Recaps

Luo Yunji explained mental-attribute cultivation and discovered that Second Senior Brother possessed the rare attribute. He warned the group that true illusions could attack the mind and kill someone even if they knew they were illusions.

• Luo Yunji distinguished mental cultivation from methods that merely calmed emotions and described its power and rarity.
• Luo Yunji demonstrated that his Taiji Seal changed between several colors and said he could not identify his own attribute.
• Luo Yunji identified Tian Linger and Song Daren as earth attribute based on their Taiji Seals.
• Second Senior Brother revealed a silver Taiji Seal, and Luo Yunji confirmed that he had the mental attribute.
• Luo Yunji explained that true illusions attacked a person's consciousness and could cause death in reality.

Luo Yunji explained the attributes of the Big Bamboo Peak disciples and demonstrated how water could change into ice. The chapter ended with Su Ru beginning to understand his explanation of water’s unusual nature.

• Luo Yunji agreed to search his sea of consciousness for a cultivation method that might help Second Senior Brother, though Wu Dayi warned him not to risk himself.
• Luo Yunji identified Sixth Senior Brother’s attribute as wood, Lu Daxin’s as metal, Zheng Dali’s as fire, and Su Ru’s as ice.
• Luo Yunji explained that wood could branch into poison, healing, and the powerful thunder attribute, leaving Sixth Senior Brother disappointed that he had only the ordinary wood attribute.
• Luo Yunji described water as a powerful, non-contentious force and conjured water that flowed around him before turning it into an ice spike.
• Su Ru listened to Luo Yunji’s explanation and seemed to gain some understanding.

Luo Yunji explained elemental attributes to the Qingyun disciples, teaching them that ice was a state of water and advising Su Ru to focus on her ice attribute. After dinner, Tian Buyi called Zhang Xiaofan to answer him, leaving the reason unclear.

• Luo Yunji demonstrated water’s solid, liquid, and gaseous states, and Su Ru showed signs of a breakthrough as she listened.
• Luo Yunji advised Su Ru to specialize in her ice attribute, and Tian Linger pouted when Su Ru answered Luo Yunji calling her Mother.
• Tian Buyi displayed his fiery Taiji Seal, while Zhang Xiaofan noticed Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, and Fourth Senior Brother reacting strangely.
• Luo Yunji’s lesson ran until sunset, and Tian Buyi took Song Daren aside before the hungry disciples dispersed to dinner.
• Second Senior Brother worried that Junior Sister’s earth attribute contradicted what Luo Yunji had taught, but Fourth Senior Brother reminded him that her Amber Vermilion Silk could change her attribute.
• After Zhang Xiaofan cooked dinner, Tian Buyi sternly called him forward as Luo Yunji slept in his chair.

Tian Buyi confronted Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji over the monkey wine, discovering that Luo Yunji had taken the jar Tian Buyi buried years earlier. The argument ended with Tian Buyi demanding what remained, while Luo Yunji resisted because a monkey had already taken one canister.

• Tian Buyi questioned Zhang Xiaofan about hiding monkey wine, but Zhang stayed silent and Tian Buyi ordered the others to wake Luo Yunji.
• Sixth Senior Brother woke Luo Yunji, who punched him and then tried to leave before Zhang Xiaofan stopped him.
• Tian Buyi accused Luo Yunji of taking his wine after smelling its fragrance on Song Daren, and Zhang Xiaofan initially took the blame.
• Luo Yunji claimed he had found the wine under a tree, and Su Ru reminded Tian Buyi that Luo Yunji had been present when he buried it as a baby.
• Luo Yunji said he had taken the wine the month before last and that one canister remained, prompting Tian Buyi to demand it back.
• Luo Yunji said the wine was his now and resisted returning it, as one of the two canisters had already been taken by a monkey.

Zhang Xiaofan convinced Luo Yunji to give Tian Buyi a tube of his cultivation-enhancing monkey wine, which the family shared. The gathering ended with everyone stunned to learn Zhang Xiaofan had already reached the second level, while Luo Yunji fell asleep after drinking a full cup.

• Zhang Xiaofan injured his foot again but insisted on accompanying Luo Yunji to retrieve the monkey wine for Tian Buyi.
• Luo Yunji reluctantly handed Tian Buyi one tube of monkey wine, explaining that Zhang Xiaofan had blended it with ingredients to increase cultivation.
• Tian Buyi had Song Daren divide the wine among the family, and Zhang Xiaofan confirmed that it had helped him reach the second level.
• Tian Buyi and Su Ru attributed Zhang Xiaofan's rapid progress partly to Luo Yunji's new cultivation method, and Tian Buyi urged his other disciples to work harder.
• Luo Yunji drank his entire cup at once and promptly fell asleep as the others tasted the wine.

Luo Yunji’s drunken fit unleashed powerful water techniques that repelled his fellow disciples as they tried to bring him back to bed. The disciples were left battered while Tian Buyi and Su Ru watched, and Su Ru marveled at Luo Yunji’s unfamiliar attacks.

• Luo Yunji stood up drunk and blasted Zhang Xiaofan and Song Daren away when they tried to support him.
• Tian Buyi ordered the disciples to restrain Luo Yunji, but their attempts and six Taiji Seals were thrown back at them.
• Tian Buyi let the disciples attack again while he and Su Ru watched, and Zhang Xiaofan warned them not to hurt Luo Yunji.
• Luo Yunji used a water ribbon from his right arm to fling several senior brothers away and drive Song Daren into the ceiling.
• Luo Yunji formed a second water ribbon with his left hand to whip away Fourth Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Brother, then coiled both ribbons around himself for protection.

Luo Yunji effortlessly endured and evaded attacks from the six disciples and Tian Buyi, revealing his extraordinary movement technique while drunk. The chapter ended with him naming Tian Buyi the strongest person on Big Bamboo Peak and drunkenly teasing him about his belly.

• Tian Buyi scolded the six disciples after they failed to subdue Luo Yunji, and Sixth Senior Brother's spell struck Luo Yunji without injuring him.
• Tian Buyi ordered the disciples to attack together, and Tian Linger joined them with her Amber Vermilion Silk.
• Luo Yunji used his movement technique to evade the combined attack, leaving the disciples stunned when they found him unharmed beneath a distant tree.
• Tian Buyi attacked Luo Yunji with Scarlet Flame, but Luo Yunji dodged again and appeared behind the group on a rock.
• Luo Yunji drunkenly declared Tian Buyi the strongest person on Big Bamboo Peak, then laughed and called him fat, prompting Tian Buyi to deny it.

After getting drunk, Luo Yunji repeatedly performed a spell that summoned a massive deep-blue dragon above Big Bamboo Peak, then fell asleep on Zhang Xiaofan’s back. Tian Buyi and the arriving Shuiyue and Su Ru tried to stop the dragon as it descended, but it dodged Shuiyue’s attack.

• Luo Yunji drunkenly said he wanted to become as amazing as Big Fatty and copied his round belly.
• Luo Yunji recited a spell and repeated its movements until its seal shone brightly in the sky; Fourth Senior Brother realized it was an attack spell.
• Luo Yunji released the spell, summoning a huge deep-blue dragon, then clung to Zhang Xiaofan and fell asleep.
• Tian Buyi began using the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art while the dragon emerged fully and snow began to fall over Big Bamboo Peak.
• Shuiyue and Su Ru arrived to help, but Shuiyue’s sword strike missed as the dragon dodged and descended toward the disciples.

Tian Buyi’s demonstration of the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art ended with a dragon-shaped attack crashing into Big Bamboo Peak and a beautiful ice formation rising from the crater. Daoxuan asked Tian Buyi for the improved technique, while Su Ru and Shuiyue checked on the sleeping Luo Yunji and found Zhang Xiaofan caring for him.

• Tian Buyi’s lightning struck the giant dragon, but the reduced dragon crashed into Big Bamboo Peak and damaged Song Daren’s house.
• Tian Buyi claimed he had been teaching his disciples the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art as the other peak leaders arrived to inspect the damage.
• An ice cluster grew from the crater, spreading a frozen surface beneath the moonlight, and Cangsong accused Tian Buyi of using the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art.
• Tian Buyi demonstrated the improved technique to Daoxuan, who asked for a copy; Tian Buyi agreed after making Daoxuan swear not to teach it to anyone else.
• Su Ru and Shuiyue went to check on Luo Yunji and saw him sleeping while hugging Big Yellow as Zhang Xiaofan wiped him clean.

After Luo Yunji overexerted himself and cramped his whole body, Zhang Xiaofan and the others cared for him as he groaned in pain. Tian Buyi banned Luo Yunji from drinking and arranged for him to receive food and a precious Great Yellow Pill.

• Shuiyue learned that Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji shared a room because Luo Yunji had destroyed several buildings with a spell formula.
• Zhang Xiaofan adjusted Luo Yunji's sleeping position and fell asleep beside him and Big Yellow.
• Zhang Xiaofan discovered Luo Yunji groaning in pain the next morning and summoned Tian Buyi, who diagnosed whole-body cramps from overexertion.
• Tian Buyi blamed the disciples for spoiling Luo Yunji and declared that Luo Yunji was forbidden from drinking.
• Luo Yunji woke up in pain, said he was hungry, and asked Zhang Xiaofan to make him a long list of dishes.
• Tian Buyi sent Zhang Xiaofan to cook and told Song Daren to bring Luo Yunji a Great Yellow Pill.

Luo Yunji prepared a medicinal bath to help his strained body absorb spiritual energy, with Zhang Xiaofan assisting him and Song Daren teasing him. After soaking in the herbs, Luo Yunji felt his pores open and began circulating his cultivation technique as spiritual energy gathered around the tub.

• Zhang Xiaofan brought food for Luo Yunji and learned that he had hidden the Great Yellow Pill instead of taking it.
• Zhang Xiaofan prepared hot water and herbs for Luo Yunji, while Song Daren helped carry water despite Zhang Xiaofan’s injured foot.
• Luo Yunji explained to Zhang Xiaofan how opening the body's pores could help it absorb spiritual energy.
• Song Daren and Zhang Xiaofan helped Luo Yunji into the medicinal bath, and Zhang Xiaofan brought him bamboo-leaf toys.
• Luo Yunji felt the medicinal power open his pores, circulated his cultivation technique, and drew spiritual energy toward the tub.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan used a medicated bath to absorb spiritual energy, and Song Daren joined them after they were pulled from the tub. The bath’s strange fluctuations then triggered an earthquake and earthen spikes around Zhang Xiaofan’s house, leaving Luo Yunji screaming as the disciples tried to escape.

• Luo Yunji urged Zhang Xiaofan into the bath so he could absorb the excess medicinal power, and both boys cultivated until Song Daren pulled them out when they could no longer endure it.
• Song Daren entered the bath to absorb its remaining medicinal power while Zhang Xiaofan dressed and played with Luo Yunji.
• At lunch, Tian Buyi asked about Luo Yunji’s injury and learned that Song Daren was still bathing in Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji’s room.
• Big Yellow barked urgently toward the room, and Su Ru sensed a powerful fluctuation as Tian Buyi rushed over.
• The ground shook and earthen spikes erupted around the house, forcing the disciples to dodge while Zhang Xiaofan struggled to protect Luo Yunji.

Zhang Xiaofan mastered Luo Yunji’s footwork while dodging earth spikes, and Song Daren broke through after bathing in the younger disciples’ bathwater. The danger passed, but Big Bamboo Peak was left in ruins, and Luo Yunji scrambled to save his hidden snacks.

• Zhang Xiaofan dodged the earth spikes as Luo Yunji called out the footwork positions, eventually stepping through the air and hovering above the ground.
• The earth spikes stopped, and everyone saw that Big Bamboo Peak’s houses had been badly damaged.
• Zhang Xiaofan rescued Luo Yunji when a collapsing house nearly caught them, and the two found Song Daren inside after he broke through.
• Song Daren asked Luo Yunji for his clothes while hiding in a wooden tub, and Luo Yunji teased him before handing them over.
• Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan searched a hidden compartment for snacks, but Tian Linger grabbed some and Luo Yunji dropped the rest as everyone laughed.

After Big Bamboo Peak was devastated by Luo Yunji’s breakthrough, Tian Buyi’s disciples built temporary bamboo huts. Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji led the family to a cave they had found as a new place to stay, where a surprising sight awaited them.

• Tian Buyi apologized to the other peak leaders for the destruction and said the disciples would build huts in the rear mountain.
• Tian Buyi’s disciples gathered usable belongings and built temporary bamboo huts while Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji disappeared.
• Su Ru gave Luo Yunji and Tian Linger luminous pearls after Luo Yunji offered to have Zhang Xiaofan cook for her.
• Zhang Xiaofan led Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the others to a cave, where they entered and stared in surprise at what they saw.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji showed Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the others their hidden cave, where the family admired its glowing stones, warm pool, and bamboo house. As everyone settled in for the night, Zhang Xiaofan served snacks and described Luo Yunji’s new movement technique, which seemed to restore spiritual power.

• Luo Yunji showed the family the cave’s green-glowing stones and bamboo house, then explained its flowers and warm pool to Su Ru.
• Tian Buyi and the others inspected Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan’s bamboo house and decided to build more rooms the next day.
• Luo Yunji led Su Ru and Tian Linger toward the warm pool while Zhang Xiaofan explained the cave’s steady warmth to Fourth Senior Brother.
• Zhang Xiaofan told He Dazhi that Luo Yunji had developed a movement technique to catch the monkey that stole his wine, and guessed that it could restore spiritual power.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought Tian Buyi and the others a selection of sweet and savory snacks, while Big Yellow gnawed on a meat bone.

Zhang Xiaofan shared his cooking with the others as Tian Buyi recognized his devotion and learned that his cultivation was nearing a breakthrough. The family settled into the secret cave for the night, then explored its homes and platforms the next morning, where they found Luo Yunji and Big Yellow waiting eagerly beside a fragrant pot.

• Zhang Xiaofan saved food for Su Ru and the others, and Tian Buyi praised his kindness while noting that his cultivation was about to reach the third level.
• Song Daren explained that he had broken through after benefiting from the medicinal bath Zhang Xiaofan prepared, prompting the other disciples to ask for its formula.
• Su Ru returned with the three little ones and described dividing the warm-water pool between herself and Tian Linger and the rest of the group.
• Tian Buyi and his disciples spent the night at the pool, then woke to sunlight and explored the secret cave's houses and platforms.
• Tian Buyi and the others found Luo Yunji and Big Yellow staring at a pot of food, with Big Yellow drooling and Luo Yunji swallowing eagerly.

Luo Yunji revealed that he had broken through again, while Zhang Xiaofan shared monkey wine and a medicinal meal intended to help Big Bamboo Peak's disciples advance. The meal could raise their cultivation to at most the sixth level, and Luo Yunji said there were no ingredients to make more.

• Luo Yunji told his fellow disciples that he had broken through again after absorbing more of the medicated bath’s effects.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought monkey wine for Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the other disciples, explaining that it would improve their cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaofan served a medicinal meal that Luo Yunji said could help the senior brothers reach the fifth level alongside the monkey wine.
• Luo Yunji clarified that eating the meal could raise their cultivation only to the sixth level and that no more could be made.

Luo Yunji’s medicinal cuisine helped the Big Bamboo Peak disciples advance their cultivation, and Tian Buyi agreed to give him more herbs for his experiments. While the others focused on cultivation and building houses, Luo Yunji began preparing to take revenge.

• Luo Yunji explained that his roasted sweet potato had been treated with medicinal ingredients and monkey wine, then revealed that he had put Great Yellow Pill into the medicinal cuisine.
• Tian Buyi offered Luo Yunji more Great Yellow Pills and granted him access to the medicinal herbs, while Luo Yunji promised Zhang Xiaofan a medicinal ointment to aid cultivation.
• Tian Buyi decided that the senior disciples would build separate bamboo houses, and Luo Yunji dictated plans for renovating the kitchen while Zhang Xiaofan wrote them down.
• After half a month, every Big Bamboo Peak disciple except Zhang Xiaofan had reached at least the fifth level, while Zhang Xiaofan remained at the fourth.
• As the disciples stabilized their cultivation, Luo Yunji began preparing for revenge.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan tried to catch the gray monkey, but it outsmarted them and repeatedly stole Luo Yunji’s monkey wine. The monkey escaped again, leaving Luo Yunji exhausted and Zhang Xiaofan helping him up.

• Luo Yunji set out bait in a bamboo forest and waited with Zhang Xiaofan for the gray monkey to appear.
• After the monkey struck Zhang Xiaofan with a pebble, Zhang Xiaofan chased it while Luo Yunji was still drowsy.
• The gray monkey tricked Luo Yunji into following it, then stole his wine tube and drank from it.
• Luo Yunji attacked the monkey with water techniques, but it used its tail and the bamboo tube to evade him.
• Zhang Xiaofan returned as Luo Yunji wrestled the monkey for the wine, and the monkey escaped after taunting them.
• Zhang Xiaofan helped the exhausted Luo Yunji up, and Luo Yunji sat down to rest.

Luo Yunji followed Zhang Xiaofan's trail to a pool, where he found Zhang Xiaofan unconscious and bleeding as a strange short staff absorbed his blood. Luo Yunji defeated the staff by biting it, reshaped its bead fragments, and remained beside Zhang Xiaofan with the gray monkey as the monkey refused its promised wine.

• Luo Yunji followed the scent of monkey wine through the bamboo grove and found Zhang Xiaofan collapsed beside a pool, bleeding into a mass around a short staff.
• Luo Yunji attacked the blood-draining staff with water arrows and lightning, but its barrier withstood his spells.
• Luo Yunji leapt up and bit the staff, breaking off its bead and ending its red glow.
• Luo Yunji reshaped the staff's bead sections, kept the smaller fragment in his hair, and fed Zhang Xiaofan monkey wine until his color improved.
• Luo Yunji asked the gray monkey to drag Zhang Xiaofan under a tree and offered it wine, but the monkey refused.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan were found in the woods and brought back to Big Bamboo Peak, where the disciples learned that a short black staff and a hairpin had drained their blood. After Tian Buyi examined both objects without finding anything unusual, Tian Linger took the hairpin, and a sudden cry interrupted her dispute with Luo Yunji over it.

• Song Daren and the other senior brothers found Luo Yunji and the unconscious Zhang Xiaofan in the woods and carried them back to Big Bamboo Peak.
• Tian Buyi examined Zhang Xiaofan and found he had lost blood and fallen into a deep sleep, while Luo Yunji had only a minor injury to his lip.
• Luo Yunji recounted how a monkey had tricked him, and Tian Buyi learned that both a short black staff and a hairpin had drawn blood from the boys.
• Tian Buyi examined the staff and hairpin but found no unusual reaction from either object.
• Tian Linger took the hairpin from Luo Yunji, and when they began tugging over it, she suddenly cried out while Luo Yunji insisted he had done nothing.

Tian Linger suffered a strange swelling after being pricked by the ancient hairpin, and Tian Buyi and Su Ru tried to handle it. Meanwhile, Luo Yunji fed Zhang Xiaofan homemade medicine so he would wake sooner and cook, leaving Tian Buyi to inspect the prescriptions.

• Tian Linger developed a large swelling on one side of her chest after the hairpin pricked her, and Su Ru examined her.
• Tian Buyi told Su Ru to test the black sticks and, if they caused no harm, prick the other side; later, Tian Linger angrily threw the hairpin and a black stick at Luo Yunji.
• At breakfast, the disciples noticed Tian Linger's changed appearance, while Luo Yunji complained about Du Bishu's cooking and went to find food by Zhang Xiaofan's bedside.
• Luo Yunji ate beside the unconscious Zhang Xiaofan, and Tian Buyi and Su Ru found him using Zhang Xiaofan's stomach as a pillow.
• Tian Buyi examined Zhang Xiaofan and learned that Luo Yunji had fed him homemade pills made from medicinal ingredients, so he asked for the prescriptions.
• Luo Yunji found the prescription in Big Yellow's nest and put it on the table for Tian Buyi to inspect.

Tian Buyi and Su Ru cared for the unconscious Zhang Xiaofan while Luo Yunji explained his cultivation method and waited impatiently for him to wake. After six days, Zhang Xiaofan woke with his cultivation at the fifth level, and Tian Buyi told him to rest and explain what happened at the Water Pool the next day.

• Tian Buyi had Luo Yunji read his prescriptions aloud, then learned the blood-enriching formula was intended for recovery after childbirth.
• Luo Yunji tried to make Zhang Xiaofan spit out his medicine, so Tian Buyi took him away and kept him occupied until Zhang Xiaofan woke.
• Six days later, a surge of spiritual energy drew Tian Buyi and the others to Zhang Xiaofan's room.
• Luo Yunji explained that his improved cultivation method could grant cultivators a chance to obtain a natural power he called the Heavenly Heart.
• Zhang Xiaofan woke, said his cultivation had reached the fifth level, and Tian Buyi instructed him to rest and recount what happened by the Water Pool the next day.

After recovering, Zhang Xiaofan rejoined his fellow disciples, whose teasing over Luo Yunji’s fragrant pastries turned into a noisy food fight. Luo Yunji declared that he wanted to marry Zhang Xiaofan, leaving Zhang embarrassed as the group laughed.

• Tian Buyi and Su Ru told Zhang Xiaofan to rest, then left him with his fellow disciples.
• Zhang Xiaofan tucked the sleeping Luo Yunji into bed, then joined everyone for dinner and cooked familiar dishes for them.
• Luo Yunji revealed a packet of pastries, and his senior brothers carried him outside as they tried to get some.
• Song Daren brought extra pastries to Tian Buyi and Su Ru, explaining that Zhang Xiaofan had secretly made more for Luo Yunji.
• Luo Yunji hugged Zhang Xiaofan and insisted they should marry, making Zhang blush while their fellow disciples laughed.

Luo Yunji chased his teasing senior brothers from the cave and began fighting them with lightning and Water Arrows, while Zhang Xiaofan took his side. After Wu Dayi interrupted Luo Yunji’s lightning spell with a mental attack, Luo Yunji prepared an unfamiliar spell and left his senior brothers wondering what was coming.

• Luo Yunji grew angry at his senior brothers’ teasing, and Zhang Xiaofan carried him out of the cave to catch up with them.
• Luo Yunji summoned lightning and fired Water Arrows at the fleeing senior brothers, while Zhang Xiaofan declared he would fight on Luo Yunji’s side.
• Wu Dayi used a mental attack to interrupt Luo Yunji’s attempt to summon lightning, but Luo Yunji showed no sign of harm.
• Luo Yunji finished preparing an unfamiliar spell and grinned at the seven senior brothers and sisters, who could not tell what they needed to defend against.