Recaps

Jiang Shu left school to pursue martial arts, achieved Qi and Blood Circulation, and proved his strength to his classmates. In Pingling County, he advanced at the Hungry Tiger Martial Hall and agreed to help Luo Yongcheng obtain secret medicine in exchange for a medicinal cuisine recipe.

• Jiang Shu left school to train, received money and encouragement from Jiang Yan Yue and his parents, and enrolled in the Hungry Tiger Martial Hall.
• Jiang Shu learned the Hungry Tiger Breathing Method, Sitting Cave Stance, and Tiger Form Three Styles, then killed Zhao Tai and escaped before the Green Snake Gang could find him.
• Jiang Shu trained across both worlds, reached Qi and Blood Circulation, and defeated Coach Park when he tried to stop Jiang Yan Yue and Sang Zhi Rou from leaving his taekwondo class.
• Jiang Shu returned to school, lifted a book-filled desk to confront Wang Han, and revealed his Qi and Blood Circulation to Yan Dehou and Principal Zhang Taining.
• Zheng Yanbo explained the value of martial arts and cultivation resources, and Jiang Shu resolved to enter an Academy while continuing to train at home and in the martial hall.
• Jiang Shu paid for another month of training and received Old Man Chou’s offer of secret medicine if he reached Qi and Blood Circulation by midmonth.
• Jiang Shu defeated Yuan Chengcai in the martial hall’s sparring match, while Luo Yongcheng won a dose of Hungry Tiger Secret Medicine.
• Luo Yongcheng showed Jiang Shu his struggling family pharmacy and offered him the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine recipe in exchange for help obtaining secret medicine over the next year.

Jiang Shu became a formal disciple in Pingling County, built ties with Qi Yuan, and gained access to martial resources while pursuing his strength. Back in Xuanxing, his martial arts drew public attention and he committed to Jiangnan Academy, where he secured an advance of credits and began ordering cultivation supplies.

• Jiang Shu rejected Luo Yongcheng’s request to keep the Blood Nourishing Medicinal Cuisine recipe secret, defeated him in the martial hall, and became Chou Hai’s formal disciple.
• Jiang Shu killed Zheng Kun, helped Old Man Li conceal the death, settled his household registration, and moved into the Inner City.
• Jiang Shu arranged a restaurant contract with Zhou Yang and returned to Xuanxing, where he considered the threat posed by rapidly evolving creatures and chose Jiangnan Academy.
• Jiang Shu’s family celebrated his admission prospects, while Section Chief Guo and Director Zheng recognized him at a gathering and asked him to help Ye Zhenzhen film a martial arts promotional video.
• Jiang Shu taught Ye Zhenzhen the Horse Stance, killed a viper that attacked her, and demonstrated his perfected stance by running across a lake during filming.
• Jiang Shu returned to Pingling County, grew close to Qi Yuan, visited the Black Market, bought a dagger, and trained with Fox Bear meat until Qi Yuan broke through to the Stone Skin Realm.
• Jiang Shu asked Zheng Yanbo to compare the Four Great Academies, then negotiated with Jiangnan Academy teacher Li and secured an advance of one thousand credits.
• Jiang Shu signed the credit agreement, ordered Blood Flower Pig meat through the Academy exchange, and recognized that Xie Feichen’s martial realms matched stages he knew from Great Jing.

Jiang Shu advanced from becoming a Manifested Force Martial Artist to reaching Stone Skin, while deadly schemes in the mountains reshaped Pingling County. At Jiangnan Academy’s competition in Shengjing, Jiang Shu drew attention with his strength and faced Wu Zhiming in the final battle of Ring Three.

• Jiang Shu perfected his Hungry Tiger techniques and became a Manifested Force Martial Artist, then began training the Thirty-Six Forms under Xie Feichen.
• At a sparring gathering in Pingling County, Jiang Shu studied other martial halls’ techniques and later killed a masked martial artist who tried to steal his diamond.
• Jiang Shu and Qi Yuan entered the mountains to hunt, where Jiang Shu faced a Variant Ferocious Beast and discovered that his Tiger Form Three Styles had reached Limit Break.
• Qiu Yushan sent martial artists into the fogbound mountains to search for jade tokens, but Chou Hai killed him after the Mist Python devoured many of the hunters.
• Jiang Shu took meat from the Mist Python and advanced to Stone Skin, then returned to Pingling County as the county’s power struggles continued.
• At Jiangnan Academy, Jiang Shu was revealed as nineteenth on the Rising Star Rankings and defeated Yang Kai with a single finger strike.
• Jiang Shu traveled to Shengjing for the University Martial Dao Genius Competition, where his family watched him win matches and Shang Jibei praised his strength.
• Jiang Shu faced Wu Zhiming in Ring Three’s final battle, matching his powerful punches until Wu Zhiming’s strength began to falter.

Jiang Shu advanced to Hidden Force and Bone Forging while pursuing training, resources, and the truth behind the Yao Family’s threat. After entering a Heaven and Earth Secret Realm with Shang Jibei and Zhu Qingyun, he killed a third-order leopard beast and returned to Pingling County, where he continued investigating the dangers around the Hungry Tiger Martial Hall.

• Jiang Shu defeated Wu Zhiming in the tournament, then watched Shang Jibei break through to Hidden Force during their sparring session.
• Jiang Shu returned to Pingling County, learned the Hungry Tiger Howling Mountain Force from Chou Hai, and killed Zhou Yang and Yao Wenbai after uncovering their plans against him.
• Jiang Shu escaped the county search, trained in the mountains, reached Hidden Force, and later revealed his Bone Forging progress to Chou Hai.
• Jiang Shu learned saber techniques from Chou Hai and joined Shang Jibei and Zhu Qingyun for an expedition into the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Jiang Shu hunted Variant Ferocious Beasts with Shang Jibei and Zhu Qingyun, then stayed behind and killed a wounded Leopard-type Exotic Beast with his Heavy Sword.
• Jiang Shu brought the leopard’s corpse back and ate it, then returned to Pingling County as the Yao Family tested the Hungry Tiger Martial Hall.
• Jiang Shu killed a Bone Forging martial artist who followed him toward the mountains, then hunted the Cloud-Treading Ink Leopard at the Cold Pool.
• Jiang Shu explored beneath the Cold Pool, fled from its pitch-black cold depths, and crossed over after reaching a safe cave.