Recaps

Ji Wuchang practiced Heart-Treading Steps and shared the technique with Zhen Miaoqing before she left the sect. She gave him a jade token containing her master's sealed strike, and she warned him that the technique was likely heaven-tier.

• Ji Wuchang practiced two steps of Heart-Treading Steps before stopping because the strain on his heart was too great.
• Zhen Miaoqing and her master visited Ji Wuchang, and she told him she was leaving the sect to say goodbye.
• Ji Wuchang gave Zhen Miaoqing a jade slip containing Heart-Treading Steps without asking for anything in return.
• Zhen Miaoqing gave Ji Wuchang a jade token containing her master's sealed strike as a protective gift.
• After examining the technique, Zhen Miaoqing judged it likely to be heaven-tier and warned Ji Wuchang not to reveal it to others.

Ji Wuchang learned that Heart-Treading Steps was a heaven-tier combat skill, then attended the Longevity Sect’s recruitment gathering with Meng Caihong. Fifth Elder Tang Yiyuan returned with the new recruits, including Xiao Fan, whom Ji Wuchang recognized as the story reached the moment before the entrance tests.

• Zhen Miaoqing assured Ji Wuchang she would keep Heart-Treading Steps secret, encouraged him to cultivate, and departed with the old man.
• Ji Wuchang joined Meng Caihong at the Longevity Sect’s recruitment gathering, where First Elder Pei Yuanqing praised him for his recent performance.
• Fifth Elder Tang Yiyuan returned on a flying boat carrying young recruits who still had to pass soul and heart-questioning tests.
• Ji Wuchang spotted Xiao Fan among the recruits and wondered why Tang Yiyuan was not accompanying him.

Xiao Fan concealed his true root bones until the Longevity Sect's entrance test, hoping to impress an elder and gain the resources to heal his meridians and take revenge on Ji Wuchang. The Jade Bones Dharma Wheel revealed Xiao Fan had heaven-tier root bones, astonishing the elders and angering Tang Yiyuan, who realized Xiao Fan had hidden his talent from him.

• Xiao Fan watched Ji Wuchang with hatred and resolved to become an elder's disciple so he could surpass him and restore his injured meridians.
• First Elder Pei Yuanqing explained the Jade Bones Dharma Wheel test and summoned the artifact above the gathering.
• The Jade Bones Dharma Wheel sent beams of light into the candidates, revealing their root-bone grades.
• A silver pillar rose from Xiao Fan, revealing his heaven-tier root bones and drawing the elders' attention.
• Tang Yiyuan realized Xiao Fan had concealed his true aptitude and grew hostile, while Ji Wuchang remained unsurprised by Xiao Fan's result.

Xiao Fan was accepted as Sect Leader Zhen Yaotian’s disciple, while Ji Wuchang planned to exploit the rivalry between Xiao Fan and Cai Ping. After the recruitment tests ended, Cang Qing, whose damaged physique left her with a gray pillar, begged the elders for a chance to cultivate, but they ignored her.

• Second Elder Zhou Yuan praised Tang Yiyuan for bringing Xiao Fan to the sect, and Sect Leader Zhen Yaotian appeared and took Xiao Fan as his disciple.
• Ji Wuchang suspected Cai Ping would resent sharing resources with Xiao Fan and considered using his Mind-Reading Rune against Xiao Fan.
• First Elder Pei Yuanqing dismissed the applicants with gray pillars, but Cang Qing stayed behind, determined to restore her damaged Water Spirit Physique and seek revenge on her relatives.
• The elders accepted the remaining green-pillar applicants, including Wang Ye and Wang Ping as Meng Caihong’s disciples and Ji Bing and Bai Yao as Li Genfeng’s disciples.
• Cang Qing knelt before the elders and begged for a chance to follow the immortal path, but they left without accepting her.

Ji Wuchang persuaded Meng Caihong to help Cang Qing and obtain imperial extreme true water by claiming Zhen Miaoqing had taught him a technique that could let him condense nine Dao platforms. After Cang Qing spent half a day kneeling, Ji Wuchang offered to bring her to his master and asked her to explain the forces inside her body.

• Ji Wuchang told Meng Caihong that Cang Qing had once possessed a Water Spirit Physique before consuming a fire-attribute spirit fruit, and Meng Caihong agreed to test Cang Qing's sincerity.
• Meng Caihong said Cang Qing's damaged physique could be restored with an innate spiritual treasure and offered to seek imperial extreme true water from the First Elder.
• Ji Wuchang asked Meng Caihong to obtain the other portion of imperial extreme true water for his own cultivation, claiming Zhen Miaoqing had taught him a technique to temper his organs and pursue nine Dao platforms.
• Meng Caihong agreed to gather five-element spiritual treasures for Ji Wuchang and warned him to keep Zhen Miaoqing's technique secret.
• After Cang Qing knelt through most of the day, Ji Wuchang sent away two Qi Refining Realm disciples and offered to take her to meet Meng Caihong.
• Ji Wuchang asked Cang Qing to truthfully explain the two forces battling inside her body before he brought her to his master.

Ji Wuchang brought Cang Qing to Little Bamboo Peak so Meng Caihong could assess her Water Spirit Physique and help resolve the conflicting forces in her body. Meng Caihong gave Ji Wuchang Imperial Extreme True Water and sent him to obtain a Wood Spirit Pearl, while Tai Yujie and An Kexin plotted against him during the upcoming secret realm trial.

• Cang Qing revealed that she had once possessed a Water Spirit Physique but had been made to swallow a fire-attribute substance, and Ji Wuchang agreed to take her to Meng Caihong.
• Ji Wuchang rebuked Tai Yujie when she mocked him for bringing Cang Qing, and Tai Yujie later complained to An Kexin, who suggested they wait for the secret realm trial to deal with him.
• Ji Wuchang advised Zeng Linghong to teach the new disciples the Evergreen Art and basic Qi-drawing before leaving advanced instruction to Meng Caihong.
• Meng Caihong examined Cang Qing, recognized her potential, and gave Ji Wuchang a bottle of Imperial Extreme True Water.
• Meng Caihong gave Ji Wuchang her token so he could request the Wood Spirit Pearl from the Treasure Pavilion, which might also help Xiao Fan's damaged meridians.

Xiao Fan went to the Treasure Pavilion to collect a Wood Spirit Pearl, but learned Ji Wuchang had already taken it. Cai Ping encouraged Xiao Fan to cultivate and surpass Ji Wuchang, while planning to use their grudge to his advantage in the coming secret realm expedition.

• Zhen Yaotian healed Xiao Fan's meridians, helped him break through to the mid Qi Refining sixth layer, and sent him to collect the Wood Spirit Pearl.
• Cai Ping accompanied Xiao Fan to the Treasure Pavilion while secretly planning to kill him during the sect training expedition.
• Yin Shuyao told Xiao Fan that Ji Wuchang had taken the Wood Spirit Pearl with the Third Elder's token.
• Xiao Fan grew furious with Ji Wuchang, and Cai Ping realized they had a conflict and decided to use it to his advantage.
• Cai Ping urged Xiao Fan to cultivate in seclusion for half a month so he could surpass Ji Wuchang before the secret realm trial.

Ji Wuchang refined his liver with the Wood Spirit Pearl, then replenished his spiritual power with a check-in at Spirit Sword Peak. Back on Little Bamboo Peak, he learned that Cang Qing had become Meng Caihong’s direct disciple and that the secret realm would open in five days.

• Ji Wuchang used the Wood Spirit Pearl and spirit stones to temper his liver, expelling black Qi as the process drained his spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang successfully tempered his liver, leaving it with a warm, jade-like luster.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at Spirit Sword Peak and gained ten years of cultivation, replenishing his depleted spiritual power before returning to Little Bamboo Peak.
• Zeng Linghong brought Ji Wuchang to Meng Caihong, who formally accepted Cang Qing as her direct disciple and taught her the Evergreen Art.
• Meng Caihong announced that the secret realm would open in five days and that Kexin, Linghong, Yujie, and Wuchang had been registered to enter.

Ji Wuchang absorbed the imperial extreme true water, checked in at Spirit Sword Peak, and prepared for the Longevity Sect’s dangerous secret realm trial. The trial began as Xiao Fan entered the teleportation gate with killing intent toward Ji Wuchang.

• Ji Wuchang used the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art to swallow the imperial extreme true water and guide it to his kidneys.
• After three days, Ji Wuchang checked in at Spirit Sword Peak and received five years of cultivation, which brought his cultivation to the Qi Refining ninth layer middle stage.
• Ji Wuchang joined Zeng Linghong and the other participants in the main square, where he noticed Xiao Fan was initially absent.
• Xiao Fan arrived with Cai Ping, having advanced to the Qi Refining seventh layer early stage, and glared at Ji Wuchang with killing intent.
• Zhou Yuan and Yue Zhen led the participants to the rear mountain, where Yue Zhen explained the trial’s ranking rules and distributed jade tokens that could teleport them out in a crisis.
• Xiao Fan entered the teleportation gate after giving Ji Wuchang a cold smile.

Ji Wuchang fought the black wolves that surrounded him after he was teleported into their den, while Ji Yaoyao urged him to accept her as his master. He killed three wolves, but the second-tier pack leader and two others remained.

• Ji Wuchang fled from the black wolves, having already killed two, while Ji Yaoyao offered to defeat the pack if he called her Master.
• Ji Wuchang refused, and the pack leader directed four wolves to surround him as he drew the Clear Water Sword.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps and the Shadow Sword Art to kill one wolf, then escaped the pack leader's attack.
• Ji Wuchang struck another wolf with Shadow Sword Kill and Wheel of Blazing Flames, killing it.
• A wolf lunged at Ji Wuchang, who slashed its belly with his sword and fatally wounded it, bringing his total kills to three.

Ji Wuchang killed the second-tier black wolf with the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique, then used a check-in reward and a fifth-grade pill to advance his cultivation. As he endured the pill’s effects, he condensed eight Dao platforms, astonishing Ji Yaoyao.

• Ji Wuchang fought off the black wolves, using a first-tier wolf’s corpse to shield himself from the second-tier wolf’s attack.
• Ji Wuchang unleashed the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique and cleaved the second-tier black wolf in two, impressing Ji Yaoyao.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the trial grounds and received six years of cultivation, restoring his spiritual power.
• Ji Wuchang circulated the Purple Qi Heaven-Burning Art, advanced to the peak of the Qi Refining ninth layer, and collected the five black wolf corpses.
• Ji Wuchang swallowed a fifth-grade Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill and endured its violent effects as eight Dao platforms formed behind him.
• Ji Yaoyao marveled that Ji Wuchang had condensed eight Dao platforms despite having only middle-grade earth-tier root bones.

Ji Wuchang destroyed his eight Dao platforms and used the Marrow-Washing and Meridian-Cleansing Pill to break through to the late Qi Refining tenth layer by shattering the shackles of the Heavenly Dao. Ji Yaoyao was left astonished and questioning how he knew the tenth layer existed.

• Ji Wuchang shattered his eight Dao platforms, suffering backlash that damaged his meridians and dantian and lowered his cultivation.
• Ji Wuchang used the pill’s medicinal power to heal himself and climbed back to the peak of the Qi Refining ninth layer.
• Ji Wuchang activated the purple qi Heaven-Burning Art, forming a purple pill furnace and manifesting extraordinary beasts around himself.
• Ji Wuchang roared through his breakthrough, shattered an illusory iron chain attached to his soul, and reached the late Qi Refining tenth layer.
• Ji Yaoyao asked how Ji Wuchang knew about the tenth layer, but he told her to guess, and she swore at him before returning to the storage ring.

Xiao Fan found treasures in the secret realm and advanced his cultivation, while his master's remnant soul encouraged him to kill Ji Wuchang. Ji Wuchang ambushed and defeated Xiao Fan, plundered his storage ring, and left him tied to a tree after mutilating him.

• Xiao Fan found intact storage rings and a Primordial Qi Pill in a cave, then advanced to the early stage of Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
• Xiao Fan told his master he wanted to kill Ji Wuchang, and the old man promised to lend him power.
• Ji Wuchang learned from Ji Yaoyao that Xiao Fan's master had placed an Assimilation Seal on him and planned to possess him.
• Ji Wuchang suppressed the old man's remnant soul and ambushed Xiao Fan, breaking his ribs and crushing his left arm before knocking him unconscious.
• Ji Wuchang plundered Xiao Fan's storage ring, had Ji Yaoyao restrict the old man's soul, and tied the bloodied Xiao Fan to a tree.
• Ji Wuchang cut away two taels of flesh from Xiao Fan while the old man's remnant soul watched in horror.

After earning more fortune points by defeating Xiao Fan, Ji Wuchang arranged for Xiao Fan to blame Cai Ping for the attack and set the two disciples against each other. Ji Wuchang then went to investigate a fight in the secret realm, where he recognized five Foundation Establishment disciples from rival peaks.

• The system told Ji Wuchang that defeating people with more than 300 fortune points earned rewards, and that the system shop would unlock at 10,000 points.
• Ji Wuchang explained to Ji Yaoyao that he planned to weaken Xiao Fan’s fortune before killing him, while relying on a spy and Zhen Miaoqing’s jade token to keep Xiao Fan in check.
• Xiao Fan woke with a crippled arm and severe injuries, and his master claimed Cai Ping had attacked him and stolen his belongings, as Ji Wuchang had instructed.
• Xiao Fan swore vengeance on Cai Ping, then killed a passing Qi Refining cultivator and took the dead man’s clothes.
• Ji Wuchang heard fighting, went to investigate, and recognized Li Zhao'en, Lian Hongying, Liu Jinming, Pan Xibin, and Ma Mengnan facing off near a corpse.

Pan Xibin tried to force Li Zhao'en and Liu Jinming to surrender a map fragment linked to a Purple Mansion Realm expert's cave abode. As their group fought, a mysterious figure stole the box and escaped into the forest, leaving everyone searching in vain.

• Ma Mengnan told Pan Xibin that Junior Brother Bai had killed two Hundred Azure Peak disciples over a map fragment, which Li Zhao'en's group had seized.
• Pan Xibin demanded the item, then attacked Li Zhao'en and Liu Jinming when they refused to hand it over.
• Pan Xibin defeated their combined sword technique and shattered their shield, leaving Li Zhao'en and Liu Jinming badly injured.
• Li Zhao'en produced the box, but a mysterious figure snatched it and fled into the dense forest.
• Pan Xibin, Li Zhao'en, and Liu Jinming pursued the thief but returned empty-handed, and Pan Xibin vowed revenge.

Ji Wuchang spread a map of a Purple Mansion Realm cave abode throughout the secret realm, drawing Pan Xibin and many others toward it. An Kexin recovered memories of her previous life and went to seek the cave, determined to test whether they were true and increasingly hostile toward Xiao Fan, Ji Wuchang, and Tai Yujie.

• Ji Wuchang followed the map toward the cave abode and, rather than crossing a dangerous valley himself, copied the map and secretly distributed it to other disciples.
• Three Longevity Sect disciples found a jade slip bearing news of the cave after killing a leopard, and similar slips spread the rumor throughout the secret realm.
• Pan Xibin learned that the cave's location had been made public and angrily blamed the thief who had taken his map.
• An Kexin recovered memories of her previous life, in which Xiao Fan betrayed her and Ji Wuchang later killed her, and she remembered that the cave held a valuable small cauldron.
• An Kexin agreed to go to the cave with Tai Yujie to verify her memories, while secretly considering killing Tai Yujie if the memories proved true.

Ji Wuchang disguised himself and joined Huang Wanqiu’s team as the sect disciples entered the valley to hunt ferocious beasts. The disciples became embroiled in a fierce battle against hundreds of black apes, while Zuo Yan joined Huang Wanqiu to fight their powerful leader.

• Ji Wuchang returned to the valley in disguise and noticed An Kexin seemed changed when she arrived with Tai Yujie.
• Zuo Yan divided the gathered disciples into three teams, and Ji Wuchang joined Huang Wanqiu’s group while An Kexin and Tai Yujie joined Cai Ping’s.
• Huang Wanqiu led her team into the valley, where a black ape warned the humans to leave and then attacked when they refused to retreat.
• Huang Wanqiu fought the black ape leader while Huang Jinwei and the other disciples battled hundreds of apes emerging from cliffside caves.
• Ji Wuchang killed a black ape with his sword as the melee claimed at least one disciple’s life.
• When the black ape gained the upper hand against Huang Wanqiu, Zuo Yan and Cai Ping brought their teams to help, and Zuo Yan warned that the beast could become a third-tier ferocious beast within ten years.

During the battle against the black apes, Ji Wuchang secretly caused Tai Yujie's death and realized An Kexin might possess memories of a previous life. After the black ape leader fell and the survivors buried Tai Yujie, An Kexin looked at Zeng Linghong with guilt.

• Ji Wuchang noticed Tai Yujie was isolated from An Kexin and saw her surrounded by three black apes.
• Ji Wuchang used Heart-Treading Steps on Tai Yujie, leaving her unable to defend herself as a black ape smashed her head.
• An Kexin killed a second-rank black ape with Silent Extinction Netherlight Slash, making Ji Wuchang suspect she had been reborn or regained past-life memories.
• Zuo Yan and Huang Wanqiu killed the black ape leader, and the remaining black apes fled into the caves.
• Zeng Linghong buried Tai Yujie while An Kexin helped and felt guilty about how she had treated him in her previous life.

After the group found Spirit-Nurturing Fruits, Ji Wuchang discovered warm yang jade and a spiritual vein beneath the tree. He killed An Kexin, destroyed her soul, and left her possessions behind before returning to the trial.

• The group collected the Spirit-Nurturing Fruits, while Ji Wuchang stayed behind and uncovered warm yang jade above a branch of a spiritual vein.
• An Kexin demanded the jade, and Ji Wuchang offered to sell it to her for five thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Ji Wuchang used his strongest techniques to kill An Kexin and gained 150 Fortune Points from the system.
• Ji Wuchang checked in at the trial grounds, received three years of cultivation, and took useful items from An Kexin's storage ring.
• Ji Wuchang burned An Kexin's corpse, summoned and destroyed her soul, then hid her possessions among scattered rocks.

Ji Wuchang crossed a snake-infested valley and joined the crowd attacking a barrier that guarded a Purple Mansion Realm expert’s cave abode. As the barrier neared collapse, two powerful divine souls searched him, leaving him on guard.

• Ji Wuchang used fireballs to clear the remaining snakes and reached the crowd gathered before the cave abode’s defensive barrier.
• Zuo Yan organized the gathered disciples into three teams that took turns attacking the barrier.
• Xiao Fan arrived with an empty left sleeve and a gloomy expression, and Ji Wuchang noticed him staring at Cai Ping.
• Around a hundred and fifty people gathered as the teams attacked the barrier continuously, thinning it until it was close to shattering.
• Two divine souls swept over Ji Wuchang, and he realized that someone much stronger than him had taken an interest in him.

Ji Wuchang entered the Longevity Sect cave abode, collected medicinal herbs, and killed a Foundation Establishment disciple who attacked him. After finding a mysterious intact cauldron in a deserted supply hut, he reached the houses where cultivators were fighting over pills, only to discover that most had already been taken.

• The Longevity Sect disciples broke through the light barrier and rushed into the cave abode, where they began gathering century-old herbs.
• When a Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer disciple attacked him over a Nine-Leaf Grass, Ji Wuchang killed him, took his storage ring, and frightened nearby cultivators into giving him space.
• Ji Wuchang collected more medicinal herbs in secluded fields while Xiao Fan headed deeper into the cave abode to pursue greater opportunities.
• Rather than join the crowd rushing toward the houses, Ji Wuchang searched a dilapidated hut and found an intact black cauldron, which he stored away for later inspection by Ji Yaoyao.
• Ji Wuchang reached the houses and found cultivators battling over preserved second-grade and third-grade pills, with most of the pills already claimed.

Ji Wuchang discovered Xiao Fan had claimed the cave abode’s final secret realm, then was ambushed while leaving the gorge. He borrowed Ji Yaoyao’s power to kill both attackers and began wondering who had sent them after him.

• Ji Wuchang found Huang Wanqiu, Zuo Yan, and Cai Ping fighting over the cave abode’s final inheritance, but Xiao Fan appeared in a pillar of light after entering the secret realm first.
• Xiao Fan entered a house in the secret realm, while the others left the cave abode and Ji Wuchang set off through the mountain forest.
• Two black-clad men attacked Ji Wuchang with sword strikes, but he evaded them after contacting Ji Yaoyao and borrowing her power.
• Ji Wuchang’s cultivation rose to the third level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and he killed both men before his borrowed power faded.
• Ji Wuchang explained that his meridians could not withstand the full amplification of the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique, then wondered who wanted him dead.

Ji Wuchang investigated the two assassins’ belongings but found no explanation for their attack, then encountered Xiao Fan after his recovery and ambushed him. He robbed Xiao Fan, tore off his arm, and damaged his dantian before leaving with another victory rewarded by the system.

• Ji Wuchang searched the assassins’ storage rings and found Longevity Sect disciple tokens belonging to Wang Kuo and Wang Xiang, along with unfamiliar numbered tokens.
• Ji Wuchang suspected the assassins were inner disciples serving a guest elder but could not understand why they had targeted him.
• After hunting beasts for three days, Ji Wuchang returned to the Purple Mansion Realm cave abode and encountered Xiao Fan, whose arm had regrown and whose cultivation had reached the Qi Refining Realm ninth layer peak.
• Ji Wuchang used a hood to conceal himself, then ambushed Xiao Fan with Heart-Treading Steps and the Hundredfold Sublimation Instant Kill Technique.
• Ji Wuchang beat Xiao Fan unconscious, tore off his right arm, plundered his storage ring, and severely damaged his dantian.
• The system awarded Ji Wuchang 400 Fortune Points for defeating Xiao Fan for the third time, while Xiao Fan lost 400 Fortune Points.

Ji Wuchang escaped an attempted robbery by Li Zhao'en, Lian Hongying, and Liu Jinming, then encountered other disciples being robbed and fled from them. He later arrived as Zuo Yan and Huang Jinwei fought, and Huang Jinwei’s storage ring flew toward him.

• Li Zhao'en, Lian Hongying, and Liu Jinming tried to rob Ji Wuchang, but he tricked them and escaped.
• After failing to catch Ji Wuchang, the three disciples crushed their jade tokens and left the secret realm.
• Pan Xibin robbed half the ferocious beast carcasses from Chen Boyu, Duan Junsheng, Fan Huajun, and Huang Guangwen.
• When Ji Wuchang approached the four disciples, they mistook his shout for a robbery and immediately left the secret realm.
• Zuo Yan suppressed Huang Jinwei in a fight, but Huang Jinwei surged in power and sent his storage ring flying toward Ji Wuchang.

Ji Wuchang fled from Zuo Yan with Huang Jinwei’s storage ring and learned the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps from Ji Yaoyao, using Fortune Points to master its beginner level. He escaped Zuo Yan and realized the technique’s first stage would greatly boost his speed and combat strength.

• Huang Jinwei gave Ji Wuchang his storage ring before escaping, and Ji Wuchang ran off with it as Zuo Yan pursued him.
• Ji Yaoyao offered to kill Zuo Yan, but Ji Wuchang refused and asked her to teach him a flying movement technique instead.
• Ji Yaoyao taught Ji Wuchang the formula for the high-grade heaven-tier Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps, which complemented his Wind and Thunder Fist.
• Ji Wuchang spent 2,400 Fortune Points to gain minor mastery of the Wind and Thunder Great Void Steps and immediately used it to accelerate away.
• Zuo Yan mistook Ji Wuchang’s speed for a temporary secret art, but Ji Wuchang pulled out of sight and recognized the technique’s first stage.