Recaps

After eating demon meat, Zhang Xuezhou cultivated in his dream world, learned techniques, and discovered that the meat carried Yao Qi tied to the Ten Yin Holy Son. He returned to the mountains with Zhang Zhong and Lady Yourong, who carried Zou Bugui toward the temple as Jin Wanliang attacked.

• Zhang Baojia and Zhang Zhong butchered a gigantic horned python, found a five-colored golden pheasant in its belly, and shared the demon meat with the villagers, sending Zhang Xuezhou into a dream realm where he cultivated a white seed.
• Zhang Xuezhou studied with Ren Anran, obtained the Sequel to the Essential Instruction for Recuperation, and decided to pursue school rewards while practicing.
• Zhang Xuezhou traveled to Nine-Foot Daoist Temple, tricked Zou Bugui into giving him the Yin Yang Great Compassion Nine Heavens Incantation, and began cultivating there.
• Lonely Rogue Person explained cultivation to Zhang Xuezhou, who realized the villagers’ demon meat had helped him enter a realm and might carry Yao Qi linked to the Ten Yin Holy Son.
• Li Jiao brought poisoned officers Zhao Mu and Zhou Cang to the temple, and Zhang Xuezhou helped Li Jiao use the Supreme Purity True Technique to suppress their Golden Toad Poison.
• Li Jiao taught Zhang Xuezhou the technique’s first three layers, gave him a Qi and Blood Pill, and left with Zhao Mu, Zhou Cang, and Lonely Rogue Person.
• Zhang Xuezhou returned to Zhang Household Village with Zhang Zhong and Lady Yourong, but they found it empty and retreated after fearing the Ten Yin Holy Son’s people had taken the villagers.
• Zou Bugui warned Zhang Xuezhou that the Golden Toad Dharma King was hunting cultivators, gave the group Body Fragrance Pills to mask their Yao Qi, and was carried toward the temple as Jin Wanliang attacked them.

Zhang Xuezhou and the Rong family reach Hibiscus City, where Rong Tianding’s fake ghost-protecting paintings draw them into a murder investigation. After exposing Constable Lord Li’s ghost act, Zhang Xuezhou and his companions begin searching Dragon Gate Village for Wang Fu’an’s killer.

• Zhang Xuezhou helped Zou Bugui and Zhang Zhong fight Jin Wanliang, then escaped using an Invisibility Talisman and threw stove ash in Jin Wanliang’s eyes to give Zhang Zhong and Lady Yourong an opening.
• Zou Bugui revealed that Jin Wanliang had escaped with the Golden Toad technique, while Zhang Zhong took the pills they had made and left to seek a better future with Zhang Xuezhou and Lady Yourong.
• In Hibiscus City, Rong Li welcomed Lady Yourong and Zhang Xuezhou into her home, and Zhang Xuezhou resolved to learn from Rong Tianding rather than become a butcher.
• Zhang Xuezhou persuaded Rong Tianding to paint a fictional immortal on pig-blood-covered canvases and sell the images as protection from ghosts, and the paintings drew crowds after rumors spread about Ten-Li Slope.
• Daoist Mu challenged Rong Tianding’s claims, tried to frighten Zhang Xuezhou with a ghostly disguise, then suffered injuries during a ritual and was revived by Zhang Xuezhou’s Technique.
• After a traveler carrying one of Rong Tianding’s paintings was killed at Ten-Li Slope, Lord Bao ordered Rong Tianding to investigate the supposed ghost, and Zhang Xuezhou sought ghost-fighting knowledge from Daoist Mu.
• At Dragon Gate Village, Rong Li and Jia Zhiyuan exposed Constable Lord Li pretending to be a ghost, and Li Shuang asked the group to investigate Wang Fu’an’s death.
• Zhang Xuezhou and his companions questioned villagers about Wang Fu’an’s disputes, and Zhang considered Wang Baoli a possible murderer after hearing about his quarrels with Wang Fu’an.

Zhang Xuezhou was trapped in the Golden Toad Dharma King’s grotto-heaven, helped him survive and escape, and became his adopted son after reaching the Demon Race’s Holy Land. Back in reality, Zhang Xuezhou recovered from a near-fatal fall in time to take his exam, while his parents continued pursuing a better life.

• Rong Tianding and Zhang Xuezhou exposed Wang Baoli as the supposed water ghost, but Wang Baoli fled into the forest and Zhang Xuezhou was captured by Jin Wanliang and the Golden Toad Dharma King.
• Zhang Xuezhou treated the Golden Toad Dharma King with the Supreme Purity True Technique while trapped in the grotto-heaven, then escaped with him and Jin Wanliang when Li Guang shattered the secret realm.
• The Golden Toad Dharma King led Zhang Xuezhou and Jin Wanliang through the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, where eating Demon Beasts changed their bodies and gave Zhang Xuezhou feathered wings.
• After learning that the Ten Yin Holy Son had died, the Golden Toad Dharma King promised to avenge him and adopted Zhang Xuezhou as his son at the Snow Toad Palace.
• Zhang Xuezhou woke in a hospital with serious fractures, used the Supreme Purity True Technique to recover movement, and left the hospital to take his exam.
• Zhang Xuezhou took his exam and told Song Fengying he expected to place in the province’s top hundred, while Song Fengying explained why she had begun livestreaming.
• Zhang Weimeng and Song Fengying discussed Zhang Xuezhou’s rapid recovery and mental illness, and agreed to conceal Song Fengying’s ownership of Heartbeat Livestream as they pursued a higher social class.

Zhang Xuezhou entered the Yedie River Holy Land, gained a place among its disciples, and began studying under Hongku while managing his strange dream effects in waking life. The arc ended with his provincial exam success drawing public attention as Song Fengying sought to rebuild her livestreaming app.

• Zhang Xuezhou entered the Ten Thousand Demons Stele’s black light and received the Drowsiness Technique, while the Golden Toad Dharma King shielded him and Jin Wanliang from the Tiger Strength Demon King.
• Zhang Xuezhou returned to waking life, sat his exams, and was pulled from a crowd of reporters by Song Fengying after his Bandage Bro fame caused a crush at school.
• The Golden Toad Dharma King brought Zhang Xuezhou to the Yedie River Holy Land, where Dharma Master Hongyi registered him as Wu Jin and Wu Chao became his attendant.
• Wu Chao discovered that Wu Ti had died from scorpion venom after Zhang Xuezhou’s insect-repelling flute had ended up in Zhang Xuezhou’s pocket.
• Hongku accepted Zhang Xuezhou as his student, ordered him to learn holy-language characters, and began teaching him after Wu Ti’s death was treated as an accident.
• Zhang Xuezhou moved to the Western Capital to stay with Zhang Manqian, who explained her plans to earn Gene Armory Secret Keys and pursue gene adaptation to help her family.
• Zhang Xuezhou studied Hongku’s Heart Incantation and holy script, while Zhang Manqian learned that he had placed third in the province and expected a substantial prize.
• Zhang Xuezhou’s result and Song Fengying’s interview spread widely, her app’s registrations passed three million, and she decided to improve the platform rather than give up.