Recaps

Yu Ziyu evolved from a growing willow into a powerful First Order mutant, gathering animal companions and concealing his canyon from humans. After He Qing'er and He Ling'er were caught in his conflict with the changing world, He Qing'er survived as a spirit and began developing a new ability under Yu Ziyu's care.

• Yu Ziyu discovered his branch could move freely, then strengthened his branches and roots while growing rapidly and raising eight Peregrine Falcon chicks.
• Yu Ziyu tamed a red fox with Life Essence and learned that the fox, the falcons, and he himself were evolving as Spiritual Energy returned.
• Yu Ziyu killed a Mutated Golden Eagle, gained 70 Evolution Points, and evolved to First Order as the red fox and Peregrine Falcons grew stronger.
• He Qing'er and He Ling'er stumbled upon Yu Ziyu's canyon as a Beast Tide arrived, and Yu Ziyu and his companions killed the charging beasts.
• Yu Ziyu questioned the captured sisters about the changing world, then used Hallucination to alter their memories and sent A-Da after them, and a Mutant Green Snake killed them in their village.
• He Qing'er's soul appeared beside Yu Ziyu, who gained Soul Nurturing and used Life Essence to help her spirit grow more solid and connect with He Ling'er.
• Yu Ziyu considered how to handle his growing collection of mutant animals and chose to hide from humanity while continuing to strengthen himself.
• He Qing'er, now called Xiao Qing, formed a white dress and used Mental Interference with Reality to lift a branch, impressing Yu Ziyu.

Yu Ziyu concealed Beiyu Canyon from human investigators while raising and organizing the Mutated Beasts around him. As humans discovered stronger Transcendents and Spirit Stone resources, Yu Ziyu prepared to accelerate his growth and ordered his pets to hunt.

• Yu Ziyu expanded his fog across Beiyu Canyon, strengthened it, and began taming the animals under his control.
• Yan Gaoyuan identified Beiyu Canyon as a major Spiritual Qi peak, and the lieutenant general ordered an investigation into the region.
• Yu Ziyu disciplined the hungry gray wolves, then fed Life Essence to the scarred wolf, which became a Wind Wolf and submitted to him.
• Yu Ziyu learned that the Spiritual Energy Monitoring Satellite could lead humans to him and used the fog to conceal his presence from Yan Gaoyuan’s soldiers.
• Yu Ziyu sent the Wind Wolves and Honey Badger against Yan Gaoyuan’s group, which escaped the mountain badly injured, and the authorities designated the area a Yellow Warning Zone.
• Yu Ziyu named the red fox Nine-Tails and the black bison Bull Demon, then resolved to build an empire of Mutated Beasts and strengthen its leaders.
• Yu Ziyu’s branches grew to over a hundred, while Qing'er told him that human institutes were competing for a Spirit Stone Mine and could use its resources to catch up with other Transcendent creatures.
• Eight entry-level seven Peregrine Falcons arrived above Yu Ziyu, who ordered his pets to go hunting.