Recaps

Lu Qing investigated the Long River of Time and Reincarnation while shaping a Destiny World for the Dao Academy’s entrance trial. As the Nine Heavens’ forces gathered around the Human Path, a new Heavenly Mandate bearer emerged and the Academy Minor Competition became the Hundred-Academy Grand Competition.

• Cultivators across Cosmic Universe Heaven sensed an ancient river approaching, and Lu Qing recognized the Yellow Springs River as a remnant of Primordial Era reincarnation.
• Lu Qing discovered that Zhao An carried an Old Ghost of Fangxian Reincarnation within his Divine Soul and used his Reincarnation Authority to perceive its True Spirit.
• Figures Beyond the Heavens cast a Heavenly Net Chessboard into the river, binding countless beings’ Destiny, Heavenly Secrets, Cause and Effect, and Karmic Affinity.
• Lu Qing created a Destiny World for the Profound Heaven Dao Academy’s Dao Heart assessment, where applicants faced trials shaped by possible destinies.
• Wang Chunfeng told Lu Qing he would leave cultivation and return to the Mortal World with Wanyun, and Lu Qing let him depart on his chosen path.
• Xin Ren entered the Destiny World and encountered his younger self, while Lu Qing and the elders considered whether his Variable Fate came from the past or future.
• Cloud God Sect and Fuyao Mountain allied to explore the Cosmic Starry Space, as Lu Qing stirred new Fate Rivers and Variable Fates within the trial world.
• During Zhou Yunkong and Qiao Zong’s duel, Lu Qing sensed the birth of a Heavenly Mandate bearer, then learned that the Academy Minor Competition would become the Hundred-Academy Grand Competition in Void Cloud World.

As the Reincarnation Entrance opened and the West Sea Supreme Treasure drew the Sons of the Human Emperor into conflict, Lu Qing tracked the shifting Fate Allotment and prepared to leave the Nine Heavens. He entered the Primordial Era, while a new scene followed Wen An and a green-robed boy worrying about their prospects at the temple.

• Lü Liang and his companions learned that the Beyond-Heavens Cultivators had arrived, while Bodhi Hall disciples dismissed Wen Yun’s warnings and went to confront them.
• Lu Qing observed the deaths of Bodhi Hall’s direct disciples and judged that the turmoil around the forbidden regions remained within the chessboard’s control.
• Wei Shaoping prepared divinations for Young Master Nie as Li Jiuyang and Huang Wuxuan began the West Sea inheritance trial.
• The Reincarnation Entrance opened in the East Sea, and Lu Qing sent his avatar Li Changhe to observe as powerful cultivators gathered and entered.
• Li Changhe and other travelers reached the Yellow Springs River, where a boatman demanded Life-Lifespan for passage before the entrance disappeared two months later.
• Huang Wuxuan escaped the West Sea Supreme Treasure struggle, while Lu Qing tracked the Sons of the Human Emperor and saw their Fate Allotments gather Providence and Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing examined the Dao Marker, adapted his aura to the Primordial Era, and entered its boundless white light.
• The green-robed boy asked Wen An about the Mountain Lord’s guest, and both worried that they might fail to become Dao-entry disciples and have to leave the sect.

Lu Qing entered the Reincarnation Dao and endured its tribulation, which stirred the Long River of Time and drew ancient powers into a struggle over Reincarnation. As he lived through a mortal incarnation and hidden cultivation, prodigies rose across the Six Paths and Wang Longxiang’s path began to unfold, leaving Lu Qing in Lin'an City investigating the backlash of time.

• Lu Qing traced Ghost Path Providence to the Nine-Nether Yellow Springs River, then chose to cultivate rather than cross into the hidden Other Shore.
• Lu Qing broke through to the Dongzhen Dao Transmission Realm and endured the Reincarnation Great Dao Tribulation, causing a disturbance in the Long River of Time.
• Ancient beings sought the source of the Reincarnation disturbance as Lu Qing’s memories and destiny were washed away, leaving him in a mortal life in Taoyuan Village.
• The old Daoist found Lu Qing in Peach Blossom Spring, recognized his extraordinary Dao Rhyme and disastrous Destiny Pattern, then left without taking him as a disciple.
• Lu Qing entered the Reincarnation Dao as ancient cultivators and figures across countless worlds followed, while the Six Paths’ prodigies began to emerge in the Mortal World.
• Over the following centuries, Lu Qing watched unusual prodigies die from what he identified as a backlash of Time, while Wang Longxiang and other geniuses rose to prominence.
• After the Azure Dragon Horn sounded, Wang Longxiang set out for Lin'an City and Human Path disciples gathered there amid tensions over Feng Qing.
• Lu Qing entered the black market outside Lin'an City, searching for familiar figures who might help him understand the temporal backlash.

Lu Qing recovered his True Self through reincarnation, advanced his Dao, and witnessed the Azure Emperor and two other ancient powerhouses fall as a hidden scheme stirred around Mars Star and the Human Emperor. The arc ended with Dao-Seeking Hall detecting a peerless disciple’s Providence arriving from a later age.

• Lu Qing recognized White Sparrow as a fellow traveler of the same origin, followed its rebirth as You Zhengyang, and recovered his True Self by comprehending reincarnation.
• Lu Qing crossed the Reincarnation Tribulation, reached Dongzhen Perfection, and saw the dangers and visions within the Nether Sea as his true body advanced.
• Lu Qing observed the Human Emperor’s growing Providence and the Azure Emperor Palace’s upheaval, then witnessed the Azure Emperor and Ten Directions Venerable Elder suffer Dao Degeneration.
• Lu Qing connected the Three Immortals’ fall, Mars Star’s Fate Allotment, and the return of Star Lords to a possible ancient scheme, while suspecting the Third Immortal might not have truly perished.
• Lu Qing mastered the Book of Life and Death’s power and continued studying the Primordial Era’s Great Daos without adopting their cultivation paths.
• Zhong Shaoxuan investigated a strange strand of Cause and Effect in Dao-Seeking Hall’s Providence and brought the matter to the elders.
• Dao-Seeking Hall’s Immortal adepts traced the Providence to a peerless disciple from a later age, and Patriarch Yunfeng sent down a Cloud Talisman.