Recaps

Jin Chang returned to the King of Huainan’s Household and discussed the Tomb Scripture with Zhang Xuezhou, advising him to cultivate it in the imperial throne hall. Tian You arrived, welcomed Jin Chang back, and gave Zhang Xuezhou an A-class token that he could use after three years.

• Zhang Xuezhou refused to learn the Tomb Scripture, but Jin Chang explained that it could be cultivated where human, divine, and imperial Qi gathered with the five forms of yang.
• Jin Chang said he planned to cultivate the Tomb Scripture at the King of Huainan’s Household and revealed that he had returned after the Xieluosi River Holy Land’s pursuit had ended.
• Tian You entered, greeted Jin Chang, and said the King of Huainan wanted to see him about several matters, including a Human Pill.
• Tian You gave Zhang Xuezhou an A-class token for the Literary Excellence Pavilion, which he could use after three years.
• After Tian You and Jin Chang left, Lei Bei grumbled that Jin Chang had claimed to defeat him, while he and Zhang Xuezhou doubted whether learning more techniques would help them.

Crown Prince Liu Qian came to Lei Bei’s residence and pressured him and Tian Jiu into a sword fight so he could see Lei Bei’s Horizontal Sword Technique. Zhang Xuezhou proposed testing their swords on an impervious person instead, leaving the fighters to consider Senior Brother Rulai as a safe target.

• Tian Jiu accused Lei Bei of disrespecting Crown Prince Liu Qian when Su Fei opened the gate.
• Liu Qian asked Lei Bei to demonstrate the Horizontal Sword Technique by fighting Tian Jiu, and Tian Jiu reluctantly agreed after Liu Qian invoked the King of Huainan.
• Lei Bei prepared to face Tian Jiu, recognizing that Tian Jiu intended to prevent him from building up the technique’s counterattacking force.
• Zhang Xuezhou offered an impervious person as a target so Lei Bei and Tian Jiu could demonstrate their swordsmanship without harming each other.
• Lei Bei and Tian Jiu questioned the suggestion, and Lei Bei identified Senior Brother Rulai as the likely target.

Liu Qian arranged for Lei Bei and Tian Jiu to test their swords against Senior Brother Rulai while Zhang Qian planned to recruit Wu Chao. Jin Chang tried to use the Tomb Scripture to gain power, but the King of Huainan detected him and secretly tied Jin Chang to Huainan’s Fortune.

• Liu Qian agreed to watch Lei Bei and Tian Jiu test their swordsmanship against Senior Brother Rulai when he arrived in Shouchun City.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained to Zhang Qian that Liu Qian’s presence at the gate tower would provide the show of strength needed to recruit Wu Chao.
• Jin Chang watched Zhang Xuezhou, concluded he had no interest in the Tomb Scripture, and went to the King of Huainan’s Household to recite it himself.
• Jin Chang wished to become number one under heaven, and the King of Huainan noticed him drawing on Huainan’s Fortune.
• The King of Huainan used ritual flags to channel Huainan’s Fortune into Jin Chang, marking him so he could later summon him into a Fortune War.

Zhang Xuezhou and Dong Zhongshu discussed the dangers of cultivating Fortune Technique and considered watching Jin Chang's attempt to learn from it. After Zhang Xuezhou fell asleep, Dong Zhongshu chose not to investigate his strange condition, while the painting demon feared their cultivation was doomed to fail and considered abandoning him.

• Dong Zhongshu explained that Fortune cultivators risked being discovered by emperors and admitted he still did not know how to coexist with His Majesty.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Dong Zhongshu reasoned that Jin Chang might be cultivating the Tomb Scripture in the King of Huainan's palace, where the King could detect him.
• Dong Zhongshu explained how the Tomb Scripture, Three Qi and Five Yang, and Emperor Jing's Fortune might have caused anomalies in Chang'an, then agreed to see what happened to Jin Chang.
• Zhang Xuezhou reviewed classics with Dong Zhongshu before his voice trailed off, and Dong Zhongshu decided not to investigate his unusual condition.
• After Dong Zhongshu left, the painting demon emerged from Zhang Xuezhou's Heavenly Robe and feared Fortune Technique would bring failure and backlash, so he considered finding a new master.

Zhang Xuezhou felt reassured that he had a future extending at least twenty years, then discussed the lab and its staffing with Zhang Manqian. Wang Haoran called with news that Western Capital City had been targeted in an international dispute match and Changkong Yinghao and others were seriously injured.

• Zhang Xuezhou woke to Zhang Manqian calling him to eat Black-Tipped Chicken and recalled that Yao Yuanguang's Physiognomy Technique had shown him surviving for at least twenty years.
• Zhang Manqian served Black-Tipped Chicken prepared using techniques she had developed through research, and she told Zhang Xuezhou she had submitted their lab's first paper.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that their lab should focus on theoretical research and borrow personnel from friendly Lineages rather than recruit and train staff who might be poached.
• Zhang Xuezhou messaged Professor Wang Haoran and discussed Zhang Manqian's concerns about the lab's spending and workload.
• Wang Haoran called Zhang Xuezhou and said Western Capital City had been targeted in an international dispute match, leaving Changkong Yinghao and others seriously injured.

Zhang Xuezhou and Wang Haoran discussed the diplomatic dispute with the British Alliance State and the slim chance of treating the injured Changkong Yinghao. News of the contest’s aftermath reached the younger generation, leaving them to confront another setback for the Scarlet Alliance State.

• Zhang Xuezhou read reports describing strained relations between the Scarlet Alliance State and the British Alliance State, and Wang Haoran said the Scarlet Alliance State had probably come off worse.
• Wang Haoran considered contacting Changkong Yinghao to offer treatment, but Zhang Xuezhou warned him against approaching the Changkong Household uninvited.
• Zhang Xuezhou declined to promise treatment before learning what injury Changkong Yinghao had and suggested they wait to see whether he sought them out.
• Wang Haoran reflected on Zhang Xuezhou’s caution and compared him with Ren Yisheng, then dropped the subject of treatment.
• Luo Gaogao posted in the Scion's Back Garden group chat that his father had lost, and an ID called Big and Burly posted an unfinished message.

Wang Li and Zhang Xuezhou discussed why Flying Entertainment Livestream had stopped gaining users: too few people owned suitable visual devices or high-speed network access. They concluded that trade barriers and the enormous cost of communications infrastructure made the problem too large for one company to solve, and left open the possibility of looking for investment opportunities.

• Zhang Xuezhou raised Flying Entertainment Livestream’s stalled user growth, and Wang Li explained that the industry had reached a bottleneck.
• Wang Li said that although he and Mama Song had invested in a visual-device factory, trade monopolies and wholesalers made it difficult to sell its products.
• Wang Li explained that slow network services and expensive infrastructure were widespread across countries, limiting the spread of livestreaming.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Wang Li to share promising investment opportunities that could produce quick returns or lasting benefits.
• Wang Li replied that major returns on small investments were rare outside the Qinmeng Ruins and the gene-technology industry.

Zhang Xuezhou invested five hundred thousand in the Jiang Household’s plan to launch a dedicated communications satellite after Wang Li explained how the connection could help Feiyu Livestream. The investment gave him a potential foothold in the communications industry, while Zhang Manqian received an invitation to an exotic beast sale in Western Capital City.

• Luo Gaogao invited Zhang Xuezhou to invest in the Jiang Household’s dedicated communications satellite, and Zhang agreed to put in five hundred thousand.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Wang Li about the satellite investment, and Wang Li discussed how access to the Jiang Household’s communications data could help optimize Feiyu Livestream.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Wang Li viewed the investment as a way to build ties with the Jiang Household and gain a foothold in the communications industry.
• Zhang Manqian teased Zhang Xuezhou about his easygoing conversations with Wang Li and reflected on how her attitude toward money had changed.
• Zhang Manqian received an invitation to an exotic beast sale in Western Capital City as a customer who had bought an exotic beast.

Zhang Xuezhou visited a Western Capital City market selling exotic beasts and tested his Soul-Upsetting Beast Control Technique on a reindeer. After winning the reindeer’s trust, he considered raising exotic beasts as a business.

• Zhang Manqian took Zhang Xuezhou to a special market where exotic beasts from Qinmeng were sold.
• Zhang Xuezhou studied a hostile reindeer and tried to use the Soul-Upsetting Beast Control Technique on it, but his first attempt failed.
• Zhang Xuezhou struck the reindeer with a stone, provoking its hatred, then quietly used the technique while Zhang Manqian distracted Elder Wang and the other old men.
• The reindeer’s hostility faded, and it ate grass when Zhang Xuezhou offered it.
• Elder Wang suggested that raising tame exotic beasts could cut costs and bring in money, prompting Zhang Xuezhou to consider expanding the North Rehe Research Institute’s animal-rearing business.

Zhang Xuezhou used the Soul-Upsetting Beast Control Technique to tame exotic beasts and sell them at the farmers' market, quickly earning a profit. After selling four beasts, he announced that he would return the next day to find more.

• Zhang Xuezhou led a docile reindeer through the farmers' market to attract potential buyers.
• Zhang Xuezhou tamed a swift leopard and sold it to Li Baojia for 1.5 million after showing how obedient it was.
• Zhang Xuezhou sold a long-legged bird and a giant ape, bringing his profit from three beasts to 1.3 million.
• Zhang Xuezhou sold the reindeer to Elder Wang for 480,000 and collected the payment.
• Zhang Xuezhou announced that he would return the next day to tame and sell more exotic beasts.

Zhang Xuezhou used his beast-taming reputation to pose as a researcher of exotic beast psychology while investigating a viper at the farmers' market. He learned his promotion to lecturer had been approved, then began using the Soul-Upsetting Beast Control Technique on the viper.

• People in Western Capital City speculated that Zhang Xuezhou had tamed exotic beasts through psychology or the Kunpeng Combat Technique.
• Qin Wenhan asked Zhang Xuezhou about exotic beast psychology, and Zhang confirmed the research as a cover for his beast-taming method.
• Zhao Anbo called Zhang over to examine a viper and told him his promotion to lecturer had been expedited after Wang Haoran's recommendation.
• Zhang Xuezhou provoked the caged viper with thin iron wire until it spat venom at him.
• Zhang Xuezhou began chanting the Soul-Upsetting Beast Control Technique as the viper lunged at him again.

Zhang Xuezhou earned large sums by using his beast-taming technique and exotic-beast psychology to match buyers with beasts at the market. Zuo Teng and Zhou Tianhao watched in envy and wondered how powerful Zhang Xuezhou could become if he went to Qinmeng.

• Zhang Xuezhou tamed a viper for Zhao Anbo, who paid extra to buy the snake after witnessing the process.
• Buyers offered Zhang Xuezhou high fees to assess whether they were fated with exotic beasts, and he moved on to examine a red tiger.
• Zuo Teng and Zhou Tianhao compared Zhang Xuezhou's earnings with their own hunting profits and felt disheartened.
• Zhou Tianhao asked what Zhang Xuezhou might accomplish in Qinmeng, and Zuo Teng realized he could potentially command beasts without the usual struggle of hunting and transporting them.
• Zhang Xuezhou declined to assess a listless black bear, reassuring Zuo Teng that his ability had limits.
• Zhou Tianhao predicted that Zhang Xuezhou might start raising exotic beasts and that they could end up working for him.

Zhang Xuezhou returned to the institute with five tamed exotic beasts and planned to turn their care and sale into a business. There, Professor Luo Hui collected payment for the beasts and asked whether Zhang could influence vicious people, while Zhang learned that Luo Gaogao was working on a satellite.

• Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian discussed selling or using the five exotic beasts and applying for a business license.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed that raising exotic beasts would be extra income and said they still needed to go to Qinmeng.
• Zhu Liangping and Luo Hui arrived at the institute, and Zhang offered to pay for the exotic beasts.
• Luo Hui set the beasts' base price and asked Zhang to repay the remaining ten million soon; Zhang promised to earn more at the next farmers' market.
• Luo Hui asked whether Zhang could influence a vicious person, but Zhang said he only researched exotic beasts.
• Zhang told Luo Hui that Luo Gaogao was working on a satellite and had received a five-hundred-thousand investment from him.

Zhang Xuezhou explained that his exotic-beast-taming skill was a Technique with demanding cultivation requirements, and Zhu Liangping proposed hiring him to tame beasts for the Zhu Household. Zhang Xuezhou accepted, giving him a steady buyer and Zhu Liangping a chance to make the family’s exotic-beast business profitable.

• Professor Luo Hui collected five exotic beasts and had them transported back to Western Capital City, counting their value against Zhang Xuezhou’s debt.
• Zhu Liangping praised Zhang Xuezhou’s profitable approach to raising exotic beasts and asked about the psychology behind his success.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that his skill was a Technique that required sufficient cultivation and suited only a narrow range of practitioners.
• Zhu Liangping offered Zhang Xuezhou a specially appointed technician position, with the Zhu Household buying every beast he tamed.
• Zhu Liangping promised support for Zhang Xuezhou’s exotic-beast business, and Zhang Xuezhou readily agreed to cooperate.

Zhang Xuezhou agreed to tame Zhu Liangping’s exotic beasts for 200,000 each and demonstrated that his technique could make one docile and able to eat normally. Zhu Liangping admired the results but chose not to cultivate the Realm Technique, and he reflected sadly on Ren Yisheng’s death.

• Zhu Liangping offered Zhang Xuezhou 200,000 for each exotic beast he tamed, and Zhang agreed to work at the Zhu Household’s research institute.
• Zhu Liangping explained that the company bought exotic beasts from Qinmeng to support hunters, despite the financial losses and the difficulty of keeping the creatures alive.
• Zhang Xuezhou inspected the factory’s exotic beasts and learned that nearly 2,000 were alive while around 70,000 carcasses were frozen there.
• Zhang Xuezhou used a technique on an exotic beast, and researchers observed changes in its nerves and brain region as it became docile and ate normally.
• Zhu Liangping envied Zhang Xuezhou’s abilities but rejected the idea of cultivating the Realm Technique, then mourned Ren Yisheng as he remembered his body in refrigeration at Jishi Medical Center.

Tuer Kalanduo returned home after Zhang Manqian foresaw her mother in danger, but Tuer Kelanduo dismissed the warning as a deception by the supposed divine envoys. She explained her suspicions about Ren Yisheng and asked her daughter to understand who was behind their faith.

• Tuer Kalanduo returned to Tutram City and warned Tuer Kelanduo that Zhang Manqian had seen her in grave danger.
• Tuer Kelanduo rejected the warning, insisting that the other divine envoys were frauds and that only the Tuer God could truly foresee events.
• Tuer Kalanduo showed her mother Zhang Manqian's sketch of the Tuer Clan's scepter and described the woman's powerful mental force and unsettling gaze.
• Tuer Kalanduo challenged her mother to explain the truth she claimed to know, and Tuer Kalanduo named Ren Yisheng as the person behind the divine envoys.
• Tuer Kelanduo recounted her suspicions about Ren Yisheng and asked whether her daughter now understood.

Ren Yisheng explained how he had formed a growing physical body through the Yang Corporeal Soul Transformation Technique and Spirit Jade. He offered Huang a way to pursue the same goal by helping Ren Anran or Zhang Xuezhou grow stronger, leaving Huang persuaded to cooperate in hopes of eventually searching for Yu.

• Ren Yisheng examined his new child-sized body and explained that Spirit Jade and continued cultivation could make it more solid, though a larger body would consume more power.
• Huang envied Ren Yisheng's body and complained that Ren Yisheng had used up his Soul Jade, but Ren Yisheng said Huang could not cultivate the technique without a body and a Realm Technique.
• Huang tried to imitate Ren Yisheng's demonstration, but the Soul Jade sheltering him cracked and he could not learn the technique.
• Ren Yisheng proposed that Huang help Ren Anran or Zhang Xuezhou advance their cultivation so one of them could form a body for him.
• Huang worried that nurturing people had repeatedly failed, but Ren Yisheng urged him to keep trying and pointed out that becoming mobile could let him search for Yu.
• Huang was moved by the possibility of finding Yu and considered cooperating with Ren Yisheng and the others.

Tuer Kalanduo confronted Ren Yisheng about his past and his role in the Tuer Clan, but learned that he and her mother had been research partners rather than tragic lovers. When Ren Yisheng and Ren Anran prepared to leave, Kalanduo told them about Zhang Manqian’s vision, making Ren Yisheng reconsider its significance.

• Tuer Kalanduo threatened to throw Ren Yisheng’s Soul Jade into the sea, forcing him to appear before her.
• Ren Yisheng explained that he and Tuer Kelanduo had once liked each other but had rationally parted ways and later used their reproductive genes to cultivate children.
• Tuer Kalanduo felt disappointed by the truth, while Ren Yisheng and Ren Anran offered to leave and return the Holy Maiden Priest’s position, crown, and scepter.
• Tuer Kalanduo grew anxious about their departure and told them about Zhang Manqian’s vision, showing them her sketch.
• Ren Yisheng recognized Zhang Manqian as credible and hesitated to dismiss the vision as a psychological trick.

After Ren Yisheng and the others left, Tuer Kelanduo persuaded Tuer Kalanduo to accept the chief's position so she could pursue genetic research and work toward creating a god. Their discussion of the millipede's unusual white object suggested a new path toward advancing through the higher Sequences.

• Tuer Kelanduo urged her daughter, Tuer Kalanduo, to take over as chief before the predicted calamity, and Tuer Kalanduo agreed.
• Tuer Kelanduo reflected on the privileges she had relied on and resolved to focus on scientific research instead of religious duties.
• Tuer Kelanduo set her ambition on reaching the Tenth Sequence and creating a god, believing that could end war and protect the Tuer Clan.
• Tuer Kalanduo reported that cave exploration would take at least half a year and that researchers had found a strange white, round object inside the millipede.
• Tuer Kelanduo learned the object might amplify the millipede's abilities and serve as a powerful blood-serum ingredient, potentially opening a route to higher Sequences.

Zhang Xuezhou discussed Tuer Kalanduo’s impending succession as Tuer Clan chief and Ren Anran’s return, then helped Luo Gaogao consider a secure communications satellite project. A mysterious Scion’s Back Garden contact called Good Women Surpass Men asked to chat, and three imposing women arrived with Luo Gaogao at the North Rehe Research Institute.

• Tuer Kalanduo told Zhang Xuezhou she could inherit the Tuer Clan leadership without waiting for her mother to die, and he congratulated her on the chief and councilor positions she did not want.
• Tuer Kalanduo said Ren Anran had returned the crown and scepter and would likely go back to Western Capital City within a dozen days.
• Zhang Xuezhou asked Tuer Kalanduo about secure communications satellites, then discussed Luo Gaogao’s plan to build a communications network under the Scarlet Alliance State’s control.
• Luo Gaogao warned Zhang Xuezhou that news of his exotic beast psychology could attract attention from abroad.
• Good Women Surpass Men sent Zhang Xuezhou a friend request and asked to chat, then arrived at the North Rehe Research Institute with Luo Gaogao and three sturdily built women.

Zhang Xuezhou met Zhu Shengnan, Zhen Mei, and Jiang Feng, the powerful women from the Sequencing Grand Gathering’s champion team, and demonstrated that he could overcome Jiang Feng’s strength. He explained his rapid progress by revealing that he had bought dozens of crane-bird blood serums on credit, leaving the team astonished.

• Zhu Shengnan, Zhen Mei, and Jiang Feng introduced themselves to Zhang Xuezhou and tested him through handshakes and challenges.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s strength made Jiang Feng break into a cold sweat, and Zhu Shengnan recognized that he could affect someone at the Third Sequence.
• Zhu Shengnan scolded Luo Gaogao for underestimating Zhang Xuezhou and believing he would struggle to advance.
• Zhang Xuezhou revealed that he had bought twenty mid-grade and five high-grade crane-bird blood serums on credit.
• Zhu Shengnan and the others were stunned that Zhang Xuezhou had used more resources than their team had managed to obtain over several years.

Zhu Shengnan and her companions tried to persuade Zhang Xuezhou to invest more in their satellite project, but his unconventional business outlook left them struggling to make their case. Zhang Xuezhou recognized that their network connections could help his livestreaming business and watched for a chance to approach them.

• Zhu Shengnan asked how Zhang Xuezhou had obtained blood serums on credit, and he showed her Professor Luo Hui's message calling him beautiful.
• Zhu Shengnan learned that Zuo Teng had been sparring constantly with Zhou Tianhao after seeing Zhang Xuezhou earn money taming exotic beasts.
• Zhu Shengnan and Zhen Mei urged Zhang Xuezhou to invest more in satellite technology, arguing that it could protect his family's trade secrets.
• Zhang Xuezhou explained that the Zhang Household welcomed competitors in livestreaming, leaving Zhu Shengnan unsure how to persuade him.
• Zhang Xuezhou considered how the visitors' connections could benefit his livestreaming business.

Luo Gaogao and the others tried to persuade Zhang Xuezhou to invest in their communications satellite project, but he questioned what control and guarantees he would receive. The group offered future access, alliances, and support, and Zhang Xuezhou began recording Luo Gaogao’s promise as evidence.

• Zhu Shengnan warned Zhang Xuezhou that a satellite could expose him to danger in Qinmeng, but he said he had no plans to go there.
• Zhen Mei offered the sisters as sparring partners, but Jiang Feng admitted she could not face Zhang Xuezhou again without restorative treatment.
• Luo Gaogao asked Zhang Xuezhou what the group could offer him, and Zhang pointed out that they could not grant him primary satellite control.
• Jiang Feng promised that reaching the fifth sequence would let her grant Zhang Xuezhou access to satellite communications.
• Zhen Mei and Zhu Shengnan offered friendship and future support, while Luo Gaogao pledged that his Household would become a steadfast ally.
• Zhang Xuezhou recorded Luo Gaogao’s promise, signaling that he was beginning to accept the investment proposal.

Zhang Xuezhou and the younger generation of Western Capital City rallied support for a satellite venture, turning contributions into a show of alliance and commitment. The group raised 273.5 million and received Ren Anran’s communications technology data, but the project still required company formation, negotiations, and further cost estimates.

• Luo Gaogao announced Zhang Xuezhou’s ten-million investment, prompting Zhu Shengnan, Zhen Mei, Jiang Feng, and Luo Gaogao to declare their contributions in the group chat.
• Zuo Teng recognized the investment drive as a way for Western Capital City’s younger generations to form an alliance, then contributed three million; Zhou Tianhao and Zhu Kuang followed with their own investments.
• Ding Hao asked how much outsiders should contribute and then put in 3.5 million to join the circle.
• Ren Anran contributed communications technology data codenamed 44687 and said she wanted the same terms as Zhang Xuezhou.
• Jiang Feng and Zhu Shengnan calculated that 496 people had contributed 273.5 million, but Jiang Feng said the group still needed to establish a company, allocate shares, and determine the project’s costs.

Zhang Xuezhou arranged for Zhang Manqian to spar with Zhu Shengnan and her companions while he sidestepped Changkong Shenguang’s request to discuss medicine. Changkong Weiguang recognized that Zhang Xuezhou had manipulated her brother and reminded him that their generation could not make decisions for the Changkong Lineage’s leaders.

• Zhang Xuezhou introduced Zhang Manqian to Zhu Shengnan and her companions, then left them to visit the institute’s training area.
• Zhu Shengnan agreed to test Zhang Manqian, while Zhen Mei asked Luo Gaogao about her background and Jiang Feng followed reluctantly.
• Zhang Xuezhou told Changkong Shenguang that he had helped Professor Wang Haoran through psychological treatment rather than medical treatment.
• Changkong Weiguang told Changkong Shenguang that Zhang Xuezhou had used persuasion on him and questioned his claim that Zhang Xuezhou had no reason to lie.
• Changkong Weiguang reminded Changkong Shenguang that only Changkong Yinghao and Changkong Yinglian could make decisions for the Changkong Lineage, and said they should focus on advancing the Gene Fighting Technique.