Recaps

Li Xian fought Yan Yu, using Refining Blood into Astral Force to withstand her True Qi and then suppress her with a series of saber strikes. His Black Iron Saber broke just as Yan Yu found an opening, and Li Xian unleashed an even stronger aura.

• Li Xian blocked Yan Yu’s True Qi attack with his bare hand, and Xiang Yangsheng recognized his technique as Refining Blood into Astral Force.
• Yan Yu poured more True Qi into her treasured sword, injuring Li Xian’s hand before he drew the Black Iron Saber and counterattacked.
• Li Xian used Sword Sweeps the Three Thousand Worlds to keep Yan Yu on the defensive with a relentless series of strikes.
• Li Xian’s Black Iron Saber broke, giving Yan Yu an opening to thrust at his face.
• Li Xian erupted with a terrifying aura stronger than before as Yan Yu attacked.

Li Xian used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to break Yan Yu’s sword, cripple her arm, and kick her off the Five-Element Platform, winning their match. As the arena reeled from Yan Yu’s defeat, she ordered Qi Liang to kill Li Xian, claiming his secret technique had left him exhausted.

• Li Xian used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to boost his strength and snapped Yan Yu’s treasured sword between his palms.
• Li Xian twisted and broke Yan Yu’s arm, then kicked her off the Five-Element Platform.
• Yan Yu landed beyond the platform and was declared defeated, while spectators and fighters including Xiang Yangsheng and Zhou Juechen reacted in disbelief.
• Yan Yu swallowed a medicinal pill and told Qi Liang that Li Xian was exhausted from using a secret burst technique.
• Yan Yu ordered Qi Liang to get onto the platform and kill Li Xian.

After defeating Yan Yu, Li Xian ended his power-enhancing techniques but stayed on the Five-Element Platform to study true qi. Lin Buzhi attacked him to gain Yan Yu’s favor, but Li Xian blocked Lin’s blood and qi force and was left unimpressed by its strength.

• Qi Liang agreed to Yan Yu’s request and leaped toward the Five-Element Platform, but another figure reached it first.
• Li Xian ended the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique and his limit-breaking state, then noticed Lin Buzhi challenging him on the platform.
• Lin Buzhi attacked Li Xian, hoping to kill him while he appeared exhausted and win Yan Yu’s favor.
• Li Xian evaded Lin Buzhi’s first twelve strikes, then broke Lin’s wrist with the Golden Snake Entwining Silk Hand.
• Li Xian blocked Lin Buzhi’s blood-and-qi-powered palm strike, and his core force easily crushed the invading force.
• Li Xian asked Lin Buzhi whether he had anything else, disappointed by the attack’s limited strength.

After Lin Buzhi fled the Five-Element Platform, Li Xian continued fighting, and observers concluded he still had enough strength to defeat the other Hidden Dragon Ranking prodigies. As Zhao Qi faced Li Xian and the first Dragon Gate Token remained undecided, Shen Chenzhou learned that Li Xian had already defeated Yan Yu and was sweeping aside all opposition.

• Lin Buzhi mistook Li Xian's strength for a hidden threat and fled the Five-Element Platform while pretending to prepare his ultimate sword technique.
• Qiao Liushui and Yue Longsha concluded that Li Xian was stronger than Yan Yu and might even surpass Xiang Yangsheng.
• Yan Yu ordered Qi Liang to attack Li Xian, but Qi Liang refused and urged her to wait for others to test him.
• Yan Yu sent Zhao Qi onto the Five-Element Platform, and Li Xian invited him to use his strongest secret art before their battle began.
• Great Zhou Imperial Clan guards and disciples of the Three Great Forces hurried to report the fights to the pavilion, where Shen Chenzhou learned through his jade tablet that Li Xian had defeated Yan Yu and no Dragon Gate Token had been claimed.

Li Xian shocked the Dragon Gate Convention by defeating Yan Yu, and the Rising Dragon Pavilion leaders recognized his Blood Refining Art as the reason he could overcome her true qi. Yan Shiri’s accusations were shut down, leaving Li Xian’s victory accepted and Zhong Lingxiu wondering whether he had a special constitution.

• The pavilion leaders learned that Li Xian had defeated Yan Yu by using Refining Blood into Astral Force to break through her true qi.
• Zhong Lingxiu suggested Li Xian might have a special constitution, which could make him equivalent to a high-grade Immortal Seedling.
• Yan Shiri received the news of Yan Yu’s defeat and angrily questioned how Li Xian could have beaten her.
• Xiao Ruqing confirmed that Li Xian had defeated Yan Yu fairly and without relying on secret techniques, sneak attacks, or other unorthodox methods.
• Yan Shiri accused Li Xian of using outside help or forbidden drugs, but Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu warned him against interfering with the Rising Dragon Pavilion’s selection.
• After learning Li Xian had mastered the Blood Refining Technique, Yan Shiri withdrew his objections and accepted the result.

Li Xian killed Zhao Qi on the Five-Element Platform and confronted the Yan Family supporters who accused him of acting without martial virtue. He challenged Yan Yu to fight again, then mocked her strength and warned that he would return to settle accounts with the Yan Family; she vowed he would see its power.

• Li Xian struck Zhao Qi with a powerful punch that shattered his arms, ribs, and internal organs, killing him as he flew off the Five-Element Platform.
• A martial master accused Li Xian of killing Zhao Qi despite having enough strength to spare him, and Li Xian warned that he would return to take revenge when he was strong enough.
• Li Xian challenged Yan Yu to come back onto the platform, but she refused to risk another fight after recalling his strength and her own injuries.
• Li Xian called Yan Yu trash for reaching only the True Qi Realm despite her royal advantages, and she flew into a rage.
• Yan Yu called Li Xian a mud-legged peasant and warned him about the Yan Family’s power; Li Xian recalled Yan Ruxue’s similar insult and said she had died.
• Li Xian said he hoped the Yan Family would reveal how powerful it was, and Yan Yu coldly promised that he would see.

Li Xian won the first Dragon Gate Token after no one else challenged him, becoming a disciple of the Great Luo Immortal Sect. As he went to the Dragon Transformation Platform, Zhou Juechen and Hongyu reflected on his future, while Yan Kaigui and Liu Wufeng accepted that they could no longer oppose him openly.

• With Xiang Yangsheng and Qi Liang refusing to challenge, Yang Xu declared Li Xian the winner and awarded him the first Dragon Gate Token.
• Yang Xu told Li Xian that winning the token made him a disciple of the Great Luo Immortal Sect, and Li Xian followed a Rising Dragon Pavilion disciple to the Dragon Transformation Platform.
• Zhou Juechen recalled Li Xian’s rapid cultivation progress, while Hongyu wondered whether he would return to Lijiang City after the convention.
• Zhou Juechen predicted that Li Xian could become a Pre-Heavenly Grandmaster within five years and privately believed he might enter the Dao through martial arts.
• Yan Kaigui cursed Yan Yu and Lin Buzhi for failing to kill Li Xian, then left to seek another chance to approach Yan Shui Rou.
• Liu Wufeng resigned himself to Li Xian’s rise and decided to stay out of his way.

At the Dragon Transformation Platform, Zhong Lingxiu revealed that Li Xian’s token had earned him a place among the Rising Dragon Pavilion’s Dao Seedlings and identified the token accompanying his Blood Refining Art as belonging to Great Luo’s Immortal Sect. After Li Xian described how he obtained the art, Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu realized he had reached major mastery in just thirty-three days.

• Zhong Lingxiu told Li Xian that the Rising Dragon Pavilion’s leaders belonged to Great Luo and that a heavenly vessel would take the Immortal and Dao Seedlings to the Immortal Sect in half a month.
• Li Xian described the token and map he had received from Xu Yu Niang, and Zhong Lingxiu identified the token as an Inner Sect Disciple Token of Great Luo.
• While Zhong Lingxiu investigated, Li Xian read an introduction to the Immortal Sect and became eager to pursue cultivation and immortality.
• Xiang Yangsheng arrived at the Dragon Transformation Platform, and he and Li Xian kept to separate corners.
• Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu questioned Li Xian about how he obtained the Blood Refining Art, and Li Xian recounted Xu Yu Niang’s death and his fight with the Thirteen Eagles of Luoyang.
• Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu realized Li Xian had gained the Blood Refining Technique only thirty-three days earlier and had already reached major mastery.

Li Xian learned about Dao foundations and received the Xiantian Qi Refining Technique while Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu considered recommending him to a sect elder. Meanwhile, the Dragon Gate Grand Competition ended with Wei Jiuyi claiming the fifth token.

• Zhong Lingxiu explained how the Blood Refining Technique and Xiantian true astral force related to reaching the Dao Entry realm.
• Li Xian asked for a technique beyond the Five Elements Art, and Zhong Lingxiu gave him the Xiantian Qi Refining Technique.
• Shen Chenzhou explained the four categories of Dao foundations, while Zhong Lingxiu warned Li Xian not to waste time pursuing a peerless foundation.
• Li Xian read the technique as the Dragon Gate Grand Competition continued; Qi Liang won the third token and Yan Yu secured the fourth.
• After eight hours of fierce fighting, Wei Jiuyi outlasted the remaining contenders and won the fifth Dragon Gate Token.

Li Xian cultivated true qi by repeatedly reproducing the process of uniting his mind and blood qi, then began exploring how to combine it with astral force. After learning that Zhou Juechen planned to return to Lijiang City, Li Xian offered him a deacon position in the Rising Dragon Pavilion, which Zhou accepted.

• Li Xian formed true qi after nine days of practice and replenished his depleted strength with Blood-Nourishing and Qi-Gathering Pills.
• Li Xian entered the limit-breaking state and found a path toward merging true qi with blood astral force to cultivate true astral force.
• Zhou Juechen recounted how Qiao Liushui, Su Jianxing, and Wei Jiuyi had fared in the tournament, and said he planned to return to Lijiang City to establish the Dragon Spring Martial Arts Hall.
• Li Xian explained that the Rising Dragon Pavilion had investigated Ning Wuxia's remains and credited him for the discovery.
• Li Xian offered Zhou Juechen a deacon position in the Rising Dragon Pavilion in recognition of his contribution, and Zhou accepted.

Li Xian and the Dragon Gate Token holders gathered on Asking the Dao Mountain to await the sect’s heavenly vessel, where Yan Shiri and Yan Baisheng confronted Yan Shui Rou over her promised token. Yan Shui Rou exposed Yan Kaigui’s conduct, Yan Baisheng killed him and punished Yan Zhenjiang, and the heavenly vessel arrived.

• Li Xian studied the three Immortal Seedlings, including Yan Shui Rou, as the Dragon Gate Token holders assembled on the stone platform.
• Yan Shiri brought Yan Baisheng, Yan Kaigui, and Yan Zhenjiang to demand that Yan Shui Rou honor her promise to give Yan Kaigui a Dragon Gate Token.
• Yan Shui Rou accused Yan Kaigui of publicly humiliating her by pursuing Liu Yanran, and Shen Chenzhou backed her demand for justice.
• Yan Baisheng killed Yan Kaigui and stripped Yan Zhenjiang of his title, while Yan Shui Rou accepted the resolution.
• The thousand-meter heavenly vessel appeared above Asking the Dao Mountain.

Li Xian and the other new recruits boarded the Jumang Skyship and learned how the Great Luo Immortal Sect recruited and ranked its disciples. The skyship departed for the sect, leaving the newcomers to face the pressure of competing for a place within its ranks.

• Shen Chenzhou led the six Dao Seedlings and three Immortal Seedlings aboard the Jumang Skyship, where Zhong Lingxiu assigned them rooms.
• Li Xian noticed Yan Shui Rou's companion, who had taken Yan Kaigui's Dragon Gate Token admission slot, and exchanged polite nods with her.
• Shen Chenzhou explained that the skyship carried tens of thousands of recruits and that the sect recruited over a million disciples every five years, but only those who advanced could remain beyond the outer sect.
• Zhong Lingxiu described the sect's competitions, rewards, and rules, warning that disciples' supposed equal status did not erase the gap between ranks.
• Li Xian and the others found their assigned rooms, and the Jumang Skyship soon lifted off toward the clouds.

Li Xian and the other selected disciples arrived at the Great Luo Immortal Sect after half a month aboard the Heavenly Ark. They received instructions on their new status and the merit-point system, then left the ark to begin their lives as outer disciples.

• Xiang Yangsheng offered to answer Li Xian’s questions about the sect, but Li Xian said he would deal with the Yan Family by growing stronger.
• The Heavenly Ark’s young passengers sparred during the journey, and Princess Qihuo and Divine Son Guying earned the title of Jumang Twin Walls.
• Li Xian refrained from joining the fights because he was focused on merging his true qi and Blood Astral Force through the Xiantian Qi Refining Technique.
• Li Xian and Xiang Yangsheng saw the Great Luo Immortal Sect’s vast mountain range and arrived at its aerial port.
• Shen Chenzhou explained how identity tokens guided new disciples to their lodgings and described the costs of provisions and the ways to earn merit points.
• Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu bid farewell as the disembarkation doors opened.

Li Xian settled into his new residence on Jumang Peak, learned about the sect’s resources, and used merit credits to buy medicinal meals that replenished his depleted body. As he returned to his courtyard, Yan Yu confronted him with her brother and others, who planned to cripple him.

• Li Xian found his assigned courtyard, where Xiang Yangsheng warned him that outer sect disciples were rivals and that Yan Yu’s powerful family might target him.
• Li Xian inspected his comfortable residence and read the Jumang Peak guide, learning about the free supplies and the sect’s facilities.
• Li Xian spent merit credits on medicinal meals, replenished his body, and planned to open his meridians after obtaining a life-saving pill.
• Yan Yu and several people, including Wei Jiuyi, confronted Li Xian at his courtyard, and Yan Yu’s brother proposed crippling him.

Yan Yu arranged to frame Li Xian, but her Thirteenth Brother attacked him and was badly defeated when Li Xian revealed his true astral force. As Li Xian questioned the accusation and looked toward Wei Jiuyi, three Xingtian Hall inner disciples arrived to investigate.

• Yan Yu warned Thirteenth Brother that Li Xian was formidable, while he said he would cripple Li Xian and have him demoted.
• Thirteenth Brother attacked Li Xian, who entered the limit-breaking state and shattered his true qi with true astral force.
• Li Xian's punch broke Thirteenth Brother's ribs and sent him flying, leaving Yan Yu and her companions stunned.
• Two disciples begged Li Xian to stop and claimed he had stolen a Spirit Refining Pill from Yan Yu; Li Xian asked for evidence and turned toward Wei Jiuyi.
• Three Xingtian Hall inner disciples arrived on flying swords and asked who was fighting.

Li Xian defeated Yan Yu’s Thirteenth Brother, but Jin Yue of Xingtian Hall sided with Yan Yu and demanded compensation without investigating the incident. Li Xian challenged Jin Yue to decide whether he would take on his feud with Yan Yu and the Yan Family.

• Li Xian sent Yan Yu’s Thirteenth Brother flying with one punch, leaving Yan Yu stunned by his strength.
• Yan Yu’s companion claimed the clash was a misunderstanding involving a missing Spirit Refining Pill, and Yan Yu cited her ties to Yan Cailian and the Immortal Light Society.
• Jin Yue rejected Li Xian’s request to involve the Haotian Mirror Spirit and demanded a hundred merit points for Yan’s medical expenses.
• Yan Yu suggested binding the debt to Li Xian’s identity token, and Jin Yue agreed to arrange it through the Internal Affairs Hall.
• Li Xian applauded, then asked Jin Yue whether he would take on Li Xian’s feud with Yan Yu and the Yan Family.

Li Xian forced Jin Yue to choose between accepting a duel on the Sword-Dueling Platform and risking exposure of his misconduct. Jin Yue offered to settle the dispute, but Li Xian rejected him and demanded a fight to the death.

• Jin Yue mocked Li Xian for challenging his authority, and Li Xian called him out for backing Yan Yu and the Yan Family.
• Li Xian challenged Jin Yue to fight on the Sword-Dueling Platform and warned that refusing would draw attention to Jin Yue's dealings with Yan Yu.
• Jin Yue realized that either accepting the duel or refusing it could cost him his position in Xingtian Hall, and he tried to end the dispute without a fight.
• Jin Yue offered to make Yan Dengfeng apologize, but Li Xian refused and demanded to fight Jin Yue to the death.

Li Xian and Jin Yue fought to the death on the Sword-Dueling Platform after Jin Yue accepted Li Xian’s challenge. Their first exchanges injured both fighters, and the chapter ended with neither having gained the advantage.

• Jin Yue silently headed for the Sword-Dueling Platform, and Yan Dengfeng followed with the others.
• Hundreds of disciples gathered to watch as Li Xian and Jin Yue climbed onto the platform.
• Jin Yue attacked with Xiantian True Qi, but Li Xian countered with True Astral Force and the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.
• Jin Yue broke through Li Xian’s True Astral Force and injured his arm in their first collision.
• Li Xian attacked again with his left hand, and their fists collided once more, breaking bones in both fighters’ arms.

Li Xian fought Jin Yue in a desperate battle, using true astral force and relentless attacks to overcome the Xiantian inner disciple. Jin Yue died from his injuries after Li Xian shattered his defenses and destroyed his internal organs.

• Li Xian and Jin Yue exchanged blows, and the watching disciples realized Li Xian wielded true astral force despite not having reached the Xiantian realm.
• Li Xian pressed his attack despite his broken hands, while Jin Yue's right arm broke as he tried to counter the strikes.
• Li Xian kept punching, breaking both of Jin Yue's hands and forcing him to retreat.
• Jin Yue's body buckled after he repeatedly strained his meridians, leaving him unable to stop Li Xian's attack.
• Li Xian struck Jin Yue's chest with astral force, destroying his internal organs and killing him.

Li Xian defeated and killed the inner sect Xiantian Jin Yue, then endured severe injuries while confronting Yan Yu and Yan Dengfeng. The Xingtian Hall disciples ruled that Wei Jiuyi had framed him and ordered Yan Dengfeng to pay him one hundred merit credits, with the Haotian Mirror Spirit approving the judgment.

• Li Xian ended his Limit-Breaking State after killing Jin Yue and redeemed a Meridian-Activating Blood-Circulation Pill as his body began to collapse.
• Yan Dengfeng threatened Li Xian, and Yan Yu challenged him to fight, but she hesitated when Li Xian accepted and demanded that she issue the challenge through her disciple token.
• The two inner sect disciples of Xingtian Hall ruled that Wei Jiuyi had stolen a Spirit Refining Pill to frame Li Xian and deserved execution under sect rules.
• The Xingtian Hall disciples ordered Yan Dengfeng to compensate Li Xian with one hundred merit credits, and Li Xian accepted the ruling.

Li Xian recovered from his near-fatal injuries and resolved to push his body beyond its limits, while Yan Yu sought help to deal with him before the year-end assessment. Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu secured Ren Shanhe’s offer to guide Li Xian toward the Xiantian realm if he agreed to become his attendant.

• Li Xian ignored Wei Jiuyi’s pleas as two inner sect disciples subdued him, while Yan Yu and Yan Dengfeng discussed recruiting Chen Jianghai to kill Li Xian.
• Li Xian took the Meridian-Activating Blood-Circulation Pill, endured his recovery without entering the Limit-Breaking State, and reflected on how his techniques could help him form an exceptional Xiantian Body.
• Shen Chenzhou and Zhong Lingxiu told Ren Shanhe about Li Xian’s talent, and Ren offered to help him reach Xiantian in two or three years if Li Xian agreed to serve him.

Ren Shanhe offered Li Xian a powerful healing pill and help reaching Xiantian only if Li Xian accepted him as his master, while Li Xian ignored other exploitative offers and planned his recovery. The chapter ended with Xiang Yangsheng arriving with a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill worth six thousand Merit Points.

• Shen Chenzhou suggested Ren Shanhe first test Li Xian’s talent with pills, but Ren Shanhe grew displeased at Li Xian’s apparent pride.
• Zhong Lingxiu showed Ren Shanhe news that Li Xian had defeated Xingtian Hall’s Xiantian disciple Jin Yue while still in the True Qi Realm, though Li Xian was gravely wounded.
• Ren Shanhe offered a Life-Creating Pill and his promise to help Li Xian reach Xiantian if Li Xian accepted him as his master.
• Li Xian ignored harsh offers for healing pills and considered exchanging Merit Points for a Life-Creating Pill or a Hundred Refinement Pill.
• Xiang Yangsheng visited Li Xian and gave him a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill worth six thousand Merit Points.

Li Xian accepted a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill from Nangong Feixu and learned that his victory over Jin Yue had placed him 288th on the outer sect ranking. Xiang Yangsheng explained the sect’s ranking and lifespan distinctions, then told Li Xian he could earn merit points by charging challengers.

• Xiang Yangsheng gave Li Xian the Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill that Nangong Feixu had sent, and Li Xian accepted it without conditions.
• Li Xian spoke with Xiang Yangsheng about Xiantian Pills and learned why Nangong Feixu was cultivating followers while Yan Cailian could not provide pills to everyone.
• Pavilion Master Shen and Tower Master Zhong visited Li Xian, and Zhong Lingxiu suggested he have his constitution tested for a special constitution.
• Xiang Yangsheng showed Li Xian that his victory over Jin Yue had raised him to 288th on the Outer Sect Disciple Ranking.
• Xiang Yangsheng explained how lifespan separated outer, inner, and core disciples, then advised Li Xian to charge challengers for the chance to take his ranking and earn merit points.

Li Xian learned about the lucrative outer sect ranking and focused on recovering from his injuries, while Jiang Xiaoyu trained on Youying Peak. Yan Shui Rou offered Li Xian a chance to join the Immortal Light Society in exchange for a Life-Creating Pill, but Jiang Xiaoyu declined to deliver it, and Yan Shui Rou planned to approach him herself.

• Xiang Yangsheng explained the merit rewards for the outer and inner sect rankings, and Li Xian resolved to recover before accepting challenges.
• After Xiang Yangsheng left, Li Xian exchanged merit points for a premium Meridian Blood-Activating Pill and planned to use the Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill after healing.
• Jiang Xiaoyu refined her true qi in Yan Shui Rou's courtyard and began opening her meridians.
• Yan Shui Rou gave Jiang Xiaoyu a Xiantian Pill and told her that Li Xian had been badly injured after fighting an inner sect disciple on the Sword-Dueling Platform.
• Yan Shui Rou offered to let Jiang Xiaoyu deliver a Life-Creating Pill to Li Xian if he joined the Immortal Light Society, but Jiang Xiaoyu refused.
• Yan Shui Rou decided she would approach Li Xian herself and warned that refusing the Society's offer would bring consequences.

Li Xian studied secret techniques to find ways to improve the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, then used its explosive power to open his meridians. He reached the Meridian Opening Realm, despite the damage his body sustained.

• Li Xian concluded that the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique had become less efficient and searched the Transmission Hall for secret techniques that might help him improve it.
• He spent six days studying the techniques’ introductions, then received a warning that he had to accept a challenge within three days to avoid a ranking penalty.
• Li Xian reviewed the Xiantian Qi Refinement Formula’s meridian-opening instructions and decided to force the process with the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.
• He opened the Twelve Primary Meridians, then pierced through all Eight Extraordinary Meridians as blood seeped from his body.
• Li Xian announced that he had reached the Meridian Opening Realm.