Recaps

Luo Yunji’s clashes with the Ghost King Sect strengthened Zhang Xiaofan’s authority, while his companions tried to keep him under control and prepare for his journey to the Imperial City. The group gathered in Sanfu Town and Black Stone Cave as Tian Buyi began refining meteorite iron, where an unknown attacker appeared.

• Luo Yunji left the far north for Wuyuan Village with Zhang Xiaofan and He Dazhi, then Long Zi explained the dangers and purpose of visiting the Sea of Heavenly Mystery.
• The Ghost King offered Zhang Xiaofan the vice sect master position, and Zhang Xiaofan accepted so he could protect Luo Yunji and Sanfu Town, and he later defeated Bi Yao in a spar.
• Luo Yunji and Liao Xing led soldiers to confront the Ghost King Sect, and their forces routed its disciples before Luo Yunji demanded they respect Zhang Xiaofan.
• The Prince placed Luo Yunji in the Old Prime Minister’s care, where lessons in handwriting failed but Luo Yunji’s recitation of classical knowledge astonished his teachers.
• Luo Yunji traveled to Wuyuan Village and Azure Cloud Mountain, then left Sanfu Town with the Quadruplets to search for Long Zi and pursue sword materials despite Zhang Xiaofan’s worry.
• Tian Buyi and Daoxuan caught up with Luo Yunji, and the group went to Black Stone Cave, where Tian Buyi began refining the Nine Heavens Meteorite Iron.
• Zhang Xiaofan invited Six-Tailed Fox and Three-Tailed Fox to live at Two Mountains and help manage Sanfu Town, while Su Ru brought food and wine to the cultivators at Black Stone Cave.
• As the meteorite iron refining continued, a Heaven-Reaching Peak disciple was injured by an unknown attacker near the Magma Lake, leaving Daoxuan and Tian Buyi unsure whether it was a person or a beast.

Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan settled into the Imperial City, where Luo Yunji studied, befriended classmates, and caused trouble with talismans while Zhang Xiaofan opened a popular restaurant. Their outing with old classmates ended in a deadly ambush that left Du Chengping poisoned and the emperor demanding answers about the attack and the Liao Clan.

• Luo Yunji recruited soldiers and Li Li to help forge Meteorite Iron, then taught Li Li a revised cultivation method after having him restart his training.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji traveled with the Prince’s family to the Imperial City, where the emperor welcomed them and Luo Yunji was named Imperial Preceptor.
• Zhang Xiaofan opened a Food Mansion restaurant, while Luo Yunji entered the Academy and gradually improved his writing and studies under Li Qian.
• Luo Yunji and Liao Xing amused themselves with talismans that set desks and a rockery on fire, and the Prince and Princess Consort warned them about bringing dangerous items to school.
• Luo Yunji’s classmates grew close and competed to stay in Diding Class, while Zhang Xiaofan’s restaurant became so popular that its reservations filled through the year.
• Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan took Liao Xing and former classmates Tao Yong, Luo Qingzhi, and Du Chengping out to Food Mansion, where Liao Xing and Luo Yunji made up over a meal.
• Black-clad attackers ambushed the group in the streets, and a Mayfly Louse poisoned Du Chengping before Luo Yunji froze him in an ice coffin and fought the assailants with Zhang Xiaofan and the soldiers.
• Zhang Xiaofan questioned Yan Hui and ordered the attackers identified, while the Prince demanded answers from the ministers and the emperor warned them that this was the second attack.

Zhang Xiaofan punished the sects that attacked Luo Yunji and Du Chengping, while Luo Yunji’s drunken rampage damaged the Imperial City. As the students matured and the Ghost Market flourished, Luo Yunji and his friends prepared to skip a poetry gathering for an outing at Water Marsh.

• Zhang Xiaofan hunted down the Myriad Poison Sect and Acacia Sect members who had attacked Luo Yunji, killed most of Qingyan Pavilion’s people, and warned Sanmiao Fairy and Poison God.
• Li Qinghe and Tian Buyi treated Du Chengping, who survived with lasting pain, while Zhang Xiaofan and the Prince pursued those responsible for the attack.
• After drinking wine, Luo Yunji went berserk and unleashed an ice dragon over the Imperial City, forcing Zhang Xiaofan to stop him and leaving the city gate and nearby buildings damaged.
• Luo Yunji’s former classmates entered Heaven Level Class A, Du Chengping returned to his studies, and Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji supported the students through their demanding Academy years.
• Poison God and Sanmiao Fairy sought the Ghost King’s help after Zhang Xiaofan retaliated against their sects, and the Ghost King reminded them that Zhang Xiaofan was his vice sect master.
• Luo Yunji and Liao Xing opened a hidden Ghost Market with physical forms for the spirits from the Treasure Umbrella, and the market grew into a popular place for trade and information.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji found He Dazhi trapped in an illusion of becoming a Huiwen Golden Eagle, and Luo Yunji beat him until Zhang Xiaofan pulled him away.
• After Tian Buyi arrived in the Imperial City, Luo Yunji and his classmates chose an outing to Water Marsh over the poetry gathering, while Liao Xing ran after them.

A Myriad Poison Sect attack devastated Heaven Level Class A and drove Luo Yunji into Venom Snake Valley for revenge, drawing Big Bamboo Peak into a bloody rescue. The survivors returned to the Imperial City, where Tian Buyi needed further treatment and Luo Yunji woke in his former muddleheaded state.

• Luo Yunji suffered Soul Separation during an attack at Water Marsh, and Zhang Xiaofan helped contain the disaster that left fewer than five of Heaven Level Class A alive.
• Luo Yunji traced the attack to the Myriad Poison Sect and took Yan Hui into Venom Snake Valley, killing disciples as he advanced toward its headquarters.
• Yan Hui defended the unconscious Luo Yunji against surrounding disciples, and a shadow inside the Soul-Hooking Umbrella possessed him and defeated them.
• Zhang Xiaofan, Wu Dayi, and He Dazhi reached Luo Yunji during his battle with Poison God, whose captive commoners forced them to halt their attack.
• Luo Yunji wounded Poison God, but Tian Buyi stopped his deadly incantation and secured the commoners’ release before collapsing from severe wounds.
• Poison God pursued the injured group and defeated Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, and Zhang Xiaofan before Du Bishu arrived and forced his retreat.
• Du Bishu brought the wounded to the Imperial City, where Divine Monk Puhong treated Tian Buyi and Zhang Xiaofan volunteered to seek the Qiankun Samsara Disk from Tianyin Temple.
• Liao Xing destroyed the Myriad Poison Sect’s Imperial City branch, while Zhang Xiaofan offered the surviving classmates work at Two Mountains and Luo Yunji woke in a muddleheaded state.