Recaps

Qin Yi used the hailstorm and Hand of Nüwa to grow close to Gu Yiyi, who reached 100 affection points and became his lover. The system rewarded him with the Ultimate Detection Technique, which could locate anything within a hundred li.

• Qin Yi summoned another hailstorm and held Gu Yiyi in the turtle-shell grotto-heaven while they waited out the weather.
• Qin Yi accepted the mission to win Xu Xinran's affection and used his advance blessing of Hand of Nüwa on Gu Yiyi.
• Qin Yi kissed Gu Yiyi, and their intimacy brought her affection score to 100.
• After the storm passed, Qin Yi and Gu Yiyi slept together, then set out hand in hand to search for mission materials.
• Qin Yi asked the system for his promised reward, accepted the Ultimate Detection Technique, and learned it could locate anything within a hundred li.

Qin Yi quickly gathered the materials Gu Yiyi needed, then sent her out of the Nine Turns Mountain Range and used the [Ultimate Detection Technique] to find Xu Xinran. He reached her in a cave, where five enormous lizards had cornered her and were tearing at her clothes.

• Qin Yi used the [Ultimate Detection Technique] to gather eight stalks of [Thousand-Li Grass] and thirteen stalks of [Heavenly Maiden Bamboo] in under an hour.
• Gu Yiyi showed Qin Yi her smaller harvest, then agreed to leave the mountain while he searched for [Fire Salamander Bone].
• After Gu Yiyi left, Qin Yi used the [Ultimate Detection Technique] to locate Xu Xinran and followed the signal to a limestone cave.
• Qin Yi cut down bats at the cave entrance and rushed deeper after hearing a scream.
• Qin Yi found Xu Xinran surrounded by five enormous lizards, which tore her skirt and left her panicked.

Qin Yi rescued Xu Xinran from four oversized Fire Salamander Beasts and used their precarious refuge on a narrow ledge to get closer to her. After he pretended to have exhausted his spiritual power and made her stumble, Xu Xinran clung to him in fear, raising her favorability to 40.

• Qin Yi carried Xu Xinran away from the Fire Salamander Beasts and onto a narrow ledge, where they had to hold each other to avoid falling.
• Xu Xinran explained that she had come seeking Rhinoceros Horn Stone and deep yin water, and Qin Yi realized the beasts were far larger than expected.
• Qin Yi noticed Xu Xinran's injured arm and learned that she had nearly exhausted her spiritual power while fighting bats and searching for beasts.
• Qin Yi claimed he had also run out of spiritual power, suggesting they would have to remain on the ledge together for twelve hours.
• Qin Yi used Hand of Nüwa on Xu Xinran's waist, causing her to lose her balance, then caught and held her as she clung to him in fright.
• Xu Xinran's favorability toward Qin Yi rose from 30 to 40.

Qin Yi manipulated the Fire Salamander Beasts to frighten Xu Xinran into growing closer to him, and their forced intimacy raised her affection for him to 80 points. After she woke and cried over what had happened, Qin Yi comforted her and claimed she was his, but she worried about Senior Brother Song finding out.

• Qin Yi secretly attacked the Fire Salamander Beasts to keep them threatening Xu Xinran and make her cling to him on the stone platform.
• Qin Yi knocked rocks loose to help the beasts climb higher, and Xu Xinran climbed onto him in fear before eventually falling asleep against his shoulder.
• Xu Xinran woke to find the Fire Salamander Beasts gone and cried as she remembered becoming intimate with Qin Yi.
• Qin Yi blamed the beasts, asked whether Xu Xinran hated him, and learned she did not as her affection for him rose to 80 points.
• Qin Yi held Xu Xinran and promised to treat her well, while she tearfully asked what would happen if Senior Brother Song found out.

Qin Yi worried that Xu Xinran’s arranged bond with Song Xianming would expose their relationship, then resolved to kill Song Xianming after the system offered him a mystery reward. He persuaded Xu Xinran to remain outside the Famous Sword Sect as his lover, and she agreed to call him her husband.

• Qin Yi considered the danger of claiming Xu Xinran while she was Song Xianming’s chosen Dao companion and thought about killing Song Xianming.
• The system offered Qin Yi a mystery reward if he killed Xu Xinran’s former partner, and he accepted the prospect of doing so.
• Qin Yi promised to protect Xu Xinran and persuaded her to leave the Famous Sword Sect and let him provide for her outside it.
• Xu Xinran agreed to stay outside the sect, then called Qin Yi her husband, raising her affection score to 100.

Qin Yi claimed three Nascent Soul Experience Cards after receiving affection points from Xu Xinran, then helped her leave the cave and gathered the assignment materials she had missed. He lured a Fire Salamander Beast out of the flooded passage, preparing to hunt the beasts for their bones.

• Qin Yi claimed three cards that each granted him Nascent Soul power for ten minutes and kissed Xu Xinran in excitement.
• Qin Yi helped Xu Xinran dress, lent her his outer robe to cover her torn skirt, and led her off the stone platform.
• Qin Yi found eggs buried beneath the sand and hurried out of the cave with Xu Xinran before the Fire Salamander Beasts returned.
• Qin Yi used his Ultimate Detection Technique to find the Rhinoceros Horn Stone and Deep Yin Water, then collected both materials.
• Qin Yi detected Fire Salamander Beasts hiding in the flooded passage and threw stones to lure one out.

Qin Yi killed three Fire Salamander Beasts and collected the materials for his mission before preparing to leave with Xu Xinran. Song Xianming found them embracing and attacked Qin Yi, who answered with his Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique.

• Qin Yi used his peak Foundation Establishment power to kill three Fire Salamander Beasts and extract their spines.
• Qin Yi found deep yin water and rhinoceros horn stone, then reunited with Xu Xinran and said they would leave.
• Qin Yi kissed Xu Xinran and planned to escort her out of the Nine Turns Mountain Range by another route.
• Song Xianming found Qin Yi and Xu Xinran together, and Qin Yi told him to bow out.
• Song Xianming charged at Qin Yi, who drew his sword and unleashed the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique against Song Xianming's Jade Pivot Sword Art.

Qin Yi defeated Song Xianming with the Nine Stars Flash in Unison, then agreed to kill him after Xu Xinran feared the sect’s punishment. A newcomer stopped Qin Yi with a stone and revealed an Image-Recording Pearl that had captured the confrontation.

• Qin Yi broke through Song Xianming’s seven layers of stored force, defeated him, and left him badly burned and unable to stand.
• Qin Yi told Song Xianming to stop harassing Xu Xinran, but Song threatened to report them and have Xu punished.
• Xu Xinran asked Qin Yi to kill Song Xianming to prevent the punishment, and Qin Yi threw his sword at Song’s heart.
• A newcomer knocked Qin Yi’s sword aside, displayed an Image-Recording Pearl containing the cavern’s events, and gave Song a medicinal pill.

After Song Xianming accused Qin Yi of seducing Xu Xinran, Xiahou Tai revealed his plan to kill them and blame wild beasts. Qin Yi learned Xiahou Tai had reached lesser achievement of the Golden Core and faced his overwhelming pressure as Xu Xinran hid deeper in the cavern.

• Song Xianming recovered from his injuries and identified Qin Yi as Gu Yanshan’s prized disciple.
• Xiahou Tai put away the Image-Recording Pearl and agreed with Song Xianming to kill Qin Yi and Xu Xinran, then claim wild beasts had attacked them.
• Xu Xinran recognized Xiahou Tai, and Qin Yi saw that he was a Chosen One · Antagonist who cultivated the Heavenly Demon Dao by sacrificing human hearts.
• Qin Yi sent Xu Xinran deeper into the cave, and she kissed him before hurrying away.
• Xiahou Tai extended his nails and released his Golden Core pressure, forcing Qin Yi’s feet into the ground.

Qin Yi used a Nascent Soul Experience Card to withstand Xiahou Tai’s attack and overpower the Golden Core expert. The chapter ended with Qin Yi snapping off both of Xiahou Tai’s hands.

• Xiahou Tai unleashed his killing intent and attacked Qin Yi with a streak of light.
• Qin Yi activated a Nascent Soul Experience Card and shattered Xiahou Tai’s first attack with Gang Qi.
• Xiahou Tai assumed Qin Yi relied on a treasure and charged at him with Heavenly Demon Pierce.
• Qin Yi caught Xiahou Tai’s wrists and crushed the bones in both hands.
• Qin Yi bent Xiahou Tai’s arms and snapped off both hands, leaving blood pouring from his wrists.

Qin Yi killed Xiahou Tai and Song Xianming after they tried to kill him, then destroyed a demonic inheritance hidden in Xiahou Tai’s ring. He reunited with Xu Xinran and gave her the resources he had taken from Xiahou Tai.

• Qin Yi killed Xiahou Tai and Song Xianming after overpowering them.
• Qin Yi found a Demon Venerable’s remnant soul in Xiahou Tai’s ring, rejected its inheritance, and crushed the ring.
• Qin Yi took Xiahou Tai’s spirit stones and pills, burned both bodies, and found Xu Xinran hiding in the cave.
• Qin Yi told Xu Xinran he had killed the men and reassured her that he would not abandon her.
• Qin Yi gave Xu Xinran nearly all of Xiahou Tai’s resources, moving her with his generosity.

Qin Yi returned from the mountain range with Xu Xinran and his fellow disciples, then confronted Hua Yunfeng’s entitlement at the Mission Pavilion. After Hua Yunfeng implied Qin Yi should keep supplying materials for him, Qin Yi withdrew the materials and refused to turn in the mission.

• Qin Yi led Xu Xinran out of the cavern, and they met Gu Yiyi near the edge of the mountain range.
• Qin Yi, Xu Xinran, and Gu Yiyi waited more than four hours for Miao Xiufeng, who emerged with all the required materials.
• The four disciples returned to the sect and brought their mission materials to the Mission Pavilion.
• The medicine-refining elder praised the fire salamander bones and said Hua Yunfeng had first priority for sect resources.
• Hua Yunfeng noticed Gu Yiyi's closeness with Qin Yi and spoke to Qin Yi as though he should keep supplying materials for him.
• Qin Yi took the materials back from the counter and refused to turn in the mission.

Qin Yi refused to submit the mission materials and openly challenged Hua Yunfeng and Elder Gan Lusong at the Mission Hall. When Gan Lusong attacked him, Gu Yanshan intervened and defended Qin Yi, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Qin Yi kept the mission materials and promised Miao Xiufeng and Xu Xinran that he would provide their cultivation supplies next month.
• Hua Yunfeng blocked Qin Yi and demanded the materials, but Qin Yi rejected his claim to be his senior brother.
• Elder Gan Lusong rebuked Qin Yi and ordered him to kneel, but Qin Yi refused and challenged his authority.
• Gan Lusong attacked Qin Yi with a forceful palm strike, and Qin Yi prepared to use a Nascent Soul Experience Card.
• Gu Yanshan cut apart Gan Lusong's attack with Sword Qi, then defended Qin Yi and warned Gan Lusong not to threaten his disciple again.

Qin Yi stood up to Elder Gan and Hua Yunfeng over the fire salamander bone, with Gu Yanshan backing him and taking him back to Emerald Bamboo Peak. Hua Yunfeng calmed himself with Sister Yu’s advice, while Gu Yanshan later warned Qin Yi that he was not yet strong enough to defeat Hua Yunfeng.

• Elder Gan tried to stop Qin Yi from reclaiming his materials, but Gu Yanshan confronted him and defended Qin Yi’s right to keep them.
• Hua Yunfeng asked Qin Yi to leave him the rare fire salamander bone, but Qin Yi refused and left with Gu Yanshan and Gu Yiyi.
• Hua Yunfeng confided his anger to Sister Yu, who urged him to stay calm and focus on winning Gu Qingshuang over to gain access to the Famous Sword Sect’s secret.
• Elder Gan rejected the materials brought in by Emerald Bamboo Peak disciples, while Hua Yunfeng watched without intervening.
• Gu Yanshan asked Qin Yi what he thought of Hua Yunfeng and warned him that, despite his talent, he was not yet Hua Yunfeng’s match.

Qin Yi learned Gu Yanshan’s sword principles and received precious pills, then claimed a system reward: an Energy Surge Pill that granted limitless stamina for three days. When Gu Yiyi visited, Qin Yi secretly took a pill while drawing her into his room to test its effects.

• Gu Yanshan demonstrated a sword strike, taught Qin Yi about martial momentum, and gave him a bottle of Origin Returning Pills.
• Qin Yi recognized the strike’s momentum as speed and decided to save the pills for Xu Xinran.
• Qin Yi remembered his unclaimed reward for killing Xu Xinran’s ex, and the system gave him an Energy Surge Pill.
• Gu Yiyi came to ask what Gu Yanshan had discussed with Qin Yi, and Qin Yi teased her about marriage before pulling her into his room.
• Qin Yi secretly swallowed an Energy Surge Pill to test its effects.

After Gu Yiyi left Qin Yi’s room, he learned the history behind Gu Yanshan’s resentment toward Gu Yanhe and Hua Yunfeng. Gu Yanshan intended to nurture Qin Yi so he could surpass Hua Yunfeng and prove the clan elders wrong.

• Gu Yiyi hurried back after Qin Yi teased her and warned that her father might discover where she had been.
• Qin Yi considered visiting Xu Xinran at Pine Cloud Peak while the medicine’s effects still burned within him.
• Qin Yi recalled Gu Yiyi’s account of how Gu Yanhe’s schemes had cost Gu Yanshan the sect master’s position and contributed to his wife’s death.
• Gu Yanshan had stayed at the Famous Sword Sect for his daughter’s sake, becoming an aloof elder at Emerald Bamboo Peak.
• Qin Yi realized Gu Yanshan planned to use his talent to help him surpass Hua Yunfeng and settle an old grudge against Gu Yanhe.

Qin Yi encountered Huang Tianrong and Nie Jianyun, then went to the Heaven-Reaching River, where he watched Gu Qingshuang and Xiao Qingyu practice swordplay. He recognized a flaw in Xiao Qingyu’s technique and offered her advice.

• Qin Yi made Huang Tianrong and Nie Jianyun greet him as their eldest senior brother.
• Huang Tianrong told Nie Jianyun he planned to have his cousin Song Xianming deal with Qin Yi when Song returned.
• Qin Yi went to the Heaven-Reaching River and saw Gu Qingshuang and Xiao Qingyu practicing the Jade Pivot Sword Art.
• Qin Yi learned that Gu Qingshuang was a candidate Daughter of Destiny and that Xiao Qingyu’s intended Dao companion was Shangguan Qing.
• After Gu Qingshuang left for Snow Maple Ridge, Qin Yi advised Xiao Qingyu to gather True Qi at the Lieque acupoint before each sword swing.

Qin Yi helped Xiao Qingyu improve her Jade Pivot Sword Art and learned that the coming Sword Debate for First Place had made most disciples reluctant to share their insights. He invited her to exchange swordsmanship with him and asked about her talent for linking moves.

• Xiao Qingyu followed Qin Yi’s advice to gather True Qi at the Lieque acupoint and found that her sword art drew a much broader line of water.
• Xiao Qingyu thanked Qin Yi, introduced herself as a disciple of Cold Plum Peak, and said she knew of him through Gu Qingshuang.
• Xiao Qingyu explained that the Famous Sword Sect’s Sword Debate for First Place would take place in two months, making disciples wary of sharing their techniques with potential rivals.
• Qin Yi invited Xiao Qingyu to exchange insights and praised how smoothly she linked her sword moves.
• Qin Yi asked Xiao Qingyu if she had any tricks for combining her sword moves so fluidly.

Qin Yi told Xiao Qingyu he mainly practiced the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique and sparred with her, using their exchange to deepen her interest in him. Xiao Qingyu asked to spar again, while Qin Yi left her anticipating another meeting and primed to compare him with Shangguan Qing.

• Xiao Qingyu and Qin Yi discussed the upcoming Sword Debate for First Place, and Qin Yi said he would probably compete.
• Qin Yi told Xiao Qingyu that he mainly practiced the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique, so they would not face each other in the same arena.
• Qin Yi and Xiao Qingyu exchanged more than seventy sword moves, and she sensed that the two sword arts shared techniques.
• Xiao Qingyu asked Qin Yi to spar with her again, and he left without promising to return, suggesting she could spar with Shangguan Qing instead.
• Qin Yi intended his vague answer and suggestion to make Xiao Qingyu anticipate him and compare Shangguan Qing's sparring with his.

Xiao Qingyu saw that Shangguan Qing’s swordsmanship failed to help her refine the insights Qin Yi had given her, while Qin Yi met Xu Xinran at Pine Cloud Peak and took her into a cave. The chapter left Qin Yi and Xu Xinran alone together, with Qin Yi making a move beyond the hug she had offered.

• Xiao Qingyu asked Shangguan Qing to spar, but he dismissed the idea that their sword techniques shared common ground.
• Shangguan Qing knocked Xiao Qingyu’s sword into the water after three moves and left for Snow Maple Ridge, leaving her discouraged.
• Qin Yi arrived at Pine Cloud Peak and met Xu Xinran as she collected water with other female disciples.
• Qin Yi embraced Xu Xinran and asked whether her master had questioned her about Song Xianming’s disappearance; she said her master had not pressed her.
• Xu Xinran led Qin Yi to a nearby cave for a hug, where he kissed her and lifted her skirt.

Xu Xinran and Qin Yi discussed keeping a child and Qin Yi taking responsibility, while he helped her recover with Qi Gathering Pills. After they parted, Qin Yi worried about the remaining effects of the Thousand-Control Pill and spotted a familiar, lonely figure by the river.

• Xu Xinran asked Qin Yi whether they would keep a child, and he promised they would and that he would acknowledge it as his.
• Qin Yi asked Xu Xinran for Qi Gathering Pills for Miao Xiufeng, then fed Xu Xinran two pills to help her recover.
• Xu Xinran left by sword near nightfall, still trembling from the effects of the Thousand-Control Pill.
• Qin Yi worried that the pill would remain effective for two more days, then noticed a familiar, graceful figure standing lonely by the river.

Qin Yi chose to compete in the Sword Debate for First Place with the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique while hiding the Jade Pivot Sword Art, and he hoped to claim the overall title. After Gu Yanshan described the deadly Blood-Colored Forbidden Land as a possible path to a breakthrough, Qin Yi refused to enter it.

• Qin Yi left Xiao Qingyu alone by the river and returned to Emerald Bamboo Peak to meditate.
• Qin Yi told Gu Yanshan he would use the Heavenly Secrets Sword Technique in the Sword Debate and keep the Jade Pivot Sword Art hidden.
• Qin Yi declared that he wanted the overall sword chief title, while Gu Yanshan said he would be satisfied with a division title.
• Qin Yi explained that his Foundation Establishment Great Perfection might let him reach Golden Core within two months, and Gu Yanshan described the opportunities and dangers of the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land.
• Qin Yi decisively refused to enter the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land, and Gu Yanshan agreed that he should stay away.

Qin Yi found Xiao Qingyu upset after Shangguan Qing scolded her for repeatedly asking him to spar, and he comforted her by encouraging her chances in the Sword Debate for First Place. Xiao Qingyu’s affection for Qin Yi increased, and he invited her to spar again.

• After five days without seeing Xu Xinran, Qin Yi encountered a haggard Xiao Qingyu standing by the Heaven-Reaching River.
• Xiao Qingyu had left after Shangguan Qing scolded her for repeatedly asking him to spar, and she worried that her cultivation and swordsmanship would not be enough for the Sword Debate for First Place.
• Qin Yi went to the cave to meet Xu Xinran, but she was not there, so he returned to the river and spoke with Xiao Qingyu.
• Qin Yi encouraged Xiao Qingyu, telling her she could still compete for a branch sword champion title without reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Xiao Qingyu smiled and said Qin Yi felt like an old friend; her affection for him increased, and Qin Yi invited her to spar again.

Qin Yi taught Xiao Qingyu how to build up nine layers of force in the Jade Pivot Sword Art, and their sparring and hands-on practice raised her favorability toward him to 70. After avoiding her for several days, Qin Yi encountered her again by the river, where she sat hugging her feet with a vacant stare.

• Qin Yi sparred with Xiao Qingyu, lifting her spirits and making her realize Shangguan Qing had not been fully engaged when they practiced together.
• Qin Yi taught Xiao Qingyu a method for quickly accumulating nine layers of force in the Jade Pivot Sword Art, which he had learned from Gu Yanshan.
• Qin Yi guided Xiao Qingyu through the movements by holding her wrist, and she successfully gathered all nine layers of force.
• Xiao Qingyu requested several more hands-on lessons, and Qin Yi's favorability toward her rose to 70 as their interaction grew intimate.
• Qin Yi declined to meet Xiao Qingyu for the next two or three days, then encountered her by the river on the fourth day, sitting with a vacant stare.

Xiao Qingyu told Qin Yi she planned to enter the deadly Blood-Colored Forbidden Land alone, after interpreting his advice about affection as proof that Shangguan Qing found her annoying. After she left, Qin Yi considered following her, and the system assured him that his Ultimate Detection Technique could help him avoid danger there.

• Qin Yi learned that Xiao Qingyu wanted to enter the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land in hopes of gaining an opportunity and becoming stronger.
• Qin Yi told Xiao Qingyu that affection kept people from finding one another annoying, leading her to conclude that Shangguan Qing did not return her feelings.
• Xiao Qingyu decided to enter the forbidden land alone and asked Qin Yi to keep her plan secret if she died.
• Qin Yi wondered whether to follow Xiao Qingyu and asked the system about the forbidden land.
• The system told Qin Yi that his Ultimate Detection Technique could help him avoid danger, and he became eager to go.