Recaps

Zhou Leng recovered from the Heavenly Stair battle, strengthened his body, and faced a series of challenges at the memorial grounds and in Water Continent Demon City. After surviving the Primordial Demon Fruit and purging its demonic nature, he reunited with friends and planned a journey to the Steel Dwarf Tribe.

• Zhou Leng escaped Glimmering Star’s Mental Poison Light, passed the Heavenly Stair’s fourth trial, and woke in the hospital as the aftermath of the battle claimed Tian Chengchang and left him with military honors.
• Zhou Leng recovered with Xu Qingjin, visited the mammoth herd, and used its gifts to strengthen his body while concealing how much his injured shoulder had healed.
• Zhou Leng earned honors and passed the intermediate Divine Script Researcher exam, while Zhao Nandi recognized his ability to excel in both Divine Script and martial arts.
• At the memorial contest, Zhou Leng joined Xue Chengsong’s team, defeated Song Juesi and Chang Luan’s challengers, and won the right to choose a piece of ore that contained Spirit-Land Jade.
• Zhou Leng killed Yu Baocheng’s attackers, rescued Song Juesi and the others from demons, then lured the pursuing devils away from the fleeing group.
• Zhou Leng killed the Pain Maiden, but the Primordial Demon Fruit burrowed into his heart and was restrained by the Will Mountain and frost power.
• Zhou Leng endured the Red Lotus Fire Prison until it shattered the demonic nature, then reached Blood-Circulating Late Stage and reunited with Rao Mingxian and Zhang Xinglie.
• Zhou Leng invited Zhang Xinglie to join him on a trip to the Steel Dwarf Tribe, shared a leaf from Water Continent Demon City, and tested his strength against Zhang Xinglie at Bright River Martial Arts Hall.

Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie traveled to Dwarf World, where Zhou Leng’s Divine Script knowledge helped them survive the Ancient King’s Treasure and uncover the story of Mountain Furnace and High Earth Flower. Zhou Leng gained Dwarf status, rewards, and Steel Skin, then left with Zhang Xinglie and Chen Shouhu.

• Zhou Leng sold his Elite Training Camp slot, joined Zhang Xinglie on a caravan to Dwarf World, and set out for Flame Furnace despite warnings about the dangers.
• After Dwarf guards imprisoned them in a staged street fight, Molten Hammer secured their release and recruited them for the Ancient King’s Treasure expedition.
• Zhou Leng translated inscriptions and survived battles, a Divine Script classroom, and the Sprite’s trials, while learning that High Earth Flower had entered the treasure before disappearing.
• Zhou Leng found High Earth Flower’s journals and learned that a mistaken letter, caused by their flawed Divine Script lessons, had separated her from Mountain Furnace.
• Zhou Leng reunited with Zhang Xinglie and Molten Hammer, helped open the treasure’s golden box, and saw the Eye of the Ancient God return to the Mountain Furnace Tribe.
• Jax compensated Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie for their imprisonment, while Great Furnace arranged Zhou Leng’s Giant Trial entry and helped him choose the Ancient King’s Array, Dragon Bone Medicine, and Divine Blood Magma.
• The Dwarves secretly invested Zhou Leng as a Dwarf Duke, and he and Zhang Xinglie endured Ancestor’s Protection until Zhou Leng received the Steel Skin divine ability.
• After recovering in a hot spring and receiving Dragon Bone Medicine, Zhou Leng met Chen Shouhu and left with Zhang Xinglie and the others.

Zhou Leng advanced to Body-Refining, cleared the Second Lieutenant Camp in one day, and joined a mission against the Demon-Worshiping Cult. After Shen Jun ambushed the team and injured Deng Zhijue, Zhou Leng returned to training, reached the sixth floor of the Bronze Man Formation, and defeated You Lisheng in a skill contest.

• Zhou Leng returned to Shuizhou Base, submitted his Divine Script research and Orc materials, then went back to Ru City and prepared for his Giant Trial.
• After training and recovering from the Land of Blades, Zhou Leng advanced to the Early Body-Refining Stage under Huang Jingqiu’s supervision.
• Zhou Leng joined the Second Lieutenant Camp, exceeded its physical tests, defeated Sirens in the practical exam, and completed the One-Day Camp Breakthrough by defeating the First Tier trainees.
• Deng Zhijue arranged a mission against a mid-level Fishman Cult den, where Shen Jun ambushed the team, injured Deng Zhijue, and escaped with the surviving cultists.
• Zhou Leng discovered his clerical rank had risen to Professor, spent Contribution Value on heavy training equipment, and cleared the sixth floor of the Bronze Man Formation before withdrawing from the seventh.
• Zhou Leng agreed to a skill contest with You Lisheng, won their leaf-shooting and pinecone-chain challenges, and said he had cleared six floors of the Bronze Man Formation.

Zhou Leng survived the Siren assault on Ru City, advanced his cultivation, and joined the escort of the Ancient River Jade Stele, which brought him into the Ancient River Trial Grounds. He then traveled to the Giant World for the Stone-Back Festival Trial, where he faced a dangerous test designed to keep examinees awake.

• Zhou Leng discovered the Indestructible Star Body method, set records in his assessments, and trained his body while the Demon-Worshiping Cult prepared to exploit a Siren attack.
• Zhou Leng fought through Ru City to rescue Xu Qingjin, killed Sirens and Demonic Beasts, and broke through to the Body-Refining Middle Stage before battling Azure Scales.
• Wang Boxiong recruited Zhou Leng for the mission to escort the Ancient River Jade Stele, and Zhou Leng brought Li Yuanhe along as the convoy crossed Siren territory.
• The jade stele transported Zhou Leng and eleven others to the Ancient River Trial Grounds, where he shared his insights on divine scripts and gained registering-disciple status.
• Zhou Leng trained with mammoth bones and Orange Blossom Fruits, visited Xu Qingjin, and prepared with Zhang Xinglie and the Dwarves to enter the Giant World.
• At the Stone-Back Festival, Zhou Leng welcomed Shanhe Xiangmu and Shanhe Yuan into his group, then carried a stone with them through the long road trial.
• Zhou Leng and the surviving examinees reached the Giant tombs, where an examiner punished a contestant for taking a forbidden pill.
• At the next Giant Trial, Zhou Leng learned about the Dream Throne's deadly hallucinations and faced a test on thorn-covered lotus leaves that required him to stay awake.