Recaps

Lu Tian joined the Blood Sea Trial to restore his damaged foundation, growing into a formidable blade cultivator who defeated thousands of Golden Immortals and several Taiyi experts. After restoring his foundation and receiving new treasures, he prepared to travel east while Jieyin and Zhunti adapted his secret method for the Western Teachings.

• Lu Tian became Jieyin and Zhunti’s disciple, developed his Vajra Dharma Body, and entered the Dream Realm to create the Zero World.
• Lu Tian explored the Western Blessed Lands, found Luohu’s inheritance, and learned the Demon Heart Swallowing Heaven Scripture to repair his foundation.
• Lu Tian entered Ancestor Minghe’s Blood Sea Trial, disguised himself as an Asura, and survived deadly battles while developing his blade skills.
• Lu Tian entered the Star Burial Sea, killed three thousand Golden Immortals, and absorbed their origins to revive his Innate Purple Bamboo foundation.
• Lu Tian fought the Four Great Tribes’ forces, defeated three Asura Taiyi, then killed seven more Taiyi Golden Immortals who attacked him together.
• Lu Tian’s foundation was completely restored, and he endured a Shaping Thunder Tribulation as the Three Pure Ones learned that he was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root.
• Styx gave Lu Tian the Chaos Embryo Cloth, which Lu Tian absorbed to strengthen his foundation, and Lu Tian shared his secret methods with Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin traded for the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner, while he and Zhunti adapted Lu Tian’s method for their disciples as Lu Tian refined the Five Elements qi.

Lu Tian advanced the Western Teachings’ standing by rescuing humans, navigating the Witch-Demon conflict, and strengthening his own cultivation. After the calamity broke Buzhou Mountain, he helped Zhunti secure the Mysterious Turtle’s limbs to support the heavens, earning vast merit and arranging the turtle’s reincarnation in the West.

• Lu Tian reached the Taiyi Realm, rescued human clans, and brought a million people west despite the Three Pure Ones’ demand that he return them.
• Lu Tian and the Western Teachings helped restore the Western Earth Veins, welcomed a Witch Clan tribe, and formed a plan with Houtu to establish reincarnation in the West.
• Lu Tian defeated Luohu in his inheritance realm, claimed the World Destroying Black Lotus, and returned to Mount Sumeru as the West’s spiritual qi began to revive.
• Jieyin and Zhunti lured the ten Golden Crow princes from Tanggu Valley, and Da Yi shot down nine of them, triggering war between the Witch and Demon Clans.
• Gui Che killed Kuafu with the unfinished Witch Slaying Sword, and Hongjun ordered Lu Tian and the Six Sages to control the calamity.
• Gonggong struck Buzhou Mountain and caused it to collapse, so Lu Tian and Zhunti went to the North Sea to seek the Mysterious Turtle.
• Lu Tian persuaded the Mysterious Turtle to offer its limbs willingly in exchange for reincarnation and a chance to join the Western Teachings.
• After Nuwa mended the sky, the Mysterious Turtle severed its limbs to support the four poles, and the Heavenly Dao sent its True Spirit west as Zhunti and Lu Tian received vast merit.

Lu Tian strengthened the Western Teachings by guiding Fuxi and Shennong, establishing the Underworld, and intervening in the struggle between Xuanyuan and Chiyou. The arc left the Western Teachings in control of many captured dragons as the Human Emperor war continued.

• Lu Tian helped Ancestor Minghe become an Earthly Sage, then guided Houtu to establish reincarnation and accepted the future role of Yin Tianzi.
• Lu Tian broke through to Grand Unity with a twelve-grade Dao Flower and prepared for the coming Investiture of the Gods tribulation.
• Lu Tian helped Fuxi become the Western Human Emperor with the Human Emperor Seal, then supported Shennong's use of herbal medicine before the two rulers abdicated.
• As Xuanyuan and Chiyou contended for the Human Emperor's throne, Lu Tian established the Underworld, appointed its officials, and put its system of judgment and reincarnation into operation.
• Xuanyuan allied with the Dragon Clan against Chiyou, while Lu Tian sent Zhending to capture dragons and offered Ying Long a choice between joining the West and guarding the sea eye.
• Lu Tian and six Quasi-Saints defeated Ying Long, and Lu Tian captured more than a thousand dragons, including the Four Sea Dragon Kings.
• Lu Tian assigned captured dragons to guard the Underworld and serve the Western Teachings, then appointed his disciple to lead the Eight Divisions of Heavenly Dragons.

Lu Tian expanded the Western Teachings’ influence, strengthened the underworld, and prepared for the Investiture of the Gods tribulation while the eastern sects maneuvered against one another. The arc leaves him in the East as Tongtian breaks with his brothers and the sects move toward open conflict.

• Lu Tian helped Chiyou defeat Xuanyuan at Zhuolu, then proclaimed Chiyou Human Emperor of the Western Human Race after the peoples and their fortunes had joined.
• Lu Tian brought Zhenyuanzi and the Ginseng Fruit Tree into the Netherworld, then worked with him to create and control several Zombie Ancestors.
• Lu Tian passed Luohu’s test, inherited the God Slaying Spear, and advanced to Quasi-Saint by forming an Evil Corpse.
• Lu Tian sent Zhending and the Dragon Clan to help Yu control the floods, while Hongjun announced the Investiture of the Gods tribulation and Lu Tian advised the Western Teachings to remain neutral until the eastern sects were entangled.
• Lu Tian rescued Yang Jian and Yang Chan from Haotian’s soldiers, took them west with Yang Jiao, and arranged for Nuwa to teach Yang Chan alongside him.
• Lu Tian and the Western leaders rejected Shen Gongbao, then arranged a contest between Guangchengzi and Duobao that led Shen Gongbao to join the Jie Sect.
• Lu Tian traveled east as the Western Teachings debated the Three Sects at Two Realms Mountain, while the eastern sects sought influence in the West and maneuvered to provoke conflict.
• Lu Tian saw that Tongtian had refused to join Yuanshi and Ta Qing’s plan against the Western Teachings, and stopped short of visiting Golden Ao Island as the sect balance shifted.