Recaps

Chen Beiwu killed Zhong Shan with a strengthened water Spell Art and disarmed Lin Yu, then demanded she record her language and writing in a Jade Slip in exchange for her life. When Lin Yu tried to escape, Iron Egg attacked her, and Chen Beiwu let the dog take the blame while promising it a large piece of meat.

• The burly man charged Chen Beiwu, who activated his improved Tide Array and used a Water Blade Talisman to kill him instantly.
• Lin Yu surrendered, and Chen Beiwu severed her arms before ordering her to hand over the group’s Storage Bags, Artifacts, and Talismans.
• Chen Beiwu gave Lin Yu a Jade Slip and promised to spare her if she recorded her language and writing system; after checking it, he let her leave.
• Iron Egg blocked Lin Yu’s escape with a Flame Hound, and she used the Soul-Seizing Nail to destroy it before a Flame Pillar trapped her.
• Chen Beiwu blamed Iron Egg for attacking Lin Yu and threatened to make it eat poisonous Illusion Weasel Wolf meat, then promised it a large bone-in piece instead.

Chen Beiwu escaped after defeating Lin Yu, then discovered a rare Stone-in-the-Grass while traveling and saw Mo Li threatened by a Five-Scarlet Snake. Mo Li threw powder at the snake, but an unfamiliar, strikingly beautiful person appeared before her as she braced for death.

• Chen Beiwu collected the Storage Bags and sealed Lin Yu's Soul-Seizing Nail before leaving the battlefield with Iron Egg.
• Chen Beiwu found only ninety-seven Low-Grade Spirit Stones among the bandit cultivators' spoils and studied a Jade Slip because he could not read their pill labels.
• Chen Beiwu discovered a Stone-in-the-Grass growing on a cliff and noticed Mo Li gathering it.
• A Five-Scarlet Snake lunged at Mo Li, who threw powder at it and closed her eyes in despair.
• Mo Li opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar, beautiful person instead of the snake.

Chen Beiwu practiced speaking Southern Wilderness Language while meeting Mo Li, a villager who had nearly been killed gathering an herb to pay for her father’s medicine. After buying the herb from her and following her to Twin Rivers Village, he offered to cure her father and left Mo Li pleading for his help.

• Chen Beiwu killed the Five-Scarlet Snake, learned Mo Li had found the Stone-in-the-Grass, and paid her fifty taels of silver for it.
• Mo Li told Chen Beiwu that she needed money to treat her ill father, then led him toward Twin Rivers Village.
• As they traveled, Chen Beiwu practiced Southern Wilderness Language and learned about the village and the nearby Waterside Mountain Town.
• Chen Beiwu followed Mo Li to her home and said he could cure her father’s common cold.
• Mo Li offered the silver and begged Chen Beiwu to save her father.

Chen Beiwu bought Wind-Expelling Powder to cure Old Mo’s typhoid and let Mo Li keep the money she had tried to repay. He stayed in Twin Rivers Village, where the villagers began to suspect he was an Immortal.

• Chen Beiwu promised Mo Li he would bring medicine for Old Mo and told Iron Egg he would take it somewhere with more spiritual energy to cultivate.
• Chen Beiwu bought two doses of Wind-Expelling Powder and a sheet of Spirit-Testing Paper, then left without selling his Second-Tier Spirit Medicine at the shop’s low prices.
• Mo Li and Old Mo knelt to thank Chen Beiwu after Old Mo recovered, and Chen Beiwu let Mo Li keep the silver coin she offered him.
• The villagers of Twin Rivers Village treated Chen Beiwu as an Immortal after seeing his strange habits and Old Mo’s recovery, while the village chief warned them not to disturb him.
• A child at the village school asked whether Immortals existed, and the old tutor denied it.

After mastering the Southern Wilderness Language, Chen Beiwu studied the Southern Wild Region and learned that Rogue Cultivators faced severe dangers while the Five Great Sects maintained the region’s limited order. He decided to seek admission to Mirror Moon Palace, hoping to test his suspicion that the region’s cultivation laws made Spell Arts much stronger and favored his talent.

• Chen Beiwu finished learning the Southern Wilderness Language and discovered that the Bandit Cultivator had deliberately falsified one entry in the Jade Slip.
• Chen Beiwu read books about the Southern Wild Region and learned that its abundant low-tier Spirit Veins supported many small Cultivation forces.
• Chen Beiwu learned that Rogue Cultivators suffered from the Five Have-Nots and that the Five Great Sects dominated the Earth Evolution Realm.
• Chen Beiwu decided to seek admission to Mirror Moon Palace because he feared the dangers of remaining a Rogue Cultivator.
• Chen Beiwu concluded that the Southern Wild Region’s cultivation philosophy and laws might explain why his Spell Arts were stronger there, and he believed his talent could help him join a great Sect.

Chen Beiwu left Mo Li after discovering her top-grade Metal-type Earth Spiritual Root and giving her cultivation manuals. At school, he learned that countering the Azure Thunder Tiger with a Yin-Yang Reversal Formation would require strength beyond his current ability, and he considered studying independently to focus on cultivation.

• Chen Beiwu made three unranked talismans and told Mo Li he was leaving, giving her the talismans for protection.
• Chen Beiwu used a Spirit-Testing Talisman and discovered that Mo Li had a top-grade Metal-type Earth Spiritual Root.
• Chen Beiwu gave Mo Li the Metal Refining Art and information about the Southern Wild Region before leaving.
• In Formation Arts class, Chen Beiwu asked Teacher Zhao how to use a water formation to defeat a Second-Realm Azure Thunder Tiger.
• Teacher Zhao explained that a Yin-Yang Reversal Formation could make the water formation counter lightning, but it required at least Second-Tier Divine Sense and Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Chen Beiwu considered applying to study independently so he could focus on cultivating and gathering resources.

Chen Beiwu and his classmates traveled to the Spirit Beast Pavilion to choose Companion Beasts. After receiving passes to explore the grounds, Chen Beiwu planned to visit Blackfall Island with Xu Ziqing, who chose to accompany him.

• Chen Beiwu met Xu Ziqing and the other students at Shouhe No. 2 Middle School before Director Lin took them to the Spirit Beast Pavilion by Flying Shuttle.
• After the students arrived at the Spirit Beast Pavilion, Director Lin warned them to choose Companion Beasts suited to their Spiritual Root attributes.
• Steward Wei gave the students Jade Slips that served as identity proof, passes, and a way to consult the Pavilion's Artifact Spirit.
• Xu Ziqing told Chen Beiwu she planned to test Scarlet Flame Foxes, while Chen Beiwu planned to inspect Azure Spirit Newts, Darkwater Spirit Turtles, and Azure-Wave Spirit Carps.
• Lin Yi invited Xu Ziqing to Sulfur Reef Island, but she declined and said she would accompany Chen Beiwu to Blackfall Island.

Chen Beiwu and Xu Ziqing visited Blackfall Island to choose a Companion Beast, where Chen tested several Azure Spirit Newt hatchlings and rejected them for lacking fighting spirit. They continued their search for a beast better suited to him.

• Xu Ziqing admired the Fourth-Tier formation that created the Spirit Beast Pavilion's islands, and Chen Beiwu followed the Jade Slip's directions to a lake where Azure Spirit Newts lived.
• Chen Beiwu trapped five Azure Spirit Newt hatchlings in a Water Prison while other cultivators tried to catch them by hand.
• A giant adult Azure Spirit Newt surfaced, but Chen released the hatchlings unharmed, and the beast returned to the lake without attacking.
• Xu Ziqing warned Chen that frightening the hatchlings could prevent them from approving a Companion Beast Contract.
• Chen Beiwu decided the hatchlings' instinct to call for help instead of fighting showed that the gentle Azure Spirit Newts were not suitable for him.

Chen Beiwu searched several habitats for a suitable Companion Beast but found none that appealed to him. At Four Seas Lake, a Golden Core True Person offered him a token to approach the Darkwater Spirit Turtles, then hinted that Chen Beiwu should pay for it.

• Chen Beiwu rejected the Azure-Wave Spirit Carp at Jade-Horn Spring because none of them met his standards.
• Chen Beiwu and Xu Ziqing went to Four Seas Lake to look for a Darkwater Spirit Turtle.
• A cultivator riding a Mysterious-Water Nether Turtle approached Chen Beiwu and Xu Ziqing, and Xu Ziqing recognized him as a Golden Core True Person.
• Han Liangcai explained that only those with an affinity for Darkwater Spirit Turtles could obtain a token to approach them.
• Han Liangcai hinted for payment, and Chen Beiwu and Xu Ziqing were left confused by the Golden Core True Person's request.

Han Liangcai gave Chen Beiwu a fragment of an ancient turtle shell and suggested that his destiny might be tied to the Darkwater Spirit Turtle. Han Liangcai then explained that he was searching for a new Hidden Dragon in Fallen Dragon Prefecture by using a treasure to divine the destiny configurations of people connected to Spirit Stones.

• Han Liangcai refused Xu Ziqing’s Spirit Origin card, took Chen Beiwu’s Low-Grade Spirit Stone, and gave him a shell fragment that would keep spirit turtle hatchlings from hiding.
• Chen Beiwu entered Four Seas Lake with the keepsake while Xu Ziqing stayed behind, and Han Liangcai wondered whether Chen Beiwu was the Hidden Dragon of Fallen Dragon Prefecture.
• Han Liangcai explained that the Mysterious-Water Nether Turtle hoped to find a Hidden Dragon and forge a Cause and Effect bond that could help it advance to Demon King.
• Han Liangcai recalled that True Lord Still Abyss, formerly Fang Shanglong, had been the previous Hidden Dragon and had the Northern Heaven Five Qi Destiny.
• Han Liangcai revealed that he used the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Mirror to divine the destiny configurations of people connected to Spirit Stones and search for the next Hidden Dragon.

Chen Beiwu searched the underwater world for a Darkwater Spirit Turtle to contract and discovered a hatchling with unprecedented Golden Fortune. As other cultivators competed for the Variant Spirit Turtle, Guan Ange offered it a Spirit Jade Carp, but the turtle dismissed the gift and wandered away.

• Chen Beiwu joined the line of cultivators trying to contract Darkwater Spirit Turtles and found that none of the hatchlings in the coral had Orange Fortune.
• Chen Beiwu spotted a basketball-sized Variant Spirit Turtle with Golden Fortune and decided it would be his Companion Beast.
• Guan Ange rushed ahead to try contracting the Variant Spirit Turtle while Chen Beiwu and the other cultivators watched.
• Guan Ange offered the turtle a Spirit Jade Carp and promised to provide one every month if it became his Companion Beast.
• The Variant Spirit Turtle yawned at Guan Ange's offer and wandered away.

Chen Beiwu learned that Darkwater Spirit Turtles chose companions through Spirit Bond Sense and fate compatibility, giving him confidence in his Nine-Breath Chaos. Lin Xinghe arrived with a Foundation Establishment Steward to claim the Variant Species hatchling, seeking the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect’s First Seat and its promised path to Nascent Soul.

• Guan Ange failed to attract the Darkwater Spirit Turtle with Spirit Jade Carp and told Chen Beiwu that the turtles sensed fate compatibility through their Innate Talent of Spirit Bond Sense.
• Chen Beiwu realized his Nine-Breath Chaos might make him a strong match for the hatchling, while Guan Ange considered whether to recruit him.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator arrived at Four Seas Lake in a luxurious Flying Boat and introduced the arrival of Lin Xinghe.
• Lin Xinghe approached the hatchling, hoping to gain admission to the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect without an exam and secure the Position of Cavern Mystery First Seat.

Lin Xinghe tried to win the Variant Spirit Turtle as his Companion Beast by appealing to his cultivation potential, but it rejected him for lacking spiritual resonance. He then offered a drop of Demon King Blood, leaving the turtle visibly tempted.

• Lin Xinghe introduced himself and asked the Variant Spirit Turtle to become his Companion Beast.
• The Variant Spirit Turtle used its Spirit Bond Sense to assess Lin Xinghe but rejected him because it felt no spiritual resonance with him.
• Lin Xinghe revealed a jade box containing a drop of Demon King Blood, whose terrifying Aura froze most of the cultivators present.
• Guan Ange identified the blood as belonging to an Azure Waves Mysterious Softshell Turtle, a Fourth-Realm Demon King.
• Lin Xinghe offered the Demon King Blood to the Variant Spirit Turtle in exchange for a Companion Beast Contract, and the turtle hesitated as it considered the offer.

Lin Xinghe failed to win the Variant Spirit Turtle with Demon King Blood and left Four Seas Lake. Chen Beiwu then approached the turtle, unaware that it had already dismissed him as an unremarkable cultivator.

• The Variant Spirit Turtle rejected Lin Xinghe's Demon King Blood because it lacked the power of Demon King Essence Blood to awaken its bloodline, and Lin Xinghe left Four Seas Lake.
• The Darkwater Spirit Turtle revealed a Miniature Water Realm filled with rare Spirit Fish, including four Third-Tier Treasure Fish, as it considered what to eat.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the Spirit Fish and, despite onlookers mocking his chances, walked toward the turtle while Guan Ange began asking his father about it.
• Chen Beiwu introduced himself and asked the Darkwater Spirit Turtle to become his Companion Beast, but it rolled its eyes and dismissed his claimed talent.

Chen Beiwu failed to win the Darkwater Spirit Turtle over through his Fortune and Fate Pattern, so he tempted it with elaborate fish recipes and negotiated payment for cooking. He chose a peculiar Golden Scale fish, which Nine-Breath Chaos identified as a legendary find, and the chapter ended with him recognizing its potential.

• Chen Beiwu offered to analyze the Spirit Fish and described enticing recipes for Jade Marrow Carp and Redblood Fish, prompting the Darkwater Spirit Turtle to use its Spirit Bond Sense talent.
• The Darkwater Spirit Turtle rejected Chen Beiwu as a Companion Beast but stopped him from leaving and demanded Redblood Fish sashimi.
• Chen Beiwu agreed to cook the fish in exchange for one Spirit Fish from the Miniature Water Realm.
• The Darkwater Spirit Turtle blocked Chen Beiwu from choosing its prized Rainbow-Horned Pomfret, so he selected an unusual, round Golden Scale instead.
• Nine-Breath Chaos revealed that the Golden Scale had extraordinary potential, making Chen Beiwu's heartbeat quicken.

Chen Beiwu traded Stone-in-the-Grass to Darkwater Spirit Turtle for the Variant Golden Scale and began contracting it despite the challenges of raising it. The Golden Scale resisted with powerful Divine Sense, but Chen Beiwu used Nine-Breath Chaos’s aura to subdue it and complete the Three Treasures Companion Seal.

• Darkwater Spirit Turtle revealed that the Golden Scale carried a trace of Golden-Horned Flood Dragon bloodline, though its Dragon Transformation required conditions that made it nearly impossible to achieve.
• Chen Beiwu offered Darkwater Spirit Turtle his Jade Box of Stone-in-the-Grass, and the turtle accepted before tossing him the Golden Scale.
• Chen Beiwu asked the Golden Scale to become his Companion Beast and immediately began forming the Myriad Beast Mark, surprising Guan Ange.
• The Golden Scale resisted the Three Treasures Companion Seal with its immense Divine Sense and a gigantic Dragon Fish within its Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Beiwu summoned a trace of Nine-Breath Chaos’s power, subdued the Dragon Fish, and let the seal lock down the Golden Scale’s essence, energy, and spirit.

Chen Beiwu contracted Golden Scale, named it Golden Egg, and registered it as his Companion Beast despite Xu Ziqing's concern that its Metal attribute would hinder his cultivation. He began refining Golden Egg's three meridians in a rented cultivation chamber.

• Chen Beiwu named Golden Scale Golden Egg and saw that the beast had become submissive, though it was still hungry.
• Han Liangcai questioned the Darkwater Spirit Turtle about giving away Golden Scale, then used the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Mirror to confirm that Chen Beiwu's discovery of Stone-in-the-Grass had been a coincidence.
• Chen Beiwu showed Golden Egg to Xu Ziqing and told her he could not go with her to Sulfur Reef Island because he needed to feed it.
• Chen Beiwu registered Golden Egg at the Spirit Beast Pavilion, bought a Spirit Beast Pouch, and rented a cultivation chamber.
• Chen Beiwu began the Three Meridians Refinement, drawing out Golden Egg's essence, energy, and spirit so its Origin, Affiliation, and Dharma Meridians could manifest.

Chen Beiwu examined Golden Egg’s meridians and discovered its Mystic-Grade Origin Meridian, extraordinary Metal, Wood, and Water aptitude, and two powerful Innate Talents. The chapter left him convinced his gamble on Golden Egg had paid off, while Golden Egg simply felt hungry again.

• Chen Beiwu discovered Golden Egg’s Mystic-Grade Origin Meridian, which raised his Water Spiritual Root Purity to 82 and gave him Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude.
• Chen Beiwu examined Golden Egg’s Attribute Meridian and found exceptional Metal, Wood, and Water aptitude far beyond his own.
• Chen Beiwu learned Golden Egg had only ten years of Dao Practice, despite its powerful Divine Sense and exceptional Innate Talent.
• Chen Beiwu uncovered Golden Egg’s Second-Tier Supreme-Grade Spirit Art, Flowing Golden Scales, which strengthened its body and defense.
• Chen Beiwu discovered Golden Egg’s Sea Absorption talent could consume many kinds of things to strengthen Flowing Golden Scales.
• Chen Beiwu celebrated his successful gamble on Golden Egg, while Golden Egg blinked in confusion and felt hungry again.

Chen Beiwu helped the Golden Egg refine the Sea Absorption Spirit Art, revealing that the Second-Tier Variant Golden Scale had been unable to use its Innate Talent on its own. He then searched for a cultivation technique suited to both of them and chose the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book, but could not afford to buy it yet.

• Chen Beiwu fed the Golden Egg Illusion Weasel Wolf meat and realized it had swallowed the food without using Sea Absorption.
• Chen Beiwu used his Divine Sense and their Companion Beast Contract to guide the Golden Egg in refining its stored energy, raising its Dao Practice from ten years to fifteen.
• Chen Beiwu fed the hungry Golden Egg again, put it away, and opened the Immortal Alliance Official Website to search for a suitable cultivation technique.
• Chen Beiwu filtered the results for Wood and Water Spiritual Roots, the Ten Thousand Beasts Art, and Golden Scale, then read about the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Chen Beiwu selected the technique’s Qi Refining Chapter but left it in his Shopping Cart because he could not afford it.

Chen Beiwu examined the expensive Heaven-Grade Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book and decided to save for it rather than settle for a lesser technique. Xu Ziqing arrived with a Scarlet Flame Fox whose Fortune appeared to be Third Tier, while her own Fortune had grown brighter after contracting it.

• Chen Beiwu learned that the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book could help a compatible cultivator reach Flawless Qi Refining, but its two-thousand-Spirit-Origin price was beyond his means.
• Chen Beiwu reflected that his new Heavenly Spiritual Root made Heaven-Grade techniques suitable for him and planned to gather Spirit Stones by exploring the Southern Wild Region.
• Chen Beiwu decided to use the Ten Thousand Beasts Art until he could afford the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Xu Ziqing and Sun Yajing arrived with senior female students, and Xu Ziqing carried a Scarlet Flame Fox she had recently contracted.
• Chen Beiwu recognized the Scarlet Flame Fox and noticed its Fortune might be Third Tier, while Xu Ziqing's Fortune had become brighter.

Chen Beiwu left the Spirit Beast Pavilion without sparring with Lin Yi and received an invitation from Guan Ange to cook at his restaurant. He hurried home to investigate whether contracting the Golden Egg had improved his fortune, where Chen Dong asked what Companion Beast he had chosen.

• Chen Beiwu declined Xu Ziqing's invitation to look around the Spirit Beast Pavilion and asked her to pass a message to Director Lin.
• Lin Yi invited Chen Beiwu to spar with his Flower Spirit Butterfly, but Chen Beiwu refused and left.
• Guan Ange offered Chen Beiwu a job cooking Spirit Fish at Immortal Flavor Pavilion, with a monthly salary of one hundred Spirit Origins after the trial period.
• Chen Beiwu rode the Bixi Train to Pingchen Township and hurried home to check his fortune in the Nine-Breath Chaos Land.
• Iron Egg sensed the scent of Water-Attribute Spirit Beasts on Chen Beiwu, and Chen Dong asked which Companion Beast he had chosen.

Chen Beiwu confirmed that contracting the Golden Egg had improved his Fortune, then used his Fortune-gathering ability to reduce a dangerous aura of calamity. He traveled to Abysswall Market to pursue opportunities and found that its supposedly safe streets were ruled by blatant exploitation.

• Chen Beiwu told Chen Dong and Huang Xiaoling that the Golden Egg suited him best, and Chen Dong learned that he planned to cultivate at home.
• Chen Beiwu saw Golden Fortune and Crimson Calamity Aura after contracting the Golden Egg, then used Blue and Green Fortune to weaken the calamity.
• Chen Beiwu decided to seek Spirit Stones at Abysswall Market so he could buy the Myriad Laws Return to Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.
• Chen Beiwu entered Abysswall Market after paying a Spirit Stone and receiving an access Jade Slip.
• Chen Beiwu watched the gatekeepers steal an Exotic Herb from a Rogue Cultivator and heard them curse another visitor, then continued into the market without intervening.

Chen Beiwu explored Abysswall Market with Broker Wanwan and discovered that its cultivation techniques and other goods were far more expensive than their equivalents in the Immortal Alliance. After surveying the Market without buying anything, he identified a fast and safe way to earn Spirit Stones.

• Chen Beiwu hired Wanwan to show him around Abysswall Market and explain its customs.
• Wanwan took Chen Beiwu to the Myriad Arts Pavilion, where he found that incomplete Qi Refining techniques sold for prices that seemed absurd compared with those in the Immortal Alliance.
• Chen Beiwu considered selling Foundation Establishment techniques but worried that Abysswall Market might use underhanded tactics to seize them.
• Wanwan led Chen Beiwu through the Market's shops, but he bought nothing.
• Chen Beiwu paid Wanwan a Spirit Stone and concluded that he had found a fast and safe way to earn Spirit Stones.

Chen Beiwu arranged to buy Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium, then rented a cave abode in Abysswall Market and began cleansing the Golden Egg’s Demon Power. He left the Golden Egg hungry for gold and Purple Coral Stones as the cultivation process continued.

• Chen Beiwu asked Wanwan to procure a hundred jin of Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium for four Spirit Stones and paid her a deposit.
• Wanwan met two Rogue Cultivators in a remote alley, where they discussed targeting a wealthy-looking cultivator; Chen Beiwu overheard them with his Divine Sense.
• Chen Beiwu paid twenty Spirit Stones to rent a Lower-Grade Cave Abode for a week and was surprised by its dense Spirit Vigor.
• Chen Beiwu used the Ten Thousand Beasts Art to help the Golden Egg circulate its celestial circuits and cleanse its Demon Power into Magic Power.
• The Golden Egg showed hunger through their Companion Beast Contract, and Chen Beiwu offered it half a jin of gold and two Purple Coral Stones.

Chen Beiwu traveled to Anyi County, collected Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium from Wanwan, and visited Strange Fish Studio to look for a new source of profit. He found a Jade Sword Fish selling far below its usual price and decided to buy it alive.

• Chen Beiwu fed Golden Egg gold and Purple Coral Stone, helping it grow half a foot and gain another year of Dao Practice.
• Chen Beiwu bought five obscure Five Phases cultivation manuals while traveling by train to Anyi County.
• Chen Beiwu paid Wanwan three Spirit Stones for a sack of fine-quality Phoenix Yellow Dendrobium.
• Wanwan showed Chen Beiwu the Exotic Fish at Strange Fish Studio, where he spotted a Jade Sword Fish priced at twenty Spirit Stones.
• Chen Beiwu told Wanwan to pack the Jade Sword Fish alive.