Recaps

Li Rui advanced his cultivation while reclaiming the Thousand Soul Banner, managing a contested spirit mine, and uncovering schemes against him. After passing trials in the Great Void Dao Field, he returned to Qingwei Sect as rumors of Top Grade Spirit Stones stirred new trouble in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

• Li Rui cultivated the Eternal Evergreen Art, broke through to Mystic Passage, and helped the Celestial Ox Vermilion Toad become Red River River God while recovering the Thousand Soul Banner from the Purple Gold Palace.
• Li Rui traded for Longevity Water, gained an Immortal Spiritual Root, and killed Chunxuzi after disguising himself as the Old Demon of Tiannan.
• Li Rui advanced through the Upper Three Ranks, built arrays around Evergreen Peak, and oversaw the Yu Kingdom Dao Academy students during their assessment and a demonic upheaval.
• Li Rui became guardian of a spirit mine shared by the Yu Kingdom, Witch Kingdom, and Qingwei Sect, then discovered an Evil Puppet Array targeting him and delayed its effects.
• Li Rui captured Demonic Cultivators threatening the mine and reached the initial stage of Transcendent Mystery, while infiltrators and rival immortal sects continued to contest the spirit stones.
• Li Rui sheltered Chen Ming in exchange for half the Top Grade Spirit Stones, then trapped and refined him into the Thousand Soul Banner when he tried to leave with the treasure.
• Li Rui reached the White Jade plaza in the Great Void Dao Field, passed the Heart Questioning Trial, and captured countless evil ghosts with the Thousand Soul Banner.
• Li Rui helped He Qiannian condense his Qi Form, returned to Qingwei Sect, and heard that Demonic Cultivators had gathered in the Ten Thousand Mountains over rumors of Top Grade Spirit Stones.

Li Rui obtained a Top Grade Spirit Stone, strengthened his cultivation and arrays, and killed the threats of Myriad Ghosts Daoist and Blood Shadow Old Ancestor. After learning of Ji Lei’s origins, he secluded himself and broke through to the Profound Understanding Upper Stage with the aura of the Great Dao.

• Li Rui discovered the Top Grade Spirit Stone in Qingwei Sect’s mining area, but Ji Lei killed Xuan Cheng and took one while Li Rui found and secretly refined another.
• Li Rui celebrated his hundredth birthday, received recognition from the Emperor, and gained an Innate Immortal Martial Dao Embryo.
• Li Rui obtained the Lotus Heart Array from Wu De, learned Ke Chuan’s Array-Shifting Method, and established the array at his residence and other locations.
• Li Rui killed Myriad Ghosts Daoist when the Demonic Cultivator tried to refine him inside the spirit mine.
• Li Rui accepted Yuan An as his disciple and joined the campaign against Blood Shadow Old Ancestor, who had taken over the Listening Wind Blade God’s body.
• Li Rui rescued Iron Madman from Blood Shadow Old Ancestor’s cave, then caught and devoured the fleeing enemy’s Spirit Embryo.
• Li Rui learned from Blood Shadow Old Ancestor’s memories that Ji Lei was a Fallen Immortal from the Myriad Laws Palace, then entered seclusion and broke through to the Profound Understanding Upper Stage.
• Li Rui’s Dao Embryo Infant deduced the Great Dao, and Li Rui awakened its aura.

Li Rui forged the Immortal Way, entered the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, and took on growing responsibilities in the Mountain-Seeking Department. After pursuing a demonic cultivator to Jiangzhou, he confronted and killed Xuanyu Daoren, who had plotted against him.

• Li Rui rejected the Way of Dragon Slaying and forged his own Immortal Way, then accepted an appointment in the Mountain-Seeking Department and became a Mountain-Suppressing Envoy.
• Li Rui entered the Celestial Phenomenon Realm under Nine-Colored True Lightning and kept his breakthrough secret while continuing to support the department with talismans and formations.
• Jiang Yan returned and chose to leave Great Yu for the Immortal Cultivation World, while Li Rui declined Zhu Ting’s recruitment and learned Zhu Qian had investigated him.
• Li Rui joined Nie Siming in Jiangzhou to pursue a Demonic Cultivator, and they trapped the man in Li Rui’s array before Fan Wen and Nie Siming killed him.
• Li Rui visited Situ Lian in Dragon Spring Town to discuss strengthening Flood Dragon Slayer, then returned toward the capital with his companions.
• Xuanyu Daoren tried to attack Li Rui, but Li Rui overwhelmed him with his Dao Domain and powerful body, then revealed his Dao Embryo and swallowed Xuanyu’s Spirit Embryo.

After breaking through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, Li Rui defended Yu Kingdom’s fortune against the Buddhist Kingdom and was promoted to Peacekeeper. He then led an East Sea inspection as cultivators descended into the mortal world, reaching Embryonic Formation and killing Ji Lei while He Jiuxuan escaped.

• Li Rui learned that Xuan Yu Daoren had died fighting Old Demon of Tiannan, then refined Xuan Yu’s Spirit Embryo and began preparing for his next breakthrough.
• Li Rui survived Six-Colored True Lightning, became Peacekeeper of the Mountain-Seeking Department, and accepted an invitation to the Buddhist Kingdom’s Ascension Ceremony.
• Li Rui broke the Buddhist master’s Indestructible Body with his External Skill, allowing Holy Monk Ling Lun to win the scripture debate and return south safely.
• Li Rui received the Azure Sea Green Lotus Contemplation Diagram, later completed Embryonic Formation, and obtained the Immortal Blade Flood Dragon Slayer from Situ Lian.
• A Dao Lord opened a passage between worlds, sending three thousand cultivators into the mortal realm, and Li Rui began investigating them and the theft of Yu Kingdom’s fortune.
• Li Rui led an East Sea inspection, secured Breeze Wind Island’s allegiance, and learned that He Jiuxuan had attacked Tan Yu and Yu Ziyi over the Water Dao Stone.
• He Jiuxuan attacked Li Rui on Lotus Boat Immortal Island, but Li Rui defeated him in combat, trapped and killed Ji Lei, and continued deeper into the East Sea as He Jiuxuan escaped.