Recaps

Chen Mu killed Zhuo Yinghai, expanded his collection of Body Tempering Techniques, and learned to control the Five Ghosts while surviving a Yinhun attack. As Chao Fang’s blood sacrifice brought down Nanyang’s Inner City, Chen Mu infiltrated King Chao’s camp, stole books, and settled into hiding as Shangguan Ji’s forces approached.

• Chen Mu killed Zhuo Yinghai aboard the Tower Ship, then kept training and secretly acquired Body Tempering Techniques from Old Ge and Ge Qinghui.
• Chen Mu learned that the Dragon Transformation Pill used Zhaodian Red and that the Five Ghosts Bag could extract the Essence of Three Treasures, then bought Ancestral Radiance Talismans to defend against Yinhun Monsters.
• The Long-Haired Woman attacked Chen Mu at home, but he broke free of its hold and used the Five Ghosts Paper Figures to devour it.
• Chen Mu improved the Soul Locking Curse until it merged with the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains Incantation, then discovered Chao Fang and Zong Tai were plotting a blood sacrifice against the Zhang Family and the Shangguan family.
• Chen Mu tried to flee Nanyang as Yin Souls filled the city, but joined King Chao’s ranks under a false identity and obtained another Body Tempering Technique.
• Chen Mu abandoned his disguise, stole books from the Wu-character Camp, and hid in Linheng Ward while reviewing his collection of techniques.
• Chen Mu advanced the Sky Serpent Body Tempering Technique to great mastery in Marrow Cleansing, while Chao Fang prepared to retreat as Shangguan Ji and eight thousand armored elites approached.
• Zong Tai went to Linheng Ward to retrieve the Soul Stabilizing Stake and suspected another fugitive was hiding nearby after smelling Chen Mu’s cooking.

Chen Mu infiltrated the Tangshan Army, survived the threat of Yin Nether Silk, and cultivated an Armor Soul while seeking a path to the Thousand Mechanism Token. As factions gathered near Qingshan County, he planted an altered defense map that helped set their plans in motion.

• Chen Mu killed Zong Tai, took the Soul Stabilizing Stake, and fled Nanyang before settling in Lijiang City to train.
• Chen Mu completed the Cloud Mirage Body Tempering Technique, learned that the Thousand Mechanism Token could lead overseas, and joined the Tangshan Army under the identity Sun Dawang.
• Chen Mu hid the black thread from his Iron Ring and traveled north with the army, where the Lean Old Man tried to drain him and Chen Mu killed him with Five Ghosts Moving Mountains.
• Chen Mu evaded Shangguan Yu’s search, kept his cover with the laborers, and formed an Armor Soul through the Cloud Mirage Body Tempering Technique.
• Chen Mu learned that Qingshan County had become a Ghost City and prepared to seek the Thousand Mechanism Token while the army purged Malevolent Spirits.
• Chen Mu knocked out Zhang Ye and Kui Tuo’s men, then planted an altered Tangshan Army defense map in the Jinghong Gang camp.
• Zuo Sheng gave the map to Cheng Yi, who recognized a chance to pit Chao Fang against Sikou Qing and agreed to act in five days.

Chen Mu survived Qingshan County’s blood sacrifice, escaped with Thousand Mechanism Tokens, and prepared to leave for Overseas. After choosing a twenty-year planting job and accepting a tracking seal, he boarded the White Turtle Shuttle and spotted Bai Miaojin aboard.

• Chen Mu reached the Thousand Mechanism Token during the fighting in Qingshan County, stole it from Chao Fang, and later escaped the blood-mist disaster with Zheng Yuan and other Cook Army soldiers.
• Cui Cui restrained Chen Mu beneath Tianyi Hall and tried to bind a symbiotic Yinhun to him, but Chen Mu fought Bai Miaojin, took two more tokens, and escaped.
• Chen Mu returned home, learned from Jie Jia that a token qualified him to board a ship Overseas, and decided to leave for Lijiang Garrison City.
• Chen Mu evaded the search for Cheng Yi and the Heartless Bell, then tricked Wu Yin into paying him and giving him the Bronze Water Drop.
• Chen Mu settled on Shouyang Mountain, defeated Tushan, and agreed to hunt and cook with him while learning about the dangers and obligations awaiting Armor Souls Overseas.
• Chen Mu used the Heartless Bell to stun fish in a sea cleft, and a colossal White Turtle Shuttle emerged from the water.
• Chen Mu surrendered his Thousand Mechanism Token at Shouyang Palace, chose a twenty-year Yellow Sprout Rice planting job at Jilong Mountain, accepted a tracking seal, and boarded the shuttle.
• Chen Mu explored the White Turtle Shuttle and spotted Bai Miaojin aboard.

Chen Mu reached Yunzhou, built a livelihood farming Yellow Sprout Rice and secretly selling Calming Spirit Pills, and advanced his cultivation while navigating schemes in the Lower Courtyard. After killing Dong Cheng and the Bald Strongman, he continued improving the Hidden Sand Technique as Lin Su pursued a separate lead involving the Mirror of Illumination.

• Chen Mu arrived in Yunzhou, settled at Low Hill, and learned from Old Hao how to farm Yellow Sprout Rice while facing steep living and cultivation costs.
• Chen Mu secretly expanded his rice fields, completed Spirit-Soul Unification with the Cloud Mirage Spirit Armor Technique, and began studying the White Sun True Elucidation.
• Chen Mu overheard Old Hao and Shang Huan planning to cheat him, incapacitated them, and later arranged to sell Calming Spirit Pills through Shang Huan under the name Gongsun Sheng.
• Chen Mu discovered pests and sabotage threatening his rice field, then killed the Bald Strongman and Dong Cheng when they plotted to make his death look like a Mutant Beast attack.
• Chen Mu attended Zhuang Fu’s lectures, learned about Jade Seed secret arts, and used Shang Huan’s gathered copies to obtain the Hidden Sand Technique after rejecting the Scripture Transmission Courtyard’s prices.
• Chen Mu advanced the White Sun True Elucidation with a jade disk that consumed White Jade Coins, while Lin Su’s investigation into Dong Cheng’s disappearance was closed without finding answers.
• Chen Mu confronted Shang Huan over counterfeit pills, revealed that some of his own pills were already fake, and continued producing and selling them.
• Chen Mu tested the second tier of the Hidden Sand Technique, while Lin Su asked Junior Brother Liang to trace a missing blood relative’s Dao Seal with the Mirror of Illumination.