Recaps

Fang Shu reached the immortal market, reunited with Yu Le, and entered Solitary Gu Hall to cultivate while learning about Cheng the Jar’s schemes and Yu Le’s disappearance into the mines. The Dao Register recognized Fang Shu’s Long-Tongue Sword as a One-Tribulation Artifact, and Fang Shu’s joy came with renewed intent to kill Cheng.

• Fang Shu killed the demons at the cliffside tavern, escaped with the Fur-Shedding Skin-Changing Technique, and used the Dao Register to comprehend and craft a fox-fur disguise.
• Fang Shu traveled toward Mount Lu, learned from Yellow Wolf about cultivation, and reached the immortal market by taking a dangerous underground boat.
• Fang Shu found Yu the Second, later revealed as Yu Le, and learned Cheng the Jar had cheated him out of his cultivated tongue and threatened his market standing.
• Yu Le helped Fang Shu seek an academy, but after Burning-Tail Academy mishandled their admission and spirit stone, Li Yuan directed Fang Shu to Solitary Gu Hall.
• Hall Master Du taught Fang Shu and Qin Min the Hundred Insects Blood-Refining Body-Nourishing Secret Art, and Fang Shu mastered its nine inscriptions over two months.
• Li Yuan told Fang Shu that Yu Le had gone into the mines after Cheng threatened his home and Fang Shu’s residency, and Fang Shu secretly investigated with Dou Sufu.
• Fang Shu sold the Soul-Suppressing Bell, bought pills and talismans, and received another bottle of Essence-Nourishing Pills from Yu Le.
• Fang Shu continued feeding qi and blood into the Long-Tongue Sword until the Dao Register marked it as a One-Tribulation Artifact.

Fang Shu avenged Cheng the Jar, entered the Dao through the Venom Pit, and rescued Yu Le from the mines. After becoming Hall Master Du’s official disciple, he advanced his Gu arts and was summoned before Hall Master Du and Senior Sister Fang as the disciples prepared to seek entry into an Immortal Sect.

• Fang Shu killed Cheng the Jar and burned down his paper house, then learned that Cheng the Little Jar had drowned and recovered Cheng the Jar’s hidden inheritance.
• Fang Shu mastered the Lead-Mercury Blood-Treasure Artifact-Seeding Secret Method and completed the Bone-and-Tendon Transformation, bringing him to the threshold of the Dao.
• Fang Shu entered the Venom Pit, used the Insect-Face Secret Scripts to pass his tribulation, and became an Essence-Refining immortal with Purple-Lead Venom Blood.
• Fang Shu became Hall Master Du’s official disciple, completed his blood replacement in seclusion, and found Shi Hou weakened after his failed tribulation.
• Fang Shu left Solitary Gu Hall to rescue Yu Le from the Lead Mountain mines, rejected Mine Master Cao’s trap, and brought his uncle home.
• Fang Shu returned to Solitary Gu Hall, where the Lone Pavilion Master explained the Nine Branches of Immortal Learning and gave him a rare book and a Gu inheritance.
• Fang Shu refined three First-Tribulation Sleepy Insects and used them to reduce his sleep while studying Gu formulas during seclusion.
• Senior Sister Fang spoke to the inner-courtyard disciples about entering an Immortal Sect, and Qin Min summoned Fang Shu into the council hall at Hall Master Du and Senior Sister Fang’s request.

Fang Shu uncovered the truth behind the Paper Workshop fire, gained wealth and resources at the Monster Market, and passed his second tribulation. Hall Master Du then urged him to prepare for the Spring Examination and early entry into an immortal sect, while a voice called to him as he left the treasury.

• Fang Shu studied the natal gu booklet, challenged Xiao Hu over Hall Master Du’s calling card, and obtained the Lead Method after defeating him.
• Fang Shu tracked down Su Qingao, killed her after learning she had practiced the Painted Skin Technique, and took her valuables before destroying the evidence.
• Fang Shu and his companions secured plots and built a tiled courtyard, while Xiao Hu struggled to care for Xiao Lili after Ling Baiquan’s scheme left her gravely ill.
• Fang Shu sold an immortal skeleton and a painted-skin mask at the Monster Market, then bought a Pillow Stone and used the Dao Register to cleanse its Dragon Qi.
• The Ganoderma Mountain Lord welcomed Fang Shu to a moonlight-wine banquet, where the feast filled his cultivation progress and improved his innate gifts.
• Fang Shu refined mercury with the Lead Method, passed the Soft Bones, Crumbly Flesh tribulation, and reached the Second Tribulation, Essence-Refining Human Immortal realm.
• Fang Shu completed the Red Snake Blood-Thread Flame Saber Art and reported his breakthrough to Hall Master Du, who urged him to prepare for the Spring Examination and offered him a treasury reward.
• A clear voice called to Fang Shu as he left the treasury.

Fang Shu searched Lead Mountain for Purple Lead Mica Milk and a Gold-Seeking Insect, uncovering a poisonous cavern, treasures, and a hidden herb before sparking a miners’ revolt. After completing his Second Tribulation in seclusion, he learned Qin Min had reached the Third Tribulation and went to demand support from the hall.

• Fang Shu found Purple Lead Mica Milk and a Lead-Essence Treasure Pearl in a poisoned cavern, then learned from Hu’s remains about a possible dragon vein and the Gold-Seeking Insects.
• Fang Shu accepted the Solitary Gu Hall’s hired fight and defeated Luo Erlang with poison before killing Luo Dalang when he attacked.
• The Hall Master rewarded Fang Shu and ordered him to avoid further fights, while he refined insects and raised his cultivation to 72%.
• Fang Shu lured a Gold-Seeking Insect out of Lead Mountain Mine, captured it, and hatched it as his natal insect embryo.
• Fang Shu found a hidden cavern containing nourishing flesh ganoderma, killed the wolf-demon and Mine Owner Cao, and set off a miners’ uprising by freeing the slaves and distributing loot.
• Fang Shu escaped to the Monster Market, refined his Long-Tongue Sword into a Third-Calamity artifact, and began secluded cultivation as the mine owners suppressed the revolt.
• A pale-faced man entered the mine to gather death qi and corpse qi, while Fang Shu completed his Second Tribulation and saw his chance of surviving the next tribulation rise to 78%.
• Fang Shu learned that Qin Min had become a Third Tribulation immortal and went to the discussion hall to report his progress and demand support.