Recaps

Lu Yi used his task interface to rapidly improve his techniques and cultivation, drawing attention from Liu Ningshuang and his fellow disciples. He won a place in the Outer Sect Competition’s top ten, and the ranking battles were about to begin.

• Lu Yi discovered the task interface and used its rewards to advance his White Cloud Swordplay, White Cloud Footwork, and White Cloud Qi Guiding Art.
• Lu Yi defeated Lin Gang to reach the White Sheep Peak platform, then overcame Wang Xinqi and impressed Liu Ningshuang during her lecture.
• Liu Ningshuang invited Lu Yi to take Drifting Soul Peak’s assessment, while Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi became stewards because of Lu Yi’s promise and connection to her.
• Lu Yi broke through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, sparred repeatedly with Lu Ling and Wang Wulian for pills, and advanced his techniques before the Outer Sect Competition.
• Lu Yi passed Dugu Fang’s preliminary selection and took first place in his arena after his opponents, including Li Qi, conceded.
• Lu Yi defeated Gu Mingxi and several other opponents in the ranking matches before facing Mo Lingxi, whom he knocked out of the arena to secure a top-ten place.
• After the top-ten challengers competed, Lu Yi received five Perfect Qi Condensation Pills and left the Martial Arts Stage alone.
• The next morning, Lu Yi returned to the Martial Arts Stage and saw Inner Sect elders observing the top ten before the ranking battles.

Lu Yi won the Outer Sect Competition, entered the Inner Sect, and impressed Drifting Soul Peak with his comprehension and strength. He became the Peak Master's nominal disciple and settled into a new cave residence, where he began pursuing greater cultivation and resources.

• Lu Yi defeated Tie Man and Bai Yulong, then beat Lin Wan'er and Jiang Fan to take first place in the Outer Sect Competition.
• Lu Yi claimed his rewards, broke through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and left home to join the Inner Sect.
• Dugu Fang brought Lu Yi and the other finalists to the Inner Sect, where Lu Yi registered and headed for Drifting Soul Peak.
• Nearly twenty Nascent Soul elders gathered to recruit Lu Yi after Deacon Xiao summoned them, and Nangong Moyu revealed Lu Yi had comprehended sword intent at Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
• Lu Yi mastered Nine Shadows Sword during his assessment and forced Deacon Xiao to reveal Foundation Establishment cultivation before passing the combat test.
• Donggong Mingyue escorted Lu Yi to the Peak Master, who explained the Heavenly Dao Restrictions and made him her nominal disciple until he reached Qi Refining Eleventh Layer.
• Lu Yi and Donggong Mingyue visited Magnolia Pavilion for pastries and wine, where the Magnolia Peak Master supplied the treats and asked them to remind Ling Luo about her tab.
• Lu Yi claimed his new rewards, settled into his cave residence, accepted a task to become the Peak Master's personal disciple, and followed Donggong Mingyue to the Resources Hall.

Lu Yi rose from a Nominal Disciple to the Drifting Soul Peak Master's second Personal Disciple through cultivation, trial tower victories, and growing Sword Intent. After helping the people of Mohe Kingdom and defeating a Blood Spirit Sect cultivator, he broke through to the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer and claimed a haul of mission rewards.

• Lu Yi chose the Jade Body Art, cultivated it alongside his other techniques, and learned to make Tiger Bone Spiritual Ginseng Soup and Spirit Nurturing Dew.
• Lu Yi climbed to first place on the Qi Refining Trial List, surpassing Donggong Mingyue, then sparred with her daily and advanced to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer.
• Donggong Mingyue entered seclusion to break through a Heavenly Dao Restriction, while Lu Yi joined Jiang Fan and Bai Yulong on a mission to hunt a Heretical Cultivator in Mohe Kingdom.
• Lu Yi provided pills for Mohe Kingdom's disaster relief, helped arrange aid for refugees, and killed the Heretical Cultivator who had been abducting them.
• A Blood Spirit Sect cultivator ambushed Lu Yi and his companions to avenge his Blood Puppet, but Lu Yi killed him and concealed his role from Jiang Fan and Bai Yulong.
• Lu Yi returned home for New Year and gave his parents Hundred Year Spiritual Milk, then studied Sword Dao with Elder Ming and raised his Sword Intent to twenty percent.
• After reaching the peak of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, Lu Yi broke through the Heavenly Dao Restriction and reached the Eleventh Layer, becoming the Drifting Soul Peak Master's second Personal Disciple.
• Lu Yi claimed rewards including Grand Dao Qi, Thunder Shadow Step, and new robes, then planned to cultivate Thunder Shadow Step.

Lu Yi advanced to Foundation Establishment, led allies through the dangers of the Eastern Forest Ancient Ruins, and defeated the sects’ attempts to kill him. Back at White Cloud Sect, he strengthened his cultivation as the war shifted in the allied sects’ favor and preparations began for an exchange gathering.

• Lu Yi completed his Qi Refining cultivation, broke through Foundation Establishment amid a lightning tribulation, and chose the Undying Sword Scripture before preparing for the Eastern Forest Ancient Ruins.
• Lu Yi traveled to the ruins with White Cloud Sect disciples, then defeated the Heavenly Serpent Sect and Blood Spirit Sect hunters who had joined forces against him.
• Lu Yi killed Qin Luo and Xue Tianhen, guided cultivators through the beast tide and red mist, and helped them reach the Land of Detachment.
• Lu Yi escaped Qingqiu Hua and her demon guards, while White Cloud Sect, Winter Valley, and Ten Thousand Flowers Sect united to protect him from Mie Yue and Xue Luo.
• Lu Yi returned to the sect, cultivated the Heavenly Thunder True Dragon Art, and learned that the Blood Spirit Sect war was spreading as Ten Thousand Flowers Sect considered an alliance.
• Lu Yi reached the eleventh Foundation Establishment layer, defeated Zhuge Shou when he challenged the White Cloud Sect’s Immortal Seed, and gave Elder Ming Spirit Marrow to pursue the Void Realm.
• More than a year later, Lu Yi reached the twelfth Foundation Establishment layer, and Jiang Fan, Bai Yulong, and Tie Man told him their allies had weakened the Blood Spirit Sect and Heavenly Serpent Sect and planned an exchange gathering.