Recaps

Xu Xing secretly entered the school to retrieve the Basic Refining Method while the Dharma Combat Test began, and he directed Zhang Yunlu to defend the central arena. The arena’s brutal ratings silenced the students as Zhang Yunlu approached her challenge.

• Xu Xing entered the school unnoticed and went to the director of studies’ office to retrieve the crystal card containing the Basic Refining Method.
• The principal opened the Cease Conflict arena into twelve platforms and explained that students could defend them and compete for rankings.
• Du Qian defended the smallest arena, but Cease Conflict mocked both him and his challenger, leaving them embarrassed and prompting Du Qian to quit.
• Xu Xing secretly urged Zhang Yunlu to take the stage and then directed her toward the central arena.

Zhang Yunlu dominated the Dharma Combat Test by defeating each challenger with a single sword stroke, drawing the attention of the school’s principal and True Monarch Purple Universe. The test was interrupted when a terrifying demonic aura erupted in Mystic Sword City, and Xu Xing went to investigate.

• Zhang Yunlu took the largest stage and challenged her fellow students, then defeated Hou Xiang with one sword stroke.
• Zhang Yunlu went on to defeat several more challengers, while Fang Lin and Fang Chi realized how formidable she was.
• The principal praised Li Fengping’s judgment of Zhang Yunlu, and True Monarch Purple Universe wondered where her unfamiliar sword technique came from.
• True Monarch Purple Universe sensed a Dao Integration Old Devil’s demonic aura and heard a desperate scream.
• Xu Xing looked toward the disturbance and decided to go pick him up.

Chi Jiuyu uncovered a demonic cultivator base beneath Xuanyue Tower and was cornered by a Dao Integration old devil. Her master appeared, killed the old devil, and Xu Xing arrived to ask whether Chi Jiuyu was Senior Sister's disciple.

• Chi Jiuyu followed suspicious people to Xuanyue Tower and found an abandoned underground laboratory linked to demonic cultivators.
• Chi Jiuyu discovered two Nascent Soul cultivators and a Dao Integration old devil, who recognized her Void-Piercing Golden Pupils and threatened her.
• Chi Jiuyu called for her master, whose appearance overwhelmed the room and destroyed the Dao Integration old devil.
• Chi Jiuyu challenged the surviving Young Master and his subordinate, while Xu Xing appeared and asked whether she was Senior Sister's disciple.

Xu Xing and Chi Jiuyu subdued a demonic cultivator and his lackey, then went to watch the Dharma Combat Test at Xuansword City No. 3 High School. As Chi Jiuyu explained that enemies across many sects motivated her to cultivate, True Monarch Purple Universe watched a surge of demonic energy and hesitated over whether to investigate.

• Chi Jiuyu recognized Xu Xing as her martial uncle, and the young master and his lackey surrendered when they realized who had arrived.
• The young master revealed that he had been forging a demonic sword with resentment and was staying behind after other demonic cultivators fled.
• Chi Jiuyu sent the pair to the Law Enforcement Hall and gave them her name before she and Xu Xing vanished.
• Xu Xing brought Chi Jiuyu to the school spectator stands, where they watched Zhang Yunlu hold the center platform after winning six matches.
• Chi Jiuyu told Xu Xing that people wanting to beat her up motivated her to cultivate harder.
• True Monarch Purple Universe watched toward the surging demonic energy and hesitated about going there.

True Monarch Purple Universe investigated the vanished Dao Integration Old Devil but found the suspects’ memories had been altered. At the school, Zhang Yunlu defeated Fang Lin with a perfected sword technique, while Chi Jiuyu dealt with messages from her suspicious Master.

• True Monarch Purple Universe questioned the three demonic cultivators, found gaps in their memories, and searched Xuanyue Tower’s underground laboratory before leaving empty-handed.
• Chi Jiuyu read messages from her Master, who realized she was not in danger and threatened to punish her for lying.
• Fang Lin challenged Zhang Yunlu and unleashed three blade auras with his saber.
• Zhang Yunlu countered Fang Lin with seven sword auras and knocked him out of the ring.
• The ring praised Zhang Yunlu and mocked Fang Lin, who silently retrieved his scabbard and left.

At the Dharma Combat Test, Xiao Fan revealed that he had used Barrier-Breaking Spirit Liquid to achieve Pseudo Foundation Establishment, hoping to win prize money for his injured brother’s medical expenses. Xu Xing recognized the rare potential and danger in Xiao Fan’s Dao Foundation, while Chi Jiuyu joined an online argument about cultivation paths.

• Chi Jiuyu learned that Xu Xing had not persuaded her master to spare her and realized her master would deal with her when she returned.
• Xiao Fan appeared at the Dharma Combat Test with Foundation Establishment-level power but chose the second-largest arena instead of challenging Zhang Yunlu.
• The principal identified Xiao Fan’s cultivation as Pseudo Foundation Establishment, and the mayor’s secretary explained that Xiao Fan sought prize money to pay for his older brother’s treatment.
• Xu Xing saw that a trace of Creation Dao Foundation aura remained in Xiao Fan’s fragile Dao Foundation and decided to keep an eye on him.
• Chi Jiuyu used three accounts to argue for sword cultivation against cultivators promoting other paths until the original poster deleted the post.

Chi Jiuyu told Xu Xing about her past as they left the school, while the Dharma Combat Test concluded with Zhang Yunlu in first place. After the siblings departed, True Monarch Purple Universe questioned them about an ancient cultivator and gave Zhang Yunlu a cultivation method, leaving her wondering why fortuitous encounters kept coming.

• Xu Xing led Chi Jiuyu away from the school and asked how she had become Sword Venerable’s disciple, prompting her to recount her parents’ deaths and how her master found her.
• Chi Jiuyu revealed that her master named her after nine Spirit Fish and that she later cooked and ate them.
• The Dharma Combat Test ended with Zhang Yunlu first, Xiao Fan second, and Fang Lin and Hou Xiang following; Li Fengping felt Zhang Xiu’s sudden malice when he considered recruiting Zhang Yunlu.
• Zhang Xiu chose to celebrate with Zhang Yunlu instead of asking about her perfected sword technique, but True Monarch Purple Universe appeared and questioned them about the ancient cultivator.
• True Monarch Purple Universe found that the siblings had no connection to the ancient cultivator and gave Zhang Yunlu the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method as a possible fortuitous encounter.

Zhang Xiu and Zhang Yunlu considered the risks of accepting a Dao Integration expert’s help, while Xu Xing brought Chi Jiuyu to his villa after she raced through traffic on a tricycle. Xu Xing gave Chi Jiuyu the villa’s formation token and hinted that he had a special opportunity suited to her, but did not explain it yet.

• Zhang Xiu told Zhang Yunlu that the Dao Integration expert from the Supreme Dao Sect had offered her a chance and advised her to seek guidance without revealing Senior Purple Universe’s name.
• Zhang Xiu considered preparing for the Dragon-Elephant Heaven-Supporting Sect, and Zhang Yunlu studied the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method before they went home.
• Chi Jiuyu pedaled a human-powered tricycle through traffic, overtook cars, and taunted their drivers while Xu Xing rode in the carriage.
• Chi Jiuyu told Xu Xing that her antics were meant to stamp out road rage, and Xu Xing gave her the control token for his villa’s modified formation.
• Xu Xing praised Chi Jiuyu’s cultivation foundations and said he had an opportunity suited to her, but told her she would have to wait to learn what it was.

Xu Xing examined the Basic Refining Method and considered how its safer approach could give more cultivators a chance to attempt a Heaven-Forged Dao Foundation. At the hospital, Xiao Fan mourned his eldest brother’s condition before accepting a mysterious jade box from a stranger, who then addressed someone watching from above.

• Chi Jiuyu settled into her room and searched the Spirit Net for ways to recover deleted chat records.
• Xu Xing read the Basic Refining Method, suppressed its anti-piracy ripple, and learned how its spiritual seal eased the pain of refining starlight.
• Xu Xing destroyed the crystal card after concluding that the method could help cultivators try the first stage but could not safely replace later stages.
• After paying for his eldest brother’s surgery, Xiao Fan left the hospital and broke down over the danger and sacrifices surrounding his family.
• A strange man offered Xiao Fan an ancient treasure for free, and Xiao Fan kept the jade box after the man left.
• From the hospital roof, the man watched Xiao Fan take the box and asked an unseen Daoist brother how much progress he had made since emerging from seclusion.

Zhang Yunlu considered the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method, practiced with her new sword, and asked Xu Xing whether she should cultivate the technique. Chi Jiuyu recovered deleted chat logs and joined them, where Zhang Yunlu recognized her as a celebrated young cultivator.

• Zhang Yunlu read the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method, then took her new icy-blue sword and went to practice on the rooftop.
• Chi Jiuyu browsed the Spirit Net, discovered that all three of her accounts had been blocked from replying to a post, and received a notice that her deleted chat logs had been recovered.
• Xu Xing told Zhang Yunlu that she could practice the introductory method but should refuse any advanced foundational cultivation method because her foundation was prepared for sword cultivation.
• Chi Jiuyu arrived at Xu Xing's home and recognized Zhang Yunlu as the winner of the Dharma Combat Test.
• Zhang Yunlu recognized Chi Jiuyu as a top-ranked young cultivator and wondered why she seemed strange in person.

Xu Xing arranged a spar between Zhang Yunlu and Chi Jiuyu, reducing Chi Jiuyu’s cultivation to Zhang Yunlu’s level so the younger woman could test herself. Chi Jiuyu praised Zhang Yunlu’s potential, then learned that a Supreme Dao Sect cultivator also wanted to recruit her.

• Zhang Yunlu admired Chi Jiuyu’s reputation, and Xu Xing suggested they spar in a space he expanded with his divine ability.
• Xu Xing reduced Chi Jiuyu’s cultivation and physical strength to the level of a ninth-level Qi Refiner before the fight began.
• Zhang Yunlu attacked with her sword, but Chi Jiuyu calmly blocked her techniques and disrupted her spiritual power.
• Zhang Yunlu risked taking a cut to her shoulder, and Chi Jiuyu stopped the spar by knocking her unconscious and catching her.
• Chi Jiuyu judged Zhang Yunlu suited to sword cultivation and recommended battlefield training after she reached Foundation Establishment.
• Xu Xing told Chi Jiuyu that a Dao Integration cultivator from the Supreme Dao Sect wanted Zhang Yunlu as a disciple, and Chi Jiuyu objected to the rival sect recruiting her.

Chi Jiuyu recovered the deleted chat history and learned that her master wanted information about Saint Emperor Abyss, while her master mentioned that Huo had gone to Xu Xing’s place. At dusk, Chi Jiuyu took Zhang Yunlu to a restaurant in her tricycle, where Li Fengping recognized her.

• Xu Xing told Chi Jiuyu to help Zhang Yunlu rest before handling her own business, and Chi Jiuyu discovered that the deleted chat history had been restored.
• Chi Jiuyu read her master’s conversation with Xu Xing, learning that her master wanted information about Saint Emperor Abyss and that Huo had gone to her place after sensing changes in the Great Profound Realm.
• Zhang Yunlu woke at dusk and prepared to leave, so Chi Jiuyu offered to take her to find food.
• Chi Jiuyu pedaled Zhang Yunlu to a crowded restaurant in her human-powered tricycle, shocking the onlookers and leaving Zhang Yunlu disillusioned.
• Li Fengping spotted Chi Jiuyu and exclaimed that she was his Little Martial Uncle Ancestor.

Li Fengping reported seeing Chi Jiuyu, the Sword Sect’s Little Martial Uncle Ancestor, to Lin Qiuxian, who became convinced she was connected to Zhang Yunlu. The head of the Xuanjian City Law Enforcement Hall detained Li Fengping as well as Lin Qiuxian while they awaited orders from the sect.

• Li Fengping encountered Chi Jiuyu dining with Zhang Yunlu and went over to pay his respects, while a female teacher accompanying him wondered who the senior was.
• Two people Chi Jiuyu had confronted earlier spotted her at the diner and immediately left.
• Li Fengping visited Lin Qiuxian in the Law Enforcement Hall and told him he had seen Little Martial Uncle Ancestor.
• Lin Qiuxian became agitated and ordered Li Fengping to watch Chi Jiuyu, then grew excited after hearing about her appearance with Zhang Yunlu and Zhang Yunlu’s swordsmanship.
• Law Enforcement Hall officers dragged Lin Qiuxian away, and the branch head detained Li Fengping until the sect issued orders.

Chi Jiuyu returned to the villa with Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup and watched Xu Xing train Zhang Yunlu through a shared-sensation sword-fighting simulation. After seeing Zhang Yunlu adapt to a stronger opponent, Chi Jiuyu asked to fight Xu Xing at the same level, and he agreed to test her against three sword strikes.

• The branch hall master ordered Li Fengping removed and decided to report the matter involving the Little Martial Uncle Ancestor to the sect.
• Chi Jiuyu searched a secluded lane for muggers to punish, found none, and hurried back to the villa with fresh Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup.
• Chi Jiuyu found Xu Xing watching Zhang Yunlu fight a sword cultivator phantom in a training simulation and learned that its sensations were shared.
• Zhang Yunlu changed her swordplay and fought the phantom to a stalemate after Chi Jiuyu praised her progress.
• Chi Jiuyu said she wanted to fight Xu Xing at the same level, and he offered to let her face Senior Sister again if she endured three sword strikes.

Chi Jiuyu entered Xu Xing’s simulated space to test her strength against a Nascent Soul opponent, only to be overwhelmed by his first strike. After Xu Xing let her experience the attack without dying, he explained that he and her master had once been Nascent Soul Perfection because the cultivation system had no higher path.

• Chi Jiuyu entered the gray mist realm and raced through it with her life-bound spirit sword.
• A challenge appeared naming Xu Xing as a Nascent Soul Perfection opponent and requiring Chi Jiuyu to survive three strikes.
• Xu Xing’s phantom overwhelmed Chi Jiuyu with a red sword strike, and she reformed in the mist after being destroyed.
• Chi Jiuyu challenged Xu Xing’s phantom again, but his sword stopped before her brow and let her feel its Nascent Soul-level aura.
• Xu Xing told Chi Jiuyu that he had been over two hundred years old during the fight and that he and her master had both reached Nascent Soul Perfection because Nascent Soul was then the highest realm.

Chi Jiuyu trained all night against Xu Xing’s Nascent Soul avatar, then went with him to the Mystic Sword City Exotic Beast Park to recover her spirits. She sent photos from their outing to her Master, who recognized Xu Xing as her junior brother, and Chi Jiuyu braced herself for trouble when she returned.

• Xu Xing told Chi Jiuyu to pursue higher realms rather than remain at Nascent Soul, and teased her when she asked who had been stronger between him and her Master.
• Chi Jiuyu fought Xu Xing’s Nascent Soul avatar through the night but could not survive a single sword strike.
• The next day, Xu Xing took the exhausted Chi Jiuyu to the Exotic Beast Park, where she regained her energy and took photos with him.
• A Blazefeather tried to steal Chi Jiuyu’s cotton candy, but she caught it and released it after Xu Xing reminded her the park’s staff had collected the beasts.
• Chi Jiuyu sent photos to her Master, who asked about the cotton candy and then recognized Xu Xing as her junior brother; Chi Jiuyu turned off her phone, expecting trouble later.

Chi Jiuyu and Xu Xing watched a dangerous iron-toothed crocodile show before it was abruptly canceled. Elsewhere, Xiao Fan worked at the animal park and, while reflecting on his lost ambitions, held on to a jade box he was afraid to open.

• Chi Jiuyu and Xu Xing watched an iron-toothed crocodile nearly bite a staff member, and a former handler told them the crocodile that had bitten off his hand now followed him around as a wallet and source of meat.
• The animal park ended the show, and Xu Xing cryptically answered Chi Jiuyu's question about whether the crocodile would perform again.
• Xiao Fan finished a shift flying in a Blazing Feather mascot costume after taking a job at the animal park.
• Xiao Fan ate alone, remembered his childhood dream of becoming a sword cultivator, and took out the jade box he had been carrying.
• Xiao Fan admitted to himself that he was afraid to open the box and discover that his hope was misplaced.

Xu Xing and Chi Jiuyu explored the mountaintop attractions and discovered that Chi Jiuyu was anxious about her master seeing a message on Xu Xing’s phone. At home, Xiao Fan opened the jade box, and its contents triggered a painful transformation as a mysterious figure watched.

• Chi Jiuyu and Xu Xing reached the summit, sampled Dragon-Scale Fruits, and found the sword-flying race was limited to Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Xu Xing suggested holding a sect-wide competition, and Chi Jiuyu eagerly claimed she would win first place.
• Chi Jiuyu saw a message from her master on Xu Xing’s phone, but Xu Xing stopped her from taking it back.
• Xiao Fan tried and failed to open the jade box until it drew energy from his Dao foundation and opened.
• A drop of blood flew into Xiao Fan’s brow, causing intense pain as a mysterious figure appeared and watched him.

A mysterious figure saved Xiao Fan after a foreign blood drop tried to seize the Human Race’s foundation of fortune, leaving him restored and empowered. Elsewhere, Zhang Yunlu embraced her transformation, while Chi Jiuyu prepared to continue the trials and teased Xu Xing.

• A red blood drop invaded Xiao Fan’s body and attacked his Dao foundation, but the foundation cracked and unleashed a shockwave that destroyed the drop’s remaining will and gravely injured Xiao Fan.
• A mysterious figure healed Xiao Fan with a surge of vitality and said he had gained part of the foreign race’s accumulated power, enough to contend with another favored cultivator.
• Zhang Yunlu reflected on how repeated deaths in the trials had changed her and accepted the person she had become.
• Chi Jiuyu sent marshmallows to her senior sister through Divine Machine Express despite not replying to her messages.
• Chi Jiuyu told Xu Xing she would keep attempting the trials, then offered him a ride on her bike, which he refused.

Zhang Yunlu quickly mastered the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method but continued to favor swordsmanship, while True Monarch Purple Universe realized his concern for her might be a heart demon. As the Secret Realm approached, Sword Sect envoys arrived in Mystic Sword City and ordered officials not to disturb Little Martial Uncle.

• Zhang Yunlu used moonlight to purify purple qi and reached minor mastery of the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method, then practiced her sword technique.
• True Monarch Purple Universe recognized that his unusual emotional investment in Zhang Yunlu might be caused by a heart demon and left.
• Chi Jiuyu trained in the trial with the Great Void Sword Canon, and Zhang Yunlu entered afterward to face a stronger opponent.
• Xu Xing anticipated the coming Secret Realm and wondered whether the gathered prodigies or those with fortuitous opportunities would prevail.
• A Sword Sect deputy head beyond Dao Integration and a Void Return elder arrived at a Mystic Sword City meeting; the rugged sword cultivator said Little Martial Uncle should not be disturbed.

Li Qingyang left Mystic Sword City after promising to help a Void Return elder cleanse his tainted sword. That night, Hua restored Xiao Fan’s cultivation path and ordered him to fight other chosen youths, then met Xu Xing and revealed he intended to raise a rival for Xu Xing’s junior.

• Li Qingyang departed Mystic Sword City with the Void Return elder and promised to help sever the strange spiritual presence tainting the elder’s Life-Bound Sword.
• Xiao Fan awoke healed and discovered that his broken Dao Foundation had been removed, restoring him to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
• Hua told Xiao Fan that he had reopened his path and ordered him to defeat the Immortal Sect disciples and other fortunate youths who would gather there.
• Xu Xing met Hua, who said he planned to support a junior of his own so the youth could compete with Xu Xing’s.

Huo and Xu Xing discussed the Great Profound Realm’s vastness, the shortage of powerful cultivators, and Saint Emperor Abyss’s disappearance. Meanwhile, Zhang Yunlu completed her Qi Refining trial and prepared to face a Foundation Establishment opponent, leaving her wondering where Zhang Xiu had gone.

• Huo told Xu Xing he had given a young cultivator a fake Dao Foundation and Cang Race fortune, and said he would kill him if he succumbed to the bloodline.
• Huo described the Great Profound Realm’s immense star regions and the scarcity of Dao Integration cultivators, while Xu Xing agreed they would have to wait for promising youngsters to grow.
• Xu Xing asked about Saint Emperor Abyss, and Huo said Abyss had not come from the Great Profound Realm and might have gone back to his original world.
• Huo suggested Xu Xing visit the Spirit Sound Workshop, where Abyss had last gone before disappearing.
• Zhang Yunlu defeated her Qi Refining ninth-layer trial opponent, advanced to the peak of Qi Refining, and was assigned a Foundation Establishment opponent.
• Zhang Yunlu woke in the morning, left her room, and noticed Zhang Xiu was absent again.

Zhang Yunlu practiced the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method, narrowly avoided Li Fengping, and passed Xiao Fan as he reconsidered returning to school. Meanwhile, Xu Xing and Chi Jiuyu encountered Jiang Yujiu, a Joyous Union Sect cultivator livestreaming her practice, and continued on their way.

• Zhang Yunlu absorbed purple qi through the Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method before heading to school.
• Li Fengping concealed himself in the sky and avoided another encounter with Zhang Yunlu, who had previously beaten him and been involved in his detention.
• Zhang Yunlu passed Xiao Fan outside the school gate as he gave up on returning to class and decided to quit his job.
• Chi Jiuyu told Xu Xing about cooking Spirit Fish while carrying two of them in a tank.
• Jiang Yujiu descended on seven-colored clouds and livestreamed her cultivation, drawing vital essence and desire into her sachet.
• Chi Jiuyu dismissed Jiang Yujiu as a Charm Cultivator from the Joyous Union Sect, while Xu Xing explained that he had only been curious about her cultivation method.

Jiang Yujiu spotted Chi Jiuyu in the city but decided not to approach her, while Xiao Fan discovered that a souvenir cup might be a treasure and walked away without buying it. A mysterious man then purchased every item in the shop and vanished with them.

• Jiang Yujiu recognized Chi Jiuyu and considered approaching her for attention, but Chi Jiuyu and Xu Xing left before she acted.
• Jiang Yujiu ended her livestream and floated away as Chi Jiuyu remarked that she had expected Jiang Yujiu to come over.
• Xiao Fan quit his temporary job and found an antique-looking souvenir cup that stirred an inexplicable sense that it was a treasure.
• Xiao Fan returned the cup to the shop after learning it cost five Spirit Coins, more than he could afford.
• A mysterious man paid 879,000 Spirit Coins for everything in the shop and disappeared with all the souvenirs.

Chi Jiuyu prepared fish while Xu Xing watched a Joyous Union Sect live stream, and Xiao Fan struggled with a sinister voice that made him doubt his family. Senior Confusion then gave Xiao Fan another chance at the opportunity he had previously passed up.

• Chi Jiuyu sliced a Spirit Fish with Sword Qi, recorded the feat, and sent the video to her master, who teased her in reply.
• Chi Jiuyu found Xu Xing watching Jiang Yujiu’s live stream and told her master about it, but her master defended Xu Xing.
• Xiao Fan visited his unconscious big brother in the hospital, then left after his mother said his condition had stabilized.
• A voice in Xiao Fan’s heart claimed his family had abandoned him, and Xiao Fan shouted at a patient before quickly apologizing.
• Senior Confusion appeared to Xiao Fan, criticized him for missing an opportunity, and placed a storage ring in his hand.