Arc 3The Saber-Nurturing Path
Xu Fan seized the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit, defeated challengers in Bingzhou, and chose to pursue the Great Reversion Pill through Saber-Nurturing Valley. The arc ended with him clearing the Fallen Star Pagoda and rejecting the first Weapon Master’s path and the Great Wilderness Demon-Slaying Saber.
- Bai Lianxin told Xu Fan to seek a Great Reversion Pill through another faction, and Xu Fan chose Saber-Nurturing Valley before using her lotus seed to reach the fourth layer of Qi Refinement.
- Xu Fan killed Luo Quan in Black Sea City, took his Storage Bag, and later cultivated to Great Grandmaster while learning that a black flood dragon threatened Rosy Clouds Island.
- Xu Fan followed the True Person disciples to Rosy Clouds Island, killed Fang Mingyuan and Jueming, and seized the Water-Fire Primordial Spirit during the battle with the black flood dragon.
- Xu Fan went to Bingzhou City with Yang Haitian, where he defeated Wang Sheng and weakened Wang Xuanpeng and Yu Han before they escaped with threats of retaliation.
- Xu Fan asked Yu Qing to gather information for him through the Jade Maiden Society, while Xia Qianqian’s vision of a figure defeating seven weapon masters led the Three Lives Pavilion to warn other factions.
- Xu Fan decided to join Saber-Nurturing Valley to pursue the Great Reversion Pill and traveled there with Su Ya and Su Qiang.
- Xu Fan cleared the Fallen Star Pagoda’s first ten floors with his fists and reached the twelfth floor, then learned the Great Wilderness Demon-Slaying Saber already had a master and declined the first Weapon Master’s Dao.