Recaps

Jiang Ping'an and Bai Ruoxue spent the night teasing each other before Bai Ruoxue sent Quezhi to his room to attend him in bed. Two hours later, Quezhi returned to find Bai Ruoxue waiting and questioning her.

• Bai Ruoxue told Jiang Ping'an she would go to the Melodious Sound Pavilion after he left Daming City the next day.
• Bai Ruoxue visited Jiang Ping'an late at night, teased him, and sat on his lap before leaving his room.
• Bai Ruoxue ordered Quezhi to go attend Jiang Ping'an in bed, and Quezhi went to his room.
• Jiang Ping'an recognized that the original owner's buried desire for Quezhi had stirred, and he carried her to bed.
• Quezhi returned to her room two hours later and found Bai Ruoxue waiting; Bai Ruoxue sniffed her and remarked on her fragrant sweat.

After returning to Taiming Mountain Market, Jiang Ping'an struggled to earn enough spirit stones and lost his chance to buy better talisman manuals from Zhu Yan. A neighbor offered him a Fireball Talisman Manual at a discount if he helped defeat a demonic beast, but Jiang Ping'an refused and Chen Shiguang left him the option to reconsider.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to Taiming Mountain Market, heard that Zhu Yan had come looking for him, and received seven spirit stones from Gu Yunxu for selling Wind Riding Talismans.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Zhu Yan, who angrily rebuked him and sent him away, leaving him unable to ask her for higher-value Talisman Manuals.
• Jiang Ping'an continued drawing Wind Riding Talismans and welcomed Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi, then other late-stage Spirit Aperture Realm neighbors, as visitors.
• Chen Shiguang offered Jiang Ping'an a Fireball Talisman Manual for forty spirit stones, then proposed lowering the price by ten if Jiang Ping'an helped defeat a demonic beast guarding a cave abode.
• Jiang Ping'an declined to help because he lacked combat experience, and Chen Shiguang left, telling him to seek him out if he changed his mind.

Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi tried to draw Jiang Ping'an into helping them deal with a supposed demonic beast, while Jiang Ping'an quietly encouraged their belief that he had ample spirit stones. Li Xianzi later flirted with him and asked him to teach her talisman-making, leaving her intentions unclear.

• Chen Shiguang told Li Xianzi that Jiang Ping'an believed his story but was too timid to agree to help, and asked her to befriend Jiang Ping'an's concubines to persuade him.
• Jiang Ping'an allowed Xiu Yun to go shopping with Li Xianzi and gave her spirit stones, instructing her to spend generously and not reveal where they came from.
• Xiu Yun returned without buying anything for herself, and Jiang Ping'an told her to keep the money so she would not appear stingy to the neighbors.
• Li Xianzi reported Xiu Yun's generosity to Chen Shiguang, and she continued visiting and spending time with Xiu Yun over the following days.
• Li Xianzi visited Jiang Ping'an, flirted with him, and asked him to teach her how to draw talismans.

Li Xianzi used lessons in talisman drawing as a pretext to get close to Jiang Ping'an and was sent to visit him by Chen Shiguang. She seduced Jiang Ping'an in his bedroom, while he pretended to be nervous and played along.

• Li Xianzi told Chen Shiguang she had arranged to meet Jiang Ping'an again under the pretext of learning talisman drawing, and Chen Shiguang agreed to accompany her.
• Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi visited Jiang Ping'an with a gift worth three spirit stones, and Chen Shiguang left Li Xianzi to study with him.
• Li Xianzi asked to move indoors and then followed Jiang Ping'an into his bedroom, where he taught her the Light Body Talisman.
• Li Xianzi admitted she had no real interest in talisman drawing and had sought a chance to be alone with Jiang Ping'an.
• Li Xianzi sat on Jiang Ping'an's lap and urged him to repay Chen Shiguang through her, and Jiang Ping'an placed his hands on her waist.

Jiang Ping'an resisted Li Xianzi’s seduction while pretending to trust her and Chen Shiguang, then agreed to help them confront a demonic beast guarding a cave abode. He left Taiming Mountain Market with the couple for the Wensu Mountain Range, while Xiu Yun, Xuan Shuang, and Gu Yunxu stayed behind.

• Jiang Ping'an tipped his chair over to avoid sleeping with Li Xianzi, then cultivated with Xiu Yun.
• Li Xianzi returned to seduce Jiang Ping'an, and Gu Yunxu warned him that she and Chen Shiguang likely had another purpose.
• Jiang Ping'an told Gu Yunxu he was using their scheme against them.
• Li Xianzi revealed a cave abode guarded by a demonic beast, and Jiang Ping'an agreed to help her hold it back.
• Chen Shiguang discussed the plan with Jiang Ping'an and swore he had no ill intentions; they agreed to leave early the next morning.
• Jiang Ping'an told Xiu Yun, Xuan Shuang, and Gu Yunxu he might be gone for several days, then departed with Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi for the Wensu Mountain Range.

Jiang Ping'an killed Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi before they could ambush him, then searched their belongings and discovered a treasure map. He learned the Golden Marrow Pill recipe was false but used his Proficiency Points to comprehend the true recipe, and decided to investigate the map’s marked location at Huihe Mountain.

• Jiang Ping'an struck first with fifteen flying daggers, killing Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi as they prepared to attack him.
• Jiang Ping'an took their Storage Bags, destroyed their corpses, sent their horses running into the valley, and left for a nearby town.
• Jiang Ping'an inventoried their belongings and found a fake Golden Marrow Pill recipe and a map suspected to lead to treasure.
• Jiang Ping'an spent three thousand Proficiency Points to comprehend the true Golden Marrow Pill recipe.
• Jiang Ping'an compared the treasure map with a map of Nanwu Prefecture, located its mark at Huihe Mountain, and decided to go there.

Jiang Ping'an entered Huihe Mountain in search of the treasure marked on his map and fought his way through its dangerous gorge. After defeating a heavily armored Golden Python, he stored its corpse, encouraged by the valuable materials it might provide.

• Jiang Ping'an learned from Old Man Zhang that Huihe Mountain was home to man-eating Red-crowned Cranes and a mysterious Mountain God that killed everything in its path.
• Jiang Ping'an entered the mountain alone, killed a flock of Red-crowned Cranes with flying knives, and traveled to the gorge marked on his map.
• Jiang Ping'an waited for noon sunlight to disperse the gorge's poisonous miasma, then entered with his flying knives and searched for the treasure.
• Jiang Ping'an killed a mutated Black-browed Serpent whose scales were harder than steel and realized something valuable might be hidden in the gorge.
• Jiang Ping'an defeated a Golden Python after dodging its poisonous gas, then placed its corpse in a Storage Bag to keep its valuable scales.

Jiang Ping'an found Golden Fiend Qi in the Golden Python’s den and prepared to dig for its source so he could cultivate the Mysterious Fiend Bodyguard Technique. After returning with tools and Miasma Pills, he began excavating but struck a large mass of rock.

• Jiang Ping'an discovered Golden Fiend Qi drifting from holes in the Golden Python’s den and decided to return with digging tools.
• Jiang Ping'an left Huihe Mountain, bought three hoes and three iron shovels in town, and stayed another night with Old Man Zhang’s family.
• Old Man Zhang gave Jiang Ping'an a bottle of Miasma Pills to protect him from the valley’s miasma.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to the cave, used flying daggers to widen its entrance, and moved the loose earth and rocks aside.
• Jiang Ping'an dug toward the Golden Fiend Qi with a hoe and iron shovel until the hoe struck a large mass of rock.

Jiang Ping'an widened the passages to the Golden Fiend Qi source, mastered the Mysterious Fiend Bodyguard Technique, and tested his powerful new shield. After sealing the source, he returned to the village and set out to rescue Old Man Zhang and Zhang Dalang from Demonic Cranes.

• Jiang Ping'an used his flying daggers to widen all four holes, then refined the escaping Golden Fiend Qi for three days until he mastered the Mysterious Fiend Bodyguard Technique.
• Jiang Ping'an tested the Golden Fiend Bodyguard Shield and found that even his ten flying daggers could not break through it.
• Jiang Ping'an sealed the holes and cave entrance, concealed the site, and flew from Huihe Mountain back to the village.
• Aunt Zhang told Jiang Ping'an that Old Man Zhang and Zhang Dalang had been trapped by Demonic Cranes for nearly three days, and he promised to rescue them.
• Jiang Ping'an flew Zhang Erlang into the mountains on his flying sword so Zhang Erlang could point out where his father and brother were trapped.

Jiang Ping'an rescued Old Man Zhang and Zhang Dalang from a flock of Demonic Cranes and discovered they had taken a golden crane egg with a powerful life force. He bought the egg for one thousand taels of gold and left the mountain village the next morning.

• Jiang Ping'an killed most of the Red-crowned Cranes attacking the cave and freed Old Man Zhang and Zhang Dalang.
• Old Man Zhang showed Jiang Ping'an the golden Demonic Crane egg, and Jiang Ping'an offered to buy it after sensing its strong life force.
• Jiang Ping'an refused Old Man Zhang's request to accept Zhang Dalang and Zhang Erlang as disciples, then flew the rescued men back to Zhang Erlang.
• Old Man Zhang brought the egg to Jiang Ping'an that night, and Jiang Ping'an paid him one thousand taels of gold while warning the family to keep their wealth secret.
• Jiang Ping'an said farewell to Hunter Zhang's family and rode away the next morning.

Jiang Ping'an returned to Taiming Mountain Market, learned alchemy by using his Proficiency Points to correct a dubious manual, and successfully refined his first batch of Golden Marrow Pills. He planned to expand his living quarters as Gu Yunxu left to sell two flying swords.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to the courtyard, gave Xuan Shuang a golden crane egg, and asked Gu Yunxu to sell the Golden Python corpse.
• Jiang Ping'an bought an alchemy book and furnace, then used Proficiency Points to turn the flawed manual into a spirit-grade Art of Alchemy.
• Gu Yunxu sold the Golden Python and agreed to sell two flying swords away from Taiming Mountain Market before leaving for more than ten days.
• Jiang Ping'an and the two women cleared the kitchen so he could use it as an Alchemy Room.
• Jiang Ping'an refined ten Golden Marrow Pills in his first successful batch and said they would move to a larger courtyard after the month ended.

After opening his third spirit aperture, Jiang Ping'an prepared to seek out Bai Ruoxue at the Melodious Sound Pavilion, selling pills and acquiring stronger flying knives along the way. He found no trace of her and returned to the pavilion at evening, where he tried to request a meeting with Mi Yunshang.

• Jiang Ping'an took a Golden Marrow Pill and opened his third spirit aperture, though the strain left his meridians in pain.
• Jiang Ping'an ordered seventeen Star-Sinking Iron Flying Knives and later sold two bottles of perfect-quality Golden Marrow Pills to Shopkeeper Chen for twenty-four spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping'an collected the knives and rode to Daming City to look for Bai Ruoxue at the Melodious Sound Pavilion.
• Jiang Ping'an found Bai Ruoxue absent from the pavilion and discovered that the rented courtyard had been deserted for at least a month and a half.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to the Melodious Sound Pavilion and offered gold to the Maidservants to request a meeting with Mi Yunshang, but they said she did not receive guests.

Jiang Ping'an visited the Melodious Sound Pavilion to find Bai Ruoxue, learned she had joined the Melodious Sound Sect, and received her letter. When Mi Yunshang and Chen Youlan tried to seize his fortuitous opportunity, he fought back and killed Chen Youlan, leaving Mi Yunshang stunned.

• Jiang Ping'an entered the Melodious Sound Pavilion and was led to Mi Yunshang.
• Mi Yunshang told Jiang Ping'an that Bai Ruoxue had become a Registered Disciple of the Melodious Sound Sect and gave him Bai Ruoxue's letter.
• Jiang Ping'an feigned an attack on Mi Yunshang, but she escaped through a trapdoor and Chen Youlan arrived, demanding his fortuitous opportunity.
• Jiang Ping'an countered Chen Youlan's yellow ring and wind blades while his flying daggers wounded Mi Yunshang.
• Chen Youlan activated a protective talisman, but Jiang Ping'an's flying dagger array broke through her shield and killed her.
• Mi Yunshang's flying sword failed to harm Jiang Ping'an, and she stared in shock at her master's death.

Jiang Ping'an rescued Bai Ruoxue from an underground prison after killing Chen Youlan and Mi Yunshang. With enough Worry-Free Pills recovered to sustain Bai Ruoxue for years, they escaped Daming City under cover of night.

• Jiang Ping'an killed Tang Yue, forced Mi Yunshang to reveal Bai Ruoxue's location, and pretended he would spare Mi Yunshang if she led him there.
• Jiang Ping'an took Mi Yunshang to an underground prison, killed her when he found Bai Ruoxue, and cut through the cell bars and Bai Ruoxue's shackles.
• Bai Ruoxue examined the pills taken from Mi Yunshang's and Chen Youlan's Storage Bags and found more than a hundred and forty low-grade Worry-Free Pills, along with mid-grade pills.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Bai Ruoxue an empty Storage Bag, then flew with her out of Daming City on the Black Iron Round Shield, away from Mount Tai Ming.

Jiang Ping'an and Bai Ruoxue escaped Daming City and set off for Mount Tai Ming, where Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang were staying. They stopped at a mountain pool so Bai Ruoxue could wash and change clothes, then continued their flight with her riding on Jiang Ping'an’s back.

• Bai Ruoxue told Jiang Ping'an that Quezhi had been tortured to death while her captors tried to learn his whereabouts, and Jiang Ping'an grieved that he had drawn her into the danger.
• Jiang Ping'an put away the heavy Black Iron Round Shield and carried Bai Ruoxue on his flying sword toward Mount Tai Ming, about two hundred li away.
• Bai Ruoxue asked Jiang Ping'an to land near a pool so she could bathe, then changed into clothes from Mi Yunshang's Storage Bag.
• After Bai Ruoxue teased Jiang Ping'an about his smell, he changed clothes behind some shrubs before they took off again.
• Bai Ruoxue clung to Jiang Ping'an’s back and made him hold her thighs so she could loosen her grip around his waist.

After killing the leaders of Melodious Sound Pavilion, Jiang Ping'an fled with Bai Ruoxue, Xiu Yun, and Xuan Shuang to Azure Origin City, hoping to escape the sect’s reach. He decided to join the Azure Origin Sect first, and Bai Ruoxue set out ahead of him while they agreed to pretend they were strangers.

• Jiang Ping'an returned to the courtyard with Bai Ruoxue, told Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang they had to leave because he had killed Melodious Sound Pavilion’s leaders, and prepared to flee without Gu Yunxu.
• Jiang Ping'an bought four Thousand Mile Horses, and Bai Ruoxue explained that they could avoid Melodious Sound Pavilion by heading to the territories of the demonic sects.
• Jiang Ping'an chose the Azure Origin Sect, and the four traveled to Azure Origin City, where they confirmed there was no Melodious Sound Pavilion.
• Jiang Ping'an bought a residence for Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, then planned to join the Azure Origin Sect with Bai Ruoxue, who insisted on going despite his concerns.
• Bai Ruoxue asked Jiang Ping'an to act as though they did not know each other and rode toward Azure Origin Mountain ahead of him, while Jiang Ping'an waited by the roadside.

Jiang Ping'an joined Azure Origin Sect, paid the ten-spirit-stone entrance fee, and chose Mystic Array Peak. He met He Zudao and learned that the sect’s one-spirit-stone recruits were assigned to peaks at random, with Mystic Array Peak receiving many of them.

• Jiang Ping'an arrived at Azure Origin Sect and saw cultivators gathering to register for recruitment.
• He learned that applicants who paid ten spirit stones could choose a peak, while those who paid one were assigned randomly, and he spotted Bai Ruoxue among the newcomers.
• The scarred registrar demanded extra spirit stones from Jiang Ping'an before accepting his registration.
• Jiang Ping'an chose Mystic Array Peak, received his identity token, and dismissed the registrar’s claim that he had wasted his money.
• At the end of recruitment, Jiang Ping'an met Mystic Array Peak disciple He Zudao, while Bai Ruoxue joined Joyful Union Peak.
• Steward Elder Wang Ruxin randomly assigned the one-spirit-stone recruits, sending about half of them to Mystic Array Peak.

Jiang Ping'an joined Mystic Array Peak, where He Zudao guided him through his first night and helped him collect sect supplies. He Zudao then took him to the peak’s Logistics Hall to choose a task.

• He Zudao led Jiang Ping'an aboard Mystic Array Peak’s flying ship, leaving more than a hundred newcomers behind.
• He Zudao arranged a temporary dormitory for Jiang Ping'an and warned him to be careful around disciples from other peaks.
• The next morning, He Zudao took Jiang Ping'an to the storeroom, where Jiang collected cultivation methods, robes, an insignia, and a sect map.
• He Zudao explained that new disciples were usually assigned tasks by force during their first three years, and Jiang Ping'an asked him to help find a good task.
• He Zudao flew Jiang Ping'an to Mystic Array Peak’s branch of the Logistics Hall.

Jiang Ping'an chose the relatively safe array stone engraving task and sought a shared rental near Mystic Array Peak. He reached the engraving workshop, where steward Cao Yongle learned that Jiang Ping'an was an intermediate Talisman Master.

• He Zudao advised Jiang Ping'an to avoid dangerous mining, gathering, and array ink work, so Jiang Ping'an accepted the array stone engraving task and paid a five-spirit-stone deposit.
• He Zudao escorted Jiang Ping'an to the Crow Perch Division branch quarters, where Jiang Ping'an chose to inquire about a shared rental at Cave Mansion A on Mirror Lake Mountain and sent its landlord a paper-crane message for dusk.
• Jiang Ping'an retrieved his thousand mile horse from the mountain gate and rode to the Array Stone Engraving Workshop.
• A menial disciple directed Jiang Ping'an to steward Cao Yongle, who asked whether he had studied arrays before.
• Jiang Ping'an admitted he had not but revealed that he was an intermediate Talisman Master, mildly surprising Cao Yongle.

Jiang Ping'an accepted a task to engrave Spirit Gathering Array Stones and went to Mirror Lake Mountain to study the diagram. He met the cave abode’s formidable owner, Dongfang Jintang, and proved he could defend himself when she attacked him; she then agreed to let him move in after paying three months’ rent.

• Cao Yongle explained the Array Stone engraving requirements, and Jiang Ping'an chose the more complex Spirit Gathering Array Stone task.
• Cao Yongle gave Jiang Ping'an the diagram jade slip and task token, and Jiang Ping'an swore not to reveal the diagram.
• Jiang Ping'an studied the diagram at Mirror Lake Mountain and waited there until evening before riding to Cave Mansion A.
• Dongfang Jintang questioned whether Jiang Ping'an was brave enough to share her cave abode, then attacked him with an ice spike.
• Jiang Ping'an shattered the ice spike with five flying knives, and Dongfang Jintang invited him to move in after paying three months’ rent.

Jiang Ping'an negotiated a one-month rental agreement with Dongfang Jintang and moved into her cave abode on Mirror Lake Mountain. After learning the Basic Spirit Gathering Array Diagram, he traveled to Fulong Daping Valley and rented a stall to sell Magic Tools and Spirit Talismans.

• Jiang Ping'an initially rejected Dongfang Jintang's room offer, but accepted after she lowered the rent to one month's payment and they agreed on mutual restrictions.
• Jiang Ping'an paid Dongfang Jintang twenty-two spirit stones, received the cave abode's jade token and key, and chose three rooms on the left side.
• Jiang Ping'an settled his horse in the stable, installed a Night Pearl in one room, and used one thousand Proficiency Points to master the Basic Spirit Gathering Array Diagram.
• Jiang Ping'an cultivated in the cave abode overnight, benefiting from its dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Jiang Ping'an rode to Fulong Daping Valley and rented a stall on Bluestone Street for five hundred taels of gold to sell Magic Tools and Spirit Talismans.

Jiang Ping'an moved into the cave abode he shared with Dongfang Jintang, endured her threats, and negotiated a deal to ride her in exchange for spirit stones. Dongfang Jintang took his hundred spirit stones and challenged him to follow her to her bedroom.

• Jiang Ping'an spent twenty-two spirit stones on supplies and furnished his stone chamber after returning to the cave abode.
• Dongfang Jintang drank wine and threatened Jiang Ping'an over his horse mating with hers, but she watched the horses mate without harming his horse.
• Dongfang Jintang offered to let Jiang Ping'an ride her for a month in exchange for three hundred spirit stones, and Jiang Ping'an negotiated for three months.
• Jiang Ping'an handed Dongfang Jintang one hundred spirit stones, and she went to her bedroom, telling him to come if he was not afraid to die.

Jiang Ping'an comprehended the Azure Nether Illusory Array Canon, advanced his cultivation, and sold Golden Marrow Pills at the Fulong Daping Valley market. On his return to Mirror Lake Mountain, a swarm of venomous insects attacked him, and their owner demanded compensation after he killed them.

• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Azure Nether Illusory Array Canon and found that it greatly increased his cultivation speed and ability to refine Golden Marrow Pills.
• Dongfang Jintang demanded the remaining Two Hundred Spirit Stones, but Jiang Ping'an refused, and she pressured him before returning to her bedroom.
• Jiang Ping'an swallowed a Golden Marrow Pill and opened his fourth Spiritual Aperture, the Danzhong Spiritual Aperture.
• Jiang Ping'an sold four bottles of Golden Marrow Pills at the Fulong Daping Valley market, then bought herbs and returned to Mirror Lake Mountain.
• A swarm of gold- and silver-colored venomous insects attacked Jiang Ping'an, who killed them with a Divine Soul shockwave.
• A female cultivator mourned the dead insects and demanded that Jiang Ping'an compensate her.

Jiang Ping'an clashed with Shui Muhua after she tested him with her Golden-Silver Beetles, and she later visited Dongfang Jintang's cave abode to demand compensation. Shui Muhua left with twenty spirit stones and a new interest in Jiang Ping'an, while Dongfang Jintang shut her out.

• Shui Muhua confronted Jiang Ping'an after he killed her Golden-Silver Beetles, but he told her to seek compensation from Dongfang Jintang.
• Shui Muhua waited for Dongfang Jintang, who explained that Jiang Ping'an was her co-renting tenant, not her cultivation partner.
• Dongfang Jintang asked Jiang Ping'an for permission to let Shui Muhua into the cave abode, but he refused.
• Shui Muhua slipped past Dongfang Jintang and entered the cave abode, where she met Jiang Ping'an and learned his name.
• Shui Muhua explained her losses, and Dongfang Jintang gave her twenty spirit stones as compensation.
• Dongfang Jintang forced Shui Muhua out, and Shui Muhua left determined to pursue Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Ping'an confronted Dongfang Jintang over her unpaid spirit stones and realized she intended to kill him. He began his array-stone assignment, commissioned a specialized chisel, and encountered Shui Muhua on his way to eat.

• Dongfang Jintang offered Jiang Ping'an permission to bring a guest as compensation, but he asked for one spirit stone instead, and she walked away without paying.
• Dongfang Jintang demanded the hundred spirit stones Jiang Ping'an had promised, then released her pressure; Jiang Ping'an required her to swear she would not kill him, and she returned to the cave abode.
• Jiang Ping'an went to the Array Stone Engraving Workshop, received Green Jade Stones and a Spirit Chisel from Wang Jinzhen, and found engraving drained too much spiritual power.
• Jiang Ping'an commissioned a Hundred Refined Ink Jade chisel from Zhang's Truefire Artifact Refining Workshop for fifteen spirit stones, then headed toward Everbright Street for a meal.
• Shui Muhua tried to pat Jiang Ping'an on the shoulder, and he dodged before turning to face her.