Recaps

After receiving a Spiritual Plant Technique inheritance and three acres of Spiritual Fields, Li Xinge arranged for the Li Family to cultivate a Spiritual Plant Master in secret. Three days later, he traveled to the Dongjiang Zheng Clan to celebrate Zheng Lingjun's fiftieth birthday, where Zheng Lingjun personally welcomed him.

• The system rewarded Li Xinge with three acres of superior Spiritual Fields, a beginner-level Spiritual Plant Technique manual, and the prospect of a Seventh-grade talent joining his Lineage.
• Li Xinge showed the Spiritual Plant Technique manual to the First Elder and ordered him to secure the three rear-mountain fields and secretly find talented clansmen to train.
• Li Xinge decided to attend Zheng Lingjun's fiftieth birthday and instructed the First Elder to prepare a generous gift.
• Li Xinge led Li Xuanyong and more than a dozen elite cultivators to East River Town for the Zheng Clan celebration.
• Zheng Lingtan welcomed Li Xinge at the Zheng Clan entrance, and Zheng Lingjun came out personally to greet him as his younger brother.

At Zheng Lingjun's birthday feast, Li Xinge ignored Song Tianbo's provocation while the other guests refused to take Song's side. Zheng Lingjun publicly honored Li Xinge as a friend, strengthening the appearance of an alliance between the Zheng and Li Families, though Li Xinge remained wary of his motives.

• Li Xinge entered the VIP Hall and took his seat, while Song Tianbo refused to greet him and criticized him for seeking a place above his elders.
• The guests stayed silent rather than join Song Tianbo in provoking Li Xinge, leaving Song embarrassed until Zheng Lingjun arrived.
• Zheng Lingjun toasted the guests and then praised Li Xinge as a worthy younger friend before the assembled Baihe County powers.
• Li Xinge accepted Zheng Lingjun's goodwill and drank with him, while privately wondering what lay behind the Zheng Family Head's enthusiasm.

At Zheng Lingjun’s birthday banquet, he proposed a marriage alliance with Li Xinge, who declined for himself but agreed to match Li Xingcong with a Zheng Family daughter. Zheng Lingjun offered to support Li Xinge against the Song Family, while the Zheng Family Old Ancestor revealed his hopes that Li Xinge might help the family return to the Lingxu Sect.

• After the banquet, Zheng Lingjun asked Li Xinge to marry one of his daughters, but Li Xinge cited a marriage contract arranged by his late father and refused.
• Zheng Lingjun proposed marrying a legitimate Zheng Family daughter to a promising Li Family member, and Li Xinge recommended Li Xingcong; the two settled the alliance.
• Zheng Lingjun warned Li Xinge that the Song Family's old expert was dangerous and promised the Zheng Family would not stand aside if he broke the rules.
• Zheng Lingjun escorted Li Xinge to the gate, where the Zheng Family Old Ancestor praised his decision to befriend Li Xinge and hoped he would help the family return to the Lingxu Sect.
• As he left, Li Xinge looked back at the Zheng Family compound and murmured that it was unfathomable.

Li Xinge arranged for Li Xingcong to marry the Zheng Family's Legitimate Daughter to secure an alliance, and the Great Elder told his grandson he had to obey. Li Xingcong apologized after the Great Elder reminded him of the sacrifices made for the Li Family.

• Li Xinge told the Great Elder that the Zheng Family sought a marriage alliance and named Li Xingcong as the match.
• The Great Elder summoned Li Xingcong and learned he expected to break through to the Body Realm within a month.
• The Great Elder told Li Xingcong that the Clan Head had arranged his marriage to the Zheng Family's Legitimate Daughter.
• Li Xingcong said he loved the Qi Family's Eldest Young Lady, but the Great Elder insisted the Clan Head's decision could not be defied and threatened the Qi Family if Li Xingcong refused.
• The Great Elder described the sacrifices and deaths endured by the Li Family, and Li Xingcong apologized and admitted he was wrong.

After Li Xinge entered seclusion, the Li Family's medicinal herb caravan was ambushed at Feilong Gorge, leaving Seventeenth Master gravely wounded and the herbs stolen. The elders suspected Black Robe Stronghold and sent Li Yanzhao to investigate while resolving to reclaim the herbs.

• Li Xinge entrusted family affairs to the elders and began cultivating in seclusion as the Li Family quietly recovered.
• Black-clad attackers ambushed the Li Family caravan at Feilong Gorge, killed its guards, and defeated Seventeenth Master after he fought their leader.
• Seventeenth Master reached Green Maple Valley and reported that the medicinal herbs had been intercepted before fainting.
• The elders learned that the lost herbs were essential for the disciples' Body Tempering and that they could not quickly buy replacements.
• The elders identified Black Robe Stronghold as the power controlling Feilong Gorge, debated whether its chief Town Mountain Tiger was responsible, and sent Li Yanzhao to investigate.

Li Yanzhao confronted Town Mountain Tiger over the robbery of the Li Family’s shipment, and the chief discovered that Fourth Leader had been manipulated into taking it. Town Mountain Tiger returned the medicinal ingredients but refused to hand over the culprit, leaving Li Yanzhao dissatisfied as he departed Black Robe Stronghold.

• Li Yanzhao entered Black Robe Stronghold and demanded that Town Mountain Tiger answer for the stolen goods and an injured Li clansman.
• Town Mountain Tiger threatened Li Yanzhao at first, then agreed to investigate after Li warned that Qi and Blood Realm Cultivators would come next.
• Town Mountain Tiger summoned his leaders, and Fourth Leader admitted he had robbed the shipment after receiving an anonymous tip about its route and guards.
• Town Mountain Tiger ordered the goods returned and explained that the Li Family’s strength and its Young Patriarch made a conflict too dangerous; he also suspected Fourth Leader had been used.
• Town Mountain Tiger told Li Yanzhao that the shipment would be returned but refused to surrender Fourth Leader, claiming the culprit had been killed.
• Li Yanzhao accepted the recovery of the goods for the moment and left, while Town Mountain Tiger watched him go, knowing he had offended the Li Family.

After more than three months in seclusion, Li Xinge broke through to Lesser Qi and Blood Accomplishment and learned that the Li Family had grown stronger, including a member cultivating Spiritual Rice. He ordered the First Elder to kill Town Mountain Tiger for Black Robe Stronghold’s attack on the family.

• Li Yanzhao reported Black Robe Stronghold’s attack, but the First Elder urged restraint until Li Xinge emerged from seclusion.
• Li Xinge broke through to Lesser Qi and Blood Accomplishment and left seclusion to meet the elders.
• The First Elder reported that more family members had advanced in cultivation, the Li Family had earned a surplus, and a cultivator had successfully grown Spiritual Rice.
• Li Xinge offered to establish a Spiritual Medicine Hall and appoint the cultivator as the Li Family’s seventh elder if the rice proved suitable.
• After hearing that Town Mountain Tiger had intercepted herbs, killed guards, and refused to surrender the killer, Li Xinge ordered the First Elder to bring back his head.

Li Xinge confronted Hu Yidao at Black Robe Stronghold after learning that Town Mountain Tiger had reached the Qi and Blood Realm. He demanded the bandits kneel or die, and killed One-Eye with a single sword strike.

• The First Elder told Li Xinge that Town Mountain Tiger had broken through to the Qi and Blood Realm and defeated him, so Li Xinge decided to go himself.
• At Black Robe Stronghold, Town Mountain Tiger warned his leaders that Li Xinge posed a grave threat, but they dismissed his concerns.
• Li Xinge arrived at the stronghold and killed a leader with his voice before confronting Hu Yidao.
• Hu Yidao pleaded for mercy and offered an apology, but Li Xinge gave him the choice to kneel and live or fight and die.
• One-Eye stepped forward to take responsibility for the stolen herbs and killings, and Li Xinge beheaded him with the Void Slayer sword.

Li Xinge defeated Hu Yidao and wiped out the Black Robe Stronghold's leaders. After looting the stronghold's treasure vault, he sealed its entrance and disappeared into the darkness.

• Li Xinge dodged Hu Yidao's attacks and revealed his overwhelming power, leaving Hu Yidao despairing at the gap between their realms.
• Li Xinge offered Hu Yidao a chance to serve the Li Family, but Hu Yidao refused and burned his Qi and Blood power to fight.
• Li Xinge killed Hu Yidao with Void Slayer, then used flying sand and stones to slaughter the stronghold's leaders who charged him.
• The surviving underlings fled, and Li Xinge spared them before ordering a trembling man to lead him to the treasure vault.
• Li Xinge took stock of the vault's gold, manuals, and medicines, sealed its entrance with a boulder, and disappeared into the darkness.

Li Xinge intervened when Young Master Zhao and his lackeys beat a little beggar over half a steamed bun. He gave her the chance to take revenge, and she killed Young Master Zhao as Li Xinge watched.

• Li Xinge saw Young Master Zhao and his lackeys beat a little beggar and steal her half-bun.
• Li Xinge stopped Young Master Zhao from striking the little beggar and killed the lackeys with the Void Cutter Sword.
• Young Master Zhao threatened Li Xinge with his father, Zhao Tiancheng, then tried to leave when Li Xinge refused to kill him himself.
• Li Xinge told the little beggar to take the stick and kill Young Master Zhao, but she initially refused.
• The little beggar changed her mind, beat Young Master Zhao to death with the stick, and collapsed as Li Xinge watched with an inscrutable smile.

Li Xinge took in the homeless girl whose terrifying fortune suggested she was a Child of Destiny, named her Li Wuyou, and brought her to an inn. As they began eating, dozens of armed men surrounded the inn.

• Li Xinge rescued the bullied beggar girl, took her in, and named her Li Wuyou.
• Li Xinge brought Li Wuyou to an inn, arranged for her to bathe and receive clean clothes, and reflected that her purplish-red fortune was already improving his family’s fortune.
• Li Wuyou returned clean, and Li Xinge began teaching her how to eat with chopsticks.
• Dozens of burly men surrounded the inn, and Li Xinge recognized that trouble had arrived.

Zhao Tiancheng tracked down Li Xinge at the inn to avenge his son, but Li Xinge killed his men with chopsticks and revealed his standing as the Green Maple Li Clan’s family head. Zheng Yuntao recognized Li Xinge, abandoned Zhao, and ordered the Zhao Family exterminated.

• Zhao Tiancheng identified Li Xinge and Little Carefree as the people who had killed his son, then ordered his men to attack them.
• Li Xinge killed Zhao Tiancheng’s dozen fighters by throwing chopsticks, and Zhao begged him to spare his life.
• Zhao offered half the Zhao Family’s wealth to persuade Zheng Yuntao to intervene, and Zheng asked Li Xinge to spare Zhao.
• Li Xinge’s words made Zheng recognize him as the Li Family Head, and Zheng apologized and left Zhao’s fate to him.
• Li Xinge went upstairs with Little Carefree, and Zheng ordered his guards to exterminate the Zhao Family under charges of colluding with the Demonic Path and plotting treason.

Li Xingdong’s son was born into the Li Family, and the First Elder discovered that the infant had rare Seventh-grade talent. The family named him Li Qiyu and decided to keep his talent secret amid growing danger.

• Li Xuanyong welcomed his great-grandson’s birth and argued with his wife over Li Xingdong joining the enforcement squad.
• Li Xingdong told his grandmother that he had chosen to serve the family, and she reluctantly agreed to let him join.
• Li Xuanyong examined the newborn and summoned the First Elder, who confirmed the child had Seventh-grade talent.
• The First Elder named the child Li Qiyu and advised the family to conceal his talent.
• Li Xuanyong and the First Elder agreed that anyone who revealed the news would face clan punishment.

Li Xinge brought Li Wuyou to the Li Family, celebrated the birth of a seventh-grade-talent great-grandson, and ordered the First Elder to gather orphans. Meanwhile, herb gatherers led by Brother Jin discovered a hidden valley full of medicinal herbs behind a waterfall.

• Li Xinge returned to the Li Family with Li Wuyou and declared that she would be treated like a direct descendant.
• The First Elder reported that the Third Elder had gained a great-grandson with seventh-grade talent, and Li Xinge ordered the clan to prioritize the child’s cultivation.
• Li Xinge instructed the First Elder to secretly gather young orphans with clean backgrounds, then took out the Blood Demon True Technique.
• Brother Jin led the herb gatherers deeper into the Qinghe Mountain Range after they found Seven-Leaf Grass.
• A Liang discovered a passage behind a waterfall that opened into a valley filled with medicinal herbs.
• A Liang brought Brother Jin and the others into the valley, where they stared in astonishment at the herbs.

Brother Jin and the herb gatherers discovered a Blood Spirit Fruit Tree growing on the bones of a great demon, but a giant red serpent guarding the treasure attacked them. Brother Jin and A Liang escaped through a narrow mountain passage while the serpent remained behind to protect the nearly ripe fruit.

• A Liang led Brother Jin and the herb gatherers to a natural medicinal field, where they found a Blood Spirit Fruit Tree growing atop a gigantic skeleton.
• Brother Jin identified the Blood Spirit Fruit as a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure and warned the group to keep its existence secret.
• Brother Jin entered the cavern to pick the fruit, but a giant red serpent emerged from the depths and attacked the herb gatherers.
• The serpent swallowed several herb gatherers as the survivors fled toward the mountain valley passage.
• Brother Jin and A Liang escaped through the passage, which was too narrow for the serpent, and the serpent retreated to guard the nearly ripe fruit.

After Brother Jin murdered A Liang to claim the Blood Spirit Fruit, A Liang inexplicably rose again and later reached a Li Family herb shop with news of the treasure. Li Xinge mobilized the Li Family and set out with A Liang to find Brother Jin and the fruit.

• A Liang urged Brother Jin to spread word of the Blood Spirit Fruit so powerful people could kill the giant snake, but Brother Jin stabbed him and covered his body with branches.
• After Brother Jin left, A Liang strangely stood up; elsewhere, a bloodied herb gatherer reached the Li Family shop, reported the Blood Spirit Fruit, and passed out.
• Li Xinge summoned the elders, organized an expedition with elite guards, and ordered the shopkeeper to execute everyone else who knew about the fruit.
• At the shop, A Liang identified the fruit’s location and told Li Xinge that Brother Jin knew the way; the Sixth Elder treated his wound.
• Li Xinge ordered A Liang to lead them to Brother Jin, warning him not to lie.

Li Xinge cornered Zou Jin at his home and demanded that he reveal the location of the Blood Spirit Fruit. After Li Xinge had Zou Jin’s parents and wife killed, Zou Jin broke down and agreed to lead him to the fruit to save his son.

• A Liang led Li Xinge and his men to Zou Jin’s home, where Zou Jin discovered them waiting outside as he tried to leave.
• Li Xinge demanded the Blood Spirit Fruit, and A Liang revealed that he had survived Zou Jin’s attempt to kill him.
• Zou Jin denied knowing about the fruit, so Li Xinge’s men killed Zou Jin’s parents and wife in front of him.
• Li Xinge threatened Zou Jin’s son, and Zou Jin finally admitted he knew where the Blood Spirit Fruit was and agreed to lead the way.

Li Xinge led the Li Family into a hidden valley, defeated the Blood Spirit Flame Python, and bargained with it to guard the Blood Spirit Fruit Tree. After securing the fruits and the valley, he had the python eat Zou Jin, A Liang, and Zou Jin’s son to eliminate witnesses.

• Li Xinge’s group entered the valley behind the waterfall and found the Blood Spirit Fruit Tree guarded by an enormous Blood Spirit Flame Python.
• Li Xinge and the Elder fought the python until it retreated into its cave, allowing the Li Family Cultivators to harvest seventeen Blood Spirit Fruits.
• Li Xinge offered the python two fruits in exchange for guarding the valley and showed it a command token that would identify those allowed to enter.
• Li Xinge gave A Liang, Zou Jin, and Zou Jin’s son to the python, explaining that he trusted only the dead to keep secrets.
• The Blood Spirit Flame Python swallowed all three, while Zou Jin regretted letting greed lead him to his death.

Li Xinge distributed the Blood Spirit Fruits among the elders and prepared for the New Blood Selection Assembly, while Li Xingzong trained in Little River Town to earn a place in the main family. After Xingzong’s father died covering his hunting companions’ escape from the Mountain Lord, Xingzong vowed to grow stronger and avenge him.

• Li Xinge gave himself six Blood Spirit Fruits, assigned shares to the elders, and reserved one for an outstanding young family member.
• Li Yanzhao volunteered to oversee the New Blood Selection Assembly, and Li Xinge put him in charge before entering seclusion.
• In Little River Town, Xingzong’s father pushed him to reach the Body Forging Realm before the selection, while his mother worried over his harsh training.
• Xingzong’s father went hunting to find food for his son, but the Mountain Lord attacked and he stayed behind so the others could escape.
• After learning his father would not return, Xingzong punched the wooden dummy and vowed to honor his ancestors and avenge him.

The Green Maple Li Clan held its 171st New Blood Selection Assembly, where collateral-branch children were tested for talent. Li Wu earned ninth-grade talent and qualified to return to the main clan, leaving his father overwhelmed with joy.

• Li Yanzhao arrived at Li Family Town and explained that children with talent of a grade would pass the selection directly, while those with high talent would also qualify.
• Children including Li Le'an and Li Ze'an failed the Talent Testing Stone, while Li Yuzhen and Li Xuanzhong passed with high talent.
• Li Wu stepped forward for testing, and the Talent Testing Stone flashed four times, marking him as having ninth-grade talent.
• Li Wu's father, the town mayor, fell to his knees and wept at the prospect of his branch returning to the ancestral lands.

Li Xingzong revealed eighth-grade talent at the New Blood Selection Assembly, prompting the Li Family to rush the children back to Green Maple Valley for protection. After learning of the new talents, the Baibo Song Clan decided to attack the returning party, with Song Tianbo choosing to lead the strike himself.

• Li Xingzong passed the talent test with eighth-grade talent, and Li Yanzhao praised him as a future pillar of the Li Family.
• The New Blood Selection Assembly ended with Li Xingzong, Li Wu, and eleven children with upper-grade talent selected for the clan.
• Li Yanzhao ordered the party to return to Green Maple Valley immediately and sent word for an escort after recognizing the danger to the new talents.
• A flying eagle delivered news of the Li Family's eighth-grade and ninth-grade talents to the Baibo Song Clan.
• Song Tianbo and the Song Family elders agreed to kill the new talents, and Song Tianbo announced he would lead the attack himself.

Song Tianbo’s assassination attempt on Li Yanzhao and the Li Family’s new blood failed when two Li Family Qi-Blood Realm cultivators intervened. The Li survivors returned home with heavy losses, while Song Tianbo revealed that the Li Family now had three Qi-Blood Realm cultivators, leaving the Song Elders disheartened.

• At Windriding Pavilion, Song Tianbo attacked Li Yanzhao and the Li Family riders, breaking Li Yanzhao’s blade and gravely wounding him.
• Li Family cultivators sacrificed themselves to delay Song Tianbo while the new blood fled, until two Li Family Qi-Blood Realm cultivators arrived and blocked his attack.
• Song Tianbo fled rather than face the two cultivators, and the First Elder ordered the survivors to find Li Yanzhao and bring the fallen home.
• The survivors found Li Yanzhao alive, and he fainted after learning the new blood had survived.
• At the Baibo Song Clan, Song Tianbo reported that the assassination had failed and that the Li Family’s Second Elder had also reached the Qi-Blood Realm.
• The Song Elders realized the Li Family now had three Qi-Blood Realm cultivators and lamented their own lack of progress.

Song Zhong emerged from seclusion and learned that the Song Family faced a growing threat from the Li Family. He ordered the Second Elder to secretly gather allied families to discuss destroying the Li Family, while admitting he had failed to reach Qi and Blood Great Accomplishment.

• The Second Elder urged Song Tianbo to unite other major families against the Li Family and offer them a share of the Song Family's interests.
• The Song Family's Elders argued over sacrificing lineage interests until Song Tianbo silenced them and accepted that survival might require giving up everything.
• Song Zhong emerged from seclusion, criticized Song Tianbo for failing to help the Su Family, and said delaying a fight against the Li Family would worsen their position.
• Song Zhong sent the Second Elder to invite the Lu, Yuan, Shen, and Chen Family Heads to a secret meeting, while excluding the Shangguan Family to avoid alerting the Zheng Family.
• Song Zhong told Song Tianbo that he had not reached Qi and Blood Great Accomplishment and believed he had only ten years left to live.

Song Zhong persuaded the Lu, Yuan, Shen, and Chen Family Heads to join the Song Family in a surprise attack on the Li Family, but Chen Shuyao secretly warned the Li Family and offered to help them from within. The First and Second Elders moved to summon the Li Family Head from seclusion as the planned attack approached.

• Song Zhong offered half the Song Family’s industries to secure the four families’ help in destroying the Li Family that night.
• Chen Shuyao told his Elders that he had agreed only to escape White Wave Valley and planned to gamble on aiding the Li Family.
• Chen Shuyao arrived secretly at Green Maple Valley and warned the First and Second Elders that the five families planned a surprise attack.
• Chen Shuyao pledged to turn against the attackers and strike from within, and the Li Elders accepted the Chen Family as an ally.
• The First and Second Elders ordered that the Li Family Head be summoned out of seclusion.

Li Xinge rallied the Li Family and sought help as the five-family alliance threatened its survival. Zheng Lingjun agreed to aid the Li Family, and Old Ancestor Zheng decided to join him as killing intent gathered over Green Maple Valley.

• After emerging from seclusion, Li Xinge heard the First Elder recount the Song Family’s attacks and the five-family alliance, then ordered preparations for battle.
• Li Xinge sent the First Elder to ask Zheng Lingjun for help and ordered the Second Elder to recruit the Hao and Jiang Families’ cultivators.
• Zheng Lingjun agreed to support the Li Family and prepared to go in person.
• Old Ancestor Zheng revealed his belief that Li Xinge was a Child of Destiny and decided to accompany Zheng Lingjun because he was no match for the Song Family’s Old Ancestor.
• As night fell, a chilling killing intent enveloped Green Maple Valley.