Recaps

Jian Mo became part of Wu Jiong’s tribe, where his cooking, practical skills, and care for a rescued Flying-Winged Beast helped him settle in. As late autumn arrived, the beast recovered enough to be trained, and Wu Jiong went to find a sturdy rope.

• Jian Mo met the beastmen in the forest and was taken to their tribe by Wu Jiong after losing his way and falling ill.
• Jian Mo cooked for the tribe, treated Hong Qiu, and made soap from ash and animal fat, earning the villagers’ trust.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong rescued an injured Flying-Winged Beast, and Jian Mo cleaned its wounds and cared for it as it recovered.
• Jian Mo gathered food and herbs with the sub-beastmen, discovered a cave full of Wood-Stabilizing Roots, and planted seeds behind Wu Jiong’s house.
• Jian Mo spun shed beast fur into yarn and worked with Qing Kuo and the sub-beastmen to make socks and other knitted items.
• Jian Mo caught fish with the children, cooked them so the tribe enjoyed them, and named the recovering Flying-Winged Beast Jiujiu.
• As late autumn brought colder weather and concerns about winter food shortages, Jian Mo found Jiujiu’s wing healed and told Wu Jiong it seemed ready to fly.
• Wu Jiong examined Jiujiu, confirmed it could be trained, and went to ask Qing Kuo for a sturdy rope while Jian Mo stayed with the beast.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong raised Jiujiu, traded food and treated injuries at the Hunting Gathering, then discovered how to turn Flour Fruit into edible cakes. They returned with a large harvest and shared the new winter food with the tribe at a feast.

• Jian Mo bonded with the Flying-Winged Beast, named it Jiujiu, and took responsibility for raising it with the tribe’s help.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong made starch from hairy roots and pancakes, then gathered Knife Clams and used their shells for blades while Jian Mo treated A Da’s injured leg.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped the tribe catch and prepare fish for trade at the Hunting Gathering, where Jian Mo sold fried fish and Wu Jiong won the fighting matches and hunting competition.
• Jian Mo treated several people at the gathering and received two Pack-Pack Beasts, then tried to make edible cakes from foul-smelling Flour Fruit.
• Jian Mo found that boiling Flour Fruit with lye water and soaking the cakes reduced their odor, and the tribe decided to gather more as winter food.
• Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and the group found a lake with abundant Flour Fruit, harvested and dried the kernels, then soaked and processed them into cakes.
• Jian Mo prepared a tribal feast with Flour Fruit cakes, stew, and toasted cakes topped with jam, sharing the food with Wu Jiong and the children.
• Ye Luo told Ban Ming that Flour Fruit grew behind the mountain near the Green Marsh Source, which explained why Ban Ming had not found it.

Jian Mo helped the tribe prepare for winter by harvesting food, making pottery and charcoal, and treating an injured child. As the cold deepened, he and Wu Jiong explored new sources of nectar and learned of honey sparrows that stored it in honey blocks.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong led the tribe to Green Marsh Source, where they gathered a vast supply of Flour Fruits and Jian Mo proposed making wine from them.
• Jian Mo discovered pottery clay, glazed vessels with ochre-red earth, and joined the tribe in firing pottery, though most pieces broke in the first kiln.
• As winter arrived, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong cared for the Pack-Pack Beast’s newborns and improved the stone house against the cold.
• Jian Mo taught Qing Kuo how to make charcoal, and the tribe used it with hand-cranked fans to fire more successful glazed pottery.
• Jian Mo began milking the Pack-Pack Beast, traded for pepper stamens and a stone mill, and treated Tai Yan’s dangerous abscesses until he recovered.
• Jian Mo made ice pops for the children and Flying-Winged Beast, while Jiujiu escaped, returned with Wood-Stabilizing Roots, and later flew Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to a warm valley of nectar flowers.
• After heavy snow collapsed houses and injured A Hu, Jian Mo treated him and made ice cream for the tribe.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong searched Shangnan Canyon for pink tube flowers, where Wu Jiong told him that honey sparrows stored nectar in honey blocks.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong gathered honey and salt, built a kiln that produced glass, and explored new treatments for the tribe’s patients. The stretch ended with them setting out to search for Snow Pearl Fruit in unclaimed territory.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong harvested honey from abandoned Honey Sparrow nests, gathered powder-tube flowers, and returned to the tribe with their haul.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong collected salt and alkali, and Jian Mo helped the tribe make improved soap and plan a pottery kiln.
• Jian Mo led the tribe in building and firing the kiln, producing glazed pottery and translucent glass that Wu Jiong told them to keep secret.
• Yun Long visited Jian Mo with an anesthetic moss drug, and Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and Ye Luo traveled to Thunder God Pool to collect the moss.
• Jian Mo tested the moss and Furball Beast powder, treated Jiang Tou’s tooth and other patients, and set a list of goods to accept as medical fees.
• Jian Mo treated Yu Jiao’s inflamed leg with a hot salt compress, while A Meng offered to find rare Snow Pearl Fruit.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong headed into unclaimed territory on Jiujiu to search for Snow Pearl Fruit.