Recaps

Ji An advanced his cultivation, took charge of the Department of Agriculture, and built up its staff and farming work. After he stopped a widespread aphid attack, the Heavenly Demon Alliance marked him for death, while new threats spread to neighboring sects.

• Chu Huaige completed the Teleportation Array between Crimson Flame Peak and Condensing Emerald Cliff, and Ge Ying entrusted Ji An with a Purple Crystal Bee King and its hive.
• Ji An opened his Wood Element Divine Mansion and began consuming Azure Radiance Qi, then cultivated spirit plants and prepared to contend for a Seed of the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire.
• True Lord Zhengyang praised Ji An’s Spirit Farming achievements and gave him roots from the withered Top-tier Spiritual Peach Tree to cultivate a replacement.
• After two years of training and preparation, Ji An took charge of the new Department of Agriculture and became the first Origin Seeking Spirit Farmer in the Western Continent.
• Ji An took Han Shan and Lin Lan as disciples and agreed to prioritize the pine nuts and honey needed for Han Yan’s Crimson Pine Pills.
• Ji An’s perfected Sharp Metal Art destroyed a Black Aphid plague that had devastated the sect’s Spirit Fields, and he waived rent for affected disciples while proposing agricultural reforms.
• Chen Xingzhou identified Ji An as the cultivator who defeated the aphids, and Xiong Ba added him to the Heavenly Demon Alliance’s kill list.
• Ji An obtained methods for raising Spirit Seeking Rats and Wood Element demonic beasts from He Yuhan, named his new Green Deer Youyou, and learned that demon insects had also attacked Falling Maple Valley and Harmony Peak.

Ji An expanded Crimson Flame Peak, helped the sect strengthen its Spirit Vein, and completed the Divine Mansions needed to dispel his soul curse while preparing the Five Elements Banners. After Ye Changqing's funeral, he set out to gather Earth Qi and descended alone into Eagle Sorrow Ravine, where a winged demonic snake ambushed him.

• Ji An advanced his cultivation, developed Crimson Flame Peak’s spirit groves, and learned that the Azure Dragon Wood’s roar came from his perfected Azure Dragon Startled Insects Art.
• True Lord Nanshan died in a trap set by the Green Flood Dragon, which the sect leaders later tracked down and killed, while Liu Yu and Ge Luoying emerged from seclusion at the Origin Seeking Stage.
• Ji An strengthened the Department of Agriculture, arranged a fifty-year Green Leaf Wine partnership with Du Huaiyuan, and reached the goal of cultivating fifty high-grade spirit plants on Crimson Flame Peak.
• True Lord Zhengyang inspected Ji An’s cavern and identified Phoenix Wood, then ordered plans to improve Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein and strengthen patrols near it.
• Zhu Xiangrong forged the Li Di Flame Light Banner, which bonded with Ji An’s Primordial Life Fire, and Ji An later completed his Heart’s Fire Mansion and dispersed the Blood Corrupting Soul Chasing Curse.
• After Ye Changqing’s funeral, Ji An prepared to gather Wutu and Jitu Earth Qi for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, while the Department of Agriculture continued growing toward its goal of two hundred Spirit Farmers.
• Ji An left Crimson Flame Peak with the Golden Feathered Eagle, Golden Fur, and Big Yellow, gathered Wutu Earth Qi, and descended alone into Eagle Sorrow Ravine, where a winged demonic snake lunged at him.

Ji An strengthened his cultivation and banners, survived a fight with Yun Nianrong, and helped the sect upgrade Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein. The arc ended with Ge Ying’s peaceful death as Ji An’s growing strength widened the distance between him and old friends.

• Ji An gathered Earth Qi and Black Soul Calming Grass before returning to Crimson Flame Peak, where he built his cultivation and fed essence to his Fire banner.
• Ji An fought Xiong Ba and Black Eagle at Divine Eagle Cliff, killed Black Eagle, and captured Xiong Ba, whose interrogation revealed the Heavenly Demon Alliance’s kill list.
• Ji An acquired a Void Stone pendant and completed the blood sacrifice that bound the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to him.
• Ji An helped Wei Songnian secure the Wei Clan succession, then fought Yun Nianrong and forced her to flee, finding the Spiritual Roar art on her damaged jade slip.
• Ji An developed his cultivation and Department of Agriculture, then greeted Li Haoran as Crimson Flame Peak’s Spirit Vein erupted and yielded treasures and Five Elements insights.
• Ji An sparred with Li Haoran, cultivated his orchards, and revealed his Top-Grade Spiritual Peach Tree, asking True Lord Zhengyang to find rare spirit seeds and seedlings.
• Ji An raised his Geng Metal Dao Seed to top-grade, and Zhang Zizhao chose a faster Spirit Vein upgrade that would sacrifice the outer fields’ earth veins.
• Chu Huaige activated the upgraded formation, Ji An discussed Spirit Fish farming with Liang Qiu and Huang Feihu, and Ge Ying later died peacefully while watching the sunrise with Tian Jin.

After Ge Ying’s death, Ji An prepared to leave the sect and traveled south with Han Yan, seeking resources and opportunities beyond the Western Continent. They survived an Earth Fiend Gate ambush and discovered that a strange gray stone had drawn Ji An’s divine sense into a barren world.

• Ji An and the disciples mourned Ge Ying, scattered her ashes at Condensing Emerald Cliff, and auctioned her belongings before Ji An began preparing to travel.
• Ji An strengthened the Department of Agriculture, cultivated rare spirit trees, and arranged for Lin Lan and Han Shan to manage Crimson Flame Peak during his absence.
• Ji An and Han Yan boarded the Merchant Airship, traded Azure Dragon Wood for puppets, and acquired the Thread Control Curse and other supplies.
• While traveling south, Ji An and Han Yan fought Yun Nianrong and warned the survivors before continuing toward the Southern Continent.
• At Rotten Peach Mountain, Ji An and Han Yan searched for treasures as Netherworld True Monarch secretly took a sphere containing a small world, while Sang Ji marked their belongings with corpse dust.
• Ji An and Han Yan acquired a Vajra Bodhi Seed, left Rongman Immortal City, and were ambushed by Earth Fiend Gate cultivators near the Zangyin Mountain Range.
• Ji An and Han Yan killed Sang Ji, Sang You, and their allies, then escaped with the spoils and found a strange gray stone that led Ji An’s divine sense into a storm-wracked space where the Stone Turtle appeared.