Recaps

After recovering with a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill, Li Xian accepted challenges from sixteen disciples and headed to the Sword-Dueling Platform. Yan Shui Rou tried to persuade him to apologize to Yan Yu and Yan Dengfeng and join the Immortal Light Society, but Li Xian chose her second option before she explained it.

• Li Xian recovered fully after taking the Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill and accepted challenges from sixteen disciples, scheduling the duels ten minutes apart.
• Li Xian told Xiang Yangsheng about the sixteen matches, and Xiang Yangsheng warned that many of the challengers were likely formidable.
• Yan Shui Rou confronted Li Xian and warned him that Zhang Yi, one of his challengers, possessed powerful Cold Ice True Qi.
• Yan Shui Rou offered to arrange a banquet with Senior Brother Chen, where Li Xian could apologize to Yan Yu and Yan Dengfeng and join the Immortal Light Society.
• Li Xian asked whether Senior Brother Chen would challenge him, then chose Yan Shui Rou's second option before she could explain it.

Li Xian arrived at the Sword-Dueling Platform and revealed that he had accepted challenges from sixteen outer sect prodigies. As the crowd reacted to his gauntlet, he began with Zhao Huang and knocked him off the platform with one punch.

• Yan Shui Rou angrily ordered Zhang Yi to cripple Li Xian without killing him, while Zhang Yi doubted he could control the outcome of their duel.
• Zhang Yi and several other challengers discovered that Li Xian had accepted their challenges in rapid succession, prompting the crowd to realize he planned to fight a gauntlet of battles.
• Li Xian said he had accepted sixteen challenges and told Zhao Huang to take the first turn on the platform.
• Zhao Huang stepped onto the platform, and Li Xian immediately sent him flying with a single punch before calling for the next challenger.

Li Xian defeated Zhao Huang with one punch, then challenged Liu Tang on the Sword-Dueling Platform and overwhelmed him with a rapid series of strikes. After Li Xian revealed his Meridian Opening ability, Liu Tang was blasted from the platform, and Li Xian called for the next challenger.

• Li Xian knocked Zhao Huang down with a single punch and invited the next opponent forward.
• Liu Tang resolved to defeat Li Xian and reclaim his place in the Outer Sect Rankings.
• Li Xian and Liu Tang began their fight, and Li Xian broke through Liu Tang's sword attack with True Astral Force.
• Liu Tang realized Li Xian had opened the meridians in his arms, but Li Xian's strikes shattered his protective True Qi and injured him.
• Li Xian overwhelmed Liu Tang with a barrage of punches, knocked him off the platform, and called, "Next."

Li Xian revealed that he had reached the Meridian Opening Realm and defeated challenger after challenger, drawing attention from the outer sect. Yan Shui Rou arrived expecting Zhang Yi to stop him, only to learn Zhang Yi had already been defeated and was lying nearby.

• Li Xian defeated Liu Tang and revealed his Meridian Opening Realm cultivation, shocking the watching disciples.
• Zuo Jiang stepped onto the Sword-Dueling Platform to challenge Li Xian, who defeated him ten seconds later and called for the next opponent.
• Yan Shui Rou and a man in brocade robes discussed plans to ruin Li Xian, with the man suggesting they enlist Bai Luo's help.
• Yan Shui Rou heard that Li Xian had accepted sixteen challenges, with six opponents fighting and three admitting defeat without taking the stage.
• Yan Shui Rou asked when Zhang Yi would teach Li Xian a lesson, and a disciple pointed out that Zhang Yi was already lying nearby, possibly dead.

Li Xian defeated six challengers on the Sword-Dueling Platform, while the remaining ten forfeited, and drew admiration from inner sect disciples who discussed his future prospects. Afterward, Zhang Yue promised to arrange cultivation methods and secret techniques for him through Senior Sister Nangong.

• Xiang Yangsheng and two inner sect disciples watched Li Xian's display and praised his potential to master Sword Refining into Astral Force and establish a superior Dao foundation.
• Ten of Li Xian's sixteen opponents forfeited, citing injuries, weddings, and other obligations, leaving him with only six actual fights.
• Li Xian considered challenging higher-ranked disciples and decided to target third place, then Bai Luo in second place, and finally Yun Tiankuo at the top.
• Xiang Yangsheng introduced Li Xian to Zhang Yue and Xun Dao, who had come on Senior Sister Nangong's orders to assess his needs.
• Zhang Yue identified Li Xian's lack of advanced combat techniques and promised to arrange suitable cultivation methods and secret techniques for him.

Li Xian discussed Senior Sister Nangong’s investment and presented an ambitious list of cultivation techniques, including dangerous secret arts. After checking his physique, he wondered whether secret arts could continually evolve his body and grant him multiple special traits.

• Xiang Yangsheng and Zhang Yue explained that Senior Sister Nangong’s investment was not a serious burden, and Li Xian showed them his list of desired techniques.
• Zhang Yue and Xun Dao warned Li Xian that Crimson Extreme True Body and Sword Qi Soaring to the Heavens were dangerously extreme, but Li Xian said he would be satisfied with the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon and Ten Steps Movement.
• After Zhang Yue and Xun Dao left, Xiang Yangsheng discussed Li Xian’s likely next challenge, and Li Xian said he could afford to challenge Hua Siyu, ranked third on the Outer Sect Disciple Ranking.
• Xiang Yangsheng suggested that Li Xian spend Merit Points on a special-physique examination, and the report showed upper-middle-grade skeletal aptitude, upper-upper-grade physique, and middle-grade spiritual sensitivity.
• Li Xian suspected that mastering secret arts could let him keep evolving and acquire traits such as a Star Body, an Undying Body, and a Taotie Bloodline.

Li Xian studied the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon, Ten Steps Movement, and Crimson Extreme True Body, then decided to focus on movement and swordsmanship while postponing the costly body art. Princess Qihuo visited to recruit him as president of the Sun-Chasing Society and offered access to resources through a Heaven's Chosen Loan.

• Li Xian received the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon, Ten Steps Movement, and Crimson Extreme True Body from Nangong Feixu, though he could not message Nangong to thank him.
• Li Xian studied the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon and found its early sections manageable, but struggled to understand the fifth section's Dao-entry sword momentum.
• Li Xian concluded that the Crimson Extreme True Body would require costly medicines and decided to focus on Ten Steps Movement and the first two sections of the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon.
• Princess Qihuo visited Li Xian and invited him to become president of the Sun-Chasing Society.
• Qihuo claimed the society could help Li Xian obtain resources and merit points, then asked whether he had heard of the Heaven's Chosen Loan.

Li Xian borrowed heavily from lending groups to fund his cultivation, then bought a secret art and pills to prepare for dangerous training. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaoyu urged Yan Shui Rou to stop seeking Bai Luo’s help and focus on entering the Dao.

• Qi Huo offered Li Xian a loan on behalf of the Sun-Chasing Society, and Li Xian accepted a guaranteed 9,600 merit points with 50 percent interest on half the amount.
• Li Xian applied to numerous lending groups and accepted revised terms from several after they learned he had borrowed elsewhere, raising his total to 62,400 merit points.
• Li Xian exchanged merit points for Seven Stars Pointing at Fate and three Life-Protecting Pills before beginning arduous cultivation.
• Yan Shui Rou grew angry after Bai Luo rejected her requests for help, and she asked Jiang Xiaoyu for a solution.
• Jiang Xiaoyu told Yan Shui Rou to use her status as a superior Immortal Seedling to seek support and focus on forging a Dao foundation; Yan Shui Rou resolved to enter the Dao.

Li Xian emerged from three months of secluded study after Xiang Yangsheng told him his ranking had fallen and invited him to a banquet. He agreed to attend, exchanged Merit Points for pills, and challenged the top three outer sect disciples to test his progress.

• Xiang Yangsheng found Li Xian absorbed in the Origin-Devouring Technique after he had spent three months studying in his room.
• Xiang Yangsheng told Li Xian that his ranking had dropped to three hundred and thirty-fourth and invited him to his Xiantian Banquet, which would also see off Pavilion Master Zhong Xiuling.
• Li Xian agreed to attend and exchanged Merit Points for a Xiantian Pill for Sword Saint Guangyuan and a True Essence Condensation Pill for Zhou Juechen.
• Li Xian sent challenge requests to Yun Tiankuo, Bai Luo, and Hua Siyu, and all three accepted.
• Li Xian scheduled the challenges for four hours later, allowing three minutes per opponent.

Li Xian prepared to face the three highest-ranked outer sect disciples after challenging Yun Tiankuo, Bai Luo, and Hua Siyu in succession. Their arrival at the Sword-Dueling Platform left Xiang Yangsheng and the others stunned when Li Xian confirmed they were his opponents.

• Bai Luo, Yun Tiankuo, and Hua Siyu discussed their alliances and accepted Li Xian’s challenges, with Yun Tiankuo angered that the matches were scheduled three minutes apart.
• Li Xian arrived early at the Sword-Dueling Platform with Xiang Yangsheng and reflected on his martial arts, his progress toward the Xiantian Realm, and the Star Body Dao Body.
• Zhang Yue, Xun Dao, and others came to see Li Xian, who explained that he was considering how an ordinary person might sense the power of the sun, moon, and stars.
• Yun Tiankuo, Bai Luo, and Hua Siyu arrived at the platform, and Li Xian told the surprised Xiang Yangsheng that they were the people he had challenged.

Li Xian faced Bai Luo on the Sword-Dueling Platform after revealing he had broken through, while Bai Luo also disclosed his own breakthrough. Li Xian defeated him with sword astral force and a defense that left him unharmed.

• Li Xian confirmed to Zhang Yue that he had challenged the outer sect’s top three and stepped onto the Sword-Dueling Platform.
• Bai Luo joined Li Xian on the platform, revealed he had broken through, and announced his ambition to enter the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking.
• Li Xian described his Heaven and Earth Sword Canon and Ten Steps Movement before Bai Luo launched a sword astral force attack.
• Li Xian vanished with Ten Steps Movement and appeared beside Bai Luo, thrusting sword astral force from his fingers at Bai Luo’s throat.
• Bai Luo unleashed a desperate attack that struck Li Xian’s neck, but Li Xian’s crimson defense stopped the sword astral force.
• Li Xian’s sword fingers pierced Bai Luo’s throat, leaving Bai Luo crumpled as Li Xian stood unharmed.

Li Xian killed Bai Luo on the Sword-Dueling Platform, revealing his mastery of Ten Steps Movement and sword astral force. He challenged Yun Tiankuo and Hua Siyu to face him together after Yun Tiankuo tried to dissuade him from pursuing the outer sect’s top rank.

• Li Xian’s sword astral force pierced Bai Luo’s throat, killing him and shocking the crowd.
• Yun Tiankuo explained that Li Xian’s Ten Steps Movement and sword astral force had stopped Bai Luo’s killing strike and secured his defeat.
• Li Xian asked Yun Tiankuo to begin their fight early, but Yun Tiankuo offered him the outer sect’s number one position once he advanced to Xiantian.
• Yun Tiankuo warned Li Xian that the factions would target him for breaking their unwritten rules, while Li Xian dismissed the threat and beckoned him onto the platform.
• Li Xian challenged Yun Tiankuo and Hua Siyu to fight him together.

Li Xian fought Yun Tiankuo and Hua Siyu at the same time on the Sword-Dueling Platform. He overwhelmed both of them and left them defeated.

• Yun Tiankuo and Hua Siyu attacked Li Xian together after he challenged them to fight one against two.
• Li Xian met Yun Tiankuo’s punch head-on and caught Hua Siyu’s sword in his bare hand.
• Li Xian broke Hua Siyu’s fingers, struck her with the sword hilt, and freed himself from Yun Tiankuo’s hold.
• Li Xian struck Yun Tiankuo in the chest and then broke his spine with a palm strike.
• Li Xian slammed Hua Siyu’s head into the ground and called them too weak.

Li Xian defeated Yun Tiankuo and Hua Siyu in a two-on-one fight, taking first place in the Outer Sect and shocking the sect. His victory left Xiang Yangsheng’s companions concerned about political trouble, while Qi Huo discovered that her investment in Li Xian had suddenly paid off.

• Li Xian left Yun Tiankuo and Hua Siyu defeated, then departed the Sword-Dueling Platform with Xiang Yangsheng, Zhang Yue, Xun Dao, and the others.
• The crowd erupted after Li Xian’s victory, and his feat of defeating the Outer Sect’s top three became the talk of the sect.
• Back at Jumang Peak, Li Xian gave Xiang Yangsheng a gift for his advancement to Xiantian before they parted ways.
• Xun Dao and Zhang Yue suspected that groups controlled the Outer Sect’s top rankings, and they planned to report Li Xian’s victory and the potential trouble to Senior Sister Nangong.
• Qi Huo feared Li Xian had fallen off the rankings and might jeopardize the Sun-Chasing Society’s investment, but its executives revealed that he had risen to first place in the Outer Sect.

After Bai Luo’s death, Chen Jianghai sent Xu Qi to recruit Li Xian into the Immortal Light Society, threatening him with the combined power of the three organizations if he refused. Li Xian was so excited by the prospect of fighting powerful inner sect experts that he decided to break through to Xiantian immediately and enter the inner sect.

• Chen Jianghai ordered Xu Qi to offer Li Xian a place in the Immortal Light Society and threaten him if he declined.
• Li Xian studied the Southern Dipper Slaughter Calamity while considering how to unlock the Star Body, but set aside the costly Creation Qi Refining Art.
• Xu Qi and two men entered Li Xian’s residence with an Outer Sect Search Warrant and demanded that he join the Immortal Light Society.
• Xu Qi warned that the Immortal Light Society, Mysterious Radiance Society, and Taiyi Pavilion would join forces to suppress Li Xian if he broke through to Xiantian without joining them.
• Li Xian chose to break through to Xiantian that night so he could enter the inner sect and face its powerful experts.

Li Xian used his life origin to awaken the Heavenly Demon Limitless Undying Body, sacrificing twenty years of lifespan to imprint its power. After recovering and advancing to the Xiantian Realm, he headed to Zhuzhao Peak to face the Immortal Light Society, which prepared to receive him.

• Li Xian burned his life origin to briefly awaken the Heavenly Demon Limitless Undying Body, greatly increasing his strength and ability to draw on the power of heaven and earth.
• Li Xian discovered that the breakthrough had aged him and cost him twenty years of lifespan, then took a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill to restore his vitality.
• After a day of recovery, Li Xian's True Qi and True Astral Force began transforming into their Xiantian forms, and he applied to become an inner sect disciple; the Haotian Mirror Spirit approved him.
• Chen Jianghai learned that Li Xian was heading to Zhuzhao Peak and instructed Xu Qi to have him pay respects to Bai Luo in the mourning hall before meeting him.
• Xu Qi gathered Immortal Light Society elites and witnesses from the Mysterious Radiance Society and Taiyi Pavilion at the outer courtyard to receive Li Xian.

Li Xian arrived at Zhuzhao Peak and openly challenged the Immortal Light Society after Xu Qi tried to make him pay respects at Bai Luo’s mourning hall. He killed two members who accepted his challenges, then challenged Xu Qi to make sure he would not live to see the end of the day.

• Li Xian arrived at the Immortal Light Society’s headquarters and rejected Xu Qi’s demand that he kowtow at Bai Luo’s mourning hall.
• Li Xian challenged Chen Jianghai and the gathered elites, prompting an Immortal Light Society member to accept his challenge and attack immediately.
• Li Xian used Sword Refining into Astral Force and Ten Steps Movement to kill the attacking member, then called for another opponent.
• A middle-aged Immortal Light Society member accepted Li Xian’s challenge and charged, but Li Xian killed him with a swift sword strike.
• Xu Qi stopped Zhu Shan from stepping forward and acknowledged Li Xian’s strength, while Li Xian challenged Xu Qi to kill him before sunset.

Li Xian fought Xu Qi after Xu accepted his challenge on behalf of the Immortal Light Society. Li Xian defeated Xu and killed Zhu Shan when Zhu Shan intervened, leaving the society’s challenge ended in the courtyard.

• Xu Qi accepted Li Xian’s challenge, determined to defend the Immortal Light Society’s standing.
• Xu Qi attacked with his twin blades and Shadowless Illusory Body, but Li Xian blocked his strikes with Crimson Extreme True Body.
• Li Xian caught Xu Qi’s blade and knocked him back with a punch, while Zhu Shan rushed in to attack Li Xian.
• Li Xian killed Zhu Shan with a sword strike that Zhu Shan identified as sword qi thunderclap.
• Li Xian shattered Xu Qi’s blade, struck his chest, and left him unable to rise before Xu died.

After breaking through to Xiantian, Li Xian challenged the Immortal Light Society, the Mysterious Radiance Society, and the Taiyi Pavilion elites at their Zhuzhao Peak headquarters and fought all thirty-four at once. Though Zhang Tong broke his sword and wounded his shoulder, Li Xian unleashed his hidden power and gained a magic-artifact-grade sword as the battle continued.

• Li Xian taunted the three factions’ elites and accepted challenges from all of them, prompting thirty-four Inner Sect Xiantian cultivators to attack together.
• Li Xian charged into their formation, killed several elites with Sword Qi Thunderclap and his bare hands, and survived attacks through the Crimson Extreme True Body.
• Zhang Tong struck Li Xian with a magic-artifact spear, broke his fine sword, and wounded his shoulder, encouraging the remaining elites to attack again.
• Li Xian activated Seven Stars Pointing at Fate and the Heavenly Demon Undying Body, greatly heightening his strength, reactions, and perception.
• Li Xian used Ten Steps Movement to evade an incoming sword strike and took up a magic-artifact-grade sword.

Li Xian fought through the three societies’ elites, revealing the fourth Sword Dao realm, Sword Refining into Threads, and unveiling a deadly new technique. The chapter ended with his Snow Fills Heaven and Earth killing sixteen elites in one strike, leaving Chen Jianghai frozen in shock.

• Li Xian used Ten Steps Movement and his sword to cut down the surrounding elites until Zhang Tong formed the Five-Element Combat Sword Formation and the other societies deployed their own formations.
• Li Xian unleashed Sword Refining into Threads, piercing the Seven Stars Gathering Dipper Formation and killing or grievously wounding its seven Immortal Light Society members.
• Zhang Tong fled toward the Inner Courtyard to summon Senior Brother Chen, but Li Xian pursued him and killed him with Sword Qi Thunderclap, shattering his spear and tearing through his body.
• Chen Jianghai heard the commotion and prepared to confront the intruder, but Zhang Tong’s body crashed through the courtyard door before he could reach it.
• Li Xian’s Snow Fills Heaven and Earth swept through the courtyard, killing all sixteen remaining elites as Chen Jianghai stared in shock.

Li Xian stormed the Immortal Light Society and killed its elites, revealing that he had mastered the Heaven and Earth Sword Canon’s Snow Fills Heaven and Earth. Chen Jianghai stalled until Qiao Yang and Xu Zhiyi arrived, and their coordinated attack set up Chen’s Sword Hanging from the Heavenly Gate as it struck Li Xian.

• Li Xian used Snow Fills Heaven and Earth to kill Immortal Light Society elites, shocking Chen Jianghai with his mastery of the sword art.
• Li Xian confronted Chen Jianghai, accused him of fear, and challenged him to a fight to the death at the Sword-Dueling Platform in three days.
• Chen Jianghai stalled while secretly summoning Qiao Yang and Xu Zhiyi, who arrived and accepted challenges against Li Xian.
• Qiao Yang crushed Li Xian’s Sword Qi Thunderclap with his metal gauntlet, while Xu Zhiyi’s saber forced Li Xian to evade with Ten Steps Movement.
• Chen Jianghai exploited Li Xian’s evasion and unleashed Sword Hanging from the Heavenly Gate, revealing the realm of Force.

Li Xian survived Chen Jianghai’s devastating sword strike and turned the fight around by drawing on the power of heaven and earth to unleash his heavenly demon limitless undying body. The transformation left Chen Jianghai and Xu Zhiyi shaken after Li Xian killed Qiao Yang with a single sword strike.

• Li Xian’s sword shattered against Chen Jianghai’s strike, but his Crimson Extreme True Body let him trap Chen Jianghai’s blade and counterattack, forcing Chen Jianghai to loosen his grip.
• Li Xian escaped as Qiao Yang and Xu Zhiyi joined Chen Jianghai to surround him, and he took up Chen Jianghai’s powerful sword, sensing that it could draw on the power of heaven and earth.
• Li Xian announced that he would use a life-staking secret technique, then unleashed Sword Qi Soaring to the Heavens and transformed into the heavenly demon limitless undying body.
• Li Xian used Sword Qi Thunderclap to strike Qiao Yang from close range, exploding his head before Chen Jianghai and Xu Zhiyi could react.

Li Xian defeated the Immortal Light Society’s fighters, killed Xu Zhiyi, and left with weapons as spoils while Chen Jianghai escaped. Meanwhile, Zhang Yue, Xun Dao, and Xiang Yangsheng discovered that Li Xian had appeared in tenth place on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking.

• Chen Jianghai fled as Li Xian pursued the escaping Xu Zhiyi and crushed his skull.
• Li Xian let Chen Jianghai escape, collected weapons from the courtyard, and left to treat his injuries.
• Yan Yu and the others found the dead members of the Immortal Light Society and abandoned any thoughts of revenge.
• Zhang Yue told Xiang Yangsheng and Xun Dao that Senior Sister Nangong would keep the matter confined to the outer sect.
• Xun Dao checked the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking and found Li Xian in tenth place, astonishing Zhang Yue and Xiang Yangsheng.

After Li Xian reached tenth place on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking and defeated the experts who attacked him, the news spread through the sect, shocking Yun Tiankuo, Great Zhou’s leaders, and his rivals. The sect’s hidden intelligence system flagged Li Xian as a possible bearer of an awakened undying body and sent his profile to Sect Master Lu Linyuan for review.

• Yun Tiankuo learned that Li Xian had vanished from the Outer Sect Rankings and assumed Chen Jianghai had killed him, but Wang Quan revealed that Li Xian had reached tenth on the Entering-the-Dao Candidates Ranking and defeated his attackers at the Chen residence.
• Wang Quan told Yun Tiankuo that Li Xian had killed two ranking experts, while another fled, leaving Yun stunned by Li Xian’s rise.
• Xiang Yangsheng told Zhong Lingxiu and Shen Chenzhou about Li Xian’s new ranking, and Ren Shanhe offered him a Six Harmonies Life-Origin Pill as a gesture of goodwill.
• News of Li Xian’s victory spread through the Inner Sect, and Yan Shui Rou struggled to accept that he had reached a rank comparable to hers.
• A hidden intelligence system identified Li Xian as a possible bearer of an awakened undying body and submitted his profile to Sect Master Lu Linyuan for review.

Li Xian comprehended Sword Force and began developing a way to strengthen his Crimson Extreme True Body after reviewing the flaws exposed in battle. After ten days of seclusion, he found dozens of disciples seeking his favor and learned that his attack had shaken the Immortal Light Society far more than he expected.

• Li Xian used Chen Jianghai's treasured sword to consolidate his insights and comprehended Sword Force by combining Sword Astral Force with the force of the world.
• Li Xian identified weaknesses in his Crimson Extreme True Body and planned to disperse incoming attacks across his body.
• After ten days, Li Xian emerged from seclusion and found over thirty disciples waiting to invite him to join their factions; Zhao Guihai knelt and offered to serve him.
• Xiang Yangsheng and Zhang Yue told Li Xian that the sect would prevent another search-warrant intrusion into his courtyard.
• Li Xian asked about the Immortal Light Society and learned it had gone quiet and that only one or two hundred of its thirteen hundred members were true core fighters.