Recaps

Hu Mang seized control of a Ghost Dragon Vein during the Dragon Blood Tide and escaped through a Yin-Yang Passage, then returned to the eastern seas to recover, trade, and pursue a method of cultivation. After confronting Jiang Kuisha and learning about the Sinful Dragons, he refined three talismans and arrived at Port Surumai, where strangers recognized him as the Blood Python.

• Hu Mang took over the ghost ship and helped the Heavenly Gate’s forces confront the Turbid Dragon, then opened a Yin-Yang Passage and escaped with the Ghost Dragon Vein.
• Hu Mang returned to the Thirty-Six Islands, collected payment from Old Sha, and traded for cultivation supplies, including a Golden Core customization card and Sea Eye Spirit Liquid.
• Old Xie advised Hu Mang to refine the Flower of Qi before forming a Golden Core and offered to adapt Shen Haichan’s Inner Alchemy method for him.
• Hu Mang traveled east with the Ghost Dragon Vein, which grew stronger after absorbing Turbid Dragon hair and dragon ambergris, while Lin Zhiying investigated the ghost ship and questioned Hu Mang.
• Hu Mang confronted Jiang Kuisha, exposed her as a corpse ghost with many incarnations, and rejected her offer to cooperate after learning about the Sinful Dragons and the Flesh and Blood Golden Core.
• Hu Mang refined three Three Yin Life and Death Talismans from ancient devil corpses, reached Port Surumai, and drew a crowd of men who hailed him as Brother Heavenly Python.

Hu Mang uncovered Zheng Qingbo’s schemes, defeated his enemies, and took control of the Zheng Family Garden while keeping Zheng as a puppet. He then drew closer to the Demonic Machine Hall and returned to Demon-Subduing City to attempt forming a Golden Core.

• Hu Mang reunited with Sun Hu and met Liang Yanqiu, who gave him documents detailing Zheng Qingbo’s crimes and ambitions.
• Hu Mang cultivated at the Liang Household Garden, investigated Ghost Dragon Veins and the demonic path, and helped Master A Pei forge a ghost spear.
• Hu Mang survived a clash between his yao and devil bloodlines, subdued the white tiger within him, and helped Liang Xiaoqiu advance her cultivation.
• At the Autonomous Association, Hu Mang rejected Elder Min’s offer to join the Holy Son Cult and learned that the Association had rejected a Heavenly Gate presence in the new sea market.
• Hu Mang formed the Flower of Qi, then fought the Demonic Machine Hall’s modified cultivators and entered the Zheng Family Garden as Liang and Zheng forces clashed.
• Hu Mang defeated Zheng Qingbo’s sorcerers, took the Nanyang Dragon Vein, and used a talisman to turn Zheng into an obedient puppet while healing Jiacha.
• Hu Mang took charge of the Zheng Family Garden, subdued its ghosts, and defeated the Mandala Tribe’s sorcerers by sinking their ship before joining the expedition against the remaining tribesmen.
• Hu Mang met Sun Youcai at the Demonic Machine Hall, concealed his intentions while discussing the Sealed Holy Sons, and returned to Demon-Subduing City to attempt forming a Golden Core.

Hu Mang recovered Old Chen Sheng’s treasures, joined the Mysterious Peak Sect, and used laboratory experiments to repeatedly reforge his Golden Core. His investigation of the Turbid Dragon Vein then led him through a ghost-filled passage to Three Perfected Island.

• Hu Mang entered the Thunder Net’s hidden world, recovered Old Chen Sheng’s corpse and treasures, and learned of his preparations for Corpse Liberation.
• Hu Mang recruited Sun Jidao for his laboratory and helped complete the Mystic Shield Sect’s cultivation software in exchange for a stake in the project.
• Hu Mang traveled to the Central Continent, helped seal Divine Pine Mountain’s Demon Acupoint, and took the slain thousand-year-old snake’s corpse to the Zheng Family Garden.
• Hu Mang used his Peak-Subduing Token to join the Mysterious Peak Sect, chose Ge Wen as his master, and rebuilt his cultivation with the sect’s methods.
• Hu Mang comprehended Vajrayana, selected three sect arts, and unexpectedly formed a Golden Core after taking fifth-grade pills.
• Hu Mang repeatedly shattered and reforged his Golden Core with Sun Jidao’s Artificial Lightning Tribulation Tower, reached the Mid Golden Core, and arranged further experiments with outlaw volunteers.
• Hu Mang investigated the Turbid Dragon Vein with Lin Zhiying and Ao Tianhai, followed Cui Yu into the Yin-Yang Passage, and protected his companions from the Night Parade with Vajrayana.
• Hu Mang sent Lin Zhiying and Ao Tianhai back, continued upstream alone on a Yin river, and reached Three Perfected Island, where a skeletal Daoist asked about nature and life.

Hu Mang advanced his cultivation, helped seal Grand Gate Mountain, and confronted an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil alongside Wei Du'e. After returning to the Zheng Family Garden, he found his men and Feng Haixiao caught in Master Bao's trap and chose not to pursue wider power in Nanyang.

• Hu Mang found Cui Yu in the Nether River, learned that eighteen inner islands had suppressed the dead Sea Dragon Vein, and heard how the Yu Household's Dragon-Suppressing Nail had broken it.
• Hu Mang studied the Treatise on Sitting and Forgetting, formed the Flower of Spirit, and gained Innate Qi before selecting a mission to seal Grand Gate Mountain.
• Hu Mang joined Lu Shuichan, Jiang Mingshan, and Wu Hun on the sealing mission, and they used his Law Artifacts to excavate contaminated peaks and vent Demonic Qi.
• Hu Mang entered the Void Devil Field with Wei Du'e, received Old Immortal Pine Wind's treasures, and used the Clear Resonance Chime while exploring the fields and improving his Devil Cultivation Method.
• Hu Mang discovered that an Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil was feeding on Void Devil Fields, and Wei Du'e arrived and attacked it with Slay Ghost God.
• Hu Mang used Rainbow Transformation and the Tribulation-Breaking Divine Spear to disrupt the devil's control of its Void Devil Fields, then fled with Wei Du'e as the others arrived and Lu Shuichan defeated the Solar Eclipse Shadow King.
• Hu Mang returned to the Zheng Family Garden and learned that Master Bao's people had captured several of his men and Feng Haixiao during an operation against the Holy Son Cult remnants.
• Hu Mang asked the hall masters to gather information on Master Bao, then left Zheng Qingbo to handle the negotiations and chose to remain in his local position while exploring the Azure Mysterious Realm.