Recaps

Lu Bai and Pu Xueli watched the drone attack devastate Clock Tower Square before City Council aircraft disabled many of the drones. Li Shan arrived with captured Can Society member Ding Zhongmin, whose cryptic threat hinted at a larger plan, while the shelter’s surveillance system detected a controllable chain-reaction missile launching from a military base.

• Tactical nuclear bombs reduced Clock Tower Square to rubble, and Lu Bai speculated that Can Society was behind the attack.
• City Council aircraft scattered interference bombs that disabled many drones, though the attack’s larger purpose remained unclear.
• Li Shan arrived with the captured Ding Zhongmin and offered Lu Bai a place in City Direct Military.
• Ding Zhongmin called on Lu Bai to save him, then threatened that the others would soon have no chance to cry.
• The holographic dome’s AI detected a controllable chain-reaction missile launching from a military base to the southeast.

A missile called 'Gonggong' threatened the Heavy Element Reactor and the entire No. 9 Shelter, forcing officials to weigh a catastrophic interception against letting it strike. Lu Bai flew into its path and used [Uchiha Rebound] to reflect it, leaving the result unknown.

• Security Defense Department officers learned that 'Gonggong' was targeting the Heavy Element Reactor and prepared an interception plan that would kill tens of millions.
• Li Shan and Pu Xueli watched 'Gonggong' approach as Ding Zhongmin mocked them, while Lu Bai asked whether Li Shan would trade his life to stop the missile.
• Lu Bai used [Wind Riding] to rise into 'Gonggong's' path, deciding he would handle the missile himself.
• As the defense department prepared to order the interception, officers saw Lu Bai appear in the missile's path on the live feed.
• Lu Bai activated [Uchiha Rebound] and declared, "Uchiha Rebound," as 'Gonggong' hurtled toward him.

Lu Bai stopped the controlled chain-reaction missile Gonggong from reaching Livability City, saving millions and revealing that he was the ranked fighter Clever Mephisto. The Security Defense Department sought to recruit him, while Can Society's failed operation left Vice President Zheng determined to treat Mephisto as a serious threat.

• Lu Bai used [Uchiha Rebound] to make Gonggong vanish, then returned to the ground as Li Shan and Pu Xueli reacted to his abilities.
• Lu Bai confirmed to Li Shan that he was Clever Mephisto, and Pu Xueli praised his strength.
• The Security Defense Department realized the disaster had been averted, and the defense minister ordered Lu Bai's file brought to him so he could recruit him.
• Vice President Zheng and Kang Meirou discussed Can Society's failed operation, and Zheng blamed Lu Bai for ruining their plans.
• Kang Meirou urged Zheng to raise Mephisto's threat assessment, and Zheng agreed to take him seriously.

After the New Birth Festival, Lu Bai accepted the City Council’s rewards and official positions, then entered the sixth round of Deathmatch Showdown despite Pu Xueli’s warnings. The round began with Lu Bai ranked last and choosing an ability from the first-round pool.

• The City Council intensified its crackdown on Can Society and rewarded Lu Bai with a new home and a deputy squad leader position in the City Martial Force.
• Lu Bai accepted the City Council’s offers and decided he needed to return to Deathmatch Showdown to gain more power.
• Pu Xueli urged Lu Bai to delay entering the arena and consider his younger siblings, but Lu Bai said he was confident and would explain why later.
• Lu Bai waited for the countdown, drank orange juice, and was transported into the sixth round of Deathmatch Showdown.
• The Deathmatch System identified Lu Bai as Clever Mephisto, ranked him 200th out of 200, and opened the first-round Ability Pool.

Lu Bai chose Talent King before realizing he had entered a Qingwang Sect entrance examination in a cultivation world. He passed the first round by secretly restoring Steel Body, and Senior Brother Chang announced that the next round would test innate constitution.

• Lu Bai selected Talent King from his Gold Ability Pool and discovered he had appeared among youths gathered for a sect entrance examination.
• Senior Brother Chang introduced himself as the Qingwang Sect disciple overseeing the examination and explained that candidates had to remain standing until an incense stick burned out.
• The hovering disciples summoned the Qingwang Cauldron, whose crushing pressure forced many candidates to collapse.
• Lu Bai secretly restored Steel Body and pretended to struggle until the incense burned out, passing the first round.
• Senior Brother Chang congratulated the survivors and announced that the second round would test their innate constitution.

At Qingwang Sect’s entrance examination, Lu Bai watched other candidates’ spirit-root tests and spoke with Shi Qingyu, who revealed an Earth-grade Ice Spiritual Root. When Lu Bai touched the testing boulder, it released a dazzling white beam that transformed the sky, leaving Senior Brother Chang and the other disciples stunned.

• Ye Bufan tested as having a Fire Spiritual Root with upper Profound Grade aptitude.
• Lu Bai learned that spirit-root aptitude depended on purity, and watched the candidates receive mostly ordinary results.
• Lu Bai spoke with Shi Yu, who claimed not to know whether she had a spirit root.
• Shi Yu tested as having an Ice Spiritual Root with Earth-grade aptitude, and Senior Brother Chang asked her to stay beside him.
• Lu Bai touched the boulder, unleashing a brilliant white pillar filled with Dao Patterns that changed the heavens and shocked the Qingwang Sect disciples.

Lu Bai’s extraordinary aptitude caused the Qingwang Sect’s elders to fight over taking him as a disciple, until Sect Master Yuxu Zi won and accepted him. Lu Bai began cultivating on the sect’s main peak, where his doubled talent promised astonishing progress.

• The Dao Seeking Stone’s dramatic reaction revealed Lu Bai’s aptitude, drawing the Qingwang Sect’s elders to the square.
• The elders argued over who would take Lu Bai as a disciple, then fought above the clouds after Sect Master Yuxu Zi proposed taking him himself.
• Senior Brother Chang suspended the remaining admission tests while the prospective disciples watched Lu Bai.
• Yuxu Zi introduced himself as the Qingwang Sect’s Sect Master and asked Lu Bai to become his disciple; Lu Bai agreed.
• Lu Bai began cultivating in a bamboo grove on the main peak, and his doubled talent gave him an exceptionally rapid cultivation speed.

Lu Bai cultivated at an astonishing speed under Yuxu Zi’s guidance, reaching Foundation Establishment and advancing further in a short time. Meanwhile, Sang Wen arrived at Qingwang Sect seeking cultivation, where Shi Qingyu challenged his confidence in his aptitude.

• Lu Bai sensed spiritual energy and reached Qi Refining Layer One before Yuxu Zi had taught him how to cultivate.
• Yuxu Zi purified Lu Bai’s worldly aura and began teaching him to gather Innate Qi.
• Lu Bai rapidly advanced through Qi Refining and broke through to Foundation Establishment as Dao Patterns circled him.
• Sang Wen reached the road to Qingwang Sect after traveling for a week and decided the sect was a suitable place to gain supernatural powers.
• A farmer warned Sang Wen that Qingwang Sect’s recruitment period had ended, but Sang Wen insisted no sect would reject his aptitude.
• Shi Qingyu overheard Sang Wen’s boast and mocked him, saying even a remarkably talented person had not been so full of himself.

Sang Wen persuaded Shi Qingyu to bring him to Qingwang Sect, hoping to gain access to its powers, but he recognized Lu Bai as a fellow deathmatcher and feared for his life. Lu Bai ignored Sang Wen after his disciples drove him aside and asked whether the elder leading the Dao Commencement Assembly had arrived.

• Sang Wen convinced Shi Qingyu to take him to Qingwang Sect so she could test his claim of being an extraordinary Immortal Seedling.
• Shi Qingyu brought Sang Wen to the sect gate, where the guards greeted her and she realized she did not know his name.
• Lu Bai crossed the plaza, drawing the admiration of Shi Qingyu, the guards, and the disciples following him.
• Sang Wen recognized Lu Bai's deathmatcher title, panicked, and decided he could not safely run away.
• Lu Bai asked why Sang Wen was blocking the way, and his disciples berated Sang Wen until he shuffled aside.
• Lu Bai turned toward Hidden Blade Peak and asked whether the elder leading the Dao Commencement Assembly had arrived.

Lu Bai traveled with Elder Wang and the Qingwang Sect disciples to the Dao Commencement Assembly at Purple Cloud Villa, while Shi Qingyu discovered that Sang Wen had fallen apart into pieces. The sect leaders and disciples gathered at the host grounds, where Lu Bai began looking for deathmatch participants.

• Elder Wang arrived on a giant White Crane and carried Lu Bai and the Qingwang Sect disciples toward the assembly.
• After the crane departed, Sang Wen fell apart into bloodless pieces, frightening Shi Qingyu and the gatekeeper.
• Lu Bai ignored a point notification and reflected on how Yuxu Zi had sent him to the assembly to slow his rapid cultivation and give him a break.
• The Qingwang Sect group reached Purple Cloud Villa, where many sects arrived with elders and disciples.
• As the sect leaders exchanged greetings and the disciples mingled, Lu Bai stood aside searching for deathmatch participants.

Lu Bai led the Qingwang Sect disciples around Purple Cloud Villa after Elder Wang left to visit the gambling hall. At a restaurant, a group from the Yuhuo Cult provoked the Qingwang Sect, and another young cultivator publicly challenged their arrogance.

• Elder Wang handed Lu Bai a voice transmission talisman, told him to guide the Qingwang Sect disciples, and left for the gambling hall.
• Lu Bai led the disciples through Ziyun City and took them to a restaurant to eat.
• A muscular young man in crimson robes led Yuhuo Cult disciples into the restaurant and challenged the Qingwang Sect, asking whether Changfeng had stayed away out of fear.
• Fatty Feng stood up to protest, but the Yuhuo Cult leader ignored him and insulted the Qingwang Sect.
• A young man on the second floor condemned the Yuhuo Cult for acting as though it were a holy land.

Lu Bai intervened in a tavern dispute at the Dao Commencement Assembly, where Xi Ao Yan clashed with a drunken Jiange youth. After killing a Yuhuo Cult disciple who provoked him, Lu Bai revealed his overwhelming power and defeated Xi Ao Yan.

• Xi Ao Yan revealed his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and attacked the drunken youth with a Flame Fist.
• The youth used chopsticks and sword intent to break Xi Ao Yan’s attack, revealing that he too was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
• As Lu Bai led the Qingwang Sect disciples away, a dark-skinned Yuhuo Cult disciple taunted them, and Lu Bai killed him with a single slap.
• Xi Ao Yan abandoned his fight with the youth and attacked Lu Bai, who revealed his spiritual power and struck Xi Ao Yan down with a giant handprint.

Lu Bai defeated Xi Ao Yan at a tavern and drew attention to Qingwang Sect before settling in Ziyun City for the Dao Commencement Assembly. As rival geniuses stirred up the city, Lu Bai ignored repeated provocations until drums and purple clouds announced that the assembly was beginning.

• Lu Bai struck Xi Ao Yan down with a single blow, and the Yuhuo Cult disciples fled with their wounded companion.
• The Drinking Youth of Jiange praised Lu Bai and said he looked forward to seeing him at the Dao Commencement Assembly.
• Lu Bai led the Qingwang Sect disciples to their Purple Cloud Villa lodgings, while news of his strength spread through Ziyun City.
• A Taishi Sect True Inheritance disciple fought a Jiange Sword Wielding Disciple, and the Holy Son of Golden Scale Holy Land challenged the Young Academy Master of Fongong Academy.
• Lu Bai killed two groups who came to provoke him, then stopped responding to challengers and waited for the assembly.
• At dawn, enormous drums boomed across Ziyun City as purple clouds pointed toward the central plaza and the Dao Commencement Assembly began.

Lu Bai led the Qingwang Sect disciples to the Dao Commencement Assembly, where the sects gathered before Purple Cloud Villa transported the contestants to Purple Cloud Mountain. After arriving alone in a random location, Lu Bai prepared to test his theory that victory at the assembly could increase his fortune.

• Lu Bai led the Qingwang Sect disciples through Ziyun City to the assembly, where sect leaders traded pointed remarks and young cultivators watched him with interest.
• Purple Cloud Villa activated its formation and transported more than a thousand disciples to random locations across Purple Cloud Mountain.
• Lu Bai recovered from the teleportation, climbed a tree to survey his surroundings, and recognized that the first test was a battle royale.
• Lu Bai reflected that defeating rivals might transfer their fortune and create opportunities, then decided to test his theory.

Lu Bai intervened when Golden Scale Holy Land disciples attacked Fongong Academy cultivators, killing all three with one strike before continuing toward Purple Cloud Mountain’s highest peak. The Golden Scale Saint Son learned what happened and set out to make Lu Bai suffer.

• Lu Bai heard a Fongong Academy junior sister call for help and saw three Golden Scale Holy Land disciples overpowering five women.
• The Golden Scale Holy Land leader offered Lu Bai a reward to leave, but Lu Bai turned back and killed all three disciples with a huge spiritual-energy palm.
• The Fongong Academy women realized Lu Bai had saved them, but he had already flown away.
• At the event platform, the Golden Scale Holy Land elder confronted Elder Wang, who defended Lu Bai, while the Fongong Academy elder silently showed her gratitude.
• The Golden Scale Saint Son received a message about Lu Bai killing his disciples and declared that he would make Lu Bai despair.

Lu Bai reached the outskirts of Nameless Mountain, where Ling Yi of Myriad Insect Valley challenged him and was killed after Lu Bai took control of his Gu worms. The Golden Scale Saint Son then charged at Lu Bai, and they clashed.

• Immortal-sect disciples across Purple Cloud Mountain sensed the Golden Scale Saint Son releasing a fierce, murderous aura.
• Lu Bai continued toward Nameless Mountain, where gathered disciples began targeting newcomers and sizing one another up.
• Ling Yi of Myriad Insect Valley confronted Lu Bai, claiming he wanted revenge for his friend Xi Ao Yan.
• Ling Yi revealed that his Gu worms had entered Lu Bai's body, but Lu Bai had already taken control of them.
• Lu Bai struck Ling Yi with a massive palm of spiritual energy and blasted his body apart.
• The Golden Scale Saint Son rushed at Lu Bai, and their collision rang out like metal striking metal.

Lu Bai faced the Golden Scale Saint Son and revealed an overwhelming advantage, easily stopping and defeating him. He left the watching disciples stunned, then told them to carry on as before.

• The Golden Scale Saint Son attacked Lu Bai, but his first strike failed to hurt him through [Steel Body].
• The Golden Scale Saint Son unleashed another charge, and Lu Bai caught his fist with one hand.
• Lu Bai swatted aside the Golden Scale Saint Son's follow-up punch, twisting his arm, then kicked him flying.
• Lu Bai declined to press his advantage and reassured the stunned disciples that they could carry on with what they were doing.

Lu Bai watched the Dao Commencement Assembly after defeating the Golden Scale Saint Son, then faced the Sword Wielding Disciple of Jiange. When the swordsman asked him to give it his all, Lu Bai knocked him unconscious in an instant.

• The elders of Purple Cloud Villa rescued the gravely injured Golden Scale Saint Son, while sect elders marveled at Lu Bai's strength.
• Lu Bai watched the disciples fight on Nameless Mountain and received Mu Yao's thanks and voice transmission talisman.
• The Dao Commencement Assembly's strongest disciples hesitated to challenge Lu Bai, but the Sword Wielding Disciple of Jiange stepped forward.
• Lu Bai's mana attacks were cut apart by the swordsman, who urged him to fight seriously.
• Lu Bai activated [Steel Body] and [Flash Time], punched the Sword Wielding Disciple, and left him unconscious.

Lu Bai defeated the Sword Wielding Disciple and then overwhelmed the allied Holy Sons, Saintesses, and True Inheritance disciples at the Dao Commencement Assembly. As the defeated disciples watched, the assembly gave way to an unprecedented manifestation of Dao Patterns gathering above Lu Bai in the shape of a flower.

• The Drinking Youth saw that Lu Bai had spared his Sword Wielding Disciple and carried the defeated disciple away.
• The Taixuan Holy Son called on the other disciples to attack Lu Bai together, and Lu Bai agreed.
• Lu Bai defeated the Taishi Sect True Inheritance disciple and the Divine Phoenix Holy Land Saintess before overpowering the other assembled challengers.
• Elder Wang watched Lu Bai’s victories with pride but worried that Qingwang Sect could not protect him from the other immortal sects.
• Lu Bai defeated the last Holy Son from Changhong Holy Land, leaving no one standing against him.
• A drumbeat sounded, Purple Cloud Mountain’s barrier collapsed, and Dao Patterns gathered above Lu Bai into a layered flower.

Lu Bai acquired the Immortal Dao Flower as a Deathmatch Arena node, drawing the attention of powerful cultivators from the immortal sects. They sealed off Purple Cloud Mountain and moved to kill him and seize his boon, leaving him surrounded.

• The Deathmatch System announced that Lu Bai had acquired a Deathmatch Arena node and started the Double Points Reward countdown.
• Elders and eminent figures arrived after the Immortal Dao Flower appeared above Lu Bai, and they sealed the area to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Elder Golden Scale accused Lu Bai of harming fellow disciples and restrained Wang the Gambler when he tried to defend him.
• The Deputy Cult Master of Yuhuo Cult and other powerful figures backed the attack, while Wang the Gambler secretly urged Lu Bai to escape.
• Elder Ghost Jing attacked Lu Bai with a black claw, and the gathered cultivators began openly coveting his boon.

Lu Bai was captured by powerful immortal sect figures who wanted to refine his body and search his soul, but he entered the Mental Time Chamber and cultivated until he reached the Mahayana stage. He prepared to leave and make the sect figures regret trying to claim him.

• The gaunt old man lifted Lu Bai with a giant mana hand, and the gathered sect figures argued over who would claim him as artifact-refining material.
• Lu Bai used [Mind Control] on Fatty Feng, but a soul cultivator wrested control back, and the gaunt old man accused Lu Bai of using a vicious soul-capturing technique.
• A compassionate-looking old man sent a command talisman to search Lu Bai's soul, so Lu Bai activated [Flash Time] and entered the Mental Time Chamber.
• Lu Bai broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, advanced through its middle and late stages, and continued cultivating until he reached the Mahayana stage.
• Lu Bai sensed a restriction halting his rapid progress, then rose and decided his Mahayana cultivation should be enough.

Lu Bai broke free from the elders’ Soul Searching attempt and revealed overwhelming power against the sect forces surrounding Purple Cloud Mountain. He left more than a hundred Nascent Soul experts dead, while the watching disciples stared in shock.

• Over a hundred Nascent Soul experts surrounded Purple Cloud Mountain to trap Lu Bai, while young disciples and hidden death fighters watched.
• A compassionate elder sent a decree to Lu Bai to begin Soul Searching, but Lu Bai opened his eyes and resisted the technique.
• Lu Bai tapped apart the Mana hand restraining him and drew all spiritual energy within a hundred miles into his body.
• Lu Bai unleashed a torrent of immortal light that swept away the elders’ defenses and killed more than a hundred Nascent Soul experts.
• The Golden Scale Elder survived long enough to see his body partially vanish, while the disciples below watched in disbelief.

After defeating the Nascent Soul cultivators who had targeted him, Lu Bai revealed that he had reached the Mahayana stage and faced an immense Lightning Tribulation. The first strike left him charred and convulsing, but his [Steel Body] kept him alive.

• Lu Bai released Elder Wang and asked him to lead the others back to Qingwang Sect while he searched for deathmatchers.
• Dark thunderclouds gathered over Purple Cloud Mountain, and Elder Wang recognized the approaching Lightning Tribulation.
• Lu Bai told Elder Wang that he was at the Mahayana stage, and Elder Wang fled beyond the thunderclouds.
• Lu Bai restored his [Steel Body] as the Lightning Tribulation began, though he had no confidence that he would survive.
• The first lightning strike blasted Lu Bai into a charred, convulsing figure, but [Steel Body] prevented it from killing him.

Lu Bai survived the Lightning Tribulation by severing his cultivation and dropping below the Mahayana stage, causing the tribulation to vanish. Elder Wang told Yuxu Zi that Lu Bai had killed more than a hundred sect elders, and Yuxu Zi named him Qingwang Sect’s Grand Elder before learning he might have undergone Feathered Ascension.

• The Lightning Tribulation battered Lu Bai until Elder Wang believed he had died before completing even the first stage.
• Elder Wang searched the ruined Purple Cloud Mountain for Lu Bai’s remains and received Yuxu Zi’s angry message about the deaths at the Dao Commencement Assembly.
• Elder Wang revealed that Lu Bai had killed every leading elder from the immortal sects, prompting Yuxu Zi to name him Qingwang Sect’s Grand Elder.
• Elder Wang asked what would happen if Lu Bai had already undergone Feathered Ascension, leaving Yuxu Zi speechless.
• Lu Bai revealed that he had severed his cultivation during the tribulation, survived its lightning, and lowered his realm until the tribulation disappeared.

After surviving the Lightning Tribulation with a severe Dao Injury, Lu Bai wandered through Xuanzhou and decided to hunt other Deathmatch contestants. Meanwhile, rumors of his feats spread, and a caravan carrying Blood-stealing Grannies to Myriad Insect Valley stopped at an abandoned temple to protect its cargo.

• Lu Bai assessed his damaged Primordial Spirit and learned that the Immortal Dao Flower was keeping his Dao Injury from worsening.
• Lu Bai acquired the current Deathmatch Arena Node, saw that he ranked first among 193 contestants, and decided to reduce their numbers.
• Lu Bai traveled through Xuanzhou and heard people spreading rumors about his performance at the Dao Commencement Assembly.
• A caravan led by a Village Chief took shelter from the rain and checked its shipment of Blood-stealing Grannies.
• When the insects seemed listless, the Village Chief cut his wrist and fed them blood, reassuring the villagers that the cargo was still alive.