Recaps

Qin Tiexin rebuilt his cultivation with the Primordial Unity Instruction, learned true artifact refining from Old Wu, and escorted a caravan with Li Yun through repeated traps and attacks. After visiting Fallen Star Pavilion and investigating routes and sect histories, he reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer on the return journey and awakened Divine Sense.

• Qin Tiexin dissipated his cultivation to practice the Primordial Unity Instruction and rebuilt it to Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Qin Tiexin destroyed his shield while attempting a second rune, then learned true artifact refining from Old Wu and promised to avenge the Spirit Creek Sect if he gained sufficient strength.
• Qin Tiexin reached the peak of Body Refining fifth layer and joined Li Yun to escort the Feng Household caravan through the Frost Ridge Mountains.
• Qin Tiexin and Li Yun repelled a snake attack, used runes on Old Wu's mithril to escape poisonous miasma, and killed a Steel-Bristled Berserk Bear.
• Qin Tiexin and Li Yun defeated Han Laosan's ambush, uncovered Household Head Feng's concealed cold iron ore heart, and completed the delivery at Fallen Star Pavilion.
• Qin Tiexin lacked the funds to buy a bronze mirror that stirred the Illustrated Catalog of Ten Thousand Artifacts, then sought information about the Heavenly South Domain and the Spirit Creek Sect's destruction.
• Li Yun commissioned Qin Tiexin to forge an Ice Icicle Sword before they departed with the caravan.
• Qin Tiexin reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer on the return journey, awakened Divine Sense, and combined it with Spirit Material Sense to locate ores.

Qin Tiexin won both crowns at the outer sect grand competition and became True Person Luo Ling’s disciple. As he recovered and studied artifact refining, Old Wu revealed why he had left Luo Ling, leaving Qin Tiexin to decide not to interfere with their past for now.

• Old Wu taught Qin Tiexin advanced forging methods, and Qin Tiexin tempered his bones until he reached minor accomplishment in the Body Tempering Sixth Layer.
• Qin Tiexin forged a resonant arm shield, then formed a trial team with Li Yun, Wang Zhong, and Chen Feng and helped them collect Fire Rune Jade.
• When Chen Feng stole their jade marrow ganoderma and a Lava Earth Lizard attacked, Qin Tiexin recovered the goods, covered Li Yun and Wang Zhong’s retreat, and escaped after destroying his shield.
• Qin Tiexin won the artifact-refining event despite sabotage, then advanced through the combat rounds and defeated Zhao Yan after resisting his soul attack.
• Qin Tiexin defeated Zhou Chongshan in the final, winning the tournament’s second crown despite severe injuries.
• True Person Luo Ling asked Qin Tiexin to become her disciple, and he accepted while refusing to trade away Edgeless.
• Luo Ling taught Qin Tiexin about refining artifacts to suit their owners and gave him a custom short saber, while he studied how to repair Edgeless.
• Old Wu told Qin Tiexin he had left Luo Ling after the Spirit Creek Sect was destroyed and his cultivation was crippled, and Qin Tiexin decided the past was not his to address for now.

Qin Tiexin reforged Edgeless, strengthened his cultivation and combat skills, and joined Chen Xi on a dangerous wolf-hunting mission. After receiving a Primordial Unity Token and preparing with his sect’s help, he entered the ruins alone and began crossing the forest trial.

• Qin Tiexin reforged Edgeless with the Primordial Molten Core, balanced it through exhausting hammer strikes, and inscribed stable Spirit Runes.
• Qin Tiexin learned Inch Steps · Blood Vortex Thrust, advanced his body tempering, and completed the Blood Replacement process.
• Chen Xi revealed his identity, equipped Qin Tiexin with survival tools, and took him on a mission to exterminate Ironback Wolves.
• Qin Tiexin killed a wounded Ironback Wolf with Inch Steps · Blood Vortex Thrust, and he and Chen Xi returned with nineteen wolves.
• Qin Tiexin purified wolf fangs, learned to use their Wind Blade abilities, and received a Primordial Unity Token after the sect announced the ruins would open.
• Nangong Yao, Chen Xi, Luo Ling, and Wu Zhen equipped and advised Qin Tiexin before he joined the Flowing Cloud Sect expedition to Mist Gorge.
• Qin Tiexin entered the ruins alone, identified the forest as a Primordial Unity trial site, and set out for its central plaza.
• Qin Tiexin defeated Gold Armor Beetles, avoided two fighting Rogue Cultivators, and learned that he must pass the Five Domains assessments to reach the core hall.

Qin Tiexin survived the five-domain trials, uncovered the Primordial Unity ruins’ inheritance, and killed Cao Mu after the rogue cultivator poisoned the survivors. Back at Flowing Cloud Sect, Qin Tiexin began training to improve his combat skills and searched for a ranged weapon to suit him.

• Qin Tiexin and Liu Qing passed the five elemental trials, then were transported to the Primordial Unity palace, where they cooperated to defeat its guardian puppet.
• Qin Tiexin claimed the Five Phases Conversion Pearl and discovered Primordial Unity True Person’s hidden chamber, learning that his roots were Mixed Spirit Roots and gaining control of the ruins.
• Cao Mu ambushed the survivors with poison, and Qin Tiexin activated the sect master’s token to take himself and Cao Mu to the Earth Domain.
• Qin Tiexin used the Gravity Corridor, poison, and a Sword Gang Talisman to kill Cao Mu, then returned to Five Domains Square and helped Liu Qing treat the poisoned cultivators.
• The survivors left the ruins, Liu Qing declined Qin Tiexin’s invitation to join Flowing Cloud Sect, and Qin Tiexin closed the empty ruins before returning to the sect.
• Luo Ling reviewed Qin Tiexin’s gains and survival, warned him to adapt better when fights went off plan, and arranged combat training with Nangong Yao.
• Qin Tiexin chose to submit the True Fire Instruction to the sect and began searching for a ranged technique suited to his strengths.
• Qin Tiexin copied Falling Star Spear and practiced throwing javelins, but his first attempts were powerful and inaccurate.