Recaps

Li Xian killed Daoist Xuantie and Luo Teng, then pursued Yan Kaigui through the Wave-Viewing Tower and into the street. After Liu Yanran stopped him and his body’s lingering attachment briefly held back his strike, he confronted her about ordering the attack on him and cut her throat.

• Li Xian killed Luo Teng with a finger strike after beheading Daoist Xuantie, leaving Yan Kaigui and Ma Fu horrified.
• Ma Fu tried to help Yan Kaigui escape while Zhou Juechen fought Ma Fu and Li Xian battled the guards blocking his way.
• Li Xian kicked his saber toward Yan Kaigui, but a Golden Light Talisman deflected it and allowed Yan Kaigui to flee into the crowd.
• Liu Yanran intercepted Li Xian, and his reluctance to hurt her briefly delayed his blade, giving Yan Kaigui time to escape.
• Li Xian asked Liu Yanran whether she had ordered Yan Lian to kick him into the river two months earlier, then slashed her throat.

Li Xian killed Liu Yanran and Yan Ruxue after defeating their guards, while Zhou Juechen broke through to the impervious body realm during his fight with Ma Fu. The chapter ended with Ma Fu dying and Yan Kaigui’s Blood Exchange and Marrow Washing experts dead.

• Li Xian killed Liu Yanran, then cut down the guards trying to flee with Yan Ruxue.
• After the remaining guards scattered, Yan Ruxue begged Li Xian to spare her and argued that he had also spared Yan Kaigui.
• Li Xian agreed that Yan Ruxue had understood his intention, then killed her, saying she knew too much.
• As Zhou Juechen fought Ma Fu, Li Xian withdrew to guard the staircase and let their battle continue.
• Zhou Juechen refined his fighting style, comprehended primordial unity, and struck Ma Fu with a punch that broke his arm and heart meridians.
• Ma Fu died after recognizing Zhou Juechen’s breakthrough, leaving Yan Kaigui’s Blood Exchange and Marrow Washing experts dead.

After Li Xian and Zhou Juechen defeated Prince Yue’s Residence at the Wave-Viewing Tower, Li Xian studied a new way to push his body beyond its limits. Zhou Juechen’s breakthrough into the Impervious Body realm became public, shaking Canglang Mountain and leaving Prince Yue’s Residence’s response uncertain.

• Zhou Juechen comprehended Primordial Unity and agreed with Li Xian that they should return to Lijiang City after offending Prince Yue’s Residence.
• Li Xian returned to the Canglang Sword Sect while onlookers speculated that he and Zhou Juechen had defeated the heir apparent and the residence’s martial masters.
• Li Xian explored his body’s resistance to his consciousness and named the method of overcoming its restraints the Limit-Breaking State.
• News of the deaths at the Wave-Viewing Tower spread, and the Guangyuan Sword Saint told Yinsha to recommend Li Xian for the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Zhou Juechen announced that he had entered the Impervious Body realm, and renowned veterans verified his breakthrough.

Li Hanbing learned that Li Xian had become a formidable martial figure and visited him, but he showed little interest in renewing their family ties or hearing about his past. After she left, Li Xian and Zhou Juechen set out for Lijiang City to meet an impervious body expert from Prince Yue's Residence.

• Li Hanbing heard Zhang Yunsheng and Duan Jiangliu discuss Li Xian's recent killings and his possible path to becoming a first-rate martial expert.
• Encouraged by her fellow disciples, Li Hanbing visited Li Xian with Zhang Yunsheng and Duan Jiangliu, hoping to demonstrate their connection.
• Li Hanbing asked whether Li Xian remembered Jiang Xiaoyu and warned him that his sacrifices for Liu Yanran might have had other causes, but he said he did not know Jiang Xiaoyu.
• Li Hanbing left after concluding Li Xian had forgotten his past and would not heed her warning.
• Li Xian and Zhou Juechen departed for Lijiang City to meet the impervious body expert from Prince Yue's Residence.

After learning that Li Xian and Zhou Juechen had survived Canglang Mountain, Yan Kaigui chose to leave for the Royal Capital rather than risk fighting them. Li Xian and Zhou Juechen prepared for a possible confrontation with Prince Yue's Residence at the Dragon Spring Martial Arts Hall, where Hongyu learned that Li Xian had reached blood exchange and marrow washing.

• Yan Kaigui decided that his future at the Dragon Gate Convention mattered more than avenging his sister, and ordered a horse so he could ride to the Royal Capital.
• Li Xian and Zhou Juechen returned to the Dragon Spring Martial Arts Hall, where Hongyu had dismissed the disciples and the Zhou Family's fighters were gathered.
• Zhou Juechen sent the Zhou Family fighters away and instructed his Fourth Uncle to watch Prince Yue's Residence and report any unusual activity.
• Zhou Juechen predicted that Prince Yue's Residence would issue a challenge within several days or wait for powerful reinforcements, while Li Xian calmly accepted the prospect of a fight.
• Zhou Juechen invited Li Xian to stay in the West Courtyard and told Hongyu to keep watch; Li Xian confirmed he had attained blood exchange and marrow washing, leaving Hongyu overwhelmed.

Li Xian and Zhou Juechen learned that the Prince’s Residence and Dingfeng Marquis Estate were waiting for reinforcements: the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang, who sought the Xu Family’s Blood Jade Art. With the Eagles due in Lijiang within three days, Li Xian welcomed the prospect of fighting them.

• Li Xian continued exchanging blood and washing his marrow while refining secret techniques, and Zhou Juechen warned that the Prince’s Residence was likely waiting for reinforcements.
• Xu Yu Niang arrived with news that Zhao Tianming had invited the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang, who coveted the Blood Jade Art and were heading to Lijiang.
• Zhou Juechen suspected Xu Yu Niang was hiding something and ordered Hongyu to seize and imprison her.
• Zhou Juechen explained that the Thirteen Eagles included a Body Without Leaks leader, three blood exchange and marrow washing experts, and nine experts at viscera great accomplishment.
• Li Xian smiled at the threat and asked Zhou Juechen to consider that he might be stronger than the Eagles.

Li Xian attained an impervious body and anticipated testing his blood and qi against the arriving Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang. When Blood Eagle and the Eagles reached Lijiang, they encountered Li Xian and Zhou Juechen outside the city, and both sides charged into battle.

• Li Xian reached an impervious body, formed a self-sustaining cycle of blood and qi, and considered how to advance toward controlling blood and qi.
• Blood Eagle and the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang arrived outside Lijiang, where Zhao Tianming and Bai Yup an welcomed them and urged them to wait for reinforcements.
• Blood Eagle rejected the delay and ordered Zhao Tianming to lead the group into the city while Bai Yup an sent word to Commander Zhang.
• Blood Eagle halted the riders when he spotted Zhou Juechen and Li Xian waiting near the city gate, then assigned himself to fight Zhou Juechen and ordered the others to capture Li Xian alive.
• Zhou Juechen charged Vulture and the other Eagles while Li Xian rushed toward Blood Eagle, who accepted the challenge and advanced to meet him.

Li Xian confronted Blood Eagle and revealed that he had reached the Body Without Leaks Realm, overwhelming him with the vibrating sword technique Sword Sweeps the Three Thousand Worlds. When Blood Eagle called for reinforcements, Li Xian entered the Limit-Breaking State and killed Gray Eagle and Sparrowhawk, leaving the duel's outcome seemingly decided.

• Li Xian attacked Blood Eagle with a sword, using vibrating force to batter his saber and wound his hand.
• Blood Eagle realized Li Xian had reached the Body Without Leaks Realm and could sustain repeated full-strength attacks.
• Li Xian disarmed Blood Eagle, deflected his throwing knife, and drove him to retreat as Blood Eagle called for help.
• Third, Sparrowhawk and Sixth, Gray Eagle charged Li Xian while the other Eagles kept Zhou Juechen occupied.
• Li Xian entered the Limit-Breaking State and pierced Gray Eagle between the brows.
• Li Xian deflected Sparrowhawk's saber with his left hand, then killed Sparrowhawk with a swift sword strike.

Li Xian fought Blood Eagle and revealed overwhelming strength, killing the leader of the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang. The battle ended with Vulture and the others witnessing Blood Eagle’s death.

• Blood Eagle erupted with a secret art and attacked Li Xian, who met his blow head-on and neutralized the invading force with Limitless Golden Bell.
• Li Xian advanced on Blood Eagle with a succession of attacks, then used Golden Snake Entwining Silk to twist and break Blood Eagle’s arm.
• Li Xian feinted with a palm and struck Blood Eagle in the liver, leaving him badly injured and kneeling.
• Blood Eagle begged Li Xian to spare him, but Li Xian punched his throat and killed him.

Li Xian and Zhou Juechen annihilated the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang after Li Xian killed Blood Eagle and Zhou Juechen defeated Vulture. Li Xian chased down the fleeing Zhao Tianming and killed him, while Bai Yup an escaped toward the city and Li Xian continued to await reinforcements from the princely estate.

• Li Xian killed Blood Eagle, and the surviving Thirteen Eagles panicked and tried to flee or intercept him.
• Zhou Juechen used Five Elements United as One to defeat Vulture, then killed four fleeing Eagles, while Li Xian slaughtered four others.
• Li Xian pursued Zhao Tianming and Bai Yup an as they split up, leaving Zhou Juechen to deal with the scene.
• Zhao Tianming stopped to repay his debt to the Marquis's Residence by fighting Li Xian, but Li Xian's punch shattered his attack and fatally wounded him.
• Li Xian continued toward the city, anticipating that Bai Yup an would summon Zhang Shuheng and other reinforcements from the princely estate.

Li Xian killed Zhao Tianming and continued pursuing Bai Yup an, who ran into Zhang Shuheng and the Prince's Mansion guards. Zhang Shuheng charged Li Xian but was disarmed in a single exchange, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Li Xian killed Zhao Tianming at the city gate and resumed his pursuit of Bai Yup an.
• Bai Yup an saw Li Xian catching up and encountered Zhang Shuheng and five guards.
• Zhang Shuheng concluded that Li Xian had turned the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang against the Prince's Mansion and charged him.
• Li Xian entered his limit-breaking state and seized Zhang Shuheng's saber wrist despite his attempt to slash Li Xian's hand.
• Li Xian crushed Zhang Shuheng's wrist, forcing him to drop his saber, then challenged his blood and qi power.

Li Xian defeated and killed Zhang Shuheng in a brutal fight, exposing how Zhang’s many techniques had grown into an unfocused mess. As Zhang died, Li Xian declared that he accepted the possibility of being killed in pursuit of martial strength.

• Zhang Shuheng attacked Li Xian after losing his saber, but Li Xian kicked the weapon away and injured Zhang’s shin when he tried to kick back.
• Zhang Shuheng’s punch was deflected with Li Xian’s spiraling force, sending Zhang staggering backward.
• Li Xian broke Zhang Shuheng’s ulna with a saber-like strike and battered his body with a palm technique.
• Li Xian caught Zhang as he flew backward and killed him with a flying kick that ruptured his heart.
• Dying, Zhang recalled his rise and decline, warned Li Xian that he might meet the same fate, and then fell silent after Li Xian said he welcomed that possibility.

Li Xian killed Bai Yup an with a devastating punch that combined the Limit-Breaking State, Core Force, the Blood Jade Art, and the Myriad Forms Limitless Art. After witnessing the attack, Zhou Juechen became convinced Li Xian could excel at the Dragon Gate Grand Competition, while Li Xian resolved to make the strength revealed by his secret arts part of his normal cultivation.

• Zhang Shuheng's guards fled after Li Xian killed their commander, and Bai Yup an ran into the crowded streets.
• Li Xian caught Bai Yup an, refused his offer to betray Mo Caiying, and demanded that he withstand one punch.
• Bai Yup an activated a secret art, but Li Xian unleashed an explosive combination of techniques and killed him with a single punch.
• Zhou Juechen witnessed Li Xian's power and became convinced he could win a Dragon Gate Token at the Dragon Gate Grand Competition.
• Li Xian assessed the effects of his secret arts and planned to incorporate their lessons into the Myriad Forms Limitless Art until their power became his normal state.

After killing the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang and several other martial masters, Li Xian learned from Zhou Juechen that the Marquis's Residence and Prince Yue's Residence were unlikely to hire powerful true qi experts against him. He left for the Marquis's Residence to report his survival and test whether it could still hire a Leakless martial master.

• Zhou Juechen warned Li Xian that his injuries showed he had used a secret burst technique, but Li Xian said he felt better than he had in a long time.
• Li Xian asked whether the Marquis's Residence and Prince Yue's Residence might hire stronger experts, and Zhou Juechen explained that true qi experts had little reason to risk their sects for the nobles' limited wealth.
• Zhou Juechen told Li Xian that Prince Yue's Residence had ties to the Immortal Seedling, while the Dingfeng Marquis Estate had only managed to hire the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang.
• Li Xian decided to visit the Marquis's Residence and tell them the Thirteen Eagles had failed, hoping they might still hire a Leakless martial master.
• Zhou Juechen gave Li Xian Zhang Shuheng's Black Iron Saber and the spoils, including banknotes for medicines, and Li Xian set off for the Marquis's Residence.

Li Xian went to the Dingfeng Marquis Estate after killing the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang and Zhang Shuheng, and threatened to return when the Dingfeng Marquis came back. Zhou Juechen then sent word to the Shao Brothers, who had a grievance against Mo Caiying, that the estate was now vulnerable.

• Mo Caiying waited for news from the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang while Fang Xin assured her they would kill Li Xian.
• A servant announced that Li Xian had arrived, and Fang Xin urged Mo Caiying to flee to the Prince's Mansion.
• Li Xian entered the estate carrying Zhang Shuheng's Cold Moon Saber and revealed that he had killed Zhang Shuheng and the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang.
• Mo Caiying begged Li Xian to spare her husband and the estate, but Li Xian said he would return when the Dingfeng Marquis came back.
• After Li Xian left, Zhou Juechen told a Zhou Family disciple to inform the Shao Brothers that the Marquis's Residence was defenseless.

Li Xian recovered from his battle with the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang while Zhou Juechen urged him to enter Leaping Over the Dragon Gate. Xu Yu Niang learned the Eagles were dead, left a clue to her family’s legacy, and took poison; Li Xian agreed to travel to the Royal Capital within six days.

• Hongyu and the Zhou Family members questioned Li Xian about killing the Thirteen Eagles and Zhang Shuheng, and Hongyu sent Tang Zhou and Qin Wangchuan back to practice.
• Hongyu told Xu Yu Niang that Li Xian and Zhou Juechen had killed all thirteen Eagles, and Xu Yu Niang rejoiced over her family’s vengeance.
• Xu Yu Niang bowed to her benefactors, revealed that her family’s legacy lay beneath a locust tree outside the north gate, and took poison.
• Zhou Juechen ordered Xu Yu Niang buried and planned to retrieve the legacy while arranging the aftermath of the battle.
• Li Xian assessed his recovery after taking Precious Jade Soup and considered seeking Blood Spirit Powder to heal faster.
• Zhou Juechen invited Li Xian to attempt Leaping Over the Dragon Gate in the Royal Capital, and Li Xian agreed to leave within six days.

Zhou Juechen and Li Xian studied the Blood Refining Technique and found ways it could help Li Xian master blood and qi without relying on blood-drinking. Li Xian began refining blood essence, but after six days of cultivation, Zhou Juechen warned him they had to leave for the Dragon Gate Convention.

• A Zhou Family disciple delivered an ancient manual, a token, and a map to Zhou Juechen, along with news of the attack on the Dingfeng Marquis Estate and Mo Caiying's death.
• Zhou Juechen recognized the manual as the Blood Refining Technique, worried that its practice required replenishing blood with blood, and considered destroying it before deciding to study its method of refining blood essence.
• Li Xian examined the manual and argued that the technique was not inherently demonic, since exceptional blood and qi or Blood-Nourishing Pills could make up for its costs.
• Li Xian devised a plan to combine the Blood Refining Technique with the Limit-Breaking State and Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, then began cautiously refining blood essence while recovering.
• After six days, Zhou Juechen told Li Xian they had to leave for the Royal Capital to reach the Dragon Gate Convention before it began.

The Rising Dragon Pavilion finalized the Hidden Dragon Ranking and placed Li Xian ninth after reviewing his extraordinary rise and combat record. His ranking caused a stir across Great Zhou, and factions began seeking information and preparing to approach him as he traveled toward the Royal Capital.

• Zhong Lingxiu reviewed Li Xian’s dossier and learned that he had reached the Body Without Leaks Realm in three and a half months and defeated numerous powerful martial artists.
• Zhong Lingxiu approved Li Xian’s ninth-place ranking and ordered the Rising Dragon Pavilion to monitor his conflict with the Yan Family and notify her when he reached the Royal Capital.
• The Rising Dragon Pavilion published the Hidden Dragon Ranking, drawing attention to Li Xian’s rapid advancement and his victories over established experts.
• Factions throughout Great Zhou reacted to Li Xian’s ranking with surprise and began gathering information and preparing to approach him.

Yan Shui Rou showed Xiaoyu Li Xian’s place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, but Xiaoyu said she had left her past with him behind and returned to cultivation. Meanwhile, Zhou Juechen’s party arrived at Asking the Dao Mountain to enter the Dragon Gate Convention, where several prominent figures came to welcome Li Xian.

• Yan Shui Rou brought Xiaoyu the Hidden Dragon Ranking and pointed out that Li Xian had reached ninth place.
• Xiaoyu said Li Xian was dead to her, while Yan Shui Rou insisted he had no permission to climb out of the abyss.
• Yan Shui Rou refused to see Yan Kaigui, telling her maid to say she could not be disturbed.
• Zhou Juechen and his party arrived at Asking the Dao Mountain, and Zhou Juechen reaffirmed his intention to leap over the Dragon Gate.
• Long Yu, Li Qiong, and Ren arrived to greet Li Xian and Zhou Juechen.

Li Xian received recruitment offers from four major factions but refused to join any of them, focusing instead on Leaping Over the Dragon Gate. After asking for Blood-Nourishing Pills to strengthen his chances, he heard that the Sacred Martial Tower’s Tower Master had sent him a gift.

• Li Xian, Zhou Juechen, and representatives of the Tai Xu Sword Palace, the Sacred Martial Tower, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and the Canglang Sword Sect gathered at Asking the Dao Mountain.
• Li Qiong offered Li Xian Sword Scion status, personal guidance, a guardian, scriptures, and cultivation resources if he joined the Tai Xu Sword Palace.
• Li Xian refused offers conditioned on joining a faction and declared that he would compete in Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.
• Li Qiong and Long Yu warned Li Xian that several powerful competitors had stronger cultivation and legacies, while advising him to prepare for a later attempt.
• Li Xian asked the factions to sponsor him with three to five Blood-Nourishing Pills, and Long Yu began discussing how to arrange them.
• A voice outside announced that the Sacred Martial Tower’s Tower Master had a gift for Li Xian.

Li Xian bought three Blood-Nourishing Pills from the Rising Dragon Pavilion and accepted a courtyard there while preparing to enter the Dragon Gate Convention. With twelve days remaining before the competition, he focused on using the pills and Blood Refining Technique to strengthen himself.

• Yang Xu delivered three Blood-Nourishing Pills to Li Xian, who bought them for thirty thousand taels despite the objections of Li Qiong, Long Yu, and Xiao Ruqing.
• Yang Xu invited Li Xian to stay in a Rising Dragon Pavilion courtyard, while the other faction representatives urged him to postpone competing and warned him about the Yan Family.
• Li Xian offered to cooperate with the factions in exchange for Spirit-Concentrating Incense, then left with Yang Xu and Zhou Juechen.
• Yang Xu arranged Li Xian’s residence on Asking the Dao Mountain and gave him information about the Dragon Gate Convention’s registered contestants.
• Li Xian declined to study his competitors immediately and took the Blood-Nourishing Pills to the cultivation chamber to test them with the Blood Refining Technique.

Li Xian mastered blood and qi and refined it into astral force, strengthening his resolve to reach the world beyond the Dragon Gate. As the Dragon Gate Convention opened, the Rising Dragon Pavilion announced a battle format in which participants would fight for five available Dragon Gate Tokens.

• At a banquet, Yan Kaigui asked Lin Buzhi and Qi Liang to deal with Li Xian, and Qi Liang agreed to kill him if they met.
• Li Xian mastered blood and qi, then used it to refine astral force and strike a tree from a distance with his punch.
• Li Xian concluded that resources from the world beyond the Dragon Gate could help him withstand the strain of more powerful techniques.
• The Rising Dragon Pavilion leaders gathered on Asking the Dao Mountain as the Dragon Gate Convention was about to begin.
• Pavilion Master Shen Chenzhou announced that 118 registered participants would compete for five tokens by defending arenas on the Five-Element Platform.

Li Xian arrived at the Rising Dragon Pavilion for the Leaping Over the Dragon Gate, where he resolved to seek a fight with Yan Yu and Xiang Yangsheng to advance his cultivation. Shen Chenzhou opened the competition by announcing that contenders could claim Dragon Gate Tokens by dominating the Five-Element Platform.

• Zhou Juechen explained past competition formats as he and Li Xian descended Asking the Dao Mountain with Hongyu.
• Li Xian judged that only a few competitors could challenge him and decided that fighting Yan Yu and Xiang Yangsheng was essential to his progress.
• Onlookers debated Li Xian’s reputation as the Gentleman Sword, while Zhou Juechen advised him not to let their words affect him.
• Qi Liang arrived with Lin Buzhi and other followers, drawing the crowd’s attention as the competitors gathered.
• Shen Chenzhou announced that the Five-Element Platform was active and that anyone who defeated all challengers could claim a Dragon Gate Token.

The Dragon Gate Convention announced a hold-the-arena contest for its five Dragon Gate Tokens, favoring the strongest and most influential contenders. Yan Yu claimed the first token uncontested, but Li Xian suddenly stepped onto the Five-Element Platform to challenge her.

• Shen Chenzhou announced that contestants had to hold the arena and defeat challengers to win the Dragon Gate Tokens, prompting the assembled martial masters and leaders to react.
• Yan Shiri sent Yan Yu to claim a token, while Nangong Zhaoyue sent Xiang Yangsheng to compete.
• Zhou Juechen decided he would fight when the timing was right, and Li Xian declined to wait until the contest was nearly over.
• Yan Yu arrived at the Five-Element Platform, took a Dragon Gate Token, and said that Xiang Yangsheng was the only worthy opponent present.
• As Yang Xu asked whether anyone would challenge Yan Yu, Li Xian leaped onto the platform.

Li Xian challenged Yan Yu on the Five-Element Platform, stunning the crowd and provoking her to attack. He blocked her Sword Qi and caught her sword, leaving her assault halted but the duel unresolved.

• Li Xian stepped onto the Five-Element Platform and announced that he would challenge Yan Yu.
• The crowd reacted with disbelief, while Qi Liang dismissed Li Xian as a show-off and predicted his death.
• Yan Yu drew her sword and attacked after Li Xian interrupted her taunts and said he still planned to fight Xiang Yangsheng afterward.
• Li Xian crushed Yan Yu's Sword Qi with his astral force, then entered the Limit-Breaking State and caught her blade with his palm.
• Li Xian's astral force shattered the force behind Yan Yu's sword, abruptly stopping her attack.