Chapter Summaries

Li Xiao exchanged a Jade Cold Iron Treasure Weapon for fifteen thousand Contribution Points, then spent fourteen thousand on three Cultivation Methods. He left with Three Absolutes Returning Origin Qi Initial Chapter, the complete Iron Wire Fist, and the complete Azure Wave Palm, while the weapon sale drew attention from the disciples around him.

• The Vice Hall Master appraised Li Xiao's longsword as a fine mid-grade Treasure Weapon and offered fifteen thousand Contribution Points for it.
• Li Xiao accepted the offer and received fifteen wooden plaques worth one thousand Contribution Points each as nearby disciples gossiped enviously.
• Li Xiao decided to exchange for Iron Wire Fist as well as Azure Wave Palm and Three Absolutes Returning Origin Qi Initial Chapter, so others would not suspect he already possessed Iron Wire Fist.
• Li Xiao gave the Deacon fourteen thousand Contribution Points and received the three Cultivation Methods in wooden boxes.

Li Xiao exchanged his remaining Contribution Points for Viscera Refining Pills, recorded the Three Origins Sect’s core inheritance and Azure Wave Palm, then practiced to improve his skills. Five days later, he stood atop a bamboo stalk with Swift Wind Thunderclap Arrow just short of Minor Accomplishment.

• Li Xiao exchanged 1,400 Contribution Points for twenty-eight Viscera Refining Pills.
• Li Xiao recorded Azure Wave Palm and Three Absolutes Returning Origin Qi Initial Chapter on the Panel and learned that he needed to master all Three Ultimates to cultivate the sect’s core method.
• Li Xiao took a Viscera Refining Pill and practiced Azure Wave Palm until it reached Entry Level.
• Li Xiao continued practicing Swift Wind Thunderclap Arrow, then spent the next few days training and studying pill refinement at the Alchemy Hall.
• On the fifth day, Li Xiao stood on a bamboo stalk with Snow Dragon Ridge as Swift Wind Thunderclap Arrow reached 3490 experience, ten points short of its threshold.

Li Xiao advanced his archery and palm training, learned to refine Tendon Expanding Pills, and then discovered Zhou Yuan gravely injured at the Martial Arts Training Ground. The chapter left Zhou Yuan unconscious and bleeding after an apparent conflict involving the Tang Family.

• Li Xiao's tenth Swift Wind Thunderclap Arrow shattered a giant stone, and he saw that Great Accomplishment required nine thousand experience.
• Li Xiao trained Azure Wave Palm through the night, reaching 240 experience toward Great Accomplishment.
• At the Alchemy Hall, Zhou Ji taught Li Xiao to refine Tendon Expanding Pills, and Li Xiao successfully made four low-grade pills on his first attempt.
• Li Xiao encountered a crowd at the Martial Arts Training Ground and found Zhou Yuan unconscious on a stretcher with severe wounds and a broken left arm.

The Three Origins Sect debated how to respond to the Tang Family’s betrayal and the deaths of four Inner Sect disciples. After Elder Yang revealed the grievances behind Tang Xiu’s actions and the Imperial Court’s involvement, the Iron Wire Peak Master urged the Sect Master to authorize an attack.

• The Iron Wire Peak Master demanded that the Three Origins Sect wipe out the Tang Family for betraying the Sect and killing four Inner Sect disciples.
• The Flying Cloud Peak Master urged caution and asked Elder Yang to explain what had happened.
• Elder Yang reported that Tang Xiu held a grudge against Steward Wang, whose nephew Tang Xiu had accidentally killed two years earlier.
• Elder Yang explained that Steward Wang later killed one of Tang Xiu’s concubines, while the Tang Family also resented increased taxes imposed by the Sect.
• Elder Yang said Tang Xiu had attracted the interest of Sixth Turn Constable Zhan, who had encouraged the Tang Family Ancestor to oppose the Sect.
• The Iron Wire Peak Master offered to lead an attack on the Tang Family, and the Sect Master finally raised his head.

The Three Origins Sect planned to punish the Tang Family for betraying the Sect and prepare for the Flying Cloud Peak Master to lead an expedition to the border. Li Xiao accepted Elder Feng’s invitation to join the operation, recognizing it as a chance to gain the Sect’s attention but resolving to stay cautious.

• The Sect Master assigned the Flying Cloud Peak Master to lead elders against the Tang Family and ordered them to wipe out the family at the border before it could escape into Imperial Court territory.
• Elder Feng summoned Li Xiao and several Flying Cloud Peak Inner Sect disciples, explaining that they would accompany the Peak Master’s expedition and earn credentials and Contribution Points.
• Li Xiao agreed to join the operation and was told to gather at the Returning Origin Peak mountain gate the next morning during the Chen Hour.
• After returning home, Li Xiao considered the expedition’s political significance and his opportunity to advance within the Sect, then reminded himself that the mission could still be dangerous.

Li Xiao prepared to join the Flying Cloud Peak Master’s expedition, determined to display his abilities and earn the Sect’s attention. He rode with the group to Three Origins City, where the Peak Master and elders flew ahead toward the border while mounts awaited the disciples.

• Li Xiao resolved to make his talents and loyalty visible during the expedition rather than keep a low profile.
• Li Xiao checked his weapons and supplies, fed Frost Shadow, and continued comprehending the Flying Cloud Leg Divine Intent Diagram before departure.
• Li Xiao said goodbye to Qingluo and Bitao, then rode Frost Shadow to the mountain gate and joined the Flying Cloud Peak Master, three elders, and the Inner Sect disciples.
• The Flying Cloud Peak Master led the group out, and the elders flew ahead as Li Xiao and the disciples traveled toward Three Origins City.
• At Three Origins City, the Peak Master and elders flew toward the border while disciples prepared to continue on the superior horses waiting by the gate.

Li Xiao and the Three Origins Sect’s party rode toward Tianzhou to confront the Tang Family, while Tang Xiu learned why his family had chosen to break with the sect and seek the Imperial Court’s protection. As the sect’s forces approached, the Tang Family prepared for the coming confrontation.

• Yan Jie led Li Xiao and the other Inner Sect disciples toward the Yunzhou-Tianzhou border as they pursued the Tang Family.
• Tang Xiu’s Old Ancestor told him that the Three Origins Sect’s Peak Master, four elders, and several disciples were approaching, and that the Military Governor had agreed to send troops only within Tianzhou.
• The Old Ancestor explained that the Tang Family had endured years of exclusion and tribute under the Three Origins Sect, and that he had concealed his ability to advance to the Fifth Turn to avoid drawing the sect’s attention.
• The Old Ancestor revealed that Tang Xiu’s chance to join the Six Doors through Arrestor Zhan had driven the family to openly defect rather than risk the sect’s suspicion and retaliation.
• Tang Xiu promised to meet the family’s expectations, and the Old Ancestor ordered him to tell everyone to prepare for the Three Origins Sect’s arrival.

The Tang Family fled Changning Prefecture for Tianzhou as the Six Doors prepared to escort them across the border. The caravan reached the border under constable guard, but Lord Zhan had not yet arrived and the Three Origins Sect still threatened to intercept them.

• The Tang Family's preparations and route were reported to the Three Origins Sect by people across Changning Prefecture.
• Captain Yin waited at the Yunzhou-Tianzhou border with Six Doors constables, still weakened by his injured arm and resentful of Li Feiyu.
• The Red Robe Arrestors discussed escorting the Tang Family across the border while awaiting Lord Zhan, despite fearing the Three Origins Sect's Sixth Turn Peak Master.
• The Tang Family caravan arrived, and the Tang Family Ancestor and Tang Xiu took heart at the Imperial Court's protection.
• The constables formed a guarded path, and the Red Robe Arrestors led the Tang Family toward the Tianzhou checkpoint.

The Flying Cloud Peak Master confronted the Six Doors over the Three Origins Sect’s pursuit of the Tang Family into Tianzhou. Zhan Peng arrived to protect the convoy, but the Peak Master held him back as three elders attacked.

• Tang Xiu spotted the Flying Cloud Peak Master and his disciples waiting inside Tianzhou, where the Peak Master announced that the Three Origins Sect would exterminate the Tang Family.
• Zhan Peng, a Gold-clad Arrestor of the Six Doors, arrived, and Tang Yu’s family hoped he would protect them and take Tang Yu as his disciple.
• Zhan Peng challenged the Peak Master’s authority to pursue the Tang Family in Tianzhou, but the Peak Master called it a sect matter and threatened the Six Doors against interfering.
• The Peak Master ordered Feng Qing and two elders to attack the convoy, then stopped Zhan Peng from intervening with his overwhelming aura.

Li Xiao joined Flying Cloud Peak’s battle against the Tang Family and the Six Doors, while the Peak Master faced Arrestor Zhan in an evenly matched duel. After showcasing his archery, Li Xiao turned his attention to finding another target.

• Arrestor Zhan drew the Blood Drinking Blade and clashed with the Peak Master of Flying Cloud Peak, who answered with the Ice Soul Sword.
• Feng Qing and the elders fought the Six Doors’ arrestors and the Tang Family Ancestor as Yan Jie engaged Tang Xiu and Li Xiao attacked the blue-clad constables.
• Li Xiao withdrew from the melee, took up Snow Dragon Ridge, and fired three arrows at constables pressuring two Inner Sect disciples.
• Li Xiao’s arrows wounded three constables, and a Flying Cloud Peak disciple killed one of them and ran another through with a sword.
• Li Xiao praised the disciple’s timing, scanned the battlefield, and drew Snow Dragon Ridge again.

Li Xiao’s archery turned the battle in Flying Cloud Peak’s favor, and his arrow helped Yan Jie defeat Tang Xiu. Just as Yan Jie moved to finish him, a strange power awakened in Tang Xiu and produced a mass of Blue Vines.

• Li Xiao shot down several Fourth Turn Tang Family members and blue-clad constables, giving Flying Cloud Peak’s disciples the advantage.
• The Tang Family Ancestor tried to attack Li Xiao, but the Elder of Flying Cloud Peak blocked his path.
• Li Xiao shot at Tang Xiu during his duel with Yan Jie, forcing Tang Xiu to deflect the arrow and injuring his hand.
• Yan Jie exploited Tang Xiu’s opening, disarmed him, and knocked him down with Flying Cloud Leg.
• As Yan Jie brought his saber down toward Tang Xiu, blue light flashed in Tang Xiu’s eyes and Blue Vines erupted behind him.

Tang Xiu used the Exotic Insect Blue Silver Grass to drain the dead and heal himself, then overwhelmed Yan Jie and threatened Li Xiao. Li Xiao abandoned his bow for a Magic Artifact saber and cut through Tang Xiu’s vines, charging toward him.

• Blue vines pierced the fallen cultivators and fed their Qi and Blood to Tang Xiu, restoring his body and raising his power close to the Fifth Turn.
• Tang Xiu struck Yan Jie with the vines, while Li Xiao’s arrows helped Yan Jie approach; Tang Xiu trapped Yan Jie’s saber and nearly pierced his heart before a Flying Cloud Peak disciple intervened and was impaled.
• Tang Xiu turned his attack on Li Xiao, who evaded the vine and decided to fight at close range with the Magic Artifact saber.
• Li Xiao severed three of Tang Xiu’s vines with a single strike, then surged forward with Flying Cloud Leg to attack him.

Li Xiao battled Tang Xiu while the Tang Family Ancestor fought the Elder of Flying Cloud Peak. Tang Xiu fled after his ancestor was killed, but Li Xiao shot him down with an arrow, leaving the Tang Family Direct Line with no other survivor.

• Li Xiao used the Severing Gate Saber Technique to cut through Tang Xiu's vines, but Tang Xiu formed Blue Arm Guards and blocked his third strike.
• The Tang Family Ancestor urged Tang Xiu to flee, then struck at Li Xiao to stop him from pursuing.
• The Elder of Flying Cloud Peak killed the Tang Family Ancestor with a kick to the head, and Tang Xiu fled in grief.
• Li Xiao fired three arrows at Tang Xiu; the third slipped past his vine barrier and wounded him in the crotch, bringing him down.
• The Flying Cloud Peak disciples watched Li Xiao's attack in stunned silence as Tang Xiu curled up on the ground.

Arrestor Zhan intervened to save Tang Xiu and withdrew after Flying Cloud Peak's Peak Master stopped his attack on Li Xiao. The surviving Tang Family captives were taken into custody for judgment, and the Three Origins Sect prepared to escort them to Changning Prefecture for public execution.

• Li Xiao aimed a final arrow at Tang Xiu, but Arrestor Zhan seized Tang Xiu with a Spiritual Qi hand and attacked Li Xiao with Saber Qi.
• Flying Cloud Peak's Peak Master blocked Arrestor Zhan's attack and forced him to admit defeat and flee with Tang Xiu, Tang Yu, and the remaining arrestors.
• Flying Cloud Peak's Peak Master ordered the Tang Family captives taken alive for the Sect's judgment, praised Li Xiao, and learned his reported name was Li Feiyu.
• Feng Qing praised Li Xiao's archery and strength, while Li Xiao declared that serving the Sect was his duty and earned agreement from nearby disciples.
• Feng Qing and the other elders arranged to escort the Tang Family captives to their prefectural city for public execution, and the group set off toward Changning Prefecture.

After the battle, Li Xiao drew attention from fellow disciples but followed Feng Qing’s advice not to align himself with any faction. The procession returned to Changning Prefecture, where Feng Qing publicly executed the Tang Family traitors outside the Six Doors.

• Feng Qing warned Li Xiao that his new reputation would attract people and urged him to avoid choosing sides or neglecting cultivation.
• Chen Ping, Shen Yun, and other disciples approached Li Xiao to praise his archery and seek his friendship or instruction.
• Yan Jie watched the disciples gather around Li Xiao and felt envious, though he acknowledged Li Xiao’s abilities.
• The procession returned to Changning Prefecture with the bound Tang Family captives, drawing a crowd that condemned their betrayal.
• Feng Qing ordered the captives to kneel outside the Six Doors and announced their crimes before the assembled crowd.
• By order of the Sect Master, the disciples executed the Tang Family traitors in public.

Li Xiao returned to the Three Origins Sect, collected his mission reward, and began learning Third Turn pill refinement from Zhou Ji. After mastering the formulas in just a few days, he drew Elder Gu’s attention, and the chapter ended with Zhou Ji reporting Li Xiao’s progress.

• Li Xiao returned to his courtyard and received two thousand Contribution Points from the Merit Affairs Hall.
• Disciples discussed Li Xiao’s border battle as he headed to the Alchemy Hall, where Zhou Ji began teaching him to refine Third Turn Pills.
• Zhou Ji showed Li Xiao how to make a Bone-Refining Pill, and Li Xiao successfully produced one finished pill on his first attempt.
• Li Xiao spent several days refining pills and learned all three Third Turn formulas Zhou Ji knew, eventually surpassing Zhou Ji’s skill.
• Elder Gu arrived at the Alchemy Hall to ask about Li Xiao’s progress, and Zhou Ji said Li Xiao could steadily refine high-grade Bone-Refining Pills.

Li Xiao rejected Elder Gu’s offer to join the Alchemy Hall and continued pursuing martial cultivation while his alchemy reputation spread through the Sect. Meanwhile, Six Doors reeled from its defeat at the hands of the Three Origins Sect and decided to withdraw from disputes in the Northern Border.

• Li Xiao declined Elder Gu’s offer to train him as a dedicated alchemist and compete for the Alchemy Hall Master position, saying his ambitions lay in the Martial Dao.
• Li Xiao reached Perfection in Azure Wave Palm and fully comprehended the true intent of Flying Cloud Leg, then trained in Azure Wave Palm’s Divine Intent Diagram while Elder Gu taught him alchemy.
• Li Xiao’s growing fame attracted visitors, so he stayed in the Alchemy Hall to avoid them.
• Arrestor Zhan returned to the Six Doors command center with wounded officers and unconscious Tang Xiu after the Three Origins Sect defeated their forces and killed or captured the Tang Family.
• Arrestor Liu ordered Six Doors to avoid interfering in Northern Border affairs, especially in the Three Prefectures, and Arrestor Zhan had Tang Xiu taken to a physician.

Li Yu married Wang Hai in a lavish ceremony at the County Lieutenant Mansion, where powerful officials sent costly gifts to honor Li Xiao’s family. The wedding celebration was underway as the auspicious hour approached, with Li Xiao absent.

• Wang Hai led the wedding procession to the Li Family's Old Residence and escorted Li Yu to the bridal sedan.
• Li Yu rode to the County Lieutenant Mansion, thinking of her younger brother and wondering whether he was well.
• Wang County Lieutenant welcomed the guests gathered for Wang Hai and Li Yu’s wedding.
• Wang Shichong arrived with generous gifts on behalf of his father, the commandery lieutenant, and explained that he had come because Li Xiao’s sister was marrying.
• An aide from the Commandery Governor Mansion delivered a pair of white jade ruyi scepters as a wedding gift.
• Wang County Lieutenant seated the honored visitors as the guests filled the courtyard and the auspicious hour neared.

Wang Hai and Li Yu married in Willow City amid a generous public banquet, while news reached the Three Origins Sect that the Demon Race had invaded the Yu Kingdom. The Sect faced an Imperial Court conscription, and its leaders began preparing for war without yet choosing who would go.

• Wang Hai and Li Yu completed their wedding ceremony, and the Wang and Li families hosted a daylong feast for Willow City’s residents.
• Wang Jinshan told Wang Shichong that Li Xiao remained in contact with the family, while Wang Shichong asked after Li Xiao.
• Wang Hai lifted Li Yu’s bridal veil and promised to treat her well.
• Feng Qing told Li Xiao that the Demon Race had taken two coastal provinces in the Yu Kingdom and that the Imperial Court had ordered the Sects and Military Governors to send fighters south.
• The Sect Master announced that the Three Origins Sect had to send eight Fifth Turn elders, forty Inner Sect disciples, and one Sixth Turn leader.
• The Iron Wire Peak Master volunteered to go, but the Sect Master told the elders to prepare while the Yu Kingdom still held and the battle remained some time away.

Li Xiao learned to refine Viscera Refining Pills and fused his perfected movement techniques into Dragon-Snake Flying Cloud Step. After mastering all three Cultivation Methods and True Intents at Fourth Turn Peak, he prepared to fuse the Three Ultimates into one.

• Li Xiao studied Elder Gu's Viscera Refining Pill method and, after several failed attempts, produced a low-grade pill and unlocked Entry Level in Fourth Turn Alchemy Technique.
• Elder Gu advised Li Xiao to keep cultivating instead of joining the fighting in the south before reaching Fifth or Sixth Turn.
• Li Xiao fused Flying Cloud Leg and Dragon-Snake Illusory Body into the Fifth Turn movement technique Dragon-Snake Flying Cloud Step, though he lacked the True Qi needed to cultivate it.
• More than twenty days later, Li Xiao completed the Azure Wave Palm Divine Intent Diagram and reached Fourth Turn Peak with all three Cultivation Methods and True Intents mastered.
• Li Xiao decided it was time to fuse the Three Ultimates into one.