Recaps

He Song avoided a confrontation with a demonic Golden Core cultivator, then acquired a Golden Core and the Lunar Yin Puppet Art to begin refining a puppet of his own. He returned to Luofeng Prefecture and entered seclusion when growing interest in him threatened to draw scrutiny.

• He Song discovered that the Golden Core creature was an uncontrolled puppet, then watched it leave before investigating the formation that had refined it.
• He Song learned that the puppet had killed Gray Eagle True Lord and inferred that its master was a powerful demonic Golden Core cultivator, confirming his choice not to claim it.
• He Song modified the puppet-refining formation, searched for Yin-rich sites, and traveled to Yan Yun Prefecture for the Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction.
• He Song outbid a Golden Core True Lord for the Lunar Yin Puppet Art and bought a late Golden Core from the auction with pills and talismans.
• He Song obtained the Yin-Gathering Array, mastered it alongside the Lunar Yin Puppet Art, and bought the materials he needed under the alias Purple Sun True Lord.
• He Song refined a puppet body, placed the Golden Core inside it, and arranged the Complete Spirit Gathering Array, Yin-Yang Life-Generating Array, and Yin-Gathering Array to nurture it.
• He Song returned to Luofeng Prefecture as Feiyu True Person, opened hidden medicinal gardens, and resumed his quiet routine as more cultivators sought his friendship.
• He Song learned that Green Edge True Person and others were praising him, grew wary of the attention, and entered seclusion until the interest in him faded.

He Song emerged from seclusion to attend an auction, where he bought a cultivator’s Golden Core and a body-refinement method, then survived the violence that followed. He returned to cultivation, refined a Lunar Yin Puppet, and later learned of his friends’ advances while continuing to avoid entanglement in outside affairs.

• After twenty years of seclusion, He Song learned that a semi-finished Golden Core puppet would be auctioned in Yan Yun Prefecture and traveled there in disguise.
• He Song met Xiao Qing at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, gave her a Golden-Armored Guard, and arranged for her to send him news of local developments.
• He Song spent 170,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones on a cultivator’s Golden Core and bought a Golden Core body-refinement method, while Xiao Qing obtained the Water Spiritual Essence refining secret art for him.
• After the auction, He Song stayed hidden as four Golden Core True Lords and two spirit beasts fought over the puppet and killed Icecloud True Lord.
• He Song relocated to Golden Snake Sect territory, refined a Lunar Yin Puppet around the purchased Golden Core, and later cultivated for more than twenty years while strengthening his body and rebuilding his Spirit Stone reserves.
• He Song investigated an abnormal disturbance near the array holding his first Lunar Yin Puppet as cave dwellings and treasure hunters made the region increasingly dangerous.
• An Ning told He Song she had reached the Golden Core Realm and offered to help him advance, but he revealed that he had become Golden Core long ago.
• Meng Guan became the One Yang Sect’s sole true disciple after proving himself, while He Song refused Wei Fan’s repeated invitations to join the sect.

He Song completed two more Golden Core puppets, killed Cloud-Treading True Lord and erased the Wu Family, then strengthened his techniques and equipment while seeking a way past his cultivation bottleneck. A visit to True Monarch Luo Jing revealed that the stone sphere he had found was an Earth Vein Pearl, and she offered to help him choose a secret art for refining a natal magic treasure.

• He Song finished the Lunar Yin Puppet, named it Clear Wind, and used it to test its strength against Cloud-Treading True Lord.
• He Song lured Cloud-Treading True Lord into the valley, overwhelmed him with his formations and talismans, and killed him after learning that his Golden Core could be refined into another puppet.
• He Song discovered the Wu Family’s ties to Cloud-Treading True Lord and wiped out the family, then killed an old cultivator who came searching for survivors.
• He Song refined Cloud-Treading True Lord’s Golden Core into a third Lunar Yin Puppet and returned to seclusion, but his attempts to break through to late Golden Core repeatedly failed.
• He Song improved his secret techniques, restored his talismans, strengthened Clear Wind, forged defensive armor, and decided to seek a breakthrough resource while remaining cautious.
• He Song traveled with Yu'er to auctions in search of a breakthrough treasure, found nothing, and waited for his second puppet to finish forming before naming it Mingyue.
• He Song visited True Monarch Luo Jing, who identified his stone sphere as an Earth Vein Pearl and explained that refining it into a natal magic treasure required a secret art.
• He Song chose to keep the Earth Vein Pearl secret and asked whether the Treasure Gathering Pavilion sold the necessary secret arts, and True Monarch Luo Jing offered him his choice.

He Song joined the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and One Yang Sect as a guest elder while gathering ingredients for a breakthrough pill and preparing for a possible war. He advanced to the late Golden Core stage, refined the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl as his natal treasure, and traveled to the One Yang Sect for Meng Guan’s celebration.

• True Monarch Luo Jing sold He Song the Earth Vein Pearl refinement method and recruited him as a Treasure Gathering Pavilion guest elder, while He Song refused any soul lamp or binding secret arts.
• He Song joined the Pavilion and later accepted a One Yang Sect guest elder position through Meng Guan, gaining access to both organizations’ treasuries as war loomed.
• He Song, Meng Guan, and Wei Fan worked together to gather ingredients for Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pills, and True Monarch Luo Jing supplied He Song with additional herbs.
• He Song spent years cultivating and refining the pill ingredients, then produced three flawless Eight Treasures Breaking Wall Pills and kept two for himself.
• He Song consumed a pill, broke through to the late Golden Core stage, and stabilized his cultivation before beginning the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl refinement.
• He Song fused the Earth Vein Pearl with auxiliary materials and his essence blood, refined it as his natal treasure, and spent several months attuning it.
• True Monarch Luo Jing told He Song that Meng Guan had reached Golden Core Great Perfection and that the war had not begun, so He Song decided to attend the One Yang Sect gathering.
• He Song tested the Earth Vein Spirit Pearl, concealed his cultivation at the middle Golden Core stage, and traveled to the One Yang Sect, where Meng Guan and Wei Fan welcomed him.