Recaps

Zhou Changqing develops a way to refine weapons with Dou Qi, sells his Iron-Cleaving weapons, and kills a Dou Shi who tries to capture him. Protected by the Mittel Auction House and publicly supported by the Xiao Clan, he returns to his courtyard to continue his work.

• Zhou Changqing befriended Xiao Yan, who gave him two cultivation methods that helped him break through a six-year bottleneck.
• Zhou Changqing experimented with metal and lightning Dou Qi until he refined a Ghost-Head Saber capable of cutting through another weapon.
• Zhou Changqing sold the saber to Wang Zhi, whose victories with it made the weapon famous across Wutan City.
• Zhou Changqing sold more refined weapons through Ya Fei and used the proceeds to buy materials, books, and Dou Techniques.
• Steward Liu and his men ambushed Zhou Changqing, but Zhou killed two attackers and then killed Steward Liu in a fight on the main street.
• Ya Fei sheltered Zhou Changqing at the Mittel Auction House and declared that anyone who harmed him would make an enemy of the auction house.
• Xiao Yan learned that Zhou Changqing had become a famous weaponsmith and killed a powerful Dou Shi, while Che'erluo withdrew his men rather than confront Mittel directly.
• After recovering at the auction house, Zhou Changqing promised to make Ya Fei a Magic Core Weapon and returned to his courtyard, where Xiao Zhan had arranged for the Xiao Clan to publicly support him.

Zhou Changqing forged powerful Magic Core Armaments, survived an attack by rival factions, and took revenge on their heirs before leaving Wutan City. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he avenged his adoptive parents and developed a method for tempering his body with heavenly thunder, bringing him close to Nine-Star Dou Shi.

• Zhou Changqing reached the Dou Shi realm, forged his first Magic Core Weapon, and gave Ya Fei armaments that made the Mittel Auction House a powerful draw in Wutan City.
• Zhou Changqing partnered with Xiao Zhan to supply the Xiao Clan with Treasure Weapons, drawing customers away from the Jia Lie Family and prompting Jia Lie Bi to organize an attack.
• Zhou Changqing fought off the attackers with his weapons and armor until Xiao Zhan and Gu Ni intervened against a masked Da Dou Shi, then recovered at the Mittel Auction House.
• After learning which factions had attacked him, Zhou Changqing refused help from Ya Fei and Xiao Yan, killed Jia Lie Ao, Aoba Le, and Cheer Xu, and escaped into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Zhou Changqing tracked down the Flame Wolf and Silver Lightning Leopard that had killed his parents, killed both beasts, and was badly injured when the leopard’s cracked magic core summoned heavenly thunder.
• Zhou Changqing survived by merging the Dormant Thunder Method with the Steel-Condensing Force, named the resulting technique the Heavenly Dipper Gold-Tempering Art, and advanced to Eight-Star Dou Shi.
• Zhou Changqing built a cenotaph for his adoptive parents, then tested a thunder-dampening apparatus on Flame Wolves before enduring its weakened heavenly thunder himself.
• Zhou Changqing used the Heavenly Dipper Gold-Tempering Art to refine the thunder, found that his body could rival a Middle-Rank Dou Zhe, and came within one step of Nine-Star Dou Shi.

Zhou Changqing rose to Dou Ling while the Snake-People Tribe drew him into its service, and Queen Medusa sought the unusual power in his lightning Dou Qi. He brought Medusa to the stormy mountain where he had trained, beginning a plan to strengthen her bloodline through heavenly lightning.

• Zhou Changqing became a One-Star Great Dou Master, then spent five months cultivating near Water-Storage City until he reached Seven-Star Great Dou Master.
• Ling Sha caught Zhou Changqing observing her rescue of captive Snake-People women and took him to Yue Mei, who recruited him after witnessing his weapon forging.
• Zhou Changqing defeated Hacquis, consumed a Spirit Ascension Pill, and broke through to Dou Ling.
• Yue Mei brought Zhou Changqing to Queen Medusa, who discovered that his lightning Dou Qi could strengthen her bloodline and negotiated for a daily supply in exchange for his freedom in the Holy City.
• Zhou Changqing studied the Snake-People Tribe’s techniques and refined weapons for three months, reaching Three-Star Dou Ling before discussing how to strengthen his lightning’s special energy signature with Medusa.
• Medusa flew with Zhou Changqing to the mountain near Water-Storage City, where he used his Lightning Rod and Metal Coil to endure heavenly thunder and enhance his Thunder Qi.
• Medusa joined Zhou Changqing’s hot-pot meal and later used her Dou Qi to pull a bolt of lightning onto the iron pillar while he tempered his body.

Zhou Changqing grew stronger through heavenly thunder, helped Medusa evolve, and left the Snake-People Tribe with her. They reached Wutan City, where Zhou Changqing avenged himself on Che'erluo and destroyed his mansion.

• Medusa helped Zhou Changqing endure repeated heavenly thunder, strengthening his body and soul, and the two grew closer as they trained together.
• When Gu He and his companions entered Snake-People territory seeking Medusa's Heavenly Flame, Zhou Changqing fought Feng Li until Medusa intervened and forced the outsiders to leave.
• Medusa gave Zhou Changqing the Green Lotus Core Flame, which he passed to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan left Zhou Changqing the Brilliant Thunder Finger technique.
• Zhou Changqing broke through to Dou Wang during his thunder training, gained new techniques and artifact patterns, and supplied Medusa with thunder qi for her evolution into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• After Medusa's evolution, Zhou Changqing's weapon blank exploded when he tried to inscribe two artifact patterns, so he decided to leave the Snake-People Tribe with her.
• Zhou Changqing and Medusa obtained amethyst crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King and flew to Wutan City, where Zhou Changqing confronted Che'erluo.
• Zhou Changqing killed Che'erluo with a lightning strike, then obliterated Che'er Mansion with Flood Dragon Thunder Force, drawing alarmed attention from Wutan City's leading powers.