Recaps

Zhou Yi used his endless lifespan to survive political upheaval, cultivate inner force and spiritual arts, and keep his place in the Heavenly Prison. After helping Huang Yuniang find refuge and attending Lao Bai’s wedding, he learned that Li Wu had surrendered himself to protect his clan and was being poisoned.

• Zhou Yi discovered that the Longevity Dao Fruit had cured his congenital weakness and granted him endless lifespan, then chose to stay inconspicuous as a Heavenly Prison guard.
• Wei Chang taught Zhou Yi the Return to Origin Skill and the Nameless Incantation before dying, while Zhou Yi continued cultivating and secretly recorded the court’s cruelty.
• After Emperor Chongming died, Chancellor Long’s rebellion failed, and Zhou Yi watched the defeated rebels arrive in the Heavenly Prison.
• Zhou Yi learned the Heaven Devouring Demon Art, absorbed condemned prisoners’ inner force, and eventually broke through to Innate after years of cultivation.
• Yu Jie revealed that he was Yellow Sky King’s grandson and gave Zhou Yi a booklet of talisman designs, which Zhou Yi studied and used to expose and destroy ghosts.
• Zhou Yi helped Huang Yuniang avenge her parents, stopped Chan Master Miaojue from capturing her, and placed her in Emperor Chongming’s mausoleum at Longevity Mountain.
• At Lao Bai’s wedding, Zhou Yi disarmed the Boundless Sword Sect’s senior sister and the Heavenly Demon Sect’s holy maiden, then gave Lao Bai a jade pendant before leaving.
• Zhou Yi visited Li Wu in prison and learned that Li Wu had surrendered to spare his clan and prevent war, even as officials poisoned him.

Zhou Yi saved Li Hong, survived the capital’s succession upheavals, and stole the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron before spending ten years in seclusion. Returning to Shenjing, he settled back into the Heavenly Prison and heard Yu Su warn that the Zhang Family’s weakening of imperial authority could bring disaster.

• After Emperor Hongchang staged a rebellion to eliminate the Crown Prince Regent, Zhou Yi taught Li Ye’s family the Origin Returning Art and agreed to save Li Hong when the Li family was exiled.
• Zhou Yi rescued Li Hong from the massacre on the road, helped the Wei family establish themselves in Barren City, and left Li Hong there as Great Yong advanced toward the frontier.
• At Chen Family Village, Zhou Yi killed the soldiers who had plundered the villagers, buried the dead, and took the surviving child Chen Ya’er with him to Shenjing.
• After Emperor Yongxing took the throne, Chancellor Zhang maneuvered against the princes, and Zhou Yi recognized the Heaven Devouring Demon Art and requested leave to investigate.
• During Sun Xiangming’s mutiny, Zhou Yi stole the Rivers and Mountains Cauldron from the Imperial Ancestral Temple and carried it north to Peng Mountain.
• Zhou Yi spent ten years refining the cauldron, then returned to Shenjing, taught Chen Jinyu the Origin Returning Art, and destroyed the vengeful ghost in his courtyard.
• Zhou Yi resumed work in the Heavenly Prison under a false identity, helped expose a bandit scheme involving Imperial Guards, and became accepted by Captain Lu and the other guards.
• Zhou Yi brought food and wine to Yu Su, who explained that he opposed the Zhang Family’s effort to hollow out the Emperor’s authority because the decay of official conduct and military readiness threatened a great disaster.

Zhou Yi built influence in the Brocade Guard, witnessed political upheaval and Yu Su’s repeated imprisonment, and pursued the cultivation world after finding Ji Sheng’s jade bone. He settled at Little Dan Mountain, advanced through years of farming and cultivation, and ended by preparing for a security problem in the market town.

• Zhou Yi recruited Yan Wu and other prisoners as Chess Pieces, then cultivated his Brocade Guard connections while political factions maneuvered around Emperor Jinglong and the Zhang Family.
• Zhou Yi learned of Lao Bai’s death and helped protect Bai Siyuan, while Chen Jinyu returned with Li Yi and offered to help him search for immortality.
• Zhou Yi left the Heavenly Prison as Yuan Shun gained influence in the Brocade Guard, and he watched the Zhang Family be executed before discovering Ji Sheng imprisoned below the Imperial Prison.
• After Ji Sheng died, Zhou Yi found a jade bone pointing to Little Dan Mountain, hid it, and spent years observing Cloud Mountain and cultivating the Origin Returning Art.
• Zhou Yi entered Little Dan Mountain Market as Zhu Gang, rented a cave estate and spirit fields, and spent years farming rice, learning about the Cultivation World, and cultivating.
• Quiet Void gave Zhou Yi Pure Serenity True Monarch’s Notes on Spirit Energy Analysis, which led him to recognize the value of his Soul Stabilizing Mirror and focus on reaching the fourth layer of Qi Refinement.
• Gu Chen returned maimed after avenging his grandson, then left Zhou Yi his savings and burial wishes before Zhou Yi buried him in the Spirit Field.
• Zhou Yi continued farming and cultivation, reached the fourth level of Qi Refinement, and learned that thieves had robbed cultivators in the market town before he began planning for a security problem.

Zhou Yi fled the turmoil around Little Dan Mountain, built a new life in Tianyang City, and protected the Chen family before securing a place on the imperial clan’s spiritual land. After reaching Foundation Establishment, he returned to Little Dan Mountain and learned more about the Dan Ding Sect’s control and the danger of his past acquaintance with Quiet Void.

• Zhou Yi profited from selling Illusory Formations, expanded his formation business, and later took over reception duties at the Little Dan Mountain office.
• Zhou Yi studied new techniques, cultivated spirit herbs with the Jade Dew Art, and fled Little Dan Mountain after Celestial Starstone was discovered and an attack shook the Yun Mountains.
• Zhou Yi settled in Heng City, cured an old farmer’s wife, and took the farmer’s intelligent yellow ox as his contracted servant.
• Zhou Yi traveled to Tianyang City, opened Yu Jian Tavern, and bought the Spirit Treasure Art before Chen Yang asked him to avenge his grandson and protect the Chen Lineage.
• Zhou Yi killed the cultivators threatening Chen Yang’s family, escaped Real Person Xuanyu, and discovered that the Spirit Ginseng Child could supply the thousand-year ginseng needed for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Zhou Yi petitioned Emperor Cheng Lu for access to spiritual land and was granted a place with the imperial clan, where he learned alchemy and refined two Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Zhou Yi consumed twelve Foundation Establishment Pills, reached Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and later left for Little Dan Mountain after visiting Lao Bai’s tomb and examining Huang Yuniang’s hairpin.
• Zhou Yi declined to commit to the Dan Ding Sect and realized that its control of spirit veins and cultivation resources, along with his past encounter with Quiet Void, made caution necessary.