Recaps

Li Wensong reunited Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Lingxu, helping them reconcile after years of estrangement. As Qian Lingxu asked how his mother had died, Qian Xiuzhu began recounting their encounter with an Early Eternal Realm cultivator.

• Li Wensong brought Qian Lingxu to the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce to reunite him with Qian Xiuzhu.
• Qian Xiuzhu apologized to his son, and Li Wensong urged them to speak honestly before leaving with Qian Mingjing.
• Qian Xiuzhu told Qian Lingxu about his love for his mother and explained that he had clung to the chamber because it was part of what she left behind.
• Qian Lingxu apologized for his past behavior, and Qian Xiuzhu promised not to force him to inherit the chamber.
• Qian Lingxu asked how his mother had died, and Qian Xiuzhu began explaining that they had encountered someone at the Early Eternal Realm.

Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Lingxu reconciled, with Qian Xiuzhu deciding to continue protecting the chamber of commerce rather than pressuring his son to manage it. Later, Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Lianxin visited Lu Qing'an, who maintained his image as their senior while Li Wensong received credit for arranging the reconciliation.

• Qian Xiuzhu told Qian Lingxu that he had avenged his mother's death and explained her dream of making the chamber of commerce famous across the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.
• Qian Lingxu offered to learn the chamber's business, but Qian Xiuzhu refused to force him and promised to protect it himself.
• Qian Lingxu promised to take over if Qian Xiuzhu ever grew tired, and the two reconciled as Qian Mingjing listened nearby.
• That night, Xiao Qingyi recruited Heavenly Daos to help cook for the many visitors gathered in Lu Qing'an's courtyard.
• Li Wensong brought Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Lianxin to meet Lu Qing'an, and the three Eternal Realm experts praised their new home on the Eternal Night Continent.
• Qian Xiuzhu thanked Lu Qing'an for arranging his reconciliation with Qian Lingxu, while Lu Qing'an silently marveled at Li Wensong's ability to take credit on his behalf.

Lu Qing'an recruited Qian Xiuzhu and Lianxin into his plans, promising to help the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce grow and arranging for Xue Tianfei to manage it. After a lively gathering, he asked Qian Xiuzhu to bring him more Realm-Stabilizing Steles, prompting Li Wensong to suspect Lu planned to recruit more Eternal Realm cultivators at the Fallen God Sea.

• Lu Qing'an promised to make the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce a leading enterprise and introduced Xue Tianfei as the woman he wanted to help manage it.
• Qian Xiuzhu agreed to let Xue Tianfei oversee the chamber's affairs, while Xue Tianfei proposed that they work together as friends.
• Lu Qing'an praised Lianxin for her choice and promised that she might someday reach the Ninth Heaven level.
• Lu Qing'an, the Qian brothers, Lianxin, and the others shared a meal, during which the group questioned the three Eternal Realm cultivators about cultivation and their specialties.
• Lu Qing'an asked Qian Xiuzhu to bring him several more Realm-Stabilizing Steles, and Li Wensong told the Qian brothers he believed Lu intended to recruit more Eternal Realm chess pieces at the Fallen God Sea.

Lu Qing'an spent nearly a year cultivating his soul and guiding his children’s growth while preparing for the journey to the Fallen God Sea. When Xue Tianfei arrived, she reported that the Qian brothers had expanded the chamber of commerce into another market on the Eight Heavens Continent.

• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong to coordinate with Qian Xiuzhu and the other Eternal Realm experts, then planned to cultivate his soul toward the Sovereign Realm using Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone.
• Nearly a year passed as Lu Qing'an balanced soul cultivation with family life and time with his children.
• Lu Qing'an tested Lu Miaomiao, Lu Zixuan, Lu Zhengran, and Sun Minzi, praised their progress, and considered what resources and training each needed.
• Xue Tianfei visited the stone pavilion, and Lu Qing'an asked about the chamber of commerce.
• Xue Tianfei said the Qian brothers had expanded into markets across the Eight Heavens Continent.

Lu Qing'an learned that Chen Lingling had appeared near the Five Lakes Continent and sent Li Wensong to meet her. Li Wensong recruited the Qian brothers to help bring Chen Lingling into Lu Qing'an's circle, believing she was meant to become another chess piece.

• Xue Tianfei described her ambitions, and Lu Qing'an praised her business skills and urged her to share the workload with the Qian brothers.
• Li Wensong told Lu Qing'an that Chen Lingling had appeared near the Five Lakes Continent, where Lianxin had already contacted her.
• Lu Qing'an ordered Li Wensong to meet Chen Lingling and bring her to him, hoping to gain another Mid Eternal Realm subordinate.
• Li Wensong went to the Qian Household Chamber of Commerce and told Qian Xiuzhu and Qian Mingjing about his task.
• Li Wensong convinced the Qian brothers that Lu Qing'an intended Chen Lingling to become his chess piece, and they agreed to help persuade her.

Li Wensong brought Jin Lin and the Qian brothers to the Five Lakes Continent to meet Chen Lingling and persuade her to join Lu Qing'an’s chess pieces. Chen Lingling ignored Li Wensong’s greeting, but Lianxin’s respectful treatment of him left her wondering who he was.

• Li Wensong explained to Jin Lin that she should help him build a rapport with Chen Lingling and persuade her to accept her role as a chess piece.
• Cang Ru and the other Heavenly Daos teleported Li Wensong, Jin Lin, and the Qian brothers to the Five Lakes Continent, where Lianxin brought them to her courtyard.
• Chen Lingling greeted Jin Lin but dismissed Li Wensong and gave the Qian brothers only passing attention.
• Lianxin addressed Li Wensong as Brother Song, prompting Chen Lingling to question his status.
• Chen Lingling sent Jin Lin a voice transmission asking who Li Wensong was.

Li Wensong told Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an was a peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, and Jin Lin confirmed that she had contracted with him. Chen Lingling became more cautious but remained unconvinced, and proposed contacting a senior to verify Li Wensong's claim.

• Li Wensong introduced himself, Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Lianxin as Lu Qing'an's chess pieces, surprising Chen Lingling.
• Jin Lin told Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an was her master and that merging with his continent had raised hers to the middle stage of the Seventh Heaven.
• Li Wensong showed Chen Lingling a portrait of Lu Qing'an and said he had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Chen Lingling became more courteous after everyone confirmed Li Wensong was serious, but resisted his claim that she was also Lu Qing'an's chess piece.
• Chen Lingling said she knew a peak Eternal Realm senior who knew one of the experts who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, and offered to ask him about Lu Qing'an.

Li Wensong tried to convince Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an controlled a grand scheme and that she was one of its pieces, but she demanded proof. He guessed that her plans were tied to the Fallen God Sea, and her reaction left him confident he had hit the mark.

• Chen Lingling suspected Li Wensong, Lianxin, and the others were deceiving her, but Li Wensong urged her to contact an old senior who knew a Peak Eternal Realm expert versed in the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Chen Lingling tried to message the old senior with her communication treasure but received no reply, so she asked Li Wensong how he had concluded he was a pawn.
• Li Wensong said he had deduced Lu Qing'an's control from his actions and claimed Chen Lingling's help to the Divine Continent had been part of Lu Qing'an's arrangements.
• Chen Lingling admitted she had wanted something in return for helping the Divine Continent, but refused to explain what it was.
• Li Wensong guessed that Chen Lingling's purpose was connected to the Fallen God Sea, and her dazed reaction convinced him he was right.

Li Wensong deduced why Chen Lingling had helped the Divine Continent and connected Jin Lin to the Fallen God Sea. He predicted that Chen Lingling’s Peak Eternal Realm senior would contact her within ten breaths, and her communication treasure began vibrating after only one.

• Chen Lingling denied that the Divine Continent was connected to the Fallen God Sea, but Li Wensong pressed her to admit the truth.
• Chen Lingling revealed that the Fallen God Sea would change when it opened and that bringing Jin Lin there could give her a chance to break through to the Late Eternal Realm.
• Li Wensong deduced that Chen Lingling’s knowledge came from a Peak Eternal Realm senior and that the senior had led her to investigate the Fallen God Sea and the Divine Continent.
• Chen Lingling confirmed that Li Wensong had guessed correctly but insisted his deduction proved nothing.
• Li Wensong predicted that the senior would contact Chen Lingling within ten breaths, and her communication treasure began vibrating after one.

Chen Lingling contacted Li Muchen to confirm whether Lu Qing'an was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, while Li Wensong and the others assumed his predictions proved their scheme was controlled. Li Muchen admitted he had only bragged about knowing such an expert, leaving the group uncertain about Lu Qing'an's identity.

• Li Wensong urged Chen Lingling to answer Li Muchen's message, and she began to accept the possibility that she was a chess piece.
• Li Muchen appeared through the communication treasure and greeted Chen Lingling and the others, who introduced themselves.
• Chen Lingling showed Li Muchen a portrait of Lu Qing'an and asked whether he was a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• After Chen Lingling explained why she was asking, Li Muchen admitted he did not know any such expert and had bragged after drinking.
• Li Muchen suggested that one of the old experts he knew might be concealing their identity, leaving everyone silent.

Li Wensong tried to convince Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an was a powerful master of cause and effect, but she demanded direct proof. He arranged to take her to meet Lu Qing'an, leaving her wary but hopeful.

• Chen Lingling asked Li Muchen whether Lu Qing'an could be one of the Peak Eternal Realm experts who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect, but Li Muchen ended the transmission without giving her an answer.
• Li Muchen worried that Chen Lingling might have encountered a powerful expert, then sealed away the memory and forgot what had happened.
• Chen Lingling challenged Li Wensong's indirect evidence, and he claimed that even Li Muchen was one of Lu Qing'an's chess pieces.
• Li Wensong offered to take Chen Lingling to meet Lu Qing'an so she could verify his claims herself.
• Li Wensong said he wanted to see whether Li Muchen would have to call him Brother Song, and Chen Lingling silently thought he was being dangerously bold.

Li Wensong brought Chen Lingling to meet Lu Qing'an, who had reached the Early Eternal Realm and used a Realm-Stabilizing Stele to keep his power from harming the Eternal Night Continent. Chen Lingling suspected Lu Qing'an might be concealing his true cultivation but greeted him as a senior, while Lu Qing'an believed Li Wensong had bluffed her into joining them.

• Chen Lingling agreed to follow Li Wensong's advice and test whether Lu Qing'an was truly a Peak Eternal Realm expert who had mastered the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Lu Qing'an and Xue Tianfei discussed the fifteen Realm-Stabilizing Steles the Qian brothers had obtained for him, and he suggested she sell some secretly to fund her own businesses.
• Lu Qing'an sensed Chen Lingling and her companions arriving, and Xue Tianfei left him alone to handle their visit.
• Li Wensong led Chen Lingling and the others into Lu Qing'an's courtyard, where Chen Lingling sensed his Early Eternal Realm cultivation and wondered whether he was disguising his power.
• Chen Lingling saluted Lu Qing'an and called him Senior, while Lu Qing'an praised Li Wensong inwardly for apparently bluffing another Mid Eternal Realm expert.

Lu Qing'an kept pretending to be an all-knowing Peak Eternal Realm expert while Chen Lingling tested the claims Li Wensong had made about him. His answers convinced Chen Lingling and the others that he even knew Peak Eternal Realm expert Li Muchen, though Lu Qing'an suspected Li Wensong had invented or embellished the story.

• Lu Qing'an greeted Chen Lingling as if he knew her well, and she asked whether he had reached the Peak Eternal Realm.
• Lu Qing'an claimed Early and Peak Eternal Realm experts were no different to people like him, then praised Li Wensong for understanding him and seeing the situation clearly.
• Chen Lingling asked whether becoming Lu Qing'an's chess piece could help her break through to the Late Eternal Realm in the Fallen God Sea, and Lu Qing'an gave an ambiguous assurance about its opportunities.
• Chen Lingling asked whether Lu Qing'an knew Senior Li, and Lu Qing'an claimed to know him better than he knew himself.
• After Chen Lingling clarified that Senior Li was also a Peak Eternal Realm expert, Lu Qing'an dismissed the difference between realms and privately wondered whether Li Wensong had made the person up.

Lu Qing'an struggled to maintain his false claim that he knew Senior Li, but Chen Lingling doubted him and left. Li Wensong remained convinced that she and Senior Li were Lu Qing'an's chess pieces, while Lu Qing'an realized his ally had misunderstood everything.

• Chen Lingling asked Lu Qing'an about Senior Li, and Lu Qing'an improvised answers about the man's flaws and their supposed meeting.
• When Chen Lingling pointed out that Senior Li had never heard of Lu Qing'an, Lu Qing'an claimed he had sealed Senior Li's memories.
• Chen Lingling questioned the claim, and Lu Qing'an told her to leave if she did not believe him.
• Li Wensong urged Chen Lingling to go, believing she had to pass a test before joining Lu Qing'an's plans, and Chen Lingling left to contact Senior Li about Jin Lin.
• Lu Qing'an sent Qian Xiuzhu, his brother, and Lianxin away, then asked Li Wensong what he knew about Chen Lingling.
• Li Wensong declared that Chen Lingling and Senior Li were Lu Qing'an's chess pieces, leaving Lu Qing'an inwardly stunned by the misunderstanding.

Lu Qing'an realized Li Wensong’s mistaken belief about his power had helped convince Chen Lingling to bring Jin Lin to the Fallen God Sea. Meanwhile, Chen Lingling learned that Li Muchen had sealed his own memory of meeting her, making her believe Lu Qing'an’s supposed mastery of cause and effect was real.

• Lu Qing'an encouraged Li Wensong’s belief that he understood Lu Qing'an’s plans, then sent him away and decided to take Jin Lin to the Fallen God Sea.
• Chen Lingling left the Eternal Night Continent with Lianxin’s help and contacted Li Muchen again in a familiar intermediate star domain.
• Li Muchen denied remembering their earlier conversation, then admitted he had sealed his memory to avoid trouble from the powerful expert Chen Lingling described.
• Chen Lingling realized Lu Qing'an had accurately predicted Li Muchen would seal his own memory and concluded that the supposed Peak Eternal Realm expert’s powers were genuine.

Chen Lingling told Li Muchen that Lu Qing'an had used the Rule of Cause and Effect to make him seal his own memories, but Li Muchen rejected the idea and sealed those memories again. Back on the Five Lakes Continent, Li Wensong realized Chen Lingling might return to find him after completing a test.

• Chen Lingling explained to Li Muchen that Lu Qing'an had secretly controlled his actions through the Rule of Cause and Effect.
• Li Muchen asked Chen Lingling not to discuss Lu Qing'an with him again and ended their communication.
• Li Muchen examined himself, found no trace of outside influence, threatened Lu Qing'an, and resealed his memories.
• Chen Lingling decided to find Li Wensong after reflecting on her encounter with Lu Qing'an and Li Muchen.
• Li Wensong realized Lu Qing'an might have sent him away because Chen Lingling would return to find him after completing a test.

Li Wensong interpreted Lu Qing'an's words as a prediction that Chen Lingling would return, and she arrived within ten breaths. Chen Lingling accepted her place among Lu Qing'an's chess pieces and joined Li Wensong's group, who then asked what had happened after she left.

• Li Wensong predicted Chen Lingling would return within ten breaths, and Lianxin, Qian Xiuzhu, and Qian Mingjing sensed her approaching the Five Lakes Continent.
• Lianxin brought Li Wensong and the others to meet Chen Lingling, who admitted she had been wrong to doubt Lu Qing'an and called Li Wensong Brother Song.
• Chen Lingling accepted that she was one of Lu Qing'an's chess pieces and promised to help advance his plans.
• Li Wensong told Chen Lingling that Lu Qing'an would not blame her and that the Fallen God Sea could help her reach the Late Eternal Realm.
• Chen Lingling sat beside Jin Lin at Lianxin's residence and agreed to follow Li Wensong's guidance, and he asked her what she had experienced after leaving.

Chen Lingling recounted how Lu Qing'an had sealed Li Muchen's memories, and Li Wensong interpreted her experience as a test that brought her into their group of chess pieces. The group speculated about their tasks and breakthroughs on the upcoming trip to the Fallen God Sea, while Lu Qing'an sensed that people were gossiping about him.

• Chen Lingling told Li Wensong, Lianxin, and the others about her conversation with Li Muchen and how she realized Lu Qing'an had sealed his memories.
• Li Wensong concluded that Li Muchen was also a chess piece and welcomed Chen Lingling into their organization.
• Li Wensong proposed that the group discuss Lu Qing'an's plans for the Fallen God Sea, and Qian Xiuzhu predicted that more than ten Eternal Realm experts might join them.
• Li Wensong suggested they recruit Eternal Realm experts during the trip, and the others agreed to prepare for the task.
• Jin Lin proposed that they investigate the biggest changes in the Fallen God Sea, while Chen Lingling and Qian Xiuzhu discussed their possible cultivation breakthroughs.
• Lu Qing'an drank tea and wondered why he felt people were gossiping about him.

Lu Qing'an learned that Chen Lingling had joined him after misinterpreting his bluff about sealing her memory, and he prepared for the upcoming trip to the Fallen God Sea. With fewer than three days before it opened, Wang Duanshan and He Hong returned with the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror ready to search for a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein.

• Li Wensong reported that Chen Lingling had joined them after she concluded Lu Qing'an had used a mysterious technique to control Li Muchen and seal her memory.
• Lu Qing'an told Li Wensong to get along with Chen Lingling and accepted her as a valuable subordinate.
• Lu Qing'an admitted to Xue Tianfei that he had only been bluffing, then asked her to gather information about advancing from the Mid Eternal Realm to the Late Eternal Realm.
• As the Fallen God Sea's opening drew near, Wang Duanshan and He Hong emerged from the Time Cultivation Tower with the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror.
• Lu Qing'an asked whether the mirror could locate a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein and how to use it.

Lu Qing'an poured vast amounts of Power of the Dao Source and cultivation into the incomplete Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror until it finally awakened. After allowing its ancient consciousness into his sea-of-consciousness star field, he felt it convey a profound rule.

• Lu Qing'an examined the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror and learned that completing its missing pieces would require Sovereign Realm artifact-refining skill.
• Lu Qing'an fed the mirror Power of the Dao Source, then repeatedly consumed his cultivation to replenish it as the treasure continued draining him.
• Wang Duanshan and He Hong worried the mirror was defective and urged Lu Qing'an to stop, but he believed it was nearly full.
• After Lu Qing'an's cultivation fell to the Peak Sovereign Realm for the third time and returned to the Early Eternal Realm, the mirror awakened in a burst of light.
• Lu Qing'an allowed the mirror's ancient consciousness into his sea-of-consciousness star field, where it flowed in and conveyed a profound fluctuation.

Lu Qing'an used the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror to map thirty Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins across ten nearby intermediate star regions. With three days before the Fallen God Sea opened, he set out with Xue Tianfei to inspect the veins, leaving Wang Duanshan and He Hong behind.

• Lu Qing'an activated the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror and found thirty Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone veins, including a remarkably bright one near the edge of the map.
• Lu Qing'an compared the map with the Fallen God Sea’s location and identified one of the marked veins there.
• Lu Qing'an told Wang Duanshan, Xue Tianfei, and He Hong about the map and explained that activating the mirror required an enormous amount of Power of the Dao Source.
• Lu Qing'an planned to use the Five Lakes Continent to visit all thirty vein locations before the Fallen God Sea opened and claim any unowned veins or those belonging to evildoers.
• Xue Tianfei agreed to accompany Lu Qing'an, while Wang Duanshan and He Hong stayed behind.
• Lu Qing'an had Cang Ru teleport him and Xue Tianfei beyond the Five Lakes Continent, then called for Lianxin.

Lu Qing'an took Lianxin, Li Wensong, Chen Lingling, and the other Eternal Realm experts to search for unclaimed Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mines. At their first destination, the Seven Heavens Continent's Heavenly Dao admitted there was a mine but claimed it belonged to an Eternal Realm expert, so Lu Qing'an moved on.

• Lu Qing'an summoned Lianxin and gathered the Eternal Realm experts, then told them to act as his enforcers if anyone interfered with his search for mines.
• Lu Qing'an showed Lianxin a map of mine locations and had her teleport the group and the Five Lakes Continent to a nearby Seven Heavens Continent.
• The Seven Heavens Continent's Heavenly Dao appeared and admitted that her continent contained a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone mine, claiming she was nurturing it for an Eternal Realm expert.
• Lu Qing'an decided not to investigate the mine and directed Lianxin to take them to the next location.
• After Lu Qing'an and the others departed, the Heavenly Dao wondered how they had found her mine and realized they might have a way to locate such deposits.

Lu Qing'an and his companions searched for a Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein and finally found a hidden star domain secret realm. They uncovered its entrance, but a powerful Nine Mysteries Sealing Array blocked the way inside.

• Lu Qing'an visited several marked locations and found that each Heavenly Mandate Soul Stone vein belonged to a continent or merchant association.
• Lu Qing'an considered trading cultivation for a vein and decided to ask a suitable continent for one in exchange for helping it advance.
• Lu Qing'an and his companions reached a location in the void with no nearby continent and began searching for the hidden secret realm.
• Li Wensong spotted ripples in the void, and Chen Lingling opened a rift that revealed the secret realm's entrance.
• Chen Lingling identified the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array and said she could neither unravel nor force it open.

Lu Qing'an let Chen Lingling and the others attempt to open the star-domain secret realm array, believing it might help them grow. Their combined assault failed, and the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array absorbed their attacks and prepared a lethal counterattack.

• Li Wensong persuaded Chen Lingling that opening the array might be crucial to her breakthrough, and Lu Qing'an agreed to let the group try.
• Chen Lingling, Lianxin, Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Li Wensong approached the array and decided to attack after Chen Lingling admitted she could not open it through array techniques.
• Chen Lingling, Lianxin, and the Qian brothers entered the Eternal Supreme State, while Li Wensong entered the Sovereign Deity State, and they launched their attacks together.
• The Nine Mysteries Sealing Array absorbed their attacks, repaired its damage, and grew stronger by devouring their Rules.
• Chen Lingling realized the array also possessed the Backlash Rule and warned everyone as it formed a destructive sphere to attack them.

Chen Lingling and the others failed to break the Nine Mysteries Sealing Array, which absorbed their attacks and unleashed a powerful backlash. As they reconsidered their approach, Lu Qing'an realized his sea of consciousness was automatically deducing the rules he had witnessed.

• Chen Lingling, Lianxin, Qian Xiuzhu, Qian Mingjing, and Li Wensong joined forces to withstand the array's chaotic backlash, which devastated nearby asteroids and planets.
• Chen Lingling and the others recognized that attacking the array only made it stronger, and Qian Xiuzhu concluded that brute force would not break it.
• Li Wensong suggested that Lu Qing'an had made them attack to show them how far they still had to go, prompting Chen Lingling to consider whether mastering the Backlash Rule could help her reach the Late Eternal Realm.
• Lu Qing'an realized that his sea of consciousness was rapidly using the Power of the Dao Source to deduce the rules he had just seen, including the Space, Destruction, Metal Element, Devouring, and Backlash Rules.
• Lu Qing'an wondered whether observing more Eternal Realm cultivators would let him master their rules and become invincible.