Recaps

Qin Lian decided to focus on cultivation and consider abandoning Taibai Mine Mountain rather than risk fighting Gao Qianchi before advancing further. When Tang Yao asked him to translate talisman-like symbols he had written, he could not help her and instead went to Forget-the-World Peak to seek guidance from Supreme Elder Shan Hui on the Great Void Visualization Diagram.

• Qin Lian judged that he could not reach second grade soon and resolved to prioritize cultivation, while considering abandoning Taibai Mine Mountain rather than fight Gao Qianchi.
• Tang Yao waited outside Qin Lian’s home and showed him a booklet of symbols, saying she suspected they were Secret Transmission Talismans and asking him to translate them.
• Qin Lian admitted the symbols were not a supreme spell but brushed Tang Yao off and left for Forget-the-World Peak.
• On the way, Qin Lian met Yuan Tianhe, who offered to guide him to Supreme Elder Shan Hui.
• Yuan Tianhe explained that Shan Hui had missed his chance to cultivate a Yin Spirit because he had delayed refining qi into spirit while the sect needed him to hold the fort.

Qin Lian visited Daoist Shan Hui to discuss the Great Void Visualization Diagram, and Shan Hui used the Dream-Wedding Technique to help him overcome a barrier in his understanding. The dream carried Qin Lian to major accomplishment, but he glimpsed Blue Star before awakening on Forget-the-World Peak.

• Yuan Tianhe brought Qin Lian to meet Daoist Shan Hui on Forget-the-World Peak.
• Qin Lian explained his understanding of the Great Void Visualization Method, and Daoist Shan Hui identified a barrier between it and the method's conventional essence.
• Daoist Shan Hui demonstrated visions of the Great Void and suggested Qin Lian's view of the starry cosmos might help him perfect the visualization method.
• Daoist Shan Hui cast the Dream-Wedding Technique, letting Qin Lian experience three years of contemplation atop Shouyang Mountain.
• Qin Lian's Great Void Visualization Diagram reached major accomplishment, and he saw what appeared to be Blue Star before falling back into his body and waking in the courtyard.

Qin Lian gained insight into how to attain Divine Intent and received the Blazing Sun Treasure Jade from Yuan Tianhe. Back at the Library Pavilion, he rewarded Qin Daozhi for reaching fifth grade and discovered that Tang Yao’s booklet contained a Talisman Crafting legacy.

• Qin Lian thanked Daoist Shan Hui for showing him a possible path to Divine Intent, then told Yuan Tianhe he was confident he could attain second grade before thirty-five.
• Yuan Tianhe gave Qin Lian a Blazing Sun Treasure Jade to aid his Rising Sun One-Qi Formula practice and asked him to look after Chu Ying.
• Qin Lian concluded that his golden light absorbed the underlying intent of cultivation methods, with greater differences in understanding producing more initial progress.
• Qin Lian returned to the Library Pavilion, where Qin Daozhi reported reaching fifth grade, and Qin Lian gave him a Jade Nectar Returning-Truth Pill to help him reach fourth grade.
• Qin Lian examined Tang Yao’s booklet and discovered it was a Talisman Crafting legacy, then resolved to make his formulas easier for her to understand.

Qin Lian continued cultivating the Rising Sun One-Qi Formula while rumors spread about his refusal to accept Gao Qianchi’s challenge. He bid farewell to Tang Yao as Fairy Yunshang took her away on a Treasure Artifact Flying Boat, and he realized he would soon gain a Dao Body.

• Qin Lian advanced the Rising Sun One-Qi Formula to 95/100 and expected to perfect it within a few days.
• Qin Lian overheard disciples debating whether his refusal to fight Gao Qianchi would harm his reputation, but he returned to his courtyard without responding.
• Tang Yao told Qin Lian she was leaving with her family and thanked him for his teachings before bidding him farewell.
• Fairy Yunshang enlarged a green boat into a Flying Boat and carried Tang Yao away into the sky.
• Li Wangxu and Ning Qing explained that the Flying Boat was likely a Treasure Artifact, and Qin Lian reflected that his formula would soon give him a Dao Body.

After Tang Yao left, Qin Lian studied Spirit Refining and discovered that the golden light’s “Never Regress” trait greatly accelerated his progress. Two days later, perfecting the Rising Sun One-Qi Formula activated his fire spirit Dao body, letting him open his Upper Origin Palace and cultivate Dharma Power.

• Yun Shang True Person dismissed Tang Yao’s belief that Mr. Qin was an accomplished hidden master, while Tang Yao remained convinced he was extraordinary and resolved to return to Great Shang after becoming a True Person.
• Qin Lian returned to his courtyard, regretted Tang Yao’s departure, and began studying the Chi Xiao Treasure Canon while his meridians recovered.
• Qin Lian found that the golden light’s “Never Regress” trait let him rapidly improve at Spirit Stabilization and sustain the practice for more than half an incense stick.
• Two days later, Qin Lian perfected the Rising Sun One-Qi Formula, activating his fire spirit Dao body and sensing fire spirit power around him.
• Qin Lian drew in and subdued the fire spirit power, which surged into his Niwan Palace and opened his Upper Origin Palace.
• Qin Lian cultivated his first strand of Dharma Power and realized he had begun cultivating immortality.

Qin Lian explored how Dharma Power could refine his innate abilities and considered studying powerful spells, but chose to begin with two movement and sword arts. Meanwhile, Fang Tianqian advanced the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s plans, sending Luo Chong toward Jiangzhou and ordering preparations to expand their influence.

• Qin Lian discovered that Swiftness and Blood Burning could be activated through Dharma Power and potentially used on others, then wondered whether refining spells could elevate them into divine abilities.
• Qin Lian found Blazing Sun in the Chi Xiao Treasure Canon too complex to study and decided to focus first on the Liuhe Duzun Sword Art and the Chasing the Wind and Pursuing the Sun Movement Art.
• Black Tortoise reported that Heavenly Blade Han Yu had agreed to serve the Heavenly Martial Bureau, and Fang Tianqian discussed the lack of fighting around Chunyang and Qin Lian’s refusal to accept Gao Qianchi’s challenge.
• Fang Tianqian rejected attacking Qin Lian’s clansmen and ordered Luo Chong to be sent to Jiangzhou rather than used in Yi Province.
• Fang Tianqian told Black Tortoise to expand the refugee tide and transfer their people while testing whether Chunyang and other sects would intervene.

Qin Lian attended a Council of Elders meeting where Li Wangxu proposed helping Ten Thousand Swords Manor in exchange for the Heavenly Extreme Sword. The elders debated the offer’s strategic value and the dangers of the Demon Sword, but the meeting ended without a decision.

• Qin Lian reviewed his slow cultivation progress and hoped to obtain more Enlightenment Tea from Purple Cloud Peak.
• A Library Pavilion deacon summoned Qin Lian to the sect's Council of Elders, where Xie Caixia and Liu Xu greeted him before Supreme Elder Song Huangting arrived.
• Li Wangxu explained that Ye Wuji had requested Pure Yang's aid against Ye Yingxiong and offered the six southeastern commanderies of Sword Province in return.
• Song Huangting revealed that Ye Wuji had also offered the Heavenly Extreme Sword if Pure Yang helped defeat Ye Yingxiong and his followers.
• The elders argued over whether to intervene, weighing the sword's promise of power against the dangers that had brought Ten Thousand Swords Manor to ruin.

The Pure Yang Sword Sect’s elders debated whether to aid Ten Thousand Swords Manor, with many supporting intervention to gain strength and pursue the chance to become Martial Saints. Sect Master Li Wangxu ordered operations in Jiangzhou, Qing Province, and Sword Province, and assigned Qin Lian to take Spirit Radiance Commandery for its Heavenly Splendor Fruit.

• Song Huangting argued that the sect needed to seize the Heavenly Extreme Demon Sword and break through to Martial Saint before the Heavenly Martial Bureau overwhelmed them.
• Most elders favored aiding Ten Thousand Swords Manor, while Qin Lian worried the sect would be drawn into a dangerous conflict.
• Li Wangxu said the Heavenly Martial Bureau was already destabilizing Jiangzhou and Qing Province, so the sect should fight in Sword Province rather than wait for the threat to reach its own territory.
• Li Wangxu assigned Lu Jianping to sweep Jiangzhou and Qing Province, while Song Huangting volunteered to lead the campaign against Ye Yingxiong and secure the Six Southeastern Commanderies.
• Li Wangxu offered the six commanderies’ resources to the six peaks and asked Qin Lian to lead Cloudmist Peak into Spirit Radiance Commandery to obtain Heavenly Splendor Fruit that might help him comprehend Divine Intent.

Qin Lian and Cloudmist Peak joined the Pure Yang Sword Sect’s campaign to suppress Ye Yingxiong’s faction and secure Spirit Radiance Commandery. At Heavenly Splendor Mountain, Elder Li Xiu challenged Qin Lian to a duel over the treasure tree, but Qin Lian swiftly disarmed him and held a sword to his throat.

• Li Wangxu assigned Qin Lian to help take Spirit Radiance Commandery while Song Huangting led the campaign against Ten Thousand Swords Manor’s headquarters.
• Qin Lian and Liu Xu assembled Cloudmist Peak’s forces and rode with other Pure Yang Sword Sect troops into Sword Province.
• At Heavenly Splendor Mountain, Liu Xu told Li Xiu they had come at Ye Wuji’s request to quell Ye Yingxiong’s rebellion and take control of key locations.
• Li Xiu refused to surrender the Heavenly Splendor Treasure Tree and challenged Qin Lian, promising his people would withdraw if he lost.
• Qin Lian activated Swiftness and Blood Burning, struck Li Xiu’s sword from his hand, and placed Azure Sky at his throat.

Qin Lian defeated Li Xiu and secured the Heavenly Splendor Treasure Tree for Cloudmist Peak. Meanwhile, Song Huangting and Ye Wuji reached Ten Thousand Swords Manor, where Ye Xiuyun confronted them, but Ye Yingxiong was nowhere to be sensed inside the main hall.

• Qin Lian defeated Li Xiu in a few moves, spared him, and accepted his surrender of the Heavenly Splendor Treasure Tree.
• Cloudmist Peak's disciples took control of Heavenly Splendor Mountain, and Qin Lian stayed to guard the tree as Xiao Hong explained when its fruits would ripen.
• Song Huangting led the Pure Yang Sword Sect's main force to Ten Thousand Swords Manor, meeting little resistance along the way.
• Ye Xiuyun accused Ye Wuji of betraying the manor, while Ye Wuji defended his claim and said he planned to offer the Heavenly Extreme Sword to Song Huangting.
• Song Huangting demanded that Ye Yingxiong face him, then realized he could not sense Ye Yingxiong inside the hall.

Song Huangting agreed to give Ye Xiuyun three days to deliver the Heavenly Extreme Sword in exchange for Chunyang withdrawing from Sword Province. Meanwhile, Qin Lian ate a Heavenly Splendor Fruit and began making rapid progress in his techniques as a black-robed figure arrived on Heavenly Splendor Mountain.

• Ye Xiuyun warned Song Huangting that Ye Yingxiong would retaliate against Chunyang if it continued interfering in Ten Thousand Swords Manor’s affairs.
• Ye Xiuyun offered to hand over the Heavenly Extreme Sword if Chunyang withdrew, and Song Huangting gave her three days to deliver it.
• Ye Xiuyun revealed that Ye Yingxiong had already captured Ye Wuji’s companions, leaving Ye Wuji shaken.
• Qin Lian ate a ripe Heavenly Splendor Fruit and found it effortless to practice the Liuhe Duzun Sword Art and Chasing the Wind and Pursuing the Sun movement technique together.
• A black-robed figure carrying a cloth-wrapped sword arrived on Heavenly Splendor Mountain.

Qin Lian was ambushed by a Second Grade Divine Intent Grandmaster from Ten Thousand Swords Manor and fought back with a relentless barrage of sword strikes. After his opponent survived thirty-three attacks, Qin Lian used his Spirit Refining powers to turn the Blood-Burning Art against him.

• Qin Lian sensed a black-robed man approaching and learned that he was a Heaven Ranking Grandmaster from Ten Thousand Swords Manor.
• The man attacked with Second Grade Divine Intent, but Qin Lian evaded the first strike and countered with the Azure Sky Treasure Sword.
• Qin Lian combined [Swiftness] and [Blood Burning] to unleash thirty-three consecutive strikes, while the black-robed man barely managed to block them.
• Realizing his swordsmanship alone could not defeat the man, Qin Lian circulated Dharma Power and used the Blood-Burning Art during his thirty-fourth strike.

Qin Lian used the Blood-Burning Curse and Sword Art to drive off a black-robed second grade divine intent grandmaster, though the fight left him badly weakened. Liu Xu, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Hong realized Qin Lian’s combat strength rivaled a second grade grandmaster’s, giving the Pure Yang Sword Sect a powerful new fighter amid an unsettled situation.

• The black-robed man’s blood and qi fell into turmoil from Qin Lian’s Blood-Burning Curse, slowing him as Qin Lian pressed his thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth strikes.
• The black-robed man used sword intent to break the curse, but Qin Lian’s sword qi cut his face and drew blood.
• The black-robed man escaped with Blood Shadow Divine Escape after throwing a starlight-patterned sword to delay Qin Lian.
• Xiao Hong explained that Blood Shadow Divine Escape was a technique requiring second grade divine intent, revealing the black-robed man’s level.
• Liu Xu gave the exhausted Qin Lian a Nine Suns Returning Heaven Pill, and he meditated to recover.
• Liu Xu, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Hong concluded that Qin Lian had repelled a second grade grandmaster and now fought at comparable strength.

After surviving Jiang Heng’s attack, Qin Lian discovered that his sword had been damaged by a strange starlight-patterned blade. When he examined the blade, its power trapped him in an illusion of endless slaughter, and he realized he needed divine intent to escape.

• Xiao Qing returned from searching for the attacker, and the group concluded that Jiang Heng had attacked Qin Lian before Liu Xu confirmed that security had been strengthened and a message sent for help.
• Qin Lian noticed that his Azure Firmament Sword had been chipped and cracked, then found the starlight-patterned sword that had damaged it lying nearby.
• Qin Lian examined the intact sword, whose patterns came alive and seized his mind.
• Qin Lian found himself trapped in an illusion of endless slaughter and realized he needed divine intent to break free.

Qin Lian broke free of the Heavenly Extreme Demon Sword’s illusion and comprehended divine intent, reaching the Second Grade. He recognized the sword’s sinister nature, then discovered that his breakthrough had also raised his comprehension and granted him a powerful spirit-wandering spell.

• Qin Lian expanded his vision into the Great Void, saw the world’s slaughter as insignificant within the vast universe, and attained divine intent.
• Qin Lian entered the Second Grade divine intent grandmaster realm and identified the weapon as the Heavenly Extreme Demon Sword.
• Qin Lian suspected the sword’s illusion revealed a Demon God using endless slaughter to understand life and death, and wrapped the sword to avoid its patterns.
• Qin Lian discovered that Great Void Visualization Diagram perfection had raised his comprehension from 39 to 42 and improved his understanding of his unfinished techniques.
• Qin Lian grasped the Wandering the Great Void spell, a spirit-wandering technique he judged to be at least right law level and possibly a Profound Mystique-level spell.

Qin Lian improved his comprehension, cultivated Divine Sense, and began to understand the Blazing Sun Art. Meanwhile, Chunyang Sect confronted Ten Thousand Swords Manor over Jiang Heng’s attack, and Mu Xingchui questioned whether Ye Yingxiong had truly delivered the Heavenly Extreme Sword to Spirit Radiance Commandery.

• Qin Lian realized his broad knowledge helped him understand Mystic Sublime Art and devised a new way to cultivate the Blazing Sun Art.
• Qin Lian condensed Divine Sense, used it to heal his damaged vital energy, and formed a second strand by nightfall.
• Mu Xingchui received news that Jiang Heng had attacked Qin Lian at Heavenly Splendor Mountain, then brought the report to Ten Thousand Swords Manor.
• Song Huangting angrily demanded an explanation from Ye Xiuyun, who denied that Jiang Heng had left the manor and said Ye Yingxiong had delivered the Heavenly Extreme Sword to Spirit Radiance Commandery.
• Mu Xingchui asked Ye Xiuyun whether Ye Yingxiong had really delivered the Heavenly Extreme Sword in person.

Song Huangting and Mu Xingchui learned that Ye Yingxiong had delivered the Heavenly Extreme Sword and fought Qin Lian, then traveled to Heavenly Splendor Mountain to verify the news. Qin Lian revealed that he had comprehended divine intent during the battle, leaving Chunyang’s leaders astonished by his strength and progress.

• Ye Xiuyun told Song Huangting that Ye Yingxiong had delivered the Heavenly Extreme Sword to Spirit Radiance Commandery, and Song agreed to verify it before Chunyang withdrew from Ten Thousand Swords Manor’s internal affairs.
• Song Huangting and Mu Xingchui arrived at Heavenly Splendor Mountain, where Xiao Hong told them Qin Lian was recovering after using the Blood Burning secret art.
• Qin Lian explained that the Black-Robed Man had withdrawn from their duel and that he believed the man had left the Heavenly Extreme Sword for him.
• Song Huangting revealed that the Black-Robed Man was Ye Yingxiong, not Jiang Heng, and praised Qin Lian for withstanding thirty-seven sword strikes from a peak second-grade expert.
• Qin Lian told Song Huangting and Mu Xingchui that he had comprehended divine intent during the battle, after earlier guidance from Supreme Elder Shanhui.

Qin Lian revealed that he had cultivated Second Grade Divine Intent, delighting Song Huangting and Mu Xingchui. With the Heavenly Martial Bureau threatening the regional sects, they agreed to conceal Qin Lian’s breakthrough and support his cultivation as the Pure Yang Sword Sect’s hidden trump card; Qin Lian then set his sights on advancing toward First Grade.

• Qin Lian used Great Void Divine Intent to break Song Huangting’s illusory rising sun, confirming that he had reached Second Grade.
• Song Huangting and Mu Xingchui praised Qin Lian’s strength and realized he might defeat even the strongest Second Grade experts.
• Mu Xingchui proposed keeping Qin Lian’s breakthrough secret so he could become the sect’s trump card against the Heavenly Martial Bureau.
• Qin Lian agreed to remain hidden while cultivating and said he wanted to strive for First Grade.
• Mu Xingchui offered Qin Lian resources, and Song Huangting promised him access to the Great Sun Visualization Diagram and other sect texts.

Qin Lian warned Song Huangting about the Heavenly Extreme Sword, and Song chose to delay using it while the Pure Yang Sword Sect faced the Heavenly Martial Bureau. After three months of training, Qin Lian perfected the Liuhe Duzun Sword Art, gained the Swordsmanship trait, and completed Great Void Sword Qi.

• Qin Lian explained that the Heavenly Extreme Sword could trap its wielder in a murderous illusion and corrupt their humanity, but Song Huangting said he might need it to help Chunyang survive.
• Mu Xingchui urged Song to wait before risking the sword, and Song agreed to study it without borrowing its power for cultivation.
• Song Huangting and Mu Xingchui left with the Heavenly Extreme Sword, while Qin Lian stayed at the Heavenly Splendor Treasure Tree to train and wait for its fruit to ripen.
• Three months later, Qin Lian perfected the Liuhe Duzun Sword Art and gained the Swordsmanship trait, which let him send a sword out and guide it back with True Qi and Divine Intent.
• Qin Lian used the trait to correct flaws in his Great Void Sword Qi and completed the art, learning to send Sword Qi beyond his body to cut targets at a distance.

Qin Lian redirected his journey to Taibai Mine Mountain to confront Gao Qianchi for seizing the Taibai Sword Sect’s territory and bullying its disciples. He defeated Gao Qianchi with overwhelming speed and pierced his head, leaving his fate at the brink of death.

• Qin Lian learned that Gao Qianchi had repeatedly challenged him and chosen the road to Mount Tai Prefecture to settle the matter.
• Qin Lian led more than forty Cloudmist Peak elites to Taibai Mine Mountain and sent a deacon to summon Sect Leader Xu and the Taibai Sword Sect.
• Gao Qianchi accused Qin Lian of bringing Cloudmist Mountain’s forces to overwhelm him, while Qin Lian challenged him to face punishment for seizing Taibai Mine Mountain.
• Qin Lian evaded Gao Qianchi’s saber with his swift movement technique and closed in from multiple directions.
• Gao Qianchi tried to concede, but Qin Lian appeared behind him and pierced his head with a sword.

Qin Lian killed Gao Qianchi and reclaimed Taibai Mine Mountain for the Taibai Sword Sect. After learning that Jiang Yi might have come to Taibai for his sake, he rejected the idea of a relationship and prepared to return to Cloudmist Peak with Liu Xu.

• Qin Lian killed Gao Qianchi, and the Overlord Blade disciples agreed to withdraw from Taibai Mine Mountain.
• Qin Lian ordered Liu Xu to oversee the withdrawal and met Xu Hailong and the Taibai Sword Sect members who had come to take over the mountain.
• Qin Lian told Jiang Yi to return to Sun-Viewing Peak, then agreed to leave Taibai with Liu Xu.
• Liu Xu told Qin Lian that Jiang Yi likely loved him and had once obtained a Nine Suns Returning Heaven Pill for him.
• Qin Lian said he saw Jiang Yi only as Jiang Xin's younger sister and set out to return to the sect with Liu Xu.

Qin Lian returned to the Pure Yang Sword Sect after noticing suspicious outlaws disguised among refugees from Yi Province. Back at Shouyang Mountain, he sparred with Li Wangxu, and their duel ended in a draw despite Qin Lian never using [Blood Burning].

• On the journey back, Qin Lian spotted several dozen unusually capable people disguised among refugees, and Xiao Hong said the sect was investigating the unrest.
• Qin Lian returned to Shouyang Mountain, where Li Wangxu welcomed him and invited him to spar.
• Song Huangting assessed the fighters and expected Li Wangxu's experience to give him the advantage in a sparring match.
• Qin Lian used [Swiftness] and [Swordsmanship] to keep pace with Li Wangxu through hundreds of swift exchanges.
• Li Wangxu's Void-Heaven Sword shattered Qin Lian's wooden sword, while Qin Lian sent a broken piece toward Li Wangxu, and both attacks were stopped by their protective True Astral Qi.
• The spar ended in mutual destruction, and Qin Lian had not used [Blood Burning].

Li Wangxu and Qin Lian agreed to defend the Pure Yang Sword Sect against the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s campaign, which involved Blood-Blade Luo Chong stirring up unrest in Jiangzhou and Qingzhou. After securing a supply of Spirit-Consolidating Incense, Qin Lian visited Daoist Shan Hui, who discovered that Qin Lian had developed Divine Sense.

• Li Wangxu and Qin Lian finished their sparring match in a draw, though Li Wangxu declared himself the loser because Qin Lian had not used Blood Burning.
• Mu Xingchui and Li Wangxu explained that Luo Chong and the refugees from Yi Province were part of the Heavenly Martial Bureau’s plan to destabilize Jiangzhou and Qingzhou.
• Li Wangxu and Song Huangting said the sect had to find Luo Chong and dismantle Fang Tianqian’s campaign without drawing the Bureau’s full attention.
• Qin Lian asked for Spirit-Consolidating Incense, and Li Wangxu directed him to find Peak Master Ning Qing at Forget-the-World Peak.
• Qin Lian went to thank Daoist Shan Hui for his Dream-Wedding Technique, and Daoist Shan Hui sensed that Qin Lian had developed Divine Sense.

Daoist Shan Hui discovered that Qin Lian had awakened a fire spirit Dao Body and urged him to conceal his Spirit Refining cultivation while he trained to protect Pure Yang Sword Sect. He brought Qin Lian to inherit Chi Xiao True Person’s legacy, leaving Qin Lian in possession of the secluded cave abode and its treasures.

• Daoist Shan Hui examined Qin Lian and learned that he had awakened a fire spirit Dao Body after cultivating with Blazing Sun Treasure Jade and the Rising Sun One-Qi Formula.
• Daoist Shan Hui explained that mastering the Blazing Sun Art and cultivating a Yin Spirit could make Qin Lian powerful enough to deter the Heavenly Martial Bureau and ease Pure Yang’s crisis.
• Daoist Shan Hui gave Qin Lian a Spirit Marsh Treasure Jade and a Breath-Concealment Secret Art, warning him to hide his Dao Body and Spirit Refining cultivation because other fire spirit Dao Bodies had died mysteriously.
• Daoist Shan Hui led Qin Lian to Chi Xiao True Person’s secluded cave abode and introduced Yanlan, its guardian.
• Yanlan showed Qin Lian Chi Xiao True Person’s handwritten notes, Chi Xiao Magical Sword, and thirteen Fire Spirit Stones, then gave him the keys to the cave abode.

Qin Lian studied the spirit-refining path and Chi Xiao True Person’s notes, then discovered that his Swordsmanship trait greatly improved his control of the Chi Xiao Flying Sword. He prepared to use the thirteen Fire Spirit Stones to build up his Dharma power and pursue spirit-soul excursions.

• Qin Lian read the Chi Xiao Treasure Canon and learned that nine strands of divine sense and nine streams of Dharma power were needed for night wandering.
• Qin Lian realized he already had nine strands of divine sense but only three streams of Dharma power, and he examined the thirteen Fire Spirit Stones left by Chi Xiao True Person.
• Qin Lian finished studying Chi Xiao True Person’s notes and learned about Yin Spirit travel, True Persons, spells, and lands beyond Great Shang.
• Qin Lian tested the Chi Xiao Flying Sword and found that his Swordsmanship trait made it respond to his thoughts with far greater agility.
• Qin Lian discovered that he could not control the flying sword once it left his field of vision, then resolved to cultivate Dharma power with the Fire Spirit Stones.