Recaps

Jiang Yi used the Heavenly Book to cultivate, improve his standing, and confront the men who had abused He Laohun. After securing a place in the Inner Peaks, he attended Elder Xu’s lecture on Jambudvipa Vast Land and the ancient Sword Dao.

• Jiang Yi awakened the Heavenly Book, followed its guidance to find moonlight essence, and advanced to the Second Stage of Qi Refining.
• Jiang Yi improved the Quenching Room’s work with a catalyst, earned promotion to inspection officer, and gained access to the Lesser Forging Origin Fire-Control Art.
• Jiang Yi used Tiger-Wolf Medicine to reach the Third Level of Qi Refining and learned to refine fire nature through the Fire-Control Art.
• After He Laohun told him Zhang Chao and Dong Ba had humiliated him, Jiang Yi killed Dong Ba and crippled Zhang Chao.
• Yang Xun promised Jiang Yi a recommendation to the Inner Peaks, supported his training, and gave him notes and a body-refinement method.
• Jiang Yi settled the matter with Zhou Guang, received a Flying Crane Riding Token, and flew to the Inner Peaks as He Laohun watched him leave.
• Jiang Yi registered for Elder Xu’s lecture at Guanlan and listened to accounts of Jambudvipa Vast Land and the ancient Sword Dao before the bronze chime ended the lesson.

Jiang Yi advanced his cultivation, built connections, and earned money before joining Yang Xun on a trip to Three Harmonies Ward. There he won a Hanyuan Pill and saw the harsh exploitation behind the Dao Lineages, while seeking opportunities to aid his cultivation.

• Jiang Yi reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, and Wang Heng and Lu Yun learned of his breakthrough.
• Jiang Yi sold his Green Zhi Pulp recipe to Heshui Cave and used Luo Qian’er and Luo Tong’s payments to raise money for Yang Xun’s ritual.
• Jiang Yi accepted Li Ruohan’s loan and two Essence-Nourishing Pills, then refined the pills and prepared to travel down the mountain with Yang Xun and He Laohun.
• The three traveled by land boat to Three Harmonies Ward, where Jiang Yi saw impoverished cultivators struggling for work and resolved to continue pursuing the Dao.
• Jiang Yi reserved medicinal goods at Five Solitary Hall and heard that a Great Talisman Sect True Person had sealed Northern Mang Ridge.
• At Knowing Truth Garden, Jiang Yi won a jade token and redeemed it for a Hanyuan Pill.
• Gui Cong brought Jiang Yi into the Dueling Arts Pavilion, where Jiang Yi learned that the venue staged fights between enslaved Dharma Slaves and left after questioning where they came from.

Jiang Yi advanced to the Fifth Level of Qi Refining, gained the Profound Mystery True Person as his master, and received a hidden Dao inheritance while Yang Xun helped him refine Law Artifacts. After confronting a bandit cultivator den and the human-meat market, Jiang Yi slaughtered the market’s inhabitants and brought his cultivation to the fifth-level peak.

• Yang Xun prepared the Water Pool and Fire Marsh ritual, and Jiang Yi used it to break through to the Fifth Level of Qi Refining.
• Jiang Yi helped Yang Xun improve the Lesser Origin Fire-Control Art, while Lu Xuan’s betting streak attracted Song Chou of the Illuminating Nether Sect.
• At the shrine, Jiang Yi fed a kitten that revealed itself as the Profound Mystery True Person, then accepted its complete Dao inheritance.
• Jiang Yi rapidly mastered the inheritance’s Qi Refining section, received three Law Artifacts from Yang Xun, and set out with him and He Laohun for the Qianji Sect.
• Xuanchanzi offered Jiang Yi help and the Zhongyi Sect’s Dharma Lineage, but Jiang Yi continued toward the Qianji Sect with Yang Xun.
• Jiang Yi and Yang Xun attacked Zheng Qing’s bandit cultivator den, killed Red-Haired Ghost, and learned that the den’s food came from a market selling human flesh.
• Yang Xun used the captured Zheng Qing to refine his Law Artifacts, while Jiang Yi concluded that the Yin Puppet Sect used Dharma Slaves to evade the Immortal Dao’s rules.
• Jiang Yi attacked and slaughtered the inhabitants of Two-Leg Market through the night, then absorbed Bright Hall fire and brought his Fifth Level of Qi Refining to perfection.

Jiang Yi broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining and earned a place among the Inner Peaks disciples after demonstrating his strength. He chose the dangerous Merit Oversight Court post, received a hermitage and rare resources, and arrived at Sun-Watching Peak to begin his new duties.

• Jiang Yi refined the Mingtang Qi, advanced his cultivation, and saw Cat Master's Dao Inheritance merge into his fire-control art.
• Jiang Yi returned to the Large Compound, reunited with his neighbors, and learned he had reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.
• Yang Xun secured Jiang Yi a place in the Inner Peaks through Sui Liushu, and Jiang Yi registered his Law Artifact with Xu Yan's help.
• Jiang Yi learned about Xiao Tongquan's dangerous past and guided Li Ruohan's cultivation with the Seven Emotions Incantation.
• Jiang Yi broke through to the sixth level, attended Xu Yan's gathering, and lifted nine Copper Bulls and two Iron Tigers before the Inner Peaks disciples.
• Sect Master Liu moved Sewing Peak to fulfill a deal with the Acacia Sect, while Zhou Can died after falling from Fate-Watching Peak.
• Jiang Yi rose to Guanlan's summit and accepted the Sect Master's appointment to the Merit Oversight Court, despite Yang Xun's warning about its dangers.
• Jiang Yi received the Black Shadow Garment and a hermitage, learned about forming a Dao Embryo and the Sword Dao Slaughter Tribulation, then flew to Sun-Watching Peak to take up his post.