Recaps

Chu Mu escaped the chaos surrounding Nanshan Town and settled in Jingmen, where he developed his medicine skills and obtained a spirit stone. After witnessing a battle between cultivators, he reached perfection in the Body Forging Art and manifested his spirit.

• Chu Mu defended his courtyard during the uprising, then went to the Mine and witnessed the White-Robed Man freeze the Nineteenth Mine Area and its laborers.
• Chu Mu improved his Essence Qi Powder through repeated experiments, then gave Old Li and Wu Shuo his stronger Dragon Snake Soup formula.
• As the Grievance Soul struck Li Jinghong and the Mine’s Mineral Material vanished, Chu Mu fled Nanshan Town with Xu Yuan and Wangcai while Li Chang attacked the town.
• Chu Mu settled in Jingmen, opened Hundred Herbs Pavilion, and spent half a year treating patients, studying medicine, and cultivating.
• Chu Mu recognized wanted fugitives from Qili Village and treated the wounded middle-aged man in exchange for a Fragmented Spirit.
• Chu Mu discovered that the Fragmented Spirit advanced his Qi and blood even while he rested, bringing him close to the Immortal Path.
• Chu Mu watched the youth from Qili Village battle a Young Master over East Lake, then realized his Body Forging Art had reached perfection and his spirit had manifested.
• Chu Mu used his new perception to see spiritual energy within and outside his body, noticing that its scattered specks seemed restless.

Chu Mu entered the Cultivation World, learned its rules through work and study, and began cultivating while investigating his inheritances. The arc left him refining his Fireball Spell and blade technique as he considered bringing Xu Yuan to Jade Emperor Valley.

• Chu Mu absorbed Old Li’s alchemy inheritance and the young man’s Puppet Art inheritance, then left Jingmen to seek a safe way into the Cultivation World.
• Chu Mu found Jade Emperor Valley through an Illusion Array, learned that he needed cultivation and Spirit Stones to get by, and joined Jade Platform Mine to earn them.
• Chu Mu survived an attack by two miners, tested his Spirit Root, and bought the Blazing Fire Art and Spiritual Energy Basics rather than cultivating blindly.
• Chu Mu studied for months, entered Qi Refining First Layer, and took a job at Li’s Mineral Materials to earn Spirit Stones and study minerals for his Puppet Art.
• Chu Mu refined Sparrow Spirit Ore, examined the Marketplace’s laws and scarce resources, and continued working, cultivating, and improving his blade technique.
• Chu Mu bought Fireball Spell materials and a Spell Experiment Hall pass, then tested the spell’s power, mana use, precision, and casting time over several months.
• Chu Mu improved his Fireball Spell to a roughly two-second cast, considered renting a room for Xu Yuan in the expanded Marketplace, and began reading the latest Di Bao.

Chu Mu survived the fall of Jade Emperor Valley Market, sold alchemy knowledge in the black market, and returned to rebuild his life in the Longevity Sect’s expanding marketplace. By developing a profitable Bigu Pill business with Wang Mazi, he gained the resources to master Nourishing Meridian Pills, leaving his alchemy steadily advancing.

• Chu Mu shifted from cultivation alone to studying alchemy, moved into a rented house, and learned that its previous tenant Li Han had been killed over a Sun Family heirloom.
• As the Longevity Sect took control of Jade Emperor Valley, a Black Robe Man attacked Chu Mu for a hidden token, but Chu Mu killed him and escaped with the Blood Kill Token and an Illusion God Mask.
• Chu Mu traveled to Phoenix Cry Mountain’s black market, sold his alchemy knowledge and Bigu Pill formula, bought alchemy supplies, and visited the Blood Kill Pavilion before leaving.
• Chu Mu returned to Jade Emperor Valley with Xu Yuan and Wangcai, rented a house, advanced to the Qi Refining Second Layer, and successfully refined his first Bigu Pills with Spirit Radiance Blessing.
• Disguised as Li Gang, Chu Mu partnered with Wang Mazi to source cheap ingredients and sell Bigu Pills, earning steady income while cultivating and practicing defensive spells.
• Chu Mu and Wang Mazi pooled money to buy the Nourishing Meridian Pill formula and ingredients, and Chu Mu spent nearly two months studying its herbs and refining records.
• After Chang Hongyi delivered more ingredients, Chu Mu refined Nourishing Meridian Pills, succeeding in four of eight furnaces and reaching Entering the Hall in alchemy.

Chu Mu changed identities, strengthened his cultivation and combat skills, and investigated the related inheritances while keeping clear of the Longevity Sect’s conflicts. He agreed to refine a Soul Cleansing Pill for Zhao Shuang and began preparing with her rare herbs and Spirit Artifact furnace.

• Chu Mu advanced his cultivation through pill refining, moved to Jade Serenity Town under a new identity, and bought new artifacts while avoiding pursuers.
• Chu Mu joined a neighbors’ Exchange Meeting, acquired the Bull Strength Art from the Niu Brothers, and found that its jade slip shared a source with the Puppet Art inheritance.
• Chu Mu fought beside Sun Tao against Heretical Cultivators, killed several attackers, and recovered the Formless Needle before visiting the Jade Emperor Black Market.
• Chu Mu sold patterned Nourishing Meridian Pills at an Underground Auction, bought Artifact Refining notes, and began studying Body Refining, which eased his cultivation bottleneck.
• Chu Mu advanced to Qi Refining Eighth Layer and Body Refinement Second Layer, reunited with Sun Tao, and stocked up on materials as tensions and prices rose.
• Chu Mu agreed to refine a Soul Cleansing Pill for Zhao Shuang in exchange for her defensive Dharma Robe and a batch of pills, then brought her to his house.
• Chu Mu refined Zhao Shuang’s Dharma Robe, examined the rare herbs and formula in her Storage Talisman, and recognized the formula’s jade slip as related to the Niu Brothers’ records.
• Zhao Shuang brought Chu Mu a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact pill furnace, and he shut himself in his room to prepare for the difficult refinement.