Recaps

Chen Sanshi rose from a desperate village hunter to a Warrior Recruit, using his System Panel and hard training to survive taxes, enemies, and a campaign to deny him instruction. After reaching Blood Refinement in six days, he was recommended for the Vanguard selection, while Liang Zhan and Qin Feng arranged to have him dealt with.

• Chen Sanshi began hunting to feed Gu Xinlan, advanced his archery and tracking, and paid his taxes with the proceeds from killing boars on Second Mountain.
• Chen Sanshi killed Qin Xiong after learning of his revenge plans, then hid the body and decided he needed martial training to protect himself.
• Chen Sanshi enlisted in the Poyang Left Army Thousand Household Office, where he studied the Basic Soldier Spear Technique while tax collectors seized villagers and Zhang Shun was exiled.
• Chen Sanshi reached Warrior Recruit by mastering the spear forms, despite officers taking his money and refusing to teach him after Tianyuan Martial Arts Academy intervened.
• Wang Zhi taught Chen Sanshi the Vast Exhalation Breathing Technique, and Chen Sanshi joined Zhao Qiao, Wu Da, and Zhuang Yi to hunt Black Bear.
• Chen Sanshi killed Black Bear, split the proceeds with the hunting party, and used the bear heart and Deer Blood Wine to cultivate qi and blood until he reached Blood Refinement in six days.
• Wang Zhi recommended Chen Sanshi for the Vanguard selection, then went to the city on a mission while Liang Zhan paid him to deal with Chen Sanshi and Qin Feng clarified the target's identity.

Chen Sanshi rose through the military ranks, uncovered the Jade Key and the strange substance in the Exquisite Jade Box, and prepared for Xiang Tingchun’s campaign against the barbarians. After hunting down a White Deer and clashing with Tailei Martial Arts School, he left determined to cultivate in seclusion.

• Chen Sanshi killed Qin Feng after leading him to Qin Xiong’s remains, then found an immortal-treasure box and kept it from Xiang Tingchun’s searchers.
• Chen Sanshi defeated Xu Bin in a controlled spar, earned promotion to Officer Chen, and moved into a military residence.
• Chen Sanshi trained with the Reed Leaf Spear, advanced in Blood Refining, and killed a Great Worm in the mountains for silver and supplies.
• During the assault on Golden Bell Temple, Chen Sanshi recovered the Jade Key from a venomous snake and later opened the Exquisite Jade Box, finding a warm substance that burned with powerful flames.
• Xiang Tingchun announced plans to attack the Xihe Tribe, while Xu Wencai warned Chen Sanshi that the campaign could cost the garrison heavily.
• Chen Sanshi searched the mountains for a White Deer, accepted a century-old lingzhi from Liang Zhan, and reported possible Witch God Cult activity to Wang Zhi.
• Chen Sanshi tracked and killed the White Deer with a Wolf-fang arrow, then cut off Huang Tao’s ear when he tried to stop him from taking it.
• Fifth Master Song prevented Huang Tao from attacking Chen Sanshi, and Chen carried away the White Deer resolved to cultivate in seclusion.

Chen Sanshi rose through the ranks while crushing the Tailei Martial Arts School and uncovering the brutal secret behind the spirit grain. The arc ended with him cultivating in a hidden cave as Sun Li and Sun Buqi confronted Wang Zhi over his identity as Tang Ruoshan.

• Chen Sanshi reached major accomplishment in Blood Refining, earned a promotion, and chose the Indestructible Golden Snake Spear as his bone-refining technique.
• Chen Sanshi killed Huang Tao and Song Lao Wu after they attacked him and the villagers, and Xiang Tingchun used the violence to destroy the Tailei Martial Arts School.
• More than a hundred villagers enlisted under Chen Sanshi, and he began training them while Prefect Ji Guangxian tried to recruit him away from the military.
• Sun Li trained Chen Sanshi, identified his Nine Dragons Body after his Bone Tempering breakthrough, and invited him to join her in Liangzhou.
• Chen Sanshi raided the medicine valley, uncovered Liang Zhan and the martial halls' use of captive peasants to extract spirit grain, and killed Liang Zhan before hiding the stolen goods.
• Chen Sanshi discovered that spirit-grain ash boosted his cultivation but accumulated toxins, then advanced his troops and took charge of the Great Wall watch.
• Chen Sanshi improved his medical skills and spear technique, found a hidden cave on Tiger Head Mountain, and began preparing medicine and cultivating there.
• Sun Buqi confronted Wang Zhi as Tang Ruoshan over his third brother's death, but Sun Li stopped him and ordered Tang Ruoshan to survive until the spring battlefield.

Chen Sanshi captured the Ninth Prince, fought through the Xihe Tribe’s siege of Poyang, and uncovered a plot tied to the immortal treasure. With Xiang Tingchun dead and Poyang still under threat, Chen chose not to abandon the people who trusted him and killed Luo Dongquan and Song Yan.

• Chen Sanshi fought off a large Barbarian Cavalry force, killed its commander, and learned that the four tribes were invading the northwestern provinces.
• Chen Sanshi infiltrated the Xihe camp, captured the Ninth Prince, and brought him back to Poyang, while Luo Dongquan’s betrayal went unproven.
• Chen Sanshi advanced his cultivation and sword skills, then helped defend Poyang’s Great Wall against repeated Xihe assaults.
• After Xiang Tingchun and Yuan Danzhi repelled an attack, Magistrate Xue gave Chen Sanshi poisoned Imperial Wine and secretly tasked him with searching for an immortal treasure.
• Chen Sanshi learned that Anding Prefecture had fallen and helped Poyang’s defenders and townspeople withstand the siege while reaching Bone Tempering Perfection.
• Xue Yuping, Han Cheng, and Tang Ming confronted Liang Shengzhi over the treasure, and Luo Dongquan betrayed Xiang Tingchun, who died pursuing the escapees.
• Xue Yuping ordered Chen Sanshi to leave before the Witch God Cult arrived, but Chen chose to stay with Poyang’s soldiers and refugees.
• Chen Sanshi ambushed and killed Luo Dongquan, then killed Song Yan when he returned and attacked.