Recaps

Lu Qing returned from Holy City, rescued Hu Ze Zhi, exposed the Qi Family’s role in the Feng Province Plague, and killed Qi Changfeng. After capturing the Plague Gourd, he brought his companions home and confronted Wei Shanhai about the Li Fire Cauldron.

• Lu Qing killed Xuan Ming, drove off a black-robed demonic cultivator, and discovered Source Qi among the treasures he seized.
• Lu Qing refined Source Qi, developed Five Elements Spiritual Power, and left Holy City with Old Doctor, Hu Ze Zhi, and their companions.
• Lu Qing rescued Hu Ze Zhi and Hu Lao San from the Qi Family, then killed Qi Family members who attacked him and confirmed the family’s link to the Feng Province Plague.
• Lu Qing and the Old Doctor treated Ji Fei while confronting Qi Changfeng, and Lu Qing killed Qi Changfeng and captured the Plague Gourd.
• Lu Qing forced the Plague Old Man to explain his plan, then resumed the journey home with his companions.
• Lu Qing reached Cang County, reunited Xiao Yan with Madam Wei, and told Wei Shanhai that the Li Fire Cauldron’s recovering Artifact Spirit posed a danger.
• Lu Qing entered the Li Fire Cauldron using the Li Fire Sect’s refinement method, and its Artifact Spirit demanded to know who had offended it.

Lu Qing secured the Li Fire Cauldron, forged the Five Elements Gourd, and strengthened Nine Li Village while the Wei family faced attacks from Avici Pavilion and danger tied to the Azure Cloud Sword Pavilion. The arc ended with Wei Xinghe preparing to seek Wei Zihao, as Lu Qing revealed a sword-shaped Jade Talisman.

• Lu Qing subdued Senior Yan and took control of the Li Fire Cauldron, then left Cang Prefecture with his companions for Nine Li Village as Wei Xinghe broke through to the Innate Realm.
• Lu Qing and Yan destroyed the Plague Old Man’s True Spirit and refined the damaged Plague Gourd into Lu Qing’s lifebound Five Elements Gourd.
• Lu Qing built a protective formation around Nine Li Village, improved the Medicine Field, and planted Spirit Grain to nourish Xiao Yan.
• The Old Doctor repelled Avici Pavilion assassins attacking the Wei Residence, and Lu Qing killed the captured intruders before moving the Wei family to Nine Li Village.
• Elder You encountered a disheveled figure slaughtering Azure Cloud Sword Pavilion disciples, then fled after the figure attacked him.
• Lu Qing broke through to Qi Refining Great Perfection, harvested the Spirit Grain, and served the village a feast made with Spirit Rice.
• Wei Xinghe learned Wei Zihao was hiding near the provincial capital and said he would go find him, while Lu Qing produced a sword-shaped Jade Talisman.

Lu Qing rescued Wei Xinghe and the cursed Azure Cloud Sword Pavilion disciples, then turned against Hanging Sky Mountain’s expansion into Western Province. After killing several elders and destroying its Spirit Mountain stronghold, he left the sect weakened and the wider world stirred by the attack.

• Lu Qing helped Wei Xinghe escape State Prefecture City, destroyed the demonic formation, and killed Li An before the blood sacrifice could consume the citizens.
• Lu Qing enslaved Li An’s divine soul and used his knowledge to suppress the talismans controlling Wei Zihao and the other Azure Cloud Sword Pavilion disciples.
• After returning to Nine Li Village, Lu Qing learned the world’s restraints had loosened and set out for Western Province to stop Hanging Sky Mountain’s advance.
• Lu Qing attacked Hanging Sky Mountain’s stronghold, killed Xuan Yi and Kūróng Elder, and began striking its temples and bases across Western Province.
• Lu Qing drew Hanging Sky Mountain’s forces toward the Spirit Mountain Range and used the Li Fire Cauldron to shatter its formation and devastate the peak.
• Lu Qing escaped to recover while news of the destruction spread, prompting Western Province’s sects to reconsider their submission to Hanging Sky Mountain.

Lu Qing advanced his cultivation as the world’s laws changed and outsiders attacked the Central Province, then entered a newly opened secret realm and took its Five Elements treasures. He returned to Nine Li Village and began secluded cultivation with the spirit liquid absorbed by his Five Elements Gourd.

• Lu Qing returned to Nine Li Village after attacking Hanging Sky Mountain, while rumors of his deeds reached the Wei Clan and he advanced to Qi Refining Completion.
• Lin Zhi Rui arrived in Nine Li Village and described the upheaval in Central Province, where rising spiritual energy and newly revealed treasures had drawn sects into conflict.
• Lu Qing broke through to Foundation Establishment and cultivated his divine powers as the world’s laws changed enough to support Golden Core cultivators.
• The First Holy Master survived his tribulation and formed a Golden Core, but the Gray Robe Man and White Robe Youth attacked him and ravaged Holy City.
• Lu Qing and Xiao Li advanced their cultivation, then Lu Qing discovered an unstable secret realm entrance in the Ten Thousand Mountains and waited for it to stabilize.
• Lu Qing entered the secret realm, found a Five Elements Treasure Lotus guarded by a powerful winged serpent, and collected the lotus, spirit liquid, Yuan Stones, and Spirit Soil.
• Lu Qing escaped ambushers at the entrance, freed his captives, returned to Nine Li Village, and entered seclusion as his Five Elements Gourd swallowed the spirit liquid.