Recaps

Lu Yang seized control of Jiangdong, founded the Huanming dynasty, and expanded his rule through Eternal Paradise while pursuing the power of Fire in the Sky. After uncovering a threat tied to the World Honored One, he fought Guangming Buddha's Son and was offered command of the Pure Land through the broken Buddha statue.

• Lu Yang won Empress Xiao’s backing, took control of the Five Armies Commanders, crushed the officials’ protest at Xuanwu Gate, and forced Empress Xiao to yield the Imperial Talisman and authority over Jiangdong.
• Lu Yang stripped his opponents of their Official Positions, refined Gold Nature with Empress Xiao’s help, and declared his plan to expand his territory for the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law.
• Tian Qiu sent the True Dragon Clan to Jiangdong, and Lu Yang accepted the imperial succession from Crown Prince Longxing and founded the Huanming dynasty with Jiangbei and Overseas submitting to him.
• Lu Yang expanded Eternal Paradise into a worldwide system, but his investigation of Sky Soaring and Mu Changsheng’s forbidden knowledge drew the World Honored One’s attention and exposed a conflict with the Dao Court Lord.
• Lu Yang and Chongguang confronted Guangming Buddha's Son over deaths in ten Jiangdong cities, and an unknown swordsman attacked the Buddha's Son before True Person Demon-Sweeping arrived.
• True Person Demon-Sweeping severed Guangming Buddha's Son from the broken Buddha statue, Chongguang set him ablaze, and Lu Yang killed him after he unleashed the Five Dharma Appearances.
• Lu Yang recognized that Guangming Buddha's Son had been a decoy, then heard the Five Dharma Appearances offer him command of the Pure Land if he cultivated the broken Buddha statue.

Lu Yang defeated Sky Soaring and the Pure Land, took control of Jiangxi, and reversed Chen Earth. He then entered the Disordered History to investigate the Zou Yu Descendants and the threat to his Golden Seeking, where he learned Sky Soaring had killed Hongtian’s counterpart and decided to find Hongtian Overseas.

• Lu Yang refused the Five Dharma Appearances’ offer, joined True Person Demon-Sweeping in destroying them, and defeated Dragon-Serpent Shadow Bodhisattva with Fire in the Sky.
• Lu Yang used his Sealed Sword Intent to defeat Sky Soaring, sealed City-Wall Earth and Unity of Ten Thousand Hearts, and abolished the Pure Land’s rule over Jiangxi.
• Lu Yang reversed Chen Earth for Chongguang, who gave him a Jade Box and a Jade Slip identifying the Zou Yu Descendants as the missing Variable in Golden Seeking.
• Lu Yang visited the Sacred Sect with Chongguang, met Yu Zhou, and learned that the Zou Yu Clan’s history connected to the Disordered History and Hongyun.
• Lu Yang defeated True Lord Clear Serene Flying Snow enough to gain access to the Disordered History, then entered with Yu Zhou and the Zou Yu Clan to investigate Golden Seeking.
• Lu Yang learned from Chen Dao and Liu Xiao that Sky Soaring had killed Ling Xiao and True Lord Hongtian in the False History.
• Lu Yang concluded that Hongtian was Otherworldly Hongyun’s counterpart and decided to find him Overseas, while Suo Huan offered to guide him.

Lu Yang witnessed Hongtian’s failed attempt to attain Fire in the Sky, then gathered allies and completed his own Golden Seeking amid a battle with the World Honored One. He established a Dao lineage in Jiangxi and faced the returning Dao Court True Lords and Pure Land Bodhisattvas.

• Lu Yang entered False History and watched Hongtian challenge the Immortal Court, only for the True Body Tathagata to defeat him and Hongtian to destroy his own soul.
• Lu Yang left False History, perfected Fire in the Sky, and spent years preparing for Golden Seeking while rumors spread that he was dying.
• Patriarch Tingyou drew the True Lords into the Sea of Suffering as Lu Yang forged a Golden Bridge to Fire in the Sky and broke through the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law.
• The True Body Tathagata ambushed Lu Yang, but Golden Seeking light rose across the Five Realms as Empress Xiao, Chongguang, and others attained Fruit Positions and rallied against the Dao Court.
• Lu Yang survived the Tathagata’s fatal attack by emerging from Fire in the Sky with the Heaven-Inscription Chapter, then rewrote the Heavenly Dao to delay the Tathagata’s revival.
• Suo Huan completed Golden Seeking, and Lu Yang stripped the Tathagata of his True Lord status before combining Fire in the Sky with Mystic Capital Blessed Land to form a Grotto-Heaven.
• Lu Yang rejected the Immortal Kingdom Dao Law’s offer, severed his ties as Emperor Huanming, and used the Hundred Lives Book to gain the Teacher Exemplar talent.
• Lu Yang moved Skull Mountain and the Witch Ghost Secret Realm to Jiangxi, declared his Dao lineage, and faced the returning Dao Court True Lords and three Pure Land Bodhisattvas.

Lu Yang seized Jiangxi for the Righteous Dao, then entered the Ten Thousand Martial Realm and fought off Pure Land attackers before facing Gangxing Budao True Lord. After his allies helped him escape into the Celestial Court, Lu Yang sought refuge there while the Old Dragon Lord defended Jiangxi and chose to support him.

• Lu Yang killed the Grand Preceptor with Patriarch Tingyou and Suo Huan, defeated Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva, and drove the remaining forces from Jiangxi.
• Lu Yang reshaped Jiangxi into the Righteous Dao’s mountain gate and discovered that the Sky-Viewing Mirror connected to an extraterrestrial cultivator and the coming Millennial Calamity.
• At the First Saint Sect, Lu Yang learned more about the Celestial Court and helped True Lord Flying Snow advance to Late Golden Core before arranging to seek the Ten Thousand Martial Realm’s External Dao Fruit Position.
• In the Ten Thousand Martial Realm, Lu Yang broke Precious Pestle Victorious Bodhisattva’s formation, killed Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, and drove off the other attackers.
• Lu Yang refined the Moral Cultivation of Righteous Dao Banner, but Gangxing Budao True Lord pursued him and repeatedly struck him as he fled through the Void Darkness.
• Lu Yang used his allies’ sacrifices and True Person Demon-Sweeping’s intervention to escape Gangxing and enter the Celestial Court, while True Lord Flying Snow confronted Gangxing.
• Lu Yang descended beneath the Abyss Surface to recover as Patriarch Tingyou disguised his Fire in the Sky, and the Old Dragon Lord blocked Precious Lotus Treasury Bodhisattva from changing Jiangxi and resolved to support Lu Yang.