Recaps

Wang Ping traveled to Capital City, revived a Puppet, and was drawn into a violent struggle over Lord Xiaoshan’s advancement. After surviving an attack and leaving the city, he learned that the Empty Mountain Association had targeted him over Ancestor Master Yuxiao’s relics and received the Eight Trigrams Disk from Guan Xi.

• Wang Ping joined Ruan Chunzi on a journey north, then continued alone through the Emperor’s spiritually controlled territories toward Capital City.
• Wang Ping entered Capital City under the identity of Li Mincai and secretly revived a Puppet, then sent it to worship at the mausoleum of Wang Kang and Liu Zixiu.
• A Third Realm Artifact Cultivator and Le Xin destroyed the Puppet, but Jiang Cun and Xia Ji intervened and recovered its remains.
• Wang Ping met Yue Ziyu, exchanged the Taiyin Demon Suppressing Seal imprint for a True Spirit crystal and control array, and arranged a safer place for his Daoist Scripture Hall registration.
• As attacks and unrest spread through Capital City, Wang Ping fought a Taiyan cultivator and a Fire Cultivator alongside Jiang Cun, while the Emperor’s Divine Art devastated part of the Upper City District.
• After Xia Ji died, Wang Ping learned that Daoist Wuma and Lord Rongyang had instigated the attack, then left Capital City and showed Yang Kui the memories of Yang Jing.
• Guan Xi killed two men tracking Wang Ping and revealed that the Empty Mountain Association had attacked him while searching for Ancestor Master Yuxiao’s relics.
• Guan Xi gave Wang Ping the Eight Trigrams Disk and promised to send him information after the captured Primordial Spirits were examined.

Wang Ping investigated demonic attacks and sacrificial rites while building alliances and helping Hu Qianqian advance. After a gathering led to a dangerous pursuit and the capture of Yuan Hu, the story returned to Thousand Wood Temple and ended with Zhang Xinghuai preparing to expand toward the Snow Region.

• Wang Ping studied Tang Ye’s research on Wood Spirit poison, received a guide to cultivating poison’s spiritual consciousness, and began deriving an incomplete method for entering a realm.
• Wang Ping and Zi Luan investigated attacks and sacrificial rites across the region, while Hu Qianqian completed her breakthrough and formed a false core.
• At Guangxuan’s gathering, Wang Ping offered Liaoyuan a concealed place to advance, agreed to help arrange a plan to drive Yuan Hu from the Demon Domain, and asked the group to investigate the Empty Mountain Association.
• Wang Ping and Zi Luan prepared to intercept Yuan Hu, but Wang Ping’s divinations warned of danger as he traveled toward Shanwu Road.
• Yuan Hu fled while Quan Cang and three demons fought Lu Shan, Zi Luan, Wang Ping, and other cultivators, and Wang Ping suspected the rat Yao had targeted him.
• Miaoyu revealed the captured Yuan Hu, and Wang Ping separated his Primordial Spirit from his body and spirit body before giving the Primordial Spirit to Zi Luan.
• Wang Ping welcomed Yang Rong back from the Far East Continent, observed Yang Hou begin his attempt to enter a realm, and celebrated with guests at the Mountain Top Dojo.
• Zhang Xinghuai reported that he had assembled troops and supplies near Shangning Lake and planned to expand west toward the Snow Region, where Hu Qianqian warned him that divided monks might resist.

As rebellion and famine spread across the realm, Wang Ping helped Lord Xiaoshan prepare for a dangerous advancement while investigations exposed contamination and hidden factions. The arc left Lord Xiaoshan’s allies preparing for war, Zhang Xinghuai embarking on the Saint’s Way, and Hu Qianqian arriving at Thousand Wood Temple amid escalating unrest.

• Wang Ping restored Thousand Wood Temple’s barrier, investigated threats to the sect, and discovered that Zhao Yu’er’s demonic weapon had advanced her to the Second Realm.
• Lord Xiaoshan revealed the falsehoods surrounding ascension and recruited Wang Ping, Zi Luan, and Xiu Yu as Array Eyes for his advancement.
• Zuo Xuan’s investigators uncovered crop failures, contaminated corpses, and connections between regional officials and hidden factions as rebellion spread.
• Wen Hai confronted Taiyin Cultivators on a contaminated mountain, while Liu Huaien traced suspicious associates of Daoist Hengle.
• Lord Xiaoshan identified the political and demonic forces threatening his advancement, ordered Wang Ping to prepare the northwest clans, and chose to confront the Empty Mountain Association through war.
• Zhang Xinghuai rejected Central Province’s path and began cultivating the Saint’s Way under Ming Kong.
• The Rebels founded Unity and advanced across the Nong River as the Imperial Court sought True Sun Mountain’s help and the northwest army joined the rebellion.
• Wang Lian defeated the Zhushan rebels and formed an alliance with Xiyao and Kunpeng, while Hu Qianqian arrived at Thousand Wood Temple as Liu Shuang advanced.

Wang Ping helped establish the State of Chu, then led an allied army against the True Sun Sect while the Demon Race and Imperial Court fought across the south. As the siege ground on, First Day announced plans to claim True Sun Mountain’s Fire Spirit vein, and Wang Ping prepared for a decisive battle despite warnings about the risks.

• Liu Huaien uncovered the Taiyin Evil Cultivators’ plan to use a Star God core and captured True Spirit to advance, and Lu Zhengping later died attempting the same method.
• Wang Ping ordered a Dharma assembly, where Liu Jie proclaimed the State of Chu and southern families organized its leadership.
• The Demon Race invaded Shanwu Road and other regions while the Chu Kingdom, Xia Yao’s Imperial Court, and Datong Kingdom mobilized for war.
• Yun Shan questioned Lord Xiaoshan about his actions and his concern for the common people, then took the First Day step and disintegrated into ashes.
• Wang Ping organized the Dao Palace and allied forces, prepared experimental weapons, and led eight Third Realm cultivators and a large army north to attack True Sun Mountain.
• Wang Ping’s forces fought the True Sun Sect for Shuanghe City and advanced toward True Sun Mountain, while Wang Ping experimented with a Lizard Yao’s false core and the Purgatory Banner.
• Ke Yue told Wang Ping that First Day would attack True Sun Mountain in two months to claim its Fire Spirit vein, and Lord Xiaoshan ordered Wang Ping to proceed as planned.
• Wang Ping ordered Zuo Xuan to attack the True Sun Sect’s defensive lines and seek a decisive battle by the end of September, then summoned his Second Realm cultivators despite warnings about the danger.