Recaps

Xu Changxing used simulations to strengthen his spiritual root, establish his foundation, and master sword techniques while learning of the Setting Sun Sect’s destruction and the Yin Corpse Sect’s plans. He entered the Sect Grand Competition determined to reveal more of his strength, and his first duel began against Han Mingguan.

• Xu Changxing chose nine Cloud Patterns as his reward, completed Foundation Establishment, and gained wood-attribute true essence.
• Xu Changxing concealed his nine Cloud Patterns from Liu Chenyu, received a Flying Shuttle, and found a Sword Pellet and the Yi Wood Sword Art in Li Changge’s storage pouch.
• Xu Changxing simulated a dangerous expedition with Li Changge, then chose a Divine Sword Phantom that could reproduce one sword strike at half power.
• Xu Changxing watched a simulation in which the Setting Sun Sect fell and resolved to fulfill what his simulated self had left unfinished, then practiced with the Sword Pellet for weeks.
• Xu Changxing entered the Sect Grand Competition, bet Han Mingguan that they would meet in the arena, and Liu Chenyu wagered against an elder surnamed Li on Xu Changxing’s prospects.
• Pei Yong'an drew Xu Changxing and Han Mingguan as the first opponents, and Xu Changxing’s Greenwood Sword pierced Han Mingguan’s talismans and killing formation.
• Han Mingguan used a Displacement Talisman and Dragon-Locking Talismans, but Xu Changxing cut through the chains with his Greenwood Sword.

Xu Changxing won the tournament, explored a secret realm, and gained Li Changge’s sword inheritance, transforming his spiritual roots and forming a thunder sword core. After helping Li Changge reach the Nascent Soul realm, Xu Changxing began a simulation focused on avenging Zhou Lechi and hunting demons.

• Xu Changxing defeated Han Mingguan and Ye Hong in the tournament, won first prize, and gave the Spring Renewal Art to the Setting Sun Sect in exchange for merit points.
• Xu Changxing’s simulation showed the Setting Sun Sect falling to the Yin Corpse Sect, and Shi Haoyan and Xu Changxing both died fighting its Old Devil.
• Shi Haoyan took Xu Changxing and Liu Chenyu into a secret realm, where Xu Changxing uncovered treasures and left the realm’s core undiscovered to preserve his freedom.
• Xu Changxing’s simulation led him to Li Changge’s remnant soul, who accepted him as a successor and taught him to face the thunderclouds with his sword.
• Xu Changxing formed a thunder sword core under repeated lightning strikes, transformed his spiritual roots, and fought Li Changge in the thunderclouds.
• Li Changge found his path to the Nascent Soul realm through his battle with Xu Changxing, then passed his heavenly tribulation and entered seclusion.
• Xu Changxing asked Liu Chenyu for spirit stones and began a simulation in which Zhou Lechi died in a dangerous secret realm.
• Xu Changxing avenged Zhou Lechi in the simulation, joined Li Changge in killing demonic beasts, advanced to Core Formation late stage, and continued hunting demons despite their traps.

Xu Changxing rescued Zhou Lechi from a plot linking the Nine Immortals Sect to the Yin Corpse Sect, then strengthened his Greenwood Sword and explored the life and inheritance revealed by his simulations. After studying the sword projection left by his future self, he broke through to Nascent Soul and faced his tribulation at Flying Stream Peak.

• Xu Changxing broke through to Nascent Soul, but his battle against the awakening Yin Corpse Sect devil left his nascent soul damaged, so he retired while Li Changge brought him treasures to aid his recovery.
• Xu Changxing watched his simulated life, gained insight from its heavenly punishment, and hurried into the Secret Realm to save Zhou Lechi from Li Hong and the Red Essence Tiger.
• Xu Changxing killed Wu Chuan after the Nine Immortals Sect cultivator attacked them, uncovered evidence of the sect’s collusion with the Yin Corpse Sect, and brought Zhou Lechi back to the Setting Sun Sect.
• Xu Changxing reforged the Greenwood Sword using precious materials, and the sword endured Heavenly Thunder as watching elders speculated that Xu had used the Ancient Living Sword Method.
• In a simulation, Xu Changxing reached Spirit Transformation, killed Bai Yuanju, and died naturally after establishing a legacy, and he then endured the Greenwood Sword’s projection to inherit its sword intent.
• Xu Changxing met Bai Yuanju, who mistook him for a reincarnated Spirit Transformation cultivator, and later simulated a failed assault on the Yin Corpse Sect before choosing late Core Formation cultivation as his reward.
• Xu Changxing studied the sword strike from his inheritance until his Sword Core cracked, then formed a Nascent Soul and rose to face the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Xu Changxing’s Nascent Soul withstood the first tribulation bolt, and he merged with his sword to endure the second as the observers at Flying Stream Peak watched.

Xu Changxing recovered from his earlier wounds, grew strong enough to kill a Spirit Transformation ancestor, and returned to Spirit Transformation after a successful tribulation. With the Setting Sun Sect expanding and a new simulation option available, he entered a simulation to protect his descendants from the Yin Corpse Sect.

• Xu Changxing advanced through the Nascent Soul stages, healed his withered Nascent Soul in the Starsea Secret Realm, and reached Spirit Transformation before helping the righteous cultivators defeat the Corpse Ancestor.
• Xu Changxing aided Li Changge in raiding Mingkang City, killed Pei Honglie with his sword, and took the Yin Corpse Sect ancestor’s corpse and treasures.
• Xu Changxing used a simulation to refine the Greenwood Sword, gained its accumulated essence, and advanced to the peak of Nascent Soul cultivation.
• Xu Changxing endured nine bolts of tribulation lightning with the Greenwood Sword and returned to Spirit Transformation, alarming the Corpse Ancestor and prompting him to flee toward the Savage Wasteland.
• Xu Changxing spent two years consolidating his cultivation, received more than two and a half million spirit stones’ worth of resources from Jiang Duolu, and gave materials to Liu Chenyu to sell.
• Xu Changxing discovered that the system offered a one-million-point “Continue the legend” option and entered its simulation world.
• Xu Changxing found that the Xu Household was threatened by the Yin Corpse Sect and taught Xu Yuansi the modified Spring Renewal Art and Yi Wood Sword Art through a dream.