Recaps

Qin Fei expanded his puppet business, acquired the Heavenly Secrets Sect inheritance, and helped his friends prepare as Shangyu Market faced a barbarian invasion and a masked assassins’ group. After the city survived a seven-day battle, Qin Fei learned Old Zhang had recommended him for a position with the Lin Household.

• Qin Fei upgraded the Heavenly Craft Creation Pavilion, mastered new puppet designs, and proved to Wang Hu that his puppets were not responsible for deadly imitations.
• Qin Fei established Wang Hu as his first-tier agent, sold Wooden Oxen and Flowing Horses to the Demon Hunting Pavilion, and used his earnings to advance his cultivation and puppet production.
• As the barbarians invaded Shangyu Market, Qin Fei’s Flame Martial Envoy killed intruders and drove off the soldiers pursuing Yunxiu, whom he captured and later interrogated.
• Qin Fei solved Yunxiu’s inheritance lock, obtained the Divine Soul Sensing Chapter, and let her leave after she swore not to reveal what had happened.
• Qin Fei strengthened his divine soul, automated his workshop, and opened the Star Radiance Merchant Association with his friends, presenting them with new puppets and the Zhang Yu Motor Vehicle.
• Seventy-Seven attacked Qin Fei, but his puppets destroyed her, and he later discovered her Yama Pendant listed a mission to kill the merchant association’s leaders and warned his allies.
• As hundreds of thousands of refugees reached Shangyu Market, Qin Fei and his allies fought off rioters before the Lin Household’s Foundation Establishment cultivators led the city against the barbarian hordes.
• After seven days of fighting, the humans won, and Qin Fei’s friends chose their next posts, and Old Zhang revealed that he had recommended Qin Fei for a Puppet Attendant position with the Lin Household.

Qin Fei built his puppet forces, survived escalating conflict between the Lin and Lu Households, and broke through to Late Qi Refining. A mandatory Yama Hall assignment sent him into the Heavenly Mystery Secret Realm to map its tower, where he confronted the gu cultivator who had once tried to kill him.

• Qin Fei joined the Lin Household as an attendant and turned the puppet scrapyard into a hidden workshop, where he repaired and studied discarded puppets.
• Qin Fei helped prepare for an attack on the merchant association, then discovered that Lu Household killers were seeking the Heavenly Mystery Key and survived one with Fairy Caiyi’s help.
• Qin Fei spread duplicate Heavenly Mystery Keys, accepted a bounty on Lu Tianchou, and bought and refined powerful Law Artifacts to strengthen his defenses.
• The Lin and Lu Households fought over the secret realm, while Qin Fei trained with Tiezhu and learned that the Heavenly Secrets Sect ruins were guarded by hostile puppets.
• Qin Fei, Old Zhang, Wang Hu, and Tang Zhan fought off Lu Household attackers and killed those threatening their group.
• Qin Fei and Wang Hu encountered a Gu-infected old woman who killed an alchemist, and the dying man used his remaining vitality to refine five Stage-Breaking Pills for Qin Fei.
• Qin Fei used nine Stage-Breaking Pills to reach Late Qi Refining, then learned small seal script from Yunxiu and celebrated his friends’ progress toward Foundation Establishment.
• The Yama Pendant ordered Qin Fei to join Underworld Bureau Seventy-Seven and map the secret realm’s tower, where he recognized the gu cultivator and told the Impermanence Envoy that they had an old grievance.

Qin Fei uncovered the Heavenly Secrets Sect’s inheritance, survived the battle for Shangyu Market, and pursued the Puppet Technique until he crafted a second-tier puppet. The arc ended with Qin Fei naming the awakened puppet Iron Guard and hearing it address him as Fellow Daoist Qin.

• Qin Fei mapped the tower’s floors, reached the 108th floor, and used the final mural to uncover the Creation Spirit-Bestowing Scripture before entering the bronze door and claiming the Heavenly Mystery Elder’s inheritance.
• Qin Fei tried to escape Shangyu Market during the Barbarian Tribe’s attack but stayed when the city gates were sealed, then helped Yunxiu hide and bonded with the big yellow dog.
• Qin Fei led Jia Sixteen Squad to guard Lu Tianchou’s breakthrough, discovered the Lu Household’s sacrificial formation, and redirected its power to complete his four Spirit Roots.
• Qin Fei cultivated his Puppet Technique, resolved to practice it because he wanted to, and advanced to Second-Tier Puppet Master after upgrading the Heavenly Craft Creation Pavilion.
• Qin Fei learned Puppet Core techniques from Wei Zhao, entered seclusion, and began crafting a second-tier puppet while his friends left Shangyu Market.
• Qin Fei advanced to Qi Refining Ninth Layer, used Yin Wind Wolf souls to complete a second-tier puppet, and placed his divine thought in its Puppet Core.
• Qin Fei awoke after exhausting himself, named the puppet Iron Guard, and heard it greet him as Fellow Daoist Qin.

Qin Fei reached Foundation Establishment, rescued Tang Ping'an and Tang Lening from the Blood Gu Sect, and brought his Shangyu Market companions into the Heavenly Secret Pavilion. He developed Cloud Treader, bonded with the Blood Amber Spirit Gu, and ended the stretch by heading to visit Wei Zhao.

• Qin Fei returned to Shangyu Market's scattered refugees, found Old Zhang afflicted by a Gu worm, and removed it before entering seclusion to pursue Foundation Establishment.
• Qin Fei mastered second-tier pill refinement, broke through to Foundation Establishment, and declined offers to join major factions while accepting a guest elder position with the Beast Taming Sect.
• Qin Fei confronted Blood Gu Rogue Person to rescue Tang Ping'an and Tang Lening, then secretly saved the children as the Blood Gu Sect's estate descended into chaos.
• Qin Fei killed Blood Gu Rogue Person, collected the Gu and paper figures, and reunited Tang Ping'an and Tang Lening with their family before inviting his companions to join the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.
• Qin Fei used Blood Gu Rogue Person's soul to bestow spirit upon Iron Guard, while Qiu Muxue diagnosed Cloud Treader's blocked meridians and helped Qin Fei restore the fawn's cultivation.
• Qin Fei fed his blood to the Blood Amber Spirit Gu until it fused with the larva, then used his Illusion-Breaking Spirit Eye to locate it despite its ability to evade Divine Sense.
• Qin Fei refined a Puppet Core for Yunxiu, made plans to sell puppets through the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, and went to visit Wei Zhao at the Puppet Association.