Recaps

Lu Ping survived the Black Tiger Gang by using his traits, escaped with a mysterious token, and made his way to the Greenwood Sect. After surviving the sect’s lethal recruitment trials, he became an Outer Sect Disciple and chose to study alchemy despite his poor Spirit Root and growing reputation as a menace.

• Lu Ping survived the Black Tiger Gang’s mine, kitchen, and battlefield, then left the ruined gang and worked as a smith while secretly studying cultivation.
• Lu Ping reached the early Body Tempering Realm through years of work and cultivation, then returned to the mine with his memories intact and earned official status in the Black Tiger Gang by saving the trapped miners.
• Lu Ping gained Qian Cuihua’s trust, discovered her poisoned pills and Zhao Tiezhu’s theft, killed Zhao Tiezhu, and escaped with silver, a Spirit Stone, and a token linked to the Sunset Glow Village massacre.
• Lu Ping traveled toward the Greenwood Sect, survived a wild boar and Jiang Mutian’s poison, reached Body Tempering Realm Completion, and killed the boar before arriving at the sect.
• Lu Ping entered the Ascension Hall, observed disciples dying in the sect’s breakthrough trials, and cautiously reached the first level of Qi Refining after purifying pills and strengthening his meridians.
• Lu Ping became an Outer Sect Disciple, borrowed heavily to join the Alchemy Hall, and chose a damaged cave abode rather than pay for better facilities.
• Lu Ping studied alchemy and poison, infused Spirit Stones efficiently but failed to advance beyond his low-grade Spirit Root, while his poisonous fumes and Bully at Home trait frightened his neighbors.

Lu Ping died during a simulation after Han Changqing confronted him over a Demonic Spirit Stone, then used his retained memories to enter the Greenwood Sect and advance his cultivation. After helping Jiang Mutian and obtaining a Black-Feather Fire Crow, he improved the Spirit-Urging Pill and was summoned by Han Changqing.

• Lu Ping became a First-Rank Alchemist in the simulation and cleared his debts, but Han Changqing confronted him over a Demonic Spirit Stone.
• Lu Ping fought Han Changqing and died after Jiang Mutian's Divine Sense killed the sect master, then awakened in the woodshed with his memories and cultivation.
• Lu Ping killed the Black Tiger Gang's leaders, freed the mine slaves, and used an Ascension Token to join the Greenwood Sect.
• Lu Ping joined the Alchemy Hall, earned his certification, and secretly advanced his cultivation while refining pills.
• Lu Ping helped Si Wangshu improve the Spirit-Urging Pill, then left the sect to find the wounded Jiang Mutian.
• Lu Ping took Jiang Mutian's poison into himself and reached Foundation Establishment before awakening with her Storage Ring.
• Lu Ping and Wuming fought a demon cultivator and his fire crows, and Lu Ping obtained a Black-Feather Fire Crow.
• Lu Ping and Si Wangshu completed a stable Spirit-Urging Pill, and Han Changqing summoned Lu Ping to the main hall.

Lu Ping took control of the Greenwood Sect after killing Han Changqing, then entered a secret realm and traveled to Qingyang City seeking Void-Aperture Jade Marrow and a Second-Grade Alchemist qualification. He prepared for the exam while uncovering the fate of Ji Chengfeng and clashing with the Wang Family over his cave abode.

• Han Changqing appointed Lu Ping acting manager of the Alchemy Hall, where Lu Ping imposed strict accounting and uncovered an incomplete Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill formula.
• Lu Ping used Mind-Erasing Powder to defeat Han Changqing after discovering his ties to the Demon Race, then became Greenwood Sect’s new sect master.
• Lu Ping developed his alchemy and combat abilities, traveled to a secret realm with Wuming, and killed Zhao Mingchuan and a Golden Core Corpse Fiend to obtain the Golden-Pattern Yellow Fang Ganoderma.
• Lu Ping and Wuming escaped the secret realm, then Lu Ping traveled to Qingyang City to seek Void-Aperture Jade Marrow and qualify for a joint auction.
• Lu Ping bought Shen Yuerong’s Second-Grade Alchemist exam package and signed a contract for the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction, drawing the attention of the Black Tiger Gang.
• Lu Ping rescued Ji Chengfeng, learned about the Dark Hall and his master’s investigation of massacres, then chose to focus on his upcoming exam.
• The Wang Family tried to force Lu Ping from his cave abode, but Shen Yuerong exposed its unauthorized reservation, punished its leader, and disciplined the Merchant Association Guard Leader.

Lu Ping repaired his damaged foundation, led the Greenwood Sect through reforms, and was conscripted into the war against the demons. Trapped on the battlefield, he formed an Immaculate Golden Core and survived the tribulation, but his core shattered and his body dissipated as the heavens continued to thunder.

• Lu Ping passed the alchemist examination in Qingyang City, traded for Void-Aperture Jade Marrow, and improved his Spirit Root with a Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill.
• Lu Ping ambushed the Zhao Household pursuers and killed their Golden Core cultivator with Jiang Mutian’s help, but the fight left his Dao foundation badly damaged.
• Wuming erased Lu Ping’s blood curse and gave him Peach Blossom Meridian-Calming Pills, after which Lu Ping returned to the Greenwood Sect and began a long seclusion to repair his foundation.
• Lu Ping refined the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace, reformed the Greenwood Sect’s finances, and distributed Meridian-Clearing Pills while building cooperation with Si Wangshu and the Si Clan.
• The Azure Cloud Sect conscripted Lu Ping to the front, where he became a wartime alchemist, refined Spirit-Chaos Lure and Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder, and developed an antidote for the latter.
• When the Demon-Suppressing Tower failed, Lu Ping helped the Third Medicine Camp retreat as Song Fuan killed several Demon Emperors, while Lu Ping and the Fire Crow Seed devoured the Jinwu Remnant Soul and its Sun True Fire.
• Lu Ping turned back to help Chen Zhao fight the crimson-marked tiger demon, then took command of the survivors after Chen Zhao died and faced an overwhelming greater demon.
• With the demons closing in, Lu Ping used the Yellow Fang Pill to form an Immaculate Golden Core, defeated the greater demon amid the tribulation, and survived all three waves before his core shattered and his body dissipated.