Recaps

Lin Shisan was trapped beneath five lightning bolts while the languid older woman tested his emerging Jiaolong True Spirit, and Li Qingfeng was killed trying to save him. The ice-sculpture beauty briefly rescued Lin Shisan, but a real bolt of lightning struck him and he fell unconscious.

• Lin Shisan sensed a dragon-shaped spirit forming in his dantian and suspected it was a Jiaolong True Spirit.
• The languid older woman immobilized Lin Shisan and slowly lowered five lightning bolts toward him.
• Li Qingfeng tried twice to shield Lin Shisan, and the second attempt left him torn apart.
• The ice-sculpture beauty held back the five bolts and moved Lin Shisan to a branch, but the languid older woman’s deception left him exposed to a real lightning strike.
• Lin Shisan was struck, cursed the languid older woman, and fell from the branch as the ice-sculpture beauty rushed to catch him.

After a long, feverish dream of drifting past Hu Niu and seeing Lin Qinghan threatened by a white tiger, Lin Shisan woke in the sect after surviving the Thunder Sea. The young woman caring for him began massaging his numb lower body, leaving him flustered by her intimate attention.

• Lin Shisan repeatedly regained consciousness, then dreamed that he drifted to Ox Family Village and saw Hu Niu fall into the river.
• He watched Lin Qinghan fish by the river, heard him offer comfort, and saw thirteen stars align before a winged white tiger lunged at his father.
• Lin Shisan jolted awake, realizing the stars and white tiger had been part of a dream, and thanked the young woman who had cared for him for three days and nights.
• The young woman explained that she had massaged Lin Shisan while he slept to help his lower body recover, then began massaging him again as he blushed and grew increasingly flustered.

Lin Shisan recovered under Mu Ling’s regular massages while secretly circulating the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art. On the tenth day, the Jiaolong True Spirit appeared in his dantian again, just as the ice-sculpture beauty arrived with the Cat-Raising Fairy.

• The Cat-Raising Fairy ordered Mu Ling to massage Lin Shisan every two hours, and Mu Ling followed her instructions while caring for him over the next several days.
• Lin Shisan’s lower limbs gradually recovered, and he secretly circulated the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art as he wondered whether the Jiaolong True Spirit was real.
• On the seventh day, a light and faint dragon cry appeared inside Lin Shisan’s dantian.
• On the tenth day, Lin Shisan completed one greater celestial circuit, and the Jiaolong True Spirit reappeared with shining scales on its forehead.
• The ice-sculpture beauty arrived alongside the Cat-Raising Fairy, leaving Lin Shisan stunned.

Lin Shisan was offered a place as an orchard servant at Jade Maiden Peak, but he refused to stay when he could not bring his father’s spirit tablet. As he tried to leave the mountain, he was caught in a net and dumped in a farmhouse courtyard, where a heavyset Fairy Aunt attacked him.

• Lin Shisan thanked the Cat-Raising Fairy, the ice-sculpture beauty, and Mu Ling for saving and tending to him, then asked to take Li Qingfeng’s remains back to the Azure Cloud Lineage.
• The ice-sculpture beauty refused his request and offered him work as an orchard servant because of his affinity with lightning.
• Lin Shisan asked to return to the Azure Cloud Lineage to retrieve his father’s spirit tablet, prompting the ice-sculpture beauty and the Cat-Raising Fairy to leave in anger.
• Lin Shisan left Jade Maiden Peak, bowed three times at the orchard where Li Qingfeng had died, and started down the mountain without knowing the way.
• A bird net caught Lin Shisan and delivered him to a farmhouse courtyard, where a heavyset Fairy Aunt rushed at him and began tearing at his clothes.
• The heavyset Fairy Aunt collapsed on Lin Shisan, and the Cat-Raising Fairy appeared behind her to mock him.

Tiny Waist, whose real name was Mu Ling, rescued Lin Shisan from the fat fairy aunts after making him promise to practice dual cultivation with her and marry her. She escorted him toward the Azure Cloud Mountains and gave him a boat to escape the pursuing women.

• Tiny Waist found Lin Shisan pinned beneath a fat fairy aunt and offered to save him if he agreed to practice dual cultivation with her.
• Lin Shisan accepted, and Tiny Waist freed him before kicking away the aunt and fleeing with him from the courtyard.
• After they escaped the five fat fairy aunts, Lin Shisan promised to marry Mu Ling after visiting his father's memorial tablet at the Azure Cloud Lineage.
• Mu Ling warned Lin Shisan that he could not return to the snowy mountain without an assignment, then produced a boat and told him to board as the five pursuers caught up.

Lin Shisan and Tiny Waist survived a dangerous Cloud-Shuttle Boat landing, where they encountered Zheng Qian, who believed Lin Shisan had died. Zheng Qian explained that Lin Shisan and six other servants had been reported dead, leaving Lin Shisan to learn that the Servant Hall had reclaimed their courtyards.

• Chen Yang briefly saw a Cloud-Shuttle Boat plunge from the sky before it disappeared from sight.
• Tiny Waist piloted the Cloud-Shuttle Boat erratically, but its defensive array helped Lin Shisan and Tiny Waist land safely.
• Tiny Waist mistook Lin Shisan's closeness for an offense, struck him, and then whipped Zheng Qian out from behind a Snow Willow Tree.
• Lin Shisan recognized Zheng Qian, who feared he was a yin nightmare until he confirmed Lin Shisan was warm and cast a shadow.
• Zheng Qian said the surviving servants had reported Lin Shisan and six others dead after a series of fatal incidents at Jade Maiden Peak, and the Servant Hall had reclaimed their courtyards.

Lin Shisan returned to his former courtyard seeking his father's memorial tablet and the Little Black Cauldron, but learned Ning Hao had died after taking the blame for stolen Body Tempering Liquid. Feng Qiufeng and Chen Yang confronted Lin Shisan and accused him of causing Ning Hao's death.

• Tiny Waist urged Lin Shisan not to panic and gave him a Sea-Sound Conch before he rushed into the male servants' quarters.
• Lin Shisan found his courtyard empty, and the new occupant said Ning Hao had cleared out the belongings.
• Feng Qiufeng told Lin Shisan that Ning Hao had been framed for stealing Body Tempering Liquid, crippled, expelled, and killed by a demon beast.
• Feng Qiufeng accused Lin Shisan of causing Ning Hao's death and attacked him to avenge Ning Hao.
• Chen Yang arrived and accused Lin Shisan of stealing and killing Ning Hao, demanding justice.

Tiny Waist confronted Han Yansong about Lin Shisan’s false death report and demanded that his father’s memorial tablet and Little Black Cauldron be recovered. When Lin Shisan returned and demanded answers from Chen Yang, he slapped Chen Yang in front of an Inspector.

• Tiny Waist demanded that Han Yansong correct Lin Shisan’s death report, punish Chen Yang, and recover Lin Shisan’s belongings, but Han Yansong refused to let her enter the servant quarters.
• Lin Shisan returned and respectfully asked Chen Yang where his father’s memorial tablet was and why Chen Yang had reported him dead.
• Chen Yang questioned Lin Shisan about the Body Tempering Liquid and accused him of involvement in its theft, while Feng Qiufeng berated him.
• An Inspector and a Servant Disciple arrived and insulted Lin Shisan, who ignored them and demanded the whereabouts of his father’s memorial tablet.
• After the Inspector insulted his dead father, Lin Shisan slapped Chen Yang, stunning the onlookers.

Lin Shisan endured Chen Yang and Feng Qiufeng’s attempts to force him to kneel, refusing even as they battered his legs. As Feng Qiufeng’s final blow neared, Lin Shisan’s jiaolong true spirit broke free of the swamp in his dantian, and his cultivation reached a turning point.

• Chen Yang attacked Lin Shisan with his Divine Sense power, but Lin Shisan refused to kneel despite his injured knees.
• Feng Qiufeng struck Lin Shisan with a wooden club, knocking him into a pile of firewood, but Lin Shisan stood again using two sticks for support.
• Chen Yang urged Feng Qiufeng to kill Lin Shisan and promised him the deputy steward position, while the onlookers watched in alarm.
• Feng Qiufeng swung a heavier club at Lin Shisan’s legs as Chen Yang secretly reinforced it with his Divine Sense Blade.
• Lin Shisan roared in despair, and his jiaolong true spirit broke free from the swamp and swam through the sea in his dantian.

Lin Shisan advanced to the third body tempering layer and killed Feng Qiufeng when Feng tried to stab him from behind. Tiny Waist defended Lin Shisan as acting in self-defense, but an Inspection Team member exposed her disguise.

• Feng Qiufeng broke his club against Lin Shisan, who advanced to the third body tempering layer as the spectators watched.
• Feng Qiufeng drew an Azure Peak Sword and attacked Lin Shisan from behind, but Lin Shisan dodged and killed him with the dagger Tiny Waist had given him.
• Tiny Waist, revealed as Mu Ling, rushed to Lin Shisan and challenged the Inspection Team member who accused him of a capital offense.
• Tiny Waist argued that Lin Shisan had acted in self-defense, and the two newly arrived Inspection Team members backed away as the deacons watched.
• The Inspection Team member recognized Tiny Waist’s disguise and ordered a Servant Disciple to tear away her human-skin face, revealing her true appearance.

Tiny Waist fought back against Chen Yang and the Inspection Team after they accused her of hiding something, but Chen Yang rallied the stewards and servants against her. Lin Shisan tried to stop the confrontation and protect her, but Chen San declared that both of them would die for offending Boss Han.

• The Inspection Team surrounded Tiny Waist, while Donkey Face attacked her and Zhou Tongshan and Chen San blocked Lin Shisan.
• Tiny Waist knocked away the Inspection Team members, disarmed Donkey Face, and sent Chen Yang crashing into a firewood rack.
• When Tiny Waist attacked again, Chen Yang shoved a helping servant in front of him, and her whip severely wounded him.
• Chen Yang offered Old Zhao and Old Ma pills and a favor from his lord, persuading them to join him against Tiny Waist.
• Lin Shisan urged Tiny Waist to leave the fight alone, but she refused and threatened Chen Yang.
• Chen Yang accused Tiny Waist of disrespecting Boss Han, and Chen San shouted that she and Lin Shisan would both die.

Lin Shisan tried to protect Tiny Waist from Chen Yang’s accusations, then fought back violently to give her a chance to escape. Tiny Waist returned after Lin Shisan was captured and embraced him as he lay bloodied.

• Lin Shisan pleaded with the stewards and Chen Yang to take responsibility alone and spare Tiny Waist.
• Chen Yang accused Tiny Waist of having an inside accomplice and being a spy from the Nine Nether Cavern.
• Lin Shisan bit off half of Chen Yang’s ear, grabbed Tiny Waist, and rushed toward the courtyard gate.
• Lin Shisan used thunderwood to strike at the pursuing Inspection Team members, then shut Tiny Waist outside the gate to keep her from being captured with him.
• Chen San knocked Lin Shisan down, but Lin Shisan sprang up and savagely attacked Chen Yang, leaving his face badly mutilated.
• Tiny Waist returned to the courtyard, ran to Lin Shisan, and hugged him while wiping blood from his face.

Tiny Waist returned to save Lin Shisan, but Tie Dan arrived and ordered them surrounded. Just as Old Zhao and Old Ma moved to capture the two, Han Yansong intervened and crippled Old Zhao.

• Tiny Waist came back for Lin Shisan, and he shielded her from a bone whip strike.
• Tie Dan arrived, and Old Zhao, Old Ma, the Inspection Team members, and the Servant Disciples surrounded Lin Shisan and Tiny Waist.
• Old Zhao used his Iron Eagle Black Hand to lift Lin Shisan, while Old Ma blocked Tiny Waist.
• Han Yansong appeared and shattered Old Zhao's attack, leaving him badly injured.
• Han Yansong burst Old Zhao's dantian and crippled his cultivation.

Han Yansong revealed that Tiny Waist was his daughter and defended her from the stewards who had harmed her and Lin Shisan. After Tiny Waist demanded their deaths, Han Yansong promised to kill them and swiftly defeated Tie Dan and the others, leaving them hanging in a tree.

• Han Yansong threatened everyone who had dared touch Tiny Waist and demanded that the offenders cripple their own cultivation.
• Old Ma and Old Zhao knelt to beg forgiveness, while Han Yansong forced Chen Yang to kneel despite Tie Dan's attempts to pull him up.
• Han Yansong comforted Tiny Waist, who identified herself as Ling'er and demanded that everyone who had hurt Lin Shisan be killed.
• Han Yansong agreed to kill those she named, then struck Tie Dan and the others so quickly that they ended up hanging in a tree.
• Han Yansong summoned the Green Snake Sword and told Ling'er to point out anyone she wanted him to kill.

Tiny Waist punished Chen Yang’s group while Han Yansong killed Tie Dan, but Zhou Xiaotian arrived and revealed Lin Shisan could still be saved. Tiny Waist offered to become Zhou Xiaotian’s disciple on the condition that he take Lin Shisan as his disciple too.

• Han Yansong killed Donkey-face, and Tiny Waist forced Chen Yang to witness the deaths of his companions.
• Tiny Waist exposed Chen San’s heart and had Han Yansong kill him, then confronted Tie Dan over Lin Shisan’s injuries.
• Tie Dan threatened Han Yansong with an Enforcement Hall investigation, but Han Yansong struck; Chen Yang died in Tie Dan’s place.
• Zhou Xiaotian arrived and said Lin Shisan could still be saved, but Tie Dan had to be spared for now.
• Tiny Waist offered to become Zhou Xiaotian’s disciple if he also took Lin Shisan as his disciple.

After his injuries caused his cultivation to wither, Lin Shisan left the Azure Cloud Mountains, believing he would only hold Tiny Waist back. Han Yansong returned his Little Black Cauldron and sent him to Deer Gate Mountain with supplies and an introduction, where Lin Shisan spent the night outside the curfew gates and continued trying to cultivate.

• Lin Shisan decided to leave the Azure Cloud Mountains after his dantian began to wither and he feared holding Tiny Waist back.
• Han Yansong met Lin Shisan at Coiling Dragon Cliff, returned the Little Black Cauldron, and said the search for Lin Shisan's father's memorial tablet was still underway.
• Han Yansong gave Lin Shisan a Storage Ring containing an introduction to Deer Gate Mountain, an access token, and supplies, and suggested he stay there temporarily.
• Lin Shisan traveled to Deer Gate Mountain but could not enter because of the curfew and his lack of official status, so he spent the night in a nearby cave.
• After waking, Lin Shisan sat down to cultivate despite his dwindling spiritual energy.

Lin Shisan struggled to reach Deer Gate Peak and reported to Feng Qingye at the Scripture Repository · Yellow Pavilion. After accepting Lin Shisan’s gift, Feng Qingye assigned him a small courtyard and told him to bathe and change before receiving his duties.

• Lin Shisan ran for hours to reach the mountain gate, where a blue-robed disciple delayed him until midday before letting him enter.
• Lin Shisan followed Han Yansong’s map through the outer sect grounds and finally reached Deer Gate Peak.
• Lin Shisan traveled on to the Scripture Repository · Yellow Pavilion and met its young steward, Feng Qingye.
• Feng Qingye asked about Lin Shisan’s connection to Han Yansong and accepted the Body Tempering Pill Lin Shisan offered as a gift.
• Feng Qingye gave Lin Shisan a courtyard and instructed him to bathe, change clothes, and return for his duties.

Lin Shisan moved into comfortable quarters at the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, where Feng Qingye explained his cleaning duties and the dangers of dealing with frustrated visitors. After learning that the pavilion charged for entry and its gatekeepers could face the anger of disciples who found nothing inside, Lin Shisan realized he had traded one dangerous job for an even riskier one.

• Lin Shisan settled into the courtyard assigned to him and returned to the pavilion to find Feng Qingye.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan to keep the grounds and rooms outside the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion spotless and trim the bamboo and grass along the path.
• Feng Qingye explained that Lin Shisan could not clean inside the pavilion because entry required payment and the restricting formation cost money to operate.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that outer sect disciples received one free visit each year and had to buy Spirit Tokens to enter more often.
• Feng Qingye revealed that a previous gatekeeper had been killed by an Immortal Lord who returned empty-handed, leaving Lin Shisan worried about his new post.

Feng Qingye explained the dangers and secrets of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to Lin Shisan, while Lin Shisan struggled with his lost cultivation and hoped the Little Black Cauldron could help. He discovered new fine print in the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art and was horrified by its advice to castrate himself.

• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that frustrated visitors blamed the pavilion workers because the gray-market Spirit Token business was protected by powerful people, and he described the rare chance of finding a discarded mystery box.
• Feng Qingye revealed that the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion was a Spirit Artifact belonging to the Tai Chi Hall's Founding Patriarch and explained that visitors only searched its outer region.
• After Feng Qingye left, Lin Shisan cleaned the pavilion and spent several quiet days there, troubled because his Dantian was dry and his First Body Tempering cultivation had vanished.
• Lin Shisan kept the Little Black Cauldron hidden in his Storage Ring, fearing others might recognize it as a Demonic Artifact, but eventually took it out with the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art.
• Lin Shisan noticed signs that the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art had advanced and found an explanatory passage with the words, "To achieve greatness, first castrate yourself."

Lin Shisan began cultivating the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art despite seeing no change in his withered dantian, while he earned Feng Qingye’s favor through diligent work and gifts. Feng Qingye returned Lin Shisan’s father’s memorial tablet and told him to consider whether he wanted to stay, leaving Lin Shisan to decide by morning.

• Lin Shisan realized the Nine Heavens True Dragon Art suited his depleted dantian and completed ten cultivation circuits without any response.
• Lin Shisan worked diligently for Feng Qingye and brought him food and drink, improving Feng Qingye’s attitude toward him.
• An elderly Immortal Lord opened an empty mystery box, and Lin Shisan buried him instead of leaving him for the Demon Beasts.
• Lin Shisan mistook an imagined speck of light in his dantian for a tiny dragon, then continued his work and bought Feng Qingye more food.
• Feng Qingye gave Lin Shisan his father’s memorial tablet, which Han Yansong had found and delivered.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Han Yansong would not force him to stay and asked him to decide by the next morning.

After deciding to leave the sect, Lin Shisan was attacked by an enraged outer sect disciple but survived and discovered that the ordeal had revived his cultivation. He stayed on as a servant disciple and rapidly advanced through multiple realms, wondering whether his luck had finally changed.

• Lin Shisan prepared to leave the Tai Chi Hall and take his father home, but found a young outer sect disciple threatening Feng Qingye over a worthless Spirit Token.
• The young man lifted Lin Shisan with divine sense and attacked him after Lin Shisan cursed him for blaming Feng Qingye.
• The young man’s sword qi struck Lin Shisan, who later woke in Feng Qingye’s office; both he and Feng Qingye had survived.
• Lin Shisan changed his mind and stayed as a servant disciple, while the young man’s crushing divine sense had revived his dried-up dantian.
• Two nights later, Lin Shisan’s jiaolong true spirit roared as he resumed cultivation and quickly advanced from the first to the second body tempering realm, with further breakthroughs following.

Lin Shisan consolidated his sudden cultivation gains and prepared to welcome Uncle-Master Lei Shi, but when a powerful visitor arrived, Feng Qingye called him Uncle-Master Bai instead. Lin Shisan realized they might be in serious danger and feared the visitor would discover his secret.

• Lin Shisan stabilized his cultivation at the Body Tempering Third Layer, paid respects to his father, and gave Feng Qingye evolved apples to help explain his rapid progress.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Uncle-Master Lei Shi would visit the next day to open a mystery box, so Lin Shisan agreed to buy the man his favorite liquor.
• Lin Shisan and Feng Qingye cleaned the pavilion and waited on their knees for Lei Shi, growing uncomfortable under the sun.
• A visitor arrived flying on a sword, and Feng Qingye began greeting him as Uncle-Master Bai instead of Lei Shi.
• Lin Shisan saw Feng Qingye's nervous reaction and feared the visitor might kill them or discover the Little Black Cauldron.

Feng Qingye introduced Lin Shisan to Uncle-Master Bai, who used his Spirit Token to enter the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and hunt for a mystery box. After Lin Shisan was sent away for food and drink, he returned to find the pavilion destroyed and Feng Qingye gravely wounded.

• Feng Qingye introduced Lin Shisan to Uncle-Master Bai, who recognized Lin Shisan's false spiritual root and mocked Feng Qingye for taking him in.
• Feng Qingye presented Uncle-Master Bai with Seven-Day Immortal, and Uncle-Master Bai used Senior Brother Lei's Spirit Token to register his name.
• Feng Qingye activated the Little Yellow Flag, opening a starry sky full of flying mystery boxes for Uncle-Master Bai to pursue.
• As Uncle-Master Bai struggled to catch a box, Feng Qingye sent Lin Shisan down the mountain to buy pork trotters, Seven-Day Immortal, and apples.
• Lin Shisan returned to find the courtyard and pavilion wrecked, then dug Feng Qingye out from beneath broken timber, badly injured.

Lin Shisan cared for Feng Qingye after Bai Wuqi beat him and weakened his cultivation, then took over the pavilion's chores while Feng Qingye recovered. Two days later, a message arrived that Lei Shi was coming to open a blind box, so Lin Shisan went to buy wine and pork trotters.

• Feng Qingye, wrapped in bandages, ate pork trotters and drank Seven-Day Immortal while Lin Shisan worried over his injuries.
• Feng Qingye told Lin Shisan that Bai Wuqi had broken bones and scattered most of the spiritual energy in his dantian, leaving him with only a fraction of his former cultivation.
• Lin Shisan agreed to handle the pavilion's chores and reluctantly helped Feng Qingye with his needs while he was unable to move.
• Feng Qingye reminded Lin Shisan to check the Message Stone so they would not miss anyone coming to open a blind box.
• After two days of work, Lin Shisan received a message that Lei Shi, Bai Wuqi's senior brother, was coming to open a blind box.
• Lin Shisan went down the mountain to buy a jar of hundred-year-old Seven-Day Immortal and brought Feng Qingye two pork trotters.

Lin Shisan welcomed Lei Shi, who learned that Bai Wuqi had destroyed Feng Qingye’s dantian and left to punish him. Feng Qingye feared Bai Wuqi would retaliate, so he urged Lin Shisan to flee, but a Demon Beast suddenly lunged at Lin Shisan.

• Lin Shisan offered Lei Shi a jar of Seven-Day Immortal and explained that Bai Wuqi had injured Feng Qingye.
• Lei Shi went to Feng Qingye’s quarters, condemned Bai Wuqi for destroying Feng Qingye’s dantian, and left to confine him on the Back Mountain.
• Feng Qingye warned Lin Shisan that Bai Wuqi might arrange their deaths in retaliation and told him to escape immediately.
• Feng Qingye offered Lin Shisan his savings and belongings, but Lin Shisan refused to leave him behind.
• A Demon Beast lunged at Lin Shisan, and Feng Qingye rolled under the bed while shoving him.