Recaps

Shen Le searched with the Special Affairs Bureau for an ancient porcelain kiln connected to a strange incident targeting twins, and discovered that the kiln’s resentment likely came from discarded porcelain. After locating several buried kiln sites, he identified the third as the source and ordered everyone else to fall back.

• Shen Le and Gu Yulin reviewed local reports and learned that strange figures confronted twins at night, sometimes causing one twin to shatter into pieces.
• Shen Le called Mr. Zhao, who explained that the incident likely came from an immature Porcelain Demon or a ruined kiln burdened by the resentment of porcelain pieces smashed as surplus.
• Shen Le sensed buried kiln remains and porcelain shards beneath the hills, then mapped five abandoned kiln sites for the Special Affairs Bureau team.
• The team excavated the first two sites and found only ordinary kiln ruins and discarded shards.
• At the third site, a cold, sorrowful aura emerged from the fill, the excavator began malfunctioning, and Shen Le told the non-professionals to retreat.

Shen Le uncovered and restored a broken bluish-white porcelain vase whose spirit was distressed by being one of two identical creations. After the vase agreed to help him, it sensed the origin of another artifact and pointed Shen Le toward the final, unexcavated kiln site.

• Shen Le sensed a disturbed spirit beneath the excavation site and guided the trapped excavator to safety before digging up the porcelain shards.
• Shen Le discovered that the shards belonged to a vase haunted by the belief that only one of two identical vases could survive, and he calmed it by promising to restore it.
• Shen Le cleaned and reassembled the vase beneath a black tarp, working through half a day and a full night until it was whole again.
• A local Special Affairs Bureau agent measured the restored vase and determined that it could be registered and placed under the Bureau's care.
• Shen Le asked the vase to locate the kiln where another pottery-house artifact had been fired, and it identified the last unexcavated kiln site.

Shen Le rebuilt and fired the ancient porcelain kiln, then used it to restore the Pottery House from its fragments and fresh porcelain clay. As he held the completed miniature, it carried him away into another unknown memory.

• Shen Le used his powers to sift and knead the earth, fire bricks, and construct the ancient porcelain kiln while Gu Yulin coordinated with local authorities.
• Shen Le plastered the kiln with mud and fired it until its structure and ancient aura became whole.
• Shen Le placed the Pottery House fragments inside the kiln and added carefully prepared porcelain clay to fill their gaps.
• Shen Le fired the reconstructed Pottery House until it became a complete, fist-sized artifact with a faint spiritual glow.
• The Pottery House trembled and swept Shen Le away toward an unknown place.

Shen Le watched the Shen Family flee the Sun En and Lu Xun rebellion without being able to intervene. After they evacuated to Jin'an Commandery and rebuilt their lives, Lu Xun’s renewed campaign devastated their settlement, forcing the survivors to escape toward Yizhou.

• The Shen Family elders debated whether to support the government or the Way of Five Pecks of Rice, then chose to abandon Kuaiji and evacuate rather than risk choosing a losing side.
• The family used its fleet to move its clansmen and many tenant farmers to Jin'an Commandery while Sun En’s forces were advancing.
• The Shen Family struggled to establish new estates in the Min Region, suffering casualties and hardship as they competed with local groups for land and resources.
• After several years of uneasy stability, Lu Xun’s forces swept south and destroyed the family’s rebuilt holdings.
• Shen Jiong led the surviving thousand or so clansmen onto their remaining ships and fled toward Yizhou.

After the Shen Family struggled to establish itself in Yizhou, Shen Jiong died longing for his homeland, and Shen Hong sailed north to commission a pottery replica of the ancestral home for his grave. Shen Le watched the family’s descendants disperse and assimilate over generations before a flood shattered the pottery house, leaving the clan’s spirits to urge them to grow strong and return home.

• The Shen Family endured disease, native attacks, typhoons, and heavy losses before building a fortified settlement and securing enough farmland to survive in Yizhou.
• Shen Jiong died after asking to be buried facing northwest with a pottery replica of the Old Mansion, and Shen Hong volunteered to seek craftsmen in the north.
• Shen Hong sailed to a former Shen Family kiln site and worked with its master craftsmen to fire a detailed pottery house based on the family’s records.
• Shen Hong returned to Yizhou with the pottery house, which the clan buried with Shen Jiong as a symbol of their homeland.
• Over generations, disease, conflict, migration, and assimilation weakened the Shen Family’s traditions and scattered its descendants.
• A flood exposed Shen Jiong’s grave and shattered the pottery house, while the spirits called for the family to grow stronger and return to its ancestral land.

Shen Le restored the Pottery House, whose spiritual power had gathered and soothed the spirits of the Shen family's ancestors. After it awakened as an Artifact Spirit, Shen Zi, Shen Le learned that it could guide the dead toward home, while the Special Affairs Bureau began examining its abilities.

• Shen Le watched the Pottery House's memories and saw how it had preserved the Shen family's hopes and the spirits of their ancestors through generations of hardship.
• The Pottery House released starlight that circled Shen Le before sinking into the earth, and it began drawing in other nearby points of light.
• Shen Le named the newly awakened Artifact Spirit Shen Zi, explaining that it took the surname of its former owner, while the other Artifact Spirits in his mind argued over surnames.
• Shen Zi told Shen Le it could gather and soothe the dead, though it did not know the range of its ability.
• Shen Le took Shen Zi to the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau for examinations and persuaded a museum expert not to exhibit it.
• Special Affairs Bureau researchers tested Shen Zi with instruments and offerings, and Shen Le asked them to remove the incense and food while he investigated its abilities.

Shen Le helped the Special Affairs Bureau investigate A-Zi’s ability to guide spirits while researchers tested the Pottery House for several days. The chapter left Shen Le and A-Zi at Imperially Bestowed Reverence Hall as a field test began to measure the ability’s range.

• Shen Le told the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau that A-Zi did not understand its own powers, and experts arrived to study whether they could reproduce them.
• Lin Su’s team tested coupling gels on the Pottery House, and A-Zi accepted the third gel and agreed to cooperate as long as Shen Le stayed nearby.
• Several research teams examined the Pottery House over three days, keeping Shen Le with it around the clock.
• The Bureau sent Shen Le and A-Zi to Imperially Bestowed Reverence Hall because Zhuxi Town and Shanghai’s crowded landmarks were unsuitable for testing the ability’s range.
• A-Zi began attracting spirits during the field test, and the Bureau recorded signals at measurement points from one hundred meters to one kilometer.

Shen Le helped Azi guide the lingering dead toward the Earth God Hall and worked with the Special Affairs Bureau to map the Pottery House’s Talisman patterns. Exhausted by the researchers’ nonstop work, he proposed letting the Silk Skirts help, but their appearance frightened the team.

• Shen Le poured energy into Azi as it summoned the lingering dead across the surrounding area, and Taoists from Imperially Bestowed Reverence Hall carried gathered phosphorescence to the Earth God Hall.
• After resting, Shen Le used his psychic perception and Azi’s feedback to draw its Talisman patterns, then enlisted researchers to help record them.
• Shen Le compared the researchers’ scans with Azi’s patterns and spent the day correcting diagrams and imprinting runes onto Talisman paper.
• When the researchers urged him to keep working through the night, the Silk Skirts offered to take shifts and help draw.
• Shen Le asked the researchers to let an Artifact Spirit handle the translation and typing, but they screamed when they saw Sadako.

Shen Le and Mr. Zhao worked to fire a Pottery House Magic Artifact, revising their methods after two failed attempts before successfully imbuing it with the intent of home. The artifact was ready for testing, but Shen Le turned to the next challenge: automating production and making a smaller version.

• Shen Le negotiated with Mr. Zhao to help fire porcelain and began testing spirit-fire methods while Mr. Zhao oversaw work on the Pottery House.
• The first Pottery House firing produced a deep crack, so Shen Le and Mr. Zhao revised the clay formula and internal Talisman circuits.
• The second firing produced an intact Pottery House, but its spiritual pathways remained inactive, leading Shen Le to realize it needed a core intention.
• Shen Le imbued the third blank with memories and intentions of home, and he and Mr. Zhao successfully fired a Pottery House with a warm, peaceful aura.
• Shen Le called for testing, then insisted they build an automated artifact-blank production line and asked Azi to find a way to make the Pottery House smaller.

Shen Le and Mr. Zhao developed miniature Pottery Houses and established a nationwide network of large and small nodes to guide wandering spirit entities home. Once the network was completed, the Bronze Tripod began restoring itself and a barrier rose from deep within the land, leaving Shen Le to realize the nodes could help protect Huaxia as spiritual energy surged.

• Shen Le and Mr. Zhao designed and mass-produced miniature Pottery Houses, and Azi offered to awaken them.
• Shen Le personally fired nine large Pottery Houses, while the Special Affairs Bureau distributed them and nine hundred small ones across nine cities.
• After the network was installed, Shen Le sensed a chime and saw the Bronze Tripod extend its lower body like roots into the earth.
• Shen Le felt the barrier of heaven and earth rise from below and saw the Pottery House nodes resonate with the tripod.
• The network sent out a gentle call that drew wandering spirit entities toward the Pottery Houses and guided them home.

Shen Le rushed from Jingdezhen to Poyang Lake after a surge in spiritual energy shook the Secret Realm and the Dragon Lord summoned him. At the Dragon Palace, he learned that Pengli Marsh was beginning to return and agreed to try repairing the spirit vessel the Dragon Lord needed to cross the barrier and mend its rift.

• Shen Le felt spiritual energy ripple violently around Jingdezhen, and Mr. Zhao sensed that an immensely powerful expert was nearby.
• The landlady of Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant told Shen Le that the Dragon Lord was looking for him, so he hurried to Poyang Lake.
• A black carp escort led Shen Le through the lake to the Dragon Palace, where Qing Li brought him to the Dragon Lord.
• The Dragon Lord showed Shen Le a jade model in which water was overflowing around Poyang Lake and explained that Pengli Marsh was beginning to return.
• The Dragon Lord said he needed to cross the barrier and repair its rift, then asked whether Shen Le could repair the spirit vessel; Shen Le agreed to try.

Shen Le inspected the Dragon Lord’s damaged wooden ship and discovered that his spiritual power could reveal and manipulate its intricate formations. He agreed to repair as much of it as he could and chose to stay in the Dragon Palace, where the Dragon Lord could provide materials and supplies.

• The Dragon Lord explained that the wooden ship had been made from Building Tree branches, copper from Mount Shou, jade from Kun Mountain, rosy light, and primordial magnetism, and offered Shen Le the materials he needed.
• The Dragon Lord enlarged the ship inside the jade basin, and Qing Li’s water bridge helped Shen Le reach its deck.
• Under the ship’s pressure, Shen Le’s figure of light became complete, allowing him to see the ship’s formations and inspect its cracks, broken nodes, and damaged woven barrier.
• Shen Le concluded that he could repair some of the ship but needed Building Tree branches and materials to encourage growth.
• The Dragon Lord offered Shen Le access to the Dragon Palace’s resources, and Qing Li noted that the palace had phones and internet.
• Shen Le decided to stay in the Dragon Palace and repair the ship to the limit of his ability.

Shen Le settled into the Dragon Palace and began studying the damaged magical vessel, modeling its Formation nodes and experimenting with materials and techniques. After finding a way to weave rosy light with primordial magnetism, he tried to grow a Great Chun branch and was left weak and drenched in cold sweat when it reacted.

• Qing Li showed Shen Le his luxurious, sunlit quarters and a fully equipped workshop beside the vessel, then reminded him not to rush because the Dragon Lord could keep the lakebed suppressed for decades.
• Shen Le released the Silk Skirts to prepare the rooms and spent three days modeling the vessel’s hull, Formation nodes, and Talismans before asking Qing Li about replacing roughly thirty nodes.
• Qing Li found no Dragon Palace artifact-forging masters, so Shen Le sent his plans to the Special Affairs Bureau, whose experts estimated that an imitation could take six months to a year.
• Shen Le struggled to weave rosy light and primordial magnetism until he abandoned the introductory methods, used his spiritual energy to form a loom, and successfully wove the two threads together.
• Shen Le planted a Great Chun branch fragment in a jade basin and used growth Talismans, but when the branch reacted, his light-form scattered and he nearly collapsed.

Shen Le developed a growth-accelerating talisman and helped the Dragon Palace regrow material for repairing the damaged dharma vessel, while the Special Affairs Bureau arranged for new Formation node bases. After resting, he returned to inspect the vessel’s two great fissures and found their damage difficult to address.

• Shen Le carved growth-accelerating talismans into immortal jade after Qing Li supplied a stronger spirit-gathering Formation and materials.
• Shen Le and Qing Li used layered Formations to grow a Great Chun Tree fragment and a Building Tree fragment, and Dragon Palace retainers began using talismans to repair minor damage on the dharma vessel.
• Shen Le repaired most of the vessel’s damaged dawn-glow and primordial-magnetic barrier but could not repair the Formation nodes himself.
• Qing Li told Shen Le that the first batch of Formation node bases had been made with help from the Special Affairs Bureau and was being inscribed.
• Shen Le examined the vessel’s two huge fissures and sensed that repairing them would be difficult.

Shen Le tried to identify the Dragon Lord’s marked locations so he could find a spirit artifact to help control the golden light threatening Poyang Lake. After his Scroll and Compass failed to interpret the ancient painting, the authorities supplied coordinates, and Gu Yulin insisted on accompanying him to investigate.

• Shen Le endured repeated contact with the golden light and sensed its fierce, self-sacrificing nature, then asked Qing Li to consult the Dragon Lord about finding a compatible spirit artifact.
• The Dragon Lord gave Shen Le an ancient landscape painting marked with possible locations and said it might guide him toward a spirit artifact.
• Shen Le returned to shore, checked the expanding Pottery Houses and underground heaven-and-earth barrier, and traveled home through the earth veins.
• Shen Le failed to match the painting to modern maps, so he summoned Cloud Kun and asked the Scroll, Compass, and Copper Fragment to locate its marked places, but they could not understand it.
• Shen Le sent the images and background to Gu Yulin, who secured official help; less than a week later, the authorities provided coordinates and travel plans for the locations.
• Gu Yulin refused to let Shen Le investigate alone and insisted on accompanying him, fearing that heads would appear from the ground at tourist attractions.

Shen Le traced the chilling presence beneath Tiger Hill Sword Pool to King Helu of Wu’s sealed tomb, repaired a flaw in its magical barrier, and entered to find an ancient dagger linked to Dragon Lord’s vessel. When he touched the dagger, a blade appeared in his sea of consciousness and struck toward his chest.

• Shen Le sensed a cold presence beneath Tiger Hill Sword Pool but waited until night because tourists crowded the site.
• Shen Le’s spiritual power encountered a powerful defense, and he discovered that mercury was repairing a flaw in the tomb’s barrier.
• Shen Le entered the tomb wearing a sealed protective suit and carefully passed preserved murals, warrior figurines, ritual vessels, jade, and weapons without disturbing them.
• Shen Le found a compact dagger in a lacquered box beside the coffin and recognized its aura as akin to the golden light from Dragon Lord’s magical vessel.
• Shen Le touched the dagger, and a sharp blade appeared in his sea of consciousness and stabbed toward his chest.

Shen Le explored King Helu of Wu’s tomb, preserved its layout for the authorities, and chose not to disturb the intact Fish Intestine Sword. After searching for ancient artifacts tied to the Dragon Lord’s ship, he followed a lead into a cave on Yunmeng Mountain and unearthed a block of earth containing something buried within.

• Shen Le witnessed the memory of Zhuan Zhu assassinating King Liao of Wu and examined the Fish Intestine Sword in King Helu’s tomb.
• Shen Le strengthened the earth around Tiger Hill, recorded the tomb’s barrier and contents, and sent the information to Gu Yulin instead of excavating the tomb.
• Shen Le and Gu Yulin searched several locations for ancient artifacts but found no trace of the assassins’ tombs, remains, or weapons.
• Shen Le followed the final lead to Yunmeng Mountain and searched its remote valleys and caves with Gu Yulin.
• Shen Le entered a secluded karst cave, followed the glowing scroll to a dry layer of earth, and raised a buried block containing its contents.

Shen Le carefully excavated and opened an ancient, sealed object, discovering a brilliantly preserved lacquer box and several fragile artifacts inside. The chapter ended with him sensing powerful metal energy beneath the box’s silk painting, mats, and mud-gold boards, leaving him unsure what he had unearthed.

• Shen Le sealed a waterlogged clod in a Storage Box, then contained the golden light that burst from it with immortal jade and a new formation.
• Shen Le drained and examined the water and soil, recognizing the protective clay as green paste mud used in ancient tombs and other important sites.
• Shen Le uncovered an intact vermilion-and-black lacquer box, turned off the lights, and carefully moved it into a supported Storage Box.
• Shen Le cleaned the lacquer box’s lock and opened it, revealing a vivid silk painting, rolled mats, and hard mud-gold boards.
• Shen Le sensed a powerful, familiar metal aura at the center of the mud-gold boards and wondered what he had dug up.

Shen Le uncovered a fragile lacquered box of ancient artifacts infused with dangerous golden energy and summoned archaeological experts and the Special Affairs Bureau for help. After the specialists arrived to inspect the finds, Professor Han scolded him for excavating and opening them without proper authorization.

• Shen Le found waterlogged silk manuscripts and bamboo slips, gold-painted boards, and a pottery jar containing damaged objects surrounded by fierce golden light.
• Worried he would ruin the fragile artifacts, Shen Le secured them in stable storage and called Professor Han for help.
• Professor Han asked Shen Le to send photographs and video, so he used laboratory footage and sent the materials to her and Gu Yulin.
• The Special Affairs Bureau cordoned off the cave, and Professor Han arrived with B University restoration and archaeology specialists to inspect the artifacts.
• Professor Han reprimanded Shen Le for digging up and opening the ancient find before contacting experts, while Shen Le insisted he had discovered it accidentally and that it was a supernatural artifact.

Shen Le began organizing the restoration of the mysterious artifacts, but his need for practice materials stalled the work. After asking his contacts for help, he received an invitation from the Dragon Palace.

• Shen Le's advisor, Professor Han, scolded him after the Special Affairs Bureau showed professors the artifacts' dangerous golden energy and laboratory footage.
• The archaeology department director examined Shen Le's cave excavation site, collected samples, and ordered Shen Le to leave the investigation to the team.
• Professor Han presented a restoration schedule that could take at least half a year, and Shen Le offered to fund equipment and protective talismans so other students could handle bacterial cultures.
• Shen Le moved his laboratory to campus, but the professors refused to let him practice lifting precious waterlogged bamboo slips without first proving he could do it safely.
• Shen Le asked Old You, the Landlady, and Qing Li to find practice materials, and the next day the Dragon Palace summoned him.

Shen Le searched the Dragon Palace for waterlogged bamboo so he could practice salvaging fragile bamboo slips, and brought back enough material to astonish the professors. Professor Hu began training him to handle waterlogged bamboo, ending by ordering him to pick up cooked noodles one strand at a time.

• Shen Le asked the Dragon Palace for ordinary waterlogged bamboo, and Qing Li sent its creatures to search the lakebed and demon lairs.
• Shen Le found huge piles of submerged bamboo furniture and moso bamboo, then used Zhong Xiaomei to bring them to campus for the professors.
• Professor Hu started preparing a bamboo stalk for practice, but the silk skirts startled him before they lifted and sectioned the bamboo into nitrogen-filled Storage Boxes.
• Shen Le felt the bamboo's softness and sticky microbial film while Professor Hu tested his knowledge and showed him how to support the material without clamping it.
• Professor Hu made Shen Le practice picking up cooked noodles one strand at a time without breaking them.

Shen Le trained to handle fragile, waterlogged bamboo slips, progressing from lifting noodles and Wensi tofu with tongs to manipulating them gently with mental power. After he learned to dismantle a bamboo chair without breaking it, Professor Hu approved him to recover the bamboo slips.

• Professor Hu made Shen Le practice lifting increasingly fragile noodles and noodle paste with special tongs, and Shen Le steadily improved by using his mental power to guide them.
• Shen Le asked the landlady of Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant for help, and she sent Brother Knife, a sentient kitchen knife who swiftly prepared fine Wensi tofu for practice.
• Shen Le practiced lifting Wensi tofu until he could handle each strand, then switched from tongs to mental power and learned to lift the tofu without breaking it.
• Professor Hu tested Shen Le on waterlogged bamboo strips, and Shen Le lifted and arranged them intact while preserving their slippery coating.
• Shen Le dismantled a damaged bamboo chair with mental power, breaking some pieces at first but eventually separating every component without damage.
• Professor Hu approved Shen Le to recover the bamboo slips.

Shen Le used Professor Hu's research to identify and magically remove harmful bacteria from the waterlogged bamboo slips, then struggled with their delicate preservation. He discovered that a Growth spell could restore a practice strip to fresh bamboo, leaving him eager to apply the method to the real slips.

• Professor Hu gave Shen Le research findings showing which bacteria threatened the bamboo slips and which sterilizing agents were safe, but Shen Le tried Cleansing Spells instead and accidentally removed material that supported the slips' structure.
• Professor Hu explained the damage and guided Shen Le through scientific tests and infrared photography, while Shen Le practiced carefully cleaning the slips.
• Shen Le used bacterial identification data to cast targeted Cleansing Spells, and Professor Hu's students confirmed that the spells eliminated specific bacteria before helping him process the full batch.
• Shen Le struggled to attach thin glass strips to fragile bamboo for freeze-drying and ruined fifty practice strips.
• Shen Le cast a Growth spell on a practice strip, restoring it to fresh, strong bamboo and showing him a possible way to handle the fragile slips.

Shen Le restored waterlogged bamboo slips from the Dragon Palace by growing the bamboo back to life, then learned from Professor Hu how to dry and preserve them without damaging their writing. After extensive practice, Shen Le successfully dehydrated a restored slip with precise magical control.

• Shen Le showed Professor Hu a living bamboo strip he had revived from an ancient, waterlogged bamboo slip, and Professor Hu worried that it would no longer look like a cultural relic.
• Professor Hu accepted that preservation mattered more than exhibition or publication and agreed to teach Shen Le how to dehydrate the slips properly.
• Shen Le practiced making bamboo slips from scratch, learning how bamboo split, dried, and responded to careful handling.
• Shen Le used the Cleaning Spell and Growth Spell on Dragon Palace bamboo slips, repeatedly refining his magic to preserve their ink and cinnabar marks.
• After ruining many samples while practicing dehydration, Shen Le used controlled fire- and water-element magic to dry a restored bamboo slip without warping it or damaging its writing.

Shen Le restored a bundle of bamboo slips that revealed a lost original of Guiguzi’s “Di Xi” chapter, and Professor Hu reassured him that the restoration’s evidence was sufficient. As Shen Le continued restoring the collection, he found Qin Wuyang’s name among records of people who had entered and left a mountain, inspiring him to finish the slips and uncover their secret.

• Shen Le’s spell-based bamboo-slip restoration drew scholars’ attention, while he declined the school’s offers of student assistants and continued working with the Silk Skirts.
• After Shen Le restored a bundle, a Silk Skirt recognized its text as the long-lost original of Guiguzi’s “Di Xi” chapter.
• Professor Hu explained that infrared photographs, carbon traces, and operation videos could establish the slips’ authenticity, and he told Shen Le to continue restoring them.
• Shen Le restored and displayed nine scrolls of Guiguzi, while visiting teachers examined them through glass and urged him to work faster.
• While sorting and restoring more slips, Shen Le read records of obscure people who entered and left a mountain, including an account of Qin Wuyang joining the attempt to assassinate the King of Qin.
• Shen Le sensed spiritual energy and golden aura in the collection and resolved to restore every slip, hoping they would reveal scenes from the past.