Recaps

Zhang Lingshan spared several sects, connected the Nine Provinces Continent to the Source River, and entered the Immortal Realm with Qi Shuyan. There he rose through the Artifact Refining Pavilion, gained resources and skills, and ended up assigned to Huoran’s Alchemy Room while seeking a way to earn more Merit Points.

• Zhang Lingshan spared the Heavenly Sword Gate and Azure Dragon Gate, then sent the Yuxuan City Lord and Fu Xuan into the Yama Ghost Realm before linking the ascension formation to the Nine Provinces Continent.
• Zhang Lingshan rescued Zixuan City Lord from the Single Page, sent Zhang Zixin and others inside to study it, and ascended with Qi Shuyan to Anning City, where the newcomers faced strict control and spirit-root testing.
• Zhang Lingshan concealed his metal element and joined the Artifact Refining Pavilion as Qi Shuyan’s fire boy, then rapidly refined materials and helped Qi Shuyan and Wei Sheng earn Iron Rank badges.
• Zhang Lingshan advanced through the Pavilion’s refining floors, helped Song Yi recover and improve his flames, and earned a Bronze Identification Token after mastering increasingly difficult materials.
• Zhang Lingshan passed Pei Daoming’s selection, refined crystals and materials alongside Gu Nanxiang, and helped Pei Daoming complete an artifact, earning two thousand Merit Points.
• Zhao Chuanying assigned Zhang Lingshan and Gu Nanxiang to assist Huoran in the Alchemy Pavilion, where they helped refine Pure Lotus Pills and received Clear Spring Pills and shared Merit Points.
• Zhang Lingshan and Gu Nanxiang spent their Merit Points on Clear Spring Pills, but the steward refused Zhang Lingshan’s request to join the Alchemy Pavilion, so Zhang persuaded him to let them cultivate in the stairwell.

Zhang Lingshan rose through the Alchemy Pavilion by learning alchemy and exploiting his unusual abilities, but a plot against him left his Water Element Spiritual Root damaged and sent him into hiding in the rice fields. There he discovered a way to grow valuable Spirit Rice and began trading it for resources.

• Zhang Lingshan restored Gu Nanxiang’s Water Element Spiritual Root with Clear Spring Pills, then returned to the Artifact Refining Pavilion and helped Song Yi recover before pursuing artifact refining himself.
• After repeated costly failures, Zhang Lingshan learned to refine magic treasures, changed class to Artifact Refiner, and helped his companions improve their skills and divine consciousness.
• When Huoran secured Zhang Lingshan’s permanent transfer to the Alchemy Pavilion, Zhang Lingshan used his talent to improve Pure Lotus Pill production and negotiated payment and time to train as an alchemist.
• Zhang Lingshan advanced to Silver Rank Alchemist and secretly broke through to True Immortal, then studied the Monitoring Array Patterns and learned from other alchemists at Huoran’s exchange meeting.
• After reaching Gold Token Alchemist, Zhang Lingshan was ambushed by Yuanwai Zhao, who sacrificed himself to strengthen an attack that severely damaged Zhang’s Water Element Spiritual Root.
• The Pavilion Master ordered Wei Zhongqian to hide Zhang Lingshan and take him and Huoran to the Water Field Domain, where the group was assigned to remote Area D to plant Spirit Rice.
• Zhang Lingshan’s first crop produced only empty husks until Gu Nanxiang explained that blood supplied Life Essence, and his blood-fed stalk yielded Mid-Grade Spirit Rice.
• Zhang Lingshan and his companions ate the cooked Spirit Rice, then he quietly produced Low-Grade Spirit Rice and traded it to Wei Zhongqian for Divine Thought Crystals and other materials.

Zhang Lingshan was forced to refine High-grade Pure Lotus Pills for Ding Hong, while rival factions fought over control of him. After reaching Immortal Divine Sense level eight, he escaped Anning City and joined a caravan bound for Anyuan City under a new identity.

• Wei Zhongqian and Chief Huang discovered Huoran’s crippled Water Element Spiritual Root, and Zhang Lingshan later helped restore it with High-Grade Spirit Rice.
• Zhang Lingshan refined High-grade Pure Lotus Pills for the Alchemy Pavilion, but Lu Zhaohe’s hidden master transferred her Fire Poison to him and sent him to Ding Hong.
• Ding Hong forced Zhang Lingshan to make pills, while the Anning Army, the City Lord’s factions, and the Ding Family negotiated over his work and formed the Pure Lotus Pavilion.
• Zhang Lingshan healed Qi Shuyan’s Ember Bone Fire Poison and secretly raised his Immortal Divine Sense to level eight, with help from Wei Cuicui, Ding Dasheng, and Lin Bai after he collapsed.
• Zhang Lingshan learned Pang Mancang planned to steal him, ambushed him with Ember Bone Poison Fire and Avici Hellfire, and fled Anning City in Ding Dasheng’s Bronze Chariot Horse.
• The factions discovered Zhang Lingshan’s escape and debated his hidden powers while he cultivated in a mountain cave and sought a safe place to farm.
• The Violet Qi Golden Silkworm devoured the Soul Devouring Worm Larva, and Zhang Lingshan disguised himself and Zhang Lingshe as injured brothers to join a caravan traveling to Anyuan City.

Zhang Lingshan joined Bai Wanxi’s caravan, built influence through the Ice Chamber, and acquired the Ice Coffin and its talisman inheritance while traveling. After learning Song Dayun’s plans, he impressed the Ice Immortal with his Cold Ice Talisman and earned a Golden Immortal slot.

• Zhang Lingshan treated Chen Baiyi’s Fire Poison while traveling with Bai Wanxi’s caravan, then settled in Anyuan City and earned an Identification Token through work at the Ice Chamber.
• Zhang Lingshan secretly opened the Heavenly Wind Array Disk, causing Ding Dasheng’s death, then taught the Ice Chamber’s formation and took command of Bai Wanxi’s caravan.
• Zhang Lingshan killed Pang Mancang after Pang attacked him, then protected Bai Wanxi’s caravan from Shang Shui-liu and learned that Shangyun Hall could track him.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to fight for Yu Feihan’s family and traveled with Xia Hengbing, Lei Shuo, and Yu Feihan to investigate a valley cave linked to Ice Egg Stones.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Underground Palace, comprehended the Extreme Cold Ice Talisman, and secretly moved the Ice Coffin into his Pouch Space while Xia Hengbing, Lei Shuo, and Yu Feihan received Song Dayun’s inheritance.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to the Ice Chamber and researched Song Dayun, discovering that the Great Luck Sect master had planned his own return from the dead.
• Zhang Lingshan demonstrated his Cold Ice Talisman to the Ice Immortal, who granted him a Golden Immortal slot in exchange for his book of talismans.