Recaps

Lu PingAn expanded the Rebirth Society, pursued new combat paths, and led his team through the Runner Secret Realm’s Contention War. After the team placed fifth, he received dangerous, incomplete information about a Breathing Method and began considering his next combat profession.

• Lu PingAn returned to campus, helped Mei Yuge after a pickpocket attack, and later invited her to join the Rebirth Society as he sought members and a club residence.
• Lu PingAn tested the dangerous Storm Lance, sought combat guidance from Lu Dechun and Lu Teacher, and decided to pursue several fighting paths before Big Cat directed him toward the Strangler pathway.
• Lu PingAn completed the Tier 0 Strangler job change, then signed up for the Contention War in a Runner Secret Realm and recruited Mei Yuge and other students into his club.
• Lu PingAn assembled a team with Cat Cat, Lei Shui Yun, and Guan Xinxian, who competed in the obstacle, running, vehicle, and underwater events.
• Cat Cat and Lei Shui Yun surged ahead in the opening race, while Lu PingAn wrecked his motorcycle and unleashed Little Flame to attack rival racers and clear the way for his team.
• Guan Xinxian excelled in the underwater event, and the Rebirth Society placed fifth overall with an A+ evaluation as the Demi-Plane Master invited Lu PingAn to follow the path of pursuit.
• Lu PingAn received the Chaser's Arrow Aversion Blessing, while Cat Cat awakened Ground Shrinking and gained a blessing that could improve her Runner aptitude.
• Lu PingAn studied the dangerous Unnamed Breathing Method, and Big Cat urged him to build his knowledge before developing a method of his own as he considered taking a Tier 1 combat profession.

Lu PingAn advanced his combat training, pursued a Golden Apple weapons case, and negotiated with mercenaries while the authorities’ crackdown exposed the limits of their reach. He used Su Zhizhu’s family paper to become a Rider, then began exploring how to control living weapons as the wider crisis threatened Ancient City.

• Lu PingAn became a Tier 1 Strangler, chose Armed Collapse, and grew a Calamity Wrist crest after 267 stranglings.
• Lu PingAn sparred with Lu Teacher, who praised his instincts but assigned him foundational study, while Lu PingAn recruited the Preparatory Class girls for training and contracts.
• Lu PingAn investigated the Golden Apple gang, killed Iron Old Dad after he ordered his men to attack, and clashed with Su Zhizhu and Ba Manzhen before learning the apples were parasitic Demonic Plant fruits.
• Lu PingAn negotiated with Su Zhizhu and Ba Manzhen at the Trading Ground, and the women accepted long-term employment while Su Zhizhu offered help with his Job Change Ceremony.
• Lu PingAn learned from Su Zhizhu and Chris that the Eastern Kingdom was fragmented and the central government weakened, then resolved to advance faster as threats mounted.
• Lu PingAn used Su Zhizhu’s bloodstained paper to complete the Job Change Ceremony and gained the Tier 0 Zhebei River Su Clan Driver profession and two Forbidden skills.
• Lu PingAn failed to control red paper dolls for long, then discussed combining his abilities to control living weapons and considered whether Living Armor counted as living.

Lu PingAn trained in the Knight Secret Realm, prepared for his duel with Su Zhizhu, and pursued a Parasitic Tree advancement while gathering materials for a new creation. After negotiating for Fang Wen’s mechanical remains and completing the Life Illustrated Handbook ritual, he brought a powerful new being to life, who chose to name herself.

• Lu PingAn became a Zhebei River Su Clan Driver, took Simir, Tian Xi, and Mei Yuge to the Knight Secret Realm, and agreed to duel Su Zhizhu there in half a month.
• Lu PingAn advanced through the Secret Realm, studied the Wave Battle Axe, and overcame a Tier 4 Armor Knight with Little Flame before resolving to keep training.
• Lu PingAn decided his body needed a higher limit, then studied the Gardener advancement path and began preparing for its first Self-Curse.
• Lu PingAn asked Fang Wen to design a magical pet, and she explained how pollution or a Core of Wisdom could awaken intelligence in mechanical bodies.
• Lu PingAn and Xia Qin tried to recover Fang Wen’s belongings through negotiations with the Gourmet Association, but Shui Yun had already stolen the warehouse scrap and the talks collapsed.
• Fang Wen agreed to stay out of Ancient City for three years, while Lu PingAn gathered the remaining materials and prepared to create a Living Armor creature.
• Lu PingAn and Fang Wen activated the Life Illustrated Handbook, and the materials gestated into a Metal Giant that reshaped itself into a woman and asked to choose her own name.

Lu PingAn trained Zhi Xi, defeated Su Zhizhu, and prepared to pursue the new Explorer Qualifications as the Mending the Heavens Plan reshaped society. After welcoming Su Zhizhu and Ba Manzhen into his circle, he learned that the Trading Ground could travel and that Big Cat had once ruled it as a demigod.

• Lu PingAn helped Zhi Xi develop her abilities and cooking skills, and she advanced rapidly before deciding she wanted to become a Rider.
• Lu PingAn trained under Lu Dechun, prepared for the Qualification Examination, and challenged Su Zhizhu in the Life Secret Realm.
• Lu PingAn defeated Su Zhizhu after countering her paper creatures and Silver-level attacks, then collected his winnings and was urged to take the special Qualification Examination.
• Premier Song announced the Mending the Heavens Plan and the creation of Explorer Qualifications, while Lu PingAn received a recommended examination slot and faced a major increase in schoolwork.
• Ba Manzhen and Su Zhizhu joined Lu PingAn's group and Special Task Force Three as they prepared for the Explorer examination.
• Lu PingAn sought Professor Wen's help with his plantlike condition, acquired Burrowing Grass, and learned about Gu Da's planned university merger.
• Lu PingAn revealed that the Trading Ground could travel, and Big Cat transformed into Kerdales and explained that she had once ruled the Secluded Courtyard as a demigod.