Recaps

Jiang Liu hunted through the Ten Thousand Mountains, strengthened his cultivation and Soul Arts, and uncovered a Deity Summoning Society ritual site. Back in Wind City, he entered the city’s factional conflict by taking Wang Jian into his confidence and preparing to attend Ascension Tower’s auction.

• Jiang Liu hunted exotic beasts across the mountains, collected their cores, and found Celestial Star Grass and a Frigid Yin Fruit.
• Jiang Liu acquired Soul Arts and Annihilation by Thought, then used his growing spiritual power to defeat enemies and uncover the Deity Summoning Society’s ritual hall.
• Jiang Liu absorbed Earth Yellow Essence and beast cores to reach Grade Eight, then encountered Tianming and learned that his mixed vital energy might complicate his advancement.
• Jiang Liu returned to Wind City, sold his beast cores at Ascension Tower, and settled into a courtyard after killing intruders who crossed over it at night.
• Jiang Liu watched Wang Jian and He Lie draw their gambling match, while Luo Hui and other faction leaders prepared for mounting pressure from the Martial Prohibition Hall.
• Jiang Liu abducted Wang Jian and learned that Xie Hen had seized Wang Jian’s son to coerce the Wang Family.
• Jiang Liu advised Wang Jian to disguise himself, transfer the family-head position, and claim he had gone missing, while planning to use the Wang Family to gain resources and manuals.
• Jiang Liu agreed to join Feng Yi for a meal and attend Ascension Tower’s auction.

Jiang Liu built his strength and resources while uncovering the Deity Summoning Society and the alliance between the White Saint Society and Corpse Valley. After helping the Martial Prohibition Hall destroy their operation, he returned to cultivation as new factions and dangers gathered in Wind City.

• Jiang Liu bought the incomplete Thundercloud Art, seized Jia Caibao and Pang Chunlong’s belongings, and killed a Deity Summoning Society recruiter before infiltrating the Society’s valley and learning of its ambitions.
• Jiang Liu raided Deity Summoning Valley’s defenses and storeroom, then agreed with Wang Jian to target the White Saint Society in exchange for access to the Wang Family martial arts repository.
• Jiang Liu killed White Saint Society protectors He Lie and Mu Yunyuan, collected a ransom from Xie Hen, and watched the society come under pressure from the Martial Prohibition Hall and other factions.
• Jiang Liu became a First-Rank Physician, destroyed a Corpse Golem that had killed Old Lin’s family, and discovered that Corpse Valley and the White Saint Society were arranging a trade in drugged captives.
• Jiang Liu secretly alerted the Martial Prohibition Hall to the trade, then disabled Corpse Golems and killed Old Poison during the raid while the Hall captured the White Saint Society members and defeated White Bone.
• Jiang Liu collected the White Saint Society’s seized resources through the Wang Family, while Ouyang Han returned to the Sun Moon Sect and gave Xiahou Yi a Water Spirit Pearl before leaving for the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Jiang Liu told Qiu Su that her uncle Qiu Hai was likely at the Physician Pavilion in Cloud Sun City, then returned to cultivation and considered how to obtain Exotic Beast Valley’s Beast-Taming Method.

Jiang Liu advanced to Rank 9, mastered his spiritual power, and explored the Ten Thousand Mountains, where he tamed a Frostwing Dragon and found a hidden refuge. Back in Wind City, rival sects escalated their war, the Martial Prohibition Hall fell, and Jiang Liu remained focused on becoming stronger.

• Jiang Liu fused the Beast Mastery Art with his Soul Art, expanded his consciousness, and reached Rank 9 while cultivating in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Jiang Liu killed Pang Chunlong after discovering his evil technique, accepted a nominal engagement to Feng Yunshi’s daughter, and continued hunting powerful beasts.
• Jiang Liu defeated and tamed the wounded Frostwing Dragon, then fled a mysterious figure and witnessed the Ghost School’s soul-summoning ritual and Dao Sheng’s battle with Gui Shan.
• Jiang Liu followed a passage into a hidden refuge, uncovered its history and underground garden, and cultivated there before returning to Wind City on the Frostwing Dragon.
• Jiang Liu learned that Wind City’s factions were in turmoil and that the Lotus Sect had allied with other Jianghu groups, while Feng Boyun warned him of their plans and invited him to represent the Feng Family in a tournament.
• Jiang Liu killed three Rank 9 attackers tied to a conspiracy involving the White Saint Society, the Lotus Sect, and the Buddhist Sect, then released the Giant Strength Demonic Ape into the mountains.
• Jiang Liu considered the growing conflict and released the ape, while the four allied groups attacked and destroyed the Martial Prohibition Hall and took its members’ corpses.

Jiang Liu traveled to Cloud City with Murong Yin, backed her against the Luo Family, and entered the Martial Arts Tournament after cultivating in the Ten Thousand Mountains. The tournament narrowed the field to its strongest contenders, and Jiang Liu’s clash with Wang Yisheng ended without either gaining the advantage.

• Murong Lie asked Jiang Liu to protect Murong Yin and represent the Murong Family in the tournament, and Jiang Liu agreed while making any formal engagement dependent on Feng Boyun’s approval.
• Jiang Liu traveled toward Cloud City with Murong Yin, survived the Ghost School’s drugged attack, and promised to take responsibility for her as his fiancée.
• In Cloud City, Jiang Liu arranged for Murong Yin to build an intelligence force and defeated Jia Lou in a duel over Feng Yue’s engagement.
• Jiang Liu cultivated in the Ten Thousand Mountains, where he found liquid Primal Qi and evolved the Frostwing Dragon into a Beast King.
• Jiang Liu returned to Cloud City, drove off Luo Family men who had harassed Murong Yin, and defeated Luo Tianzi after the family challenged him.
• Jiang Liu entered the tournament and knocked Ye Tianhao from his arena, then joined nine other fighters in securing the qualifying spots.
• Murong Aotian pledged the Murong Family’s support to Jiang Liu, and the tournament draw paired him with Xiahou Yi, whom he defeated with Frost Nether Palm and Eight Steps of Trampling.
• Jiang Liu drew a bye in the next round as the other contenders advanced, then fought Wang Yisheng in a close exchange that left neither with the advantage.