Recaps

Lu Zhen finished first in special training, created an avatar to pursue conquest on the Ancient Star, and advanced his sword art to Weaving Law while traveling toward the sect examination. News of the danger facing the Nine Provinces drove him to seek first place, while Ye Chen marched on the Great Abyss capital.

• Lu Zhen killed Ying Jiu, found a Spirit-Refining Method, and suspected that the assassin had come from outside the Ancient Star.
• Lu Zhen reached peak Third Layer True Intent, took first place in the Black-Yellow Pagoda rankings, and exchanged his rewards for Innate Taiyi True Water and the Grand Evolution Star God Sword Record.
• Lu Zhen impressed Leng Qiu with his rapid sword-art progress, then used his monthly settlement to obtain Creation Taiyi True Liquid and Purple-Gold Star-Core Ancient Crystals.
• Lu Zhen advanced to the late Converging Stream Realm, killed Chu Xuanting at Horse-Blocking Pass, and left his avatar Ye Chen to command the Mandate Army.
• Lu Zhen finished special training in first place and departed for Supreme Unity Mystic Sect headquarters, while Spacetime Islet placed him on its Kill List.
• Liu Bowen told Lu Zhen that the Blood Butcher Old Fiend had abducted Lord Hongwu and Lord Yu Qian and that the Netherblood Sect could buy the Nine Provinces.
• Lu Zhen resolved to pursue first place in the examination, advanced the Grand Evolution Star God Sword Record to Weaving Law, and received Floating Light Shadow from Leng Yan.
• Ye Chen marched the Mandate Army toward the imperial capital, while Chu Long accepted a Skymang Empire envoy's offer of a Ten-Extreme Ancient Martial Artist in exchange for the Founding Treasure.

Lu Zhen defeated rival beasts, advanced his sword and movement arts, and placed second in the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect’s grand examination. After entering Tai'e Sword Academy, he began cultivating the Star-Devouring Record and discovered that Ye Chen’s kills could fuel his growth.

• Ye Chen killed the Skymang envoy and Chu Long, helped Prince Duan take the throne, and learned that the Founding Treasure lay beneath the Imperial Mausoleum.
• Lu Zhen defeated Yan Zheng’s Azure-Scaled Horn Wolf and Han Ang’s Three-Tailed Snow Leopard, winning valuable treasures and Yu Sanniang’s interest.
• Lu Zhen improved his sword and movement techniques, then received a major settlement that granted him powerful resources and the Martial Plunder trait.
• Lu Zhen reached the top three in the Counterflow River trial and rang 115 bells at Zhenhai Cliff, setting the examination’s attack-power record.
• Lu Zhen ranked second overall, chose Tai'e Sword Academy, and entered the Grade-A Outer Sect Area.
• Lu Zhen bought and studied the Grand Luo Myriad Phenomena Star-Devouring Record, then cultivated its first level and received another large settlement.
• Lu Zhen discovered that Martial Plunder counted kills made by his clone Ye Chen, granting him experience from battles on the Great Abyss Ancient Star.

Lu Zhen advanced his power, survived the Fallen Sky Dojo’s Asura Tower, and became Yue Canghai’s Direct Disciple after forming the embryonic Great Dao of Tribulation Light. He returned to the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect, where his duel with Qi Xuan was halted after he revealed his breakthrough.

• Lu Zhen displayed immense power in the Void Realm and earned a Spirit Moon Tier rating, then defeated Zhao Li and Lin Xiao in puppet battles at the Thousand Mechanism Grounds.
• Lu Zhen accepted Qi Xuan’s life-and-death challenge and set their match for three months later, then left the sect for the Fallen Sky Dojo’s assessment.
• Lu Zhen entered the Asura Tower, overcame its demon soldiers and generals through repeated battles, and killed the half-step Nu River Realm demon general Tuoba Kuang on the ninth floor.
• Lu Zhen comprehended the embryonic Great Dao of Tribulation Light from the Northern Guardian Heaven Stele, and Yue Canghai appeared and accepted him as his Direct Disciple.
• Lu Zhen claimed a Calamity-Substitute Puppet, broke through to the Rushing River Realm, and left the dojo to return to the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect.
• Lu Zhen strengthened his arts and abilities while Qi Yuan gave Qi Xuan the Law-Binding Golden Lock to use against him in the arena.
• Qi Xuan attacked Lu Zhen with his Metal Law Domain, but Lu Zhen revealed Tribulation Light and Lei Wanche halted the contest before either could continue.

Lu Zhen entered the Primordial Ancient Star with Leng Qiu, became entangled in its caravan and Royal Court conflicts, and secured influence by bringing down Marquis Anyuan. After helping repel the Blood Butcher Old Fiend’s search of the Nine Provinces, Lu Zhen formed the Blazing Sun Great Dao branch embryo and fused it with Tribulation Light.

• Lu Zhen accepted the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect’s expedition mission in exchange for help rescuing Hongwu and Lord Yu, then entered a High-Grade Dao Origin Pool and advanced to the late-stage Rushing River Realm.
• Lu Zhen and Leng Qiu traveled to the Primordial Ancient Star, posed as Dao companions, and joined Shopkeeper Qian’s caravan toward Black Mountain Main City.
• Leng Qiu killed Monk Rock and Azure Scale when they tried to capture her, but Wu Mu and Daoist Nun Colorful Robes later ambushed the caravan with Young Master Ebony.
• Lu Zhen destroyed Young Master Ebony, Daoist Nun Colorful Robes, and their forces with Tribulation Light, then agreed to serve Ji Yue in the Heaven-Patrolling Bureau.
• Ji Yue assigned Lu Zhen to investigate Marquis Anyuan’s smuggling, and Lu Zhen raided Greenstone Manor before Ji Yue’s clan uncle seized Marquis Anyuan and transferred the Cloudship Bureau to Ji Yue.
• Lu Zhen learned that the Blood Butcher Old Fiend had sent cultivators to search the Nine Provinces, and the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect eliminated them while Lu Zhen warned his family to stay hidden.
• Lu Zhen formed the Blazing Sun Great Dao branch embryo and fused it with Tribulation Light, leaving both listed on his panel as nascent Great Dao branch embryos.