Recaps

Lu Qing received a Long Feather from Senior White Crane, which contained a portable little grotto-heaven, and collected his mission rewards. He sold the demonic cultivators’ artifacts at a Myriad Treasures Trading Association and continued on his way.

• Senior White Crane gave Lu Qing a Long Feather after explaining that the sect had issued his reward for finding the formation.
• Lu Qing discovered that the Long Feather contained a small grotto-heaven where he could store treasures and grow spiritual plants.
• Lu Qing counted his mission rewards: ten thousand contribution points, ten thousand spirit stones, a Water Dragon Cleansing Pill, and a chance to cultivate in a grotto-heaven.
• Lu Qing found only five thousand spirit stones among the demonic cultivators’ belongings and decided to sell their artifacts.
• Lu Qing sold the artifacts at a Myriad Treasures Trading Association for contribution points, then cleansed his flying boat.

After the Zhou Clan’s destruction, Zhou Shenlong found a new goal when an old beggar told him to seek the Profound Heaven Dao Academy. Meanwhile, Jiang Baiwen hunted down the Demon Race members responsible for manipulating the Zhou Clan’s destruction and killed them with his Blazing Fire Sword.

• Grieving the destruction of his Lineage, Zhou Shenlong asked how he could cultivate and take revenge.
• An old beggar told Zhou Shenlong that the Profound Heaven Dao Academy was a place of Immortals, inspiring him to seek a master there.
• Two Demon Race members in borrowed human bodies discussed their failed search for an object and planned to target someone else.
• Jiang Baiwen confronted the Demon Race members, who abandoned their fleshly shells and tried to flee to the Demon Domain.
• Jiang Baiwen killed both Demon Race members with his Blazing Fire Sword, and cultivators remarked that he had grown stronger.

Lu Qing reached Southern Province after witnessing a Golden Core cultivator kill two Demon Race scouts, while Song Wen and the White Crane learned that the scouts had infiltrated Nether Province using a changed Form-Mimicking Embryo Technique. After resting and cultivating in a rented cave dwelling, Lu Qing prepared to inspect a golden treasure and discovered it had changed shape.

• Lu Qing left Yu City, sensed demon aura around Jiang Baiwen’s sword strike, and wondered why Demon Race members had entered Nether Province.
• The White Crane reported that it had found no source for the Fate Formation, and Song Wen received Jiang Baiwen’s letter about two Demon Race scouts in Nether Province.
• Song Wen learned that the scouts’ changed Form-Mimicking Embryo Technique had deceived the Mountains and Rivers Formation, then planned to report the breach and have the formation moved.
• Lu Qing reached Southern Province, rented a cave dwelling, and set up three layers of defensive formations.
• Lu Qing cultivated until his spiritual power rose, then found that the golden treasure had changed shape.

Lu Qing examined a golden object and discovered it was a mirror-like pebble bearing a simple image of a sea-side sacrifice, though he found no use for it. After leaving seclusion in Southern Province, he survived repeated attacks by local bandit cultivators, changed his appearance to blend in, and headed toward Evil Mountain.

• Lu Qing tested the smooth mirror-stone with the Wooden Fish Bell, a spell, and his divine sense, which caused a line-drawn sacrificial scene to appear on its surface.
• Lu Qing decided the pebble seemed useless and considered it no better than a disposable defensive object.
• Lu Qing learned that Southern Province's markets were rife with robbery and killing because criminals could flee into the Southern Sea.
• Lu Qing killed several waves of cultivators who tried to ambush him, including a Purple Mansion cultivator who fled after sensing his aura.
• Lu Qing changed his appearance and gloomy aura to match local customs, then left Little Sea Market for Evil Mountain.

Lu Qing arrived at Evil Mountain Market and investigated a Fire Demon that had been draining the local spiritual energy. He killed it and destroyed its gourd, but suspected that similar objects might be spreading beyond the market, leaving the matter for Elder Song Wen to review.

• Lu Qing presented his token to the Evil Mountain resident guard, Du Qi, who explained that a Fire Demon had arrived months earlier and begun drawing spiritual energy from Evil Mountain.
• Lu Qing used his divine sight to locate the Fire Demon deep within the mountain and heard it boast about seeking a breakthrough into the Violet Palace realm.
• Lu Qing smashed the Fire Demon's soul with one palm, seized its purple gourd, and crushed the object.
• Lu Qing scattered the gourd fragments and concealed the earth qi, expecting the area to return to normal.
• Lu Qing suspected the gourd had helped the Fire Demon absorb earth qi and worried that similar objects were spreading beyond the market.
• Elder Song Wen reviewed the matter after Lu Qing reported it.

Lu Qing resolved the threat at Evil Mountain, reported the earth-vein problem to the Dao Academy, and continued toward the South Sea. At Little Cloud Dojo, Song Wen struck at hidden enemies who escaped, while Elder Liu moved to pursue them.

• Lu Qing stored the shattered gourd fragments, inspected Evil Mountain, and returned to the market to tell Du Qi the danger had passed.
• Lu Qing attended Du Qi’s small auction, watched the cultivators trade their goods, and left the region the next day.
• At Little Cloud Dojo, White Crane and Song Wen discussed Lu Qing’s report and the spreading problems with the earth veins.
• Song Wen struck hidden figures with a great seal, but a black banner disrupted the attack and let many of them flee.
• Elder Liu used an array seal to pursue the fleeing figures as they scattered across the Profound Heaven Domain.

Lu Qing cultivated near the Southern Sea, broke through to the eighth realm of the Purple Mansion, and traded with a Waterfolk sea merchant for spiritual plant seeds. He set course back to the Dao Academy, intending to visit Elder Song Wen and check on the plants on Spirit Leaf Island.

• Lu Qing realized he could study the dragon race’s innate ability to command wind and rain at Myriad Dragon Lake and decided it was time to break through.
• Lu Qing easily reached the eighth realm of the Purple Mansion after several days of cultivation.
• Lu Qing turned his boat toward the Dao Academy and thought about his plants on Spirit Leaf Island and Elder Song Wen’s reply.
• Lu Qing encountered a Waterfolk sea merchant trading with ships and asked whether it had spiritual plant seeds.
• The sea merchant showed Lu Qing dozens of varieties, and Lu Qing bought two seeds of each, including the Southern Sea’s rare Star Tree.

After trading with a Waterfolk merchant, Lu Qing acquired Southern Sea spirit seeds and considered how to cultivate the rare, domineering Profound Cloud Blood Dragon. He returned toward Central Province and explored the Longfeather Pocket Space, deciding to reserve the Blood Dragon for a separate site on Spirit Leaf Island.

• Lu Qing reflected on Waterfolk cultivation after the sea merchant completed their transaction and departed.
• Lu Qing examined the Southern Sea spirit seeds and focused on the seventh-grade Profound Cloud Blood Dragon, whose presence would kill any other Spirit Plant growing nearby.
• Lu Qing decided the Blood Dragon needed an isolated Spirit Field and considered using the Longfeather Pocket Space for cultivation.
• Lu Qing departed the Southern Province for Central Province and entered the pocket space with his Divine Soul.
• Lu Qing carved out Spirit Fields beside a lake but decided not to plant the Blood Dragon there, preserving the pocket space for other uses.

Lu Qing returned to the Dao Academy after planting a Star Tree and other spirit plants, then reported the fire demon matter and the gourd fragments to Elder Song Wen. Song Wen concealed the gourd’s significance and privately arranged an additional reward, while he and a white crane considered its connection to the Southern Sea.

• Lu Qing planted one Star Tree seed in the spirit field and arranged the other spirit plants before leaving the space.
• After detouring around dangerous regions, Lu Qing returned to the Dao Academy and went to Little Cloud Dojo to meet Elder Song Wen.
• Lu Qing recounted the fire demon matter and showed Song Wen the gourd fragments he had collected.
• Song Wen told Lu Qing to describe the gourd’s power as the fire demon’s innate divine ability and privately added a reward to Lu Qing’s mission.
• After Lu Qing left, Song Wen and the white crane discussed how the gourd might have come from the strange Southern Sea.
• Lu Qing left Little Cloud Dojo and headed for the crowded Mission Hall.

Lu Qing turned in three missions at the Mission Hall, collected a Water Dragon Cleansing Pill, and headed to Myriad Dragon Lake to use it while investigating the true dragon beneath the water. He arrived as disciples gathered to fish and watched the lake, finding no sign of the Corpse Dragon’s presence.

• Lu Qing noticed Inner Academy disciples at the Mission Hall and wondered why so little was known about their activities, but decided to wait until he reached the Golden Core realm for answers.
• Lu Qing submitted three missions, including one involving a Moon-Eating Demon King, and received his rewards, including a Water Dragon Cleansing Pill.
• Lu Qing visited the Spirit Plant Academy to buy seeds and accept several missions, then set out for Myriad Dragon Lake.
• Lu Qing learned that White Crane Boy had gone east to see Dragonfish Tidewatch and would not return for over a month.
• Lu Qing arrived at Myriad Dragon Lake, saw disciples fishing and Chen Yuyi tossing Dragonheart Fruits into the water, and focused on the lake to seek the true dragon.

Lu Qing watched four True Dragons emerge from Myriad Dragon Lake and used the rain to witness their divine abilities. He began comprehending Call the Wind and Summon the Rain as the Azure Dragon demonstrated it.

• Lu Qing avoided the lake as the True Dragon’s cry churned the Spiritual Power of those nearby.
• The lake’s waves sent spirit fish raining from the sky, and Lu Qing used the Wooden Fish Bell to catch them.
• Four True Dragons appeared atop horned Flood Dragons, revealing the source of Myriad Dragon Lake.
• The True Dragons rose into storm clouds and summoned a sea of lightning and rain.
• Lu Qing let the rain touch him and witnessed visions of True Dragon combat before the Azure Dragon demonstrated Call the Wind and Summon the Rain.

Lu Qing witnessed the True Dragon's rain at Myriad Dragon Lake and gained an initial understanding of Call the Wind and Summon the Rain. He left with his gains hidden, while the elders discussed the threat emerging in Nether Province.

• Lu Qing realized that Call the Wind and Summon the Rain meant becoming one with nature, and the True Dragon's rain helped him glimpse how to begin learning it.
• Disciples gathered at Myriad Dragon Lake, where one man discovered that someone had stolen his spirit fish and others offered incense in hopes of gaining the True Dragon's favor.
• Lu Qing concealed his insight and his spirit fish, then left by a different route after noticing elders watching from the clouds.
• The elders confirmed that the Corpse Dragon posed no threat at Myriad Dragon Lake and debated Elder Yu's long-running pill furnace.
• The elders discussed their lack of leads in Nether Province and warned that the Demon Domain and the Demon Race could threaten their territory.

The elders discussed the Nether Province formation flaw and learned that Lu Qing had uncovered crucial clues, while several regretted not recruiting him themselves. Lu Qing returned to Spirit Leaf Island, found his spirit plants thriving and bearing fruit, prepared for White Crane Boy’s return, and began refining his insights into Call the Wind and Summon the Rain.

• The elders discussed the Nether Province formation flaw, the demons and demonic cultivators, and the Blood-Transforming Formation now held by Elder Song Wen.
• The elders praised Lu Qing for discovering clues and learned that Senior Brother Li had taken an interest in him; Mo Youyu claimed credit for bringing him to the sect.
• Lu Qing traveled back to Spirit Leaf Island by sea and found his Purple Moon Fruits and Dragonheart Fruits had ripened in his absence.
• Lu Qing harvested the fruits, put spirit fish in the pond, and prepared spirit fruits and clear tea for White Crane Boy’s expected return.
• Lu Qing set aside thoughts of lightning techniques and entered seclusion to refine his insights into Call the Wind and Summon the Rain.

Lu Qing used the Water Dragon Cleansing Pill to enter the doorway of Call the Wind and Summon the Rain, then reflected on his cultivation and the tribulations ahead. After nearly a year passed, he remembered that he still needed to exchange for the Aura-Gazing Technique and left his cultivation chamber.

• Lu Qing swallowed the Water Dragon Cleansing Pill and practiced until he entered the doorway of Call the Wind and Summon the Rain.
• Lu Qing replenished his depleted spiritual power and recognized signs that it was becoming innate as he advanced through the Purple Mansion Realm.
• Lu Qing calculated that nearly a year had passed and considered how the Golden Core tribulations might involve his blood ties and past family bonds.
• Lu Qing resumed practicing the Great Concealment Art and wondered whether mastering it could reveal another divine ability.
• Lu Qing remembered the Aura-Gazing Technique, opened the cultivation chamber, and decided to exchange for the method.

Lu Qing returned from seclusion, welcomed White Crane Boy, and used his improved Call the Wind and Summon the Rain technique to nourish his spirit plants. After inspecting the thriving plants, he noticed that the cultivation method section in his token’s grand library had expanded.

• Lu Qing received White Crane Boy’s message, opened Spirit Leaf Island’s gates for him, and told him that the Clear Tea Leaf had grown luxuriantly.
• Lu Qing shared Lunar Fish with White Crane Boy, who caught several from the pond, and they ate grilled and stewed fish together.
• Lu Qing cast Call the Wind and Summon the Rain, producing thunder and spirit rain with far more spiritual energy than before.
• Lu Qing inspected his spirit fields and found the Southern Sea plants and Profound Cloud Blood Dragon growing vigorously.
• Lu Qing entered the grand library within his token and discovered that its cultivation method section had expanded.

Lu Qing searched the expanded technique hall for an aura-gazing method and rejected a notoriously difficult basic text after reading other disciples’ warnings. He chose Evergreen Qi Observation Art, hoping to use it to examine others’ Providence and keep watch over his own.

• Lu Qing activated the hall’s filters and entered a space filled with aura-gazing techniques, many of which had limited exchanges that other disciples had already selected.
• Lu Qing examined Basic Aura-Reading Art, Part One, but withdrew after finding that it depended on obscure comprehension rather than offering practical instruction.
• Lu Qing compared Palm Flower-Gazing Art, Great Dream Deduction Art, Divination Formula, and Essential Star-Gazing Art before settling on Evergreen Qi Observation Art.
• Lu Qing chose Evergreen Qi Observation Art because he wanted to observe Providence, including his own, and recognize when he should flee from danger.

Lu Qing studied the Evergreen Qi Observation Art and learned how it veiled him from Destiny while he observed the fortunes of others. He began by using the art to examine his own luck, with the results left unrevealed.

• Lu Qing spent over a thousand contribution points to exchange for the Evergreen Qi Observation Art and several other techniques.
• Lu Qing watched the art’s founder demonstrate it and learned that it added a hazy layer of Heavenly Secrets to protect practitioners from damage when confronting Destiny.
• Lu Qing practiced the art and realized its Evergreen state let him observe beings from outside the dust-laden net without harming his cultivation.
• Lu Qing considered combining the art with the Great Concealment Art to deceive Heavenly Secrets, then steadied himself and abandoned the reckless idea.
• Lu Qing activated Qi Observation to inspect his own luck, and his Divine Soul separated outward as the chapter ended.

Lu Qing discovered that his Providence could shift between grayish-white clouds and more auspicious colors, though its true nature remained unclear. He left seclusion to sell spirit fruit and visited Martial Uncle Luo, who brought him to a Culinary Hall to cook the Lunar Fish Lu Qing had brought.

• Lu Qing observed his grayish-white Providence and wondered whether it meant he was exceptionally unlucky or had misread it.
• After practicing the Aura Observation Art for several days, Lu Qing saw his Providence change from grayish-white to cyan-purple and pale gold before returning to grayish-white.
• Lu Qing concluded that his Providence was not fixed and continued cultivating the Aura Observation Art until he reached minor mastery.
• Lu Qing decided to leave seclusion and sell his Dragonheart Fruit and Purple Moon Fruit, then summoned Lunar Fish and flew to Spirit Plant City.
• Lu Qing visited Martial Uncle Luo and offered him the Lunar Fish.
• Martial Uncle Luo accepted the fish and led Lu Qing to the Culinary Hall, where other disciples greeted him.

Lu Qing shared a nourishing Lunar Fish meal prepared by Martial Uncle Luo, which furthered his cultivation. He then visited the task area to trade Dragonheart Fruit and Purple Moon Spirit Fruit, where Chen Yuyi offered to buy all the Dragonheart Fruit he could find.

• Lu Qing ate Martial Uncle Luo's expertly prepared Lunar Fish with the Culinary Hall disciples and felt his cultivation advance.
• Martial Uncle Luo observed that Lu Qing had gained another trace of natural aura and told him to cultivate well before he left.
• Lu Qing realized the meal had helped him advance another step in his technique and went to the task area to post a trade order.
• Lu Qing offered Dragonheart Fruit and Purple Moon Spirit Fruit, and the attendant noted that Myriad Dragon Lake had recently needed Dragonheart Fruit.
• Chen Yuyi arrived and offered Lu Qing a satisfying price, promising to raise it if needed, while other disciples brought out their Dragonheart Fruit.
• Chen Yuyi declared he would buy all the Dragonheart Fruit, impressing Lu Qing with his spending power.

Lu Qing sold his spirit fruits, gained insight into Providence while observing Spirit Plant City, and returned to cultivate his plants. Elsewhere, Zhou Yaoming investigated a suspected traitor within the sect, while the White Crane delivered news about the Blood-Transforming Formation.

• Lu Qing sold his Dragonheart Fruit and Purple Moon Fruit, then observed the Providence gathered over Spirit Plant City and reflected on how it extended beyond individual cultivators.
• Zhou Yaoming learned from the White Crane that the sect suspected an insider traitor and asked for the list of people who knew about the Blood-Transforming Formation.
• The White Crane left after delivering the message, unaware that the tea it drank had come from Lu Qing.
• Lu Qing returned to Spirit Leaf Island and planted the Star Tree beside his tea tree, positioning it so the tea tree could benefit from the Moon Essence.

Lu Qing tended the spiritual plants on Spirit Leaf Island and practiced his cultivation beneath the Star Tree as it matured. After several days of meditation, he opened his eyes with a flash of divine light before it quickly receded.

• Lu Qing examined the slow-growing Star Tree, realized his spiritual rain was nourishing the fields below more than the tree, and redirected more rain toward it.
• Lu Qing inspected the South Sea Snow Lotus, South Sea One-Sword Wind, Profound Cloud Blood Dragon, Dragonheart Fruit, and Purple Moon Fruit, noting their growth and uses.
• Lu Qing continued practicing his cultivation on Spirit Leaf Island, sometimes sharing food with White Crane Boy.
• The Star Tree grew into a great tree, its starry leaves glowing beneath the night sky as Lu Qing meditated under it.
• After several days of cultivation, Lu Qing opened his eyes, revealed blazing divine light, and immediately drew it back into himself.

Lu Qing traded his Southern Sea Spirit Plants through Li Xiaocheng, then met Zhou Yaoming, who questioned him about the Blood-Transforming Formation. Zhou Yaoming acknowledged that Lu Qing was entangled in the matter but assured him others would shield him from outside interference, leaving his own trials on the Dao path ahead.

• Lu Qing contacted Li Xiaocheng and arranged a trade of three Southern Sea Spirit Plants at the Spirit Plant Academy without appearing in person.
• Li Xiaocheng arrived on a White Crane, completed the trade with Lu Qing, and flew away at breakneck speed despite Lu Qing's advice to travel slowly.
• Lu Qing noticed Zhou Yaoming nearby, greeted the Elder, and recalled his possible connections to events in Nether Province and Southern Province.
• Zhou Yaoming asked Lu Qing about the Blood-Transforming Formation and said Lu Qing had discovered it, while making clear he did not intend to investigate him.
• Zhou Yaoming said Elder Liu admired Lu Qing and warned that others might seek to learn who discovered the formation, but promised people would block their moves.

Zhou Yaoming warned Lu Qing about the Karmic Tribulation and explained why the Blood-Transforming Formation made him a target. He cast a divination for Lu Qing, who entered an unusual state of insight into Heavenly Secrets.

• Zhou Yaoming told Lu Qing that the Karmic Tribulation entangled cultivators with relatives, friends, enemies, and strangers, and warned that what appeared unreal could still wield real power.
• Zhou Yaoming linked the Blood-Transforming Formation’s interested parties to a dangerous hidden current and said Lu Qing’s tribulation could not be avoided.
• Zhou Yaoming recommended that Lu Qing visit the Floating Grotto-Heaven and Illusory Dream Grotto-Heaven if he sought primordial qi, then began a divination for him.
• As Zhou Yaoming used a tortoiseshell, a gold-threaded copper coin, and yarrow grass, Lu Qing’s Aura Observation Art advanced and he fell into an insight into Heavenly Secrets.
• Zhou Yaoming read the hexagram as great auspiciousness, left words in the air, and departed while Lu Qing remained immersed in a world shrouded by Heavenly Secrets.

Lu Qing gained a new understanding of the Evergreen Qi Observation Art in a dreamlike vision and learned that his Primordial Qi lay northwest. He returned to Spirit Leaf Island, sensed an approaching upheaval, and the chapter ended with Yue Jing aboard a luxurious tower ship as fellow disciples asked about his sharpened aura.

• As a stone in a dream, Lu Qing realized Aura Observation could reveal different aspects of Providence according to what the observer sought.
• Lu Qing awoke between the sea and sky, found the message “Neither gods nor ghosts may approach. Auspicious: northwest,” and realized his Primordial Qi was northwest.
• Lu Qing thanked the Academy Master and Elder Liu, then reflected on the Blood-Transforming Formation and sensed dark clouds gathering on the horizon.
• Aboard a luxurious tower ship, Yue Jing's fellow disciples asked what he had experienced and why his aura had grown sharper.

Gu Xuantian revealed that Yue Jing’s supposed treasure was connected to the Demonic Path’s Blood-Transforming Formation, prompting Elder Song to order the arrest and killing of sect traitors. As the Dao Academy carried out a bloody purge, Lu Qing observed the news and the Mountain Gate Formation, suspecting the Gourd Fragment was the real key behind the incident.

• Gu Xuantian presented Elder Song’s command token and announced that those who betrayed the sect and colluded with the Demonic Path would be killed.
• Yue Jing denied being a demonic cultivator or betraying the sect as he collapsed, while Law Enforcement disciples carried out arrests across the Dao Academy’s mountain gate.
• Lu Qing read reports about the purge and learned that the Blood-Transforming Formation had helped Yue Jing gain fortuitous opportunities and breakthroughs.
• Lu Qing connected his earlier experiences and suspected that the Gourd Fragment mattered more than the Blood-Transforming Formation, then stopped himself from probing further.
• Lu Qing watched the purge’s shifting currents of power and noticed that the Mountain Gate Formation was cleansing Killing Intent and suppressing Providence.