Recaps

Lu Changzhi gave Jin Fugui more Supreme-Grade Marrow Cleansing Fruit and instructed him to meet the sect’s peak masters and elders, while learning that Fugui’s Blessing Others fate could not be copied. In the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, Qin Jiuxiao agreed to explore a newly discovered opportunity in the Eastern Region, and Lu Changzhi received a system notification about it.

• Lu Changzhi completed his conversation with Cang Wenyu, collected a system reward, and left after Cang wondered why he had asked about his parents.
• Lu Changzhi checked Jin Fugui’s progress, gave him Supreme-Grade Marrow Cleansing Fruit, and tasked him with meeting the other peak masters and elders.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Blessing Others could not be copied and was not yet strong enough to affect the entire Five Symbols Sect.
• A representative of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land offered Qin Jiuxiao a chance to explore an opportunity in the Eastern Region, where Luo Zhen would also go.
• Qin Jiuxiao agreed to join the expedition after hearing that Luo Zhen might gain an opportunity and compete for a prospective Holy Son seat.
• Lu Changzhi received a system notification that new information was available about an opportunity for his treasure, Qin Jiuxiao.

Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao would soon obtain a Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range and decided to pursue it himself. Meanwhile, Fang Ling prepared Luo Zhen for the same opportunity, where he would compete alongside Qin Jiuxiao.

• Lu Changzhi checked Qin Jiuxiao's upcoming opportunity and learned that he would obtain a ripe Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit in four days at the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range.
• Lu Changzhi learned the fruit could rejuvenate an older cultivator's condition and resolved to find a way to take it, reasoning that taking one opportunity was enough.
• Fang Ling told Luo Zhen that an excellent opportunity awaited in the Eastern Region and urged him to prepare to seize it.
• Luo Zhen asked whether Qin Jiuxiao would also go, then concealed his displeasure and resolved to compete for the opportunity while presenting himself as loyal to the Holy Land.

Qi Zhan waited inside his buried palace for someone to break his formation so he could seize a new body and claim the ripened Transcendent Fruit. Meanwhile, the Azure Cloud Sect prepared to receive Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and Lu Changzhi sent an incarnation to scout the fruit’s location.

• Qi Zhan recalled how he had arranged to preserve his soul, attract powerful factions with the ripened Transcendent Fruit, and choose a talented body, but worried that no one had broken his formation.
• Two representatives from Cloud Heaven Sacred Island arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect, gave Yuan Hou a chest of valuable cultivation resources, and announced that a larger party would arrive in a few days.
• Azure Cloud Sect elders discussed how to welcome the Holy Land party and whether to cultivate ties with Luo Zhen, while Yuan Hou advised waiting to assess the Holy Land’s attitude and Luo Zhen’s fortune.
• Lu Changzhi sent his incarnation from Hidden Origin Peak to scout the location, hoping to pick the fruit first.

Lu Changzhi checked on Xiao Ye’s rapid cultivation progress and learned that he planned to resolve his lineage’s crisis himself. Meanwhile, the Dongfang Clan discussed Qin Jiuxiao’s planned return to the Eastern Region and considered how to handle the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and a larger disturbance.

• Lu Changzhi found that Xiao Ye had reached the Dao Platform Realm Ninth Level and reminded him to ask the sect for help if needed.
• Xiao Ye told Lu Changzhi that he intended to grow stronger and resolve his lineage’s crisis personally, while concealing his urgent task and his unusual approach to cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi accepted Xiao Ye’s plan and felt reassured that his disciple seemed content at the Five Symbols Sect.
• Dongfang Jun and other clan members examined news that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land planned to take Qin Jiuxiao back to the Eastern Region and suspected it was a trap.
• The Dongfang Clan elder warned the clan to watch for retaliation from the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, encouraged them to provoke its experts, and asked Dongfang Jun about another assigned matter.

The Dongfang Clan planned to use rumors about the Mystic One Sect to provoke the Northern Region holy lands and expand into the Eastern Region. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi searched the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range for Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity as Qin and Luo Zhen traveled east with the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and the chapter ended with Lu Changzhi receiving a fully charged Dao Simplification Brush.

• Dongfang Jun and a clan elder decided to spread rumors about the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s actions against the Mystic One Sect, hoping to draw in the other Northern Region holy lands and exploit the resulting disorder to expand eastward.
• Lu Changzhi followed the system’s guidance to the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, detected Azure Cloud Sect elders guarding the site, and chose to wait rather than enter and share Qin Jiuxiao’s coming hardship.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land departed for the Eastern Region with Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen, while Qin privately planned to use Luo as a scout and Luo cultivated connections among the disciples.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s Holy Lord watched the departure and hoped the disciples would gain opportunities because Luo Zhen had arrived.
• After a day, Lu Changzhi learned that the Dao Simplification Brush was fully charged and began considering a powerful simplification.

Lu Changzhi tricked the system into simplifying the acquisition of Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity, then the system announced it would be away on a business trip for several days. Meanwhile, the Five Symbols Sect prepared to monitor the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s expedition to the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, while the Azure Cloud Sect readied its welcome and debated its disciples’ role in it.

• Lu Changzhi used powerful simplification to set the acquisition of Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity as the target, and the system began work on obtaining one Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit.
• The system told Lu Changzhi it would be away on a business trip for a few days, leaving him to take an afternoon nap.
• Chen Miao reported that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had sent a powerful group toward the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, and Cang Wenyu ordered Xu Kun to send Image-Recording Hall elders in disguise to record their actions.
• Cang Wenyu decided the Five Symbols Sect would not compete for the opportunity, and Gu Qingyang approved his plan.
• The Azure Cloud Sect prepared for the Holy Land’s arrival, while female disciples discussed whether they would pursue connections with its disciples or focus on cultivation.
• A male Azure Cloud Sect disciple joked about taking a shortcut with a Holy Land visitor, and his senior brother responded by grabbing him and inviting him for a drink.

The Cloud Heaven Holy Land arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect and traveled with its elders to a powerful defensive formation in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range. After Fang Ling’s sword strike failed to break it, he thought of the Sword Immortal’s sword, while Lu Changzhi noticed that a new random mission purchase opportunity had refreshed.

• The Azure Cloud Sect welcomed the Cloud Heaven Holy Land with a grand display and hosted a crowded banquet before the visitors set out the next morning.
• At the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, Elder Wang judged the formation to be at least Saint Rank High Grade, and Chen Gan confirmed that it was a defensive formation best broken by force.
• Seven Transcendent Realm experts revealed themselves, leaving Yuan Hou shaken by the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s strength.
• Fang Ling attacked the formation with his sword, but the strike failed to break it, and he thought that the Sword Immortal’s sword might have succeeded.
• Lu Changzhi saw that the system’s random mission purchase opportunity had refreshed and opened the store to buy it.

Lu Changzhi used his External Avatar to investigate a treasure hunt in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range and watched Transcendent Realm experts attack a powerful formation. Chen Gan identified its mark as belonging to Saint King Chen Fangyuan, and Fang Ling proposed using a Sacred Artifact to break it.

• Lu Changzhi entered his External Avatar, disguised himself with an Azure Cloud Sect badge, and approached the commotion in the mountain range.
• A Transcendent Realm expert launched a fireball at the formation beneath the abyss, but it barely shook despite melting the surrounding rock.
• Chen Gan cleared away lava and revealed a symbol bearing the character Chen.
• Fang Ling recognized the mark as that of Saint King Chen Fangyuan, prompting shock among the onlookers.
• Chen Gan explained that Chen Fangyuan's formation expertise made the disc difficult to break, and Fang Ling said they would need a Sacred Artifact.

Fang Ling and six other experts used a Sacred Artifact to break the formation protecting the underground ruins. With the way into the buried city revealed, the Cloud Heaven Holy Land group began to descend, while Lu Changzhi worried about Luo Zhen's dangerous proximity to Qin Jiuxiao and Liu Qingyan.

• Fang Ling summoned the purple-gold needle, and seven experts poured their power into it to amplify its might.
• Fang Ling launched the needle into the formation, where it expanded and shattered the defensive barrier.
• Lu Changzhi considered adapting the needle's method for Mu Fan, while Qi Zhan sensed the formation had broken and awaited the fated person.
• The group saw a buried city and a distant palace after the dust cleared, and Cloud Heaven Holy Land's experts prepared to enter.
• Qin Jiuxiao invited Luo Zhen to join him, but Luo Zhen declined; Lu Changzhi worried as Qin Jiuxiao descended with Liu Qingyan.

Lu Changzhi watched the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and Azure Cloud Sect search Qi Zhan’s underground ruins for treasures. The group reached a barrier before the palace, where Qi Zhan’s inscription declared that the first person to pass the trials and enter could inherit his legacy.

• Lu Changzhi hid in a corner of the underground world, activated the Observing Chair, and watched the treasure hunters from concealment.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s elders and disciples headed for the palace while others broke formations to collect treasures scattered through the ruined city.
• Yuan Hou broke a formation and took a top-grade Spirit Rank healing pill from a building.
• Lu Changzhi observed that the unrestricted trials were easy for the elders and noticed several disciples caught in illusion formations.
• The seven experts stopped before a curtain of light that displayed Qi Zhan’s conditions for inheriting his palace legacy.
• One of the experts asked Fang Ling to decide what they should do about the barrier.

Fang Ling and the other elders let the younger generation compete for a ripe Transcendent Fruit, while Lu Changzhi discovered a soul entity inside the palace using the system. The system offered him three choices and rewards, leaving him to decide how to deal with the soul.

• Fang Ling agreed that the disciples should attempt the trial themselves rather than have the elders intervene.
• A ripe Transcendent Fruit appeared in the palace, and Fang Ling and Chen Gan warned that breaking the age-restricting screen could destroy it.
• Qin Jiuxiao entered the screen and pressed toward the fruit, while Liu Qingyan struggled under the screen's pressure and Qin dismissed her.
• Lu Changzhi identified the fruit as a Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit and used the system to scan the palace for soul entities.
• The system found one soul with special and high-quality talents, then offered Lu Changzhi rewards for killing it, keeping it captive, or ignoring it.

Lu Changzhi studied Qi Zhan’s talents and the rewards tied to the choices, then decided not to intervene and instead watch the trial. Qin Jiuxiao led the disciples toward the palace, with Luo Zhen in second place as the elders watched.

• Lu Changzhi inspected Qi Zhan’s information and learned he had the talents Modest Fortune and Born at the Wrong Time.
• Lu Changzhi considered destroying or taking Qi Zhan’s soul for the rewards, but chose to stay back and watch.
• The disciples struggled against the pressure as they advanced toward the palace, while Qin Jiuxiao played his zither and maintained a calm lead.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land elders praised Qin Jiuxiao and discussed Luo Zhen’s chances of catching up.
• Fang Ling watched Luo Zhen in second place and hoped he would compete for the opportunity.

Luo Zhen used his sword to race past Qin Jiuxiao, but a trap at the top of the stairs sent him tumbling back. Qin Jiuxiao entered the palace and the gates closed behind him, while the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit vanished inside.

• Luo Zhen used a powerful sword strike to clear the pressure on the stairs and overtake Qin Jiuxiao.
• Qin Jiuxiao warned Luo Zhen about danger at the top, distracting him as he stepped onto a hidden trap and was thrown back.
• Luo Zhen accused Qin Jiuxiao of deliberately distracting him, while Qin Jiuxiao continued up the stairs.
• Qin Jiuxiao reached the palace gates, entered as they opened, and watched them close behind him.
• The Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit vanished from the hall, and Fang Ling realized Qin Jiuxiao had obtained the inheritance and Transcendent Fruit.

Lu Changzhi obtained the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit after Qin Jiuxiao entered the palace, then watched as Qin met the remnant soul of Qi Zhan. Qi Zhan’s scheme was thrown into turmoil when his Transcendent Fruit vanished, but Qin sat on the jade throne to claim the inheritance.

• Lu Changzhi noticed that Qin Jiuxiao had provoked Luo Zhen into resentment, then received the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit from the system.
• A formation sealed the palace, leaving the other participants unable to compete for what lay inside.
• Qin Jiuxiao found a message directing him to sit on the jade throne and cautiously called out to the presence he sensed there.
• Qi Zhan appeared, welcomed Qin as the fated one, and concealed his alarm after discovering that his Transcendent Fruit had disappeared.
• Qi Zhan began to explain that his inheritance was near his final moments, but faded away before finishing.
• Qin Jiuxiao walked to the jade throne and sat down to take the opportunity.

Qin Jiuxiao sat on the Soul-Guarding Jade Throne, unaware that Qi Zhan intended to devour his soul, while Qi Zhan discovered the Transcendent Fruit had vanished. As Qin Jiuxiao fought back against Qi Zhan’s soul attacks, Lu Changzhi noticed his personal information flickering outside the palace.

• Qin Jiuxiao sat on the white jade throne and felt its soothing power, while Qi Zhan discovered that the Transcendent Fruit, branch, and soil had disappeared.
• Qi Zhan trapped Qin Jiuxiao and attacked his soul, but Qin Jiuxiao’s Soul-Severing Needle Disk blocked the first strike.
• Qin Jiuxiao realized Qi Zhan planned to devour his soul, but he could neither control his body nor reach the outside world.
• Qi Zhan launched another attack, and Qin Jiuxiao used his soul-protecting measures to reduce the impact.
• Angered by Qi Zhan’s attempt to take his body, Qin Jiuxiao gathered an attack of his own instead of dodging or blocking.
• Outside the palace, Lu Changzhi noticed Qin Jiuxiao’s personal information flickering and asked the system why.

Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao was in mortal danger but chose to watch, while inside the palace Qin Jiuxiao fought Qi Zhan’s attempt to seize his body. The two souls reached a stalemate as Qi Zhan intensified his attack with Soul Siphon.

• The system warned Lu Changzhi that Qin Jiuxiao might die, but assured him that he would not lose out as the benefactor, so he decided to keep watching.
• Fang Ling stayed by the palace curtain of light, ready to respond to trouble and expecting Qin Jiuxiao to secure the Holy Son position if he returned.
• Qin Jiuxiao attacked Qi Zhan with a guqin-shaped weapon, and successive clashes strengthened his soul as treasures entered his sea of consciousness.
• Qi Zhan trapped Qin Jiuxiao's soul in a cage and tried to suppress it before devouring him, but the Transcendent Fruit vanished and Qin Jiuxiao resisted fiercely.
• Qi Zhan intensified the cage's pressure and used Jade Throne · Soul Siphon as the fight remained deadlocked.

Qi Zhan used the Soul-Guarding Jade Throne to drain the Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciples’ souls while trying to take over Qin Jiuxiao’s body. Fang Ling and the other experts broke into the palace in time to stop him, and Lu Changzhi received a system reward after Qin Jiuxiao’s crisis passed.

• Qi Zhan activated the Soul-Guarding Jade Throne, draining the soul power of Cloud Heaven Holy Land disciples throughout the city and causing some to faint.
• Fang Ling realized the palace was suspicious and joined Chen Gan and other experts in tearing through its defenses.
• The experts attacked the palace, exposing Qi Zhan as he tried to destroy Qin Jiuxiao’s soul after its protection cracked.
• Fang Ling used the purple-gold needle to draw Qi Zhan’s soul out, while the other experts shattered the cage and Qin Jiuxiao collapsed from the throne.
• Lu Changzhi sensed that Qin Jiuxiao had survived, then received experience points and an incomplete mid-grade Saint Artifact-Soul-Severing Needle Disk from the system.

Lu Changzhi received the purple-gold needle and the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell as rewards, then left before investigating what had happened to Qi Zhan’s soul. Qin Jiuxiao survived but fainted again, while the elders suspected a soul-possession plot and discovered that Fang Ling’s purple-gold needle was missing.

• Lu Changzhi received fifteen hundred experience points, the purple-gold needle Fang Ling had used, and the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell, then slipped away.
• Qin Jiuxiao saw his great-grandfather’s figure while his soul weakened, but the elders stabilized him with their power and a pill.
• Qin Jiuxiao remembered that his accumulated opportunities and trump cards had been used up, grew furious, and fainted.
• Chen Gan and the other elders suspected the white jade throne had been part of a plot to possess Qin Jiuxiao’s body, possibly by Qi Zhan.
• Fang Ling prepared to use the purple-gold needle to extract the soul, then realized it was missing.

After the purple-gold long needle vanished, Fang Ling faced suspicion from the other elders and swore that he had not taken it. The elders decided to report the loss and withdraw, while Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak and prepared to inspect his gains.

• Fang Ling discovered that the purple-gold long needle was missing, and Wu Qiao suggested that he might have kept it for himself.
• Fang Ling angrily denied the accusation and swore on his life that he neither had the Sacred Artifact nor knew where it was.
• Chen Gan concluded that something strange was happening at the site, and the elders agreed to search the area and notify the Holy Land.
• The elders ordered the remaining people to leave and planned to conceal the disciples’ injuries and Qin Jiuxiao’s loss from the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Lu Changzhi activated the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array to conceal the teleportation entrance, returned to the rear courtyard on Hidden Origin Peak, and prepared to check his rewards.

Lu Changzhi awakened the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell, then questioned Qi Zhan about the Transcendent Fruit. After Qi Zhan attacked him, Lu Changzhi used the bell to protect his sea of consciousness and prepared to test its power.

• Lu Changzhi awakened the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell, and the system subdued its remnant dragon soul so it accepted him as its master.
• Lu Changzhi stored the bell in his sea of consciousness, where it expanded into a massive apparition that protected his soul.
• Lu Changzhi found Qi Zhan's soul trapped inside the purple-gold needle and brought him into a mountain forest to ask where he had obtained the Transcendent Fruit.
• Lu Changzhi showed Qi Zhan the Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit plant, and Qi Zhan attacked his soul in desperation.
• The Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell blocked Qi Zhan's assault, and Lu Changzhi activated it to test its attack.

Lu Changzhi subdued Qi Zhan with the dragon soul in the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell and learned how his negative feelings could generate exclusive luck points. After demanding the locations of ten more Transcendent Fruits and leaving Qi Zhan trapped, Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak and found Li Yi waiting.

• Lu Changzhi unleashed the dragon soul against Qi Zhan, then withdrew it before it could reach him.
• Lu Changzhi told Qi Zhan he was a descendant of the dragon and learned that Qi Zhan's resentment earned him an exclusive luck point.
• Lu Changzhi demanded that Qi Zhan reveal the whereabouts of ten other Transcendent Fruits, threatening to interrogate him daily if he refused.
• Lu Changzhi left Qi Zhan trapped in the Trial Formation Stele and returned to Hidden Origin Peak.
• Lu Changzhi found Li Yi, the peak master of Flame Sun Peak, visiting Hidden Origin Peak.

Li Yi visited Hidden Origin Peak and discovered Luo Ling'er’s extraordinary strength, prompting him to invite her to cultivate on Flame Sun Peak. After Mu Fan persuaded her that forging iron could lead to making fireworks, Luo Ling'er chose to become a blacksmith, while Lu Changzhi asked Li Yi what he had originally come to discuss.

• Li Yi noticed Luo Ling'er’s physical strength and asked her to punch him so he could assess her.
• Luo Ling’er struck Li Yi with enough force to make him brace himself with both arms, and she revealed that Mu Fan had taught her to shout before throwing a punch.
• Li Yi praised Luo Ling’er’s strength and invited her to cultivate on Flame Sun Peak.
• Mu Fan suggested that Luo Ling’er become a blacksmith and promised to make fireworks from the iron she forged.
• Luo Ling’er eagerly chose to forge iron, and Lu Changzhi asked Li Yi what had brought him to Hidden Origin Peak in the first place.

Lu Changzhi inspired Mu Fan to develop a two-step explosive that could clear a path before detonating, then learned about the benefits of Mu Fan’s system enhancement and why Qi Zhan’s fortune talent could not be copied. At Cloud Heaven Holy Land, the Holy Lord and Elder Xuan considered the severe losses in the Eastern Region and what they meant for the Holy Land’s fortunes.

• Li Yi praised Lu Changzhi for finding Lin Shan and invited him to visit Flame Sun Peak to identify potential disciples.
• Lu Changzhi gave Mu Fan a jade talisman showing the purple-gold needle breaking a formation, inspiring Mu Fan to devise a two-step strategy: clear a way, then shoot the explosive inside.
• The system explained that Mu Fan’s enhancement would improve idle cultivation and add automation, but Lu Changzhi could not apply it yet because a month had not passed since Gu Chen’s enhancement.
• The system told Lu Changzhi that Qi Zhan’s fortune talent could not be copied while he was in a soul-body state.
• The Holy Lord received reports of incomplete souls among Holy Land disciples, Qin Jiuxiao’s severe soul injury, and the disappearance of the Soul-Severing Needle Disk’s purple-gold needle.
• Elder Xuan asked whether the stars could be wrong, then fell silent after the Holy Lord described the scale of the losses.

After the Soul-Guarding Jade Throne damaged several disciples’ souls, Qin Jiuxiao resolved to leave the Eastern Region and never return. Lu Changzhi received an upper-volume compendium of formations and considered sharing it with Mu Fan or Dharma Form Peak, then wondered why two people were absent.

• Chen Gan confirmed that the Soul-Guarding Jade Throne had caused the disciples’ soul damage and could house a soul within it.
• Fang Ling felt relieved that Luo Zhen had stayed outside the palace, while Qin Jiuxiao woke and decided he had to leave the Eastern Region forever.
• Lu Changzhi received the upper volume of the Compendium of Formations from the system and considered Mu Fan as a possible recipient.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Mu Fan could cultivate formations while idling if he had the right talent, but Mu Fan said he had little reason to study them and suggested helping Dharma Form Peak instead.
• Lu Changzhi considered sharing the compendium with the formation enthusiasts at Dharma Form Peak and wondered why two people were absent.

Lu Changzhi gave Qi Zhan no chance to explain before tormenting him with the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell, then discovered that the Blood Demon Clan would yield more experience as it grew. He gave Xu Kun a jade talisman filled with high-level formations and began to suspect his parents were far more powerful and influential than he had realized.

• Lu Changzhi learned that Xu Kun had gone into seclusion and left word for him to visit Hidden Origin Peak when he returned.
• Lu Changzhi questioned Qi Zhan about confessing, then used the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell to torment him and gained an Exclusive Luck Point.
• Lu Changzhi checked the Blood Demon Clan and learned that the experience reward per kill would rise as the clan grew in number.
• Xu Kun told Lu Changzhi that he had gained insight into formations through a dream, and Lu Changzhi gave him a jade talisman filled with valuable formations.
• Xu Kun said Lu Changzhi had inherited his parents' knack for hiding things, prompting Lu Changzhi to ask the system about their identities and strength.