Recaps

Li Xiuwen joined the Four Seas Martial Arts Hall, advanced rapidly through training, and killed Brother Ji after learning of his crimes. As he prepared for a challenge against Night Heron, suspicion from the Sewers gang grew, and he reunited with fellow survivors of the Snake Den.

• Li Xiuwen chose Four Seas Martial Arts Hall after Night Heron rejected him, then began learning martial theory and Sea-Sand Stance under Huang Sihai.
• Li Xiuwen reached entry level with the help of a fish ball while his aunt and uncle worried about the cost of his training and Brother Ji’s threats.
• Brother Ji extorted the neighborhood, killed Granny and A-Hua, and pressured Li Xiuwen to help make powder, so Li Xiuwen killed him in the Sewers and took his martial arts manuals.
• Li Xiuwen hid Brother Ji’s death while Third Master ordered the body burned, and he continued training as his family struggled to pay his fees.
• Li Xiuwen secretly began the Binding Armor Skill, then advanced to purple membrane through hard training and earned a place among Four Seas’ four contestants for the Night Heron challenge.
• Venomous Snake and Third Master suspected Li Xiuwen had killed Brother Ji and considered abducting him, but decided to investigate his strength first.
• Li Xiuwen attended a gathering with Zhao Dalong, Li Nanshu, and Ding Sheng, where Zhao proposed that the four Snake Den survivors form a hometown association.

Li Xiuwen rose through the Four Seas Martial Arts Hall while investigating threats and pursuing the strength needed for the Second-Floor Contest. He defeated Liu Chun in the contest and secured his place, while Za Jiu continued investigating the deaths around him.

• Li Xiuwen formed the Shengxing Society with Zhao Dalong, Ding Sheng, and Li Nanshu, then killed Venomous Snake and Third Master after they threatened his family.
• Li Xiuwen used Third Master’s recovered money to help his aunt-in-law and uncle-in-law, advanced his training, and joined Huang Sihai’s students at the Nine Dragons Grand Arena.
• At the Hall Challenge, Li Xiuwen defeated Tian Er with his Sand-Turning Palm, and Huang Sihai began teaching him Thousand-Wave Floating Radiance.
• Li Xiuwen advanced to Great Mastery in Sand-Turning Palm and broke through to Black Membrane while preparing for the Second-Floor Contest, declining Little Loudspeaker’s offer to join Hesheng Tu.
• Li Xiuwen killed Missing-Tooth Kid after the thug ambushed him, then received the Old Madman’s golden silk and ancestral Heart Furnace Three Forgings before cremating him.
• Li Xiuwen trained in the Grand Void Illusory Realm, defeated Liu Chun in their simulated matches, and challenged Gao Jiaoqi before the contest.
• At the Second-Floor Contest, Li Xiuwen concealed his strength while advancing, then defeated Liu Chun and stopped his follow-up strike just short of her face.

Li Xiuwen advanced through the Second Gate, joined Little Loudspeaker’s fight to reclaim Longjin Road, and secretly killed Za Jiu before stealing his elixir. Hesheng stopped investigating Za Jiu’s death, while Li Xiuwen continued training and began seeking answers about the Crimson Giant Whale aura.

• Li Xiuwen won the Grand Tournament, joined the Second Floor, and began building his martial knowledge while Za Jiu was tasked with hunting Aji’s killer.
• Za Jiu attacked Li Xiuwen, but Little Loudspeaker intervened, and Huang Sihai helped Li Xiuwen move his relatives to safety.
• Li Xiuwen reached Snake Muscle, concealed his new strength, and prepared to help Hesheng Tu reclaim Longjin Road from the Thunder God Shed.
• Hesheng Tu and the Thunder God Shed clashed on Guangwang Street, where Za Jiu beat Liu Chun, Big Silly Qiang, and A Zhen before Li Xiuwen killed him in disguise.
• Li Xiuwen stole Za Jiu’s valuables and Flood-Dragon Elixir, then consumed the elixir as Dao Youming accused Hesheng Tu of killing Za Jiu and stealing the Great Elixir.
• Li Xiuwen continued training, defeated Longlegs Seven after breaking through Hard-Soft Palm’s bottleneck, and perfected Sand-Turning Palm.
• Little Loudspeaker told Li Xiuwen that Hesheng had stopped investigating Za Jiu’s death, while Li Xiuwen decided to ask Huang Sihai about the Crimson Giant Whale aura.

Li Xiuwen advanced through the Four Seas Martial Arts Hall and Hesheng Tu, gaining recognition while taking on gang missions and making enemies. The arc left him weighing his chances for a Learning Society recommendation as Ao Jiu and Lu Yu emerged as rivals.

• Little Loudspeaker confessed to killing Za Jiu, swore a secret pact with Li Xiuwen, and asked him to patrol Longjin Road as her father prepared to test the family’s Head Instructors.
• Li Xiuwen revealed his perfected Sand-Turning Palm to Huang Sihai, who recognized his Red Whale Momentum and warned him to conceal his progress and beware of Medicine Poison.
• Li Xiuwen passed Longlegs Seven’s assessment and became Little Loudspeaker’s sole Head Instructor, then used Shadow Kill to defeat Little Dragon and earn a place in the Hall Challenge.
• Li Xiuwen defeated Longlegs Seven in the Hall Challenge and refined a Flood-Dragon Elixir to reach Python Muscle, turning down recruitment offers from other martial arts halls.
• Li Xiuwen and Little Loudspeaker were ambushed in the Sewers, where he killed Sparrow Lo and Ling Ling Eight and carried the poisoned Little Loudspeaker to Big Brother Mo’s home.
• Li Xiuwen joined Hesheng Tu, took charge of Galaxy Impression, and defeated Chang San after he caused trouble at the bar, drawing Thunder God Shed’s hostility.
• Li Xiuwen captured Pig Butcher in the Sewers, exchanged Cook Ding's True Interpretation for Tongbao, and bought a Flood-Dragon Elixir that advanced his Sleeping Shark Skill.
• Hesheng Tu planned a secret operation as Li Xiuwen returned to the Four Seas Martial Arts Hall and learned that Ao Jiu and Lu Yu were competing with him for the Learning Society recommendation places.