Recaps

Wang Ba lost Bu Chan during the Eastern Saint Garrison attack, reunited with her, then escaped the Heavenly Gate Sect after killing Zhu Ziji. Years later, he built a new life as Master Shen, improved his Spirit Chicken Essence, and reunited with Bu Chan after she reached Foundation Establishment.

• Wang Ba stole the Thousand-God Wood from Yutang Mountain, then hurried to the Eastern Saint Garrison and feared Bu Chan had died until she called out to him.
• Ning Daohuan used the garrison as bait to kill Pang Xiao, while Wang Ba stayed to rebuild the garrison and later accepted Lu Yuansheng’s demand to breed a third-tier Spirit Chicken.
• Ning Daohuan survived the Yin God Descending World Bow’s attacks, while Wang Ba answered a faint call from the Faceless Divine Statue and prepared to flee with Bu Chan and Shen Fu.
• Wang Ba delivered a disguised third-tier Spirit Chicken to Lu Yuansheng, escaped the garrison, and killed Zhu Ziji before fleeing with Bu Chan and Shen Fu.
• Tang Ji confronted Ning Daohuan over Pang Xiao’s death, while Lu Yuansheng lured Ning Daohuan to the Twenty-Four-Arms Divine Statue, where Ning Daohuan died and Fanming escaped.
• Wang Ba spent nine years at White Cloud Flat under the identity of Master Shen, developed Spirit Chicken Essence, and learned that the Heavenly Gate Sect had disappeared.
• Wang Ba worked with the Li-surnamed Artifact Refiner to make tools for refining second-tier Spirit Chickens, then obtained rare materials for Jia Ten Five at the Exquisite Ghost Market.
• Wang Ba returned to White Cloud Flat and waited outside Bu Chan’s Cultivation Chamber until she emerged having reached Foundation Establishment.

Wang Ba stepped into public view as Shen Fu, drawing the Three Great Sects’ attention while cultivating Spirit Chicken Essence and seeking materials for his spirit beasts. He was swept into the Three Great Sects’ assault on Zhenling Palace, where Zhang Daobai died and a crimson presence entered him.

• Wang Ba learned that second-tier alchemists had vanished, agreed to appear publicly at the Clothing Auction, and clashed with Returning Wind Valley cultivators investigating the disappearances.
• The Three Great Sects raided the rogue cultivator settlement, but Wen Yong identified Wang Ba as Master Shen Fu, prompting the sects to compete for his allegiance and a powerful woman to order Spirit Chicken Essence from him.
• Wang Ba strengthened his position with rogue cultivator allies, advanced his Spirit Chicken Essence production, and received Core Formation insights from Wen Yong, while the Xuli Sect plotted against him.
• After a curse-killing attempt rebounded, Wang Ba discovered Incense Dao activity and alerted the sects, while the Xuli Sect’s curse killed Wang Tang instead of him.
• As arrests and city restrictions intensified, Wang Ba obtained materials for the Wu Ape King and agreed to help Returning Wind Valley enlist Yuan Wenzhi and Zhang Tailai against the Xuli Sect.
• Wang Ba accompanied the Three Great Sects to Zhenling Palace, where they sacrificed captured rogue cultivators to breach its defenses and began fighting Palace Master Wu Siqi’s forces.
• Zhang Daobai emerged alive and attacked the Three Great Sects, but Wang Ba’s calls stirred a suppressed treasure and disrupted his attacks before Zhang Daobai died and a crimson presence entered Wang Ba.
• Zhuang Yi’s formation killed Zhang Tailai after he turned against the Three Great Sects, while Yuan Wenzhi fled with the immobilized Wang Ba, Bu Chan pursued them, and Tang Ji sensed the Incense Token activate.

Wang Ba survived the Incense Dao’s assault on Yan-Qiao Pass and became Yao Wudi’s disciple, then traveled to the Myriad Phenomena Sect. The stretch ended with Wang Ba beginning the sect assessment, where his unusual presence drew Elder Du Wei’s attention.

• Bu Chan sacrificed herself to protect Wang Ba from Yuan Wenzhi, and Wang Ba recovered enough to defeat him with his spirit beasts before Zhao Feng arrived.
• Wang Ba learned that the Well God Lineage had stirred conflict for the Incense Dao, then discovered Bu Chan was pregnant and resolved to help their child.
• Wang Ba returned to Yan Kingdom, raised the Wu Ape King and other spirit beasts to the third tier, and began producing Spirit Chicken Essence for Returning Wind Valley.
• The Incense Dao infiltrated Yan-Qiao Pass and sabotaged its defenses while Wang Ba and Zhao Feng witnessed the city’s assault.
• Wang Ba used the Yin God Bow to kill Chimei, then helped Li Xiangyun defeat Lin Boyue before the formation collapsed and Yao Wudi arrived.
• Yao Wudi took Wang Ba as his disciple and carried him away, while Tang Ji explained the Myriad Phenomena Sect and its Myriad Laws Dao.
• Wang Ba reforged a second dantian, reunited with Zhao Feng and Bu Chan, then traveled with Yao Wudi and Tang Ji to the sect.
• Wang Ba entered the sect assessment, passed Luo Yuzhong’s Spirit Mirage trial, and drew Elder Du Wei’s attention.

Wang Ba joined the Myriad Phenomena Sect, developed his spirit cuisine and beast-taming work, and began cultivating the Myriad Laws Unitary Intent Art. As Yao Wudi left for the West Sea Kingdom, Wang Ba built new ties and turned his Phoenix Feather Chicken Essence into a sought-after product.

• Wang Ba passed the Spirit Mirage Heart-Questioning Formation, joined the Myriad Phenomena Sect, and was assigned to the Spirit Cuisine Department while remaining Yao Wudi’s disciple.
• Wang Ba impressed Cui Daqi and He the Drunkard with his spirit-cuisine skills, then began the Myriad Laws Unitary Intent Art and received four compatible cultivation methods from Yao Wudi.
• Wang Ba earned merit points through spirit-cuisine tasks, studied Beast Taming, and bought a Ghost-Patterned Stone Dragon Lizard as Yao Wudi was removed from his post as Chen Kingdom’s guardian.
• Yao Wudi defeated the Primordial Demon Sect’s Holy Sons and protectors, then received orders to fight the Ashina Tribe in the West Sea Kingdom as Wang Ba prepared to support him.
• Wang Ba obtained instruction and resources for the five elements, secured the Illusory-Aspect Tortoise-Head Inkstone for Yao Wudi, and watched Yao Wudi depart with the sect expedition.
• Wang Ba’s Azurewater Spirit Turtle was approved as a restricted sect breed, and he repaid Patriarch Wuhe before studying the mutations among his Ghost-Patterned Stone Dragon Lizards.
• Wang Ba completed the first step of the Myriad Laws Unitary Intent Art, taught the Wu Ape King the Ape God Nine Transformations, and tested Phoenix Feather Chicken Essence on Ma Shengxu.
• Ma Shengxu praised Wang Ba’s essence and defended him from Ruan Wei, while Wang Ba sold out his remaining supply and received reservations extending more than three years before going to meet Hu Zaixi.