Recaps

Lu Zhen rose to command the Fifth Station, destroyed the Zheng Family’s Western Machinery Factory, and advanced his cultivation while enemies plotted against him. After Yan Shanshan died in the resistance, Lu Zhen began a one-night assault on an Eastern Island facility and stole a rare treasure as guards converged.

• Lu Zhen killed Watanabe and Prince Kan’in, claimed the contract rewards, and returned to East City as rumors of the prince’s death spread.
• Lu Zhen warned Gu Yanzhi about Yan Shanshan’s resistance work, then accepted the vacant Fifth Station command and investigated the Zheng Family’s Western Machinery Factory.
• Lu Zhen killed Yan Pei and Luo Zhan after they tried to sabotage his assault, then led the Fifth Station in taking the factory and killing Zheng Tu.
• Lu Zhen found kidnapped victims and drug experiments in the factory, including Li Qingyue, and Xiao Yuqing offered him a Dark Force cultivation method.
• Lu Zhen chose the Great Sun Pure Yang Technique, trained with medicinal roots, and gained recognition that drew new disciples to Iron Arm Martial Arts Hall.
• Zhao Jincheng and Duan Hai hired an assassin to kill Lu Zhen, but Lu Zhen survived, forced Duan Hai to identify Zhao, and learned Zhao had fled.
• Yan Shanshan died after the Iron-Blooded National Salvation Society ambushed a serum convoy, and Lu Zhen attended her funeral before deciding he would never bow.
• Lu Zhen infiltrated an Eastern Island factory, killed Kondo Shu and Kondo Masao’s subordinates, tortured Kondo Masao for information, and stole a Third Rank Purple Scale Hidden Dragon Vine as guards approached.

Lu Zhen advanced to Dark Force Grandmaster, intervened against the Eastern Islanders, and joined the Xiao Family to gain access to resources. After winning a string of courtyard duels and strengthening his body and movement skills, he prepared to confront the Eastern Islanders with his new concealed weapon.

• Lu Zhen massacred the attackers at the factory, freed thousands of prisoners, and escaped as Miyamoto Buichiro arrived to investigate.
• Lu Zhen refined Purple Scale Hidden Dragon Vines, advanced his technique and physique, and became the Faceless Asura sought by city authorities.
• As Eastern Island forces cracked down on residents and demonstrators, Lu Zhen crossed the three trials and became a Dark Force Grandmaster.
• Yan Tieqiao fought the Six-Armed Living Buddha to protect the protesters, died after destroying it, and was mourned by few because of fear of reprisals.
• Lu Zhen stopped Matsui Iwane from taking Yan Tieqiao’s disciples, then accepted Xiao Yuqing’s offer to become a Xiao Family Guest Elder in hopes of gaining Spirit Cave access.
• Lu Zhen rejected Pierre’s offer to join the Golden Iris Brotherhood and moved into an Inner City residence with Lu Wan, Shen Yun, and Ding Xuan.
• At the Xiao Family Martial Arts Courtyard, Lu Zhen defeated Shen Xiaofeng, Han Tieyi, and Ding Xiu, winning Merit Points and impressing the family elders.
• Lu Zhen acquired the Floating Light Gliding Shadow Method, raised his physique to See God Indestructible LV.8, and received the nine-part sword Nine Nether from Seventh Great-Uncle before planning to confront the Eastern Islanders.

Lu Zhen rescued Chu Yunshu, killed Dongren and the Eastern Island leaders behind the plots against her, then returned to Ocean City as the empire’s bounty and invasion threatened the Xiao Family. He revealed his overwhelming strength by defeating the Grandmasters attacking East City and driving the Eastern Island army back.

• Lu Zhen accepted the Cloud Mountain Mine assignment, killed the seven assassins waiting at Halfway Pass, and helped Chu Yunshu repel the Eastern Island attack on the mine.
• Chu Yunshu went to the Provincial Capital to investigate her jade pendant, but Takeda Koichi and Zheng Tianhe lured her into a trap with Dongren and drugged her.
• Lu Zhen rescued Chu Yunshu from the River Beach, killed her pursuers, and helped her survive a cultivation crisis in a secluded cave.
• Lu Zhen killed Dongren, Takeda Koichi, Zheng Tianhe, and their guards at Linjiang Tower, then escaped from the Grandmasters who arrived afterward.
• Imperial Concubine Fujiwara offered a massive bounty for Faceless Asura, while the Xiao Family faced an ultimatum from the Eastern Islanders and the Guangnan Division.
• Lu Zhen returned to Ocean City and learned that the Xiao Family had lost Guest Elders and that Ding Xiu had defected to the Eastern Islanders.
• As the Eastern Island army advanced on East City, Lu Zhen leaped from the city wall and killed more than fifty Grandmasters, including Guasheng Tieye, forcing the army to retreat.
• Zhou Jiahao, Huo Tianting, and Yan Shaobao recognized that Lu Zhen had upended their plans, while Gu Wanshan celebrated his family’s ten-million-Silver-Dollar betting win and prepared a gift for him.

Lu Zhen rose toward the Control Realm while fighting the Eastern Islanders and defending Ocean City during the Earth Vein eruption. After Gu Yanzhi’s death, Lu Zhen followed the Grandmasters into an Ancient Underground Palace and killed Fujiwara Zhai, but collapsed from his wounds.

• Lu Zhen’s victory over the Eastern Islander Grandmasters forced their army to retreat, but Fujiwara Zhai soon threatened Ocean City until Yang Chongwu secured a withdrawal by offering Cloud Forest Cave places.
• Lu Zhen adopted the Faceless Asura identity, killed Zheng Qianqiu, and exchanged an ancient painting with Yaksha for Spirit Medicines as Ocean City learned of the Zheng Family’s fall.
• When the Earth Vein erupted and unleashed a beast tide, Lu Zhen saved Little Pebble’s village and slaughtered beasts across the region while the Xiao Family organized the defense.
• Lu Zhen ambushed Miyamoto, then fought Fujiwara Zhai’s Dharma Image and escaped badly wounded before killing Shen Jue and Zuo Kuang and taking a Geng Metal Star Meteorite.
• Lu Zhen refined Samsara Blood Jade Leaves, reached Flawless Body Lv.10, and raised his full strength to fifty-five million jin while Gu Yanzhi investigated missing refugees.
• Gu Yanzhi’s rescue of the refugees at Yanghe Hospital ended in a massacre, and Lu Zhen arrived too late to save him, though he heard Gu Yanzhi’s final request to restore peace and revive Divine Land’s martial arts.
• After Gu Yanzhi’s funeral, Lu Zhen followed Fujiwara Zhai and other Grandmasters into the Ancient Underground Palace, where a hidden Yata Blood Sea Array trapped them and Master Kuchan destroyed part of it by self-destructing.
• Lu Zhen revealed his Dark Red Swordsman Dharma Image and killed Fujiwara Zhai with the Nine Nether Flying Sword, then collapsed as his body began repairing his severe injuries.