Recaps

Chu Mu refined his weapons, escaped the Longevity Sect’s pursuit, and reunited with Zhao Shuang, who revealed how to enter the East Lake Secret Realm. After reaching the realm through the Mysterious Fog, Chu Mu witnessed a deadly battle and discovered a hidden source of Bell Stone Spiritual Milk.

• Chu Mu refined Everlasting Rainbow Swords, sold them for Spirit Stones, and learned that Old Man Chen had died after seeking pills in the Black Market.
• Chu Mu killed Zhao Tang and his pursuers, fled to Luofu Prefecture, and recovered while examining Zhao Tang’s treasures and cultivation records.
• Chu Mu reunited with Xu Yuan near Water Sky Market, helped Wangcai transform, and brought the strengthened dog along as his companion.
• Chu Mu reached complete completion in Qi Refining and Body Refining, then sold artifacts and acquired Weapon Refinement knowledge at the East Lake Black Market.
• Chu Mu rescued Zhao Shuang from four pursuers, accepted her offer of Secret Realm information, and learned that the temporary passage admitted Qi Refining cultivators for one month.
• Chu Mu developed and refined improved Divine Wind Boots, then learned through Soul Search that the Joint Enforcement Team predicted the Mysterious Fog’s appearances.
• Chu Mu entered the Secret Realm through the fog at Lotus Root Lake and explored a valley where Xie Family cultivators fought a Two-Headed Giant Snake.
• Chu Mu collected a severed snake head and discovered a hidden cavern containing Bell Stone Spiritual Milk beneath the pool.

Chu Mu explored the Secret Realm, gained the Great Sun True Scripture, and uncovered a spatial crack leaking corrupting Black Mist. After leaving, he rebuilt his cultivation around the scripture and successfully established his Foundation, though the nature of his Divine Soul Blade remained uncertain.

• Chu Mu gathered resources, met Chang Hongyi, and followed Zhao Shuang’s clues to the Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Abode beneath Sword Washing Lake.
• Chu Mu passed through a portal into a misty trial that tested his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then reached the Immortal Path Pavilion and received the Great Sun True Scripture.
• Chu Mu passed the Artifact Refining assessments, gained a broad refinement inheritance, and met a girl from Great Heng before she vanished from the pavilion.
• Chu Mu reunited with Wangcai, fought Xie Family cultivators, and searched for a powerful bloodline to aid Wangcai’s transformation.
• Chu Mu found a spatial crack beneath a Magma Lake, investigated the Black Mist beyond it, and collected spatial materials while removing their corruption.
• Chu Mu left the Secret Realm, studied the Longevity Turtle Spirit Art, and chose to pursue Foundation Establishment through the Great Sun True Scripture.
• Chu Mu spent two years converting his cultivation method, then began Foundation Establishment without a pill and emerged a year later with greatly expanded Divine Sense.
• Chu Mu practiced with the Minghong Saber and saw his Divine Soul Blade grow more substantial as his Basic Blade Technique advanced to Returning to Simplicity.

Chu Mu built his reputation as an Artifact Refiner in Water Sky Market while pursuing resources and knowledge to strengthen Wangcai. After Wangcai survived a bloodline transplant, Chu Mu rescued Xu Yuan from Zhao Hong’s ambush and recognized an injured man at the Contribution Hall.

• Chu Mu returned to Water Sky Market, learned that war had ravaged the region, and signed an Employment Contract with the Righteous Path Alliance to earn contribution.
• Chu Mu traded and refined artifacts for cultivators, built connections at Water Sky Market, and turned down offers to join the Alliance more formally.
• Ji Ming hired Chu Mu to refine a Lifebound Magic Treasure prototype, paying him with an Alchemy Manual and a Bloodline Explanation that pointed him toward the Hanhai Chen Family’s expertise.
• Chu Mu tested bloodline transplantation on a giant wolf, then used Adamantine Wolf Bloodline to transform Wangcai, which survived and began breaking through.
• When Xia Yu brought Xu Yuan’s nearly extinguished Life Soul Lamp, Chu Mu learned that the Longevity Sect had attacked Xu Yuan’s camp and rushed to the front lines.
• Chu Mu identified Zhao Hong in the camp’s surveillance recording, gathered eighteen Foundation Establishment cultivators, and led them to the Longevity Sect outpost in Huiming Valley.
• Chu Mu and the allied cultivators broke the outpost’s formation, rescued Xu Yuan, crippled Zhao Hong, extracted his Divine Soul, and destroyed the camp.
• Chu Mu promised to seek treatment for Xu Yuan’s Divine Soul injuries, exchanged materials at the Contribution Hall, and recognized an injured middle-aged man outside.

Chu Mu survived the destruction of Outpost Camp Number Twelve, discovered a hidden Fire Attribute treasure site, and advanced his cultivation while pursuing new opportunities and obligations. As the war escalated around Jingmen, he gained a dangerous bloodline inheritance and was summoned just as the decisive battle began.

• Chu Mu joined the Weapon Hall and helped rebuild Outpost Camp Number Twelve, where a Longevity Sect assault shattered the defenses and forced him into the magma sea.
• Chu Mu refused Xu Changqing’s offer to join the Longevity Sect, exchanged Dao insights with him, and explored the fire sea to find a sealed Third-Order Spiritual Vein and a hidden alchemy chamber.
• Chu Mu recovered a golden pill and valuable resources, then cultivated in the hidden site before returning to Water Sky Market as Wangcai completed its transformation.
• Chu Mu rescued Zhao Shuang’s younger sister Zhao Yu and obtained information about the Fire Spirit Root Supplementing Pill, which improved his Fire Attribute aptitude.
• Chu Mu killed the Hook-Nosed Cultivator after an ambush, then discovered that the corpse’s Blood Essence concealed a remnant Golden Core soul and agreed to deliver its inheritance under strict safeguards.
• Chu Mu studied the Tai Gang Blade Art, trained its Blade Intent techniques, and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• As reports of battles between powerful cultivators spread, Chu Mu decided to leave Jingmen, but flames erupted in the city and Longevity Flying Boats began bombarding it.
• Xie Ning summoned Chu Mu on behalf of the Vice Hall Master, and Chu Mu agreed to go with her as the decisive battle began.