Recaps

Su Qing expanded his puppet business by creating Spirit Lotus Legs and Lizard Warriors while advancing his craft and securing new commissions. As demonic beasts and an Evil Entity threatened the Living Area, he fortified his home and continued working, with the wider war drawing closer.

• Su Qing sold Demoness Puppets, took custom orders, and advanced to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining before a demonic cultivator’s attack heightened anxiety in the Living Area.
• Ge Changyuan asked Su Qing to make a prosthetic for Ge Ling, and Su Qing crafted Spirit Lotus Legs that restored her ability to cultivate.
• Tang Wanqing killed the Ironback Bear that had maimed Ge Ling, while Su Qing sold villagers Puppets and bought the beast’s blood, paws, and bones for his work.
• Su Qing completed orders for Hundred Treasures Pavilion, maxed out his Passion Puppet Proficiency, and began refining Lizard Warriors to develop his runes.
• Su Qing sold a trial Lizard Warrior to Zhang Hai and contracted with Wang Rong to provide Puppets in exchange for materials.
• During a Gray Demonic Wolf attack, a Lizard Warrior rescued Zhang Hai from the Wolf King Shadow and self-destructed, making Su Qing’s combat Puppets popular.
• After a Wandering Evil appeared near Gao Erqiang’s butcher shop, Su Qing endured an attack at home, bought protective talismans, and fortified his courtyard.
• Su Qing kept watch for the Evil Entity, assigned Wood Spirit Servants to strike Merit Wooden Fish, and resumed crafting Puppets despite two consecutive failures.

Su Qing defeated a Headless Evil Spirit, delivered a large puppet order, and joined Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s expedition into the Hunting Grounds. While making sales and treating the wounded, he studied Needle Control and finally activated a Meditating Doll, opening a new path for his cultivation.

• Ge Changyuan placed a large puppet order with Su Qing, who bought an exorcism umbrella and later discovered a Headless Evil Spirit haunting Gao Family Butcher Shop.
• Su Qing used an Armored War Bear and Exorcism Talismans to destroy the Headless Evil Spirit, then warned nearby cultivators about its corrupting Evil Script.
• Su Qing traded a Heavy Armor Lizard Warrior to Pang Feifan for Fire Egg and prepared his puppets for a journey through the Hunting Grounds.
• Su Qing delivered Iron Horses, Wood Oxes, and Lizard Warriors to Ge Changyuan and the village chiefs, then rejoined Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s party.
• On the journey, Su Qing discussed Spirit Lotus Legs with Guo Qiao Lian and made a set for the injured hunter Niu Ya.
• After repeated Meditating Doll failures, Su Qing learned the first two levels of Guo Qiao Lian’s Needle Control Technique and agreed to refine Qing He’s Fire Spirit Sword into a puppet.
• Su Qing practiced Needle Control for a month, sold Lizard Warriors to Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian, and successfully activated a Meditating Doll that synchronized with his spiritual power.

Su Qing strengthened his Puppet forces, rescued Tang Wanqing’s group, and survived escalating threats at the Forward Camp, including a deadly clash with Feng Tianyang. After learning that Qing He and the others had gone to Black Tiger Mountain to contest for Blood Lotus Fruits, Su Qing bought a Mountain Collapse Hammer and prepared to follow.

• Su Qing refined Sword-Human and combat Puppets, expanded his forces, and reached the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining.
• As a Small Beast Tide breached the Dwarf Mountain Defense Line, Su Qing rescued Tang Wanqing and the Female Cultivators, helped defeat the Spirit Spider King and Scythe Mantis, and gave Sun Yan Azure Steel Legs.
• Su Qing learned that a Demonic Cultivator had sabotaged the Thunderfire Array, then upgraded his Puppet squads and decided his strength was sufficient for the Black Tiger Mountain trip.
• Su Qing sold Puppets at the Forward Camp, discovered a fragment said to be copied from the Dao Heaven Talisman Wall, and heard that Tier 3 Biomimetic Runes would be needed to contend for an opportunity near Hundred Beasts Mountain.
• After Xiao Ziqiang stole his Storage Bag, Su Qing used his divine sense to kill the thieves and later defeated Feng Tianyang’s gang when they attacked his Spirit House.
• Su Qing looted Feng Tianyang and his gang, used a divided Spirit Stone to strengthen two Puppets, and found that his victory had made the Forward Camp fear him.
• Tong Xin told Su Qing that Qing He and the other War Cultivators had gone to Black Tiger Mountain to contest for three Blood Lotus Fruits, and Su Qing bought a Mountain Collapse Hammer before heading to sell Puppets.

Su Qing developed a Golden Roc Mothership and prepared for the journey to Black Tiger Mountain while dealing with the Demoness’s threat and crafting powerful Puppets. The expedition uncovered Yuan Hua as an Evil Entity, and Su Qing damaged himself refining with the Fake Wall’s pattern as the group continued toward its destination.

• Su Qing sold Puppets to Yuan Tianye and exposed the Demoness Liu Yun'er, losing many of his Puppets before Cloud Mountain Sect promised compensation.
• Su Qing crafted Niu Ya a Golden Wolf Head and completed a Substitute Doll to protect himself from Liu Yun'er.
• Su Qing combined Gale Cannon Puppets with the Mother-Child Boomerang, creating Annihilator 1 and the Golden Roc Mothership.
• Su Qing agreed to help Qing He pursue the remaining Blood Lotus Fruit and joined the party heading to Black Tiger Mountain.
• Su Qing's group crossed the low mountains, camped for the night, and watched Yuan Hua absorb Ding Ping.
• Su Qing concluded that Yuan Hua was an Evil Entity while Ma Tuan and Qing He confronted Leng Feng Xiang and destroyed Ding Ping's remains.
• Su Qing used the Fake Wall's Mountain Sea Capture pattern to refine himself, improving his Spiritual Root and Bone Structure slightly but exhausting and injuring himself.
• Su Qing emerged from his Spirit House and prepared to warn the group about Leng Feng Xiang as the cultivators discussed Ding Ping and Yuan Hua's disappearance.