Recaps

Ye Xuan joined Qingyun Sect, revealed extraordinary cultivation talent, and used the God-tier Sign-in System to gain alchemy and artifact-forging skills. After forging the Myriad Ancient Cauldron, he reached Tianyuan Market and began his check-in there.

• Song Daren brought Ye Xuan to Great Bamboo Peak, where Tian Buyi accepted him as his seventh disciple after discovering his extraordinary meridians.
• Ye Xuan mastered the first layer of Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao in one shichen, activated the God-tier Sign-in System, and received Low-tier Alchemy Mastery by signing in at Great Bamboo Peak.
• Ye Xuan advanced rapidly, won a bamboo-chopping wager against Tian Ling'er, and repeatedly tried to reach Small Bamboo Peak for its sign-in reward.
• After Ye Xuan reached the fifth layer of the Yuqing Realm, Tian Buyi taught him Crimson Flame Body Protection, which Ye Xuan mastered after one demonstration.
• Ye Xuan declined Su Ru's Ink Snow and secretly signed in at Small Bamboo Peak, receiving the Low-tier Artifact Forging Technique.
• Ye Xuan gathered ingredients, killed an Ironback Black Python, and refined five top-grade Foundation Replenishing Pills that helped him reach the sixth layer of Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao.
• Ye Xuan forged the Myriad Ancient Cauldron from gathered materials and judged it a High-grade Magic Tool.
• Ye Xuan arrived at Tianyuan Market, identified flaws in a Red Iron Ore, and chose to check in at Tianyuan Mountain.

Ye Xuan returned to Qingyun Sect after reaching the Shangqing Realm and became embroiled in the Caomiao Village incident, saving Puzhi and helping Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan join Great Bamboo Peak. He accelerated his fellow disciples’ cultivation and began learning powerful sword arts, leaving Tian Buyi to seek Dao Xuan’s help with Slay Ghosts and Gods.

• Ye Xuan traded pills and magic treasures for rare materials, returned to Qingyun Sect, and learned that Puzhi had sought to combine Tianyin Temple and Qingyun Sect teachings.
• At Caomiao Village, a black-clad attacker targeted Lin Jingyu and the Blood Devouring Pearl, but Ye Xuan intervened, saved Puzhi from the poison, and rescued Zhang Xiaofan.
• Puzhi offered Ye Xuan the Great Brahma Prajna, but Ye Xuan refused and persuaded Puzhi to reconsider his path and return to Tianyin Temple.
• Ye Xuan revealed the Caomiao Village incident to Tian Buyi, who accepted Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan as disciples of Great Bamboo Peak and introduced them to Ye Xuan.
• Ye Xuan gave pills to the Great Bamboo Peak disciples, helping several advance in cultivation, while Marrow Cleansing Pills helped Zhang Xiaofan achieve Spirit Induction into Body.
• Ye Xuan asked Tian Buyi to teach him powerful sword arts and quickly demonstrated his grasp of the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Art.
• Tian Buyi went to Heaven-Piercing Peak to ask Dao Xuan about Wan Jianyi’s Slay Ghosts and Gods technique, boasting that twelve-year-old Ye Xuan had reached the Shangqing Realm.

Ye Xuan trained under Wan Jianyi, mastered Slay Ghosts and Gods, and advanced rapidly before returning to Great Bamboo Peak. His duel with Cang Song won him another Qingyun sword art and revealed the truth behind Wan Jianyi’s disappearance and Cang Song’s betrayal.

• Tian Buyi persuaded Daoxuan to let Ye Xuan seek instruction from Wan Jianyi, who tested Ye Xuan at the Ancestral Hall and agreed to teach him after recognizing his talent.
• Wan Jianyi trained Ye Xuan in Severed Thought and the Woodcutting Scripture, strengthening his Dao Heart and cultivation over two years.
• Ye Xuan mastered Slay Ghosts and Gods, reached the seventh layer of the Shangqing Realm, and received the Seven Star Sword Style from Daoxuan.
• After returning to Great Bamboo Peak, Ye Xuan mastered the Seven Star Sword Style and went to Dragon Head Peak to ask Cang Song for the Sword Leading Azure Dragon True Art.
• Ye Xuan defeated Cang Song with Slay Ghosts and Gods, prompting Cang Song to recognize the technique as Wan Jianyi’s and reveal their connection in private.
• Cang Song learned that Wan Jianyi had survived and that Daoxuan had protected him, then confessed his alliance with the demonic sect and his role in the ambush of Puzhi.
• Wan Jianyi stopped Daoxuan from killing Cang Song and gave him a chance to atone, while Daoxuan sent him back to Dragon Head Peak to watch the demonic sect.
• Ye Xuan returned to Great Bamboo Peak unharmed and told Tian Buyi he had defeated Cang Song by one move.

Ye Xuan reforged weapons, supplied pills, and helped Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples grow strong enough to surprise the sect at the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament. Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan reached the top eight, where Lin Jingyu was set to face Zeng Shushu.

• Tian Buyi secured the Thousand-Year Lightning-Struck Wood for Ye Xuan, who used it to upgrade the Chang Qing Sword into a Low-grade Spirit Tool.
• Lin Jingyu broke through to the fourth layer of the Yuqing Realm, left to seek a magical treasure, and returned with the Shocking Dragon Sword.
• Ye Xuan rescued Zhang Xiaofan and Little Gray from the black pool, subdued Soul Seizing, and later reforged it into a golden staff for Zhang Xiaofan.
• Ye Xuan’s pills and Tian Buyi’s training helped Great Bamboo Peak’s disciples advance, and nine of them entered the tournament with at least sixth-layer Jade Purity cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaofan, Tian Ling'er, Lin Jingyu, and Song Daren won their early matches, while four Great Bamboo Peak disciples reached the top sixteen.
• Tian Ling'er lost to Lu Xueqi, and Song Daren lost to Qi Hao after a hard-fought match, while Lin Jingyu defeated Wu Qingfeng in one strike.
• Zhang Xiaofan defeated Chang Jian with the golden staff, and Lin Jingyu and Zhang Xiaofan advanced as Great Bamboo Peak’s two representatives in the top eight.
• Tian Buyi told Lin Jingyu that he would face Zeng Shushu, an eighth-level Yuqing Realm cultivator who wielded the Xuanyuan sword.