Recaps

Zhang Jing entered Dragon Lake Dao Academy and used his Jade Talisman, Mind's Eye, and Nether Flood Dragon Dao Rhythm to pass the cultivation assessment and advance rapidly. After surviving a deadly encounter in the market, he defeated a puppet in the second stage and left poised for the rankings and the next test.

• Zhang Jing left his struggling parents to pursue the immortal path, reached Yong'an Academy, and traveled with Ji Bochang and the other recruits to Dragon Lake Dao Academy.
• Zhang Jing used Mind's Eye to glimpse the Nether Flood Dragon Dao Rhythm, then learned the Pure Origin Breath-Absorbing Visualization Method and accelerated his progress with spirit beast meat and the Dao Rhythm.
• Zhang Jing reached the introductory stage on the sixth day, earned a Grade B assessment, and chose the Five Viscera Water-Origin Guiding Commentary as his inheritance.
• Zhang Jing broke through to Qi Refining, joined Ji Bochang in shopping for Law Artifacts, and discovered that Origin-Gathering Spiritual Light could purify his spiritual power after taking a Spirit-Nurturing Pill.
• Zhang Jing defended himself against Xu Boss and the men in black, defeated them with his spells and shield, and collected their belongings after learning that Old Shi's grandson Ming'er had died.
• Zhang Jing reached the Qi Refining Second Layer, then learned that the assessment's second stage required candidates to withstand a puppet for thirty breaths.
• Zhang Jing defeated the puppet on the twenty-seventh breath, while Wu Mingyuan also passed and Chen Xiandao displayed a punch surrounded by crimson Dao Rhyme.

After earning third place in the Dao Academy assessment, Zhang Jing joined the Luodu Squad, advanced his cultivation, and developed exceptional talisman-making skills. His first demon-suppression mission exposed a county’s horrific secrets, and the arc left him promoted to high-level squad membership and preparing to trade talismans for demon cores.

• Zhang Jing placed third in the assessment, joined the Luodu Squad, and received an inheritance voucher, a cave abode, and support for his family.
• Zhang Jing chose the Ninefold Evolution Spirit Star Talisman Canon, learned to make superior-quality Star-Attracting Talismans, and advanced to the Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Zhang Jing sold his talismans and joined Tong Yao and the squad on a demon-suppression mission in Langya Commandery.
• At Black Mountain County, Zhang Jing killed a disguised demon and rogue cultivators, then led the squad to the underground palace where he helped defeat the Black Tiger Demon with his talismans.
• Zhang Jing and the squad discovered the victims and devastation left by the demons, then continued toward the Pig Demon’s hideout.
• Zhang Jing purified the Black Tiger Demon’s core and demonstrated his talisman-making to Senior Brother Li and the Luodu Squad’s talisman masters.
• Senior Brother Li arranged Zhang Jing’s promotion to high-level member, and Senior Brother Yan supplied him with materials and a market shop address.
• Zhang Jing decided to sell talismans for demon cores rather than hunt demons with Senior Brother Ding’s group.

Zhang Jing built his talisman business, gained rare resources, and defeated the men who threatened him while claiming a spirit-medicine garden and Lu Thirty-Eight as his mount. He left Langya and was recruited for a chance to enter Myriad Gods Lesser Void Heaven, with a path to advancement and cultivation resources ahead.

• Zhang Jing opened a talisman shop in Bright Lamp Ward, traded for mist-root water spirit ginseng, and used it to advance his cultivation while selling talismans for Demon Cores.
• Zhang Jing made middle-grade talismans, traded Spirit Divine Liquid for valuable items, and learned that the Inner Academy would soon arrive in Langya.
• Zhang Jing found Pei Xiaoshuang’s hidden medicinal garden and, after advancing to the fifth Qi Refining layer, entered it to confront the Demon Deer and two pursuing cultivators.
• Zhang Jing killed the gray-robed cultivator with his Five-Treasure Spirit River, and Lu Thirty-Eight surrendered and revealed a trove of spirit medicines and a five-colored silk fragment.
• Zhang Jing returned to Langya on Lu Thirty-Eight, learned Senior Brother Ding and Tong Yao had been injured by the gray-robed cultivator, and prepared to leave as a battle engulfed the city.
• Zhang Jing and Lu Thirty-Eight traveled out of Yun Province to Dragon Marsh Lake, where Zhang Jing promised to provide the deer with cultivation resources and a spirit-medicine island.
• Captain Li recruited Zhang Jing as a candidate for Myriad Gods Lesser Void Heaven and promised monthly Water Origin Pills and guidance if Zhang Jing reached the tenth Qi Refining layer.
• Zhang Jing planned to become a Luodu Squad manager and sell resources for Dao Merit, while the resource repository attendant offered twice the usual price for his purified Demon Cores.