Recaps

After winning the Six Lineages Grand Competition, Lu Qingshan accepted gifts, celebrated at the Wondrous Sound Pavilion, and discovered that its music could help loosen the limit on his will. At the Baihua Banquet, Yao Qi challenged him to pit Chi You against a powerful servant, and the Pavilion Master warned him not to agree.

• Yan Shuo delivered the congratulatory gifts to Lu Qingshan, who let Yan keep the gifts addressed to him and warned him to reject anything from hostile forces.
• Lu Qingshan sorted the gifts, gave Chi You some wine and delicacies, and went with him to the Wondrous Sound Pavilion to celebrate.
• The Pavilion Master performed for Lu Qingshan, whose Six Desires Heart-Tempering Technique amplified the music and helped loosen the barrier on his will.
• At the Baihua Banquet, Yao Qi won a wagered arena match with his servant Evil Turtle and then challenged Lu Qingshan to a match against Chi You.
• The Pavilion Master secretly warned Lu Qingshan that Evil Turtle was exceptionally powerful and that he should not accept Yao Qi's challenge.

At the Wondrous Sound Pavilion, Lu Qingshan wagered two hundred thousand cosmic sand against Yao Qi and sent Chi You to fight Evil Turtle. Chi You defeated Evil Turtle and destroyed his True God Heart with a weapon Lu Qingshan had forged, leaving Yao Qi’s wager lost.

• Yao Qi challenged Lu Qingshan to a match, and they wagered two hundred thousand cosmic sand, with Yao Qi putting up his shops, properties, and weapon-forging workshop.
• Chi You entered the arena and endured Evil Turtle’s opening hammer blow with his eternal divine weapon armor before counterattacking with his axe.
• Chi You repeatedly evaded Evil Turtle and wounded him until Yao Qi ordered Evil Turtle to retreat into his shell and proposed a draw.
• Lu Qingshan told Chi You to use a stronger move, and Chi You drew a weapon bearing a black gemstone that Yao Qi recognized as resembling one Lu Qingshan had forged.
• Chi You struck Evil Turtle’s shell with Destruction Origin, splitting it open, then destroyed Evil Turtle’s True God Heart with a second axe strike.

After Xing Tian defeated Yao Qi, Lu Qingshan claimed Yao Qi’s assets, while Yao Bing urged his son to learn from the loss and arranged to visit Fang Yuan. In Lihuo City, Lu Qingshan anticipated a Netherworld Sect attack as Divine Lord Heart Demon used the Ghostly Ghost Seal to reveal the stone slab’s secret and secretly set a karmic scheme in motion.

• Xing Tian won the wager, and Lu Qingshan collected Yao Qi’s assets as the Baihua Banquet guests congratulated him.
• Yao Qi confessed his losses to Yao Bing, who warned him not to antagonize Fang Yuan and told him to return to work for the family.
• Yao Bing decided to prepare a gift and visit Fang Yuan, while Yao Qi resolved to work steadily at the family workshops.
• Lu Qingshan questioned City Lord Qin Chuan about the Netherworld Sect, then warned him to remain in Lihuo City after Qin Chuan reported a bad foreboding.
• Demonic Hand Divine Lord gave Divine Lord Heart Demon the Ghostly Ghost Seal in exchange for help reclaiming his glove and killing two Flame Ruins Sect disciples.
• Divine Lord Heart Demon used the seal to activate the stone slab, discovered a powerful karmic cultivation technique, and inscribed a mark that sent out an invisible ripple.

After Divine Lord Heart Demon killed Shi Yan and cursed City Lord Qin Chuan, Lu Qingshan kept Qin Chuan alive and arranged a counterattack using the World Beast Blood Book. Chi You killed nine Netherworld Sect Eternal True Gods and began a curse against Divine Lord Heart Demon, whose defenses held for now as Chi You located him.

• Qin Chuan and Lu Qingshan found Shi Yan dead from a karmic death curse, and Fire Saint identified Divine Lord Heart Demon as the attacker.
• Divine Lord Heart Demon cursed Qin Chuan, but Lu Qingshan shielded Qin Chuan's True God Heart until the curse faded and saved his life.
• Lu Qingshan selected ten Netherworld Sect Eternal True Gods as targets and told Qin Chuan and Fire Saint that a karma expert would act for a million cosmic sand.
• Lu Qingshan had Chi You use the World Beast Blood Book to curse the selected targets, and Chi You killed Demonic Hand Divine Lord and eight other Eternal True Gods.
• Chi You's tenth curse targeted Divine Lord Heart Demon, who used the Ghostly Ghost Seal and a stone slab to resist the attack.
• Chi You found Divine Lord Heart Demon's location through the threads of karma and informed Lu Qingshan.