Recaps

Lan Chang'an joined the Mu Family, advanced his cultivation and talisman craft, and became entangled in the clan's conflict with the Zheng Family. After Ge Yi's betrayal and the mine dispute's ceasefire, Liang Shaotian raided the Zheng Family and approached the Medicine Garden, where Lan Chang'an remained hidden.

• Lan Chang'an joined the Mu Family, chose the Ancient Wood Evergreen Art, and survived a Zheng Family ambush on the journey to Jade Moon Lake.
• Lan Chang'an cultivated and learned talisman-making while declining marriage, then reunited with Lin Yi, Li Ergou, and Zhao Siyao and killed Purple Rose Fairy after a trade fair.
• Lan Chang'an reached Qi Refining Fourth Layer and guarded the Medicine Garden as the Mu and Zheng Families fought over Violet Heart Copper.
• Ge Yi poisoned the Medicine Garden residents and attacked Mu Xiuyun, but Lan Chang'an resisted the poison, helped defeat him, and killed him with a Golden Blade Talisman.
• Lan Chang'an found stolen herbs and a Beast Taming Token in Ge Yi's Storage Bag, while a Disheveled Man killed Zheng Yuanhua after searching his soul.
• The Mu and Zheng Families agreed to share oversight and divide the Violet Heart Copper mine after Zheng Yuanhua's mysterious death.
• Liang Shaotian raided the Zheng Family's Medicine Garden and treasure vault, then collapsed with his cultivation reduced to the Qi Refining Realm.
• Lan Chang'an hid the Medicine Garden's residents when Liang Shaotian approached, then disguised himself as a withered log as Liang demanded the steward come out.

Lan Chang'an built a life at Bamboo Leaf Mountain Market, grew close to Mu Xiuyun, and acquired a Mystic Water Turtle while avoiding threats tied to Liang Shaotian. After Lin Yi’s death, Lan Chang'an returned to seclusion and reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, leaving him ready to consider leaving the Mu Family.

• Lan Chang'an survived Liang Shaotian’s raid on the Medicine Garden, exchanged inheritances for spiritual herbs, and later returned to Jade Moon Mountain Villa as the Mu Family prepared to fight the Zheng Family.
• After the Mu Family’s campaign ended with a poor share of the spoils, Lan Chang'an reunited with Li Ergou, supported Zhao Siyao’s Core Disciple bid, and helped her arrange repairs for the Iron Net Umbrella.
• Lan Chang'an earned nearly a thousand Spirit Stones at Five Peaks Market, avoided a shopkeeper tracking his aged herbs, and later ambushed and killed Zheng Feng and Zheng Dong.
• Lan Chang'an joined Mu Xiuyun’s Spirit Talisman Shop at Bamboo Leaf Mountain, taught apprentices, rejected Huang Yu’s attempt to recruit him, and saved Mu Xiuyun after Robber Cultivators wounded her.
• Lan Chang'an and Mu Xiuyun grew close as the Marketplace expanded, and Lan Chang'an spent five hundred Spirit Stones on a Longevity Pill and three hundred eighty Spirit Stones on a weakened Mystic Water Turtle Egg at the auction.
• Liang Shaotian seized the Zhou Family’s auction prizes and wounded Zhou Jingxuan, then spared Bamboo Leaf Mountain Market after mistaking Lan Chang'an for the legendary Yan Donglai.
• Lan Chang'an restored and hatched the Mystic Water Turtle, while Zhao Siyao left to seek Foundation Establishment and later reported Lin Yi’s death in a letter.
• Lan Chang'an mourned Lin Yi with Li Ergou and Zhao Siyao, then returned to seclusion and reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer at age forty-five.

Lan Chang'an settled in Yellow Dragon Immortal City, gathered Foundation Establishment Pill materials, and secretly killed Evil-Faced Flying Eagle and Su Yuetong. After strengthening his Earth Rock Rat and preparing to travel with Zhao Siyao, he learned that the Huang Family had besieged Jade Moon Lake and left Li Erqing seriously injured.

• Lan Chang'an left the Mu Family with Li Erqing, visited Zhao Siyao at Golden Cloud Valley, and later traveled north to Yellow Dragon Immortal City.
• Lan Chang'an reunited with Daoist Guan, rented Water Moon Residence, and worked with Du Wei in hopes of meeting Alchemist Hua and obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Lan Chang'an gathered pill materials, advanced his cultivation and body-refining art, and learned from Zhang Tieshan that Lin Lu needed help settling in the city.
• Lan Chang'an killed Su Yuetong and Evil-Faced Flying Eagle after they ambushed him, then let Zhang Tieshan claim the kill in exchange for valuable materials.
• Mu Ershun brought Lan Chang'an the February Tear he needed, while Daoist Guan died and Guan Qiaozhi moved into Water Moon Residence to serve Lan Chang'an.
• Lan Chang'an bought an Earth Spirit Pill from Zhou Qingxuan and used it to help his Earth Rock Rat break through to an early Second-Order Monster Beast.
• Lan Chang'an prepared to accompany Zhao Siyao to the Black Mist Mountain Range, then learned that the Huang Family had besieged Jade Moon Lake, Mu Renlong was gravely wounded, Mu Maode had died, and Li Erqing was seriously injured.

Lan Chang'an hunted a rare demon core with Zhao Siyao, refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and established his foundation at seventy. He stayed independent through the Mu-Huang conflict, secured a home on Wuqi Mountain, and entered an auction seeking materials for his Treasure Talisman.

• Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao hunted in the Black Mist Mountain Range, killed a White Jade Python, and arranged to refine its demon core into Foundation Establishment Pills with Alchemist Hua.
• After a deadly encounter with the Heavenly Moon Wolf, Lan Chang'an and Zhao Siyao escaped, and Lan Chang'an later traded Fu Xuemei the Fine Foundation Establishment Pill for a genuine one.
• Lan Chang'an successfully established his foundation in his seventies, drawing fame and recruitment offers while choosing to remain independent.
• Lan Chang'an returned to Jade Moon Lake, sold a Foundation Establishment Pill to the Mu Family, then killed Huang Yu while disguised as Liang Shaotian and framed him for the murder.
• Lan Chang'an left the Mu Family and secured a joint lease on Third Peak of Wuqi Mountain, naming it Small Turtle Peak.
• Lan Chang'an bought supplies and a Five Longevity Peach from Fu Xuemei extended his lifespan by eight years, but he still lacked high-grade spirit wood for his Treasure Talisman.
• At the auction, Lan Chang'an outbid Fairy Wei for Golden Nan Spirit Bamboo despite Dao Wu's interference, paying 1,100 Spirit Stones.