Recaps

Wei He trained at Huishan Fist, used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to reach Ox Hide, and took escort work while searching for clues about his missing family. He bought a home and a storefront for Wei Ying, then the Mengjin Female Cultivator began telling her about her birth before an unknown figure appeared.

• Wei He joined Old Man Zheng’s Huishan Fist school and arranged for Wei Ying to live and work there while Chen Biao continued threatening them.
• Wei He used the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to break through to Ox Hide, then accepted Cheng Shaojiu’s support and began escort work.
• Wei He investigated Mingde Temple for clues about his missing parents, killed a tracker who pursued him, and learned that a Scent-tracking Bug reacted to traces on his body.
• Wei He traveled with Cheng Kai’s caravan, defeated several escorts in sparring, and survived a nighttime attack by a Black Madman that killed two guards.
• Wei He bought a nearby house for himself and Wei Ying, continued training as plague and food shortages worsened, and learned about the dangers beyond the city.
• Wei He helped Wei Ying open a steamed bun shop while rejecting a proposed match and focusing on filling the Boundary-Breaking Pearl.
• The Mengjin Female Cultivator visited Wei Ying and began to tell her about her birth, but a tall figure appeared at the doorway.

Wei He concealed his breakthroughs, rejected factional ties, and hunted Shaoyang Mountain to strengthen himself while Huishan Fist Academy and Yonghe Escort Agency faced mounting troubles. He saved Cheng Shaojiu from the Zhao Family’s demand, then returned to the mountain and found evidence that Shaoyang Gate posed an even greater danger.

• Wei He killed Xu Wei and other Incense Gathering Cult members, broke through to Stone Hide, and kept his achievement secret until Zheng Fugui agreed to teach him the next method privately.
• Zheng Fugui revealed Wei He’s breakthrough, but Wei He rejected Jiang Yan’s offer to join the Jiang Family and accepted a flexible affiliation with Cheng Shaojiu’s Yonghe Escort Agency.
• Wei He hunted Shaoyang Mountain, killed bandits and a Shaoyang Gate disciple, and gathered weapons, poison, supplies, and gold while training toward his next breakthrough.
• Wei He returned to hunting and developed his Five Ridges Palm, while Xiao Ran recovered and a wounded Yonghe Escort Agency convoy returned without its shipment.
• Wei He learned that Cheng Shaojiu’s agency owed the Zhao Family seven hundred taels of gold and faced disbandment, but Cheng Shaojiu concealed the crisis from him.
• Wei He brought more than a thousand taels of gold to Cheng Shaojiu, allowing him to tear up the Zhao Family’s contract and pay the debt.
• Wei He went back to Shaoyang Mountain for money, robbed two bandits, and found Black Caltrops among their gear.

Wei He advanced through the Third Stage while searching for his missing family and clashing with the forces around Feiye City. As Huishan Fist Academy prepared to relocate and celebrate his breakthrough, a mysterious stranger drew him away from home, leaving his whereabouts unknown.

• Wei He found Cheng Shaojiu’s gifts, protected Jiang Su from Xiao Ran, and killed Xiao Ran after breaking through the Five Ridges Palm.
• Wei He reached Iron Hide, investigated Shaoyang Mountain, and learned that the Incense Gathering Cult had seized craftsmen, including his missing family members.
• Wei He intercepted Chen Zhao’s convoy and investigated the cult’s branch altar, then killed Chen Jun while rescuing Guan Die and her relatives.
• Wei He returned to Feiye City, filled his Boundary-Breaking Pearl with exotic-beast meat, and broke through Huishan Fist’s Third Stage Qi and Blood.
• Zheng Fugui confirmed Wei He’s strength and announced Huishan Fist Academy’s relocation, while Jiang Su told Wei He why she had chosen martial arts and that she would leave with Zheng.
• Wei He found a white-robed intruder in his home and pursued the stranger to Feiye River, where the stranger said they had come to see his talent.
• Zheng Fugui welcomed representatives from seven academies for Wei He’s celebration, but learned that Wei He had left home and had not arrived.

Wei He led his companions through the collapse of Feiye City and a dangerous journey to Taizhou, where the Wushi Sect rejected him and he joined the Heavenly Seal Sect instead. After settling Wei Ying in Heavenly Seal Town, he began pursuing cultivation and became entangled in a conflict over a corpse and the fugitive Xiao Heng.

• Wei He defeated Chen Jian at the Huishan Fist gathering, then led a small group through the Seven Families Alliance’s attack and the wilderness as the Huishan Fist survivors scattered.
• Wei He rescued Jiang Su and Zheng Fugui from the Blood Robe Gang, but Zheng died after revealing his letter and hidden bundle, leaving Wei He to bury him and plan a journey to Taizhou.
• Wei He and his companions crossed Cangjian Gorge with several traveling groups, where Ouyang Lin died, Zhen Qi saved Wei Ying from a Dragon-tailed Snake, and Wei He advanced his Flying Dragon Technique during the journey.
• At the Wushi Sect, Wei He was rejected by the Inner Courts and refused an Outer Court place that required further payment, so he left and chose to investigate other schools in Taizhou.
• Wei He joined the Heavenly Seal Sect’s Outer Court, cultivated the Heart Locking Seal for over half a year, and entered Wan Qing Court to pursue the Overturning Rain Gathering Clouds Technique.
• Wei He crippled Wang Qubing and his father after they attacked Wei Ying, then took patrol work in Xiongshan Town to earn the meat needed for cultivation.
• During a patrol, Wei He killed an attacker and tried to protect a corpse from others, but Xiao Heng wounded constables and escaped with it before You Zhuang arrived and questioned Wei He.