Recaps

Zhu Yu used the True Sight Eye and paid teaching work to build his soul, then reached Qi Refining just before the deadline. He registered with the Yin-Underworld Grotto, chose the Underworld Grounds, and began preparing a bloodline-bearing tiger corpse for cultivation.

• Zhu Yu opened his Divine Sea, discovered the True Sight Eye, and began studying the Basic Visualization Method while seeking ways to earn Spirit Stones.
• Zhu Yu taught disciples meditation and the Three-Ring Pattern, earning Spirit Stones and using Soul Dispersing Pills and Meditation Fluid to strengthen his soul despite their harmful effects.
• Zhu Yu condensed Divine Sense, bought a Bucktooth Insect larva, named it Little Black, and used the Cicada Pact to control it.
• With Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan’s support, Zhu Yu formed the Three-Ring Pattern and advanced to early Qi Refining before the deadline.
• Zhu Yu registered at the Affairs Hall, chose the Underworld Grounds, and received a Corpse Field where he would provide the sect with fifteen Living Corpses each year.
• Zhu Yu examined beast Corpse Seeds, found a Variegated Tiger with a hidden bloodline, and claimed it despite its poor condition.
• Zhu Yu had the tiger Corpse Seed brought to his home and began cutting away its rotten matter to prepare it for cultivation.

Zhu Yu cultivated his Corpse Control Art, raised Little Black, and claimed new Corpse Seeds while dealing with a dangerous demon insect. After an attack by The Society and a warning about Divine Radiance, he rejected Mu Ruo’s offer and learned that Xiang Sui’s Meditation Pill contained multiple toxins.

• Zhu Yu planted Corpse Taro, nourished the Fierce Tiger Corpse Seed, and bought spirit materials while developing his cultivation and teaching plans.
• Zhu Yu found Qi Yuanwu’s hidden jade beast, received the Demon-Rearing Record, and decided its inheritance did not suit him.
• Zhu Yu nurtured the Corpse Control Art Dharma Seed and acquired a Qingping Sect Corpse Seed that granted him the Grass Spirit Art.
• A Mantis Demon Insect attacked Zhu Yu and Little Black, but Zhu Yu later froze and bound it, contracted it, and named it Little Jade.
• Zhu Yu taught Grand Lectures with Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan, while Little Black evolved and the Fierce Tiger Corpse Seed’s cultivation advanced.
• Xiang Sui warned Zhu Yu about Starry Wood and Divine Radiance, then Mang Xiang attacked Zhu Yu and Liang Kuan as a member of The Society.
• Zhu Yu refused Mu Ruo’s offer, bought a Wind Wolf for Little Jade, and studied Xiang Sui’s information about Spirit Ruins.
• Zhu Yu found one hundred and thirty-six Soul Particles in his Divine Sea, and the True Sight Eye revealed that Xiang Sui’s Meditation Pill contained several toxins.

Zhu Yu exploited the Underworld Grounds’ upheaval to steal part of Lian Sheng’s Field, then entered a Foreign Spirit Ruins and possessed a child in Cloud Mountain Stronghold. There, he and Lu Wanrong received Divine Seeds and awakened talents as Zhu Yu prepared to pursue a God Word.

• Zhu Yu discovered that the insect plague was tied to strange Marks, then contacted Jiao Zuo through a pale-green Mark and took his Spirit Ruins Origin.
• Zhu Yu sold the Demon-Rearing Record to Yan Qi, learned that Lian Sheng was attempting Foundation Establishment, and prepared to form the Gold-Chewing Iron-Eating Dharma Vein.
• As Lian Sheng’s Field took shape, Zhu Yu extracted remnants of its spiritual object from Marks, and Lian Sheng’s attempt collapsed, leaving him aged and injured before he defected to Dead Soul Ravine.
• The Great Thousand Mirror summoned Yin-Underworld Grotto disciples to a Spirit Ruins, and Zhu Yu sent his ring, consciousness, and Grass Spirit Art Dharma Seed into the foreign domain.
• Zhu Yu possessed Goushengzi in Mi Family Village, fought Mi Ya'er, and joined Cloud Mountain Stronghold as Mi Gousheng after White Tofu revealed that his band had massacred the village.
• Zhu Yu learned how Cloud Mountain Stronghold cultivators gained God Words, while Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan told him that Lian Sheng had defected and discussed their own Split Spirits’ experiences.
• During a test of allegiance, Zhu Yu attacked the Bai Family caravan and killed Qian Gui, while Liu Sheng’s God Word collapsed after White Tofu intervened and Wang Fugui secretly found a broken golden sword.
• White Tofu gave Zhu Yu and Lu Wanrong Divine Seeds and explained their obligations, after which Lu Wanrong awakened Herb Gathering and Zhu Yu awakened Enduring Hardship.

Zhu Yu endured harsh cultivation, manifested the God Word “Superior Person,” and joined Cloud Mountain Stronghold’s campaign against Dangyang County. Summoned to the Qingping Spirit Ruins Battlefield, he entered the war with Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan, then fought alongside Wu Yang’s group as they attacked enemy strongholds and pursued a valuable target.

• White Tofu assigned Zhu Yu to Street Cleaning and gave him the Horizontal Mountain technique, which Zhu Yu paired with his Enduring Hardship trait.
• Zhu Yu cultivated with his own medicinal soup and labor, transformed the Fierce Tiger Corpse Seed into Black Tiger, and lent it to Xiang Kui in exchange for a Foundation Establishment spiritual object.
• The Moon Sprite’s death sent its origin through Zhu Yu’s Mark and triggered Little Black’s transformation, while Godfall Tower investigated the disturbance in the Yin-Underworld Grotto.
• Cloud Mountain Stronghold marched on Dangyang County, where Zhu Yu and Liang Kuan tunneled into Great Yuan Bank’s silver vault and Zhu Yu condensed the God Word “Superior Person.”
• Zhu Yu joined Wu Yong’s command, received an Aperture Opening Method, and learned that Lu Changming was a Foundation Establishment True Person’s Split Spirit.
• After nearly two months of preparation, Zhu Yu completed the Myriad Beast Chart and traveled with Xiang Sui and Liang Kuan to the Qingping Spirit Ruins Battlefield.
• Separated from his companions, Zhu Yu joined Wu Yang’s group, helped attack a Qingping stronghold, and agreed to fight Late Qi Refining opponents for a share of future spoils.
• Wu Yang led Zhu Yu, Xing Sida, and Lu Wanrong to attack Qiu Chen’s island, where Zhu Yu’s Jade Mantis broke the protective barrier as the group charged in.