Recaps

Ji An claimed Crimson Flame Peak, cultivated its resources, and survived an assassination attempt tied to the Chen Clan. As the sect prepared for war with the demons, he entrusted his hidden eruption treasures to Ge Ying while keeping some concealed.

• Ji An chose Crimson Flame Peak as his cave abode despite Zhu Qinghao and Chen Xingyun offering him Spirit Stones and threatening consequences, then moved in and established its formations and fields.
• Ji An built up Crimson Flame Peak with Huang Feihu, Liang Qiu, and local Spirit Farmers while cultivating spells, tending spirit plants, and preparing talismans.
• Masked cultivators attacked Ji An in the Spirit Fields and killed Zhang Erniu, but Ji An raised a vast fog that forced the attackers to flee.
• After Crimson Flame Peak erupted, Ji An found valuable ores and crystals, concluded the Chen Clan had arranged the attack, and spent the next ten years guarding the peak and its wealth.
• Ji An advanced to the Third Layer of Foundation Establishment, perfected several spells, and accepted recurring Explosive Flame Talisman assignments as the sect prepared a campaign against demon forces.
• Ji An visited Ge Ying, showed her his Second-tier treasures from the eruptions, and agreed to report his gains despite the risks of concealing them.
• After the sect ordered its peaks to activate their formations, Ge Ying told Ji An to delay reporting the eruption and entrusted his high-grade materials to her, while Ji An secretly hid other treasures.

Ji An expanded his spirit-tree cultivation and production on Crimson Flame Peak while strengthening his body, refining talismans, and preparing for the sect’s campaign. The stretch ended with Ji An and Wei Songnian ordered to join the march into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

• Ji An explored Crimson Flame Peak during its eruption, gathered spiritual materials, and saw the sect’s Spirit Vein advance as the repaired formation was restored.
• Ji An contracted new Spirit Fields, cultivated spirit trees, and arranged the purchase of materials for a defensive Earth Element Pearl and Fire Crystal Ants.
• Ji An transplanted Liu Su Yun’s Earth Spirit Fruit Trees and expanded his planting, while he and Du Huaiyuan began planning a wine workshop.
• Ji An helped Golden Fur advance to Foundation Establishment, established a Fire Crystal Ant colony, and hired Xia Yuhan and Xia Yulian to assist with cooking and beekeeping.
• Ji An practiced with Liu Yu, survived their sparring, and made Top-Grade Explosion Talismans while preparing for the Three Sects Competition.
• Ji An advanced to Silver Armor, and his Earth Spirit Fruit Trees ripened enough for Liu Su Yun to arrange an exchange for spider silk.
• Ji An agreed to cultivate Bloodthirsty Vine seeds for the sect and helped Wei Songnian sow them across Green Bamboo Valley.
• Wei Songnian told Ji An to gather at Sunrise Peak in one month for the march into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and Ji An said he was preparing talismans.

Ji An expanded Crimson Flame Peak’s spirit fields, raised valuable crops and livestock, and supplied the sect while the campaign against demon beasts continued. After preparing for large-scale wine sales, he broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and discovered that the Azure Wood Life Creation Art had vanished from his mind.

• Ji An joined the expedition to Crying Phoenix Peak, where he fought Black Wind Wolves, killed a Foundation Establishment Late Stage wolf with Zhong Yue, and helped locate Mystic Leaf Sword Bamboo.
• Ji An returned to Crimson Flame Peak with bamboo shoots, expanded his second-tier Crimson Cloud Pines, and took on talisman work for the campaign while the sect established Mount Mingfeng Immortal City.
• Ji An traded pine seeds and Crimson Flame Iron for Nine Bends Yellow Earth, cultivated 256 top-grade Jade Leaf Mulberries, and lost a wager that required Du Huaiyuan to brew wine from them.
• Ji An arranged for Zhao Lei to forge the Apricot Yellow Banner, improved his field spells, and showed Ye Changqing and Li Minghui the flourishing spirit plants and beasts of Crimson Flame Peak.
• Ji An tested premium Purple Fire Gourd seeds, helped his Grey Feather Sand Goose break through to Foundation Establishment, and learned that Ghost Cultivators had destroyed a settlement of cultivators.
• Ji An collected five refined Purple Fire Gourd tools and celebrated producing thousands of jin of mulberry wine with Du Huaiyuan as Crimson Flame Peak prepared to sell wine on a large scale.
• Ji An used a secret technique to break through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, invited friends to a banquet, and discovered that the Azure Wood Life Creation Art had disappeared from the text in his mind.

Ji An advanced his cultivation while expanding Crimson Flame Peak’s spirit fields, trading plants and goods, and helping his fellow disciples prepare for the Demon Catastrophe. After discovering a hidden spirit vein with Liang Qiu, he returned to Ge Ying with materials for a large batch of Azure Lotus Pills.

• Ji An reached Foundation Establishment Layer 5, cultivated rare second-tier spirit plants, and arranged for the sect to buy their leaves and fruit.
• Ji An refined his spells, helped Huang Feihu succeed at Foundation Establishment, and lent Spirit Stones and cultivation resources to his fellow disciples.
• Ji An planted a Soul Nurturing Wood and a Nethermoon Azure Jade Tree, while his Jade Leaf Mulberries, Jade Vine Trees, and Purple Fire Gourd advanced.
• Liu Yu warned Ji An and the others that the Demon Catastrophe was approaching, so Ji An supplied talismans and joined his companions in combat practice.
• Ji An sold spirit fruit and mulberry leaves to Du Huaiyuan and Jiang Wanrong, and discovered that his Earth Spirit Fruit Tree was nearing the second tier.
• Ji An and Liang Qiu entered Black Dragon Pool, killed two turtle demons, and found a hidden Top-Grade Spirit Vein, Azure Water Spirit Lotuses, turtle eggs, and Wei Qingshu’s remains.
• Ji An and Liang Qiu sold the turtle eggs and shells, reported the discovery to Ye Changqing, and settled their debts and cultivation arrangements.
• Ji An brought Ge Ying spirit wine and lotus seeds to refine materials for 116 batches of Azure Lotus Pills, which she said would take one or two years.