Recaps

Wang Mu brought the Three Great Merchant Associations into Langhuan’s Banking Alliance, then tracked down and killed Tang Qian. As the Langya Foundation launched free Cultivation Academies amid resistance from powerful institutions, Little Nannan’s breakthrough helped Wang Mu reach the pinnacle and break his Golden Core barrier.

• Wang Mu expanded Langhuan Pay with Red Envelopes and paid novel tipping, while communication talismans and the new features drew users across the cultivation world.
• The Three Great Merchant Associations agreed to join Wang Mu’s Banking Alliance, and Wang Mu demanded compensation and an in-person apology from Tang Qian.
• Tang Qian poisoned Qiu Shan Yue, stole the Nine-Phoenix Crimson Gauze, and escaped, but Wang Mu’s group tracked him down and killed him after Li Yuanhua lured him into a trap.
• Ouyang Qingxuan saw the Langya Foundation rescue Qingyun Archipelago from Sea Demons and began to doubt the rumors about Wang Mu, while Ye Mo remained wary.
• The Langya Merchant Association and Langya Foundation announced three thousand free nine-year Cultivation Academies, prompting hostile Forum campaigns from disciples of the Three Great Academies.
• Wang Mu defended education for cultivators of every talent level, and his Four Sayings of Hengqu spread as construction began despite opposition from the Primal Origin Sacred Ground.
• Little Nannan reached the Golden Core Realm and formed a tenth-grade Heaven-Devouring Demon Pill, giving Wang Mu a cultivation return that brought him to the pinnacle and broke his Golden Core barrier.

Wang Mu concealed his Chaos Imperial Infant while building Langya Academy into a movement that challenged the Sacred Grounds and opened cultivation to ordinary people. After writing a nine-volume Heavenly Book, he prepared the academy’s opening ceremonies as rivals gathered to confront him.

• Wang Mu broke through to the Nascent Soul realm and formed a Chaos Imperial Infant, while Xiao Wanmeng claimed the breakthrough as her own to draw threats away from him.
• Wang Mu left the Northern Darkness Sacred Ground with Xiao Wanmeng and the Yellow Springs Guards, then urged Langya Academy to recruit overlooked cultivators as teachers and develop accessible courses.
• Langya Academy’s Talent Scouts recruited instructors such as Chen Sanxi and Mo Xiaozhi, and Wang Mu defended their appointments with his essay On Teachers.
• As public support for Langya Academy grew, Primal Origin Sacred Ground’s elders plotted against Xiao Wanmeng and sought to counter Wang Mu’s influence through the merchant associations’ forum.
• Ye Mo challenged Lin Yan over Wang Mu, but Lin Yan described Langya’s benefits to ordinary cultivators and warned of a coming calamity, leaving Ye Mo determined to investigate Wang Mu’s work.
• Wang Mu wrote nine volumes of the Heavenly Book, whose heavenly manifestations and merit transformed the Jade Slips into treasures, and he sent copies to Nie Tingting for use as academy textbooks.
• Wang Mu scheduled Langya Academy’s Opening Ceremony and invited Song Danqing, while Jin Zhongyuan first opposed attending but later decided to go and assert the Heavenly Dao Institute’s authority.
• Three thousand Langya Academy branches began their Opening Ceremonies, and at the Lixiao branch every Cultivator stood when the dean announced Wang Mu’s arrival.

Wang Mu used Dugu Qianxue’s coming-of-age ceremony to secure Yaochi Feast places for Langya Academy students and build ties with Kunlun. After bonding with Dugu over forum novels and arranging her departure with him, he learned she had transformed into the Great Yin Saint Physique and formed a ninth-grade Great Yin Nascent Soul.

• Wang Mu addressed the three thousand Langya Academies, challenged the Cultivation World’s prejudice against commoners, and donated ten billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones to Taiyi Academy, binding it closer to Langya Academy.
• Ye Mo became absorbed in forum novels while Wang Mu ordered Nie Tingting to develop a Magic Artifact for games, and Xiao Wanmeng warned Wang Mu that the Sacred Grounds might target him at the Heavenly Pride Assembly.
• At Kunlun Ruins, Xiao Wanmeng defeated Lu Jiuyuan in one move, and Wang Mu attended Dugu Qianxue’s coming-of-age ceremony, where Lu Jiuyuan gave her the Eight Desolations Ring.
• Wang Mu presented Dugu Qianxue with Nine Yin Profound Marrow and Taiyin Essence, then persuaded Murong Qiushui and the major factions to grant three hundred Langya Academy students places at the Yaochi Feast.
• Dugu Qianxue privately asked Wang Mu about the plots of Langya Forum novels, and he teased her into pleading with him before telling her stories.
• Dugu Qianxue arranged to accompany Wang Mu to oversee Langya students’ selection for the Yaochi Grotto-heaven, while Wang Mu and Murong Qiushui agreed to build a signal tower and spent a day taking photographs.
• Dugu Qianxue refined the Taiyin Essence, became the Great Yin Saint Physique, and condensed a ninth-grade Great Yin Nascent Soul, earning Wang Mu system rewards.

Wang Mu launched Immortal Dao Overlord as demon prodigies entered the Northern Region and rumors stirred conflict between sacred grounds. The arc ended with Kui Shan postponing his challenge to Lin Yan so he could keep playing the game.

• Wang Mu formed his Chaotic Dao Domain but concealed it, while Ye Mo embarrassed Jiang Baiyi by revealing he had been reading Legend of Ye Tiandi.
• Wang Mu returned north with Dugu Qianxue and Xiao Wanmeng, promoted Immortal Dao Overlord, and opened internet cafes as players rushed to try the game.
• Lin Yan struggled against the game's AI until Dan Xuan helped him learn its characters, and he eventually saved enough Gold Coins to unlock Emperor Yan.
• Wang Mu offered the Joyous Union Sect protection under the Wang family name and arranged for its disciples to train for livestreaming.
• Jiang Baiyi reconciled with Ye Mo by bringing him Game Consoles and Communication Talismans, and the two became engrossed in Immortal Dao Overlord.
• Lu Jiuyuan took up the game after recognizing Dugu Qianxue in its animation, while Ye Mo unlocked Ye Tiandi and teamed with Jiang Baiyi for a string of losses.
• Rumors about Wang Mu's Yaochi Feast quotas sparked backlash against Qiankun Sacred Ground and Primal Origin Sacred Ground, while the Heavenly Dao Institute's role in spreading them was exposed.
• Kui Shan and two other Demon Race prodigies challenged Northern Region cultivators, and Kui Shan found Lin Yan but kept playing the game after Lin Yan delayed their fight.