Recaps

Jiang Lu joined Gong Chenyue in the capital, then traveled to confront demonic cultivators and disasters as the feudal princes rebelled. After helping Bai Rou recover and seeing Gong Chenyue ascend the throne, Jiang Lu blessed the new ruler and vanished.

• Jiang Lu agreed to help the Heavenly Dao restore the realm’s fate, slay otherworldly evil spirits, and mend the weakened barriers.
• After the Emperor died, Jiang Lu reunited with Liu Qingqing, Lu Lingfeng, and Xi Siyu, then led them to Jingzhou and eliminated the demonic cultivators there.
• Jiang Lu captured and killed the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold, discovered evidence of human sacrifice, and learned from the Peach Tree Spirit that demonic cultivators had gone to the coast.
• Jiang Lu’s group investigated unnatural floods, found a Rain-Gathering Formation built around a Dragon Vein node, and killed the five demonic cultivators guarding it.
• Jiang Lu and her companions broke the formation, ended the rain, and used the World-Saving Grand Formation to drain the floods and restore the devastated land, but Jiang Lu awoke as a kitten.
• As White Snow, Jiang Lu traveled with Bai Rou’s army and found Divine Doctor Liang’s medicine to save Bai Rou after she defeated the Qi King.
• Jiang Lu watched Liu Qingqing, Lu Lingfeng, and Xi Siyu over the following year while Bai Rou helped people recover from the war and the rebellions were quelled.
• Gong Chenyue ascended the throne, and Jiang Lu blessed her rule before four auspicious beasts appeared over the Imperial City and Jiang Lu vanished.

Jiang Lu returned from the Mortal Realm and drew attention as the Divine Soul Banner and her extraordinary potential topped the Heaven’s Chosen rankings. The arc ended with the rankings complete and cultivators preparing to watch the upcoming competition in Xuancheng Domain.

• Jiang Lu returned to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, reunited with Ye Qing, and recounted her adventures in the Mortal Realm.
• Under Ye Qingluan and the Grand Elder’s guidance, Jiang Lu demonstrated her alchemy and sword skills, then prepared for the Heaven’s Chosen Ranking while keeping her combat methods secret.
• The Divine Weapon Ranking revealed Jiang Lu’s Divine Soul Banner in first place, exposing her artifact’s power and making her a target of interest across the Five Great Domains.
• The Power Ranking placed Ye Qingluan third, while the Potential Ranking named sixteen-year-old Jiang Lu first and awarded her Enlightenment Divine Sense.
• Ye Qing told Jiang Lu about Mu Xiaoqing and Lingyun Venerable’s forbidden relationship, while the rankings revealed Mu Xiaoqing’s Creation Body and Jiang Lu’s Chaos Body.
• The Talent Ranking named Jiang Lu first with Level Twelve talent, prompting Ye Qingluan to celebrate and rival factions to warn their disciples about her.
• The Heaven’s Chosen Ranking announced rewards and vanished, and cultivators began seeking ways to watch the upcoming competition in Xuancheng Domain.

Jiang Lu survives the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain, travels to Shaking Heaven City, and wins her way through the individual tournament. The arc ends as she and the other competitors enter the deadly Hunting Secret Realm and awaken in a sea of flowers.

• Jiang Lu was pulled into the Myriad Ghost Soul-Refining Domain, where she endured ghosts and tribulation lightning that strengthened her and Qianming before a radiant force returned them to the courtyard.
• Ye Qing and Jiang Lu traveled to Shaking Heaven City for the Heaven's Chosen Competition, where Jiang Lu studied the city and advanced to the Second Layer of the Golden Core.
• Jiang Lu watched the individual tournament unfold, then defeated Chen Cheng with Qianming while other competitors, including Liu Qingqing, Fu Yao, and Jiang Wenxu, fought their matches.
• Jiang Lu immobilized Jiang Wenxu with a talisman and knocked him from the arena, securing a top-three position among the remaining contestants.
• Ye Qingluan announced that the team trial would take place in the Hunting Secret Realm, and Ye Qing warned Jiang Lu to conceal her abilities and stay with Fu Yao's team.
• The judges sent the sixty-two Heavenly Prodigies into the Hunting Secret Realm above the Soul-Eating Sea, where Jiang Lu awoke with her senior brothers and sisters in a vast sea of flowers and Fu Yao urged them to stay alert.

Jiang Lu cleared the secret realm’s trials, won first place for the Crimson Reed Domain, and obtained a Heaven’s Chosen Token. After learning she would face the cross-domain trial without a Dao Protector, she entered the Sword Mound, advanced her cultivation, and destroyed a sword spirit that had tried to recruit Mu Xiaoqing.

• Jiang Lu led the group past Ghost-Head Bees with a Ghostly Charm Flower, and the Secret Realm Spirit rewarded them for passing the stage.
• Jiang Lu escaped a Stone Beast with formation disks, then was separated from the others and entered a cold pool, where she saved Cangchen from a Dragon Bone and took a Sky-Mending Jade Flower.
• Jiang Lu cleared dangerous solo trials, gained a Stellar Stone, and reunited with the other teams as they fought mutated demonic beasts in a fog formation.
• You Xi accused Jiang Lu of conspiring against the other domains, but the trial ended and the presiding elder declared the Crimson Reed Domain first place because someone had obtained a Stellar Stone.
• Ye Qingluan gave Jiang Lu a Heaven’s Chosen Token and explained that other Heaven’s Chosen might train alongside her, but she would have no Dao Protector during the cross-domain trial.
• Jiang Lu entered the Sword Mound in disguise, absorbed ancient sword intents, advanced to the Middle Golden Core stage, and comprehended her own sword intent.
• Jiang Lu helped Mu Xiaoqing collect Swordheart Grass, then warned her against contracting with the spirit sword, which promised to heal Mu Xiaoqing’s master.
• Jiang Lu sent Mu Xiaoqing, You Xi, and Chen Cheng away and fought the sword spirit, while Qianming absorbed energy from the surrounding swords and shattered it.