Recaps

Li Qing manipulated events around Zhu Yiba, investigated Two Realms City and its academies, and explored the Zhang Family Ancient Battlefield while Lou Xingyue pursued the Dream Black Hand. After Li Qing framed Zhang Blackskin as the Dream Black Hand, Lou shifted his suspicion toward Wang Qianqiu and prepared to test suspects, forcing Li Qing to plan for the investigation.

• Ghost Spirit Daoist attacked Shang Xuewen’s ship, but a crimson sword forced him to flee while Li Qing escaped the ensuing clash.
• Li Qing followed Zhu Yiba and Bai Shishi, watched them survive White Dragon Mountain’s deadly fog, and later used Shadow Paper Dolls to influence events around them and other destiny-favored figures.
• Li Qing reached Two Realms City, recruited Wu Derui and Zhu Qingyu, and learned that the academies and the Slaughter Demon Sect were seeking a treasure linked to the Zhang Family Ancient Battlefield.
• Lou Xingyue investigated the Dream Black Hand and began suspecting Li Wushuang, while Li Qing toured the academies and secretly copied their books and records.
• Spectral soldiers entered Two Realms City in search of a stolen treasure and killed residents as Li Qing concealed himself and gathered information about their origin.
• Li Qing left the city and sent a Shadow Paper Doll into the Zhang Family Ancient Battlefield, where it recovered a black sword and artifacts from the dead.
• Li Qing arranged for Zhang Blackskin to pose as the Dream Black Hand and influence Wang Qianqiu’s dream, while Chen Yilong revealed that the Demon Extermination Hall was preparing for a coming upheaval.
• Chen Yilong’s forces wiped out the Blood Demon Sect infiltrators, and Lou Xingyue questioned Wang Qianqiu before making him his primary suspect and planning foundation tests for ten people.

Li Qing used the Slaughter Demon Sect’s ambush on Lou Xingyue and a forged trail to set Two Realms City’s factions against one another over Han Qiu’s supposed Commander Summoning Token. The real token remained hidden, the stolen box proved to be a decoy, and Li Qing prepared to move his schemes toward other cities while Lou Xingyue investigated the mastermind.

• Li Qing explored the ancient battlefield, found an earth-vein cavern, and prepared a hidden rebirth site while gathering resources and refining nine formation flags.
• Li Qing planted information about Lou Xingyue’s movements so Red-Haired Old Ghost and Demon Blood Lady would ambush him, then used the attack to collect Lou Xingyue’s silver blood and bloodstained soil.
• Li Qing learned that Han Qiu had buried a treasure at Zhu Yiba’s residence and arranged for Zhu Yiba to ally with the Water Marsh Boat Gang and Eighteen Streets Gang.
• Li Qing recovered Han Qiu’s box, learned it held a Commander Summoning Token, and spread information about it while planting a fake token in Zhu Yiba’s courtyard.
• The factions converged on Zhu Yiba’s courtyard, where Zhu Yiba unearthed the box and Red-Haired Old Ghost escaped with it amid a battle.
• Li Qing copied records from the Four Great Academies and cursed Lou Xingyue with the Death Dream Curse Technique as Demon Blood Lady and Red-Haired Old Ghost fled the city with the box.
• Wu Yaofeng cleared Zhu Yiba after hearing his account, while Li Qing planned further incidents in other cities and Lou Xingyue returned injured to investigate the mastermind.
• Demon Blood Lady and Red-Haired Old Ghost discovered the box held a false token and returned to Two Realms City to find out who had deceived them.

Li Qing manipulated the fallout from Lou Xingyue’s Aberration while expanding his network among water demons and in several cities. He uncovered Peach Blossom Vale’s hidden water vein, recruited Wang Kuohai, and learned who had destroyed Wang Kuohai’s escort agency.

• Li Qing used Wu Qiyu to feed Red-Haired Old Ghost and Demon Blood Lady false information, leading them to attack Lou Xingyue and trigger his Aberration.
• Li Qing hid the Commander Summoning Token, strengthened his cultivation, and began recruiting water demons to serve Zhu Yiba and support Ao Ming.
• Li Qing subdued the Black Snake King, recruited Huang Bingzhang and Zhou Qihua, and established an intelligence network in Water Abyss City.
• Li Qing entered Peach Blossom Vale, killed Old Spider Lady and her monsters, freed the souls trapped in their servants, and took control of the formation around an Essence Water Vein Node before burning the vale.
• Li Qing recruited the Beaver Demon King, while Su Muqin investigated the attacks and concluded that a hidden force had manipulated both righteous and Demonic Path factions.
• Li Qing established an intelligence network in Feng River City, then traveled to the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and discovered Huikong’s plans for Wang Kuohai.
• Li Qing destroyed the cursed Buddha mark in Wang Kuohai’s sea of consciousness, secured his oath of loyalty, and learned that Young Master Blood Spirit had ordered the destruction of Wang Kuohai’s escort agency.

Li Qing manipulated events in Feng River City while exploring Daoist Fulong’s tomb, where Wu De and Huikong uncovered an Immortal Coffin and awakened an ancient corpse. The corpse’s black mist drew powerful cultivators to the city as Li Qing prepared to build influence among the Children of Destiny and Rogue Cultivators.

• Li Qing framed Qin Zeming for soul harvesting, leading Wu Yongming and Huang Dongming to confront him before Nangong Haoran killed him with the Vast Spirit Ruler.
• Li Qing refined Daoist Fulong’s formation flags, then arranged for Huikong and Wu De to meet and proceed together through the tomb’s traps.
• Wu De and Huikong defeated Qiu Yuehua and navigated the Nine Dragons Tomb-Suppressing Formation while Li Qing recorded the tomb’s secrets.
• Wu De and Huikong entered the Celestial Cycle Star Slaughter Array, where its information assault caused Aberration until Li Qing’s Shadow Paper Dolls jolted them back to clarity.
• Li Qing recorded the Celestial Cycle Star Back-Pushing Diagram as Wu De and Huikong crossed to the Immortal Coffin, then sent a Bone Vajra to open it.
• The ancient corpse’s black smoke engulfed Li Qing’s Shadow Paper Doll, forcing him to retreat and hide outside Feng River City.
• A pillar of black qi erupted from the tomb, drawing Su Muqin and other experts as Li Qing ordered his allies to investigate and considered organizing fleeing Rogue Cultivators.
• Su Muqin burned away black mist and Aberrated creatures but could not stop the outbreak, while Feng River City sealed itself and Li Qing observed from outside.