Recaps

Qin Yi fell from a rooftop into a battlefield in another world, where his landing killed a giant threatening Gu Yiyi. After the Invincible Favorability System activated and assigned him a quest to win Gu Yiyi’s favor, he stumbled toward her.

• Qin Yi found a tearful beauty on the Fragrant Fragrant Apartments rooftop and hugged her at her request, but she pulled him over the edge with her.
• The Invincible Favorability System activated as Qin Yi fell through the sky into a battlefield.
• Qin Yi landed on a two-meter-tall giant and crushed it, saving Gu Yiyi from being attacked.
• Another giant charged Qin Yi, but Gu Yiyi distracted it and Hua Yunfeng killed it with his silver spear before hurrying away.
• The system tasked Qin Yi with gaining Gu Yiyi’s favor in exchange for level-one cultivation, and Qin Yi staggered toward her.

After waking in the Famous Sword Sect, Qin Yi persuaded Gu Yiyi’s father to let him stay at Emerald Bamboo Peak and learned that he could use its Dao Comprehension Stone. He accepted a system mission to earn Gu Yiyi’s affection, then touched the stone and was enveloped in golden light as Gu Yiyi stared in astonishment.

• Qin Yi woke after acupuncture and learned from Gu Yiyi that he was in the Famous Sword Sect.
• Qin Yi claimed his ancestors had come from the Central Continent and asked to stay; Gu Yiyi’s father agreed to let him stay at Emerald Bamboo Peak.
• Qin Yi introduced himself to Gu Yiyi, then walked with her to the martial training ground and saw disciples cultivating.
• The system offered Qin Yi a time-limited mission to earn Gu Yiyi’s affection, with half the reward available in advance, and Qin Yi accepted.
• Gu Yiyi explained that Emerald Bamboo Peak’s disciples used the Dao Comprehension Stone to begin cultivating, and Qin Yi touched it.
• Golden light surged through Qin Yi from his feet to his head, leaving Gu Yiyi staring at him in shock.

After touching the Dao Comprehension Stone, Qin Yi instantly advanced to the fifth level of Qi Refining, astonishing Gu Yiyi and her father. His talent led the middle-aged scholar to formally invite him to join the Famous Sword Sect's Emerald Bamboo Peak, and Qin Yi accepted.

• Qin Yi received half of the system's level-up reward and rose from having no cultivation foundation to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
• Gu Yiyi witnessed Qin Yi's sudden breakthrough and ran to fetch her father.
• Qin Yi learned that the system's level-up reward advanced him by an entire realm and read the cultivation milestones carved on a stone platform.
• Gu Yiyi's father arrived, confirmed Qin Yi had reached the fifth level after touching the Dao Comprehension Stone once, and compared his speed to Hua Yunfeng's.
• Gu Yiyi's father asked Qin Yi to join the Famous Sword Sect and Emerald Bamboo Peak, and Qin Yi agreed.

Qin Yi became a disciple of the seventh elder and gained system-granted max-level comprehension, creativity, and imitation. He created and demonstrated the Green Lotus Sword Song, then offered to teach it to Gu Yiyi.

• Qin Yi formally became the middle-aged scholar's disciple and joined Emerald Bamboo Peak, where Gu Yiyi told him Hua Yunfeng was an Early Golden Core Stage spear user and she was at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining.
• Qin Yi received max-level comprehension, creativity, and imitation from the system, which let him master cultivation methods and create them himself.
• Qin Yi imagined a cultivation method based on Li Bai's skills from Honor of Kings, and the system created the Green Lotus Sword Song for him.
• Qin Yi used the Green Lotus Sword Song to dash across the training grounds and shatter a wooden post with five slashes of Sword Qi, astonishing Gu Yiyi.
• Qin Yi told Gu Yiyi he would teach her the Green Lotus Sword Song.

Qin Yi flirted with Gu Yiyi and agreed to practice swordsmanship with her after she saw Hua Yunfeng training with her cousin, Gu Qingshuang. His flattery lifted Gu Yiyi’s spirits, and she decided to return to the training ground with him.

• Gu Yiyi asked Qin Yi to teach her his innate swordsmanship, and he confessed that he liked her, making her blush.
• Gu Yiyi declined to learn his swordsmanship and led Qin Yi to a training ground on another peak.
• Gu Yiyi saw Hua Yunfeng practicing couples’ swordsmanship with Gu Qingshuang and tried to leave in tears.
• Qin Yi caught Gu Yiyi’s hand and praised her while criticizing Gu Qingshuang’s swordsmanship and movements.
• Gu Yiyi defended Gu Qingshuang but was cheered by Qin Yi’s flattery and agreed to practice swordsmanship with him.

Qin Yi encountered Gu Qingshuang and received a quest to win her favor, with a reward of two cultivation levels, but delayed accepting it. He taught Gu Yiyi the Green Lotus Sword Song and discovered that guiding her hand over hand let her experience the technique’s power and pleasure.

• The system identified Gu Qingshuang as a reserve Daughter of Destiny and offered Qin Yi a quest to win her favor for a two-level reward.
• Qin Yi decided to postpone the quest and chose to teach Gu Yiyi the Green Lotus Sword Song instead.
• Gu Yiyi struggled to perform Bring in the Wine because its spatial principles were beyond her cultivation level.
• The system told Qin Yi that ten hands-on lessons could temporarily copy the sword technique imprint into a woman.
• Qin Yi held Gu Yiyi close and guided her through Bring in the Wine, and she delighted in the sword technique and asked him to teach her again.

Qin Yi helped Gu Yiyi learn the first move of the Green Lotus Sword Song, then clashed with Hua Yunfeng when he questioned Qin Yi’s background and warned Gu Yiyi against him. Hua Yunfeng left, and Qin Yi discovered that Gu Qingshuang had gained a little affection for him.

• Qin Yi guided Gu Yiyi through ten repetitions of Bring in the Wine, allowing her to perform the move on her own.
• Hua Yunfeng and Gu Qingshuang approached, and Gu Yiyi introduced Qin Yi as her father’s new disciple.
• Hua Yunfeng questioned Qin Yi’s background, and Qin Yi challenged his right to interfere in Emerald Bamboo Peak’s affairs.
• Hua Yunfeng called Qin Yi a potential schemer and left on his sword after Qin Yi saw Hua Yunfeng’s jealousy and Son of Fortune status.
• Gu Qingshuang politely took her leave, and Qin Yi noticed her affection for him had risen by five points.

Qin Yi defended his conduct toward Hua Yunfeng and taught Gu Yiyi the Divine Stroke sword move. When Gu Yiyi tested the move herself, its Sword Qi shredded her clothes, leaving her exposed and screaming.

• Qin Yi told Gu Yiyi he had confronted Hua Yunfeng to defend her father's dignity, then invited her to keep practicing swordplay.
• Qin Yi guided Gu Yiyi through Divine Stroke, forming a three-meter sword circle that lasted three seconds.
• Qin Yi tried to demonstrate the move on a tree but placed the sword circle too far away to hit it.
• Gu Yiyi flew onto the circle's outer edge to test its power, and its Sword Qi shredded her clothes.
• Gu Yiyi froze, blushed, and screamed.

Qin Yi accidentally used [Divine Stroke] to tear Gu Yiyi’s clothes, then carried her back to Emerald Bamboo Peak while she struggled with embarrassment and asked whether he had seen her. Their return was interrupted by two male disciples, and Qin Yi sped away with Gu Yiyi in his arms.

• Qin Yi saw that [Divine Stroke] had stripped Gu Yiyi and gave her his robe while turning away.
• Qin Yi carried Gu Yiyi down the mountain and used [Green Lotus Sword Song]-Bring in the Wine, which eased her resentment.
• Gu Yiyi asked whether Qin Yi had seen her, and he admitted he had seen half before agreeing not to say more.
• Qin Yi carried Gu Yiyi past Pine-Side Pool, where two male disciples spotted them and one demanded that he let her go.
• Qin Yi used Bring in the Wine twice to carry Gu Yiyi away from the male disciples.

Qin Yi returned to Emerald Bamboo Peak after carrying Gu Yiyi, then confronted jealous senior disciples Huang Tianrong and Nie Jianyun. After learning about Qin Yi’s talent and new status as their junior, Huang Tianrong challenged his respect for the eldest senior brother, and Qin Yi stood his ground.

• Qin Yi reached the inner courtyard, where Gu Yiyi hurried away after warning him to keep their encounter secret.
• Huang Tianrong and Nie Jianyun confronted Qin Yi, and he noticed their intense jealousy over his closeness with Gu Yiyi.
• Qin Yi told Huang Tianrong that Gu Yiyi had asked him to carry her, provoking the disciple further.
• A fellow disciple told Huang Tianrong that their master had accepted Qin Yi and that Qin Yi had reached the fifth level of Qi Refining in one breakthrough.
• Qin Yi used the system to learn that Huang Tianrong was at the ninth layer of Qi Refining and Nie Jianyun at the eighth, then challenged Huang Tianrong’s accusation that he disrespected his eldest senior brother.

Huang Tianrong tried to discipline Qin Yi by invoking Emerald Bamboo Peak’s rules and seniority, but Qin Yi refused to defer to him. The confrontation ended with Huang Tianrong challenging Qin Yi to spar against the other senior brothers.

• Huang Tianrong accused Qin Yi of breaking the rules by visiting the training ground instead of doing kitchen chores for three years.
• Qin Yi claimed his master had exempted him from chores and would teach him personally, then refused to greet his senior brothers with the customary bows.
• Huang Tianrong insisted Qin Yi show proper respect, but Qin Yi said Huang Tianrong and the others did not deserve his bow and turned to leave.
• Huang Tianrong blocked Qin Yi’s path and challenged him to spar with the senior brothers, saying they would drop the matter if Qin Yi won.

Qin Yi accepted Huang Tianrong’s challenge and raised the stakes by wagering for the position of eldest senior brother on Emerald Bamboo Peak. Just as the duel was about to begin, Gu Yiyi arrived and urged Qin Yi to get off the platform before Huang Tianrong beat him.

• Huang Tianrong provoked Qin Yi into accepting a spar, while the other disciples mocked Qin Yi and called him a coward.
• Huang Tianrong selected ten senior disciples for Qin Yi to face, but Qin Yi chose Huang Tianrong instead.
• Qin Yi proposed that the loser would bow to the winner, with the winner becoming eldest senior brother of Emerald Bamboo Peak, and Huang Tianrong agreed.
• Gu Yiyi emerged in a new dress, learned that Qin Yi was challenging Huang Tianrong, and scolded him for risking a beating.

Qin Yi challenged Huang Tianrong for the position of Emerald Bamboo Peak's eldest senior brother and faced his full-strength sword technique. Qin Yi began building up Sword Qi during the fight, then used Divine Stroke to tear Huang Tianrong's clothes away.

• Qin Yi asked Gu Yiyi to witness his challenge to Huang Tianrong for the eldest senior brother position.
• Huang Tianrong agreed to spar and unleashed the manifest fire state of the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique.
• Qin Yi dodged Huang Tianrong's flaming Sword Qi with Bring in the Wine, then unexpectedly accumulated Sword Qi by tapping a nearby disciple with his sword.
• Qin Yi dashed back toward Huang Tianrong and used Divine Stroke, which burst Huang Tianrong's clothes apart and left him naked.

Qin Yi defeated Huang Tianrong using Green Lotus Sword Song, then accepted his challenge without using that technique and copied the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique. He knocked Huang Tianrong off the martial platform again with Six Stars Across the Sky, leaving Gu Yiyi amazed at his skill.

• Qin Yi accumulated Sword Qi and used Green Lotus Sword Song to strike Huang Tianrong off the martial platform, claiming the position of Emerald Bamboo Peak's eldest senior brother.
• Huang Tianrong dressed in the second senior brother's robe and demanded another fight, while Qin Yi realized he had mastered Huang Tianrong's sword moves through imitation.
• Huang Tianrong accused Qin Yi of joining with prior training, but Gu Yiyi explained that Qin Yi had received Green Lotus Sword Song from the Dao Comprehension Stone.
• Qin Yi agreed not to use Green Lotus Sword Song and demonstrated the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique, matching Huang Tianrong's Three Stars Chase the Moon.
• Qin Yi extended the technique into Six Stars Across the Sky and struck Huang Tianrong off the platform again, prompting Gu Yiyi to ask how he knew the move.

Qin Yi defeated Huang Tianrong with his improvised sword technique, and Gu Yiyi’s father appointed him eldest senior brother and promised to teach him the complete Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique. After learning that Gu Yiyi’s affection had reached 80, Qin Yi took her hand and ran outside.

• Qin Yi knocked Huang Tianrong from the martial arts platform with [Six Stars Across the Sky], and Gu Yiyi's father arrived to stop Huang Tianrong from retaliating.
• Qin Yi told the middle-aged scholar that he had copied the sword techniques from Huang Tianrong, and the scholar recognized his exceptional comprehension and offered to teach him the complete Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique.
• The middle-aged scholar declared Qin Yi the eldest senior brother, while Huang Tianrong had to accept his master's decision.
• Gu Yiyi's affection for Qin Yi rose to 80, and the system explained that she had begun to develop feelings of liking him.
• Qin Yi took Gu Yiyi's hand in front of the other disciples and ran outside.

Qin Yi persuaded Junior Sister Yiyi to teach him the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique, using their practice to grow closer and kiss her. Their intimacy raised her affection to 85 points, and she gradually accepted his deeper kiss.

• Qin Yi asked Junior Sister Yiyi to teach him the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique, and she agreed after he promised to keep the incident on Ao Head Mountain secret.
• Junior Sister Yiyi demonstrated the sword moves, while Qin Yi pretended to struggle so they could spend more time together.
• Junior Sister Yiyi taught Qin Yi hand over hand, and he kissed her as they practiced.
• After Qin Yi kissed her again, Junior Sister Yiyi's affection increased by 5 points to 85, and she eventually accepted his deeper kiss.

After Qin Yi’s affection score with Gu Yiyi reached 90, he became the person she liked most and triggered a reward for stealing her love. He wagered that he could reach Foundation Establishment in ten days, leaving Gu Yiyi to decide what he would owe if he failed.

• Qin Yi asked Gu Yiyi whether she liked him more than Hua Yunfeng, and her affection for Qin Yi rose to 90 as Hua Yunfeng’s fell to 85.
• Qin Yi told Gu Yiyi he would surpass Hua Yunfeng in every respect within three months, though she did not believe him.
• The system announced that Qin Yi had successfully stolen Gu Yiyi’s love and offered him a reward, but he chose not to claim it yet.
• Qin Yi wagered that he could reach Foundation Establishment in ten days if Gu Yiyi would take him on her next field assignment.
• Gu Yiyi accepted the wager and said that if Qin Yi lost, he would have to agree to whatever terms she later named.

Qin Yi claimed his reward and advanced from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment in one burst, astonishing Gu Yiyi and earning Gu Yanshan’s praise. Gu Yanshan agreed that Qin Yi could join Gu Yiyi on an outside assignment in three days.

• Gu Yanshan gave Qin Yi daily lessons, and within five days Qin Yi had mastered the Famous Sword Sect’s five great sword arts while keeping his skill hidden.
• After an evening lesson beneath the bodhi tree on the eighth day, Qin Yi claimed his reward and advanced five levels into Foundation Establishment, where he found a nine-story pagoda in his dantian.
• Gu Yanshan praised Qin Yi’s breakthrough, while Gu Yiyi questioned how he could reach Foundation Establishment so quickly.
• Gu Yanshan told Gu Yiyi that Qin Yi was a genius, suggested he might become their family’s son-in-law, and warned her not to get close to Hua Yunfeng.
• Gu Yiyi asked to take Qin Yi on an outside assignment in three days, and Gu Yanshan agreed.

Qin Yi accompanied Gu Yiyi on an assignment to gather spiritual herbs, joining disciples from other peaks aboard a Willow Leaf Boat. Song Xianming mocked Qin Yi for nearly losing his balance, leaving their journey tense.

• Qin Yi met Gu Yiyi at the path down Emerald Bamboo Peak and learned that their assignment was to gather spiritual herbs with three other disciples.
• Song Xianming, Xu Xinran, and Miao Xiufeng arrived at the mountain gate on a Willow Leaf Boat, and Gu Yiyi warned Qin Yi that Song Xianming was Huang Tianrong’s cousin.
• Qin Yi followed Gu Yiyi’s advice and stayed quiet when they boarded the boat, but its sudden departure nearly threw him off.
• Song Xianming sneered at Qin Yi for being unable to sit steadily on the Willow Leaf Boat.

Qin Yi challenged Song Xianming to settle their argument over seniority with a fight, and Gu Yiyi agreed after learning Qin Yi was confident he could win. The two prepared to fight with fists and feet, while Qin Yi generated Dharma’s Mantra Fist Art.

• Qin Yi called Song Xianming “Junior Brother Song” and insisted everyone present should call him senior brother.
• Song Xianming accepted Qin Yi’s challenge, and he brought the Willow Leaf Boat down to the ground.
• Gu Yiyi asked Qin Yi privately whether he could defeat Song Xianming, then agreed to let them fight when he said he could.
• Gu Yiyi made Song Xianming agree that neither fighter would tattle if either was injured.
• Qin Yi challenged Miao Xiufeng to fight as well, but Miao Xiufeng instead addressed him as Senior Brother Qin.
• Song Xianming proposed a fight with fists and feet, and Qin Yi generated Dharma’s Mantra Fist Art through the system.

Qin Yi defeated Song Xianming in a fist fight, and Xu Xinran revealed that Qin Yi had reached the foundation establishment late stage. The system then offered Qin Yi a mission to steal Xu Xinran, who was about to become Song Xianming’s Dao companion.

• Song Xianming challenged Qin Yi to fight with fists and feet, expecting to exploit his inexperience, and let Qin Yi attack first.
• Qin Yi used Mantra Fist Art to knock Song Xianming airborne, stun him against a tree, and batter him until he collapsed.
• Song Xianming accused Qin Yi of using a fist art outside the Famous Sword Sect, but Xu Xinran stopped him from challenging Qin Yi to swordsmanship.
• Xu Xinran used her special eyes to identify Qin Yi as at least foundation establishment late stage, surprising both Song Xianming and Qin Yi.
• The system detected that Xu Xinran was about to become Song Xianming’s wedded Dao companion and asked Qin Yi whether he would accept a mission to steal her love.

Qin Yi chose to pursue a divine skill reward and clashed with Song Xianming over Xu Xinran, who needed Qi Gathering Pills. Song Xianming stormed off, and Xu Xinran considered joining Qin Yi and the others on the herb-gathering assignment despite their team being one person short.

• Qin Yi learned that he could claim the divine skill Hand of Animation for a three-day trial and decided to delay accepting the mission until he had a chance to get closer to Xu Xinran.
• Song Xianming tried to abandon the assignment after Qin Yi flirted with Xu Xinran, but she hesitated to leave because she needed resources.
• Song Xianming called Xu Xinran a bitch and gave her an ultimatum before storming away, leaving her in tears.
• Xu Xinran explained that she needed Qi Gathering Pills because she was stuck at the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining, and Gu Yiyi urged her to continue the assignment without Song Xianming.
• Gu Yiyi proposed that Qin Yi fill Song Xianming's place, and Miao Xiufeng agreed to go if Xu Xinran went.

Xu Xinran joined Qin Yi and the others on their duty mission after Qin Yi warned her that Song Xianming might replace her as his Dao companion. As their Willow Leaf Boat headed into the clouds, Xiahou Tai offered to help Song Xianming take down Qin Yi and pursued the group with him.

• Gu Yiyi and Qin Yi persuaded Xu Xinran to join the mission, and she agreed to leave with them.
• The group boarded a Willow Leaf Boat, and Miao Xiufeng operated it while Qin Yi learned how its driving formation worked.
• Song Xianming watched the group depart and grew furious that Xu Xinran had disobeyed him and gone with Qin Yi.
• Xiahou Tai, the head disciple of Willow Leaf Peak and Song Xianming's ally, heard what had happened and offered to deal with Qin Yi.
• Song Xianming boarded Xiahou Tai's Willow Leaf Boat, and Xiahou Tai steered after Qin Yi's group.

Qin Yi and Gu Yiyi searched the Nine Turns Mountain Range for medicinal ingredients after dividing up the assignment with Miao Xiufeng and Xu Xinran. They found their first Thousand-Li Grass, and Qin Yi learned they would need to spend several days in the mountains, leaving him eager for the night ahead with Gu Yiyi.

• Qin Yi assigned himself the task of finding Fire Salamander Bone, while Gu Yiyi, Miao Xiufeng, and Xu Xinran each took two other ingredients to search for.
• Miao Xiufeng and Xu Xinran set off separately, and Qin Yi took Gu Yiyi's hand as they began searching together.
• Gu Yiyi showed Qin Yi a map of the mountain range and led him toward a gorge where Thousand-Li Grass and Celestial Maiden Bamboo grew.
• Qin Yi and Gu Yiyi searched through the forest, encountering hazards before Gu Yiyi found a stalk of Thousand-Li Grass.
• Qin Yi left part of the plant's roots in the soil before handing the harvested grass to Gu Yiyi.
• Gu Yiyi told Qin Yi that assignments usually took four or five days, so they would spend the night in the mountains.

Qin Yi and Gu Yiyi searched for Thousand-Li Grass before sheltering overnight inside a tortoise-shell grotto-heaven. Qin Yi repeatedly used an ice technique to make Gu Yiyi cold, then pulled her into his arms as she tried to move away.

• Qin Yi asked why the Famous Sword Sect did not cultivate Thousand-Li Grass, and Gu Yiyi explained that cultivated herbs had much weaker medicinal potency.
• Qin Yi and Gu Yiyi searched both sides of the stream for four hours and found only one more stalk of Thousand-Li Grass.
• Gu Yiyi enlarged a rare tortoise shell her father had refined and invited Qin Yi to shelter with her overnight.
• When the grotto-heaven grew chilly, Gu Yiyi asked Qin Yi whether he was cold, and he climbed under her quilt to share it.
• Qin Yi repeatedly unleashed [Winter Has Arrived] outside the entrance, piling ice and snow around the grotto-heaven until Gu Yiyi began shivering.
• Qin Yi pulled Gu Yiyi into his arms and held her tighter when she tried to move away.