Recaps

Qin Lu built the Qin Family into the dominant power around Bayi Town by refining pills, absorbing rival households, and expanding into trade. The arc ended with him recognized as a Yellow-grade Alchemist Attendant and preparing an auction with Yingchuan County's lineages.

• Qin Lu refined Wood Essence Pills, broke through to the First Realm Warrior, and sold the pills to Bayi Town's households.
• Qin Lu established his estate on Muxuan Mountain, married into the Zhao and Chu families, and advanced through cultivation and alchemy.
• Qin Lu joined Old Man Zhao and Chu Shan in attacking the Han Family, then stole its treasures as the household collapsed.
• Qin Lu killed Wei Cheng and led the Qin, Chu, and Zhao forces to destroy the Wei and Qi families, while the Yan Family surrendered.
• Qin Lu defeated and captured Qi Bailing, then used her cultivation and life force to advance to the completion of True Martial Seven Realms.
• Qin Lu consolidated control over Bayi Town, expanded settlements and agriculture around Muxuan Mountain, and planned river commerce with the surrounding clans.
• Gongsun Zhe confirmed Qin Lu was an alchemist and granted him an Attendant token as a Yellow-grade Alchemist Attendant.
• Qin Lu sent five sand ships down the Ba River and gained the county lineages' support for an auction that would target the Li lineage.

Qin Lu advanced the Qin Family into a powerful cultivation lineage, established its stronghold and formations, and entered the struggle between local clans and imperial authority. After a Floating Cloud Sword Sect plot threatened his family, Qin Lu joined Zhang Xuan and Huang Liang to lure the sect’s ancestor into an ambush.

• Qin Lu took control of the Li household’s holdings, expanded the Qin Family’s commerce, and completed the Pill Pavilion while his family strengthened Bayi Town and built up its forces.
• Chu Shan arranged for Qin Zhuang to form a natal contract with a Forest Peak Giant Deer, while Qin Lu perfected twenty-four pill formulas and set out to find spiritual objects for his breakthrough.
• Qin Lu traveled to Longchuan, traded with Zhang Xuan, agreed to a marriage alliance, and secured resources and a marketplace storefront through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and Hundred Arts Office.
• Qin Lu used Stone Pith and a Peiyuan Spirit Fruit to reach Qi Condensation, then accepted an imperial appointment and named his clan the Beichuan Qin Family.
• The Qin Family fortified Ba City and developed Muxuan Mountain, where Huang Liang established a Spirit Gathering Formation and a defensive formation as the family organized its spirit peaks and halls.
• After the Qing Centipede exposed a spy, Qin Lu captured Floating Cloud Sword Sect disciples and learned that the sect had poisoned Ba River and planned to seize Yingchuan.
• Qin Lu joined Huang Liang and Zhang Xuan at a gathering, then proposed using captive Zhuo Wen to lure out the sect’s Qi Condensation cultivators.
• Zhuo Wen led Ancestor Liuyun into a Three Talents Scarlet Fire Yuan-Closing Formation, where Qin Lu, Zhang Xuan, Huang Liang, and the Qing Centipede attacked him.

Qin Lu, Huang Liang, and Zhang Xuan destroyed the Floating Cloud Sword Sect, and the Qin Clan gained territory during Da Zhou’s conquest of Daliang. After years of clan development and cultivation, the three allies attacked the Blue Wave Sect and Longchuan’s rival clans, leaving Qin Lu’s newly subdued servant Yu Lin to turn against Hou Guan.

• Huang Liang, Zhang Xuan, and Qin Lu killed Ancestor Liuyun and destroyed the Floating Cloud Sword Sect, though core disciples escaped.
• Qin Xiao led the Qin forces into Daliang, conquered the northern shore of Yunmeng Marsh, and secured Cloud Dream County for the Beichuan Qin Family.
• Qin Lu established the Myriad Poisons Pool, absorbed the Rising Sun Wood Heart obtained from Meng Ao, and killed two cultivators who challenged his claim to the marsh.
• Qin Lu returned home to train Qin Minghan, while Qing Centipede became a Second-Tier demon and established the Insect-Nurturing Pool.
• Qin Hui bonded with the Awakening Soul Tea Tree and became an Alchemist, Qin Xiao reorganized the clan’s military, and Qin Zhao hatched and contracted Black Dragon.
• Qin Lu reached the Qi Condensation Fourth Layer and agreed to help Huang Liang and Zhang Xuan seize Longchuan in exchange for their help destroying the Yegan Huang Clan.
• Nalan sabotaged the Blue Wave Sect’s protective formation, and Huang Liang led the allied assault while Qin Lu killed the Pan Clan head and Qing Centipede killed the Gong Clan head.
• Qin Lu forced Yu Lin into servitude, the allied armies attacked the rival clans, and Yu Lin feigned support for Huang Liang’s enemies before beheading Hou Guan.

The Qin Clan consolidated its control of Longchuan, rose to prominence through Qi Condensation pills and the Chuanlong Minor Gathering, and expanded its influence through new allies and waterways. When Da Zhou launched a campaign against Daliang, Qin Lu led the clan north, seized Mingde City, and secured Qiao Mei’s submission on behalf of the Jade Maiden Sect.

• Qin Lu and his allies defeated the Blue Wave Sect’s forces, killed Huang Tianming and Yu Lin, and divided the conquered territories and spoils among the Qin, Zhang, and Huang Clans.
• The Qin Clan established its rule over Longchuan, built Qin Palace, expanded Ba City, and developed its waterways and resources while Qin Lu advanced his alchemy and prepared Qi Condensation Pills.
• Qin Wu broke through to Qi Condensation, and Qin Lu gave pills to Huang Liang, Zhang Xuan, and Gongsun Zhe before arranging cooperation among the clans and the Hundred Arts Office.
• Qin Lu hosted the Chuanlong Minor Gathering and auction, attracting factions and merchants, while the Su and Gan Clans joined the Beichuan Qin Family and helped extend its trade routes.
• After Da Zhou’s forces took over Daliang, Qin Lu organized a northern campaign, and Qin Wu led the Qin forces against Mingde City with Su Wanchang and Gan Ling.
• Qin Wu and the Five Poison Corpse Puppets killed Daliang’s cultivators, and Qin’s insects swarmed Mingde City as the army broke through and slaughtered its defenders.
• Qin Lu captured Qiao Mei after destroying her Jade Radiance Flesh Puppet, then accepted her offer to submit the Jade Maiden Sect in exchange for protection and a new place under Qin Clan rule.