Recaps

Li Ye rebuilt his cultivation and reputation by mastering spirit farming, while negotiating with his family for inheritances and steering clear of Cai Shiwei’s circle. His successful harvest earned him a chance to tend Elder Ji Qing’s fields, where he impressed the other candidates and began the next trial.

• Li Ye took a spirit-farming task, used his hidden panel to improve his Planting skill, and raised a thriving crop of Jade Sprout Rice despite his injuries.
• Li Ye harvested Jade Sprout Spiritual Essence to refine his Law Power, recovered his cultivation, and refused Tang Xiaohan and Cai Shiwei’s invitations to join dangerous ventures.
• After Cai Shiwei survived an attack and gained Elder support, Li Ye negotiated with his Third Uncle, sold his spirit-field rights to the Li Household, and received first-tier talisman, pill, and artifact-refinement inheritances.
• Li Ye introduced Li Zongyin to Cai Shiwei at the recruitment ceremony, then used Jade Sprout Spiritual Essence and the banquet’s food and wine to heal his injuries completely.
• Li Ye harvested 287 jin of Jade Sprout Rice, shared farming advice with other disciples, and received a token granting him access to planting tasks in the spirit medicine garden.
• Li Ye accompanied Old Man Luo to Elder Ji Qing’s mountain, where he faced Yao Shaohui, Gu Daojin, and Xiong Yinxiu in a competition for a spirit-field position.
• Elder Ji gave all four candidates a chance to prove themselves by recording how to tend Blazing Sun Flowers and Blood Li Rice, then assigned them fields to cultivate.
• Li Ye’s Blood Li Rice seedlings thrived, prompting Yao Shaohui and Gu Daojin to apologize, and Elder Ji praised Li Ye before assigning all four candidates to plant Blazing Sun Flowers.