Recaps

Mo Wen reunited with Song Xuan, who brought his ninth sister, Song Yixue, to Azure Luan Immortal City to open a talisman shop. Song Xuan urged Mo Wen to consider Song Yixue as a dao companion and asked him to look after her, while Mo Wen remained determined to pursue Foundation Establishment.

• Mo Wen set aside the Heavenly Demon Mysterious Talismans and spent the following months cultivating and practicing his skills.
• Song Xuan contacted Mo Wen and arrived at his cave abode with Song Yixue and three other Song Clan members.
• Song Yixue explained that she had come to open a talisman shop, while Song Xuan stayed behind to catch up with Mo Wen.
• Song Xuan urged Mo Wen to find a dao companion, but Mo Wen declared he would risk everything to attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Song Xuan said Song Yixue might become Mo Wen's dao companion and asked him to look after her; Mo Wen agreed to supply her shop with talismans.
• Mo Wen and Song Xuan went to a restaurant, drank together, and returned home thoroughly drunk.

Mo Wen visited the Song Clan’s new talisman shop, gave Song Yixue a gift, and sold her his talismans, impressing her with his high-grade talisman skill. Their conversation was interrupted by Ji Yuan, who threatened Song Yixue and challenged Mo Wen, leaving Mo Wen calmly asking whether Ji Yuan’s household had a Golden Core ancestor.

• Mo Wen visited the Song Clan’s talisman shop and gave Song Yixue a first-meeting gift, then agreed to address her as his sister.
• Mo Wen showed Song Yixue his talismans, and she realized he was a high-grade talisman master before buying them for five thousand six hundred Spirit Stones.
• Song Yixue considered whether Mo Wen might make a suitable dao companion, while she and Mo Wen continued getting to know each other.
• Ji Yuan kicked open the shop door, insulted Song Xuan, and pressured Song Yixue to receive him as an honored guest.
• Song Yixue firmly rejected Ji Yuan, who noticed Mo Wen and threatened him; Mo Wen asked whether Ji Yuan’s household had a Golden Core ancestor.

Mo Wen confronted Ji Yuan of the powerful Scarlet Moon Mountain Ji Household after Ji Yuan tried to claim Song Yixue, and their fight ended when a mysterious sword-bearing female cultivator intervened. She warned Mo Wen against fighting in Azure Luan Immortal City and left, while Ji Yuan and his followers fled.

• Mo Wen mocked Ji Yuan and the Ji Household, then slapped Ji Yuan using only his physical strength.
• Ji Yuan attacked Mo Wen with a blood-colored flying knife, but Mo Wen evaded it.
• A sword-bearing female cultivator struck Ji Yuan's flying knife, scattered his Spiritual Sense, and forced him to the ground.
• The female cultivator warned Mo Wen not to fight in Azure Luan Immortal City, then left the shop.
• Ji Yuan's followers helped him flee without threatening anyone, and Mo Wen wondered about the female cultivator's origins and swordsmanship.

Mo Wen learned why Ji Yuan was pursuing Song Yixue and reassured her that he would not be deterred by the Ji Household. Several days later, Mo Wen perfected the Azure Wood Instruction and expected it to speed up his progress toward Foundation Establishment.

• Song Yixue warned Mo Wen that Ji Yuan and the Ji Household were dangerous, while Mo Wen dismissed the threat and thanked her for the warning.
• Song Xuan explained that Ji Yuan wanted to exploit Song Yixue’s Bewitching Yin Physique to purify his Law Power, and that the Song Household had sent her to Azure Luan Immortal City after rejecting his marriage proposal.
• Mo Wen joked with Song Xuan about becoming Song Yixue’s dao companion and persuaded him to pay for a meal at the Pleasure Grove.
• Mo Wen chatted with Song Yixue before leaving, and she decided that she wanted to befriend him.
• Several days later, Mo Wen perfected the Azure Wood Instruction and saw that his Flowing Light Sword Technique was nearing major accomplishment.

After perfecting the Azure Wood Instruction, Mo Wen planned to buy a standard Foundation Establishment Pill from the Divine Pill Pavilion and conceal his unusual abilities. On his way there, a sudden Sword Qi attack pierced his defenses, and his Purple Star Sword blocked it at the last moment.

• Mo Wen reflected on his need to obtain a top-tier Qi Refining Cultivation Method while relying on the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction to reach Nascent Soul.
• Mo Wen decided to buy a standard Foundation Establishment Pill so he could later appear to have advanced without arousing Song Xuan's suspicion.
• Mo Wen left his cave abode and headed through the crowded streets of Azure Luan Immortal City toward the Divine Pill Pavilion.
• A hidden attacker sent vicious Sword Qi at Mo Wen, piercing his magical robe, Wood Armor Talisman, Qi and Blood, and Black Tortoise Armor.
• Mo Wen used his Purple Star Sword to block the Sword Qi just before it struck him.

Mo Wen killed the human-puppet assassin sent after him and suspected Ji Yuan had hired the attacker. After buying a Foundation Establishment Pill and Purple Qi Pills, he found that the pills accelerated his cultivation and decided the cost was worth reaching Foundation Establishment sooner.

• Mo Wen identified and killed the strange Foundation Establishment assassin with his physical strength, then escaped before the law enforcers arrived.
• A curly-bearded patrol leader recognized the corpse as a human-puppet assassin from the Northern Celestial Tower but could not identify Mo Wen from the wound.
• Mo Wen suspected Ji Yuan had hired the assassin and vowed to retaliate after reaching Foundation Establishment.
• At the Divine Pill Pavilion, Mo Wen bought a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill and a bottle of Purple Qi Pills to test their effect on his progress.
• Mo Wen swallowed a Purple Qi Pill and found it gave him a hundred experience points, so he decided to spend Spirit Stones to speed up his cultivation.
• A month later, Mo Wen had used up the Purple Qi Pills and planned to buy more and visit Song Yixue.

Mo Wen visited Song Yixue, warned her about Ji Yuan’s attempt on his life, and sold her nearly a hundred high-grade talismans. After two more months of secluded cultivation, he prepared to buy more pills and considered where to attempt Foundation Establishment without attracting powerful cultivators.

• Mo Wen bought Purple Qi Pills and Yellow Dragon Pills, then visited Song Yixue’s talisman shop in disguise.
• Mo Wen revealed his identity and told Song Yixue about the attempt on his life, warning her to stay cautious of Ji Yuan.
• Mo Wen gave Song Yixue nearly a hundred high-grade talismans, and she paid him sixteen thousand Spirit Stones.
• Mo Wen returned to his cave abode and cultivated in seclusion for two more months, using up his Yellow Dragon Pills.
• Mo Wen decided to seek more pills and weighed the risks of a Spiritual Qi vortex during his future Foundation Establishment breakthrough.

Mo Wen continued his arduous cultivation and advanced the Flowing Light Sword Technique to Great Accomplishment, bringing his strength close to that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator. He decided it was time to present himself to the world as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, though he remained cautious about facing exceptional opponents.

• Mo Wen bought a year's supply of pills at the Divine Pill Pavilion, earned a bronze-tier VIP token, and returned home without incident.
• Mo Wen spent more than three months in arduous cultivation and checked his Attribute Panel, finding that his sword technique was nearing Great Accomplishment.
• Mo Wen compared his abilities with those of Foundation Establishment cultivators and concluded that he could rival ordinary cultivators at the Middle Stage once his sword technique improved.
• Mo Wen reached Great Accomplishment in the Flowing Light Sword Technique after seven more days of cultivation.
• Mo Wen considered the future prospect of mastering Sword Qi Thunder Sound and resolved to face the world as a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Mo Wen returned to Azure Luan Immortal City after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment and reassured Song Yixue that he would protect her and support her talisman shop. After another half year of cultivation, he broke through to become a second-tier low-grade talisman master and began considering how to obtain a higher-level inheritance.

• Mo Wen visited Song Yixue at the Song Clan Talisman Shop and told her he had successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
• Song Yixue explained that the clan had cut its supply of talismans and that the shop's profits had fallen, while Ji Yuan had stopped harassing them.
• Mo Wen gave Song Yixue a high-grade Message Transmission Talisman and later supplied her with more talismans, telling her to use the money for cultivation pills.
• Mo Wen returned to his cave abode and cultivated secretly for half a year, growing stronger among Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators.
• After drawing a high-grade Spirit-Concentrating Talisman, Mo Wen gained a surge of talisman-making knowledge and advanced to second-tier low-grade talisman master.
• Mo Wen saw that progressing through the second tier would require enormous experience and began planning to acquire a second-tier Talisman Dao inheritance.

Mo Wen improved his skill at drawing Fire Phoenix Talismans and brought them to the Song Clan Talisman Shop, where he stopped Ji Yuan’s hired troublemakers from disrupting business. He left the matter of the Rogue Cultivators to Lin Zhan, while noticing a suspicious old man beside Ji Yuan.

• Mo Wen spent three months practicing the Fire Phoenix Talisman, losing ten thousand Spirit Stones before his success rate reached two percent.
• Mo Wen decided to give his seventeen Fire Phoenix Talismans to Song Yixue to sell and went to the Song Clan Talisman Shop with a gift.
• Mo Wen found Rogue Cultivators blocking the shop and used his Divine Sense to pin them down.
• Lin Zhan of the Immortal City Patrol Office challenged Mo Wen’s Divine Sense, admitted defeat, and took the Rogue Cultivators away.
• Mo Wen noticed Ji Yuan watching from a neighboring shop beside a hawk-faced old man who might have achieved Divergent Method Foundation Establishment.

Mo Wen and Song Yixue discussed the trouble at the Song Clan Talisman Shop and agreed to become dao companions. Mo Wen prepared second-tier talismans for a new business venture, and their sale drew the attention of every major faction in Azure Luan Immortal City.

• Mo Wen learned that Ji Yuan had arranged for Rogue Cultivators to harass the Song Clan Talisman Shop, and he and Song Yixue discussed how to protect the business.
• Mo Wen showed Song Yixue seventeen low-grade second-tier Fire Phoenix Talismans and asked her to help him open a talisman shop; she agreed, and they pledged themselves as dao companions.
• Mo Wen said he would wait to see how the Song Household reacted and might let it share in the new business.
• Mo Wen cultivated and brought Song Yixue newly drawn second-tier talismans until they had collected a hundred.
• Song Yixue and Mo Wen put ten second-tier talismans on sale, prompting factions across Azure Luan Immortal City, including the city lord's mansion, to investigate their origin.

Mo Wen’s Flowing Light Sword Technique reached perfection, granting him Sword Qi Thunder Sound and dramatically increasing his combat strength. He stopped making talismans and devoted himself to Limit Breaking, with Foundation Establishment still eight or nine months away.

• Mo Wen declined factions seeking to hire him as an attendant elder while openly confirming he was a second-tier talisman master, helping the Song Clan Talisman Shop thrive.
• Song Yixue found new talisman suppliers for the shop and gave up on her lineage after the Song Household cut off its monthly talisman supply.
• After more than four months of practice, Mo Wen perfected the Flowing Light Sword Technique and understood Sword Qi Thunder Sound as a state of unity between cultivator and sword.
• Mo Wen assessed that his new sword mastery let him suppress ordinary Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators and briefly contend with a False Core powerhouse.
• Mo Wen estimated that Foundation Establishment remained eight or nine months away, gave up making talismans, and entered secluded cultivation to finish Limit Breaking.

After learning that Song Xuan had been gravely wounded, Song Yixue wanted to return to Moon-Washing Lake, but Mo Wen persuaded her to stay safely in his cave abode and set out to investigate. He left Azure Luan Immortal City disguised as a Qi Refining cultivator, where Ji Buqun confronted him and Mo Wen sensed another Foundation Establishment cultivator hiding nearby.

• Song Yixue received a message claiming that Ji Household cultivators had attacked Moon-Washing Lake and gravely wounded Song Xuan, so she contacted Mo Wen.
• Mo Wen told Song Yixue to remain in his cave abode, demonstrated his Sword Qi Thunder Sound, and assured her he could handle the danger.
• Mo Wen bought high-grade second-tier healing pills, changed his appearance, and left Azure Luan Immortal City heading south.
• After flying more than two hundred li and resting, Mo Wen continued onward until a powerful Divine Sense stopped him.
• Ji Buqun revealed himself and invited Mo Wen to the Ji Household, while Mo Wen detected another Foundation Establishment cultivator concealed nearby and decided to kill them both.

Mo Wen fought Ji Buqun to test a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s techniques, then revealed his Sword Qi Thunder Sound when a hidden attacker ambushed him. He killed the attacker and Ji Buqun, leaving the Ji Household’s challenge answered in blood.

• Ji Buqun attacked Mo Wen with True Dragon Hand, and Mo Wen countered with his Flowing Light Sword Technique, dispersing both techniques.
• Ji Buqun unleashed his full power, while Mo Wen fought him through forty or fifty exchanges and watched for the hidden Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• As the battle neared the hidden cultivator, the man sprang out with a black dagger, and Mo Wen used Unity of Body and Sword to kill him with Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Ji Buqun fled and activated three protective shields, but Mo Wen shattered them and killed him before his Startling Thunder Sword could hit the real Mo Wen.

After killing two Ji Household cultivators who had lured him out, Mo Wen traveled to Moon-Washing Lake and confirmed that the Song Household was safe. He returned to Azure Luan Immortal City and told Song Yixue what happened, leaving her to consider stepping down as shopkeeper to focus on cultivation.

• Mo Wen killed two Ji Household cultivators, destroyed their corpses, and took their belongings.
• Mo Wen traveled to Moon-Washing Lake, where Song Leping told him the Song Household had not gone to war with the Ji Household and that Song Xuan was at Red Leaf Market.
• Mo Wen avoided entering the Song Household's territory and returned to Azure Luan Immortal City by a detour.
• Mo Wen reunited with Song Yixue and told her about the ambush by two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Ji Household.
• Mo Wen urged Song Yixue to step down as shopkeeper and cultivate toward Foundation Establishment, and she agreed to rely on him for support.

Mo Wen and Song Yixue built a life together, and Song Yixue successfully reached Foundation Establishment with an exceptionally deep foundation. Once she had consolidated her cultivation, Mo Wen prepared to reclaim Jingxiu Mountain so he could establish the Mo Clan and secure a suitable Spirit Vein for his own breakthrough; the pair set out for Red Leaf Market in disguise.

• Song Yixue moved into Mo Wen's cave abode, and Mo Wen discovered the Formless Escape secret technique among the spoils from Ji Buqun and the assassin.
• Mo Wen improved his Second-Tier Spirit Talisman craft while Song Yixue advanced to Qi Refining Great Perfection.
• With Mo Wen's supplies, Song Yixue established her Foundation with a seven-li Spiritual Qi vortex and later stabilized her cultivation.
• Mo Wen concluded that his Foundation Establishment required exclusive access to at least a second-tier low-grade Spirit Vein and resolved to reclaim Jingxiu Mountain.
• Mo Wen and Song Yixue bought a mountain-protecting formation, formation-breaking talismans, and Spirit Artifacts, then disguised themselves as Qi Refining cultivators and traveled to Red Leaf Market.

Mo Wen returned to the Red Leaf Market and met with the remaining members of the Mo Clan to arrange the reclamation of Jingxiu Mountain. After striking a deal with Mo Qingyun over the clan’s talisman inheritance and support, Mo Wen returned to the market to investigate the Feng Household.

• Mo Wen left Song Yixue at an inn and flew to the Dragon Snake Cave, where Mo Daolin welcomed him and told him about the clan’s recent affairs.
• Mo Wen reunited with Mo Changge and Mo Qingyun, then said he intended to take Jingxiu Mountain from the Feng Household and eventually hand it over to the Mo Clan.
• Mo Qingyun agreed to help Mo Wen reclaim Jingxiu Mountain in exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill and the chance to copy the Mo Household’s talisman inheritance.
• Mo Wen discussed a plan with Mo Qingyun and Mo Changge, explaining that he would conceal most of his strength and that his dao companion Song Yixue had also reached Foundation Establishment.
• Mo Wen returned to the Red Leaf Market and spent several days gathering information about the Feng Household and its two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Mo Wen led the Mo Clan in seizing Jingxiu Mountain, killing Feng Xuanling and the Feng Household cultivators there. He then began his breakthrough, creating a Spiritual Qi vortex that drew a crowd of Foundation Establishment cultivators outside the mountain.

• Mo Wen and Song Yixue brought the Mo Clan to Jingxiu Mountain, where Mo Changge's group provoked its defenders and lured Feng Xuanling out of the formation.
• Mo Wen intercepted Feng Xuanling and severely wounded him, while Song Yixue blocked his escape and killed him.
• Mo Qingyun and the others killed the remaining Feng Household cultivators, and Mo Wen occupied Jingxiu Mountain and replaced its damaged protective formation.
• Mo Wen began circulating the Azure Wood Instruction, causing his gaseous Law Power to condense into liquid as a vast Spiritual Qi vortex formed above Jingxiu Mountain.
• More than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered outside the mountain to speculate about the growing vortex, while those inside realized Mo Wen had caused it.

Mo Wen completed his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment and emerged to deal with the Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered around Jingxiu Mountain. He disguised himself as Yan Chixia, claiming to serve a peerless Golden Core True Person, but the crowd remained unconvinced.

• Foundation Establishment cultivators flocked to Jingxiu Mountain after a vast Spiritual Qi vortex appeared, and the vortex stopped expanding once it reached three hundred li.
• Mo Wen completed his breakthrough, greatly strengthening his Divine Sense, physical body, and Law Power.
• Mo Wen told Song Yixue he had succeeded, then transformed himself into a broad-built swordsman and introduced himself as Yan Chixia.
• Mo Wen claimed the phenomenon had come from the True Person practicing a Divine Ability and ordered the assembled cultivators to leave.
• The cultivators questioned Mo Wen's story and hesitated to depart, so he realized he would need to demonstrate his strength.

Mo Wen bluffed the Foundation Establishment cultivators into leaving Jingxiu Mountain, then returned to Azure Luan Immortal City with Song Yixue and resumed cultivation. After searching for a top-tier Qi cultivation method, he learned about the Yi Wood Longevity Instruction, an ancient inheritance descended from the Divine Wood Sect.

• Mo Wen defeated Yin Jiugong with Sword Qi Thunder Sound and threatened the gathered cultivators into leaving Jingxiu Mountain.
• Mo Wen handed Jingxiu Mountain to Mo Qingyun in exchange for the Mo Household's talisman inheritance, then left with Song Yixue.
• Mo Wen and Song Yixue returned to their cave abode in Azure Luan Immortal City and considered which main cultivation methods to pursue.
• Mo Wen searched for a high-ceiling cultivation method and spent heavily to buy information from intelligence shops.
• After three months, Mo Wen learned that the Yi Wood Longevity Instruction had survived the Divine Wood Sect's destruction and been passed down in Yan Province.

Mo Wen struggled to find a steady supply of second-tier Demon Beast Essence Blood to advance his body cultivation, and considered joining the City Lord's Manor. Yun Qing then offered him Essence Blood in exchange for second-tier Restriction-Breaking Talismans and gave him the method to make them, leaving Mo Wen to study the technique after refining the offered blood.

• Mo Wen learned that the Azure Luan Fairy possessed a remnant scroll of a top-tier wood-attribute Cultivation Method and found the Heavenly Charm Heart Sutra for Song Yixue.
• Mo Wen completed the initial refinement stage of the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction, formed a Primordial Embryo, and greatly increased his body's defense, strength, and recovery.
• Mo Wen found that second-tier Demon Beast Essence Blood was difficult to obtain in large quantities and considered joining the City Lord's Manor to secure access to it.
• Yun Qing visited Mo Wen and offered second-tier Demon Beast Essence Blood in exchange for Restriction-Breaking Talismans, providing the method for making them and requesting secrecy.
• Mo Wen checked and purified the ten drops of Essence Blood, refined them over ten days, and then began studying the Restriction-Breaking Talisman method.

Mo Wen advanced his body cultivation and awakened Blood Qi Armor Manifestation, but Song Xuan disappeared and a ransom note directed him to Soul-Severing Ridge. At the Song Clan Talisman Shop, Mo Wen uncovered that Song Leqing had conspired with the Ji Household to lure him into a trap.

• Mo Wen mastered second-tier low-grade Restriction-Breaking Talismans and used their sale to raise his Primordial Embryo to minor accomplishment, reaching Foundation Establishment Middle Stage-level body cultivation and awakening Blood Qi Armor Manifestation.
• Song Yixue told Mo Wen that Song Xuan had disappeared, and Mo Wen promised to bring him back before going to the Song Clan Talisman Shop.
• A Song clansman gave Mo Wen a ransom note ordering him to come to Soul-Severing Ridge at the third watch, and Mo Wen learned that Song Xuan had vanished overnight.
• Mo Wen returned to the shop in disguise and overheard Song Leqing discussing the Ji Household's plan to ambush him with a False Core patriarch and four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Mo Wen realized Song Leqing had betrayed him and left, vowing to deal with the grand elder when he returned.

Mo Wen attacked Scarlet Moon Mountain to punish the Ji Household and seize hostages, using Restriction-Breaking Talismans and Fire Crow Techniques to devastate the clan’s stronghold. After the Ji Household patriarch arrived and revealed that Song Xuan had only been used as bait, Ji Buli said he had killed Song Xuan, and Mo Wen struck him down with a sword attack.

• Mo Wen flew to Scarlet Moon Mountain instead of Soul-Severing Ridge, expecting the Ji Household’s experts to be away and carrying 134 Restriction-Breaking Talismans.
• Mo Wen used talismans to break Scarlet Moon Mountain’s protective formation, then unleashed nine Fire Crow Techniques that killed or wounded many Ji Clan cultivators.
• Mo Wen subdued the escaping cultivators and looted the Ji Household’s stores, finding over three hundred thousand low-grade Spirit Stones and more than a dozen large Storage Bags.
• The Ji Household patriarch arrived, confirmed that Song Xuan had been used to lure Mo Wen out, and waited with him for the returning Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Ji Buli told Mo Wen that he had killed Song Xuan, so Mo Wen attacked him with sword light and damaged his turtle-shell Spirit Artifact, leaving the other Ji Clan cultivators stunned.

Mo Wen forced the Ji Clan ancestor to negotiate for Song Xuan’s release and the safety of the Ji Clan descendants, then challenged him to a one-on-one fight. After the others withdrew and Song Xuan was secured, Mo Wen confronted the False Core ancestor in the sky, opening the battle with a powerful sword strike.

• Mo Wen threatened to kill the Ji Clan descendants, and the Ji Household ancestor agreed to release Song Xuan if Mo Wen spared them.
• The hawk-faced elder removed the restriction on Song Xuan, who urged Mo Wen to flee, but Mo Wen reassured him and demanded a one-on-one fight with the ancestor.
• Mo Wen and the Ji Household ancestor agreed to Dao heart oaths, and the clan’s five Foundation Establishment cultivators withdrew a thousand li from Scarlet Moon Mountain.
• Mo Wen checked Song Xuan for hidden tricks, instructed him to guard the Ji Clan descendants, and then flew into the sky to fight the ancestor.
• Mo Wen struck the pursuing ancestor with the Startling Thunder Sword, and the ancestor activated his defensive Spirit Artifact and Protective Mystic Light to take the blow.

Mo Wen defeated and killed the Ji Clan ancestor in a series of sword strikes, then returned to Azure Luan Immortal City with Song Xuan. After reassuring Song Yixue, the three discussed how to establish themselves in the city.

• Mo Wen's first sword strike damaged the Ji Clan ancestor's Earth Spirit Stele and left the ancestor slightly injured, though Mo Wen's Startling Thunder Sword also took damage.
• Mo Wen used Sword Qi Thunder Sound to grievously injure the Ji Clan ancestor, then killed him with another sword strike before he could finish pleading for mercy.
• Mo Wen took the ancestor's Storage Bag and returned to Scarlet Moon Mountain, where Song Xuan was surprised to see him victorious.
• Mo Wen left the defeated Ji Clan members alive and flew with Song Xuan to Azure Luan Immortal City.
• Mo Wen and Song Xuan told Song Yixue they were safe, then the three shared a feast and discussed establishing themselves in the city.