Recaps

Fang Yu used the Yuanchen Pearl to travel to Great Scarlet Heaven and advance through two cultivation systems while forging swords for Tie Chanyi. After surviving her attempt to sacrifice him, he attained a Molten Edge Flow Dao Foundation but planned to pursue Qi Refining rather than depend on the Metal Stone Immortal Sect's restricted methods.

• Fang Yu awakened the Yuanchen Pearl, traveled to Great Scarlet Heaven, and established Cloud Mist Cave on Medicine King Ridge.
• Fang Yu advanced his Qi Ingestion cultivation, learned the Flowing Flame True Fire Scripture from Tie Feng, and killed a cultivator who attacked him at Cloud Mist Cave.
• Fang Yu accepted a thirty-year loan to enter the Flaming Mountain Secret Land, reached the Qi Ingestion Seventh Layer, and agreed to forge a sword for sponsors who supplied materials.
• Fang Yu cultivated the Everlasting Spring Technique and used the Yuanchen Pearl's Return to Origin ability to purify his powers before signing a sword-forging contract with Tie Chanyi.
• Fang Yu established himself at East Spirit Mountain Market under a disguise, traded swords for pills and supplies, and reached the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Tie Chanyi tried to sacrifice Fang Yu to forge an Earth Grade sword, but Fang Yu killed her and completed his Molten Edge Flow Dao Foundation.
• Moon-Embracing True Person took Fang Yu's sword in exchange for Sword Intent and assigned him as a Heavenly Craft Hall elder under Wu Tong.
• Fang Yu learned the sect restricted his further cultivation, used Fate Weaving to conceal himself from the Sword Intent, and thanked Han Feng with a profound-grade Flowing Flame True Fire Sword.

Fang Yu left the mining district, gathered resources and studied new paths while secretly spreading techniques among mortals and harvesting their heartfire. After reaching Qi Refining Ninth Layer Great Perfection and refining three flawless Foundation Establishment Pills, he entered a secluded cave abode to attempt Foundation Establishment.

• Fang Yu followed cultivators to Autumn Moon Mountain Market, killed pursuing Bandit Cultivators, and began selling mining pickaxes while cultivating and crafting in his cave abode.
• After killing the Three Heroes of the Wang Household, Fang Yu left Heavenly Craft Valley, traveled through Jingzhou, and learned fortune-reading before avoiding Zhang Hu, whom he recognized as a child of fortune.
• Fang Yu returned to Autumn Moon Mountain Market, mined with other cultivators, and later secretly spread simplified cultivation techniques among mortals in war-torn Anping Prefecture.
• Fang Yu mined alone until a late Foundation Establishment Night Sha attacked him, then escaped the mine and fled toward Medicine King Mountain as Elder Tianxing sealed Autumn Moon Mountain Market and enslaved its trapped cultivators.
• Fang Yu reached Mosquito Immortal City, cultivated for years through pill refining, and learned that Cloud Spirit Sect had forced Rogue Cultivators to mine after discovering mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Fang Yu gathered the heartfire of Great Peace Village’s followers, formed Fires of Ten Thousand Households, and discovered that the Yuanchen Pearl preserved fragments of their fortune and drew in the true spirits of deceased followers.
• Fang Yu used the followers’ heartfire and Spirit Stones to advance his Phoenix Sets the Plains Ablaze cultivation, then absorbed the skills and memories of the followers’ true spirits.
• Fang Yu refined three flawless Foundation Establishment Pills, rented cave abode Jia Three, and prepared to attempt Foundation Establishment while Deacon Xu expected him to fail.

Fang Yu advanced through Foundation Establishment, joined Mosquito Immortal City as Lü Bu, and fled after its leaders tried to kill him over formation secrets. He established himself with the Zhuang Household and armed Emperor Wude against Mount Longmen, while Daoist Thousand Insects turned his Golden Core ceremony against the Cloud Spirit Sect.

• Fang Yu reached Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer, joined Mosquito Immortal City as Lü Bu, and cultivated Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Fang Yu escaped Feng Yi with Moon-Embracing’s sword intent and the Yuanchen Pearl after collecting the true spirits of dead followers.
• Fang Yu established his Dao Foundation, discovered that Zhang Daochang held Great Peace Village’s spirits in the Human Sovereign Banner, and abandoned a direct confrontation.
• Fang Yu learned the Lesser Thousand-Needle Nether River Formation while helping Array Master Zong, then killed Jin Guizi when she ambushed him to protect the city’s secrets.
• Fang Yu sheltered the Zhuang Household as Danyangzi, strengthened its defenses, and defeated Li Xiuyuan’s attempt to test him.
• Fang Yu reincarnated destined true spirits with Qi Ingestion methods, reached Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, and completed his third-tier formation.
• Fang Yu gave Emperor Wude the Ten Thousand Gu Dragon-Devouring Formation and heart fire, and Emperor Wude’s amnesty and tax reductions helped spread the heartfire.
• Fang Yu warned Zhuang Yun to consolidate the household’s resources, and Daoist Thousand Insects pressured Zhuang Yun into voicing a grievance at his Golden Core ceremony.

Fang Yu seized Autumn Moon Mountain, survived a siege, and formed a Golden Core before leaving the Western Extremity. In An Kingdom, he reclaimed the true spirits from Zhang Daochang, then trapped him as a lightning tribulation gathered.

• Fang Yu chose Mosquito Immortal City's side after the Zhuang Household killed the Cloud Spirit Sect envoys, then helped Zhuang Xian become household head and reach Foundation Establishment.
• Fang Yu recruited Chen Cheng and the Zhuang Household to seize Autumn Moon Mountain Market, broke its defenses, and trapped Qian Chongzi in a fire formation.
• Fang Yu traded Qian Chongzi's release for a third-tier Demon Beast's Inner Core and an alliance with Daoist Mosquito, then secured the four Golden Core powers' tacit acceptance of his control of the mine.
• Fang Yu gathered the remaining ingredients, refined three Golden Core Formation Pills, and entered the sealed mine to begin his breakthrough.
• Fang Yu formed his Golden Core, claimed additional shares of the mine from the four powers, and offered Zhuang Xian and Chen Cheng spirit ore before leaving the Western Extremity.
• Fang Yu crossed the Land of Severed Spiritual Qi and reached White Deer Ferry Crossing, where he witnessed Embroidered Tiger empower the An Kingdom's soldiers through the Yuanchen Pearl.
• Fang Yu intervened in the battle between Embroidered Tiger and Qiu Xuanlong, then urged Zhang Daochang to release the ten million true spirits held in the Human Sovereign Banner.
• Zhang Daochang released the true spirits, which Fang Yu gathered to complete his true spirit, but Fang Yu then trapped Zhang Daochang in a Purple Mansion formation as a lightning tribulation formed.