Recaps

Wang Chen ordered two Acupoint Breaking Pills from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and struggled with the costs of staying in Myriad Cultivator City. After spending several days learning the city, he received a Crane Message from the brokerage.

• Manager Jin quoted Wang Chen three hundred Medium Spirit Stones per Acupoint Breaking Pill, and Wang Chen ordered two for sixty thousand Lower Spirit Stones.
• Wang Chen paid half the order cost as a deposit, leaving him to find thirty thousand Lower Spirit Stones before the pills arrived.
• Wang Chen asked a brokerage to contact him about a house for rent, then rented a cramped single room at an inn for twenty Lower Spirit Stones per night.
• Wang Chen considered living outside the city to avoid its high costs but stayed at the inn while he learned the area.
• Wang Chen explored Myriad Cultivator City for three days, then received a Crane Message from the brokerage.

Wang Chen decided to settle in Myriad Cultivator City for its protection and rented a furnished west wing from the widowed Madam Ye. After moving in, he bought supplies to begin earning Spirit Stones by crafting talismans.

• Wang Chen learned that Myriad Cultivator City’s powerful defensive formation made housing there expensive but safer than living outside.
• A broker brought Wang Chen to Madam Ye, who initially objected because she wanted to rent to a female cultivator.
• Wang Chen viewed Madam Ye’s spacious west wing and agreed to rent it after she offered payment in two installments.
• Wang Chen paid three months’ rent and the broker’s commission, then moved into the Ye family’s side wing.
• Wang Chen bought Talisman Paper and talisman ink to earn Spirit Stones with his Grand Completion Basic Talisman Crafting.

Wang Chen set up a stall in Myriad Cultivator City and sold his master-level Talismans at prices above the market rate, earning more than three hundred Lower Spirit by dusk. After someone sent a man to invite him to meet a master, Wang Chen refused and slipped away from his pursuer.

• Wang Chen listened to local gossip over breakfast, then rented a stall in the Marketplace and arranged his Talismans with fixed prices and no haggling.
• Cultivators balked at Wang Chen's high prices, and he made no sales through the morning.
• A battle-hardened middle-aged cultivator bought five Exorcism Talismans and five Meteor Fire Talismans, and Wang Chen sold more Talismans through the afternoon.
• Wang Chen packed up at dusk with more than three hundred Lower Spirit in earnings and planned to build his reputation and save for a Cave Mansion on North Mountain.
• A burly man named Xiang said his master wanted to speak with Wang Chen, but Wang Chen refused and left the Marketplace.
• Wang Chen noticed someone following him and used his Grand Completion level Breath Concealment Technique to disappear into the crowd.

Wang Chen agreed to teach Ye Feifan martial arts after the boy offered him his Shattered Spirits and Madam Ye gave her consent. While Wang Chen taught Ye Feifan the Pure Yang Technique, his talisman business at the Marketplace grew more profitable.

• Wang Chen returned home and learned the names of Madam Ye's children, Ye Feifan and Ye Feifei.
• Ye Feifan asked to cultivate, and Wang Chen explained that without a Spiritual Root he could not, but offered to teach him martial arts in exchange for his Shattered Spirits.
• Wang Chen told Ye Feifan he would teach him only if Madam Ye agreed, and she later brought the boy to him and approved the lessons.
• Wang Chen taught Ye Feifan the Pure Yang Technique and basic martial knowledge, impressed by the boy's excellent memory.
• Wang Chen continued selling Talismans at the Marketplace, where his reputation and Spirit Stone earnings increased.

Wang Chen cultivated in an expensive North Mountain Cave Mansion to prepare for breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm, then made Dragon Tiger Spirit Strengthening Soup at home. He invited Ye Feifei and Ye Feifan to share the potent broth, leaving the siblings about to drink it.

• Wang Chen rented a North Mountain Cave Mansion and cultivated for three days to consolidate his foundation for Break Through Apertures and Open the Mansion.
• Wang Chen resolved to make one breakthrough attempt after obtaining two Acupoint Breaking Pills, using Add Points if he still could not succeed on his own.
• Wang Chen returned home and simmered Dragon Tiger Spirit Strengthening Soup with the Golden Silk Silver Ring Snake and Red-Eyed Tiger essence.
• Ye Feifan lingered by the kitchen, drawn by the soup's scent, while Ye Feifei scolded him for neglecting his practice.
• Wang Chen served the siblings diluted bowls of the soup, and Ye Feifei thanked him.

Wang Chen weighed the safety of remaining in Myriad Cultivator City against his plans to travel west, then continued selling Talismans while keeping his abilities discreet. He rejected the Purple Mansion Song Family’s offer of a free Cave Mansion and shop, leaving the family member offended.

• Wang Chen considered staying in Myriad Cultivator City to face the coming calamity, but remained committed to seeking the path to heaven in the West Sea Spirit Domain.
• Wang Chen refined Talismans and sold them at the Marketplace, where buyers quickly snapped up his popular Exorcism and Protection Talismans.
• A neighboring stall owner asked Wang Chen why he did not make more Talismans, and Wang Chen blamed the cost of renting a Cave Mansion.
• A member of the Purple Mansion Song Family offered Wang Chen a free Cave Mansion if he served the family.
• The Song Family member promised Wang Chen a shop from their young master, but Wang Chen refused again, and the member left in anger.

Wang Chen rejected repeated recruitment attempts from both the Song Family and the Li Family, while the Song Family’s Eldest Young Master planned to secure his exceptional talisman-crafting talent. Three days after a Li Family representative threatened him, a man publicly accused Wang Chen of selling inferior talismans and demanded an explanation.

• Wang Chen rejected Song Laosan’s fourth invitation and worried that the Song Family’s attention would disrupt his talisman business and cultivation.
• Song Laosan reported his failure to the Song Family’s Eldest Young Master, who explained that Wang Chen’s Protection Talisman was beyond the skill of the family’s Talisman Masters and decided to approach him himself.
• A Li Family man offered Wang Chen a high-paying post as chief Talisman Master, threatened him after Wang Chen refused, and left after the neighboring stall owner identified him as a member of the Iron Hand Li Family.
• The neighboring stall owner warned Wang Chen that the Iron Hand Li Family would use dirty tricks, and three days later a man accused Wang Chen of selling overpriced, inferior Talismans that nearly got him killed.

Wang Chen faced a staged complaint over his talismans and challenged the burly cultivator behind it to a fight to the death. He killed his opponent with one punch, collected the spoils, and returned to his stall as the crowd watched in shock.

• A burly cultivator demanded Spirit Stones from Wang Chen over an alleged problem with his talismans, while Red-Clad Guards watched without intervening.
• Wang Chen refused to pay and challenged the burly cultivator to settle the dispute on the Life-and-Death Platform.
• The burly cultivator accepted, confident that his eighth-level Qi Condensation and battle experience would defeat Wang Chen.
• Wang Chen killed the burly cultivator with a single golden-lit punch before his body protection Magic Tool could activate in time.
• Wang Chen took the burly cultivator's Storage Bag and Jade Pendant, burned the corpse, cleaned the platform with talismans, and returned to his stall to read and drink tea.

Wang Chen killed his third opponent on the Life-and-Death Arena and returned to his talisman stall, where a cheaper competitor began cutting into his business. A neighboring stall owner urged him to seek protection from the Song Family against Li Tieshou, but Wang Chen refused to bow his head.

• Wang Chen killed the gray-robed cultivator with a third punch before he could concede, then took the meager contents of his Storage Bag.
• The crowd revered Wang Chen after his third consecutive Arena victory, while spectators wondered whether Li Tieshou would challenge him despite Myriad Cultivator City's rules.
• No one challenged Wang Chen in the following days, but a nearby stall began selling cheaper versions of his spell talismans and weakened his sales.
• Wang Chen dismissed the neighboring stall owner's concern, saying he could wait out the competitor's losses.
• The neighboring stall owner advised Wang Chen to join the Song Family for protection from Li Tieshou, but Wang Chen said he wanted to earn Spirit Stones without kneeling.

After the Song Family called off its schemes against Wang Chen, he advised Tian Zhi to approach Madam Ye with sincerity. Two months later, Wang Chen had steadily earned Spirit Stones and sensed an opportunity to Break Through Apertures and Open the Mansion.

• The Song Family’s young master ordered his people to withdraw and end their conflict with Wang Chen.
• Wang Chen noticed that his usual followers had disappeared, then returned home and met Tian Zhi seeking his advice about Madam Ye.
• Tian Zhi told Wang Chen about his long-standing love for Madam Ye and the family pressures that had kept them apart.
• Wang Chen wrote the character “Sincerity” for Tian Zhi and encouraged him to treat Madam Ye genuinely.
• Over the next two months, Wang Chen continued selling talismans, saved Spirit Stones, and sensed an opportunity to Break Through Apertures and Open the Mansion.

Wang Chen obtained the Acupoint Breaking Pills he had ordered and entered a Purple Mansion initial-stage Cave Mansion to attempt the breakthrough. After taking a pill and repeatedly attacking his top Dantian acupoint, he used the Cultivation Panel to add points.

• Wang Chen collected two Acupoint Breaking Pills from Manager Jin at the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and paid the remaining thirty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Wang Chen told Ye Feifan he would enter seclusion and instructed him to keep training while he was away.
• Wang Chen rented a Purple Mansion initial-stage Cave Mansion at North Mountain and spent two days adjusting before sensing Heaven and Earth.
• Wang Chen took an Acupoint Breaking Pill and began breaking through his apertures as his body entered a state of spiritualization.
• After eight unsuccessful assaults on his stubborn Heavenly Crown Bone, Wang Chen summoned the Cultivation Panel and chose to add points.

Wang Chen used 1 point of Heavenly Merit to improve the Five Elements Technique and finally broke through to Purple Mansion, opening and expanding his Upper Dantian. After consolidating his new realm, he left the Cave Mansion and was congratulated by its black-robed manager.

• After eight failed attempts to break through the Heavenly Crown acupoint, Wang Chen spent 1 point of Heavenly Merit on the Five Elements Technique.
• The improved technique drew in Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, creating a vortex that alarmed the North Mountain Cave Mansion managers.
• Wang Chen opened the Heavenly Crown acupoint, then formed and expanded his Purple Mansion to twice its original size.
• Wang Chen reached Purple Mansion Level 1, gained four Divine Soul points, and saw his lifespan rise to two hundred years.
• Wang Chen spent three more days consolidating his realm before leaving the Cave Mansion, where the black-robed cultivator congratulated him.

Wang Chen met Qiu Haoran in Myriad Cultivator City, where he learned about the city's Purple Mansion cultivators and the path to Golden Core. Qiu Haoran offered him a place in the Qiu Clan and a Cultivation Cave Mansion, leaving Wang Chen to consider the generous offer.

• Wang Chen told Qiu Haoran that he planned to remain in Myriad Cultivator City, consolidate his realm, and earn Spirit Stones for Purple Mansion techniques.
• Qiu Haoran revealed that Myriad Cultivator City had two thousand Purple Mansion cultivators but only one Golden Core cultivator, because cultivators had to travel to the West Sea Spirit Domain to seek a breakthrough.
• Qiu Haoran explained that intense competition among the city's Purple Mansion families made it difficult for lone cultivators to gain authority and resources.
• Qiu Haoran invited Wang Chen to join the Qiu Clan and promised to arrange a Cultivation Cave Mansion for him.
• Wang Chen thanked Qiu Haoran for his offer but said he would consider it carefully.

Qiu Haoran tried to recruit Wang Chen into the Qiu Clan by offering him increasingly valuable benefits, but Wang Chen refused to rely on a clan. Wang Chen bought five expensive Purple Mansion techniques from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, leaving his Storage Bag empty but his resolve unchanged.

• Qiu Haoran learned that news of Wang Chen's breakthrough and heavenly phenomenon had spread, then sent him a richer offer to join the Qiu Clan.
• Wang Chen read Qiu Haoran's offer, destroyed the Crane Message, and decided he would not join the Qiu Clan.
• Wang Chen visited the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, where Manager Jin Wuming greeted him as a Purple Mansion Senior.
• Wang Chen selected the Innate Five Elements Technique, Cave Truth Technique, Spirit Concealment Technique, Resplendent Shield Armor, and Sky-Plundering Technique from the catalog.
• Wang Chen haggled with Manager Jin and exchanged an Acupoint Breaking Pill and three thousand Spirit Stones for the five technique Jade Slips, exhausting his savings.

Wang Chen practiced the Sky-Plundering Technique and other Purple Mansion spells in the wilderness before returning to Myriad Cultivator City. There, Ye Feifan told him that his mother was going to get married.

• Wang Chen built a temporary Cave Mansion in the Nameless Mountain Range and began learning the Sky-Plundering Technique.
• Wang Chen mastered the Sky-Plundering Technique and tested his flight, reaching a height of nearly one hundred and fifty zhang before a demon bird approached and fled.
• Wang Chen practiced in the wilderness for several days and mastered the Cave Truth Technique, Spirit Concealment Technique, and Resplendent Shield Armor, while continuing to study the Innate Five Elements Technique.
• Wang Chen returned to his home in Myriad Cultivator City after being away for a month.
• Ye Feifan greeted Wang Chen and told him that his mother was going to get married.

Madam Ye and Tian Zhi married, but Crow and his men interrupted the wedding until Wang Chen revealed his strength as a Purple Mansion Master and drove them off. After the celebration, Wang Chen gave Madam Tian a wedding gift and herbs for Ye Feifan, then departed.

• Tian Zhi and Madam Ye married in a modest courtyard celebration, with Wang Chen among the guests.
• Crow and his men crashed the wedding and demanded that Madam Ye serve them wine, but Tian Zhi refused.
• Wang Chen overwhelmed Crow and his companions with his aura, forcing Crow to apologize and leave.
• Tian Zhi and Madam Tian thanked Wang Chen after the wedding, and Madam Tian offered to let him stay without rent.
• Wang Chen gave Madam Tian a Storage Bag containing a wedding gift and medicinal herbs for Ye Feifan, then vanished through the window.

Wang Chen moved to a North Mountain Cave Mansion to avoid the city formation’s suppression and arranged for Old Chen to sell his Talismans on consignment. He revealed his Purple Mansion cultivation to drive off a hostile stall owner, then returned to secluded cultivation.

• Wang Chen rented a high-level Qi Condensation Cave Mansion on North Mountain and resumed cultivation and Talisman refining.
• After refining a thousand Talismans, Wang Chen offered Old Chen a five-percent commission to sell them at his Marketplace stall.
• Wang Chen rejected another stall owner who tried to take the consignment and arranged for Old Chen to collect future Talismans from his Cave Mansion.
• When the stall owner confronted him with two companions, Wang Chen revealed his Purple Mansion cultivation and frightened them into fleeing.
• Wang Chen returned to his Cave Mansion and continued his secluded cultivation and training.

Wang Chen left Myriad Cultivator City after strengthening his Purple Mansion cultivation, declining Qiu Haoran’s offer to join the Qiu Clan and purchasing supplies for his journey. He boarded the Giant Whale for the Jade Dragon Mountain Range, and the ship departed toward the northwest.

• Wang Chen completed his move-out from the North Mountain Cave Mansion, and Qiu Haoran failed to persuade him to join the Qiu Clan.
• Wang Chen bought a VIP ticket aboard the Giant Whale, the Divine Fire Flying Crow Technique, and the True Explanation of the Supreme Clarity Spiritual Talisman Illustrated Record from the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
• Wang Chen visited Madam Tian’s home and saw Ye Feifan, Ye Feifei, Madam Tian, and Tian Zhi sharing a happy family evening.
• Wang Chen boarded the Giant Whale at the eastern outskirts of Myriad Cultivator City and settled into his VIP suite.
• The Giant Whale rose into the air and flew northwest, leaving Myriad Cultivator City behind.

Aboard the Giant Whale, Wang Chen rejected Yi Zijin’s invitation to visit the Hundred Fragrances Pavilion and revealed that he cultivated the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma. Yi Zijin admitted he belonged to the Flower Between Sect, then left Wang Chen to return to studying talisman crafting.

• Yi Zijin invited Wang Chen to the Hundred Fragrances Pavilion, but Wang Chen refused because he was preserving his primordial yang while cultivating the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma.
• Yi Zijin reacted with disgust to Wang Chen’s technique, and Wang Chen guessed that Yi Zijin was a disciple of the Flower Between Sect.
• Wang Chen recited two lines of poetry about butterflies and orioles, and Yi Zijin praised them before learning Wang Chen had not composed them.
• Yi Zijin apologized and promised not to disturb Wang Chen again, though Wang Chen welcomed him to visit for tea and conversation.
• Wang Chen resumed studying the True Explanation of the Supreme Pure Spirit Talisman Catalogue, hoping to learn to craft Tier 2 spirit talismans.

After more than half a month aboard the Giant Whale, Wang Chen helped defend it from a flock of Flying Fire Foxes. Three days after the attack, the vessel landed outside a city.

• Wang Chen advanced to Intermediate Talisman Crafting but lacked the materials to make Tier 2 spirit talismans.
• Yi Zijin excitedly brought Wang Chen to the outer deck after the Giant Whale came under attack by Flying Fire Foxes.
• The ship’s heavy crossbows wounded several beasts, but their attacks weakened the Giant Whale’s Mana barrier.
• More than thirty Purple Mansion cultivators joined the defense and drove the Flying Fire Foxes into retreat.
• Wang Chen killed a fleeing Flying Fire Fox with the Wind Thunder Sword and gained 217 Human Virtue.
• The Giant Whale resumed its journey and landed outside a city three days later.

Wang Chen arrived in Flying Immortal City at the foot of the dangerous Jade Dragon Mountain Range, intending to find a team to cross it. After seeing the disorderly city and struggling to find a plan, he was approached by a group of boys, one of whom tried to steal his Storage Bag.

• Wang Chen disembarked from the Giant Whale and used his Purple Mansion aura to drive away the crowd of would-be guides and hirelings.
• Wang Chen entered Flying Immortal City and witnessed two cultivators fight, with one killing the other while bystanders quickly returned to their routines afterward.
• Wang Chen decided to find lodging and gather information at teahouses and taverns before looking for a team to cross Jade Dragon Mountain.
• A group of half-grown boys surrounded Wang Chen asking for Spirit Stones, and one boy reached for his Storage Bag.
• Wang Chen's force sent the would-be thief flying before he could touch the Storage Bag.

Wang Chen defeated a group of youths and their cultivator allies after they tried to rob him in Flying Immortal City, then questioned their leader, Gu Hongzhao. He learned that Jade Dragon Mountain was too dangerous to cross in winter and decided to wait in the city until spring.

• Wang Chen killed two youths and injured the others after they ambushed him, then revealed his Purple Mansion cultivation to the cultivators who surrounded him.
• Gu Hongzhao backed down, slapped himself thirty times at Wang Chen’s demand, and agreed to answer his questions.
• Wang Chen took Gu Hongzhao to a tavern and learned about Flying Immortal City and the seasonal dangers of crossing Jade Dragon Mountain.
• Wang Chen let Gu Hongzhao go and decided to remain in Flying Immortal City until spring before entering Jade Dragon Mountain.

Wang Chen settled in an abandoned Cave Mansion outside Flying Immortal City, fortified it with hidden chambers and escape tunnels, and built a profitable Talisman business while cultivating. After a long stretch of peace, heavy winter snows drove Demonic Beasts down from Jade Dragon Mountain and intensified their clashes with cultivators.

• Wang Chen left Flying Immortal City and made a secluded, abandoned Cave Mansion his home, cleaning and furnishing it before sealing its entrance with a stone door.
• Wang Chen dug three secret chambers and five tunnels beneath the Cave Mansion, then installed a Spirit Gathering Array plate in the lowest chamber.
• Wang Chen visited Flying Immortal City to gather information and buy ingredients for Dragon Tiger Spirit Strengthening Soup, spending most of his remaining Spirit Stones.
• Wang Chen sold Protection and Jia Ma Talisman sets at a premium, building a strong reputation and using his earnings to buy spirit materials and support his cultivation.
• Wang Chen cultivated his techniques and nearly reached the fifth layer of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma as the peaceful days passed.
• After three days of heavy snow following the Start of Winter, Demonic Beasts descended from Jade Dragon Mountain, and clashes with cultivators grew fierce.

As demonic beasts grew more active around Jade Dragon Mountain, Wang Chen prepared for a possible beast tide by sealing his cave and digging another escape chamber. After a fierce blizzard, a beast tide erupted around Flying Immortal City, where giant eagles and coordinated packs of beasts attacked as cultivators panicked and tried to flee.

• Wang Chen killed an ambushing Snow Wolf and grew concerned about the increasing number of demonic beasts leaving Jade Dragon Mountain.
• Wang Chen sealed his cave, planned to stay underground through winter, and dug a fourth escape chamber with a tunnel leading twenty li away.
• A severe blizzard buried the area in snow and drove cultivators from the outskirts into increasingly chaotic Flying Immortal City.
• After the blizzard stopped, a cultivator announced that the beast tide had erupted, and residents fled or hid.
• Giant eagles attacked fleeing cultivators with Wind Blades, while packs of demonic beasts surrounded Flying Immortal City under the direction of enormous beasts.

Wang Chen was forced to defend his underground hideout when a Crimson Earth Beast found and broke into it. He ambushed the beast with a Fire Crow, collapsing rock around it, then pierced it with a Gengjin-powered Flying Sword, leaving the fight unresolved.

• A Crimson Earth Beast found Wang Chen's concealed Cave Mansion and smashed open its entrance.
• Wang Chen sensed danger underground, chose to fight, and hid in a tunnel while watching the first chamber through a Mandarin Duck Mirror.
• The Crimson Earth Beast broke into the first chamber, where Wang Chen's Fire Crow blasted it and caused the ceiling to collapse around it.
• Wang Chen's Flying Sword pierced the trapped beast and unleashed Gengjin power that shredded its internal organs.