Recaps

Lu Qing traveled through the Mortal Realm, confronted a chain of supernatural crimes tied to the Crown Prince, and advanced his cultivation before returning to the sect. He entered the Nine Heavens as a Sword Lineage initiate and took a steward position at a Spirit Plant Garden.

• Lu Qing exposed the Mountain Tiger demon that had killed the five Yan Sect youths, then cleansed the temple grounds of its resentful Killing Intent.
• Lu Qing reached World City, met Ma Feng, witnessed the Dragon Parade Festival, and broke through to a new cultivation stage while traveling toward the imperial capital.
• Lu Qing uncovered how a scholar’s murder and a haunting were connected to the Crown Prince’s plot, then helped expose the crimes at the Celestial Master Assembly as the Crown Prince collapsed and Xie died.
• Lu Qing received Xie’s Record of Cultivation from the Resentful Corpse, returned to the Lu Residence, and later broke through to the Second Golden Core Stage on Spirit Leaf Island.
• Lu Qing left Spirit Leaf Island with White Crane Boy and entered the Nine Heavens through the ancient bronze gate after learning about the realm and its sects.
• Lu Qing reached the Sword Lineage Dojo, became Li Luoyang’s initiate disciple, and learned the sect’s rules from Wang Chunfeng.
• Lu Qing avoided the expected Trial Path challenge while a demonic cultivator appeared at Reception Peak, then found that Spirit Plant Garden missions were scarce and difficult to fill.
• Lu Qing accepted Jin Yu’s offer to become a Spirit Plant Garden steward, chose one of the four gardens, and received a steward’s token talisman.

Lu Qing settled into his Spirit Plant Garden post, strengthened Sun-Moon Mountain, and advanced through Golden Core cultivation while learning a sword art that severed Fate Allotment. After a Great Era and the Demon Land’s return became matters of concern, he chose to keep cultivating and traveled toward Misty-Wave Lake by a safer route.

• Lu Qing took charge of the Spirit Plant Garden, replaced its basic crops with higher-grade spirit grains, and strengthened Sun-Moon Mountain with powerful formations.
• Lu Qing studied the Dao Sect’s records, cultivated to the Third Golden Core Realm, and attended Li Luoyang’s lecture, where he reached the Fourth Golden Core Realm and learned a sword form that severed Fate Allotment.
• Tan Tianci became the master’s tenth direct disciple, while Lu Qing returned to Sun-Moon Mountain to practice the Fortune-Slaying Sword.
• Lu Qing’s strike severed the clouds’ Fate Allotment and caused an unseasonal storm, drawing the attention of Dao Sect disciples and high-ranking cultivators.
• Sun Qidao told Li Luoyang that the Demon Land had reappeared in the Four Lands and that the Law Enforcement branch and Sword Lineage would go there together.
• White Crane Boy told Lu Qing that a Great Era was approaching, and Lu Qing chose a safe route to Misty-Wave Lake and collected Immortal Lingzhi as a gift.

As the Demon Land’s return and the Great Era’s dangers gathered, Lu Qing kept cultivating while learning to recognize and avoid the forces of Fate Allotment. The fall of Mars began a vast Heavenly Secrets Fate Allotment, and Qingchen left without meeting him.

• The Enforcement Treasure Ship crashed empty, prompting Dao Sect leaders to investigate a possible Demonic Path threat and order Law Enforcement disciples to undergo the Questioning-Heart Path.
• Lu Qing learned from Wang Chunfeng that the Demon Land had reappeared and that the Immortal and Demonic Paths would contend for Fate Allotment, then watched Wang Chunfeng depart for the Four Lands.
• As the Profound Heaven Bell exposed hidden Evil Cultivators and expedition ships departed, Lu Qing studied teleportation formations at Reception Peak and detected Tribulation Qi around Zhang Meng'an’s arrival.
• Lu Qing returned to Sun-Moon Mountain, prepared the Spirit Plant disciples to grow Five-Element Spirit Rice, and learned that Zhang Meng'an had passed the Questioning-Heart Path and become Wei Zu’s disciple.
• Wang Chunfeng’s group reached the Four Lands and hid near the Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death, while Elder Black Wind devoured a Black Sun Sect disciple he accused of colluding with the Immortal Path.
• Qingxuan met Lu Qing and explained that their Karmic Affinity came from the Great Concealment Art, which Lu Qing realized had been affected by his Calamity Avoidance Skill.
• Lu Qing concluded that completing the Great Concealment Art required observing the Great Era’s turbulence, then witnessed Mars fall and scatter a vast Heavenly Secrets Fate Allotment across the realms.
• Lu Qing considered the dangers of Fate Allotment and Soul Lamps, resolved to keep his True Spirit in his own hands, and Qingchen left without meeting him.

As the Demon Land emerged and the Immortal and Demonic Paths prepared for conflict, Lu Qing followed divinations that led him to hide in the Daoist Dojo. There he mastered the Five Elements, advanced to the Sixth Golden Core Realm, and returned to quiet cultivation.

• Wang Chunfeng crushed the Tiger Demon’s True Spirit after learning that Black Wind Old Demon had spread rumors of a supreme treasure, while Elder Nonaction gathered the Demonic Cultivators and directed them to hunt the Mars Star Lords.
• Lu Qing studied Five-Element spells as the Golden Feather Sect and the Nine Immortal Sects moved toward the Four Lands, where news spread that the Demon Land would soon appear.
• Lu Qing’s divinations warned him that seeking Mars Fate Allotment could draw him into a devastating battle, so he resolved to remain in the Sword Lineage Dojo.
• Yellow Springs disciples and powerful figures prepared to kill Immortal Path prodigies, while Wang Chunfeng continued investigating the rumored Demon Land.
• Lu Qing saw the Demonic Path’s Fate Allotment surge and then falter as the Demon Land descended, and he secured a secluded Cultivation Cave in the Daoist Dojo.
• Lu Qing combined the Five Elements through their natural transformations, broke through to the fifth and then sixth Golden Core realms, and established the elements in his Inner World.
• Lu Qing descended the mountain under concealment and returned to his Cultivation Cave after Li Luoyang briefly sensed his breakthrough.