Recaps

Zhang Sheng woke in a child’s body in a different world, poor and ill, and feared that Tang San’s battle had caused him to transmigrate again. After Uncle Dashan brought him home and arranged for a doctor to treat him, Zhang Sheng rested, still unaware of his new circumstances.

• Zhang Sheng woke in a bare earthen room and realized his hands and body belonged to a child.
• Zhang Sheng lamented losing his former life and blamed Tang San, then searched the impoverished house for food.
• Zhang Sheng stepped outside, saw a mountain and scattered thatched houses, and set off to find help.
• Uncle Dashan found Zhang Sheng, carried him back, and brought in a doctor to examine him.
• The doctor said Zhang Sheng was weak and prescribed medicine; Uncle Dashan gave him thin porridge and promised to bring dinner.
• Zhang Sheng thanked Uncle Dashan, decided to rest before asking about his situation, and closed his eyes.

After recovering from his illness, Zhang Sheng learned from Uncle Dashan that he was in a mountain village near Luoyang during the Sui Dynasty, shortly after Yang Guang took the throne. He realized that the coming upheaval could make survival difficult and was left shaken by the news.

• Uncle Dashan brought Zhang Sheng a hearty meal prepared by his aunt, and Zhang Sheng thanked them and promised to repay their kindness.
• After eating, Zhang Sheng asked Uncle Dashan about the outside world, and Dashan warned him not to travel alone before describing nearby Heshui County and Luoyang City.
• Zhang Sheng asked who ruled the empire, and Uncle Dashan recalled that the new emperor was Yang Guang.
• Zhang Sheng recognized that he had arrived in the Sui Dynasty shortly before the era of turmoil he remembered, and his distress worried Uncle Dashan.

Zhang Sheng awakened his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and discovered that his Soul Power had fallen to level 2 after reincarnating in the Sui dynasty. He began cultivating with his old meditation method and confirmed that the world had energy he could refine into Soul Power.

• After Uncle Dashan left, Zhang Sheng angrily struck a table and broke off a corner, discovering his unexpected strength.
• Zhang Sheng meditated and sensed a life-rich power mixed with silvery-gray energy within himself.
• Zhang Sheng summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and resolved to learn more about the Sui dynasty before revealing his abilities.
• Zhang Sheng reflected on his former life as a level 2 Soul Grandmaster and worried that he might lack Soul Beasts or other means to advance beyond level 10.
• The next morning, Zhang Sheng meditated beside a stream and absorbed the world's energy, refining it into Soul Power as it strengthened and cleansed his body.

Zhang Sheng began planning how to support himself and improve his living conditions while continuing to cultivate. Half a month later, he had furnished his hut, earned Uncle Dashan’s offer of paid carpentry work, and reached level 3 Soul Power.

• Zhang Sheng cultivated by the stream, confirmed he could cultivate a Martial Soul, and assured Uncle Dashan that he had recovered.
• Zhang Sheng decided to improve his living conditions and secure his own food rather than depend on Uncle Dashan, but he refused the offer to move in with Uncle Dashan’s family.
• Zhang Sheng chose to improve his hut’s interior and made new tables, chairs, stools, and a cupboard with tools Uncle Dashan helped him obtain.
• Uncle Dashan praised Zhang Sheng’s carpentry and offered to pay him to make furniture for his family.
• Zhang Sheng reached level 3 Soul Power after half a month of cultivation and found that he could easily lift stones weighing two or three hundred jin.

Zhang Sheng finished making furniture for Uncle Dashan while his cultivation advanced to the peak of level four, then looked after little Huzi and took him fishing. The chapter ended with Zhang Sheng frying their catch and Huzi eagerly preparing to eat it.

• Uncle Dashan paid Zhang Sheng wages for replacing the family's old furniture, and Zhang Sheng accepted.
• Zhang Sheng completed the furniture over the next two months and reached the peak of level four Soul Power.
• Uncle Dashan left Huzi with Zhang Sheng while he went to work in the fields.
• Zhang Sheng took Huzi to the stream, where they caught fish with a bamboo filter.
• Zhang Sheng fried the fish, and Huzi burned his hand trying to grab one before Zhang Sheng gave him chopsticks.

Zhang Sheng asked Uncle Dashan for permission to hunt in Bear Mountain so he could earn money, then entered the forest despite Uncle Dashan’s worries. Once inside, Zhang Sheng summoned his Blue Silver Grass and explored the undeveloped woods.

• Zhang Sheng told Huzi to share their prepared fish with his parents after Huzi had eaten nearly all of their last catch.
• Zhang Sheng explained that making salt or paper would draw dangerous attention, so he decided to earn money by hunting instead.
• Zhang Sheng asked Uncle Dashan about hunting in the mountains, but Uncle Dashan refused because of the wild beasts and poisonous insects.
• Zhang Sheng demonstrated his strength by lifting a five-hundred-jin rock, and Uncle Dashan reluctantly agreed to let him explore the mountain’s outskirts under strict conditions.
• Uncle Dashan brought Zhang Sheng to Bear Mountain’s entrance and warned him to flee if he saw a bear.
• Zhang Sheng entered Bear Mountain, admired its untouched forest, and summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Zhang Sheng discovered that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could absorb the forest’s vegetation energy, then ventured deep into the woods and gathered several ginseng plants. On his way back, he encountered a tiger near the outskirts and knocked it aside with a powerful kick, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zhang Sheng found that his Blue Silver Grass absorbed vegetation energy and converted it into Soul Power.
• Zhang Sheng searched deep in the forest, dug up three ginseng plants, and caught a few rabbits.
• Zhang Sheng heard a tiger roaring near the outskirts and went to investigate, worried it might threaten the villagers.
• The tiger spotted Zhang Sheng and lunged at him, but he dodged and kicked it with enough force to send it flying.
• The tiger struggled to recover from Zhang Sheng’s blow and grew furious.

Zhang Sheng returned from the forest after killing a tiger barehanded, shocking Uncle Dashan and his family. He chose to keep the tiger’s hide and meat, and Auntie found three more ginseng roots among his supplies.

• Zhang Sheng killed the tiger with his fists, carried its carcass out of the forest, and headed home.
• Uncle Dashan, who had been preparing to search for Zhang Sheng, mistook the approaching tiger for a threat before recognizing Zhang Sheng beneath it.
• Zhang Sheng assured Uncle Dashan that he was unharmed and told him about the hunt while leaving out how deep into the forest he had gone.
• Auntie and Huzi were frightened by the tiger, and Zhang Sheng decided to keep its hide for winter clothes, eat the meat, and use the bones for medicinal wine.
• Uncle Dashan went to find someone to prepare the tiger while Auntie sorted Zhang Sheng’s basket and discovered three more sizable ginseng roots.

Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan traveled to the county town to sell three ginseng roots, and a medicine shopkeeper offered to buy them for two hundred strings of cash. The chapter ended before Zhang Sheng decided whether to accept the offer.

• Uncle Chen helped Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan butcher the tiger, and Zhang Sheng gave him meat and bones for his work.
• Zhang Sheng asked Auntie to prepare the tiger pelt into winter clothes for Huzi and him, while Uncle Dashan's household kept the meat.
• Zhang Sheng discovered that cultivating with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul increased his cultivation speed by twenty to thirty percent.
• Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan decided to take the three ginseng roots to the county town, and Grandpa Chen joined them on the journey.
• At a medicine shop, the shopkeeper judged the oldest ginseng root to be about two hundred years old and offered two hundred strings of cash for all three.

Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan sold three ginseng roots for two hundred guan, then spent some of the money on supplies and books before returning home. They shared a meal with Uncle Chen and planned to sort through their purchases the next day.

• Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan sold the ginseng at a medicine shop for two hundred guan, and the shopkeeper invited them to bring more herbs in the future.
• Uncle Dashan explained the value of the money, and Zhang Sheng suggested buying gifts and household supplies with their earnings.
• Zhang Sheng bought several books for five guan, and he reassured Uncle Dashan that he would always remember his family’s kindness.
• Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan met Uncle Chen at the city gate, and the three carried their purchases home without incident.
• Uncle Dashan welcomed Uncle Chen to dinner, and the group ate rabbit, tiger meat, and greens before going home to rest.

Zhang Sheng arranged for builders to construct a new house and moved his cultivation to the evenings while work continued. He went into the mountains to find meat for the workers and heard goats nearby.

• Zhang Sheng asked Uncle Dashan to find local house builders, and Uncle Dashan found a crew and a brick-and-tile kiln in a neighboring village.
• Zhang Sheng and Foreman Wang settled on a plan for the new house, whose construction could cost as much as two hundred guan, and the crew began clearing the site.
• Zhang Sheng shifted his cultivation to the evening because the workers made his usual spot inconvenient.
• Zhang Sheng went into the mountains to hunt meat for the builders, narrowly dodged a large snake, and then heard goats bleating nearby.

Zhang Sheng hunted goats and a wild boar, found a red lingzhi, and used the harvest to help fund his house. After more than two months, his new home was completed, and he invited Uncle Dashan’s family to live there if they wished.

• Zhang Sheng killed two goats with stones, discovered a red lingzhi near a canyon, and later killed a wild boar on his way back.
• The workers marveled at Zhang Sheng carrying the boar, and Uncle Dashan served them meat at Zhang Sheng’s request.
• Zhang Sheng asked Uncle Dashan to sell the lingzhi in the county town to help cover the house-building costs.
• After more than two months, Foreman Wang showed Zhang Sheng the completed house, and Zhang Sheng praised its craftsmanship.
• When little Brother Huzi said he wanted to live in a new house, Zhang Sheng told Uncle Dashan and his family they could move in.

Zhang Sheng paid for his new home with the lingzhi money, moved in, and broke through to Level 8. When heavy snow buried his courtyard, Uncle Dashan’s warning about people freezing to death made Zhang Sheng realize the snowfall could become a disaster.

• Zhang Sheng paid Foreman Wang the remaining money for his new house after selling a lingzhi for a thousand strings of cash.
• Zhang Sheng welcomed Uncle Dashan and the others to lunch in his new home, then began living there by himself.
• Zhang Sheng cultivated and broke through to Level 8, celebrating by making hot pot.
• Heavy snow covered Zhang Sheng’s courtyard, and he continued cultivating indoors.
• Uncle Dashan checked whether Zhang Sheng needed supplies and left, muttering that many people might freeze to death that winter.
• Zhang Sheng realized the snowfall could bring disaster to others.

After three days of heavy snow, Zhang Sheng sheltered Uncle Dashan’s family while homes collapsed across the village and county. Once the snow melted enough to travel, Zhang Sheng found his old house crushed, learned that three village households had died, and reached Soul Power level 9.

• Zhang Sheng brought Uncle Dashan and his family to stay in his sturdy new house as the snow fell for three days, and they ate hotpot while disaster struck elsewhere.
• When the snow stopped, Zhang Sheng and the villagers cleared paths and rescued people, while the county magistrate organized relief and considered sending a memorial to the imperial court.
• After waiting for the snow to melt, Zhang Sheng found his old house crushed and saw that Uncle Dashan’s home had also collapsed, so Uncle Dashan’s family stayed with him.
• Uncle Chen checked on Dashan and asked him to help inspect other households, while Auntie thanked Zhang Sheng for letting them remain in his home.
• Uncle Dashan reported that three households had been lost and no one had survived; the next day, Zhang Sheng’s Soul Power reached level 9.

Zhang Sheng went with Uncle Dashan to the county seat, where they saw refugees fleeing disaster and bought costly supplies. On their way home, Zhang Sheng took in two starving sisters, while Uncle Dashan learned that Zhang Sheng could make edible salt from poisonous salt.

• Zhang Sheng helped Uncle Dashan repair his snow-damaged roof, then agreed to accompany him to the county seat for supplies.
• Zhang Sheng and Uncle Dashan encountered crowds of refugees and learned that disaster camps had formed outside the county gate.
• They found supplies priced at twice their usual cost, and Zhang Sheng told Uncle Dashan he could turn poisonous salt into edible salt.
• As they left the county seat, Zhang Sheng spotted two shivering sisters and offered to help them.
• Uncle Dashan promised the sisters food and warm clothes if they came home with Zhang Sheng, and Zhang Sheng took them in.

Zhang Sheng brought the orphaned sisters Daya and Erya home, gave them warm clothes and food, and welcomed them into the household as servants. The next morning, he noticed them working in the courtyard and arranged for them to get proper clothes.

• On the journey home, Zhang Sheng learned that Daya and Erya had lost their parents in the snow disaster and gave them and Uncle Dashan his winter coats to keep them warm.
• Uncle Dashan brought the sisters to his home, where Auntie prepared food and Zhang Sheng invited them to warm themselves by the brazier.
• Daya and Erya ate, bathed, and talked about staying in their new home, grateful for the food, shelter, and Zhang Sheng's kindness.
• The next morning, Zhang Sheng found Daya and Erya sweeping the courtyard, gave them clothes to wear, and told them they did not need to rise so early.
• At mealtime, Zhang Sheng discussed getting the sisters proper clothes with Auntie, who agreed.

Zhang Sheng broke through to level 10, discovered his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was beginning to materialize, and confirmed that his cultivation faced no restriction. After emerging from three days of seclusion, he celebrated with his household as his appearance and height began to change.

• Zhang Sheng asked his household not to disturb him and secluded himself to attempt a breakthrough from the peak of level 9.
• Zhang Sheng broke through to level 10, gained the ability to see Soul Power circulating inside his body, and found that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was becoming materialized.
• Zhang Sheng tested his cultivation and confirmed that his speed had not slowed and that he felt no restrictive barrier.
• Zhang Sheng spent three days studying his Martial Soul and concluded that filling his level 10 Soul Power would fully materialize it, advance him to level 11, and grant him a Soul Skill.
• Zhang Sheng left his room, reassured his worried household, and asked Auntie to prepare a celebration.
• Zhang Sheng's appearance grew more handsome and his height increased, astonishing Lan Xin, Lan Yun, and the rest of the household.

Zhang Sheng broke through to level 11, gained the support-type Soul Skill Baptism of Life, and planted his materialized Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in the courtyard. With his cultivation speed restored, he began considering the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect body-refining method he had found earlier.

• Zhang Sheng welcomed the change from the Kaihuang era to the Daye era while worrying about the Yang family's rule.
• Two months later, Zhang Sheng broke through to level 11 and received the Soul Skill Baptism of Life from his Martial Soul.
• Zhang Sheng summoned his materialized Blue Silver Grass and planted it in the courtyard, where Lan Xin and Lan Yun agreed to care for it.
• Zhang Sheng found that planting the Blue Silver Grass restored his cultivation speed to what it had been in the forest.
• Zhang Sheng reconsidered cultivating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's body-refining method, which he had found in a Soul Tool in the Soul Hunting Forest.

Zhang Sheng began an extreme body-tempering regimen to strengthen himself for future Martial Soul evolution, relying on his healing Soul Skill to recover from injuries. After he demonstrated that ability to Uncle Dashan, Lan Xin, and Lan Yun, they were astonished, and he urged them to keep it secret.

• After Uncle Dashan and his family moved out, Zhang Sheng started training by lifting heavy stones while Lan Xin and Lan Yun watched.
• Uncle Dashan scolded Zhang Sheng for training so recklessly, but Zhang Sheng showed that he had no injuries and explained that he could heal himself.
• Zhang Sheng warned Uncle Dashan, Lan Xin, and Lan Yun not to reveal what they learned, then cut his arm with a dagger and healed the wound with a green light.
• Uncle Dashan and the sisters mistook Zhang Sheng's ability for immortal magic and bombarded him with questions.
• Zhang Sheng explained that his healing came from cultivation, reassured them, and asked them to keep the secret; Uncle Dashan left still dazed.

Over three years, Zhang Sheng grew wealthy, reached level 25, and used his Endless Life Soul Skill to accelerate crops, helping the village prosper. He declined the position of village chief and proposed naming the expanding settlement Blue Silver Village, which the villagers accepted.

• Zhang Sheng thanked Lan Xin for her work and reassured her that he regarded her and Lan Yun as family.
• Zhang Sheng reflected on his plans to cultivate in peace and noted that he had reached level 25 Soul Grandmaster.
• Zhang Sheng discovered that his Endless Life Soul Skill could grow crops from seed to ripe fruit in one night, then shared the discovery with his companions.
• Zhang Sheng used his wealth to improve the village, which attracted newcomers and developed a marketplace.
• Zhang Sheng declined the village chief position, and the villagers chose Uncle Dashan instead.
• Zhang Sheng rejected the proposed name Zhang Family Village and suggested Blue Silver Village, which the villagers accepted.

Zhang Sheng expanded Blue Silver Village’s prosperity through Blue Silver Grass and a hidden salt supply, while his Martial Soul slowly spread the grass but could produce only a limited number of seeds. When Constable Yu warned that mountain bandits were coming for a supposed treasure and the county would provide no reinforcements, Zhang Sheng recognized a scheme by the county magistrate and prepared to defend the village.

• Blue Silver Grass spread throughout Blue Silver Village, and Zhang Sheng discovered that his Martial Soul could assimilate other grass seeds, though it could provide only a hundred seeds each day.
• Uncle Dashan asked about the village’s salt supply, and Lan Xin showed him the salt Zhang Sheng had secured for the villagers.
• Uncle Dashan returned to Blue Silver Village with rationed, inexpensive salt, increasing the villagers’ respect for Zhang Sheng.
• Constable Yu told Uncle Dashan that mountain bandits would attack by the following night and that the county yamen would send no reinforcements.
• Uncle Dashan warned Zhang Sheng about the bandits, and Zhang Sheng suspected the county magistrate had arranged the attack to seize his property.
• Zhang Sheng told Uncle Dashan to gather the village’s able-bodied men and vowed to deal with the bandits.

Zhang Sheng prepared the village’s trained youths and residents for an imminent mountain-bandit attack, revealing his plans to defend Blue Silver Village. After villagers chose whether to stay or leave, he sent the departing residents away and began arranging the defense for those who remained.

• Zhang Sheng visited the training ground, where Lan Yun and the youths had been practicing, and told them bandits would attack the following night.
• Zhang Sheng ordered the youths to ensure that none of the bandits escaped, and they confidently agreed.
• Zhang Sheng addressed the gathered villagers and let them choose whether to stay and defend Blue Silver Village or leave.
• Zhang Sheng stopped the villagers from arguing, ordered those leaving to depart and not return, and dismissed the crowd.

Zhang Sheng and the villagers of Blue Silver Village ambushed a bandit gang and defeated them with the help of his young guards and Lan Yun. After the victory, Zhang Sheng ordered the villagers to treat the wounded, secure captives, and clean up the battlefield.

• Zhang Sheng explained to Uncle Dashan that he had let the untrustworthy villagers leave to find out who truly trusted them.
• Zhang Sheng and the villagers prepared an ambush, and the bandits charged toward Blue Silver Village after deciding to raid it.
• The villagers' horse-tripping rope brought the bandits down, and Zhang Sheng's guards attacked and drove them back.
• Lan Yun cut through the bandits with her hammer, while Zhang Sheng stopped the chief's saber with his fingers, snapped it, and kicked him aside.
• The guards and villagers surrounded the bandits and captured or killed them all, leaving none to escape.
• Zhang Sheng ordered everyone to check for injuries, watch the captives for information about their hideout, and clean up the battlefield; Lan Yun asked for praise, and he complimented her.

After learning that Lord Jia had sent the bandits to search for treasure, Zhang Sheng spared their leader and confronted the magistrate in secret. Lord Jia survived the public humiliation but realized Zhang Sheng had exposed his deeds and chose not to retaliate.

• Zhang Sheng questioned the wounded bandit leader, who admitted Lord Jia had lured the bandits to the mountain with a false promise of treasure.
• Zhang Sheng healed the bandit leader and kept him alive so he could warn Lord Jia.
• Zhang Sheng rode to Heshui County, blocked the county yamen's main gate with a stone lion, and abducted the sleeping Lord Jia.
• Zhang Sheng hung Lord Jia at the city gate with a warning letter tucked into his robes, then returned to the inn.
• The county residents celebrated Lord Jia's humiliation, while Lord Jia recognized Zhang Sheng's involvement and dared not seek revenge.

After confronting Lord Jia, Zhang Sheng returned to Blue Silver Village and organized plans to build a defensive wall and train a village guard. As the village’s reputation spread among the greenwoods, he supplied Old Sun’s son with a five-hundred-year-old medicinal herb.

• Zhang Sheng waited to see whether Lord Jia would retaliate, then returned to Blue Silver Village after spending two days in the county town.
• Zhang Sheng announced plans for a village wall and a paid guard, and the villagers eagerly signed up for the hundred available places.
• Zhang Sheng assigned his own guards to train the recruits and planned to use prisoners to help build the wall.
• News that Blue Silver Village had defeated several hundred bandits spread through the greenwoods, bringing strangers to investigate as Zhang Sheng strengthened the defenses.
• Old Sun’s son asked Zhang Sheng for a medicinal herb at least five hundred years old, and Zhang Sheng agreed to provide the one plant he had.