Recaps

Xu Fan defeated the first-generation Weapon Lord's phantom on the Fallen Star Pagoda's twelfth floor and gained a boost to his cultivation. Outside the pagoda, the four Lineage Peak Masters discussed his achievement and whether any lineage would take him in.

• Xu Fan weakened the Weapon Lord's phantom with Spiritual Radiance Essence Erosion and fought it with the Great Sun True Yang Fist.
• The Weapon Lord's phantom praised Xu Fan's strength, then became starlight that strengthened Xu Fan's physique, Divine Sense, and cultivation.
• Xu Fan reached Qi Refinement Sixth Layer and Fourth Revolution True Essence, then wondered whether the first-generation Weapon Lords were still alive beyond the Heavenly Gate.
• The four Lineage Peak Masters saw Xu Fan's name on the twelfth floor and discussed his unexpected arrival and extraordinary combat power.
• The Heaven Lineage Peak Master suggested the lineages consider taking Xu Fan in, while the Hong Lineage Peak Master said his lineage was not suited to him.

The Saber-Nurturing Valley Peak Masters assigned Xu Fan to the Huang Lineage despite concerns about his loyalty and power, while acknowledging the danger of letting another Pang Wuji mature. Xu Fan emerged after reaching the twelfth floor of the Fallen Star Pagoda and greeted a Land Immortal who approached him.

• The Heaven Lineage Peak Master decided that the Huang Lineage would take Xu Fan in after the Earth Lineage Peak Master raised no objection.
• The Peak Masters discussed Xu Fan’s talent and warned that Saber-Nurturing Valley would not allow someone like Pang Wuji to fully mature if such a threat arose again.
• Chen Cuo arrived at the Fallen Star Pagoda, newly advanced to the Primal Core realm, and vowed that he would not lose to Xu Fan again.
• Su Qiang and Su Ya saw Xu Fan’s name on the twelfth floor, where it stood beside Shentu Yun’s, and recognized his extraordinary achievement.
• Xu Fan emerged from the pagoda, ignored Chen Cuo’s fighting gaze, and greeted a plainly dressed old man whom he sensed was a Land Immortal.

Xu Fan became a Reserve True Disciple of Saber-Nurturing Valley after reaching the twelfth floor of the Fallen Star Pagoda, and the Huang Lineage Peak Master warned him about the Wang Clan’s Primal Core heir. When Chen Cuo challenged him, Xu Fan refused and declared he would give Chen time to catch up, prompting Chen to unleash his Divine Intention.

• The Huang Lineage Peak Master praised Xu Fan’s Divine Intention, warned him that Wang Sheng’s elder brother was a formidable Primal Core cultivator, and accepted Xu Fan’s resolve to face him.
• The Peak Master made Xu Fan a Huang Lineage disciple, gave him a Reserve True Disciple token and his reward for reaching the twelfth floor, then disappeared.
• Su Ya recognized Xu Fan as the man who had defeated Chen Cuo, and Chen challenged Xu Fan to fight again.
• Xu Fan refused Chen’s challenge, saying he had no interest in fighting for the seventh True Disciple position or its greater resources.
• After Chen accused Xu Fan of being afraid, Xu Fan said he would give Chen time to catch up until he could no longer see him from afar.
• Furious, Chen Cuo released a scorching, domineering Divine Intention that formed a great sun above the crowd.

Xu Fan arrived at Saber-Nurturing Valley after demonstrating that his strength could force Chen Cuo, a Primal Core cultivator, onto the defensive. After learning about the valley’s resources and True Disciple challenges, Xu Fan declared he would challenge the fifth True Disciple in one month.

• Xu Fan struck Chen Cuo with one punch, then vanished using Dark Moon Hidden Shadow, leaving Chen Cuo to renew his determination to improve.
• Su Qiang took Su Ya to register with the Earth Lineage after Xu Fan departed for Saber-Nurturing Valley.
• Lu Yuanling welcomed Xu Fan to the valley and explained her role, the benefits of his alternate True Disciple status, and the contribution-point system.
• Xu Fan asked whether he could challenge a True Disciple, and Lu Yuanling warned him that the other eight were powerful Primal Core cultivators.
• Xu Fan told Lu Yuanling to prepare for him to challenge the fifth True Disciple in one month, startling her.

Xu Fan’s plan to challenge Lu Shaotian stirred discussion among Saber-Nurturing Valley’s disciples and drew attention from Fu Yuanwu, Chen Cuo, and Bai Lianxin. The chapter revealed that Shentu Yun had become a Weapon Lord, leaving the Great Reversion Pill contest uncertain for Xu Fan and ending with Bai Lianxin wondering how Xu Fan had become so powerful.

• Fu Yuanwu asked Chen Cuo to assess Xu Fan’s chances against Lu Shaotian, and Chen Cuo estimated that Xu Fan had an eighty percent chance of winning.
• Fu Yuanwu and Chen Cuo discussed Shentu Yun’s awakening of the Great Wilderness Demon-Slaying Saber and concluded that he had become a Weapon Lord, making the Great Reversion Pill difficult for either of them to obtain.
• Shen Guan confronted Bai Lianxin about her role in directing Xu Fan to Saber-Nurturing Valley, and she admitted she had revealed information about the Great Reversion Pill.
• Shen Guan said the Path Masters wanted an explanation from Bai Lianxin and White Lotus Madam, while Bai Lianxin declared she would compete for the Great Reversion Pill and ordered him to leave.
• After Shen Guan departed, Bai Lianxin wondered whether Xu Fan was a Weapon Lord or an unusually powerful inheritor of a Celestial Person’s legacy.

Xu Fan, posing as Liang Shanbo, joined the Chen Household and learned from Chai Yunshan that the commandery clans were sending recruited Rogue Cultivators into a dangerous conflict over an ancient treasured land. He learned that the Zhao Clan had offered a Purple Mysterious Pill and a Foundation Establishment Law Artifact to anyone who killed Zhang Yaozu, leaving him to weigh the risks and opportunities of the conflict.

• Xu Fan entered seclusion at Clear Water Peak after joining the Chen Household as Liang Shanbo.
• Chai Yunshan visited Xu Fan with wine and warned him that joining the Chen Household at this time had been a dangerous choice.
• Chai Yunshan explained that the Nanyue Zhao Clan and Linhai Luo Clan were fighting over a treasured land from High Antiquity and using Rogue Cultivators to bolster their forces.
• Xu Fan learned that Luo Chongyun had been pursuing a Joint Cultivation Human Pill using Zhang Yaozu, and that cultivators from the other three commanderies had joined the conflict.
• Chai Yunshan told Xu Fan that the Zhao Clan had promised a Purple Mysterious Pill and a Foundation Establishment Law Artifact to whoever killed Zhang Yaozu.

Xu Fan learned that Zhang Yaozu was being forced toward the High Antiquity treasure land and agreed to Chai Yunshan’s request that they look out for each other. The Chen Household discussed Liang Shanbo’s uncertain background and decided to use the expedition as a chance to seize his inheritance if he died.

• Xu Fan heard that Zhang Yaozu, a Luo Clan cultivator with a Foundation Establishment Law Artifact, was resisting the plan to refine him into a human pill and might enter the High Antiquity treasure land.
• Chai Yunshan asked Xu Fan to watch each other’s backs, worried about what would happen to his family if he died, and Xu Fan agreed.
• Chen Jianxing asked Chen Jingyan about Liang Shanbo’s background, and Chen Jingyan said he seemed to be a Rogue Cultivator concealing his origins.
• Chen Jianxing decided Liang Shanbo would join the Chen Household’s expedition, while the family’s own cultivators stayed protected and the outside-surname cultivators faced the danger.
• Chen Jingyan noted that Liang Shanbo might possess a seventh-grade true-fire Cultivation Method, and Chen Jianxing ordered him to arrange to take it if an opportunity arose.

Liu Changfeng received a green talisman from True Person Qingsong and was sent to the High Antiquity treasure land to obtain a Foundation Establishment spiritual object and return quickly. Xu Fan reached the Great Sun Golden Body’s second refinement and second transformation, then prepared to join Chen Jingyan’s clansmen on their trip to the treasure land.

• True Person Qingsong told Liu Changfeng that his Foundation Establishment opportunity lay in the High Antiquity treasure land, gave him a green talisman to locate it, and warned him not to pursue anything else.
• Liu Changfeng suspected that powerful forces were influencing the Red Pine Sect’s handling of the treasure land, but decided to follow his master’s instructions and leave promptly.
• Song Junqing met Liu Changfeng at the foot of the peak, encouraged him to pursue his opportunity, and let him continue on his way.
• Xu Fan advanced the Great Sun Golden Body to its second refinement and second transformation, bringing his martial cultivation to the fifth transformation of True Essence.
• Chen Jingyan visited Xu Fan and said that he and the Chen Household’s clansmen would travel to the Zhao Clan’s Immortal Clan and hoped Xu Fan would help them find opportunities in the treasure land.