Recaps

Xu Changxing’s simulated self joined Seven Star Island’s fight against Purple Cloud Mountain to earn resources and advance his cultivation. After reaching Origin Immortal Fourth Stage and defeating Su Yuanzhou, he withdrew from the battlefield to avoid drawing too much attention.

• Xu Changxing observed tensions between Purple Cloud Mountain and Seven Star Island, then returned to cultivating in seclusion.
• After the sects’ immortals began fighting, Xu Changxing accepted Seven Star Island’s offer to guard a trading hub for generous compensation.
• Xu Changxing fought off a Purple Cloud Mountain Origin Demon, joined two Seven Star Island immortals to wound him, and received a reward of twenty Immortal Essence Stones.
• Xu Changxing fought several battles, earned more than two hundred lower-grade immortal essence stones, and broke through to Origin Immortal Fourth Stage.
• Xu Changxing defeated Su Yuanzhou in a duel, gained a reputation, and left the battlefield to avoid attracting further attention.

Xu Changxing gained Origin Immortal Fourth Stage cultivation from the simulation reward, stabilized his foundation, and started another simulation. The new simulation ended with him securing three immortal-grade Spirit Fruits and agreeing to give an Immortal Marketplace half the pills made from them.

• Xu Changxing chose Origin Immortal Fourth Stage cultivation as his reward and broke through twice before spending three months stabilizing his cultivation.
• Xu Changxing examined his stronger cultivation, paid eight Immortal Essence points, and began another simulation.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self found an immortal-grade Spirit Plant, waited for its fruits to ripen, and safely collected all three.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated self decided to refine the Spirit Fruits into Immortal Essence Pills and agreed to give an Immortal Marketplace half of the resulting pills.

Xu Changxing used Immortal Essence Pills to reach the fifth stage of Origin Immortal, then negotiated with Seven Star Island for the Immortal Essence Pill formula. After studying it and obtaining ingredients, he began refining pills and improved his results in his second year of attempts.

• Xu Changxing absorbed three bottles of Immortal Essence Pills and broke through to the fifth stage of Origin Immortal.
• Xu Changxing sought an Immortal Essence Pill formula and agreed to fight for Seven Star Island for a year in exchange for it.
• Xu Changxing helped Seven Star Island immortals repel an attack by Origin Demons from Purple Cloud Mountain.
• Xu Changxing received the Immortal Essence Pill formula and studied it until he understood its complex refining process.
• Xu Changxing chose medicinal herbs as payment and tried refining pills, producing only three inferior pills in his first batch of attempts.
• Xu Changxing refined nine pills the following year, including one that barely qualified as an ordinary Immortal Essence Pill.

Xu Changxing paused the simulation to memorize the Immortal Essence Pill recipe, then resumed it and watched his simulated self die amid the conflict between Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain. The simulation offered him Origin Immortal fifth stage cultivation, and he reflected that his remaining immortal essence stones would let him run another simulation afterward.

• Xu Changxing chose to pause the simulation and used the Tianyan Pearl to trace back and memorize the Immortal Essence Pill recipe.
• Xu Changxing resumed the simulation, where a pill furnace explosion killed a medicine attendant and angered the attendant's Origin Immortal great-grandfather.
• Xu Changxing's simulated self escaped an ambush with the Greenwood Sword, but an Origin Immortal he had gone to rescue was killed.
• Seven Star Island cut Xu Changxing's pay, and a True Demon killed him as he left the city.
• The simulation offered Xu Changxing Origin Immortal fifth stage cultivation, and he decided his thirty-five lower-grade immortal essence stones could fund another simulation.

Xu Changxing reached the fifth level of the Origin Immortal realm and struggled to refine usable Immortal Essence Pills, then used a simulation to develop his alchemy skills and acquire better equipment. The simulation ended with him at the sixth level, earning pills efficiently with an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace.

• Xu Changxing broke through to the fifth level of the Origin Immortal realm and consolidated his cultivation.
• Xu Changxing bought an alchemy furnace and ingredients, but his first four attempts produced only inferior Immortal Essence Pills.
• Xu Changxing simulated guarding and selling three immortal-grade Spirit Fruits, then used the proceeds to buy ingredients and practice alchemy.
• Xu Changxing improved his success rate, sold usable pills to fund more ingredients, and saved enough to buy an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace.
• Xu Changxing used the new furnace to refine pills more efficiently and reached the sixth level of the Origin Immortal realm through cultivation.

Xu Changxing’s simulation reached the Origin Immortal eighth stage, where a True Demon forced him to refine Heavenly Demon Avatar Pills within ten years. After Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl to review years of pill-refining experience, the simulated Xu failed repeatedly and was killed, while Xu Changxing kept the alchemy knowledge as the simulation’s main reward.

• Xu Changxing’s simulated self reached the Origin Immortal seventh stage, then traveled to a Loose Immortal settlement and earned a reputation by selling Immortal Essence Pills.
• He began seeking other immortal pill recipes, but the recipes offered by Loose Immortals were incomplete; he later reached the Origin Immortal eighth stage.
• A True Demon gave him the complete Heavenly Demon Avatar Pill recipe and demanded three pills within ten years or his life.
• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and used the Tianyan Pearl to memorize the recipe and review years of pill-refining successes and failures.
• The simulated Xu failed to refine the pills, fled the settlement, and was killed by the True Demon; Xu Changxing absorbed the pill-refining experience.

Xu Changxing reached the Origin Immortal Eighth Stage, improved his alchemy, and built up a large reserve of Immortal Essence Stones. When Seven Star Island offered him favorable terms to become its alchemist amid renewed war with Purple Cloud Mountain, he accepted and arrived at his new cultivation grounds.

• Xu Changxing chose the Origin Immortal Eighth Stage reward and assimilated the immortal essence that carried him through the Sixth and Seventh Stages to the Eighth.
• Xu Changxing studied alchemy, refined Immortal Essence Pills with improving success, and accumulated over three hundred lower-grade Immortal Essence Stones.
• Xu Changxing began another simulation and, in its first month, chose to keep refining pills rather than pursue valuable immortal fruits.
• Xu Changxing saved enough Immortal Essence Stones to buy an immortal-grade alchemy furnace in the third year of the simulation.
• Xu Changxing accepted Seven Star Island's offer to become a guest elder and refine thirty Immortal Essence Pills each year as war with Purple Cloud Mountain resumed.
• Xu Changxing arrived at the cultivation grounds prepared for him and was satisfied with the dense spiritual qi.

After years of refining pills for Seven Star Island, you reached the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage and began studying how to advance to True Immortal. You learned about the costly True Immortal Pool and the risks of breakthrough pills, but postponed deciding because you were still far from attempting a breakthrough.

• You exchanged your accumulated points for the Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pill recipe and spent over a year refining one, earning praise and extra materials from an elder.
• As war drove up the price of Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills, you bought a higher-quality pill furnace, which improved your efficiency and success rate.
• You used Supreme Immortal Essence Pills to cultivate while refining, then spent your earnings on two more pill recipes and an immortal-grade robe.
• After reaching a bottleneck, you stopped refining pills and broke through to the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage.
• You studied breakthrough methods in Seven Star Island's Sutra Treasury and learned that the True Immortal Pool was expensive and that flawed pills could harm your foundation.

Xu Changxing rejected ordinary breakthrough methods and discovered the dangerous Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art, which he memorized along with other cultivation techniques and pill recipes. The simulation then showed Yang Shu inviting him to a small world to refine ghost immortal epiphyllum pills for Seven Star Island.

• Xu Changxing searched for another way to break through and found the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art in Seven Star Island’s scripture library.
• Xu Changxing memorized the art and other cultivation techniques from the simulation, then retrieved pill recipes and pill-refining knowledge.
• Yang Shu visited Xu Changxing and explained that Seven Star Island controlled small worlds rich in resources, where it fought Purple Cloud Mountain.
• Yang Shu invited Xu Changxing to replace an injured Pill Refining Master and refine ghost immortal epiphyllum pills in a small world for ten times the usual points.

Xu Changxing's simulation ended when a True Demon killed him during a Ghost Immortal Epiphyllum expedition, but he gained the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage cultivation reward. After stabilizing his cultivation, he chose to earn immortal essence stones through alchemy and save for an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace before starting another simulation.

• Xu Changxing accepted Yang Shu's invitation to help preserve Ghost Immortal Epiphyllums in a Small World.
• Yang Shu explained that a True Demon's blood had caused the Ghost Immortal Epiphyllums to flourish, and Xu Changxing waited with him for the flowers to bloom.
• A True Demon attacked the Seven Star Island True Immortal, and another True Demon struck at Xu Changxing, killing him after he briefly resisted and fled.
• Xu Changxing chose the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage reward and broke through after several days of cultivation.
• Xu Changxing refined and sold Immortal Essence Pills for six months, earning three hundred lower-grade immortal essence stones.
• Xu Changxing decided to keep saving for an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace before simulating again, and hoped to refine Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills before the conflict between Seven Star Island and Purple Cloud Mountain.

Xu Changxing saved enough Immortal Essence Stones to buy an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace and successfully refined a Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pill. At the Spirit Pill Pavilion, he clashed with Seven Star Island elder Liu Cheng, who tried to recruit him on harsh terms and then accused him of stealing the pill recipe.

• Xu Changxing bought an Immortal-Grade Alchemy Furnace and used it to refine a Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pill.
• Xu Changxing brought the pill to the Spirit Pill Pavilion and congratulated the manager on breaking through to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage.
• Elder Liu arrived with a replacement manager and invited Xu Changxing to join Seven Star Island, requiring him to hand over twenty Immortal Essence Pills each month.
• Liu Cheng belittled Xu Changxing's pill-refining skills, so Xu Changxing showed him the Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pill he had refined.
• Liu Cheng grew jealous and accused Xu Changxing of stealing the Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pill recipe from Seven Star Island.

Xu Changxing wounded Liu Cheng, sold his pills, and confirmed through a simulation that Seven Star Island would recruit him rather than punish him. The simulation then showed him choosing to risk using the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art to pursue a breakthrough to True Immortal.

• Liu Cheng tried to seize Xu Changxing, who pierced him with sword qi and let him flee instead of killing him.
• Xu Changxing sold the Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pill and Immortal Essence Pills to the Old Shopkeeper for six hundred lower-grade immortal essence stones.
• Xu Changxing simulated the consequences of injuring Liu Cheng and saw Yang Shu recruit him into Seven Star Island.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing cultivated and refined pills for decades, reaching the peak of the ninth stage of Origin Immortal.
• Xu Changxing paused the simulation and directed his simulated self to attempt a breakthrough using the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art.
• The simulated Xu Changxing practiced the technique and encountered hardly any obstacles because his true essence was exceptionally pure.

Xu Changxing’s simulation ended when a tremor from Seven Star Island’s earth vein triggered a fatal backlash, but he chose a reward that raised him to the peak of the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage. Yang Shu then invited him to join Seven Star Island, and after accepting, Xu Changxing began testing the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art before Yang Shu returned.

• In the simulation, an earth-vein tremor disrupted Xu Changxing’s cultivation of the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art, and his rampaging immortal essence shattered his primordial spirit.
• Xu Changxing selected the cultivation reward and reached the peak of the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage after several days.
• Yang Shu visited Xu Changxing to apologize for Liu Cheng’s conduct and invited him to join Seven Star Island as a guest elder of the Alchemy Chamber.
• Xu Changxing accepted the offer and agreed to join Seven Star Island the following month.
• Over the next month, Xu Changxing studied the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art and found that compressing his pure immortal essence was relatively easy.
• Yang Shu returned to visit before Xu Changxing could continue his attempts.

Xu Changxing settled into Seven Star Island and earned a profit refining Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills. Liu Cheng tried to punish him over the quality of his earlier pills, but Ke Xingrong drove Liu away and explained why he resented Xu Changxing.

• Xu Changxing submitted his yearly quota of ten Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills, then refined four more and earned a substantial profit.
• Ke Xingrong told Xu Changxing that demand for the pills was rising and retrieved more materials for him.
• Liu Cheng accused Xu Changxing of submitting inferior pills and demanded that he provide another ten as punishment, claiming Elder Wen had assessed them.
• Ke Xingrong challenged Liu Cheng's authority and threatened to speak with Wen Tianli, causing Liu to leave.
• Ke Xingrong explained that Liu Cheng resented Xu Changxing because his own poor success rate made pill refining costly, while Xu Changxing's work threatened his ability to recover those losses elsewhere.

Xu Changxing simulated cultivating the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art and learned that compressing his immortal essence too far could make it run out of control and kill him. He entered the simulation’s Projection World to study his failed attempt, where he saw the technique’s difficulty rise sharply as his immortal essence became more compressed.

• Ke Xingrong told Xu Changxing that Wen Tianli had not sent Liu Cheng after him and offered to retrieve Wen Tianli's True Immortal Token.
• Xu Changxing exchanged points for pill ingredients and immortal essence stones, then began a simulation to practice the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art.
• In the simulation, Xu Changxing compressed his immortal essence by ninety percent, glimpsed a chance to break through, and chose to keep cultivating the technique.
• Xu Changxing used the Tianyan Pearl Authority to make his simulated self continue, but the immortal essence ran out of control and killed him.
• Xu Changxing chose to view the simulation and found that the Projection World was stable and that the technique became much harder as his immortal essence was compressed.

Xu Changxing studied the bottleneck in the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art and resumed cultivating, finding that its extreme difficulty came with the power to fight above his realm. He delivered high-quality Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills to Ke Xingrong, who promised to protect him from Liu Cheng and revealed that tensions between Purple Cloud Mountain and Seven Star Island were worsening.

• Xu Changxing reviewed a simulation in which his Immortal Essence rebounded violently at ninety percent compression and he died after several disturbances struck at once.
• Xu Changxing recognized the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art’s steepening difficulty and decided to keep cultivating it for its power.
• Xu Changxing condensed his Immortal Essence by twenty percent in four months, then reached fifty percent six months later before pausing to refine pills.
• Xu Changxing delivered his Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills to Ke Xingrong, who praised their quality and said the sect’s True Immortals would prevent Liu Cheng from harassing him.
• Ke Xingrong told Xu Changxing that tensions between Purple Cloud Mountain and Seven Star Island were growing, with demon fiends infiltrating Seven Star Island’s Small Worlds and possible immortal-level fighting ahead.

Xu Changxing bought Immortal Epiphyllum Incense and simulated using it to cultivate the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art, which helped him compress his immortal essence but brought increasingly dangerous instability. After reviewing the simulated experience, he began cultivating the technique in reality.

• Xu Changxing exchanged points for pill-refining materials, immortal essence stones, and two portions of Immortal Epiphyllum Incense.
• Xu Changxing simulated cultivating with the incense and found that it improved his focus and made his cultivation more efficient.
• Xu Changxing spent years refining Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills, then sold a batch to buy more incense and continued cultivating the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art.
• Xu Changxing’s simulated cultivation compressed his immortal essence by ninety-five percent, but repeated episodes of unruly essence left him afraid to continue.
• Xu Changxing forced the simulation onward until his immortal essence ran completely wild, then chose to view the simulation’s scenes and absorb its cultivation experience.
• Xu Changxing finished reviewing the experience and began cultivating the Great Wilderness Essence Suppression Art in reality.

Xu Changxing used repeated simulations and Immortal Epiphyllum Incense to compress his immortal essence to its limit, transforming his primordial spirit and creating a phenomenon across Seven Star Island. Bu Yufeng recognized that the disturbance might involve the laws and flew toward it.

• After sixteen simulations ended in failure, Xu Changxing used what he learned to compress his immortal essence to ninety-eight percent.
• Xu Changxing sold his Phoenix Fire Returning Immortal Pills, simulated further cultivation, and reached ninety-nine percent compression in a simulation.
• Xu Changxing forced his simulated self to keep cultivating through more than thirty simulations, learning to survive a succession of mishaps.
• Xu Changxing lit Immortal Epiphyllum Incense and compressed the final two percentage points of his immortal essence in reality, transforming his primordial spirit.
• The transformation caused spiritual qi to surge across a hundred-li radius of Seven Star Island.
• Bu Yufeng tried to suppress the phenomenon, realized it might be a disturbance at the level of the laws, and flew toward it.

Xu Changxing broke through from the Origin Immortal Ninth Stage to the True Immortal realm, triggering a phenomenon that made Seven Star Island’s immortals recognize his extraordinary potential. As Liu Cheng sought help to repair their relationship, Xu Changxing made no move, leaving everyone waiting to see what he would do.

• Bu Yufeng saw the breakthrough phenomenon and concluded that the newly advanced True Immortal had the potential to become a Heavenly Immortal.
• Ke Xingrong recognized Xu Changxing’s aura and realized his unusual cultivation and talent had produced the phenomenon.
• Liu Cheng identified Xu Changxing as the person breaking through and worried about the consequences of having provoked him.
• Xu Changxing sensed the reactions of the immortals around him, learned that the imposing Bu Yufeng was the island’s patriarch, and focused on stabilizing his new realm.
• Seven Star Island’s immortals learned about Xu Changxing’s background, while Liu Cheng asked others to speak in his favor.
• Xu Changxing took no action against Liu Cheng for a month or two, leaving the island’s immortals waiting to see what would happen.

Xu Changxing emerged from seclusion at the third level of True Immortal and visited Ke Xingrong to invite him for tea, unaware that Bu Yufeng planned to come along. He began roasting a batch of top-grade immortal tea for the gathering.

• Xu Changxing emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the third level of True Immortal, and learned from Ke Xingrong that his breakthrough phenomenon had made him famous across Seven Star Island.
• Xu Changxing invited Ke Xingrong to his residence for tea, explaining that he had promised to do so after reaching True Immortal.
• Bu Yufeng arrived at the Pill Workshop, asked about Xu Changxing's invitation, and decided to accompany Ke Xingrong to the tea gathering in seven days.
• Xu Changxing, unaware that Bu Yufeng would attend, lit his furnace and began roasting top-grade immortal tea using a recipe he had found in an ancient text.

Xu Changxing hosted Bu Yufeng and Ke Xingrong with a novel blend of immortal teas, impressing Ke Xingrong with its flavor and potential value. After tasting it, Bu Yufeng asked Xu Changxing to become his junior fellow disciple.

• Xu Changxing finished preparing immortal tea and waited for Ke Xingrong to arrive.
• Bu Yufeng arrived with Ke Xingrong, surprising Xu Changxing by treating him with unusual courtesy.
• Xu Changxing brewed and blended several immortal teas with an immortal pill, and Ke Xingrong praised the result and suggested selling it.
• Bu Yufeng tasted the tea, then asked Xu Changxing whether he was willing to become his junior fellow disciple.

Xu Changxing accepted Bu Yufeng’s offer to become his junior brother and Seven Star Island’s next protector, learning that hostile Longevity Immortal Sects threatened the island. Revived by Bu Yufeng’s boldness, Xu Changxing promised to protect Seven Star Island after a thousand years of cultivation, and Ke Xingrong offered to help supply his needs.

• Bu Yufeng offered to accept Xu Changxing as a disciple on his master’s behalf, making him a junior brother and future Supreme Elder of Seven Star Island.
• Bu Yufeng revealed that his missing master had offended several Longevity Immortal Sects, which could attack the island after Bu Yufeng’s lifespan ran out.
• Xu Changxing accepted the offer and agreed to help protect Seven Star Island.
• Ke Xingrong bowed to Xu Changxing as his granduncle-master, and Bu Yufeng scheduled an Apprenticeship Ceremony for two months later.
• Bu Yufeng declared that Seven Star Island would produce another Heavenly Immortal, reviving Xu Changxing’s Sword Heart and prompting him to promise to hold up the island’s sky within a thousand years.
• After Bu Yufeng left, Ke Xingrong asked Xu Changxing what cultivation resources he urgently needed.

After Xu Changxing’s breakthrough, Ke Xingrong offered him resources, but the Seven Star Bell rang to announce that Bu Yufeng had accepted a disciple on his master’s behalf. The announcement drew attention from Seven Star Island’s immortals and outsiders, who speculated about Bu Yufeng’s motives and the new disciple’s potential.

• Ke Xingrong promised Xu Changxing a thousand middle-grade immortal essence stones, materials for high-tier pills, and pill recipes.
• The Seven Star Bell rang for the fourth time, and Ke Xingrong explained its history to Xu Changxing.
• Wen Tianli heard Bu Yufeng announce that a gifted talent had joined his master’s lineage and that a discipleship ceremony would take place in two months.
• Wen Tianli suspected the announcement might be a ploy to expose hidden enemies and feared Seven Star Island was heading into turmoil.
• An old man in Xuanqiu Valley learned from an informant that Bu Yufeng had accepted an immortal with hopes of becoming a heavenly immortal as a second-generation patriarch.

Mystic Hill Valley and Purple Cloud Mountain discussed Bu Yufeng’s move and agreed to begin pressuring Seven Star Island after Mystic Hill Valley offered immortal spring water. Xu Changxing began a simulation to assess the danger, which showed rumors about him spreading while he stayed in seclusion.

• At Mystic Hill Valley, an old man dismissed the threat posed by Xu Changxing and ordered a watch on Seven Star Island while sending immortal spring water to Purple Cloud Mountain.
• At Purple Cloud Mountain, the red-haired middle-aged man accepted the offer and ordered his people to strike Seven Star Island to draw out its response.
• Xu Changxing worried about Bu Yufeng’s public challenge and asked Ke Xingrong for middle-grade immortal essence stones so he could run a simulation.
• Xu Changxing spent four middle-grade immortal essence stones to start the simulation, which reported that rumors about him spread across and beyond Seven Star Island while he turned away visitors in seclusion.

After reaching the True Immortal Fourth Level, the narrator reforged the Greenwood Sword and killed a True Demon, then grew stronger and accepted another challenge. The challenge proved to be a trap involving a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and two years after escaping, the narrator was still losing cultivation to the blood essence lodged inside him.

• The narrator became Seven Star Island's second-generation patriarch, refused visitors, and focused on cultivation as war broke out with Purple Cloud Mountain.
• After reaching the True Immortal Fourth Level, the narrator reforged the Greenwood Sword and killed a True Demon Second Level cultivator with one stroke.
• The narrator advanced to the True Immortal Fifth Stage and accepted a challenge from a Purple Cloud Mountain True Demon who had invaded Seven Star Island.
• The supposed True Demon revealed himself to be a puppet refined with Heavenly Demon Blood, but the narrator pierced its barrier and escaped while Bu Yufeng's reinforcements were blocked.
• Bu Yufeng stormed Purple Cloud Mountain and killed three True Demons, while the narrator later failed to expel the Heavenly Demon Blood Essence and fell back to the True Immortal Fourth Level.