Recaps

Li Yuan used the Equipment Panel to strengthen his cultivation and body while rising to Deputy Captain and helping investigate threats around Qinghe Market. As demonic beast attacks and bandit activity worsened, he joined continuous outer patrols at the South Outpost.

• Li Yuan gained Spirit Qi Filtration from a Low-Grade Spirit Stone, learned the Cleaning Spell, and permanently unlocked Clean Physique and a second Equipment Slot.
• Li Yuan bought and practiced the Iron Ox Technique, broke through to Qi Refining, Fourth Layer, and became a Patrol Squad Deputy Captain.
• Li Yuan warned Wang De about Zhao Wu’s suspicious behavior, and Zhao Wu fled before the guards could question him.
• Li Yuan learned Nurturing Origin Technique and permanently unlocked Five Grains Nourishing Qi from White Jade Rice, while advancing his Iron Ox training.
• Li Yuan led searches for a demonic beast near the Spirit Field District, then helped locate and kill it and received a share of its materials and a mission reward.
• Wang De reported increasingly frequent demonic beast sightings and canceled Li Yuan’s outer patrols after an Upper First-Order beast killed two Guard Squad members and injured their captain.
• Li Yuan bought Fiend Essence Pills to accelerate his cultivation and began using them while Viscera Strengthening and Spirit Qi Filtration helped him withstand their harmful Fiend Qi.
• Wang De assigned Li Yuan to continuous outer patrols, and Li Yuan traveled with Xu Mao, Lin Xiaowu, and He Shou to the South Outpost before cultivating with a Fiend Essence Pill.

Li Yuan rose from routine patrols to a vice-captain’s role as Demonic Beast activity led the Guard Squad and Wang Family to investigate a failed formation in the Yuanheng Mountains. He trained new recruits, began learning talisman crafting, and tested Old Sun’s improved Fiend Essence Pills.

• Li Yuan and his patrol team hunted Demonic Beasts, reported unusual tracks, and Li Yuan permanently converted Circulation Acceleration after consuming his final Vein-Clearing Pill.
• Li Yuan exchanged Contribution Points for the Origin Condensation Art, began using it, and accepted Old Sun’s Fiend Essence Pills in return for gathering herbs.
• Li Yuan permanently converted Scale Armor Protection, then joined He Shou’s squad in fighting the Crow Claw Gang and took a Flame Snake Tube as his share of the captured bandit leader’s merit.
• Li Yuan reached the Qi Refining Fifth Level, discovered that the Breath-Concealing Jade Pendant could suppress his aura, and prepared to join the Wang Family’s expedition into the Yuanheng Mountains.
• Li Yuan and his team found traces of a failed formation, and Li Yuan permanently converted Spirit Convergence to unlock a third Equipment Slot.
• Li Yuan returned to the market with the patrols, earned a reward for his work, and received permission from Wang De to choose a technique from the third floor of the Hidden Merit Pavilion.
• Li Yuan chose the Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art, became a vice-captain, and received Old Zhang’s Talisman Crafting Manual before Old Zhang and Zhang Qiu left for Li Family Market.
• Li Yuan trained Zhao Hu and Zheng Xiaoman, made his first Cleaning and Warding Talismans, and tested two of Old Sun’s revised Fiend Essence Pills.

Li Yuan strengthened his cultivation and talisman skills while serving with the Guard Squad and investigating dangerous formations and beasts around Qinghe Market. After reaching the Qi Refining Sixth Layer and learning new talisman methods, he began pursuing a Meridian Expanding Talisman whose full benefit required opening every meridian.

• Li Yuan bought a Calm Heart Plaque and Changqing Rice, permanently affixed Grain Qi Focus, and began practicing talisman crafting while Old Sun sought a teacher for him.
• Li Yuan helped Wang Qi and Wang Yuan follow Qian Si, then guided Senior Zhou through mountain array traces and discovered a Spirit-Containing Yuyang Stone.
• Li Yuan learned to make Beast-Skin Talisman Paper from Fang He and traded the method to Talisman Master Lu for the Fireball Talisman method and Fire Arrow Technique.
• Li Yuan joined Formation Master Zhou’s expedition into the abandoned mine, where the group fought Yin Ghosts and found a ruined Alchemy Array and signs of a larger formation.
• Li Yuan crafted a Fireball Talisman, gained Fire Art Rapid Cast, and was transferred by Wang De to He Shou’s Guard Squad as deputy captain.
• Li Yuan hunted Demonic Beasts with the Guard Squad, permanently activated Marrow Vitality and Flame Marrow Body Nourishment, and improved his talisman-making skills.
• Li Yuan used Meridian Soothing Pills to break through to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, then learned the Golden Armor, Energy Recovery, and Meridian Expanding Talisman methods from Talisman Master Yu.
• Li Yuan completed a Meridian Expanding Talisman and learned that its permanent condition required opening every meridian, so he set it aside and began drawing another.

Li Yuan advanced his talisman craft and cultivation while leading the defense of a Wang Family spirit mine, where he gained new resources and faced an attack. He was then sent to help the He Family guard a damaged herb garden, where he uncovered an upgrade possibility in its Spirit Stone.

• Li Yuan joined Uncle Qu’s expedition, fought Demonic Beasts, and retrieved the artifact refiner from the Loose Cultivator Market before choosing a Soul-Illuminating Mirror as his reward.
• Li Yuan improved his meridian circulation, talisman-making, and cultivation, then received orders to guard a Wang Family spirit mine with six subordinates.
• At the mine, Li Yuan used a Fiend Gathering Bowl to temper his body, sold Fireball Talismans at a trading fair, and accepted a contract to make thirty talismans for the Chen Family.
• Li Yuan and the mine defenders repelled seven attackers, killing their leader and capturing two others, then divided the spoils and Li Yuan claimed a Blood-Qi Pill and the Iron Wall Body Refining Art.
• Li Yuan delivered the Chen Family’s talismans, learned the Rejuvenation Talisman method, and made his first one while rogue cultivators discussed Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Li Yuan permanently converted the Fiend Gathering Bowl’s body-tempering affix, and he and the mine guards later killed three Demonic Beasts that attacked the mine.
• Li Yuan went to the He Family’s valley and guarded its damaged herb garden with two cultivators, killing three beasts that attacked at night while his companions were injured.
• He An replaced the herb garden array’s depleted Mid-Grade Spirit Stone, and Li Yuan’s panel revealed that the stone could upgrade Spirit Qi Filtration.