Recaps

Lu Qing cleared Killing Intent across Water Province, witnessed the Phoenix-Tail Ancestor’s assassination, and advanced his cultivation by absorbing Moon Essence. In Nether Province, he completed his mission amid the Treasure Basin eruption, then uncovered and destroyed a demonic Blood-Transforming Formation before Senior White Crane arrived.

• Lu Qing destroyed the sentient Killing Intent at Peach Blossom Village, then continued clearing dangerous sites across Water Province, including the battlefield at Blood Bone Hills and Rainy Slope.
• Lu Qing rescued Dao Academy disciples from a Baleful Eerie and killed a Demonic Aberration, earning praise from Elder Lin.
• Lu Qing witnessed the Phoenix-Tail Ancestor kill several evil cultivators before an unseen attacker assassinated the wounded ancestor, then avoided drawing attention as news spread.
• Lu Qing cultivated beneath the full moon, absorbed Moon Essence to advance his Divine Soul, and later sold some of it in Yingxian City to buy a Jade Radiance Bottle.
• Lu Qing captured the Moon-Eating Demon King in the Twelve Cities and collected Moon Essence, then concealed a golden object as the Treasure Basin erupted and treasure seekers clashed across Nether Province.
• Lu Qing learned that Zhou Shenlong was the sole survivor of the poisoned Zhou Clan and left Yu City before the dispute escalated.
• Lu Qing killed a demonic cultivator near Yu City, destroyed a Blood-Transforming Formation, and eliminated the jar-bound Yin Mozi, a former Golden Core cultivator.
• Lu Qing reported the formation to his sect, and Senior White Crane arrived, swallowed the mountain range, and restored it without the formation.

Lu Qing grew stronger through his discoveries at Myriad Dragon Lake, cultivation on Spirit Leaf Island, and study of Providence, while investigating strange forces tied to the Blood-Transforming Formation. The Dao Academy exposed and purged a traitor, and Lu Qing suspected the Gourd Fragment concealed a deeper secret.

• Lu Qing received his mission rewards, discovered the Long Feather’s grotto-heaven, and reported the shattered gourd from Evil Mountain to Song Wen.
• Lu Qing advanced to the eighth realm of the Purple Mansion and witnessed a True Dragon demonstrate Call the Wind and Summon the Rain at Myriad Dragon Lake.
• Lu Qing returned to Spirit Leaf Island, refined his insight into the dragon technique, and exchanged for the Evergreen Qi Observation Art to study Providence.
• Lu Qing cultivated the art, sold his Dragonheart and Purple Moon Fruits, and planted a Star Tree beside his tea tree.
• Zhou Yaoming warned Lu Qing that the Blood-Transforming Formation was tied to a dangerous hidden current and performed a divination that led Lu Qing to an insight into Heavenly Secrets.
• Lu Qing awoke with a message pointing him northwest toward Primordial Qi, while Yue Jing’s fellow disciples noticed his sharpened aura.
• Gu Xuantian announced the Dao Academy’s purge of traitors, and Law Enforcement disciples arrested Yue Jing and others across the mountain gate.
• Lu Qing learned that Yue Jing had gained opportunities through the Blood-Transforming Formation, suspected the Gourd Fragment mattered more, and watched the Mountain Gate Formation cleanse Killing Intent and suppress Providence.

Lu Qing settled the lingering ties to his mortal past and overcame the inner trials of his Golden Core Tribulation while seeking Primordial Qi in Azure Ridge Volcano. He formed his Golden Core as White Crane helped stop the evil cultivators trying to sabotage the tribulation.

• Lu Qing refined his formation insights, reached the ninth realm of the Purple Mansion, and learned of the upheaval gathering across the world.
• Lu Qing found and buried his parent’s remains, then met Old Liu and settled his parents’ Cause and Effect.
• Lu Qing debated and defeated the versions of himself that embodied reliance on Fortune Source, reckless freedom, and genius arrogance, overcoming his Golden Core Tribulation’s inner trials.
• Lu Qing traveled to Azure Ridge Volcano, investigated its dangers, and found a Treasure Herb containing the Primordial Qi he needed.
• Lu Qing absorbed the Primordial Qi and began his Golden Core Tribulation, enduring lightning and manifestations of ancient cultivators’ techniques.
• Incense Master Tan sent the Red-Robed Saintess and Young Master Jiu Yuan to sabotage Lu Qing’s tribulation, but their attempt failed as Lu Qing finished it.
• White Crane pursued the fleeing evil cultivators and swallowed the Red-Robed Saintess’s shadow, while Lu Qing condensed his spiritual power into a Golden Core.

After reaching Golden Core, Lu Qing explored the Floating Grotto-Heaven and used the Heavenly Heart Jewel to enter a mortal realm. There, he encountered Zuo Liang and agreed to travel with him to the capital for the gathering of extraordinary practitioners.

• Lu Qing formed a Golden Core, exposed the Leftist Path’s altar at Azure Ridge Volcano, and Song Wen destroyed its counterfeit cauldron projection.
• Lu Qing returned to the sect, received a pearl imbued with the Heavenly Heart Jewel’s power, and studied the Floating Grotto-Heaven’s laws of space.
• Lu Qing cultivated on Spirit Leaf Island while rumors spread of a Golden Core cave abode in the Phoenix-Tail Water Kingdom and Destiny stirred around him.
• Lu Qing studied a Golden Core cultivator’s Red Dust Heaven, exchanged his remaining contribution points for cultivation resources, and prepared to use the treasure pearl.
• Lu Qing entered the Heavenly Heart Jewel’s illusion as a young member of the Lu family and chose to seek immortal arts despite his father’s warning that the family could not support that path.
• Lu Qing saw a vision of a celestial hall reflected in the river, then recognized the spirits aboard a pleasure barge as foxes, snakes, and ghosts.
• Zuo Liang defeated the snake demon and the disguised spirits with Sword Qi, then told Lu Qing that the emperor’s List of Extraordinary People was drawing practitioners to the capital.
• Lu Qing agreed to accompany Zuo Liang to the capital, learned about the realm’s practitioners, and quietly formed a strand of divine sense.