Recaps

Lu Qing advanced his Great Dao, uncovered the keys to the Dao-Seeking Hall, and recognized that the West Sea Inheritance Grounds were drawing the Human Path into a wider struggle. The Profound Heaven Dao Sect announced its Dao Child Contest, and Zhou Shenlong, Chen Fan, Ye Lin, and other contenders entered as attention shifted toward the West Sea.

• Fu Huazi sent Lu Qing to White Tiger World to choose a site for a subordinate sect, where Lu Qing found a hidden lake and recovered an ancient Jade Token that led him to the keys of the Dao-Seeking Hall.
• Lu Qing judged that he needed to reach the fifth step of the Dongzhen Realm before opening the hall, then broke through and saw his Great Dao as a tree whose branches held worlds and Dao Shadows.
• Lu Qing delegated the sect’s recruitment work to his avatar, welcomed new disciples, and later traveled into a Time Tributary to study time and make Years Wine.
• Lu Qing connected the West Sea Inheritance Grounds, Humanity Fate Allotment, and the Human Emperor’s rise to a coming contest between the Human Path and the other Six Paths.
• Lu Qing’s Red Dust Avatar killed the White-Haired Ghost Child and other Demonic Path figures near his Immortal City, while Lu Qing severed their ties to the River of Wrongful Death.
• The Sect Master and Zhang Qingyun approved the Profound Heaven Dao Child Ranking, and the sect announced that its listed disciples would contend for the Dao.
• Lu Qing’s Red Dust Dao transformed as he recognized that entering and leaving worldly life both belonged to the Mortal World, and he left its Dao Rhyme in his Inner World for later seekers.
• The Dao Child Contest began as Zhou Shenlong, Chen Fan, and Ye Lin entered the rankings, while great powers turned their attention to the West Sea Inheritance Grounds.

As the West Sea Inheritance Grounds and the Eight Wastelands stirred with Providence, Lu Qing studied the paths and watched the Human Path’s rise. His investigation of the Heavenly Heart Scripture revealed its hidden Human Path purpose, and Fu Huazi altered it while preparing the sect for the coming transformation.

• The Profound Heaven Dao Sect established its Dao Child as its disciples received Creation and Providence, while Lu Qing investigated the West Sea’s demonic shadows and continued cultivating.
• A young deity entered the Inheritance Grounds and chose the Divine Path trial, while Immortal Path cultivators began Severing Dust and learned to experience life as Dao Hearts.
• Lu Qing used the Mirage Tower to study the Incense Divine Path, then learned that four Dao Children had been chosen and that the Ghost and Spirit Paths were changing.
• Zhou Shenlong and other cultivators arrived at the West Sea as prodigies competed on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, while a divine mountain appeared in the Eight Wastelands amid growing Humanity Providence.
• Fang Changhuo became the first Son of the Human Emperor to bear a Destiny Pattern and entered the Human Emperor Trial after an unseen protector rescued him from Old Ghost.
• Lu Qing refrained from interfering with the Sons of the Human Emperor and the River of Time, while the Dao Children challenged ranked prodigies during a new Tribulation Cycle.
• After Su Ming asked about severing emotions, Lu Qing investigated the Heavenly Heart Scripture and traced its origins to a mortal scholar who had devised it as a possible remedy for the Human Path’s deficiencies.
• Fu Huazi explained that the coming Humanity Grand Trend could surpass the Primordial Era, removed Human Path traces from the scripture, and sent Lu Qing to inspect the Library Pavilion with Thunder Dragon.

As Reincarnation and the Human Path stirred across the world, Lu Qing expanded the Library Pavilion, passed the Ancestor’s Trial, and broke through to Dao Movement. The killing of a Heaven-Born Holy Spirit by the Son of the Human Emperor drew ancient powers toward the West Sea, where the Supreme Treasure threatened to ignite a new Tribulation Cycle.

• Fu Huazi removed the Heavenly Heart Scripture’s cause and effect from the Humanity Grand Trend, while Lu Qing expanded and repaired the Library Pavilion’s cultivation methods and introduced an Enlightenment Platform for disciples.
• The Sons of the Human Emperor gathered in the Human Emperor Starland, where Li Jiuyang and Fang Changhuo learned that Destiny Patterns and Providence could be stripped away and that the nine candidates were not fixed.
• Reincarnation appeared in the East Sea as ancient ruins emerged, drawing hidden powers and aging cultivators who sought a chance at renewed life, while an immense Extraterrestrial Star Beast approached Nine Heavens.
• Lu Qing formed a Reincarnation World in his Inner World, then entered the Library Pavilion’s Ancestor’s Trial, chose a Dao Marker from the Primordial Era, and received the Tai Xuan Three Sovereigns Scripture.
• Lu Qing entered the scripture’s Dao in an instant, became a Tai Xuan True Disciple, and broke through to Dao Movement without a tribulation as the Great Dao Struggle and signs of Reincarnation intensified.
• The Human Path killed the tenth-ranked Heaven-Born Holy Spirit with a Supreme Treasure, prompting cultivators to flock toward the West Sea and Lu Qing to sense that the treasure had begun a new Tribulation Cycle.
• Cloud Venerable and the Revered Deity ordered their followers to watch the Son of the Human Emperor and the other lineages, while ancient powers focused on the rare Primordial Era Humanity Path Supreme Treasure.

Lu Qing traced the West Sea upheaval to the Strange Gate and deepened his Reincarnation Great Dao, stirring the Long River of Time and drawing ancient powers’ attention. He entered the realm beyond the gate and began secluded cultivation in a dying world, while signs of Reincarnation continued to emerge across the Nine Heavens.

• Huang Wuxuan escaped his pursuers with the Mysterious Stone Tablet and entered the Human Path Inheritance Grounds, where he gained authority over the trial.
• The West Sea vortex revealed the Divine Path Strange Gate Temple, drawing powerful figures and cultivators toward its portal as Lu Qing investigated the upheaval.
• Lu Qing deepened his Reincarnation cultivation by following a True Spirit through death and rebirth, gaining authority that stirred the Long River of Time across other Great Eras.
• The Reincarnation Nether Sea entered Lu Qing’s Purple Mansion, forming new worlds and Dao Marks as he accepted the sect’s mission to explore the realm beyond the gate.
• The Dao Sect sent Lu Qing and other cultivators toward the West Sea Portal aboard the Cloud Beast, while factions prepared their own candidates and plans.
• Lu Qing passed through the Strange Gate alone into a stellar universe of countless worlds and entered a nearby, desolate world where all life was withering.
• Lu Qing spread restrictions around the empty world and began cultivating in seclusion to study Reincarnation, while a remnant bearing its aura surfaced in the Nine Heavens East Sea.