Recaps

Jiang Liu traveled to the western side of the Ten Thousand Mountains to hunt Exotic Beasts and cultivate, avoiding the powerful factions in Feng City. After defeating groups of Martial Practitioners who disturbed him, he began hunting and killed a Rank 6 Grass-Flower Python, encouraged by the promising start.

• Jiang Liu chose a path through the Ten Thousand Mountains and killed two men who tried to rob him, taking their banknotes and weapons.
• Jiang Liu crushed eight Third Rank Martial Practitioners with his aura and Eight Steps of Trampling when two groups discovered him in a tree, then left the surviving Martial Practitioners alive.
• Jiang Liu checked his cultivation progress and decided to hunt Exotic Beasts to advance faster, reasoning that the major factions and hidden Sun-Moon Sect made it safer to stay away from Feng City.
• Jiang Liu woke the next morning, caught a Spotted Flower Elk for breakfast, and set out to hunt.
• Jiang Liu killed a Rank 6 Grass-Flower Python with his blade and Frozen Nether Palm, retrieved its beast core, and looked forward to further gains.

Jiang Liu killed a Stone-Devouring Pangolin, then slaughtered a woman and her injured senior brother after they accused him of abandoning the man to a Gale Wolf. He later discovered a forest swarming with Bloodthirsty Ants and retreated to avoid being devoured.

• Jiang Liu killed a Seventh Grade Stone-Devouring Pangolin and cooked its meat for lunch.
• Jiang Liu found an injured man whose leg a Gale Wolf was eating, killed the wolf, and was accused by the man's junior sister of causing his injuries.
• Jiang Liu killed the junior sister and her senior brother, took their Beast Cores, and left their bodies behind.
• Ouyang Han found the corpse of his son, Ouyang Tian, and vowed revenge against whoever had killed him.
• Jiang Liu saw hundreds of thousands of Bloodthirsty Ants devour a Seventh Grade beast and fled the redwood forest.

Jiang Liu encountered a herd of Ironhorn Rhinoceroses, then interrupted Bai Feiyu and Feng Yi as they fought over Celestial Star Grass. He learned that the Physician Pavilion would refine a Primal Return Pill for anyone who sold it the rare herb.

• Jiang Liu killed a Rank 7 Ironhorn Rhinoceros, then fled from its approaching herd and followed the river downstream.
• Jiang Liu spotted two people fighting across the river but continued on until he heard another battle nearby.
• Jiang Liu watched Bai Feiyu and Feng Yi fight over Celestial Star Grass growing in a marsh.
• Jiang Liu used his vital energy and Eight Steps of Trampling to knock Bai Feiyu and Feng Yi down, then demanded they explain the herb's use.
• Feng Yi told Jiang Liu that the Physician Pavilion was buying Celestial Star Grass and would refine a Primal Return Pill for its seller.

Jiang Liu took the Celestial Star Grass and discovered a Frigid Yin Fruit beneath it, then encountered the Eighth-Grade Carrion Lizard that had guarded the plants. He killed the beast and claimed its core, leaving him confident that he could hunt more Eighth-Grade strange beasts if he remained cautious.

• Jiang Liu dug up the Celestial Star Grass, while Bai Feiyu and Feng Yi left after speaking with him.
• Jiang Liu found and collected a Frigid Yin Fruit growing beneath the Celestial Star Grass.
• A Carrion Lizard emerged from the swamp and flew after Jiang Liu, who sensed its approach and prepared to fight.
• Jiang Liu dodged the Carrion Lizard’s venom, wounded it with his Ninth Rank Treasure Blade, and waited for it to die.
• Jiang Liu cut open the Carrion Lizard, found its blue Eighth-Grade beast core, and considered hunting more beasts.

Jiang Liu found a cave behind a waterfall, killed a Golden-Striped Python, and cultivated with an Eighth Grade beast core. After exploring a lake, he suffered a mental attack from Red-Beaked White Cranes and spent three days recovering before leaving the area.

• Jiang Liu discovered a Golden-Striped Python hiding in the cave behind the waterfall and killed it with his greatsword.
• Jiang Liu roasted and ate the snake, then cultivated through the night by refining an Eighth Grade beast core.
• Jiang Liu flew to a lake and headed toward an island, but Red-Beaked White Cranes struck him with a mental attack and he was swept downstream.
• Jiang Liu climbed out of the water and recovered in a tree, finding that he had suffered mental damage but no physical injuries.
• Jiang Liu spent three days recovering with the sapling's help, gained greater mental strength, and decided not to return to the waterfall until he reached the Grandmaster realm.

Jiang Liu camped in the barren mountains, destroyed a strange woman who approached through the mist, and found a powerful Soul Arts manual among her remains. He began cultivating it at midnight, where the abundant Spirit Power Particles rapidly strengthened his mental power.

• Jiang Liu pursued an eighth-grade Swift Cat into a barren mountain range, then camped there and roasted a rabbit for dinner.
• Jiang Liu sensed a chilling presence and escaped as a white-clad woman emerged from the mist, invisible to his consciousness.
• Jiang Liu used Tiger Subduing Fist and Frost Nether Palm to shatter the woman, then found a beast-hide manual titled Soul Arts among her clothes.
• Jiang Liu recorded Soul Arts as a Heaven Grade, Peak Rank technique and learned how it strengthened the heavenly, earthly, and human souls.
• At midnight, Jiang Liu followed the manual's method to draw Spirit Power Particles into his mouth, and his Soul Arts proficiency began rising rapidly.

Jiang Liu discovered a rare fruit in an orchard that greatly increased his essence reserves, then encountered a powerful Seventh Grade monkey that used mental and fire-aspected essence attacks. He began fighting the monkey after his Soul Valley technique helped him resist its mental assault.

• Jiang Liu left his cultivation spot in search of food and found an orchard filled with shriveled fruit.
• Jiang Liu found a vigorous tree bearing one crystal-clear fruit and refined its essence, increasing his reserves by more than a thousand.
• Jiang Liu decided to wait before refining the Frigid Yin Fruit and kept the Celestial Star Grass for later.
• An eagle approached the special fruit tree, cried out in agony, and flew away after scanning the area.
• Jiang Liu ignored a Fifth Grade beast and found a fiery-red Seventh Grade monkey with an unusual bulge on its back.
• The monkey dodged Jiang Liu's slash, attacked his mind with a shriek, then sent fire-aspected essence at him; Jiang Liu dodged and threw an Ice Blade, which melted and exploded before striking it.

Jiang Liu fought and killed a mutated Fire-Winged Monkey, then reached a bamboo forest where three groups divided nine Jade Bamboo Shoots. He quietly followed He Shui, whom he recognized as the Third Protector of the Wind City Branch of the White Lotus Sect.

• Jiang Liu tried to subdue the winged monkey, but it resisted and used a mental attack that the little sapling shielded him from.
• Jiang Liu killed the exhausted monkey with his Demon Suppression Blade Technique and kept its colorless Seventh Grade beast core.
• Jiang Liu left the woods and approached a bamboo forest where three groups of Martial Practitioners had been fighting over Jade Bamboo Shoots.
• Pan Changli, Duan Ling, and He Shui agreed to divide the nine shoots evenly, then each group took its share and left.
• Jiang Liu identified He Shui as the White Lotus Sect's Third Protector of the Wind City Branch and followed his group in secret.

Jiang Liu killed He Shui and his White Lotus Sect followers, then reached the entry level of the Soul Arts and discovered a canyon guarded by a powerful eagle. The chapter left him facing an Eighth Rank old eagle and its flock of Iron Beak Eagles.

• Jiang Liu ambushed He Shui and killed him and the surrounding White Lotus Sect disciples.
• Jiang Liu collected the group’s belongings and cultivated with beast cores before practicing the Soul Arts until he reached entry level.
• Jiang Liu noticed that his surroundings appeared more vivid after cultivating the Soul Arts, indicating his mental strength had increased.
• Jiang Liu killed a Sixth Rank Iron Beak Eagle and continued deeper into the mountains.
• Jiang Liu approached a canyon and saw an Eighth Rank old eagle arrive with more than a dozen Sixth Rank Iron Beak Eagles.

Jiang Liu fought through Frostwind Valley’s freezing winds and killed most of an Ice Wind Wolf pack, including several seventh-grade wolves. He continued deeper into the valley toward a distant rainbow-colored light.

• Jiang Liu killed an eighth-grade Iron Beak Eagle, hunted down nine more eagles, and found no treasure in their nest.
• Jiang Liu entered a region where the temperature kept dropping and discovered the frozen entrance to Frostwind Valley.
• Jiang Liu braced himself against the icy gale and traveled more than ten miles into the valley, where he saw rainbow-colored light ahead.
• The Ice Wind Wolf King led its pack in an attack, but Jiang Liu killed most of the wolves with his greatsword.
• The Ice Wind Wolf King and two surviving wolves fled, and Jiang Liu collected the beast cores before continuing toward the light.

Jiang Liu mastered Wind Walk in the storm and discovered that its characteristic was Teleportation. He absorbed the Ice Primal Qi from a giant jade, draining it until Freezing Wind Valley returned to Gale Valley, and left close to reaching Eighth Grade while suspecting the area held more secrets.

• Jiang Liu cultivated Wind Walk against the storm until he mastered it and comprehended Teleportation.
• Jiang Liu followed the seven-colored glow and found a huge ice sculpture crystallized around a piece of jade.
• Jiang Liu broke away the ice and absorbed the jade’s Ice Primal Qi, rapidly refining Essence Particles into Primal Qi Liquid.
• As Jiang Liu cultivated, the jade shrank and vanished, while the valley’s chill and ice sculptures disappeared.
• Jiang Liu checked his Data Panel, saw that he remained a Seventh Grade Martial Practitioner, and considered hunting Eighth Grade exotic beasts for their cores.
• Jiang Liu looked toward the source of the wind and concluded that the area held more secrets.

Jiang Liu explored Gale Cave, discovered a powerful exotic beast trapped inside, and wisely retreated without provoking it. After leaving the valley, he set up a forest shelter and began cooking a Rainbow Tail Bird with Jade Bamboo Shoots.

• Jiang Liu followed the strengthening gale to Gale Cave, hid most of his belongings, and entered with only a knife.
• Jiang Liu found a chained exotic beast behind a massive boulder, but its mental attack overwhelmed him, so he withdrew.
• Jiang Liu left Gale Cave, searched Gale Valley without finding anything worthwhile, and departed after failing to locate the Icy Jade Wolf King.
• A man and a woman arrived at the valley, found that its cold had vanished, and left in frustration.
• Jiang Liu built a shelter in a tree, caught a Fifth Grade Rainbow Tail Bird, and added sliced Jade Bamboo Shoots to his cooking pot.

Jiang Liu met a disheveled old man who stole his soup but left him the Heaven Grade technique Annihilation by Thought and a jade tablet. After testing the technique and realizing the old man was connected to Soul Valley, Jiang Liu cultivated through the night and moved closer to Seventh Grade.

• A disheveled old man appeared as Jiang Liu was about to eat and demanded his soup, but Jiang Liu refused to share it.
• The old man tossed Jiang Liu a cloth bundle, snatched the stone pot, and ran off; Jiang Liu found the book Annihilation by Thought and a jade tablet inside.
• Jiang Liu recorded the Heaven Grade technique and used it to send a thread of mental power through a tree, then suspected the old man had recognized his Soul Art.
• The old man ate nearby and said Jiang Liu would take on the task of developing Soul Valley, while Jiang Liu realized Annihilation by Thought worked with the Soul Art.
• Jiang Liu cultivated with beast cores overnight, and at dawn saw that his Data Panel had gained more than three hundred points of qi.

Jiang Liu discovered a hidden Deity Summoning Society base and used Annihilation by Thought to capture one of its guards. He disguised himself and lured out another guard, Li Feng, whom he began questioning about the group.

• Jiang Liu found several people emerging from a concealed passage and incapacitated their Fourth Rank lookout with Annihilation by Thought.
• Jiang Liu discovered the lookout carried a Deity Summoning Society token and sensed four more guards waiting inside the passage.
• Jiang Liu swapped clothes with the incapacitated guard, tossed mud into the entrance, and tricked a Fourth Rank guard into coming outside.
• Jiang Liu subdued the guard, Li Feng, and threatened him until he agreed to answer questions about the people inside and their purpose.

Jiang Liu learned about the Deity Summoning Society’s hidden altar, then wiped out most of its guards and forced the survivors to show him the altar. He entered the hall with Li Feng and began searching the surrounding rooms for treasure.

• Jiang Liu learned that eleven people had been inside the cave and that its strongest guard was a Seventh Rank Martial Practitioner.
• Jiang Liu killed the three guards at the entrance, then killed the Seventh Rank leader and knocked out the five martial practitioners who followed him out.
• Jiang Liu questioned the two survivors, who explained that the society performed rituals every three months to summon a god and create a Child of the Gods.
• Jiang Liu ordered the survivors to guide him through the tunnel and told Li Feng to follow.
• Jiang Liu reached the vast hall, saw its fierce deity statue, and began searching the rooms beside the altar for treasure.

Jiang Liu searched a hidden dwelling, found beast cores and a nearly century-old Earth Yellow Essence, then left after killing the people inside and collapsing the passage. He camped in the forest, ate lingzhi stew, and began absorbing the Earth Yellow Essence to cultivate.

• Jiang Liu broke through an iron wall in the first room and found beast cores, lingzhi, and a nearly century-old Earth Yellow Essence in a hidden cavity.
• Jiang Liu searched the second room, found a Fifth Rank Beast Core, and left the remaining rooms unexplored.
• Jiang Liu used Annihilation by Thought to kill Li Feng and the two martial artists in the hall.
• Jiang Liu exited through the secret passage and collapsed it with his great saber and two kicks.
• Jiang Liu found a Rainbow Tail Bird, cooked it with lingzhi, and ate the stew in a tree.
• Jiang Liu took out the Earth Yellow Essence and began absorbing it for cultivation.

Jiang Liu reached Grade Eight and advanced his Soul Art, driving the exotic beasts away with his growing pressure. On his way back to the city, he tested Annihilation by Thought on a pursuing gang, then left their corpses for the grateful fugitives to loot.

• Jiang Liu refined the Earth Yellow Essence and two beast cores, breaking through to Grade Eight before consolidating his vital energy.
• Jiang Liu cultivated the Soul Art to Minor Achievement, expanding his consciousness to three hundred meters, but found that nearby exotic beasts had fled.
• Jiang Liu decided to return to the city and set off through the forest, where he encountered a man and woman fleeing a pursuing group.
• When one pursuer attacked him, Jiang Liu killed him with Annihilation by Thought and then used the technique to knock out the entire group.
• After Jiang Liu left, the man and woman returned, bowed toward the direction he had gone, and searched the gang's corpses for valuables.

Jiang Liu tested Annihilation by Thought on beasts and gathered their cores while traveling through the mountains. He discovered that Ghost Lord and Tianming were fighting over access to Forget-Worry Island, leaving him trapped in his cave as their Grandmaster-level battle raged nearby.

• Jiang Liu killed two eighth-rank heaven crocodiles with Annihilation by Thought and realized his spiritual power surpassed that of ordinary martial practitioners.
• Jiang Liu hunted beasts around Heaven Crocodile Pool, collected seven beast cores, and left without noticing that a giant crocodile had survived.
• Jiang Liu avoided the Red-Beaked White Cranes and returned to the mountain cave to bathe before leaving the range.
• Jiang Liu overheard Ghost Lord demand access to Forget-Worry Island for its Life-Extending Grass while Tianming refused to let him enter.
• Ghost Lord summoned a ghost general, and Tianming summoned a scholar whose manifested figures began fighting with Grandmaster-level power.
• Jiang Liu recognized that the fight concerned Forget-Worry Island and retreated deeper into the cave, fearing the battle would kill him.

After Ghost Lord fled, Tianming examined Jiang Liu’s cultivation and warned that cultivating all four special attributes might hinder his progress, but Jiang Liu decided his experience proved it was safe. Tianming then spoke with Ye Junsheng, whose illness and abandonment by the Ye family had left him isolated, and resolved to warn those responsible for mistreating him.

• Ghost Lord retreated after battling Tianming, who pulled Jiang Liu from the cave and questioned him about his cultivation.
• Tianming found that Jiang Liu cultivated all nine types of vital energy and warned that using all four special attributes could slow his advancement or cause conflict.
• Jiang Liu concluded that his harmonious Ice Blade showed he could safely cultivate all four special attributes, then left to find shelter.
• Tianming met Ye Junsheng at the pavilion, where Ye Junsheng said his illness had not improved and the Ye family had abandoned him.
• Ye Junsheng revealed that Ghost Lord’s boldness came from the Ye family’s neglect, and Tianming decided to warn those who had mistreated his brother.

Feng Yi tried to recruit Feng Yue to help him deal with Bai Feiyu by bringing her together with Jiang Liu, but she attacked him before he could explain his plan. Jiang Liu reaffirmed his own approach to cultivation, then killed a group of White Lotus Sect members who tried to inspect him on the road to Wind City.

• Feng Yi explained that repeated clashes with Bai Feiyu had inspired him to enlist Jiang Liu, and he hoped to use Feng Yue to draw Jiang Liu in.
• Feng Yue ignored Feng Yi's pleas and struck at him with Ice Wind Palm, forcing him to flee toward the plaza.
• Jiang Liu considered Tianming's advice about his mixed vital energy and decided to continue cultivating all his attributes by his own method.
• Jiang Liu ate Jade Bamboo Shoots and practiced the Soul Art overnight, then set out for Wind City at dawn.
• Jiang Liu found White Lotus Sect members blocking the road and used Annihilation by Thought to kill them before leaving.

Jiang Liu returned to Wind City, sold beast cores and weapons at Ascension Tower, and learned that an auction would be held the day after tomorrow. Outside, Feng Yi invited him to Drunken Immortal Pavilion, leaving Jiang Liu wondering what Feng Yi had planned.

• Jiang Liu bundled his weapons and sapling to avoid drawing attention, then returned to Wind City and went to Ascension Tower.
• Jiang Liu sold two Seventh Grade, five Sixth Grade, seven Fifth Grade, and eight Fourth Grade beast cores, along with a saber and a sword, for twenty-nine thousand seven hundred taels.
• Jiang Liu asked about cultivation manuals and learned that Ascension Tower’s auction would take place the day after tomorrow.
• Jiang Liu retrieved his stored belongings, discarded the useless contents, and left Ascension Tower with his intelligence books.
• Feng Yi waited outside, invited Jiang Liu to dinner, and led him to Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

Jiang Liu settled into a courtyard in Wind City, killed three people who disturbed his cultivation, and learned that a gambling match between He Lie of the White Lotus Sect and the Wang Family patriarch would take place that night. He headed to a teahouse to hear more about the match and its betting odds.

• Feng Yi introduced Jiang Liu to his younger sister, Feng Yue, and tried to arrange a match, but Jiang Liu claimed he was already engaged and left.
• Jiang Liu bought a courtyard near the South City Gate and furnished it as his new home.
• After intruders repeatedly flew over his courtyard at night, Jiang Liu killed three of them with Annihilation by Thought and disposed of their bodies.
• Jiang Liu heard neighbors say several bandits had died nearby and went to a teahouse to learn the latest news.
• At the teahouse, Jiang Liu learned that He Lie would face the Wang Family patriarch in a gambling match after He Lie accused the Chen, Li, and Wang Families of killing his younger brother, He Shui.

Jiang Liu watched He Lie of the White Lotus Sect and Wang Jian of the Wang Family fight in a wagered duel that could decide the Wang Family’s fate. They unexpectedly agreed to a draw, angering bettors and leaving Luo Hui concerned that the conflict was slipping beyond his control.

• Jiang Liu arrived at the arena and watched the White Lotus Sect, the three families, and the Martial Prohibition Hall take their places.
• Shang Tianhe announced the start of the duel, and Wang Jian and He Lie began fighting after He Lie urged Wang Jian to accept the White Lotus Sect’s proposal.
• Jiang Liu judged that Wang Jian was fighting rigidly while He Lie concealed his true intentions, as the duel grew fierce.
• After nearly half an hour, Wang Jian and He Lie agreed to a draw, and Shang Tianhe confirmed the result.
• The betting operators fled as furious bettors discovered no one had wagered on a draw, while Jiang Liu realized Wang Jian had also been playing a scheme.
• Luo Hui watched Wang Jian and worried that the conflict was beginning to escape his control.

Luo Hui ordered the Martial Prohibition Hall to tighten pressure on the White Lotus Sect and other forces, setting off upheaval across Wind City. Meanwhile, Jiang Liu abducted Wang Jian, whose disappearance left the Wang Family in turmoil.

• Luo Hui assigned Shang Tianhe and Liu Changfeng to target the White Lotus Sect, told Yan Jin to restrain the Sun Moon Sect, and brought Li Qianfan into his own plans.
• The Martial Prohibition Hall issued notices and rumors spread about crackdowns on the White Lotus Sect, Sun Moon Sect, Deity Summoning Society, Chen Family, and Li Family, while the Wang Family replaced its missing patriarch temporarily.
• Xie Hen told He Lie, Tang Yilun, and Mu Yunyuan to follow Yin Hong's orders and address the Martial Prohibition Hall's pressure without acting rashly.
• Chen Tianyang worried over the Chen Family's predicament, while Li Yue advised Li Fei to pay the overdue taxes and avoid opposing the imperial court.
• Jiang Liu ambushed Wang Jian outside the South City Gate, knocked out the Wang Family elders, and carried Wang Jian away.

Jiang Liu coerced Wang Jian into helping him use the Wang Family against the White Lotus Sect while he pursued resources and secret manuals. After hearing that Wang Jian had followed his instructions and learning of the Martial Prohibition Hall’s moves, Jiang Liu met Feng Yi, who invited him to eat before attending Ascension Tower’s auction.

• Jiang Liu questioned Wang Jian about the gambling battle and learned that Xie Hen had seized Wang Jian’s son to force the Wang Family into submission.
• Wang Jian said he planned to avoid rescuing his son and hoped the Martial Prohibition Hall would intervene after the battle.
• Jiang Liu offered to help the Wang Family and told Wang Jian to disguise himself, hand the family-head position to a trusted person, and announce that he had gone missing.
• Wang Jian followed Jiang Liu’s orders, while Jiang Liu planned to target the White Lotus Sect and use the Wang Family to obtain resources and secret manuals.
• Jiang Liu heard that the Wang Family had followed his instructions and learned that the Martial Prohibition Hall was suppressing the Deity Summoning Society.
• Feng Yi invited Jiang Liu to eat with him and attend Ascension Tower’s auction, and Jiang Liu agreed.