Recaps

Jiang Che advanced in martial arts, secured income and protection, and traveled to Hengsha City to investigate his parents’ disappearance. After escaping Li Estate and returning safely, he moved Jiang Ling into a spacious new home while the mystery of their parents remained unresolved.

• Jiang Che used Flow State to improve his fist technique, broke through to the Blood-Qi Realm, and became an official disciple of White Cloud Martial Arts Hall.
• Jiang Che arranged for Jiang Ling to stay at the Martial Arts Hall, joined the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, and prepared poisoned armor, a Hand Spike, and quicklime for the journey.
• Jiang Che killed a Stone Skin Realm Black Beast during the escort run and secured its valuable Black Crystal.
• In Hengsha City, Jiang Che investigated Li Estate for news of his missing parents but fled when Omen warned him of danger.
• Jiang Che killed the pursuing servant by luring him into an abandoned well, while Li Estate mistakenly suspected the Seven Star Gang had taken him.
• Jiang Che returned with Sun Yong’s convoy and exchanged the Black Crystal for Gold Leaf and silver.
• Jiang Che bought a courtyard house in East District and moved there with Jiang Ling, using part of his remaining money to furnish it and set up training equipment.

Jiang Che advanced his martial arts, earned a place with the Shao Family, and used calligraphy to gain access to Mystic Pavilion's secret market. He arrived at the market and discovered a Black Beast cub in a cage.

• Jiang Che reached the Entry Realm in Flying Swallow Steps, continued training, and learned that Layered Cloud Fist required Stone Skin Realm Qi-Blood to advance.
• After reaching Hengsha City, Jiang Che trained Body Tempering, helped capture the Flower-Plucking Thief, and earned a Qi-Replenishing Pill and a position as a Shao Family guest retainer.
• Jiang Che refined the pill and strengthened his Qi-Blood while Gong Yulei advanced to Stone Skin and grew increasingly hostile toward him.
• At Shao Shiliu's father's birthday celebration, Jiang Che met Shao Jianbo and later discovered that the Shao Estate's dried insects replenished Qi-Blood as effectively as Exotic Beast Meat.
• Jiang Che completed Body Tempering, unlocked Rejuvenation, and found that his wounds healed rapidly as his strength and Qi-Blood continued to rise.
• Jiang Che studied genuine calligraphy at the Shao Estate, sold copybooks to Shao Jianbo, and advanced his Calligraphy to Major Accomplishment.
• Shao Jianbo gave Jiang Che a membership mask and explained Mystic Pavilion's secret trading market.
• Jiang Che entered Xuanji Secret Market and found a Black Beast cub in an iron cage.

Jiang Che killed the Blood Beast and gained the Heart of the Black Abyss, while concealing its dangerous power and building ties with the Seven Star Gang and Hundred Herb Hall. He joined a Black Beast hunt, where his warning was ignored and he transformed to rescue the disciples abandoned by Xiong Hui.

• Jiang Che bought martial arts manuals, perfected Mountain-Colliding Force and Iron Wood Body, and helped Liu Hai lure and kill the Blood Beast.
• The Blood Beast’s flesh entered Jiang Che, but the Proficiency Panel repelled the Evil God’s will and left him with the Heart of the Black Abyss and its Black Abyss Form.
• Jiang Che accepted a Seven Star Gang affiliate position, received rewards from the Yamen, and secured support from White Cloud Martial Hall and Hundred Herb Hall.
• Jiang Che continued training, perfected Iron Elephant Stance and Wave-Skimming Step, and remained suspicious of the official account of the Li Estate and his parents’ disappearance.
• Jiang Che joined Luo Kun’s Black Beast hunt and was named captain, but Xiong Hui challenged his authority and led most of the hunters down the dangerous path.
• Jiang Che guided Yin Yingying and two rejected disciples through the forest, protected them from Black-Toothed Pigs, and grew stronger by absorbing a Black Crystal.
• Xiong Hui abandoned his companions when Black-Toothed Pigs surrounded them, leaving the Martial Arts Hall disciples in grave danger.
• Jiang Che transformed into the Black-Armored Giant, drew the beasts away, and rescued the disciples before returning to normal and collecting Black Crystals and beast ears.

Jiang Che grew stronger through hunting, training, and battles with the Blood Spirit Cult, then uncovered the remains of its failed ritual beneath Li Estate. He left Hengsha City still searching for what had happened to his missing parents.

• Jiang Che killed Li Jishi after learning the cultist had helped build an altar, then found a map and a Sacrificial Envoy token among his belongings.
• Jiang Che survived the Blood Spirit Cult’s ambush with Li Rushan, joined the Seven Star Gang, and trained with Zhang Jinghuai while investigating Li Estate.
• Jiang Che acquired the Kunji Blade, hunted Black Beasts with Qin Yue, and advanced his martial arts and cultivation.
• Jiang Che killed bandits on Moon Gazing Mountain and defeated the Corpse Field Twin Farmers while protecting the Zhang Family’s shipment.
• Jiang Che reached the Iron Skin Realm and killed Red Tiger and Lotus, then entered the martial arts exchange and defeated Niu Yan before drawing with Cao Tieliu.
• Jiang Che memorized the White Cloud Martial Hall’s Fundamental Diagram, while the Sacrificial Chancellor resolved to reclaim the Black Abyss Flesh and attempt the summoning again.
• Jiang Che returned to Hengsha City, found Li Estate burned, and discovered an underground prison containing a dead Blood Beast and hundreds of bound corpses.
• Jiang Che learned that the Blood Spirit Cult’s ritual had failed and that his parents were absent from the city-entry records, leaving him uncertain where they had gone.