Recaps

After transmigrating into the body of a Yunyang Sect spirit-plant farmer, Wang Chen worked to recover three days of neglected care for his fields. Casting the Cloud Rain Art revealed a mysterious experience message and a data panel, leaving him to discover the system’s potential.

• Wang Chen accepted that he had transmigrated from Earth into the body of a seventeen-year-old Outer Sect disciple named Wang Chen.
• Wang Chen remembered his duties as a Spirit Plant Farmer and rushed to tend the ten mu of neglected Spirit Fields.
• Wang Chen spent the day clearing weeds and used the Cloud Rain Art to water the thirsty Spirit Rice.
• Wang Chen saw a message awarding Cloud Rain Art experience, then brought up a data panel showing his cultivation, attributes, and skills.

After discovering his Cultivation Panel, Wang Chen learned that his poor attributes explained his weak cultivation and struggled to make ends meet as a spirit-field farmer. He confirmed that the panel tracked spell experience, while his Five Elements Technique remained stuck at a bottleneck.

• Wang Chen examined the Cultivation Panel and saw that his Bone Root, Comprehension, and other attributes were unusually low.
• Wang Chen cooked and ate Spirit Grain, reflecting on how most of his harvest went to Yunyang Sect and how little he could spare for himself.
• Wang Chen cultivated the Five Elements Technique, but its experience stayed at 299/300 despite a notification that he had gained one point.
• Wang Chen cast the Cleanse Art and saw its experience rise from 85 to 86, realizing his cultivation technique had stalled at a bottleneck.

Wang Chen resolved to stay cautious and build strength while farming in the Yunyang Sect outer sect. After Old Sun warned that Earth Rhinoceroses had appeared in the Spirit Fields, Wang Chen discovered one with an unusual perception and killed it with Gengjin Finger.

• Wang Chen weighed the dangers of the cultivation world and decided to lie low, farm, and gradually uncover the Cultivation Panel’s secrets.
• Old Sun rushed to Wang Chen’s courtyard and warned him that he had found an Earth Rhinoceros in the Spirit Fields.
• Wang Chen searched his field, growing anxious that pests might ruin his crop and cost him his place in the Outer Sect.
• Wang Chen’s vision shifted, allowing him to spot an Earth Rhinoceros feeding on a Spirit Rice stalk.
• Wang Chen struck the beetle with Gengjin Finger and split it in two.

Wang Chen killed seven Earth Rhinoceroses with his newly advanced Gengjin Finger, discovering that repeated practice quickly raised his spell experience. After returning home to cook their meat, he encountered a White Fur Mouse and fed it a strip.

• Wang Chen advanced Gengjin Finger to Proficient Level after killing an Earth Rhinoceros and realized repeated casts could help him break through skill bottlenecks.
• Wang Chen used Tongling Rice’s perception to locate and kill seven Earth Rhinoceroses, exhausting nearly all his Mana.
• Old Sun arrived with Zhang Ada and Zhang Xiaoshan to deal with the Earth Rhinoceroses, but Wang Chen avoided them and returned home.
• Wang Chen prepared the Earth Rhinoceroses’ meat and simmered it with Spirit Grain.
• A White Fur Mouse approached Wang Chen for food, and he gave it a strip of cooked Insect Meat before it disappeared into the woodpile.

After a satisfying meal, Wang Chen cultivated and hunted more Earth Rhinoceroses in his spirit fields. Killing an unusually large one revealed that Human Virtue could break through skills, and he used his first point to advance Cloud Rain Art to Proficient.

• Wang Chen saved the leftover grain husks in his Storage Bag and cultivated the Five Elements Technique.
• Wang Chen cleared weeds from his spirit fields, killed two more Earth Rhinoceroses with Gengjin Finger, and watered the fields with Cloud Rain Art.
• A much larger Earth Rhinoceros attacked Wang Chen, but he knocked it down with his hoe and killed it with Gengjin Finger.
• Wang Chen saw that the Cultivation Panel now showed Heavenly Merit for altering fate and Human Virtue for breaking through realms.
• Wang Chen spent his single point of Human Virtue to advance Cloud Rain Art from Beginner to Proficient.

After gaining a Human Virtue point for killing an elite Earth Rhinoceros, Wang Chen cooked its meat and shared dinner with two mice. The Brocade Mouse paid for the meal with a Lower Spirit Stone, leaving Wang Chen eager to welcome the pair back.

• Wang Chen recognized the tough Earth Rhinoceros as an elite monster and decided he needed more skills and cultivation before hunting Demonic Beasts.
• Wang Chen pounded Spirit Grain, cooked rice, and prepared meat from the Earth Rhinoceroses he had killed.
• White Fur Mouse Xiao Bai returned, and Wang Chen named it and told it to find its own food.
• Xiao Bai brought a Brocade Mouse, which spat out a Lower Spirit Stone at Wang Chen's feet.
• Wang Chen pocketed the Spirit Stone and served the mice rice balls filled with prime Earth Rhinoceros meat.

Wang Chen killed a demonized Earth Rhinoceros and showed Old Sun that his Gengjin Finger had improved. When Old Sun asked him to clear the pests from thirty mu of Spirit Fields, Wang Chen demanded one Lower Spirit per mu, leaving Old Sun stunned by his change in character.

• Wang Chen recalled his previous life and fell asleep on the roof before Old Sun woke him by calling his childhood nickname, Doggy.
• Old Sun asked whether Wang Chen had found Earth Rhinoceroses, explaining that Zhang Ada could not eliminate them from his Spirit Fields and that his harvest was at risk.
• Wang Chen showed Old Sun the demonized Earth Rhinoceros he had killed, and Old Sun realized Wang Chen's Gengjin Finger had advanced.
• Old Sun asked Wang Chen to clear the Earth Rhinoceroses from his thirty mu of Spirit Fields and offered five Lower Spirits.
• Wang Chen refused the offer and demanded one Lower Spirit per mu, leaving Old Sun shocked by how much Doggy had changed.

Wang Chen negotiated payment with Old Sun to exterminate the Earth Rhinoceroses ravaging his Spirit Fields, then used Super Sense and Gengjin Finger to kill the pests. After collecting three Lower Spirit Stones, Wang Chen ran out of Mana and stopped to recover.

• Old Sun agreed to pay Wang Chen twenty Shattered Spirit Stones for each Earth Rhinoceros killed, and let Wang Chen keep the insect corpses.
• Wang Chen searched Old Sun's Spirit Fields with Super Sense and swiftly killed several hidden Earth Rhinoceroses.
• Wang Chen demanded payment after every five kills, and Old Sun handed over a Lower Spirit Stone each time.
• After receiving three Lower Spirit Stones and killing more than a dozen Earth Rhinoceroses, Wang Chen stopped because his Mana was depleted.
• Old Sun gritted his teeth and took a White Jade Bottle from his Storage Bag.

Wang Chen cleared the Earth Rhinoceroses from Old Sun’s Spirit Fields and earned a large payment, then arranged to share commissions with Old Sun for finding more pest-removal work. He wondered why none of the Earth Rhinoceroses in Old Sun’s fields had turned demonic.

• Old Sun gave Wang Chen a Qi Replenishing Pill so he could keep working, despite insisting it was not part of the payment.
• Wang Chen used his improved Gengjin Finger technique to kill Earth Rhinoceroses efficiently and clear all thirty mu of Old Sun’s Spirit Fields.
• Old Sun paid Wang Chen for fifty-seven Earth Rhinoceroses, and Wang Chen also collected valuable spoils.
• Wang Chen offered Old Sun a commission for introducing him to other Spirit Planting farmers, and they agreed that Old Sun would receive twenty percent.
• Old Sun hurried off to seek more customers, while Wang Chen wondered why none of the Earth Rhinoceroses had turned demonic.

Wang Chen defeated two demonized Earth Rhinoceros Bugs but exhausted his mana and injured his fists and meridians, leading him to decide he needed a body-tempering method. Before he could visit Yunyang City to find one, Old Sun hurried him off to clear another infestation.

• Two demonized Earth Rhinoceros Bugs ambushed Wang Chen, but he killed both with the Mighty Strength Art and Gengjin Finger.
• Wang Chen treated his wounds, ate a Spirit Rice Ball, and discovered that his Gengjin Finger skill points and Human Virtue had each increased by two.
• Wang Chen cooked and ate the demonized bugs, then noticed that using Gengjin Finger had damaged his meridians; he decided to seek a body-tempering method in Yunyang City.
• Old Sun told Wang Chen that Old Lu's family had an insect infestation and had already taken a deposit for the job.
• Old Sun dragged Wang Chen away before breakfast, planning to send him next to Little Wang's family after the work was done.

Wang Chen cleared an Earth Rhinoceros infestation from Old Man Lu’s Spirit Fields, impressing the neighbors and earning Spirit Stones, spell experience, and Human Virtue points. Old Sun tried to book him for another job, but Wang Chen insisted on taking the next day off to tend his own fields and visit Yunyang City.

• Old Sun brought Wang Chen to Old Man Lu’s home, where neighbors doubted the young cultivator could handle the Earth Rhinoceroses.
• Wang Chen killed the pests with Gengjin Finger, silencing the onlookers and relieving Old Man Lu and his wife.
• Old Sun urged the neighbors to check their own fields, and they hurried away after hearing of the risk of further infestations.
• Wang Chen spent the day clearing Old Man Lu’s forty-five mu of Spirit Fields, killing eighty-two Earth Rhinoceroses, including three demonized ones.
• Old Man Lu paid Wang Chen, whose savings passed thirty Lower Spirit Stones and whose Human Virtue points rose to five.
• Old Sun proposed visiting another family the next day, but Wang Chen refused so he could rest, weed his own fields, and go to Yunyang City.

Wang Chen killed a demonized Earth Rhinoceros, gained a Divine Soul point, and used Human Virtue to raise Gengjin Finger to Minor Accomplishment. After resting and sharing rice balls with Wang Tieniu, he heard a copper bell and saw a traveling merchant arrive at the path fork.

• Wang Chen sensed an Earth Rhinoceros sleeping beneath the mud and killed it with Gengjin Finger, gaining skill experience, Human Virtue, and a Divine Soul point.
• Wang Chen spent one Human Virtue point to advance Gengjin Finger from Proficient to Minor Accomplishment.
• Wang Tieniu called Wang Chen to rest from the heat, and Wang Chen accepted the invitation after digging up the demonized Earth Rhinoceros.
• Wang Chen shared his homemade Spirit Rice Balls with Wang Tieniu, and the two grew closer as Wang Tieniu offered to protect him.
• Wang Chen heard a copper bell and saw a traveling merchant carrying a pack basket at the fork in the path.

Wang Chen sold his Earth Rhinoceros haul to a traveling merchant, then used his improved perception and Gengjin Finger to clear Wang Tieniu’s Spirit Fields at nearly twice his previous speed. After finishing the work, he was mobbed by farmers seeking his help with their own infested fields.

• A traveling merchant arrived at the crossroads and sold everyday goods to nearby villagers.
• Wang Chen sold over a hundred ordinary Earth Rhinoceroses and seven demonized ones for nineteen Lower Spirit stones, bringing his total to forty-five.
• Wang Chen found that his stronger Divine Soul and Minor Accomplishment Gengjin Finger greatly improved his insect-hunting ability.
• Wang Chen cleared all twenty-seven of Wang Tieniu’s Spirit Fields, harvesting sixteen ordinary Earth Rhinoceroses and two demonized ones.
• Farmers and farmwives crowded around Wang Chen and begged him to clear Earth Rhinoceroses from their Spirit Fields.

Wang Chen cleared Earth Rhinoceroses from Spirit Fields as the infestation spread and advanced his Gengjin Finger to Great Accomplishment. After mastering its new curved attacks, he helped Madam Chen and her daughter and warned her that spirit grain prices might soon rise.

• Wang Chen took jobs from nine households and used his Gengjin Finger to clear dozens of mu of Spirit Fields each day.
• Wang Chen spent 10 Human Virtue points to advance Gengjin Finger to Great Accomplishment and realized his meridians might not yet withstand its full power.
• Wang Chen tested the spell’s new ability to curve around obstacles, killing Earth Rhinoceroses while preserving the rice stalks they held.
• Wang Chen gave Madam Chen the Earth Rhinoceroses from her field and offered to clear any new ones for free so she could get Rice Candy for Little Ya.
• Wang Chen warned Madam Chen to stock up on grain because its price might soar, and she discovered he had left her a demonized Earth Rhinoceros.

Wang Chen discovered that good deeds did not earn Human Virtue, then was attacked in his sleep by a black-clad intruder. Xiao Bai woke him with a bite, allowing him to kill the attacker with his Geng Metal Qi, and Wang Chen awoke to find the corpse still in his room.

• Wang Chen confirmed that helping Madam Chen had not increased his Human Virtue and cooked dinner for Xiao Bai.
• Wang Chen cultivated the Five Elements Technique but remained stuck at Level Three, 299/300, and worried that his cultivation lagged behind his skills.
• Wang Chen dreamed of his first love, then woke paralyzed as a black-clad man entered his room with a dagger.
• Xiao Bai bit Wang Chen and jolted him awake, and Wang Chen shot Geng Metal Qi through the intruder's skull.
• Wang Chen collapsed from his injuries and exhaustion, then woke at the hour of the Rabbit and found the intruder dead on his floor.

Wang Chen killed an intruder who had attacked him and searched the man’s belongings, discovering valuable tools and clues about the attempted murder. He unmasked the corpse and learned it was the traveling merchant who had traded with him.

• Wang Chen shut his courtyard door and decided to hide the corpse rather than report the killing to the Yunyang Sect.
• Wang Chen looted the intruder’s Storage Bag and found pills, a magic sword, talismans, and a Crane-shaped Pot that released bewitching smoke.
• Wang Chen recognized the pot as a likely Misty Immortal Pot and recalled that Xiao Bai had saved him from its smoke during the attack.
• Wang Chen noticed the corpse’s face was a Human Skin Mask and pulled it away.
• Wang Chen discovered the intruder’s true face belonged to the traveling merchant who had traded with him.

After surviving the traveling merchant’s attempt to murder him, Wang Chen disposed of the corpse and discovered it had become a Vengeful Soul, which he destroyed with an Exorcism Talisman. Injured from the fight, he took a Healing Pill, then heard someone calling for him from outside his courtyard.

• Wang Chen realized the traveling merchant had targeted him for his Spirit Stones and resolved to keep a lower profile while urgently improving his strength.
• He used Corpse Dissolving Powder to melt the merchant’s body, then activated a Rebirth Talisman to send the dead man on.
• The merchant’s remains formed a Vengeful Soul, and Wang Chen destroyed it with an Exorcism Talisman.
• Wang Chen collected the spoils, moved them into the larger Storage Bag, and found no hidden marks on it.
• Wang Chen coughed up blood, recognized that the Gengjin Finger had injured his meridians and fingers, and swallowed a Healing Pill.
• Someone outside the courtyard called for Wang Chen before he could refine the pill’s medicinal power.

Wang Chen stayed home to recover his injured meridians, then discovered that the Human Skin Mask taken from the traveling merchant could withstand his attacks and transform into faces he imagined. He realized it was a miraculous treasure that could perfectly imitate anyone’s appearance.

• Wang Chen told Old Sun to turn down the families seeking his services because his meridians were injured, and Old Sun agreed to return their deposits.
• Wang Chen spent the day healing with a Healing Pill, tended his Spirit Fields with the Cloud Rain Art, and shared dinner with Xiao Bai.
• Wang Chen examined the Human Skin Mask and found that even his dagger, strengthened by the Mighty Strength Art, could not damage it.
• Wang Chen put on the mask and saw his face change into Star Lord’s, then into Yan Zu’s, as he imagined each appearance.
• Wang Chen concluded that the Human Skin Mask was a rare treasure capable of perfectly replicating anyone he pictured.

Wang Chen discovered that the Thousand Transformations Mask appeared as equipment on his Cultivation Panel and that Heavenly Merit had accumulated, allowing him to improve his Spiritual Root and comprehension. After recovering from his injuries, he headed to Yunyang City and learned the Earth Rhinoceros Insect Plague had spread across the Outer Sect region, threatening spirit farmers’ ability to pay their rent.

• Wang Chen found that the Thousand Transformations Mask activated the Equipment section, consumed mana when changing faces, and could be upgraded with Human Virtue to break its seal.
• Wang Chen discovered he had 6 Heavenly Merit, spent one point to raise his Spiritual Root and one to improve his comprehension, and found that his grasp of the Five Elements Technique had improved.
• Wang Chen spent one Human Virtue to upgrade the mask, then stored it and his Magic Sword before returning to cultivation.
• Wang Chen rested until his meridians had healed, then hired a carriage to travel to Yunyang City.
• Wang Chen overheard cultivators on the carriage say the Earth Rhinoceros Insect Plague had spread through the Outer Sect, devastating spirit fields and putting farmers’ rent payments at risk.

Wang Chen traveled to Yunyang City and rented a Spirit-rich Cave Mansion to attempt a breakthrough. He advanced to the fourth layer of Qi Condensation without spending Heavenly Merit, and planned to address his shortage of Combat Skills next.

• Wang Chen traveled by carriage to Yunyang City and entered without paying an entrance fee as an Outer Sect disciple.
• Wang Chen rented a Cave Mansion for two days and adjusted to its abundant spiritual energy.
• Wang Chen chose to attempt a breakthrough through cultivation rather than spend Heavenly Merit on the Cultivation Panel.
• Wang Chen broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Condensation, increasing his lifespan, Divine Soul, Dantian capacity, and meridian resilience.

After being forced out of his cave dwelling early, Wang Chen went to the Yunyang Sect Outer Sect Main Hall to choose a cultivation method suited to his attributes. He chose the later layers of the Five Elements Technique and received them through a Jade Slip.

• The cave dwelling steward cut Wang Chen's allotted time short, and Wang Chen left without arguing while remembering the man's appearance.
• Wang Chen went to the Hall of Inherited Teachings and asked the Elder to test his Bone and Root Attributes.
• The Elder found Wang Chen had low-grade, five-element Bone and Root Attributes, with fire as his chief aspect, and explained that his one hundred Merit Points could buy only the Blazing Fire Art.
• The Elder recommended the Five Elements Technique as an alternative, and Wang Chen chose it over the Blazing Fire Art.
• Wang Chen pressed the cultivation method Jade Slip to his brow and absorbed the secrets for the fourth through ninth layers of the Five Elements Technique.

Wang Chen left the Hall of Inherited Teachings and searched Yunyang City for an affordable body-refining technique. At the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, he bought the first three levels of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma and was offered Vajra Butter to aid his cultivation.

• Wang Chen formed a Law Seed containing the Five Elements Technique and discovered it was bound by an Oath Seal Curse that prevented him from passing it on.
• Wang Chen explored the bustling streets of Yunyang City and entered the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce to buy cultivation techniques.
• Manager Jin recommended several body-refining techniques, but Wang Chen could not afford them.
• Manager Jin offered the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma for thirty lower spirit stones and explained its cultivation limitations.
• Wang Chen bought the technique, and Manager Jin offered to sell him Vajra Butter as a cultivation aid.

Wang Chen bought the first three levels of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma, Vajra Butter, and two spells from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, then spent nearly all his remaining money on Demonic Beast Meat and components for a hand-crank rice milling machine. He returned home with the machine parts and supplies, ready to make processing Spirit Rice more efficient.

• Wang Chen bought the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma, two bottles of Vajra Butter, the Spirit Eye Technique, and the Object Manipulation Technique from Manager Jin.
• Wang Chen learned that cultivation technique Jade Slips carried Oath Seal Curses and that higher-level slips could be activated fewer times.
• Wang Chen commissioned a blacksmith to forge components for a hand-crank rice milling machine and bought seasonings and fifty jin of Demonic Beast Meat.
• Wang Chen tested the machine components with the Hammer Master, who fixed several minor problems, then rode home with his purchases.

After tending his Spirit Field, Wang Chen assembled a Rice Milling Machine and shared a comforting meal with Xiao Bai before resuming cultivation. The next day, Old Sun told him that a Purple Mansion cultivator was coming to clear pests from the fields, leaving Wang Chen uneasy about the arrangement.

• Wang Chen cleared weeds from his Spirit Field, then realized he had left Xiao Bai waiting without food.
• Wang Chen assembled the Rice Milling Machine, milled Spirit Rice, and cooked a meal of rice and roasted Demonic Beast Meat for himself and Xiao Bai.
• Wang Chen cultivated with the later portions of the Five Elements Technique and advanced its experience to Level 4.
• The next morning, Wang Chen cultivated and worked in his Spirit Field instead of taking a job clearing Earth Rhinoceroses.
• Old Sun told Wang Chen that the Village Chief had handed out Formation Flags and that a Purple Mansion cultivator would clear insect pests that day.

Wang Chen learned the Spirit Eye Technique and practiced the Object Manipulation Technique before a Yunyang Sect flying ship appeared over the Spirit Fields and destroyed the demonized insects. He suspected the attack was not over as onlookers rushed to collect the corpses.

• Wang Chen mastered the Spirit Eye Technique at Beginner level and began studying the more difficult Object Manipulation Technique.
• Wang Chen repeatedly failed to lift a Shattered Spirit with the Object Manipulation Technique, then stopped practicing to rest.
• A Yunyang Sect flying ship appeared nearby, and Old Sun hurried out to watch while Wang Chen chose a distant hill for safety.
• The flying ship activated the Formation Flags across the Spirit Fields, and its power killed the airborne black beetles and demonized Earth Rhinoceroses.
• Onlookers scrambled to collect the fallen Insect Corpses, while Wang Chen wondered whether the attack was really over.