Recaps

Xu Changxing survived the battle that stopped the Yin Corpse Sect’s revival, but his nascent soul was shattered and his strength never fully recovered. Li Changge repeatedly sought treasures to heal him, leaving Xu Changxing with mixed feelings as he continued his retirement.

• Xu Changxing broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, then investigated the Yin Corpse Sect with Li Changge and recruited Shi Haoyan to help.
• Xu Changxing, Li Changge, and Shi Haoyan attacked the Yin Corpse Sect’s secret realm, where Xu Changxing grievously wounded the awakening old devil before his nascent soul shattered.
• Li Changge destroyed the old devil’s divine sense, while Shi Haoyan wounded the guarding patriarch and carried Xu Changxing and Li Changge away.
• After two years of recovery, Xu Changxing found that his nascent soul remained damaged and began living in retirement within the Setting Sun Sect.
• Li Changge reached Spirit Transformation, took Extreme Yin Jade from the Yin Corpse Sect, and gave it to Xu Changxing to repair his nascent soul.
• Li Changge later brought Xu Changxing a millennium thunder infant fruit, despite appearing to have injured his own primordial spirit.

After the simulation ended with Xu Changxing sacrificing himself to preserve Li Changge’s legacy, Xu Changxing chose to experience the simulated life rather than take a cultivation reward. He began watching the increasingly realistic simulation footage to learn where Zhou Lechi’s Secret Realm was and how the Yin Corpse Sect operated.

• Xu Changxing reflected on why his simulated self had chosen to die and considered how the system judged the simulation’s results.
• The system offered Xu Changxing a first-person experience of the simulated life or late core formation cultivation.
• Xu Changxing chose the first reward so he could locate Zhou Lechi’s Secret Realm and study the Yin Corpse Sect’s plans and spirit transformation patriarch.
• The simulation footage became more realistic, and Xu Changxing began watching it at several hundred times normal speed.

Xu Changxing watched a simulation of his future battles and death, gaining a deeper understanding of heavenly punishment that strengthened his cultivation. He flew into the secret realm to save Zhou Lechi and sensed him nearby.

• Xu Changxing watched the simulation, studied his sword techniques, and noticed the Divine Sword Phantom seemed stronger than before.
• The simulation's final scene of heavenly punishment sparked an epiphany, and lightning tempered Xu Changxing's sword core as he consolidated his cultivation.
• Xu Changxing realized the simulation had not delayed him for two months and hurried to the secret realm to save Zhou Lechi.
• Xu Changxing entered the secret realm and followed the route from the simulation toward the place where Zhou Lechi was supposed to die.
• Xu Changxing sensed Zhou Lechi nearby after flying only a short distance.

Xu Changxing secretly followed Zhou Lechi through the Secret Realm and discovered that a hidden cultivator had sabotaged Zhou Lechi’s fight with a Red Essence Tiger. Xu Changxing saved Zhou Lechi and revealed himself, then turned to pursue the fleeing culprit.

• Xu Changxing concealed his cultivation and followed Zhou Lechi, who was heading toward a specific destination in the Secret Realm.
• Xu Changxing recognized the place where Zhou Lechi had died in the simulation and sensed both a powerful Red Essence Tiger and a concealed cultivator nearby.
• Zhou Lechi battled the Red Essence Tiger and laid a formation that began to weaken the beast.
• The hidden cultivator disrupted the spiritual energy, shattered Zhou Lechi’s formation, and drove the Red Essence Tiger into a sudden frenzy.
• Xu Changxing killed the Red Essence Tiger with a streak of purple sword light and revealed himself to Zhou Lechi.
• Xu Changxing identified the hidden cultivator as the culprit, and the cultivator fled from the Red Essence Tiger’s lair.

Xu Changxing captured Li Hong after rescuing Zhou Lechi from an ambush and learned that Li Hong had tricked Zhou with a fake Nascent Soul legacy. Li Hong claimed someone else had ordered the attack, and Xu Changxing suspected he was trying to lure them toward rescuers waiting at the Secret Realm exit.

• Xu Changxing struck down Li Hong with the Thunder Technique after Li Hong interfered with Zhou Lechi’s formation and provoked the Red Essence Tiger.
• Zhou Lechi recognized Li Hong, a longtime friend and Nine Immortals Sect disciple, and learned that he had used a jade pendant and a false legacy story to lure him into danger.
• Li Hong claimed someone else wanted Zhou Lechi dead and offered to reveal the mastermind if they took him back to the Nine Immortals Sect.
• Xu Changxing warned Zhou Lechi that Li Hong wanted them to leave the Secret Realm and that accomplices were likely waiting near its exit.

Xu Changxing and Zhou Lechi discovered that Li Hong was waiting for his master, Wu Chuan, to rescue him. When Wu Chuan arrived and accused them of attacking Li Hong, Xu Changxing fought the Nascent Soul Ancestor and launched a powerful sword attack.

• Xu Changxing realized Li Hong was stalling for time while waiting for rescue, and Zhou Lechi tried to kill him before help arrived.
• Wu Chuan arrived, and Li Hong accused Xu Changxing and Zhou Lechi of trying to kill him and steal his treasures.
• Xu Changxing recognized Wu Chuan as a low-grade Nascent Soul cultivator and attacked when Wu Chuan unleashed golden light at them.
• Xu Changxing's sword strikes cut through Wu Chuan's attacks and cracked his treasured bone artifact.
• Xu Changxing taunted Wu Chuan about his mongrel Nascent Soul and merged with his sword to attack him.

Xu Changxing relentlessly pursued Wu Chuan while Zhou Lechi fought the wounded Li Hong. Wu Chuan unleashed a terrifying demonic technique, and the chapter left Xu Changxing's sword light shaking off the demonic dragon as Li Hong fled.

• Wu Chuan attacked Xu Changxing with a Soul Cone, but Xu Changxing's sword light knocked it aside and broke through Wu Chuan's protective magic.
• Xu Changxing drove Wu Chuan into a desperate retreat, while Zhou Lechi recognized his junior brother's ability to contend with a Nascent Soul Ancestor.
• Li Hong tried to flee, but Zhou Lechi attacked him with Spell Arts and battered him despite his threats.
• Wu Chuan unleashed a surge of demonic energy that formed a dragon and disrupted Zhou Lechi's spiritual energy, giving Li Hong a chance to escape.
• Zhou Lechi refused to abandon Xu Changxing and resumed pursuing Li Hong, while Xu Changxing's sword light shook off Wu Chuan's demonic dragon.

Xu Changxing used thunderclouds and sword techniques to defeat Wu Chuan, who had been transformed by demonic and corpse qi. After killing him, Xu Changxing suspected Wu Chuan’s nascent soul had fused with his flesh through a Yin Corpse Sect method, confirming the Nine Immortals Sect’s secret collusion with the sect.

• Xu Changxing unleashed a powerful thunderous sword strike that scattered Wu Chuan’s demonic dragon and briefly restored Wu Chuan’s awareness.
• Wu Chuan flooded his body with demonic and corpse qi, transformed into a hardened corpse, and charged Xu Changxing despite losing an arm and half his flesh.
• Xu Changxing used thunder evasion and spread thunderclouds across more than ten li, repeatedly striking Wu Chuan until his movements slowed and he tried to flee.
• Xu Changxing merged with his sword and drew lightning from the thunderclouds onto himself, then cleaved Wu Chuan in two with a strike of heavenly punishment.
• Xu Changxing searched for Wu Chuan’s nascent soul and concluded it had fused with his flesh through a Yin Corpse Sect method, revealing the Nine Immortals Sect’s secret collusion with the sect.

After killing Wu Chuan and Li Hong, Xu Changxing confirmed that the Nine Immortals Sect had colluded with the Yin Corpse Sect and took Zhou Lechi to confront the sect. He demanded that the Nine Immortals Sect open its gates and submit to questioning, then asked a young cultivator where Elder Liu had gone.

• Xu Changxing inferred that the Yin Corpse Sect had used minor sects to gather corpse-pill materials and searched Wu Chuan’s remains for spoils, finding none.
• Zhou Lechi thanked Xu Changxing for saving him, and Xu Changxing pointed out that Wu Chuan and Li Hong had used methods tied to the Yin Corpse Sect.
• Xu Changxing took Li Hong’s Storage Bag, found stolen belongings and corpse-pill refining materials, and confirmed the Nine Immortals Sect’s connection to the Yin Corpse Sect.
• Xu Changxing carried Zhou Lechi on his flying sword to the Nine Immortals Sect and announced that Wu Chuan had been executed for colluding with the Yin Corpse Sect and attempting murder.
• The Nine Immortals Sect cultivators argued and tried to activate their Mountain-Guarding Grand Formation as Xu Changxing summoned thunderclouds overhead.
• Xu Changxing descended before a young cultivator and asked who Elder Liu was after hearing that the elder had left.

Xu Changxing demanded compensation from the Nine Immortals Sect for its leader’s wrongdoing and left with six Storage Bags after intimidating the sect with thunderclouds. He shared some of the spoils with Zhou Lechi and returned toward the Setting Sun Sect, where Liu Chenyu saw his approach and worried that something had gone wrong.

• A Nine Immortals Sect disciple explained that Elder Liu had been the sect leader’s trusted guest, and Xu Changxing learned that the fugitive had escaped after Wu Chuan died.
• Xu Changxing told Zhong Liangsheng that the Nine Immortals Sect owed Zhou Lechi compensation and threatened to take it himself if they did not provide it.
• Zhong Liangsheng sent attendants to fetch the treasury’s Storage Bags, and Xu Changxing selected six before flying away with Zhou Lechi.
• Xu Changxing gave Zhou Lechi three Storage Bags, but Zhou Lechi accepted only one, and the pair continued toward the Setting Sun Sect.
• Liu Chenyu saw Xu Changxing’s purple sword light approaching Flying Stream Peak and worried that something had happened.

Xu Changxing returned to the Setting Sun Sect with Zhou Lechi and the remains of Wu Chuan, revealing the Nine Immortals Sect master's ties to the Yin Corpse Sect. After hearing Zhou Lechi's account, Jiang Duolu confirmed the corpse transformation and recognized Xu Changxing as another Sword Dao Immortal Seedling.

• Liu Chenyu learned that Zhou Lechi had been lured into a Secret Realm and rescued by Xu Changxing, who had slain the culprit.
• Xu Changxing showed Liu Chenyu the corpse and identified the dead man as Wu Chuan, the Nine Immortals Sect's sect master, who had formed a crippled Nascent Soul through an evil method.
• Xu Changxing explained that his Thunder Sword had countered Wu Chuan's corpse-tainted Nascent Soul and admitted he had broken through a minor realm during seclusion.
• Xu Changxing connected Wu Chuan's corpse transformation to the attack on Zhou Lechi, and Zhou Lechi recounted the events to Liu Chenyu.
• Liu Chenyu brought Xu Changxing and Zhou Lechi to sect master Jiang Duolu, who confirmed the Yin Corpse Sect's involvement and praised Xu Changxing as a Sword Dao Immortal Seedling.

Xu Changxing reported his suspicions about the Yin Corpse Sect to Jiang Duolu and received merit points for his service. Back on his peak, he used his spirit stones to begin a simulation, which left him heading toward a mysterious Sword Tomb.

• Xu Changxing suggested that the Yin Corpse Sect had targeted Zhou Lechi to refine Corpse Pills, and Jiang Duolu examined Li Hong’s Storage Bag for evidence.
• Jiang Duolu awarded Xu Changxing one thousand merit points and questioned him about the Nine Immortals Sect.
• Xu Changxing counted his spoils, totaling a hundred and forty thousand low-grade spirit stones, and deposited them into the system.
• Xu Changxing’s simulation advanced his cultivation to the Core Formation Late Stage and described thunderclouds gathering over his peak.
• Xu Changxing rescued a righteous cultivator from evil cultivators and agreed to accompany him to a Sword Tomb after discovering the trap might lead to a secret realm.

Xu Changxing’s simulated attempt to temper his Sword Core in the Sword Tomb ended in a trap set by the Yin Corpse Sect, though he fought through three waves of tribulation before dying. After reviewing the rewards, he chose to experience the simulated life, intent on finding a way to claim the Sword Tomb without falling into its trap.

• Xu Changxing found the Sword Tomb and used its broken swords to temper his Sword Core, unknowingly absorbing killing intent.
• He broke through to Nascent Soul and faced three waves of heavenly tribulation, while a sinister old man watched from the edge of the Sword Tomb.
• The old man revealed himself as a yin corpse and attacked Xu Changxing after the tribulation left him exhausted.
• Xu Changxing activated the Sword Tomb’s broken swords and destroyed the old man with his ignited Nascent Soul, but his own Primordial Spirit was destroyed and his body fell into the tomb.
• Xu Changxing realized the trap may have been intended for Li Changge, then chose the first simulation reward to study the experience and seek a way to take the Sword Tomb safely.

After viewing the simulation’s final scenes, Xu Changxing experienced the world from the perspective of a broken sword and learned more about sword control. Inspired to improve his Greenwood Sword, he went to the Merit Hall for rare materials and a furnace, where he learned the sect had run out of top-grade cold crystal.

• Xu Changxing watched his simulated battle against heavenly thunder and the Yin Corpse Sect elder, then continued viewing scenes of himself as a broken sword.
• Xu Changxing experienced another cultivator wielding him through battle and a more powerful lightning tribulation before the viewing ended.
• Xu Changxing decided to strengthen the Greenwood Sword with several top-tier materials and headed to the Merit Hall with his sect merit points.
• A young Foundation Establishment disciple recognized Xu Changxing from the Sect Grand Competition and learned that he planned to refine his flying sword.
• The disciple confirmed the storeroom had thousand-year black iron and thousand-year thunderstruck wood, but no top-grade cold crystal because Elder Chen had exchanged for it.

Xu Changxing borrowed two pieces of top-grade cold crystal from Elder Chen and began tempering his Greenwood Sword at Blazing Fire Peak. As dozens of elders watched, he put the Sword Pellet and raw materials straight into the Heavenly-Rank Earthfire Furnace, leaving them convinced his method was reckless.

• Li Youchang helped Xu Changxing obtain his exchanged materials and led him to Elder Chen to borrow two pieces of top-grade cold crystal.
• Elder Chen lent Xu Changxing the cold crystal and asked to watch him forge his sword, drawing a crowd of curious elders.
• Xu Changxing reached the sword-forging chamber and studied the Greenwood Sword’s sword intent before placing its Sword Pellet in the furnace.
• Xu Changxing added Purple Cloud Sand and thousand-year black iron without processing them, prompting the watching elders to question his method.

Xu Changxing used Earthfire and rare materials to awaken and strengthen the Greenwood Sword, which transformed enough to draw Heavenly Thunder and Earthfire. The sword then attracted Tribulation Lightning, leaving the watching elders wondering whether Xu Changxing had used the lost Ancient Living Sword Method and recalling a rumor that he was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation patriarch.

• Xu Changxing heated the Greenwood Sword's Sword Pellet in the Earthfire furnace to awaken its spirituality rather than refine it by ordinary means.
• The Greenwood Sword absorbed essences from Purple Cloud Sand, Thousand-Year Black Iron, and other precious materials Xu Changxing fed into the furnace.
• The Greenwood Sword flew out of the furnace and drew Earthfire after it, astonishing the disciples and Core Formation elders watching.
• A thundercloud formed overhead, and Heavenly Thunder struck the Greenwood Sword as Earthfire surged up to meet it; the Sword Pellet remained undamaged.
• The elders realized the Greenwood Sword had grown stronger and saw the thundercloud thicken into Tribulation Lightning.
• The elders speculated that Xu Changxing had used the lost Ancient Living Sword Method, and one mentioned a rumor that Xu Changxing was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation patriarch.

Xu Changxing successfully tempered the Greenwood Sword through its Heavenly Tribulation, greatly increasing its power, then began another simulation. The simulation left him facing a visit from the Spirit Transformation rogue cultivator Bai Yuanju, who wanted to know about the Reincarnation Technique.

• Xu Changxing helped the Greenwood Sword withstand its Heavenly Tribulation, and the Core Formation elders speculated that he might be a reincarnated Spirit Transformation patriarch before agreeing not to spread the rumor.
• Xu Changxing examined the Greenwood Sword and found that its spirituality and sharpness had greatly increased, then flew among the nearby peaks to test it.
• Xu Changxing spent his 120,000 points to start another simulation, where thunderclouds gathered over his peak in the second month.
• In the simulation, Jiang Duolu summoned Xu Changxing to his study, where he met the Spirit Transformation rogue cultivator Bai Yuanju.
• Bai Yuanju asked Xu Changxing about the Reincarnation Technique, but Xu Changxing said he had no relevant memories, and Bai Yuanju left after giving him a searching look.

Xu Changxing completed his first flawless simulation clear by reaching nascent soul and helping Li Changge and Shi Haoyan destroy the Yin Corpse Sect’s hidden old devil. The simulation continued for decades, ending with Li Changge reaching spirit transformation before Xu Changxing.

• Xu Changxing reached core formation late stage, returned to the Sword Tomb, and gathered insights from its broken swords.
• Xu Changxing killed a nascent soul old devil, broke through to nascent soul, and survived his heavenly tribulation.
• Bai Yuanju revealed that he had told the Yin Corpse Sect about the Sword Tomb, then left after speaking with Xu Changxing.
• Xu Changxing reforged the Greenwood Sword and later joined Li Changge and Shi Haoyan to kill the Yin Corpse Sect’s old devil in a Secret Realm.
• Xu Changxing and Li Changge eventually reached nascent soul late stage, but Li Changge advanced to spirit transformation first.

Xu Changxing read a simulation in which he became a powerful sword cultivator, protected the Setting Sun Sect from Bai Yuanju, and lived to the end of his lifespan without ever challenging the heavens. After dying in a legacy site he had built, Xu Changxing anticipated a high simulation rating and its rewards.

• Xu Changxing's cultivation advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and he accepted a promising disciple into the Setting Sun Sect.
• Xu Changxing reached the world's cultivation limit but could not bring himself to challenge heaven, while Li Changge died attempting to do so.
• Xu Changxing retired and watched Shi Haoyan die, then ignored the Demon Star's return until Bai Yuanju threatened the Setting Sun Sect.
• Xu Changxing unsheathed the Greenwood Sword and killed Bai Yuanju, helping the Setting Sun Sect lead a righteous counteroffensive against the demons.
• Xu Changxing sealed his sword again, eventually built a legacy site, and died naturally in Year 1930.
• Xu Changxing complained that the simulation skimmed over its final thousand years, then looked forward to its rating and rewards.

Xu Changxing chose the Legacy Fragment reward and was thrust into a strange space where a projection of the Greenwood Sword repeatedly pierced his body and soul. As he endured the attacks, he grew resistant to their accompanying heavenly thunder and began to understand the sword’s movement.

• Xu Changxing considered the four rewards and ruled out nascent soul middle stage cultivation, then chose his legacy over the Greenwood Sword’s lingering spiritual sense.
• Xu Changxing entered a strange space in his physical body, where a streak of sword light repeatedly pierced him and caused intense pain.
• Xu Changxing tried to flee and block the sword light with his sword intent, but neither worked, so he explored the space between attacks.
• Xu Changxing gradually resisted the sword light’s accompanying heavenly thunder and gained time to explore, finding nothing else in the space.
• Xu Changxing realized that enduring the repeated strikes had taught him how the flying sword moved, and identified the attacker as a projection of the Greenwood Sword.

Xu Changxing endured the inheritance’s Light Sword until he could shatter the Greenwood Sword Projection, gaining a much purer soul and greatly improved swordsmanship. After mastering Sword Light Division, he was summoned to meet Bai Yuanju, whose aura revealed a faint trace of decline.

• The repeated sword strikes purified Xu Changxing’s soul and left sword intent within him, and he realized his future self had designed the inheritance to cultivate a clear soul and sword heart.
• Xu Changxing’s sensitivity to sword intent rapidly improved until he pressed a finger against the Greenwood Sword Projection and shattered it, ending the inheritance trial.
• After contemplating the inheritance, Xu Changxing controlled the Greenwood Sword inside his cottage and divided its light into more than ten agile streaks.
• Jiang Duolu’s Dao Attendant summoned Xu Changxing, who realized more than two months had passed and Bai Yuanju had arrived earlier than he expected.
• Xu Changxing met Bai Yuanju in Jiang Duolu’s study and sensed a faint trace of decline in the old man’s profound aura.

Bai Yuanju mistook Xu Changxing for a reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator and pressed him for a reincarnation technique, leaving Xu in danger. Xu claimed he remembered only fragments and suggested that a soul might need to be purified of everything acquired after cultivation, perhaps including memories.

• Jiang Duolu introduced Bai Yuanju to Xu Changxing, but Bai treated Xu as an esteemed reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Bai Yuanju asked Xu for the technique of reincarnation, convinced that Xu's pure soul proved he had reincarnated.
• Xu Changxing feared Bai might abduct him and realized he had underestimated the danger of their meeting.
• Xu told Bai that his memories were fragmented and that he did not know how to reincarnate, then suggested he might have mistaken the cause of his pure soul.
• Xu proposed that removing all acquired impurities could purify the soul, and Bai wondered whether that meant erasing the memories of this life.

Xu Changxing learned that rumors of his reincarnation had spread through the Setting Sun Sect, then simulated a dangerous trip to the Sword Tomb that ended with his death at the hands of the Yin Corpse Sect's Spirit Transformation Ancestor. He accepted the simulation's Core Formation late-stage cultivation reward and was left with enough points for two more simulations.

• Bai Yuanju left dispirited after Xu Changxing's advice, while Jiang Duolu concluded that Xu Changxing was a reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator.
• Xu Changxing returned to his hut and simulated a future in which rumors of his identity spread through the Setting Sun Sect, but Shi Haoyan's decree kept visitors away.
• Xu Changxing reached the Core Formation late stage, entered the Sword Tomb secret realm, killed Yin Corpse Sect Nascent Soul Elders, and collected a thousand broken swords.
• The Yin Corpse Sect's Spirit Transformation Ancestor ambushed Xu Changxing after he escaped the secret realm, and Xu Changxing died despite activating the Divine Sword Phantom.
• Xu Changxing chose the Core Formation late-stage cultivation reward, raising his cultivation and leaving himself enough points for two more simulations.

Xu Changxing stabilized his cultivation and comprehended the profound Sword Intent hidden in his inheritance, but his enlightenment unexpectedly cracked his Sword Core and triggered a breakthrough. He formed a Sword Intent–infused Nascent Soul as Heavenly Tribulation clouds gathered, then began devouring spiritual energy and thunderclouds.

• Xu Changxing stayed in the Setting Sun Sect for months to stabilize his cultivation and repeatedly pondered the sword strike from his inheritance.
• After more than three months, Xu Changxing discovered that the sword of light contained a profound Sword Intent, and he continued studying it until he entered a wondrous state.
• As Xu Changxing's aura and the surrounding spiritual energy surged, his Sword Core cracked during his enlightenment.
• Xu Changxing snapped out of his state, saw Tribulation Lightning forming overhead, and gathered his Sword Intent to break his core and form a Nascent Soul.
• Xu Changxing's Nascent Soul emerged radiating keen Sword Intent, and he and his Nascent Soul swallowed the surrounding spiritual energy and the remaining thunderclouds in his Dantian.

Xu Changxing faced a Heavenly Tribulation at Flying Stream Peak, astonishing the watching cultivators by exposing his newly formed Nascent Soul and withstanding the first bolt. After he met the second bolt with his body and sword, he waited for a third, confident he could endure it.

• Cultivators at Flying Stream Peak debated who was facing the new Heavenly Tribulation until they saw Xu Changxing rise into the sky.
• Xu Changxing drew in and released spiritual energy, then exposed his newly formed Nascent Soul as the thundercloud grew more powerful.
• Xu Changxing's Nascent Soul met the first bolt head-on and remained unharmed, leading the observers to suspect he was tempering it with heavenly thunder.
• Xu Changxing withdrew his shaken Nascent Soul and merged his body with his sword to withstand the stronger second bolt.
• Xu Changxing emerged with his aura steady and waited for a third bolt, believing his strength would let him endure it.