Recaps

Chu Xisheng conquered West Mountain’s rivals, protected the Zuo family, and set out for the capital as his reputation spread through a series of duels. The arc ended with him preparing to face Wang Ming, Si Huangquan, and Li Xiuchang while Ji Qianqian pursued her own plan to secure his cooperation.

• Chu Xisheng captured Wen Family Fort, Cloud Crane Manor, the Dan Clan’s allegiance, and the Shen Clan’s estates, then tightened his control over West Mountain and confronted Li Cang.
• Chu Xisheng exposed the danger facing Zuo Qingyun’s family, rescued them from attacks on the official ship, and continued upriver while Ji Qianqian fought off assassins alongside him.
• Chu Yunyun led West Mountain Hall to victory against the commandery army at Black Bear Mountain, while Dan Chiling’s forces fought the bandits at Ghost-Crying Gorge and Chu’s army marched toward Xiushui Commandery.
• Chu Xisheng was named one of the Ten Divine Talented Young Blades, defeated Bai Guangda and Zhen Nian in public, and continued winning challenges as he traveled toward the capital.
• Wang Ming repeatedly ambushed Chu Xisheng, who agreed to fight him after reaching the capital, while the White Tiger Marquis helped the Zuo family and Chu arrived at Wang'an City.
• Wu Meiniang arranged Battle Pattern Pavilion support for West Mountain Hall, Chu Xisheng scheduled fights with Si Huangquan and Li Xiuchang, and Ji Qianqian decided to earn his cooperation by helping him advance his body-refining art.

Chu Xisheng rose to lead the Iron Banner Gang and defeated the Xiushui Allied Army, but Tie Kuangren vanished and the gang faced attacks from powerful enemies. After surviving an ambush and fleeing with Bai Xiao Zhao, Chu Xisheng absorbed Yazi Essence Blood as the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber began flying toward him.

• Chu Xisheng defeated Wang Ming, Li Xiuchang, Si Huangquan, and Mo Qilin, then killed the Life-Reaping Tower assassins who pursued him on the river.
• After reaching Eastern Province, Chu Xisheng broke through to Seventh-Rank cultivation, killed the fugitive Wang Sheng, and received recognition from the Embroidery Guard and Martial Discourse Tower.
• Chu Xisheng clashed with Long Heng, accepted the Iron Banner Gang’s appointment as Young Banner Chief, and expanded West Mountain Hall while preparing to awaken his Yazi Blood talent.
• As the Iron Banner Gang faced an invasion, Tie Kuangren emerged from his failed advancement, devastated the enemy forces in the Iron Futu, and disappeared underground after exhausting his blood energy.
• Chu Xisheng rejected Du Wenyuan’s offer and led West Mountain Hall against the Xiushui Allied Army, using fog and the southwest wind to rout Shen Zhou’s forces and take control of the campaign.
• Chu Xisheng sent Tie Xiaosheng upstream to fight the Seventeen Linked Forts, strengthened him with character cards, and began preparing against Sikong Chan and the Tianping Army.
• Li Daogui and other attackers ambushed Chu Xisheng, but Chu Xisheng fought them with help from his allies before escaping underwater with Bai Xiao Zhao as the battle drew in more pursuers.
• Sikong Chan arranged political charges and a bounty against Chu Xisheng, while Chu Xisheng hid with Bai Xiao Zhao and absorbed Yazi Essence Blood, awakening his bloodline as the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber flew toward him.

Chu Xisheng killed Lin Shi and helped the Iron Banner Gang seize Xiushui, then accepted the Formless Divine Sect’s invitation and traveled north. Aboard the Heaven-Pacifying Ship, he faced challenges from Chu Ming and a deadly attack, while suspicion gathered around an injured fugitive and a possible mole.

• Chu Xisheng killed Lin Shi and the Clear Sea Gang’s leaders, bonded with the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber, and accepted Qingxu Zi’s invitation to become a Blood-Yazi Candidate.
• With Qingxu Zi’s backing, Chu Xisheng secured Wang Sheng’s agreement against Sikong Chan, and the provincial army took Xiushui as Chu Xisheng and Bai Xiao Zhao killed Shangguan Shenhao.
• After Sikong Chan was defeated and Tie Kuangren received a Mountain God investiture, Chu Xisheng appointed new Iron Banner Gang leaders and prepared to travel north with Ji Qianqian and Zhou Liangchen.
• Chu Xisheng boarded Zong Sanping’s Heaven-Pacifying Ship with his companions, killed Zhu Kongming in a duel, and made Li Tiangong agree to forge five weapons.
• At Wang'an City, Chu Xisheng hid his hostility toward Chu Rulai, then defeated Chu Ming in a sword exchange aboard the ship.
• As the ship encountered black clouds and an Earthly Ranking expert, Chu Xisheng advanced his cultivation while Chu Yunyun killed two attackers who broke into his cabin.
• After the attack, Zong Sanping suspected Ji Qianqian had killed the assassins, while Lu Luanli suspected a mole, and Chu Xisheng’s group then encountered an injured fugitive pursued by two Dao Attendants.

Chu Xisheng entered the Time Secret Realm, fought off challengers and rival sects, and pursued the Wooden Sword Immortal’s sword move. After surviving the Black Tortoise Iceberg and hatching a young Black Tortoise, the story shifted to Xiao Yi and the Formless Divine Sect survivors gathering at the Heavenly Ladder Entrance.

• Chu Yunyun rescued Luo Yang from Ma Tai and the Chu Clan fighters, then sent him west with the Yin-Yang Diagram.
• At Formless Divine Mountain, the Blood-Yazi Divine Saber reacted strongly to Chu Xisheng and Chu Ming, and Chu Xisheng joined the sect as an Outer Sect Attendant.
• Chu Xisheng entered the Time Secret Realm with Zhou Liangchen and Bai Xiao Zhao, killed Yin Feihong, and began exploring the realm for clues to its secrets.
• Chu Xisheng studied the Wooden Sword Immortal’s stele at Firehead Mountain, survived the Hundred-Zhang Soaring Serpent, and later killed Taishu Ba with one saber strike.
• Chu Xisheng defeated rival disciples, including Tie Chenzhou and Xuan Wushang, and gained the attention of the other sects as he pursued the sword move near the Black Sea.
• Chu Xisheng advanced his cultivation, helped Zhou Liangchen assemble the Naked Carp diagrams, and challenged Jian Shifei and other martial artists, who refused to fight.
• At Black Tortoise Iceberg, Chu Xisheng studied the True-Meaning Diagram while the Black Tortoise Snake-Turtle and three Torch Chi battled, and he killed the Torch Chi and took the Blood Pine’s pine nuts.
• Chu Xisheng helped hatch the Black Tortoise egg and gave the young creature its mother’s reverse scale, while Xiao Yi and other Formless Divine Sect survivors gathered at the Heavenly Ladder Entrance.