Recaps

Ji Wuchang used fifteen years of cultivation to perfect Grinding Yin and Yang, gaining the Two Qi of Yin and Yang. After the old academy head ate his roasted fish, he gave Ji Wuchang the Three Life-Risking Swords manual, which Ji Wuchang began studying.

• Ji Wuchang checked in beneath a waterfall in Yunchuan Academy's rear mountain and received three years of cultivation and three Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang spent fifteen years of cultivation to bring Grinding Yin and Yang to great perfection and formed the Two Qi of Yin and Yang within him.
• Ji Wuchang caught and roasted a fish, but the old academy head returned and ate it all.
• The old academy head gave Ji Wuchang the Three Life-Risking Swords manual as payment for the fish and told him not to disturb his sleep.
• Ji Wuchang read the manual's instructions on risking his life and attacking vulnerable points to kill opponents quickly.

Ji Wuchang fought the returning ferocious beast, which had grown to fifth-tier strength, and used it to test his Six Swords of Fission. He wounded the beast with increasingly powerful strikes, but it remained enraged and the battle continued.

• Ji Wuchang noticed the beast had returned with a stable fifth-tier presence and lured it away from the residential area.
• Ji Wuchang’s first attacks failed to pierce the beast’s defenses, so he began testing the Six Swords of Fission against it.
• Ji Wuchang’s Second Sword split into two strikes and shattered one of the beast’s scales.
• Ji Wuchang’s Third Sword split into four strikes, wounding the beast’s claw and provoking a furious counterattack.
• Ji Wuchang dodged the beast’s repeated blows and used the Fourth Sword to cut deeply into its claw before his six small swords pierced its lower body.

Ji Wuchang fought Yu Ling after she challenged him to a duel at the same cultivation level, and her overwhelming speed and strength put him on the defensive. The chapter ended as they exchanged another pair of brutal attacks, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.

• Yu Ling arrived as Ji Wuchang wounded the ferocious beast, then challenged him to fight at the same cultivation level.
• Yu Ling lowered her cultivation to the Purple Mansion Realm Third Level, and Ji Wuchang accepted her challenge.
• Ji Wuchang opened with Silent Extinction Netherlight Slash, but Yu Ling dodged and struck him with a series of fast, powerful punches.
• Ji Wuchang switched to his small swords and fought back with lightning-enhanced punches, but Yu Ling continued to outmatch him in speed and strength.
• Ji Wuchang charged Yu Ling with a punch aimed at her head and a small sword aimed at her throat, while Yu Ling countered with a punch toward his throat.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling escalated their fierce duel, revealing formidable powers that astonished the observers. After both unleashed their hidden strengths, they continued trading blows, and Yu Ling brought down a crushing double-fist attack on Ji Wuchang.

• Ji Wuchang countered Yu Ling's attacks with the Spiraling Life-Taking Sword, Heart-Treading Steps, the Great Sun Divine Fist, and the Wind and Thunder Fist.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling exchanged repeated blows, each injuring the other before Yu Ling awakened a giant dragon phantom and dramatically increased her presence.
• Ji Wuchang summoned a Three-Legged Golden Crow phantom, shocking the hidden old man and leaving Mo Bingyuan and Liu Jinyang puzzled about Ji Wuchang's cultivation breakthrough.
• Yu Ling sent Ji Wuchang flying, but he used three steps of Heart-Treading Steps to stun her and punch her in the stomach.
• Yu Ling formed mountain-like fist phantoms and attacked with both fists, while Ji Wuchang met her strike with the Great Sun Divine Fist and Wind and Thunder Fist.

Ji Wuchang fought Yu Ling and gradually improved as he learned from their exchanges, but her imperial Rain Fist overwhelmed him. He used the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique to strike her from behind, and Yu Ling stopped herself in midair by unleashing her sealed cultivation.

• Ji Wuchang copied Mountain Fist, and the Two Qi of Yin and Yang settled his churning blood and Qi while strengthening his internal organs.
• Ji Wuchang adapted his fighting style and combined the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art with the Great Sun Divine Fist as he continued battling Yu Ling.
• Yu Ling revealed the Rain Fist, an imperial fist technique, and its water droplets became arrows that wounded Ji Wuchang and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Ji Wuchang activated the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique and struck Yu Ling from behind, sending her flying.
• Yu Ling unleashed her sealed cultivation and halted her flight in midair.

Ji Wuchang recovered after his fight with Yu Ling, reflected on his defeat, and gained new rewards from the System. The next morning, Mo Bingyuan brought him to an academy lecture, where he met Yu Ling again among the disciples.

• Yu Ling acknowledged Ji Wuchang as her junior brother and left, while Ji Wuchang collapsed from exhaustion after their fight.
• Ji Wuchang returned to his quarters, reviewed the battle, and realized he would have lost without his final technique; Yu Ling decided to remain at Yunchuan Academy until the old dean completed his fusion.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the dean’s secluded residence, received four years of cultivation and Fortune Points, then bought a Reincarnation Dream Experience Card in the System Shop.
• Mo Bingyuan told Ji Wuchang to attend academy lectures and tasks, then took him to hear Chen Guanglin speak about the body’s acupoints.
• Mo Feixue called Ji Wuchang over to sit beside her and Yu Ling, who remained feared by the other disciples.

Ji Wuchang attended Chen Guanglin’s lesson on hidden acupoints, while Mo Feixue’s attempt to get Yu Ling to punish him backfired. The chapter ended as Ji Wuchang considered whether opening hidden acupoints was safe to pursue.

• Mo Feixue directed Ji Wuchang to sit beside Yu Ling, but Yu Ling calmly acknowledged him as her junior brother and let him take the seat.
• Mo Feixue complained that Ji Wuchang had thrown her off the competition platform, but Yu Ling said he had been merciful and that Mo Feixue was no match for him.
• Chen Guanglin arrived to teach the students about the human body’s acupoints.
• Chen Guanglin explained that he had discovered thirty-six hidden acupoints and that opening the arm’s strength acupoint had increased his punch power by about ten percent.
• Ji Wuchang listened closely and began considering the risks of opening hidden acupoints.

Ji Wuchang discovered that Mind Reading let him hear Yu Ling’s thoughts, then agreed to Wu Feng’s forced challenge after learning the academy would not interfere with sparring matches. As a crowd gathered around the platform, Mo Bingyuan, Liu Jinyang, and others suspected Wu Feng had provoked the match.

• Ji Wuchang heard Yu Ling’s thoughts through Mind Reading and learned that Hidden Acupoints connected to celestial phenomena at Dao Severing.
• Li Gubei invited Ji Wuchang to team up for an academy mission, and Ji Wuchang agreed to meet him after his breakthrough.
• Wu Feng and two companions blocked Ji Wuchang’s path and pressured him to spar, while Ji Wuchang asked about the academy’s rules for injuries.
• After Wu Feng explained that the academy would not interfere with matches on a sparring platform, Ji Wuchang accepted the challenge.
• Wu Feng sent his companions to spread the news, drawing students and onlookers to the platform; Mo Bingyuan, Liu Jinyang, and others suspected Wu Feng had started the confrontation.

Ji Wuchang fought Wu Feng on the academy sparring platform and crippled him in a swift, brutal victory. The crowd was left terrified of Ji Wuchang as he walked away, while his fortune points increased.

• Qian Xingguang admitted he had arranged for Wu Feng to challenge Ji Wuchang, then panicked when Jiang Hao warned him that Wu Feng might not be a match.
• Wu Feng asked the instructors to witness the duel and agreed that each fighter would bear responsibility for any injury, while Qi Murong ordered them to stop when someone conceded.
• Ji Wuchang struck Wu Feng before he could swing his saber, shattered his left arm, then smashed his chest and sent him crashing off the platform.
• The crowd stared at Ji Wuchang in fear, and Mo Feixue reconsidered seeking revenge after seeing how badly he had injured Wu Feng.
• Ji Wuchang gained 200 Fortune Points as Wu Feng lost 200, then Ji Wuchang left without addressing the crowd.

Ji Wuchang trained with the Three Life-Risking Swords and tried to avoid Yu Ling, whose presence and inner thoughts made him feel overwhelmed. After catching and roasting fish with the old dean and Yu Ling, he discovered the fish contained abundant spiritual power and hurried off to cultivate.

• Ji Wuchang practiced the Three Life-Risking Swords until he felt he had grasped the technique.
• Yu Ling appeared at Ji Wuchang's lodgings, and he fled to the waterfall after learning she had come to see the old dean.
• The old dean called Ji Wuchang over to help catch fish, and Yu Ling watched them from the bank.
• Yu Ling asked whether Ji Wuchang feared her, and her inner thoughts revealed that she had not used her full strength or Bloodline Power in their fight.
• Ji Wuchang roasted the fish, ate one, sensed its abundant spiritual power, and returned to his room to cultivate.

Ji Wuchang used the Reincarnation Dream Experience Card and encountered an ancient palace whose images revealed the Azure Sparrow’s growth and battles. He learned the Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art before the vision faded and his soul returned to his body.

• Ji Wuchang set up a spiritual power warning barrier, crushed the card, and found himself above a vast, abandoned palace filled with images of divine beasts.
• A divine beast pulled Ji Wuchang into its mouth, where he discovered images showing an Azure Sparrow growing from a vulnerable hatchling into a fierce hunter.
• Ji Wuchang followed the Azure Sparrow’s battles through the images until a voice declared that even a small Azure Sparrow aspired to swallow the heavens.
• The vision transformed into a stone stele bearing the words “Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art,” and Ji Wuchang saw sword shadows of Azure Sparrows defeating powerful beasts.
• Ji Wuchang received countless words of the art in his mind as the stele vanished, and his soul returned to his body.

Ji Wuchang recovered from the Reincarnation Dream Experience Card, comprehended the Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art, and refined Blazing Fire Divine Dragon blood essence to advance his cultivation. Yu Gang and Yu Ling watched from nearby and discussed the origin power they had come to Yunchuan Academy to refine.

• Ji Wuchang realized the Reincarnation Dream Card had taken him into the Azure Sparrow's dream and consumed seventy percent of his divine soul power.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that the System Shop now sold Reincarnation Dream Experience Cards for 5,000 Fortune Points and decided he needed to find Jiang Hao and the others.
• Ji Wuchang comprehended the Azure Sparrow Nine Sword Art to great perfection and cultivated the purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art as purple Qi formed runes in his Purple Mansion.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed a drop of Blazing Fire Divine Dragon blood essence and refined its power, breaking through to the fourth level of the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Yu Gang and Yu Ling watched Ji Wuchang cultivate, and Yu Ling said she had refined ninety percent of the wisp of origin power and would leave the remaining ten percent at Yunchuan Academy.

After reaching the Purple Mansion Realm Fifth Level, Ji Wuchang challenged Yu Ling, who lowered her cultivation to match his. She overwhelmed him in a fierce exchange and left him determined to defeat her.

• Ji Wuchang broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm Fifth Level and felt his earlier training begin to pay off.
• Yu Ling challenged Ji Wuchang and lowered her cultivation to the Purple Mansion Realm Fifth Level before they fought.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed his swords, fists, and movement techniques, but Yu Ling repeatedly broke through his attacks and kept him under pressure.
• After hundreds of exchanges, Yu Ling struck Ji Wuchang's left shoulder and sent him flying before leaving.
• Ji Wuchang realized he had lost by half a move again and vowed to beat Yu Ling.

After a battle with Yu Ling improved Ji Wuchang’s spiritual power and physique, he faced a much stronger fierce beast outside his residence. Mo Bingyuan, Yu Ling, Qi Murong, and Yang Yusheng arrived to fight the beast, while Ji Wuchang resolved to master Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps.

• Yu Ling warned Mo Feixue not to provoke Ji Wuchang and said she would not beat up her junior brother.
• Ji Wuchang discovered that his spiritual power, Golden Skin, and Jade Bones had improved after fighting Yu Ling, then checked in at the dean’s secluded residence for four years of cultivation and four Fortune Points.
• A much stronger fierce beast appeared, and Ji Wuchang fled while using his techniques to fend off its attacks.
• Ji Wuchang’s sword strike and Wheel of Blazing Flames failed to stop the beast, though its brief reaction to the flames gave him a way to slow its pursuit.
• Mo Bingyuan, Yu Ling, Qi Murong, and Yang Yusheng emerged through the barrier and battled the fierce beast without trying to kill it.
• Ji Wuchang escaped and resolved to cultivate Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps to major accomplishment so he could surpass Yu Ling’s speed.

Ji Wuchang learned that the ferocious beast fighting Mo Bingyuan and the others was the old dean, whose fusion with the beast made it stronger under the full moon. Yu Ling also corrected Ji Wuchang’s understanding of Soul Splitting Realm cultivation, leaving him with a clearer path forward.

• Ji Wuchang asked Yu Ling why the ferocious beast had grown so much stronger, and she revealed that it was fused with the old dean.
• Yu Ling explained that the dean and beast shared lifespan and cultivation, that the beast gained control at night, and that the full moon let it use more of its strength.
• Ji Wuchang realized that his earlier attacks on the beast had injured the old dean, and Yu Ling told him the fusion would last about three more months and could lead the dean to the Dao Severing Realm.
• Ji Wuchang asked Yu Ling about advancing from the Purple Mansion Realm to the Soul Splitting Realm, and she advised him to fuse his split soul with his Purple Mansion.
• Ji Wuchang thanked Yu Ling for correcting his cultivation understanding and felt that she seemed less unapproachable.

After fighting off a fierce beast, Ji Wuchang agreed to travel with Yu Ling and used his remaining cultivation to strengthen his Primordial Spirit and Purple Mansion. He checked in at Yunchuan Academy’s cultivation tower and further improved his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps.

• Mo Bingyuan invited Ji Wuchang to stay with him, but Yu Ling asked Ji Wuchang to accompany her on a journey lasting over two months, and he agreed.
• Ji Wuchang used his remaining cultivation to improve his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps by twenty percent.
• Ji Wuchang’s purple token entered his Primordial Spirit, causing it to double in size as his Purple Mansion expanded to fill his dantian.
• The old dean advised Ji Wuchang to study the Three Life-Risking Swords, and Ji Wuchang then went to Yunchuan Academy’s cultivation tower.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the cultivation tower and used the sixteen years of cultivation he received to reach minor mastery of Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, increasing his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps’ speed by another fifty percent.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling traveled to Dove Thunder Mountain, where Yu Ling revealed she had come to find a wisp of Lightning Origin and showed him her incomplete Origin of Water. After they camped near the mountain’s center, a lightning-covered little beast appeared and escaped Yu Ling’s attempts to catch it.

• Ji Wuchang asked Yu Ling why she knew the way into Dove Thunder Mountain, and she explained that she had come to collect a wisp of Lightning Origin.
• Yu Ling showed Ji Wuchang her incomplete Origin of Water and advised him to seek the Origin of Fire or refine a beast flame to strengthen his fire-attributed cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling camped on lightning-charged rocks a few hundred li from the mountain’s center.
• A little beast covered in lightning appeared, and Yu Ling tried to seize it, but it repeatedly vanished with its extraordinary speed.
• Ji Wuchang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to help pursue the little beast, but it escaped without a trace.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling traveled deeper into Dove Thunder Mountain, where Ji Wuchang discovered that the lightning pool strengthened his body, cultivation, and soul. Yu Ling used White Feather Immortal Water as bait to lure the lightning origin, beginning her attempt to capture it with Yu Gang concealed nearby.

• Yu Ling revealed that the little beast was a phantom of the lightning origin, inspiring Ji Wuchang to consider improving his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps.
• After spending the night pondering the beast's movements, Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling continued toward the center of Dove Thunder Mountain.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling reached a lightning pool and absorbed its surging power, which greatly strengthened Ji Wuchang and caused a phantom of the Divine Soul Dao Platform to appear on his mountain.
• Yu Ling opened a Supreme Weapon containing White Feather Immortal Water at the center of the pool to attract the lightning origin, while Yu Gang concealed himself behind her.
• Yu Ling began her contest with the lightning origin, relying on her earlier failed capture attempt to make it underestimate her speed.

Ji Wuchang refined a fragment of the lightning origin and advanced to the Purple Mansion Realm Sixth Level, while Yu Ling fought to protect the White Feather Immortal Water and porcelain bottle from the true lightning origin. The chapter left Ji Wuchang bewildered by his sudden breakthrough as Yu Gang captured the lightning dragon.

• Ji Wuchang gained insight into the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps while refining the lightning surrounding him.
• Yu Ling repelled golden fish and a lightning dragon that attacked the porcelain bottle containing the White Feather Immortal Water.
• Three lightning dragons bound Yu Ling with chains of lightning, and the true lightning origin tried to swallow the porcelain bottle.
• The bottle swallowed part of the lightning dragon's head, and Yu Gang seized the dragon before a fragment of its body escaped.
• The escaped fragment flew into Ji Wuchang, transforming his Purple Mansion and raising his cultivation to the Purple Mansion Realm Sixth Level.

Ji Wuchang checked in at Dove Thunder Mountain’s lightning pool and improved his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps while Yu Ling cultivated nearby. Meanwhile, Wu Caojun’s group uncovered a barrier hiding Venerable Purple Flame’s tomb, and Yu Gang discovered that entering it required cultivation below the Six Spirits Realm Ninth Level.

• Yu Ling accepted the loss of thirty percent of the Origin of Lightning, while Ji Wuchang entered the lightning pool and checked in for six years of cultivation and six Fortune Points.
• Ji Wuchang used the cultivation to improve his Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps, extending Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to fifteen hundred zhang, then continued absorbing lightning.
• Wu Caojun led Tian Huafeng, Ma Xinsheng, Wang Chunmian, Hu Baochao, and Zhou Fujian to a small peak and revealed its hidden barrier using the Thirty-Six Star Mansions Great Formation.
• Wu Caojun explained that the barrier protected Venerable Purple Flame’s tomb and that the formation would be strongest at night; more than twenty followers secretly watched his group.
• Yu Gang detected a self-destruct formation that would activate against anyone above the Six Spirits Realm Ninth Level, then told Yu Ling about the tomb, and she decided to investigate later.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling watched Wu Caojun open a Supreme Realm expert’s secret realm, then followed the rival groups inside. Two mysterious figures entered after them, and the doorway vanished, leaving later arrivals unable to find the entrance.

• Ji Wuchang recognized the site and suspected that the skeletons he remembered from the secret realm belonged to the groups gathering outside it.
• Wu Caojun used the Thirty-Six Star Mansions Great Formation to draw down starlight and open a doorway through the defensive barrier.
• Jiang Shifei and his group confronted Wu Caojun, but the two sides agreed to enter together and compete for treasure separately.
• Wu Caojun entered first, followed by his companions, Jiang Shifei’s group, Yu Ling, and Ji Wuchang.
• Two pitch-black figures entered just before the doorway and formation vanished, while later arrivals searched the mountain peak and found nothing.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling encountered a horde of Ghost Beasts with Demonic Qi in an unfamiliar secret realm. Ji Wuchang suspected someone was controlling them and cut through the beasts to reach the source of a flute melody.

• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling explored a pitch-black forest after being teleported into an unfamiliar place.
• Ji Yaoyao warned Ji Wuchang that Yu Ling was powerful and had a peerless expert protecting her, then fell silent.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling encountered at least five hundred Ghost Beasts whose bodies were covered in Demonic Qi.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling fought the Ghost Beasts, with Yu Ling freezing groups of them and Ji Wuchang striking them down with his sword and small flying swords.
• Ji Wuchang heard a flute melody from the forest, suspected someone was controlling the Ghost Beasts, and used Autumn Wind Kill to slaughter the beasts blocking his path.

Ji Wuchang fought a black-clad Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall expert who controlled the Ghost Beasts with a flute. The enemy escaped after Ji Wuchang severed his arm, leaving Ji to consider the lethal potential of Shrinking the Ground to an Inch.

• Ji Wuchang identified the black-clad flute player as an agent of the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall and used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to reach him.
• The black-clad man, whose strength was at Soul Splitting Realm Ninth Level, knocked Ji Wuchang back and pressed his attack while Yu Ling intervened.
• Ji Wuchang used Grinding Yin and Yang to wound the black-clad man, then appeared behind him and severed his right arm with Silent Extinction Netherlight Slash.
• The black-clad man used Blood Escape Technique to vanish, leaving his pitch-black flute behind.
• Ji Wuchang concluded that Shrinking the Ground to an Inch was a deadly weapon and resolved to prioritize cultivating Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling headed toward a Devil Qi-shrouded mountain after Yu Ling explained that it was a fallen Devil Race site rich in valuable herbs. They discovered Wu Caojun and his companions searching the mountain for Venerable Purple Flame’s tomb, then followed them into the forest.

• Yu Ling wondered how Ji Wuchang had learned the Ji Family’s secret art, Grinding Yin and Yang, while Yu Gang considered whether Ji Wuchang might be connected to the Ji Family.
• After the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall member escaped, the Ghost Beasts regained their clarity and scattered, and Yu Ling praised Ji Wuchang’s improved movement art.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling waited until dawn, then spotted a vast cloud of Devil Qi covering the sky and Yu Ling explained the history and potential treasures of fallen Devil Race sites.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling flew to the Devil Qi-shrouded mountain and hid when they sensed six approaching figures.
• Wu Caojun told his companions that Venerable Purple Flame had died there after establishing his tomb, and led them into the forest using a map.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling appeared after Wu Caojun’s group left and followed them into the forest.

Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling entered the Demonic Qi-filled forest, where they found rare Seven Demons Fallen Star Grass and followed a group of six toward a battle with a powerful beast. Jiang Shifei’s arrival disrupted the fight, and he revealed that the forest was only the secret realm’s outskirts before proposing that the groups work together.

• Jiang Shifei and his group, followed by black-robed figures and members of the Demonic Dao First-Rank Hall, entered the forest after Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling.
• Yu Ling found seventh-tier Seven Demons Fallen Star Grass, and Ji Wuchang spotted an eighth-tier stalk; he killed a hidden ink-black snake before Yu Ling harvested it.
• Ji Wuchang and Yu Ling followed the six ahead and watched them fight a powerful tiger-headed, leopard-bodied beast.
• Jiang Shifei and nearly twenty others arrived, disrupting the six’s formation and allowing the beast to injure Zhou Fujian and Hu Baochao.
• Jiang Shifei told Wu Caojun that the forest was only the secret realm’s outskirts and proposed joining forces to open the true realm.