Recaps

Chu Xisheng entered the Divine Ao Rogue Person’s secret realm, survived its trials and a murderous blood mist, and rose to the top of the rankings. The contestants then faced a character trial under the threat of Heart-Entangling Gu, and Chu ended the arc by stabbing Mu Ling.

• Lu Chen backed down from challenging Chu Xisheng, who later crushed an assassin’s mental attack and saber strike with his Yazi Saber Intent.
• At the secret realm entrance, Si Huangquan clashed with Chu Xisheng, but Chu used Qin Muge’s Character Card to make him sheath his sabers and enter first.
• Chu Xisheng deciphered the Enlightenment Steles, learned Wind’s Lasting Trace, and earned the highest recognition for his insights.
• Chu led Zhou Liangchen and the Zhou Family through the dangerous Demon Character Path, while the other factions crossed the Ghost and God paths.
• At the White Jade Plaza, Divine Ao Rogue Person trapped the contestants and began a killing trial, while Chu Xisheng and the Zhou Family resisted the blood mist that drove fighters to slaughter one another.
• After the trial ended, Chu Xisheng and the others discovered Heart-Entangling Gu on the contestants, while outside the realm Devil God Zangtian restored the Blood-Origin Rebirth Formation.
• Divine Ao Rogue Person announced a character trial involving stone coffins, and Chu Xisheng warned that the blood-mist culprit could strike while the contestants dreamed.
• As the contestants prepared to enter the coffins, Chu Xisheng drew his Rune Blood Refinement Saber and stabbed Mu Ling between the eyebrows.

Chu Xisheng broke Mu Ling’s sacrifice ritual, defeated the fighters in the Secret Realm, and emerged with new powers and allies. Back in Linhai, he won a public life-and-death duel, while political pressure mounted and he refused Cao Xuan’s demand to spy on the Tie Brothers.

• Chu Xisheng used Divine Sorrow to purge the Heart-Entangling Gu, defeated Mu Ling, and rescued Bai Xiao Zhao and Si Huangquan from the ritual.
• Chu Xisheng broke the Medicine Pool’s warding barrier, absorbed its medicinal essence with Bai Xiao Zhao, and received the Secret Realm’s rewards before everyone was expelled.
• Chu Xisheng returned to Linhai, gained Zhou Xiongba’s support, and met Chu Yunyun, who advised him on his cultivation and the Divine Weapon Institute.
• Chu Xisheng proved his skill by splitting thirty coins, then killed Tao Yuan with one stroke in the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Zuo Qingyun paid Chu Xisheng his winnings and took him away from the angry gamblers, while Shangguan Longjian raised the bounty on Chu Xisheng.
• Chu Yunyun tracked down the owner of a durable flagpole, while Ye Zhiqiu trained Chu Xisheng in the Wind-Chasing Blade.
• Cao Xuan offered Chu Xisheng a deputy commander’s post to spy on the Tie Brothers, but Chu Xisheng refused and resigned from the Embroidery Guard with Chu Yunyun.
• Tie Kuangren told Tie Xiaosheng that Cao Xuan had already offered Chu the post, so their planned offer of an Incense Master position would not be enough.

Chu Xisheng killed Shangguan Longjian and survived White Cloud Stronghold’s assault with help from Lu Luanli and Tie Kuangren, turning his battle into a public display of his strength. After recovering, he gained Zangtian’s divine gift and prepared to join the Iron Banner Gang, while his rising fame drew powerful attention to Xiushui.

• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun killed Shangguan Longjian and his guards at Pine and Bamboo Hall, then returned to Zhengyang Martial Academy before dawn.
• Chu Xisheng arranged to have Dong Linshan raise his Azure Cloud Ranking, but Wu Meiniang warned him that White Cloud Stronghold had surrounded the Taste-Knowing Pavilion to kill him.
• Chu Xisheng fought off White Cloud Stronghold’s attackers, killed Dong Huaji, Fei Liqing, Li Ya, and other fighters, and survived Shangguan Shenhao’s attack when Tie Kuangren intervened.
• Tie Kuangren and Shen Zhou forced Shangguan Shenhao’s forces to withdraw, while Lei Yuan barred Shangguan Clan disciples from Zhengyang Martial Academy and Ye Zhiqiu carried the wounded Chu Xisheng away.
• As Chu Xisheng recovered, he improved his abilities, planned to join the Iron Banner Gang after his True Inheritance Trial, and learned that Chu Yunyun had unsealed several talents to the fifth rank.
• Dong Linshan’s article about the battle raised Chu Xisheng’s Azure Cloud Ranking to sixtieth, while Wu Meiniang used Zuo Qingyun’s jade horn to call on the White Tiger Marquis against clans sheltering fugitives.
• Chu Xisheng woke to find that Zangtian’s black flames had burned away his clothes and furniture, and Chu Yunyun told him that Zangtian had revealed a divine gift.
• Chu Xisheng explained that fame helped awaken his bloodline, demonstrated his improved saber technique, and discovered that Lu Luanli had burned the gifts from his schoolmates.

Chu Xisheng rose from Zhengyang Martial Academy’s champion to the leader of West Mountain Hall, rescuing Liu Ruoxi and Wei Yang while building a canal and confronting powerful local interests. The arc ended with his forces marching on Wen Family Fort as armed enemies gathered and Chu Yunyun unleashed a flaming Suanni.

• Chu Xisheng defeated Luo Li in the True Inheritance Trial, accepted Shangguan Shenhao’s self-mutilating apology, and received new rewards and academy support.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun uncovered how the Clear Sea Gang had victimized Liu Pu’s family, then joined the Iron Banner Gang and attacked West Mountain Hall’s enemies.
• Chu Xisheng burned Shen Zhou’s poppy fields, defeated the commandery army at the gorge with Jia Dali, and captured Liu Dingtang after another battle.
• Chu Xisheng founded West Mountain Hall, recruited former Divine Strategy Bureau soldiers, and used a character-template card to raise Liu Ruoxi’s strength.
• Chu Xisheng organized a canal project and expanded West Mountain Hall, while Zong Lingshu arrived to investigate the successor to the Blood-Yazi Saber Lord.
• Chu Xisheng and his allies rescued Wei Yang from the Embroidery Guard prison during an assault, while Liu Ruoxi held off Zhu Bloodclothes and the God-Defying Banner changed hands.
• Chu Xisheng mastered White Horse Is Not a Horse, advanced his Yazi True Intent, and prepared to resist officials and strongholds obstructing his canal and West Mountain Hall.
• Chu Xisheng imposed a tax plan on wealthy landowners, expanded and armed West Mountain Hall, and marched on Wen Family Fort as Chu Yunyun sent a flaming Suanni toward its gates.