Recaps

Qin Tiexin and Duan Xuan fled the collapsing Iron Spine Sect ruins only to be captured by True Person Xueying and trapped in his blood pool. Qin Tiexin survived the refining array through the mysterious arm’s power and fought Xueying until Chen Xi and Luo Ling arrived, leaving him barely alive.

• Qin Tiexin and Duan Xuan escaped the ruins’ blood-red exit and hid in the underground palace, but True Person Xueying found them and sealed them inside his beast-hide bag.
• Qin Tiexin and Duan Xuan awoke in a blood pool, where Qin Tiexin summoned the mysterious arm and refused its offer to take only him away.
• True Person Xueying added corpses and holy blood to the pool, and Duan Xuan fell beneath its power as Qin Tiexin lost consciousness.
• The arm’s golden runes altered the holy blood, and Qin Tiexin absorbed the pool’s power until his body healed and grew stronger.
• Qin Tiexin fought True Person Xueying, whose blood giant, attacks, and curved saber failed to stop him once Edgeless reached him and grew by devouring weapons.
• True Person Xueying severed Qin Tiexin’s arm and killed him with his Golden Core, but Chen Xi caught the Core as Luo Ling attacked Xueying.
• Chen Xi trapped True Person Xueying’s true spirit in a talisman, and Luo Ling found Qin Tiexin barely alive and called Chen Xi to help him.

Qin Tiexin survived True Person Xueying’s cavern with a severed arm, helped expose controlled cultivators at Wind and Snow Pass, and broke through to the Qi and Blood Realm during its defense. After learning his arm required treatment elsewhere, he traveled with Chen Xi to the Divine Sword Sect and prepared to teleport to the Heavenly South Domain.

• Chen Xi saved Qin Tiexin and recovered Duan Xuan's true spirit jade pendant, which Qin Tiexin later entrusted to Duan Jinyang for her revival.
• Chen Xi revealed the Devil Race’s planned attack, and Luo Ling and Qin Tiexin returned to warn Ling Shuang at Wind and Snow Pass.
• Qin Tiexin discovered that Han Tao and Liu Cheng were controlled and alerted Luo Ling before killing them when they turned their formation toward Zhou Heng.
• Sheng Xiao’er detonated Primordial Spirit Jade fragments to damage the eastern defenses, while Liu Qing attacked her and forced her to flee before looting and burning Black Stone Fortress.
• Qin Tiexin jumped from the wall to fight the advancing devils, broke through to the Qi and Blood Realm, and cleared the wall’s foot before the surviving Devil Marshals retreated.
• Physician Xu found that Qin Tiexin’s arm could not be reattached as it was, and Qin Tiexin chose to seek treatment and Lin Feng’s lineage in the Heavenly South Domain.
• Luo Ling entrusted Qin Tiexin to Chen Xi, who escorted him to the Divine Sword Sect and paid for their passage through its cross-region teleportation formation.
• Qin Tiexin studied the Heavenly South Domain, used the recovered cauldron to prepare nourishing food, and practiced his cultivation and martial techniques while awaiting departure.

Qin Tiexin traveled with Chen Xi to the Myriad Stars Dynasty, searched for treatment for his injured arm, and found Lin Feng’s family while continuing his martial training. After settling among the Lin Household, he sparred with Lin Chuan and learned that Xiao Yan was pressing Lin Boyuan to end her engagement to Lin Feng in exchange for valuable gifts.

• Qin Tiexin and Chen Xi reached Falling Star City, adopted new identities as Mingjue and Li Shan, and searched unsuccessfully for a healer before Chen Xi located Bai Shao, whose master had gone to the capital.
• Qin Tiexin found the Lin Residence of the Marquis of Loyal Valor and learned from Lin Boyuan and Madam Lin that Lin Feng’s soul fire suggested he was still alive.
• Chen Xi gave Qin Tiexin protective talismans and a Death-Substitution Puppet, while Qin Tiexin moved into a training courtyard at the Lin residence and practiced until he broke through to the middle stage of the Qi and Blood Realm.
• Qin Tiexin measured his strength, bought Arhat Fist, Prajna Palm, and Lion's Roar, then demonstrated the techniques to the Lin Household disciples.
• Qin Tiexin sparred with Lin Chuan, defeated him in a bout, and drew Lin Boyuan’s praise, while Lin Boyuan ordered Lin Chuan to train anonymously after the Star Selection.
• Qin Tiexin and Lin Chuan continued sparring, but Qin Tiexin refused to enter the Star Selection and resolved to become strong enough to protect Lin Feng and those he cared about.
• Xiao Yan asked Lin Boyuan to end her engagement to Lin Feng and offered two pills that could improve Lin Feng’s aptitude or unblock his meridians.
• Xiao Yan revealed an artifact-refining token and a Glazed Glass Soul-Purifying Pill, offering all four gifts to the Lin Household in exchange for the marriage contract.

Qin Tiexin prepared for the Star Selection while trying to reach the imperial palace and find Chen Xi’s missing medical cultivator. After Ming'an brought news of Zhaoming Temple’s destruction, Qin Tiexin sheltered him and faced the prospect of Golden Summit Temple pursuing them, then left to take the written exam.

• Xiao Yan failed to dissolve her betrothal with the Lin Household, and Qin Tiexin stopped her from leaving until she apologized for insulting Lin Feng.
• Benhong advised Qin Tiexin to seek out his innate Buddha heart, while Qin Tiexin reached the peak of Qi Refining and set out to meet Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi told Qin Tiexin the medical cultivator was inside the imperial palace and proposed that they reach the palace by placing among the top three in the Star Selection.
• Qin Tiexin registered for the Star Selection and encountered Ming'an, who recounted how Golden Summit Temple had destroyed Zhaoming Temple and showed him Abbot Huiming’s remains.
• Qin Tiexin disguised himself and Ming'an, brought him to the Lin Residence, and trained for the written exam while investigating Ming'an’s unusual good fortune.
• Chen Xi gave Qin Tiexin a supply of Demon Beast corpses and confirmed that the medical cultivator remained detained in the palace.
• Qin Tiexin bought three jade slips from a disguised Benhong, then learned the Vajra Flame and Golden Light Incantation and began practicing the Arhat Dharma Aspect Body.
• Qin Tiexin prepared his exam materials, entrusted Ming'an to Madam Lin, and left for the Morning Star Training Ground to take the written exam.