Recaps

Ji Yuan built up his cultivation and household while surviving Lousy Liu’s ambush and learning to make talismans. After selling his first batch of Water-Repelling Talismans, he decided to spend his savings on breaking through to the Fifth Layer of Qi Refinement.

• Ji Yuan upgraded his fish pond, sold an evolved Coldblood Perch, and reinvested the Spirit Stones in fish and chickens, whose Spirit Eggs helped him advance his cultivation.
• Ji Yuan avoided the dangerous expedition to Maple Leaf Island, then learned that Lin Hu’s parents had died and that Huang Laotou had abandoned him during the chaos.
• Ji Yuan raised a Spirit Pig, used its meat to undergo Body Tempering, and learned Water Drop Finger before discovering that Lousy Liu had targeted him for death.
• Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai killed Lousy Liu and Wu Laochuan, learned that Old Man Huang had helped bring about Ji Yuan’s parents’ deaths, and divided the spoils before Qiu Qianhai left Zengtou City.
• Ji Yuan refined Wu Laochuan’s Spirit Vessel, upgraded his Cave Abode, and mastered the Object Manipulation Technique while considering how to develop his household and cultivation.
• Ji Yuan unlocked and upgraded a Talisman Room, then learned to draw Water-Repelling Talismans after Wu Yan helped him understand the Spirit Awakening step.
• Ji Yuan sold thirty-two Water-Repelling Talismans for sixty Spirit Stones, bringing his savings to ninety-eight, and chose to pursue a breakthrough to the Fifth Layer of Qi Refinement.

Ji Yuan strengthened his cultivation and defenses, killed the Ghost Island Master, and completed the Yin Ghost Formation. After turning down the Water Dragon Sect’s invitation for now and seeing Lu Wan leave, he returned to Zengtou City and began investigating Qiu Qianhai’s disappearance.

• Ji Yuan paid Lin Hu’s Immortal Residence Fee, then killed Deng Yunliang and two gamblers when they ambushed him.
• Ji Yuan upgraded his Chicken Coop, acquired new equipment, and traveled to Sophora Island seeking Rotbone Flowers.
• Ji Yuan killed the Ghost Island Master, took his belongings, and collected Rotbone Flowers and Yin Ghost materials from Black Mist Island.
• Ji Yuan upgraded his Pigsty and Dao Comprehension Chamber, learned new techniques, and advanced to the Sixth Layer of Qi Refinement.
• Ji Yuan demonstrated his talisman skill at the Water Dragon Sect selection but declined to qualify, then gave Lu Wan half a tael of Blood Essence before she left.
• Ji Yuan completed and tested the Yin Ghost Formation, then met Hu Fang and Du Kang, who recognized it as the Ghost Island Master’s formation and discussed recruiting him.
• Ji Yuan investigated signs of a fight on Autumn Rain Island after finding a seashell at his gate, but could not learn what happened to Qiu Qianhai.
• Ji Yuan saw Lu Wan in the city, and Lin Hu brought him a letter from her that night.

Ji Yuan rescued Qiu Qianhai, uncovered a Dead Cave beneath Clearwave Pool, and fought his way through rival cultivators before returning to Zengtou City. After breaking through to Late Qi Refining, he upgraded his equipment and resumed preparing his home and spirit creatures, while Qiu Qianhai set out to confront Deng Lang.

• Ji Yuan rescued Qiu Qianhai from Old Dog Lin and fled the Qin Household’s pursuit, then learned Qiu’s history and agreed to help him evade the Qin Household.
• Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai mined Cold Iron Sand with the Mysterious Finger Bone, discovered a Dead Cave, and escaped its Stone-Armored Crab.
• Ji Yuan guided Liu Da and Liu Er to the Dead Cave, then trapped and killed them and the Stone-Armored Crab when they turned against him.
• Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai survived the cave’s collapse and killed Hu Da and Zhang Kai, after which Du Wanyi recruited Ji Yuan into the Water Dragon Sect Mutual Aid Society.
• Ji Yuan and Qiu Qianhai divided their spoils, sold equipment in Jingde Ward, and rented a courtyard so they could pursue their breakthroughs.
• Ji Yuan advanced to Late Qi Refining while Qiu Qianhai reached the Sixth Layer by burning his lifespan, then Qiu left to kill Deng Lang.
• Ji Yuan returned home, received an Ancient Bronze Mirror from Xu Fugui, and bought the Thunder Falcon Boat and new magical artifacts.
• Ji Yuan restocked his courtyard with spirit creatures and asked Shopkeeper Wu about the rising price of Blood Essence.

Ji Yuan built strength, lost and gained allies, and avoided the Water Dragon Sect’s suspicious recruitment before pursuing Qiu Qianhai’s hidden inheritance. He settled on Mist Island, where Big Clam brought him the corpse of a second-order demon beast.

• Ji Yuan joined Yao Jingfeng, Du Wanyi, and Luo Tian’s circle, shared his blood-essence ability, and received gifts to support their plans for Foundation Establishment.
• After Qin Old Blind Man pursued Qiu Qianhai’s finger bone, a gray-mist figure killed him and took Qiu Qianhai to the Land of the Abyss, while Ji Yuan advanced to the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining.
• Wen Lin helped Ji Yuan improve his alchemy and gave him an incomplete Foundation Establishment Pill formula, which Ji Yuan copied for his allies to help find its ingredients.
• Ji Yuan and his companions fought Demonic Cultivators over Century Gentian Grass, but Luo Tian disappeared in an explosion, and Ji Yuan carried the unconscious Du Wanyi to safety.
• Ji Yuan created the corpse puppet Tu Yue, then learned from Qiu Qianhai’s letter about a hidden movement technique and postponed revenge to focus on cultivation.
• After receiving Old Master Xu’s warning that the Water Dragon Sect’s rushed selection was a trap, Ji Yuan stayed behind while the sect killed the Wu family and Yao Jingfeng joined its ranks.
• Ji Yuan broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, found the Shadow-Following Technique on Qiu Qianhai’s island, and befriended its guardian, Big Clam.
• Ji Yuan moved to Mist Island, built a home and farm there, and found Big Clam badly wounded beside a second-order demon beast’s corpse.