Recaps

Jiang Man used the Heavenly Mirror of a Hundred Books to begin cultivating after his encounter with an immortal maiden left him facing deadly deadlines. He secured tuition and paid cultivation work, rose in the courtyard rankings, and sought a superior Visualization Method while the maiden threatened to find him.

• Jiang Man survived the immortal maiden's escape and used purple qi from the Heavenly Mirror of a Hundred Books to achieve Qi Introduction before his three-day deadline.
• Jiang Man received a Flawless Spirit-Gathering Pill and a destiny requirement to practice a hundred times daily and reach the thirteenth level of his Visualization Method within one hundred days.
• Jiang Man traded Old Yellow Ox's spirit steed rearing method to Zhao Leming for waived tuition and gained permission to compete for a sect assessment spot.
• Jiang Man secured paid cultivation work at the Spirit-Gathering Hall and advanced to the third layer of Qi Refining while Fang Yong grew hostile and Luo Xuan hired him to cultivate with her.
• Old Yellow Ox helped Jiang Man draw out the immortal maiden's tracking influence, and Jiang Man received her warning that she would find him soon.
• Jiang Man ranked eighteenth in the Sixth Courtyard, obtained the Simple Qi and Blood Method, and defeated Song Qing in Six Harmonies Palm sparring.
• Jiang Man gave Zhao Leming the second half of the Rearing Method in exchange for a registration chance to test superior cultivation methods.
• Jiang Man strengthened his body, doubled his Spirit-Gathering Hall pay, and borrowed six Spirit-Gathering Pills from Little Fatty to pursue the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

Jiang Man rose to first place in the Sixth Courtyard, learned the Visualization Method with Old Yellow Ox’s help, and qualified for a sect spot after winning his assessment matches. As he prepared to pursue a better cultivation method, Luo Xuan faced pressure over her family’s future and Cheng Yu admitted to forging an admiration letter in her name.

• Jiang Man advanced to Qi Refining Sixth Layer and took first place in the rankings, then discovered that the Water-Wood Visualization Method was deliberately incorrect and relied on Old Yellow Ox to amend it.
• Jiang Man mastered the Visualization Method to the thirteenth layer, defeated Chang Qiwen in their private fight, and rejected Cheng Yu’s forged letter from Luo Xuan.
• Jiang Man learned more Spell Arts, worked as a gate guard, and prepared for the Qualification Competition by studying Fang Yong’s techniques and habits.
• Jiang Man defeated Fang Yong in the first match, while Luo Xuan recovered from Chang Qiwen’s attack and defeated him.
• Fang Yong knocked Cheng Yu out of the formation, then defeated Luo Xuan to secure the final qualifying place alongside Jiang Man.
• Zhao Leming told Jiang Man he ranked fourteenth among the Azure Cloud Pavilion’s nineteen places, while Luo Huaili told Luo Xuan that the Luo Lineage needed her to find a marriage alliance or a prodigy to marry into the family.
• Jiang Man told Little Fatty he would not marry into a Lineage because he was already married, and his wife offered to leave him an heir if he handed over the Evil God.
• A woman recruited Jiang Man for a team seeking a mid-grade Visualization Method, and he broke through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer before Cheng Yu confessed to Luo Xuan that she had forged the admiration letter.

Jiang Man won the Nine Clouds Town-Dragon Seal and rose to first in Azure Cloud Pavilion, drawing increasingly forceful offers from powerful lineages while refusing to bind himself to any of them. He mastered the Seal, helped turn late-night cultivation into a pavilion-wide habit, and ended the stretch with Li Yuan apologizing and giving him Spirit Sources.

• Cheng Yu’s failed scheme to secure a place led her to discuss marriage alliances with Luo Xuan, while Jiang Man obtained a Qi Refining Method after helping Fang Tianyi’s group defeat Li Yuan and Yan Huimin.
• Jiang Man advanced his cultivation, rejected the Li, Cheng, and Luo Lineages’ initial contracts, and secured first place in the Sixth Courtyard assessments as he prepared for the Spell Arts contest.
• Jiang Man took charge of Li Yuan and Yan Huimin’s team, defeated Fang Tianyi and other contenders, and won the Nine Clouds Town-Dragon Seal.
• Azure Cloud Pavilion ranked Jiang Man first, and the six-pavilion rankings placed him second behind Cheng Moyang, prompting six lineages to improve their offers and Jiang Man to refuse them all.
• Luo Huaili pressed Jiang Man to marry into the Luo Lineage, but Jiang Man refused while seeking instruction from Teacher Fu and worrying about the lineages’ pressure.
• Jiang Man cultivated the Nine Clouds Town-Dragon Seal to Great Accomplishment as the Li Lineage and Cheng Moyang considered ways to use or pressure him, while the Immortal Maiden asked when their Magpie Bridge would open.
• Jiang Man again refused Luo Huaili’s offer, gave Little Fatty a cultivation book, and trained with Teacher Fu before the Sixth Courtyard students began staying late to cultivate.
• The late-night practice spread across Azure Cloud Pavilion and the other pavilions, Cheng Moyang secretly cultivated all night to protect his rank, and Li Yuan apologized to Jiang Man and gave him two thousand Spirit Sources.

Jiang Man resisted the lineages’ pressure, won the Cloudfront Office contest and earned a place at Wuyun Sect. After entering the Qi Refining Secret Realm, he trained his Advancement Method, obtained Foundation Establishment Qi and began establishing his foundation at the summit.

• Jiang Man refused Lao Jin’s offer to join the Li Lineage and sought pills as rising prices pressured cultivators to accept lineage contracts.
• Jiang Man studied an upper-grade cultivation method fragment, bought pills through Fang Yong and rose to first place in the monthly rankings.
• Jiang Man borrowed resources and resolved to compete for the Heavenly Heart Seal and a Secret Realm place, despite the powerful lineages’ efforts to keep him out.
• Jiang Man fought through the rival lineages at Back Mountain, defeating Li Yuan, Cheng Ning and Fang Tiancheng before entering the grove and claiming its items.
• Jiang Man topped the Cloudfront Office rankings, learned the Heavenly Heart Seal and met Meng Qiewei, who claimed they were married and that her lineage’s Fate Pattern had given him his destiny.
• Jiang Man repaid debts with Spirit Sources received from classmates and rivals, helped Little Fatty and passed the Sect Examination in first place.
• Jiang Man said goodbye to Old Yellow Ox and the Cloudfront Office, then Yu Wanyi brought him and the other top students to Wuyun Sect and explained their cultivation paths and requirements.
• Jiang Man entered the Qi Refining Secret Realm, reached the Advancement Method’s ninth level, traded for Foundation Establishment Qi and a map, then began establishing his foundation at the summit.