Recaps

Li Yuan advanced his cultivation and body refinement while moving from the Mine to the Talisman Hall and then to Qinghe Market’s Guard Squad. The Guard Squad relied on his talismans as attacks and the Wang-Li conflict escalated, leaving Li Yuan repairing defenses after a raid.

• Li Yuan left the He Family after defending its compound and returned to the Mine, where he refined his body, discovered Fiend Stones, and earned a transfer back to the Talisman Hall.
• Li Yuan passed the Talisman Hall assessment, learned new talisman methods, and was assigned to guard the Mine while completing talisman orders.
• Li Yuan permanently affixed Iron Wall Body Refining Art and Detoxification Talisman, then used Fiend Qi from a Fiend Stone to advance his Iron Ox Technique.
• Li Yuan returned to the Talisman Hall, bought Old Sun’s Fiend Essence Pills, and was assigned to Qinghe Market’s Guard Squad, where He Shou and Fang He requested combat talismans.
• Li Yuan supplied the Guard Squad with talismans, found the herbs needed for Fiend Qi Affinity, and broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Li Yuan gained Fiend Qi Affinity and permanently solidified Pure Spirit Power, unlocking a fifth Equipment Slot as his talisman production improved.
• Li Yuan advanced the Iron Ox Technique and learned that the Yuanyang Sect had forced the Wang and Li Families into a war of attrition.
• Li Yuan fought off an attack on the garrison, helped stabilize two injured guards with Heart-Locking Talismans, and returned to his stone house to replace his used talismans.

Li Yuan strengthened his talisman craft and body while serving at the Herb Garden, where a bandit raid drew him into an investigation that led to Yunyang Marketplace. There, he supplied Alchemist He, learned new talisman methods, and helped Wang Lu track the bandits as they sought ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Li Yuan mastered several new talisman traits and advanced his Iron Ox Technique while crafting for the Guard Squad and repaying his contribution-point debt.
• Li Yuan transferred to the Frontline Herb Garden, learned herb care and the Root Cultivation Art, and helped defend the garden from repeated harassment.
• Li Yuan joined Manager Wang’s search for a suspected bandit camp, but a false formation drew them away while six attackers raided the garden and stole Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients.
• Li Yuan returned to the Talisman Hall, permanently converted Spirit Essence Expansion and Spirit Qi Backflow, and joined Wang Lu and Old Sun on an assignment to investigate Alchemist He in Yunyang Marketplace.
• Li Yuan investigated a suspected bandit agent, sold talismans, learned new spells, and improved his talisman craft while Wang Lu’s group watched for someone seeking a Spirit Origin Fruit.
• Li Yuan delivered Spirit-Refining Talismans to Alchemist He, received a Spirit-Gathering Pill, and permanently converted Viscera Strengthening after reaching Perfection in the Iron Ox Technique.
• The Lineage’s Grand Elder helped Li Yuan make Breath Concealment permanent, and Li Yuan learned Blood-Replenishing and Detection Talismans from newly delivered methods.
• Li Yuan found a Marketplace request for a Spirit Origin Fruit and alerted Wang Lu, then bought Iron Wall Pills and continued crafting talismans and cultivating.

Li Yuan investigated the cultivator bandits, advanced his cultivation and talisman skills, and entered the Lingxu Secret Realm on a Wang Family mission. After reporting evidence of the Li Family’s activity, he secured permission to end his Wang Family contract and had his essence blood imprint removed.

• Li Yuan sold talismans while watching the outskirts, helped capture the Cultivator Bandits, and received the complete eighth- and ninth-layer Spirit Guiding Art and the leader’s Breath-Concealing Spirit Pendant.
• Li Yuan completed the missing Spirit Guiding Art routes, broke through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and learned alchemy and the Spirit Gathering Array Talisman method.
• Li Yuan and Old Sun ran the Wang Shop near the Lingxu Secret Realm, where Li Yuan identified a suspected bandit leader and helped Uncle Qu lure a cultivator with a Spirit Origin Fruit.
• Li Yuan killed a Ninth Layer cultivator who attacked him, escaped the Li Family cultivators who approached, and later learned Uncle Qu had died.
• Li Yuan continued working at the shop, improved his alchemy and cultivation, and accepted Captain Wang’s mission to investigate the Li Family inside the Secret Realm.
• Li Yuan entered the Secret Realm, killed three cultivators at a concealed blood-stained array, and found a Li Family Token and a Blood-Devouring Stone.
• Captain Wang accepted the token as evidence, returned the Blood-Devouring Stone, and gave Li Yuan authorization to terminate his Wang Family contract.
• Li Yuan presented Captain Wang’s document at the Steward’s Office, where the Steward dissolved his essence blood imprint and confirmed his freelance status with the Talisman Hall.

Li Yuan built his talisman business and strengthened his cultivation while gathering the ingredients and enhancements needed to prepare for Foundation Establishment. After reaching Qi Refining Great Perfection, he had secured all the main ingredients for the Origin Breaking Pill.

• Li Yuan ended his contract with Alchemist He, moved to Yunyang Marketplace, and developed his talisman and alchemy work while advancing to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Li Yuan partnered with Ziyuan Trading Firm, learned new talisman and combat techniques, and trained Han Qing while improving his body and soul cultivation.
• Li Yuan explored Ghost Mist Forest, killed a Mid-Grade Yin Ghost, and gained soul-strengthening affixes before Yuanyang Sect opened recruitment to Rogue Cultivators.
• Li Yuan learned about the underground Trading Fairs, acquired an Emerald Heart Lotus, and advanced his body refinement and Hundred Meridians Origin Return Art.
• Li Yuan built a Fiend Gathering Array in Ghost Mist Forest and permanently gained affixes from completing and breaking the formation and cultivating with its Sha-Gathering Stone.
• Li Yuan used the array to draw a Sha-Armor Savage Badger, endured its attack, killed it, and then set out to attract hostile cultivators rather than hunt innocents.
• Li Yuan killed two cultivator bandits who attacked him, permanently gained Blood-Devouring Tempering, and found Purple Mansion Profound Liquid in the dead Li Family cultivator’s pouch.
• Li Yuan bought Nine-Turn Lingzhi at an underground Trading Fair, converted the Blood-Qi Precision Control affix, and reached Qi Refining Great Perfection.