Recaps

Ning Chuan slew the Green Jade Willow and absorbed its Soul Ring, while the thunderous aftermath drew powerful forces to Star Dou Forest. He returned home, strengthened his family through training and medicinal soup, and helped them sell their high-quality herbs for a substantial profit.

• Ning Chuan bought the location of a nearly five-thousand-year-old Green Jade Willow from the Scarred Man and followed his map into the Miasma Forest.
• Ning Chuan destroyed the Green Jade Willow with a Five Thunder Talisman, collected its Soul Ring, and fled as the blast drew Soul Masters and beasts to the crater.
• Soul Masters fought over the scattered Thunder Crystals until the Gold-Seeking Mouse mutated and the overlord of Star Dou Forest seized it and the crater with a dragon claw.
• Ning Chuan absorbed the Jade Willow Soul Ring, reached Soul Power Level thirty-four, and escaped the searches for the Green-Clad Youth by returning home.
• Ning Chuan reunited with Ning Dazhuang, Liu Lan, and Ning Xiaohe, then trained Ning Xiaohe and prepared Foundation-Cultivating Soup for the family.
• Ning Chuan taught his parents the Turtle-Crane Longevity Technique and guided his family through harvesting their medicinal herbs.
• Manager Qian and Master Li praised the Solomon’s Seal’s exceptional quality, arranged its processing, and paid the family for the previous crop.
• Ning Dazhuang treated the family to dinner at Drunken Moon Restaurant, where Ning Chuan left feeling peaceful.

Ning Chuan helped his family repair their home, negotiate a supply contract with Seven Treasures Pavilion, and plant medicinal herbs using fertilizer from the Heavens Trash Recycling Station. After the seedlings flourished, he stopped three thieves, but they turned to Liu Kui for help.

• Ning Chuan guided Ning Xiaohe’s martial arts practice as the family received payment for their Solomon’s Seal and planned home repairs.
• Ning Chuan advised his parents to honor their agreement with Ji Shi Tang, then negotiated a three-year priority supply contract with Seven Treasures Pavilion after Ji Shi Tang stopped buying their herbs.
• Ning Chuan obtained teleportation bells for his family and bone meal from the Heavens Trash Recycling Station, then helped his parents test the fertilizer and prepare their fields.
• Ning Chuan and his family planted Blood Ginseng and Honeysuckle, and he secretly used his Soul Power to accelerate their growth.
• The Ning family’s vigorous seedlings attracted attention from neighbors, while Zhao Si kept watching their medicinal field.
• Ning Chuan caught Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng stealing seedlings, defeated them, and ordered them to leave.
• Zhao Si, Scarface, and Gousheng went to Liu Kui’s gambling den, told him about the Ning family’s herbs and Ning Chuan’s strength, and agreed to lead him there the next day.

Ning Chuan eliminated Liu Kui’s forces and the Blackwater Gang’s attacks while strengthening his cultivation and courtyard defenses. After Xiao Ran and her attackers fell, the Osprey Sect seized the Blackwater headquarters, where an unseen assailant killed Xiao Shan.

• Ning Chuan killed Liu Kui, Zhao Si, Gousheng, and Scarface, then concealed their bodies and strengthened his cultivation and courtyard defenses.
• Ning Chuan reached the Soul Ancestor realm, baited Knife Scar into an ambush at Sunset Slope, and killed him and his men.
• Ning Chuan defeated Liu Han and the Blackwater Gang fighters who invaded his courtyard, then erased the battle’s traces.
• Xiao Ran questioned Ning Chuan about Liu Han and the herb garden, but Ning Chuan deflected her probe and concealed what he knew.
• Ning Chuan awakened the Seven-Star Radiance Sword Formation as Xiao Ran prepared the Blackwater Gang’s attack on his courtyard.
• Ning Chuan used the formation to repel more than fifty attackers and killed Xiao Ran, leaving the remaining gang members to flee.
• Vulture led the Osprey Sect against Blackwater, and an unseen attacker killed Xiao Shan with a poisoned Soul-Severing Needle as he fought Vulture.