Recaps

Zhang Xuezhou advanced through medicinal experimentation and cultivation while joining Ren Yisheng’s research group, and Zhang Manqian entered the Meridian Circulation Realm. On Supreme Peak, Wu Chao and Jin Chang prepared to confront Hongku, but reconsidered their plan after Hongku summoned Zhang Xuezhou and Jin Chang urged Wu Chao to learn what Hongku wanted.

• Zou Bugui taught Zhang Xuezhou about alchemy, warned him against Human Pills and demon grafting, and gave him a pill to protect against Technique Methods.
• Zhang Xuezhou experimented with medicinal ingredients, and his paste helped Ren Yisheng practice the Heart Incantation while Zhang Manqian advanced to the Meridian Circulation Realm.
• Ren Yisheng recruited Zhang Xuezhou into his research group to study the Heart Incantation, and Zhang agreed to prepare more medicinal paste despite its severe effects on those who took it incorrectly.
• Zuo Teng offered Zhang Manqian resources in exchange for seventy percent of her blood and later invited her and Zhang Xuezhou to join his tournament team, but both rejected his proposals.
• Zhang Xuezhou advanced to the Body Control Realm and gained faster casting and the ability to fly with the Technique Within the Clouds.
• Wu Chao returned to Supreme Peak to fight Hongku, and Jin Chang offered to help plant the Snake Head Incantation on him.
• Wu Chao gave Zhang Xuezhou the Deer-Slaying Blade and joined Jin Chang in preparing an attack using gathered poisons and a storage bag.
• Hongku summoned Zhang Xuezhou to meet Venerable Lei, and Jin Chang persuaded Wu Chao to learn more about Hongku’s desires before trying to lure him out.

Hongku survived an assault by the Venerables and won a place among them, while Zhang Xuezhou left for Vermilion Clouds Palace to study the Technique Within the Clouds. The stretch ended with Zhang recovering from the Heavenly Thunder Fruit and preparing to cultivate more seriously.

• Venerable Lei visited Hongku, praised Zhang Xuezhou’s grasp of the Technique Within the Clouds, and offered to take him to Vermilion Clouds Palace after his training.
• Zhang Xuezhou accidentally exposed Hongku to Soul-Severing Powder and secretly gave him Water of Eternity, but Hongku forced Zhang to drink the mixture too and revealed that he needed his students for his plans.
• Hongku summoned Wu Chao, and Jin Chang joined the confrontation as Hongku’s formation and Substitute Death Incantation drew the attention of the Venerables.
• Hongku fought Venerable Sanxiao, Venerable Wenhuang, Venerable Daode, and Venerable Yun, killing three while Jin Chang helped him defeat the attackers.
• The Dao Lord recognized Hongku’s victory and granted him a Venerable’s position, while Hongku offered to send Wu Jin to Vermilion Clouds Palace and stop taking students.
• Hongku lifted Wu Chao’s Substitute Death Incantation and agreed to cooperate with Jin Chang, then gave Zhang Xuezhou a Technique and a storage pouch before sending him to Vermilion Clouds Palace.
• Venerable Lei taught Zhang Xuezhou advanced flight techniques, and Zhang ate a poisonous Thunderclap Fruit before the Venerables questioned him about Hongku.
• Hongku explained the Heavenly Thunder Fruit’s benefits, Jin Chang agreed to let Hongku raise Zhang’s cultivation step by step, and Zhang resolved to get stronger and listed materials he needed.

Wu Chao and Zhang Xuezhou survived the Yedie River Holy Land’s deadly scheme, fled toward Xiong State, and then returned to Zhang Xuezhou’s modern life, where Zhang Manqian disappeared and Ren Yisheng faced a crisis. The stretch ended with Zhang Xuezhou breaking into Ren Yisheng’s home and finding him bleeding before a blank scroll.

• Wu Chao and Zhang Xuezhou left the Holy Land after collecting gifts, but Hongku ordered Jin Chang to pursue them.
• Venerable Yufeng attacked the pair, and Zhang Xuezhou beheaded him with Venerable Lei’s technique while Jin Chang and Venerable Wenhuang were caught in the destruction.
• Zhang Xuezhou made Jin Chang swear to protect him and train Wu Chao, and Jin Chang taught Wu Chao the Nine People Sect’s methods as they traveled toward Xiong State.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao fooled Venerable Black Mountain and Venerable White Bone with a tale that Wenhuang and Yufeng had died in a jealous lovers’ quarrel.
• Wu Chao and Zhang Xuezhou encountered Linna Shaji, and Wu Chao killed her after she fought Ma Gaofa and injured the guards.
• Zhang Xuezhou refined his wings with iron essence and mithril while Wu Chao prepared to return to the royal court and secure cultivation resources.
• Zhang Xuezhou joined Zhang Manqian at a sequencer arena, made profitable bets, and later learned she had disappeared after the morning session.
• Zuo Teng told Zhang Xuezhou that Zuo Jin had likely taken Zhang Manqian and warned him to act within six hours, so Zhang Xuezhou sought help from Ren Yisheng.
• Ren Yisheng struggled to stop his dangerous Mental Strengthening cultivation, and Zhang Xuezhou broke into his home to find him bleeding before a blank painting scroll.

Zhang Xuezhou survived Ren Yisheng’s Qi Deviation and helped secure Zhang Manqian’s release from the Zuo Household. While Wu Chao and Jin Chang fled pursuit in the other world, Zhang Xuezhou returned to recovery, and Ren Yisheng adapted the Kunpeng Combat Technique for him.

• Ren Yisheng’s Qi Deviation injured Zhang Xuezhou and Wang Li, but Ren Wuyang’s medicine helped Zhang Xuezhou regain control of his body and aid Ren Yisheng.
• Ren Yisheng confronted Zuo Lianguang and forced the Zuo Household to return Zhang Manqian before her blood was transfused into Zuo Denggao.
• Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Manqian discussed ways to earn money, while Zhang Xuezhou decided to put learnable cultivation techniques into martial arts fiction.
• Wu Chao, Zhang Xuezhou, and Jin Chang reached the Xiong State court, where Wu Chao secured resources from the Chanyu before leaving Dragon City with Zhang Xuezhou and Jin Chang.
• Venerable Black Mountain and Venerable White Bone accused Jin Chang of murder and theft, prompting the Xiong State to pursue him and Luandi Daba.
• Wu Chao, Zhang Xuezhou, and Jin Chang tried to evade their pursuers by disguising themselves as monks at a temple where the Buddha’s Son agreed to accept them.
• Wang Li declined to back Zhang Xuezhou’s ring betting plan and instead began exploring livestream tipping as a business opportunity.
• Ren Yisheng adapted the Kunpeng Combat Technique to Zhang Xuezhou’s avian genes and drew a cultivation plan while considering how Zhang’s progress could further his research.