Recaps

Yang Zhengshan entered the Dao, defeated the Demon Evils, and left the Myriad Flower Domain to establish a home beyond its boundary. He founded White Jade Capital and prepared to seize territory in the Wanhua Mountain Range as the Wuchang Ghost Sect’s Yin Soldier Army advanced.

• Yang Zhengshan sealed White Bone and Jade Crown, refused to join the Struggle for Authority, and eventually left the Myriad Flower Domain with Yu Qingyi and their followers to settle in a new realm boundary.
• Yang Zhengshan fought Tianxian Dao Master and sealed him inside a golden lotus, then subdued White Bone and Jade Crown and helped drive the Demon Evils into the Great Void.
• The Demon Evils devastated the Myriad Flower Domain while Yang Zhengshan entered the Dao and founded White Jade Capital in the Wanhua Mountain Range.
• Yang Zhengshan allied with Wu Wei Zheng against the Wuchang Ghost Sect, defeated Li Shanghun’s forces, and helped White Jade Capital repel repeated attacks at the Forward Outpost Base.
• Su Mei brought the Fox Clan into White Jade Capital, while Yue Yao and Xuan Zhen organized allies and raids against the Wuchang Ghost Sect.
• White Jade Capital completed its defenses and prepared to face a large Yin Soldier Army, with Yang Zhengshan ordering an expansion of its forces and declaring its claim to territory in the Wanhua Mountain Range.

Yang Zhengshan strengthened White Jade Capital, refined rare pills, and advanced his understanding of life and death while the major factions prepared for wider conflict. He entered Wanbao Immortal City, backed the Pei Family through a crisis, and began building a foothold there as the Struggle for Authority drew nearer.

• Yang Zhengshan gave Qin Xianyang another Communication Talisman, then announced that White Jade Capital would establish a sect beyond the Spirit Source Land while keeping its involvement in the Struggle for Authority undecided.
• As the North Sea Demon Court expanded and the Wuchang Ghost Sect attacked the Wanhua Demon Court, Yang Zhengshan refined Nine Tripod Divine Pills, set merit-based rules for distributing them, and helped Yu Qingyi form her Golden Core.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that Tianxian Dao had destroyed Tianji Pavilion and disappeared from Tianwei Mountain, while he continued refining pills and prepared White Jade Capital for the spreading conflicts.
• Yang Zhengshan advanced to Half-step Entering the Dao, and the Evergreen Bamboo Staff became a Spirit Treasure as Xuan Zhen, Yunxiao, and Kou Ta captured Yellow Springs Hall and its Ghost King.
• Yang Zhengshan stayed in Wanbao Immortal City, opened a Pill Shop and Spirit Material Shop, and considered avoiding the coming conflict as Zhongli Xiayi warned that the Struggle for Authority would intensify.
• Yang Zhengshan agreed to protect the Pei Family for a hundred years in exchange for Pei Lun’s Green Bamboo Staff, then told Pei Lun that the family needed to survive a Life and Death Tribulation to outlast his protection.
• Yang Zhengshan saw Pei Lun use the staff’s Vitality Seizure against Shi Yuansheng and realized the power cost Pei Lun some of his lifespan.
• Yang Zhengshan recalled waking in the original owner’s body, accepted his life with his children and grandchildren, and kept to the quiet persona his family expected of him.

Yang Zhengshan recovered his strength, built up his family and village, and trained young men after bandits devastated Jiang Family Village. As the Hu Tribe threatened the frontier, he organized defenses and prepared the villagers to evacuate into the mountains if necessary.

• Yang Zhengshan used Spirit Spring Water to heal his injuries, hunted two wild boars, and sold them for thirty taels to provide for his family.
• Yang Zhengshan became a Yang Clan elder, sold an Old Mountain Ginseng for 180 taels, and took in Lin Zhan and Wang Daya after bandits destroyed Little Forest Village.
• Yang Zhengshan fought Scarface Liu and other bandits during the attack on Jiang Family Village, then received a three-hundred-tael reward and declined an unranked yamen job.
• Yang Zhengshan bought one hundred mu of farmland, founded the Yang Family Classroom, and taught his family martial arts and practical subjects.
• Yang Zhengshan celebrated New Year with his family, named Wang Daya and her brother, and saw Yang Mingcheng become a Martial Artist.
• After learning the county was preparing for a Hu Tribe invasion, Yang Zhengshan and Yang Zhengxiang organized village defenses and trained more than a hundred young men.
• As the Hu army drew defenders toward Chongshan Pass while small enemy groups crossed the frontier, Yang Zhengshan prepared an evacuation drill, established watch posts, and arranged for Yang Yunxue to teach Wang and Li martial arts.

Yang Zhengshan defended Yang Family Village from the Hu Cavalry, secured a military post through Zhou Lan, and arranged Yang Minghao’s betrothal before leaving home. He reached Linguan Fortress with his companions and grain, where he began organizing its starving soldiers.

• Yang Zhengshan led the village youths and retreating Border Army against the Hu Cavalry, then stopped the villagers from pursuing the retreating raiders and arranged aid for the wounded and dead.
• Zhou Lan thanked Yang Zhengshan with captured supplies, silver, horses, and the Gilded Flying Fish Spear, then offered him a Trial Battalion Commander post at Linguan Fortress.
• Yang Zhengshan prepared to leave Yang Family Village, chose the men who would accompany him, gave money to the clan for public projects, and arranged Yang Minghao’s betrothal to Liang Zhen.
• Yang Zhengshan left the village with twelve companions, joined a merchant caravan, and reached Chongshan Pass, where Zhou Lan provided him a residence and told him to report for duty.
• Yang Zhengshan learned that the Imperial Court planned to campaign against the East Sea Hu Tribe and agreed to train soldiers at Linguan Fortress if they had enough food.
• Zhao Yuan escorted Yang Zhengshan and his party to Linguan Fortress with ten carts of grain, where Yang Zhengshan inspected its poor conditions and supplies.
• Yang Zhengshan ordered Old Li to assemble the regular soldiers, then told Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingwu, and the other Squad Leaders to choose their subordinates from a hundred emaciated young men.