Recaps

He Pingsheng healed the old man’s granddaughter’s lame leg and arranged to pose as the old man’s deceased son, with Qiao Huizhu as his daughter-in-law, to hide from his enemies. After treating Qiao Huizhu’s facial wounds and refining his disguise, he left the old man and girl stunned by his resemblance to the son.

• He Pingsheng offered to heal the girl in exchange for the old man’s help, and she swallowed a supreme-grade Blood-Healing Pill that restored her ability to walk.
• He Pingsheng confirmed that the family had little contact with outsiders, then asked the old man about his late son and daughter-in-law.
• He Pingsheng explained that he and Qiao Huizhu would pose as the old man’s son and daughter-in-law if his enemies arrived, and the old man agreed to shelter them.
• He Pingsheng secretly traveled to Far West City, enhanced ordinary Wound-Healing Medicine, and treated Qiao Huizhu’s face, though scars remained.
• He Pingsheng transformed himself to resemble the old man’s deceased son, and the old man and girl were moved by how convincing he looked.

He Pingsheng disguised his group as a family of mortals to pass an inspection by cultivators searching the mountains. After another month without signs of pursuit, he judged them safe and promised to cure the old man's granddaughter's deafness and muteness with an Origin-Repairing Pill.

• Three cultivators arrived in the mountains, and He Pingsheng instructed Qiao Huizhu, the girl, and the old man to kneel and act like his family.
• He Pingsheng used the deceased son's name, Cheng Xifeng, and claimed the girl was deaf and mute as the female cultivator questioned them.
• The female cultivator summoned her Golden Core Stage master, who inspected the group and their long-established farm before deciding they were ordinary mortals and leaving.
• He Pingsheng continued their routine for another month, then searched the surrounding mountains and found no cultivators.
• He Pingsheng thanked the old man and promised to treat his granddaughter with an Origin-Repairing Pill so she could regain her hearing and eventually learn to speak.

He Pingsheng healed Xiao He’s hearing and discovered that she had a single fire spirit root, so he left Old Cheng cultivation manuals and supplies to teach her before departing with Qiao Huizhu. He later reached Mount Li, secured Qiao Huizhu with formations, and checked that the border between the Liang Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom was clear.

• Qiao Huizhu gave He Pingsheng ingredients, and he refined high-grade Origin-Repairing Pills that restored Xiao He’s hearing after two days.
• Old Cheng begged He Pingsheng to take Xiao He with him, but He Pingsheng refused because they were fleeing enemies.
• Qiao Huizhu examined Xiao He and discovered that she had a single fire spirit root.
• He Pingsheng left Old Cheng spirit stones, pills, cultivation texts, and a Flying Sword, instructing him to teach Xiao He the Lihuo True Method.
• Xiao He called He Pingsheng “Daddy” as he and Qiao Huizhu left on the Cloud-Piercing Boat.
• He Pingsheng set up defensive and illusion formations for Qiao Huizhu on Mount Li, then searched the Liang Kingdom–Qi Kingdom border and found it empty.

He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu reached Redstone City in the Liang Kingdom, where they settled into a small courtyard and prepared to search for medicine ingredients and news of Little Qiao. He Pingsheng left Qiao Huizhu at their newly secured home while he went to explore the city.

• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu escaped the Qi Kingdom and traveled for more than forty days before reaching Redstone City.
• He Pingsheng paid for two entry tokens and bought a carriage pulled by a Snowfield Rabbit.
• He Pingsheng purchased a small courtyard near the City Lord's Manor for himself and Qiao Huizhu.
• He Pingsheng set up four second-grade formations around the courtyard and gave Qiao Huizhu a Heartbond Talisman.
• He Pingsheng left to look for pill ingredients and news of Little Qiao.

He Pingsheng visited the Red Moon Trading Company to buy maps, pill ingredients, and formation materials, but learned that several ingredients for the pills he needed were exceptionally rare. After paying for his purchases, he was stopped outside by the female cultivator who had assisted him, as she asked to offer him a service.

• He Pingsheng reached the Red Moon Trading Company and bought maps of Liang Kingdom and Redstone Commandery.
• He Pingsheng showed Elder Ling the ingredients needed for three pills, and Elder Ling explained that many were unavailable or extremely rare.
• He Pingsheng insisted on pursuing the ingredients and bought all the available pill ingredients, along with second- and third-grade formation materials.
• He Pingsheng paid ninety-seven thousand spirit stones and left the trading company.
• The blue-robed female cultivator called after He Pingsheng and asked to offer him a service for compensation.

He Pingsheng negotiated with Liang Yue for a Skull Mountain Token in exchange for a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. After buying two winter dawnflowers and two momentary fruits, he obtained the Token and learned that the Skull Mountain Assembly would take place in half a year.

• Liang Yue told He Pingsheng where he could find winter dawnflower and momentary fruit, and offered to obtain a Skull Mountain Token.
• Liang Yue asked for a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, and He Pingsheng agreed to trade one for the Token and her help locating ingredients.
• Liang Yue found a trading association where He Pingsheng bought two winter dawnflowers and two momentary fruits.
• Liang Yue gave He Pingsheng a black Skull Mountain Token that let its holder bring one other person to the assembly.
• Liang Yue told He Pingsheng that the Skull Mountain Assembly would be held in half a year and that its location was marked on his map.

He Pingsheng refined supreme-grade Meridian-Opening Pills and Spirit-Expanding Pills for Qiao Huizhu, who used them to open her meridians and dantian. She could now cultivate, though her dormant spirit root still needed to be awakened.

• He Pingsheng returned with ingredients for the Meridian-Opening Pill and Spirit-Expanding Pill, but lacked two ingredients for the Spirit-Nurturing Pill.
• He Pingsheng studied the two pill formulas, enhanced the ingredients, and refined both pills, later turning the waste pills and successful pills into supreme-grade versions.
• He Pingsheng gave Qiao Huizhu a supreme-grade Meridian-Opening Pill and a supreme-grade Spirit-Expanding Pill, reassuring her that she would succeed.
• Qiao Huizhu took the Meridian-Opening Pill and opened her meridians, then took the Spirit-Expanding Pill and opened her dantian.
• He Pingsheng told Qiao Huizhu she could cultivate by using pills, even though her spirit root had not yet awakened.

He Pingsheng discovered that Qiao Huizhu could restore her cultivation by swallowing pills, and she quickly advanced through the Qi Refining Stage while regaining her appearance. After they began secluded cultivation, He Pingsheng reached the third layer of Foundation Establishment and learned the Divine Spear was a high-grade Ancient Treasure.

• He Pingsheng gave Qiao Huizhu Qi-Gathering Pills, and she advanced to the third layer of Qi Refining Stage in one day.
• Qiao Huizhu explained that she could regain her former cultivation without bottlenecks, though it would take two or three years.
• He Pingsheng gave Qiao Huizhu a Blood-Healing Pill, which removed the scars from her face and restored her beauty.
• Several days later, He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu began secluded cultivation, while He Pingsheng set up formations to protect his secret Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• He Pingsheng tried to enhance the small black spear without success, then refined it while cultivating for more than five months.
• He Pingsheng broke through to the third layer of Foundation Establishment and identified the spear as a Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear, a high-grade Ancient Treasure with nineteen layers of restrictions.

He Pingsheng tested the Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear, then left Redstone City with Qiao Huizhu to attend the Skull Mountain Assembly. After arriving, they entered the crowded grounds and went to find lodging, still without news of Qiao Xiaoqiao.

• He Pingsheng tested the Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear and prepared to travel to Skull Mountain.
• He Pingsheng discovered that Qiao Huizhu had reached the eighth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, and the two reunited after months apart.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu left Redstone City by Flying Boat and arrived at Skull Mountain half a day later.
• Qiao Huizhu said she had been unable to contact Qiao Xiaoqiao because they were beyond the Heartbond Talisman's range.
• He Pingsheng paid the entry fee for himself and Qiao Huizhu, then surveyed the assembly grounds and decided to rent a house.

He Pingsheng rented a guarded house at the Skull Mountain Assembly and searched for heavenly fragrant cardamom, but found none. While browsing the stalls with Qiao Huizhu, he discovered a demon-beast pill flame and considered buying it.

• He Pingsheng rented a house for fifteen days and added several formations to protect it.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu searched the merchant establishments for heavenly fragrant cardamom, but none had it.
• Qiao Huizhu reassured He Pingsheng that she was content, while he urged her to keep cultivating toward the Nascent Soul Realm.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu browsed the stalls, but found no heavenly fragrant cardamom.
• He Pingsheng learned that a stallholder's pill flame had been extracted from a Golden Core Stage Blaze Rat and considered purchasing it.

He Pingsheng traded a high-grade Soul-Restoring Pill for a rare pill flame and then searched a market for ingredients needed to refine pills. He learned where to look for bitter hemp seeds but found no lead on heavenly fragrant cardamom, so he and Qiao Huizhu continued browsing.

• He Pingsheng traded a high-grade Soul-Restoring Pill to the fat cultivator for a third-grade pill flame, which he stored to refine later.
• He Pingsheng asked the Spirit Herb Manor stallholders for bitter hemp seeds and learned the manor might still have some in storage.
• He Pingsheng asked where to find heavenly fragrant cardamom, but the stallholders said it was too rare to know a source.
• Qiao Huizhu urged He Pingsheng not to let his search become an inner demon and said she did not expect to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• He Pingsheng told Qiao Huizhu they had visited fewer than a tenth of the stalls and continued looking.

He Pingsheng bought the rare God-Slaying Art from an elderly cultivator and considered how its invisible divine sense attacks could help him survive. He and Qiao Huizhu continued browsing the stalls, where they found a Talisman Brush suited to her.

• He Pingsheng discovered that an old man was selling his former sect’s cultivation techniques to raise money for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• The old man singled out the God-Slaying Art for He Pingsheng, who learned it could use divine sense to disrupt or destroy an opponent’s sea of consciousness.
• He Pingsheng gave the old man a Foundation Establishment Pill for the Jade Slip and left with Qiao Huizhu.
• Qiao Huizhu recognized the God-Slaying Art as a rare, difficult-to-defend-against divine sense ability, while He Pingsheng considered enhancing it with the Treasure-Gathering Basin.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu found no bitter hemp seed but discovered a Talisman Brush suited to Qiao Huizhu.

He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu searched Skull Mountain’s market for ingredients and found the bitter hemp seeds He Pingsheng needed, but not the heavenly fragrant cardamom. They returned to their rented house planning how to search the remaining stalls before their locations changed.

• He Pingsheng inspected a third-grade trapping formation plate at a stall but decided not to buy it.
• Qiao Huizhu spotted bitter hemp seeds, and He Pingsheng traded two middle-grade Spirit-Gathering Pills for them.
• He Pingsheng learned that the Daoist nun had no heavenly fragrant cardamom, the last ingredient he and Qiao Huizhu needed.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu searched the market until nightfall, finding more bitter hemp seeds but no heavenly fragrant cardamom.
• He Pingsheng worried that the stalls would be rearranged the next day and proposed finding a better way to search them.

He Pingsheng used a Dual Spirit Pill to search the square for heavenly fragrant cardamom, then bought two Golden Thunder Talismans and prepared a buying stall with Qiao Huizhu. The chapter ended as they began seeking the herb by offering a high price for it.

• He Pingsheng swallowed a supreme-grade Dual Spirit Pill and expanded his divine sense enough to inspect nearly every stall in the square, but he found no heavenly fragrant cardamom.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu visited a stall run by a sixth-layer Golden Core cultivator, who mistook He Pingsheng for a powerful Golden Core expert.
• He Pingsheng bought two low-grade Golden Thunder Talismans for forty-eight middle-grade spirit stones.
• He Pingsheng told Qiao Huizhu that the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void had left him his possessions.
• He Pingsheng set up a stall displaying pills and a sign offering a high price for second-grade heavenly fragrant cardamom.

He Pingsheng failed to attract buyers for heavenly fragrant cardamom until he offered a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact in exchange, drawing attention across the Skull Mountain Assembly. Senior Bai arrived with the material but demanded Qiao Huizhu as his cultivation cauldron, and He Pingsheng refused.

• Qiao Huizhu sold all the pills at He Pingsheng's stall, but no one showed interest in heavenly fragrant cardamom.
• He Pingsheng advertised a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact as a reward for heavenly fragrant cardamom and displayed the Sacred Wood Shield.
• He Pingsheng explained what heavenly fragrant cardamom looked like, and news of his offer spread through the Skull Mountain Assembly.
• Senior Bai, an eighth-level Golden Core Stage cultivator from the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect, offered to give He Pingsheng heavenly fragrant cardamom in exchange for Qiao Huizhu.
• Qiao Huizhu hid behind He Pingsheng, who refused Senior Bai's demand and said she was his Dao Companion.

At the Trading Fair, Bai Shangli tried to force He Pingsheng to give up Qiao Huizhu in exchange for status in the Free and Carefree Immortal Sect, then threatened to kill him after the fair. He Pingsheng refused and considered ways to protect Qiao Huizhu, before a woman in black approached with news about heavenly fragrant cardamom.

• Bai Shangli lusted after Qiao Huizhu and offered He Pingsheng discipleship and power if he surrendered her.
• He Pingsheng refused Bai Shangli's offer, and Bai Shangli threatened to kill him once the Trading Fair ended.
• He Pingsheng reassured Qiao Huizhu and considered using his divine sense, a Golden Thunder Talisman, sword flight, or the Jinlan Treasure Robe to evade Bai Shangli.
• A woman in black asked He Pingsheng about trading two heavenly fragrant cardamoms for a supreme-grade spirit artifact shield.
• The woman in black said she had news about heavenly fragrant cardamom.

He Pingsheng agreed to trade a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact for the Black-Clad Woman’s lead on heavenly fragrant cardamom, then fled Skull Mountain with Qiao Huizhu to escape Bai Shangli. Back in his courtyard, they disguised themselves and entered seclusion to cultivate before meeting the woman in two months.

• The Black-Clad Woman told He Pingsheng she knew where a patch of heavenly fragrant cardamom grew, and he agreed to give her his supreme-grade Spirit Artifact if she showed him the plants.
• He Pingsheng sensed Bai Shangli spying on him and persuaded Qiao Huizhu to leave Skull Mountain before the Trading Fair ended.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu escaped on his sword, and Bai Shangli pursued them but could not catch up.
• He Pingsheng disguised Qiao Huizhu and himself in their Redstone City courtyard, then activated its formations.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu prepared to enter seclusion and cultivate for two months before meeting the Black-Clad Woman.

He Pingsheng enhanced several treasures and discovered two Heaven-tier Divine Sense abilities: one that could block attacks and one that could strike an enemy. He mastered Formless Big Dipper Nails, but its first use nearly exhausted his Divine Sense.

• He Pingsheng set up formations in his room, enhanced his pill flame, and refined the azure flame for concocting pills.
• The Treasure-Gathering Basin doubled his Golden Thunder Talismans and bitter hemp seeds and produced two Jade Slips containing Divine Sense abilities.
• He Pingsheng learned the Purple Mansion Nine-Shield Art could protect against Divine Sense attacks and Formless Big Dipper Nails could attack them.
• He Pingsheng chose to cultivate Formless Big Dipper Nails and, after consuming three Dual Spirit Pills over nearly two months, reached minor attainment.
• He Pingsheng summoned seven Divine Sense nails and struck the wooden doorframe, leaving seven deep marks while exhausting nearly all his Divine Sense.

He Pingsheng prepared for the trip to find heavenly fragrant cardamom and set out with Qiao Huizhu and Mi Rong. Mi Rong betrayed them by leading them into an ambush by Bai Shangli, who threatened Qiao Huizhu as He Pingsheng took a Dual Spirit Pill.

• He Pingsheng spent five days refining pills and checked Qiao Huizhu's progress, finding her at the tenth layer of Qi Refining.
• He Pingsheng gave Qiao Huizhu the Jinlan Treasure Robe and disguised her before they met the cultivator in black, who introduced herself as Mi Rong.
• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu traveled west with Mi Rong toward Tianqiang Mountain in search of heavenly fragrant cardamom.
• After about two hours, Mi Rong landed on a peak, where Bai Shangli appeared and recognized that the pair had been in disguise.
• Mi Rong revealed that she had led He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu to Bai Shangli, who threatened them and targeted Qiao Huizhu.
• He Pingsheng took a supreme-grade Dual Spirit Pill as Bai Shangli mocked his cultivation and threatened to violate Qiao Huizhu.

He Pingsheng killed Bai Shangli with his Formless Big Dipper Nails after using a supreme-grade Third-Grade Talisman as a distraction, then captured the traitorous Mi Rong. Aboard the Cloud-Piercing Boat, Mi Rong explained how Bai Shangli had forced her to betray He Pingsheng, and He ordered her to lead them to heavenly fragrant cardamom.

• Bai Shangli threatened He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu, but He Pingsheng used a supreme-grade Third-Grade Talisman to distract him.
• He Pingsheng struck Bai Shangli with seven Formless Big Dipper Nails, killing him despite the strain on his divine sense.
• He Pingsheng stopped Mi Rong from escaping, knocked her unconscious with poisoned thorns, and recovered with a supreme-grade Soul-Restoring Pill.
• He Pingsheng burned Bai Shangli's corpse, took his crimson storage ring, and left on the Cloud-Piercing Boat with Qiao Huizhu and Mi Rong.
• Mi Rong admitted that Bai Shangli had captured and threatened her, forcing her to lure He Pingsheng out of the city.
• He Pingsheng warned Mi Rong not to flee and ordered her to lead them to heavenly fragrant cardamom, promising that her fate would depend on her performance.

He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu traveled toward the Mi Household to obtain Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom, while He Pingsheng sorted and enhanced the spoils from Bai Shangli. The chapter left them approaching the Mi Household after He Pingsheng killed Mi Rong to keep her from revealing that he had killed Bai Shangli.

• He Pingsheng searched Bai Shangli's ring, found spirit stones, artifacts, talismans, and the soul-filled Thousand Souls Banner, and decided not to refine the banner.
• During the flight, He Pingsheng enhanced the talismans, Flying Boat, and storage ring, then gave Qiao Huizhu a new ring and some spirit stones.
• Mi Rong revealed that she belonged to the Mi Household on Tianqiang Mountain and had fled after its head threatened to cripple her cultivation.
• Mi Rong said she could not enter the household and offered to give up the Sacred Wood Shield, but He Pingsheng bound her with Thorn Vines and left her unconscious in a ravine.
• He Pingsheng searched Mi Rong's Storage Bag and headed with Qiao Huizhu toward the Mi Household.

He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu visited the Mi Household to obtain two Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom seeds for restoring Qiao Huizhu’s spirit root. The Mi Household Ancestor gave them the seeds for free, leaving He Pingsheng stunned as they prepared to continue her recovery.

• He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu entered the Mi Household and asked its Internal Affairs elder to sell them two Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom seeds.
• The elder explained that the seeds belonged to the Mi Household Ancestor and went to ask his permission.
• The Mi Household Ancestor questioned Qiao Huizhu and had the elder verify that her spirit root remained blocked.
• The Mi Household Ancestor gave He Pingsheng two seeds without charge and wished Qiao Huizhu success in reshaping her spirit root.

He Pingsheng obtained heavenly fragrant cardamom from the Mi Household and used it to restore Qiao Huizhu’s spirit root before entering seclusion. After eleven years, he reached the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment, hit a bottleneck, and prepared to travel in search of spirit fruits containing the power of laws.

• He Pingsheng accepted the heavenly fragrant cardamom from the Mi Household and learned that its ancestor was named Mi Zangyuan.
• He Pingsheng refined a supreme-grade Spirit-Nurturing Pill, and Qiao Huizhu used it to restore her spirit root.
• He Pingsheng sold a pill flame and the Cloud-Piercing Boat, enhanced the Thousand Souls Banner into two banners, and began cultivating in seclusion.
• Over the next year, Qiao Huizhu returned to the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment while He Pingsheng reached the fourth layer.
• After another ten years, He Pingsheng reached the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment across his five dantian and encountered a bottleneck requiring spirit fruits containing the power of laws.
• He Pingsheng mastered several divine abilities, learned to set up third-grade formations, and decided to travel in search of the spirit fruits.

He Pingsheng learned that the City Lord's Manor was auctioning shops in Redstone City and attended the auction, planning to buy one to help search for Qiao Xiaoqiao. The auction began with only a small crowd of powerful cultivators, and He Pingsheng was left waiting to bid.

• Ling Zhiwang visited He Pingsheng and gave him a token for an auction of shops scheduled in three days.
• He Pingsheng prepared for the auction, which offered shops that Qiao Huizhu hoped to use to find Qiao Xiaoqiao.
• Ling Zhiwang reserved He Pingsheng a VIP seat and asked whether he planned to open a formation shop.
• He Pingsheng said he would open an alchemy shop, leaving Ling Zhiwang puzzled by his claim that pill refining and formation work had something in common.
• He Pingsheng took his VIP seat at the dedicated shop auction, where fewer than two hundred peak Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators had gathered.

He Pingsheng attended Redstone City's auction and bought the right to operate a tiny shop in the bustling Jiazi District near the City Lord's Manor. After paying the full hundred years of taxes, he left with a City Lord's Manor cultivator to inspect the shop.

• A Golden Core Stage cultivator from the City Lord's Manor opened the auction and explained the ratings and terms for the shop premises.
• He Pingsheng ignored the early lots and waited for a small shop in a busy location with little spiritual energy.
• He Pingsheng bid on the Jiazi District shop and secured its hundred-year operating rights for seven million nine hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• He Pingsheng paid the full hundred years of taxes and received the shop's Token and a tax payment plaque.
• He Pingsheng agreed to go with a female cultivator from the City Lord's Manor to inspect the shop.