Recaps

After killing Bai Yuhuan, Su Yu fled toward Moon Worship Immortal City while the Bai Family began searching for her killer. He reached the city, paid the entry fee, and entered its bustling inner district, where he planned to look around before deciding whether to buy a house.

• The Bai Family Ancestor learned that a Wood attribute Qi Refining Realm cultivator with a powerful beast and a low-grade Rank 2 Fire Thunder Talisman had killed Bai Yuhuan, and ordered an investigation.
• Su Yu traveled toward Moon Worship Immortal City, stopping in a cave to rest and sort through the Cosmos Bags he had taken from Bai Yuhuan and her companions.
• Su Yu found more than three hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones, talisman materials, and a Mid-grade Magical Artifact in Bai Yuhuan's Cosmos Bag, then completed his daily cultivation.
• Su Yu arrived at Moon Worship Immortal City, paid ten Low-grade Spirit Stones for an entry token, and passed through its defensive formation.
• Su Yu crossed the city's Spirit Fields, put away his flying sword before entering the inner city, and began exploring while considering whether to buy a house.

Su Yu settled into Moon Worship Immortal City by buying a courtyard in the Inner Domain and preparing it for cultivation. After meeting his neighbor Lan Xi, he considered how to earn money and build ties with the people in his alley.

• Su Yu hired a young guide, who explained the Immortal City's halls and domains and led him to the Inner Domain.
• Su Yu bought a courtyard for 1,300 Low-grade Spirit Stones, then purchased supplies and learned about his neighbors and the nearby market.
• Su Yu set up a defensive formation and Spirit Gathering Array, cultivated, and decided to earn money publicly as an alchemist while keeping his other skills secret.
• Lan Xi visited Su Yu with spiritual fruit, introduced herself as his neighbor, and learned that he was a high-grade Rank 1 alchemist.
• Su Yu learned that Lan Xi and her younger sister Lan Gong were musicians at the Drunken Immortal Tower, and considered visiting them and his other neighbors.

Su Yu settled into Moon Worship Immortal City, met his unusual neighbors and reunited with Chen Sisi and the injured Yu Qianqing. After eight months of cultivation, he advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining and reached one wheel, eight revolutions in the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art.

• Su Yu visited Lan Xi and Lan Gong, then met his other neighbors, including the arrogant True Hall Talisman Master Wu Zhigang, who invited him to join the True Hall and was refused.
• Su Yu hosted Chen Sisi and Yu Qianqing, learned that Yu Qianqing was still recovering from a failed Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and declined Chen Sisi's offer to serve as an honorary elder.
• Chen Sisi told Su Yu that an auction hosted by the Spirit Hall would take place in two years and might offer the rare materials he needed.
• Su Yu spent eight months cultivating in Moon Worship Immortal City and gathering materials for a Tier 2 Low-Grade Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast.
• Su Yu used the Golden Cicada Art and Qi Refining Pills to advance to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, reach one wheel, eight revolutions, and gain twelve years of lifespan.

Su Yu’s skill at refining premium high-grade Rank 1 pills earned him new respect in the alley, while Wu Zhigang grew jealous after learning of his talent. Later, Su Yu reunited with Yu Ke'er, who explained how pills made from matching Rank 2 demonic cores could help his Earth Fire Ape and Black Scale Eagle attempt breakthroughs.

• Su Yu refined premium Qi Refining Pills for Lan Xi, Lan Gong, the Artificer, and the male cultivator, prompting them to treat him with greater respect.
• Wu Zhigang learned that Su Yu could refine premium high-grade Rank 1 pills, visited him to recruit him into the True Hall, and left resentful after Su Yu turned him away.
• Huang Haimei invited Su Yu to meet Yu Ke'er, and he agreed to bring his two Tamed Beasts.
• Su Yu reunited with Yu Ke'er at a Beast Taming Shop, and they caught up before she examined his Earth Fire Ape and Black Scale Eagle.
• Yu Ke'er explained that Rank 2 breakthrough pills made from matching-attribute Rank 2 demonic cores could help the beasts advance, though the pills were expensive and success was uncertain.

Su Yu sold the Dragon Eagle Puppet Beast to buy two Demonic Core Pills and help the Earth Fire Ape and Black Scale Eagle break through to Rank 2. The Earth Fire Ape survived a dangerous breakthrough with Su Yu’s healing mana, and the Black Scale Eagle also succeeded, leaving both beasts at early Rank 2.

• Su Yu sold the Dragon Eagle Puppet Beast to Yu Ke'er for 6,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones and bought the two Demonic Core Pills.
• Yu Ke'er brought the pills to Su Yu and watched as he prepared the Earth Fire Ape for its breakthrough.
• The Earth Fire Ape’s body began to break apart under the pill’s violent power, so Su Yu used his mana to heal it until it broke through to Rank 2.
• Yu Ke'er explained that owning a Rank 2 Tamed Beast did not make Su Yu a Rank 2 Beast Tamer.
• The Black Scale Eagle swallowed the Gold-attribute Demonic Core Pill and broke through to early Rank 2 in a single attempt.

Su Yu arranged a steady source of income by taking pill orders from Yu Ke'er’s family and found an ancient technique that would let him act through a puppet. He returned to his courtyard to study the Dao Body Puppet Art while continuing his cultivation.

• Su Yu told Yu Ke'er that he was a Rank 2 low-grade alchemist and offered to refine pills for her, prompting her to flee in embarrassment.
• Yu Ke'er told Huang Haimei that Su Yu was too cautious to involve himself in the Yu Family’s internal troubles or a marriage alliance.
• Yu Ke'er arranged for Su Yu to receive the Yu Family outpost’s pill orders, while she returned the Top Grade Rank 1 Dragon Eagle Puppet Beast to her family.
• Su Yu bought materials for Rank 2 low-grade Hundred Beasts Pills and discovered the Dao Body Puppet Art in the Heavenly Script Pavilion.
• Su Yu bought the ancient book and returned to his courtyard to study the technique while pursuing a breakthrough in his Body Refining Technique.

Su Yu completed a Dao Body Puppet and advanced his Crocodile Demon's 108 Forms Body Refining Technique to the Tenth Layer. After refusing Wu Zhigang’s invitation to find the Ice Heart Lotus, he secretly sent his puppet to follow him and uncovered Wu Zhigang’s plan to use him as cannon fodder.

• Su Yu declined Wu Zhigang’s offer to join a team seeking the Ice Heart Lotus, suspecting his motives.
• Su Yu created a Dao Body Puppet that could change between an old man and a Shadow Leopard, and used it to explore Moon Worship Immortal City.
• Su Yu broke through to the Tenth Layer of Crocodile Demon's 108 Forms Body Refining Technique, gaining a body strong enough to threaten an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator at close range.
• Su Yu refused Wu Zhigang’s renewed invitation to seek the Ice Heart Lotus, then sent his Dao Body Puppet to follow him.
• Wu Zhigang told three ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators that he had planned to use Su Yu as cannon fodder in Yuanyang Barren Ridge and said the Ice Heart Lotus was nearly mature.

Wu Zhigang and his companions entered Yuanyang Barren Ridge to seize a rare Ice Heart Lotus, unaware that Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet had followed them. They escaped the valley with the lotus, but two talismans suddenly flew at them from the grass.

• Wu Zhigang and his three companions left Moon Worship Immortal City for Yuanyang Barren Ridge, while Su Yu secretly followed in the form of a Shadow Leopard.
• After reaching a valley, Wu Zhigang’s group identified the Ice Scale Demonic Snake and other beasts guarding the soon-to-bloom Ice Heart Lotus, then planned how to seize it.
• When the Ice Heart Lotus bloomed, an eagle beast struck the snake, and Wu Zhigang’s group used Ice Seal Talismans to attack the beasts and collect the lotus.
• Wu Zhigang placed the Ice Heart Lotus in his Cosmos Bag, and the four fled the valley as the demonic beasts recovered.
• An ice-blue talisman and a crimson talisman shot out of the grass toward Wu Zhigang’s group.

Su Yu ambushed Wu Zhigang’s group with Rank 2 talismans, then used the Earth Fire Ape and Black Scale Eagle to kill the survivors and the demonic beasts pursuing them. After returning to Moon Worship Immortal City, he counted his spoils and found he had gathered four types of Foundation Establishment Pill core ingredients, while still needing a Pure Demon Core and an Ethereal Fruit.

• Su Yu’s Rank 2 Ice Seal and Fire Dragon Talismans killed Wu Zhigang and the rough-looking burly man, while the young couple survived the blast but suffered grievous injuries.
• The Earth Fire Ape killed the young couple and Wolf Demon, while the Black Scale Eagle beheaded the fleeing Ice Scale Demonic Snake; together they had also killed the eagle beast.
• Su Yu’s Shadow Leopard-shaped Dao Body Puppet collected the Cosmos Bags, Magical Artifacts, and Ice Heart Lotus, then left the Yuanyang Barren Ridge with the Earth Fire Ape and Black Scale Eagle.
• Su Yu hid in a mountain cave for half a month before returning to Moon Worship Immortal City in disguise and retrieving the loot from his Dao Body Puppet.
• Su Yu found a High-grade Rank 1 Talisman Master inheritance, many valuables, and Foundation Establishment Pill materials that brought his collection to four types of core ingredients.
• Su Yu counted more than seven thousand four hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones and looked forward to the Spirit Hall Auction, where he hoped to obtain a Pure Demon Core, an Ethereal Fruit, and materials for the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast.

Su Yu helped Yu Ke'er’s Azure Python break through to Rank 2, and it unexpectedly developed a Rank 3 bloodline. More than five months later, Su Zhi arrived in Moon Worship Immortal City with funds to bid for an Ethereal Fruit and brought bad news.

• Su Yu considered expanding his cultivation and professions as his existing arts advanced slowly, but decided to wait for suitable inheritances.
• Yu Ke'er brought her Azure Python to Su Yu, who helped it survive a dangerous breakthrough and reach early Rank 2.
• Yu Ke'er told Su Yu that her family would auction two Ethereal Fruits, and Su Yu informed the Su Family so they could bid for one.
• More than a month after its breakthrough, the Azure Python grew claws, prompting Yu Ke'er and Huang Haimei to realize it had a Rank 3 bloodline.
• True Hall cultivators investigated Wu Zhigang’s disappearance nearly two months later but found no answers and dropped the matter.
• More than five months later, Su Zhi arrived in Moon Worship Immortal City with the Su Family’s bidding funds and bad news.

Su Yu and Su Zhi discussed the mounting pressure on the Su Family and their plan to strengthen it by acquiring ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills. At the Spirit Hall Auction, Su Yu spotted a Rank 2 Earth Attribute Demon Core needed for his Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast.

• Su Zhi told Su Yu that the Cloud Sword Sect Master had urged her and Si Si to accept marriage alliances, while the Jiang Family and Huang Family were pressuring the Su Family and Chen Family through their allies.
• Su Yu revealed that he had an Ice Heart Lotus and could refine Foundation Establishment Pills himself as a second-rank low-grade alchemist, delighting Su Zhi.
• Su Yu and Su Zhi celebrated together, and Su Yu carried his drunken sister to rest before vowing to face the Jiang Family, Huang Family, and Maple City Bai Family.
• As the Spirit Hall Auction approached, Su Zhi stayed at Su Yu's courtyard and met Lan Xi and Lan Gong, who became more respectful toward him after learning she was his Foundation Establishment stage sister.
• Su Yu and Su Zhi attended the auction, where an old man bought a second-rank low-grade alchemist inheritance for 2,600 Low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Yu recognized a mid-grade Rank 2 Earth Attribute Demon Core as the key material for his Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast.

Su Yu completed his auction purchases and refined four Foundation Establishment Pills, including two fine-quality pills. He presented the pills to Su Zhi, who was stunned by the result.

• Su Yu won the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast materials, an Ethereal Fruit, a Pure Demon Core, and an Earth Attribute Art at the auction.
• Yu Ke'er refused her father's proposal that she marry an inner disciple of Great Moon Palace, while he warned that the Cloud Sword Sect's coming upheaval threatened the Yu Family.
• Su Yu and Su Zhi left the auction early and returned to their courtyard, where Su Yu prepared to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.
• After reaching perfect quality with a batch of Kaiyuan Pills, Su Yu refined a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills and produced two fine-quality pills and two common-quality pills.
• Su Yu handed the pills to Su Zhi, who reacted with shock at the two fine-quality pills.

Su Yu refined fine grade Foundation Establishment Pills and helped Su Zhi arrange breakthroughs for Su Peng and Su Jingbang. While they attempted their breakthroughs, Su Yu completed his powerful Tier 2 Low-Grade Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast.

• Su Zhi saw that Su Yu had refined two fine grade and two common quality Foundation Establishment Pills, and warned him to keep his alchemy talent secret.
• Su Zhi insisted Su Yu reserve one fine grade pill for himself and arranged for Su Peng and Su Jingbang to come to Moon Worship Immortal City.
• Su Yu cultivated the Profound Nether Thick Earth Art and advanced it to the third layer of Qi Refining while perfecting two Earth attribute spells.
• Su Peng and Su Jingbang arrived, and Su Yu rented them Core Area Cave Dwellings so they could attempt Foundation Establishment breakthroughs.
• Su Yu returned to his courtyard and completed the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast, whose modified form carried a powerful aura.

Su Yu turned the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast into a Dao Body Puppet and considered how to fund his cultivation. He partnered with Yu Ke'er to open an Alchemy Pavilion in Moon Worship Immortal City, leaving her to arrange its location.

• Su Yu used the Golden Cicada Art to suppress the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast’s violent remnant aura and completed its transformation into a Dao Body Puppet.
• Concerned about his dwindling Spirit Stones and expenses, Su Yu considered selling a puppet or Foundation Establishment Pill and opening another Alchemy Pavilion.
• Su Yu invited Yu Ke'er over and proposed that they open an Alchemy Pavilion together in Moon Worship Immortal City.
• Yu Ke'er offered to take only ten percent and let Su Yu use her name, but Su Yu insisted on a seventy-thirty partnership.
• Yu Ke'er agreed and took responsibility for finding a storefront, while Su Yu resolved to focus on steady cultivation with the pavilion’s income.

Su Yu refused to return to the Su Family as Family Head and continued building his life in Moon Worship Immortal City. A mysterious seed grew into a Spirit Plant and bore a fruit that transformed his senses and greatly advanced his cultivation overnight.

• Su Zhi told Su Yu that Su Peng's breakthrough had failed while Su Jingbang had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and she tried to persuade Su Yu to become Family Head.
• Su Yu refused and suggested that Su Jingbang could lead the family instead; after returning to the courtyard, Su Peng raised the idea with Su Jingbang, who declined to discuss it.
• Su Peng and Su Jingbang left Moon Worship Immortal City to attend to the troubled family, while Su Yu reaffirmed that he would not return to take charge.
• At the Wutong Pill Pavilion, Su Yu nourished the seed with his mana until it grew into a Spirit Plant and produced a golden fruit, which he ate.
• By dawn, Su Yu's Golden Cicada Art had reached its second layer, his Azure Wood Age Wheel Art had reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and his Profound Nether Thick Earth Art had reached the sixth layer.

Su Yu reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining and cultivated the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art and Golden Cicada Art to improve his progress toward Foundation Establishment. At the Wutong Pill Pavilion, True Hall steward Hu Xiu arrived and invited Su Yu to join True Hall.

• Su Yu reviewed his cultivation progress and estimated that his lifespan and accelerated training would let him reach Foundation Establishment in a little over four years.
• Xu Desheng and Kang Yunian managed the Wutong Pill Pavilion while Su Yu refined pills and cultivated the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art and Crocodile Demon's 108 Forms Body Refining Technique.
• Su Yu noted that his Azure Wood Age Wheel Art proficiency had risen to 25.99% after cultivation.
• Hu Xiu visited the Wutong Pill Pavilion with a subordinate, and Su Yu recognized him as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Hu Xiu introduced himself as a True Hall steward and low-grade Rank 2 alchemist, then invited Su Yu to join True Hall.

Su Yu considered joining the True Hall as a supporter and spent months replenishing his stock of Rank 2 talismans. Yu Ke'er returned with news of an immortal-path ruin and asked him to prepare supplies, but the ruin's name startled him: the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins.

• Hu Xiu invited Su Yu to join the True Hall as a supporter, and Su Yu decided to observe its development while considering the benefits of joining.
• Su Yu checked his finances, sent the Dao Body Puppet to buy talisman materials, and spent the next half year drawing Rank 2 talismans.
• Yu Ke'er returned after half a year and told Su Yu she had broken through to Foundation Establishment Stage One.
• Yu Ke'er told Su Yu that an immortal-path ruin had appeared in Eight Demon Ridge and that the Yu Family needed pills and talismans for the situation.
• Su Yu examined the Yu Family's supply list and was shocked to learn that the ruin was the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins.

Su Yu learned that the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins at Eight Demon Ridge were connected to items he had once acquired, but he chose to remain in Moon Worship Immortal City and earn resources through alchemy. Four months later, Yu Qianqing brought news that Chen Sisi had died from injuries sustained at Eight Demon Ridge and delivered Chen Sisi’s Cosmos Bag with a request to look after the Chen Family.

• Su Yu connected the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins at Eight Demon Ridge to the map and Demon Path items once held by the Ghost Head Golden Condor.
• Yu Ke'er decided to handle her requested items month by month and shared her ambition to become a top-tier high-grade Rank 2 Tamed Beast master within twenty years.
• Su Yu accepted True Hall's tasks to refine three types of low-grade Rank 2 pills and arranged to fulfill the Yu Family's larger, year-long pill order.
• Su Yu stayed in Moon Worship Immortal City, focused on pill refinement and daily cultivation, and ignored the ruins.
• Yu Qianqing told Su Yu that Chen Sisi had died after being gravely injured at Eight Demon Ridge, then gave him Chen Sisi’s Cosmos Bag and her request that he look after the Chen Family.

Su Yu learned that Chen Sisi had died after being gravely wounded by Blood Saber Daoist Luo Bang in the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins, and discovered the Nascent Soul Puppet Bead she had left for him. He merged the bead with his Dao Body Puppet and planned to repay Chen Sisi’s request to look after the Chen Family.

• Yu Qianqing told Su Yu and Yu Ke'er that Chen Sisi had died after Luo Bang wounded her and demonic qi eroded her, and said Chen Sisi had been buried in the Su Family Azure Mountain Cemetery.
• Su Yu and Yu Ke'er decided to visit Chen Sisi's grave the next day, and Yu Ke'er left to arrange the Yu Family outpost.
• Su Yu opened Chen Sisi's Cosmos Bag and found her letter asking him to look after the Chen Family, along with a black-jade bead he recognized as a Nascent Soul Puppet Bead.
• Su Yu merged the Nascent Soul Puppet Bead with his Dao Body Puppet and found that the fusion worked smoothly, though the puppet would need nurturing and could suffer damage if it used the bead's full power.
• Su Yu regarded the bead as a major means of preserving his life and resolved to repay the debt he owed Chen Sisi.

Su Yu returned to Azure Mountain with Yu Ke'er and Yu Qianqing, paid respects at Chen Sisi's grave, and learned that Eight Demon Ridge had drawn powerful forces into a dangerous conflict. Worried that his connection to Chen Sisi could expose what he had gained from the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins, he left the next morning for Moon Worship Immortal City.

• Su Yu checked his magical artifacts, talismans, medicines, and poisons, then traveled with Yu Ke'er and Yu Qianqing to the Su Family on Rank 2 flying mounts.
• Su Yu startled the guards at Azure Mountain with the Two-Headed Blood Eagle, and his family celebrated the return of their Fifth Elder and a Rank 2 Tamed Beast.
• Su Yu, Yu Ke'er, and Yu Qianqing offered wine and offerings at Chen Sisi's grave, where Su Yu resolved to avenge her when he had the power.
• At a family banquet, Su Bin told Su Yu that Eight Demon Ridge had become dangerous and attracted powerful cultivators, including Demon Path experts from beyond Great Moon Prefecture.
• Su Yu left pills and talismans for the Su Family and hurried back to Moon Worship Immortal City with Yu Ke'er and Yu Qianqing.

After returning to Moon Worship Immortal City, Su Yu planned to cultivate toward Foundation Establishment and persuaded Yu Qianqing to join his Alchemy Pavilion. More than two months later, a battle between the Righteous Path and the Demon Path erupted at Eight Demon Ridge, while rising Spirit Field rents sparked a furious outburst from a nearby cultivator.

• The Su Family praised Su Yu’s rapid progress, established Clan Elders, and decided Su Jingbang would become the Second Ancestor while Su Rui'an was groomed to succeed Su Peng.
• On the Black Scale Eagle, Yu Ke'er asked Su Yu about Foundation Establishment, and Su Yu tried to recruit Yu Qianqing into his Alchemy Pavilion.
• Yu Qianqing agreed to leave Cloud Sword Sect and join Su Yu’s Alchemy Pavilion, despite her master being a powerful alchemist and Foundation Establishment elder.
• After returning to Moon Worship Immortal City, Su Yu resumed cultivation and filled the Yu Family’s orders at the Alchemy Pavilion.
• Yu Ke'er told Su Yu that righteous forces and Demon Path cultivators had fought at Eight Demon Ridge, leaving both sides grievously wounded after two Demon Path Core Formation cultivators appeared.
• A cultivator in the alley cursed the thirty-percent rent increase and threatened to sell his family members if their Spirit Field caused him to lose money.

Su Yu reflected on the rising costs and the war’s impact on Moon Worship Immortal City, then continued his work and cultivation. Yu Qianqing joined his alchemy pavilion, and Su Yu broke through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining with the Profound Nether Thick Earth Art.

• Su Yu saw Wang Hong drive Xue Yingxiang and her two daughters from their courtyard, then considered how rising rents and fees were hurting ordinary cultivators.
• Worried that Su Zhi might have been caught up in the fighting at Eight Demon Ridge, Su Yu sent a letter to the Cloud Sword Sect stronghold asking after her.
• Su Yu had his Dao Body Puppet devour ores to advance while he cultivated and accepted a True Hall task to refine five hundred low-grade Rank 2 pills.
• Yu Qianqing returned to Moon Worship Immortal City, joined Wutong Pill Pavilion, and became devoted to Su Yu after he refined five premium-quality Kaiyuan Pills in one batch.
• Five months later, Su Yu completed the seventh layer of the Profound Nether Thick Earth Art and advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining Realm.

Su Yu learned that the Demon Path war had badly weakened the Cloud Sword Sect, while the Great Moon Palace drove the invaders from Eight Demon Ridge and protected the region. After more than a year of turmoil, Su Yu’s Dao Body Puppet advanced to second-grade mid-grade.

• Su Yu reviewed his cultivation progress and planned to pursue Foundation Establishment and settle old scores with the Maple City Bai Family.
• Su Yu read Su Zhi’s letter about the Cloud Sword Sect’s heavy losses at Eight Demon Ridge and its withdrawal, and learned the sect suspected the Demon Path intended to invade through the Golden Jade Immortal Sect ruins.
• News of the war spread to Moon Worship Immortal City, prompting cultivators to stock up on supplies as prices rose and fear grew.
• Yu Ke'er told Su Yu that Dragon An Daoist had killed a Demon Path Golden Core cultivator and driven the remaining Demon Path and Bandit Cultivators from Eight Demon Ridge; she also reported that the Su Family was safe behind Azure Mountain’s defenses.
• Over the following year, Su Yu continued his work at the Alchemy Pavilion while the Great Moon Palace guarded the region and exploration of the ruins continued.
• Su Yu watched the Dao Body Puppet absorb Purple Gold Crystal Essence Stone and realized it had advanced to second-grade mid-grade.

Su Yu advanced the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast to mid-grade Rank 2, strengthening his defenses as he prepared for Foundation Establishment. After seeing the Moon Worship City Guards seize Wang Hong and drive his family from their home, Su Yu began considering an escape route from the city.

• Su Yu advanced the Dragon Crocodile Puppet Beast to mid-grade Rank 2 and tested its spikes, which withstood attacks from low- and mid-grade Magical Artifacts.
• Su Yu reviewed his cultivation progress, earnings, and plans to acquire High-grade Magical Artifacts for himself and the puppet.
• Moon Worship City Guards dragged Wang Hong from his home, confiscated his property, and expelled his wife and daughters under orders attributed to Xu Wansheng.
• Su Yu learned that Wang Hong had been seized for organizing Spirit Field cultivators to petition for lower rent.
• Su Yu reflected on the danger of living under True Lord Moon Worship's authority and decided to prepare a way out.

Su Yu took in Xue Yingxiang and her daughters after Wang Hong’s death, then continued cultivating and training Yu Qianqing. At True Hall, Xu Wansheng tried to recruit Su Yu into his service; after Su Yu refused, Xu cut off his access to True Hall’s tasks and resources while plotting to consolidate power.

• Xue Yingxiang begged Su Yu to shelter her and her daughters, and he brought them to the Alchemy Pavilion, where he arranged work and apprenticeships for them.
• Su Yu renamed the girls Xue Xiaoxi and Xue Xiaozi, and Xu Desheng and Kang Yunian agreed to take them as apprentices.
• Su Yu used his divine sense to temper Yu Qianqing’s and guided her alchemy while his own cultivation and technique proficiency continued to improve.
• True Hall steward Hu Xiu brought Su Yu to meet Xu Wansheng, who offered him a Foundation Establishment Pill and an alchemy inheritance if he joined his command.
• Su Yu declined Xu Wansheng’s offer, so Xu ordered Hu Xiu to give him no more tasks or exchanges unless he submitted to True Hall.
• Xu Wansheng reflected on his absent martial siblings and master, and decided that controlling True Hall was key to casting one of his rivals out of Moon Worship Immortal City.