Recaps

Lu Ping built his fortune and reputation as an alchemist while navigating the dangers of Doushu City and Nü Zhi City. After accepting Hua Yunzhen’s commission in exchange for Water Element Essence, he left with her for the Desire Sea Pavilion to refine a dangerous pill.

• Lu Ping sent Crow-Crow to kill a Dark Hall squad, then used the spoils to refine goods and fund his travels.
• Lu Ping sold crafted goods and pills, traveled to Doushu City, and prepared for the Mystic Nether Pavilion auction.
• Lu Ping killed Gu Wusuan in a trapped formation, took his treasures and Creation Spirit-Promoting Dew, then escaped the Void Refining cultivator pursuing him.
• Lu Ping established himself in Nü Zhi City by selling three Earth Grade pills and taking lucrative alchemy commissions.
• Lu Ping refined four Six Harmonies Void-Nurturing Pills for Yin Wuqi and learned that the Desire Sea Pavilion had once obtained Water Element Essence.
• Lu Ping agreed to refine Hua Yunzhen’s dangerous pills in exchange for the pavilion’s Water Element Essence, then left with her aboard the Cloud Boat.
• Hua Yunzhen brought Lu Ping to the Desire Sea Pavilion’s Alchemy Chamber and gave him the Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder formula and ingredients.

Lu Ping outmaneuvered Hua Yunzhen, helped Jiang Mutian survive her scheme, and studied her slaughter sword intent before leaving Nü Zhi City. After returning to Qingyang City and settling his obligations to the Azure Cloud Sect, he set out for the Thousand Mechanisms Sect to pursue its techniques and question Gongshu Ke.

• Lu Ping refined Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder, escaped Hua Yunzhen’s trap through Crow Daoist, and watched as Hua Yunzhen poisoned herself to lure Jiang Mutian.
• Lu Ping warned Jiang Mutian about Hua Yunzhen’s scheme, gave her an antidote and the Great Sun Primordial Void Seal Method, and saw her reject Hua Yunzhen before Hua Yunzhen’s soul scattered.
• Lu Ping traveled to Nü Zhi City, where Jiang Mutian visited him and taught him the Way of Slaughter while he explained the Great Sun Primordial Void Seal Method to her.
• Lu Ping finished three pill commissions, forged his own path of slaughter, and watched Jiang Mutian leave after activating the Heguang Talisman and warning him away from the Demonic Cult’s affairs.
• Lu Ping departed Nü Zhi City, lost Crow-Crow in a collapsing secret realm, returned to Qingyang City, and collected his investment and funds from the Azure Dragon Merchant Association.
• Lu Ping arranged Li Shi’s future mission to protect Wuming, studied the Azure Cloud Sect’s scriptures, and exchanged pills for ingredients and artifact materials.
• Lu Ping accepted Shen Yaoxin’s request to teach alchemy, gave a five-day sermon at Red Cloud Peak, and left the Azure Cloud Sect after repaying his debt.
• Lu Ping traveled to the Thousand Mechanisms Sect to seek its Mechanism Arts and Puppet Technique and ask Gongshu Ke about the Dark Hall case.

Lu Ping freed Gongshu Ke, exposed Zhu Wanshan’s plot, and prepared Qinghe to lead the Profound Beast Taming Sect. He then entered the Myriad Demon Domain to hunt Great Demons, killed Feng Li, and ended the arc weighing his injuries and the blood he had obtained.

• Lu Ping traded a Creation Life-Restoring Pill for the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s supreme scriptures, destroyed the divine sense controlling Gongshu Ke’s puppet, and later freed Gongshu Ke from its Restrictions.
• Lu Ping learned that Shenjizi was likely behind Gongshu Ke’s transformation, studied mechanisms for two years, and gained the Mental Involution Trait.
• Lu Ping warned Song Fuan about Zhu Wanshan’s scheme to summon a Great Demon, then ambushed Zhu Wanshan and returned to the Profound Beast Taming Sect in disguise.
• Lu Ping trained Qinghe in cultivation and crafts, deduced the Small Heavens Cloud Restriction True Method, and reached the Middle Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Lu Ping guided Qinghe through her Golden Core tribulation, helped her make an equal pact with Qingyu, and saw her succeed the Sect Master before leaving the sect.
• Lu Ping completed the formations at Demon-Severing Cliff, helped destroy Chunwu’s clone, received Yi Wood Green Spirit Essence, and learned the Void Refining chapter from Song Fuan.
• Lu Ping spared Chi Shan and learned about Feng Li, then infiltrated Windbreath Ravine and trapped the Great Wind Raptor patriarch in his hall.
• Lu Ping killed Feng Li despite a Heavenly Demon remnant and a near-fatal wound, extracted two drops of blood, and faced a choice about whether to flee and recover or remain.