Recaps

Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan traveled to the Central Plains and entered the Crimson Venerable’s tomb, where they faced a trap set by Yuan Gaolang. The arc ended with Zhou Changqing fighting Yuan Gaolang after transforming with Law of Heaven and Earth.

• Zhou Changqing auctioned Spirit-Gathering Armor in Black Emperor City, then left with Zi Yan for the Central Plains while giving Su Mei a valuable armament.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan crossed a space wormhole to Sky Star City, where Gao Lang sold them a map to a Dou Zun tomb in the Purple Sun Mountain Range.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan entered the tomb, gathered treasures, and reached the burial chamber as nine Dou Zong factions gathered around Yuan Honglie’s coffin.
• He Yanhao’s Wind-Thunder West Pavilion confronted Zhou Changqing over a dead deacon, but Zhou Changqing evaded the Second Elder with Azure Thunder Voidstep.
• Gao Lang revealed his scheme, took the tomb’s pill and cultivation technique, then used the Marrow-Devouring Essence-Replenishing Pill to weaken the assembled cultivators and harvest their essence.
• Yuan Gaolang trapped the weakened cultivators inside the Palace and began drawing their flesh and blood into the pill, then challenged Zhou Changqing to surrender.
• Zhou Changqing fought Yuan Gaolang, used Law of Heaven and Earth to grow larger, crushed his Blood-Red Demon Drill, and countered his Boundless Blood Sea with blazing punches.

After escaping the Wind-Thunder Pavilion’s notice, Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan traveled to the Central Region, where he destroyed the Desire Immortal Sect and broke through to Dou Zong. They settled in Sacred Pill City, where Zhou Changqing opened the Pill Lightning Pavilion and demonstrated his strength by absorbing pill lightning for Wu Ping.

• Zhou Changqing discovered Yuan Gaolang’s letter warning that the Wind-Thunder Pavilion would receive the tomb entrants’ names, and he and Zi Yan decided to conceal their identities while traveling to Sacred Pill City.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan defeated Cai Lehu and Cai Jie, then wiped out the Desire Immortal Sect with help from Zhang Chongzhou and collected its treasures.
• Zhou Changqing used Origin-Gathering Emerald Spirit Liquid to strengthen his soul, then broke through to Dou Zong after a month of secluded cultivation.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan arrived in Sacred Pill City, explored its outer district, and opened the Pill Lightning Pavilion as a base for Zhou Changqing’s pill-lightning service.
• Wu Ping visited the pavilion and later invited Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan to his residence to watch him refine a pill.
• When pill lightning gathered above the Wu Residence, Zhou Changqing absorbed its bolts and flew into the thunderclouds to endure the full storm.
• After the thunderclouds faded, Zhou Changqing returned unharmed, and Wu Ping praised him and considered inviting him to assist with future pill refining.