Recaps

Wang Wu witnessed the Scorpion King, White-Haired Rat, and Mantis Swordsman leaders gathering around a Bearhide Banner that greatly enhanced their Spiritual Qi. He fled upstream, only to see two Giant Eagles fight over another flag, leaving him fearing a war between Great Demon forces would engulf the valley.

• The White-Haired Rat, Gray Rat Knights, and Mantis Swordsman Legion gathered at the cliff, where the Scorpion King allowed their leaders to approach the flag.
• When Violet Gold Three Minutes began, Wang Wu recognized the flag as Ancient Giant Bear hide, whose power drew Golden Particles and strengthened the Scorpion King and the gathered armies.
• Wang Wu absorbed Spiritual Qi from the sun, then escaped upstream and spent 20 Spiritual Qi to raise his Danger Sense talent to Level 5.
• A Brown Giant Eagle left a flag on a distant peak, then fought the Black Giant Eagle in a fierce aerial battle before both flew away injured.
• Wang Wu realized that a war between the forces of two Great Demons might break out in the valley and worried about what to do.

Wang Wu tried to avoid joining the war between the Great Demons, but an Armed Bee Swarm stung him and left him paralyzed. A colony of Black Widow spiders carried him to their tree and injected him with toxin, while the bee venom in his body began interacting with his other resistances in an unknown way.

• Wang Wu decided to seek a hiding place rather than join the Great Demons' war, but realized Sprites could be used to search the land thoroughly.
• An Armed Bee Swarm found Wang Wu in the grass and repeatedly stung him, leaving him paralyzed with stacked bee venom.
• Black Spiders found Wang Wu and carried him to their tree, where they hung him among other prey as food.
• A large Widow Spider injected Wang Wu with Spider Toxin, but his venom resistance and the bee venom already in his body began neutralizing the toxins and causing unknown changes.

Wang Wu survived the toxins and gained substantial attributes and Spiritual Qi, only to be poisoned unconscious again by the widow spider. Meanwhile, a Silver Fox and a gray weasel registered the region’s Sprites, revealing that the expected war had not begun.

• Wang Wu woke after being poisoned and discovered that he had gained toxin resistance, restored Health Points, Satiety, Spiritual Qi, and Growth Rate from the toxins and Royal Jelly.
• Wang Wu absorbed Golden Particles during Violet Gold Three Minutes and spent Spiritual Qi to raise his Defense and Health Points.
• The widow spider injected Wang Wu with more Spider Toxin, knocking him unconscious again.
• A Brown Giant Eagle brought a Silver Fox to register the Sprites around the low mountain, marking powerful leaders with blood seals and recording weaker groups.
• The Silver Fox inspected the Black Spider Clan and ignored Wang Wu among the hanging prey, then departed with the eagle.
• A Brown Giant Eagle and a gray weasel conducted similar registrations downstream, and the Silver Fox greeted the weasel amicably.

Wang Wu escaped the Black Spider Clan’s web during the Golden Three Minutes and stole a slab of Spider Daughter Red. After drinking it, he gained Satiety, Spiritual Qi, and Growth Rate, but became drunk and temporarily lost access to Level 5 Stealth.

• Wang Wu endured the night suspended in the Black Spider Clan’s web as his Spider Toxin Resistance rose to 4 points.
• The old widow spider injected Wang Wu with more Spider Toxin before climbing to the canopy for the sunrise blessing.
• Wang Wu raised his strength to 8 points and tore open his Spider Silk cage, alerting the Black Spiders.
• Wang Wu fell from the tree, lost 30 health points, then returned to grab a slab of cured meat when the Black Spiders did not pursue him.
• Wang Wu drank Spider Daughter Red and gained 300 Satiety, 10 Spiritual Qi, and increased Growth Rate, while becoming drunk for sixty minutes.

After Spider Daughter Red attracted a swarm of Green-headed Flies, Wang Wu escaped underwater and was rescued when Little Red Birds devoured the swarm. He returned for his abandoned wine jar, but the Black Spiders reclaimed it and used another Green-headed Fly to drive him away.

• Wang Wu raised his Health Points to 170, then a Green-headed Fly swarmed his Spider Silk wine jar and filled it with maggots.
• Wang Wu fled to a creek and submerged himself, but a swarm of Green-headed Flies kept attacking him because the wine scent lingered.
• More than a dozen Little Red Birds swooped down and ate the Green-headed Flies, allowing Wang Wu to emerge safely.
• Wang Wu returned for the wine jar but saw several Black Spiders dragging it back to their great tree.
• A Green-headed Fly chased Wang Wu away from the Black Spiders, then returned to the tree after he fled.

Wang Wu suspected an unseen tracker was following him and prepared to fight rather than keep changing hiding places. A storm revealed the tracker as the White-Browed Rat King, who froze him and struck him with a devastating ice attack, leaving him badly wounded.

• Wang Wu avoided three Armed Bee Swarms and remained unsettled by the feeling that someone was watching him.
• Wang Wu suspected the Black Spiders were tracking him and decided to hold his position and prepare for a fight at dusk.
• Wang Wu tried to flee during a violent rainstorm, but his Danger Sense warned him of an attack.
• The White-Haired Rat appeared, froze Wang Wu in a block of ice, and formed an ice spear from the rain.
• The White-Browed Rat King attacked Wang Wu with an Ice Spike Talisman and ice magic, inflicting 103 points of damage.

Wang Wu survived the White-Browed Rat King’s ice attack, killed and ate it, then hid from the Giant Eagles searching the valley. He remained in hiding as the eagles’ search continued, choosing caution over gathering food or Spiritual Qi.

• Wang Wu endured the White-Haired Rat’s barrage of ice spikes until it exhausted its mana, then killed it with one slap and ate it.
• Wang Wu gained ice resistance and Growth Rate from consuming the White-Browed Rat King, then spent 40 Spiritual Qi to raise his Health Points to 190.
• Wang Wu stayed hidden through the night and skipped the Sprites’ morning blessing, drinking from the creek and eating berries and plants instead.
• The Black Giant Eagle and Brown Giant Eagle searched the valley while Wang Wu hid in Level 5 Stealth, then returned the next morning to inspect the sunny slope.
• Wang Wu changed his feeding time to night and avoided ambushing Sprites, and after the eagles did not return on the third day, he continued hiding.

Wang Wu survived by foraging in the valley while planning a safer home for the coming winter. After surveying nearby Sprite territories, he chose a shady hillside and began secretly digging a hidden cave entrance.

• Wang Wu used Level 5 Danger Sense to reach the stream, satisfy his hunger, and search for Yellow Ginger and mushrooms.
• Wang Wu concluded that his exposed hiding place would not protect him in winter and began looking for a suitable cave site.
• Wang Wu surveyed the eastern valley and chose a low shady hillock away from the Flame Scorpion King, Black Centipede, Black Spider colony, and mountain cat.
• Wang Wu endured poisonous mushrooms and scarce food, building Plant Toxin Resistance to (3/10) and raising his Growth Rate to 30.4%.
• Wang Wu dug a concealed pit beneath a patch of grass, covered its entrance with branches and turf, and erased the traces before hiding until dawn.

As autumn turned to winter, Wang Wu prepared his underground cave for the cold while the valley’s Sprite leaders were gathered and led away by Giant Eagles. After confirming that Golden Particles still fell at sunrise through the snow, he stayed hidden to protect himself during his first winter.

• Wang Wu finished his cave, stocked and dried food, and stored Yellow Ginger as autumn grew colder.
• Wang Wu noticed that the valley’s Sprites, including the Flame Scorpion King, seemed anxious about winter.
• A black Giant Eagle and a brown Giant Eagle took away bearskin banners and led Sprite leaders from the valley, while similar gatherings took place across the region.
• After the first snowfall, Wang Wu’s Growth Rate reached 75.9%, and he checked his status and attributes.
• Wang Wu cautiously opened his hidden door at sunrise and confirmed that Golden Particles still fell, then chose to remain hidden until winter deepened.

Wang Wu ventured into a minus-fifty-five-degree blizzard to train his ice resistance, but the escalating Frostbite nearly killed him. After two days of painful recovery, his Level 5 Self-Healing Talent began healing his wounds, though most of his fur had fallen out.

• Wang Wu raised his Self-Healing Talent to Level 5, filled his Satiety, and prepared to leave his cave dwelling.
• Wang Wu endured the cold outside and learned that seven points of ice resistance negated Frostbite damage in still air, though the cold consumed Satiety faster.
• Wang Wu stood in a Cold Air Gale, where his Frostbite damage climbed each second and drove his Health Points below ten before he escaped to his cave.
• Wang Wu spent two days enduring severe pain, chilblains, and ulceration while his Self-Healing Talent consumed food to keep him alive.
• Wang Wu ate again on the third day, and his Health Points and ulcerated chilblains began to recover as most of his fur remained lost.

Wang Wu braved the severe Cold Air Gale to raise his ice resistance, suffering serious frostbite before recovering. After healing, he reached perfect ice resistance and gained increased growth rates.

• Wang Wu recovered from his previous frostbite and decided to risk another exposure to raise his ice resistance from 9 points to 10.
• As Wang Wu prepared to face the Cold Air Gale, a distant avalanche-like roar terrified him, and he retreated into his cave dwelling for several days.
• Wang Wu finally stepped into the gale, but it inflicted severe frostbite and left him unable to move after six seconds.
• Wang Wu returned to his cave, ate dried grasshopper meat to replenish Satiety, and endured nearly two days of frostbite pain while his body healed.
• Wang Wu's ice resistance reached perfection at 10/10, and he gained 10% Growth Rate and 10% Special Growth Rate.

After perfecting his ice resistance, Wang Wu tested how long he could endure the Cold Air Gale and discovered that its cold energy lingered inside him without reducing his Health Points. Repeated exposure and painful self-impact eventually let him tame a trace of Ice Spirit Energy and begin cultivating the Beginner Ice Spirit Root.

• Wang Wu recovered in his cave dwelling, then tested his improved ice resistance by enduring the Cold Air Gale for ten seconds.
• He found that the invading cold air caused stabbing pain but did not reduce his Health Points, and it faded after he rested.
• Wang Wu repeatedly endured the gale for longer stretches, suffering increasing pain while the cold energy eventually dissipated each time.
• After nearly 500 seconds of accumulated exposure, Wang Wu slammed himself against the tunnel walls and discovered that impacts helped guide the cold energy through his body.
• Wang Wu received notifications that he had tamed a trace of Ice Spirit Energy, opened a branch meridian, and begun cultivating the Beginner Ice Spirit Root at 1/10 progress.

After discovering that he could cultivate Ice Spirit Energy, Wang Wu endured the Cold Air Gale to gather more and compared acquired cultivation with innate Bloodline Talent. He developed Bear Mountain Lean as a way to release Ice Spirit Energy and left the chapter eager to refine the new attack.

• Wang Wu realized the Cold Air Gale would soon disappear and hurried to cultivate Ice Spirit Energy while it lasted.
• Wang Wu gathered cold air into his branch meridian by enduring the gale and colliding with the tunnel walls, harvesting a small amount of Ice Spirit Energy.
• Wang Wu compared acquired cultivation with innate Bloodline Talent and concluded that he would pursue both paths while keeping a low profile.
• Wang Wu studied the White-Haired Rat’s ice attacks and reasoned that his own Ice Spirit Energy should be released through natural attack movements.
• Wang Wu tested Bear Mountain Right Lean and successfully released his stored Ice Spirit Energy, coating the tunnel wall in ice.

Wang Wu spent the winter absorbing Ice Spirit Energy until his food ran out, then watched Gray Rat Knights and Little Red Birds cooperate near his cave. The birds dragged a hibernating serpent from beneath the snow, leaving Wang Wu to realize the clans were joining forces to hunt one another.

• Wang Wu developed three attack techniques called the Bear Bear Three Methods, but set them aside to focus on absorbing Ice Spirit Energy.
• Wang Wu rationed his food and gained one point of Ice Spirit Energy each day, accumulating thirty-one points by the time winter’s Cold Air Gale ended.
• After his food stores ran out, Wang Wu survived by eating snow and watched two squads of Gray Rat Knights race across the snowy plain.
• Gray Rat Knights gathered at a nearby hill, dug beneath the snow, and drew more rat squads and Little Red Birds to the area.
• A dozen Little Red Birds joined forces to drag a great serpent from beneath the snow, and Wang Wu realized the clans were waging coordinated hunts.

Wang Wu survived the winter by eating snow and waited for the valley to thaw so he could hunt. As new Sprites gathered in the valley, an upright Gray Fox and a Green Wolf ambushed the formidable Wild Chicken clan, leaving Wang Wu hidden and alarmed.

• Wang Wu intimidated the Gray Rat Knights into giving him two Great Serpents, then ate them and slept in his snow hollow.
• After discovering his tracks could expose his dwelling, Wang Wu stayed hidden through the winter and endured hunger rather than risk hunting in the snow.
• As spring arrived, Wang Wu observed the valley’s Sprites, including a new Flame Scorpion King, a winged Black Centipede, and a flock of fierce wild chickens.
• Wang Wu planned to hunt a wild chicken once the snow melted, but the flock suddenly scattered in terror.
• A Gray Fox walking upright frightened the chickens toward an ambush, where a human-like Green Wolf captured five Wild Chicken kings.

Wang Wu hid from the Green Wolf and Gray Fox after the Gray Fox detected his month-old droppings and suspected a Savage Ancient Bear was nearby. He survived the Gray Fox’s search by staying motionless in the mud until the fox left, but remained wary of being discovered.

• The Green Wolf and Gray Fox met in the Flame Scorpion King's territory, shared food and wine, and discussed the Human Race's plans to expand into the Western Wilderness.
• The Green Wolf invited the Gray Fox to serve under his Great King, and the Gray Fox accepted before noticing bear scent nearby.
• The Gray Fox found Wang Wu's month-old droppings and used them to bait out a possible Savage Ancient Bear, while the Green Wolf recalled an adult bear pursued by a Human Race cultivator the previous year.
• Wang Wu realized the Gray Fox was suspicious and stayed hidden without eating or moving for several days as the snow melted.
• The Gray Fox searched the valley but failed to spot Wang Wu, then retrieved his wine gourd from a Gray Rat's hole and left.

After enduring more than forty days without food, Wang Wu emerged as spring arrived and began hunting Sprites to recover and grow. He surveyed the valley’s demon hierarchy and surrounding lands while saving Spiritual Qi for his next growth stage.

• Wang Wu survived his long fast, drank the spring rain, and reasoned that his mother had hidden him from demons seeking his Savage Ancient Bear bloodline.
• Wang Wu killed five Gray Rat Knights with a pounce and a trace of Ice Spirit Energy, then ate them and returned to hiding.
• As the valley turned green, Wang Wu hunted nightly, gathering 500 Satiety points and 0.8% to 0.9% Growth Rate each day while reaching 97.5% growth and saving 100 points of Spiritual Qi.
• Wang Wu pieced together the known demon hierarchy and surrounding geography, including the South Mountain Great King, the North Mountain Great King, and the distant Great Snow Mountain.
• Wang Wu killed a great serpent with one swipe and fled, continuing to hunt unseen by the Sprites.

After reaching the juvenile stage, Wang Wu unlocked more bloodline talents and upgraded his Stealth, then tested its concealment while hiding among the Sprites. He survived a Scorpion Priest’s fireball attack with minor injuries and remained concealed beneath the cliff.

• Wang Wu reached 100% Regular Growth Rate, entered the juvenile stage, and saw his attributes and bloodline talents change.
• Wang Wu realized his Bloodline Evolution might stop at 50% and upgraded Stealth to Level 6, using all 100 points of Spiritual Energy.
• Wang Wu decided not to upgrade Spiritual Resonance and planned to stay cautious while finding a safer hiding place.
• Wang Wu concealed himself beneath the cliff as the Sprites gathered and fought near the Flame Scorpion Clan’s territory.
• After Grasshopper Bandits provoked the Scorpion Priests, the priests fired at the Sprites, and Wang Wu endured a fireball with only minor injuries without breaking Stealth.

Wang Wu provoked the Flame Scorpion Clan to gain spiritual energy, then discovered the valley's Sprite lineages had gathered into an alliance after he sent three Gray Rat Knights to the cliff. The gathering dissolved into chaos when five fire-wreathed wild chickens attacked.

• Wang Wu climbed the cliff, ate two Scorpion Sentinels and a Fire Scorpion Priest, and endured fireball attacks from the Flame Scorpion King before escaping to the stream.
• Wang Wu recovered in the stream, then caught three Gray Rat Knights and threw them onto the cliff as compensation for the Flame Scorpion Clan.
• The next morning, Wang Wu saw the Flame Scorpion Clan and several other Sprite lineages gather beneath the cliff in an apparent alliance.
• Wang Wu recognized the three battered Gray Rat Knights and worried that his attacks had caused the Sprite lineages to unite.
• Little Red Birds, the Black Spider Clan, and the Blood Spider Tribe joined the gathering, but five wild chickens attacked and scattered the allied forces.

Wang Wu hid from an enormous swarm of Iron-Toothed Locusts, spending Spiritual Qi to improve his defenses and health as the insects attacked him without breaking his Stealth. Elsewhere, a locust-like Great Demon explained to other Great Demons that Human Race cultivators were expanding toward the Western Wilderness and that he had brought his family to flee.

• After the Wild Chicken Lineage defeated the Sprite coalition, Wang Wu planned to max out his Stealth Talent and build a cave dwelling before winter.
• A vast swarm of locusts swept in from the east, and Wang Wu escaped into a rock crevice with Gray Rat Knights and a Little Red Bird.
• The locusts devoured the Gray Rat Knights and attacked Wang Wu, who spent 20 Spiritual Qi on Defense and 40 on Health Points.
• Dozens of Iron-Toothed Locusts discovered Wang Wu by biting him, but his level 6 Stealth remained active and his improved Defense negated most of their damage.
• On South Mountain, a Great Demon wearing a Purple Gold Crown told the gathered Great Demons that Human Race cultivators were expanding into the Western Wilderness and said he had brought his family to flee.

Wang Wu survived the Iron-Toothed Locust Legion’s passage, then fought and killed a Golden-Winged Iron-Toothed Locust that nearly paralyzed him with its toxin. He discovered that eating the locust granted valuable resources and toxin resistance, upgraded his Self-Healing Talent, and kept eating the corpse.

• Wang Wu waited for the Iron-Toothed Locust Legion to pass, but a Golden-Winged Iron-Toothed Locust entered his crevice and attacked him.
• Wang Wu pinned down the Golden-Winged Locust and battered it to death despite its strength and the other locusts’ attacks.
• Wang Wu ate part of the locust and suffered severe paralysis, then recovered and learned that the toxin granted Paralysis Toxin Resistance along with Spiritual Energy, Satiety, and Growth Rate.
• Wang Wu spent 100 Spiritual Energy to upgrade his Self-Healing Talent to level 6.
• Wang Wu ate more of the locust, gained additional rewards and toxin resistance, and recognized the Golden-Winged Locusts’ paralysis toxin as a major threat.

Wang Wu raised his Passive Concealment to level 7 and decided to leave the valley after the Iron-Toothed Locusts destroyed its ecosystem. At the stream, he encountered a Rascally Rabbit Bandit and was stunned by its powerful kicks.

• Wang Wu hid the corpses of the Iron-Toothed Locusts and waited in the valley, which had fallen silent after the locust attack.
• Wang Wu ate three Iron-Toothed Locusts, then spent 100 Spiritual Qi to raise Passive Concealment from level 6 to level 7.
• Wang Wu decided to leave the valley and went to the stream, where he entered level 7 Stealth.
• Wang Wu heard night owls approaching and another creature crossing the stream, then left the water to retrieve his stored food.
• A Rascally Rabbit Bandit surprised Wang Wu and struck him twice with powerful kicks, stunning him and triggering his Self-Healing Talent.

Wang Wu used Ice Spirit Energy to freeze the stream and defeat the Rabbit Bandit after enduring its relentless attacks. He retrieved most of his energy, then made sure the frozen rabbit was dead and ate its chest.

• The Rabbit Bandit repeatedly stomped Wang Wu, who used ice armor to survive an attack and avoid being stunned.
• Wang Wu released Ice Spirit Energy into the stream and trapped himself and the Rabbit Bandit in a ten-meter radius of ice and intense cold.
• Wang Wu released 26 points of Ice Spirit Energy, overcoming the Rabbit Bandit's ice resistance and freezing it to death.
• Wang Wu retrieved 21 points of Ice Spirit Energy as the ice broke apart and the Rabbit Bandit fell into the stream.
• Wang Wu slashed open the Rabbit Bandit's chest to ensure it was dead, then ate some of it.

Wang Wu defeated and ate part of the Rabbit Bandit, then returned to his crevice with the frozen remains. The valley filled with powerful, oddly peaceful Sprites who monopolized the Golden Particles, leaving Wang Wu wary and wondering whether the Great Demons of North Mountain and South Mountain were recruiting troops.

• Wang Wu ate less than a third of the Rabbit Bandit, gained Spirit Energy and Growth Rate, raised his Danger Sense to Level 6, and brought the frozen carcass back to his crevice.
• The next morning, Wang Wu sensed that many powerful Sprites had arrived in the valley and chose to stay concealed rather than compete for Golden Particles.
• Wang Wu discovered nearly fifteen powerful Sprites in the valley, including a Plum Blossom Fawn and a Little Mountain Pig that gathered Golden Particles at extraordinary rates.
• The powerful Sprites monopolized the Golden Particles, and no Silver Three Minutes followed.
• Wang Wu watched the Sprites remain peaceful with one another and wondered whether the Great Demons of North Mountain and South Mountain were recruiting troops.

After witnessing a distant fireball from the Human Race cultivators’ war, Wang Wu decided he would eventually have to flee but stayed to prepare. The South Mountain Great King’s messenger then ordered the demonfolk not to panic and announced an expanded recruitment for Patrolling Demon Soldiers.

• Wang Wu spent Spiritual Qi to raise his Health, Strength, and stamina as he prepared for a future migration.
• A vast fireball lit the eastern night sky, and Wang Wu realized Human Race cultivators had begun opening up the Western Wilderness.
• Wang Wu decided the war was not something he could join, but postponed fleeing until he was ready.
• Hundreds of crows and thousands of other birds flew west over the valley, alarming Wang Wu.
• The Black Giant Eagle and Brown Giant Eagle drove the migrating birds into nearby valleys.
• A Green Wolf announced the South Mountain Great King’s order to remain calm and opened recruitment for one hundred Patrolling Demon Soldiers, offering each recruit a Fortune Wisdom Heart Pill.