Recaps

Liu Yu offered Jiang Qiushui a Foundation Establishment Pill on credit in exchange for letting him plant a Primordial Spirit Restriction, then explained how she should prepare to establish her foundation. After Jiang Qiushui left to make preparations, Liu Yu resumed cultivating and contacted Geng Yunsong.

• Liu Yu offered Jiang Qiushui a Foundation Establishment Pill for three thousand five hundred spirit stones on credit and required her to accept a Primordial Spirit Restriction.
• Jiang Qiushui agreed, and Liu Yu planted the restriction in her primordial spirit before giving her the pill.
• Liu Yu taught Jiang Qiushui the details of foundation establishment and advised her to prepare thoroughly before attempting it.
• Jiang Qiushui agreed to establish her foundation at Liu Yu's cave abode after preparing, while Sun Ju took over the Jade Pill Hall's affairs.
• Liu Yu resumed his cultivation, then sent a Voice-Transmitting Talisman and contacted Geng Yunsong by divine sense.

Liu Yu resumed guiding Geng Yunsong, whose false spiritual roots had left him stuck at the sixth layer of qi refining despite years of support. He offered to answer Geng Yunsong’s cultivation questions and resume their six-month guidance sessions, while intending to provide no extra resources.

• Liu Yu reflected that Geng Yunsong’s poor aptitude had slowed his cultivation and that he was unlikely to reach the peak of qi refining before sixty.
• Geng Yunsong arrived at Liu Yu’s cave abode and recalled how his grandfather’s death had left him isolated and vulnerable to threats from other disciples.
• Liu Yu challenged Geng Yunsong about his slow progress, and Geng Yunsong explained that he had cultivated diligently but was limited by his false spiritual roots.
• Liu Yu offered to answer Geng Yunsong’s questions and said their guidance sessions would resume every six months.
• Geng Yunsong described the difficulties he had encountered since reaching the sixth layer of qi refining.

Liu Yu answered Geng Yunsong’s cultivation questions and then summoned Wu Chang to investigate Du Jingshan, who had tampered with Liu Yu’s magic weapon years earlier. After sending Wu Chang away, Liu Yu considered his cultivation, sect, business, old grudges, and body-refining plans.

• Liu Yu gave Geng Yunsong guidance on his Qi Refining questions, but judged him too ordinary and inflexible to advance far.
• Liu Yu summoned Wu Chang and recalled how Du Jingshan had tampered with his Mother-and-Son Soul-Chasing Blades more than twenty years earlier.
• Wu Chang agreed to investigate Du Jingshan in exchange for spirit stones and Liu Yu’s foundation establishment insights, and swore a heart-demon oath to keep the matter secret.
• Liu Yu reviewed his plans to advance his cultivation, attend the Disciple-Selection Ceremony, expand his pill business, settle old grudges, and find a body-refining technique.

Liu Yu let Jiang Qiushui begin her Foundation Establishment attempt, then met Wu Chang at the Wind and Moon Pavilion, where Wu Chang reported what he had learned about Du Jingshan and the Du Household. Liu Yu considered the information about Du Jingshan’s regular journey to his lineage and left the pavilion after paying for their meal.

• Jiang Qiushui told Liu Yu she was ready to attempt Foundation Establishment, and he allowed her to begin seclusion in a room in his cave abode.
• Liu Yu received Wu Chang’s invitation and traveled to the Wind and Moon Pavilion on Clear Spring Peak.
• Wu Chang welcomed Liu Yu and shared his investigation into Du Jingshan, the Du Household, and Du Jingshan’s upcoming trip back to his lineage.
• Liu Yu noted that Du Jingshan would travel in roughly two months along a route that could not easily be avoided.
• Liu Yu paid for the meal and told Wu Chang to save his spirit stones for Foundation Establishment preparations.

Liu Yu secured Wu Chang’s loyalty and returned to cultivate, while Du Jingshan escorted eight Du Household youths toward the Primordial Yang Sect. Liu Yu ambushed their flying boat at Skyline Gorge, and Du Jingshan escaped the first attacks as the boat was split apart with the youths still aboard.

• Liu Yu paid Wu Chang the remaining spirit stones and gave him a Jade Slip, then agreed to consider employing him and told him to visit Colorful Lotus Mountain in six months.
• Liu Yu returned to his Cave Abode, checked on Jiang Qiushui’s seclusion, and began refining an Azure Origin Pill.
• Du Jingshan took eight young members of the Du Household toward the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and warned them to obey the Primordial Yang Sect’s rules.
• Du Jingshan guided the yellow flying boat through Skyline Gorge despite the danger of evil cultivators lying in wait.
• Liu Yu, disguised in yellow robes, ambushed the flying boat with two high-grade spirit artifacts and the Azure Flame Web.
• Du Jingshan used a red talisman to escape the attacks, but the Azure Flood Dragon Halberd and Profound Departure Sword split apart the flying boat with the eight youths aboard.

Liu Yu killed Du Jingshan’s eight young companions and revealed that he had come to settle their old grievance over the Mother-and-Son Soul-Chasing Blades. Their battle reached a stalemate, but Du Jingshan’s talisman treasure began to weaken, so he used talismans to cover his retreat and fled.

• Liu Yu’s Azure Flame Web destroyed the flying boat and burned all eight young cultivators to ash as Du Jingshan watched helplessly.
• Liu Yu showed Du Jingshan the Mother-and-Son Soul-Chasing Blades, prompting Du Jingshan to recognize him as the cultivator he had wronged twenty years earlier.
• Du Jingshan and Liu Yu activated their talisman treasures and began exchanging attacks.
• Liu Yu pressed Du Jingshan with his spirit artifacts and Azure Yang Demonic Flame, but Du Jingshan blocked the attacks with his artifacts and a water-element talisman.
• After a quarter of an hour, Du Jingshan’s short-sword talisman treasure began to run out of power, so he hurled three talismans at Liu Yu’s attacks and fled on a red flying sword.

Liu Yu pursued Du Jingshan and killed him with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame after overcoming his artifacts and defenses. After extinguishing the fire that had consumed a mortal village, Liu Yu found a dying pregnant woman who entrusted him with her newborn.

• Liu Yu chased Du Jingshan from Skyline Gorge, used a Fire Dragon Technique to frighten him, and continued attacking as Du Jingshan fled and begged for mercy.
• Du Jingshan tried to contain the Azure Yang Demonic Flame with the Golden Little Bowl, but the flame destroyed the bowl and two more Top-grade Magical Artifacts.
• Liu Yu struck Du Jingshan with three Spirit-Shocking Thorns, disrupted his focus, and burned him to ashes with the Azure Yang Demonic Flame.
• Liu Yu collected Du Jingshan's Storage Bag and the fallen artifacts, then flew back while replenishing his magical power.
• Liu Yu found a mortal village devastated by the Fire Dragon Technique and extinguished the flames with Cloud and Rain Spells.
• A dying pregnant woman handed Liu Yu her living newborn before she died.

After defeating Du Jingshan, Liu Yu saved the newborn whose mother had asked him for help, then left the child beside an official road and returned to the Primordial Yang Sect. He examined the spoils from the battle and began a cautious working relationship with Wu Chang, leaving the story with Liu Yu testing his new subordinate’s loyalty.

• Liu Yu used wood-attribute spiritual power to stabilize and strengthen the newborn, cleaned and wrapped him, then left him beside an official road without giving him a name.
• Liu Yu returned to Rosy Cloud Mountain and assessed the spoils from Du Jingshan and eight Qi Refining cultivators, keeping valuable artifacts and pills while setting aside other resources for sale.
• Liu Yu decided not to pursue the Du Household further unless it came after him, then resumed cultivation and studied the Green Bamboo Alchemy Classic.
• Wu Chang accepted Liu Yu’s offer to serve him, and Liu Yu gave him Spirit-Fusing Water while warning him to obey his orders.
• Liu Yu learned that Wu Chang planned to attempt Foundation Establishment in half a year and gave him resources worth nearly two thousand spirit stones to sell as a test.

Liu Yu watched Jiang Qiushui establish her foundation, rewarded her with a Top-grade Magical Artifact, and planned to put her in charge of a larger Jade Pill Hall. A message from Yan Hongyu then revealed that the Yan Household had arranged for Elder Li Changkong to consider Liu Yu as a disciple, leaving Liu Yu to weigh the consequences of joining a rival faction.

• Liu Yu learned that Wu Chang had converted the Du Household's resources into 5,800 spirit stones and ordered him to search for a site for a larger Jade Pill Hall.
• After half a year in seclusion, Jiang Qiushui emerged with Foundation Establishment cultivation, and Liu Yu congratulated her and gave her a silver hairpin Magical Artifact.
• Liu Yu advised Jiang Qiushui on her new cultivation realm and planned for her to manage the new Jade Pill Hall after she settled her affairs and consolidated her cultivation.
• Yan Hongyu sent Liu Yu a message saying the Yan Household had secured Elder Li Changkong's interest and that Liu Yu could become a Registered Disciple by attending the Disciple-Selection Ceremony.
• Liu Yu realized that becoming Elder Li's disciple could make the Outer Courtyard faction regard him as a traitor and could affect his future in the sect.

Liu Yu reaffirmed his decision to align with the Yan Household and spent three years strengthening his cultivation and expanding his pill business. After reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, he considered whether his growing ties to the Family Line would affect his friendship with Yan Kai.

• Liu Yu decided that accepting the Yan Household’s support meant he had to protect his reputation and continue drawing closer to the Family Line.
• Over three years, Liu Yu reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and completed his third Demon Fire Refining Essence.
• Liu Yu opened a second Jade Pill Hall in Golden Star Market Ward, purchasing fifty years of shop rights and putting Jiang Qiushui in charge.
• Wu Chang failed his Foundation Establishment attempt and stopped cultivating, while Liu Yu encouraged him to remain in the sect and serve him.
• Yan Kai successfully reached Foundation Establishment, and Liu Yu offered him discounted Essence-Refining Pills to strengthen their relationship.
• Liu Yu wondered whether Yan Kai’s closeness to him would endure after Liu Yu joined the Li Household’s Family Line.

Liu Yu attended the Primordial Yang Sect’s Disciple-Selection Ceremony, where he reunited with Cui Liang and Qian Zhijin and assessed fellow candidate Zhou Yan. As the ceremony began, two powerful Golden Core cultivators arrived carrying treasures Liu Yu recognized from the battle at the Cold Mist Spirit Stone Mine.

• Liu Yu spent the night studying rare spirit herbs, concealed much of his cultivation, and flew to Heaven-Reaching Peak for the ceremony.
• Liu Yu registered and joined Cui Liang and Qian Zhijin, who discussed the ceremony and Zhou Yan’s strong prospects for winning an elder’s favor.
• Zhuang Ziling announced the ceremony’s start, and Liu Yu joined the sixty-three Foundation Establishment participants in the plaza.
• Two powerful cultivators approached from the south on a Silver-White Flying Sword and a Red Embroidered Tower, which Liu Yu recognized as treasures from Crescent Moon Valley and Snowfall Pavilion.

Cultivators from Snowfall Pavilion and Crescent Moon Valley arrived at the Primordial Yang Sect, and the sect changed its Disciple-Selection Ceremony into a combat tournament. Liu Yu concealed his strength, won his first bout, then deliberately lost his second while expecting Elder Li Changkong to select him.

• True Person Changfeng met True Person Chongxuan and Snowfall Pavilion's Green-Robed Female True Person, then arranged for their Foundation Establishment cultivators to be received by Zhuang Ziling.
• Seven Golden Core elders arrived, including Elder Li Changkong, and announced that disciples would demonstrate their abilities through combat bouts.
• Liu Yu drew lot number twenty-seven and confirmed that he would not fight Qian Zhijin.
• Liu Yu narrowly won his first bout, then fought for more than a quarter of an hour before deliberately suffering defeat in his second.

Liu Yu lost his first match but was selected by True Person Chang Kong as a registered disciple and accepted the position while carefully keeping his distance. Meanwhile, Snowfall Pavilion and Crescent Moon Valley envoys brought grave news about the Yan Kingdom and Southern Yu Kingdom to True Person Changfeng, who decided to consult the Heavenly Wind Ancestor.

• Liu Yu comforted Qian Zhijin after his defeat, and the two watched the Disciple-Selection Ceremony continue as Liu Yu considered the shift toward judging cultivators by combat strength.
• Qian Zhijin advanced through the second round but lost in the third, and the seven Golden Core elders conferred before announcing their chosen disciples.
• True Person Kongxuan selected Xu Donglai and Zhou Yan, then True Person Chang Kong called Liu Yu and carried him toward Heaven-Reaching Peak.
• Snowfall Pavilion's female True Person and True Person Chongxuan told True Person Changfeng that confirmed developments involving the Yan Kingdom and Southern Yu Kingdom threatened upheaval, prompting him to take them to meet the Heavenly Wind Ancestor.
• True Person Chang Kong asked Liu Yu to become his registered disciple, and Liu Yu accepted without kneeling or kowtowing so he could maintain distance from his nominal master.

Liu Yu became Li Changkong’s registered disciple, received an alchemy book, and arranged for Li Changkong’s other disciples to meet him later. After returning to his cave abode and reviewing Jade Pill Hall’s earnings with Jiang Qiushui, he opened his welcoming gift and discovered it contained a Golden Core Condensation Pill formula.

• Liu Yu presented Li Changkong with a five-hundred-year-old spirit ginseng, and Li Changkong accepted him as a registered disciple and gave him an alchemy book.
• Li Changkong explained his disciples’ rules and roster, answered Liu Yu’s cultivation questions, and told him to contact him only for important matters.
• Liu Yu left Heaven-Reaching Peak, returned to his cave abode on Colorful Lotus Mountain, and met Jiang Qiushui.
• Liu Yu reviewed the shop’s earnings and ordered Jiang Qiushui to transfer an alchemist, recruit more staff, and purchase second-tier spirit plants.
• After Jiang Qiushui left, Liu Yu examined Li Changkong’s alchemy book and found a Golden Core Condensation Pill formula.

Liu Yu studied the Hundred Herbs Pill Book, learned the Golden Core Condensation Pill formula, and began gathering its rare ingredients while continuing to cultivate. A year later, he used a Red Flame Pill to break through to Foundation Establishment middle stage, and his divine sense expanded to nine li.

• Liu Yu read the Hundred Herbs Pill Book, memorized the Golden Core Condensation Pill formula, and learned that Hundred Herbs True Cultivator had left the Soul-Cleansing Pill formula unfinished.
• Liu Yu sent Voice-Transmitting Talismans instructing Jiang Qiushui and his other subordinates to collect the rare spirit herbs needed for Golden Core Condensation Pills.
• Liu Yu continued cultivating with Spirit-Nourishing Pills and the Divine Preservation Art, steadily increasing his divine sense and restoring the magical power he had spent.
• After a year, Liu Yu prepared carefully and swallowed a Red Flame Pill to overcome the barrier between Foundation Establishment early and middle stage.
• Liu Yu broke through to Foundation Establishment middle stage, refined an Essence-Nourishing Pill, and expanded his divine sense to nine li.

After reaching middle Foundation Establishment, Liu Yu assessed his increased strength and decided to visit Golden Star Market Ward to purge accumulated pill toxin and seek stronger spirit artifacts. He checked on Jade Pill Hall and its earnings, then left to attend an auction.

• Liu Yu consolidated his new cultivation for half a month and recognized that his stronger Divine Sense and deeper magical power made him capable of facing late Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Liu Yu decided to seek treasures that could purge pill toxin and buy a Top-grade Spirit Artifact, then concealed his cultivation and traveled to Golden Star Market Ward.
• Liu Yu visited Jade Pill Hall and asked Jiang Qiushui about the shop’s earnings and her progress collecting rare spirit grasses and herbs.
• Jiang Qiushui reported seven thousand spirit stones in earnings after expenses and said she had collected only a small portion of the rare herbs Liu Yu wanted.
• Liu Yu counted the shop’s funds and supplies, praised Jiang Qiushui, and left to attend an auction in search of a suitable Top-grade Spirit Artifact.

Liu Yu devised a plan to have Qi Refining disciples collect rare spirit herb seeds from the Blood-Colored Secret Realm and disguised himself to attend Golden Star Auction House. The auction continued as he bought several useful items and the bidding began on a Top-grade Spirit Artifact.

• Liu Yu decided to recruit capable Qi Refining disciples to secretly bring spirit herb seeds out of the Blood-Colored Secret Realm.
• Liu Yu disguised himself as a middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator and entered Golden Star Auction House using an unnamed invitation.
• Liu Yu placed a tentative bid on the Nether Yin Needles, but another bidder won them for twenty-two hundred spirit stones.
• Liu Yu won several second-tier spirit herbs and a Dark-Destroying Firefall Spirit Talisman for seven hundred spirit stones.
• Wang Biqin introduced the Top-grade Spirit Artifact Molten Fire Saber and opened bidding at forty-eight hundred spirit stones.

Liu Yu won the top-grade Molten Fire Saber at the Golden Star Auction House for eight thousand spirit stones and began refining it after returning to the Jade Pill Hall. He planned to remain in the Golden Star Market Ward to seek a defensive spirit artifact and items that could remove pill toxins.

• Liu Yu outbid Qin Qing, the Fairy Red Lotus, and won the Molten Fire Saber for eight thousand spirit stones.
• Liu Yu collected the saber from the auction house and declined the maid's advances before continuing to watch the auction.
• After the auction ended, Liu Yu left the Golden Star Auction House and considered seeking a defensive spirit artifact and spiritual items that could remove pill toxins.
• Liu Yu toured the Market Ward, changed back to his original appearance in a secluded alley, and returned to the Jade Pill Hall.
• Liu Yu cleansed the Molten Fire Saber of foreign magical power and inscribed his divine sense imprint upon it.

Liu Yu attended a Foundation Establishment cultivator exchange gathering while searching for a Detoxifying Spirit Item and a top-grade defensive artifact. He left his request for a substance that could purge pill toxin as the gathering continued, while the black-robed cultivator’s attempt to acquire rare spirit mulberry leaves remained unresolved.

• Liu Yu completed his initial refinement of the Molten Fire Saber, then continued cultivating and spent three months searching auctions and gatherings for useful items.
• Liu Yu disguised himself and went to old Daoist Pine’s exchange gathering at the Wind and Rain Tower, where he noticed a black-robed cultivator carrying spirit beast bags.
• Old Daoist Pine opened the gathering by offering a Second-Tier Upper-Grade fire-element Demon Beast core, which Liu Yu declined to bid on.
• The black-robed cultivator offered the top-grade defensive magical artifact Purple Origin Pearl for Second-Tier Upper-Grade spirit mulberry leaves or information about spirit mulberry trees.
• The black-robed cultivator received a discreet Divine Sense voice transmission and put away the Purple Origin Pearl, while Liu Yu could not tell who had contacted him.
• When his turn came, Liu Yu asked for a spiritual substance capable of purging pill toxin accumulated during the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Liu Yu sought a detoxifying spirit item and learned that Daoist Pine possessed a formula for Canglang Spirit Water, which could remove pill toxin and improve aptitude. Pine offered the formula and information about the rare Starlit Fruit in return for Liu Yu's help killing a powerful Demon Beast, and their negotiation was interrupted by the arrival of the black-robed cultivator.

• Liu Yu offered three exceptional top-grade magical artifacts at the exchange in return for a detoxifying spirit item, but no one had one to trade.
• Daoist Pine secretly invited Liu Yu to meet him at the Wind and Rain Tower after the exchange, and Liu Yu accepted while remaining suspicious of his motives.
• Daoist Pine revealed that he had half a formula for Canglang Spirit Water and offered to provide the full formula and the location of the Starlit Fruit if Liu Yu helped him kill a powerful Demon Beast guarding a core-forming spirit item.
• Liu Yu questioned whether he had to help personally and suggested hiring another Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator, but Pine refused to answer.
• The black-robed cultivator from the exchange arrived as Liu Yu and Pine discussed the proposed bargain.

Liu Yu accepted Old Daoist Pine’s invitation to help obtain the Canglang Spirit Water formula and prepared an escape talisman before joining Pine and Cang Lan on an expedition. After they entered the Golden Star Branch Range, Pine revealed that their target was a Peak Second Tier Netherworld Spirit Snake guarding a spirit item in a Coldwater Pool 480 li from the entrance.

• Liu Yu decided the Canglang Spirit Water formula was worth the expedition and bought an Earth-Digging Talisman for a rapid escape.
• Liu Yu met Old Daoist Pine and Cang Lan at the Wind and Rain Tower, where the three briefly disclosed their weapons and abilities before setting out.
• Liu Yu, Pine, and Cang Lan traveled to the Golden Star Branch Range, paid the entrance fee, and entered through the guarded passage.
• Liu Yu stopped the group and asked Pine to reveal the target’s location and threat before they ventured farther into the mountains.
• Old Daoist Pine told Liu Yu and Cang Lan that a Peak Second Tier Netherworld Spirit Snake guarded the spirit item in a Coldwater Pool 480 li from the entrance, and Liu Yu frowned at the danger.

Liu Yu, Old Daoist Pine, and Cang Lan traveled deep into the Golden Star Branch Range to hunt the Netherworld Spirit Snake, with Liu Yu remaining suspicious of Pine’s motives. After they baited the beast with a Purple Marsh Frog carcass, the snake emerged from Black Snake Pool, leaving the hunt about to begin.

• Old Daoist Pine explained that he had prepared bait and a Binding Formation to lure the Netherworld Spirit Snake from its pool and trap it.
• Liu Yu, Old Daoist Pine, and Cang Lan journeyed through the range, avoiding stronger Demon Beasts and wary cultivators as they advanced.
• Old Daoist Pine led the group to Black Snake Pool, where Liu Yu prepared his defensive artifact and kept his divine sense alert.
• Old Daoist Pine placed nine formation disks west of the pool and set a Purple Marsh Frog carcass at the formation’s center as bait.
• Liu Yu concealed himself and questioned Pine’s intentions while the three waited for four hours.
• The Netherworld Spirit Snake surfaced from the pale-green pool, revealing its immense gray-black body and blue markings.

Liu Yu, Cang Lan, and old Daoist Pine killed the Netherworld Spirit Snake guarding the Coldwater Pool, then searched its ice cavern for Pine’s Core Formation spiritual treasure. They found a Mystic Origin Ice Crystal embedded in the cavern wall.

• Liu Yu, Cang Lan, and old Daoist Pine ambushed the Netherworld Spirit Snake as it approached the Purple Marsh Frog’s corpse and attacked it with vines, artifacts, and Flying-Fire Glowworms.
• Cang Lan released more Flying-Fire Glowworms while Liu Yu and old Daoist Pine intensified their attacks, eventually killing the snake.
• Liu Yu burned the snake’s body with his Azure Yang Demonic Flame, gained five degrees of fuel, and gave its surviving venomous fangs to Cang Lan and old Daoist Pine.
• Old Daoist Pine led the group into the Coldwater Pool, where they found an ice cavern filled with the remains of the snake’s prey.
• Old Daoist Pine recognized a Mystic Origin Ice Crystal embedded in the ice at the deepest part of the cavern.

Liu Yu, the old Daoist Pine, and Cang Lan obtained the Cang Lan Spirit Water formula and agreed to hunt the Red-Eyed Stone Apes for the ingredients growing on the darkstar tree. Their ambush killed one ape, but the remaining beasts attacked, and Liu Yu was still fighting one of them when the chapter ended.

• The old Daoist Pine extracted the mystic origin ice crystal and gave Liu Yu the two hides containing the Cang Lan Spirit Water formula.
• The old Daoist Pine revealed that the Starlit Fruit and starlit spirit mulberry grew on a darkstar tree guarded by Red-Eyed Stone Apes, and the three agreed to hunt them and divide the spoils.
• Liu Yu, the old Daoist Pine, and Cang Lan took one Netherworld Spirit Snake egg each and traveled to the forest containing the darkstar tree.
• The three ambushed a tier-two low-grade Red-Eyed Stone Ape, killing it with their flying swords and alerting the other three second-tier apes.
• The ape king charged Liu Yu, who held it off while the old Daoist Pine and Cang Lan dealt with the other apes; Liu Yu attacked a tier-two low-grade ape with his magical artifacts and Gleaming Gold Bow.

Liu Yu, Cang Lan, and old Daoist Pine defeated the Red-Eyed Stone Apes, collected the Darkstar Spirit Tree’s fruit and Spirit Mulberry, and set out to leave. Liu Yu detected old Daoist Pine’s hidden ambush and exposed it, leaving the three cultivators on the brink of confrontation.

• Liu Yu killed a tier-two low-grade stone ape while Cang Lan and old Daoist Pine fought the other apes.
• Liu Yu’s attacks devastated the Red-Eyed Stone Ape troop, but the Ape King ordered the survivors to retreat rather than fight to the death.
• Cang Lan and Liu Yu rejected old Daoist Pine’s suggestion to pursue the troop, and old Daoist Pine collected the dead Demon Beasts.
• Liu Yu collected all six Starlit Fruits while Cang Lan and old Daoist Pine gathered their own objectives from the Darkstar Spirit Tree.
• Liu Yu detected concealed figures ahead and hurled fireballs into the forest, revealing the auras of old Daoist Pine’s hidden ambushers.