Recaps

An unmanned Enforcement Treasure Ship crashed into the Dao Sect, revealing that its Law Enforcement disciples had vanished and raising fears of the Demon Sect’s growing power. The sect leaders debated the threat and questioned whether the Law Enforcement Lineage could address its internal problems before going to the rumored Demon Land.

• The Enforcement Treasure Ship fell from the sky, crushed two mountain peaks, and caused widespread destruction.
• Purple-robed elders identified the ship as the Enforcement Treasure Ship returning from the Four Lands and confirmed that everyone aboard was missing.
• The elders found no apparent problems with the ship, which made them suspect a deeper threat and report the incident to the sect’s leaders.
• The leaders discussed the Demon Sect’s possible resurgence and the reluctance of most Immortal Sects to heed warnings about it.
• Wei Zu described how few Immortal Sects had listened to his warning about the Demon Sect’s cross-domain teleportation formations.
• Yu Youshu warned that the Law Enforcement Lineage needed to resolve its internal problems before it could go to the rumored Demon Land.

The Dean ordered precautions against the Demon Sect and approved a Heaven Soul Lamp for Law Enforcement disciples entering the Demon Land, while secret figures debated possible corruption within the sect. Jiang Wuya then summoned his disciples and questioned how they knew the Law Enforcement Treasure Boat had encountered trouble.

• First Seat Jiang rejected First Seat Yu's suspicion that Law Enforcement disciples might turn to the Demonic Path, while First Seat Ren urged caution and deferred to Li Luoyang.
• Li Luoyang left the matter to the Dean, who allowed Law Enforcement disciples to travel to the Demon Land if a Heaven Soul Lamp was lit for them and urged the branches to implement the improved sect-protecting formation.
• After the council dispersed, hidden figures suspected someone had entered the Demonic Path and considered whether the Gao Clan, Li Clan, or Ren Clan might be involved.
• Jiang Wuya gathered Gao Yuan, Gao Xiangyun, Zhou Jinyuan, and Li Mingnan, then challenged Li Mingnan's assumption that the Demon Sect had caused the treasure boat's trouble.

Jiang Wuya assigned four disciples to investigate a Demon Sect spy in the Law Enforcement Lineage by taking its members to the Questioning-Heart Path, stirring unease across the Dao Sect. Lu Qing reached Misty-Wave Lake with White Crane Boy, who revealed his hidden Spirit Island and lakeside nest.

• Gao Xiangyun, Li Mingnan, and the other two disciples volunteered to handle the spy investigation, and Jiang Wuya ordered them to organize Law Enforcement disciples for the Questioning-Heart Path.
• Gao Xiangyun warned Gao Yuan that the spy might know the Law Enforcement Treasure Boat’s secrets and that the investigation could implicate powerful elders and peak masters.
• News of the planned Questioning-Heart Path and Three-Lives Mirror spread through the Law Enforcement Lineage, prompting anxiety and a rise in nearby Cultivation Cave rentals.
• Lu Qing arrived at Misty-Wave Lake and admired its clear, expansive waters.
• White Crane Boy revealed a hidden Spirit Island rising from the lake and showed Lu Qing its central lake and cliffside nest.

Lu Qing visited White Crane Boy, exchanged gifts and cultivation knowledge with him, and warned him against casually revealing his abilities. After Lu Qing left, he overheard disciples discussing a law-enforcement treasure vessel that had crashed and the sect’s plan to test its disciples for spies.

• White Crane Boy served Lu Qing tea, accepted an Immortal Lingzhi, and gave him Dragonbone Herb and other Spirit Medicines.
• Lu Qing declined White Crane Boy’s additional gifts, sensing that the White Crane Ancestor was watching them.
• White Crane Boy exchanged a reusable sound-transmission talisman with Lu Qing and promised to help him reach the Ancestor if needed.
• White Crane Boy transmitted his innate minor divine ability to Lu Qing, who warned him not to reveal cultivation methods carelessly.
• Lu Qing left the cave abode and overheard disciples say that a law-enforcement treasure vessel had crashed, possibly due to demonic sect cultivators, and that law-enforcement disciples would undergo the Heart-Questioning Path test.

Lu Qing learned that the fallen Enforcement Lineage vessel belonged to a reconnaissance team sent to the Four Lands, where the core of an ancient Demon Land was about to reappear. Wang Chunfeng explained that the Dao Sect had sent the Sword Lineage and Law Enforcement Lineage to confront the Six Demonic Paths, leaving Lu Qing with more questions about the Demon Land’s return.

• Lu Qing met Wang Chunfeng at Sun-Moon Mountain and invited him inside to explain his troubling matter.
• Wang Chunfeng said the empty Enforcement Lineage vessel had belonged to a team sent to the Four Lands to scout the emergence of a fabled Demon Land.
• Wang Chunfeng explained that the Demon Land’s return was tied to a coming contest over Fate Allotment between the Immortal Path and the Demonic Path.
• Wang Chunfeng described how the Primordial Era Demon Land had vanished and how the surviving minor Demon Sects had become the Six Demonic Paths.
• Wang Chunfeng said the Dao Sect had dispatched the Sword Lineage and Law Enforcement Lineage to the Four Lands, while Lu Qing wondered what had caused the Demon Land to reappear.

Lu Qing listened as Wang Chunfeng explained the Great Era’s struggle between the Immortal and Demonic Paths and warned that the Demon Sect might have spies inside the sect. Wang Chunfeng chose to leave for the Four Lands to guard an Immortal City, and Lu Qing agreed to cover his post at Reception Peak.

• Wang Chunfeng told Lu Qing that the Great Era involved a battle for Fate Allotment between the Immortal and Demonic Paths, and said he longed to fight Demonic Cultivators.
• Wang Chunfeng worried that the Demon Sect had planted spies in the sect, while Lu Qing doubted the Questioning-Heart Path and Profound Heaven Mirror could easily expose them.
• Wang Chunfeng asked Lu Qing to watch Reception Peak the day after tomorrow because he planned to leave for the Four Lands the next day.
• Lu Qing accepted the post and wished Wang Chunfeng safety on his journey.
• Wang Chunfeng departed as a bold sword cry rose into the heavens.

Lu Qing returned to Sun-Moon Mountain and cultivated while reflecting on a travelogue’s account of the cultivation realms and Immortal Ascension. He concluded that the Demonic Path’s shortcut to extending lifespan helped fuel the growing struggle for Fate Allotment, though the full causes of the tribulation remained unclear.

• Lu Qing judged the Demon Land’s aftermath dangerous and resolved to focus on cultivation while avoiding the gathering vortex of cause and effect.
• Lu Qing traveled through the clouds, practiced Call the Wind and Summon the Rain, and deepened his comprehension of the Great Dao of Water Essence.
• Lu Qing meditated beneath the Star Tree and reread Dongyang the Hermit's travelogue about cultivation realms and the path to Immortal Ascension.
• Lu Qing reflected that the travelogue could guide disciples but might unsettle those with weak Dao Hearts.
• Lu Qing reasoned that demonic techniques for seizing others’ lifespans encouraged people to join the Demon Sect or take up the Immortal Path, and that the Demonic Path’s appearance might have induced the coming tribulation.

Lu Qing crossed the Lifespan-and-Death Obstacle after reaffirming his Dao Heart, then strengthened his Divine Soul and reflected on developing the Inner World within his Golden Core. He planned to remain safely at Sun-Moon Mountain and continue cultivating while the sect faced trouble from the Demon Sect.

• Lu Qing decided that he would keep cultivating steadily, seeking the Dao and truth regardless of his lifespan or circumstances.
• Lu Qing crossed the Lifespan-and-Death Obstacle and considered how fear of death and attachment could affect other cultivators.
• Lu Qing drew down starlight to strengthen his Divine Soul, then examined the Water Essence and formation auras within his Golden Core.
• Lu Qing concluded that comprehending the Great Dao would provide the foundation for developing his Golden Core Inner World.
• Lu Qing reviewed his duties and resources at Sun-Moon Mountain and decided to stay and cultivate unless major problems arose.

The Profound Heaven Bell rang seven times before the Dao Sect’s expedition to the Four Lands, exposing hidden Evil Cultivators and clearing the way for the departure. As the Law Enforcement Treasure Boats left through the Domain-Breaking Grand Formation, Lu Qing reflected on the Sect’s preparations while Spirit Plant disciples discussed the expedition’s dangers and rewards.

• Lu Qing saw the phantom Profound Heaven Bell ring seven times as cultivators and tower ships gathered for the journey to the Four Lands.
• The bell chimes exposed concealed Evil Cultivators within the Sect, and law enforcement disciples seized them for Heart-Questioning Cliff.
• Lu Qing used Qi Observation to see the immense Providence linking the Profound Heaven Bell to the Dao Sect’s halls, peaks, and Blessed Lands.
• The Domain-Breaking Grand Formation carried the ships and cultivators through the sky and sent them toward the Four Lands.
• Hu Laozhang, Hou Wucai, and the Spirit Plant disciples discussed the expedition’s dangers and the contribution-point rewards for killing Demonic Cultivators.

Hu Laozhang warned Hou Wucai and the others that the Four Lands were a deadly Demon Sect stronghold, while Lu Qing judged his own preparations and continued cultivating. A white-robed disciple inspected Sun-Moon Mountain’s Five-Element Spirit Rice harvest, and the garden passed without incident.

• Hu Laozhang told Hou Wucai that cultivators in the Four Lands faced deadly Demonic Cultivators and could be refined into Human Pills.
• Lu Qing considered the dangers of the Four Lands and reviewed his safeguards before cultivating beneath the Star Tree.
• A white-robed disciple arrived at Sun-Moon Mountain to collect and inspect the previous year’s Spirit Plant harvest.
• Hu Laozhang presented the Five-Element Spirit Rice, and the white-robed disciple confirmed that the garden had passed inspection.

Lu Qing began his watch duty at Reception Peak, where he studied the teleportation gateways and a ten-thousand-mile teleportation talisman. The talisman’s formation opened new insights into spatial formations, and he resolved to practice formations again and learn from the sect’s upcoming protective grand formation.

• Lu Qing flew to Reception Peak and learned that he was responsible for registering disciples emerging from his assigned teleportation formation.
• Lu Qing settled at the platform and examined the formation embedded in its ancient bronze gateway.
• Lu Qing studied the ten-thousand-mile teleportation talisman Senior Brother Wang had given him and saw the intricate spiritual-power patterns within it.
• Lu Qing gained insights into how teleportation formations used space and spiritual power, then decided to practice formations and study the Dao Sect’s upcoming protective grand formation.

Lu Qing studied the teleportation arrays and the Minor Realms connected to the Nine Heavens, reflecting on the difference between cultivating an Inner World and creating a Grotto-Heaven. He then turned to practicing with an array disk while standing guard at the gateway, where no newcomers had appeared.

• Lu Qing focused his mind and saw the teleportation arrays linking the Nine Heavens to countless Minor Realms beyond it.
• Lu Qing considered how Grotto-Heavens could extend a cultivator’s lifespan, while concluding that cultivating an Inner World offered a different path toward the Great Dao.
• Lu Qing checked his Fate Allotment and decided to study the smaller teleportation array within Senior Brother Wang’s talisman rather than attempt to understand the grand array.
• Lu Qing confirmed that no newcomers had emerged from the gateway and drew an isolation and protective array on the ground.
• Lu Qing used the array disk to practice array-setting, while the unfamiliar people in the nearby small building cultivated as well.

Lu Qing practiced the Teleportation Array and successfully teleported a short distance before Senior Brother Feng arrived at Reception Peak claiming a new disciple had come. Lu Qing blended into the crowd as the disciples flattered Senior Brother Feng and waited to learn who the newcomer was.

• Lu Qing studied the Teleportation Array, formed one himself, and teleported thirty feet.
• Lu Qing sensed someone approaching, put away his isolating formation, and saw a white-robed disciple descend on a cloud.
• A disciple from the reception building greeted Senior Brother Feng, who insisted that a new disciple had arrived and scolded the attendants for being idle.
• The attendant discreetly gave Senior Brother Feng a storage ring, and Feng said the new disciple would become their senior brother.
• Other disciples gathered and praised Senior Brother Feng while asking about the newcomer.
• Lu Qing used his concealment skills to blend into the crowd at the back.

Lu Qing watched Feng Xin prepare to receive Zhang Meng'an, who was expected to become Elder Wei Zu’s personal disciple. When Zhang Meng'an emerged from the Little Dream Realm with three companions, Lu Qing sensed unusual Fate Allotment and Tribulation Qi, then kept himself inconspicuous as Feng Xin welcomed the group.

• Feng Xin announced that Zhang Meng'an from the Little Dream Realm was being prepared as Elder Wei Zu’s personal disciple and sent disciples to White Jade Platform Number Eighteen.
• Lu Qing considered informing Senior Brother Wang, who was responsible for the platform, but stayed out of the reception.
• As the Little Dream Realm’s teleportation beam brightened, Lu Qing noticed several people arriving and detected a trace of Tribulation Qi.
• Lu Qing concealed his appearance and aura while three men and one woman emerged alongside Zhang Meng'an.
• Feng Xin identified himself and verified Zhang Meng'an’s identification talisman, then invited the group to the Grand Elder’s residence.

Lu Qing watched Zhang Meng'an arrive at the upper sect, sensed tribulation around his Fate Allotment, and practiced laying a Teleportation Array. Senior Brother Wang then warned him that the coming Great Era would bring perilous struggles between Immortal Path and Demonic Path geniuses.

• Feng Xin escorted Zhang Meng'an to pay respects to the Grand Elder while his three Little Dream Sect companions were taken to a small building.
• Lu Qing sensed tribulation clinging to Zhang Meng'an and sent Senior Brother Wang a message about the matter.
• Lu Qing practiced formation techniques until he successfully laid a small Teleportation Array.
• Senior Brother Wang warned Lu Qing that Demonic Path geniuses would target Immortal Path geniuses to seize their Fate Allotment during the Great Tribulation.

Lu Qing watched newly ascended disciples arrive and concluded that the Nine Heavens faced a vast Great Tribulation tied to the rise and fall of Fate Allotment. He chose to avoid entanglement and return to cultivation, while the three new arrivals considered their uncertain prospects in the superior sect.

• Lu Qing reflected that Heavenly Prodigies’ Fate Allotment came from heaven and earth and that deeper involvement could bring danger during the Great Tribulation.
• Lu Qing decided that withdrawing to cultivate was his response to the Tribulation and left the Ascension Platform after another disciple arrived to take over his watch.
• The three newly ascended disciples discussed the many Purple Mansion Realm cultivators around them and wondered how they would find their place in the sect.
• Lu Qing returned toward his Cultivation Cave and sensed dense Tribulation Fortune gathering behind the Sky Screen.

Lu Qing returned to Sun-Moon Mountain, strengthened its defenses, and settled the Spirit Plant Garden’s work for the coming year. After inspecting his stipend and deacon token, he left the disciples pleased to learn they would plant Five-Element Spirit Rice.

• Lu Qing considered the threat of the Great Era and the possibility that Demonic Cultivators might target the Profound Heaven Dao Sect through the Nether Sea.
• Lu Qing reviewed the mountain’s formations and confirmed that the Spirit Plant Garden had no problems.
• Lu Qing told Hu Laozhang to plant the newly acquired Five-Element Spirit Rice and let him handle the seeds without inspection.
• Lu Qing brewed tea with Dragonbone Herb, then examined his stipend and discovered that his deacon talisman token displayed thirty contribution points.
• Hu Laozhang returned from Myriad Forms Hall, and the disciples celebrated when they learned they would grow eighth-grade Five-Element Spirit Rice.

Lu Qing inspected his Spirit Fields while the Dao Sect disciples divided spirit seeds by the Five Elements. Zhang Meng'an entered the Profound Heaven Dao Sect as Wei Zu's disciple, where his fellow disciples' suspicion met his confidence in his Fate Allotment.

• Hu Laozhang, Hou Wucai, Zhang Xian, and the other disciples divided the spirit seeds according to the Five Elements and agreed to arrange neighboring plots in a cycle of generation.
• Lu Qing examined his Spirit Fields, noted that Dragonheart Fruits and Purple Moon Fruits had little market in the Profound Heaven Domain, and returned to his Cultivation Cave.
• Zhang Meng'an passed the Questioning-Heart Path and became Wei Zu's disciple in the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.
• After Wei Zu left, Zhang Meng'an's senior brothers showed mixed reactions, and some looked down on him as a prodigy from a Minor Realm.
• Zhang Meng'an chose not to contend with his senior brothers, trusting his Fate Allotment, while his and their Fate Allotments rumbled with rising Tribulation Qi.

While Lu Qing continued cultivating, Nan Xun emerged from seclusion and resolved to seek opportunities in the coming Great Era, eyeing the new personal disciple Qing Feng with hostility. Meanwhile, Qingxuan asked Qingchen to observe Lu Qing because he had divined that Lu Qing shared Karmic Affinity with him.

• Lu Qing focused on cultivation and the Five Elements spells as the world stirred with signs of change.
• Wen Si told Nan Xun about the new personal disciple Qing Feng and the sect’s efforts to recruit people with great Fate Allotment.
• Nan Xun brooded over being surpassed, then decided to leave the Daoist grounds to claim a mission and pursue his share of the Great Era’s Fate Allotment.
• Qingxuan told Qingchen that he could not personally approach Lu Qing while refining Heavenly Mandate, and asked Qingchen to observe him.
• Qingchen questioned how Lu Qing could have Karmic Affinity with Qingxuan, while Qingxuan insisted the connection needed to be investigated.

Qingchen asked Wang Chunfeng about Lu Qing at Senior Brother Qingxuan’s request, while Wang Chunfeng traveled with an Immortal Sect delegation into the Four Lands to investigate the emergence of the Demon Land. The delegation prepared to conceal itself near the Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death, and Wang Chunfeng wondered why Qingchen wanted to know about Lu Qing.

• Qingxuan sent Qingchen to ask Wang Chunfeng about Lu Qing, saying he wanted to find him despite not knowing the reason for their karmic affinity.
• Qingchen left to contact Wang Chunfeng, while Qingxuan privately wondered what Cause and Effect connected them.
• Wang Chunfeng and a group of white-robed cultivators arrived in the Four Lands aboard a concealed tower ship.
• Senior Brother Yuan Sui explained that the Immortal Sects sought to prevent the Demon Land from emerging and ordered the group to conceal itself near the Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death.
• Wang Chunfeng received Qingchen’s message about Lu Qing and decided to ask why Qingchen wanted to know about him.

The Scarlet Heaven Dao Sect confronted Black Sun Sect cultivators in the Four Lands, but Elder Black Wind drove off the Immortal Path and punished his own disciples. He devoured one disciple who tried to flee, strengthening his bloodlight Fate Allotment.

• Xie Chonghuo attacked seven Black Sun Sect cultivators aboard the Lotus Treasure Boat, but Elder Black Wind stopped his Heaven-and-Earth True Fire and carried the group away.
• Xie Chonghuo told Liu Tao that something had felt wrong for an instant, while the Immortal Path’s efforts depended on the great powers behind their sects.
• Elder Black Wind revealed that the Immortal Path’s arrival confirmed the Five Elders’ prediction and demanded a price from the seven disciples for their failed mission.
• One Black Sun Sect disciple surrendered a flesh hand, while another offered a drop of essence blood after being injured by Xie Chonghuo.
• Elder Black Wind accused the injured disciple of colluding with the Immortal Path and trying to defect, then crushed and devoured him along with his True Spirit and bloodlight Fate Allotment.

Elder Black Wind devoured a reckless Black Sun Sect disciple while the remaining disciples and other demon cultivators weighed the dangers and opportunities of the immortal cultivators entering the Four Lands. Wang Chunfeng reached Black Tiger Mountain in disguise, and Qingchen arrived near Lu Qing’s location.

• Elder Black Wind swallowed a disciple who had tested an Immortal Dao cultivator, then warned the remaining six Black Sun Sect disciples against acting as spies.
• Rogue demonic cultivators and lower-ranking demon sect disciples reacted to news of the immortal cultivators, with some fleeing and others coveting their flesh.
• The chapter described Black Tiger Mountain as a dangerous stronghold beneath the Yellow Springs of Wrongful Death.
• Wang Chunfeng arrived near Black Tiger Mountain disguised as a thin man in black robes and remained wary of the demon territory.
• Lu Qing read Wang Chunfeng’s message about Qingchen and decided to wait until they met to learn why Qingchen had sought him.
• Qingchen’s escaping light descended near a mountain range east of Lu Qing.

Lu Qing discovered that his Karmic Affinity with Qingxuan came from the Great Concealment Art and his Calamity Avoidance Skill. Qingxuan announced that he would descend the mountain to answer the Great Era’s summons, while unseen powers turned their attention toward the Fate Allotment forming above Lu Qing.

• Qingchen wondered why Lu Qing had been named a Karmic Affinity and received a Golden Halberd Sword Pellet from Qingxuan.
• Qingxuan dismissed the Heavenly Secrets Path and said he would soon descend the mountain to answer the Great Era’s summons.
• A vast Fate Allotment formed, drawing hidden gazes from across distant realms before a formless palm concealed them.
• Lu Qing saw Qingxuan in the distance, and Qingxuan told him their Karmic Affinity came from the Great Concealment Art.
• Lu Qing recognized Qingxuan as the first Direct Disciple and understood that his Calamity Avoidance Skill had changed his Karmic Affinity.

Lu Qing realized that observing the upheaval of the Great Era could help him complete his cultivation of the Great Concealment Art. As he anticipated Mars falling, a Celestial Star fell and the Heavenly Change and millennium Great Fortune began, drawing the attention of cultivators across the Nine Heavens and Heavenly Domains.

• Lu Qing traced how his earlier Divination had altered his path and concluded that Senior Brother Qingxuan may have descended the mountain after glimpsing future Heavenly Secrets.
• Lu Qing decided that completing the Great Concealment Art required observing the Great Era's turbulence rather than cultivating in seclusion.
• Lu Qing identified the star he had seen in the Grotto-Heaven as Mars and predicted that its fall would begin the Heavenly Secrets Fate Allotment.
• A thunderclap sounded in the clear sky as a vast red Fate Allotment emerged from a falling Celestial Star and scattered across the Nine Heavens and Heavenly Domains.
• Cultivators throughout the realms sensed the Heavenly Change and Great Fortune, while beings in ancient hidden places withdrew their awareness to avoid Heaven's Way.

Lu Qing reflected on the descending Fate Allotment of Mars and sought ways to comprehend the Five Elements through the Spirit Rice’s Dao Rhyme. He also considered the dangers of entrusting his True Spirit to sect protections, while Qingchen chose to leave without meeting him.

• Lu Qing concluded that Mars’s Fate Allotment might bring Heavenly Mandate Star Lords and intensify the cultivation world’s struggle.
• Lu Qing studied the Five Elements Dao Rhyme rising from the Spirit Rice and considered using Five Elements spirit items to aid his cultivation.
• Lu Qing reflected on Golden Core cultivators’ True Spirits and the risks of Soul Lamps, Heaven Lamps, and reincarnation.
• Lu Qing resolved that he preferred to keep his True Spirit in his own hands and continue pursuing a long life in this lifetime.
• Qingchen glanced toward the mountain peak and the direction his senior brother had gone, then left without meeting Lu Qing.