Arc 2Xu Fan’s Rise and Challenge
Xu Fan escaped his pursuers, advanced through Qi Refinement, and drew the attention of powerful sects and households. After accepting ties with several factions and climbing the Hidden Dragon Ranking, he defeated Chen Cuo and returned to seclusion.
- Xu Fan escaped Mu Yunyang and entered Yishan City under the alias Ning Caichen, where Zhao Yuanhai tried to manipulate him into seeking a cultivation method and joining the Zhao Clan.
- Xu Fan self-destructed to avoid being taken by the Sword Sect, revived at Peach Blossom Spring Lake, and later killed two of the Three Heroes of the Yin Mountains before breaking through to Qi Refinement.
- Xu Fan killed Mu Fangjin and Han Tianling, then received offers from Tie Shan, Huang Tianfu, Yu Qing, and Yang Haitian, accepting an honorary elder position with the Mystic Yang Sect.
- Xu Fan reached second-layer Qi Refinement and returned to Changxing Market as Wu Song, where he traded pills with the Fang, Li, and Du Households while seeking Supreme Yin methods.
- The Fang and Li Households plotted to lure a black flood dragon against Wu Song, while Xu Fan returned to the Mystic Yang Sect to face Chen Cuo’s challenge.
- Chen Cuo attacked Xu Fan with the seventh form of the Sea-Overturning Saber Technique, but Xu Fan evaded it with Dark Moon Hidden Shadow and defeated him.
- Xu Fan took a Minor Restoration Pill and returned to seclusion, while Huang Tianfu saw a veiled woman’s pure azure fortune and suspected she was a young Primal Core cultivator.