Recaps

Jiang Qing and Qi Buxiu accepted a veiled woman’s help to cross the lake, but an intelligent Jade Crocodile exposed their disguise and sent the beasts attacking. Elsewhere, Daoist Black Shoes and Lang Yi headed for Moonlight Palace in search of rare treasures, where they found two figures already fighting.

• Jiang Qing admitted he could not safely cross the lake with Qi Buxiu, and they were unable to contact their companions.
• A veiled woman offered to help them cross in exchange for their protection; Jiang Qing learned her transformation incantation, while she stored Qi Buxiu in a mustard-seed Spirit Artifact.
• Jiang Qing and the veiled woman disguised themselves as Jade Crocodiles and entered the lake, but an intelligent Jade Crocodile recognized Jiang Qing and summoned other beasts to attack them.
• The veiled woman escaped a Jade Crocodile’s strike by sending it through a gate of light, which brought it face-to-face with Qi Buxiu inside the Spirit Artifact.
• Daoist Black Shoes and Lang Yi discussed the Life-Giving Longevity Pill and Evergreen Vine as they traveled toward Moonlight Palace, where they found two figures fighting.

Chu Yanran fought Yuan Feng over his interference, but Yue Lan arrived and used his Fire-Phase Half-Chi to counter her lantern. When the Moonlit Bell rang, the cultivators abandoned their standoff and raced toward Moonlight Palace.

• Chu Yanran used her six-sided lantern to overwhelm Yuan Feng, destroying several of his artifacts and forcing him to defend himself with his cloak’s Golden Light chain.
• Yue Lan arrived and joined forces with Yuan Feng, while his Fire-Phase Half-Chi swallowed most of Chu Yanran’s lantern flames.
• Daoist Black Shoes moved to Chu Yanran’s side as Lang Yi stayed out of the conflict, and the four cultivators held their positions in a tense standoff.
• The Moonlit Bell sounded, and Chu Yanran, Yuan Feng, Yue Lan, and Daoist Black Shoes raced toward Moonlight Palace.

Kang Dabao used Yuan Xiyue as a shield while Yuan Feng fought Xu Liuxian, then escaped toward the Bright Moon Palace as Chu Yanran blocked Yuan Feng and demanded that Kang find Qi Buxiu. A sudden collapse in a cavern carried Kang Dabao and Yuan Xiyue into an unfamiliar stone chamber.

• Yuan Feng offered Kang Dabao rewards and influence in exchange for surrendering Feng Wan, but a hidden Xu Liuxian ambushed Yuan Feng with a wave of fire.
• Yuan Feng broke through Xu Liuxian's attacks and pursued Kang Dabao, who fled with Yuan Xiyue as a hostage.
• Kang Dabao called out to Chu Yanran, who stopped Yuan Feng and ordered Kang to find her husband, Qi Buxiu.
• Kang Dabao used Yuan Xiyue to prevent Yuan Feng from striking him, then fled into an unfamiliar part of the Mountain-Viewing Cave.
• Cloud mist filled Kang Dabao's resting cavern, which shook and split apart, leaving him and Yuan Xiyue inside a stone chamber.

Kang Dabao bound Yuan Xiyue with a blood incantation and made her open the rooms of a hidden cave abode, where they found little until a powerful White-Armored Land Tortoise attacked. After killing it, Kang Dabao discovered a spiritual spring, and Little Qi immediately swam into it.

• Kang Dabao placed the Yang Blood Heart-Locking Incantation on Yuan Xiyue, restraining her and making her help explore the stone chamber.
• Yuan Xiyue opened the rooms while Kang Dabao collected bottles and a Spirit Artifact, but most chambers were empty.
• A White-Armored Land Tortoise burst from a room and attacked Yuan Xiyue, and Kang Dabao fought it with his Immortal Game Disc, Golden Light, and Ink Abyss Flag.
• Kang Dabao broke through the tortoise's defenses and killed it with his great banner after the beast charged him.
• Kang Dabao found a clear spiritual spring in the final room, and Little Qi slipped from his Storage Bag and swam into it.

Kang Dabao explored a spirit spring chamber, learned about True Person Xinyuan, and watched Little Qi undergo a rapid transformation before preparing to open the final stone door with Yuan Xiyue. The chapter ended when Jiang Qing and others emerged from the spring, prompting Kang Dabao to charge at the Jade Crocodile behind his junior brother.

• Kang Dabao collected the White-Armored Land Tortoise's shell and let Little Qi swim in the spirit spring, where it grew and advanced to First-Tier Supreme-Grade.
• Yuan Xiyue explained that the chamber murals depicted True Person Xinyuan and his Star-Patterned Jade Spirit Turtle, and shared rumors about Xinyuan's fate and Exalted Cultivator Guanyu's inheritance.
• Little Qi returned to its spirit beast bag as it appeared close to advancing, while the Lion Insects showed little interest in the spring.
• Kang Dabao filled fifteen containers with spring water, took Yuan Xiyue's Water-Swallowing Pearl, and had her help collect more water with it.
• Kang Dabao and Yuan Xiyue struggled to decipher the final stone door's restrictions before a muddy current entered the spring and several figures emerged.
• Kang Dabao recognized Jiang Qing and charged at the Jade Crocodile behind him.

Yuan Feng, Yue Lan, Chu Yanran, Daoist Black Shoes, and Lang Yi entered Moonlight Palace and crossed its dangerous Puppet Covered Bridge together. After Chu Yanran explained that the bridge’s puppets would return when the cave abode reopened, Yue Lan secretly formed an incantation seal, and Chu Yanran felt something strange in her body.

• Lang Yi used a puppet to open Moonlight Palace’s gates, and the five cultivators entered before the doors slammed shut behind them.
• The five agreed to postpone their disputes and follow Lang Yi across the Puppet Covered Bridge, where he swiftly destroyed a corundum puppet to demonstrate his strength.
• A swarm of corundum puppets attacked as the ruined Li Fire Heaven-Burning Formation unleashed flames, but Chu Yanran’s palace lantern swallowed the fire while the group fought off the puppets.
• The five crossed the bridge with only minor injuries, and Chu Yanran told Daoist Black Shoes that the puppets would be restored before the cave abode opened again.
• Yue Lan secretly formed an incantation seal as the group continued, and Chu Yanran then felt something strange in her body.

Yuan Feng and Yue Lan privately plotted to exploit Chu Yanran and pursue their ambitions while Qi Buxiu fought a giant softshell turtle in a sealed chamber. Kang Da and Jiang Qing rescued Qi Buxiu, and the veiled cultivator revealed herself as Zhang and reunited with Sect Leader Kang after nearly twenty years.

• Yuan Feng took the lead through the Dao Soldier Hall while resenting Yue Lan, Lang Yi, and Daoist Black Shoes, and plotting to claim Chu Yanran for himself.
• Yue Lan followed behind Yuan Feng, brooding over Chu Yanran and vowing to kill Qi Buxiu.
• Qi Buxiu exhausted his talismans and defenses battling the giant softshell turtle, which fatally wounded him before the fight shifted elsewhere.
• Kang Da and Jiang Qing killed the giant softshell turtle, and Kang Da treated the gravely injured Qi Buxiu.
• Jiang Qing dissected the dead Jade Crocodiles while Kang Da asked the veiled cultivator whether she had come looking for the Chongming Sect.
• The veiled cultivator removed her veil, identified herself as Zhang, and told Sect Leader Kang that they had finally met again after nearly twenty years.

Kang Dabao met Zhang Qingran, a cultivator from the ruined Fenli Zhang Household who had been held by Yuan Feng, and bargained to rescue her in exchange for the whereabouts of Moon Fern. The group remained in Mountain-Viewing Cave as Qi Buxiu recovered and Yuan Xiyue moved toward the last stone door.

• Yuan Xiyue recognized Zhang Qingran as the woman Yuan Feng had kept captive and realized she was connected to Kang Dabao.
• Zhang Qingran explained that both False Core ancestors of the Fenli Zhang Household had vanished and the Household had fallen after its ancestral array was overwhelmed.
• Zhang Qingran pleaded with Kang Dabao to save her from Yuan Feng, but he demanded a reason to help and she offered Moon Fern's whereabouts in exchange for her freedom.
• Kang Dabao agreed to help Zhang Qingran, refusing her offer of a favor and asking only for the location of Moon Fern.
• Qi Buxiu woke after being treated, and Kang Dabao asked Zhang Qingran to tend to him.
• Kang Dabao's Yang Blood Heart-Locking Incantation caused Yuan Xiyue pain, and she walked toward the last stone door.

Kang Dabao’s group explored the spirit spring and found that several powerful restrictions blocked its underwater routes. They chose to return to the emerald lake and join forces to break the restriction leading there, while Zhang Qingran secretly plotted against Yuan Xiyue.

• After failing to open the stone door, Kang Dabao agreed to send Yuan Xiyue into the spirit spring to scout its waterways.
• Yuan Xiyue reported that the spring had four exits, each blocked by a powerful restriction, and that one led to the emerald lake.
• Qi Buxiu urged the group to wait for the cave abode to close, but Kang Dabao decided they would return to the emerald lake; Zhang Qingran took Qi Buxiu into her Spirit Artifact.
• Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, Zhang Qingran, and Yuan Xiyue traveled through the spring, fought several aquatic beasts, and reached the restriction to the emerald lake.
• Jiang Qing struck the restriction with his White Dew Sword, and Zhang Qingran urged everyone to attack together while secretly plotting to capture Yuan Xiyue.

Kang Dabao’s party encountered E Yuan, the awakened leader of the Jade Lake Lineage, who explained the lineage’s imprisonment and proposed an alliance. They agreed to seek a key at Moonlight Palace so Zhang Qingran could help unlock the Body-Cleansing Formation Plate, though both sides secretly planned to betray and kill the other.

• Kang Dabao’s group failed to break the restriction between the underground river and the stone chamber, then prepared to fight E Yuan and his water beasts.
• E Yuan introduced himself and explained that Mountain-Viewing Cave had been a portable treasure used by Xinyuan Guangzhi for a Star-Patterned Jade Spirit Turtle, while Guanyu later controlled the Jade Lake Lineage.
• E Yuan revealed that Guanyu had confined the Jade Lake Lineage and asked Kang Dabao’s group to help use a Second-Tier Body-Cleansing Formation Plate to free them in exchange for access to hidden treasures.
• Zhang Qingran said she could handle the formation plate, and Kang Dabao agreed to cooperate while privately planning to kill E Yuan after obtaining the treasures.
• E Yuan and Kang Dabao’s group agreed to travel through the waterways to Moonlight Palace and retrieve the key to a stone door concealing the formation plate and greater treasures.

Kang Dabao and the others joined E Yuan’s water beasts in breaking into Moonlight Palace, where Zhang Qingran’s hidden connection to Yuan Feng triggered a confrontation. Yuan Xiyue agreed to break Zhang Qingran’s chastity mark in exchange for freedom from Kang Dabao’s incantation, while Yuan Feng discovered the mark had been destroyed and headed toward the Ice-Drinking Chamber with the others.

• E Yuan’s water beasts and Kang Dabao’s group broke the Moonlight Palace restriction, sent beasts ahead to scout, and entered the palace after learning the hall was safe.
• E Yuan’s group reacted to Zhang Qingran’s glowing mark, and Yuan Xiyue revealed it was a chastity mark placed by Yuan Feng.
• Kang Dabao restrained Yuan Xiyue with the Yang Blood Heart-Locking Incantation, but agreed to release her if she broke Zhang Qingran’s mark.
• Yuan Xiyue identified the mark’s construction and asked Kang Dabao for what she needed to remove it; half an hour later, Yuan Feng’s red cord burned apart.
• Chu Yanran urged the recovered group to proceed to the Ice-Drinking Chamber, and Yuan Feng privately resolved to use Chu Yanran and his elder sister if he could not find Zhang Qingran.

The five cultivators reached the Ice-Drinking Chamber and agreed to search for its treasures separately rather than fight before finding anything. Daoist Black Shoes entered a sealed room and discovered its formation was far stronger than expected, leaving him concerned that escaping could take two days.

• On the way to the Ice-Drinking Chamber, Chu Yanran asked Daoist Black Shoes to remember their arrangement, and he agreed to protect the Evergreen Vine for her.
• Lang Yi proposed that the group postpone any conflict until after searching the chamber, and Daoist Black Shoes and the others accepted.
• The five entered the Ice-Drinking Chamber, where each room admitted only one person and the shifting layout made old maps unreliable.
• Chu Yanran warned Daoist Black Shoes about dangers in the chamber, then went to search for treasure herself.
• Daoist Black Shoes entered a room that sealed itself behind him and found its formation much stronger than expected, estimating that escaping might take two days.

Yuan Feng failed to find anything in several rooms and clashed with Lang Yi over Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance before agreeing to consider a trade. In the Ice-Drinking Chamber, Kang Dabao’s group confronted Yue Lan over the treasure he had taken from a room, and the battle left Yue Lan and the Half-Chi surrounded as Yuan Xiyue’s Wisdom Consort Form disrupted him.

• Daoist Black Shoes found a bare stone table in his room, stored it away, and welcomed the chance to test his sword against the room’s formation methods.
• Yuan Feng wasted a Second-Tier Formation-Breaking Pearl escaping an empty room, then attacked Lang Yi after seeing the Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance he had found.
• Lang Yi offered to trade the incense for Evergreen Vine and Life-Giving Longevity Pills, and Yuan Feng put away his weapon rather than risk fighting him.
• Zhang Qingran broke Yuan Feng’s chastity mark with talisman water, but Yuan Xiyue placed a Wisdom Consort Seal on her as a safeguard of her own.
• Kang Dabao’s group reached the Ice-Drinking Chamber with E Yuan and the water beasts, where they found Yue Lan emerging from the room that held the key to the Spirit Turtle Stone Chamber.
• E Yuan, Kang Dabao, and their allies fought Yue Lan and the Half-Chi, and Yuan Xiyue’s Wisdom Consort Form briefly distracted Yue Lan as he struggled against the surrounding attackers.

Yue Lan and his Half-Chi fought Kang Dabao’s group and E Yuan’s water beasts, but were forced to retreat into a chamber after Yue Lan used a silver bell talisman treasure to survive. E Yuan entered the room to investigate, and Yuan Feng emerged from another chamber, leaving the wounded Kang Dabao to decide whether to fight him.

• E Yuan withdrew the Serrated Teeth Grand Formation and joined Kang Dabao’s group in their assault on Yue Lan, who wounded Jiang Qing, Yuan Xiyue, Zhang Qingran, and several water beasts with the Cold Moon Sword.
• E Yuan’s water arrow nearly killed Yue Lan, but the Half-Chi broke away from the water beasts and vaporized it with a powerful flame, weakening himself in the process.
• Yue Lan retrieved the Half-Chi into a spirit beast bag and fought on alone, then used a silver bell talisman treasure to withstand the combined attacks and escape into a chamber.
• E Yuan borrowed Yuan Xiyue’s Second-Tier Formation-Breaking Pearl and entered the chamber to investigate while Kang Dabao’s group tended their injuries.
• Yuan Feng emerged from a distant chamber and greeted Yuan Xiyue and Zhang Qingran, forcing the wounded Kang Dabao to consider whether to fight him.

Yuan Feng attacked Kang Dabao, Zhang Qingran, and the water beasts to seize Zhang Qingran, but Chu Yanran emerged and turned the battle against him. She gave Qi Buxiu an Evergreen Vine root, restoring his youth, just as another cultivator came out of a room and approached.

• Yuan Xiyue hid in a room while Yuan Feng confronted Zhang Qingran and moved to seize her.
• Kang Dabao and the Purple-Whiskered King Tuna fought Yuan Feng, who gravely wounded the Six-Eyed Sage Widower and killed several water beasts despite Kang Dabao unleashing his Yin Lightning.
• Chu Yanran emerged from a room and attacked Yuan Feng with her lantern and lightning swords, allowing Jiang Qing and the water beasts to wound him.
• Zhang Qingran released Qi Buxiu from her mustard-seed Spirit Artifact, and Chu Yanran gave him the Evergreen Vine root, which restored his youth.
• Chu Yanran shattered Yuan Feng's gold ring Spirit Artifact, and another gaunt old cultivator emerged and approached Qi Buxiu.

Chu Yanran fought Lang Yi and Yuan Feng to protect Qi Buxiu and help Kang Dabao escape, while the beasts and Jiang Qing also struggled to survive. She unleashed the Six-Sided Color-Embroidered Bamboo-Frame Golden-Thread Lamp at the cost of her own strength, badly wounding both enemies, but the fight remained unresolved as Kang Dabao shouted at a vile beast.

• Chu Yanran saved Qi Buxiu from Lang Yi’s vines and attacked Yuan Feng, while Lang Yi demanded half of Qi Buxiu’s Essence Blood.
• Lang Yi gave Yuan Feng Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance in exchange for his help, and Yuan Feng turned his attacks on Kang Dabao and Qi Buxiu.
• Chu Yanran urged Kang Dabao and the injured Purple-Whiskered King Tuna and Six-Eyed Sage Widower to flee, but Yuan Feng and Lang Yi blocked their escape and attacked Qi Buxiu.
• Lang Yi used his Gavel Talisman Treasure to threaten Kang Dabao, and Jiang Qing intervened with his sword before Chu Yanran stopped the blow.
• Chu Yanran poured Essence Blood onto the Six-Sided Color-Embroidered Bamboo-Frame Golden-Thread Lamp, shattering Lang Yi’s talisman treasure and driving lightning swords into Yuan Feng.
• Lang Yi and Yuan Feng both suffered serious injuries, and Kang Dabao shouted at a vile beast as the battle continued.

Zhang Qingran tried to escape the fighting, but the water beasts seized her and carried her toward the Spirit Turtle Stone Chamber while Yuan Feng pursued them. E Yuan opened the final stone door, gave Zhang Qingran a formation plate to undo, and swallowed a purple inner core just as Yuan Feng entered and realized the beast’s power was surging.

• Zhang Qingran ran for a room, but Purple-Whiskered King Tuna bound her before she could reach it.
• Yuan Feng attacked the water beasts to reclaim Zhang Qingran, while E Yuan healed his companions and led them toward the spring.
• Lang Yi ended his fight with Chu Yanran and withdrew; Chu Yanran thanked Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing with a spirit fruit and a sword whetstone.
• E Yuan carried Zhang Qingran into the spirit spring, and Yuan Feng killed Purple-Whiskered King Tuna before pursuing them into the chamber.
• E Yuan used the secret key to open the final stone door and ordered Zhang Qingran to undo the formation plate within a quarter of an hour.
• E Yuan swallowed a purple inner core, and Yuan Feng entered the chamber, recognizing that the beast’s power had risen.

After swallowing the Purple-Scaled Mountain-Subduing Turtle's inner core, E Yuan overwhelmed Yuan Feng and killed him, then pursued Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing. Jiang Qing turned back to face E Yuan, but Kang Dabao flung him away and stayed to fight while ordering him to rescue Zhang Qingran.

• E Yuan's strength surged, and he drove Yuan Feng into retreat before grievously wounding him with his serrated teeth.
• E Yuan caught Yuan Feng in the underground river, severed his wrist, and tore him apart despite Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing watching nearby.
• Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing fled toward the spirit turtle's stone chamber, but Jiang Qing turned back to hold E Yuan off.
• The sword-grinding stone empowered Jiang Qing's strike, which shattered E Yuan's water arrow and Serrated Teeth Grand Formation, though the White Dew Sword broke in his hand.
• As E Yuan lunged at Jiang Qing, Kang Dabao threw him out of the way and fought E Yuan himself, ordering Jiang Qing to capture Zhang Qingran and bring her back.

Kang Dabao and his companions survived E Yuan’s attack and negotiated a truce, while Daoist Black Shoes stayed behind to face the beast. As Kang Dabao examined the Purple-Scaled Mountain-Subduing Turtle’s remains, something hidden inside its belly suddenly burst out.

• E Yuan overwhelmed Kang Dabao until he unleashed 180 Yin-Yang Mystic Lightning bolts, badly injuring the beast and escaping to reunite with Jiang Qing and Zhang Qingran.
• Jiang Qing took the chamber’s contents, and Kang Dabao bargained with E Yuan to exchange Yuan Feng’s belongings for the remains of E Yuan’s sworn younger brothers and to return with it to the Ice-Drinking Chamber.
• After Daoist Black Shoes emerged, Kang Dabao handed E Yuan the Body-Cleansing Formation Plate, and Daoist Black Shoes remained behind to confront the beast while the others left to explore.
• Kang Dabao asked Zhang Qingran for the Moon Fern’s whereabouts, but she insisted he first remove the Yang Blood Heart-Locking Incantation and address the Wisdom Consort Seal.
• Kang Dabao examined the Purple-Scaled Mountain-Subduing Turtle’s corpse and discovered something inside its belly as an object in his Storage Bag flashed and shot out.

Kang Dabao recovered from his injuries in the Mountain-Viewing Cave and searched his room for treasure, discovering a hidden album that belonged to Exalted Cultivator Guanyu. The cave began to shake before he could break out and search another room, leaving him with the album’s mysterious map and no time to pursue more treasures.

• Kang Dabao used Black Bone to refine a cultivator’s skull fragment, illuminating the second Immortal Seal Script character and revealing the Northern Night Palace Full Moon Visualization Method, Volume One.
• Kang Dabao treated his injuries with Wild Lotus Pills and the Primordial Ancient Body, stabilizing his condition and refining E Yuan’s venom into nourishment.
• Kang Dabao searched his room and discovered an illusion formation concealing a leather case with a portrait album dedicated to Fu Yi.
• Kang Dabao found a map to the Jade-Acquiring Pavilion inside the album and read a message linking Fu Yi to the Fearless Tower and the Great Expansion Jade Huang.
• Kang Dabao tried to break through the room’s light screen, but the Mountain-Viewing Cave shook as its fifteen-day journey ended.

After returning from the Mountain-Viewing Cave, Kang Dabao settled affairs with Yuan Xiyue, secured protection for the He Household, and resumed his duties at Chongming Sect. News of Lang Yi’s death and the possible weakness of the Yunwei Zheng Household left him preparing to enter seclusion.

• Kang Dabao made Yuan Xiyue remove the sealing technique from Zhang Qingran, then asked Xu Liuxian to protect the He Household, which Xu agreed to do.
• Half a month later, Kang Dabao returned to Chongming Sect and discussed Fei Shuhe’s plans for Foundation Establishment before checking on the Glazed Treasure Tree with Zhou Yixiu.
• Han Xundao told Kang Dabao that He Degong had arrived, and He Degong reported that the Four Friends of Cold Mountain had taken Lang Yi’s Crane Spirit Mountain.
• Kang Dabao received the Four Friends’ gift list and saw He Degong off after hearing that the False Core ancestor of the Yunwei Zheng Household might be injured or dead.
• Kang Dabao decided to refine the flood-dragon blood crabapple and study the Full Moon Visualization Method in seclusion.

Kang Dabao emerged from seclusion with progress in Divine Sense cultivation and learned that Zhang Qingran’s Moon Fern seeds could help cultivate the Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes. Fei Shuhe then began arranging to bring Zhang Qingran and Yuan Xiyue to Green Lotus Courtyard, leaving her plans for Kang Dabao’s dual cultivation method unresolved.

• Fei Shuhe arranged a Spirit Gathering Formation for Kang Dabao’s cloud chamber and sought a geomancer to improve Little Ring Mountain’s Spirit Vein.
• During three months of seclusion, Kang Dabao practiced the Northern Night Palace Full Moon Visualization Method and made progress toward its introductory stage.
• Kang Dabao visited Zhang Qingran, learned that Moon Fern was a variant of Calamity Heart Grass, and received seeds and cultivation notes recovered from her Storage Bag.
• Fei Shuhe learned that Zhang Qingran had a Fragrant Mist Physique and that Yuan Feng had used a dual cultivation method involving her and Yuan Xiyue.
• Fei Shuhe told Nanny Sun to find Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance and bring Zhang Qingran and Yuan Xiyue to Green Lotus Courtyard without releasing them without her permission.

Kang Dabao held a meeting about the Chongming Sect’s affairs and learned that growing the Moon Fern Grass would require better spirit fields and expert help. Fei Shuhe then brought him to the Green Lotus Courtyard, where she arranged for him to use tonics and a dual cultivation method with Yuan Xiyue and Zhang Qingran.

• Kang Dabao gathered the Chongming Sect’s core members, heard updates about Lord Shan and the sect’s affairs, and advised Yuan Jin, Pei Yi, and Jiang Qing on their cultivation and duties.
• Zhou Yixiu told Kang Dabao that he lacked the skill and suitable spirit fields to grow Moon Fern Grass, so Kang Dabao considered asking Madam Qi for help and using Second-Tier fields in Hong County.
• Fei Shuhe brought Kang Dabao to the Green Lotus Courtyard, where Yuan Xiyue asked what it would take for him to release her.
• Zhang Qingran entered and rebuked Kang Dabao, prompting him to realize that Fei Shuhe had brought the two women together for him.
• Fei Shuhe used a mind-bewitching drug on Yuan Xiyue and Zhang Qingran, lit the Toad Dew and Osmanthus Fragrance, and urged Kang Dabao to practice the Mystic Union Method with them.

Kang Dabao met Daoist Black Shoes after advancing to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and they discussed the danger surrounding Chu Yanran and the Two Instruments Sect. In Xuanwei City, Sima Fei and his wife prepared for Fei Shuhe’s Foundation Establishment and weighed the growing political turmoil around the Kuang Household and the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.

• Kang Dabao visited Daoist Black Shoes, who praised his rapid cultivation progress and learned that he had reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage through dual cultivation.
• Daoist Black Shoes warned that the Two Instruments Sect might retaliate for Yue Lan’s death and explained that Chu Yanran’s injuries came from Viper Spirit Powder secretly administered through Qi Buxiu by Qi Duoluo.
• Daoist Black Shoes gave Kang Dabao a Life-Giving Longevity Pill for Lord Yin Shan, and Kang Dabao planned to visit Xuanwei City and ask Chu Yanran about the Fearless Tower.
• Sima Fei’s wife challenged him over the Sima Office’s treatment of the Yunwei Zheng Household, and he promised to send them a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Sima Fei and his wife prepared for Fei Shuhe’s return to attempt Foundation Establishment and learned that the Han Household would provide Sima Fei with an Imperial Peak Stone for Core Formation.
• Sima Fei and his wife discussed the Prince of the South’s injuries, rising tensions across the Immortal Dynasty, and the need for the Fei Household to reconsider its reliance on Kuang Liuting.

Fei Shuhe brought Yuan Xiyue and Zhang Qingran under her authority as Kang Dabao’s household master, then accompanied him to Xuanwei City to visit the Qi Household and Lord Shan. As the couple headed to the Fei Household, the city erupted with news that a Golden Core cultivator from the Capital Circuit had arrived.

• Fei Shuhe took charge of Kang Dabao’s inner quarters and persuaded Yuan Xiyue and Zhang Qingran to accept their place in the household.
• Kang Dabao and Fei Shuhe visited Qi Buxiu, where Chu Yanran refused to help them but gave Kang Dabao Spirit Plant notes and offered to improve his junior brother’s Moon Fern cultivation method.
• After Kang Dabao and Fei Shuhe left, Chu Yanran told Qi Buxiu that she had a forty percent chance of forming a Golden Core and advised him to turn to Kang Dabao if anything happened to her.
• Kang Dabao presented Lord Shan with a Life-Giving Longevity Pill, but Lord Shan accepted it only on the condition that he could return it to Black Shoes later.
• As Kang Dabao and Fei Shuhe left the Archive Custodian Office for the Fei Household, people announced that a Golden Core cultivator from the Capital Circuit had entered Xuanwei City.