Recaps

After Capital City was destroyed, Wang Ping absorbed Lord Xiaoshan’s memories, learned the history and dangers behind the Divine Art, and turned away from completing it. He helped establish the Dao Palace, entered secluded cultivation, and began reconsidering how he treated Zuo Xuan as new troubles emerged.

• Wang Ping escaped the destruction of Capital City, returned to Thousand Wood Temple, and began studying Lord Xiaoshan’s sealed memories.
• Lord Xiaoshan explained the history of the Taiyan Sect, the Divine Art Array, and the Fifth Realm, then warned Wang Ping about True Lord Yuanwu, True Monarch Lieyang, and the moon.
• Wang Ping rejected the Divine Art Secret Method as a path that would cost him his humanity, and used the ten Heavenly Swords to form a map of the collapsing Central Province.
• Wang Ping and the leaders of Thousand Wood Temple discussed the aftermath of Capital City’s destruction, while Daoist Zhi Gong proposed a Dao Palace alliance and Wang Ping accepted one of its seven Chief seats.
• Wang Ping assigned Ruan Chunzi and Daoist Yuanzheng to oversee the alliance, helped Wen Hai pursue Xuanhe, and entered secluded cultivation to merge with the Heaven Connecting Talisman.
• Wen Hai captured Xuanhe, learned of an organization offering advancement in exchange for reports about True Monarch Changqing, and later agreed to investigate a Soul Lure trade.
• During cultivation, Wang Ping found his talisman fusion had reached 86/100, discovered limits on controlling enlightened Puppets, and used the Divine Art Array to experience nearly three hundred years of a Spirit Wood tree’s past.
• Zuo Xuan warned Wang Ping about political instability and reported news of the Soul Lure, while Wang Ping accepted her as a disciple and resolved to help her through her Mortal World Tribulation.

As political conflict spread across the Central Continent, Wang Ping withdrew into cultivation while Thousand Wood Temple enforced limits on higher-realm involvement. Shen Xiaozhu advanced into the Immortal Realm, then received Wang Ping’s guidance and preparations for a journey beyond the sect.

• Wang Ping welcomed Xia Weny as his disciple, instructed him to establish a dojo, and later hosted Hu Yin, who explained Zhi Gong’s plans for Haizhou Road.
• Wang Ping traveled to the Six Hearts Sect for Zi Luan’s succession ceremony, where sect leaders debated the coming conflict and Qin Zifeng violently intervened in a clash.
• Zuo Xuan reported that Zhi Gong’s allies had attacked and framed Haizhou Road cultivators, and Wang Ping approved Zuo Xuan’s participation while keeping Liu Shuang out of the operation.
• After ten years of upheaval, Zi Luan ordered higher-realm cultivators to withdraw from the Central Province struggle, and Wang Ping began secluded cultivation in an underground site beneath his dojo.
• Zhang Xinghuai planned to relocate the capital to Anqing and later chose the Zhongchuan Sect as the true Buddha, while Ming Kong advised him to wait before confronting the Snow Region cultivators.
• Rebellions and rival states spread across the Central Continent as Wang Ping watched his disciples become figures in popular stories and continued cultivating in seclusion.
• Zhi Gong defeated Haizhou Road with Wanzhi’s backing, Zuo Xuan returned badly injured, and Wang Ping advanced his Heaven Connecting Talisman fusion to 98/100.
• Shen Xiaozhu connected with the Huai Tree and advanced into the Immortal Realm, then told Wang Ping she wanted to revisit Hushan Kingdom and travel toward the West Continent.

Wang Ping advanced his Primordial Spirit, built a communication network, and helped Liu Shuang fuse with a spirit entity. As upheaval spread through the Chu Kingdom, Xiu Yu’s secrets and the threat of a political collapse drew Wang Ping into new conflicts.

• Wang Ping perfected the Heaven Connecting Talisman and activated the Spirit Talisman, but his uncontrolled consciousness drained vitality until Yulian helped him restore the land and aid his companions.
• Wang Ping installed communication devices beneath Sanhe Prefecture and made tokens for Thousand Wood Temple, its allies, and his Puppets, while Daoist Yucheng encouraged Ruan Chunzi to join the gathering.
• Wang Ping formed a Qi Sea within his Primordial Spirit, expanded his reach, and built six nested Seven Star Killing Arrays over Thousand Wood Temple.
• Wang Ping deciphered and rebuilt the Body Tempering Array, then helped Liu Shuang begin fusing with a spirit entity as Taiyan cultivators across the region went mad.
• Wang Ping and his allies found Xiu Yu hiding near Baishui Lake, where Xiu Yu revealed Master’s plans and left Qingjiang with Wood Spirit Origin and a Fourth Realm bishi’s Primordial Spirit.
• Zi Luan destroyed Xiu Yu’s Primordial Spirit, while Wang Ping defended Qingjiang and helped Liu Shuang integrate the spirit entity’s consciousness in preparation for her breakthrough.
• Wang Ping, Zi Luan, Wu Quan, and Gan Xing agreed to stabilize Nanlin Road and Liangjiang as the Chu Kingdom weakened, and Wang Ping used his communication network to influence events.
• Wang Ping received three Yin Trigrams foretelling upheaval, learned the Chu Kingdom Emperor had imprisoned Li Dui’s family, and discovered that Wood Spirit Qi could conceal his aura and Primordial Spirit.

After 152 years in secluded cultivation, Wang Ping returned to find Thousand Wood Temple and the wider Southern Cultivation World transformed. As he prepared to pursue the Fourth Realm, a poisoning and a clash with Cheng Xi’s faction revealed the political dangers surrounding his advancement, leaving him to plan his next move against Cheng Xi.

• Wang Ping completed his transformation into the Wood Spirit Form and awoke 152 years later, learning that Daoist Yucheng had left and that Zuo Xuan had died after helping Zuo Liang advance.
• Wang Ping reunited with his disciples, learned of the Chu Kingdom’s upheaval and the Southeast Islands’ invasion, and paid respects to Zuo Xuan at Thousand Wood Temple.
• Zi Luan, Wu Quan, and Gan Qi warned Wang Ping about the risks of advancing and sought his help against Linshui Prefecture’s influence and the surviving attackers who had besieged Hu Xin.
• Wang Ping prepared for the Fourth Realm, assigned his disciples to cultivate, made Puppets and Power Pills, and attended Thousand Wood Temple’s grand competition.
• A gu insect spread through incense and sickened Outer Disciples, so Wang Ping ordered an ultimatum to Guangshan Temple and kept the court from letting the dispute spiral out of control.
• Wang Ping led his allies toward Guangshan Temple as Hu Qianqian found four survivors, while attackers posing as reinforcements self-destructed and killed civilians.
• Wang Ping’s group fought Cheng Xi and his allies, but Cheng Xi escaped with the Fate-Determining Plate after it affected Wang Ping’s Primordial Spirit.
• Wang Ping learned that Cheng Xi belonged to the exiled Taiyan Sect lineage and decided to investigate his political ties before openly pursuing him as part of his preparations to advance.