Recaps

Wei Yi’s mother, Shen Qiulan, decided to teach him pill refining after his bloodline awakening enhanced his mental power, despite Wei Tianyang’s concern that it would distract him from martial cultivation. Wei Yi unlocked the Pill Refining Subclass System, rapidly gained skill by observing refiners, and ended the chapter preparing to prove himself by refining Body Tempering Pills.

• Shen Qiulan explained that Wei Yi’s improved mental power made him a promising pill refiner and asked him to become her successor.
• Wei Yi agreed to learn and unlocked the Pill Refining Subclass System, which recorded his pill-refining level and success rate.
• Wei Yi observed pill refiners in the Medicinal Fragrance Courtyard for a day and raised his skill to LV7, reaching a 70% success rate for first-grade pills.
• The next morning, Wei Yi asked Shen Qiulan to let him practice refining pills, and she challenged him to produce one successful batch of Body Tempering Pills within five attempts.
• Wei Yi accepted the challenge confidently, while Shen Qiulan believed his chance of succeeding was low.

Wei Yi successfully refined a batch of Body Tempering Pills on his first attempt, astonishing Shen Qiulan and the gathered alchemists. Shen Qiulan allowed him to refine pills independently with approval and invited Wei Ruomei to inherit her mantle and study alongside him.

• News spread that Wei Yi was refining pills, drawing curious onlookers and Wei Ruomei to alchemy room one.
• Wei Yi used his alchemy skill to refine ten high-quality Body Tempering Pills in a single successful batch.
• Wei Ruomei inspected the pills and confirmed their quality, while Shen Qiulan questioned how practiced Wei Yi's technique was.
• Wei Yi explained that he had only learned the Body Tempering Pill process by observing others, and Shen Qiulan praised his exceptional talent.
• Shen Qiulan allowed Wei Yi to refine pills with her approval and asked Wei Ruomei to inherit her mantle and study under her alongside Wei Yi.

Wei Yi spent his vacation improving his martial arts and pill refining, then learned that abnormal fire had appeared at Hongshan Ridge. The Wei Clan decided to compete for it, and Wei Tianyang ordered Wei Yi to join the expedition.

• Wei Yi advanced his Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords and became a third-rank pill refiner while staying with the Wei Clan.
• Wei Yi gave Wei Ruomei three Five Yuan Pills to help her break through her cultivation bottleneck.
• Wei Tianyang told the clan elders that abnormal fire had appeared at Hongshan Ridge between Jinling and Zhongshan.
• The Wei Clan agreed to pursue the abnormal fire before the Zhongshan Sun Clan could claim it.
• Wei Tianyang assigned the three elders and himself to lead the expedition with twenty Great Martial Masters and a hundred Martial Masters, and ordered Wei Yi to accompany them.

The Wei and Sun Clans raced into Hongshan Ridge to claim an extraordinary flame, with their leaders refusing to cooperate. Wei Yi and Sun Wenzong renewed their deadly feud, and both parties discovered the flame hovering over a mountainside.

• The Wei and Sun Clan parties entered Hongshan Ridge and confronted each other over the extraordinary flame.
• Sun Zhenshan offered terms for the Wei Clan to withdraw, but Wei Tianyang demanded the Sun Clan’s cornerstone cultivation technique and a hundred thousand taels of gold.
• The Sun Clan continued deeper into the ridge, and Wei Tianyang led his party close behind them.
• Sun Wenzong vowed to make Hongshan Ridge Wei Yi’s burial ground, while Wei Yi told Wei Tianyang about the Sun brothers’ attempted ambush and promised to kill them.
• The two parties entered a valley and saw a bright crimson extraordinary flame hovering halfway up the mountainside.

The Wei and Sun Clans fought over the Abnormal Fire as Wei Yi led the Wei Clan through the canyon, cutting down the Sun Clan’s warriors. After advancing to Ninth-Stage Martial Master during the battle, Wei Yi targeted the fleeing Sun Wenzong.

• Sun Zhenshan killed the first martial artists charging for the Abnormal Fire, and the Wei and Sun Clans joined the melee.
• Wei Tianyang fought Sun Zhenshan while the Wei Clan’s elders intercepted the Sun Clan’s three Martial Spirits.
• Wei Yi led the Wei Clan toward the Abnormal Fire and slaughtered enemies with the Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords.
• Sun Wenzong used Sun Wenyuan as a shield against Wei Yi’s sword, and Sun Wenyuan died before Sun Wenzong rallied the Sun Clan against Wei Yi.
• Wei Yi activated his Bloodline Power, killed numerous Sun Clan martial artists, and advanced to Ninth-Stage Martial Master.
• Wei Yi spotted the terrified Sun Wenzong and rushed at him with his sword.

Wei Yi killed Sun Wenzong and raced to claim the Crimson Crystal True Flame, but a brocade-robed young man attacked him and tried to stop him. After the stranger fled, Wei Yi began collecting the flame, risking a drop in cultivation realm.

• Wei Yi severed Sun Wenzong’s right hand and then killed him while Wei Tianyang kept Sun Zhenshan occupied.
• Wei Yi used the Blackwater Movement Technique to reach the Crimson Crystal True Flame, identified it, and learned that collecting it would cost 10,000 cultivation experience and lower his realm to eighth-stage Martial Master.
• A brocade-robed young man ambushed Wei Yi and tried to drive him away from the flame, but Wei Yi fought back.
• Wei Yuan, Wei Wu, and Wei Hong joined Wei Yi’s attack, forcing the brocade-robed young man to flee.
• Wei Wu urged Wei Yi to collect the flame while the others stood guard, and Wei Yi began the collection countdown.

Wei Yi subdued the Crimson Crystal True Flame and used its power to defeat the martial artists trying to seize it. After rejoining Wei Tianyang and the Wei Clan, he left the gorge with them, while Sun Zhenshan and Young Master Luo plotted to target him.

• Wei Wu, Wei Yuan, and Wei Hong took Blood-Rage Pills and held off five attackers while Wei Yi absorbed the Crimson Crystal True Flame.
• Wei Yi completed the absorption, killed the Great Martial Master and the other four attackers, and thanked his cousins for protecting him.
• Wei Yi fought his way down the mountain, killing those who tried to take the abnormal fire and regaining the ninth-stage Martial Master realm.
• Wei Tianyang arrived with the Wei Clan forces and led Wei Yi and the others out of the gorge, while Sun Zhenshan could not stop them.
• Sun Zhenshan demanded that Young Master Luo take responsibility for the failed operation, and Young Master Luo said he would target Wei Yi instead of the Wei Clan.

Wei Yi became a fourth-grade alchemist after successfully refining sixteen Origin-Breaking Pills, then told his family he planned to pursue a place in the Overlord Sect. His father revealed that Yuwen Bei, whom Wei Yi had previously fought, was tied to the Sun Clan’s attempt to obtain the Abnormal Fire, but Wei Yi remained determined to go.

• Wei Yi refined sixteen Origin-Breaking Pills with the Crimson Crystal True Flame and advanced his alchemy to LV37.
• Wei Yi gave one pill each to Wei Yuan and the others who had helped him, and told Shen Qiulan and Wei Ruomei that he planned to leave home.
• Wei Yi told Wei Tianyang that he intended to seek one of True Martial Academy’s ten places in the Overlord Sect’s recruitment.
• Wei Tianyang showed Wei Yi a dossier identifying Yuwen Bei as the second son of Overlord Sect elder Yuwen Hui and explained that Yuwen Bei had wanted the Abnormal Fire.
• Wei Yi decided the danger from Yuwen Bei gave him even more reason to join the Overlord Sect, and he and Wei Tianyang laughed together.

Wei Yi traveled toward True Martial Academy with a Wei Clan escort and joined forces with Zhu Ling'er and her guards. When several hundred Blackwater Bandits attacked them on the plains, the two clans launched a prepared counterattack, and Wei Yi fought while gaining skill experience.

• Wei Yi left Jinling City with Lu Hu and dozens of Wei Clan riders, while people followed them hoping to seize his Crimson Crystal True Flame.
• Wei Yi met Zhu Ling'er and her guards outside the city, and the two parties joined their journey to the academy.
• Lu Hu and Zhu Ling'er's guard captain spotted several hundred Blackwater Bandits approaching across the plains.
• The Wei Clan guards raised military crossbows and the Zhu Clan guards readied javelins, then both groups unleashed a volley that felled many riders.
• Wei Yi ordered the martial artists to charge and fought the bandits with his Qinggang Sword, gaining experience for his Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords.

Wei Yi and the Wei and Zhu Clan guards routed the Blackwater Bandits and pursued the survivors. Yuwen Bei escaped after Lu Hu shot him in the butt, and Wei Yi called off the chase.

• Wei Yi advanced his Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords to LV12 and ordered the guards to pursue the fleeing Blackwater Bandits.
• Zhu Ling'er asked Uncle Liu to help Wei Yi, and Uncle Liu sent A Wu and a squad after him.
• Yuwen Bei saw the Blackwater Bandits retreating and tried to flee before the Wei Clan caught up.
• Wei Yi recognized Yuwen Bei, taunted him, and ordered the Wei Clan martial artists to fire their crossbows at him.
• Lu Hu shot Yuwen Bei in the butt with an arrow, and Wei Yi ended the pursuit.

Wei Yi asked the True Martial Academy dean for one of its ten recommendation places to enter the Overlord Sect. The dean questioned whether a second-year student deserved a place, and Instructor Xu proposed a challenge, leaving Wei Yi to decide whether to accept.

• Wei Yi decided to postpone dealing with the Blackwater Bandits and focus on entering the Overlord Sect.
• Zhu Ling'er explained that the dean personally assigned the academy's ten recommendation places and offered to take Wei Yi to see him.
• Zhu Ling'er and Wei Yi met the dean in his office, where Instructor Xu questioned Wei Yi's qualifications as a second-year student.
• Zhu Ling'er revealed that Elder Ximen of the Overlord Sect had personally requested her as a disciple, while the dean said older students needed the opportunity more.
• Wei Yi asked whether proving himself better than the third- and fourth-year students would earn him a place, and Instructor Xu proposed a challenge he might not dare accept.

Wei Yi accepted Instructor Xu’s challenge to withstand ten moves for a spot on the trip to the Overlord Sect, despite Zhu Ling’er’s worries. He evaded Xu’s attacks and declared that his turn had come, leaving the outcome of the fight unresolved.

• Zhu Ling’er urged Wei Yi to avoid Instructor Xu’s challenge, but Wei Yi reassured her and promised to win.
• Instructor Xu revealed that he had reached the fourth-stage Great Martial Master realm and threatened to defeat Wei Yi in three moves.
• At the indoor arena, the old headmaster protected Zhu Ling’er from Xu’s chilling pressure and told her to watch the match.
• Instructor Xu’s first punch missed when Wei Yi used the Blackwater Movement Technique, and Wei Yi said Xu had two moves left.
• Instructor Xu followed with Icy Cold Fist and Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea, but Wei Yi vanished before the blows landed.
• Wei Yi appeared behind Instructor Xu and announced that Xu’s three moves were over and he would need only one move.

Wei Yi defeated Instructor Xu with a single punch, revealing his silver bloodline and mastery of the Crimson Crystal True Flame. The old dean granted Wei Yi one of the academy’s places in the Overlord Sect and secured his promise to remember the True Martial Academy.

• Wei Yi appeared behind Instructor Xu and mocked him for failing to detect his movement.
• Wei Yi unleashed his silver bloodline and Crimson Crystal True Flame, stunning the old dean and the instructors.
• Instructor Xu attacked Wei Yi with the Seven Kills Fist, but Wei Yi countered with one flame-wreathed punch and sent him crashing to the edge of the platform.
• Wei Yi told the injured Instructor Xu that he had held back, while Zhu Ling'er celebrated Wei Yi's victory.
• The old dean offered Wei Yi one of the academy's ten places in the Overlord Sect, and Wei Yi promised to remember that he came from the True Martial Academy.

Wei Yi turned the constant challenges for his Overlord Sect nomination into wagered matches, deliberately winning by narrow margins to collect silver. The chapter ended with Zhu Yuanhe revealing that Zhu Ling'er had to enter the sect early because her father's health was failing.

• Wei Yi complained to Zhu Ling'er, Yang Qingqing, and Lu Xing about being challenged for his nomination slot, and Lu Xing suggested he demand a stake for each match.
• Wei Yi began charging challengers ten thousand taels and promised to give up his Overlord Sect slot if he lost.
• Wei Yi deliberately held back against a wealthy fourth-year student, won narrowly, and collected the ten-thousand-tael stake.
• Wei Yi invited more students to challenge him and repeatedly won by narrow margins, drawing increasing numbers of challengers.
• The old dean and Zhu Yuanhe watched Wei Yi's scheme and discussed the academy's hopes for his future at the Overlord Sect.
• Zhu Yuanhe told the old dean that Zhu Ling'er was entering the Overlord Sect early because her father's health had deteriorated.

Wei Yi and nine other students from True Martial Academy arrived at the Overlord Sect’s outer sect subsidiary academy and learned they would face an inner sect assessment in a month. As they settled into their new courtyard, a group of outer disciples demanded a protection fee.

• Wei Yi’s scheme to earn money from fellow students was exposed after he collected seven hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver from seventy-three people.
• Zhu Yuanhe led Wei Yi and nine other students to the Overlord Sect, where they were assigned as outer disciples at the Yi Dragon Branch Academy under Liu Zhenxun.
• Liu Zhenxun explained that outer disciples could attempt the inner sect assessment in a month, then assigned the newcomers a shared courtyard before leaving.
• Wei Yi received a quest requiring him to pass the inner sect assessment within two months, with a breakthrough to the Great Martial Master Realm as its reward.
• The students divided the courtyard’s five rooms, with Pei Qinghe insisting on sharing with Wei Yi.
• Seven or eight outer disciples burst into the courtyard, and their hook-nosed leader demanded five thousand taels of silver from each newcomer as a protection fee.

Wei Yi and the other newcomers were confronted by veteran outer sect disciples demanding silver on behalf of the Black Tiger Society. Wei Yi defeated their leader and several attackers, but the hook-nosed young man fled with a threat, leaving Wei Yi to warn his companions to stay cautious and investigate the society.

• The hook-nosed young man demanded five thousand taels from Wei Yi and the others, claiming to represent all veteran outer sect disciples.
• Pei Qinghe and the others refused to pay, and Wei Yi challenged the young man's claim that he spoke for thousands of disciples.
• The hook-nosed young man attacked Xu Huan, and Zhou Heng intervened but was struck down; veteran disciples then overwhelmed the newcomers.
• Wei Yi rushed to Zhu Ling'er's defense, knocked out the man harassing her, and beat back two disciples attempting a sneak attack.
• Wei Yi defeated the hook-nosed young man with the Seven Kills Fist, forcing him and his men to retreat after he threatened the group in the name of the Black Tiger Society.
• Wei Yi urged everyone to travel together and asked them to find out more about the Black Tiger Society.

Steel Claw Tiger Huo Tianlu led dozens of Black Tiger Society members to confront Wei Yi and the True Martial Academy newcomers over their attack on the society. Wei Yi rejected Huo Tianlu’s demands and chose to fight him, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Zhou Heng identified Huo Tianlu as one of the Black Tiger Society’s three tiger generals when its members surrounded Wei Yi and his companions’ residence.
• Zhu Ling'er and the others considered seeking help from Dean Liu, but Liu Huan argued that they needed to establish themselves without relying on him.
• Huo Tianlu demanded that the newcomers pay ten times the protection fee and join the Black Tiger Society, or fight him to settle the matter.
• Wei Yi accepted the fight despite his companions’ warnings, and Huo Tianlu prepared to face him.

Wei Yi fought Huo Tianlu on a platform at the Overlord Sect's outer branch academy, matching him until Huo Tianlu unleashed his Great Strength Steel Claw Art and wounded him. Wei Yi drew the Qinggang Sword as the fight intensified.

• Huo Tianlu and Wei Yi stepped onto a fighting platform, drawing a crowd and worrying Zhu Ling'er, Liu Huan, and their companions.
• Huo Tianlu revealed his second-stage Great Martial Master strength, but Wei Yi matched his aura and held his own in their opening exchanges.
• Huo Tianlu unleashed his Great Strength Steel Claw Art, a near-major-accomplishment Mystic-grade family technique, and slashed Wei Yi's chest.
• Huo Tianlu pressed his attack with a storm of claw strikes, forcing Wei Yi to rely on the Blackwater Movement Technique to evade.
• Wei Yi said he would have to go all out and drew the Qinggang Sword.

Wei Yi used his Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords to defeat Huo Tianlu in front of the outer sect spectators, gaining enough combat insight to advance the skill to LV13. After Huo Tianlu refused to admit defeat, Wei Yi struck him down and warned the Black Tiger Society not to trouble him.

• Wei Yi drew the Qinggang Sword and overwhelmed Huo Tianlu with the Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords, forcing him to retreat to the edge of the arena.
• Huo Tianlu launched a furious full-strength assault, and Wei Yi met him in an even, spectacular exchange as spectators watched.
• Wei Yi gained combat experience until the Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords advanced from LV12 to LV13, then decided to end the fight.
• Huo Tianlu refused to admit defeat, so Wei Yi struck him seven times with his sword and left him bleeding and unable to rise.
• Huo Tianlu conceded, and the hook-nosed youth and other Black Tiger Society members backed down as Wei Yi warned them not to trouble him.

After defeating Huo Tianlu, Wei Yi became famous in the outer sect, but the Black Tiger Society stayed away. When his Qinggang Sword began to crack under the strain of his Crimson Crystal True Flame, he bought the Hero Sword from the Game System and discovered its spiritual power.

• News of Wei Yi's victory over Huo Tianlu spread through the outer sect, and disciples invited him to join their groups.
• The Black Tiger Society did not retaliate, and Wei Yi focused on cultivating while aiming to enter the inner sect.
• Wei Yi found fine cracks in his Qinggang Sword and realized it could not withstand repeated infusions of the Crimson Crystal True Flame.
• Wei Yi searched the Game System shop and used one hundred thousand taels of silver to buy a low-grade treasure weapon.
• The Hero Sword appeared, drew itself from its sheath, and circled Wei Yi as he felt its power and spiritual awareness.

Wei Yi and his companions visited the Beast Soul Tower, where a boastful veteran disciple named Han Wenshu challenged Wei Yi to see who could reach the higher floor. They entered the tower to compete, and Wei Yi revealed that he aimed to climb beyond the thirtieth floor.

• Pei Qinghe explained the Beast Soul Tower as Wei Yi and his companions discussed how far they might climb.
• Han Wenshu mocked the newcomers, and his followers boasted about his outer sect ranking and strength.
• After learning Wei Yi had defeated Huo Tianlu, Han Wenshu challenged him to a Beast Soul Tower contest.
• Wei Yi accepted and wagered that Han Wenshu would have to detour around him if Wei Yi won.
• Han Wenshu entered the tower claiming he could reach the thirtieth floor, and Wei Yi followed, aiming to climb even higher.

Wei Yi discovered that the Beast Soul Tower’s beast souls granted experience, and he rapidly climbed its floors. Outside, his progress overtook Han Wenshu’s, shocking the gathered disciples.

• Wei Yi entered the tower’s first floor and killed the attacking beast souls with the Hero Sword, gaining Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords experience.
• Wei Yi realized the tower was an easy place to earn experience and advanced to the second floor, where stronger beast souls attacked.
• Han Wenshu climbed ahead of Wei Yi at first, while his lackeys mocked Wei Yi and Zhu Ling’er, Liu Huan, and Pei Qinghe defended him.
• Wei Yi’s floor count began rising rapidly, closing the gap with Han Wenshu.
• Wei Yi passed Han Wenshu on the light screen, astonishing the disciples watching outside.

Wei Yi raced through the Beast Soul Tower, leaving Han Wenshu far behind as he fought his way onto the thirty-first floor. Han Wenshu reached his personal best on the thirty-third floor and emerged expecting praise, only to learn the crowd had gathered to watch Wei Yi.

• Wei Yi sped through the tower, clearing the thirtieth floor while Han Wenshu was still struggling on the twentieth.
• Wei Yi reached the thirty-first floor, where he faced ten third-tier demonic beasts and unleashed his sword techniques and Bloodline Power.
• Han Wenshu pushed himself to the thirty-third floor, his best result yet, and smugly expected his achievement to overshadow Wei Yi.
• Han Wenshu was teleported outside and greeted the crowd, assuming they had come to celebrate his record.
• The crowd cursed at Han Wenshu and told him to move because they were waiting to see Wei Yi, leaving him dumbfounded.

Wei Yi pushed through the Beast Soul Tower to the forty-sixth floor, using his silver-rank bloodline and Crimson Crystal True Flame to defeat powerful demonic beasts and raise his Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords to LV14. He ended his trial and emerged to find a dense crowd gathered around the tower.

• Han Wenshu saw Wei Yi reach the forty-first floor and, realizing he had lost, regretted provoking him.
• Wei Yi advanced to the forty-second floor as spectators gathered and marveled at his progress.
• Wei Yi slaughtered demonic beasts with his Hero Sword and Crimson Crystal True Flame, steadily gaining skill experience.
• Wei Yi's Thirteen Life-Seizing Swords reached LV14 after prolonged fighting.
• After reaching the forty-sixth floor, Wei Yi decided to stop and left the Beast Soul Tower.
• Wei Yi emerged to a dense crowd surging toward him and stood bewildered by their reaction.

Wei Yi turned down Liu Ruyun’s invitation to join the Liu Yun Gang, reaffirming that he aimed to enter the inner sect. Li Hanlun then told him the Black Tiger Society was secretly preparing something and suggested they act before it was finished.

• Wei Yi saw Liu Ruyun and her fellow Liu Yun Gang members off, declining to join while saying he would consider the gang first if he ever chose a faction.
• Wei Yi told Li Hanlun that he was focused on entering the inner sect and had no interest in outer sect factions.
• Li Hanlun warned Wei Yi that the Black Tiger Society had not retaliated because its members were occupied, but Zhao Yuanji would likely seek revenge afterward.
• Li Hanlun proposed that he and Wei Yi take the initiative against the Black Tiger Society and hinted they could snatch something valuable from its secret preparations.