Recaps

Lu PingAn maneuvered between the Sophist, Lei Huo Ren, Fang Wen, and the Mother Goddess Church as the secret realm’s ritual spread across Ancient City. When the Life Mother Tree’s contests trapped the contenders in a deadly exchange of lifespan, Lu PingAn found a way to turn his victories into Life Points and confronted Big Cat about her ritual.

• Lu PingAn became a Pactbearer, formalized his cooperation with Guan Xinxian and Fang Wen, and founded Reborn with Guan Xinxian.
• Lu PingAn and Fang Wen pursued the Sophist’s followers as the reenactment began, but Fang Wen killed an apparent Ke Zhenmo before Lu PingAn could question him.
• Xia Qin exposed the impostors who had killed Ke Zhenmo, while Lei Huo Ren killed Ma Donglai, sacrificed thousands in a ritual, and summoned a meteor that devastated Nine Bend Mountain.
• Lei Huo Ren seized control of the secret realm in Zion, while Lu PingAn learned that the Mother Goddess Church planned to replace Big Cat during her Apotheosis Ritual.
• Lu PingAn and Fang Wen tried to reach Long Yuhe, but a masked attacker killed her, Silver War tore Gao Changpeng apart, and Lu PingAn took Long Yuhe’s Foot Armor.
• In a replayed history, Lei Huo Ren froze Xia Qin and took Lu PingAn with him, while the original Lu PingAn learned that Xia Qin had survived and could still fight.
• The Life Mother Tree’s rules trapped the contenders in contests involving life force, and Tie Zhenmei discovered that stolen life force could not be exchanged for power.
• Lu PingAn killed monsters, gained 119 Life Points through the Life Bank, and mocked Big Cat as she challenged him to face her Apotheosis Ritual.

Lu PingAn and his allies fought through the holy domain’s predators and the Sophist’s forces to reach the Life Mother Tree. After Kerdales fell and the domain collapsed, Yuan Dunxing emerged reborn, leaving Lu PingAn to confront him to save the city.

• Lu PingAn hunted for Life Points while learning from Big Cat that the Life Mother Tree’s ritual would consume the Ancient City, and he joined Fang Wen as she confronted Long Qianlan’s monstrous transformation.
• Lu PingAn and his allies drew the Sophist out by threatening the tree, then fought through Liu Zibei’s botanical forest and the Sophist’s beast horde to reach the arena.
• Lu PingAn used Noah’s Ark and his Scene of Salvation to destroy the beasts, while Guan Xinxian avenged his family by killing Jia Yi.
• Fang Wen fought the Sophist, Yuan Dunxing’s contract weakened her, and Lu PingAn joined Xia Qin in confronting him as Kerdales began a Life Election against Tie Zhenmei.
• Lu PingAn’s past self challenged Kerdales, offered all his remaining lifespan, and killed her after the Life Competition’s rules drained her power.
• The sacred domain collapsed, but Life Bank revived Lu PingAn and absorbed the deity’s power as Yuan Dunxing’s identity and memories merged into his body.
• Lu PingAn used Redemption against Yuan Dunxing, then led allies through the Sophist’s life puppets while Xia Qin and Guan Xinxian held off powerful monsters.
• Yuan Dunxing completed his integration using Liu Zibei as his foundation, and Lu PingAn attacked him to stop the threat to the city.

After the Sophist incident, Lu PingAn and his allies reorganized the Rebirth Society and Special Task Force Three before entering a growing wild Secret Realm. When the team found an intelligent Ant Clan serving a walking volcano, Lu PingAn stayed behind to scout and pursue a concealed plan.

• Lu PingAn and Lei Shui Yun fought Yuan Dunxing and the Sophist, then Lu PingAn used his last contract to let a spirit take over his body and defeat the enemy.
• After the incident, Lu PingAn helped file the team’s report, learned Lei Huo Ren was wanted, and returned to the Courtyard to manage Fang Wen’s contracts and the Rebirth Society’s spoils.
• The Rebirth Society dismantled the timer, gaining a Pillar of Time, and distributed its other loot before members returned to their duties.
• Lu PingAn returned to Gu City University, registered Rebirth as a merchant guild, and joined Special Task Force Three as it prepared for a wild Secret Realm expedition.
• Lu PingAn helped Cat Cat move in with his companions, while Xia Qin confronted Fifth Squad over its bullying of Lei Shui Yun and prepared to enter the realm without relying on them.
• Special Task Force Three took over the dangerous building site, fought through its changing floors, and used Lu PingAn’s Gourmet food and equipment to strengthen Xia Qin for the assault.
• After entering the expanded, polluted realm, the team fought its creatures while Lu PingAn used Redemption’s vines to overwhelm many monsters.
• Lu Jun found an intelligent Ant Clan near a walking volcano and urged retreat, but Lu PingAn stayed behind, raised a Fusang Tree, and began shaping with prepared materials and a silver Taboo Item.

Lu PingAn led the Special Task Force through the Ant Monster crisis, advanced as a War Chess Player, and helped bring the Red Dwarf Race to Ancient City. He built out the Trading Ground and pursued a way to turn its growing market and the Garden into a reliable source of Life Points.

• Lu PingAn raised Little Flame from a reborn creature and used it to devastate the Ant Monster tribes, then led Squad Three in an S-rated defense that destroyed the Ant King and completed his War Chess Player advancement.
• The Special Task Force debated who should control the subdued Secret Realm, and Lu PingAn proposed giving it to the Red Dwarf Race in exchange for forging expertise and reliable taxes.
• Lu Jun told Lu PingAn that the expanding official forces could support his future actions, while urging him to remember the locals and secure Ship Tickets for them.
• Lu PingAn opened the Trading Ground to more Traders, where ability trades and rentals helped some Professionals advance, then offered Hua Xueyi and Lu Lu Lu roles in its security organization.
• The Red Dwarf Race settled around the restored volcano, and Lu PingAn placed the evolved, destructive Little Flame into a Hibernation Space until he needed it.
• Lu PingAn attended the fallen Special Task Force members’ funerals, received a medal, and was forbidden from driving after crashing a police car while pursuing a fugitive.
• Lu PingAn learned that the Life Bank could exchange magical plants for Life Points, but the Courtyard charged far more to provide their life modules and he lacked the rule power to build a zoo.
• Peace Dove posted an offer to buy items with life-related rules, and Lu PingAn expected the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs to provide one and publicly confirm the value of Life Points.