Recaps

Jiang Man advanced rapidly through the Foundation Establishment Court, winning assessments and cultivating while borrowing heavily to fund his progress. He claimed the upper-grade Origin Condensation Method in the Selection Secret Realm, then entered a second Secret Realm assessment seeking Five Elements Unification as rumors about Number 210 spread.

• Jiang Man reached Foundation Establishment, retrieved Xiang Tianlin’s sealed letter from the Primordial Xuanhuang Cauldron, and joined the Foundation Establishment Court, where he chose Spell Cultivator and rented a private courtyard.
• Jiang Man borrowed Spirit Sources and pills to cultivate, mastered the Origin Condensation Method, and ranked first in the Ninth Small Courtyard’s assessments, earning Yu Wanyi’s support and an opportunity to seek Secret Realm selection.
• Jiang Man learned talisman making, taught students at the Re-Cultivation Institute, and defeated Xie Wen in a private match while continuing to cultivate and gather funds.
• Jiang Man entered the Selection Secret Realm, raised his martial arts and Heavenly Heart Seal, defeated ten challengers at the stone pillar, and claimed the upper-grade Origin Condensation Method along with fifteen thousand Spirit Sources.
• Jiang Man returned with eighteen thousand Spirit Sources, repaid Chang Qiwen, borrowed from friends, and began learning the upper-grade method while Old Yellow Ox urged him to study the Five Elements Technique.
• Meng Qiewei warned Jiang Man that investigators might trace her disappearance through the Magpie Bridge, while Yu Wanyi and Xia Jin learned that people were seeking information about Number 210.
• Jiang Man mastered the thirteenth layer of the Origin Condensation Method, received Yu Wanyi’s Token for a second Secret Realm assessment, and entered despite doubts about the time available to learn its best Spell Art.
• Jiang Man admitted to the participants that he was Number 210, refused a prohibited private challenge, paid a challenger for directions, and entered the room where Five Elements Unification would be taught.

Jiang Man rose through the Wuyun Sect’s assessments while hiding his Peerless Heaven’s Chosen Destiny, then entered a secret realm where he faced an Evil God’s influence and trained with the Seventh Institute. The arc left him and his companions confronting an Ancient Well-Type Evil God’s cloud, which stopped after An Zhirou warned that it preyed on those who stayed up late.

• Jiang Man advanced through the Five Elements Secret Realm, defeated Number 66, left an extraordinary palm print on the stele, and rose in the rankings before Meng Qiewei began investigating the mysterious prodigy.
• Fang Yong sold information about Number 210 to Bai Fan, Jiang Yingcai, and Duan Wu, then shared the proceeds with Jiang Man, who formed an assessment team with Lin Qingshan.
• Jiang Man mastered the Seven Stars Visualization Method, won first place in the June assessment with 280 points, and was confronted by Meng Qiewei, who questioned him about the palm print and froze Old Yellow Ox.
• Jiang Man reached Spirit Sixth Level, defeated the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Institutes in the Seven Peaks competition, and earned the sole first-place ranking before joining Yu Wanyi’s secret-realm trial as team leader.
• In the Evil God secret realm, Jiang Man killed a Demon King and thirty-eight beasts, agreed to serve as an undercover agent, then snapped the control lock’s chains and resisted its influence.
• Investigators questioned Jiang Man and detained Huo Bingzhi over her connection to an Evil God, while Ji Hao tested Jiang Man, proposed a marriage into his lineage, and led the Seventh Institute into an island secret realm.
• Ji Hao’s students completed harsh combat training, rescued An Zhirou, and gave her tournament Spirit Sword to Lin Qingshan, and Yan Yiqiu prepared to face approaching attackers.
• An Zhirou recognized an Ancient Well-Type Evil God’s cloud and warned that it affected people who stayed up late, but the cloud stopped when Yan Yiqiu said the students had not slept in years.

Jiang Man rose through the tournament, won the Advancement Method in the Secret Realm, and formed a Golden Core. The sect offered him a choice between remaining in the Outer Sect and entering the Inner Sect as marriage-alliance talks and the Immortal Gate’s Evil God investigation continued.

• Jiang Man escaped the Heart-Demon Dreamscape, returned to Wuyun Sect, and advanced his cultivation while Ren Qian paid him to investigate an Evil God dream token.
• Jiang Man formed a team with Gao Rong and Su Qinya, defeated opponents across the institutes, and finished eighth individually in the competition.
• Jiang Man found the demon-suppressing stone, learned the Seven Star Body Refinement Method, and used the Demon-Illuminating Mirror to report demons in the mountains.
• Jiang Man entered the Advancement Secret Realm, rejected Chen Yu’s offer, broke through the sealed path in the mist, and obtained the Third Method and first place.
• Jiang Man cultivated without rest in the Sixth Courtyard, inspiring other disciples to follow, while Cheng Yu collapsed after taking a pill that attacked her injuries.
• Jiang Man formed a Golden Core during a storm, and his breakthrough strengthened the Sixth Courtyard while Shangguan Liuyun accepted defeat.
• Ji Hao offered Jiang Man a choice between the Outer Sect and Inner Sect, while Qing Dai told Meng Qiewei that Jiang Man’s achievement had prompted marriage-alliance discussions.

Jiang Man strengthened his cultivation, confronted demon beasts, and entered the Immortal Gate’s tangled affairs while trying to reunite with Meng Qiewei. After enemies framed him through Old Yellow Ox, Jiang Man used his Inspector authority to challenge the accusation as he entered the Immortal Abode and built a formation.

• Jiang Man declined to enter the Inner Sect immediately, advanced his cultivation, and set out with Song Qing to investigate demon beasts near Falling Cloud City.
• Jiang Man fought the demon beasts, entered the Magpie Bridge, and learned from Ting Fengyin that he was expected to kill Meng Qiewei’s power avatar before being appointed a Special Inspector.
• Jiang Man rejected the Zhao Family’s attempt to manipulate the Cloudfront Office admissions and later refused the marriage candidates arranged by Ji Hao, while Meng Qiewei finally met him under the guise of teaching formation arts.
• Jiang Man accepted a patterned box that threatened his Golden Core if he failed to open its layers on time, then entered the Immortal Abode and established a formation within the fog.
• Meng Qiewei confronted Old Yellow Ox at Jiang Man’s home and left him alive, but the Mountain-Suppressing Office took him into custody after an Evil God aura was detected, placing Jiang Man under suspicion.
• Jiang Man joined the Mountain-Suppressing Office meeting as Drunken Floating Life, opposed Red Eagle’s effort to convict him, and named the Zhao Family as a possible culprit.
• The investigation uncovered a paper figure linked to the Zhao Family, leading to arrests, while Jiang Man sent the officers Old Huang’s stele translation and continued cultivating and studying formations inside the Immortal Abode.
• Jiang Man defeated Zhao Qiu and three companions who tried to take his pills, demonstrated his Golden Core Middle Stage strength to Shangguan Lingyue, and asked how to win the regional contest.