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Zhang Xuezhou pursued research, cultivation, and an official post while his unusual genetic changes and empowered Yang Corporeal Soul opened new possibilities. His dealings with Dou Ying and the Immortal Court overlapped with court power struggles, and the stretch ended with Wang Haoran describing Ren Yisheng’s repeated ghostly visits.
Zhang Xuezhou’s group captured beasts, fought Baili Huai'an and the Montes Lineage, then found treasure and Spirit Jade that helped him recover. In the other world, Zhang Xuezhou took up an official post and began searching for a home in Chang'an.
Zhang Xuezhou bought a haunted house, took up his post at the Yang Mausoleum, and became entangled in the court’s struggle over the emperor’s tomb. The story then shifted to Zhang Xuezhou and his companions trapped by a giant beast, ending as they heard heavy footsteps approach through an underground water channel.
Zhang Xuezhou hunted exotic beasts with Montes Arthur’s team, survived a disastrous encounter with a Ferocious Beast, and brought the survivors back to port with a Spirit Jade. After further clashes over the jade and Montes Ganghao, the group headed toward Huli Port, where Mengtesi Badun tried to recruit Zhou Xin for a mission near Qinmeng Imperial City.
Zhang Xuezhou helped Zuo Teng evade Mengtesi Badun and outlasted Montes Ganghao in a card contest, then survived surgery for a curse that drew him into the Grand Empress Dowager’s investigation. He stole Spirit Jade from the Yang Mausoleum to heal himself and was left waiting after the Venerable One went there to retrieve it.
His Excellency fought to seize the Heaven-Shaking Arrow while Liu Che and the officials reacted to the crisis at Yang Mausoleum, and Zhang Xuezhou’s palace visit ended in a dangerous medical ordeal. Back in the present, Zhang Xuezhou advanced his cultivation, traded access to the Ferocious Beast Belt for blood preparations, and discovered the reach of his suppressive force.
Zhang Xuezhou built a research partnership with Luo Burang while Ren Yisheng’s recovery brought the Mental Strengthening Chapter into negotiations with the Luo Household. Back in the Han world, Zhang Xuezhou worked with Chunyu Tiying and Zheng Wukong to suppress his dangerous Incantation, then helped arrange care for Wei Shao’er’s perilous pregnancy.
Zhang Xuezhou gained a new post at court, investigated a strange gourd, and used his growing medical knowledge to guide those around him. In the modern world, he helped build a nationwide sales alliance while advancing research with Luo Burang and uncovering more about the Luo Household.
Zhang Xuezhou navigated a Sequence Contest he chose not to enter, uncovered the danger surrounding Luo Burang, and helped Kong Anguo advance while Chang'an’s political crisis unfolded. When Wei Shao'er faced a perilous pregnancy, Zhang Xuezhou refined medicine and helped the painting demon escape her body, but the Portrait of Sage Kong burned as an ancient voice emerged.
Zhang Xuezhou navigated court intrigue and helped Kong Anguo uncover Shen Peigong’s plan to attack the grand empress dowager, while his modern research work tied him to Luo Burang and Ren Yisheng’s dangerous experiments. The stretch ended with Ren Yisheng alive but able to exert normal strength only briefly, and his Soul Jade destroyed.
Zhang Xuezhou and his companions dealt with Luo Hui’s hidden research, Zhou Xin’s impending entry into the Twilight Years Mansion, and Ning Que’s escape from danger. In the other world, Zhang searched for Rong Tianding and became caught up in Shen Peigong’s plot and the Grand Empress Dowager’s curse, which Daoist Randeng tried to remove at Yang Mausoleum.
Zhang Xuezhou escaped the Yang Mausoleum crisis, gained the new emperor’s favor, and returned to reality, where he helped Tuer Kalanduo defeat a challenge to her leadership. Kalanduo secured the shrine’s allegiance and began stripping power from Tuer Feilasi’s Lineage, while Huang continued watching Zhang Xuezhou for the Divinity within him.
Zhang Xuezhou and his companions entered the Gebala Cave Corridor to hunt strange insects and recover their Demon Cores, but they awakened a giant moth and uncovered a deeper threat. After the cave flooded and Tuer Lantu was revealed to be controlled by a worm, the group faced the danger of the moth spreading toward nearby settlements and sought guidance from the Soul Jade.
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