Recaps

Lu PingAn survived the ceremony’s brutal trials, protected Qian XiaoMu, and attracted powerful enemies after revealing his strength. In the third round, he uncovered how the festival’s wagers gathered martial fortune and began betting on himself.

• Lu PingAn fought through the first round, earned Divine Graces, and chose Qian XiaoMu as his teammate after refusing Eve.
• Lu PingAn advanced to Tier 3 as an Avatar Dancer, then faced a fear-based trial where he subdued a replica of Snake King Di Di Luo Na.
• Lu PingAn learned Phil’s soul was inside the little girl and promised Xiao Mu he would help her find her grandfather, Lao Qian.
• Lao Qian revealed he had only two months to live, while Lu PingAn guarded Xiao Mu from attackers and strengthened his Demon Vine for the next round.
• Churches and factions placed bounties on Lu PingAn as the ceremony began its third round, where contestants and spectators were bound into randomized deathmatches and wagers.
• Lu PingAn saw that the festival’s bets transferred fortune between fighters and the secret realm’s creator, and Big Cat identified martial fortune as valuable to him.
• Lu PingAn bet two hundred thousand Joint Coin on himself, defeated a third-rank fighter in under ten seconds, and announced he would wager his principal and winnings on his next match.

Lu PingAn survived a gauntlet of deathmatches, adapting his fighting style and unveiling a powerful Sun Flower transformation. He killed Dimon Mendel and entered a difficult duel with Phil Kerdales, who pushed beyond her previous limits.

• Lu PingAn defeated Bear Fang King, then received Eve as his next opponent and accepted her revenge challenge in the Blood Feud War.
• Lu PingAn fought through the opening matches, defeating Louis, Bai Xiyi, the Killer Ant, and other challengers while refining his combat style.
• Eve defeated Damon.Mendel, and Lu PingAn received the Nine Injuries Fist Divine Grace before facing Manstero Su in a freezing mountain arena.
• Lu PingAn countered Su’s blizzard by transforming into a Sun Flower and unleashing Sacred Flames, forcing Su to surrender.
• Lu PingAn killed the resurrecting Dimon Mendel, then learned that Qian XiaoMu would be his next opponent.
• Qian XiaoMu transformed into Phil Kerdales, who revealed that she was a Rule-level fighter and attacked Lu PingAn over his killing of Kerdales.
• Lu PingAn battled Phil’s light-and-shadow abilities, but she overcame her limits and unleashed a massive bombardment.

Lu PingAn survived a string of death matches by turning his unusual abilities and martial fortune against stronger opponents, advancing his paths along the way. After facing the Li brothers, he confronted Akul, who sought to recruit him and began fighting him with the method he had once used against Kerdales.

• Lu PingAn forced Phil out of the secret realm with Annihilate Space, won the interrupted match, and used the resulting Martial Luck to advance to Tier 4.
• Lu PingAn defeated Lottel.Ham by using Nine Injuries Fist to turn the assassin’s attacks against him, then gained Tyrannical Three-Faced Martial Luck Time.
• Lu PingAn fought Protector Sarla as Sarla transformed into the King of White Bones, then used Bone Extraction to dismantle and kill him.
• Lu PingAn combined his developing Life Destroyer and Bone Controller paths while preparing to face Li Fan, and chose affiliate status with the Forest Goddess Church.
• Lu PingAn shattered Li Fan’s Vajra body with a Divine Bone arm, but Li Zhen’s True Word turned Li Fan into a Spirit Fusion vessel for Akul.
• Akul entered the secret realm with Quasi-Rules strength, identified Lu PingAn as Kerdales’s successor, and offered him a place at his Research Institute.
• Lu PingAn said he would consider joining if Akul defeated him, and Akul began using the same method he had used against Kerdales.

Lu PingAn defeated Eve, used the festival’s rewards to strengthen his companions, and arranged for Phil and Eve to find a place in his Courtyard. As his Society considered the Forest Goddess Church’s invitation to Mercury 42, he set preparations in motion and decided to seek more intelligence.

• Lu PingAn defeated Akul, then won a deadly Martial Arts Ritual match against Eve by shattering her attempted breakthrough and offering her a home.
• Lu PingAn shared the festival’s martial fortune with his companions, and Little Flame evolved while Zhi Xi, Ajiu, and Mu Mu advanced.
• Lu PingAn offered Phil and Eve refuge in the Trading Ground, then revealed that Kerdales had died and become the Courtyard’s AI.
• Lu PingAn arranged for Chris to care for Xiao Mu, supported Eve, and opened the Courtyard Trading Ground aboard the cruise ship.
• Akul offered Lu PingAn guidance and help entering the Forest Goddess Church circle, while Lu PingAn studied its doctrine and awakened Life Blessed Land.
• The Li Family Brothers told Lu PingAn that their faction faced conflict on Mercury 42 and invited him to advise on an expedition there.
• Lu PingAn and the Society weighed the invitation, set a tentative departure two months away, planned training and supplies, and prepared to seek more intelligence from the Forest Goddess Church.