Recaps

Zhou Chen used the strange Black Taisui and the Divine Statue’s Mist Incense to advance in the Zheng Family Martial Arts Hall while protecting his family and settling old scores. After becoming a First-Rank Martial Artist and confronting the Zhou Household, he learned the Clear Moon Gang was investigating Zhang Mingfei’s death and resolved to grow stronger.

• Zhou Chen traded the Black Taisui for a place at the Zheng Family Martial Arts Hall after his family lost its savings and his father was injured.
• Zhou Chen trained under Lian Taoze, used Mist Incense to accelerate his progress, and killed Zhang Mingfei and his lackeys after overhearing their plans to kidnap Zhang Ying.
• Zhou Chen resisted an Echoing Wraith’s lure, learned about Mist Monsters and the dangers beyond Black City, and watched talented disciples receive support while others were cast aside.
• Zhou Chen burned Mist Incense to reach First-Rank Skin Tempering, then refused Ma Pengcheng’s demand for his Qi-Blood Soup and reported his breakthrough to Old Zheng.
• Zhou Chen told his family about his achievement, gave them Blood-Boiling Powder for Zhou Tian, and confronted the Zhou Household to demand repayment and cut ties.
• The Feng Household delivered the injured Zhou Ping and ten taels of silver to Zhou Chen, while neighbors helped sell the old Zhou residence and Zhang Ying received a better job offer.
• Zhou Chen received congratulations and support from Wang Ming, who warned him that the Clear Moon Gang was investigating Zhang Mingfei’s death, prompting Zhou Chen to seek more training and combat experience.

Zhou Chen advanced his martial arts while navigating factional turmoil, uncovering corruption, and facing threats to his family. After training outside Black City and killing Jiang Qin and Lin Xuan, he strengthened his ties to the Nan Family and set out to confront Yin Mengbo.

• Zhou Chen joined the Lian Household as a warehouse guard, advanced his Wild Bull Fist, and exposed Du Ruming’s theft and the Flesh Lingzhi scheme at Warehouse No. 2.
• Zhou Chen tempered his skin, killed Ma Pengcheng after Ma plotted against him, and stayed out of the factions competing for influence under the new City Lord.
• Zhou Chen advanced to First-Rank Major Accomplishment, joined the Night Patrol Bureau, and learned that Yin Mengbo’s men planned to kill him and abduct his sister.
• Zhou Chen and Ye Lingtian declined to join the Four-Family Alliance, while Shen Ao and Zhang Shaojiu aligned with the new City Lord and the Azure Guard.
• After the Evil Tiger Gang and nearby households were slaughtered, Zhou Chen moved to protect his family and went into the Black Flesh Forest to test his cultivation.
• Zhou Chen discovered that the Divine Statue converted Miasma Poison into Mist Incense, killed a Blood-Horned Bear, and then killed Jiang Qin and Lin Xuan when they threatened him over its spoils.
• Nan Yunyang hired Zhou Chen as a nominal Martial Warrior for the Nan Family Medicine Shop, while Jiang Tianming began searching for his missing sister and Lin Xuan.
• Zhou Chen advanced Wild Bull Fist to Major Accomplishment and headed to the Clear River Gang to kill Yin Mengbo.

Zhou Chen killed Jiang Tianming and Jiang Chuan, then concealed his role as the Outer City’s factions fought for power. After breaking through to the Second Rank, he helped Bai Tangyin escape an unwanted marriage and learned she loved him.

• Zhou Chen killed Yin Mengbo and the Clear River Gang leaders, then proved his strength at the martial arts hall and received rewards from Lian Taoze and Master Zheng.
• Zhou Chen studied Wind-Riding Steps, bought a home for his family, and turned down matchmaking prospects, while Bai Tangyin’s father rejected him as an unsuitable match.
• Zhou Chen lured Jiang Tianming outside the city, poisoned and defeated him, then killed him and attacked Jiang Chuan at the Jiang Household.
• Zhou Chen killed Jiang Chuan and stole the household’s valuables, while Zhao Tianhong’s patrol arrived afterward and took control of the aftermath.
• As the Outer City’s factions clashed, Zhou Chen stayed loyal to Lian Taoze, declined Shen Ao’s offer, and refused Zhang Shaojiu’s demand that he pledge loyalty.
• Zhou Chen broke through to the Second-Rank Flesh Tempering Realm, and Xiao Rou told him Bai Tangyin was being forced into an engagement with Li Guiyi.
• Zhou Chen persuaded Li Guiyi to cancel the engagement, and Bai Qingtian later apologized and invited him to a banquet.
• At the Bai residence, Bai Tangyin confessed her love to Zhou Chen and kissed him.

Zhou Chen became a District Superintendent, crushed the New City Lord’s allies in his districts, and rescued Bai Liuli. As he prepared to strengthen his body and investigate the Thunderclap Blood-Infusion Pool, a mysterious woman sold him a dangerous cultivation method, and the Poison Scorpion Duo ambushed him.

• Zhou Chen perfected Wild Bull Fist, became a Direct Disciple, and revealed his second-rank strength by defeating Zhang Shaojiu and breaking the Shen Clan’s challenge to the Lian Household.
• Old Zheng warned Zhou Chen against Inner City methods of expelling miasma poison and gave him a purple blood token, while Su Mengyao recruited him as a District Superintendent.
• Zhou Chen took office, eased pressure on the Lian Household, and advanced his cultivation as the Four-Family Alliance prepared to purge Lineages loyal to the New City Lord.
• Zhou Chen seized valuables and hostages from the Cheng and Sun Households, then agreed to help Bai Liuli after Nan Zhiyi told him about the Thunderclap Blood-Infusion Pool.
• Zhou Chen killed Shi Qing, freed Bai Liuli, and learned that her grandfather’s secret cultivation site lay in a cave in the Black Flesh Forest.
• Zhou Chen tempered his sinews with Blood Python Sinew-Tempering Paste and trained for over a month, but failed to achieve golden tendon flesh at the pool and discovered Crimson Baleful Transformation strained his body.
• A mysterious woman surnamed Qing sold Zhou Chen the Bone-Eating, Spine-Nurturing Chapter and exotic beast blood, while explaining that the method would prepare him for a blood selection and perception trial.
• The Poison Scorpion Duo ambushed Zhou Chen with poisoned attacks, but he caught both brothers’ fists during their combined strike and demanded to know whether they had had enough.