Recaps

Li Ye met Senior Brother Li, a Land God, and discussed trading cultivator-grown goods for treasures made through incense offerings. After finding a Fox Fur Gourd that could hold living creatures, Li Ye asked how to earn enough offerings to obtain it, leaving Senior Sister Liu and the Land God delighted that he had agreed to cooperate.

• Senior Sister Liu brought Li Ye to a Land God Temple, where the Land God introduced himself as Senior Brother Li and sent Zhao He to fetch wine.
• The Land God and Senior Sister Liu explained that they needed cultivator treasures and offered Gray Wish Dust, which helped crops but could only be used within the sect.
• The Land God gave Li Ye a catalog of incense-divinity products, and Li Ye focused on the Fox Fur Gourd that could store living creatures.
• Li Ye considered supplying surplus spirit-plant and spirit-beast products in exchange for incense treasures.
• Li Ye asked what the Land God needed most and how he could quickly earn enough offerings for an Incense Spirit Fox's fur and the Technique of the Gourd imprint.

Li Ye agreed to help Tianhe City after learning its Incense Spirit Tree was close to withering, and he donated spiritual materials to support the city. After receiving Radiant Bloom Oil from Senior Sister Liu, he watched the grateful residents celebrate his gifts and praise him as an immortal benefactor.

• The Earth God explained that Tianhe City's Incense Spirit Tree was fading and asked Li Ye to help the city prosper; Li Ye agreed to do what he could.
• Li Ye gave the Earth God and Senior Sister Liu assorted spiritual materials, and they welcomed his contribution with a feast.
• Senior Sister Liu gave Li Ye one jin of Radiant Bloom Oil, and Li Ye returned the favor with Peach Blossom Wine.
• Li Ye accompanied Senior Sister Liu to watch the distribution of wheat and saw lotus products and fish scales displayed alongside it.
• Zhao He told the gathered residents that Li Ye had donated the treasures, prompting them to celebrate and praise him for helping Tianhe City.

Li Ye watched the land distribute Spiritual Materials in Tianhe City, where Zhao He received three fish scales and was chosen to help connect Li Ye with Senior Sister Liu. After refining the Flint Flame Divine Tortoise’s Pine Resin in meditation, Li Ye discovered his Divine Sense could control a pine cone and saw the azure bird transform into a tortoise resembling the Flint Flame Divine Tortoise.

• The land scattered wheat flour to households and bestowed Spiritual Materials on selected people in Tianhe City.
• Zhao He received the only three fish scales, boasted about earning them, and drew the anger of the other youths.
• Senior Sister Liu arranged for Zhao He to leave with Li Ye and help carry Spiritual Materials and facilitate communication.
• Li Ye examined the brighter Aura of Golden Fortune in his brocade pouch, then burned the Pine Resin and entered deep meditation.
• The azure bird spat a dark flame at the Pine Resin, which quickly liquefied and flowed into the pine cone.
• Li Ye awoke able to control the pine cone through Divine Sense, and the azure bird transformed into a tortoise resembling the Flint Flame Divine Tortoise.

Li Ye gained control of the pinecone as a Magic Tool and recovered before Senior Sister Liu summoned him to Locust Village. There, he found Senior Sister Liu and Senior Brother Su pouring a large quantity of Aura of Golden Fortune over a gigantic Hungry Ghost Evil Bone.

• Li Ye learned that the Life-Death Bean could transform into forms it had copied and discovered that the pinecone could control fire, release Pine Resin, and conceal its aura.
• Li Ye left seclusion fully healed with more than a thousand Vital Essence and agreed to accompany a young Daoist girl to Locust Village.
• Li Ye entered the eerie village alone with the Azure Bird on his shoulder and sensed deathly aura and second-rank Soul-Stabilizing Locusts.
• Li Ye found Senior Sister Liu and Senior Brother Su beside a gigantic Hungry Ghost Evil Bone, and Su Ya covered it with several dozen jin of Aura of Golden Fortune.

Li Ye helped Su Ya and Senior Sister Liu deal with the Hungry Bones in a Locust Tree grove, where he captured a newly born Locust Spirit Courier and painted an Ink Wash Hungry Bone. Su Ya wondered whether Li Ye’s creation could counter the divine abilities of the Hungry Ghost Path.

• Su Ya explained that the Aura of Golden Fortune was helping tens of thousands of souls ascend, while evil ghosts appeared among the Locust Trees.
• Li Ye used the Azure Bird, Flint Fire, and Buddhist light to purify the evil ghosts and search for an unusual soul.
• The Azure Bird caught a frightened Locust Spirit Courier, which Su Ya identified as a spirit material that could transport objects and messages.
• Su Ya gave Li Ye a Spirit Artifact to hold the courier and advised him to entrust confidential matters only to spirit materials that belonged entirely to him.
• Li Ye used his ink-wash brush to paint an Ink Wash Hungry Bone from the crumbling Hungry Ghost Evil Bone, leaving Su Ya and Senior Sister Liu stunned.

Li Ye finished gathering the Hungry Ghost Evil Bone’s essence into a powerful Hungry Bone and returned from Locust Village with Zhao He. Back home, he discovered that the Beaver had filled a newly dug stream with more than ten catties of Purple Oil Spring Rain.

• Li Ye created an Ink Wash Hungry Bone that could imprison and torment Divine Sense, Soul Essence, and spirit bodies, then collected the remaining ink from Locust Village.
• Li Ye agreed to take Zhao He with him, and Zhao He brought a fine cured ham from his parents as a gift.
• Li Ye promised Zhao He medicines for his aging parents and arranged for him to work as his steward in Returning Shore Market.
• Li Ye returned home with Zhao He, where the Beaver eagerly welcomed him and led him into the back courtyard.
• Li Ye found a newly dug stream beside the Beaver’s nest filled with more than ten catties of Purple Oil Spring Rain.

Li Ye investigated the sudden Purple Oil Spring Rain, checked his courtyard and stored his recent gains, then went to the Four Seasons Sect’s shop to discuss the mine vein. There, a desperate sword cultivator singled him out for help, leaving Li Ye bewildered as Spirit Vine took him aside.

• Li Ye found that the Hungry Bones in the Beaver nest had weathered away into golden liquid and wondered whether they had gathered the Purple Oil Spring Rain.
• Li Ye considered buying a Pocket Mountain-River Box for the Beavers and discovered that his Frost Wheat and Start of Spring Wheat were heading again and producing Wheat Pellets.
• Li Ye returned the red bean to the Love-Sickness Life-Death Bean, gave it the Locust Spirit Courier to train, and put his recent gains into his cabinet.
• Li Ye warned Zhao He to keep visitors from taking anything in the rear courtyard, then left to discuss the mine vein.
• At the Four Seasons Sect’s shop, a sword cultivator pleaded with Spirit Vine to let Li Ye examine him because he recognized Li Ye as a Four Seasons Sect Spirit Herbalist.
• Spirit Vine sent Li Ye behind the curtain to discuss the request, while the sword cultivator watched and begged him for help.

Li Ye learned the Dawnlight Seed-Soothing Art and used it to calm a Sword Cultivator’s Sword-Vein Shoot, helping it grow into a bamboo sword. The Sword Cultivator accidentally cut off a strand of Li Ye’s hair while testing the sword.

• Spirit Vine explained that a Sword Cultivator needed help soothing the Sword-Vein Shoot in his body and asked Li Ye to learn the Dawnlight Seed-Soothing Art.
• Li Ye studied the spell from a jade slip and condensed a nearly white Dawnlight Bell, shattering the jade slip in the process.
• Spirit Vine sent Li Ye to a quiet chamber, where the Sword Cultivator showed him a Sword-Vein Shoot that was about to detach and wither.
• Li Ye used the Dawnlight Seed-Soothing Art, and the Sword-Vein Shoot calmed down and began drawing in the Sword Cultivator’s essence blood and spiritual power.
• The Sword-Vein Shoot grew into a bamboo sword, but the Sword Cultivator accidentally cut off a strand of Li Ye’s hair while testing it.

Li Ye accepted five hundred Spirit Stones from Wei Qingye after helping with his resistant Sword-Vein Shoot, then learned why the Sword Cultivator refused to replace it. The Spirit Vine sent Li Ye to claim a mineral vein, where the Treasure-Sniffing Spirit Rat eagerly guided him into a vast mechanical mining complex.

• Wei Qingye apologized to Li Ye, paid him five hundred Spirit Stones, and promised to seek his help again in two months.
• The Spirit Vine explained that Wei Qingye was tempering the Sword-Vein Shoot for his future natal Magic Treasure and gave Li Ye five Hungry Bone plants.
• The Spirit Vine gave Li Ye a token for Room C-9 to claim a mining vein and told him that a mulberry tree and silkworms would arrive at his home the next day.
• The Treasure-Sniffing Spirit Rat mistook Li Ye's Autumn Harvest Token as a sign that the Spirit Vine might take him as a disciple and enthusiastically offered to help him choose a vein.
• The Treasure-Sniffing Spirit Rat led Li Ye through a lit tunnel to a vast mechanical platform lined with thirty shimmering doors.

Li Ye entered the Mo Family’s mine to search for Buddha’s Crown Gold, but found Stone Grease Aroma Ore after fighting Stone Grease Ghouls. He left with about sixty jin of ore, unaware that the mine had shifted and hidden the wax wall behind him.

• The White Rat told Li Ye about the mechanical gate and hinted that the eleventh mineral vein on the left held something unusual; Li Ye offered Peach Blossom Wine with Purple Oil Spring Rain in return.
• Li Ye entered a mineral vein and searched for Buddha’s Crown Gold, but found no gold before sensing a monster watching him.
• Li Ye chased a Stone Grease Ghoul and burned it with golden-red fireballs, discovering that its burning body gave off a crisp, cold fragrance.
• Li Ye killed dozens more Stone Grease Ghouls and found a wax wall of Stone Grease Aroma Ore, then mined about sixty jin before his hoe began to crack.
• Li Ye left the mine with his ore, and the tunnel rumbled behind him, burying the wax wall and erasing his marks.

Li Ye left the mineral vein with Earthy Balm Aroma Ore and bought a mechanism space gate for a three-month mining period. He then purchased Dew-Bearing Magnolias, Crystalline Spirit Bees, spirit turtles, and a Pocket Mountain-River Box, returning home with experiments and mining arrangements ahead.

• Li Ye gave the Whitefur Rat a piece of Earthy Balm Aroma Ore, learned why the Mo Family wanted Buddha's Crown Gold, and registered to take a mechanism space gate for three months.
• Li Ye bought five Dew-Bearing Magnolia trees after learning they collected morning dew but rejected most bees.
• Li Ye found Crystalline Spirit Bees that the magnolias accepted and purchased them.
• Li Ye bought soil-dwelling spirit turtles and a Pocket Mountain-River Box from the Mo Family's shop, then returned home with an instruction manual.

Li Ye bound an Earth Turtle to the Bitter Spirit Gourd, and the two formed a symbiotic pair as the turtle carried the gourd through the soil. He also bound Queen Bees to a Dew-Bearing Magnolia and prepared a new home for his beavers before turning to search for ore.

• Zhao He told Li Ye that his residence had been built and that Immortal Yang had invited him to study at the Hall of Affairs, and Li Ye told him to go.
• Li Ye bound an Earth Turtle to the Bitter Spirit Gourd, and the turtle dragged the gourd plant and its roots through the courtyard while carrying three item-filled gourds on its shell.
• Li Ye recorded the Earth Turtle and Bitter Spirit Gourd's symbiosis and wondered whether the turtle's long lifespan could extend the gourd's remaining month of life.
• Li Ye planted the Dew-Bearing Magnolia and bound it to five Queen Bees, which began collecting its dew.
• Li Ye buried a Pocket Mountain-River Box beside the spiritual spring for the beavers, bound the newly acquired Hungry Bones, and went to search for ore.

Li Ye investigated a disturbance in his mine, then received his summer assignment: a Radiant Dawn Spirit Mulberry and Age-Tilting Silkworms. The Black Cat reappeared and showed him spells for using silkworm silk to extend spirit plants’ roots, though the method required expensive materials.

• Li Ye sent Zhao He to fetch Senior Brother Rat after discovering that the markers in his mine had vanished, and Senior Brother Rat suspected an Earth Tremor Worm.
• Senior Brother Rat warned Li Ye to avoid the mine’s deep layers while it investigated the danger with the Mo Family.
• Qian Fang delivered Li Ye’s sealed Radiant Dawn Spirit Mulberry and Age-Tilting Silkworms, which Li Ye inspected and planted in his courtyard.
• The Black Cat appeared from the Huai Spirit Scroll and showed Li Ye the Silk-Weaving Root Technique and the method for producing Life-Breath Spirit Ink.
• Li Ye learned that the spells could produce special silkworms whose silk helped spirit plants extend their roots, but that the process cost thousands of Spirit Stones.

Li Ye learned more about Spirit Stones and focused on raising the Age-Tilting Silkworms while his courtyard’s abundant spiritual energy brought him close to Foundation Establishment. The chapter ended with Beaver and the other Beavers revealing that they had all reached Foundation Establishment, while Beaver refined Buddha’s Crown Gold into a radiant disc.

• Black Cat explained how Spirit Stones were used and why their supply and quality reflected a sect’s strength.
• Li Ye moved the Age-Tilting Silkworm eggs into a jade box and planned to care for the Radiant Sun Mulberry Tree with the Dawnlight Seed-Soothing Art.
• The spirit plants and beasts flooded Li Ye with spiritual energy, leaving him close to breaking through to Foundation Establishment.
• A squad of Golden Horn Ants brought Li Ye several pieces of Buddha’s Crown Gold from the mechanical spatial gate.
• Beaver melted a piece of Buddha’s Crown Gold into a shining disc and revealed that it had reached Foundation Establishment.
• The other four Beavers gathered and showed Li Ye that they had also reached Foundation Establishment.

Li Ye discovered a huge Earth Tremor Worm giving birth beneath the mine and captured one of its hatchlings with the Spirit Vein Willow’s help. He escaped through the Spatial Mechanism Gate as a creature attacked from inside, leaving a severed claw behind.

• Li Ye examined the Buddha’s Crown Gold Beaver had infused with Buddha light, then followed the Golden Horn Ants into the mine.
• Li Ye learned from the Ant Queen that something enormous lay below and followed the ants to a crack overlooking a golden coral grove.
• Li Ye saw an Earth Tremor Worm giving birth to hatchlings and used the Spirit Vein Willow to guide one toward him.
• Li Ye grabbed the Earth Tremor Worm hatchling and hurried out of the Spatial Mechanism Gate with the ants and the Spirit Vein Willow.
• A shrill cry sounded from within the mine, and when Li Ye shut the gate, it severed a creature’s claw that had reached through.

White Rat and Spirit Vine arranged to publicize the dangers and rewards of a mine after its Earth Tremor Worms died, while Li Ye learned that the deaths could spawn Mine Wraiths. Su Ya and Qian Fang offered to help him explore the vein, and Li Ye agreed to share the mined minerals with them.

• White Rat secured the Mo Family's mine map and arranged for news of the dangerous but resource-rich mine to be made public.
• Spirit Vine sent Qian Fang and Su Ya to meet Li Ye and investigate the Earth Tremor Worms' deaths near Returning Shore Market.
• Li Ye identified the monster's flowing liquid as Blood Copper Ore and kept an Earth Tremor Worm contained in his courtyard.
• Su Ya and Qian Fang explained that Earth Tremor Worms repaired damaged mineral veins and that their deaths would likely create Mine Wraiths.
• Qian Fang offered to help Li Ye mine the vein, and Li Ye agreed to give the brothers a share of the minerals they found.

Li Ye agreed to help Qian Fang cultivate Spirit Water Fluorite with his Earth Tremor Worm, and joined Qian Fang and Su Ya to gather ore in the mine. After the senior brothers effortlessly cleared several ghosts, the group reached a Crimson Jade Flower Sea and grew cautious.

• Qian Fang showed Li Ye a Mineral Tai Sui that could produce valuable flesh from ore, and Li Ye agreed to help him cultivate spirit ore.
• Li Ye summoned his Earth Tremor Worm, and Qian Fang explained how its spiritual fluid could slowly nourish minerals.
• Li Ye agreed to discuss cultivating Qian Fang's Spirit Water Fluorite after they had gathered ore and made a nest for the worm.
• Su Ya destroyed a Blood Copper Ghoul with a Firestorm Pill, and Qian Fang collected its remains with a mechanical toad.
• Qian Fang used his Magic Tools and Su Ya used pills to defeat more mine ghosts while Li Ye gathered the scattered ores.
• The three reached a swaying Crimson Jade Flower Sea, where Qian Fang and Su Ya became serious.

Li Ye learned the Earth Sentiment Art and used it to locate the Mine Wraith hidden beneath the Crimson Jade Flower Sea. Su Ya and Qian Fang destroyed it, revealing Crimson Jade Skull Crystal, and the group prepared to continue with the mineral vein cleared.

• Su Ya gave Li Ye a jade slip containing the Earth Sentiment Art and explained how it could help him sense the Mine Wraith.
• Li Ye studied the art, connected with the earth beneath the flowers, and sensed a hostile aura about three hundred meters to the southeast.
• Su Ya and Qian Fang bombarded the indicated area, dispelling the flower sea illusion and destroying the Mine Wraith.
• Qian Fang identified the remains as third-grade Crimson Jade Skull Crystal, which could be crafted into containers for Spiritual Materials.
• Qian Fang asked Li Ye to grow Bitter Spirit Gourds for him, and Li Ye agreed.

After the mine expedition, Su Ya left the market to gather materials for his natal Magic Treasure, and Li Ye hosted him for a farewell meal. The next morning, Li Ye discovered that his Crystalline Spirit Bees had built hives in the Dew-Bearing Magnolias and begun producing fragrant golden honey.

• Li Ye, Qian Fang, and Su Ya ended their mine exploration after the Mine Wraiths hid, taking valuable Spiritual Materials and feeding most of them to the Mineral Tai Sui.
• Qian Fang left to seek a Pocket Mountain-River Box and promised to help Li Ye build a nest for the Earth Tremor Worm.
• Su Ya told Li Ye he would leave the market to gather materials in the Eastern Yang Sea and deliver letters to junior brothers with merfolk bloodlines.
• Li Ye prepared a farewell feast and Peach Blossom Wine, and he and Su Ya talked through the night before Su Ya departed at sunrise.
• Li Ye noticed the Crystalline Spirit Bees had turned the Dew-Bearing Magnolia blossoms into hives and were producing fragrant pale-golden honey.

Li Ye sampled the Crystalline Spirit Bees’ honey and began cultivating his land with the Earth Sentiment Technique. Qian Fang arrived with several new disciples and showed Li Ye a shape-changing Pocket Mountain-River Box.

• The Locust Spirit Courier brought Li Ye honey water, which he found faintly sweet and rich in gentle spiritual power.
• After waking at dusk, Li Ye began using the Earth Sentiment Technique, his Divine Sense, and the Earth Surge Technique to cultivate the soil.
• Li Ye continued working the land over the next few days until Zhao He informed him that Qian Fang and several cultivators had come to visit.
• Qian Fang introduced the new junior apprentices, sent them to dig ore, and told Li Ye that inner sect disciples were responsible for teaching their juniors.
• Qian Fang showed Li Ye the Pocket Mountain-River Box he had won from the Mo Family, and the box expanded as its mechanisms activated.

Li Ye helped Qian Fang set up a Pocket Mountain-River Box to house an Earth Tremor Worm, then offered him purified ores and a mysterious silver sprout. Qian Fang bought the ores for three thousand Spirit Stones and recognized the sprout as rare Moon Essence Spirit Metal, leaving him eager to recruit Li Ye.

• Qian Fang explained that the Pocket Mountain-River Box could store lifeless objects but not living creatures, and showed Li Ye his sect-issued storage ring.
• Li Ye and Qian Fang arranged minerals inside the box, where the Earth Tremor Worm settled in and began eating the ores.
• Qian Fang entrusted Li Ye with the earthy-yellow jade needed to nurture his natal Magic Treasure and asked him to help with materials for forging.
• Li Ye brought out purified ores and a silver sprout, and Qian Fang bought the ores for three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Qian Fang identified the silver sprout as Moon Essence Spirit Metal, a material usually encountered at the Golden Core stage, and considered recruiting Li Ye.

Li Ye learned that the Moon Essence Spirit Metal would accept only his spiritual energy and considered using it to forge a yin-yang Magic Tool. After cultivators discovered an Earthfiend Ginseng controlling Mine Wraiths, Uncle Spirit Vine assigned Li Ye to treat it as a sect mission, leaving him in a quiet chamber before a glowing bronze ruler.

• Qian Fang explained the Moon Essence Spirit Metal’s origins and advised Li Ye about using it to forge a Magic Tool.
• Cultivators returned from the mine injured and showed Qian Fang and Li Ye a recording of a demonic ginseng controlling Mine Wraiths.
• Qian Fang took Li Ye to Uncle Spirit Vine, who identified the creature as an Earthfiend Ginseng and ordered Li Ye to treat it.
• Uncle Spirit Vine told Qian Fang to summon nearby family heads and led Li Ye into a quiet chamber, where a glowing bronze ruler rested on a jade platform.

Li Ye received the Azure Lotus Flight Art and a primal spirit plant from the Shennong Ruler, then joined Spirit Vine and Qian Fang in preparing for a mission to contain Earthfiend Ginseng. The Zhou Family was chosen to provide spirit land, while the white-robed cultivator considered the threats facing the Eastern Domain and Li Ye’s upcoming choices.

• Li Ye touched the Shennong Ruler, learned the Azure Lotus Flight Art, and received the Flight Azure Lotus Seed.
• Spirit Vine gathered the Golden Core family heads and tasked them with helping contain Earthfiend Ginseng by providing spirit land.
• Spirit Vine selected the Zhou Family to provide the first plot, and the Old Matriarch agreed to cooperate.
• Spirit Vine warned Li Ye not to accept bribes and told Qian Fang to teach him as they prepared to depart for the Zhou Family.
• Spirit Vine spoke with the white-robed cultivator, who discussed possible intruders in the Eastern Domain and worried that Li Ye might place too much importance on Myriad Gods Shrine.

Li Ye joined the Zhou Family’s effort to contain Mine Wraiths tainted by the Earthfiend Ginseng’s resentment, using azure lotuses to sense and purify them. With the Beaver’s Buddhist light helping him endure the pain, he began suppressing the wraiths beneath the spiritual ground.

• Li Ye gathered his treasures and the Beaver before leaving home, and Qian Fang assured him that he could return through the spatial formation if needed.
• Zhou Qiumai led Li Ye and Qian Fang to a spiritual ground where Mine Wraiths crawled from a cavern, and explained that the formation would release them in batches.
• Li Ye grew a Flight Azure Lotus and cast lotus petals for the cultivators to place on the Mine Wraiths’ spiritual energy nodes.
• The lotuses rooted into the Mine Wraiths and connected their resentment to Li Ye, while the Beaver’s Buddhist light helped him filter and dissolve it.
• Li Ye endured the lingering pain of the resentment and, over the following days, purified the wraiths as more azure lotuses bloomed across the ground.

After a day fighting Mine Wraiths, Li Ye soothed the exhausted Zhou Family disciples with a changed Dawnlight Bell and discovered his silver sprouts had gained warmth. The next morning, Earth Sentiment Mycelia appeared among the lotuses, and Li Ye chose to investigate rather than destroy them, even as he considered eating their strange offerings.

• The Zhou Family disciples withdrew from the Mine Wraiths, and Li Ye emerged from his cocoon exhausted after creating dozens of lotus flowers.
• Li Ye rang the Dawnlight Bell, spreading warm, rainbow-tinged light that comforted the injured cultivators, then discovered his silver sprouts had changed.
• Qian Fang explained that the sprouts were spirit metal of Yin-Yang Intermingling, and Li Ye joined the others for a banquet before staying near the spiritual ground overnight.
• The next morning, Li Ye found Earth Sentiment Mycelia spreading over the lotuses, with humanoid shadows building a camp among the fungi.
• Li Ye read the mycelia's panel, saw that they longed to be eaten, and persuaded Qian Fang not to remove them immediately.
• Li Ye used the Flying Light Azure Lotus to retrieve a skewer of black candied hawthorns and considered taking a bite.