Recaps

Feng Yi took Jiang Liu to Ascension Tower for an auction, where Murong Yin presented several rare items and wealthy bidders competed fiercely. Jia Caibao bought the young Iron Beak Eagle and a top-grade longsword, while the auction continued toward its final item.

• Feng Yi brought Jiang Liu to a first-class private room at Ascension Tower, and they raised its curtains to watch the crowded auction hall.
• Murong Yin opened the auction under the pressure of a Grandmaster, and Young Master Pang outbid Jia Caibao to buy an Earth Grade cultivation manual for three hundred thousand taels.
• Jiang Liu learned from Feng Yi that Pang had paid far above the usual price for the cultivation manual.
• Murong Yin auctioned a young Iron Beak Eagle, which Jia Caibao bought for fifty thousand taels despite Jiang Liu knowing its advertised potential was exaggerated.
• Jia Caibao outbid the other attendees to buy a top-grade lower-rank longsword for one hundred and fifty thousand taels, drawing angry looks from several people, especially Young Master Pang.

Jiang Liu completed the Thundercloud Art at the auction and later robbed Pang Chunlong and Jia Caibao in an alley. After leaving the city, he confronted a mysterious man who had followed him and tried to recruit him.

• Jiang Liu bought the incomplete Thundercloud Art, which his system completed into an Earth Grade, High Rank manual.
• Jiang Liu found Pang Chunlong confronting Jia Caibao in an alley and knocked out Pang Chunlong’s Seventh Grade guard with electricity.
• Jiang Liu forced Jia Caibao and Pang Chunlong to surrender their possessions, then left with the Iron Beak Eagle chick and their belongings.
• A rumor spread that Pang Chunlong had suffered an unspeakable humiliation in an alley.
• Jiang Liu discovered a Man in Black had followed him into the woods, rejected his recruitment offer, and attacked him with Eight Steps of Trampling.

Jiang Liu interrogated and killed a Deity Summoning Society recruiter, learning the strength and location of its Wind City headquarters. After cultivating through the night, he was interrupted the next morning by the bald man knocking at his door.

• The Man in Black introduced himself as a recruiter for the Deity Summoning Society and tried to persuade Jiang Liu to join.
• Jiang Liu used a mental technique to make the Man in Black reveal that Deity Summoning Valley had three Rank 9 Martial Practitioners, eight protectors, and Seventh Grade believers.
• Jiang Liu searched the Man in Black, killed him with Frost Nether Palm, released the Iron Beak Eagle hatchling, and returned to his lodgings.
• Jiang Liu cultivated his soul art and mental method through the night, extending his consciousness more than three hundred meters.
• The next morning, Jiang Liu sensed the bald man at his door and wondered whether he should beat him up to keep him away.

Jiang Liu learned how Celestial Star Grass and Jade Anomaly Tree could aid mental-force cultivation, then entered the hidden passage to Deity Summoning Valley. He left three Deity Summoning Society guards unconscious and began questioning one of them.

• Jiang Liu met Feng Yi for tea, agreed to teach Bai Feiyu a lesson if he encountered him, and then went to Ascension Tower to find information on mental-cultivation treasures.
• Jiang Liu learned that Celestial Star Grass and Jade Anomaly Tree could gradually increase mental-force growth, then dried and prepared the plants while cultivating with a Frigid Yin Fruit.
• Jiang Liu traveled toward the Ten Thousand Mountains, found the concealed mechanism in a discolored tree, and entered the passage to Deity Summoning Valley.
• Jiang Liu waited in the dark, knocked out three Rank 6 Martial Practitioners from the Deity Summoning Society, and woke one to question him.

Jiang Liu infiltrated the Deity Summoning Society’s main altar, subdued its guards, and searched an upper echelon’s quarters for resources and information. He discovered the Society’s plan to unify the world with a great god and learned that a kidnapped woman’s brother was being held in the dungeon.

• Jiang Liu interrogated two Deity Summoning Society martial practitioners after one resisted his mental pressure, then killed all three guards at the secret passage entrance.
• Jiang Liu used his mental power and Frost Nether Palm to clear the second and final guard chambers, dismantling the secret passage’s defenses.
• Jiang Liu entered the underground altar complex and searched an upper echelon’s quarters, finding sixth-grade Water Attribute beast cores and a document outlining the Society’s ultimate goal of unifying the world with a great god.
• Jiang Liu questioned a woman from Ayang City and learned that the Society had killed her parents and imprisoned her younger brother, whom she feared would be killed if she disobeyed.

Jiang Liu infiltrated the Deity Summoning Society’s headquarters to search for its storeroom, but he was discovered and fought his way out. After returning safely to Wind City, he found a symbol from Wang Jian indicating that the White Lotus Sect had located him.

• Jiang Liu questioned a woman in a room about the owner and the storeroom, then left after she asked him to rescue her younger brother.
• Jiang Liu slipped behind the altar, found the storeroom behind the president’s courtyard, and killed its guards and an Eighth Rank protector when they attacked.
• Jiang Liu fought through the pursuing Fire Dragons, clashed with the Rank 9 Martial Practitioner vice president, and escaped through the passage.
• Jiang Liu waited outside the passage for half an hour, then returned to his residence in South City after no one emerged.
• Jiang Liu spotted a symbol Wang Jian had drawn on the city wall and hurried toward the Wang Family.

Jiang Liu rescued the Wang Family from the White Saint Society by killing He Lie and Mu Yunyuan, then claimed the promised access to the Wang Family martial arts repository. He began examining the manuals and found several Mystic Peak-Grade techniques and cultivation methods to record.

• Jiang Liu met Wang Jian at the Wang Family ancestral hall and agreed to deal with the White Saint Society in exchange for access to the family’s martial arts repository.
• Jiang Liu ambushed He Lie and Mu Yunyuan in the woods outside the South City gate, incapacitated them, and killed them.
• Jiang Liu looted the two White Saint Society protectors, destroyed their bodies, and returned to the Wang Family with He Lie’s identity token.
• Wang Jian honored his promise, and Wang Yi led Jiang Liu to the Wang Family martial arts repository.
• Jiang Liu explored the repository and discovered eight Mystic Peak-Grade manuals, including Gold Splitting Palm, Sky Wind Art, and Saint Heart Swordplay.

Jiang Liu recorded and upgraded techniques in the Wang Family’s Martial Pavilion, then demonstrated his mastery to Wang Yi and Wang Jian before returning home. Meanwhile, the White Saint Society discovered that its two protectors were missing and received an extortion demand, leaving Xie Hen to seek Tang Yilun’s advice.

• Jiang Liu merged and recorded several techniques, then found and recorded the Earth Grade Extreme Icechill manual in the Wang Family’s Martial Pavilion.
• Jiang Liu left the pavilion using perfected Elusive Shadows, prompting Wang Yi to tell Wang Jian and convincing Wang Jian to hope that serving Jiang Liu would protect his family.
• Jiang Liu returned to his residence, organized his belongings, and began meditating and cultivating.
• Xie Hen learned that He Lie and Mu Yunyuan had not returned and sent three patrolmen to search the woods outside South City’s gates.
• A White Saint Society disciple found Mu Yunyuan’s identity token and a letter demanding silver, beast cores, and Natural Treasures in exchange for goods.
• Xie Hen weighed the risks of paying the extortion demand and summoned Tang Yilun to discuss what to do.

Jiang Liu realized his rare attributes were becoming unbalanced and continued seeking resources to strengthen himself. He collected the White Saint Society’s ransom from Xie Hen and discovered they had provided everything he demanded.

• Jiang Liu noticed his Ice and Lightning Attributes were advancing faster than his Wind and Electricity Attributes, so he resolved to find cultivation methods for the other rare attributes.
• At the White Saint Society stronghold, Xie Hen ordered Tang Yilun to gather the ransom for He Lie and Mu Yunyuan and decided to deliver it himself.
• Jiang Liu waited in the woods outside the South City Gate and confronted Xie Hen when he arrived with the ransom.
• Jiang Liu took the bundle and vanished without showing Xie Hen where He Lie and Mu Yunyuan were.
• After inspecting the ransom outside the city, Jiang Liu was pleased that the White Saint Society had supplied everything and decided to seek more resources from them in the future.

Xie Hen reported that He Lie and Mu Yunyuan had gone missing, prompting Wind City’s factions and the Martial Prohibition Hall to consider the consequences. After cultivating with the White Saint Society’s resources, Jiang Liu visited Master Duan at the Hundred Craft Hall to ask about a supreme-quality treasure blade.

• Xie Hen told Tang Yilun to report He Lie and Mu Yunyuan’s disappearance to Master Yin and warn him about the Deity Summoning Society’s influence in Wind City.
• News of the two missing White Saint Society Protectors spread through Wind City, drawing varied reactions from the Wang, Chen, and other families and factions.
• Luo Hui and the Martial Prohibition Hall’s branch heads discussed the danger of White Saint Society reinforcements and resolved to keep pressuring the society while monitoring other forces.
• Jiang Liu reviewed his cultivation progress and decided he would seek resources from the Wang Family after using up the current supplies.
• Jiang Liu visited the Hundred Craft Hall, met Master Duan, and asked whether the supreme-quality treasure blade he had forged was still there.

Jiang Liu traded his Weapon Forging Sect sword to Master Duan for the supreme Treasure Blade, then joined Feng Yi to meet Bai Feiyu at the Drunken Revelry Inn. After Feng Yi and Bai Feiyu nearly fought, Jiang Liu calmed the room and everyone began drinking together.

• Jiang Liu traded his Weapon Forging Sect sword to Master Duan for the Treasure Blade and left Hundred Craft Hall.
• Feng Yi told Jiang Liu that Bai Feiyu had come to Wind City to see the Holy Maiden of the Sun Moon Sect, and Jiang Liu agreed to meet him.
• Feng Yi brought Jiang Liu to the Drunken Revelry Inn on Wine Blossom Street, where the shopkeeper confirmed Bai Feiyu was upstairs.
• Feng Yi and Bai Feiyu argued and were restrained by the other young masters, while Jiang Liu watched from the doorway.
• Jiang Liu told Feng Yi and Bai Feiyu to settle any fight in the arena, then raised a toast and joined the group as they began drinking.

Jiang Liu learned about the Sun Moon Sect’s internal struggle, practiced his martial arts, and heard that Wind City’s gangs had formed an alliance against the White Saint Society. He continued cultivating while considering how to exploit the society’s troubles.

• At a gathering, Jiang Liu learned that Sun Moon Sect Holy Maiden Xiahou Yi was competing with the newly prominent Holy Son He Biyou for influence within the sect.
• Jiang Liu cultivated his Soul Art and practiced his martial techniques, considering how to combine them more effectively.
• Jiang Liu heard that the Golden Glory Gang and other gangs had formed the Freedom League to resist the White Saint Society’s demands.
• Jiang Liu considered whether to worsen the White Saint Society’s troubles but decided to wait and see how events unfolded.
• Jiang Liu learned that Feng Yi and Bai Feiyu had been arrested by the Martial Prohibition Hall after fighting at a brothel on Wine Blossom Street.
• At midnight, Jiang Liu cultivated with a single Ninth-Rank beast core, since using two at once wasted resources.

Luo Hui uncovered suspected White Saint Society trafficking and corruption within the Martial Prohibition Hall, prompting a covert purge of compromised personnel. Meanwhile, Jiang Liu sold a Ninth Rank Greatsword and passed the First-Rank Physician examination, earning a badge and the respect of commoners.

• Luo Hui ordered spies to investigate the White Saint Society’s trafficking operation after suspecting it had allied with Corpse Valley.
• Luo Hui examined Liu Changfeng’s confidential list of officials colluding with the White Saint Society and decided to investigate the Martial Prohibition Hall’s ranks.
• The Martial Prohibition Hall began a covert internal investigation and arrested hidden agents, deterring forces plotting against it.
• Jiang Liu sold the Ninth Rank Greatsword at Ascension Tower and registered for the Physician Pavilion’s examination.
• Jiang Liu passed all three stages of the First-Rank Physician examination and pinned the badge to his clothing.
• Jiang Liu noticed commoners treating him with respect for being a physician as he walked home.

Jiang Liu pursued a strange attacker after discovering a bloodless family, but the Corpse Golem lured him away while its accomplice escaped. The surviving Corpse Valley martial artist, Li Kui, returned to his station and was punished for exposing their presence and losing the golem.

• Jiang Liu chased a fleeing dark figure and subdued it with Annihilation by Thought, discovering that it was a pale, agile Corpse Golem.
• Jiang Liu returned to the courtyard and found Old Lin's family dead; he took the golem out of the city and shattered it with Frost Nether Palm.
• Jiang Liu overheard neighbors discussing the five deaths and suspected Corpse Valley had sent the golem to distract him while its people drained blood.
• Li Kui returned to Corpse Valley's station in Feng County and begged the person in charge for mercy.
• The person in charge punished Li Kui by denying him three months of Blood Suppression Pills and Blood Rush Pills, but Li Kui pleaded to keep the Blood Suppression Pills.

Jiang Liu learned that Holy Maiden Xiahou Yi and her elite protectors would arrive in Wind City the next day, while the Martial Prohibition Hall and White Saint Society dealt with infiltration and a tense arrangement with Corpse Valley. The chapter ended with Xie Hen suspecting that Bai Bone wanted to divert the additional people for his own benefit.

• Jiang Liu heard that Xiahou Yi would arrive with Yun Tianlan, Pang Li, Feng Qijia, Yi Su, and Ascension Rankings member Xiao Tian, then learned from Feng Yi that Feng Qijia was his cousin.
• Feng Yi told Jiang Liu that the Martial Prohibition Hall had detained him for two days after his fight with Bai Feiyu, and he planned to return home despite expecting a scolding.
• Luo Hui instructed Liu Changfeng to investigate whether Corpse Valley had colluded with the White Saint Society and to watch for trouble around Xiahou Yi's arrival.
• Yan Jin reported that the inspection had confirmed severe infiltration of the Martial Prohibition Hall, especially in the Crane Division, and Luo Hui assigned him follow-up work.
• Tang Yilun reported that Corpse Valley's Bai Bone had demanded more people, and Xie Hen refused the request while suspecting Bai Bone meant to pocket them.

Jiang Liu avoided the welcome for Xiahou Yi and continued training, while she arrived in Wind City with Xiao Tian and met with the Sun Moon Sect’s local leader. Xiahou Yi searched for news of Sect Master Ouyang and considered her weakening position as a mysterious protector revealed that Ouyang Han had promised her a surprise.

• Feng Yi invited Jiang Liu to welcome his cousin Xiahou Yi, but Jiang Liu declined and returned home to practice.
• Xiahou Yi arrived at Wind City with Xiao Tian and her companions, while Ni Kuang shoved aside Bai Feiyu and Pang Chunlong for blocking the road.
• Xiahou Yi helped Bai Feiyu and Pang Chunlong up, then went with Ni Kuang to the Sun Moon Tower and the Sun Moon Sect’s base.
• Xiao Tian wondered whether Xiahou Yi would ever return his feelings and considered going back to Sword Worship Villa.
• Xiahou Yi rebuked Ni Kuang for treating her friends roughly, then asked about Sect Master Ouyang and learned he had not returned since his son died.
• Xiahou Yi worried that He Biyou’s growing power would leave her without support, and Old Zhu told her Ouyang Han had promised a surprise when he returned.

Wei Yi disrupted Sun Moon Tower’s banquet and plotted revenge against Xiahou Yi, while Jiang Liu followed a mysterious martial practitioner to a secret passage and discovered a planned exchange between Corpse Valley and the White Saint Society. Jiang Liu decided to alert the Martial Prohibition Hall and used He Lie’s identity token to devise a way to make them believe him.

• Wei Yi insulted Xiahou Yi at the banquet, and Xiao Tian attacked him before the two sides’ elders fought briefly and stopped.
• Wei Yi returned to his residence and discussed with Old Hong and Old Lin how to capture Xiahou Yi, then considered bringing more people from Yunzhou.
• Jiang Liu followed a Rank 6 Martial Practitioner out of South City and found a secret passage beneath a tree in the forest.
• Jiang Liu overheard Corpse Valley’s hall master arranging a deal with the White Saint Society involving Corpse Golems for the next evening.
• Jiang Liu decided to help the Martial Prohibition Hall find the groups and took out He Lie’s identity token to plan how to report the secret deal.

Jiang Liu anonymously gave the Martial Prohibition Hall information pointing to Corpse Valley’s base, prompting Luo Hui and Liu Changfeng to plan a covert investigation. The next morning, Jiang Liu heard Feng Yi describe the previous night’s events and asked him about the Sun Moon Sect in Yunzhou.

• Jiang Liu pinned a secret letter and He Lie’s identity token to the Martial Prohibition Hall’s gate, then escaped unseen.
• Luo Hui read the letter and ordered Liu Changfeng to verify Corpse Valley’s suspected base and prepare a careful capture operation if the lead proved genuine.
• Luo Hui reflected on the growing number of factions in Wind City and resolved to suppress the White Saint Society before crushing Corpse Valley.
• Jiang Liu returned home, changed out of his night clothes, and meditated through the night.
• Feng Yi told Jiang Liu about Xiahou Yi’s banquet at Sun Moon Tower and speculated that Wei Yi had turned love into hatred.
• Jiang Liu asked about the Sun Moon Sect in Yunzhou, and Feng Yi began explaining what he knew.

Jiang Liu learned more about the Sun Moon Sect's influence in Yunzhou and considered whether to pursue a dying Lesser Beast King. Meanwhile, Qiu Su led Medicine King Valley physicians to Ayang City to treat commoners while searching for her missing third uncle.

• Feng Yi told Jiang Liu that Ouyang Han was missing and that the Sun Moon Sect remained powerful in Yunzhou through its Four Protectors, including White Fan Zhenren.
• Feng Yi invited Jiang Liu to join a trip to see a dying Lesser Beast King, but admitted his grandfather planned to go and he had only wanted to tag along.
• Jiang Liu declined to explore the stalls near Ascension Tower and returned to cultivation, still feeling threatened by danger.
• Qiu Su brought a Medicine King Valley team to Ayang City, hoping to find her third uncle, and began offering free medical care to commoners.
• Xiao Yu joined the physicians in helping patients, while a guardian subdued local gang members who had come to cause trouble.

The Saint Envoy arranged for the White Saint Society to frame the White Saint Society’s arrests on the White Saint Society’s rivals, while Jiang Liu flew to the Ten Thousand Mountains to observe a trade between the White Saint Society and Corpse Valley. After discovering that the trade involved trafficked martial artists, Jiang Liu resolved to kill members of both factions, and the Martial Prohibition Hall launched its ambush.

• Gou Ershou told Gou Li that outsiders had humiliated him at Yuelai Inn, and she promised to tell her brother-in-law, Jia Dongxu.
• The Saint Envoy praised Jia Dongxu for arranging to blame the White Saint Society’s arrests on the White Saint Society’s enemies.
• Jiang Liu notified Wang Jian, then flew to the Ten Thousand Mountains and secretly watched the trade site from a tree.
• Tang Yilun’s group traded fifteen carriages of drugged martial artists to Elder Bai and the people from Corpse Valley.
• Jiang Liu saw that the trade included more than a dozen young women and resolved to kill anyone from either faction.
• A figure called out to Xie Hen, who fled as Liu Changfeng ordered the Martial Prohibition Hall to arrest everyone and kill anyone who resisted.

The Martial Prohibition Hall ambushed the White Saint Society and Corpse Valley in Wind City, capturing the White Saint Society’s members and battling White Bone’s Corpse Golems. Jiang Liu secretly used soul attacks to turn the tide, leaving White Bone and his five Corpse Golems surrounded as he waited to see whether White Bone would flee.

• Liu Changfeng ordered the Martial Prohibition Hall divisions to encircle the gathering, while he and Shang Tianhe attacked White Bone and the others engaged Corpse Valley.
• White Bone unleashed five Corpse Golems, and Tang Yilun’s attempt to escape ended when Li Qianfan knocked him unconscious.
• The White Saint Society’s members scattered after their leaders fled, but Martial Prohibition Hall investigators captured them all.
• The Corpse Golems pushed the Martial Prohibition Hall into a disadvantage, so Li Qianfan joined Liu Changfeng’s fight and Liu Changfeng went to assist Shang Tianhe against White Bone.
• Jiang Liu secretly used Annihilation by Thought to disable Corpse Golems, helping the Martial Prohibition Hall regain the advantage.
• Yan Jin joined the fighters surrounding White Bone, until only White Bone and his five Corpse Golems remained; Jiang Liu hid nearby and watched for White Bone to flee.

Jiang Liu intervened in the battle between the Martial Prohibition Hall and White Bone’s forces, killing Old Poison and the Rank 8 Corpse Golems before escaping. The Martial Prohibition Hall defeated White Bone and his remaining Corpse Golem, then prepared to return and discuss the pursuit of Xie Hen.

• White Bone taunted Shang Tianhe while Liu Changfeng and Yan Jin urged Shang Tianhe to finish the fight.
• Old Poison arrived and agreed to help White Bone in exchange for a Rank 9 Corpse Golem, sending his snake after Li Qianfan.
• Jiang Liu attacked Old Poison’s centipedes, evaded his needles and snake, and killed him with an Ice Blade.
• Jiang Liu killed all four Rank 8 Corpse Golems and disappeared before Liu Changfeng could catch him.
• Shang Tianhe defeated White Bone, and the Rank 9 Corpse Golem stopped moving after its source of control was exhausted.
• Li Qianfan asked about the pursuit of Xie Hen, Liu Changfeng called for the group to clean up, and Jiang Liu quietly slipped away.

Jiang Liu collected the White Saint Society’s resources from the Wang Family and returned to cultivate. At the Sun Moon Sect, Ouyang Han gave Xiahou Yi a Water Spirit Pearl and spent the night with her before setting off for the Ten Thousand Mountains.

• Jiang Liu found the White Saint Society wiped out and went to the Wang Family, where Wang Jian and Wang Yi had stored the seized resources.
• Jiang Liu reserved the Rank 9 beast cores and two-hundred-year-old Natural Treasures for himself and let the Wang Family keep the rest.
• Wang Jian chose to cultivate in seclusion rather than resume his role as family head, and Jiang Liu returned home to meditate.
• Ouyang Han arrived at the Sun Moon Sect headquarters, heard Xiahou Yi’s concerns about He Biyou, and told her he had his own arrangements.
• Ouyang Han gave Xiahou Yi a Water Spirit Pearl, spent the night with her, and departed for the Ten Thousand Mountains the next morning.

Jiang Liu learned that an Exotic Beast Valley disciple would sell tamed beasts at an auction, while Medicine King Valley physicians treated patients in Wind City. At the Martial Prohibition Hall, Luo Hui heard that an unknown expert had helped defeat Corpse Valley and raided the White Saint Society’s treasury, then reflected on the growing unrest and his shortage of support.

• Jiang Liu heard that the White Saint Society had been wiped out and that Medicine King Valley physicians were treating patients for free in Wind City.
• A waiter told Jiang Liu that an Exotic Beast Valley disciple was selling tamed exotic beasts, and Jiang Liu learned that inquiries would be handled at an auction the next day.
• Jiang Liu passed the busy physicians at Binyue Inn, then returned to his courtyard to cultivate.
• Liu Changfeng told Luo Hui that the White Saint Society members had been captured, Corpse Valley members killed, and an unknown expert had helped the Martial Prohibition Hall during the operation.
• Luo Hui learned that the White Saint Society’s headquarters staff had been killed and its treasury emptied, and he concluded the unknown expert was likely responsible.
• Luo Hui ordered the White Saint Society members executed after reporting the case and worried that Wind City’s growing threats and the Martial Prohibition Hall’s lack of manpower left him with little support.

Jiang Liu told Qiu Su that her Third Uncle, Qiu Hai, was safe in Cloud Sun City and arranged for her to find him. Back at his lodgings, Jiang Liu weighed his interference and considered the Jianghu factions and threats around him before returning to cultivation.

• Jiang Liu approached Medicine King Valley’s physicians at the Guest Joy Inn and asked to speak with their leader.
• Qiu Su met Jiang Liu, and he told her that Qiu Hai was well and was likely at the Physician Pavilion in Cloud Sun City.
• Qiu Su thanked Jiang Liu and asked where she could find him; he said she could visit him at the Leisurely Abode teahouse near the South City Gate.
• Jiang Liu worried that he had meddled in Qiu Hai’s family affairs, but decided he would have done the same again.
• Jiang Liu considered how to obtain Exotic Beast Valley’s Beast-Taming Method and wondered about the old poisoner, the Deity Summoning Society, and the Sun Moon Sect’s Holy Maiden.
• Jiang Liu resumed cultivating and planned to visit Ascension Tower the next day.