Recaps

Lucian defeated Shou-Lao and examined the Dragonheart Crucible, discovering that it bound the dragon’s heart to K'un-Lun’s dragon vein. He absorbed the crucible’s essence and learned its advanced Chi circulation method, then set his sights on the greater secrets of Great Luo Heaven.

• Lucian reached the Dragonheart Crucible after killing Shou-Lao and deduced how the furnace and K'un-Lun’s dragon vein sustained the Divine Dragon’s immortality.
• Lei Kung felt Shou-Lao’s fall and ordered thousands of warrior monks to channel their Internal Qi into the earth veins to speed his reconstruction.
• Lucian ignored the monks’ ritual and plunged both hands into the crucible, absorbing its molten essence without suffering pain.
• The Divine Dragon essence guided Lucian’s nascent Chi through his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, greatly strengthening it and revealing the crucible’s core circulation method.
• Lucian resolved to seek advanced techniques from Great Luo Heaven and use them to develop a method capable of helping his friends and family break through their limits.

Lucian replenished Shou-Lao’s Dragonheart Crucible after taking its Essence, allowing the Divine Dragon to resurrect, and refused the Iron Fist title. He left K'un-Lun after promising to eliminate The Hand, while Madame Gao and the other leaders discussed obtaining Vought’s serum before a sudden omen unsettled her.

• Lucian fed his vital blood and dark-gold Internal Qi into the Dragonheart Crucible, restoring Shou-Lao’s heart and helping it recover.
• Shou-Lao resurrected, bowed to Lucian, and offered him the Iron Fist title, but Lucian refused and promised to deal with The Hand in New York.
• Lucian left K'un-Lun through a spatial rift as Lei Kung ordered the warrior monks to keep the day’s events secret.
• Madame Gao, Bakuto, Alexander, and the other Hand leaders discussed stealing Vought International’s serum formula as a replacement for Dragon Bone.
• Madame Gao’s cane snapped without warning, sending a chill through her as she prepared to respond.