Recaps

After killing Zhao Xiong, Fang Yuan secured his family’s safety, bought a movement manual, and survived Black Tiger Hall’s attempt to kill him. He fled into Great Green Mountain, broke through to the second rank, and encountered a wounded snow wolf whose icy-blue fruit drew the Five Tiger Sect into the hunt, ending with Zhao Mang attacking Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan beheaded Zhao Xiong, then moved his family to Zhengyang Martial Arts School for protection.
• Fang Yuan entered the Black Market with Wang Pangzi and bought Treading Snow Without Trace from Zhang Shun.
• Black Heart Tiger attacked Fang Yuan, but Chen Zhengyang and County Lieutenant Wu intervened and drove him off.
• Fang Yuan left Qinghe County for Great Green Mountain, where he practiced Treading Snow Without Trace and searched for resources.
• Fang Yuan used wild ginseng to break through to the second rank and advance the Five Tiger Severing Gate Saber Technique.
• Fang Yuan treated a wounded snow wolf, which gave him an icy-blue fruit that Li Qingwu and the Five Tiger Sect were searching for.
• Fang Yuan found a century-old Snow Ginseng, but Zhao Mang tracked him down and attacked after demanding it and Little Purple Sable.

Fang Yuan returned from the snow mountains, became entangled with the Wang Family and Black Tiger Hall, and killed Li Wuhen and Mr. Wen after Li Wuhen revealed his cruelty. He reunited Chen Zhiyuan and Chen Ling with their homes, hid his involvement, and discovered that Li Wuhen’s Jade Pendant seemed to improve his cultivation.

• Fang Yuan killed Zhao Mang in the mountains, evaded the Five Tiger Sect’s search, and later met Li Qingwu, who gave him a recommendation token after recognizing his potential.
• Fang Yuan returned to Qinghe County, reunited with Liu Wanwan and Little Bean Sprout, and learned from Wang Pangzi that the White Lotus Sect was gaining followers and the Wang Family planned to leave the county.
• Wang Pangzi offered the Wang Family’s support, and Fang Yuan showed him the rare ice-blue Exotic Fruit for appraisal.
• Li Wuhen invited Fang Yuan to Wangjiang Restaurant, where he offered medicinal herbs and claimed Black Tiger Hall could help with the Fundamental Diagram.
• Li Wuhen revealed that he had killed Zhao Xiong’s entire household, so Fang Yuan secretly returned to the restaurant and killed Li Wuhen and Mr. Wen with Severing Gate.
• Fang Yuan took valuables from the bodies, confirmed Chen Zhiyuan had returned home, and watched Chen Ling arrive safely at Chen Manor before returning to the martial arts school.
• Fang Yuan concealed the murders from Chen Zhengyang and examined Li Wuhen’s Jade Pendant, while investigators found the bodies and the restaurant madam sought a new one.
• Fang Yuan noticed his Basic Health Preservation Method proficiency had increased, suspected the Jade Pendant was responsible, and decided to keep it.

Fang Yuan survived a plot at Myriad Treasures Pavilion, overcame the Jade Buddha’s attempt to sway him, and broke through to Third Rank by tempering his body with two kinds of qi. He then visited the Wang Family, where Wang Shouye revealed why his family was seeking a connection with him.

• Fang Yuan killed Steward Liu and the gatekeeper after uncovering their scheme, then killed Steward Mo and Wang Defa when they planned to seize the Ice Sculpture Fruit.
• Fang Yuan resisted the Jade Buddha’s chant with Li Wuhen’s Jade Pendant, and the Small Jade Buddha crumbled after he rejected its accusations.
• Abbot Liaochen sent Huining north to guide Fang Yuan toward Buddhism, while Fang Yuan prepared to break through to Third Rank.
• Fang Yuan used the Essence of Five Grains and Tiger Lord's Energy in separate rounds of body tempering, breaking through to Third Rank and reaching extraordinary strength.
• Zhou Chen told Fang Yuan that a powerful martial artist was threatening the Zhou Family’s businesses, and Fang Yuan suspected the trouble might connect to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion investigation.
• Fang Yuan perfected his footwork in the snow and gained the Snowfall Silent trait, then visited the Wang Residence.
• Wang Shouye offered Fang Yuan the Wang Family’s resources and support in exchange for future goodwill, then revealed that Black Heart Tiger was away and showed Fang Yuan an old portrait resembling him.

Fang Yuan gained the Snow Scene Painting, defeated Huangfu Ying, and became Chen Zhengyang’s Direct Disciple. As the Qinghe Arena approached, the leaders revealed a deadly mystery at Luoshui Village and prepared to face it, while Chen Zhengyang warned Fang Yuan to flee to the commandery city if he did not return.

• Wang Shouye identified Fang Yuan as the Wang Family’s foretold benefactor, and Fang Yuan accepted the family’s support and opened the sealed message directing him to a hidden opportunity.
• Fang Yuan followed the message to an alley, killed the wounded Zhang Shun, and took a cowhide bundle that concealed the Snow Scene Painting.
• Fang Yuan studied the painting’s Fundamental Diagram and advanced his Basic Footwork, while Li Hanshan and Xu Feng searched for the stolen Carefree Sect inheritance.
• After reaching Third Rank, Fang Yuan was formally named Chen Zhengyang’s Direct Disciple and defeated Huangfu Ying in a public sparring match.
• Fang Yuan learned that the commandery tournament’s top three could enter the Imperial City Security Department’s outer armory, while Li Hanshan recognized that Fang Yuan had concealed his strength.
• Luo Sihai and Liu Ting revealed that people sent to Luoshui Village had vanished or died, and County Lieutenant Wu ordered the junior martial artists to stay out of the investigation.
• Fang Yuan asked Wang Fugui to investigate Yan Wen Zheng as the leaders prepared to confront the Luoshui Village threat.
• Chen Zhengyang refused to give Fang Yuan the Health Cultivation Method and warned him to take Wanwan and the others to the commandery city if he failed to return from Luoshui Village.