Recaps

Mo Yun used the Black-and-White Seal to advance his martial arts, earned a place among the manor’s trainees, and returned home to rescue Mo Yiyi from eviction. As he prepared to join the Guard Team, poison and intruders threatened the Spirit Herb Garden, and a bloodied hand dragged him into the woods.

• Mo Yun awakened memories of his previous life, learned that he was bonded to Crouching Tiger Manor, and discovered the Black-and-White Seal as he prepared to leave Mo Yiyi.
• Commander Li tested the new menials and selected Mo Yun after he used a black point to master the Nameless Fist Technique and performed it flawlessly.
• Mo Yun trained in the Tiger-Crouching Fist, gained strength through pills and practice, and returned to Mo Family Village, where he drove off Shopkeeper Zhao’s guards and stopped Mo Feng from taking the family property.
• Mo Yun reached beginner level in the Tiger-Crouching Fist and introductory level in the Tiger-Crouching Stance, earning the Village Master’s support while he waited to pass the Guard Team assessment.
• At the Spirit Herb Garden, Mo Yun impressed Zhou Bo and Liu Niang with his careful work, discovered a worker spreading corrosive poison, and reported the sabotage to Commander Li.
• Mo Yun spent two black points to advance the Tiger-Crouching Fist as the poison spread, while Liu Niang caught a servant responsible for poisoning the herbs, though he died before naming his employer.
• A masked man attacked the garden, and Liu Niang chased him into the forest while a red-dressed woman tried to steal the Fire Spirit Fruit, and Zhou Bo struck her down, but she escaped as Commander Li pursued her.
• As Mo Yun left for the Servants’ Court, a bloodied hand seized his ankle and dragged him into the woods.

Mo Yun won first place in the Guard Examination and became a Manor Guard, but left his new post when Mo Yiyi was threatened by the Sky Wolf Gang. He secured protection for her shops and returned to Crouching Tiger Manor to complete his guard formalities.

• Mo Yun killed the wounded woman in red, reported her accomplices to Commander Li, and later retrieved an Emerald Pill that helped him gain a Black Point and advance to mid bright strength.
• Mo Yun passed the Guard Examination with the highest score, said goodbye to his friends in the Spirit Herb Garden, and joined the Guard Team.
• Commander Li told Mo Yun that something had happened at home, so Mo Yun hurried to Yellow Maple Town and learned the Sky Wolf Gang was trying to take Mo Yiyi’s shops.
• After Zhao Si threatened Mo Yiyi, Mo Yun killed him in an ambush and defeated Black Wolf, then negotiated the Sky Wolf Gang’s protection for the shops and a payment of a hundred taels.
• Black Wolf compensated Mo Yiyi and arranged protection for her shops, while Mo Yun learned Zhao Si had acted on his own and declined the gang’s Guest Advisor position.
• Mo Yun shared his achievements with Mo Yiyi, accepted food and clothes for his journey, and returned to Crouching Tiger Manor with twenty taels hidden among his clothes.

Mo Yun settled into life at Crouching Tiger Manor, advanced his martial arts, and helped Commander Li defeat a Corpse Charm that had been controlling Blackstone Stronghold. He continued training at North Mountain and reached Late Bright Strength as the Third-Class Guard Examination approached.

• Commander Li showed Mo Yun around the Inner Court, warned him about demons and forbidden North Mountain, and helped him move into a private courtyard and begin guard duty.
• Mo Yun trained under Qin Hu, studied pill dao with Zhou Bo, and used the Black-and-White Seal to improve his Tiger-Crouching Fist and life attribute.
• Mo Yun and Zhao Gang accompanied Zhou Tieshan to collect rent at Blackstone Stronghold, where Mo Yun stopped Blackie from attacking and the group learned that miners had uncovered a strange coffin.
• Commander Li identified a Corpse Charm in the mine, where it controlled Xu Zhenyue and the miners, but Mo Yun freed them with Tiger’s Roar in the Mountains Intent and pursued the demon.
• Commander Li killed the Corpse Charm, and Mo Yun absorbed energy from its remains to gain two Black Points before returning with the others to the Mountain Manor.
• Mo Yun defeated Wang Daniu in a spar, collected rent from Zhang Family Village and Little Creek Village, and trained at North Mountain while an old man secretly watched him.
• Mo Yun gained three Black Points, mastered Tiger-Crouching Stance, and broke through to Late Bright Strength as the Third-Class Guard Examination neared.

Mo Yun rose to Third-Class Guard, refined pills, and helped Black Wolf defeat the Giant Whale Gang. While escorting weapons to Clearwind Town, he found the White Shark Gang's fortress destroyed by a demon and set out to hunt the wounded beast.

• Mo Yun passed the promotion assessment with Zhao Gang, Huang Shan, and Huang Wenjie, then received an Origin-Ascent Pill and advanced his Tiger-Crouching Force.
• Mo Yun bought pills, visited Mo Yiyi, asked Black Wolf to deal with Mo Feng's family, and learned to refine Qi-Blood Pills after several failures.
• Mo Yun defeated Qin Xinghai in the Sky Wolf Gang's boxing contest, collected his reward, and returned to Crouching Tiger Manor.
• Mo Yun showed Zhou Bo his refined Qi-Blood Pills, received a Bone-Strengthening Pill formula, and led Zhao Gang and Huang Shan on an escort to Clearwind Town.
• The group stayed in Sanyuan Village, where Mo Yun met Nannan and learned more about Huang Shan's family and the village's hardships.
• At the White Shark Gang's branch, Mo Yun found signs of a demon attack and sent Zhao Gang and Huang Shan away while he searched the fortress.
• Mo Yun found Han Lie mortally wounded among the ruins, stabilized him briefly, and received the Body-Guarding Art before Han Lie died.
• Han Lie revealed that the injured demon was hiding on Snowpeak Mountain, and Mo Yun followed its scent to hunt it.