Recaps

Lu Ren escaped the City of Phantoms by taking its festival lantern and traveled the Path to Ascension, surviving its dangers and meeting old rivals. He reached Border City, registered for entry, and found himself at the End of the Universe.

• Lu Ren killed Lüzhu after she revealed her monstrous form, then prepared for the Lantern Festival while searching for a way out of the city.
• As the festival crowd competed for the passenger lantern, Lu Ren intervened in the bloody struggle between Fang Ling and Di Long, then killed Fang Ling and boarded the lantern as the city cheered its ascent.
• Lu Ren emerged onto the Supreme Ancient Road, traveled for over a hundred years, and encountered the Jade Emperor, Tathagata, and the Queen Mother of the West.
• Four Robber Cultivators tried to rob Lu Ren, but he killed one and drove the others off, with one survivor disappearing into the Dark Zone.
• Lu Ren traveled alongside the Jade Emperor, Tathagata, and the Queen Mother of the West for over ten thousand years before reaching the roads that converged on Border City.
• After Chen Chi was killed for entering Border City without credentials, Zhu Chengzi secured Manager Liu’s help in bringing the gathered cultivators through a mirror passage.
• Lu Ren entered Border City, received an identity card, and saw its crowded streets and advanced buildings after the System announced he had reached the End of the Universe.