Recaps

Wei He and Wan Qingqing traveled with a merchant caravan, which survived an Iron Feather Crow attack and continued safely toward its destination as Wei He advanced his Righteous Law Art. In Yunzhou, Old Master Zhuang entrusted Wei Chun with the real Chongxing Cup and told her to hide it while a convincing fake muddied the waters.

• Fang Hong halted the caravan after its lead carriage fell into a pit, but the guards found no immediate threat and resumed traveling.
• A flock of Iron Feather Crows attacked the wagons for their grain, and the caravan drove them away with beast-repelling powder.
• The caravan reached a Land Post before nightfall and continued its journey; over the next month, Wei He trained his Righteous Law Art to Three Blood and gained poison immunity.
• Wei Chun practiced palm strikes under Old Master Zhuang's supervision, then learned that her three months of training had laid a lasting foundation.
• Old Master Zhuang gave Wei Chun the real Chongxing Cup to hide after arranging for a convincing fake to confuse those seeking the treasure.

Old Master Zhuang sent Wei Chun away with the Chongxing Cup before Gao Ling and Gao Xiu of the Ancient Sword Sect attacked him. Meanwhile, Wei He’s convoy crossed Ghost Seeing Gorge, where he subdued Three Poisons Monk and his Triangular Leopard, then considered using poison-controlled captives as protection on the road to Yunzhou.

• Old Master Zhuang gave Wei Chun the Chongxing Cup and told her to hide it, then faced Gao Ling and Gao Xiu when they surrounded his courtyard.
• Old Master Zhuang attacked the brothers with burning charcoal and escaped as they pursued him.
• Fang Zheng organized the convoy’s crossing of Ghost Seeing Gorge by transporting its cargo over the suspension bridge with ropes and pulleys.
• Three Poisons Monk charged the convoy with his Triangular Leopard and threatened Wan Qingqing, so Wei He struck him down with a tea-based attack and enslaved him.
• Three Poisons Monk and the Triangular Leopard obediently took over the carriage’s reins and place as its draft animal, while Wei He considered recruiting more people through poison for the journey to Yunzhou.

Wei Chun watched pursuers investigate the ruined residence and fled, while a mysterious woman in white entered after the Hong family inspectors left. Elsewhere, Wei He’s party traveled toward Yunzhou, where Wei He learned of the concealed-weapon expert Bai Dou and grew interested in meeting him.

• Wei Chun passed the ruined residence, saw Iron Wolf and three companions enter, and hurried away after suspecting they were pursuing her master.
• Iron Wolf’s group left in pursuit of the Ancient Sword Sect, and more than ten disguised men followed them while Hong family inspectors recorded the activity.
• A white-robed woman carrying a sword appeared at the ruined residence and entered after the inspectors departed.
• Three Poisons Monk told Wan Qingqing about unorthodox experts near Cangjian Gorge, including Bai Dou and his deadly Heart-Piercing Lotus concealed weapon.
• Wei He asked whether they could find Bai Dou, and Three Poisons Monk warned that Bai Dou’s speed and concealed weapons made him dangerous.

Wei He traveled with the convoy to Cangjian Gorge and went out at night to meet Bai Dou, hoping to recruit the hidden-weapons expert. Meanwhile, Wei Chun concealed the Chongxing Cup from her parents, and the chapter ended with Wei He confronting Bai Dou at his home.

• Wei He agreed to cross Cangjian Gorge the next morning and left camp with Three Poisons Monk to seek out Bai Dou.
• Wei Chun refused her parents’ suggestion that she marry and learned that martial artists had fought and died near her construction site.
• Wei Chun worried that revealing she had the Chongxing Cup would endanger her parents.
• Three Poisons Monk found Bai Dou at his stone house and introduced him to Wei He.
• Wei He challenged Bai Dou to try robbing him, and Bai Dou tensed as he sensed the threat.

Wei He defeated Bai Dou and forced him to swallow a poison pill, while a battle over the Chongxing Cup unfolded outside Feiye City. The chapter ended as a bloodied female Daoist appeared after Gao Ling ran into the night.

• Wei He recognized Bai Dou as a Bone Forging martial master after Bai Dou’s concealed weapons barely pierced his defenses.
• Wei He overwhelmed Bai Dou in a fight, then made him swallow a purple Lock Poison pill and submit.
• Iron Wolf’s group fought members of the Ancient Sword Sect over the Chongxing Cup outside Feiye City.
• Gao Ling fled with the Chongxing Cup while Gao Xiu and the others held off Iron Wolf’s group.
• A scream came from the direction Gao Ling had fled, and a bloodied female Daoist entered the scene.

A White Jade Crown Daoist killed the men pursuing the Chongxing Cup and concluded that Old Master Zhuang had hidden the real cup in Feiye City. After safely crossing Cangjian Gorge, Wei He and his companions parted from the caravan and continued toward Yunzhou, where he planned to investigate his family’s fate and revisit his past.

• Iron Wolf retreated after the White Jade Crown Daoist killed Gao Xiu, and the Ancient Sword Sect members backed away.
• The Daoist found a fake Chongxing Cup on Gao Ling, killed the laborers who ambushed her, and set off for Feiye City to trace Old Master Zhuang’s movements.
• Wei He and his companions used Beast Bait to draw away the Jue Ru Birds and safely crossed Cangjian Gorge with the caravan.
• Fang Yongchun chose to stay with her adoptive father, and Wan Qingqing gave her a token she could use to find her in the future.
• Wei He’s group parted from the caravan and headed through the border forest toward Yunzhou as Wei He told Wan Qingqing about his difficult past and his plans to investigate his family’s fate.

At Feiye City, Hong Daoyuan allied with a White Jade Crown Hundred Crown to search for Zhuang and obtain the Chongxing Cup. Meanwhile, Wei He organized his cultivation system and ordered his followers to capture Martial Masters as his carriage headed back toward Feiye, while Wei Chun grew anxious after seeing people search for someone.

• Hong Daoyuan negotiated with the White Jade Crown Hundred Crown, agreeing to take twenty percent of the Chongxing Cup treasure in exchange for her help securing firearms from the Prefectural City.
• Wei He consolidated his martial arts into Overturning Sea Vigor and the Cloud Sea Codex and planned to quantify the benefits of his cultivation methods.
• When the carriage stopped near two groups fighting, Wei He ordered Three Poisons Monk to capture all Martial Masters they encountered.
• Wei Chun saw authorities and gang members searching for someone and offering a gold bean for information, which left her uneasy.

Wei Chun concealed her connection to Old Master Zhuang as the authorities searched for the Chongxing Cup, while Hundred Crowns Daoist pursued a new lead. Wei He returned to Feiye City ahead of his companions and attacked Hong Daoyuan, demanding to know where he was.

• Wei Chun denied recognizing Old Master Zhuang when a constable showed her his portrait, protecting her parents from suspicion.
• Hundred Crowns Daoist wounded Bai Honghou and questioned a beggar, who reported seeing a tall, powerfully built woman visiting Old Master Zhuang's residence.
• Wei He arrived near Feiye City with Wan Qingqing and their companions, then went ahead alone to deal with the local powers.
• At Hongyan Tower, Daoist Bai Yi negotiated with Hong Daoyuan for the Chongxing Cup in exchange for alien species.
• Wei He burst into Hongyan Tower, smashed through Hong Daoyuan's guards and weapons, and demanded to know where Hong Daoyuan was.

Wei He returned to Feiye City, swiftly subdued Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi, and used Lock Poison to bring the city’s leaders under his control. By the time Wan Qingqing arrived, he had quietly secured influence over Feiye City’s upper ranks.

• Wei He broke into Hongyan Tower, knocked Hong Daoyuan unconscious, and poisoned Daoist Bai Yi when she tried to leave.
• Wei He revived Hong Daoyuan with a Nine-Colored Pill, and Hong Daoyuan agreed to help him after learning he had been afflicted with Lock Poison.
• Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi calmed the people gathering outside the tower, while Wei He explained that he intended to use Feiye City’s leaders to control the city.
• Wei He had Hong Daoyuan bring the Hong family’s upper ranks and the Hall of Enshrinement’s strongest accomplished martial artists to Hongyan Tower, where he poisoned them with Lock Poison.
• A party welcomed Wan Qingqing at the city gates, unaware that Wei He had secretly gained control of Feiye City’s upper ranks.

Imperial Army soldiers rounded up broad-built women in Feiye City as the Incense Gathering Cult launched a coordinated assault on Hongyan Tower. Wei He ordered Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi to find his family, then confronted Hong Daoyuan’s master and two allies, who revealed their plan to attack him.

• Imperial Army soldiers rounded up broad-built women, but Zhuang Feng rescued Wei Chun and fled with her during the Incense Gathering Cult’s assault.
• Wei He questioned Hong Daoyuan about the Chongxing Cup and his master while the city’s forces battled the Incense Gathering Cult.
• Wei He gave Hong Daoyuan and Daoist Bai Yi portraits of his family and ordered them to find and protect his relatives.
• Wei He sent Bai Dou to help defend Hongyan Tower as the Incense Gathering Cult broke through its outer defenses.
• The Goatee Old Man and two allies appeared before Wei He, demanded that he remove the poison controlling the Hong Family, and threatened him with the Yueyin Tianquan Formation.
• Wei He identified the fighting outside as a staged ambush and put on his gloves as the three elders prepared to face him.

Wei He fought off the Three Elders of Yueyin and a wave of Incense Gathering Cult attackers at Hongyan Tower, using the battle to gauge his strength. He drove the cultists away, leaving the plaza strewn with their fallen fighters.

• The Three Elders of Yueyin attacked Wei He together, but he broke their formation and resisted their force effects.
• Wei He unleashed the Heartless Seal with his enhanced Overturning Sea Vigor, sending the three elders crashing through the tower wall.
• Wei He estimated that his strength matched the combined power of three to four Organ Refining experts, though he remained uncertain how he would fare against Ming Gan.
• More than thirty masked fighters rushed into the tower, and Wei He killed them with swift strikes to their hearts.
• Wei He evaded a metal net and poison-water tubes, then released poison powder and poisonous force that felled the surrounding Incense Gathering Cult fighters.
• The Incense Gathering Cult attackers retreated, leaving the ground beside Hongyan Tower covered with fallen fighters.

Wei He defeated the Hong family, the Incense Gathering Cult, and the White Jade Crown forces, then killed Hong Daoyuan before reviving him to test a method for restoring the dead. Hong Daoyuan submitted to Wei He, who left him to help search for Wei He’s missing family before heading to meet Wan Qingqing.

• Wei He repelled the three factions’ attacks and poisoned more than a hundred of their fighters, forcing the survivors to retreat or stand back.
• Hong Daoyuan and Hong Yi decided to seek cooperation with Wei He, and Hong Daoyuan approached him to apologize.
• Wei He crushed Hong Daoyuan’s arm and struck his chest, killing him because his calm expression made Wei He suspect he would plot against him.
• Wei He revived Hong Daoyuan by restoring his bones and stimulating his heart, then ordered him to find people for him.
• Hong Daoyuan submitted to Wei He, who left through the snow to meet Wan Qingqing and check on their old home in Rat Alley.

Wei He reunited with Wei Ying and Zhen Qi in Feiye City and learned that his parents and eldest sister had been found in the new district. He headed with them to Baisha Alley, where Wei Tang was brewing medicine for Li Cui as someone knocked at their door.

• Wei He visited the renovated Wei family home and learned from an old man that the family had been relocated to Baisha Alley in the new district.
• Wei He ran into Wei Ying and Zhen Qi, and they reunited after he confirmed their identities.
• A Hong family guard gave Wei He a note saying Wei Tang, Li Cui, and Wei Chun had been found, and that Wei Chun was linked to the Chongxing Cup incident.
• Wei He, Wei Ying, and Zhen Qi took a carriage to Baisha Alley to find their family.
• Wei Tang prepared medicinal soup for Li Cui's worsening sores, then answered a late knock at the door.

Wei He reunited with his family in Feiye City and prepared to take them back to Taizhou, leaving the Chongxing Cup behind to divert the factions searching for it. The Wei Family departed Yunzhou while the Hong Family took possession of the cup.

• Wei Ying and Wei He reunited with Wei Tang and Li Cui, and Wei He arranged for Wei Chun and Zhuang Feng to be found and brought to the family home.
• Wei He examined Li Cui and concealed how serious her illness was, assuring the family that medicine could treat it.
• Wei He introduced Wan Qingqing to his family and decided to pay respects to Master Zheng before taking everyone back to Taizhou.
• Wei Chun offered the Chongxing Cup to Zhuang Feng, but Zhuang Feng ultimately left without asking for it.
• Wei He replaced the Hong Family's deadly poisons with controllable ones, threw the Chongxing Cup to them, and left Yunzhou with his family for Taizhou.

As Great Yuan collapsed into rebellion and invasion, Wei He and Wang Shaojun discussed the crisis before Wan Qingqing gave birth to their son, Wei An. Meanwhile, Wushi Sect learned that Wu State’s Bloodline Aberrant general Tang Yan was advancing, but Jade Fang Peak’s master dismissed the threat for now.

• Wei He and Wang Shaojun discussed the imperial court’s fall, Wu State’s invasion of Yizhou, and Wang Shuyi’s confinement in a nunnery after her cultivation was crippled.
• Wan Qingqing went into labor at Wang Shaojun’s residence, and Wei He stayed by the delivery room as preparations were made.
• Wan Qingqing gave birth to a son, whom Wei He named Wei An.
• Liu Zhenyuan reported to Jade Fang Peak’s master that Tang Yan and Wu State’s army had defeated Yizhou’s forces and that Tang Yan possessed extraordinary Bloodline Aberrant abilities.
• Jade Fang Peak’s master told Liu Zhenyuan that Wu State would have to face other forces before reaching Taizhou and ordered Wushi Sect to let its enemies fight one another.

Six months later, Wei He had strengthened the Myriad Poison Sect and devoted himself to cultivation while raising his family and training Lin Yuan. Seeking to learn the divisions of Ming Gan and test his limits, Wei He went to meet You Fu at Laojun Temple, where he found a group of young travelers already inside.

• Liu Zhenyuan reflected on the dangers posed by Bloodline Aberrants and left the Wushi Sect's main peak.
• Over six months, the Myriad Poison Sect prospered, while Wei He trained Lin Yuan and taught him the Golden Joy Five Elements Technique.
• Wei He grew concerned that his rising influence might endanger his family and focused more intensely on cultivating Overturning Sea Vigor.
• After finding no news of the Moonlit Whale Chart, Wei He decided to seek You Fu's guidance about Ming Gan and test his own strength.
• Wei He raced to Laojun Temple to meet You Fu and found richly dressed young travelers warming themselves by a fire.

Wei He arrived at Laojun Temple to meet You Fu and found the fleeing Lian siblings there, hiding from the Natural Sect. When Gongsun Hong and another Natural Sect expert attacked them, Wei He passed by and incapacitated both, leaving Gongsun Hong begging for mercy.

• Lian Shuihan and Lian Youran waited at Laojun Temple for their grandfather, Li Chong, while fleeing the Natural Sect’s pursuit.
• Wei He arrived and sat apart from the siblings, uninterested in their troubles.
• Gongsun Hong and another Natural Sect expert entered the temple and confronted the Lian siblings.
• Lian Youran considered framing Wei He by claiming the Purple One Sect’s treasures were with him, but stopped when You Fu called to Wei outside.
• Wei He walked toward the exit, and Gongsun Hong recognized him as Sect Master Wei and hurriedly moved aside.
• Wei He’s poison incapacitated Gongsun Hong and his companion; the companion collapsed, while Gongsun Hong knelt and begged for his life.

Wei He tested his strength against You Fu and learned about the Ming Gan stage before naturally breaking through from Bone Forging into Organ Refining. He left the encounter with new guidance on sensory fixation and planned to use a Boundary-Breaking Pearl to temper his organs later.

• Wei He and You Fu fought for a hundred breaths, and You Fu’s Bell Sun Finger forced Wei He to recognize that he was still weaker in a direct clash.
• You Fu compared Wei He’s strength with Taizhou’s other masters and explained sensory fixation and the dangers of breaking through rashly.
• After You Fu departed, Wei He’s Silkworm Silk Jin stimulated a natural breakthrough into Organ Refining without using a Boundary-Breaking Pearl.
• Wei He realized that completing Organ Refining required strengthening all twelve internal stages before choosing a sense for sensory fixation.

Wei He advanced into Organ Refining, then spent two years strengthening the Myriad Poison Sect and withdrawing it from public view. At a Root Harvesting Festival gathering in Xuanjing, Wang Shaojun asked Wei He to help him build influence in the Taian Army, leaving Wei He’s response unresolved.

• After reaching Organ Refining, Wei He ignored the Lian family and returned to the Myriad Poison Sect, while the Lian siblings discovered they had been poisoned and set off for Xuanjing to seek a cure.
• Over the next two years, Wei He raised his remaining true techniques to Bone Forging, steadily advanced through Organ Refining, and scaled back the Myriad Poison Sect’s businesses and outside contacts.
• At a Root Harvesting Festival gathering, Wang Shaojun told Wei He that Zhou Xingtong had lost an arm and his chance to advance further in martial arts.
• Wang Shaojun said he planned to leave for the provincial capital as chief director of Industry Development Path and invited Wei He to join him, but Wei He remained silent.

Wei He declined Wang Shaojun’s offer to join him in the Prefectural City, choosing to focus on cultivation as their paths parted. Two years later, Wei He had reached the middle stage of Organ Refining, was raising his son in the Myriad Poison Sect, and prepared to strengthen the sense of touch in his left hand for Ming Gan.

• Wang Shaojun asked Wei He to join him in the Prefectural City, but Wei He refused and the two shared a farewell toast before Wang Shaojun left with much of his family.
• The Wang Family withdrew from Xuanjing, the Zhou Family weakened, and the Autumn Pond Sword Sect and Mo family became the city’s rising powers.
• Wei He advanced to the middle stage of Organ Refining and walked with Wan Qingqing and their two-year-old son Wei An, whose poison resistance training had made him immune to toxins.
• Wan Qingqing discovered Wei An playing with poisonous centipedes and angrily confronted Wei He, who later explained the protective training he and Nine Shadows had designed.
• Wei He reviewed You Fu’s information about setting a sense in Ming Gan and decided to strengthen the tactile sense in his left hand.

Wei He’s left hand began to develop supersensory perception, exposing him to invisible and dangerous phenomena. After an unseen hand gripped him and left black marks, he escaped and found a warning in an old book, but feared that completing his breakthrough to Ming Gan would bring worse encounters.

• Wei He strengthened his left hand in secret as he prepared to break through from Organ Refining to Ming Gan.
• His enhanced hand sensed an invisible presence and perceived strange textures in the air and a flower-basket leaf.
• An unseen, icy hand clasped Wei He’s left hand, but he broke free by surging Force Strength into it.
• Wei He hurried to Tianya Tower and found a strange tale warning that spreading one’s fingers alone could invite an invisible hand.
• Wei He realized that his growing perception exposed him to dangerous realities and worried about what full supersensory perception would bring.

Wei He agreed to shelter Su Zhao for a month, then learned that Su Zhao’s high-yield rice had made him a target. When Wushi Sect members tried to persuade Wei He to surrender Su Zhao, he recognized their familiar arrogance and refused to be swayed.

• Wei He approved You Fu’s request to protect Su Zhao and sent Lin Yuan and Xiao Qingyu to receive him.
• A flying knife delivered a letter revealing that Su Zhao was a Central Province clan descendant who had developed rice yielding more than three times the usual harvest.
• Wei He concluded that the letter was a veiled threat and told Xiao Qingyu to strengthen the sect’s defenses while keeping Su Zhao under protection.
• Wei He chased a hidden figure beyond the sect walls and found masked Wushi Sect members waiting in the forest.
• The Wushi Sect members offered Wei He credit and a chance to join the Three Main Peaks if he handed Su Zhao over, and Wei He remarked that the Wushi Sect had not changed.

Wei He negotiated with Lu Yunbai to delay the Wushi Sect’s attempt to seize Su Zhao for one month, while learning about the Three Main Peaks’ Myriad Transformation Jade Field. After Lu Yunbai left, Wei He considered advancing his own plan now that his strength had grown.

• Wei He reasoned that both the Wushi Sect and You Fu had powerful backing, then asked Lu Yunbai whether he could decide the operation involving Su Zhao.
• Wei He proposed handing Su Zhao over in one month, when he was due to join a convoy to Central Province, and offered to cooperate with the Wushi Sect then.
• Lu Yunbai described the Three Main Peaks’ Myriad Transformation Jade Field and promised Wei He a place there if he helped capture Su Zhao.
• Wei He agreed to cooperate after one month, while making clear he would not risk the Myriad Poison Sect unless the Wushi Sect dealt with You Fu.
• After Lu Yunbai and his group withdrew, Wei He assessed his increased Bone Forging strength and decided to move his plan forward.

Wei He tested his strength against the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog and found he could briefly match its active force, though he could not sustain the stalemate. At Nine Truths Court, Yan Jiuzhen ordered Lu Yunbai to retrieve Su Zhao within three days and threatened to exterminate the Myriad Poison Sect if it interfered.

• Wei He traveled to Jushui Canyon to test his strength against the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog, while considering the dangers of Ding Gan and his future martial arts path.
• Wei He fought the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog, dodging its attacks and matching its active force with ten kinds of Bone Jin, but withdrew when he realized he could not maintain the stalemate.
• Wei He concluded that poison or a quick victory would be necessary to defeat the Three-Headed Raccoon Dog, then reflected on the strength of the Wushi Sect and the dangers of leaving Taizhou.
• A disciple informed Yan Jiuzhen about the dragon blood struggle, a planned debate between Huang Siwei and Xu Zhou, and Su Zhao's arrival at the Myriad Poison Sect.
• Yan Jiuzhen ordered Lu Yunbai to bring Su Zhao to Mount Yueqing within three days and said the sect should exterminate the Myriad Poison Sect if it obstructed him.

Several factions tried to infiltrate Myriad Poison City and seize Su Zhao, but the Myriad Poison Sect ambushed them. Wei He then faced a coordinated attack led by an Organ Refining archer, survived unharmed, and offered the archer a chance to serve him.

• Three masked factions planned to lure Myriad Poison Sect members out and capture Su Zhao, but the sect poisoned, surrounded, and captured or killed the attackers.
• Wei He ordered the new academy chiefs to gain experience, sent Three Poisons Monk to protect them, and told Bai Dou to remain inside the sect.
• An Organ Refining archer fired at Du Han and the others, so Wei He intercepted the arrows and pursued him from the city wall.
• The archer and fighters from several factions ambushed Wei He with arrows, weapons, and a flute attack, but their strikes could not pierce him.
• Wei He killed one attacker and offered the archer freedom after a hundred years of service under his command.