Recaps

Han Li joined the Seven Mysteries Sect, became Doctor Mo’s personal disciple, and discovered a mysterious bottle that produced a potent green liquid. After using it to accelerate herbs, he began testing its effects while his cultivation remained stalled and Doctor Mo was away.

• Han Li left his family for the Seven Mysteries Sect, failed to reach the top of Bone Refining Cliff, and was taken in by Doctor Mo alongside Zhang Tie.
• Han Li cultivated Doctor Mo’s nameless Mnemonic until Doctor Mo recognized its effects and made him his personal disciple, while Zhang Tie began training in the Elephant Armor Technique.
• Han Li found a sealed green bottle, watched it absorb white lights, and discovered a drop of emerald liquid inside before spending four years reaching the Mnemonic’s third level.
• Han Li learned that Zhang Tie had disappeared, then encountered a fight between sect disciples and treated Senior Brother Li, who revealed himself as Li Feiyu and relied on Marrow Extraction Pills.
• Han Li prepared medicine to ease Li Feiyu’s pain, then suffered signs of Qi Deviation and discovered that his cultivation had reached the peak of the third layer.
• Han Li tested the bottle’s green liquid on rabbits, saw them swell and explode, and later found that liquid splashed onto herbs had made them mature into unusually potent plants.
• Han Li fed the treated herbs to rabbits to test for poison and set the bottle outside overnight, but overcast and rainy weather prevented it from producing more liquid.

Han Li used the green bottle to grow herbs and advance his cultivation while preparing for Doctor Mo’s return and learning the truth about his master’s plans. After training in secret and mastering new techniques, Han Li fought Doctor Mo and wounded him with a poisoned concealed weapon, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Han Li discovered that the green bottle produced a drop of liquid that could rapidly age herbs, and he used it to grow precious medicines while keeping its secret.
• Han Li reached the fourth layer of the Eternal Spring Art, but Doctor Mo returned with a mysterious attendant, restrained him, and revealed that he needed Han Li’s cultivation to survive an old enemy’s attack.
• Doctor Mo forced Han Li to swallow a Corpse Worm Pill and threatened his family unless Han Li reached the fourth layer within a year, prompting Han Li to resolve to take control of his own fate.
• Han Li obtained the Blinking Sword Manuals from Li Feiyu, learned about Wild Wolf Gang spies, and secretly trained in assassination techniques and concealment.
• Han Li returned to Doctor Mo and claimed he had reached the required layer, but Doctor Mo attacked him after confirming his cultivation, and Han Li fought back with short swords and hidden techniques.
• Doctor Mo used the Demonic Silver Hand against Han Li, who evaded him and used reflected light and a hollow sword to conceal a poisoned awl.
• Han Li told Doctor Mo that the awl had wounded him and revealed that it carried Entwining Fragrant Silk, while Doctor Mo tried to recall how the poison worked.