Recaps

Huo and his companions activated a Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation over more than half of Meng Xing Village, killing its Incense Dao believers and creating two supreme-grade Blood Law Pills. The impostor posing as Pan Long murdered Huo and Madam Xue to seize the pills, but a hidden cultivator’s Spirit Beasts intercepted him and revealed that the cultivator was nearby.

• Huo, Madam Xue, and Pan Long set up a Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, while Pan Long secretly buried a blood-red corpse.
• The three activated the formation over more than half of Meng Xing Village after discovering that Bu and her companion had left the southern area uncovered.
• The formation drained the village’s believers and produced two supreme-grade Blood Law Pills.
• The impostor posing as Pan Long stabbed Huo, killed Madam Xue, and stole their belongings before claiming the pills for himself.
• A group of Spirit Beasts stopped the impostor from taking the pills, and their hidden master ordered Thirteen to knock him unconscious.

Wang Ba and Bu Chan captured the impostor Pan Long and learned through soul-searching that he was Ji Lin, an Incense Dao cultivator pursuing the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture. Ji Lin revealed the Yin God lineage’s history and the location of a related technique, leaving Wang Ba with a new lead in Water-Controlling City.

• Wang Ba and Bu Chan emerged from hiding after Jia Thirteen froze and knocked out the impostor Pan Long.
• Wang Ba used silver needles and Law Power to search the captive’s soul, learning that his name was Ji Lin and that he came from the Myriad Gods Kingdom.
• Ji Lin explained that he had impersonated Pan Long to escape the dying Yin God lineage and had planned to kill his companions and conceal his identity with Meng Xing Village’s blood sacrifice.
• Wang Ba learned that the Yin God lineage sought Sun Yan’s copy of the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture, which was connected to the scripture Wang Ba had obtained from Old Sun.
• Ji Lin revealed that a Foundation Establishment cultivator in Water-Controlling City possessed the Divine Dream Technique, a powerful technique associated with the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture.

Wang Ba returned from completing his mission at Meng Xing Village, resisted detouring to Water-Controlling City for the Divine Dream Technique, and found the Heavenly Gate Sect barring Heterodox Dao cultivators from entering the garrison. Bai Yu secured Wang Ba and Bu Chan entry, then summoned Wang Ba to accompany him on a trip to find Spirit Chickens.

• Wang Ba decided not to pursue the Divine Dream Technique at Water-Controlling City and returned with Bu Chan after confirming their mission was complete.
• Wang Ba and Bu Chan found the Eastern Saint Garrison checkpoint closed to Heterodox Dao cultivators, and Foundation Establishment cultivator Chai Lu violently enforced the restriction.
• Bai Yu recognized Wang Ba, persuaded Chai Lu to let Wang Ba and Bu Chan enter the garrison, and learned that they had killed two Incense Dao cultivators.
• Bai Yu asked Wang Ba to accompany him and help identify Spirit Chickens, so Wang Ba gave Bu Chan the mission evidence and entrusted her with his Spirit Beast Bag.
• Wang Ba left the checkpoint with Bai Yu aboard a White Bone Skiff.

Wang Ba watched the battle for Water-Controlling City from Bai Yu’s White Bone Skiff as Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators fought the Incense Dao and the Eastern Saint Sect. The Heavenly Gate Sect trapped the combatants in a second-order Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation, but the arrival of the Heartless Baleful Woman left the danger unresolved.

• Wang Ba saw twelve Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators battling eight Incense Dao cultivators in Water-Controlling City, while Bai Yu watched without intervening.
• An Incense Dao cultivator’s death unleashed Yin Ghosts that damaged the Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators’ Divine Souls, but the sect’s fighters killed three more Incense Dao cultivators and forced the red-haired cultivator to use a Yin Ghost to escape.
• Eight Eastern Saint Sect cultivators arrived and killed four Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators, joining the Incense Dao side against the remaining seven.
• Bai Yu continued waiting while Heavenly Gate Sect Qi Refining cultivators secretly set formation flags around the city, then activated a second-order Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation that trapped everyone inside.
• The red-haired cultivator and the Eastern Saint Sect disciples failed to break through the blood curtain, while Wang Ba saw Bai Yu focus on a distant figure who was identified as the Heartless Baleful Woman.

Ye Lingyu broke the siege of Water-Controlling City, defeated Bai Yu, and was wounded by a Gold Core True Person before five Gold Core beings ambushed and killed him. Wang Ba fled the battle but, after exhausting his Law Power, landed on a hillside and came face-to-face with three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

• Wang Ba recognized Ye Lingyu as she arrived at Water-Controlling City, and Bai Yu vanished from the White Bone Skiff to confront her.
• Ye Lingyu destroyed the Formation Flags with sword-rays, removed the blood-colored barrier, and killed a Heavenly Gate Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Bai Yu trapped Ye Lingyu in a gigantic skeletal hand, but she shattered it with Question Evil and struck Bai Yu down as he fled.
• A Gold Core True Person attacked Ye Lingyu and wounded her, but five Gold Core beings emerged from ripples and killed him before he could seize her sword.
• Wang Ba fled on a flying Law Artifact, exhausted his Law Power, and landed on a hillside where he found the red-haired cultivator and two other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Wang Ba reunited with the badly injured Ye Lingyu as the Eastern Saint Sect and Heavenly Gate Sect clashed, while a Nascent Soul True Lord’s arrival heightened the danger. When Zhang Can attacked Wang Ba to seize the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture, Wang Ba’s spirit creatures fought back, and he survived a strike through the heart before fleeing.

• Wang Ba identified himself as an Eastern Saint Sect disciple as Ji Lan and the sect’s elders attacked the Heavenly Gate Sect near Water-Controlling City.
• Ye Lingyu crash-landed near Wang Ba and the Incense Dao cultivators, and she recognized him as her uncle.
• Ning Daohuan’s overwhelming Nascent Soul presence emerged, prompting the red-haired cultivator to attack Ye Lingyu and order Zhang Can to kill Wang Ba.
• Zhang Can’s Yin Ghost broke free and rushed toward Wang Ba, but Wang Ba’s black Spirit Chicken attacked it and his azure turtle blocked Zhang Can’s Darkgold Awl.
• Zhang Can’s Darkgold Awl pierced Wang Ba’s heart, but Wang Ba pulled it out unharmed, swallowed two blood-red pills, and fled.

Zhao Feng returned as a powerful remnant soul and killed the Red-Haired Cultivator and Gao Yong, then explained to Wang Ba how the Soul-Nourishing Pearl had restored him. After learning about the changes since his death, Zhao Feng prepared to leave, but Ye Lingyu accused him of taking a veiled jab at the Third-Tier Ritual Sword.

• Zhang Can used his Divine Soul power to immobilize Wang Ba, but Zhao Feng appeared and killed him with a sword strike.
• Zhao Feng killed the fleeing Red-Haired Cultivator and Gao Yong, then gave their Storage Bags to Wang Ba.
• Zhao Feng told Wang Ba that the Soul-Nourishing Pearl and Wang Ba’s stored Law Power had helped restore his remnant soul and strengthen him.
• Zhao Feng explained how Master had placed his Clear-Sight Sword Heart and part of his Divine Soul in the Soul-Nourishing Pearl, and how he had relied on Wang Ba after the Heavenly Gate Sect attacked.
• After Wang Ba described events since Zhao Feng’s death, Zhao Feng said he would leave to focus on cultivation and promised to seek a way to resolve Wang Ba’s Divine Soul signature problem.
• Ye Lingyu opened her eyes and angrily asked Zhao Feng whether he was taking a veiled jab at the Third-Tier Ritual Sword.

Zhao Feng confronted his master, Qin Heng, who was possessing Ye Lingyu, while the Eastern Saint Sect's conflict with the Heavenly Gate Sect nearly erupted into a wider battle. After the threat passed, Zhao Feng encouraged Wang Ba to endure his hidden life in the Heavenly Gate Sect and gave him a Jade Pendant containing a powerful sword strike.

• Zhao Feng challenged Qin Heng's intentions and explained that his own Dao differed from his master's, while Qin Heng asked him to return to the Eastern Saint Sect.
• A clash at Water-Controlling City drew Ning Daohuan into confrontation with Ji Lan, but Pang Xiao and more than twenty Gold Core cultivators forced Ning to withdraw his forces.
• Qin Heng threatened to kill Wang Ba for knowing his secret, but Zhao Feng stood between them, and Qin Heng left after demanding that Wang Ba keep silent.
• Zhao Feng taught Wang Ba to lie low until he could seize his chance, helping Wang Ba regain his resolve and sense his Divine Soul's location.
• Zhao Feng infused a Jade Pendant with a one-use Sword Qi strike, exchanged contact details with Wang Ba, and departed with the Soul-Nourishing Pearl.
• Wang Ba gathered the Incense Dao cultivators' Storage Bags and corpses and headed back to the Heavenly Gate Sect, while Ye Lingyu's possessed body wondered why she was there.

Wang Ba returned to the Chicken Farm, reunited with Bu Chan, and spent the next morning examining the Storage Bags taken from the Incense Dao cultivators Zhao Feng had slain. His haul included Spirit Stones, Divine Essence Dew, and a Golden Paper rubbing of the Divine Dream Technique.

• Bu Chan worried over Wang Ba's absence and turned away Dong Qiyu when he came seeking more Spirit Chickens.
• Wang Ba returned and told Dong Qiyu he could not sell any more Spirit Chickens for the foreseeable future.
• Bu Chan embraced Wang Ba, and the two spent the night together.
• The next morning, Wang Ba inspected the cultivators' Storage Bags and found Yin God techniques, Divine Essence Dew, a soul-affecting drum, Law Artifacts, and a large quantity of Spirit Stones.
• Wang Ba found the Divine Dream Technique among the Golden Paper rubbings in the Red-Haired Cultivator's Storage Bag.

Wang Ba mastered the Divine Dream Technique’s first realm and confirmed that Bu Chan’s mission had been completed. At the Eastern Saint Garrison, Ning Daohuan learned the history behind Ji Lan’s Spirit Chicken, ordered a search for suitable chickens, and put plans against the Mountain-Sea Sect on hold after hearing that the West Sea Kingdom had been destroyed.

• Wang Ba studied the Divine Dream Technique, spent 17.8 years of lifespan to master Mortal Perception, and saw that Bu Chan had earned five hundred merit points for her mission.
• Wang Ba watched Bu Chan pick fruit in the Spirit Fields.
• Ning Daohuan questioned Lu Yuansheng about the Spirit Chicken that had provoked Fanming into a rampage.
• Lu Yuansheng explained that Daoist Jiao Hu had bred Spirit Chickens in an attempt to borrow Fanming’s power, and Ning Daohuan ordered him to seek high-class chickens and make a captive cultivator breed them.
• Ning Daohuan halted preparations against the Mountain-Sea Sect after learning that cultivators from another continent had destroyed the West Sea Kingdom, then looked west and murmured, “Spirit Transformation...”

Wang Ba received a summons from Lu Yuansheng to join a selection of spirit-beast breeders, but Lu Yuansheng dismissed him after hearing he raised only Middle-Grade spirit chickens. When Lu Yuansheng learned Wang Ba had once helped his late brother Lu Yuanfeng, he unexpectedly told Wang Ba to go back.

• Wang Ba refined Divine Essence Dew and continued cultivating until two Voice Transmission Talismans arrived, one announcing Shen Fu's return and the other summoning him to meet Lu Yuansheng.
• Wang Ba went to Blood Bone Hall, where he saw Bai Yu badly injured but alive, then followed him and other spirit-beast breeders to meet Lu Yuansheng.
• Lu Yuansheng questioned the breeders about their specialties and selected several, while Wang Ba said he raised spirit chickens and had bred only Middle-Grade ones.
• Bai Yu reminded Lu Yuansheng that Wang Ba bred chickens quickly, prompting Lu Yuansheng to recognize him as the former chicken keeper at Dingbaqi Manor.
• Lu Yuansheng told Wang Ba that his late seventh brother, Lu Yuanfeng, had asked him to look after Wang Ba, then ordered Wang Ba to go back.

Lu Yuansheng rejected Wang Ba as a Spirit Beast candidate and imposed an impossible breeding deadline, while Wang Ba returned to the Chicken Farm and reunited with Shen Fu. Shen Fu left to improve his strength, carrying Wang Ba’s gifts and a Foundation Establishment Pill; an uncanny voice identified the hidden power of the treasures Wang Ba had given him.

• Lu Yuansheng admitted he was deliberately cold to Wang Ba and told Bai Yu to warn him that he had five years to breed a supreme-grade Spirit Chicken or be sent to his death.
• Wang Ba felt relieved to be excluded from Lu Yuansheng’s candidates, then returned to the Chicken Farm with food and wine for Shen Fu and Bu Chan.
• Wang Ba and Bu Chan told Shen Fu they planned to become dao companions, and the three shared a meal and drinks.
• Shen Fu gave Wang Ba a Foundation Establishment Pill, but Wang Ba returned it after learning Shen Fu had advanced to the Qi Refining seventh layer through a Demonic Dao method; Shen Fu then said he would leave for several years.
• Wang Ba gave Shen Fu Spirit Chicken Essence, Divine Essence Dew, a concealed second-tier supreme-grade Law Artifact, and a flying Law Artifact before Shen Fu departed.
• As Shen Fu headed toward Emerald Foothill Mountain, the uncanny voice examined Wang Ba’s gifts and marveled at the hidden sword’s power and Wang Ba’s generosity.

Wang Ba and Bu Chan reorganized the Chicken Farm and planned spirit fields to secure food for their chickens. Bai Yu then delivered Steward Lu’s demand that Wang Ba breed a first-tier supreme-grade Spirit Chicken within five years, leaving Wang Ba with books and contacts to help fulfill the task.

• Bu Chan proposed opening spirit fields to grow spirit rice and other crops for cultivation and chicken feed, and Wang Ba agreed to wait until he could use the Teleportation Array to seek high-grade seeds.
• Bu Chan directed the Human Puppet to prepare a spirit field and reorganized the Chicken Farm, giving the grounds and cabin a fresh look.
• Bai Yu told Wang Ba that Steward Lu required him to breed a first-tier supreme-grade Spirit Chicken within five years and warned that failure could endanger his life.
• Wang Ba suggested raising a high-grade Spirit Chicken to supreme grade, and Bai Yu agreed to vouch for him if he succeeded.
• Bai Yu took Wang Ba to the sect’s book collection, where Wang Ba borrowed texts on spirit beast breeding and received Voice Transmission Talismans for spirit-field cultivators who might supply chicken feed.
• Wang Ba began studying the breeding texts, and the day he could use the Teleportation Array arrived.

Wang Ba and Bu Chan searched Tao Sound Market for supplies, where Wang Ba bought a Mountain-Moving Ape and arranged a steady trade for second-tier spirit bran. After returning to the Chicken Farm and acquiring a Spirit Gourd Vine, Wang Ba received an invitation to the Foundation Establishment banquet of a cultivator surnamed Yan.

• Wang Ba and Bu Chan visited Tao Sound Market, where Bu Chan bought first-tier supreme-grade spirit rice seeds and Wang Ba purchased several Shield-Armored Giant-Headed Turtles.
• Wang Ba bought the unsold Mountain-Moving Ape for sixty middle-grade Spirit Stones after learning that it risked dying in a Minor Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.
• Wang Ba negotiated a monthly barter with Zhang Qingniu, exchanging spirit chickens for second-tier spirit grain bran and spirit wheat bran.
• Wang Ba bought Zhang Qingniu's second-tier Spirit Gourd Vine and learned that second-tier spirit rice seeds required specialized cultivation methods.
• Bu Chan planted the Spirit Gourd Vine and rice seeds at the Chicken Farm while Wang Ba let the Mountain-Moving Ape roam and continued cultivating.
• Wang Ba received a Voice Transmission Talisman inviting him to the Foundation Establishment banquet of a cultivator surnamed Yan.

Wang Ba attended a banquet celebrating the cultivator surnamed Yan’s Foundation Establishment and learned how the man had gained his breakthrough. After seeing the status gap between Foundation Establishment cultivators and others, Wang Ba left more determined to reach Foundation Establishment himself.

• Wang Ba accepted the cultivator surnamed Yan’s invitation and brought him a pair of First Tier Middle Grade Yellow-Throated Spirit Turtles as a congratulatory gift.
• The cultivator surnamed Yan told Wang Ba that he had earned a Foundation Establishment Pill after placing third in the Legacy Spirit Talisman Competition, and warned him that the competition’s Legacy Spirit Talisman concealed a Gold Core Elder’s Divine Soul.
• Wang Ba watched Meng Randao struggle to fit in among Foundation Establishment guests, while Jing Kuang was rebuffed and Dong Qiyu was welcomed to their table.
• A Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator from the Profound Talisman Dao arrived, and Wang Ba later left the banquet resolved to reach Foundation Establishment.

Wang Ba improved his Spiritual Root aptitude, raised the Mountain-Moving Ape to the second tier, and expanded his beast-taming knowledge while pursuing Spirit Chicken breeding. Seven years passed as he focused on cultivation and breeding with materials supplied by Bai Yu, under the Heavenly Gate Sect’s demand that he eventually produce a Spirit Chicken capable of bearing the Fanming Primordial Spirit.

• Wang Ba advanced the Body-Strengthening Scripture to the twelfth level, lost his fire Spiritual Root, and discovered that his cultivation speed had increased.
• Wang Ba bought a second-tier Spirit Beast Ring and deposited lifespan into the Mountain-Moving Ape, which grew stronger, defeated the Azurewater Spirit Turtle and Jia Thirteen, and reached the second tier.
• Wang Ba studied the Ten Thousand Beasts Office’s records, found methods for Spirit Chicken and Spirit Turtle breeding, and taught the Mountain-Moving Ape and male Azurewater Spirit Turtles new techniques.
• Wang Ba sent Bai Yu a list of breeding materials, and Bai Yu supplied many of them while warning him that he must breed increasingly high-grade Spirit Chickens or risk losing his life.
• Wang Ba returned to the Chicken Farm and devoted himself to cultivation and breeding for the next seven years.

Lu Yuansheng emerged from seclusion in the Heavenly Gate Sect, learned of threats from the Incense Dao and Wang Ba’s unusual breeding success, and was formally invested as an elder. At the Eastern Saint Garrison, Wang Ba unified his essence, Qi, and spirit and prepared for Foundation Establishment, but hid his powerful spirit beasts when Bai Yu announced he was coming.

• Bai Yu reported that the Longevity Sect had killed cultivators from three continents and that Incense Dao members Zheng Yuanhua, Li Canghai, and Wen Sheng were keeping Heavenly Gate Sect cultivators from leaving the garrison.
• Bai Yu told Lu Yuansheng that Cheng Shu had bred a second-tier middle-grade spirit chicken and that Wang Ba had bred a second-tier low-grade one.
• Lu Yuansheng inspected Wang Ba’s list of breeding materials with Cheng Shu, then attended his investiture ceremony under Ning Daohuan at the black swamp.
• Bu Chan fed the Chicken Farm’s spirit beasts and told Wang Ba that she had found the Red-Gold Fire he wanted.
• Wang Ba revealed that he had unified his essence, Qi, and spirit after seven years of cultivation and began preparing for Foundation Establishment.
• After receiving a Voice Transmission Talisman from Bai Yu, Wang Ba concealed his second-tier spirit beasts before Bai Yu arrived.

Over seven years, Wang Ba bred and advanced several kinds of Spirit Beasts, then mourned Yu Changchun over the Black Crystal Peach Spirit Wine they had once planned to share. Bai Yu brought the materials Wang Ba had requested and, after noticing that Wang Ba had united essence, Qi, and spirit, gave him another Foundation Establishment Pill.

• Wang Ba used bloodline breakthrough materials from Bai Yu to advance Spirit Chickens, including Jia Thirteen and two of its offspring, Jia Ten Five and Jia Ten Six.
• Wang Ba bred Psychic Ghost Loaches through nearly eight generations, advancing them from second-tier low-grade to second-tier high-grade.
• Wang Ba remembered that Yu Changchun had died three years earlier from a heart demon backlash while attempting Foundation Establishment.
• Wang Ba opened a jar of Black Crystal Peach Spirit Wine and drank with Bai Yu in Yu Changchun's memory.
• Bai Yu gave Wang Ba the rare materials he had requested and warned him that Elder Lu still threatened to kill him if he failed to produce results soon.
• Bai Yu noticed Wang Ba had united essence, Qi, and spirit, then handed him another Foundation Establishment Pill.

Wang Ba received a Foundation Establishment Pill from Bai Yu and prepared to advance while the Eastern Saint Garrison’s peace seemed likely to end. After taking precautions and using his lifespan ability to overcome the bottleneck, he completed Foundation Establishment and left his body as a Divine Soul.

• Bai Yu told Wang Ba that Lu Yuansheng had approved his request for precious spirit materials and warned him to show results.
• Bai Yu said Lu Yuansheng’s emergence from seclusion could lead the sect to act against the Incense Dao, though Wang Ba would remain focused on breeding spirit chickens.
• Bu Chan urged Wang Ba to take both Foundation Establishment Pills, and he agreed before leaving with her for the Small Wooden Hut.
• Wang Ba reviewed his preparations in a cultivation chamber, then spent 2.4 years of lifespan to break through the Foundation Establishment bottleneck.
• Wang Ba condensed his Law Power, guided it into his Yin Spirit Mansion, and completed Foundation Establishment as his Divine Soul left his body.

After achieving Foundation Establishment, Wang Ba advanced the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture and endured a mysterious voice that repeatedly shattered and strengthened his Divine Soul. He discovered the Scripture’s second-layer techniques, chose to return to the Chicken Farm, and found that his Clearwater Spirit Turtle had lost its Divine Soul to a Substitute Death activation.

• Wang Ba examined the deep-red mark between his brows and used his Lifespan Panel to advance the Yin Spirit Great Dream Scripture to its second layer.
• The Yin Spirit Mansion transformed into a vast temple as a mysterious cold snort repeatedly shattered Wang Ba’s Divine Soul, consuming most of his remaining lifespan while making his soul more resilient.
• Wang Ba found the completed Yin God statue in the temple and learned that the second-layer Divine Dream Technique included Dream Creation, but postponed learning it because of its lifespan cost.
• Wang Ba decided to leave the Cultivation Chamber and return to the Chicken Farm, keeping the unused pills for Bu Chan.
• Wang Ba checked his Spirit Beast Bag and discovered that his Clearwater Spirit Turtle’s Substitute Death Divine Ability had activated, leaving its body alive but its Divine Soul annihilated.

After surviving a deadly attack and establishing his foundation, Wang Ba returned to Bu Chan, then sought a second-tier cultivation abode suited to his new needs. He rented Winter Residence, Room Seven, at Spirit Valley Residence and began cultivating there.

• Wang Ba realized the Substitute Death Divine Ability had saved his life and bound his two male Azurewater Spirit Turtles.
• Wang Ba returned to the Chicken Farm, where Bu Chan learned he had established his foundation and celebrated with him.
• Wang Ba found that first-tier Spiritual Qi and Spirit Chicken Essence no longer adequately supported his cultivation, so he ended his Spiritwater Courtyard lease.
• A steward directed Wang Ba to Spirit Valley Residence, and Wang Ba briefly revisited the ruined Dingbaqi Manor on his way there.
• Wang Ba rented a north-side third-class cave abode at the internal rate and chose Winter Residence, Room Seven.
• Wang Ba settled into the room and began cultivating in earnest.

Wang Ba mastered Dream Creation and tested it on Li Qi, a mortal servant disciple, who suddenly became eager to follow him. Wang Ba took Li Qi to his cultivation grounds and arranged a cabin for him, while the crimson gleams in both their eyes hinted at the technique’s influence.

• Wang Ba used Divine Essence Dew to replenish his Yin Spirit Power, then spent lifespan to master Dream Creation.
• Li Qi recalled how the Heavenly Gate Sect had replaced the Eastern Saint Sect and kept him working as a servant disciple for over ten years.
• Wang Ba emerged from Room Seven and used Dream Creation on Li Qi, who became determined to become his disciple.
• Wang Ba brought Li Qi to his cultivation grounds, where Li Qi saw Wang Ba’s Spirit Beasts and a wooden cabin was built for him.

Wang Ba studied Li Qi’s thoughts until he could remove the illusions he had planted, then sent him home by choice. A recording from the Human Puppet revealed a grove of Thousand-God Wood bearing Divine Essence Dew, but Wang Ba held back from investigating; while Bu Chan cultivated and he tended the farm, an unwelcome visitor appeared again.

• Wang Ba spent a month using Yin Spirit Power to study and influence Li Qi, then withdrew the thoughts and illusions he had planted in him.
• The Human Puppet offered Li Qi three choices, and Li Qi chose to return to Meng Xing Village despite the dangers outside.
• After the Human Puppet returned, Wang Ba found a grove of Thousand-God Wood bearing Divine Essence Dew in its recordings and located it near Yutang Mountain, but suspected it belonged to the Incense Dao and did not go there.
• Wang Ba gave Bu Chan the Cultivation Chamber while she pushed against the Qi Refining Seventh Layer bottleneck, and he tended the Spirit Fields and studied bloodline breakthroughs for his spirit beasts.
• While Wang Ba pulled weeds at a field’s edge, his Divine Sense detected someone he had recently driven away returning.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Wang Ba sold Spirit Chickens to Dong Qiyu and secured an exemption from a mission targeting Incense Dao cultivators. He later traveled to Swordwave Garrison and persuaded Bao Chao to teach him Spirit Chef techniques by paying him and swearing not to compete for business within the Heavenly Gate Sect.

• Dong Qiyu discovered that Wang Ba had reached Foundation Establishment, bought two thousand Spirit Chickens from him, and refused his offer of Spirit Turtles.
• Wang Ba received a mission notice offering rewards for slaying Incense Dao cultivators, then got Bai Yu's assurance that he and Bu Chan did not have to participate.
• Bu Chan returned, and Wang Ba reunited with her before traveling alone to Swordwave Garrison when the Teleportation Array opened.
• Wang Ba asked Bao Chao to teach him the Spirit Chef's craft, and Bao Chao recognized his Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Wang Ba offered Bao Chao fifty middle-grade Spirit Stones and swore a heart-demon oath not to prepare Spirit Cuisine for others within the Heavenly Gate Sect, so Bao Chao agreed to teach him.

Bao Chao taught Wang Ba about Spirit Chef methods and their origins, then set him to learning how to dissect Eel-Tailed Toads. After two months of practice, Wang Ba mastered the basics and returned to Eastern Saint Garrison, determined to learn enough to make Spirit Chicken Essence before focusing on cultivation.

• Bao Chao explained how Spirit Chefs purified ingredients, described their origins in ancient Demonic Dao practices, and outlined the standards of their craft.
• Bao Chao assigned Wang Ba to dissect Eel-Tailed Toads, and Wang Ba reluctantly agreed despite his disgust.
• Wang Ba spent two months studying the toads and learned to separate their parts with precision, though he had yet to begin processing ingredients or making Spirit Chicken Essence.
• Wang Ba decided to learn the Spirit Chef methods needed for Spirit Chicken Essence and then focus on cultivation.
• Wang Ba informed Bao Chao and used the Teleportation Array to return to Eastern Saint Garrison, where the spirit rice near his Chicken Farm was nearly ready to harvest.