Recaps

Jiang Jingnian advanced from rickshaw puller to escort master by refining the copper ring and joining the Tongda Escort Agency. When a Demon Wraith hunt turned violent, he escaped the battle and killed Huo Qi, leaving him alone in the forest.

• Jiang Jingnian refined the flower-carved copper ring, advanced to Martial Master, and left the Qu household after Qu Yuzhi’s attempt to find him work failed.
• Jiang Jingnian passed the Tongda Escort Agency’s assessment, became an escort master, and gained the Psychic Whip trait by refining a phonograph.
• Qian Shiqi challenged Jiang Jingnian over his promotion, but Jiang endured his attacks and defeated him, securing his position at the agency.
• Jiang Jingnian joined Wei Yu’s caravan to Cloud Harmony City, but soldiers ambushed them after they found villagers slaughtered near a village.
• Tao Yanchen and the Black Flood Dragon Army seized the caravan’s cargo, killed an apprentice, and forced the surviving escorts to join their hunt for a Demon Wraith.
• A mountain-fire beast emerged as parasitized soldiers attacked their comrades, and Jiang Jingnian escaped the battle while Wei Yu and the other escorts fled.
• Huo Qi pursued Jiang Jingnian and wounded his shoulder, but Jiang used Psychic Whip to overwhelm him and cut off his head.

Jiang Jingnian survived Axu’s ritual and advanced his martial arts while taking on the Su Family’s shop dispute and defeating a hired ambush. As the Dou'a Sect threatened Tongda Escort Agency and Mountain Cloud School intervened, Jiang was called to represent his absent master at a meeting of senior escorts.

• Jiang Jingnian killed Axu, absorbed her Lotus Smoke, and upgraded Psychic Whip into Psychic Whip (Dream).
• After returning to Tongda Escort Agency, Jiang Jingnian accepted Duan Deshun as his master and received cultivation resources and the Copper-Mirror Iron Garment Technique.
• Jiang Jingnian defended the Su Family’s silk shop from Garden Celebration Hall and defeated Cui Budong after he attacked Su Wanzhi and Qu Lanlan.
• Jiang Jingnian refined special items, fused his cultivation methods into the Transforming Splendor Ultimate Bronze Scripture, and advanced his Blood Tempering progress.
• Cui Fangxing hired Zhou Mo to kill Jiang Jingnian, but Jiang used Psychic Whip (Dream) to disable Zhou Mo and his disciples and killed the attackers.
• At Tongda Escort Agency, the chief escort revealed the Dou'a Sect’s threat, and Ye Changting arrived with orders for Mountain Cloud School to take control.
• After the visitors left, Jiang Jingnian was summoned to a meeting of senior escorts in place of Duan Deshun.

Jiang Jingnian advanced to Bone Tempering, helped Tongda Escort Agency survive a violent attack, and left Peace City for Mountain Cloud School. He won the inner sect assessment and gained a new trait from the Tranquility Jade Pendant, while rival disciples and the Gu family posed new dangers.

• Jiang Jingnian advanced to Bone Tempering Stage after using three special items, then used his new strength to defend the Su Family’s shops from the Thunderclap Gang.
• Jiang Jingnian killed Steward Fang and several other attackers, while the Thunderclap Gang’s assault left many guards dead and the agency badly weakened.
• Duan Escort Chief offered Jiang Jingnian a place at Mountain Cloud School, and Jiang Jingnian repaid his debts before killing Cui Budong and Cui Fangxing.
• Duan Deshun arranged for Duan Xiaodie to become Jiang Jingnian’s concubine, and the three traveled to Mountain Cloud School.
• Jiang Jingnian passed the school’s basic assessment and became an Outer Disciple, then defeated Gu Xu in fifteen punches during the inner sect examination.
• Jiang Jingnian took first place and earned a place in the inner sect, while Ning Yang defeated Lu Xiuyuan and severed his arm.
• Jiang Jingnian bought the Tranquility Jade Pendant with Merit Points, and Li Mincheng warned him that Gu Xu’s death had provoked the Gu family and Ye Changting’s group.
• Jiang Jingnian found that refining the pendant had added the Jade Heart Method trait to his status.

Jiang Jingnian defeated Ye Changting in the Deathmatch Arena, gained resources, and set out to hunt a Demon Wraith at Dongdi Lake. After surviving an ambush by Lotus Intent Sect members, he continued toward the lake basin while the sect’s plans remained unclear.

• Jiang Jingnian challenged Ye Changting to a Deathmatch Arena battle, visited Fifth Uncle Qu Yuzhi, and defended Qu Lanlan from Li Lisi and her family at the banquet.
• Jiang Jingnian endured Ye Changting’s enchanted revolver and killed him in the arena, earning admiration from the spectators and support from Qian Ningning.
• Jiang Jingnian advanced his cultivation and learned that he needed fresh Demon Wraith remains, then chose to pursue the Flickerflash Flower Tree near Dongdi Lake.
• Jiang Jingnian traveled toward Dongdi Lake, recognized a poisonous illusion as a trap, and destroyed a Water-Mirror Face before encountering armed hunters.
• Jiang Jingnian ignored warnings and found Lotus Intent Sect members burying corpses, but they surrounded him and demanded his surrender.
• Jiang Jingnian fought through the ambush, killed several attackers, and escaped when he sensed a terrifying presence deeper in the grove.
• Jade Tree High Person ordered the survivors killed and directed Lin Wen to prepare Chen’s corpse as a puppet, while Jiang Jingnian devoured a Lotus Secret Token and continued toward the northern Dongdi Lake Basin.