Recaps

Lu Yang returned to the sect with Lin Ying and his companions, displayed the power he had gained through Power of Money, and secured a private mountain from Qi Yunshu. As Jiang Shiqing reached full affection and Qin Nanyue grew closer to Lu Yang, he received new rewards and sent Li Ao searching Qin Province for valuable treasures.

• Lu Yang returned to the Lin Household, left for the sect with Lin Ying, and picked up Wang Siyuan, who accepted Lu Yang’s support and vowed to follow him.
• Lu Yang used Power of Money to reach Late Golden Core temporarily, form a Nine-Mark Golden Core, and comprehend Metal and Sword Dao Principles before his cultivation returned to normal.
• The Li Household offered Lu Yang an apology and the bodies of Li Yao’s relatives, and Lu Yang spared Li Ao on the condition that he become Lu Yang’s servant.
• Qi Yunshu welcomed Lu Yang to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, offered him an unoccupied mountain, and watched him rapidly comprehend Metal Dao.
• Lu Yang settled on his private mountain, activated a Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator, and Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying discussed Lu Yang’s care for Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue’s feelings.
• Jiang Shiqing reached 100 affection after dual cultivating with Lu Yang, who received a powerful Water Dao method and rewards that included five puppet bodyguards.
• Lu Yang assigned three puppets to Jiang Shiqing, completed his daily running task, and ordered Li Ao to search Qin Province for valuable items.

Lu Yang strengthened his cultivation and drew closer to Jiang Shiqing, Lin Ying, Qin Nanyue, and Su Jinxuan while the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect planned to expand the mountain’s Spiritual Qi. The arc left Lu Yang with a supreme-grade Spirit Root and a new Search Module, though his plans to contact Li Ao and search beyond the Canglan Realm faced limits.

• Lu Yang brought Jiang Shiqing into the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect as an inner disciple, gave her cultivation resources and Dao protectors, and increased the Spiritual Qi on his mountain tenfold.
• Lu Yang taught himself the foundations of the Water Dao and began studying the True Explanation of the Azure Waves, while the sect’s leaders discussed how to use his mountain’s increased Spiritual Qi safely.
• Qi Yunshu and Su Jinxuan gave Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and Lu Yang rapidly mastered it through study and repeated discussions of the Dao with Su Jinxuan.
• Lu Yang reached Late Qi Refining, then defeated Qin Nanyue in a spar that ended with her kissing him before fleeing in embarrassment.
• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan fought a destructive battle in a secluded valley, and she concluded that his strength suggested he came from a higher plane.
• Su Jinxuan asked Lu Yang to increase Spiritual Qi around the sect in exchange for the sect covering the cost, and he agreed to make the enhanced area a forbidden zone.
• Lu Yang received Su Jinxuan’s affection rewards, raised his Spirit Root to supreme-grade, and tested the Search Module, learning that it could only search the Canglan Realm and lower-level planes.

Lu Yang expanded the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s cultivation grounds, helped several people advance, and prepared to travel to Jing Province with Mu Yunxue. Their journey began with an encounter in Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, where five cultivators pursued Ding Ran over a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg.

• Lu Yang spread dense Spiritual Qi across six peaks, received a large payment, and upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to gain Heft of Money.
• Su Jinxuan accepted Lu Yang’s Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, while Qin Nanyue confessed to Lin Ying that she had kissed Lu Yang and fallen in love with him.
• Lu Yang helped Jiang Shiqing improve her aptitude, and Lin Xuanchen’s elders established a formation around the enhanced peaks and arranged for disciples to cultivate there.
• Qi Yunshu brought Mu Yunxue to meet Lu Yang, where Dao Comprehension Tea helped her advance in the Metal Dao and grow closer to him.
• Lu Yang upgraded Wang Shiyi to peak Nascent Soul to protect Jiang Shiqing, then prepared to leave the sect with Mu Yunxue.
• Lu Yang visited Lin Ying before departing, obtained Wood Dao manuals from Qi Yunshu, and set out aboard the Flowing Light Flying Boat with Mu Yunxue.
• In Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Lu Yang and his companions encountered five cultivators pursuing Ding Ran and demanding his Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg.

Lu Yang saved Ding Ran, raised the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg into Lu Qingtong, and Jiang Shiqing rescued Liu Yaoyao while capturing three Evil Cultivators. At Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Ye Qianyuan punished the disciples who attacked Ding Ran and ordered Chen Chuanmo punished as well, despite Chen’s denials.

• Ding Ran offered Lu Yang his Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg in exchange for protection, and Wang Da stopped Deng Qi and his companions from killing him.
• Lu Yang let Ding Ran kill Deng Qi, promised to speak on his behalf to Chen Chuanmo, and used a Spirit Beast Nurturing Card to hatch the egg into Lu Qingtong, a Nascent Soul Perfection golden peng.
• Jiang Shiqing killed three Jade-Scaled Snakes, then answered Liu Yaoyao’s distress call and went with Wang Shiyi to break the Evil Cultivators’ formation.
• Jiang Shiqing and Wang Shiyi captured two Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivators and a Golden Core Evil Cultivator, then flew with Liu Yaoyao toward the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• As the Flowing Light Flying Boat reached Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Lu Qingtong revealed her powerful bloodline, and Ye Qianyuan and the elders welcomed Lu Yang with deference.
• Lu Yang explained how Chen Chuanmo’s disciples had pursued Ding Ran for the egg, and Ye Qianyuan crippled the four disciples and expelled them.
• Lu Qingtong revealed she had been the egg Ding Ran gave Lu Yang, and Ye Qianyuan declared Chen Chuanmo guilty and ordered his cultivation crippled and his expulsion.
• Chen Chuanmo denied ordering the robbery and blamed the four disciples, but Ye Qianyuan invoked the sect rules against him.