Recaps

Lu Changsheng protected Zhou Qingyu during the beast tide, advanced his cultivation, and trained Ning Yuxin while profiting from a scheme against the Divine Firmament Sect. After killing Wang Ming in the Sword Cave, he received the patriarch’s protection and a place in the Dynasty War, as tensions between the sects grew.

• Lu Changsheng killed two plotters targeting the Ning siblings, then helped Ning Yuxin develop her Sword Intent by selling her pills and training.
• Lu Changsheng joined the Cangyun Sect’s forces against the beast tide, burned the Illusory God Flowers planted by the Profound Heaven Sect, and stopped an attacker’s Thousand Net Tower from crushing Zhou Qingyu.
• Lu Changsheng sold the beast corpses and damaged tower, then spent his Spirit Stones to break through to the Ninth Layer of Core Formation.
• Lu Changsheng sold Ning Yuxin an expensive cultivation package and tricked a Divine Firmament Sect group into overpaying for ordinary scarlet spirit grass.
• Wang Ming attacked Lu Changsheng in the Sword Cave, but Lu Changsheng killed him and recovered the scarlet spirit grass as the cave erupted.
• The Cangyun Sect patriarch rejected Zhao Jing’s demand to search Lu Changsheng’s soul, had her imprisoned, and sent the Divine Firmament Sect’s young man away with a warning.
• The patriarch promised to protect Lu Changsheng and assigned him a Dynasty War slot while Ning Yuxin returned to Qingyun Peak after rapid breakthroughs.

Lu Changsheng obtained the Azure Cloud Map, advanced to Nascent Soul, and helped the Cangyun Sect survive an attack before secretly looting its enemies. As the Dynasty War approached, he encountered and sheltered the wounded black bird Xiaohei, then traveled with the Cangyun Sect participants to the royal capital.

• Lu Changsheng extorted Spirit Stones from Meng Lang for the dangers in the Sword Cave, then entered the Cangyun Secret Realm and found the Azure Cloud Map.
• Lu Changsheng captured Zhao Yang and Su Muyue for ransom, then killed Zhao Yang and Xuan Cheng when their allies confronted him, while Zhou Qingyu and Ye Tianyi escaped the realm with him.
• Lu Changsheng broke through to Nascent Soul, and when the Divine Firmament Sect and its allies attacked Cangyun Sect, he revealed his strength and helped repel them.
• Lu Changsheng raided the Profound Heaven Sect and Thousand Net Sect, returning with their treasures as the Cangyun Sect prepared for the Dynasty War.
• Lu Changsheng cultivated in the mountains, encountered an injured black bird, and watched it battle Zhao Huan’s group and two pursuers before bringing the bird and Ye Qingchen back to the sect.
• Lu Changsheng removed the golden plume harming the black bird, imposed restrictions on it, and learned its name was Ye Mitian before deciding to call it Xiaohei and hide it from searching Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Luo Tian led the Cangyun Sect participants toward the royal capital, where the group arrived at the Ning Household manor and Ye Tianyi went to meet Zhou Qingyu after they received a conference invitation.
• Lu Changsheng received an invitation from Ye Qingchen.