Recaps

Red Leaf Ridge negotiated with outside families, pursued the source of the rumors about Carefree True Immortal, and forced the Lingyin Li Family to concede after Jing Yuexin’s overwhelming display. The arc ended with the Zeng Family investigating the Spirit Vein and seeking closer cooperation with the Yan Family.

• The Yan Family displaced the Yin Family, but Hua Xiezhi refused to let Red Leaf Ridge manage the vacated territory, and the ridge instead developed a Secret Manuals trade through Wu Laoliu, Huan Wei, and Ba Jiudao.
• Dai Wanwan came to challenge Red Leaf Ridge, but Bentley defeated her companion and Rhine forced Dai Wanwan to concede with the Ink Marker.
• Zhao Sanshui failed to persuade Chaoyun to hand over Wu Laoliu, and Wu explained how he had become caught between the Seven Stars Sect and Hundred Herbs Valley.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions confronted Ke Liang’s group over Huan Wei and Ba Jiudao’s injuries, then secured Ke Liang’s help and access to his collection of Secret Manuals.
• Ke Liang traced the rumors about Carefree True Immortal to his descendant, hired groups, and members of the Lingyin Li Family, while Qu Jianlei confirmed that Li Yuqing had helped spread them.
• After negotiations, the Lingyin Li Family agreed to provide Secret Manuals as compensation and arranged a Nascent Soul wagered battle, but Li Yougen conceded after seeing Jing Yuexin’s Ruler and recognizing Red Leaf Ridge’s strength.
• The Lingyin Li Family delivered the agreed manuals and collected its captives, while the Zeng Family began surveying the land around Red Leaf Ridge and sought deeper cooperation with the Yan Family.

Qu Jianlei built Red Leaf Ridge’s influence by trading restoration fluid and Wood Shields while resisting pressure from Hundred Herbs Valley and the Cultivator Alliance. The arc ended with the Ten Directions Demon Subduing Grand Array trapping the Alliance’s attackers, including True Immortal Bowen, and Red Leaf Ridge taking the surrender of Zeng Jiarui and Le Tong.

• Qu Jianlei refused the Zeng Family’s demands to hand over Wu Laoliu, then sought a route to Central Province and began trading Space Repair Fluid for cultivation techniques.
• Qu Jianlei repaired treasures for Zhen Yezhi, the Ji Family, and Li Yuren in exchange for Nascent Soul Techniques and an Out-of-Body Cultivation Method.
• The Ji Family recovered its repaired Micro Cave Dwelling and Secret Treasure, while two Ji Family cultivators began guarding Red Leaf Ridge’s shop.
• After Huaiheng Real Person died attempting to form a Nascent Soul, Qu Jianlei’s group left the marketplace, and Five Willows True Immortal arrived too late and destroyed their empty courtyard.
• Hua Xiezhi rejected the Cultivator Alliance’s conscription demand, while Qu Jianlei gave San Duo True Person Wood Shields made from Locust Otherworld Tree Race members.
• Qu Jianlei and Ji Xiaohua discussed the sealed void and Heavenly Demons, as Hua Xiezhi sold most of Red Leaf Ridge’s Wood Shields to Emerald Screen Mountain.
• Zeng Jiarui and Le Tong arrived with warships demanding Wu Minxi, but Jia Shuiqing’s grand array isolated the attackers and neutralized their assaults.
• True Immortal Bowen tried to flee but was captured, and Qu Jianlei’s group dispersed the array after Zeng Jiarui surrendered, restricting the captured cultivators while leaving Li Jingtian unrestricted.

Red Leaf Ridge defeated the Heavenly Demons, expanded into a refuge, and prepared for the coming invasion while Qu Jianlei traveled to Central Province with Duan Bowen. The group reached Liuguang City, where Qu Jianlei secretly began building a teleportation array.

• Jia Shuiqing secured compensation from Zeng Jiarui and Le Tong for Red Leaf Ridge, while Duan Bowen agreed to guide Qu Jianlei to the passage to Central Province.
• Qu Jianlei refused to commit Red Leaf Ridge’s cultivators to the void expedition without safeguards, then led a squad that rescued the besieged teams and defeated the Heavenly Demons with Broken Blade and Wind Forgotten.
• Red Leaf Ridge returned to patrol the Sealing Grand Array, expanded its territory, and organized Small Towns as refuges for Dongsheng’s people.
• Qu Jianlei refused requests to inspect the Tree Race member and declined to help Hundred Herbs Valley without the Seven Stars Soul Return Needle Manual, while True Immortal Jiaoying and Zhu Jiayi settled matters with Red Leaf Ridge.
• Zhu Jiayi arranged territory and a teleportation array for the Zhu Family, and Qu Jianlei traveled with Duan Bowen, Qinghu, Claire, Tian Yin, and the Keros siblings toward Central Province.
• Qu Jianlei used the aura of a Great Venerable’s remains to speed the group’s sea crossing, and Duan Bowen brought them ashore in Central Province.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions reached Liuguang City, rented a courtyard, and began exploring and buying supplies.
• Qu Jianlei secretly built an underground Stone Chamber and Teleportation Array, while Tian Yin and Korona distracted nearby cultivators after the array’s energy ripple shook the Defense Array.

Red Leaf Ridge secured a new base, developed Heavenly Demon detectors, and expanded its dealings in Central Province. After True Immortal Wuyou attacked Claire’s group over suspicions about Restoration Fluid, Qu Jianlei and Yongheng forced him to pay compensation, while Red Leaf Ridge continued concealing its plans and ties.

• Claire’s group acquired land near Liuguang City through a trade with True Immortal San Shi, then built a hidden Teleportation Array and began establishing defenses.
• Qu Jianlei entered Seeking the Dao, while Heavenly Demons began appearing across Dongsheng and Red Leaf Ridge supplied Tian Yin with a chance to attempt Core Formation.
• Red Leaf Ridge provided laser weapons and developed Heavenly Demon detectors, then sold devices that helped several forces uncover and eliminate hidden demons.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin attended Great Leaf City’s auction, where a City Lord’s Mansion guard won Restoration Fluid and Qu Jianlei learned that pursuing the buyer would draw attention.
• Duan Bowen told Qu Jianlei that smuggling groups had sold Restoration Fluid in Dongsheng and that a Star Palace agent had bought the Stone Jar, while Qu Jianlei offered him fluid for finding a Tier 4 Spirit Vein.
• Qu Jianlei negotiated with San Shi and Yongheng for an incomplete Out of Body Cultivation Method and agreed to supply the Five Friends Alliance with detectors, then disclosed his prediction of a full-scale invasion in three years.
• True Immortal Wuyou confronted Claire’s group and demanded Restoration Fluid, but Qinghu’s divination backlash and the manor’s defenders exposed and captured him.
• Yongheng negotiated Wuyou’s compensation with Qu Jianlei, who accepted spirit stones and divination manuals while keeping the incident quiet and delaying Red Leaf Ridge’s public appearance.