Recaps

Li Xingkong completed the Jianmu space elevator, then spent six years on the moon refining his cultivation and expanding his Divine Sense. He returned to Earth Star to find Divine Land preparing for conflict, and ended the stretch by confronting the Star-Absorbing Cult.

• Li Xingkong refused to force Old Ox into research, then refined the formation flags and control piece for the space elevator.
• Li Xingkong activated the completed elevator and showed officials and researchers its journey into orbit, while Old Tang and Commander Wang negotiated its use and received his formation knowledge.
• Li Xingkong left for the moon, where he developed the Moonlight, Magnetic Essence, and Netherworld Qi Refining Methods and constructed all eight trigrams of his cultivation method.
• Li Xingkong trained his Divine Sense until it reached a range of a thousand li, then left seclusion to tour the expanding lunar base and learn about the space elevator Jianmu.
• Tang Cheng brought Li Xingkong back to Earth Star aboard the Medicine-Pounding Guest and explained the Road to Immortality, White Jade Capital, Eagle Country’s genetic weapon, and Divine Land’s military preparations.
• Tang Cheng showed Li Xingkong the Nation-Protecting Great Array and explained how cultivators and new technology were changing Divine Land’s defenses and military.
• Li Xingkong and Tang Cheng flew to the Imperial Capital, where Li Xingkong disabled Star-Absorbing Cult members attacking a patrol team and freeing kidnapped people, then demanded to know about the cult.

Li Xingkong and Tang Cheng uncovered the Zhang Family’s Magic Power tax scheme, but their investigation stalled amid corruption and Zhang Ru’s escape. Li Xingkong created the Luo Shu as an oversight tool just as Mount Fuji erupted and Old Tang sent them to stop a disaster threatening Divine Land.

• Li Xingkong learned that villagers were being forced to pay a Magic Power tax, and Tang Cheng led an operation that exposed Zhang Family Hamlet’s armed defenders and captured Zhang Ru.
• Zhang Ru escaped custody with help from Xiao Chen and his superior, and Tang Cheng discovered the force behind the scheme had infiltrated local authorities.
• Li Xingkong used Xiao Chen’s memories to identify his superior, while Tang Cheng learned that Zhang Ren had been arrested and sent to the Imperial Capital.
• With Tang Cheng away, Li Xingkong designed and refined the Luo Shu, a book-shaped artifact that recorded the work-related thoughts and actions of those who signed it.
• Tang Cheng returned and told Li Xingkong that major families had placed members in government offices, while the Zhang Family investigation remained stalled, and Li Xingkong gave him the Luo Shu.
• Old Tang sent footage of Mount Fuji erupting and warned that nearby nuclear bombs could trigger a disaster, then ordered Li Xingkong to intervene and Tang Cheng to go to the Yellow Sea coast.
• Li Xingkong set out to stop the emergency, and Tang Cheng agreed to help contain any natural disaster.

Li Xingkong diverted Mount Fuji’s eruption and survived the disaster as Divine Land faced a tsunami and intervened in Cherry Blossom Country. After returning home, he studied new cultivation methods and watched the Nation-Protecting Grand Formation near completion.

• Li Xingkong used Mount Amida to plug Mount Fuji’s crater, then carved a fissure to the sea that released volcanic pressure before collapsing from exhaustion.
• After Cherry Blossom Country detonated nuclear bombs around Mount Fuji, the resulting disaster threatened Divine Land with a tsunami, and Xia Yuqing organized cultivators to build a magic-powered Tesla valve.
• Zhang Ru took Tang Cheng’s dangerous formation position, explained his family’s schemes and his own choices, then joined the cultivators who sacrificed themselves to weaken the tsunami.
• Divine Land sent an aerospace carrier and troops to Cherry Blossom Country, rescued survivors, searched for Li Xingkong, and took control of cities and military bases.
• Divine Land’s troops uncovered radiation experiments in an underground laboratory, where researchers became violent, and killed those on the level.
• Li Xingkong returned to Divine Land, received access to the cultivation technique repository, and studied methods including the Scarlet Blood Art, the One Heart Spell, and a flawed Fusion Technique.
• Divine Land divided Cherry Blossom Country into four regions for political and legal experiments, while Li Xingkong accepted the seized assets of the Cherry Blossom Wind Group and gave its compensation to his parents.
• Li Xingkong attended the Nation-Protecting Grand Formation’s completion ceremony and examined its nodes, concluding that it could intercept nuclear strikes beyond Divine Land and reduce damage within the country.

Li Xingkong created a space bag and linked gates while Divine Land expanded its territory and global conflicts spiraled into nuclear war. He helped shield Divine Land from the incoming missiles, then joined Old Tang in considering a spatial-gate operation against Eagle Country.

• Divine Land completed and tested its grand array, then invaded Java after Java persecuted people of Divine Land descent and annexed the country following a referendum.
• Moon Country surrendered to Divine Land, and Li Xingkong studied spatial theory before borrowing a nuclear power plant to forge a space bag and beacon.
• Li Xingkong demonstrated the space bag to Old Tang and proposed connecting it to a nuclear reactor as an external core, while agreeing to make a few more space bags for Divine Land.
• As nations formed blocs and conflicts spread, Divine Land defeated Indian forces in Nepal, advanced to India's capital, and made Ji Nanzhi its effective ruler.
• Russia and Europe launched nuclear attacks after a strike on a nuclear power plant, and Divine Land activated its grand formation to intercept missiles aimed at its territory.
• Li Xingkong flew to the front line and destroyed or diverted the incoming missiles within minutes, easing the pressure on Divine Land's defenses.
• Li Xingkong returned to the aerospace carrier and demonstrated two linked spatial gates, and the old general proposed using them to capture Eagle Country's president and seize its nuclear button.