Recaps

Lu Zhao pursued cultivation and uncovered a smuggling route while facing career suppression and a Fate Bone investigation. When terrorists attacked Ning County, he joined the fight, earned recognition, and helped grassroots officers undermine Lü Jinshan’s authority.

• Lu Zhao killed a fugitive, clashed with Chen Qian’s influence, and began cultivating after meeting Shao Yuanjie in Primordial Unity.
• Lu Zhao recovered the hidden Fate Bone, learned Spirit Refining, and kept it from Lin Zhiyan and the search teams.
• Lu Zhao and Liu Qiang discovered a smuggling route behind Ant Ridge, then investigated murders linked to extraordinary criminals.
• Lu Zhao exposed the border station’s neglect to Zhang Like, but Lü Jinshan and other superiors excluded him from the counterterrorism operation.
• After an attack caused heavy losses, Liang Chengyun ordered Lu Zhao to Ning County, where Lu Zhao killed Lao Gao and other enemies and helped end the assault.
• Lu Zhao declined a full-time task-force post, while Zhang Like encouraged grassroots officers to resist Lü Jinshan’s attempt to claim credit for the operation.

Lu Zhao rose to captain, investigated Lü Jinshan’s smuggling ties, and joined Lin Zhiyan’s task force while navigating the families’ political conflict. He advanced in Spirit Refining and left his teacher with a bold ambition, three chances to survive, and six deadly trials still ahead.

• Lu Zhao confronted Lü Jinshan with an old patrol-route document, learned about the smuggling connections of Lü Jinshan’s brother, and began probing the route with Zhang Like.
• Lu Zhao became the old Daoist’s student, learned the foundations of cultivation and Spirit Refining, and resolved to pursue more than what he believed he was owed.
• Lu Zhao was promoted to captain and transferred to operations, but he resisted Lü Jinshan’s pressure and continued directing flood-prevention work despite Liang Fei’s interference.
• Lu Zhao won the outstanding officer award, and Chen Hongtao suspended Lü Jinshan pending an investigation while appointing Lu Zhao temporary flood-prevention instructor.
• Lu Zhao and Zhang Like traced suspected smugglers carrying life supplements, while Lin Zhiyan secured Lu Zhao’s transfer to her special task force.
• Chen Hongtao removed Lu Zhao from flood-prevention duties, but Lu Zhao received his task-force appointment and took part in the search for the Mojin Xiaowei fugitives.
• Lu Zhao accompanied Lin Zhiyan through the Foreign District, rejected the normalization of wrongdoing, and met political figures as the investigation drew attention to Lü Jinshan’s possible role in the escape.
• Lu Zhao declined Wang Tong’s offer of a company command and, after his divine sense expanded, used his teacher’s guidance to define his political stance and declare his ambition to safeguard the Divine Land.