Recaps

Zhou Feng retaliated against Medicine King Valley, moved with Ouyang Qian to Nine Void Mountain, and sold his Heavenly Heart Gu formula for valuable resources. He joined the Tax Gu Division to gain access to rare Gu and knowledge, then began studying its techniques with plans to improve them.

• Zhou Feng subdued Yao Thirteen, killed Ouyang Shaotian after using Ouyang Qian to defeat him, then infiltrated and plundered Medicine King Valley before escaping with Ouyang Qian.
• Zhou Feng and Ouyang Qian registered at the Central Marketplace and settled on Nine Void Mountain, where Zhou Feng developed the Heavenly Heart Gu and tested it at the Live Gu Workshop.
• Zhou Feng sold the Heavenly Heart Gu formula to Qian Mingming for one thousand Heaven Grade Gu Essence and three Silver Scale Gu Spiritual Molts.
• Zhou Feng arranged for Niu Dali to craft spirit armor, then decided to join the Tax Gu Division to access its resources and archives despite Ouyang Qian’s warnings.
• Zhou Feng passed the Tax Gu Division’s inspection and accepted the Blood Contract Gu, Spirit Locking Gu, and Blood Tax Gu before being assigned to collect taxes in the Eastern Hall.
• Zhou Feng studied the Division’s rules and Blood Tax Gu techniques with an Understanding Gu, then resolved to improve the sealing technique’s unmastered realms.

Zhou Feng exploited Nine Void Mountain’s upheaval to steal the Shadowless Sword Gu and raid the Qian Household Treasury for Silver Scale Gu Spiritual Molts. He escaped with the molts while other intruders continued deeper into the treasury.

• Zhou Feng exposed Blood Tiger Mountain’s tax fraud, killed Bloodmark, and drained the mountain’s treasures and power with the Sky Swallowing Gu.
• A Wisdom Gu scandal destabilized Nine Void Mountain, and Zhou Feng used the sect’s factional conflict to plan a raid on the Qian Household Treasury.
• Zhou Feng entered the Black Market in disguise as chaos erupted, then seized the Shadowless Sword Gu from Elder Xuanji’s Nether Sea.
• Zhou Feng reached the besieged Qian Household Treasury and used Li Xia’s Corpse Remnant Gu to slip through its defenses unnoticed.
• Zhou Feng cut through the treasury’s inner restrictions and gathered its resources while Wei Ming opened the innermost chamber.
• Zhou Feng killed two cultivators who attacked him, collected the Silver Scale Gu Spiritual Molts, and prepared to withdraw.

Zhou Feng built the Tracebright Society to gather and improve Memory Gu methods, then used its research to refine a Fourth-Turn Natal Memory Gu and secure a marriage alliance with Li Qiulan. After defeating Sun Jun, he discovered that advancing toward the Wisdom Gu required an Epiphany Gu and set his sights on the sect’s restricted vaults.

• Zhou Feng escaped the Qian Household’s Living Refinement Ground, returned to the Black Market, and refined Silver Scale Gu Skin while Nine Void Mountain struggled with the aftermath of the attack.
• After joining patrols and capturing an Illusion Sect disciple, Zhou Feng spent his contribution points on Wisdom Gu records and devised three experimental Memory Gu methods.
• Zhou Feng founded the Tracebright Society to collect, rank, and improve Gu refinement research, attracting Rogue Cultivators and using their experiments to complete his Voidlight Cultivation Method.
• Zhou Feng refined a Memory Gu and expanded the Society’s trading channel, drawing Li Qiulan’s attention and leading her to arrange a marriage alliance with him.
• Li Qiulan formalized her betrothal to Zhou Feng, brought administrators into the Society, and resisted factional demands to restrict its shared research and exchanges.
• Zhou Feng refined a flawless Fourth-Turn Natal Memory Gu, integrated it with his Intelligent Brain, and broke through to Fourth-Turn cultivation.
• When Sun Jun and other clan prodigies challenged his marriage, Zhou Feng defeated Sun Jun’s Blood Demon Gu attacks and walked on to the Tracebright Society.
• Zhou Feng deduced that a Wisdom Gu required Memory Gu, Clearthought Gu, Epiphany Gu, and Origin-Seeking Gu, then learned that Nine Void Mountain’s restricted vaults held two complete Epiphany Gus.