Recaps

Lu Zhen left the Nine Provinces for the Great Wilderness, where he rebuilt his cultivation and drew controversy by receiving privileged training access. He proved his strength in the academy assessment, earned support for the Hundred Realms League, and attracted the interest of Myriad Stars Tower while preparing with Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi.

• Guga swallowed the Devouring Spirit Broodmother’s consciousness, ending the threat to Three Sects City and clearing the gray fog across the Nine Provinces.
• Liu Bowen gave Lu Zhen a Void Terminal and later arranged his admission to the Pill Dao Academy, and Lu Zhen traveled to the Great Wilderness with Jiang Li.
• Lu Zhen joined Nine Provinces Academy’s elite class, bought three Great Wilderness martial arts, and trained in the Primordial Pressure Chamber through a deal with Li Zonghan.
• Lu Zhen raised his new techniques to profound extremity, competed in the Void Realm as Coachman, and climbed to Silver rank while attracting attention from Liu Jingyi and Myriad Stars Tower.
• Shen Qing assigned Lu Zhen, Liu Jingshu, and Liu Jingyi to a Hundred Realms League team, while students and academy leaders questioned Lu Zhen’s special access to the chamber.
• Lu Zhen scored 892 in the elite-class assessment by striking the iron puppets’ weak points and avoiding their attacks, nearly matching the historic record.
• Li Zonghan secured extra chamber hours and approval for Lu Zhen to receive Hongmeng Seal guidance, while footage of the assessment turned public criticism against Sun De.
• Lu Zhen refused Myriad Stars Tower’s recruitment offer, continued training, and joined Liu Jingshu and Liu Jingyi for dinner and Void Realm team practice.

Lu Zhen led the Nine Provinces squad through the first two rounds of the Hundred Realms League while advancing his swordsmanship to True Intent and drawing the backing of the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild. The arc leaves him facing Qian Jue in the third round after cutting through the opposing team’s opening fire spells.

• Lu Zhen trained in the Void Realm, advanced his martial techniques, and signed an endorsement deal with Wei Cang after wagering on the Nine Provinces squad’s progress.
• Lu Zhen defeated Blood Crow and reached Gold tier, then led the Nine Provinces squad to victory over the Sacred Blood Realm’s Blood Wolf Squad in the first round.
• Lu Zhen advanced his Sword-Controlling Art to Subtle Intent and eliminated several attacking teams in the second-round melee, carrying the Nine Provinces squad into the third round.
• Lu Zhen comprehended True Intent, and Supervisor Yan offered him a lifelong Seventh-grade Contract with the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild, which Lu Zhen accepted.
• Myriad Stars Tower promoted Qian Jue by insulting Lu Zhen and Nine Provinces, while the Heavenly Ark Commerce Guild publicized its support for Lu Zhen.
• Lu Zhen mastered True Intent in the Star River Sword Art and received an offer from the Azure-Scale Manor Lord of a nomination slot for Supreme Unity Mystic Sect pre-exam training if he performed well.
• Qian Jue taunted Lu Zhen before their third-round match, but Lu Zhen cut through two ninth-grade fire spells with a sword strike infused with True Intent.

Lu Zhen rejected the Yun Clan’s marriage alliance, earned a place in Supreme Unity Mystic Sect’s pre-exam training, and entered the Ancient Star with his team. There, he helped seize Black Wind Fort and Feng City, rising in the rankings as the White Lotus Sect approached him.

• Lu Zhen refused Elder Yun Cang’s offer to marry Yun Jiaojiao, choosing martial cultivation and freedom despite the Yun Clan’s threats and the loss of his endorsement contract.
• Wu Tian defeated Lu Zhen’s squad in the fourth-round match, but Lu Zhen and the Liu sisters advanced to pre-exam training after breaking through to the Converging Stream Realm.
• Lu Zhen was selected for Supreme Unity Mystic Sect training, raising the Nine Provinces’ merit ranking, and his settlement transformed his pills into powerful treasures.
• At the Ancient Star camp, Lu Zhen learned that cultivation and True Intent would be sealed, strengthened the Taiyi arts, and joined Feng Wuji’s team for the expedition.
• After reaching Ancient Star, Lu Zhen’s team joined Wang Meng’s rebel army and captured Black Wind Fort, where Lu Zhen killed Zhao Xuan and collected Ancient Jade.
• Lu Zhen advanced his acupoints and Star Vortices while the rebel army’s costly assaults on Feng City stalled, and Wang Meng hesitated to send him into the attack.
• The White Lotus Sect and the Li Family opened Feng City’s west gate, allowing Wang Meng’s army to take the city as Lu Zhen seized Ancient Jade and protected civilians.
• Lu Zhen gathered 5,720 Ancient Jade and rose to overall rank 1,285, then met three White Lotus Sect women, including Bai Zhi.

Lu Zhen climbed the Black-Yellow Pagoda, strengthened his cultivation, and took command of the Mandate Army as he conquered Tianshui City. The arc left him negotiating with Princess Zhaoyang while a new assassin, Ying Jiu, confronted him.

• Lu Zhen defeated Wang Meng and Wang Teng, took command of the Mandate Army, and gathered enough Ancient Jade to forge an Ancient Crystal.
• Lu Zhen used the Ancient Crystal to awaken a Gravity Domain, killed the Spacetime Islet assassins sent after him, and returned to the Starry Sky Base.
• After cultivating and climbing the Black-Yellow Pagoda, Lu Zhen reached the second floor’s seventh trial, placing twenty-eighth overall and raising the Nine Provinces Small World above the kill line.
• Lu Zhen trained with Leng Qiu, returned to Feng City, and advanced to the Self-Contained Realm before building his army and preparing to take Tianshui City.
• Lu Zhen killed Xue Wanshan and Wei Cangyuan, then led the Mandate Army in occupying Tianshui City and collecting its Ancient Jade.
• Lu Zhen fused more Ancient Crystals and increased his strength, while Chu Long learned of his rise and revealed himself as a Heavenly Extremity Realm master.
• Chu Rong identified herself as Princess Zhaoyang and offered Lu Zhen payment to support Prince Duan Chu Wuji, and Lu Zhen agreed to help for one million Ancient Jade.
• Ying Jiu, an Upper Extremity Realm assassin and Ancient Martial Artist, entered the City Lord’s Manor, and Lu Zhen confronted him.