Recaps

Fu Shaoping joined the Martial Suppression Bureau, used the Mystic Mandate Codex to advance through punishments and cultivation, and built a life with Zhou Pan'er. After solving village cases and helping defeat a Half-Beast, he pursued Qi Dashan into the mountains, where Zhou Pan'er was badly injured and Fu Shaoping demonstrated his archery skill to Chief Banner Chen.

• Fu Shaoping joined the Martial Suppression Bureau, discovered the Mystic Mandate Codex, and learned from Madam Jiang that his father had left him the Notes of True Person Gu.
• Fu Shaoping administered prison punishments that earned the Codex's rewards, advanced his cultivation, and practiced martial skills while preparing for his assignments.
• Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er moved into a new courtyard, gathered clearwood, and refined Blood Qi Powder, which Fu Shaoping later traded and used to cultivate.
• Fu Shaoping joined Old Zhan's team, investigated Qiu Gui's death in Yellow Creek Village, captured Gui Shan, and completed his first village mission.
• Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er trained their Ethereal Steps by evading Granary Bears, while Fu Shaoping refined Blood Qi Powder and executed Yang Shan to reach the third layer of the Body Tempering Realm.
• Fu Shaoping identified the fish-headed Half-Beast's hiding place in the Longflow River, and Chief Banner Chen killed it before offering Fu Shaoping a chance to join the hunting reserve team.
• Fu Shaoping declined the team offer and requested archery instruction, then took the case of Qi Dashan and tracked him into the Qilian Mountain Range with Zhou Pan'er.
• Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er killed Qi Dashan after he severed her right hand, and Fu Shaoping later demonstrated his newly learned Heavenstone Archery by striking the center of a target from a hundred paces.

Fu Shaoping advanced his cultivation and archery while investigating infant trafficking, hunting beasts, and confronting Chen Shichao’s betrayal. The stretch ended with Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er uncovering how the Qiu household had abused Qiu Ya’er and caused Cai Shi’s death.

• Fu Shaoping broke through to the fourth level of the Body Tempering Realm, refined Blood Qi Powder, and bought an alchemy furnace with his earnings.
• Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er hunted Granary Bears, and Zhou Pan'er reached the fourth level after consuming their blood essence.
• Fu Shaoping discovered that the priestess and her allies were trafficking infants, then helped Chief Banner Chen raid Endless Reach Village and rescue the captive children and women.
• Fu Shaoping received merits and a house, improved his archery with the Hou Yi Bow, and later joined Zhou Pan'er to gather Seven-Congealing Grass and kill Ironwood Foxes.
• Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er killed the Stable-Horse Beast after Chen Shichao betrayed Lady Zhuo, then Fu Shaoping shot Chen Shichao and concealed his death.
• Fu Shaoping advanced to the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm and accepted a murder investigation in Qiuchang Village.
• Fu Shaoping and Zhou Pan'er questioned the Qiu household, where Kuihua revealed that Zhou Shi had caused Cai Shi to fall into a well and planned to sell Qiu Ya’er to be buried with a dead boy.