Recaps

Lu Yang strengthened the Lu Household and gave Lu Sheng longevity pills and cultivation resources, while allowing Lu Qingtong to stay with Lu Hongdou as long as they both cultivated diligently. Afterward, he left Baili Mingyue to her observations and resumed his daily reading before Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao emerged from their room after cultivating through the night.

• Lu Yang asked Lu Hongdou whether she wanted to cultivate with the Lu Household or at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and she chose to stay home so she could play with Lu Qingtong.
• Lu Yang agreed to let Lu Qingtong remain with Lu Hongdou, warning both girls that he would take Qingtong back if she failed to make progress in cultivation.
• Lu Yang urged Lu Sheng to distribute more resources and supplied the Lu Household with pills, talismans, Law Treasures, and other items; Lu Sheng increased each cultivator's allocation fivefold.
• Lu Yang gave Lu Sheng five Low-Level Longevity-Enhancing Pills and explained that other treasures and cultivation methods could help him prepare to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lu Yang found Baili Mingyue studying Eastward Prospect Mountain's Spirit Vein and terrain, then left her undisturbed and returned to his courtyard to read.
• Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao emerged from their bedroom after cultivating through the night, and Liu Yaoyao admired Mu Yunxue's devotion to cultivation.

Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao more gifts, including a golden fruit whose appearance stirred the Metal Dao Principle and drew cultivators toward Eastward Prospect Mountain. Elsewhere, Pang Zhao and Xu Youling killed Li Feihe before sensing the phenomenon and flying toward it, while the Lu Household learned Lu Yang had given its elders Longevity-Enhancing Pills.

• Lu Yang presented Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao with gifts, then revealed a pale golden fruit that filled the sky with golden Qi and stirred the Metal Dao Principle.
• Cultivators across Qin Province noticed the phenomenon, and nearby Golden Core cultivators headed toward Eastward Prospect Mountain as distant Nascent Soul True Lords considered investigating.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling reflected on their difficult victory over Li Feihe, then sensed the golden pillar and flew toward it to investigate the Spirit Grade treasure.
• Lu Sheng and the Lu Household found the phenomenon coming from Lu Yang's courtyard, and Lu Sheng told them it was likely a treasure Yang'er had obtained.
• Lu Xuelang noticed Lu Sheng, Lu Yunzhong, Lu Xian, Lu Shu, and Lu Yong looked younger, and Lu Sheng explained that Lu Yang had given them Longevity-Enhancing Pills that added a hundred years to their lives.
• Lu Xuelang complained that Lu Yang had not given one to his own father, but Lu Yunzhong scolded him for calling his grandson a brat.

Golden Core cultivators gathered at Eastward Prospect Mountain, where Shangguan Xun sensed a terrifying Divine Sense and realized a powerful senior was present. Pang Zhao and Xu Youling respectfully requested an audience with Lu Yang, and Wang Da allowed them to enter.

• Shangguan Xun arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain seeking the treasure but recoiled after sensing a terrifying Divine Sense.
• Other Golden Core cultivators arrived, then stopped when Shangguan Xun's fear revealed that a powerful senior was nearby.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling recognized Lu Yang's presence and decided to report that they had dealt with Li Feihe.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling requested an audience with Lu Yang, leaving Shangguan Xun and the other cultivators bewildered by their deference.
• Wang Da appeared before Pang Zhao and Xu Youling and told them that Lu Yang would receive them.

Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue a Metal Spirit Fruit, a powerful Metal Dao cultivation scripture, and three bodyguard puppets to protect her. Overwhelmed by his generosity, Mu Yunxue embraced and kissed him, then declared that she wanted him.

• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling arrived at Lu Yang's courtyard, greeted Lu Sheng and the others, and were admitted by Wang Da.
• Lu Yang took the Metal Spirit Fruit from his system space, stirring the world's Metal Dao and drawing the attention of Liu Yaoyao and Mu Yunxue.
• Lu Yang explained that eating the fruit could awaken a Metal Dao Spirit Physique, then gave it to Mu Yunxue after she asked whether he intended to use it himself.
• Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Mystic Edge Tribulation-Transmuting Scripture and assigned Wang Er'yi, Wang Ersan, and Wang Erwu as her Dao protectors.
• Mu Yunxue embraced and kissed Lu Yang, then told him, "Lu Yang, I want you."

Lu Yang gave Liu Yaoyao a spirit fruit, a cultivation method, and three puppet Dao protectors after improving Mu Yunxue’s Spirit Root with a Metal Spirit Fruit. Powerful cultivators gathered around Eastward Prospect Mountain, and Pang Zhao recognized Mu Yunxue’s fruit as a Great Dao Spirit Fruit.

• Lu Yang gave Liu Yaoyao a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, the Primordial Spirit Insight Method, and Wang Erliu, Wang Erba, and Wang Sanshi as her Dao protectors.
• Golden Core cultivators arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain, drawn by the Metal Spirit Fruit, while Mu Yunxue explained the cause of their arrival.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling came to meet Lu Yang, and Pang Zhao identified Mu Yunxue’s Metal Spirit Fruit as a Great Dao Spirit Fruit.

Xu Youling and Pang Zhao recognized the Metal Spirit Fruit as a rare Great Dao Spirit Fruit, and Lu Yang confirmed that he had given it to Mu Yunxue. Xu Youling grew envious of Mu Yunxue, and Lu Yang noticed her rising favorability before offering to give her a gift too.

• Xu Youling and Pang Zhao identified the Metal Spirit Fruit as a Great Dao Spirit Fruit coveted even in the Spirit Realm.
• Pang Zhao explained that he and Xu Youling had learned of the fruit through the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect.
• Lu Yang confirmed that he had given the Metal Spirit Fruit to Mu Yunxue, leaving Pang Zhao envious and Xu Youling jealous.
• Xu Youling hinted that Mu Yunxue was fortunate, and Mu Yunxue bluntly asked whether she was envious.
• Lu Yang saw that Xu Youling's favorability had risen to 57 and offered to give her a gift.

Lu Yang gave Xu Youling a box of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, stunning her and making Pang Zhao envious. Xu Youling accepted the gift, raising her favorability to 68 and earning Lu Yang the reward for reaching 60 points.

• Xu Youling eagerly asked Lu Yang what gift he intended to give her, while Pang Zhao wondered why he was being left out.
• Lu Yang presented Xu Youling with a box of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, astonishing both her and Pang Zhao with the precious gift.
• Xu Youling hesitated to accept the leaves, but Lu Yang insisted he would give them to Pang Zhao if she refused.
• Xu Youling accepted the box and thanked Lu Yang, while warning Pang Zhao not to try to take it.
• Xu Youling's favorability toward Lu Yang rose to 68, securing the reward for reaching 60 points.

Lu Yang rewarded Xu Youling and Pang Zhao for killing Li Feihe, then had Wang Da drive away cultivators drawn to Eastward Prospect Mountain. Wang Da’s warning swept across Qin Province, leaving even the major sects’ Nascent Soul patriarchs afraid to approach.

• Xu Youling and Pang Zhao reported that they had killed Li Feihe and continued pursuing the other Evil Cultivators and Bandit Cultivators.
• Lu Yang gave Xu Youling and Pang Zhao Supreme-Grade treasures, pills, and talismans as rewards, and Xu Youling’s affection score rose to 71.
• Xu Youling refused Pang Zhao’s pleas to share her Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves as they flew away from Lu Yang’s courtyard.
• Lu Yang told Wang Da to warn the cultivators approaching Eastward Prospect Mountain, and Wang Da unleashed Spirit Transformation pressure infused with the Fire Dao Principle.
• Wang Da’s fiery pressure swept across Qin Province, driving away nearby Golden Core cultivators and sending the major sects’ Nascent Soul patriarchs back without pursuing the treasures.

Lu Yang oversaw cultivation and the Lu Household’s rapid growth while the Eastern Domain struggled with a Blood Devil Envoy’s decision to spread the Blood Devil Great Art. The resulting wave of murderous Evil Cultivators was crushed, and the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders prepared to return as Lin Ying neared her task’s next milestone.

• Lu Yang claimed the reward for reaching 60 affection points with Xu Youling, including a Low-Level Rebate Card, Cultivation Method Experience, and Cold Moon Light-Splitting Shears, then resumed cultivating.
• Over half a month passed as Eastward Prospect Mountain’s Spirit Vein grew stronger and the Lu Household cultivators devoted themselves to cultivation; Liu Yaoyao and Mu Yunxue ended their dual cultivation with Lu Yang after five days.
• A Blood Devil Envoy revealed the Blood Devil Great Art, prompting Qi Refining Realm cultivators to attack mortal settlements and cause widespread deaths.
• Cultivators across the Eastern Domain united against practitioners of the Blood Devil Great Art, while Lu Yang sent Wang Da and others to hunt them down; nearly all were killed within days.
• The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders, including Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui, prepared to return, while Lin Ying completed a Supreme-Grade Origin-Nurturing Pill and neared the next stage of her Beauty Cultivation task.

Lu Yang received a generous reward after Lin Ying completed a pill-refining task, then learned that the Ancient Yue Secret Realm would open in less than ten days. As he prepared for the upcoming trip, Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue both completed tasks by mastering the basics of their Heaven Grade Cultivation Methods.

• Lin Ying completed a task refining a High-Grade Origin-Nurturing Pill, earning Lu Yang 8,000 Universal Experience and 10 jin of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves.
• Lu Yang added the experience to his Spirit Root and continued cultivating while Liu Yaoyao and Mu Yunxue studied Heaven Grade Cultivation Methods.
• Su Jinxuan told Lu Yang that Baili Qiushui planned to come to Eastward Prospect Mountain to help Baili Mingyue with the formation.
• Su Jinxuan said the Ancient Yue Secret Realm would open in less than ten days, and Lu Yang decided that he and Yingying and the others would enter.
• Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue completed random tasks by mastering the basics of the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon and Mystic Edge Tribulation-Transmuting Scripture.

Lu Yang used the rewards from Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue’s completed tasks to upgrade his Spirit Root and Wang San, then learned their next tasks would take place in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm. Mu Yunxue discovered that Lu Yang had caused her recent improvements, and their conversation ended with her teasing him about his intentions.

• Lu Yang spent 14,000 Universal Experience to raise his Spirit Root to transcendent grade and used a Low-Level Puppet Upgrade Card to raise Wang San to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Yang checked Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue’s next tasks, which required them to find treasures in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, and told them, Jiang Shiqing, and Lin Ying that he planned to take them there.
• Mu Yunxue noticed another sudden improvement in her comprehension and physical strength, then went to ask Lu Yang whether he had caused the changes.
• Lu Yang confirmed that his actions had improved Mu Yunxue’s Metal Dao abilities, comprehension, physique, and appearance, then flirted with her.
• Mu Yunxue jumped out of Lu Yang’s lap and told him to let the other sisters keep him company after they returned to the sect.

Lu Yang asked Mu Yunxue and Qin Nanyue to find Metal Vein Stones in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm in exchange for improved talent. Baili Qiushui and Su Jinxuan arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain, where Baili Qiushui noticed Baili Mingyue looked upset and wondered whether Lu Yang had mistreated her.

• Mu Yunxue agreed to find a Metal Vein Stone in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm after Lu Yang promised to improve her talent.
• Lu Yang gave Qin Nanyue the same task, and she looked forward to entering the secret realm.
• Baili Qiushui and Su Jinxuan arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain, and Baili Mingyue flew out to greet her master.
• Lu Yang wondered whether striking Baili Mingyue again would raise her favorability, while Baili Mingyue feared she was unworthy of his attention.
• Baili Qiushui embraced Baili Mingyue, noticed her reddened eyes, and resolved to ask her privately whether Lu Yang had bullied her.

After helping Lu Yang coordinate the effort against the Blood Devil Hall, Su Jinxuan reunited with him and struggled with her feelings when he offered her a cultivation method suited to her. The group rested at the Lu Household, where Baili Qiushui privately asked Baili Mingyue whether Lu Yang had bullied her.

• Lu Yang offered Su Jinxuan a Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Cultivation Method, but she put off accepting it despite being tempted and feeling increasingly drawn to him.
• Lu Yang invited Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui to stay overnight at the Lu Household and arranged a welcoming banquet.
• Su Jinxuan stayed in Lu Yang's courtyard, while Baili Qiushui stayed with Baili Mingyue.
• After the banquet, Baili Qiushui set up a soundproofing formation and asked Baili Mingyue whether Lu Yang had bullied her.

Baili Qiushui realized Baili Mingyue had fallen for Lu Yang and tried to dissuade her, while Mingyue defended him as a gentleman. In Lu Yang’s courtyard, Su Jinxuan learned he had given Mu Yunxue a Great Dao Spirit Fruit, leaving her envious.

• Baili Qiushui mistook Baili Mingyue’s embarrassment for proof that Lu Yang had taken her body, but Mingyue denied it.
• Baili Qiushui realized Mingyue was in love with Lu Yang and warned her that he was a dissolute man who would bring her heartache.
• Baili Mingyue insisted Lu Yang was a true gentleman, leaving Baili Qiushui bewildered and reconsidering how she might protect her disciple.
• Baili Qiushui told Baili Mingyue to rest before they inspected the Spirit Vein nodes together the next day.
• In the courtyard, Mu Yunxue told Su Jinxuan that Lu Yang had given her a Metal Spirit Fruit, awakening her Geng Metal Spirit Physique.
• Su Jinxuan reacted with shock and envy when she learned Lu Yang had given away a Great Dao Spirit Fruit.

After Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue a Metal Dao Spirit Fruit that transformed her Spirit Root into a Spirit Physique, Su Jinxuan struggled with envy and growing feelings for him. The next morning, she accepted Lu Yang’s Golden Radiance Sword Canon to study, while he teased her about their reversed teacher-student roles.

• Su Jinxuan envied Mu Yunxue’s new Spirit Physique and left Lu Yang with Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao for the night.
• Unable to meditate, Su Jinxuan watched the silhouettes in Lu Yang’s room, wondered about dual cultivation, and realized her heart was in turmoil.
• Lu Yang woke refreshed and reflected on his rapid cultivation, his Greater Yin Spirit Body, and his level 5 Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon.
• Su Jinxuan asked Lu Yang about the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Cultivation Method, and he gave her the Golden Radiance Sword Canon.
• Lu Yang offered to answer her questions and teased Su Jinxuan about how their roles as teacher and student had reversed, prompting her to playfully praise his talent.

Lu Yang’s life on Eastward Prospect Mountain remained peaceful as Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue studied its growing Spirit Vein, while Su Jinxuan switched to the Golden Radiance Sword Canon and discussed cultivation with him. As the Ancient Yue Secret Realm’s opening approached, someone proposed that they head there with the sect’s group.

• Lu Yang invited Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue to study the formation script on his Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot while they worked on a formation for Eastward Prospect Mountain’s Spirit Vein.
• Su Jinxuan learned that the Golden Radiance Sword Canon derived from the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, then switched to the new method and sought Lu Yang’s guidance.
• Lu Yang brought Su Jinxuan and Mu Yunxue together to discuss the Dao after their competing for time with him caused Mu Yunxue displeasure.
• By the end of April, Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue had marked more than half the Spirit Vein’s changing points, while Liu Yaoyao continued studying the Primordial Spirit Insight Method in seclusion.
• As Lu Yang, Su Jinxuan, and Mu Yunxue discussed the Metal Dao, an unidentified speaker announced that the Ancient Yue Secret Realm would open in half a day and asked whether they should go with the sect’s group.

Lu Yang, Mu Yunxue, and Su Jinxuan arrived at the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, where they encountered Ten Thousand Beast Mountain’s delegation. The chapter left the delegation’s elders recognizing Su Jinxuan and reacting with surprise to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s early arrival.

• Lu Yang set out for the Ancient Yue Secret Realm with Mu Yunxue and Su Jinxuan, while Liu Yaoyao stayed behind to cultivate and Lin Ying and Jiang Shiqing prepared to join them.
• Lu Yang and his companions flew to the barren mountain range and sensed the spatial fluctuations marking the secret realm’s entrance.
• Ten Thousand Beast Mountain arrived on a Jade-Eyed Azure Falcon, with Yuezheng Yi accompanying its disciples as their protector.
• Yuezheng Yi saw Lu Yang and reacted with shock, while a Ten Thousand Beast Mountain elder recognized Su Jinxuan and recalled her reputation among Qin Province’s young geniuses.

Lu Yang met Yuezheng Yi and Biqing in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm and asked them to conceal his identity so he could enjoy exploring it without special treatment. As Yuezheng Yi greeted Su Jinxuan instead, she exchanged a knowing look with Lu Yang, and Song Lin was left stunned when she failed to remember him.

• Biqing recognized Lu Yang and grew excited, while Yuezheng Yi worried she might want to follow him and warned the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples to behave respectfully.
• Lu Yang asked Yuezheng Yi by voice transmission not to reveal who he was, explaining that he wanted an immersive secret-realm adventure.
• Yuezheng Yi agreed and greeted Su Jinxuan instead of addressing Lu Yang, leaving Su Jinxuan puzzled.
• Lu Yang explained his plan to Su Jinxuan, who was exasperated that he had entered the secret realm just to play around.
• Song Lin complimented Su Jinxuan, but she did not recognize him as the cultivator she had defeated years earlier.

Yuezheng Yi and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain arrived at the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, where Lu Yang reunited with several companions and welcomed Han Qianshan’s Golden Rainbow Sword Sect delegation. As the group gathered to enter the realm, Lu Yang kept his identity secret from familiar disciples, while Fang Jin resolved to get closer to him through Jiang Shiqing.

• Yuezheng Yi rebuked Song Lin for acting too familiar with Su Jinxuan, then apologized to Su Jinxuan and settled the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples on a nearby peak.
• Biqing greeted Lu Yang eagerly, but he offered only a polite greeting, leaving her disappointed and Yuezheng Yi secretly pleased.
• Lin Ying and Jiang Shiqing reunited with Lu Yang, and Jiang Shiqing learned that Yaoyao was gaining insight into a Cultivation Method.
• Han Qianshan arrived with Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciples, including Fang Jingzhi, Fang Jin, Han Fei, and Qin Nanyue; Lu Yang checked that Lin Xuanchen was still in Qin Province.
• Lu Yang told Fang Jingzhi, Fang Jin, and Han Fei not to approach or reveal his identity, and Fang Jin decided to reach him through Jiang Shiqing.

Lu Yang accompanied Su Jinxuan and the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect to the secret realm gathering, where Great Void Sword Sect cultivator Chi Mo tried to reconnect with Su Jinxuan. After she rejected his invitation to discuss the Sword Dao and showed affection toward Lu Yang, Chi Mo was stunned by her vastly strengthened Sword Dao and left in anger.

• Lu Yang told the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders to pretend they did not know him as the sect’s group gathered with Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.
• The Great Void Sword Sect arrived on a giant sword, led by Nascent Soul True Lord Chi Mo.
• Chi Mo greeted Su Jinxuan and invited her to cross swords and discuss the Dao, but she declined and turned to explain a Cultivation Method to Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang praised Su Jinxuan as kind and beautiful, and her bashful response left Chi Mo shocked that she treated a Foundation Establishment cultivator so warmly.
• Su Jinxuan’s fused Metal Dao and Sword Dao Sword Intent overwhelmed Chi Mo, who withdrew and vowed not to approach her again unless she apologized.

The remaining top sects of Qin Province arrived to await the secret realm’s opening, and Lu Yang learned about their leaders and specialties. He spotted two beautiful twin musicians from Heavenly Melody Pavilion, prompting teasing from the women around him as he wondered how to exchange contact information with them.

• Nine Nether Valley arrived under Zhao Ang, a feared Nascent Soul True Lord who escorted its disciples.
• The Crimson Cloud Sect arrived aboard a flying pill gourd, led by a friendly Nascent Soul elder and bringing fewer disciples than the other sects.
• Heavenly Melody Pavilion arrived on a luxurious flying boat, where its cultivators performed music and dance.
• Lu Yang noticed twin beauties playing a jade flute and wooden zither, and Qin Nanyue teased him about taking a fancy to them.
• Lu Yang jokingly threatened to teach Qin Nanyue a lesson, causing her to retreat behind Lin Ying and quickly apologize.
• Lu Yang looked back toward the twins and considered finding a chance to exchange contact information with them.

Lu Yang entered the Ancient Yue Secret Realm with Jiang Shiqing, then sent her off to complete his instructions while he explored alone. After discovering Sword Intent Grass nearby, he suspected the two Great Void Sword Sect cultivators in the area were heading for the same treasure.

• Han Qianshan and the other Nascent Soul True Lords opened the secret realm passage and warned the disciples to leave within half a month using their teleportation jade tokens.
• Lu Yang entered the secret realm with Jiang Shiqing, prompting Yuezheng Yi to order Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples not to provoke him and to yield any fortuitous opportunities he wanted.
• Lu Yang and Jiang Shiqing arrived in a desolate wasteland, where he told her to carry out her task alone and contact him if she encountered danger; she kissed him and departed.
• Lu Yang spread his Divine Sense across nearly a hundred kilometers and detected several cultivators, including a man and a woman from the Great Void Sword Sect moving nearby.
• Lu Yang spotted Sword Intent Grass in the wasteland and wondered whether the two Great Void Sword Sect cultivators were heading toward it.

Lu Yang faced an attack from Great Void Sword Sect disciples after learning their patriarch had ordered his death. When Junior Brother Yu’s Great Void Sword Qi vanished before reaching him, both disciples were left stunned.

• Junior Brother Yu attacked Lu Yang, but Senior Sister Wang intercepted his sword qi and warned that killing him could anger Su Jinxuan.
• Senior Sister Wang suggested Su Jinxuan might simply favor Lu Yang, prompting Junior Brother Yu to attack again out of jealousy.
• Senior Sister Wang refrained from intervening, fearing the patriarch would punish her for defying his order.
• Junior Brother Yu’s Great Void Sword Qi disappeared just before striking Lu Yang, leaving him and Senior Sister Wang shocked.

Lu Yang effortlessly stopped Great Void Sword Sect disciples Yu and Wang, crippled Yu, and watched Wang kill him to protect herself. Wang then asked to leave her sect and become Lu Yang’s follower, leaving him surprised by her offer.

• Lu Yang explained that Rogue Cultivators reacted to danger more quickly, prompting Yu to flee, but Lu Yang redirected his sword light and pulled him back.
• Lu Yang reassured Wang that he would not harm her, then crippled Yu for trying to kill him while sparing his life.
• Wang killed Yu, fearing he would report her to Ancestor Chi Mo, and Lu Yang left her to deal with the body.
• Wang asked Lu Yang to take her as a follower so she could escape the danger of returning to her sect, and Lu Yang wondered if he had become charming.

Lu Yang parted ways with Senior Sister Wang after promising not to reveal that she had killed Junior Brother Yu, then wandered through the secret realm and found an astonishing amount of treasure. On the second day, Lin Ying searched for Golden-Thread Lingzhi in the barren mountain region, where two figures fled toward her with a giant demon beast close behind.

• Lu Yang made a Heavenly Dao Oath to keep Senior Sister Wang's killing of Junior Brother Yu secret, and she left to search other resource sites.
• Lu Yang leisurely explored the secret realm, finding Copper-Skin Jujube Trees, ancient pill formulas, and more than a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang wondered whether his extraordinary luck came from something beyond the system's Rebate Card benefits.
• Lin Ying searched the barren mountain region for Golden-Thread Lingzhi, following information she had studied before entering the secret realm.
• Two streaks of rainbow light rushed toward Lin Ying as a gigantic figure inside dark clouds pursued them.