Recaps

Lu Ping seized control of the Greenwood Sect, then left for Qingyang City and killed the Zhao Household patriarch before escaping to Yi Wood City. There, he investigated a massacred village and helped Ye Zhi defeat a group of black-clad attackers, drawing the Thousand Mechanisms Sect disciple’s suspicion.

• Lu Ping killed Han Changqing, concealed the truth with Qi Cangshu, and took over as Greenwood Sect Master after the Azure Cloud Sect recognized his succession.
• Lu Ping raised Crow Daoist, obtained his Third-Grade Alchemist certificate through Si Wangshu, and entrusted Qi Cangshu with the sect before departing for Qingyang City.
• Lu Ping fought Zhao Mingchuan, poisoned Li Yuniang and the Zhao Household patriarch, then killed the patriarch and escaped through Qingyang City’s Teleportation Array.
• Lu Ping reached Yi Wood City, bought supplies, learned that Border Region sect leaders had gathered there, and rented a cave abode before setting out to find Ji Chengfeng’s abandoned village.
• Lu Ping prepared the village with poisons and hid as Ye Zhi and Ji Chengfeng arrived, only for six black-clad cultivators to ambush them and incapacitate the Thousand Mechanisms Sect disciples.
• Lu Ping’s poison weakened the two Nascent Soul fighters as Ye Zhi battled the black-clad leader, and Lu Ping joined in to kill the leader after Ye Zhi wounded him.
• Lu Ping and Ye Zhi killed the five fleeing attackers, but the leader’s self-destructing restriction revealed only fragments about the Dark Hall, the Heavenly Secrets Turmoil, and Shenjizi.
• Ye Zhi recognized Lu Ping’s Thousand Mechanisms Sect technique and regarded him with suspicion as Lu Ping considered whether to leave or approach the sect.

Lu Ping joined the Thousand Mechanisms Sect as a Guest Elder, forged the Hundred-Blade Ring, and survived the Zhao Household’s blood Formation. He entered the Azure Dragon Upper Domain for the Dao of Alchemy Grand Competition and won the Merchant Association’s team selection, becoming its team leader.

• Lu Ping accepted Ye Zhi’s Guest Elder offer, joined the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, and earned contribution points through missions and alchemy lessons before learning to forge the Star River Myriad Blades.
• Lu Ping completed the Hundred-Blade Ring, left the sect, and helped the wounded Jiang Mutian before returning to the Greenwood Sect.
• Lu Ping traveled to Qingyang City with Shen Yuerong and attended the Zhao Household trade fair, where Zhao Qingsu sacrificed his clan’s blood relatives to break through to Nascent Soul.
• Lu Ping escaped the Zhao Estate, intercepted Han Shishan, and used the Hundred-Blade Ring to destroy his Nascent Soul before traveling to the Azure Dragon Upper Domain.
• Lu Ping registered with the Azure Dragon Merchant Association and bought the competition’s Pill Formulas, then studied them before the internal selection.
• Lu Ping repeatedly disrupted his opponents’ alchemy with unusual ingredients and poisonous pill Qi, winning the selection matches.
• Yan Xuanyao named Lu Ping team leader for the Baodi City Grand Competition and assigned Liang Yishou as his partner.

Lu Ping won the Baodi City qualifier, traveled to the White Tiger Domain, and became an alchemist at Black Moon Gorge, where he helped repel a Ruin Tide and killed a Sha General. After forging the Thousand-Blade River, he set out to investigate the Lifeless Plain and found Lei Hanxiao’s supposed safe cavern flooded with dangerous Sha Qi.

• Lu Ping and Liang Yishou won the Baodi City qualifier, and Lu Ping accepted Yan Xuanyao’s payment to withdraw before Si Wangshu arrived and revealed her enormous betting winnings.
• Lu Ping earned a Fourth-Level Alchemist certificate, traveled to the White Tiger Domain, and joined the War Division as an army Alchemist assigned to Black Moon Gorge.
• Lu Ping took charge of the camp’s Alchemy Chamber, refined pills, gathered Sha Soul Crystals, and advanced to Golden Core Middle Stage while his Red-Feather Fire Crow reached Middle Condensation Core Stage.
• During a Ruin Tide, Lu Ping treated wounded Sword Cultivators as Lei Hanxiao and the soldiers fought a Sha General, then Lu Ping stunned and killed a concealed Sha General after it ambushed Lei Hanxiao.
• Lu Ping refined the corrupted cloak into the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak and continued his alchemy and cultivation as Black Moon Gorge recovered.
• Lei Hanxiao warned Lu Ping that Sha Generals might be coordinating a growing threat and asked him to investigate the missing scout teams at the Lifeless Plain.
• Lu Ping accepted the mission, forged the middle-grade Law Treasure Thousand-Blade River, mastered the Sha-Melting Art, and disguised himself as a Military Sha with his cloak.
• Lu Ping traveled deeper into the Lifeless Plain, killed a Half-Step Sha General and several high-rank Blood Sha, then found that the cavern marked as a safe point was flooded with violent Sha Qi.

Lu Ping formed his Nascent Soul after years of cultivation on the Lifeless Plain, survived the tribulation, and escaped a clash among powerful beings through the end of his simulation. Back in reality, he joined the Azure Cloud Sect, built up his cultivation and resources, and became the subject of rumors about Han Shishan.

• Lu Ping extracted too much Nine Netherworld Fire for the Red-Feather Fire Crow, which swallowed the remaining wisps, exploded, and returned to his Dantian as a fire seed as the earth vein collapsed.
• Lu Ping escaped the collapsing cavern, destroyed a forming Sha General and nearby Ruin Sha, then spent years attacking Sha colonies and cultivating before finding a grotto-heaven with a Nascent Soul Fruit.
• Lu Ping refined Nascent Soul Pills, mastered the Azure Origin Dao Canon, and formed his Nascent Soul, completing Star River Myriad Blades as lightning struck the grotto-heaven.
• Lu Ping endured the Nascent Soul tribulation, perfected the fourth layer of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula, and fled a black Sword Qi ambush to the Lifeless Plain.
• Lu Ping attacked Li Ling, the Lifeless Lord, but the White Tiger Sword Lord and Golden Crow Demon Emperor entered the battle, and the resulting clash destroyed Lu Ping’s body and ended the simulation.
• Lu Ping returned to reality with his simulated cultivation and treasures, accepted the mission to join a Great Sect, and chose the Azure Cloud Sect over waiting for the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.
• Lu Ping secured an Azure Cloud Sect Outer Sect Disciple recommendation from Han Shishan, appointed Qi Cangshu Greenwood Sect Master, and equipped Work Experience and Passive Income to accelerate his cultivation and wealth.
• Lu Ping settled in Han Shishan’s cave abode, learned formations and talismans, prepared goods for Han to sell, and heard Azure Cloud Sect disciples spread rumors about their relationship.