Recaps

Lu Guan rose from a probationary officer to the acting commandant of Qianqiu County after slaying the demons of White Bone Mountain and exposing Zhou Kaishan’s collusion with them. He left the arc in charge of the county, with Yu Qianqian staying at his home and a neighboring county’s traitorous commandant still to be dealt with.

• Lu Guan spent his remaining lifespan to defeat the White Bone Demon, secured a full officer appointment, then killed Zhou Jie and the White Bone Demon after discovering their connection.
• Zhou Kaishan sent Lu Guan with the First Squad to watch White Bone Mountain, where Lu Guan bought the Primordial Saber and secretly left camp to hunt demons.
• Lu Guan saved Tang Jun from the White Bone Demons, gained cultivation from the slain demons, and advanced to the perfected True Qi Realm.
• Lu Guan killed the tiger demon and the White Bone Demon King, freed Yu Qianqian, and found a stone wall documenting Zhou Kaishan’s crimes.
• Lu Guan returned to Qianqiu County with the demons’ remains and confronted Zhou Kaishan, cutting off his arm when he attacked Yu Qianqian.
• Lu Guan defeated Qin Tiannan’s intervention and killed Zhou Kaishan, then used the stone wall’s inscriptions to prove the commandant had colluded with demons.
• Wang Quan made Lu Guan acting commandant and ordered him to clear demons around Qianqiu County, while Yu Qianqian arranged to stay at his home in exchange for a martial art.

Lu Guan strengthened his saber and body-refining arts while defending Qianqiu County from demons, then killed Yuan Guanshan with Celestial Person One Saber Slash. After joining the Demon-Slaying Envoys, he left Qianqiu County to investigate a river demon near Five Li Town.

• Lu Guan mastered the Azure Dragon Form, led the Demon Suppression Bureau to defeat the demons of Wild Boar Ridge, and later killed the ape demon that marked him for revenge.
• Lu Guan completed the Nine Heavens Dragon-Elephant Secret Record and traded it with Li Fugui for the Mountain-Moving Heart Method.
• Yuan Guanshan sealed Qianqiu County and demanded Lu Guan’s life, so Lu Guan advanced the heart method into the Mystic Origin Mountain-Moving Heart Method and mastered the Gang Condensation Realm.
• Yuan Guanshan overwhelmed Lu Guan, but Lu Guan perfected the Four Symbols Heaven's Will Saber and used Celestial Person One Saber Slash to kill the ape demon.
• Chen Jingchou invited Lu Guan to join the Demon-Slaying Envoys, and Sun Ying warned that killing Yuan Guanshan could destabilize You Province.
• Lu Guan arranged for Wang Muzhi, Meng Shuo, and Li Fugui to manage Qianqiu County until a new commandant arrived, then rode north toward Five Li Town to investigate a river demon.

Lu Guan reached the Inner Landscape Realm, killed Fourth Master Yin, and learned that Ailao Mountain’s demons had forced You Province into an early contest of magic. The Heaven and Earth Chessboard drew Lu Guan into the arena, where Second Master Yin appeared as his opponent.

• Lu Guan killed the river god at Five Li Town, rescued the sacrificed children, and gained 480 years of effective Cultivation.
• At the Demon Suppression Bureau, Lu Guan entered the Heaven-Character Secret Vault and chose the True Spirit Indestructible Dao Scripture to build a Grotto-Heaven.
• Lu Guan formed Divine Thought, opened his Inner Landscape, and reached the Inner Landscape Realm with the mysteries Mountain-Bearing Bones and Drink the Long River.
• Lu Guan sparred with Chen Jingchou, then rushed to hunt the tiger demon who had slaughtered the Luo Household.
• Lu Guan defeated and killed Fourth Master Yin, gaining 1,080 years of effective Cultivation, while Yin Jing challenged Wei Xianwu to reopen the Dharma Duel Arena.
• Lu Guan used the Dao Field to simulate Pacify Mountains and Rivers, then prepared to face Ailao Mountain’s demons in the contest of magic.
• Wei Xianwu and Yin Jing began the contest with the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, which transported Lu Guan into a gray-mist realm.
• Second Master Yin confronted Lu Guan in the mist, and Lu Guan chose to strengthen Celestial Person One Saber Slash.