Recaps

Xiao Hua joined the Thunder Control Sect, faced hostility and punishment, and uncovered the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda’s secrets while cultivating at East Ridge. He prepared to pursue Foundation Establishment and reclaim Shang Hua Ming’s territory from Jiang Jiantong and the Hundred Herbs Sect.

• Helplessness accepted Xiao Hua as a disciple, and Xiao Hua chose to work in the Medicinal Garden while keeping Ganlei Zi’s Sect Master Token.
• At Jade Slip Hall, Gen Liang and Gen Ming obstructed Xiao Hua’s registration, but Xiao Hua forced them to register him and revealed the Sect Master Token.
• Xiangyang brought Xiao Hua to East Ridge Medicine Garden, where Xiao Hua began cultivating and discovered that the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda transformed gold foil and bestowed the Baye Linglong Scripture.
• While Xiao Hua was trapped in a formation, Zhen Xie and Kan Mingwei fought over the pagoda, and both died, and Xiao Hua escaped, took the pagoda, and absorbed Kan Mingwei’s talisman curse knowledge.
• Zhen Ye fined Xiao Hua over the delayed Xiao Yan Grass harvest and ordered him to find information about a valuable item, while keeping his storage pouch.
• Xiao Hua returned to Wu Nai’s cave, where Nai and Zhuo helped him prepare for Foundation Establishment and provided pill formulas, cultivation advice, and other resources.
• Wu Nai promised to seek an Essence Nourishing Talisman, Xiangyang shared his Foundation Establishment experience, and Xiao Hua set out for East Ridge determined to reclaim Shang Hua Ming’s territory.

Xiao Hua advanced to the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation, qualified for the Feathered Immortal Convention, and prepared for the journey while deepening his skills and refining his artifacts. After Zhen Weisheng challenged him, Xiao Hua returned to East Ridge and spent ten months cultivating and practicing the Spirit Crow Fire Net.

• Xiao Hua refined pills and artifacts at East Ridge, returned to Myriad Thunder Valley, and learned from Wunai and Xiangyang about Foundation Establishment and the dangers of the Essence Nourishing Talisman.
• Xiao Hua reached the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation, gained weak divine sense through his Buddha Sarira, and survived Myriad Thunder Valley’s thunder when the Sarira’s Brahma sounds restored his mind.
• Xiao Hua placed twentieth in the Qin Lei Hall duels and qualified for the Feathered Immortal Convention, then agreed to attend after learning about the wider cultivation world and its rewards.
• Xiao Hua sparred with Xiangyang, who subdued him with the Great Restraint Technique, and showed Wunai the force of his Demon Spear Tip.
• Xiao Hua chose nine linked Sword Pellets from the Treasure Pavilion, kept them despite Wunai’s objections, and spent several weeks practicing basic spells with Xiangyang.
• Zhen Weisheng confronted Xiao Hua over the selection and challenged him at the Thunder Competition Ground, but Xiangyang rejected the challenge and warned Xiao Hua about Zhen Qikui and Yan Lei Ridge.
• Xiao Hua returned to East Ridge and spent ten months cultivating, refining pills and artifacts, and practicing the Spirit Crow Fire Net.

Xiao Hua traveled to the Feathered Immortal Convention, faced old ties and new dangers, and entered its increasingly perilous trials. The arc left him locked in an even fight against a Changbai Sect cultivator and his strange insect.

• Xiao Hua gave Xiangyang a Mother-Child Spirit Fruit before leaving for the convention with Wu Nai and Zhuo.
• Xiao Hua rescued Xun Shu from a Flying Leopard Beast, then encountered Fairy Hongxia at the Vast Realm and watched her leave with Yun Zichong.
• Xiao Hua told Li Zongbao about Cai Zhuoxia’s final request, and Li Zongbao burned her pouch after gaining new insight into the Mirror of Parting Emotions.
• Xiao Hua agreed to cooperate with Xun Shu in a future trial, traded for Zhong Xiaohan’s Soul Collecting Bell, and received Buddhist cultivation guidance and the Golden Lü from Han Zhu.
• Xiao Hua defeated He Fangyuan in an illusion formation but spared him, then defeated Zhu Beibei and let her leave after taking her belongings.
• Xiao Hua helped Xun Shu after Liu Weigang attacked her outside the formation, and Renzhu expelled Liu Weigang from the convention.
• Xiao Hua survived a Changbai Sect cultivator’s Green Wood Formation and crimson rope, then summoned Xiao Huang and Little Silver to fight the cultivator’s strange insect and defenses.

Xiao Hua rose through the convention, gained the Town Cloud Seal and the Prajna Heavy Sword, and helped Fairy Hongxia establish her foundation. As the Thunder Control Sect began its journey home, his warnings of danger led Gen Qing to divert their route.

• Xiao Hua defeated Fan Tong, then returned most of the spirit stones and pills from Fan Tong’s storage bag while keeping the Town Cloud Seal as compensation.
• Xiao Hua traded Mysterious Yin Grass for a Sword Gestation Method, but discovered that his lack of sword essence and his Dragon Transformation Art made the method difficult to use.
• Han Zhu gave Xiao Hua Buddhist cultivation materials and advice, while Xiao Hua later drew Kun Feiyan as his first opponent in the second stage.
• Xiao Hua accepted three Foundation Establishment Pills from Gen Yue and deliberately conceded to Kun Feiyan before refining the Town Cloud Seal.
• Xiao Hua used the Town Cloud Seal against Yun Zichong in the final illusion-array battle, and Fairy Hongxia established her foundation while standing by him.
• Xiao Hua pulled the Prajna Heavy Sword free after the array suppressed his magical power, then refused Gen Qing’s advice to return the sword blank.
• Xiao Hua received gifts from Zhong Xiaohan and He Fangyuan, and the skullcap Zhong Xiaohan gave him reacted with white bones and revealed green seal-script talismans in his space.
• On the journey back to Xi Country, Xiao Hua warned Gen Qing of danger ahead, prompting Gen Qing to divert the thunder boat twice while a hidden man prepared for their arrival.