Recaps

Lu PingAn helped Hua Xueyi control her ability, then traveled to the flooded Secret Realm to learn from Guan Xinxian and pursue his own goals. After disrupting the Shaklai Fishmen and provoking an infant god, he drew a divine envoy toward the human front line, where Cat Cat joined the defenders as the battle worsened.

• Lu PingAn defeated Hua Xueyi with a Hydra ambush, explained how her ability could be managed, and arranged for her and Xiao Lu to join Special Task Force Three under a Conscience Contract.
• Lu PingAn studied Gardener paths, visited the Xikou County Secret Realm with Lei Shui Yun and Xiao Bai, and joined Guan Xinxian’s rescue team aboard the Tree Ark.
• Lu PingAn fought attackers during the Ark’s rescue missions, gained experience from Guan Xinxian’s work, then left the Ark to explore the Secret Realm alone.
• Lu PingAn sabotaged the Shaklai Fishmen’s operations and poisoned the infant god’s meal, provoking the godchild and triggering a Level Seven Pollution Incident.
• The mutated Fish Monsters and a powerful divine envoy pursued Lu PingAn, who escaped through the ruins and reached the front line with Guan Xinxian.
• Lu PingAn called Cat Cat to the front line, while Fishmen attacks and veteran withdrawals weakened the defenders and Zhou Suyin prepared to rally them.
• A horde of monsters and Fishmen charged the front line after a figure flew overhead, and Cat Cat arrived and identified the figure as a bastard.

Lu PingAn advanced his Scholar profession, pursued the Gardener in the Palm path, and drew Cat Cat into a deeper partnership while helping the Special Task Force prepare for a hostile ritual. The arc left Lu PingAn in a convoy escorting two ritual anchors as an unexpected downpour signaled a possible ambush.

• Lu PingAn and Guan Xinxian swelled a monster horde that charged the human position, where a divine envoy arrived and Ms. Zhou’s spirits failed to stop it.
• A Son of Evil God crushed Ms. Zhou and the Rock Giant, and Lu PingAn escaped the collapsing Secret Realm with a book about Historical Secret Realms.
• Lu PingAn copied Forbidden Knowledge, completed his Scholar job change, and began pursuing the Gardener in the Palm path with Senior Brother Guan’s guidance.
• Lu PingAn trained his Gardener abilities, raised his physique and Spirit Energy, and advanced his Scholar profession to Tier 1.
• Lu PingAn learned Cat Cat’s possession ability and agreed to a Life-Death Contract with her while Big Cat helped guide her training.
• The Special Task Force prepared a fishing operation around the coming ritual, using two retired colleagues as bait and ritual anchors.
• Lu PingAn joined Xia Qin, Xue En, and Hua Xueyi in the convoy escorting the anchors, and heavy rain began as Big Cat warned of a possible High-Level Life-type Professional ambush.

Lu PingAn prepared for the cultists’ assault while training Cat Cat and investigating the threats spreading through Ancient City. As Fang Wen turned the Gu City TV Tower into a giant beast and began awakening machines, Lu PingAn negotiated with her and entered her workshop while the battle escalated above.

• Lu PingAn investigated the cultists, trained his skills in the Black Market, and advanced his reading, writing, and Spirit abilities.
• Lu PingAn helped Cat Cat train under Chris, outfitted her with combat gear, and supported her rapid improvement.
• Lu PingAn and the Special Task Force traced dangerous batteries to Fang Wen, while Cai Jingjing exposed Fatty Fei as a mortal and turned him into a Mechanical Dog.
• Fang Wen transformed the Gu City TV Tower into a giant beast and broadcast the Mechanical Spirit Awakening Art, causing nearby machines to awaken and attack the hostages.
• Xia Qin and Hua Xueyi flew toward the tower while Lu PingAn joined them, and Xia Qin fought through its mechanical defenders as Lu PingAn headed for Fang Wen’s workshop.
• A Rule-level item altered the city’s sky and time, and eleven wild secret realms appeared, forcing authorities to divide their forces.
• Lu PingAn concluded that the Mother Goddess Church had infiltrated the authorities and offered Fang Wen a path to Tier 7 and help escaping, which she accepted in the name of Life Bank.
• Explosions shook the tower as Liu Zibei and a Tier Six chef confronted Fang Wen, roots and trunks burst through the windows, and Lu PingAn searched the workshop and took its valuables.

Lu PingAn advanced to Tier 2, helped stop Jia Yi’s ritual at Panlong Lake, and survived the arrival of a monstrous dragon. Back in the Secluded Courtyard, he explored the Life Bank’s new trading system and discovered Guan Xinxian’s cultivation talent and debt.

• Lu PingAn reached Tier 2 through a dangerous ritual, gained new abilities, and began the Secluded Courtyard’s evolution.
• As cultists and outsiders fought over the city, Lu PingAn investigated the merman forces gathering at Panlong Lake and teamed up with Guan Xinxian to stop Jia Yi’s ritual.
• Lu PingAn and Guan Xinxian disrupted the human camp to force a response, then entered the lake and faced Jia Yi’s forces as the Three-Headed Dragon crossed into their world.
• Lu PingAn summoned Tie Zhenmei and a Blood Banquet member to fight the dragon, then escaped with Guan Xinxian while Jia Yi’s severed head was swallowed by a hidden Sophist.
• Lu PingAn remained officially missing, returned to the Steam Factory, and agreed to help Fang Wen bait a Hunter in exchange for Pactbearer advancement materials and costs.
• After glimpsing All Spirits, Lu PingAn learned more about the source of supernatural power and his Ten Thousand Spirits Body, then sent his deductions about Jia Yi’s ritual to the Special Task Force.
• Lu PingAn opened the Life Bank’s new Trading Hall to Guan Xinxian and Cat Cat, where Guan Xinxian discovered his high-level Grafting skill and learned that his negative balance cost him eleven days of life.