Recaps

Jiang Ping'an left Seven Star City after helping Zhou Qingyu defeat the rival sects, then traveled to Daming City and established himself at Taiming Mountain Market. He developed his talisman skills and gathered companions around him, while preparing to move again to keep his enemies from targeting his family.

• Jiang Ping'an refused to remain with Zhou Qingyu in Seven Star City and left by ship with his parents, Gu Yunxu, Bai Ruoxue, and Pavilion Master Mi.
• Yin Jiusu froze the ship and abducted Jiang Ping'an, Pavilion Master Mi, Gu Yunxu, and another female cultivator before dropping them above a mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an reached Daming City, helped Bai Ruoxue and Xuan Shuang open their spirit apertures, and learned that his mother was pregnant after receiving treatment.
• Jiang Ping'an commissioned new weapons, sold pills at Taiming Mountain Market, and survived an ambush by robbers and rogue cultivator Chen Ke with Gu Yunxu's help.
• Jiang Ping'an mastered the Wind Treading Talisman, drew Wind Riding Talismans, and celebrated as Bai Ruoxue and Xiu Yun opened their spirit apertures.
• Jiang Ping'an rented a courtyard at Taiming Mountain Market for himself, Gu Yunxu, Xiu Yun, and Xuan Shuang, and arranged for Gu Yunxu to sell his talismans.
• Zhu Yan explained qi cultivation to Jiang Ping'an and offered to consider becoming his Cultivation Partner if he reached the Qi Refining Realm before age twenty-four.
• Jiang Ping'an told his parents he would move away to protect them, kept his destination secret, and went to find Bai Ruoxue.

After rescuing Bai Ruoxue from the Melodious Sound Pavilion, Jiang Ping'an fled with her and joined the Azure Origin Sect, where he settled into a shared cave abode and began taking on sect work. He advanced his cultivation and crossed paths with Shui Muhua, whose confrontation with him remained unresolved.

• Jiang Ping'an killed Chen Shiguang and Li Xianzi when they tried to ambush him, then found a fake Golden Marrow Pill recipe and a treasure map that led him to Huihe Mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an mastered the Mysterious Fiend Bodyguard Technique, rescued Old Man Zhang and Zhang Dalang from Red-crowned Cranes, and bought the golden Demonic Crane egg before returning home.
• Jiang Ping'an refined Golden Marrow Pills and traveled to Daming City, where he learned Bai Ruoxue had become a Registered Disciple of the Melodious Sound Sect.
• Jiang Ping'an killed Chen Youlan, Tang Yue, and Mi Yunshang, freed Bai Ruoxue from an underground prison, and escaped with her after learning Quezhi had been tortured to death.
• Jiang Ping'an brought Bai Ruoxue, Xiu Yun, and Xuan Shuang to Azure Origin City, then joined the Azure Origin Sect while Bai Ruoxue entered Joyful Union Peak.
• Jiang Ping'an took an array stone engraving task, rented rooms in Dongfang Jintang's cave abode, and opened his fourth Spiritual Aperture after studying the Azure Nether Illusory Array Canon.
• Jiang Ping'an killed Shui Muhua's Golden-Silver Beetles, and after she confronted him and entered his cave abode, Dongfang Jintang paid her twenty spirit stones in compensation.
• Jiang Ping'an commissioned a stronger Spirit Chisel for his sect task, then dodged Shui Muhua when she tried to touch his shoulder and turned to face her.

Jiang Ping'an advanced his cultivation, prepared powerful formations, and entered the Menial Disciple Competition despite Dongfang Jintang’s warning about competing for first place. He won his way through the contests and secured a place in the final four, while Shui Muhua reconsidered trying to control him.

• Jiang Ping'an left Dongfang Jintang’s cave abode, earned spirit stones and merit through pill sales and array work, and reached Spirit Aperture Realm perfection through cultivation.
• Jiang Ping'an crafted and sold array flags, killed Wu Duan when he ambushed him with four Iron Corpses, and gathered spider silk in Vengeful Sword Valley to complete the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array.
• Dongfang Jintang warned Jiang Ping'an not to compete for first place, but he entered the competition seeking Lunar Moonlight and won the opening golden-ball contest with his Bewildering Trail Array.
• Jiang Ping'an defeated Hu Xueguang in his first arena match using his crossbow, spells, and Bewildering Trail Array.
• In a three-person melee, Jiang Ping'an used the Illusory Prison Poison Heart Array, talismans, and Spirit Piercer to defeat Chen Bailian and Su Wanwan and advance to the final four.
• Shui Muhua watched Jiang Ping'an’s victory and reconsidered her plan to control him.

Jiang Ping'an entered the Qi Refining Realm and became True Lord Xuan Luo’s Registered Disciple, then navigated Wang Zhongyou’s schemes and growing attention from Yu Lianhua and others. He sought Yue Qingning’s secret dual cultivation manual but left without it, resolving to strengthen his Spiritual Sense and arrays while continuing his arrangement with Ziling.

• Jiang Ping'an defeated Zheng Baotong and Duqing Mountain, won the Menial Disciple Competition, and became True Lord Xuan Luo’s Registered Disciple.
• Jiang Ping'an moved into Feiquan Cave Mansion on Biyou Peak, learned the Azure Nether Illusory Array Canon, and entered the Qi Refining Realm by refining Nether True Qi.
• Wang Zhongyou urged Yu Lianhua to draw close to Jiang Ping'an, while Jiang Ping'an registered as an Outer Sect Disciple and secretly visited Dongfang Jintang.
• Wang Yichen attacked Jiang Ping'an at Feiquan Cave Mansion, but Yu Lianhua and Wang Zhongyou stopped him, and Wang Zhongyou exiled him from the sect.
• Jiang Ping'an attended Cui Xiao'er's Dao Discussion Meeting hoping to meet Yue Qingning, while Yu Lianhua sent Ziling to spend the night with him.
• Jiang Ping'an publicly asked Yue Qingning to discuss dual cultivation, used True Lord Xuan Luo’s jade talisman to repel the cultivators who attacked him, and left with her.
• Jiang Ping'an offered Yue Qingning the Ode to Yin-Yang Bliss for her peak’s Dual Cultivation Manual, but she refused and suggested they keep in contact.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to Feiquan Cave Mansion, resolved to focus on Spiritual Sense and arrays, and spent the night with Ziling.