Recaps

Wu Youren navigated court schemes and growing conflict in Tianjing while Little Ha developed an unexplained connection to his experience-point surges. After Namuzha died during a clash with barbarians, Wu Youren joined a campaign of retaliation and infiltrated Salim’s outpost, leaving him buried alive.

• Wu Youren and his companions clashed with Tianwu and Earl Shengming’s Knights, and Hong Yan forced both groups to compensate Red Pine.
• Wu Youren proposed tax exemptions for Knights, while Ailin’s effort to advance the idea brought political danger and she was left an idiot after an attack.
• Instructor Hong led Red Pine into the Suspended Bell Mountain Weird Domain, where spatial tremors destroyed their camp and Wu Youren escaped with a snow harrier chick he named Little Ha.
• Little Ha began swallowing Weird-Repelling Jue and producing pellets as Wu Youren experienced sudden surges of experience points, while the City Guard Bureau investigated fallen Ability Users.
• Wu Youren’s greenhouse plans sparked a dispute with Karl’s logistics team, and he later joined a wilderness mission with Manna, Namuzha, Kenpa, and a female archer.
• After Namuzha died during a fight involving barbarians and Corpse Weirds, Wu Youren stayed behind with companions to retaliate against nearby barbarian camps.
• Wu Youren used Little Ha and Weird lure to draw Weird Qi into a barbarian camp, then joined Manna’s group in wiping it out before Instructor Hong confronted the masked Kelvin.
• Chen Quanxu claimed he had killed Namuzha and warned Wu Youren about Kelvin’s token, while Wu Youren later infiltrated Dark Night’s posts, captured Salim, and buried him up to his chest.

Wu Youren grew stronger by hunting Weirds, built a wary partnership with Hao Wei, and kept clear of the political struggle around the southern pilot programs. After hiding in the Rust Zone, he survived a barbarian raid and captured a Great Knight as Chen Quanxu considered whether a flawless crystal could absorb the Blood Curse.

• Wu Youren and Little Snake buried Salim alive with Chen Quanxu’s help, then returned to Red Pine, where the Court of State Ceremonial Knights named Wu Youren a suspect in Salim’s disappearance.
• Wu Youren entered deep cultivation in the Rust Zone, advanced to Qi Refining, and began hunting Weirds with Chen Quanxu while gathering crystals and strange items.
• Hao Wei approached Wu Youren about working together, and Wu Youren agreed to consider it while refusing to join the Suotu investigation.
• Wu Youren fought a massive horde of Weirds and destroyed an enormous phantom hand, then escaped the pursuit of an Ability User and a Great Knight bodyguard.
• Wu Youren gave Shadow-Splitting Yue to Chen Quanxu and went to Tianjing, where he drew attention at an Ability User’s awakening banquet before escaping the city.
• After winter shortages and a surge of experience points, Wu Youren hid in the Rust Zone as Jin Garden recalled its hostages, then gave Jeff advice on organizing resistance among Knights and Knight Apprentices.
• Wu Youren hid and dispersed the supplies Jeff delivered, then found that the tangerine seed had become a Flawless Crystal and gave it to Chen Quanxu.
• When barbarians raided Wu Youren’s camp, he killed several Knights, routed their Knight Apprentices, and captured their wounded Great Knight as Scops Owl brought back another flawless crystal.

Wu Youren helped investigate Parasitic Weirds in Tianjing while pursuing and killing Kelvin, then learned that Saina planned to target him as Taowan prepared to march south. The arc left Wu Youren preparing to strike Saina with weapons from Jin Garden.

• Wu Youren returned to the wilderness, worked with Scops Owl to test the Flawless Crystal against the Blood Curse, and absorbed anomalous treasures from Chen Quanxu.
• Wu Youren bargained with Kelvin for information, then helped Chen Quanxu kill him underground after discovering his plan to capture Little Ha.
• Wu Youren and Red Pine joined the hunt for Parasitic Weirds in Tianjing, where they captured infected people and studied ways to detect and remove the infestation.
• Bingma and Kenpa each transferred a Parasitic Weird into a prisoner, but the recipients and original hosts died, and the group struggled to reproduce the results.
• Wu Youren returned to the wilderness and learned from Chen Quanxu that Kelvin's true body was near Bellflower Mountain, then killed Kelvin with Chen Quanxu and Scops Owl.
• Daiqisi told Wu Youren about the destruction of her Cold Lands Silk Tribe and asked him to help use an infected person against her enemies, but he refused.
• Wu Youren learned from Li Hu and Commander Jeff that Saina planned to kill him and would lead Taowan troops south in spring, potentially drawing Liang into war.
• Wu Youren relocated to the quarantine checkpoint, requested weapons from Hao Wei, and accepted Weird-Exterminating Grenades to prepare an attack on Saina.