Recaps

The Formless Divine Sect concealed the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber's choice and sent Qingxu Zi to retrieve its successor, while Chu Xisheng refined Yazi Essence Blood and transformed his strength. After his new power let him defeat a Bloodwind Bandit ambush, Chu Xisheng discovered that being branded an evildoer had earned him infamy and a surge of Blood Essence Points.

• Li Changsheng ordered the sect elders to keep the Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber secret and sent Qingxu Zi south to bring back its successor.
• Chu Xisheng raised his Yazi Bloodline to the ninth rank, gaining juvenile Yazi traits, Iron-Yazi Mirror Armor, and Blood-Yazi Divine Astral Force.
• Bai Xiao Zhao warned Chu Xisheng that Spellcasters were searching the valley, so he left the cavern and headed north toward Prince's Lake by way of Taishan Commandery.
• A Bloodwind Bandit and his armed companions ambushed Chu Xisheng, but his enhanced saber astral force reflected their arrows and needles, and he beheaded their Sixth Grade leader.
• Chu Xisheng saw that the Imperial Court had branded him an evildoer, unlocking infamy and increasing his Blood Essence Points to more than 1,200.

The authorities branded Chu Xisheng a rebel and spread wanted notices across the province, while Wang Chaoyang tried to publish a hostile supplement despite Xie Zhenqing’s resistance. Near Prince’s Lake, Chu asked Bai Xiao Zhao to join the Iron Banner Gang, then revealed his hidden strength when Yu Chiyang’s ambush turned into a fight for survival.

• The Eastern Province Circuit Inspector’s Office posted wanted notices accusing Chu Xisheng and Tie Xiaosheng of rebellion and offering large bounties for their heads.
• Wang Chaoyang prepared a supplement about Chu Xisheng, but Xie Zhenqing challenged the publication and insisted on reviewing it before printing.
• As Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao raced toward Prince’s Lake, Chu invited her to become his subordinate, and she proposed posing as his spirit pet instead.
• Yu Chiyang and his men ambushed Chu with sixteen Immortal Tribulations, but Chu’s Third Layer External Astral Force reflected most of the poisoned needles.
• Chu used Returning Light, Reflecting Illumination to turn Yu Chiyang’s attack against two of his companions, while Bai Xiao Zhao fought Yu at close range.
• Yu Chiyang tried to kill Chu with a left-handed sword, but Chu’s Empty Hall Hanging Mirror reflected the thrust and pierced Yu’s throat.

After killing Yu Chiyang, Chu Xisheng continued toward Crown Prince Lake and fought the Six Fan Gate constables sent to arrest him. As Blood Bat Mountain reorganized its hunt and learned of mounting losses, Ji Qianqian killed a Life-Reaping Tower assassin and pursued another target.

• Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao erased the traces of Yu Chiyang's battle, and Chu Xisheng took two sabers before heading north.
• At Crown Prince Lake, Chu Xisheng refused Seventh Master Zhao's demand to surrender, and Bai Xiao Zhao engaged him while Chu Xisheng fought the other three constables.
• Chu Xisheng killed Iron Saber Luo Xiang, White Ape Sword Yan Liu, and Ghost Hand Kan Zhongze, then joined Bai Xiao Zhao to kill Seventh Master Zhao.
• Demon Scissors Le Wen examined the battlefield where Yu Chiyang had died and ordered Blood Bat Mountain's fighters to regroup in larger teams and seek heavy crossbows.
• Le Wen learned that Seventh Master Zhao and his three subordinates had died, and that his junior brother Dai Lei had also been killed by two Mysterious Experts.
• Ji Qianqian killed Twin-Phoenix Saber Kang Ming with one punch and set off to hunt another Fifth Grade fighter.

After the Iron Banner Gang’s crushing defeat of the Jiangnan Commandery Naval Camp, Governor-General Wang Sheng weighed the gang’s growing strength against the political risks of supporting its destruction. With Chu Xisheng eluding the hunters in Taishan Commandery and martial forces suffering heavy losses, Wang ordered troops and supplies assembled for a possible campaign, though he had not decided whether to fight or negotiate.

• Wang Sheng questioned how the Iron Banner Gang had defeated Dong Tianyue’s fleet, and his Military Advisor explained that hidden West Mountain bowmen had ambushed the warships.
• The Military Advisor described the Iron Banner Gang’s expanding forces, captured ships, wealth, recruited experts, and thousands of armed miners, urging Wang Sheng to act.
• Wang Sheng learned from the Martial Secrets Almanac supplement that Chu Xisheng’s forces had killed dozens of prominent martial experts, while Chu had risen on the Azure Cloud Overall Ranking.
• The Military Advisor reported that Chu Xisheng was evading Blood Bat Mountain, the Six Fan Gate, and the Life-Reaping Tower in Taishan Commandery’s difficult terrain.
• Wang Sheng ordered provincial troops gathered at Ancient Market Town and Linxiu County, and provisions prepared for a hundred-thousand-man campaign.

Chu Yunyun prepared the Iron Banner Gang to face a likely provincial army invasion by planning defenses at Shangliu County and a dam at Nine-Blade Stronghold, while Chu Xisheng learned that Lin Shi would become leader of the Clear Sea Gang and set out to kill him. Meanwhile, Qingxu Zi revealed that the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber had found its master, likely Chu Xisheng.

• Tie Xiaosheng and Lu Jiuli returned to headquarters and saw forty-five slain enemies displayed on stakes outside the city.
• Chu Yunyun outlined the threat of an Eastern Province campaign and ordered Lu Jiuli to build a dam at Nine-Blade Stronghold while Tie Xiaosheng fortified Shangliu County.
• Chu Xisheng questioned Bu Yancheng about his Demon War Tower ties and his views on demonic methods, then received Wu Meiniang's letter about Lin Shi's planned succession as Clear Sea Gang leader.
• Chu Xisheng decided to leave Taishan Commandery and kill Lin Shi despite the possibility that the meeting was a trap.
• Jian Zangfeng killed Yu Ming with the Heaven-Pacifying Sword, and Qingxu Zi told him that the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber had found its master, probably Chu Xisheng.

Chu Xisheng reached Sheshui Town with Bu Yancheng and Bai Xiao Zhao, strengthened his spiritual sense and prepared to attack the Clear Sea Gang’s stronghold. He unleashed his Yazi Saber Intent against the gang’s defenders while Qingxu Zi restrained the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber nearby.

• Bai Xiao Zhao awakened her third bloodline ability in eight days and practiced her new lightning powers while Bu Yancheng speculated that her condition resembled divine grace.
• Bu Yancheng explained how divine grace could unlock bloodline talents, and Chu Xisheng reflected on the Martial Dao Treasury’s role in strengthening him.
• Chu Xisheng exchanged for eighth-tier Supreme Communication with the Divine, improving his spiritual awareness, Inspiration, and Mystic Comprehension.
• Chu Xisheng and Bu Yancheng approached the Clear Sea Gang’s rebuilt stronghold at Sheshui Town, where Chu Xisheng used the Blood-Yazi Saber Lord Character Card to prepare for battle.
• Chu Xisheng’s Yazi Saber Intent overwhelmed more than a thousand defenders, and he entered the stronghold declaring that he had come to kill Lin Shi.
• Qingxu Zi restrained the trembling Blood-Yazi Divine Saber as it reacted to Chu Xisheng’s saber intent and warned that intervening could endanger him.

Chu Xisheng fought his way through Sikong Chan’s trap at the Clear Sea Gang stronghold, using powerful saber techniques and the Dance of Zangtian to overcome waves of attackers. As he faced Lin Shi and Long Heng, his severe injuries triggered the third stage of Dance of Zangtian, while Qingxu Zi and Jian Zangfeng held back from intervening.

• Chu Xisheng’s overwhelming Yazi Saber Intent suppressed the defenders, but Long Heng reassured Lin Shi that several powerful fighters were waiting to kill him.
• Chu Xisheng used Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber techniques and the Five-Tailed Wind-Born Beast to kill Xi Quan and gravely wound Lü Han, while Ye Zhiqiu deflected part of Li Daogui’s attack.
• Poisoned and wounded, Chu Xisheng activated the second stage of Dance of Zangtian, then slaughtered numerous sixth- and seventh-rank fighters as he charged toward the Clear Sea Gang headquarters.
• Bu Yancheng broke past Shan Zilong to keep the fifth-grade fighters from interfering, while Chu Xisheng reached the dock and clashed with Lin Shi, Long Heng, Ren Zhong, and Wu Zhengchen.
• As Chu Xisheng suffered severe injuries, the third stage of Dance of Zangtian activated and Bloodflame appeared around him; Qingxu Zi restrained the Yazi Divine Saber and stopped Jian Zangfeng from stepping in.

Chu Xisheng defeated the Clear Sea Gang’s defenders, killed Pine-Wind Sword Lin Shi, and met Qingxu Zi as he withdrew. After Chu Xisheng left, Jian Zangfeng revealed his power and slaughtered the surviving enemies at the river stockade.

• Chu Xisheng used the Dance of Zangtian and his Wind-Thunder Twin Wings to lure his pursuers apart, then killed Long Heng and Earthlight Saber Wu Zhengchen while Bai Xiao Zhao fought the others.
• Wolf Sword Ren Zhong fled the stockade but was killed by a sudden Sword Qi strike, and Chu Xisheng beheaded Pine-Wind Sword Lin Shi after learning that Lin Shi had betrayed the Iron Banner Gang to protect his family.
• Chu Xisheng withdrew with his allies, took a Divine Blood Origin-Restoring Pill, and discovered that his Zangtian Bloodline had advanced to the sixth stage and that he had gained the Eye of Li Tan.
• Qingxu Zi, head of the Formless Divine Sect’s Teaching Academy, stopped Chu Xisheng on the river and asked to speak with him.
• At the river stockade, Lang Tianzhong prepared to pursue Chu Xisheng, but Jian Zangfeng appeared and invoked the sect master’s sword on Qingxu Zi’s orders.
• Jian Zangfeng used the Divine Delusion Sword and his sword arts to kill Lang Tianzhong and the remaining Clear Sea Gang members, including Li Daogui, Shan Zilong, and Sikong Pan.

Chu Xisheng accepted the Formless Divine Sect’s protection and agreed to conceal his status as its Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor while learning its saber arts. Qingxu Zi and his allies overturned the charges against him by accusing Sikong Chan and Xiushui’s gentry of rebellion, leaving Xiahou Shen to face Chu Xisheng’s revenge.

• The Blood-Yazi Divine Saber bonded with Chu Xisheng, enhancing his abilities, and Qingxu Zi invited him to join the Formless Divine Sect as a Blood-Yazi Candidate.
• Qingxu Zi gave Chu Xisheng a Blood-Yazi Illusion Ring that let him simulate White Tiger and Qiongqi bloodlines, while Jian Zangfeng reported killing everyone at the Clear Sea Gang headquarters and bound Bu Yancheng and Bai Xiao Zhao to secrecy.
• Qingxu Zi brought Chu Xisheng to the Eastern Province Governor-General’s Residence, where Cao Xuan claimed Chu had infiltrated the Iron Banner Gang to investigate Sikong Chan’s rebellion plot.
• Qingxu Zi pressured Governor-General Wang Sheng to clear Chu’s name and brand Sikong Chan, Xiushui’s gentry, and the Seventeen Linked Forts as rebels; Wang agreed to the arrangement and restricted the Iron Banner Gang’s expansion for two years.
• Circuit Inspector Xiahou Yuan brought Xiahou Dong and Xiahou Shen to apologize, and Xiahou Dong claimed he had secretly gathered evidence against Sikong Chan.
• Chu Xisheng ordered Xiahou Shen buried, and Jian Zangfeng struck him down when he tried to resist.

Chu Xisheng gathered the Iron Banner Gang’s leaders, revealed that he had killed Pine-Wind Sword Lin Shi, and announced an alliance with the Tianping Army to besiege Xiushui Commandery City. After assigning Ji Qianqian and Zhou Liangchen to accompany him into the Formless Divine Sect, Chu Yunyun warned him that Ji Qianqian might be a Heavenly Yamen Embroidery Guard commander.

• Tie Xiaosheng returned to the Iron Banner Gang’s headquarters and found Lin Shi’s severed head displayed before Tie Kuangren’s memorial tablet.
• Chu Xisheng said he had killed Lin Shi and revealed that the Iron Banner Gang would join the Tianping Army in attacking Xiushui Commandery City in three days.
• Chu Xisheng showed the gang leaders Governor-General Wang Sheng’s letter and explained that Grand Elder Qingxu Zi had guaranteed the agreement and his place as a Yazi Candidate.
• Tie Xiaosheng accepted the plan and left to prepare the siege, intending to prevent Sikong Chan and Xiushui’s powerful clans from escaping.
• Chu Xisheng told Ji Qianqian that she and Zhou Liangchen would accompany him into the Formless Divine Sect, and gave her authorization to withdraw demon silver for equipment.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng that Ji Qianqian cultivated the Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body and might be a Thousand-Household Commander of the Heavenly Yamen Embroidery Guard.

Chu Xisheng discussed Ji Qianqian’s abilities with Chu Yunyun and prepared to strengthen his body before entering the Formless Divine Sect. Meanwhile, provincial troops arrived at Xiushui City and declared Prefect Sikong Chan a rebel, leaving him and the city’s gentry stunned.

• Chu Xisheng told Chu Yunyun that he planned to win Ji Qianqian’s devotion, while Chu Yunyun prepared to temper his body with God-Defying Fire.
• Chu Yunyun revealed that Chu Xisheng’s awakened Yazi Blood had drawn the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber to Eastern Province, prompting him to wonder how she knew.
• Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao watched the Iron Banner Gang surround Xiushui City as the city’s spellcasters prepared to clear the mist from the river.
• The city’s spellcasters drove away the mist, revealing provincial warships landing troops alongside Iron Banner Gang laborers at the eastern wharf.
• Wei Lai announced that the Governor-General had ordered the Tianping Army to suppress Sikong Chan for secretly plotting rebellion with the former Crown Prince Li’s faction.
• Sikong Chan questioned how he could be a rebel, then spat blood and nearly collapsed as the gentry behind him turned pale.

As the Imperial Court's army stormed Xiushui Commandery City, Chu Xisheng stayed outside and explained why the Iron Banner Gang would let the court claim the victory. After Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao escaped through the Shangguan Clan's damaged earth-escape formation, Chu Xisheng intercepted Shangguan Shenhao in West Mountain and blocked his path.

• Chu Xisheng dismissed Tie Xiaosheng's frustration, saying the Iron Banner Gang should avoid the costly battle and wait for Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao to flee.
• Chu Xisheng exchanged for the eighth stage of Body of Light-Speed Shadow and reviewed his growing power, resources, and plans to improve his armor.
• Chu Xisheng told Tie Xiaosheng that Xiahou Yuan's apology and payment were signs the inspector was protecting himself before losing his post.
• The provincial army breached Xiushui's Inner City, while Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao escaped about seventy li through the Wu-Earth Divine-Escape Formation before it was interrupted.
• Sikong Chan and Shangguan Shenhao split up to flee, but Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao intercepted Shangguan Shenhao in West Mountain and wounded him with a fast saber strike.
• Shangguan Shenhao apologized and offered the Shangguan Clan's property to escape, but Chu Xisheng refused and declared his route closed.

Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao defeated Shangguan Shenhao after he launched a desperate assault, and Chu Xisheng killed him with the Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber. Jian Zangfeng then told Chu Xisheng that the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber had sensed another potential successor from the Jingxi Chu Clan.

• Shangguan Shenhao accused Chu Xisheng of framing the Shangguan Clan, but Chu Xisheng denied it and prepared to fight.
• Bai Xiao Zhao and Chu Xisheng fought Shangguan Shenhao together, evading his powerful sword strikes while waiting for the provincial army.
• Shangguan Shenhao unleashed his blood and qi in a desperate attack, but Chu Xisheng used Smoke-Cloud Skystride to evade him and reflected his sword energy with Returning Light, Reflecting Illumination.
• Bai Xiao Zhao pinned Shangguan Shenhao in place, allowing Chu Xisheng to stab him through the heart and sever his head; Chu Xisheng's Xun Wind Thunderclap Saber was left cracked.
• Jian Zangfeng arrived and told Chu Xisheng that the Blood-Yazi Special Envoy had found a nine-layer successor candidate from the Jingxi Chu Clan, and that the sect welcomed the news.

Tie Xiaosheng and Bu Yancheng fought Sikong Chan while Chu Xisheng slew Shangguan Shenhao, and they held out until Wei Lai arrived and helped kill the prefect. After Sikong Chan’s death, Tie Xiaosheng reflected on his brother’s legacy and resolved to carry it on just as Chu Xisheng arrived.

• As Chu Xisheng slew Shangguan Shenhao, Tie Xiaosheng and Bu Yancheng fought Sikong Chan, who poisoned and wounded Tie Xiaosheng.
• Tie Xiaosheng resisted Sikong Chan’s taunts and kept fighting until Wei Lai arrived and struck Sikong Chan down.
• Bu Yancheng gave Tie Xiaosheng a Bloodbattle Essence-Stabilizing Pill, and Wei Lai left Sikong Chan’s head with him on the governor-general’s orders.
• Bu Yancheng admitted he intended to join the Iron Banner Gang, while Tie Xiaosheng mourned Tie Kuangren and then resolved to fulfill his brother’s wishes.
• After the Six Fan Gate experts withdrew, Tie Xiaosheng sensed Chu Xisheng and Ji Qianqian approaching.

Chu Xisheng led the Iron Banner Gang in honoring Tie Kuangren and arranged the gang’s leadership while preparing to leave for the Formless Divine Sect. Meanwhile, Ji Qianqian met Wangqi Luohou, who ordered her to keep investigating Chu Xisheng and the sect as the Clothing Mound’s final bell stirred the earth qi.

• Chu Xisheng and Tie Xiaosheng led the Iron Banner Gang’s rites at Tie Kuangren’s Clothing Mound, where Tie Kuangren received a seventh-rank Mountain God investiture.
• Chu Xisheng asked whether Tie Kuangren might still be alive, but Tie Xiaosheng said he had taken Iron Futu deep underground to melt it in lava.
• Chu Xisheng appointed Lu Jiuli to lead Iron Mountain Hall and Bu Yancheng to lead Xunyang Hall, while tasking Tie Xiaosheng with conquering the Seventeen Linked Forts.
• Chu Xisheng declined a grand succession ceremony and told Tie Xiaosheng that Qingxu Zi had ordered him to travel north to the Formless Divine Sect ahead of schedule.
• Wangqi Luohou gave Ji Qianqian and Cao Xuan merit plaques, then ordered them to investigate Chu Xisheng’s bloodline talents, continue his Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body training, and monitor the Formless Divine Sect.
• Wangqi Luohou began ordering Ji Qianqian to investigate the Chu family’s Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor when the ceremony’s final bell trembled the earth qi near Tie Kuangren’s Clothing Mound.

Chu Xisheng bought the Heaven-Mirror Inner Armor and the risky Golden Match of Jade and Gold sabers, then strengthened his combat power by combining three battle diagrams. Ye Zhiqiu invited him to travel north aboard Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship, where the saber maker Li Tiangong and a famous young blade awaited him.

• Chu Xisheng rejected Treasure Qi Pavilion’s initial list, then bought the Heaven-Mirror Inner Armor and Golden Match of Jade and Gold sabers after bargaining and trading in several artifacts.
• Chu Xisheng bought a Complete Lightning-Pursuing Finger Diagram and a Complete Light-Cloud Movement Diagram from Heavenly Questions Pavilion, and Wu Meiniang combined them with his Wind-Chasing Blade Diagram into the Wind, Cloud, Divine Lightning Diagram.
• Ji Qianqian noticed Chu Xisheng’s improved Saber Intent, and he explained that he could withstand Long Heng for an hour or two but still could not defeat him one-on-one.
• Ye Zhiqiu invited Chu Xisheng to travel to the Formless Divine Sect’s home mountain aboard Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed that Li Tiangong was aboard the ship and that the sixth-ranked member of the Ten Divine Talented Young Blades would also be there, prompting Chu Xisheng to show interest.

Xie Zhenqing took charge of the Eastern Province Martial Discourse Tower after its supplement about Chu Xisheng became an embarrassment, while Dong Linshan reported the Iron Banner Gang’s rapid expansion. As Chu Xisheng prepared to travel north, he strengthened the gang’s leadership and fighters, then received ingredients for Upper Seventh-Rank Secret Medicine from Jian Zangfeng.

• Xie Zhenqing ordered the tower’s staff to resume normal work and approved a new supplement to repair the damage caused by Wang Chaoyang’s publication.
• Dong Linshan reported that Chu Xisheng was expanding and reorganizing the Iron Banner Gang, while its forces pursued the Seventeen Linked Forts and revealed unexpected combat strength.
• Chu Xisheng decided to travel north with Ye Zhiqiu aboard Recluse Sanping’s Flying Treasure Ship and made arrangements for the Iron Banner Gang and West Mountain Hall before leaving.
• Chu Xisheng appointed trusted subordinates to distant posts and used template and talent cards to strengthen Wei Yang, Li Shenshan, Tie Xiaosheng, Bu Yancheng, and other promising fighters.
• After finishing the gang’s preparations, Chu Xisheng received two portions of the main ingredients for Upper Seventh-Rank Secret Medicine from Jian Zangfeng.

Chu Xisheng prepared to leave Xiushui for the North aboard Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship, bringing his companions and a mountain of supplies. After boarding, he met Zong Sanping and learned about a potentially false Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor the sect wanted picked up in the Capital, before a black-robed man confronted him over the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Saber.

• Jian Zangfeng delivered two sets of secret medicine ingredients to Chu Xisheng, and Chu Yunyun used her Black Tortoise spirit to preserve them.
• Chu Xisheng boarded the Heaven-Pacifying Ship with Chu Yunyun, Liu Ruoxi, Lu Luanli, his attendants, Bai Xiao Zhao, and their extensive luggage as Tie Xiaosheng and the others saw him off.
• Zong Sanping gave Chu Xisheng a pill bottle, then privately heard Jian Zangfeng warn that the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor from the Jingxi Chu Clan might be an imperial fabrication.
• Zong Sanping and Jian Zangfeng discussed the sect’s concerns, then turned to Jian Zangfeng’s strained relationship with Ye Zhiqiu and arranged to drink and spar.
• Lu Luanli told Chu Xisheng she was leaving the God-Defying Banner Pole and Lie King’s Treasure behind to focus on cultivation and travel north.
• A black-robed middle-aged man confronted Chu Xisheng, claiming he had forged the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Saber and accusing him of having nerve.

Chu Xisheng confronted Li Tiangong over the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Sabers, then settled aboard the ship and learned that Li Tiangong had discovered his reputation. Zhu Kongming recruited Li Tiangong to forge him a saber and publicly challenged Chu Xisheng to a duel to the death, leaving Chu Xisheng rising to answer.

• Chu Xisheng confronted Li Tiangong and warned him not to target him, while Ji Qianqian and the others also rebuffed Li Tiangong as they passed.
• Chu Yunyun suspected Ji Qianqian had revealed greater strength, and Chu Xisheng claimed the Blood-Burning Ritual had strengthened her.
• The middle-aged Dao attendant showed Chu Xisheng and his companions their seven cabins aboard the ship, and Chu Xisheng received a Divine Blood Essence-Stabilizing Pill from Zong Sanping.
• Chu Yunyun gave Chu Xisheng revised eighth and ninth layers of the Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body, while Chu Xisheng reassured Little Flathead that he would soon let him roam freely.
• Li Tiangong read about Chu Xisheng's fame and realized he could not afford to provoke him, but Zhu Kongming asked him to forge a Third-Rank saber in exchange for a duel with Chu Xisheng.
• Zhu Kongming challenged Chu Xisheng to a duel to the death, and Chu Xisheng grabbed the Golden-Jade Matchmaking Sabers and sprang from his bed.

Chu Xisheng accepted Zhu Kongming’s challenge to a death duel aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, despite Recluse Sanping’s warnings. He killed Zhu with a single lightning-fast saber strike, leaving the ship’s witnesses stunned and Recluse Sanping wondering what Chu’s White Tiger bloodline meant for his potential.

• Chu Xisheng met Zhu Kongming on the upper deck, where Zhu challenged him to a duel and named Li Tiangong’s promised Third-Rank treasured saber as his reward.
• Recluse Sanping confronted Zhu Kongming, suspected a hidden scheme, and agreed to let the duel proceed after Chu insisted on fighting.
• Zhu Kongming asked Mu Zhaoguang to oversee the duel, and Mu set the terms while Recluse Sanping ordered an investigation into Zhu’s background and prepared for possible trouble.
• Jian Zangfeng stopped Recluse Sanping from using the Heaven-Pacifying Sword to tip the duel in Chu’s favor, urging him to trust Chu’s saber skills.
• When Mu’s coin landed, Chu used the Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber: Three-Aspect Divine Saber to strike faster than Zhu could react and severed his head.
• Mu Zhaoguang and Recluse Sanping both regretted that Chu displayed a White Tiger bloodline rather than the Yazi trait they believed would let him master the complete Divine-Intent Death-Touching Saber.

Chu Xisheng killed Zhu Kongming, exposed the hidden force probing his White Tiger bloodline, and forced Li Tiangong to pay compensation for his part in the affair. After several days of instruction from Zong Sanping aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, Chu Xisheng arrived at Wang'an City, where the ship was to take aboard the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor.

• Zhu Kongming's Grand Void Spirit-Leading Art tried to preserve his soul, but Mu Zhaoguang and two Dao Attendants destroyed it as a hidden Earthly Ranking expert watched and vanished.
• Chu Xisheng gave Zhu Kongming's green headband to Zhou Liangchen and confronted Li Tiangong, who agreed to forge five weapons and paid him demon silver, artifact materials, and an IOU.
• Zong Sanping departed Xiushui Commandery aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship and instructed Chu Xisheng in the Three Aspects Martial Intent, the Formless Art, and White Horse Is Not a Horse.
• The Heaven-Pacifying Ship arrived outside Wang'an City to collect the Blood-Yazi Saint Inheritor and other passengers bound for Youzhou.
• As the ship descended, Chu Xisheng looked toward the city and felt icy cold surge through him.

Chu Xisheng recognized Chu Rulai and Chu Ming, the relatives who had helped bury him, but concealed his identity while traveling north aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship. After strengthening his cultivation and acquiring the Divine Blood Origin Crystal, he accepted Chu Ming’s challenge to exchange moves, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Chu Yunyun stopped Chu Xisheng from exposing his hostility toward Chu Rulai, and Chu Xisheng hid his reaction by asking about Chu Ming.
• Chu Rulai told Chu Ming to secure the Blood-Yazi inheritance and suppress Chu Xisheng, then coughed blood from the backlash of the Chu Family’s Divine Artifacts.
• Chu Ming and her entourage boarded the Heaven-Pacifying Treasure Ship, and Chu Xisheng returned to cultivation rather than approach her.
• Chu Xisheng advanced his Divine Wind Bright Mirror Saber and Pure Yang, purchased the Blood-Yazi Saber Lord Template Card and Divine Blood Origin Crystal, and discovered that Ye Zhiqiu had advanced to the Fifth Grade.
• Chu Ming confronted Chu Xisheng in the Dining Hall and challenged him to exchange moves; he accepted.

Chu Xisheng defeated Chu Ming in a duel aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, while Chu Ming’s old servant warned that the eldest branch of the Chu family was targeting her. As the ship approached a threatening mass of black clouds, hidden observers discussed Chu Xisheng’s potential and the Formless Divine Sect’s search for a way to give him the Yazi Bloodline.

• Chu Ming challenged Chu Xisheng despite her old servant’s warning, while he alerted her that a deathsworn of the Chu family’s eldest branch was aboard and bore her killing intent.
• Chu Ming drove Chu Xisheng back with a rapid sword assault, but he reflected her Baizhu Starfall Sword and used his jade saber to stop at her throat, winning after forty-four moves.
• Mu Zhaoguang stopped Chu Ming from attacking after her defeat, and she left the deck as the crowd praised Chu Xisheng and criticized her combat skills.
• Recluse Sanping spotted black clouds blocking the ship’s path and ordered his attendants to prepare for battle, while Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng the clouds probably did not threaten them.
• Chu Xisheng used a Blood-Yazi Saber Lord Template Card on Zhou Liangchen, then learned from Chu Yunyun that the ship could withstand most attackers.
• Huo Shaotian and two companions watched the ship from the clouds, discussed Chu Xisheng’s potential and the Heaven and Earth Root, and considered whether to fight Zong Sanping.

Chu Xisheng awakened the Blood of Eternal Ages, advanced to upper seventh-rank, and gained powerful restorative abilities as fighting continued around the Heaven-Pacifying Ship. When assassins broke into his cabin through black mist, Chu Yunyun was drinking his blood, and Zong Sanping realized Chu Xisheng had been his main concern all along.

• Chu Xisheng redeemed the Blood of Eternal Ages and Qin Muge's character cards while Zong Sanping's clashes forced the Heaven-Pacifying Ship to change course.
• Ye Zhiqiu fought an Earthly Ranking expert for seven hundred and thirty-two moves, displaying strength beyond her grade.
• Chu Xisheng took secret medicines and advanced both the Formless Art and the Ninefold Refinement Ultimate Origin Purple-Gold Body, reaching upper seventh-rank and extending his lifespan.
• Black mist spread from inside the ship, and Chu Yunyun warned Chu Xisheng that he was a target as well as Chu Ming.
• Chu Yunyun drank Chu Xisheng's rapidly replenishing blood before a burly man and a petite woman broke through the cabin wall to attack the Blood-Yazi Candidate.
• Zong Sanping sent sword qi toward Chu Xisheng's cabin and revealed that he had prioritized Chu Xisheng's safety, then reacted with astonishment.

Chu Yunyun killed two assassins who attacked Chu Xisheng, revealing formidable Embroidery Guard techniques and explaining how his Blood of Eternal Ages could help restore her own. As suspicion fell on Ji Qianqian and Zong Sanping began watching Chu Xisheng more closely, an injured assassin fleeing through the mist reached Chu Xisheng’s group, where Bai Xiao Zhao’s attack blocked his pursuers.

• Chu Yunyun beheaded Shu Xueqi with a saber stroke and killed the giant with Flying Thunder Slash as he tried to escape.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng that his blood could help revive her Blood of Eternal Ages, and she urged him to improve his martial arts before the next Blood-Burning Ritual.
• Zong Sanping examined the assassins’ bodies and suspected that Ji Qianqian, an Embroidery Guard expert, had killed them; Lu Luanli also suspected a mole was near Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Xisheng reassured the group that the masked killer was probably not Ji Qianqian, then led them toward the dispersing mist.
• An injured man fleeing from the stern reached Chu Xisheng’s group, and Bai Xiao Zhao’s attack drove back the two Dao Attendants pursuing him.
• The older Dao Attendant accused Chu Xisheng of stopping them from capturing the assassin.