Recaps

Li Qing advanced to Void Refinement, entered the Great Yu tournament under King Ning’s patronage, and won the Mysterious Iron Token. He then joined the Grand Academy, where he deciphered the Tianguang Secret Realm script and studied Master Ying’s formation inheritance while preparing to teach artifact refinement.

• Li Qing defeated the Crimson Luan Saint Son, escaped Tonggu Continent, and crossed the sea to the Qingfu Archipelago before traveling with Xia Wushuang to Canglan Continent.
• Li Qing studied the Five Elements for years, united his spiritual roots and organs, and survived a Great Heavenly Tribulation to reach Void Refinement.
• Li Qing discovered that the Eternal Night World had become a ruined prison realm, then traded Qilin Purple Blood Ginseng to King Ning for Earth Nether Python blood essence and a place in the Mysterious Iron Token tournament.
• Li Qing subdued the python blood essence with the Nine Snake Heart Method and entered the tournament, defeating Prince Huainan, Princess Qinghe, and Yan Hui Zhi.
• Li Qing defeated Prince Li Yang with his Nine-headed Serpent and received the Mysterious Iron Token, then let King Ning claim the victory publicly.
• Li Qing declined to rescue Xia Wushuang from Master Ying and joined the Grand Academy as an artifact-refining master, gaining access to its Xuanming Realm texts.
• Li Qing deciphered most of the Tianguang Secret Realm scroll, discovered the Heaven-Stealing Dao Patterns method, and selected Master Ying’s formation inheritance from Book Mountain Tower.

Li Qing entered the Xuantian Divine Hall, gained new powers and the Seven Marvelous Immortal Tree, then returned to Great Yu as conflict grew over the Valley of Hundred Flowers and the succession. The stretch leaves him weighing Prince Ning’s secret orders while the Joyful Union Demonic Sect faces Great Yu’s forces.

• Li Qing taught artifact refinement, and Liu Qing forged a Crimson Flame Silk and earned his promise of a Yellow-grade Spirit Treasure.
• Dean Chen brought the academy’s disciples to the Valley of Hundred Flowers for their assessment, where Li Qing refined his Human Seed Bag and agreed to share his Heaven-Stealing Dao Patterns secret art.
• Li Qing entered the Xuantian Divine Hall, gained cultivation from Bronze Relics, and survived trials involving a vengeful spirit, Weak Water, and the Six Extremes Sky Locking Array.
• Li Qing refined the Desolate Gale into a Dao seed, advanced to the middle Void Refinement stage, and negotiated with the hall’s Artifact Spirit for the Seven Marvelous Immortal Tree and other rewards.
• Li Qing learned immortal arts and returned to Nanfeng County City, then completed his Human Seed Bag before fighting Qin Yu, the Joyful Union Demonic Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Li Qing secured the Myriad Manifestation Immortal Formation for his four swords through Xia Wushuang and asked Master Ying to refine it into a formation diagram.
• The sovereign’s abdication set off a contest over the Valley of Hundred Flowers, while Prince Li Yang reached the Body Integration Realm and Qin Yu prepared to face Great Yu’s forces.
• Li Qing learned to sustain Void Flame for five breaths, then received Prince Ning’s secret letter and resolved to protect his family while investigating Prince An and Prince Huai.

Li Qing left Great Yu, crossed the Night Sea, and gained new powers while pursuing the Thunder Pool Sacred Land. After stealing a Thunder Roc Egg and escaping Leiming Continent, he reached Dimming Nether City, where a newborn Immortal Infant appeared as humanity’s ranking rose.

• Li Qing protected King Ning’s household, then learned that Prince Huai had been killed and King Ning severely wounded, and the Shadow Race plot ended with Prince An possessed and the capital attacked before the Emperor repelled the enemy.
• After King Ning became Emperor Ning, Li Qing arranged for Ye Qingchen to refine the Five Elements Returning Origin Pill, then received twelve pills, including a Spirit Forming Pill.
• Li Qing left Great Yu with Xia Wushuang, crossed the Night Sea, and survived a Mahayana-level dream in which Blood Ember Demon Lord’s memories and methods entered his consciousness.
• On Leiming Continent, Li Qing killed a Thunder Flood Dragon and joined a coalition attacking the Thunder Pool Sacred Land, where he slipped past the fighting to steal the Thunder Roc Egg.
• Li Qing formed a Lightning Spiritual Root, tempered his body, and hid the stolen egg inside the Heavenly Marvel Silver Ring before escaping Leiming Continent.
• Li Qing reunited with Xia Wushuang at the Beast Fighting Arena, where Rice Bucket killed Sea Wolf, after the arena refused to pay their winnings, Li Qing killed Immortal Aunt Qiuyun and burned the arena down.
• Li Qing parted from Xia Wushuang and traveled with Qiao Yu’s Azure Cloud Caravan to Dimming Nether City, where he learned humanity was fighting the Ghost Horn Race and faced scrutiny at the gates.
• Li Qing investigated Dimming Nether City during Extreme Yin Day, killed a Fierce Ghost, and traced the gathering yin energy to a hidden formation, and a newborn girl absorbed it and was declared an Immortal Infant as humanity’s ranking rose.

Li Qing advanced a Luck Gu, traded for rare treasures, and strengthened his cultivation while helping Fan Yun and meeting Kun Yuan again. The arc ended with Li Qing discovering that the Kun Yuan who led him to a hidden cave was a tiger ghoul and burying the real Kun Yuan there.

• Li Qing named the mysterious baby Li Qiyin, brought her to Ascension City, and later confirmed that she possessed the Great Yin Physique.
• Li Qing subdued the Wens, seized their Luck Gu, and refined nine Low-grade Luck Gu beneath the Jing Dynasty’s Imperial Palace until one became Mid-grade.
• Li Qing helped Fan Yun win a recommendation to the Heaven Refining Pavilion, then killed Fan Yun’s Fourth Uncle when he attacked.
• Li Qing bought a Sea Suppressing Trident fragment, traded for rare materials and the Supreme Clarity Pearl, and purified his Nascent Soul.
• Li Qing traveled to Star River City, where he rescued Kun Yuan from the Thousand Mechanisms Sect’s Young Sect Master and agreed to explore a hidden cave with him.
• Li Qing and Kun Yuan found a cavern tied to the Tiger Subduing Celestial Venerable, and Li Qing used Void Flame to break its White Tiger restriction.
• Li Qing discovered that the Kun Yuan who had accompanied him was a tiger ghoul, found the real Kun Yuan’s corpse, and buried him as his Luck Gu devoured Kun Yuan’s remaining luck.