Recaps

After recovering from his spiritual injury, Zhang Xuezhou returned to the lower realm and learned the Cloud Soaring Technique while traveling with Li Shaojun and Rong Tianding. They reached the Beast Taming Sect as Su Fei’s group attacked its ancestral hall, and Jin Chang helped them search for Zhang Cigong and the secret vault.

• The Exalted One returned Zhang Xuezhou’s soul to his body, and Zhang later recovered in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, where he advanced his Mental Strengthening Chapter.
• Nezha and Primordial Lord Golden Rosy Clouds traded Spirit Silk Jade Lotus Root for access to the pool, and Zhang awoke before recalling signs of Nezha’s defeat.
• Yao Yuanguang sent Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding back toward the lower realm, where they met Li Shaojun, who taught them the Aging Technique and helped with the Cloud Soaring Technique.
• In Xi'an County, Zhang Xuezhou asked Yuan Gu to interpret the Cloud Soaring Technique, and Yuan Gu accepted a golden elixir as payment while Li Shaojun joined their lessons.
• Li Shaojun told Zhang Xuezhou that Su Fei’s group was seeking the Beast Taming Sect’s secret-vault treasure, so Zhang traveled with Li Shaojun and Rong Tianding toward Ox Head Mountain.
• Su Fei led nearly a hundred fighters toward the Beast Taming Sect’s ancestral hall, while Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding hid Li Shaojun after he pretended to be killed by a marksman.
• Jin Chang recognized Zhang Xuezhou despite his disguise and offered to cooperate in seeking the Beast Taming Sect’s inheritance, hoping to reach Room A and obtain the Tomb Scripture.
• Jin Chang found Zhang Cigong by calling Zhang Xuezhou’s name, then reported that Su Fei’s group had triggered the ancestral hall’s mechanisms as they tried to force the vault open.

Zhang Xuezhou and his companions escaped the Beast Taming Sect’s underground vault with its inheritance and presented the canon to the King of Huainan. After the canon was accepted and Zhang gained access to Room A, he found that the Fortune Technique was difficult to practice under the Great Han Dynasty’s divided rule.

• Su Fei trapped the fighters inside the shrine, then joined Zhang Xuezhou and Jin Chang to open the secret vault, where falling rocks and the Jade Water Pool separated the group.
• Great Sage Water Ape captured Jin Chang and Zhang Xuezhou, but Senior Brother Rulai arrived and subdued the Water Ape, allowing Zhang Xuezhou and the others to escape through an underground river.
• Zhang Xuezhou rescued Jin Chang, Lei Bei, and Li Shaojun, while Wu Chao arranged exchanges of cultivation techniques and planned to return to Shouchun City.
• Zhang Xuezhou, Jin Chang, Lei Bei, and Su Fei reached Shouchun City, where Zhang transcribed the Beast Taming Canon and offered it to the King of Huainan.
• The King of Huainan’s cultivators examined the canon, and Su Fei and Zhang Cigong pledged to cultivate it as the King granted Zhang access to Room A.
• Dong Zhongshu confirmed that the canon was complete, and the King of Huainan accepted it for presentation to the imperial court while rewarding Zhang and his companions.
• Jin Chang asked Dong Zhongshu whether the Tomb Scripture could change fate, while Zhang studied Huang-Lao texts and found that the Fortune Technique’s methods were difficult under the Great Han Dynasty’s divided rule.
• The King of Huainan judged that Zhang had pursued the wrong cultivation path and ordered Tian You to issue him another Grade-A token with a time limit.

Jin Chang cultivated the Tomb Scripture under the King of Huainan’s watch while Zhang Xuezhou turned beast taming into a profitable business. Zhang Xuezhou then backed a communications satellite project that drew Western Capital City’s younger generations into an investment alliance.

• Zhang Xuezhou arranged for Lei Bei and Tian Jiu to test their swordsmanship against Senior Brother Rulai instead of each other.
• Jin Chang cultivated the Tomb Scripture at the King of Huainan’s Household, and the King of Huainan marked him for a future Fortune War.
• Zhang Xuezhou used the Soul-Upsetting Beast Control Technique to tame and sell exotic beasts, then accepted Zhu Liangping’s offer to work with the Zhu Household’s research institute.
• Ren Yisheng formed a child-sized body and urged Huang to help Ren Anran or Zhang Xuezhou cultivate so they could make Huang a body.
• Tuer Kalanduo agreed to inherit the Tuer Clan leadership after warning Tuer Kelanduo about Zhang Manqian’s vision, while Tuer Kelanduo turned toward research into higher Sequences.
• Zhu Shengnan, Zhen Mei, Jiang Feng, and Luo Gaogao sought Zhang Xuezhou’s backing for their satellite project, and he recorded Luo Gaogao’s pledge of an alliance.
• Zhang Xuezhou invested ten million in the satellite project, and 496 contributors pledged 273.5 million while Ren Anran supplied communications technology data.
• Zhang Xuezhou left Zhang Manqian to meet Zhu Shengnan’s group and spoke with Changkong Shenguang, while Changkong Weiguang questioned his claims and urged attention to the Gene Fighting Technique.

Zhang Xuezhou pursued a Chang'an post, built a grain business, and made a pact with Huang while preparing for a journey to Qinmeng. The arc left his allies planning the expedition and Changkong Yinglian trying to reshape a drama to influence political struggles.

• Zhang Xuezhou sought a court appointment and learned from Dong Zhongshu that becoming a Gentleman Attendant would require access to the palace.
• Zhang Xuezhou encountered Li Shaojun and Senior Brother Rulai, who revealed a Yin-Yang Secret Land and taught Zhang Xuezhou about the Soul-Seizing Incantation.
• Senior Brother Rulai fought Tian Jiu, killed him with True Solar Fire, and suppressed Great Sage Water Ape in his alms bowl.
• Zhang Xuezhou joined Xu Yuan and Rong Tianding in founding Three Brothers' Good Grain and Materials Stall, then submitted a second application for office after his first was rejected.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to help Wei Shao'er deliver her baby and received Deer Fetus Pills, which he planned to share with Rong Tianding and Xu Yuan.
• Huang possessed Zhang Manqian and demonstrated his martial ability, then promised to resolve their bodily problems and destroy the presence inside her if Zhang Xuezhou helped him find Yu.
• Zhang Xuezhou agreed to explore Qinmeng with Ren Anran and Ren Yisheng if he could remain safely at rest for twelve days, while Wang Li prepared to expand their communications business and join the trip.
• Changkong Yinglian urged Changkong Yinghao to make Zuo Lengchan the protagonist of a drama so their faction could win, and Changkong Yinghao agreed to follow her advice.