Recaps

Li Rui secretly cultivated, dealt with threats inside and outside the Zhu Family, and used his seventieth birthday to leave his lowly status behind. He joined the Heaven and Earth Alliance as Heaven One Hall’s master and began settling into his new position while pursuing stronger cultivation.

• Li Rui gained the Martial Bone talent, learned the Eight Section Brocade, and discovered that Ma Yang had arranged an attack on him, then killed Ma Yang with poison.
• Li Rui advanced into the Stone Skin Realm, joined Zhu Yue and the Huaqing Sect disciples on their hunt for Xu Hua, and secretly took the White Ape Mantle Blade manual from the abandoned temple.
• When Zhao Mazi beat Wang Zhao and accused him of theft, Li Rui knocked Zhao Mazi unconscious and later killed him, earning a Jianghu achievement and the complete White Ape Mantle Blade.
• Li Rui left the Zhu Family at seventy, had his lowly registration changed to commoner status, and accepted Wu Tu’s offer to join the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Li Rui received the title of Heaven One Hall Master, took a Small Yuan Pill that advanced his blade training, and registered at the Alliance headquarters.
• Li Rui declined Deputy Master Zhao’s offer of a woman and medicines, explored Heaven One Hall, and began training and studying at his new residence.
• Zhu Ping raised Wang Zhao’s allowance, while Li Rui noticed his Small Yuan Pill had run out and went to the Medicine Hall, where disciples gossiped about his age and appointment.

Li Rui consolidated his position in Heaven One Hall, survived the conflict with the Ghost Underworld Sect, and secretly refined his martial art until he reached the Eighth Rank. The arc ended as the Qinghe Branch’s Great Examination began, with the top contestants competing for a Huaqing Sect opportunity.

• Li Rui bought Spirit Pills, gained Zhu Ping’s favor and Tiger Bone Pill, then killed Zhu Lie after deciding his hostility remained a threat.
• Li Rui trained with a heavy blade, resisted Kong Xiannian’s Truth Incantation, and kept his knowledge of the White Ape Mantle Blade concealed.
• Li Rui defended Heaven One Hall from Eagle Six’s interference, punished Yang San after he broke alliance rules, and earned Achievement Points for uniting the disciples.
• Li Rui accepted a place on the Huaqing Sect mission, killed the traitor Xu Hua during the battle with the Ghost Underworld Sect, and returned after Eagle Six and many others had died.
• Zhang Yang offered Li Rui a Great Offering position if he placed in the top eight, while Jiang Yan secured the Qinghe Branch’s help by promising a Huaqing Sect opportunity.
• Li Rui gained comprehension through the Childhood Sweethearts achievement, refined the White Ape Mantle Blade into the Yin Yang Nine Revolutions Art, and began teaching Liang He.
• Li Rui reached the Eighth Rank and concealed his strength as the Qinghe Branch’s Great Examination began, with Tang Sheng announcing that the top two could compete for a Huaqing Sect disciple slot.

Li Rui consolidated his position in Heaven One Hall, removed Zhao Wei’s informant, and acquired Spirit Soil and rare materials while advancing his cultivation. After killing Zhao Wei during the search for the Ghost Underworld Sect, Li Rui drew attention from the Huaqing Sect and secured Jiang Cheng’s help refining pills.

• Li Rui defeated Sha Jinliang and Xu Tai in the Great Examination, while Zhao Wei and Liu Tong earned places in the Huaqing Sect’s admission trials.
• Li Rui took charge of the Black Market, exposed Sun Ming’s smuggling, and saw him arrested and killed before Zhao Wei could protect him.
• Li Rui and Wu Tu acquired Spirit Soil, and Li Rui used Han Qin’s formula to advance from Copper Bone to Iron Bone.
• Zhao Wei tried to frame Li Rui and later led a search for the Ghost Underworld Sect at Roebuck Ridge, where Li Rui killed him and took a glowing piece of ore.
• Dao Xiong blamed Ghost Face Blade for Zhao Wei’s death and reorganized the Heaven and Earth Alliance, while Li Rui ordered armor made from the ore and resolved to keep training.
• Jiang Yan told Li Rui that his fate was Hidden Dragon Do Not Use, and Li Rui freed Wang Zhao and Yang Yong so they could serve him.
• Li Rui used his Spirit Eye to find valuable Spirit Medicine in the Black Market and persuaded Jiang Cheng to refine it in exchange for his help in the Alchemy Room.
• Jiang Cheng produced six unusually potent Body Strengthening Pills for Li Rui.

Li Rui rose to become a vice branch master while the Heaven and Earth Alliance and its allies fought the Ghost Underworld Sect and pursued its Immortal Treasure. After the final raid, Li Rui recovered a Spirit Guide and used it to obtain the Nine Profound Spirit Firmament Chart.

• Li Rui reached Gold Bone, discovered Profound Clear Qi after an immortal-realm dream, and stayed out of the first attack that nearly wiped out the Ghost Underworld Sect.
• After the Huaqing Sect group left Qinghe, the Scarlet Training Woman impersonated Zhu Ling and attacked Li Rui, who killed her and secretly kept her possessions.
• Li Rui advanced to Jade Bone and was appointed vice branch master, gaining authority over Heaven One Hall, the Medicine Hall, and the Black Market.
• Gongyang Han and Zeng Jiang plotted over the Immortal Treasure, while Gongyang Han killed Qian Cai and the alliance purged Ghost Underworld Sect spies.
• Jiang Linxian led the Huaqing Sect entrance trial, chose Liu Tong, and later organized an investigation of locations tied to the Ghost Underworld Sect.
• At Roebuck Ridge, Jiang Linxian killed Ten Thousand Ghosts Old Mother, and Li Rui killed the wounded Gongyang Han while concealing how he had done it.
• Li Rui retrieved the wooden box he had hidden, unlocked it with Gongyang Han’s key, and recognized the translucent object inside as a Spirit Guide.
• Li Rui and Zhang Yang killed a Nine-Horned Silver Lizard that attacked alliance disciples, and Li Rui gained the Nine Profound Spirit Firmament Chart as a quest reward.