Recaps

Liu Yu acquired the Huang Household’s alchemy inheritance and a Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula before joining a mission to attack an Amethyst Mine. After the attack turned into a retreat, he killed pursuers and encountered Xie Junjie on the way to the Cold Mist Forest.

• Liu Yu paid Xie Junjie for the Huang Household’s Foundation Establishment Pill Formulas, then returned to Moonwatch Immortal Fate City with Yan Hongyu and received her offer to introduce him to a Golden Core elder.
• Liu Yu sold the Huang Household’s remaining resources, studied the Green Bamboo Alchemy Classic, and obtained a Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula at a secret exchange gathering.
• Three years later, Liu Yu joined Zhou Zhuofeng’s force in an assault on the Hehuan Sect’s Amethyst Mine, where Zhou’s lightning spell broke the formation.
• Liu Yu let Yao Yunsong fight the fleeing pink-robed cultivator, then killed the cultivator after he killed Yao and concealed what had happened before returning to the mine.
• When Hehuan Sect reinforcements arrived, Zhou Zhuofeng ordered the Primordial Yang Sect cultivators to scatter, and Liu Yu fled separately while the enemy pursued them.
• Liu Yu lured the black-robed elder into a forest and killed him after the elder’s pink mist damaged Liu’s Black Iron Chain.
• Liu Yu flew toward the Cold Mist Forest and encountered Xie Junjie, who claimed to be badly injured and asked Liu to carry him.

Liu Yu survived the final stages of the war, profited from his spoils, and returned to the Primordial Yang Sect after the Five Great Sects divided the Cold Mist Spirit Stone Mine. He resumed control of Jade Pill Hall and reunited with Jiang Qiushui at Colorful Lotus Mountain.

• Liu Yu killed Xie Junjie, traded Yan Kai two Top-grade Magical Artifacts for an Instant Thousand-Mile Talisman, and escorted him to Moonwatch City.
• Liu Yu sorted and sold his spoils, repaired the Azure Flood Dragon Halberd, and arranged to supply Yan Hongyu with Essence-Refining Pills.
• Elder Yan summoned the Primordial Yang Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators and led them to Cold Mist Camp, where the Five Great Sects ended the war and divided the mine.
• Elder Yan selected Yan Hongyu and Yan Qun'er for the mine garrison, while Liu Yu returned to Moonwatch City and exchanged merit points for a Red Flame Pill.
• Liu Yu traded pills for herbs and spirit stones, left farewell messages for Yan Hongyu and Yan Qun'er, and teleported back to the Primordial Yang Sect with Cui Liang.
• Liu Yu reported to Zhuang Ziling, visited Jade Pill Hall, and took Jiang Qiushui to Colorful Lotus Mountain, where he learned she had reached the peak of qi refining.

Liu Yu avenged himself on Du Jingshan, expanded his pill business, became Li Changkong’s registered disciple, and advanced to Foundation Establishment middle stage. He joined Old Daoist Pine and Cang Lan on a hunt for rare treasures, then discovered hidden ambushers after they gathered the Darkstar Spirit Tree’s fruits.

• Liu Yu gave Jiang Qiushui a Foundation Establishment Pill under a primordial spirit restriction, arranged for her to establish her foundation in his cave, and enlisted Wu Chang to investigate Du Jingshan.
• Liu Yu ambushed Du Jingshan’s flying boat, killed him after a fierce fight, and saved a newborn from a village devastated by his attack.
• Jiang Qiushui established her foundation, and Liu Yu opened a second Jade Pill Hall before attending the Disciple-Selection Ceremony and accepting Li Changkong as his registered disciple.
• Liu Yu memorized a Golden Core Condensation Pill formula, gathered rare herbs through his subordinates, and advanced to Foundation Establishment middle stage with his divine sense reaching nine li.
• Liu Yu won the Molten Fire Saber at auction and later met Old Daoist Pine and Cang Lan to hunt a Netherworld Spirit Snake in exchange for the Canglang Spirit Water formula.
• Liu Yu and his companions killed the snake, found a Mystic Origin Ice Crystal, and then fought Red-Eyed Stone Apes guarding the Darkstar Spirit Tree.
• Liu Yu collected all six Starlit Fruits, then detected concealed figures ahead and exposed the auras of Old Daoist Pine’s hidden ambushers.

After surviving the Blood-Colored Secret Realm’s aftermath, Liu Yu built up his resources and prepared for the sect’s campaign against the Yan and Southern Yu Kingdoms. The allied forces set out for the Yan Kingdom, with Ancient Gate City named as their first target.

• Liu Yu killed Old Daoist Pine, escaped a Heavenfrost Eagle, and rescued Ji Ruyan, bringing her to the Golden Star Market Ward and then his cave abode as his maidservant.
• Liu Yu tested Canglang Spirit Water on Xu Kang and Yuan Wanli, confirmed that it expelled toxins and improved aptitude, and found that it slightly increased his own cultivation speed.
• Liu Yu recruited disciples to gather spirit-grass seeds in the Blood-Colored Secret Realm, bonded two Netherworld Spirit Snake eggs, and named the first hatchling Little Green.
• After most of his recruited disciples died and he still lacked enough herbs, Liu Yu used the Immortal Mansion’s illusory star to make Starlit Fruit grow and learned that the sect had summoned Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• True Person Changfeng announced a campaign against traitorous forces in the Yan and Southern Yu Kingdoms, and Liu Yu departed with Jiang Qiushui after preparing Ji Ruyan to remain at his cave abode.
• Liu Yu joined Jiang Qiushui, Yan Kai, and Cui Liang on the Peregrine Ship, then visited Thousand Snow Immortal City in disguise to sell pills and search for battle supplies.
• The five sects agreed on a preliminary joint attack, and Liu Yu learned from Li Changkong that their first target in the Yan Kingdom was Ancient Gate City.