, then proposed a deal.
• Xu Yi refused to trust the stranger at their first meeting and concealed his suspicion that the man was a senior Xing Tian Sect member.
• The pale cultivator vanished and met a blue-robed undercover cultivator, Officer Dayuan, in a secluded courtyard.
• The pale cultivator praised Xu Yi as an excellent candidate and asked Officer Dayuan what reward he wanted.

Lie Yan Yang killed the blue-robed cultivator to conceal the Left Arm’s interest in Xu Yi, whom its leaders hoped to recruit. Xu Yi instead reported a recruitment attempt to Zhong Changming, leaving Xia Huosong to consider why he had turned himself in.

• Lie Yan Yang absorbed and killed the blue-robed cultivator after hearing his report about Xu Yi.
• Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City discussed how Xu Yi might serve as the Left Arm’s remaining opportunity and decided not to place a heart-demon restriction on him.
• Xu Yi returned to the Spring City Council headquarters and told Zhong Changming that a powerful cultivator had tried to recruit him, so he suspected a threat and was turning himself in.
• Zhong Changming asked Dong Guo Shun to stay with Xu Yi and contacted Director General Xia Huosong for guidance.
• Xia Huosong suspected the Xing Tian Sect was behind the approach and asked Zhong Changming what he thought Xu Yi intended by reporting it.

Zhong Changming and Xia Huosong decided to send Xu Yi to infiltrate the Xing Tian Sect, hoping he could become a spy like Zhuge Ming. Xu Yi accepted after negotiating for an elder-level token and an Imperial Decree Tablet, while Dong Guo Shun feared for his life after hearing the secret.

• Xia Huosong persuaded Zhong Changming to use Xu Yi as a spy inside the Xing Tian Sect instead of simply clearing his name.
• Zhong Changming returned to Xu Yi and told him about the infiltration plan, while Dong Guo Shun tried to leave but was ordered to stay.
• Xu Yi initially refused the assignment, saying he had never been a spy and was busy collecting Incense Spirit Essence.
• Zhong Changming offered to raise Xu Yi's token rank to elder and seek an Imperial Decree Tablet for him.
• Xu Yi agreed to infiltrate the Xing Tian Sect on the condition that the elder-level token helped him gather Incense Spirit Essence quickly.
• Dong Guo Shun pleaded with Xu Yi to save him, fearing he would be killed for hearing the secret.

Xu Yi advanced to green-grade Star Refining Master after achieving remarkable results, strengthening his cover for infiltrating the Tian Xing Sect. He met Lie Yan Yang again and agreed to visit the sect’s Left Arm headquarters to verify his identity.

• Xu Yi persuaded Zhong Changming to spare Dong Guo Shun and work with him directly, while Dong Guo Shun continued his Star Refining Master duties alongside the spy assignment.
• Zhong Changming provided Xu Yi with abundant refining work, and Xu Yi completed twenty metal-type Refining Furnace Embryos in two months with a fifty percent success rate.
• The Tu Hun Alliance sent a purple-grade Star Refining Master to observe Xu Yi, who passed the promotion ceremony and became a green-grade Star Refining Master.
• After Zhong Changming signaled that the time was right, Xu Yi returned to the tavern and met Lie Yan Yang.
• Lie Yan Yang identified himself as a chief inquisitor of the Tian Xing Sect’s Left Arm, and Xu Yi agreed to accompany him to its headquarters.

Xu Yi met Lie Yan Yang and Xi Jin City, negotiated for Incense Spirit Essence, then revealed himself as Li Daoyuan, a member of the Xing Tian Sect’s Right Arm. After his identity was verified, he refused to accept a mission from the Left Arm, leaving the alliance uncertain.

• Lie Yan Yang brought Xu Yi to a desolate valley hall, where they met Xi Jin City and discussed Xu Yi’s need for Incense Spirit Essence.
• Lie Yan Yang promised Xu Yi access to enough Incense Spirit Essence for five allotments within a year, while Xu Yi postponed hearing what the Xing Tian Sect wanted from him.
• Xi Jin City showed Xu Yi a recording that could ruin his reputation, but Xu Yi revealed a Xing Tian Sect command token and claimed he was Li Daoyuan, a Right Arm squad leader.
• Xu Yi accused the Left Arm’s Punishment Masters of causing Wu Yashi’s death, and Lie Yan Yang verified his identity by having him drip blood onto the token.
• After the token confirmed Xu Yi’s identity, Xi Jin City tried to assign him an important mission, but Xu Yi refused to take orders from the Left Arm.