Recaps

Fang Yu left the deserted East Spirit Mountain Market and traveled to Autumn Moon Mountain Market, where he killed a fleeing cultivator and the Bandit Cultivators pursuing him. After using their Spirit Stones to buy long-term entry, he entered the crowded market and found another Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

• Fang Yu found that most shops in East Spirit Mountain Market had closed or moved to Autumn Moon Mountain Market, so he decided to follow the cultivators there.
• Fang Yu disguised himself as a Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator and headed toward Autumn Moon Mountain Market, wary of its active second-tier grand array and dangerous Bandit Cultivators.
• When a fleeing cultivator diverted toward him, Fang Yu pretended to help, then killed the cultivator and the three Bandit Cultivators pursuing him, taking their Storage Bags.
• Fang Yu discovered seven thousand Spirit Stones in one Storage Bag and paid one hundred Spirit Stones for long-term entry to Autumn Moon Mountain Market.
• Fang Yu entered the bustling market, saw its many mines and cultivators, and stopped at a shop called Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

Fang Yu bought an artifact-refining inheritance, learned how the Dao of Qi Refining differed from his External Alchemy Technique, and settled into a cave abode in Autumn Moon Mountain Market. He then began making mining Law Artifacts with local methods so he could sell them openly and build a lasting business.

• Fang Yu bargained with Huang An for the artifact-refining inheritance and bought the Jade Slips and books without the included master guidance.
• Fang Yu studied the inheritance and compared the specialized crafts of the Dao of Qi Refining with the more flexible External Alchemy Technique.
• Fang Yu surveyed prices in Autumn Moon Mountain Market, found goods inflated by the nearby mine, and obtained a cave abode token from the Steward's Hall.
• Fang Yu furnished the empty cave abode, activated its restrictions, and cultivated there before returning to Heavenly Craft Valley.
• Fang Yu drew lava from the Accumulated Fire Pool, made a metal and stone billet, and shaped it into a mining pickaxe engraved with optimized array patterns.

Fang Yu sold pickaxes to fund his cultivation while searching unsuccessfully for a heavenly-divination technique. After more than two years, the Three Heroes of the Wang Household tracked him down to steal his pickaxe inheritance, but he revealed his Foundation Establishment power and killed them.

• Fang Yu sold his pickaxes in Autumn Moon Mountain Market and spent his earnings on Qi Gathering Pills because his poor Spirit Root stalled his cultivation.
• Fang Yu continued crafting and selling ten pickaxes each month, while imitators crowded the market with competing wares.
• More than two years later, Fang Yu sensed someone following him and left the market, only to be surrounded by three Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators.
• Eldest Wang identified himself and his brothers as the Three Heroes of the Wang Household and used a Scent-Detecting Insect to explain how they had tracked Fang Yu.
• Fang Yu transformed his cultivation into a Molten Edge Flow Dao Foundation and killed the three brothers with streams of flame before collecting their remains and Storage Bags.

After defeating the Three Heroes of the Wang Household, Fang Yu decided to leave the sect and search for a cultivation method that could advance his Molten Edge Flow Dao Foundation. He gathered travel information from Wu Tong and set out for the Metal Stone Immortal Sect’s mountain gate.

• Fang Yu examined the Three Heroes of the Wang Household’s spoils, kept their insect-control technique, and discarded their bones into the Accumulated Fire Pool rather than use them as materials.
• Fang Yu resolved to avoid the Dao of Qi Refining side and travel openly, reasoning that the Moon-Embracing Sword Immortal might be scheming against him and that the Yuanchen Pearl could help him turn the tables.
• Fang Yu told Wu Tong that he could not accept spending his life in the valley and planned to seek a way forward, including traveling to Mount Longhu.
• Wu Tong gave Fang Yu a golden slip containing information from his travels and asked him to offer incense for him if he reached Mount Longhu.
• Fang Yu spent over a week questioning Wu Tong, then left for the Metal Stone Immortal Sect’s mountain gate.

Fang Yu left the Metal Stone Immortal Sect and traveled through Yanzhou toward Jingzhou in search of a suitable cultivation method and distance from the Moon-Embracing Sword Immortal. After surviving an intense divination by an unknown Purple Mansion True Person, he continued into Jingzhou, intending to explore its markets.

• Fang Yu passed through the sect’s mountain gate and flew across Yanzhou without visiting any of its cultivation clans.
• After a month of travel, Fang Yu neared Jingzhou, territory belonging to Mount Longmen, and considered its greater strength and population.
• The Yuanchen Pearl revealed that the Moon-Embracing Sword Immortal had divined Fang Yu’s circumstances, then began rapidly consuming Primordial Qi during a more powerful divination.
• Fang Yu replenished the Yuanchen Pearl with his Law Power until the divination ended, then used a Metal Fire Stone to restore his strength.
• Fang Yu concluded that the second divination had likely come from a Purple Mansion True Person in Jingzhou and continued on foot toward the province’s markets.

Fang Yu visited Anping Prefecture City to exchange Metal Fire Stones for Dragon Gate Stones, then traveled to Mount Anping for its annual grand market. On the climb, he burned away mortals’ turbid Qi, while a fortune-teller promised to explain the purple qi he had seen around Fang Yu.

• Fang Yu learned that Anping’s annual grand market would be held on the fifteenth day of the first month at Mount Anping, and exchanged a hundred Dragon Gate Stones for Metal Fire Stones at the Divine Maiden Pavilion.
• Fang Yu spent the night with Ziyan after completing the exchange.
• Three months later, Fang Yu rode toward Mount Anping and saw mortals risking the dangerous climb in hopes of finding immortals.
• Fang Yu used the mysteries of Molten Edge Flow to burn away the mortals’ turbid Qi, and an old fortune-teller approached him with claims about his noble destiny.
• Fang Yu gave the fortune-teller a Dragon Gate Stone and followed him toward the summit to hear more about his fortune.
• A middle-aged mortal broke through to the Innate Grandmaster realm and resolved to continue climbing for an immortal opportunity.

Fang Yu acquired the Spiritual Pivot Resonance Chapter from the fortune-teller Jiang Zhen and used the Yuanchen Pearl to read his fate, though he could not calculate his own. While browsing the mountaintop stalls, he spotted a middle-aged man with an extraordinary fate and recognized him as a true son of fortune.

• The Divine Calculator claimed Fang Yu had purple qi and great fortune, but gave up his Dragon Gate Stone and handed over the Spiritual Pivot Resonance Chapter when Fang Yu threatened him with a bloody calamity.
• Fang Yu mastered the chapter with help from the Yuanchen Pearl, confirmed black Qi hung over Jiang Zhen, and calculated that his fortune lay to the southeast.
• Fang Yu tried to calculate his own fortune, but the Yuanchen Pearl produced garbled information, leading him to suspect a Purple Mansion True Person had interfered with his fate.
• Jiang Zhen learned that Fang Yu knew his real name, then took his advice and headed southeast while Fang Yu continued browsing the stalls.
• A middle-aged man climbed onto the mountaintop, and Fang Yu saw that his blazing purple-red fire clouds marked him as a true son of fortune with the Tail Fire fate.

Fang Yu fled Anping Prefecture after recognizing Zhang Hu as a child of fortune, then hid in the Dao of Qi Refining and cultivated in Autumn Moon Mountain Market. After reaching Qi Refining Eighth Layer, he visited the newly opened Wondrous Sound House and learned that its mistress, Ancestor Miaoyin, was Liu Sanjie, his former neighbor.

• Fang Yu used the Yuanchen Pearl to identify Zhang Hu, decided to avoid the child of fortune, and left Anping Prefecture for the Dao of Qi Refining.
• Fang Yu changed his appearance, settled in Autumn Moon Mountain Market, and found that he could easily read the fortunes of people there.
• Fang Yu cultivated in his cave abode for two years and reached Qi Refining Eighth Layer, but realized he needed more Spirit Stones and cultivation resources.
• Fang Yu entered the newly opened Wondrous Sound House to celebrate and met the cultivator Liu Ershiliujie.
• Fang Yu learned that Ancestor Miaoyin owned the establishment and recognized her as Liu Sanjie, his former neighbor who had reached Foundation Establishment.

Fang Yu entered the mine seeking Spirit Stones and joined Great Cultivator Yang, Old Liu, and Strongman Zhang on an expedition into the core area. When a swarm of Night Sha attacked, Fang Yu’s fire magic quickly wiped them out, earning his companions’ respect.

• Fang Yu learned that Liu Sanjie’s rise to Foundation Establishment had involved help from a powerful cultivator, then decided to mine after divining a minor fortune.
• Fang Yu joined Great Cultivator Yang, Old Liu, and Strongman Zhang, and memorized an outdated map of the core mining area.
• The four entered the mine and prepared for danger when Great Cultivator Yang spotted Demon Beasts ahead.
• A Night Sha attacked, and Old Liu warned Fang Yu that the creatures traveled in groups and might include first-tier beasts.
• A vast swarm of Night Sha poured from the tunnel, and Fang Yu sent out his flame dragons to burn them all, impressing his companions.

Fang Yu and the other cultivators reached the mapped end of the mine and began digging in search of Spirit Stones. They took turns excavating for more than a month without encountering Demon Beasts or other cultivators.

• After fighting through several packs of Night Sha, Fang Yu and the others found a cavern at the deepest point on Great Cultivator Yang's map.
• Great Cultivator Yang used a compass to choose a southeast direction, and Strongman Zhang dug out a large piece of spirit ore.
• Old Liu set up a formation at the entrance while Strongman Zhang continued mining, then Fang Yu took his turn with a pickaxe.
• Fang Yu dug up several pieces of spirit ore before stepping aside, and Old Liu, Great Cultivator Yang, and Strongman Zhang took turns digging as well.
• The four cultivators continued mining and keeping watch for more than a month without encountering Demon Beasts or other cultivators.

After leaving the Autumn Moon Mountain mine, Fang Yu returned to Anping Prefecture and witnessed the chaos of war before discovering a black cat that devoured a dead soldier’s soul. The cat’s strange power left Fang Yu facing a possible demon.

• Fang Yu left the mine after Great Cultivator Yang, Old Liu, and Strongman Zhang parted ways, then surrendered half his Spirit Ore to a cultivator guarding the entrance.
• Fang Yu exchanged his remaining Spirit Ore for pills and decided he could mine alone on his next trip before returning to Anping Prefecture.
• Fang Yu watched Zhang Hu lead the Ghost Servant Cavalry to break an army’s formation and win a battle in Anping Prefecture.
• Fang Yu was troubled by the battlefield’s many deaths and cultivated through several months of heavy rain and passing time.
• Fang Yu spotted a black cat by a mass grave as it drew a dead soldier’s soul into its nostrils and rolled around in apparent delight.

Fang Yu encountered Land God Luo collecting living po souls, learned that Mount Longmen forbade cultivation lineages from interfering with mortal dynasties or contacting Embroidered Tiger, and traded for Luo’s gourd. He gave the gourd to the wounded demon cat, then reforged his pickaxe before heading to the Grand Market on Mount Anping.

• Fang Yu watched the demon cat absorb living po souls until Land God Luo drove it away and collected more than a thousand souls in a gourd.
• Fang Yu asked Luo about Embroidered Tiger and learned that Mount Longmen prohibited contact with him, while Luo advised Fang Yu to seek more information at the Anping Prefecture Grand Market.
• Fang Yu bought Luo’s gourd of living po souls for fifty pieces of Dragon Gate Stone.
• Fang Yu left the gourd in the demon cat’s hiding place, and the cat opened it and breathed in the souls.
• Fang Yu reforged his pickaxe into a Low-Grade Spirit Artifact and, sensing the Grand Market begin, headed toward the summit.

Fang Yu visited a crowded mountain market and followed a premonition to a scholar selling cultivation manuals. After comparing two fire-virtue methods, he chose to pursue the Wings Fire Starfire Heart-Burning Instruction and bought the scholar’s entire collection.

• Fang Yu saw cultivators trading resources gathered from the wars ravaging Anping Prefecture, which had brought immense suffering to mortals.
• Fang Yu felt a premonition and approached a wandering scholar who was selling cultivation manuals.
• The scholar offered Fang Yu the Dwelling Root Darkening of the Light Method, tied to Mount Changliu, and the Starfire Heart-Burning Instruction, a Wings Fire method from the extinct Phoenix Mountain.
• Fang Yu weighed the risks of seeking an inheritance from a major sect against the uncertain fortune of finding Phoenix Mountain’s lost teachings, then settled on the Starfire Heart-Burning Instruction.
• Fang Yu offered one hundred Dragon Gate Stones for every manual the scholar owned, and the scholar agreed to include his annotations and other books.

Fang Yu chose to cultivate the Wings Fire lineage and realized that kindling mortal hearts meant addressing their desire for peace amid war, famine, and plague. To avoid becoming entangled in dynastic karma, he created a volume of simplified techniques from several Dao lineages and began framing it as a path to deliver the world to peace.

• Fang Yu studied the Starfire Heart-Burning Instruction and learned that it required the Fire of Ten Thousand Households to cultivate the Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze Dao Foundation.
• Fang Yu considered the risks of intervening in mortal affairs and decided to act secretly, avoid taking sides, and draw the major Dao lineages into his plans.
• At his Medicine King Mountain cave abode, Fang Yu simplified the Hairy Head Sun, Azure Splendor Deliverance method so mortals could begin practicing its secret techniques.
• Fang Yu simplified methods from seven great lineages that used Spiritual Qi readily available in the mortal world, then gathered the techniques into a volume.
• Fang Yu titled the volume Precious Scroll of Essential Techniques for Delivering the World to Peace Through Ten Thousand Tribulations and wrote a scripture addressing war, famine, and plague.

Fang Yu witnessed the mounted bandits ravage a village, then gave Zhang Sheng a chance to cultivate after recognizing his destiny. Later, his divination kept him out of a mining disaster, and when fortune appeared to favor entering the mine, he chose to avoid the risks.

• Mounted bandits raided a village, killing those who resisted and plundering its grain and women.
• Fang Yu recognized Zhang Sheng's promising destiny and gave him a Dragon Gate Stone and the Horn Wood chapter of the Treasured Scroll.
• Fang Yu traveled through Ping'an Prefecture, spreading the Essential Techniques of Peace, before returning to the Dao of Qi Refining to mine.
• Fang Yu divined great misfortune at the mining district and returned to his unfinished cave abode instead of entering.
• After half a year, Fang Yu learned that a late-second-rank Night Sha had attacked the mines and divined fortune if he went in, but he chose to stay away.

After waiting for the first rush to pass, Fang Yu entered the mining area and secretly amassed a hundred thousand Spirit Stones while avoiding the dangerous depths. He planned to keep mining for the money to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill, and after breaking into another tunnel full of Night Sha, he calculated that continuing would bring great fortune.

• Fang Yu learned that Elder Tianxing had killed the Night Sha and waited a month before entering the mining area.
• Fang Yu met Old Liu, heard that Great Cultivator Yang had died in the mine, and declined Old Liu's offer to mine together.
• Fang Yu dug alone for three months and secretly hid a hundred thousand Spirit Stones in a cave in Anping Prefecture.
• Fang Yu planned to keep mining until he had enough Spirit Stones to pursue Foundation Establishment.
• Fang Yu broke through into another tunnel, killed the Night Sha inside with a flame dragon, and calculated that continuing to dig would bring great fortune.

Zhang Sheng defeated the bandits at Ox Head Mountain, forced them to join Great Peace Village, and spread the Great Peace Secret Incantation. Half a year later, Fang Yu continued mining Spirit Stones while sensing that sparks of influence were growing in multiple places.

• Zhang Sheng announced that he had come to rescue Liu Cuihua and challenge the bandits, then killed their leader with a vine.
• Zhang Sheng repelled High Person Golden Light’s attack and summoned lightning that destroyed the stronghold gate and struck the bandit leaders.
• Zhang Sheng persuaded the surviving bandits to join Great Peace Village and recite the Great Peace Secret Incantation, which restored his strength and linked their fortunes.
• Fang Yu counted nearly five hundred thousand mined Spirit Stones and decided to keep mining until he had at least a million for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Fang Yu sensed that sparks had been lit in several places, planned to harvest the Fire of Ten Thousand Households once it grew stronger, and returned to mining.

After mining more than a million Spirit Stones, Fang Yu escaped the mine after killing a wounded late Foundation Establishment Night Sha with the Phoenix Cry Talisman. He fled Autumn Moon Mountain Market when his divinations warned of danger, while Elder Tianxing discovered Fang Yu’s hidden mid-grade spirit ore and ordered the market sealed.

• Fang Yu sensed that continuing to mine would bring a great calamity, so he used an Earth Escape Talisman to leave his buried passage.
• A late Foundation Establishment Night Sha ambushed Fang Yu, and he killed it with the Phoenix Cry Talisman before escaping the mine with its corpse.
• Fang Yu’s divinations warned him of danger around Autumn Moon Mountain Market, so he hurried toward Medicine King Mountain.
• Elder Tianxing found the mid-grade spirit ore Fang Yu had left in his tunnel and crushed the Spirit-Seeking Mouse that led him to it.
• Elder Tianxing ordered the law enforcers to seal Autumn Moon Mountain Market and kill anyone who tried to leave.

Fang Yu harvested Night Sha’s Inner Core, divined that leaving the Chu Kingdom would bring good fortune, and traveled toward Mosquito Immortal City. Meanwhile, Ancestor Qingluo turned the Rogue Cultivators trapped in Autumn Moon Mountain Market into mining slaves, and Fang Yu entered Mosquito Immortal City under the name Lü Bu.

• Fang Yu took Night Sha’s second-tier Inner Core and salvaged materials from the corpse, then divined that the Chu Kingdom’s cultivation world faced peril and that leaving it would bring good fortune.
• Fang Yu chose to travel to Mosquito Immortal City, hoping to find a stable cultivation environment and buy a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ancestor Qingluo arrived at Autumn Moon Mountain Market and ordered Cloud Spirit Sect disciples to seize the trapped Rogue Cultivators and place restrictions on them as mining slaves.
• Several months later, Fang Yu reached Mosquito Immortal City, paid the entry fee, and entered under the name Lü Bu.

Fang Yu settled in Mosquito Immortal City, learned pill refining, and spent five years advancing to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer while preparing to make Foundation Establishment Pills. After hearing that mid-grade Spirit Stones had been discovered at Autumn Moon Mountain Market, he divined that he would have found one if he had kept mining there a little longer.

• Fang Yu bought several Foundation Establishment Pill Formulas and second-tier pill-refining inheritances, then rented and secured a courtyard in Mosquito Immortal City's outer city.
• Fang Yu successfully refined White Yang Pills on his first attempt and found his homemade pills more potent and cheaper than shop-bought ones.
• Fang Yu spent five years refining and consuming pills, improving his skills until he reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
• Fang Yu decided to gather materials and second-tier Demon Beast inner cores so he could practice refining Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Fang Yu overheard cultivators say the Cloud Spirit Sect had sealed Autumn Moon Mountain Market after mid-grade Spirit Stones were found and forced Rogue Cultivators to mine there.
• Fang Yu divined that he would have found a mid-grade Spirit Stone if he had continued mining, and regretted leaving the market.

Fang Yu gathered forty-nine Fires of Ten Thousand Households from Great Peace Village followers and refined them into Starfire Law Power with the Yuanchen Pearl. After severing the fire’s karmic ties from himself, he set off for the auction in Mosquito Immortal City.

• Fang Yu collected the heart flames of Great Peace Village followers at their gatherings, using them to form Fires of Ten Thousand Households.
• After several months, Fang Yu combined forty-nine fires into a lotus-shaped flame and ingested it, experiencing visions tied to the followers and their struggles.
• Fang Yu sensed the heavy fortune and karmic ties within the fire and called on the Yuanchen Pearl to purify its Law Power.
• Fang Yu discovered that the Pearl had stored fragments of the followers’ fortune, which could let him track or influence their fates.
• Fang Yu decided not to rely on Great Peace Village’s survival and vanished toward Mosquito Immortal City for its upcoming auction.

Fang Yu attended the Mosquito Immortal Society auction, where he learned that ten Foundation Establishment Pills were being offered and sensed great fortune in Mosquito Immortal City. He left with several useful refining materials but no pill, planning to spend another year or two honing his skills before attempting to refine Foundation Establishment Pills himself.

• Fang Yu examined the auction catalog, noticed the ten Foundation Establishment Pills, and divined that Mosquito Immortal City had great fortune.
• Qian Chongzi opened the auction by selling five Foundation Establishment Pills through sealed bids, but Fang Yu's modest bid failed.
• Fang Yu bought a hundred-year-old Crimson Flame Flower, a Void Spirit Stone, and other refining materials, spending nearly one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Qian Chongzi auctioned the remaining five Foundation Establishment Pills openly, and each sold for more than a million Spirit Stones.
• Fang Yu left through the secret passage and resolved to practice pill refining for another year or two before trying to make Foundation Establishment Pills.

Fang Yu refined second-tier pills, discovered that advancing his fate configuration had improved his Spirit Root, and reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Great Perfection over six years. He then collected Fire of Ten Thousand Households from Great Peace Village’s followers, but Wei Long noticed him and revealed that the village had gained the Power of Faith.

• Fang Yu forged a Pill Furnace and refined a batch of True Restoration Pills, then found that taking them helped his cultivation speed.
• Fang Yu realized that reaching Qi Ingestion First Layer in Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze had improved his Spirit Root.
• Fang Yu cultivated for six years and reached Qi Refining Ninth Layer Great Perfection, preparing to refine Foundation Establishment Pills after harvesting more Fire of Ten Thousand Households.
• Fang Yu collected Fire of Ten Thousand Households from Great Peace Village’s followers, whose numbers had grown to more than a million.
• Wei Long spotted Fang Yu collecting the heartfire, rebuked him as an enemy using an Evil Method, and revealed the village’s Power of Faith.
• Fang Yu finished collecting the heartfire and fled toward another gathering place, deciding to be more careful in the future.

After reaching the Qi Ingestion Third Layer, Fang Yu tested his Heart Burning Technique on Bao Er, whose rage drove him to slaughter the household. He discovered that dead Great Peace Village followers could leave behind true spirits that returned to his sea of consciousness, bringing their memories and skills.

• Fang Yu consumed two flames of the Fire of Ten Thousand Households and enough Spirit Stones to reach the Qi Ingestion Third Layer.
• Fang Yu used Heart Burning on Bao Er, igniting his anger over the young master sleeping with his wife.
• Bao Er killed the young master, the servants, and others in the residence before the rage faded and he realized what he had done.
• Fang Yu noticed that a dead stablehand's true spirit had formed and realized the man was a Great Peace Village follower whose fortune he had purified.
• Fang Yu drew the stablehand's true spirit into his sea of consciousness and absorbed his memories and horse-raising experience.
• More true spirits arrived from afar, and Fang Yu began absorbing the memories and abilities of deceased mortals.

Fang Yu discovered that the Yuanchen Pearl let him reclaim the true spirits of his deceased followers, then successfully refined three Foundation Establishment Pills. He rented a cave abode in Mosquito Immortal City to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Fang Yu realized the Yuanchen Pearl had drawn the true spirits of 1,021 deceased followers into his sea of consciousness and could let him send them through reincarnation or use their skills and spirits.
• Fang Yu absorbed the followers' practical knowledge, improving his calculations through the Spiritual Pivot Resonance Chapter, and decided to pursue Foundation Establishment.
• Fang Yu used his Night Sha demonic core and other ingredients to refine three flawless Foundation Establishment Pills after three months.
• Fang Yu went to the inner city and rented cave abode Jia Three for three years, claiming he had no Foundation Establishment aid and was eighty years old.
• Deacon Xu watched Fang Yu leave and expected him to die attempting Foundation Establishment without a pill or spirit item.