Recaps

Li Rui advanced his cultivation, helped destroy the Big Flood Dragon, and made Flood Dragon Slayer a complete Immortal Weapon. He escorted Xia Yun’s convoy through a Ghost Underworld Sect attack, then prepared to continue with her toward the capital while seeking materials to improve his spiritual root.

• Li Rui improved his spirit root, reached Rising Bright Moon after comprehending Yuan Dingting’s Soldier Character Note, and killed Qi Feng when he ambushed him outside Qinghe City.
• Yuan Dingting killed the Big Flood Dragon, and Li Rui used its remnant soul to complete Flood Dragon Slayer as an Immortal Weapon.
• Li Rui was put in charge of coordinating Xia Yun’s marriage-alliance journey and introduced Little White Flood Dragon to the people of Qinghe as their River God.
• Li Rui received Heavenly Spirit Purple Marrow from Liu Tong and consumed it before Xia Yun invited him to join her in the capital, an offer he declined.
• As Li Rui and the Anning Guard escorted Xia Yun’s convoy along the Red River, Chen Ming lifted their ship with his pole and Blood Spirit Demons attacked it.
• Li Rui killed the hook-nosed attacker in the forest while Chen Ming destroyed Blood Shadow Old Ancestor’s two avatars, and Li Rui kept his own feat secret.
• Li Rui received a Dao Seed, secretly consumed a Mystic Spirit Pill taken from the attacker, and prepared to accompany Xia Yun to the capital after Xue Gui ordered the escort onward.

Li Rui became a Royal Dark Guard and returned to Clear River, where he learned of the Purple Gold Palace and its connection to a Fallen Immortal. After Song Shi was killed while investigating the palace, Li Rui joined a planned campaign against it and was tasked with securing the Witch Kingdom’s support.

• Li Rui accepted Gu Changsheng’s invitation to become an Inquiry Immortal Pavilion guest elder, served as a Martial Examination examiner, and saved Xu Yan by subduing the Nine Yin Flood Dragon.
• The Holy Emperor made Li Rui an official Royal Dark Guard, and Jiang Linxian recruited him to help hunt the Fallen Immortal who had killed his wife.
• Li Rui returned to Clear River, reached the Innate Realm, and learned that Qu Chengfeng had founded the Purple Gold Palace in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• Song Shi infiltrated the Purple Gold Palace, was wounded by Qu Chengfeng, and later was killed by the Blood Shadow Old Ancestor after reporting his discovery to Yang Bing.
• Li Rui investigated Song Shi’s death and learned that the Purple Gold Palace was tied to the Ghost Underworld Sect, while Little White Flood Dragon revealed that the palace held Withered Tree Revived Essence.
• Nie Siming tested Li Rui in a fight, then advised him to avoid drawing the Purple Gold Palace’s attention and kept his breakthrough secret.
• Liu Qing organized a discreet campaign against the Purple Gold Palace, and Li Rui accepted the task of negotiating with the Witch Kingdom for support.

Li Rui rose through the military ranks while cultivating the Five Elements Body Refining Art and fighting Purple Gold Palace’s agents. His mission to the Witch Kingdom helped secure its support for Yu Kingdom’s campaign, but Sheng Daoren’s attack on Feng Jing left the Fallen Immortal investigation in danger.

• Li Rui joined the assault on Purple Gold Palace, absorbed Withered Tree Revived Essence, and began cultivating the Five Elements Body Refining Art after the Imperial Court ordered Clear River to unite the local sects against the palace.
• Li Rui gained a High Grade Spiritual Root through Lin Lang’s gifts, cultivated the Profound Water Body and Azure Wood Body, and rose to vice general as Annan Garrison relocated to Clear River.
• Li Rui helped lead the garrison through military exercises in the Ten Thousand Mountains, killed Qi Tong during a Demon Tide, and secretly buried the Jade Scepter he suspected was an Immortal Treasure.
• Li Rui received a viscountcy and assignment to escort Vice Minister Wang to the Witch Kingdom, where the Great Shaman welcomed him and invited the delegation to the grand sacrifice.
• Li Rui defeated Tu Xuan’s drum performance by making the Emperor Listening Drum sound for eight hundred li, earning the King’s praise and weakening opposition to a military alliance with Yu Kingdom.
• The Witch Kingdom issued an edict to join Yu Kingdom against the rebels, while Li Rui met Dark Guard agent Feng Jing, who was investigating a possible Fallen Immortal tied to Purple Gold Palace.
• Sheng Daoren entered Spring Breeze Hall with Zhu Yun, killed the shop assistant, seized Feng Jing, and shattered his Dark Guard jade token.

Li Rui helped defeat Purple Gold Palace, advanced his cultivation, and entered Qingwei Sect, where he formed a Dao Embryo and faced threats from Blood Shadow Old Ancestor. The arc ended with Li Rui revealing his breakthrough during a public debate at the Grand Rite of the Heavens.

• Li Rui and Qin Huo agreed to share information about Fallen Immortals, and Li Rui delivered Qin Huo’s letter to He Qiannian before cultivating to Great Accomplishment of Innate.
• Li Rui joined the campaign against Purple Gold Palace, survived Sheng Daoren’s attack on Army Breaker Fortress, and later helped defeat the remnant’s forces and kill Sheng Daoren.
• Li Rui refined Sheng Daoren’s Thousand Soul Banner while training in the Great Void Dao Field and strengthening his body and divine soul.
• Li Rui passed Qingwei Sect’s selection, traveled there with his attendants, and began studying talismans while his Dao embryo developed.
• Li Rui evaded Blood Shadow Old Ancestor with a clone talisman, then secretly altered the Thousand Soul Banner before letting Blood Shadow Old Ancestor take it.
• Li Rui formed his Dao Embryo, returned to Qingwei Sect, and climbed most of the White Jade Steps before his soul gave out.
• At the Grand Rite of the Heavens, Li Rui debated Fang Hua, announced that he had broken through the Spirit Refinement Barrier, and received the Eternal Evergreen Art.