Recaps

Fang Yue recovered, secured the Tea Gardens, and helped his family through the end of the drought while confronting gambling-house debt collectors and the Huang Family. After Liu Zheng imprisoned Bai Xingqiu in a scheme over the Tea Garden, the conflict ended with the Huang Family paying compensation, and Fang Yue chose to stay with his family before visiting Shanyang Prefecture.

• Fang Yue exposed Zhang Jiu’s embezzlement, obtained his Marrow Refining stipend and Secret Medicine, and bought a thousand mu of tea gardens through Zhou Fangwu.
• Fang Yue persuaded Daliushu Village’s households to plant tea trees, and rain ended the drought as the seedlings began to grow.
• After Chen Liang’s debt collectors seized Fang Mu and Fang Cheng, Fang Yue defeated the gambling-house fighters and detained them until the Yamen took them away.
• Fang Yue followed the Sour Scholar, discovered Shopkeeper Qi’s hidden silver and Origin Stones, and took the valuables as compensation.
• Fang Hu became Xiahe County Commandant, while Fang Yue and Bai Xingqiu formed a tea partnership and refused Liu Zheng’s attempt to break their agreement.
• Liu Zheng had Bai Xingqiu arrested and branded a bandit, but Fang Yue visited him in prison and Huang Lie and Huang Yuangui were imprisoned after their scheme was exposed.
• The Huang Family gave Bai Xingqiu tea gardens and silver, and Fang Yue discovered he had cultivated qi before choosing to spend the New Year with his family and move his parents to town.

Fang Yue faced merchant schemes, child abductions, and the Blood Dragon Platform while pursuing the Prefectural Examination. He survived the examination’s assault on Tenglong Stockade, earned official recognition for bandit chieftains, and saw the Guard Army finally move against the stronghold.

• Fang Yue rejected a demanding blind date, escorted tea to Shanyang Prefecture City, and used Bai Xingqiu’s name to get past hostile soldiers and merchants.
• Fang Yue befriended Bai Li, discovered his Qi Sensing cultivation was flawed, and later survived the Mo Shan Tribe’s attack on his caravan before killing their Seventh Elder and poisoned bandits.
• Fang Yue uncovered child abductions linked to Niangniang Temple and the Blood Dragon Platform, rescued Zhang Shu and a group of kidnapped children, and killed Yang Yan’s men.
• Fang Yue pursued the Prefectural Examination after business pressure mounted, then impressed the examiners in physical tests and Martial Strategy while Liu Chuanzhi and Xue Bing plotted against him.
• Fang Yue joined the candidates’ assault on Tenglong Stockade, killed Niu Jin and Wang Teng, escaped Boundary Mountain, and submitted bandit chieftains’ heads to the Prefecture Yamen.
• Fang Yue mastered Fu Qi Yang Sheng Gong as the Guard Army, led by General Zhu Will, set out to destroy Tenglong Stockade.

Fang Yue rose to Qi Sensing while uncovering Blood Dragon Platform’s role in rebellions and surviving attempts to obstruct him. He fled with his family, joined the Imperial Observatory, and ended the stretch pursuing Xue Bing after their clash.

• Fang Yue placed fifth in the Prefectural Examination, received a Training Instructor post in Wenxi County, and survived a conspiracy involving County Magistrate Wang, Wei He, and the Blood Dragon Platform.
• Fang Yue discovered that the rebellion was tied to efforts to break an ancient seal, then escaped Xiahe County with his family as the uprising spread.
• Hui Hengli arranged for Fang Yue to join the Imperial Observatory, and Fang Yue selected three low-ranking officers as his guards before traveling east with his family.
• After eating a Silver Thread Spirit Fish, Fang Yue broke through to Qi Sensing and condensed Beginner Wutu True Body.
• In Denglai City, Fang Yue received help from Magistrate Lin, Qi Ming, and Official Chen, including Blood Ginseng and assistance locating his relatives.
• Fang Yue left Denglai City with his family as Shanyang Prefecture fell, defeated Commander Liu’s ambush, and pursued him, only to find Black-clothed Men had taken over his identity.
• Fang Yue learned Xue Bing was connected to Blood Dragon Platform, recognized Fang Lin as an infiltrator, and wounded Xue Bing after evading his poison.

Fang Yue’s assignment in Guangfeng Prefecture drew him into a deadly struggle with Blood Dragon Platform, then trapped him in a primeval mountain range. After finding a passage back to the Great Wei Dynasty, he reunited with Fang Hu and gained immense strength from the Azure Dragon’s meat.

• Fang Yue killed Luo Wei and other pursuers, then fled into a miasma-filled valley and was rescued by Qiu Di and Lin Chan.
• Fang Yue and Qiu Di left the village to escape the black wolves, killed the Wolf King, and crossed the mountains while fleeing the Hui Tribe and powerful beasts.
• Fang Yue discovered that the Wu Tribe’s guarded valley contained a passage, infiltrated it, and returned to the Great Wei Dynasty.
• Fang Yue encountered Zhou Zhengyang’s caravan in Mo Mountain, fought Young Master Chen, and continued to Xiahe County.
• Fang Yue learned that Magistrate Liu planned to capture Fang Hu, then killed Liu during the attack on Fang Hu’s group and helped the survivors escape.
• Fang Yue saw King Wucheng battle Chen Hong and the Azure Dragon, took a fallen Dragon Claw, and left Fang Hu’s group to avoid endangering them.
• Fang Yue ate the Azure Dragon’s meat and gained 10,000 Aptitude Points as his physical strength rose to about 110,000 jin.