Recaps

Han Yu fought a fourth-realm Canghai Sword Sect cultivator at an ancient medicinal garden, using her own body to trap his Flying Sword and get close enough to kill him. Lu Chang'an faced the two third-realm cultivators as they attacked him, leaving that fight unresolved.

• Su Yueli, Han Yu, and Lu Chang'an arrived at a ruined medicinal garden where three Canghai Sword Sect cultivators were harvesting fifth-tier earth spirit fruits.
• The fourth-realm sword cultivator mistook Han Yu and her companions for mortal thieves and attacked Han Yu with Sword Qi and his Lifebound Flying Sword.
• Han Yu blocked the Sword Qi but was wounded, then let the Flying Sword pierce her shoulder so she could trap it with her flesh and bone.
• Han Yu charged across the garden and shattered the sword cultivator's protective barrier with her Black Iron Greatsword, killing him with a blow to the waist and abdomen.
• The two third-realm cultivators abandoned the earth spirit fruits and attacked Lu Chang'an with a Flying Sword and Blazing Fire Talismans.

Lu Chang'an and Han Yu survived a brutal fight against Canghai Sword Sect cultivators and followed Su Yueli to the dragon marrow zhi, where Great Xia Imperial Guards confronted them. As the guards moved to kill the martial warriors and seize Su Yueli, Han Yu and Lu Chang'an prepared to fight to the death, and Su Yueli finally turned her gaze toward the commander.

• Lu Chang'an killed one cultivator with his hammer, while the other fled, and Han Yu pulled a flying sword from her shoulder after their costly victory.
• Su Yueli criticized their vulnerabilities and gave them Blood-Coagulating Paste, then Han Yu collected three fifth-rank earth spirit fruits.
• The group reached a lava rift and found a dragon marrow zhi guarded by a Blackflame Giant Python and a Great Xia Imperial Guard force.
• The Imperial Guards used rogue cultivators as bait to distract the python, then the commander ordered his men to kill Han Yu and Lu Chang'an and capture Su Yueli.
• Three Fourth Realm Imperial Guards advanced in formation, leaving Han Yu and Lu Chang'an trapped against the lava cliff as they prepared to risk everything.
• Su Yueli raised her eyes and looked from the advancing guards to the commander aboard the flying boat.

Su Yueli defeated the imperial guards and Blackflame Giant Python with a single sweep, allowing Han Yu to retrieve the Dragon Marrow Zhi and escape the Black Dragon Secret Realm. Back at the Eternal Life Martial Sect, Gu Qinghe began refining the spirit medicines as Han Yu and Lu Chang'an recovered from their wounds and recommitted themselves to the Martial Dao.

• Su Yueli shattered the guards’ Blade Gang, destroyed their flying boat, killed the Fifth Realm commander and three guards, and cowed the Blackflame Giant Python.
• Han Yu retrieved the Dragon Marrow Zhi while Su Yueli and Lu Chang'an dealt with the surviving guards, then the three left the Black Dragon Secret Realm.
• Su Yueli, Han Yu, and Lu Chang'an returned to the Eternal Life Martial Sect, where the disciples and Gu Qinghe saw their bloodied condition.
• Han Yu gave Gu Qinghe the Earth Spirit Fruit and Dragon Marrow Zhi, and he hurried into the Alchemy Hall to refine Blood-Coagulating Paste.
• Han Yu and Lu Chang'an rested with their wounds on the plaza steps, inspired by Su Yueli’s power to pursue the Martial Immortal’s path.

Gu Qinghe refined the supreme-quality fifth-stage Dragon Marrow Blood-Coagulating Paste with Su Yueli’s guidance after nearly losing control of the ingredients. Su Yueli brought the medicine to Han Yu and Lu Chang'an, who chose to undergo its dangerous marrow-replacement treatment.

• Gu Qinghe spent three days refining the Dragon Marrow Zhi and Earth Spirit Fruit, but their remaining spiritual energy erupted and threatened to destroy the medicine.
• Su Yueli entered the chamber and used physical pressure to suppress the medicinal turmoil, showing Gu Qinghe to press the ingredients together with brute force rather than guide their spirituality.
• Gu Qinghe followed her advice and successfully produced three jars of supreme-quality fifth-stage Dragon Marrow Blood-Coagulating Paste.
• Su Yueli gave Gu Qinghe warm water and medicine for his burned hands, then brought the finished paste to Han Yu and Lu Chang'an.
• Su Yueli warned Han Yu and Lu Chang'an that marrow replacement could kill them, but both took a jar and prepared to undergo the treatment.

Han Yu and Lu Chang'an endured the painful marrow-forging process with Su Yueli’s guidance, advancing their martial cultivation. A spy from the Canghai Sword Sect witnessed their abnormal qi and blood and reported it to an elder.

• Han Yu and Lu Chang'an swallowed the tier five great medicine and began the marrow-forging process, suffering severe pain as their bones were broken and remade.
• The Dragon Marrow Zhi's ferocity threatened to break Han Yu's spine, but Su Yueli used her astral force and instructions to steady her and help her control the medicine.
• Han Yu formed new marrow and reached the Fifth Realm, while Lu Chang'an's ribs healed and he advanced to the Fourth Realm.
• Han Yu and Lu Chang'an thanked Su Yueli, and Han Yu tested her newfound strength by squeezing a burst of air from her fist.
• A Canghai Sword Sect spy observed the pair's unusual qi and blood from outside the Eternal Life Martial Sect and reported it to an elder using a Voice-Transmitting Jade Talisman.

Su Yueli trained Li Meng and the other newly forged martial artists to use the Blood-Locking Formation Wall against cultivators, while reflecting on the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s growing strength. A hidden observer sent the Canghai Sword Sect the results of its investigation.

• Li Meng and more than thirty youths emerged from medicinal baths having broken through to the second realm of bone forging.
• Su Yueli taught the youths to combine their shields, spears, and qi and blood into the Blood-Locking Formation Wall, which withstood and reflected a third-realm spell’s force.
• Su Yueli explained to Han Yu and Lu Chang'an how the formation could help martial artists survive cultivators’ ranged attacks and close within thirty feet.
• Li Meng and the youths practiced with fierce devotion, regarding the Eternal Life Martial Sect as their home and a place they would defend.
• A gray-clothed observer outside the sect sent a White Paper Crane toward the immortal sect, delivering the Canghai Sword Sect’s investigation results.

After learning that his disciple Song He had been killed and the sect’s medicines stolen by two mortal martial artists, Chen Yuan discovered they belonged to the newly founded Eternal Life Martial Sect. He led an armed force toward the Outer City to destroy the sect and avenge Song He.

• Chen Yuan found Song He's shattered life tablet and ordered an investigation into his death.
• A steward reported that two weapon-carrying people without spiritual power had taken the medicinal ingredients from the Black Dragon Secret Realm and killed the beast guarding them.
• The steward traced the pair to the Eternal Life Martial Sect, where an immense surge of dark-gold Qi and Blood had risen.
• Chen Yuan selected three Fourth Realm disciples and twelve Third Realm elites to accompany him to the Outer City.
• Chen Yuan and fifteen sword cultivators flew toward the Eternal Life Martial Sect, intending to slaughter its members.

Chen Yuan led Canghai Sword Sect cultivators to the Eternal Life Martial Sect and demanded that its members surrender and die, but Su Yueli calmly sent Han Yu and Lu Chang'an to face them. Newly strengthened Han Yu dragged an eight-thousand-jin black iron sword through the opened gates to confront the sword cultivators.

• Chen Yuan and fifteen sword cultivators descended on the Eternal Life Martial Sect, frightening the Outer City residents into hiding.
• Chen Yuan drove a greatsword into the training ground and threatened to slaughter the sect unless its members surrendered, crippled themselves, and took their own lives.
• Li Meng and thirty young disciples held their formation against Chen Yuan's spiritual pressure, while Su Yueli remained calm inside the hall.
• Han Yu and Lu Chang'an prepared to fight, and Su Yueli ordered them to test their new strength outside.
• Han Yu lifted the eight-thousand-jin black iron sword, forced open the gates, and dragged the weapon out toward Chen Yuan.

Han Yu fought the Canghai Sword Sect cultivators in the Western Ward, using her fifth-realm body and black iron greatsword to overcome their sword arts. After she killed a fourth-realm sword cultivator, Chen Yuan drew his supreme-grade spirit sword and prepared to attack.

• Two fourth-realm late-stage Canghai Sword Sect cultivators sent their flying swords at Han Yu, but her dark-gold qi and blood let her withstand their sword aura.
• Han Yu crossed the distance in a single step and smashed one cultivator's lifebound flying sword with her eight-thousand-jin black iron greatsword, also knocking the other sword away.
• Han Yu closed in on the disarmed cultivator and crushed him with a greatsword strike, killing him in front of the Canghai Sword Sect fighters.
• The surviving cultivators froze in shock, and Chen Yuan's contempt turned to fury and fear.
• Chen Yuan drew his fifth-tier supreme-grade spirit sword as his half-step sixth-realm spiritual pressure poured out.

Han Yu and Lu Chang'an fought the Canghai Sword Sect attackers, killing their disciples and defeating Chen Yuan through martial strength. Chen Yuan escaped with a blood talisman and summoned the sect's highest-grade pursuit and distress token, vowing revenge.

• Chen Yuan ordered his disciples to form a sword formation against Han Yu and attack the Eternal Life Martial Sect.
• Lu Chang'an charged through the sword net, killed two Third Realm sword cultivators, and broke apart the disciples' formation.
• Chen Yuan unleashed the Raging Tide Sword Art against Han Yu, who endured the attack and shattered his sword tide with her black iron greatsword.
• Han Yu smashed Chen Yuan's defensive talisman, pulverized his right arm and bonded spiritual sword, and sent him crashing into a ceremonial archway.
• Chen Yuan used a blood-colored escape talisman to flee beyond Han Yu's reach, then activated the Canghai Sword Sect's Blood Sword Talisman and swore revenge.

Su Yueli killed Canghai Sword Sect elder Chen Yuan with a single finger before he could send a message, then ordered Han Yu and Lu Chang'an to destroy the sect’s Azure Cloud City branch. The branch was razed overnight, and the immortal sects of the Inner City grew fearful of the Eternal Life Martial Sect.

• Chen Yuan tried to send a warning to the Canghai Sword Sect’s main sect, but Su Yueli crushed his talisman, primordial spirit, and body with a finger.
• Su Yueli ordered Han Yu and Lu Chang'an to lead Li Meng and the other youths to uproot the Canghai Sword Sect branch in Eastern Glory Ward.
• Han Yu and Lu Chang'an led thirty youths in an assault that overwhelmed the branch guards, looted its treasury, and burned its main hall.
• The youths returned to the Eternal Life Martial Sect with twenty wagons of resources, their confidence strengthened by their victory.
• The Inner City’s sects and clans learned of the branch’s destruction, while scouts approaching the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s courtyard sensed its killing aura and kept their distance.

After Zhao Tiancheng and his imperial Sky-Patrolling Warship were destroyed near Azure Cloud City, the Pacification Bureau examined a recording showing a lone attacker using mortal weapons and overwhelming physical strength. Xiahou Lie dismissed the possibility that a mortal was responsible and ordered a massive force to mobilize against Azure Cloud City as he headed there himself.

• A warning at the Pacification Bureau revealed that Zhao Tiancheng's warship had gone dark and his life tablet had shattered.
• A covert-agent commander presented a recording showing an attacker pierce the warship with a spear, smash through its defenses with an iron hammer, and kill Zhao Tiancheng with bare hands.
• Xiahou Lie rejected the idea that a mortal warrior could have done this and blamed hidden Demon Path fiends or rebel remnants.
• Xiahou Lie ordered three Redscale Void-Breaking Warships, eight hundred Dao soldiers, and seventh realm Demon-Subduing Deputy Generals Chu Kuang and Yan Kuan to depart for Azure Cloud City.
• Xiahou Lie set out in person, vowing to seal the airspace and destroy whoever was behind the attack.

Three Redscale Void-Breaking Warships of the Great Xia Pacification Office arrived over Azure Cloud City, where Xiahou Lie demanded answers about a destroyed imperial ship and its dead commander. After learning that the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s mortal members had killed a Canghai Sword Sect elder, Xiahou Lie ordered the Western Ward surrounded and prepared to crush them.

• Three Redscale Void-Breaking Warships appeared over Azure Cloud City, and Xiahou Lie’s eighth-realm pressure forced the city’s cultivators to kneel.
• Chu Kuang summoned City Lord Li Daoyuan and accused him of concealing the destruction of Zhao Tiancheng’s Dragon-Scale Sky-Patrolling Ship.
• Li Daoyuan denied knowing about the crash and reported that Chen Yuan had been killed after the Canghai Sword Sect’s branch hall was destroyed.
• Li Daoyuan said the attackers were ordinary mortals from the Eternal Life Martial Sect who had fought with mortal weapons.
• Xiahou Lie recognized the reported methods as matching the attack on Zhao Tiancheng’s ship and ordered Chu Kuang to seal the city and surround the Western Ward.

The Great Xia Pacification Bureau confirmed that the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s mortal martial artists had killed Canghai Sword Sect cultivators and raided its branch, then mobilized to destroy them. As three warships approached the Western Ward, Li Meng, Gu Qinghe, Han Yu, and Lu Chang'an prepared to defend the sect.

• Xiahou Lie sealed Azure Cloud City's Inner City while Chu Kuang's forces arrested and brutally interrogated cultivators with Soul-Searching Art.
• The Prison Warden’s Memory Crystals confirmed that Song He and Chen Yuan had been killed and the Canghai Sword Sect branch had been razed by the Eternal Life Martial Sect.
• Chu Kuang ordered the three armies’ warships to advance on the Western Ward and vowed to slaughter everyone at the sect.
• At the Eternal Life Martial Sect, Li Meng assembled fifty Second Realm martial artists while Gu Qinghe distributed looted healing supplies to the disciples.
• Han Yu and Lu Chang'an watched the three blood-colored warships approach, ready to fight the Great Xia Pacification Bureau.

The Great Xia Immortal Dynasty’s warships surrounded the Eternal Life Martial Sect, but Su Yueli and her disciples refused to submit. As Chu Kuang ordered two hundred Dao Soldiers to assault the compound and capture its defenders, the battle began.

• Three Redscale Void-Breaking Warships loomed over the Outer City and pressed the Eternal Life Martial Sect compound with their spiritual power and killing intent.
• Su Yueli dismissed the dynasty’s show of force and resolved to oppose it if it threatened mortal martial artists.
• Han Yu reported that the army had surrounded the sect, then declared she was eager to test herself against it; Su Yueli sent her out to fight.
• Chu Kuang saw fifty young martial artists form a defensive line and forbade the spiritual cannons because he needed prisoners and information about Dragon Marrow Zhi and Commander Zhao’s crashed warship.
• Chu Kuang ordered two hundred elite Dao Soldiers to form the Sea-Covering Blackwater Formation and attack the gates, and the soldiers leaped down from the warships.

The Great Xia Dao Soldiers attacked the Eternal Life Martial Sect with the Sea-Covering Blackwater Formation, but Li Meng and forty-nine youths blocked their first assault with a mortal iron shield wall. At Su Yueli’s command, the youths opened the barricade and charged the distracted imperial soldiers.

• Two hundred Great Xia Dao Soldiers landed outside the Eternal Life Martial Sect and launched the Sea-Covering Blackwater Formation at its gates.
• Li Meng led fifty youths in a Blood-Locking Formation Wall that stopped the Dao Soldiers’ Blade Gang without anyone being injured.
• Chu Kuang ordered the Dao Soldiers to use Blazing Fire Talismans and armor-piercing wind blades against the shield wall.
• Su Yueli ordered the youths to lower their shields and close in as the Dao Soldiers formed their attacks.
• Li Meng ordered the youths to break the wall, draw their hammers, and charge the Dao Soldiers.

Li Meng and fifty Martial Sect youths slaughtered two hundred Great Xia Dao Soldiers in a narrow alley, using close combat to overcome their spells and spiritual defenses. After Han Yu killed the Dao Soldiers’ captain, Xiahou Lie opened his eyes with murderous intent.

• Li Meng charged through the Dao Soldiers’ formation and killed its front-line soldier with his warhammer, as the Martial Sect youths forced their way into close quarters.
• A Dao Soldier squad leader severed one youth’s arm, but the youth and others killed him with a headbutt and hidden blades.
• The Dao Soldiers’ formation collapsed as the Martial Sect youths battered them in the cramped alley, preventing them from using their spells or gaining distance.
• Han Yu launched herself into the air and split the Fifth Realm captain in two with her black iron greatsword.
• After half an hour, all two hundred Dao Soldiers were dead; seven Martial Sect youths had died and twelve were gravely wounded.
• Deputy General Chu Kuang watched in fury from the main warship, and Xiahou Lie opened his eyes with towering murderous intent.

Lu Chang'an and Han Yu fought together to kill Chu Kuang, but a far greater power descended from the Scarlet Scale Warships before the Martial Sect disciples could recover. The chapter ended with the battlefield frozen beneath an overwhelming force.

• Chu Kuang attacked the survivors while Xiahou Lie activated the Nine Heavens Wind and Lightning Grand Array, unleashing deadly wind and lightning across the Western Ward.
• Lu Chang'an hurled himself into Chu Kuang's blade to deflect it and create an opening for Han Yu, suffering devastating injuries.
• Han Yu shattered Chu Kuang's Black Tortoise Golden Bell Talisman and wounded him, then fought him in close combat as her strength began to fail.
• Lu Chang'an struck Chu Kuang from behind, giving Han Yu the opening to drive her greatsword through his jaw and destroy his Primordial Spirit.
• A voice from the Scarlet Scale Warships called the fighters ants, and an immense power descended, freezing heaven and earth.

Xiahou Lie manifested his Late Eighth Realm Dharma Avatar and crushed the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s survivors beneath overwhelming pressure, declaring that the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty would brook no mortal martial warriors. As his golden palm descended to destroy them, Su Yueli emerged and promised Han Yu she would shatter the sky.

• Xiahou Lie appeared in the sky with his Mystic Heaven Demon-Subduing True Scripture Dharma Avatar, whose might pinned Li Meng, Han Yu, Lu Chang'an, and the other survivors beneath the pressure of heaven and earth.
• Xiahou Lie dismissed Chu Kuang’s death and declared that mortals without Spirit Roots were born to serve the immortal sects and that the world had no need for martial warriors.
• Xiahou Lie sent the Dharma Avatar’s golden palm crashing toward the Eternal Life Martial Sect, threatening to crush the disciples and their ruined courtyard.
• Han Yu resisted the pressure and shouted defiance at the heavens as the disciples faced death without begging for mercy.
• Su Yueli walked out from behind the shattered gate, comforted Han Yu, and said she would shatter the sky for her disciple.

Su Yueli revealed overwhelming physical strength by destroying Xiahou Lie’s Eighth Realm Dharma Avatar and killing him. She then declared that Azure Cloud City would honor martial might above all and challenged the city to object.

• Xiahou Lie ordered his Golden Body Dharma Avatar to crush Su Yueli, who stepped into the void and shattered it with a single punch.
• Su Yueli destroyed the Dharma Avatar and its imperial Dao dragons, leaving Xiahou Lie gravely injured.
• Xiahou Lie tried to flee, but Su Yueli caught him and crushed his heart, killing him and extinguishing his Dao.
• Han Yu, Lu Chang'an, Li Meng, and the Martial Sect disciples looked on with reverence as Su Yueli confronted Azure Cloud City.
• Su Yueli declared that the immortal dynasty and mortal world in Azure Cloud City would honor martial might above all, then asked who agreed and who objected.

Su Yueli defeated the Great Xia forces and took control of their warships, while the Inner City’s cultivators panicked and tried to flee. She left Azure Cloud City under the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s rule and ordered its leaders to surrender the city’s records and resources.

• Su Yueli killed Xiahou Lie and ordered the surviving Dragon Scale Dao Soldiers to surrender their weapons, armor, and warships.
• Han Yu secured the three warships for the Eternal Life Martial Sect and sent the surrendered soldiers into their holds.
• The Inner City’s leaders and cultivators panicked and tried to escape, but Lu Chang'an destroyed a flying shuttle and enforced a three-day lockdown.
• Li Daoyuan surrendered the city seal, formation disk, and records to Su Yueli, who ordered the city’s ledgers, maps, and spirit medicine field deeds delivered before sunset.
• Su Yueli declared that the Eternal Life Martial Sect would decide Azure Cloud City’s rules from then on.

Gu Qinghe took control of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Azure Cloud Branch and redirected its stores and spirit medicine fields toward the Eternal Life Martial Sect’s needs. As Su Yueli watched the city at night, the Martial Sect’s mortal forces had replaced the old cultivator-led order across Azure Cloud City.

• Gu Qinghe arrived at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Azure Cloud Branch with twenty disciples and presented Su Yueli’s order confiscating its supplies.
• Zhao Xun handed Gu Qinghe the storehouse keys and ledger, and Gu Qinghe inspected the branch’s four-hundred-mu spirit medicine field.
• Gu Qinghe ordered the branch to replace cultivation herbs with ingredients for the Blood-Locking Great Medicine, move Demon Beast Blood Essence to the Martial Sect, and reforge pills into ointment for wounded disciples.
• Su Yueli watched Martial Sect patrols and mortal defenses replace the city’s spiritual formations, sensing the earth’s vitality awaken beneath the people’s Qi and Blood.

Su Yueli established the Eternal Life Martial Law in Azure Cloud City, imposing equal protections for mortals and cultivators and placing city resources under the Martial Sect. Li Meng then ordered a forceful seizure of the Zhao and Sun households’ quarry operations, leaving the clans facing destruction if they resisted.

• Su Yueli erected a stele announcing the Eternal Life Martial Law, including severe penalties for harming mortals, abolishing poll and entry taxes, restricting low-level flight, and placing mineral veins and spirit fields under Martial Sect administration.
• A brocade-robed cultivation elder condemned the new laws, and a Martial Sect patrolman struck him unconscious with his scabbard.
• Li Meng took control of the renamed Martial Governance Bureau and heard that the Zhao and Sun households had withheld quarry contracts.
• Li Meng ordered ten guards to take fifty second realm disciples to the Zhao and Sun residences, sparing their clans if they surrendered but destroying them if they resisted.

Azure Cloud City welcomed thousands of mortal refugees and built the Eternal Life Martial Sect into a growing force, giving people rejected by the immortal sects food, work, and a path to martial strength. As Su Yueli watched the city fortify itself, she recognized that her actions had left a lasting mark on the Immortal Dynasty.

• Li Meng and Martial Sect disciples fed and registered thousands of starving refugees outside Azure Cloud City's open gates.
• More than fifty thousand mortals arrived in Azure Cloud City within a month, and they reclaimed farmland, reopened mines, and worked in the smithies.
• The Eternal Life Martial Sect expanded its training ground and grew from fifty disciples to more than eight hundred.
• Han Yu urged the young disciples to train through hardship and swear loyalty to the Martial Sect.
• Su Yueli watched the disciples train and considered how the city was turning resources once held by cultivators into food and weapons for mortals.

Great Xia officials learned that Xiahou Lie and his forces had been defeated by the Eternal Life Martial Sect, then watched a recording of a white-robed woman kill him with a single punch. The Ancestral Dragon Demon-Subduing Ancient Bell rang, and Old Ancestor Jiang emerged from seclusion.

• Prince Kang asked whether Xiahou Lie had truly fallen, and the Minister of War reported that Azure Cloud City had surrendered to the Eternal Life Martial Sect and Great Xia's forces had been destroyed.
• A young prince rejected the report and accused the rebels of using a forbidden artifact, so the Minister of War showed the officials a battle recording.
• The recording showed a white-robed woman shattering Xiahou Lie's Dharma Avatar and killing him with one punch.
• The Great Xia Ancestral Dragon Demon-Subduing Ancient Bell rang, and Old Ancestor Jiang appeared above the hall.
• The princes and ministers prostrated themselves and welcomed Old Ancestor Jiang out of seclusion.