Recaps

Lin Changqing developed his martial cultivation, defended Green Mountain Village, and turned his forging skill into a business that brought his father home. As the village began building its own forging and training plans, Wei Zhengming took an interest in Lin Changqing and Lin Changqing sought cheaper medicinal supplies.

• Lin Changqing mastered the Five Elements Fist, devised the Five Elements Technique, and advanced to Martial Dao Eighth Rank.
• Lin Changqing sold his first ranked saber to Divine Weapon Pavilion, then defeated Liu Yantao after the Pavilion’s men came to pressure him.
• Lin Changqing rescued the surviving members of Lin Yongteng’s caravan from bandits and learned Liu Yantao had arranged the ambush.
• Lin Changqing negotiated a supply deal with Chen San, secured compensation for the dead, and asked him to investigate Lin Yongfan’s disappearance.
• Lin Changqing advanced his cultivation, taught Lin Hu the Five Elements Technique, and learned Lin Yongfan had been recruited by the Imperial Court to forge weapons.
• Chen San brought Lin Yongfan safely home, and Lin Changqing arranged for the village to sell divine and ordinary weapons to Divine Weapon Pavilion.
• Lin Changqing planned to train village smiths and residents, while reports of armed men on Clear Wind Mountain raised concern.
• Lin Changqing went to Fengle County Town for medicinal supplies, where Wei Zhengming sought a meeting with him.

Lin Changqing destroyed Qingfeng Stockade, protected Green Mountain Village, and secured new resources and a chance to enter the Demon Suppression Division. As the Eternal Army’s threat spread, he faced a cavalry unit sent to avenge the stockade and began cutting through its ranks.

• Lin Changqing refused Wei Zhengming’s demand to supply only his shop, then returned to Green Mountain Village and warned the villagers to watch for outsiders.
• Xue He led Qingfeng Stockade bandits into the village, but Lin Changqing returned in time to save Lin Hu and Lin Yongfan, kill Wang Yingxiong, and defeat the attackers.
• Lin Changqing stormed Clear Wind Mountain, killed Xu Maotian and most of his bandits, then learned that Shi Peijiu had helped draw Qingfeng Stockade into a plan backed by Wusheng Laomu’s representative.
• Lin Changqing executed Lin Dashan for betraying the village, studied the bandits’ martial arts manuals, and advanced to Martial Dao Seventh Rank.
• After Lin Changqing rescued Lin Yongteng and the others from captors in Tianhe Town, Wei Yunshang apologized with a five-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng and offered him cheap medicinal ingredients.
• Lin Changqing consumed the ginseng, formed a unified Heaven-Earth Momentum, and completed the Seventh Rank Organ Refining Limit with Jade Organs.
• As the Eternal Army seized territory and refugees fled, Lin Changqing accepted Chen San’s recommended assessment slot for the Demon Suppression Division and began preparing Green Mountain Village for war.
• Lu Haitian revealed that Qingfeng Stockade had been part of the Eternal Army’s plans, then led a hundred cavalrymen against Lin Changqing, who wounded Lu Haitian and killed at least thirty soldiers in the first clash.

Lin Changqing defended Green Mountain Village from disguised Eternal Army recruiters, then completed his Demon Suppression Division assessment by uncovering the truth behind the Liu Family massacre. He obtained the Guiyuan Pill Scripture and set out with Gu Chensha, where White Lotus Sect fighters appeared to confront him.

• Lin Changqing killed Lu Haitian and routed the Longevity Cult cavalry, then returned to Green Mountain Village and ordered its defenses reinforced.
• Lin Changqing crippled He Yunshan, discovered he was recruiting for the Eternal Army with County Magistrate Wei Linkang’s help, and killed him before warning Chen San.
• Lin Changqing received his Demon Suppression Division mission to investigate the Liu Family massacre in Longquan Town.
• Lin Changqing found that Xiao Ruohai was protecting Liu Yiyi in her black-cat form, and the old beggar admitted to slaughtering the Liu Family for their hearts.
• Lin Changqing killed the old beggar, obtained the Dragon Spring Token from Xiao Ruohai, and reported the completed mission to Chen San.
• At auction, Lin Changqing won a wooden box containing the Guiyuan Pill Scripture and baited Wei Zhenghong into exceeding the Wei Family’s bidding limit for Blood Refinement Pills.
• Lin Changqing left Green Mountain Village with Gu Chensha, who explained the threat posed by Demon Beasts and Demonized Warriors.
• At an inn, Lin Changqing noticed seven armed martial artists with killing intent, and Gu Chensha identified them as likely White Lotus Sect members seeking revenge.

Lin Changqing entered the Demon Suppression Division, refined pills, and advanced through nine blood exchanges before joining the mission to Qian Shan County. The investigation led his team to Crimson Cloud Peak, where Zhang Tong’s betrayal triggered a Demon Beast ambush that left the guards surrounded.

• Lin Changqing drew seven White Lotus Cultists out of town, killed them after a fierce fight, and ordered Gu Chensha to hang their bodies as a warning after learning Gu had revealed his whereabouts to test him.
• Lin Changqing entered North Sea Commandery City and experienced an epiphany at the Demon Suppression Division’s plaque, advancing his blade intent before joining the Newcomer Training Camp.
• Lin Changqing memorized cultivation manuals, perfected his Blood Change Chapter, and bought a damaged furnace from Hu Wansan that revealed itself to be a valuable purple-gold alchemy furnace.
• Lin Changqing refined Blood Nourishing Pills and used hypnosis to defeat He Zhiming and ruin He Dong after He Dong plotted against him.
• Lin Changqing completed nine blood changes, then joined the mission to investigate a Demonic Calamity in Qian Shan County, where he defeated a peak Soldier Rank Demon Beast and helped capture a demonized warrior.
• Lin Changqing warned Wang Hanshan that Crimson Cloud Peak was a Demon Lair, but Wang Hanshan led the team up the mountain after Zhang Tong urged them to seek merit.
• Zhang Tong attacked a fellow guard and revealed his betrayal when a Demonized Warrior summoned him, while Lin Changqing and Wang Hanshan fought them off.
• The Demonized Warrior summoned a horde of Demon Beasts that surrounded the guards, and Lin Changqing raised his Qi and Blood before striking back.