Recaps

Xu Yi escaped his pursuers with Young Master Xu, then learned about the Central Profound Continent and used the Tianxia Association to obtain resources and develop his talisman-making. He secured a Rebirth Pill through a risky bargain and began preparing to confront Liu Xiangdao over One Blood Kill.

• Xu Yi escaped the factions pursuing him by taking Young Master Xu hostage, ransoming him, and flying away on a Mechanical Bird.
• Young Master Xu identified Xu Yi as a World Child, explained the Martial Edict’s value, and failed to recruit him before Xu Yi left him at Lihuo City.
• Xu Yi joined the Tianxia Association’s auction, bought Soul Replenishing Liquid and Wind element Talisman Papers, and attracted Steward Fang’s attention with his unusual soul.
• Xu Yi traveled to Autumn Water City, learned how the Northern Sacred Court enforced its laws, and crafted three first-grade Wind Talismans.
• Steward Fang sought a Rebirth Pill for Xu Yi, and Xu Yi agreed to meet a seller who wanted proof that he had made the talismans himself.
• Xu Yi demonstrated his talisman-making to the Hat Man, who agreed to trade a Rebirth Pill for a future task and sealed the bargain with a Soul Restriction Talisman.
• Xu Yi asked Steward Fang to find information about One Blood Kill and gave him a Swift Body Talisman to sell for materials.

Xu Yi escaped Gong Xiuhua’s pursuit by turning Shatai Valley’s cultivators against Tianyi Dao, then sought Ice Fire Rabbits to reach a cold pool for the Rebirth Pill. Young Master Xu organized a new hunt that cornered Xu Yi, but an Ice Fire Rabbit intervened as he prepared to fight.

• Xu Yi redeemed Liu Shigu’s pawn ticket, then killed Liu Xiangdao and escaped Gong Xiuhua into Shatai Valley.
• Xu Yi survived Gong Xiuhua’s pursuit, evaded the search parties, and disguised himself to infiltrate them.
• Xu Yi posed as Gong Xiuhua’s agent, rallied more than 150 cultivators, and led them to kill Tianyi Dao’s forces.
• Young Master Xu showed Gong Xiuhua a recording of Xu Yi’s actions and secured permission to pursue him alive.
• Xu Yi traveled to Crimson Fire Gorge, found trapped Ice Fire Rabbits, and forced their captors to release all six into the cold pool.
• Young Master Xu’s forces tracked Xu Yi to the cave, where he agreed to surrender only to the young master.
• The Leopard-headed middle-aged man attacked Xu Yi, but an Ice Fire Rabbit emerged from the pool and deflected the strike with icy mist.

Xu Yi survived the massacre at the Cold Fire Pool, avenged the Ice Fire Rabbits, and broke through into the Soul Sensing Realm. After settling his affairs in Autumn Water City, he sought a sect appointment at Immortal Martial Cliff and learned what becoming a First-level sect leader would require.

• Xu Yi guarded the Cold Fire Pool and fought alongside the Ice Fire Rabbits against Ari and the Sin Army, but the battle ended with the mountain collapsing around them.
• Ari reached the Yin Venerable realm, killed many cultivators, and ordered the wounded Ice Fire Rabbits slain before Xu Yi’s Origin Blast Bead brought down the mountainside.
• The Rebirth Pill and cold pool restored Xu Yi, who escaped in a transformed body, killed Ari and the remaining Sin Army fighters, and gathered the rabbits’ remains.
• The dying mother rabbit entrusted her newborn, Su Xiao Ruo, to Xu Yi, who buried the rabbits’ remains and cultivated until he reached the Mid Soul Sensing Stage.
• Xu Yi returned to Autumn Water City, exposed Steward Liu’s attempt to take Steward Fang’s position, and recovered his Wind element Talisman Paper and Water element Spirit Stone.
• Xu Yi arranged care for Su Xiao Ruo, hired Steward Fang to manage his affairs, and made new talismans before traveling to Bayi City.
• Xu Yi went to Immortal Martial Cliff to seek an appointment, where a middle-aged scholar explained the duties and privileges attached to leading a First-level sect.
• Xu Yi decided that access to Huaixi Prefecture’s First-level Armory made the sect leader’s status worthwhile, despite the annual tribute, government obligations, and Martial Prohibition Trial.

Xu Yi stole restricted jade slips, secured Cold Sun Peak by killing Young Master Feng, and built his sect while mastering fire-element Talisman Arts. Feng Ting Shu then maneuvered Xu Yi into a dangerous mission to kill Zhong Ziyu, but Xu Yi discovered the plot and began preparing for it.

• Xu Yi stole five restricted jade slips from the Jiachen Page, found the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art among them, and acquired a Fire Element Talisman Art.
• Xu Yi recruited disciples, claimed Cold Sun Peak by killing Young Master Feng, and founded Number One Under Heaven Sect.
• Xu Yi trained in fire-element Talisman Patterns at Cold Sun Peak, strengthened his Yin Soul, and learned from Steward Fang about Feng Ting Shu’s influence.
• Xu Yi learned that his sect had been assigned Winter City and was forced to choose a hidden mission, so he accepted the task of killing Zhong Ziyu in the Chaotic Star Sea.
• The Confucian-robed middle-aged man explained Zhong Ziyu’s danger and advised Xu Yi to deposit his Martial Edict, while Feng Ting Shu revealed he had arranged the mission as a deception.
• Xu Yi overheard the man’s report to Feng Ting Shu, obtained mission supplies, transferred his Martial Edict at White Tower, and arranged a cave abode to prepare.