Recaps

Wang Yu kept his distance from Su Qing Shan, then focused on preparing to earn money by refining pills. Two months later, he sought work at Xu's Pill Shop and was offered a chance to prove his skills.

• Wang Yu left Su Qing Shan without discussing the murder at Ice Snow Tower, and Su Qing Shan later sought confirmation about Tantai Chan's pill from Xu Jiao Jiao.
• Su Qing Shan received a spirit pill from Xu Jiao Jiao and swore to marry her after reaching Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Yu chose to cultivate and prepare Fasting Pills and Spirit Recovery Pills for Xu's Pill Shop rather than focus on the more expensive All Wonders Pill.
• Two months later, Wang Yu visited Xu's newly opened Pill Shop and asked whether it was recruiting alchemists.
• A young man in splendid robes dismissed Wang Yu, but a white-bearded old man invited him to prove his ability through an assessment if he lacked an Alchemy Hall Token.

Wang Yu passed Xu's Pill Shop's alchemy assessment and negotiated a one-year employment contract. He returned to his cave, planning to use his earnings to buy a High-Grade Cold Blood Pill and considering a Magical Artifact.

• Wang Yu followed Old Zhu to an Earth Fire Room and refined a batch of Fasting Pills and a batch of Spirit Recovery Pills, producing mostly medium-grade pills and two high-grade pills.
• Old Zhu praised Wang Yu's technique and offered him an employment contract paying two hundred Spirit Stones per month for ten batches of pills each day.
• Wang Yu rejected the contract's ten-year term and refused a proposed pay cut, insisting on a one-year agreement without the shop's training.
• Wang Yu signed the revised contract and returned to the Ordinary Disciple Cave, expecting to save enough for a High-Grade Cold Blood Pill and considering buying a Magical Artifact.

Wang Yu worked at Xu's Pill Shop while growing suspicious of Old Zhu, who planned to spread blame for the shop's embezzlement among several alchemists. After meeting the new hires, Wang Yu decided to investigate the shop's owner, Steward Xu.

• Old Zhu told Zhu Xiao Sun that Wang Yu alone could not take the blame, so they would recruit more alchemists and divide the crime among them.
• Wang Yu arrived at Xu's Pill Shop and was sent straight to the Earth Fire Room, where his suspicions about Old Zhu deepened.
• Wang Yu refined five batches each of Spirit Recovery Pills and Fasting Pills, pocketing the high-grade pills as reasonable furnace loss.
• Old Zhu introduced Wang Yu to the newly hired alchemists Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu.
• Wang Yu declined the alchemists' invitation and decided to visit Steward Xu to investigate the pill shop's owner.

Wang Yu discovered suspicious dealings at Xu’s Pill Shop and suspected the Zhu Clan was behind the trouble surrounding Tantai Chan. He reported the shop to Zhuo Shouqing at the Law Enforcement Hall, prompting a raid.

• Wang Yu encountered Su Qing Shan sneaking through a side gate at Xu Estate and heard a young woman threaten to skin whoever offered alchemists two hundred Spirit Stones a month.
• Wang Yu concluded that Xu’s Pill Shop was dangerous and wondered whether Su Qing Shan and the Zhu Clan were targeting Tantai Chan.
• Wang Yu went to the Law Enforcement Hall and met Zhuo Shouqing, who was irritated by his late-night visit.
• Wang Yu fabricated accusations that Xu’s Pill Shop exploited alchemists and that its manager claimed the Zhu Clan controlled the sect and the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Zhuo Shouqing grew furious and ordered a raid on Xu’s Pill Shop.

Wang Yu helped Zhuo Shouqing raid Xu's Pill Shop and gained a reward, contracts, and a place in the Law Enforcement Hall. The next morning, he met Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu outside the sealed shop to explain what had happened.

• Wang Yu persuaded Zhuo Shouqing that his contract was oppressive, and Zhuo Shouqing ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to surround Xu's Pill Shop and confiscate its property.
• Old Zhu brought Zhu Xiao Sun out and surrendered ten Storage Bags, but Zhuo Shouqing accused him of hiding embezzled Spirit Stones and had the shop's goods seized and the pair taken to the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Zhuo Shouqing gave Wang Yu the workers' contracts, one thousand Spirit Stones, Law Enforcement Hall robes, and a token, then asked him to serve as an informant at various shops.
• Wang Yu returned home and slept, then went to Xu's Pill Shop the next morning and found Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu waiting there.
• Wang Yu invited Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu to breakfast so he could explain what had happened to Xu's Pill Shop.

Wang Yu told Zhou Tao, Luo Ping Hu, and Huang Kai that Xu's Pill Shop had been shut down, then proposed they form an Alchemist Society to sell pills together. He used his Law Enforcement Token to convince them to join and promised to arrange herb supplies and sales channels; their first task was to obtain recognized Alchemist Rank Certificates.

• Wang Yu returned the contracts to Zhou Tao and Luo Ping Hu and explained that Xu's Pill Shop had been shut down.
• Wang Yu proposed that the four alchemists form an Alchemist Society, while Luo Ping Hu questioned whether they had the resources or backing to succeed.
• Zhou Tao and Huang Kai agreed to hear Wang Yu's plan, and Wang Yu showed them his Law Enforcement Token as proof of his opportunity and connections.
• Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu agreed to join the society after Wang Yu promised to handle herb supplies and pill-selling qualifications and guarantee them at least three times their previous earnings.
• Wang Yu told the three alchemists to obtain sect-recognized Alchemist Rank Certificates from the Alchemy Hall.

Wang Yu used his Law Enforcement Token to force Zhao Shang into a deal to buy Wang Yu’s pills through the Ice Snow Tower at an inflated price, with the surplus becoming Zhao Shang’s profit. Zhao Shang agreed on the condition that Wang Yu obtain Alchemy Hall credentials.

• Wang Yu arranged to meet Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu in three days after they secured their alchemist credentials.
• Wang Yu bought a High-Grade Cold Blood Pill and went to the Ice Snow Tower to confront Zhao Shang.
• Wang Yu displayed his Law Enforcement Token and threatened Zhao Shang with charges, prompting Zhao Shang to speak with him privately.
• Wang Yu proposed supplying pills to the Ice Snow Tower at market price so Zhao Shang could profit from the tower’s higher payments.
• Zhao Shang agreed to the scheme but required Wang Yu to obtain credentials from the Alchemy Hall.

Wang Yu finalized his cooperation with Zhao Shang, helped launch the Alchemist Society’s first small trade, and perfected the Cold Blood Art. He discovered that the method had greatly lengthened his Water Spiritual Root and was turning it into an Ice Spiritual Root, while his cultivation speed had doubled.

• Wang Yu shook hands with Zhao Shang, arranged to introduce him to friends, and later brought him to meet Zhou Tao, Huang Kai, and Luo Ping Hu to organize the Alchemist Society’s first pill trade.
• Wang Yu and Zhou Tao lent Spirit Stones so Huang Kai and Luo Ping Hu could buy spirit herbs, while Wang Yu kept his own participation in the trade limited.
• On his three hundred and eighty-fifth day in the Outer Sect, Wang Yu perfected the Cold Blood Art and saw its icy radiance enlarge his Water Spiritual Root and begin crystallizing it.
• Wang Yu realized his Water Spiritual Root might become an Ice Spiritual Root and kept the perfected Cold Blood Art in his Placement Slot.
• The next day, Wang Yu found that his cultivation speed had doubled to one wisp of Spirit Qi per day, bringing Qi Refining Fifth Layer within reach in a little over seven years.

Wang Yu reconsidered how to use his Placement Slots, weighing further spiritual-root mutation against cultivating pills and alchemy while he waited for Cold Dragon Alchemy to be perfected. After trading pills with Zhao Shang and sharing profits with the Alchemist Society, he considered whether to spend his Spirit Stones on a custom magical artifact or more spells.

• Wang Yu assigned two Placement Slots to Cold Blood Art and one to incomplete Cold Dragon Alchemy, then resolved to wait before risking the Corpse Demon Secret Art.
• Wang Yu traded pills with Zhao Shang at Eight Treasures Pavilion, and Zhao Shang estimated that he had earned about two thousand Spirit Stones in four months.
• Wang Yu warned Zhao Shang that his dealings with Ice Snow Tower could bring trouble from the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, and Zhao Shang denied seeking another patron.
• Wang Yu distributed Spirit Stones to the Alchemist Society, bringing his reserves to over twenty-four hundred while his Contribution Points remained nearly unchanged.
• Wang Yu decided that perfected spells might benefit his cultivation and considered buying spells through Ice Snow Tower instead of a custom magical artifact.

Wang Yu was ambushed by disciples of Five Yin Peak, defeated them, and learned that Xu Jiao Jiao had hired them. He sold the corpses to Zhao Shang and bought two high-grade spell inheritances at Ice Snow Tower, while wondering whether something had happened to Steward Xu.

• Wang Yu entered a dark alley and was surrounded by four cultivators who had set a trap for him.
• Wang Yu killed three attackers with perfected Ice Sword and Ice Shield techniques, then defeated the last man and interrogated the survivor.
• The surviving attacker revealed that Xu Jiao Jiao had hired the group, leaving Wang Yu to suspect the matter might involve Steward Xu.
• Wang Yu sold the four corpses and their belongings to Zhao Shang for five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Wang Yu selected two high-grade spell inheritances from Ice Snow Tower and negotiated their price down to eight hundred Spirit Stones.

Wang Yu took a one-year Medicine Garden assignment to keep out of danger while he cultivated two new High-grade spells. After Tantai Chan left for Heaven Treasure City, he discovered that a succession of first-generation Foundation Establishment cultivators had come seeking her.

• Wang Yu decided to avoid trouble by accepting a one-year Medicine Garden assignment from Zhao Shang for four hundred Contribution Points.
• Wang Yu studied the Ice Coffin Spell and Illusionary Steps, then reported to Tantai Chan, who entrusted him with the Medicine Garden while she traveled to Heaven Treasure City.
• Tantai Chan told Wang Yu he could take up to three stalks of Cold Ice Nine Leaf Grass at market price before departing.
• Yang Yunzhi arrived looking for Tantai Chan, pressured Wang Yu, and learned that she had gone to Heaven Treasure City.
• Thirteen Foundation Establishment Cultivators came to the Medicine Garden seeking Tantai Chan, and Wang Yu recognized them as first-generation cultivators.

Wang Yu discovered that Yu Tang Tang, a five-year-old Qi Refining Late Stage demon dragon’s daughter, had entered Tantai Chan’s Medicine Garden and was making pills from its Moonlight Fruits. After learning Yu Tang Tang’s powerful identity, he tried to stay on her good side and accepted her Youth Preservation Pill.

• Wang Yu placed his nearly finished Cold Blood Pill in a Placement Slot to pursue the possibility of refining Top-Grade Pills.
• Wang Yu found Yu Tang Tang making a Youth Preservation Pill in an iron pot and realized she had taken most of the Moonlight Fruits.
• Yu Tang Tang told Wang Yu that Tantai Chan was her human slave and introduced herself as the future Demon Immortal, daughter of the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon.
• Wang Yu offered to keep Yu Tang Tang company, but she judged him too weak to play with and unsuitable as a wet nurse.
• Yu Tang Tang gave Wang Yu the finished Youth Preservation Pill, and he let her take whatever she wanted from the garden.

After completing a year of work in Tantai Chan’s medicine garden, Wang Yu collected his reward and considered leaving the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect to escape the dangers surrounding him. He headed to Ice Snow Tower to ask Zhao Shang for help preparing for a journey outside the sect.

• Wang Yu reviewed his progress: his spells and alchemy had reached completion, and his cultivation had risen to 130 strands of spiritual power.
• Tantai Chan returned, questioned Wang Yu about the white-haired girl who had taken the Moonlight Fruit, and excused him from blame while ordering him not to accept her tasks again.
• Wang Yu received 400 Contribution Points and three stalks of Cold Ice Nine Leaf Grass, then considered gathering supplies and leaving the sect for ten or twenty years.
• Wang Yu used the Night Concealment Spell to leave the medicine garden and went to Ice Snow Tower to seek Zhao Shang’s help.
• Zhao Shang complained that Wang Yu kept asking for special privileges.

Wang Yu learned that Zhao Shang feared Gao Qiuyue’s growing influence at Ice Snow Tower and accepted a token for a possible assignment to Profound Bone Mountain. He then spent a night at Azure Maiden Pavilion before beginning the Corpse Demon Secret Art, which would make his body corpse-like and end his ability to enjoy such pleasures.

• Wang Yu questioned Zhao Shang about Gao Qiuyue’s attempts to take control of tower resources and task assignments.
• Wang Yu asked Zhao Shang for a safe, long-term assignment outside the sect, and Zhao Shang gave him a Profound Bone Token for the next rotation to Profound Bone Mountain.
• Wang Yu went to Azure Maiden Pavilion and paid for a night with several women, intending to enjoy himself before cultivating the Corpse Demon Secret Art.
• Wang Yu left the pavilion the next day and activated the Corpse Demon Secret Art, which required 1,440 practices daily for three months.

Wang Yu completed the first bodily transformation from the Corpse Demon Secret Art, gaining an acquired Yin aptitude that accelerated his cultivation. After months of training, he broke through to Qi Refining Fifth Layer while continuing to seek a replacement arm and a powerful magical artifact.

• Wang Yu cultivated the Corpse Demon Secret Art for ninety days, transforming his body and developing zombie-like traits along with a desire to consume wandering ghosts and lonesome spirits.
• Wang Yu discovered that his acquired Yin aptitude had strengthened his Water Spiritual Root and doubled his cultivation speed.
• Wang Yu continued earning Spirit Stones and contacted Heavenly Corpse Peak disciples to search for a Refined Corpse arm and a high-grade magical artifact.
• Wang Yu cultivated for five and a half months and broke through to Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
• Wang Yu calculated that reaching the Qi Refining Sixth Layer would require years of further cultivation and Spirit Refining.

Wang Yu learned that a Second Tier Corpse Refinement arm had been found and arranged to meet an Inner Disciple, while Xu Jiao Jiao blamed him for her father’s troubles and sent assassins after him. When she confronted him near the Corpse Raising Ground, they fought, and Wang Yu trapped her in an Ice Coffin.

• Wang Yu received a message about a Second Tier Corpse Refinement arm and went out three days later to keep an appointment.
• Su Qing Shan convinced Xu Jiao Jiao that Wang Yu was responsible for her father’s detention and the Xu Clan’s losses, then used a secret art to send Outer Disciples after him.
• The Outer Disciples failed to kill Wang Yu, and Su Qing Shan had them name Xu Jiao Jiao to divert suspicion from himself.
• Wang Yu encountered Xu Jiao Jiao near the Corpse Raising Ground and suspected that the Inner Disciple he was meeting had betrayed him.
• Xu Jiao Jiao attacked Wang Yu, dispelled his phantom sword assault with Savage Ghost Roar, and swept away his Ice Swords with a giant ghostly hand.
• Wang Yu used the Ice Coffin Spell to trap Xu Jiao Jiao inside a floating Ice Coffin.

Wang Yu killed Xu Jiao Jiao after a fierce battle, knowing her death had made Steward Xu a powerful enemy and made leaving the sect urgent. While heading to confront the Heavenly Corpse Peak inner disciple who had betrayed him, he found a mysterious book written in Ancient Demonic Script among Xu Jiao Jiao’s belongings.

• Xu Jiao Jiao broke free of Wang Yu’s Ice Coffin and attacked with ghost armor, Mountain Shaking Collision, and chains that bound his legs.
• Wang Yu survived Xu Jiao Jiao’s attacks, exploited the moment her ghost armor vanished, and killed her with a claw through the chest.
• Wang Yu stored Xu Jiao Jiao’s corpse and spoils, realizing Steward Xu would become his enemy and that he needed to leave the sect.
• Wang Yu inspected Xu Jiao Jiao’s Storage Bag and identified her High-Grade Magical Artifact Nether Spirit Iron Chain.
• Wang Yu found a Mysterious Silk Book written in Ancient Demonic Script as he headed toward the meeting place to confront the disciple who had betrayed him.

Wang Yu traded a Second Tier Divine Strength Corpse arm with Gu Zheng Shun, then exchanged his Mountain Lord Token for an ordinary Profound Bone Token and Gu Zheng Shun’s support at Profound Bone Mountain. After reviewing information about the dangerous resource site, Wang Yu left to prepare for their meeting in three months.

• Wang Yu paid Gu Zheng Shun one thousand Spirit Stones for a Second Tier Divine Strength Corpse arm to repair his missing left arm.
• Gu Zheng Shun asked Wang Yu to trade his Mountain Lord Token, explaining that it granted authority over Profound Bone Mountain and that he wanted access to its Profound Bone Wood.
• Gu Zheng Shun offered an ordinary Profound Bone Token, one thousand Spirit Stones, and an alliance at Profound Bone Mountain in exchange for Wang Yu’s token.
• Wang Yu accepted the exchange, returned the Spirit Stones, and received a Jade Slip containing information about Profound Bone Mountain.
• Wang Yu left after agreeing to meet Gu Zheng Shun in three months, then wondered why he had not encountered Su Qing Shan.

Su Qing Shan fled with valuables from the Xu Estate and sought refuge far away, while Wang Yu spent months refining a Second Tier Divine Strength Corpse arm and reconnecting it to his body. As Wang Yu prepared to travel to Profound Bone Mountain, a powerful party of returning Qi Refining cultivators arrived at the sect, and someone called out to him.

• Su Qing Shan took the Xu Estate's valuables and property deeds, then followed Zhao Shang's advice to seek a Profound Bone Token for refuge at Profound Bone Mountain.
• Wang Yu studied the Divine Strength Corpse arm and used the Corpse Demon Secret Art to refine it with Yin Blood Pills.
• After two months, Wang Yu reconnected the corpse arm, but discovered that its Death Qi could threaten his lifespan unless he kept it confined and suppressed it.
• Wang Yu prepared spirit pills and travel supplies for Profound Bone Mountain, relying on his restored, powerful left hand and the Nether Spirit Iron Chain.
• A party of about eighty Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect after five years at Profound Bone Mountain, and someone called out, "Junior Brother Wang!"

Wang Yu joined Gu Zheng Shun’s small group of disciples heading to Profound Bone Mountain after learning about the rival factions and their leaders. The group left the sect on a White Bone Boat, beginning a long journey toward the remote outpost near the Endless Ice Field.

• Gu Zheng Shun introduced Wang Yu to Liu Jin Xian and Situ Hong, whose large groups and powerful connections dwarfed Gu’s small following.
• Wang Yu hid among Heavenly Corpse Peak disciples with a spare coffin on his back, while Gu Zheng Shun tried to recruit ordinary disciples and gathered updated information.
• Gu Zheng Shun completed the Mission Hall handover, and the group received five hundred Contribution Points and five hundred Spirit Stones for the five-year assignment.
• Gu Zheng Shun led his twenty-two disciples away from the sect aboard a White Bone Boat, while Liu Jin Xian and Situ Hong departed separately with their own magical artifacts.
• Gu Zheng Shun explained that few Foundation Establishment Cultivators accepted posts at Profound Bone Mountain because they could be stuck there for forty or fifty years, then shared information about the outpost with Wang Yu.

Wang Yu’s group reached Profound Bone Mountain, where Gu Zheng Shun began taking over the sparsely planted mountain and inspecting its formations. Wang Yu surveyed its Bone Woods and discovered the dangerous creatures that made the mountain a difficult assignment, while its resources promised valuable gains.

• After nearly three months of travel, Gu Zheng Shun and the Heavenly Corpse Peak group arrived at Profound Bone Mountain, where the other mountain masters had already claimed two of its three peaks.
• Gu Zheng Shun chose the remaining mountain and ordered his disciples to count the Profound Bone Woods, inspect the formations, and establish defenses.
• Wang Yu searched the Bone Wood Forest for Bone Sacs and recorded plants that might later produce Profound Essence Flowers, which could help cultivators overcome bottlenecks.
• Wang Yu learned that Earthbound Spirits protected the Bone Woods and that Situ Hong and Liu Jin Xian had come seeking resources suited to their cultivation and Gu insects.
• On the mountain’s upper levels, Wang Yu found a Rotting Poison Bee Swarm and marked its location before continuing upward.
• Wang Yu discovered that the upper levels were crowded with Ferocious Bone Lions, making Gu Zheng Shun’s mountain the most dangerous and sparsely wooded of the three.

Wang Yu learned that Gu Zheng Shun planned to secure ten Bone Sac locations before next April, then left to capture a stronghold on the upper levels of Profound Bone Mountain. After defeating a Ferocious Bone Lion and setting up a concealment Formation, he considered the risks of his profitable dealings with Ice Snow Tower.

• Wang Yu learned that Second Tier Bone Wood and Bone Sacs were concentrated on the upper levels, while Gu Zheng Shun planned to secure ten locations before next April.
• Gu Zheng Shun refused to join Situ Hong and Liu Jin Xian at their gathering, and Liu Jin Xian proposed killing him to seize the Rotting Poison Bee Swarms.
• Wang Yu traveled to level two hundred and ninety, killed a Ferocious Bone Lion, and began setting up a Blood Mist Spirit Concealment Formation around his stronghold.
• Wang Yu reflected that his cooperation with Zhao Shang had earned him at least ten thousand Spirit Stones from Ice Snow Tower, but feared their scheme would eventually be discovered.

Wang Yu carefully cultivated and expanded his territory at Profound Bone Mountain while suspecting the area concealed dangers. When Gu Zheng Shun asked him for help against Liu Jin Xian’s encroachment, Wang Yu refused and began to suspect Gu had come to the mountain for a different purpose.

• After leaving, Wang Yu secretly notified Huang Kai and Luo Ping Hu, transferred the Alchemist Society’s authority to Zhou Tao, and withdrew from the mountain gate.
• Wang Yu moved into a ruined Stone House at Profound Bone Mountain, harvested resources from Ferocious Bone Lions, and stayed wary of the mountain’s suspiciously quick infestation.
• A month later, Wang Yu used a perfected Ice Coffin Spell to destroy a Rotting Poison Bee swarm and had already claimed two levels while Gu Zheng Shun’s group struggled.
• Gu Zheng Shun told Wang Yu that Liu Jin Xian wanted to take over his territory, but Wang Yu refused to serve as his backup and suggested surrendering instead.
• After Gu Zheng Shun left, Wang Yu reconsidered his actions and suspected he had not come to Profound Bone Mountain for the Profound Essence Flowers.

Wang Yu suspected Gu Zheng Shun was hiding a greater benefit beneath Profound Bone Mountain, but chose to defend his two levels rather than risk losing them to Liu Jin Xian. When Liu Jin Xian’s forces arrived and two Poison Gu Peak disciples challenged his claim, Wang Yu attacked first.

• Wang Yu considered defecting to Liu Jin Xian but decided to hold the two levels he already controlled, especially the nine Second Tier Bone Woods nearing their flowering season.
• Liu Jin Xian arrived with nearly three hundred cultivators and negotiated permission from Gu Zheng Shun to occupy vacant levels for four years.
• Liu Jin Xian ordered her followers to capture every Rotting Poison Bee Swarm before sending them into Profound Bone Mountain.
• Wang Yu concealed his identity and ambushed two Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivators who came to claim his levels.
• The two cultivators rejected Wang Yu’s claim, and he launched an attack with five illusory figures and Ice Swords.

Wang Yu killed two Poison Gu Peak disciples and tried to redirect Liu Jin Xian’s suspicion toward Gu Zheng Shun, but she attacked him over the deaths. Their battle ended with Wang Yu crippling her Mosquito Beast before she healed it and regarded his strange strength warily.

• Wang Yu used venom, ice walls, and an iron chain to kill two Poison Gu Peak disciples and take their Storage Bags.
• Liu Jin Xian arrived, confronted Wang Yu, and attacked after he claimed Gu Zheng Shun might be hiding a deeper plan beneath Profound Bone Mountain.
• Wang Yu challenged Liu Jin Xian and used his perfected Ice Sword Technique, but her poisonous smoke and Mosquito Beast countered his spells.
• Wang Yu struck the Mosquito Beast with his Divine Strength Corpse Arm and nearly killed it, forcing Liu Jin Xian to heal it with blood-colored mist.