Recaps

Zhou Leng avenged Xue Chengsong, strengthened the Ancient River Sect, and pursued cultivation through the Divine Script curriculum while preparing for the True King Trial. He secured offers from the Dragon and Giant factions, as powerful contenders began gathering for the trial.

• Zhou Leng killed the Sixteen Families’ Grandmasters, then returned to Shuizhou Base as footage of his battlefield exploits earned him the title of Hundred-Battle Grandmaster.
• Zhou Leng attended the Sacred Canon, where Big Yellow’s overwhelming Divine Favor made him Holy Son, and recruited Jax after killing Aiden in a witnessed death duel.
• Zhou Leng learned that Gao Tianfeng had arranged Xue Chengsong’s murder and that the Zhao family controlled the mine, but Zhao Cong’s offer to make him an Attendant failed to win him over.
• Zhou Leng developed a new cultivation method in Xiong City, then killed Gao Tianfeng and her associates while broadcasting footage of the operation.
• Zhou Leng joined Zhu Shiji and the Ancient River Sect, supported Zhang Xinglie, and initiated a hundred thousand people into the sect.
• Zhou Leng and Xu Qingjin agreed to an engagement, and he carried her through the Steel Dwarf treasure trial before returning to the Divine Script Academy.
• Zhou Leng endured years of Divine Script study, reached the Mid Grandmaster Realm, and completed the curriculum with full marks before learning about the True King Trial.
• Jade Wing and Shanhe Yuan negotiated Zhou Leng’s help for the Dragon and Giant factions, while envoys discussed the trial’s strongest contenders and Lady Xiyan defended his chances.

Zhou Leng entered the True King Trial, gained power from the Divine Lake and Divine Vein River, and defeated foes across the Divine Deathland. After activating the Ancient Altar and awakening the Dragon God Mural, he became both the Giant True King and Dragon True King, then set out alone for Dragon Bone Mountain.

• Zhou Leng chose the Dragon route into the True King Grounds, entered the Divine Deathland, and gained the Dragon Carp People’s trust by invoking Deathbound Star.
• Zhou Leng completed his Second Star-Body Transformation in the Divine Lake, advanced to the Upper Realm, and gathered Stellar Crystals at Myriad Cloud Mountain.
• Zhou Leng killed Mennard’s attackers, joined A Qiong and Light of Redemption, then disguised himself to draw Divine Death Spirits against Su Fenghe’s group and eliminate the Grandmasters.
• Zhou Leng fought Far-Reaching Jing and eight other Yuan Giants to the death, then led the surviving Giants toward the Ancient Altar.
• Zhou Leng translated the altar’s Divine Script and directed its proper sacrificial rites, awakening the altar and receiving the Ten-Thousand-Year Giant True King Crown.
• Zhou Leng led the Giants to the Divine Vein River, then traveled to the Dragon God Mural with Deathbound Winter and endured its divine might until the Dragon God emerged.
• The Dragon God crowned Zhou Leng the Dragon True King, and Zhou Leng left alone with maps from the dragons while Deathbound Winter secretly followed him toward Dragon Bone Mountain.

Zhou Leng rose to True King and Great Grandmaster, earned the Mother Tree’s divine abilities, and returned to the human world as the Calamity Army threatened the Treant World. After escorting Xu Qingjin to safety, he entered the enemy camp and began cutting down its forces.

• Zhou Leng saved captives from Qilin Wolves, helped Li Shenkong fight the Crocodile Bear God, and watched Deathbound Winter kill the wounded beast.
• Zhou Leng was crowned ruler and divine messenger of the Giants and Dragons, traded knowledge with Crystal Dust, and advanced to Great Grandmaster.
• Zhou Leng built ties with the Ice Snow Divine Cult and the Eight-Tusked Mammoth Tribe, while the Calamity Envoy searched for the Star-Destroying Bottle.
• Zhou Leng trained at the Martial Saint Martial Arts Hall, developed Stellar Orbit Force, and became a National Martial Dao Exemplary Figure as Wang Zhenghua and others prepared for conflict.
• Zhou Leng brought Xu Qingjin to Mother Tree’s territory and cultivated there, receiving the Light-Chasing Body, Power of Growth, Self-Healing Power, and Tree God Clone.
• As the Calamity Envoy and Mother Insect attacked the Mother Tree, Zhou Leng escorted Xu Qingjin to safety and read Wang Boxiong’s orders for the Weed Removal operation.
• Zhou Leng disguised himself as Guan Canglong, infiltrated the Calamity Army camp, killed the Four-Faced Duke and several Demon Grandmasters, and destroyed the Sword of Innocence’s Blazing Flame Sword Demon avatar.

Zhou Leng killed the Calamity Envoy, helped turn the battle for Treant World, and pursued enlightenment through Elephant Nation and the Enlightenment Road. As he searched for the answer behind his Martial Saint path, Dragon Nation’s fighters gathered at Zhao Palace and exposed Zhao Hao’s crimes.

• Zhou Leng defeated the Calamity Envoy, claimed the Corpse King Throne, and helped the Humanoid Alliance rout the Calamity Army after the Mother Tree and Mother Insect perished.
• Zhou Leng returned to Dragon Nation, gave the Treants and Elves Mother Tree branches, and prepared for the Martial Saint Battle Path while Li Shenkong continued his own path after killing Zhao Cong.
• Zhou Leng went undercover in Elephant Nation with Wangu, who revealed the Demon-Worshiping Cult’s Blood Replacement Plan and the Zhao family’s involvement in schemes against Dragon Nation.
• Zhou Leng and Wangu disrupted the World Nations Conference, and Zhou Leng carried Wangu to safety as Dragon Nation’s Martial Saints held off their pursuers.
• After traveling through Elephant Nation, Zhou Leng reached the Great Bodhi Tree, refined his techniques, and began the long Enlightenment Road without food, water, sleep, or outside power.
• Zhou Leng completed the Enlightenment Road, learned The New Heaven Stands Eternal, and meditated at Shanggan Ridge, but left without finding the answer he sought.
• As Zhou Leng crossed the sea, Wang Boxiong, Chen Shouhu, Tong Tianxia, Li Shenkong, Zhang Xinglie, and others gathered at Zhao Palace to confront Zhao Hao and demand the Broken Sword and Zhao Sheng’s corpse.
• Wang Boxiong released evidence online accusing Zhao Hao and Zhao Palace of crimes including collaborating with demons, abducting people, and engineering military disasters.