Recaps

Jiang Yang settled into life as an inner sect disciple, tended spirit bamboo, and grew close to Shang Qingzheng while cultivating quickly with the help of his Dao Fruit. After Shang Qingzheng warned that he needed a proper inheritance to reach the Purple Mansion, Jiang Yang resolved to compete for his future at the Court Examination.

• Jiang Yang reached Qi Refining, discovered that the branch in his Sea of Consciousness was an incomplete Dao Fruit, and gained the Lush Peach and Plum talent.
• Jiang Yang joined the inner sect, moved to Morning Rain Peak, and chose to plant spirit bamboo on Dawn Rain Peak as his duty.
• Jiang Yang met Shang Qingzheng while caring for the bamboo, returned Little Sixteen to her, and began sharing conversations and tea with her.
• Jiang Yang declined Fang Xu’s invitation to explore an Ancient Cultivators Legacy because he judged the risks too great and his spirit-plant duty kept him occupied.
• Jiang Yang visited Chuanwu Market, bargained with Song Qi, and bought a seemingly lifeless Spirit Plant seed for eleven Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Yang broke through to the Qi Refining Middle Stage, then listened as Shang Qingzheng played her Pure Tone Nine Shao Flute and spoke of her distant homeland.
• Shang Qingzheng warned Jiang Yang that he needed a peak’s inheritance to preserve his chance of reaching the Purple Mansion, and Jiang Yang resolved to strive in the Court Examination.

After finishing his duties, Jiang Yang studied spells, found a sword in Fang Xu’s recovered spoils, and awakened its spirit, Bai Tang. Bai Tang taught him to wield Sword Qi and helped him identify a Spirit Treasure after a cultivator’s failed breakthrough, while Jiang Yang continued cultivating and training.

• Jiang Yang earned fifty Dao Merit for his work on the Jade Bamboo, said goodbye to Shang Qingzheng, and left Dawn Rain Peak to focus on cultivation and the Court Examination.
• Jiang Yang visited the Library Pavilion, copied reference texts, and acquired the Cave-Origin One-Qi Sword Art, Wind-Folding Returning Shadow, and Clear-Wave Mystic Shield.
• Jiang Yang practiced his new spells, exchanged letters with Shang Qingzheng, and visited Zhou Yanwei, who advised him about weapons and directed him to Fang Xu.
• Jiang Yang bought an unnamed sword from Fang Xu and copied the Seasonal Renewal Spirit-Nurturing Guiding Incantation from a damaged Jade Slip.
• Jiang Yang practiced the Cave-Origin One-Qi Sword Art and discovered that the sword held Bai Tang, an incomplete sword spirit who recognized him as her master.
• Bai Tang taught Jiang Yang to release Sword Qi with One Qi Faces the Sun, and he collapsed after managing a small streak of it.
• Jiang Yang practiced Sword Qi in the rain as a failed breakthrough caused a surge of Spirit Vigor, and Bai Tang identified the phenomenon as a collapsed Gui Water immortal foundation.
• Jiang Yang found a Nether Spring Scale Stone, which Bai Tang identified as a Ren Water Dao Spirit Treasure, then spent five days cultivating and training under her instruction.

Jiang Yang trained with Bai Tang, ventured into the Dark Marsh for sect materials, and survived a duel with Qin Dingyi before returning with valuable treasures. He traded for seasonal Spirit Treasures and reached Pure Etiquette Peak to claim the reward for his water-cutting mystic amber.

• True Person Dawn Rain advised Xie Lezhi about using a Xin Metal Spirit Treasure and reassured Lian Fei about the risks of Foundation Establishment, while Shang Qingzheng asked for clear-wave origin water.
• Jiang Yang accepted Shang Qingzheng’s gift in a letter and admitted that he liked her, causing the Peach Branch in his Sea of Consciousness to bloom and reveal Lush Peach and Plum.
• Bai Tang taught Jiang Yang to fight, and after weeks of training he defeated her in a spar before asking to learn sword flight.
• Jiang Yang traveled to the Dark Marsh, killed bandits threatening Li Rong’s temple, and learned about the declining Fortune Qi cultivation path.
• Jiang Yang gathered materials in the marsh and took two pieces of water-cutting mystic amber from a jade box, then fought Qin Dingyi and drove her off after she lost an arm and escaped.
• Jiang Yang evaded the Greenback Alligator with Bai Tang’s help, returned to the Sect with his mission materials, and turned in five sets of Snake Fangs and Gallbladders.
• Jiang Yang traded the Dark Marsh Baleful-Insect Crystal and sold Qin Dingyi’s Ring Blade, then bought three seasonal Spirit Treasures and a larger Storage Bag.
• Jiang Yang reached Pure Etiquette Peak to claim the reward for the water-cutting mystic amber, where Yu Xiuyuan invited him to cultivate Grace and Bearing.

Jiang Yang revived the Great Dream Immortal Chun Tree Spirit Seed, then placed first in the Court Examination and was taken as Xuan Guang’s disciple at Fushu Peak. After settling in and sending Shang Qingzheng a Spirit Treasure, he asked Xuan Guang which sect inheritance could lead to a bright, powerful Dao.

• Jiang Yang exchanged a mystic amber with Chu Yun for Frost-Snow Qi and a Chunxuan Breakthrough Pill, then learned from Bai Tang about the grace and bearing Dao lineage and Shared Substances.
• Jiang Yang revived the Spirit Seed with the Four Seasons Rotation and received the Dark Void Sword-Seed Art and the inheritance of the Great Dream Immortal Chun Tree.
• After nearly half a year of cultivation and sword practice, Jiang Yang went to the Ancestral Court for the examination and climbed the High Firmament Thunder Palace, defeating its Spirit Puppets.
• Jiang Yang defeated the thirtieth-floor Spirit Puppet with his sword ray but withdrew from the thirty-first floor, then was named among the four disciples selected to pass the examination.
• Xuan Guang appeared before Jiang Yang could join Dawn Rain Peak, claimed him as his disciple, and later warned Xuan Di to treat Jiang Yang as a Destiny Bearer whose fate could not be divined.
• Bi Xingjian welcomed Jiang Yang to Fushu Peak, introduced him to their fellow disciples and Butterfly-Bearing, and made him a grass hut for his new home.
• Jiang Yang sent Shang Qingzheng a letter and Mist-Rain Mirage Cloud, and she learned from his reply that he had placed first in the examination and joined Fushu Peak.
• Xuan Guang summoned Jiang Yang and asked about his Dao aspirations, and Jiang Yang asked which sect inheritance offered a bright, powerful Dao.