Chapter Summaries

Yan Kaigui and the others learned that Li Xian had killed Yan Lian and Liu Feng using the Blood Jade Art, and planned to eliminate him. Their plan became complicated when they discovered Li Xian was connected to Zhou Juechen and Master Zhou of the Zhou Family.

• Yan Ruxue identified Li Xian as Yan Lian’s killer, and Shen Hong confirmed his strength rivaled that of a Blood Exchange and Marrow Washing martial master.
• Yan Kaigui decided Li Xian had to be killed quietly, and Daoist Xuantie agreed to act with Luo Teng’s assistance.
• Shen Hong’s description led Daoist Xuantie and Feng Juanyun to recognize that Li Xian had likely used the Blood Jade Art to defeat Yan Lian and Liu Feng.
• Daoist Xuantie ordered Chen Yu to locate Li Xian, but Chen Yu returned with news that he was closely connected to Zhou Juechen.
• Yan Kaigui learned that Master Zhou was Li Xian’s teacher and asked Daoist Xuantie to invite him over for a discussion.

The Guangyuan Sword Saint learned of Li Xian’s rapid cultivation progress and considered whether to support him, while Zhou Juechen asked for resources without requiring Li Xian to become a disciple. Back in his courtyard, Li Xian began devising a more extreme way to combine Core Force with the burning of blood and qi.

• The Guangyuan Sword Saint read a dossier claiming Li Xian had reached Viscera Great Accomplishment after two and a half months of martial arts practice and ordered a thorough investigation.
• Zhou Juechen asked whether the Guangyuan Sword Saint would provide Li Xian with supplies, cultivation arts, and insights without taking him as a disciple, but warned that Li Xian’s troubles might involve the Immortal Seedling.
• The Guangyuan Sword Saint rejected Zhou Juechen’s proposal but decided to send Li Xian a portion of Blood Spirit Powder personally to test his talent.
• Li Xian reviewed the bodily cost of burning his blood and qi and considered combining it with a burst of Core Force to increase its power.
• Li Xian began pondering how to fuse Core Force with the burning of blood and qi into a more extreme method.

Li Xian created and named the life-threatening Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, then received Blood Spirit Powder from the Guangyuan Sword Saint and began using it to restore his blood and qi. After Prince Yue's Residence threatened Zhou Juechen and invited him to a banquet, Li Xian agreed to attend, eager to face the residence's experts.

• Li Xian fused the Blood Jade Art with explosive Core Force, tested the dangerous technique, and named it the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.
• Yinsha delivered Blood Spirit Powder from the Guangyuan Sword Saint, and Li Xian tested it before taking a larger dose.
• Zhou Juechen exchanged favors through Ren Qingshan to obtain Precious Jade Soup ingredients, then encountered Daoist Xuantie on his way back.
• Daoist Xuantie warned Zhou Juechen that Prince Yue's Residence would kill Li Xian and invited him to a banquet at the Wave-Viewing Tower.
• Zhou Juechen returned and told Li Xian to leave for the royal capital, but Li Xian chose to attend the banquet and face Prince Yue's Residence.

Li Xian agreed to attend Leaping Over the Dragon Gate and meet Prince Yue's heir, while Zhou Juechen struggled with his own path and resolved to accompany him. At the meeting, Li Xian found Prince Yue's people had assembled several fighters against him, but he remained composed as the confrontation began.

• Li Xian told Zhou Juechen he would both attend Leaping Over the Dragon Gate and meet Prince Yue's heir, despite Zhou's warning that registering for the tournament would offer protection.
• Li Xian refined Blood Spirit Powder through the night, completed a full heavenly cycle of blood exchange and marrow washing, and reached minor mastery.
• At noon, Zhou Juechen joined Li Xian on the way to the Wave-Viewing Tower, saying he had realized he was thinking too much about his martial path.
• At the Wave-Viewing Tower, Yan Kaigui presented Master Luoxia's manuscript while Ma Fu, Yan Ruxue, and other members of Prince Yue's Residence awaited Li Xian and Zhou Juechen.
• Yan Ruxue accused Zhou Juechen of betraying Li Xian, but Li Xian stayed calm and told the assembled group to sit.
• Yan Kaigui suspected Zhou Juechen might have changed his mind, but trusted that Ma Fu, Luo Teng, and the guards could overwhelm Li Xian and Zhou Juechen.

Li Xian confronted Yan Ruxue, Yan Kaigui, Ma Fu, and Daoist Xuantie, then fought Daoist Xuantie while Zhou Juechen blocked Ma Fu from intervening. Li Xian killed Daoist Xuantie with a decisive saber strike, leaving the others facing him.

• Li Xian threatened to keep Yan Ruxue and Yan Kaigui hostage and urged Ma Fu and Daoist Xuantie to leave.
• Daoist Xuantie attacked Li Xian with his sword, and Li Xian countered with a saber and drove him toward the first floor.
• Zhou Juechen blocked Ma Fu from joining the fight while Yan Kaigui ordered Luo Teng to intervene.
• Li Xian ignited his blood and qi with the Blood Jade Art and knocked Daoist Xuantie's sword away.
• Li Xian swept his saber across Daoist Xuantie's throat and beheaded him.

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.