Recaps

After surviving the beast tide at Flying Immortal City, Wang Chen profited from the city’s rebuilding and joined a mountain-crossing expedition with Li Yi'an. Their party was devastated by demons and spirits, then abandoned at White Hair Peak, where Wang Chen and Li Qingxi continued alone.

• Wang Chen killed the Crimson Earth Beast, reached Flying Immortal City during a demonic assault, and watched the White Tiger Sect drive the beasts away.
• Wang Chen bought residents’ deeds, sold most of them for a large profit, established the Dust Smoke Talisman Shop, and later joined the Mountain Crossing Society’s expedition.
• Wang Chen survived attacks by Fire Ants, Boar Cavalry, Three-Eyed Stone Apes, and a Golden Core Great Demon as the expedition crossed Jade Dragon Mountain Range.
• Li Yi'an joined Wang Chen during the journey, and they practiced the Primordial Yin Harmonization Secret Method together after the Great Demon attack.
• At Mountain Lord Temple, Wang Chen and the other cultivators fought Mountain Ghosts through the night, suffering deaths and injuries before the ferrymen abandoned the survivors at White Hair Peak.
• Wang Chen and Li Yi'an climbed White Hair Peak, where she revealed her true name was Li Qingxi and said she planned to leave after they crossed it.
• Wang Chen saw a cultivator trying to lead White-Haired Ice Fiends toward them, evaded the creatures with Li Qingxi, and later recovered the man’s Storage Bag and shield.

Wang Chen joined Datian Village as its chief, uncovered a kidnapping and mining scheme tied to Yuan Shenkui, and helped bring down the local leaders who supported it. After rescuing the miners and earning the villagers’ trust, he began organizing relief, schooling, and hunting for the village.

• Wang Chen settled into Datian Village, won Xiao He’s loyalty, and took up farming while Huang Deqi and Chen Anhe tested his authority.
• Wang Chen pursued kidnappers into the mountains, defeated the Gray Wolf Bandits, rescued their prisoners, and uncovered Yuan Shenkui’s hidden blood-pool scheme beneath the Purple Copper Mine.
• Wang Chen defeated and captured Yuan Shenkui, then brought hundreds of rescued miners back to Datian Village.
• Luo Zhen identified Yuan Shenkui and explained that Huang Deqi, Chen Anhe, and Temple Priestess Xu had helped him in exchange for promised pills.
• West Sea Sect Battle Cultivators arrested the three village leaders and confiscated their assets, while Wang Chen became Datian Village’s trusted new pillar.
• Wang Chen treated Little Ya’s wounded grandfather and proposed aid for poor households, a village Guard Team, and a free primary school.
• Xiao Hong led the Guard Team in hunting Tusked Boars, and the hunters continued into the mountains to store meat for winter.

Wang Chen cleansed Datian Village, earned the villagers’ gratitude, and left for the West Sea Sect after helping Xiao Lian. He passed the sect’s entrance trial, entered the Inner Sect, and began settling into his new life while reconnecting with Zuo Xiaomo.

• Wang Chen destroyed the Evil Spirit possessing Huang Ze, cleansed Datian Village, and arranged for the village to obtain an Exorcism Drum before leaving Xiao Hong in charge.
• Luo Zhen informed Wang Chen that the sect had granted him Inner Sect status, and local powers sent gifts before Wang Chen departed Datian Village for Lotus City.
• At the Singer Gathering, Wang Chen defended Xiao Lian from Lu Pengze, helped her win the Courtesan Queen title, and asked White Crane True Person to cure her ghostly birthmark.
• Wang Chen attended a gathering for new West Sea Sect disciples, then Zi Xiao True Person sent him to Myriad Spirit City for an entrance trial to capture or kill Zhou Senzhi.
• Wang Chen used information from Dongming Residence to search Shangyang Village, disguised himself to lure Zhou Senzhi out, and killed him to complete the mission.
• Wang Chen presented Zhou Senzhi’s head, joined the West Sea Sect, lit his Soul Lamp, and learned from Yi Sixteen about the Inner Sect’s branches and requirements.
• Wang Chen traveled to Myriad Spirit City after receiving Zuo Xiaomo’s letter and met Zuo Xiaomo and his younger sister, Zuo Xiaolan.

Wang Chen rescued refugees, purged Evil Spirits across Huai Shan County, and earned merit and resources before awakening the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron. He then accepted Xu Xinlan’s offer to serve as her retainer in exchange for a share of her estate’s profits and a monthly supply of Essence of Five Elements.

• Wang Chen chose Mystic Fire Flying Crow and Primal Gengjin Finger at the Library Pavilion, then joined Zuo Xiaomo at an Ancient Sealed Jade auction and bought a piece after outbidding Zuo Qingcheng.
• Wang Chen agreed to serve as Zuo Xiaomo’s Dao Guardian, opened the Sealed Jade, and found the sealed Life-Giving Creation Cauldron inside.
• Zhang Dahu’s family and other Wuyan Town residents fled through attacks by Evil Spirits, and Wang Chen rescued them before escorting them to Huai Shan County Town.
• Wang Chen returned to Wuyan Town, destroyed its Evil Spirits and a Black Grudge-rank Evil Monster, then cleared the remaining threats and reported his success to Zhao Hongyi.
• Wang Chen killed the hidden Evil Cultivator who had infiltrated Huai Shan City, drove off the attacking Evil Spirits, and helped Zhao Hongyi protect the county and surrounding settlements.
• Wang Chen received 1,376 Merit Points and three thousand Medium Spirit Stones, renewed his rent, and advanced to the Purple Mansion second layer.
• Wang Chen spent Human Virtue and resources to awaken the Life-Giving Creation Cauldron, learned it was an artifact-refining treasure, and postponed pursuing artifact refinement.
• Wang Chen met Zuo Xiaomo and Xu Xinlan in Myriad Spirit City, accepted her retainer offer, and received a jade bottle of Essence of Five Elements.