Recaps

Lu Yunzhu left Sunset Forest to complete a continent-spanning mission and revealed his cultivation powers in Heaven Dou City, drawing the attention of powerful factions. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he reunited with Dugu Yan, established a superior cultivation array, and accepted challenges from Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin.

• Lu Yunzhu accepted the Mortal World Heart Training mission, left Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo’s gifts, and reached Heaven Dou City, where he volunteered to move a Cold Meteorite blocking the gate.
• When the Cold Meteorite threatened to explode, Lu Yunzhu lifted it with one finger, crushed it, and destroyed it with black lightning before killing Wang Defa and astounding the gathered powers.
• Lu Yunzhu demonstrated his swordsmanship and explained cultivation, alchemy, and other cultivator paths, healing an injured Soul Emperor and giving Soul Ascension Pills to people who had believed him.
• Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and others sought Lu Yunzhu’s favor, but he asked for help finding Dugu Yan, and Xue Qinghe agreed to take him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lu Yunzhu met Dugu Yan at the academy, gave her a Storage Ring, and explained that Dugu Bo had given her the Nine-Sectioned Jade for protection while pursuing a breakthrough.
• At Dugu Yan’s request, Lu Yunzhu created the Four Symbols Spirit Gathering Array, which greatly improved the academy’s cultivation environment, and gave it to the academy on the condition that its professors care for her.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin arrived to challenge Lu Yunzhu, and he accepted after receiving a mission to defeat them.

Lu Yunzhu built ties with Spirit Hall while journeying to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he claimed Xiao Wu, obtained two great soul beasts, and evolved his sword. Back in Heaven Dou City, he began helping the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family overcome its limit on heirs as he pursued founding his own cultivation force.

• Lu Yunzhu defeated Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin, healed them with pills that advanced their cultivation, and accepted the mission to establish a cultivation faction.
• Qian Renxue revealed Spirit Hall’s plan to unify the continent, and Lu Yunzhu agreed to help in return for four Title Douluos accompanying him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Yunzhu captured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, made it his mount Mo Yin, and continued toward the forest’s core with Qian Renxue and the Title Douluos.
• Lu Yunzhu forced the Titan Giant Ape to sacrifice itself for Dugu Yan’s fourth soul ring, then took its soul bone and declared he wanted Xiao Wu for experiments.
• At Lake of Life, Lu Yunzhu’s companions defeated the Sky Azure Bull Python, and Lu Yunzhu used Xiao Wu to persuade the python to sacrifice itself and help evolve his Rusted Sword into the Azure Sword.
• Ye Lingling asked Lu Yunzhu to solve the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family’s restriction, and Lu Yunzhu agreed before returning to Heaven Dou City and receiving a mission to establish his own force.
• Lu Yunzhu visited the Ye Family with Qian Renxue and used a Shielding Talisman on Ye Lingling, concealing her martial soul so the family could have another heir.

Lu Yunzhu recruited the Ye Family and Spirit Hall, established Misty Sacred Land, and sought Gu Yue Na’s cooperation in exchange for a path to godhood for soul beasts. After using Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to prepare for his Golden Core breakthrough, Lu Yunzhu faced a destructive tribulation, then founded his sect and announced its recruitment across the continent.

• Lu Yunzhu recruited Ye Qingcheng and Ye Lingling into his plans, then traveled with Qian Renxue to Giant Sword Mountain to establish a sect for immortal cultivators.
• Lu Yunzhu defeated Qian Daoliu in a duel, built the Hexagram Sixteen Array over Giant Sword Mountain, and founded Misty Sacred Land with Spirit Hall’s support.
• Lu Yunzhu helped Qian Daoliu reach the Golden Core realm in exchange for his joining Misty Sacred Land, then led Spirit Hall’s elders and worshippers to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Yunzhu revealed the Fierce Beasts guarding the Lake of Life, captured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and negotiated with Gu Yue Na for the Heart of the Dragon God and cooperation toward soul-beast godhood.
• Lu Yunzhu absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s energy to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection and began forming his Golden Core as a destructive gray lightning tribulation struck him.
• Lu Yunzhu gave Gu Yue Na cultivation methods in exchange for help locating the Dragon Clan Graveyard, offered Form Transformation Pills to Wang Qiu’er, and left the forest with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Lu Yunzhu established Misty Sacred Land with Qian Daoliu and eight worshippers as members, announced recruitment across the continent, and drew promotion from Ning Fengzhi’s sect while Shrek Academy students doubted his claims.

Lu Yunzhu gathered powerful factions under the Misty Sacred Land, killed Tang San, and began recruiting cultivators while exposing Yu Xiaogang’s failings. After the recruitment ceremony, he traveled with Qian Renxue to invite Dugu Bo to their wedding and showed her the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lu Yunzhu demanded allegiance to the Misty Sacred Land, and numerous clans, academies, kingdoms, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pledged their support.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Yunzhu to accept her as a disciple, and he directed her to Giant Sword Mountain for the recruitment ceremony.
• Lu Yunzhu took Tang San to Shrek Academy, where Qian Renxue learned of Tang Hao’s role in her father’s death and beat Tang San after Lu Yunzhu exposed his past.
• Qian Renxue killed Tang San, completing Lu Yunzhu’s mission, and Lu Yunzhu later accepted her as his Dao Companion.
• At the recruitment ceremony, applicants climbed the Hundred-Layer Gravity Steps and faced the Azure Dragon Illusion Array, while 250 people enrolled in the Misty Sacred Land.
• Lu Yunzhu exposed Yu Xiaogang’s poor results in the instructor trials, and Bibi Dong and Yu Yuanzhen expelled him from Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Lu Yunzhu taught the sacred land’s members new cultivation arts, announced a continent-wide competition, and traveled with Qian Renxue to invite Dugu Bo to their wedding.
• Dugu Bo agreed to act as Lu Yunzhu’s father at the wedding, and Lu Yunzhu showed Qian Renxue the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.