Recaps

Li Yuan established his Foundation, joined the Yuanyang Sect as a Dharma Protector, and strengthened his cultivation through new techniques, talismans, and fused affixes. After confronting threats in Ghost Mist Forest, he built a protected cultivation base and accepted an ongoing duty to guard the area.

• Li Yuan negotiated with Ji Huaiyuan and Alchemist He for the second Origin Breaking Pill, chose the Azure Wood Longevity Technique, and reached Foundation Establishment in the Ji Family’s cultivation chamber.
• Li Yuan joined the Yuanyang Sect as a Dharma Protector, improved his body and cultivation arts, and traded for the Fiend Spirit Conversion Method at the underground fair.
• Li Yuan mined Fiend Stones in Ghost Mist Forest, fused Fiend Soul Spirit Tempering with Fiend Origin Symbiosis, and killed a Second-Order Flood Dragon Scale Lizard.
• Li Yuan traded for a Second-Order Soul-Type Beast Core, permanently solidified Soul Light Tempering, and unlocked Entry Perception Enhancement to sense affixes at a distance.
• Li Yuan led an excavation crew into the Ghost Mist Forest mine, lured out and killed a Fiend Armored Giant Dung Beetle, and received a long-term territory from Chen Yi.
• Li Yuan had Ji Huaiyuan refine the beetle’s core into a Fiend Spirit Banner, then built a protected cultivation encampment using three array inheritances from Wang Ting'an.
• Chen Yi hired Li Yuan to guard Ghost Mist Forest, and Li Yuan exchanged Contribution Points for two Second-Order spells before resuming cultivation at his encampment.

Li Yuan developed Wulin Marketplace while cultivating and investigating the Dark Abyss Society’s presence near Ghost Mist Forest. After reaching Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, he helped capture three suspected demonic cultivators and left their interrogation and the identification of a seized Token to the sect.

• Li Yuan killed Fang, a demonic cultivator impersonating Li Ze'an, then reported the corpse and helped clear demonic beasts from Lingxi Valley.
• Li Yuan improved his cultivation, arrays, and marketplace, negotiating with the Yuanyang Sect and other cultivators as Wulin Marketplace grew near Ghost Mist Forest.
• Li Yuan investigated a traveling merchant with demonic qi, uncovered a concealed passage at Rocky Beach, and gave the merchant’s Token to Chen Yi for investigation.
• Li Yuan explored and equipped the Fiend Vein, then cultivated new arts and installed a Demon-Probing Array to monitor suspected demonic cultivators.
• Chen Yi led Li Yuan and other Foundation Establishment cultivators into the ruins of Sword Peak Sect, where they killed two demonic cultivators and Li Yuan found the Three-Origin Unity Bead.
• Li Yuan broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and permanently retained Flame Essence Refinement as his sixth Blue Trait.
• Li Yuan and Chen Yi tracked three cultivators seeking information about the Fiend Ore, Outpost, and Ruins, then coordinated their nighttime capture and prevented their attempted self-destructions.

Li Yuan uncovered the Large Spirit Vein beneath his mine, advanced his cultivation and skills, and helped Yuanyang Sect investigate the Dark Abyss Society’s efforts to probe it. The conflict escalated when a hidden trap formation caught demonic scouts, but some escaped and Chen Yi warned that Golden Core-level forces might be involved.

• Li Yuan followed underground clues to discover and fully map a Large Spirit Vein, then equipped it to improve his spiritual power and trace its hidden branches and restrictions.
• Li Yuan aided Yuanyang Sect’s Ruins expeditions and marketplace investigations while advancing his array, alchemy, body-refining, and spirit-vein abilities.
• Li Yuan strengthened the Fiend Vein with fiend materials until it could produce Mid-Grade Fiend Stones, and he concealed its deeper connection from visiting Golden Core cultivators.
• Li Yuan explored the Deep Layer and identified it as a Golden Core Formation Platform, finding a Soul-Nurturing Old Furnace and studying records on Golden Core preparation.
• Li Yuan agreed to break the outer Demon-Detecting Alarm Array at the Yuanyang Sect’s branch vein for Li Ze'an, while leaving the deeper trap formation intact.
• Li Yuan tracked three demonic cultivators into the concealed trap formation, which activated and sealed them inside as they tried to escape.
• Li Yuan killed a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Demonic Cultivator who escaped through a northern crack, while Chen Yi reported another escape and warned that the Dark Abyss Society’s investigation might involve Golden Core-level Demonic Cultivators.

Li Yuan strengthened his cultivation and array skills while investigating a Dark Abyss Society mole and uncovering hidden routes beneath the Golden Core Formation Platform. After reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage, he arranged a partnership to connect his Fiend Ore mine to the Wang Family’s mineral vein and supply Ji Huaiyuan with Fire Fiend Stones.

• Chen Yi tasked Li Yuan with improving the marketplace’s Demon-Probing Array, and Li Yuan linked its nodes to detect concealed demonic qi while advancing his cultivation and alchemy.
• Li Yuan helped uncover Golden Core Formation records and dismantle layered restrictions, discovering a hidden teleportation route beneath the platform and a sealed space below it.
• Li Yuan secretly traced repeated array anomalies to a suspected insider, then linked a Yuanyang Sect outer disciple to the Dark Abyss Society’s formation-material purchases.
• Li Yuan cultivated and hunted demonic beasts, permanently converting several Affixes, and broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage with Fiend Spirit Resonance made permanent.
• Li Yuan joined the Yuanyang Sect’s auxiliary-array project, verified its materials, and tested a Second-Order Spirit Gathering and Flow-Guiding Array while keeping the platform’s deepest alarm circuit secret.
• Li Yuan crafted a Life-Locking Talisman but declined to spend a century of lifespan to make its Affix permanent.
• Li Yuan bought Iron Wall body-refining manuals and pill formulas at the Li Family’s auction, then purchased a Soul-Condensing and Spirit-Guiding Art.
• Li Yuan proposed connecting his Fiend Ore mine to the Wang Family’s fire-attribute vein, and Ji Huaiyuan agreed to buy all usable Fire Fiend Stones at a premium.