Recaps

Red Leaf Ridge survived a Heavenly Demon invasion while Tian Yin completed her Core Formation, then Qu Jianlei built alliances and negotiated Red Leaf Ridge’s position in Central Province. The arc left Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Qi Ya at Xiangyuan City’s Art exchange conference, preparing to display their weapons.

• Qu Jianlei and Red Leaf Ridge defended Tian Yin’s Core Formation from waves of Heavenly Demons with laser weapons, battle formations, and the Broken Blade, while Hua Xiezhi drew many attackers away.
• Tian Yin completed her Core Formation amid Territory Joy, and Red Leaf Ridge later welcomed visitors and formed a Mutual Aid Team with five True Immortal families and Qi Ya.
• Qu Jianlei and Duo Gan retrieved supplies from the Void, then Qu Jianlei took Tian Yin to Central Province and learned that the Five Friends Alliance controlled detector distribution.
• Qu Jianlei negotiated with Huo Jiujian, secured a secluded courtyard with a Tier Four Spirit Vein, and agreed to supply Laser Weapons while seeking the Seven Stars Needle Manual.
• Qu Jianlei helped Duan Bowen evade inspectors, learned of Star Palace’s interest in the Stone Jar, and later agreed to shelter Duan Bowen’s family if Central Province fell.
• Qu Jianlei brought Duan Bowen and Tian Yin to Red Leaf Ridge through its underground teleportation array, then returned to Central Province to complete a weapons transaction with Huo Jiujian.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to attend Xiangyuan City’s Art exchange conference, delivered additional weapon batches, and arrived there with Jing Yuexin and Qi Ya.

Qu Jianlei dealt with the Stone’s competing claims, restored the Broken Axe with the Heroic Spirits’ help, and brought the Broken Blade under an agreement. After destroying a Heavenly Devil Domain and sealing its spatial weak point, he prepared to meet Tianyu True Immortal in Central Province over the Stone and a bounty on Red Leaf Ridge.

• Qu Jianlei and his companions bought the Petrified Dragon Fetus from Jun Wuji after its price was driven up, then watched Xinhua City cultivators seize the seller and confront Dwarf Three’s Flesh Puppet.
• Qu Jianlei learned that the Broken Axe was a Ritual Artifact sustained by ancient Obsessions, and fed it Alien Race remains and the Tiger-Human Great Venerable’s flesh to strengthen it.
• Qu Jianlei discovered that the Broken Blade wanted freedom, agreed to work with it against the Heavenly Demons, and had the Heroic Spirits help annotate the Forget Sorrow Sword manual and devise an Out of Body cultivation system.
• Qu Jianlei accompanied Ji Xiaohua to Seven Colors Marsh, where his warships destroyed the Heavenly Devil Domain and the Ji Family and other cultivators cleared the released demons.
• Qu Jianlei sealed the domain’s spatial weak point and accepted some of the materials Ji Xiaohua offered, while the Cultivator Alliance prepared to station people at the site.
• Huo Jiujian told Qu Jianlei that Star Palace had concealed Heavenly Demon Domains in Central Province and that the Art Academy was interested in the Stone, while Qu Jianlei refused to accept refugees unless the Isolation Grand Array was removed.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Tianyu True Immortal had spread word about the Stone and sought information about stolen treasures, then asked Yongheng to arrange a meeting with Tianyu.
• After Broken Blade finished fusing with the Slaughter Rule, Qu Jianlei took Jing Yuexin, Paranoid, and Duo Gan to Yellow Earth Ridge, joined by Ke Liang, Thousand Hands, Li Yuren, and He Jiuling.

Qu Jianlei’s group uncovered the source of a dangerous aura, negotiated with the Book Pavilion and Star Palace, and returned to Dongsheng as Heavenly Demon attacks intensified. After Mu Yu survived a Nascent Soul tribulation, Red Leaf Ridge declined Star Palace’s demand for direct military cooperation while continuing to bargain over treasures and weapons.

• Qu Jianlei captured four Nascent Soul cultivators at Yellow Earth Ridge, investigated the divination backlash with the damaged Jade Pendant, and learned that the Dao Stele had created an aura that drew Star Palace’s attention.
• Qu Jianlei negotiated with Jade Forest Matron over the Slaughter Rule, the invasion, and access to the upper-realm passage, while Huo Jiujian and other investigators converged on Yellow Earth Ridge.
• Qu Jianlei demanded compensation from the detained cultivators, then returned to Dongsheng with his allies after Wuchen’s pursuit and learned that Heavenly Demon infiltrations had increased.
• Qu Jianlei helped the Cultivator Alliance spread Red Leaf Ridge’s communication devices and warned Central Province that the attacks might be intended to divert Dongsheng’s forces.
• Jade Forest Matron visited Red Leaf Ridge as Tian Yin prepared for a Nascent Soul tribulation, and Qu Jianlei accepted compensation and discussed Poison Arts, the Tiger-Human Great Venerable’s flesh, and the Righteous Sect.
• Mu Yu completed a Nascent Soul tribulation, and Qu Jianlei explained that Heavenly Demons had reached him through a Heart Devil Tribulation that could become a regular danger.
• Jiang Hui described Central Province’s worsening crisis, but Qu Jianlei refused to send an elite squad under Star Palace’s oversight and offered weapons instead.
• Qu Jianlei rejected Jiang Hui’s requests for Mortal Warships and extensive weapons sales, defended the Isolation Array, and questioned Star Palace about its Earth Origin Embryo and law-bearing treasures.

Qu Jianlei and his allies recovered the Stone Jar and helped drive the Heavenly Demons from Dongsheng, while Red Leaf Ridge negotiated with Star Palace and Book Pavilion over its arts and warships. The arc ended with Star Palace agreeing to suspend the grand formation for two hundred years and Red Leaf Ridge arranging to train Central Province personnel to operate its Mortal Warships.

• Qu Jianlei refused to lead opposition to Open Navigation, then joined Huo Jiujian in searching Autumn Water City’s territory for the Stone Jar.
• Qu Jianlei and Huo Jiujian used warships to break the Heavenly Devil Domain around Dai Family Ridge, rescued the Dai Family, and obtained the Stone Jar from Dai Quanyan.
• Mu Yu emerged from seclusion as a Nascent Soul cultivator, while Qu Jianlei rejected Star Palace’s proposals for Red Leaf Ridge to support Open Navigation or establish an office in Central Province.
• Qu Jianlei used part of the Earth Origin Embryo to develop Gravity Art, then shared the Team Talisman concept with Jiang Hui and exchanged arts with Jade Forest Matron.
• Book Pavilion disciples used Gravity Art and Mortal Warships to destroy Heavenly Devil Domains, while Jade Forest Matron and Jiang Hui negotiated with Qu Jianlei for Red Leaf Ridge’s cooperation.
• Qu Jianlei refused to mediate the conflict between Star Palace and Ke Liang, Thousand Hands, and Carefree unless Star Palace halted the Isolation Array.
• After Book Pavilion sent a force to destroy another Heavenly Devil Domain, Star Palace promised not to activate the grand formation for two hundred years, and Dongsheng accepted the restricted suspension.
• Qu Jianlei arranged for Dongsheng cultivators to train Central Province personnel to operate Mortal Warships, but refused to let Star Palace or Book Pavilion use Red Leaf Ridge’s Teleportation Array.