Build 26517126

Hello, fellow cultivators! This update does three things: gives you more to find in the Qi Refining stage, fixes a batch of the hitches you reported most, and brings a small thank-you gift.

- Back at your Cave Home, open the menu, choose "Enter Code" and type 感谢大家的反馈 to receive 1000 spirit stones, the Rocksplitter Gauntlets (Treasure grade, wearable from Foundation Establishment), the Star-and-Moon Bow (usable in Qi Refining), the Palm Thunder and Wind Slash spellbooks (learnable in Qi Refining) and the Crane Poise Inner Arts manual. Each save can claim it once.

- A new batch of Qi Refining gear and weapons; gear now comes in a random color scheme.
- Fixed a bug where beasts, elites and bosses dropped too little gear; caskets and bosses can also give spellbooks.

- Three more area spells to learn in Qi Refining: Wind Slash, Palm Thunder and Frost Burst.
- Many spells, flying swords and gear sets now benefit from "damage increased" bonuses and hit noticeably harder; Sword Draw is stronger too.
- Freezing or rooting a boss now also wears down its stamina, making it easier to stun.
- Dodging feels better: it leaves afterimages, and a close dodge briefly slows time.
- Some spell descriptions have been rewritten to be clearer.

- The game no longer saves mid-fight, so there's no hitch when a beast dies or when you pick things up. It saves quietly once you pause for a few seconds, leave the map or open a menu.
- The spirit stones and odds and ends Han Paopao spills while fleeing no longer make the game stutter.
- If the game freezes and you force quit, coming back no longer throws away that trip's loot because "the map doesn't match."
- New saves start preparing Kunlun while you learn the ropes at home, so the first trip down the mountain stutters far less.
- No more hitch when receiving the transmission or changing clothes.
- Mac: quitting normally no longer shows "quit unexpectedly"; on first launch the loading bar now waits until the scene is ready.
- Fixed another cause of the large green patch that sometimes covered the Cave Home.

- Qinyuan's swarm no longer blocks you; you can walk right through it.
- The smoke burners in Qinyuan's arena are easier to light.

- Quest markers now follow the familiar style: green exclamation mark to accept, gray question mark in progress, yellow question mark to turn in.
- Rewards from travelers and elders have been rebalanced, and you now get exactly what they promise.
- Select a recipe in your bag and hold "Study" to learn it.
- Spell slots now stay in place: unequip one and the others no longer shift, so your keys stay the same.
- Item details appear as soon as you hover; the comparison card for your equipped item now sits on the same side.
- Ore you're not yet strong enough to mine shows a small lock on its bar.
- Loading tips are easier to read and now rotate.
- The feedback key is now first in the key settings and can be changed; you can type feedback during conversations; and closing feedback no longer leaves your character walking on its own.

- Items bought at the market go into your bag, and you'll be told if it's full instead of having them sent to storage.
- The Spirit-Taming Ring can now be worn at Foundation Establishment.
- The Qingniu Peak map is back, with every facility in the Cave Home marked.
- If you're truly stuck in the terrain and tapping "Unstuck" doesn't free you, hold it until the bar fills to head straight back to your Cave Home, keeping everything from the trip.
- Your grave is now marked on the map, so you don't have to rely on memory to get your belongings back.
- The way to the Gate of the Lower Capital is now spelled out: enter the mine tunnel to the left of the Stillmind Pool and keep heading right; the gate lies right beneath the Yinyun Temple.
- The Deep Valley crane platform lights up when you reach it; you no longer need to defeat Shikui first.
- The incense in the Jade Hare Herb Garden now sits at the top of the screen with a countdown and the herbs left; the Jade Hare Herb Garden, Yaochi and the Blazing Cave now have music.
- Fixed: the Foundation Pill recipe missing in a second life, no life summary after your lifespan runs out, and no hint about what to do with the water bucket. If you lost the Foundation Pill recipe before, head down to Kunlun once more after updating and the recipe casket will be back in its place.

Thanks for every piece of feedback. We read them all. Let's quit the grind and cultivate together!