Recaps

Xu Yang pursued martial arts training while protecting Xu Qing from family and gang threats, and he destroyed the Three Harmonies Gang. The story left Xu Yang training as the Mighty Far Hall’s hunting party faced deadly Exotic Beasts in the mountains.

• Xu Yang secured sponsorship from the Huang Family, joined Mighty Far Hall, and used his Martial Dao Longevity panel to advance rapidly in the Turtle-Snake Great Stance and Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist.
• Xu Yang rescued Xu Qing from Xu Lao’er and Zhang Cuiting, severed ties with them, and foiled Li Hu’s plan to sell her to the Three Harmonies Gang.
• After Li Hu’s men killed He Shicai, Xu Yang ambushed Li Hu, Li Liang, and Li Jian and killed them, then concealed their bodies and continued training.
• Qiu Yongqiang offered Xu Yang three taels of silver each month to support his training, while the Three Harmonies Gang’s Qian Ming tried to recruit him and threatened him after he refused.
• Xu Yang used Qiu Wenjie’s Muscle-Softening Powder to kill Qian Ming and the gang members, marked the scene with “Four Rivers,” and left the gangs to investigate the massacre.
• Xue Fangsheng led Zhang Yong, Luo Dehu, Tang Ruiyang, and the others into the mountains, where a tiger Exotic Beast attacked after Xue Fangsheng abandoned them, leaving Zhang Hong to realize he was the only survivor he could find.

Xu Yang advanced through Qi Gathering, joined the Liu Family as an Attendant, and secretly acquired and mastered the Vajra Skill. After the Huang Family’s marriage schemes and Bao Gang’s attack, Xu Yang stood by the Qiu Family against the Hong Family and prepared to fight Hong Feng.

• Xue Fangsheng’s surviving companions accused him of using them as bait, and Xu Yang later defeated Zhang Hong in a spar as Lu Ren reached Qi Gathering.
• Xu Yang reached Qi Gathering, confronted Lu Ren, and then returned to White Stone Ward, where he enrolled Xu Qing with Old Scholar Li and began improving his comprehension and bone root.
• Xu Yang joined the Liu Family as an Attendant, refused marriage offers from the Liu and Huang families, and escorted the Fifth Miss during the search for Jade Butterfly.
• Xu Yang killed a wounded attacker and secretly took his Vajra Skill manual, then practiced until he gained vajra true qi and advanced his cultivation.
• Xu Yang killed Bao Gang after Bao Gang ambushed him, while the Liu Family investigated Bao Gang’s disappearance and the Huang Family’s attempt to save face through Huang Ling’er damaged its relationship with Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang guided young people from White Stone Ward to the Huang Family’s talent search, where his cousin Xu Zheng was selected among five C-Grade Bone Roots.
• When the Hong Family threatened to seize the Qiu Family’s supply channels, Xu Yang volunteered to face Hong Feng and revealed that he had reached minor accomplishment of Qi Gathering.
• Xu Yang mastered Wind-Thunder Force, learned that Qiu Yongqiang had secretly continued funding his training, and went with the Qiu brothers and Mighty Far Hall disciples to confront Hong Feng, whom he intended to kill.

Xu Yang killed Li Sanhe and Zhang Tong’s gang, concealed his growing strength, and entered the metropolitan Martial Examination. He killed Zhu Yang, defeated Lu Ren, secured a Dragon Ascension place, and promised Xu Qing he would bring her to the sect after settling in.

• Xu Yang killed Li Sanhe after pretending to accept his offer, then took his money and received longevity points for eliminating a threat.
• Xu Yang broke through to great accomplishment of Qi Gathering, killed Zhang Tong and the Four Rivers Gang’s leaders, and stole their supplies and the Flying Swallow Skill manual.
• Xu Yang revealed his breakthrough during the Mighty Far Hall’s sparring matches, defeated Yang Jun, and drew the Raging Wind Hall’s hostility.
• Xu Yang’s bone root transformed to A-grade lower, and he entered the Martial Examination, where he concealed his strength while earning C-Grade Middle in the iron-lock test.
• Xu Yang turned down recruitment offers and began the examination by defeating He Dong, then killed Zhu Yang after breaking his hand and throat.
• Xu Yang’s injured opponent conceded, and Xu Yang defeated Lu Ren to qualify for Dragon Ascension.
• Xu Yang and the other Mighty Far Hall finalists conceded their top-three matches, while Sun Tao and Zhang Yong also secured Dragon Ascension places.
• Xu Yang returned to White Stone Ward, told Xu Qing he had qualified, and promised to bring her to the sect after he settled in.

Xu Yang entered the Violet Sun Gate, advanced into qi refining into gang, and fought off rivals and assassins while navigating sect factions and dangerous assignments. After killing Liu San at the Hundred Medicine Hall, he attended the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction and won the Blood-Coagulating Pill recipe.

• Xu Yang settled the Huang Family dispute by securing a public restoration of Zhou Shunchang’s reputation, then began teaching at Mighty Far Hall and received the Mountain-Bearing Bear Canon from Lin Cheng.
• Xu Yang learned that Yang Jun had been murdered, then received his Dragon Ascension Martial Licentiate title as White Stone Ward celebrated his success.
• Xu Yang refused the proposed alliances at the Dragon Assembly, killed Jiang Yi and the Great River Gang’s leaders, and later joined a smaller voluntary alliance at the Violet Sun Gate.
• Xu Yang arrived at the Violet Sun Gate, rejected recruitment by the Sharp Wind Hall and the Dawn Society, and developed his skills while earning contribution points through black-iron refining.
• Xu Yang revealed that he had grasped Wind-Thunder Force, killed Li Rui'an after an ambush, and broke through into qi refining into gang using the Mountain-Bearing Bear Canon.
• After Xiao Hua assigned Xu Yang to guard the Hundred Medicine Hall, Xu Yang killed Han Xing and Ji Jincheng, while his alliance publicly disbanded under pressure from the steward.
• Xu Yang killed Liu San during an attack on the Hundred Medicine Hall, earned Steward Zhao Qing’s reward, and accepted an invitation to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion auction.
• Xu Yang attended the auction and won the Blood-Coagulating Pill recipe with a four-hundred-tael bid, while Kong Yu resolved to kill him and the Pavilion manager continued watching him.