Recaps

Sun Yang Demon Lord and four other Spirit Transformation demons searched for Lu Li while Ao Qing’s forces broke through the three defensive walls and began its Jiao Journey to become a Sin Dragon. Zongzheng Lie ordered Jingxi Prefecture’s humans to abandon their ancestral lands and flee to the Endless Sea, then wondered who Lu Li really was.

• Sun Yang Demon Lord and four other Spirit Transformation demons began searching Heaven-Pacifying Yao Prefecture for Lu Li and sent a brief report to the Pacify the West front line.
• Ao Qing’s demons overwhelmed the three defensive walls, and Ao Qing’s blood cloud absorbed the sinful resentment of the dead as it rolled toward Jingxi Prefecture.
• Hu Lie and living beings across the Western Continent received heaven’s warning that Ao Qing was undertaking a Jiao Journey to become a Sin Dragon.
• Zongzheng Lie realized Ao Qing’s plan was tied to the ten-thousand-year demonic calamity and decided to stop it, even if he had to abandon the Western Continent.
• Zongzheng Lie ordered all humans in Jingxi Prefecture to leave for the Endless Sea and, as he looked toward the Demon Manor, asked who Lu Li really was.

Two hidden figures discussed Ao Qing’s transformation and the new variable in their plans as Jingxi Prefecture fell to the beast hordes. Lu Li learned that Ao Qing was becoming an abomination dragon, a path Elder Jian said would invite disaster.

• Two hidden figures agreed that the Zong Household’s move had made Ao Qing’s path to dragonhood harder, and one warned that a variable had entered the game.
• Zongzheng Lie ordered cultivators to retreat toward the Endless Sea, while Fang Jing chose to lead his clan into the mountains rather than abandon its mortals and children.
• Ao Qing’s beast hordes ravaged Jingxi Prefecture, and Zongzheng Lie fled with his family and trusted followers as three great demons slipped away toward Heaven-Pacifying Yao Prefecture.
• Ye Chenfeng told Lu Li that Ao Qing was transforming into a dragon, Jingxi Prefecture was in chaos, and Golden Ape and Heavenly Wolf were approaching with the forces.
• Elder Jian told Lu Li that the blood rain and vile resentment marked Ao Qing’s transformation into an abomination dragon, a dangerous path that could give merit to the Central Continent.

Elder Jian revealed that the Central Continent’s schools may have orchestrated Ao Qing’s transformation so they could slay him for merit and claim the Western Continent’s fortune. Lu Li and Great Xia realized the scheme could threaten the Dao Academy, and Elder Jian explained that the gained fortune might unite the continent under a single household.

• Elder Jian explained that Great Jin fell over ten thousand years ago and the Central Continent’s schools rose to power by seeking merit and fortune.
• Elder Jian reasoned that the schools may have allowed Ao Qing to transform so someone could kill him afterward and gain merit.
• Lu Li and Great Xia connected Ao Qing’s transformation to a possible long-term scheme and warned that its hidden actors might also target Lu Li and the Dao Academy.
• Lu Li asked what would follow the dragon’s death and the acquisition of merit.
• Elder Jian said the schools could use the Western Continent’s fortune to link its lands and make the continent belong to a single household.

Lu Li feigned indifference to Elder Jian’s revelations about the continents and asked him to record everything, while Elder Jian mistook the request for part of Lu Li’s secret plan against the Central Continent. After copying the record to Great Xia, Lu Li began reading Jian Canglan’s account of his life and the catastrophe that divided the continents.

• Lu Li pretended the matter was trivial and asked Elder Jian to put his knowledge on a jade slip.
• Elder Jian decided Lu Li was secretly plotting against the Central Continent and recorded his life experiences and knowledge of Great Jin.
• Elder Jian delivered the jade slip to Lu Li, and Ye Chenfeng left the hall to return to his duties.
• Lu Li copied the jade slip’s contents and sent them to Great Xia before reading them.
• Lu Li learned from Jian Canglan’s account that the Great Dark Heaven had fallen over the Central Continent, Great Jin had fractured, and Jian Canglan had escaped to the Western Continent as a remnant soul.

Lu Li learned from Elder Jian’s Jade Slip that the Central Continent had been sealed off and that merit and providence could bring great power and fortune. After discussing the revelation with Great Xia, he suspected the dragon’s helper and slayer were connected, and that a Central Continent cultivator had remained hidden in the Western Continent for ten thousand years.

• Lu Li read Elder Jian’s account of Great Jin’s fall and the Central Continent’s sealing by its hundred schools.
• The Jade Slip explained how providence and merit were gained, prompting Great Xia researchers to wonder whether Lu Li carried their nation’s providence.
• Lu Li considered whether the extraordinary people and opportunities he had encountered resulted from Great Xia’s recognition of him.
• Li Qingshan told Lu Li that Great Xia would study providence and the Jade Slip, and warned him to prepare for changes after Ao Qing’s transformation.
• Lu Li read Elder Jian’s theory that Ao Qing’s helper and slayer were the same person, then guessed a Central Continent cultivator had been hiding in the Western Continent for ten thousand years.

Lu Li considered using Great Xia’s fortune to secure the Western Continent, then joined Lu Yao and Wang Zhiwen in the Primordial Beginning Spirit World. Wang Zhiwen revealed that they had successfully carried out the spirit descent plan, though the virtual world still had limits.

• Lu Li reasoned that Great Xia’s fortune might let him gather the Western Continent’s human fortune, but he lacked the strength and knowledge to act on the idea.
• Lu Li focused on expanding the Dao Academy into the Dongting territories before the other five overseer lords noticed, while relying on Great Xia to develop more Spirit Machinery.
• Lu Yao called Lu Li into the Heart of Primordial Beginning after Wang Zhiwen and the others made a major discovery.
• Wang Zhiwen explained that six months of research had produced a 100 × 100 Primordial Beginning Spirit World with rules and physical laws matching the Imprisoned Dragon Realm.
• Wang Zhiwen said time acceleration consumed enormous numbers of Spirit Stones and distorted the world’s parameters, but the team had successfully carried out the spirit descent plan.

Lu Li learned that Elder Wang and the researchers had successfully tested the Spirit Descent Plan in the illusion, but he delayed real-world experiments until they had studied the risks further. After spending time with Lu Yao and their family, he returned to the Dao Academy's arcane warship as it arrived at Thunder Leopard's Dongting, where a decree made a fourth-tier warship the prize for the banner earning the most contributions.

• Lu Li replayed Elder Wang and the researchers' successful spirit-descent experiment and praised their work.
• Lu Li postponed real-world trials and asked the researchers to compare spirit descent among mortals, Qi Refinement cultivators, and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Lu Yao told Lu Li that practicing a Soul Dao Cultivation Method had strengthened and condensed her soul body, and he offered to help her with questions.
• Lu Li took Lu Yao to see their mother, and the family shared a reunion meal before he returned from the Spirit World Sand Table.
• The Dao Academy's arcane warship arrived at Thunder Leopard's Dongting, and the Sect Leader decreed that the banner earning the most contributions would receive a fourth-tier arcane warship.
• Jiang Wuxie, Dong Qing, and Ye Chenfeng each considered competing for the prize for their own reasons.

Lu Li approved recruiting qualified Cultivator Employment Hall members into the academy and tasked Yuanhao with handling their admission. As Yuanhao revised the academy’s ideological lessons, Qiu Mingzi began rewriting the Headmaster’s Sayings to promote Lu Li, convinced Yuanhao could not match his skill.

• The Heart of Primordial Beginning reported that the academy had recruited ten thousand cultivators, including candidates eligible for its outer and inner academies.
• Lu Li ordered eligible recruits admitted after loyalty checks and told Yuanhao to oversee the work.
• Yuanhao received Lu Li’s mission and decided to revise the academy’s ideological instruction curriculum.
• Yuanhao rebuffed Qiu Mingzi’s offer to help and left to work on his lesson plan.
• Qiu Mingzi, eager to prove his worth at the academy, rewrote Yuanhao’s Headmaster’s Sayings with praise for Lu Li.

Qiu Mingzi’s biography and sayings booklet inspired rogue cultivator Dongfang Lin to pursue a future with the Dao Academy, while he recognized Lu Changming as the rogue cultivator once rejected by his Lineage. Lu Changming left the magical warship to seek Core Formation, and Lu Li suspected he was about to confront a destiny dungeon.

• Qiu Mingzi distributed booklets about the headmaster throughout the academy and the Cultivator Employment Hall, changing many cultivators’ views of the Dao Academy.
• Dongfang Lin, encouraged by the academy’s generous rewards, planned to earn enough contribution points for a Foundation Establishment Pill and hoped to join the Dao Academy.
• Dongfang Lin recognized Lu Changming as the rogue cultivator his Lineage head had once rejected as a suitor for a daughter of the Dongfang Household.
• Lu Changming left the magical warship and flew into the mountain forests, determined to achieve Core Formation before returning to Xue'er’s Household.
• Lu Li learned that Lu Changming had spent 500,000 contribution points on Core Formation supplies and worried that he was rushing into a destiny dungeon.

Lu Changming secretly achieved Golden Core, then traveled to the Dongfang Household to fulfill his agreement and meet Jiangxue. Dongfang Yu told him Jiangxue had left and provoked him, so Lu Changming fought back and demanded that the household call its ancestor back.

• Lu Changming secluded himself in a mountain cave to attempt Core Formation, and Lu Li found him and secretly stayed nearby to guard him.
• After three days, Lu Changming broke through to Golden Core and discovered his talent for sensing danger had grown stronger.
• Lu Changming reached the Dongfang Household and announced that he had come to fulfill their agreement.
• Dongfang Yu told Lu Changming that Jiangxue had left and dismissed him, then pressured him with his Golden Core cultivation.
• Lu Changming used third-tier spell armor and a spiritual cannon to fight Dongfang Yu, who retreated behind the household’s spell formation.
• Dongfang Yu taunted Lu Changming to wait for the ancestor’s return, and Lu Changming demanded that he call the ancestor back.

Lu Li arrived to rescue Lu Changming, broke the Dongfang Household’s formation, and forced Dongfang Yu to explain what had happened to Dongfang Jiangxue. Lu Changming received a sachet she had left for him, and Lu Li took him away after ordering the clan sent to the Slave Cultivator Hall.

• Lu Li appeared behind Lu Changming and rebuked his disciple for refusing to rely on his backing.
• Lu Li shattered the Dongfang Household’s third-tier formation and seized Dongfang Yu, demanding to know where Dongfang Jiangxue was.
• Dongfang Yu explained that Jiangxue had left half a year earlier and that her old servant had ordered the Household to reject Lu Changming’s proposal.
• Dongfang Yu gave Lu Changming the sealed envelope Jiangxue had left, and a miniature sachet fell out.
• Lu Li knocked Dongfang Yu unconscious, told Lu Changming they would discuss matters back home, and ordered Primordial Beginning to send the entire clan to the Slave Cultivator Hall.

Lu Li consigned most of Dongfang Yu’s clan, including Dongfang Yu, to the Slave Cultivator Hall, then questioned Lu Changming about his connection to Dongfang Jiangxue. After hearing how they met, Lu Li stopped Changming from making a vow and began preparing a lesson on cultivation backgrounds for his disciples.

• Lu Li sent Dongfang Yu and most of his clansmen to the Slave Cultivator Hall under the Dao Academy’s rules.
• Lu Li asked Lu Changming to explain his relationship with Dongfang Jiangxue.
• Lu Changming recounted meeting Dongfang Jiangxue in a forbidden area, traveling with her, and later finding her among the Dongfang Lineage.
• Lu Li suspected Dongfang Jiangxue had a hidden background and interrupted Lu Changming before he could voice a resolute decision.
• Lu Li sent Lu Changming away with the sachet and began writing a Jade Slip titled “On the importance of one's cultivation background!”

Lu Li prepared a cultivation guide to teach the Dao Academy’s disciples practical lessons, then reviewed the resources collected from Thunder Leopard Dongting. After confirming the haul included rare fifth-tier materials, he decided Great Xia could begin exploring Pseudo-Sixth-Tier Spirit Machinery.

• Lu Li wrote lessons about relying on sect backing, avoiding ill-omened vows, and staying alert to common dangers, then had the Heart of Primordial Beginning distribute the book Guide to Immortal Cultivation to the Dao Academy’s disciples.
• Lu Li asked the Heart of Primordial Beginning how resource collection in Thunder Leopard Dongting was progressing and learned it was 56% complete.
• The Heart of Primordial Beginning displayed a rich inventory, including spirit stones, cultivation resources, and two kinds of fifth-tier high-grade materials.
• Lu Li asked the Heart of Primordial Beginning to verify the fifth-tier materials’ uses and relaxed after it confirmed their identities.
• Lu Li concluded that Great Xia could begin exploring Pseudo-Sixth-Tier Spirit Machinery.

Lu Li sent most of Dongting’s seized resources to Great Xia while keeping materials for his own cultivation, then raised rewards to accelerate the Dao Academy’s hunt. The rewards and Qiu Mingzi’s account of Lu Li’s ambitions inspired the cultivators to fight for the academy, as Elder Jian sensed Human Dao karmic luck gathering around Lu Li.

• Lu Li kept earth vein yin iron and heavenly thunder tribulation wood, then sent the remaining sorted resources back to Great Xia.
• Lu Li ordered Primordial Beginning to double the Contribution Heaven Ranking rewards for the top hundred and establish an Earth Ranking with extra rewards.
• Dong Qing and Jiang Wuxie saw their chances of becoming True Disciples improve, while hired and rogue cultivators were stirred by the Earth Ranking’s fourth-tier prizes.
• Qiu Mingzi’s compilation of the sect leader’s sayings reached the cultivators, whose hope in Lu Li’s ambitions grew alongside their desire to become free of demonic servitude.
• Tens of thousands of cultivators looked toward Lu Li’s main hall as Human Dao karmic luck gathered above him, and Elder Jian sensed it from Ye Chenfeng’s Dantian.

Elder Jian recognized the mysterious Qi around Lu Li as Kingly Dao Dragon Qi, stirred by the academy’s gathered Human Dao Karmic Luck and Heavenly Mandates. As Beyond Heaven Dao Academy grew into a major force, the Yin-Yang School discovered the Dragon Qi but judged it too weak and isolated to threaten its plan involving Ao Qing.

• Elder Jian realized that Lu Li bore Kingly Dao Dragon Qi and wondered whether it could lead to Great Jin’s restoration, while worrying that the Central Continent’s old powers might detect it.
• Ye Chenfeng left to lead disciples in gathering resources and working toward first place on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Beyond Heaven Dao Academy’s reputation spread across Thunder Leopard Dongting, attracting cultivators until the Cultivator Employment Hall had gathered fifty thousand slave cultivators.
• At the Mystic Pivot Yin-Yang Palace, the starlit Libationer identified the new Kingly Dao Dragon Qi and considered whether it could disrupt the Yin-Yang School’s plan involving Ao Qing.
• The Libationer concluded that the Dragon Qi was too weak and lacked a race or people, so it could not yet rival a true dragon’s momentum.

A Yin-Yang School cultivator breached the Mystic Firmament Heavenly Wall with the Libationer’s artifact, setting off upheaval in the Endless Sea as Ao Qing’s Jiao Journey continued. Ao Qing remained short of the sins and grievances needed to become a dragon, but suspected the sea was the Central Continent’s intended aid.

• The Libationer decided not to awaken his contingency and sent a subordinate to stir up trouble at sea while Ao Qing undertook his Jiao Journey.
• The subordinate reached the Mystic Firmament Heavenly Wall and used the Libationer’s life-bound Spirit Artifact to penetrate it, causing waves to churn across the Endless Sea.
• Millions of cultivators fled the Western Continent as demons pursued them and Ao Qing’s blood cloud gathered their sins and grievances.
• Ao Qing lamented that the suffering was insufficient to transform him into a dragon and wondered which Central Continent faction might help him.
• Ao Qing heard the sea and suspected the Central Continent’s schools intended for him to undertake his Jiao Journey there.

Zongzheng Lie discovered that a vast sea-race invasion was advancing toward the migrating humans of Pacify the West, trapping them between the sea creatures and the demon horde. Meanwhile, Dongfang Jiangxue was taken to slay Ao Qing as he approached dragonhood, while others headed toward the Demon Manor.

• Zongzheng Lie and the other Void Return cultivators reached the Endless Sea, where Zongzheng Lie sensed an unprecedented mass of sea creatures approaching shore.
• Zongzheng Lie realized the Central Continent had sent the sea races to hinder the migration and help Ao Qing become a dragon, while Jingfeng and Canyue warned that the humans would meet the invaders within ten days.
• Zongzheng Lie weighed the approaching sea races against the blood-cloud beast horde and wondered whether he could slay Ao Qing.
• Dongfang Jiangxue asked whether she could see the blue-robed figure again and bring him to the Central Continent, but the ethereal voice did not answer.
• A black-robed figure took Dongfang Jiangxue toward the beast horde and the gathered humans, while several other figures headed toward the heart of the Demon Manor.

Zongzheng Lie persuaded Jingfeng and Canyue to return with him to the Demon Manor in search of Lu, the cultivator who might possess a treasure capable of defeating Ao Qing. As the humans and sea race converged and Ao Qing neared the coast, Zou Heng assured the Hundred Schools’ watching figures that he would suppress the mysterious kingly Dao dragon Qi.

• Zongzheng Lie revealed that finding the cultivator surnamed Lu was the humans’ only chance against Ao Qing, and Jingfeng and Canyue agreed to follow him back to the Demon Manor.
• Zongzheng Lie, Jingfeng, and Canyue sped toward the Demon Manor while Dongfang Jiangxue pursued Ao Qing with an unknown being and the opposing forces drew closer.
• Zou Heng told the watching figures from the Hundred Schools that he would take Ao Qing and extinguish the kingly Dao dragon Qi.
• The Hundred Schools’ figures questioned where the dragon Qi had come from, and Zou Heng agreed to investigate after completing his plan.
• Over ten days, the humans and sea race converged, Dongfang Jiangxue reached the coast, and Ao Qing advanced to the Western Continent’s maritime frontier as Zongzheng Lie forced his way into the Demon Manor again.

As the beast tide closed in, powerful human cultivators and the princely household fled, abandoning millions of cultivators trapped on the coast. Above the Western Continent, the Zong Household’s fortune vanished while a blood-colored fortune advanced toward becoming a true dragon, as the demon horde reached the shore.

• A Spirit Transformation sea clansman told the human Void Return cultivators that calamity had made the sea folk attack one another and driven them toward Pacify the West.
• Several Void Return cultivators tore through space and abandoned the people of Pacify the West to escape.
• Ling Shuangyu took Zong Qing away aboard the princely household’s flying boat, and other great clans and sects followed, leaving millions stranded.
• As the princely household departed, the Zong Household’s strand of fortune dissipated, while a bright blood-colored fortune remained above the Western Continent.
• The blood clouds of the beast horde reached the coast, where a tiger-lion-like great demon led millions of Demon Beasts as the humans and sea folk watched.

Ao Qing's dragon roar alerted Nether Toad, Heavenly Wolf, and Golden Ape, who rushed to report to Lu Li but were barred from disturbing his high-level seclusion. Meanwhile, Lu Li learned from Li Qingshan that Great Xia's analysis suggested he carried the nation's fortune, and he asked what “founding a nation through dragon fortune” meant.

• Ao Qing's dragon roar spread across the Western Continent, alarming Nether Toad, Heavenly Wolf, and Golden Ape.
• The three demons reached the Dao Academy's warship anchorage, where Primordial Beginning verified their identities but warned them not to disturb Lu Li's seclusion.
• Nether Toad, Heavenly Wolf, and Golden Ape waited outside Lu Li's flagship as its security systems kept watch over them.
• Lu Li listened as Li Qingshan explained that Great Xia's researchers suspected his fortune was the blessing of Great Xia's national fortune.
• Lu Li read the analysis report and asked Li Qingshan what “founding a nation through dragon fortune” meant.

Lu Li discussed Great Xia’s plans to strengthen his Kingly Dao Dragon Qi and learned that Ao Qing had begun transforming into a dragon. With the Dao Academy under pressure from five supervising Yao Lords, Lu Li ordered preparations to remove the obstacles in its path.

• Li Qingshan explained Great Xia’s experiments to reveal Lu Li to the public and expand its influence, hoping to strengthen his Kingly Dao Dragon Qi.
• Lu Li and Great Xia considered whether flourishing Dragon Qi could connect to the Heavenly Dao, though neither knew its true effects.
• After ending the jade pendant call, Lu Li received Nether Toad, Golden Ape, and Heavenly Wolf, who reported that Ao Qing had begun transforming into a dragon.
• Lu Li ordered the three yao to accelerate the collection of Dongting, the blessed land, and dismissed them.
• Lu Li decided to deal with the five supervising Yao Lords and ordered Primordial Beginning to prepare a squad of fifth-tier Spirit Command puppets.

Lu Li prepared a covert operation to draw out the five overseer demon lords and sent Ye Chenfeng and the other banner masters east aboard a concealed transport vessel. The demons spotted the vessel and, suspecting a trap, waited until a larger fleet of disciples appeared.

• Lu Li decided the academy would take the initiative against the five demon lords after its Spirit Machinery and combat strength had improved.
• Lu Li gathered seven banner masters, gave Ye Chenfeng a transport vessel and battle puppets, and ordered them to sail east under concealment.
• Ye Chenfeng and the other banner masters quietly took the vessel out of the academy fleet at night using a Heaven-Veiling Instrument.
• The five demon lords spotted the vessel but suspected it carried fifth-tier puppets and chose to wait for the academy's next move.
• After an hour, the demon lords saw a fleet carrying Spirit Machinery puppets and several thousand disciples approaching.

Sun Yang Demon Lord and four other demons ambushed what they believed were Beyond Heaven Dao Academy disciples, only to discover the warships carried puppets. Lu Li emerged from concealment, wounded Silver-Eyed, and summoned two enormous battle puppets to face the five Spirit Transformation demons.

• Sun Yang and the other demons secretly followed the academy’s warships, confirmed they detected no Nascent Soul cultivators, and decided to attack.
• The five demons revealed their true forms and destroyed the warships, but Silver-Eyed found that the apparent disciples were metal-framed puppets with dull souls.
• Lu Li emerged and slashed Silver-Eyed’s right wing, revealing that he had concealed himself from the demons with the Heaven-Veiling Instrument’s help.
• Lu Li summoned two tier-five Spirit Command Giant Puppets and prepared to fight the five demons for their blood Qi.

Lu Li fought five Spirit Transformation demons and revealed the power of his fifth-tier combat armor. He killed Xuanxiong with a single saber strike and turned toward Riyang and Yintong.

• Chiyang rallied the five demons to attack Lu Li together, while the two combat puppets shielded him and engaged the stone python and bone monkey.
• Lu Li used his cultivation method and five-spirit Law Power to repel Riyang, Yintong, and another demon, but he doubted he could defeat them unaided.
• Lu Li donned his fifth-tier Spirit Command Grade combat armor, which amplified and compressed his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Li formed a colossal five-colored Gang saber and split Xuanxiong in two with one strike.
• Lu Li looked at Riyang and Yintong and told them they were next.

Lu Li defeated two Spirit Transformation demons and fought two more while the Seven Sons of the Dao Academy witnessed his overwhelming strength. Yintong fled and was captured by three Void Return cultivators, who learned that Lu Li was battling Spirit Transformation opponents in the Demon Manor.

• Lu Li killed Xuanxiong and Riyang with saber strikes, then took over from the puppets to fight the two remaining demons.
• Ye Chenfeng and the Seven Sons returned from their mission and watched Lu Li suppress the demons, leaving them awed by his strength.
• Yintong fled in terror, convinced Lu Li was a demon in human form, and encountered Zongzheng Lie, Jingfeng, and Canyue emerging from the void.
• Canyue seized Yintong and searched its Divine Soul, discovering that Lu Li was fighting Spirit Transformation demons in the Demon Manor.
• Canyue told Zongzheng Lie and Jingfeng that Lu Li was battling five opponents, astonishing them with the report.