Recaps

Qin Han treated Liu Qingyan’s wounds and decided to pursue a way to bring her closer to him, while Liu Qingyan independently planned to use an aphrodisiac to make him feel guilty and easier to control. As Qin Han roasted fish for her, Lu Changzhi watched and recognized the powder she had slipped into her wine.

• Qin Han finished treating Liu Qingyan’s wounds and left her to rest, while deciding he might try to take advantage of the situation later.
• Liu Qingyan concluded that Qin Han was a better choice than Qin Jiuxiao or Luo Zhen and resolved to deepen their relationship.
• Liu Qingyan planned to use drugs to create an opportunity, then secretly poured Yang Spring Powder into a flask of wine as Qin Han roasted fish.
• Lu Changzhi saw Liu Qingyan tamper with the wine and used the system to identify the powder as a powerful aphrodisiac.
• Liu Qingyan joined Qin Han by the fire, praised his cooking, and accepted his offer to share the grilled fish.

Lu Changzhi watched Qin Han and Liu Qingyan’s encounter after both consumed Peak Grade Yang Spring Powder, then discovered Hua Yunfan had possessed Qin Han. The system reported that two of Qin Han’s opportunities had disappeared, leaving Lu Changzhi startled and unsure what had happened to the Sword Heart opportunity.

• Lu Changzhi recognized that Qin Han was using the same Peak Grade Yang Spring Powder Liu Qingyan had put in the wine, and suspected Qin Han had sprinkled it on purpose.
• Qin Han and Liu Qingyan ate and drank the drugged food and wine, then became overwhelmed by its effects while Hua Yunfan gave them privacy.
• Lu Changzhi stopped watching to nap, then returned to observe that the encounter was still continuing and that Hua Yunfan had set up a concealment formation.
• Lu Changzhi sensed that Hua Yunfan had possessed Qin Han and recoiled from what he witnessed.
• The system alerted Lu Changzhi that two of Qin Han’s opportunities had disappeared.

Lu Changzhi learned that his involvement had altered Qin Han’s opportunities, so he made plans to guide Qin Han toward the missing rewards indirectly. After Lu Changzhi left to prepare at one opportunity’s location, Qin Han woke in the cave beside Liu Qingyan with little memory of what had happened.

• Lu Changzhi discovered that Qin Han’s Sword Heart and dung-digging opportunities had vanished, and the system explained that his interference had changed events.
• The system told Lu Changzhi that he could retrieve the rewards himself or guide Qin Han to them indirectly, since direct gifts would not count as opportunities.
• Lu Changzhi had the system devise several plans, chose one, and left to prepare at an opportunity’s location.
• After night fell, Qin Han and Liu Qingyan rested in a cave, and Qin Han eventually woke feeling exhausted and unable to recall what had happened.
• Hua Yunfan warned Qin Han that Liu Qingyan might be an adept, and Qin Han closed his eyes again while waiting for her to wake.

Qin Han and Liu Qingyan pretended their intimacy in the cave had been an accident, each believing the encounter had secured the other’s trust. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi and Qin Li returned from City Sixteen with a remarkable haul, opened the core area to others, and arrived at a meal where Luo Ling'er had a treasure to show.

• Qin Han promised Liu Qingyan he would never let her down, while secretly hoping to use the same tactic to approach someone from the Extreme Arms Holy Land.
• Liu Qingyan concealed that she had caused the incident with her wine and was pleased to have gained control of a reliable ally.
• Qin Li returned to the city with a flying boat carrying a huge mass of light and told Lu Changzhi that City Sixteen had been cleared and dinner was ready.
• Lu Changzhi removed the formation around the core area and allowed the gathered people to enter, leaving Qin Li to handle their request to follow them.
• Lu Changzhi and Qin Li traveled to City Sixteen, where Luo Ling'er excitedly asked Lu Changzhi to guess what treasure she had found.

Luo Ling'er received a low-grade Saint Artifact war drum, and Lu Changzhi asked her to prepare a fish dish from a recipe in a jade talisman. After discussing their discoveries and plans for City Sixteen, the disciples decided to prioritize catching fish for their master the next day.

• Luo Ling'er showed Lu Changzhi the Enemy-Breaking War Drum, a low-grade Saint Artifact she had obtained in City Sixteen, and demonstrated her drumming.
• Lu Changzhi gave Luo Ling'er a jade talisman with a fish recipe, and Gu Chen offered to look for suitable fish.
• Qin Li described how the disciples had obtained resources in City Sixteen by passing tests and breaking their arrays, and gave Lu Changzhi a record of their finds.
• The disciples decided to open most of City Sixteen to outsiders without charging light, while forbidding spirit-beast hunting so the city could attract larger nighttime beast tides.
• Lu Changzhi told the disciples to set aside half a day the day after tomorrow to visit Zither Sound Valley.
• After Lu Changzhi left, Gu Chen and the others agreed that catching fish for their master would be their priority the next day.

Lu Changzhi tracked developments across the secret realm and watched Qin Han leave with Liu Qingyan to investigate a place where many geniuses had failed. After the system revealed another opportunity tied to Qin Han’s Sword Heart, Lu Changzhi prepared to act.

• Lu Changzhi learned that conflicts had erupted in several cities over rising spirit-light fees, while other cities had adopted cheaper arrangements.
• Qin Han and Liu Qingyan left their cave, and Hua Yunfan advised Qin Han to conceal Liu Qingyan’s appearance.
• Qin Han questioned three youths about a place where even leading geniuses had failed, then paid them with recovery pills for more information.
• Qin Han took Liu Qingyan toward the place, while the three youths vanished as their illusory formation dissipated.
• Lu Changzhi wondered whether Qin Han had designs on Jiang Yun and received a system notification about another opportunity connected to Qin Han’s Sword Heart.

Lu Changzhi reached the Eighth Palace and used the Dao Simplification Brush to seal the area with the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art, hoping to draw people to the Sword Heart opportunity for Qin Han. The disturbance attracted nearby treasure seekers and Dai Tianfeng, who rushed toward the palace determined to claim it.

• Lu Changzhi found the remote Eighth Palace guarded by a Transcendent Realm spirit beast and recalled that Qin Han had already taken its opportunity.
• Lu Changzhi assumed his old-man appearance and used the Dao Simplification Brush to cast the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art around the palace.
• Nearby cultivators felt the commotion, guessed that a treasure had appeared, and headed toward the palace.
• Dai Tianfeng noticed the disturbance while leading his fleet toward the palace and ordered his people to speed up.

Lu Changzhi’s casual display of power stirred the secret realm and drew the attention of Zhou Xun and the elders, while the change to the fortuitous opportunity delayed Qin Han’s arrival until afternoon. Gu Chen and his companions reached a lake occupied by an adult Tiger Flood Dragon, and Gu Chen wondered whether it would taste like fish.

• Zhou Xun sensed the distant fluctuations and changed his plans to investigate their source.
• The elders discussed the immense power, ruled out the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, and sent nearby elders to investigate while informing Ancestor Jiang.
• Lu Changzhi checked the fortuitous opportunity information, learned its timing had shifted to the afternoon, and sensed figures converging on the area.
• Lu Changzhi transformed his External Avatar into a large bluestone and wondered whether he would eat grilled fish that day.
• Gu Chen led Mu Fan, Qin Li, Luo Ling'er, and Qin Han to a lake, where Qin Li identified an adult Tiger Flood Dragon beneath the water.
• Gu Chen asked whether the Tiger Flood Dragon’s fish-like body meant it would taste like fish.

Gu Chen, Qin Li, Mu Fan, Luo Ling'er, and Xiao Ye prepared to hunt a Tiger Flood Dragon for their master’s meal. They lured it from the lake with White Tiger essence blood, and the enormous beast leaped out as Qin Li ran to draw it onward.

• Gu Chen suggested hunting the Tiger Flood Dragon for its meat, and Qin Li agreed despite the danger of fighting it in the water.
• Gu Chen and Mu Fan showed their trump cards, but Qin Li rejected the most destructive options, and she sensed that Luo Ling'er's chopping block could suppress the beast.
• The group spread out and provoked the Tiger Flood Dragon with Xiao Ye's lightning techniques while Gu Chen blocked its water attacks.
• Qin Li used White Tiger essence blood to lure the Tiger Flood Dragon toward the surface, and Mu Fan prepared to assist.
• Qin Li ran to draw the beast out, and the Tiger Flood Dragon burst from the lake with a hideous, ferocious face.

Mu Fan, Gu Chen, and Luo Ling'er used their abilities to attack and suppress the Tiger Flood Dragon, while Qin Li realized Luo Ling'er's chopping board carried Order. The discovery led Qin Li to suspect their master was an Emperor Realm expert, and Luo Linger warned that she could not maintain the suppression much longer.

• Mu Fan activated formation disks to try to block the Tiger Flood Dragon from returning to the lake as it charged toward Qin Li.
• Gu Chen attacked with the small sword Gu Qingyang had given him, wounding the Tiger Flood Dragon but dealing less damage than he had hoped.
• Gu Qingyang and the other observers discussed the group's trump cards, and Gu Qingyang pointed out that Luo Ling'er's chopping board was no ordinary object.
• Luo Ling'er sent her chopping board over the Tiger Flood Dragon, and its strange power suppressed the creature's presence, speed, and defenses.
• Qin Li recognized the chopping board's power as Order and reasoned that their master must be an Emperor Realm expert.
• Luo Ling'er ate several Irascible Little Meatballs and warned everyone that she could not keep the suppression going much longer.

Qin Li killed the Tiger Flood Dragon with ease after Luo Ling'er’s chopping board suppressed its strength and physical abilities. As Gu Chen prepared the fish, Qin Li explained the board’s unusual effect, while the observing patriarchs remarked that none of Lu Changzhi’s disciples were ordinary.

• Luo Ling'er struggled to control the Tiger Flood Dragon with her chopping board, so the group focused on attacking it.
• Qin Li tore through the Tiger Flood Dragon’s scales and killed it with a strike powered by Geng Metal.
• Qin Li told Gu Chen to prepare the fish, and he asked what realm she had reached.
• Qin Li explained that the chopping board had suppressed the Tiger Flood Dragon’s body, strength, defense, and speed, then said Gu Chen would understand more after improving his strength.
• The watching patriarchs praised Lu Changzhi’s disciples and envied his good fortune and resources.

Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Li had killed a Transcendent Realm Tiger Flood Dragon with help from Luo Ling’er's cooking chopping board, then enjoyed the grilled meat and planned to raise tasty beasts from the secret realm. He went to nap while Qin Han traveled through the secret realm and sensed a familiar feeling.

• Luo Ling'er served Lu Changzhi grilled meat from a Tiger Flood Dragon, and Mu Fan explained that Qin Li had torn the beast apart with help from Luo Ling'er's chopping board.
• Lu Changzhi realized Luo Ling'er's cooking tool could suppress ingredients, then praised her grilled fish and learned Gu Chen had brought the Tiger Flood Dragon back to give him the best.
• Qin Li confirmed the Tiger Flood Dragon was dead, and Lu Changzhi planned to seek out tasty beasts in the secret realm to raise.
• Lu Changzhi checked the Eighth Palace, saw that Qin Han was absent, and went to sleep before planning to give him a special privilege.
• Qin Han traveled aboard a flying boat, sensed a familiar feeling in the secret realm, and asked Hua Yunfan whether he had a premonition too.

Qin Han believed the strange events following his encounter with Liu Qingyan might signal good fortune, and he prepared to investigate the commotion near the Eighth Palace. There, Dai Tianfeng arrived and sensed a powerful sword-related opportunity behind an impenetrable barrier.

• Qin Han told Hua Yunfan he thought the trip would bring him an opportunity, and she warned him to keep a low profile.
• Qin Han wondered whether Liu Qingyan brought her partners good fortune and said he would test the idea on the trip.
• Crowds gathered near the Eighth Palace, where they failed to break through or find an entrance to the sealed space.
• A white-haired elder said the barrier's power might exceed a Saint's art, though he could not confirm whether a Saint King was involved.
• Dai Tianfeng arrived, drawing attention to the many spirit-beast lights surrounding him.
• Dai Tianfeng sensed an extremely high-quality sword-related opportunity beyond the barrier and resolved to obtain it.

Dai Tianfeng and Wujie both failed to break through the secret realm’s array, leaving the gathered cultivators searching for another way in. Qin Han and Liu Qingyan watched from concealment as Qin Han waited for the right moment and a crucial person.

• Dai Tianfeng used his Saint Rank High Grade sword and near-Sword King Sword Intent to unleash a powerful strike, but the array stopped it without a ripple.
• Dai Tianfeng tried other methods while the other cultivators resumed their efforts to find a way through.
• Wujie arrived with a large group of Buddhist monks, exchanged a brief remark with Dai Tianfeng, and then failed to breach the array with his own methods.
• The crowd speculated that the array required special conditions and noted that the Extreme Arms Holy Land had not arrived.
• Qin Han and Liu Qingyan watched from the crowd in cloaks, and Qin Han continued waiting for the right moment and a crucial person.

Lu Changzhi discovered that several powerful Five Symbols Sect ancestors had entered the secret realm and imprinted Dai Tianfeng’s talent for sword cultivation. As night approached, he prepared to help Qin Han and then Zhou Xun, while Qin Han seized the chance to approach the circle.

• Lu Changzhi located Qin Han hiding in the crowd and found Mu Yuan, a Saint Realm ancestor, accompanied by several Transcendent Realm ancestors.
• Lu Changzhi imprinted Dai Tianfeng’s talent, hoping to help Gu Qingyang become an Innate Sword Seed.
• Lu Changzhi spotted Zhou Xun and planned to handle him after helping Qin Han obtain a benefit.
• As night fell, most of the crowd left the circle, wary of the beast tide and doubtful they could claim its treasure.
• Qin Han signaled Liu Qingyan and moved toward the circle as the crowd departed.

Qin Han discovered that his luck let him pass through the sealed circle, then entered its sword-related grounds and approached a palace guarded by powerful spirit beasts. After the palace doors resisted him and a nearby beast detected him, he asked Hua Yunfan what to do.

• Qin Han concealed himself and Liu Qingyan with an illusion array, touched the barrier, and passed through it when it rippled.
• Liu Qingyan tried to follow Qin Han through the barrier, but she could not enter.
• Qin Han sensed that the grounds were connected to swords and headed toward a palace, while Hua Yunfan warned him about the spirit beasts guarding it.
• Hua Yunfan concealed Qin Han as he approached the palace, but the entrance doors resisted his attempt to open them.
• The disturbance alerted a powerful spirit beast, which detected Qin Han, and he asked Hua Yunfan for help.

Qin Han found a chance to approach a palace while the spirit beast nearby stayed quiet, and Lu Changzhi left his avatar there before returning to eat. After dinner, Lu Changzhi learned that his disciples were recruiting others to hunt spirit beasts for rewards, then used the system to locate Zhou Xun and decided to deal with him.

• Qin Han tested the palace approach and found that the nearby spirit beast did not react, while Hua Yunfan and Lu Changzhi considered why it was behaving unusually.
• Lu Changzhi sent his External Avatar to remain near the palace and returned to his main body when Ling'er called him to dinner.
• Gu Chen told Lu Changzhi that the group planned to hunt spirit beasts at night and would reward others who brought in beasts alive.
• A crowd left the city to hunt spirit beasts, encouraged by the promise of cultivation resources and light in exchange for their catches.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system for Zhou Xun's location, saw that Zhou Xun had not moved, and decided to deal with him.

Lu Changzhi summoned the sect’s ancestors to capture Zhou Xun, an expert from the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, and arranged for them to deliver him alive to a chosen location. As the ancestors converged on Zhou Xun, Lu Changzhi watched their overwhelming force gather around him.

• Zhou Xun waited in hiding near the barrier while Dai Tianfeng and the Buddhist Order weathered the beast tide.
• Lu Changzhi contacted the sect’s ancestors through a communication stone and asked them to capture the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty expert who had entered with a Privilege Token.
• The ancestors recognized Zhou Xun as someone they had already been assigned to follow and asked Lu Changzhi how he wanted the capture handled.
• Lu Changzhi explained that Zhou Xun had to remain alive, and Mu Yuan offered to restrain him and deliver him to a chosen spot.
• Green lights converged around Zhou Xun as the ancestors moved in, leaving Lu Changzhi to watch the capture unfold.

Lu Changzhi’s ancestors captured Zhou Xun after a sudden attack, then learned that Lu Changzhi had caused the disturbance with his Saint King Method. Mu Yuan explained the hidden nine-story tower’s role in the trial space, and Lu Changzhi decided to keep an eye on it.

• Zhou Xun sensed danger and was caught in a sudden attack that left him unconscious in a bag.
• The ancestors diverted the crowd’s attention with a flash of light, and Mu Yuan told Lu Changzhi that Zhou Xun had been secured.
• Lu Changzhi admitted that he had caused the disturbance, astonishing the ancestors with his strength and the Saint King Method.
• Mu Yuan explained that the nine-story tower was a hidden cultivation resource whose appearance depended on accumulated light and illuminated tower symbols.
• Lu Changzhi decided to watch for the tower’s appearance, though Mu Yuan said the Five Symbols Sect’s disciples and elders would be notified when it appeared.

Lu Changzhi secretly protected Zhou Xun and used the Heart-Binding Devil Seed on him, learning that Zhou Xun had a devil-related condition and that the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty might be connected to the Blood Demon Clan. When Qin Han finally cleared the palace trials and reached the palace proper, he spotted a powerful sword and rushed toward it.

• The people waiting outside the circle grew excited and competitive, unaware that Lu Changzhi controlled when the place would open and was waiting on Qin Han.
• Fourteen ancestors secretly stayed behind to protect Lu Changzhi, who then inspected Mu Yuan's Saint Rank Peak Grade sack and used the Heart-Binding Devil Seed on Zhou Xun.
• Lu Changzhi buried Zhou Xun, and the system shortened the seed's estimated completion time after detecting a devil-related condition in him.
• Lu Changzhi suspected the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty had ties to the Blood Demon Clan and returned to the palace when Qin Han made substantial progress.
• Qin Han cleared the palace's trials, entered the palace proper, spotted a powerful longsword, and ran toward it.

Qin Han endured a powerful Sword Intent test to claim a Saint Artifact longsword, but the sword vanished before he could bind it. He then found a statue containing Zhuang Qingfeng's Sword Dao inheritance, while Lu Changzhi examined the sword in his system space.

• Qin Han faced the longsword's Sword Intent and endured its assault on his soul until it quieted.
• As Qin Han tried to bind the sword with his blood, it vanished, and Hua Yunfan could not determine where it had gone.
• Qin Han struck the stone platform in anger, but Hua Yunfan urged him to search the palace for other opportunities.
• Lu Changzhi examined Heavy Abyss in his system space and judged it an excellent middle-grade Saint Artifact, though weaker than his Dao-Severing Sword.
• Qin Han sat before a statue of an old man and received information revealing that it contained part of Zhuang Qingfeng's Sword Dao inheritance, with no test required.

Qin Han explored the palace but found that its apparent inheritance and treasures kept disappearing, leading him to suspect he was trapped in an illusion. He reached the Derivative Sword Heart and expected it to vanish as well, while Lu Changzhi waited outside, hoping to obtain it through a critical hit.

• Qin Han found that the power inside the statue had disappeared, and Hua Yunfan suspected it was an illusion.
• Lu Changzhi received Zhuang Qingfeng's complete Sword Dao inheritance after a critical hit upgraded the partial inheritance.
• Qin Han gathered several palace treasures but discovered they had vanished from his storage ring, and the pills in a jade bottle were also missing.
• Hua Yunfan told Qin Han the palace might not be real, but Qin Han continued exploring rather than leave.
• Qin Han reached the Derivative Sword Heart, learned its value from Hua Yunfan, and reached toward it while predicting it would disappear.

Qin Han found the light in the palace empty, while Lu Changzhi received five Derivative Sword Hearts and considered how to develop his sword cultivation. After learning the Dao-Severing Sword's missing spirit could cultivate on its own, Lu Changzhi planned to visit Zither Sound Valley the next day with his disciples.

• Qin Han reached the light in the palace but found it contained nothing, leaving Hua Yunfan disappointed as well.
• Lu Changzhi received five Derivative Sword Hearts from Qin Han's exploration and watched his disciples manage the beast tide outside the city.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system how a sword could grow stronger on its own, and the system said the Dao-Severing Sword's spirit could cultivate independently.
• Lu Changzhi learned the system might be able to invite the sword spirit back after he strengthened himself and upgraded the store.
• Lu Changzhi decided to rest before visiting Zither Sound Valley with his disciples the next day to seek an epiphany.

Qin Han searched the Eighth Palace hall but discovered that its treasures were only part of an illusion array, then left with Liu Qingyan after Hua Yunfan warned the barrier might fail. He told Liu Qingyan that a Saint Realm expert had chosen him to inherit a legacy, while Hua Yunfan privately considered Liu Qingyan a potential burden and favored Jiang Xin instead.

• Qin Han searched the hall thoroughly, but Hua Yunfan could not find a way to break its illusion array or recover anything.
• Hua Yunfan comforted Qin Han and encouraged him to seek Jiang Xin, offering to help him approach her.
• Hua Yunfan warned Qin Han that the barrier was weakening and that the other factions' heavenly prides would be troublesome, so Qin Han left the hall.
• Liu Qingyan embraced Qin Han when he reappeared, and Hua Yunfan privately judged her to be manipulative and a possible burden.
• Liu Qingyan asked whether Qin Han had gained anything, and he told her he had met a Saint Realm expert who chose him to inherit a legacy.

As crowds waited outside the Eighth Palace for it to open, Gu Chen and his companions earned a strong reputation in Eighteen City by helping people and bringing back spirit beasts. Lu Changzhi woke, drew Nine Thunder Heavenly Punishment from Good Things Come in Pairs, and prepared to deal with Zhou Xun before leaving.

• More people arrived at the Eighth Palace, where those who had waited overnight continued to complain about the delay and the costs of facing the beast tide.
• In Eighteen City, people praised Gu Chen, Qin Li, and their companions for honoring their promises about spirit beasts and helping those in danger.
• Gu Chen proposed that the group explore farther for unopened cities and spirit beasts, and they left by flying boat.
• Lu Changzhi woke, checked the Eighth Palace, and learned from the system that he had not left the area enough for Good Things Come in Pairs.
• Lu Changzhi drew Nine Thunder Heavenly Punishment and stored it in the system.
• After confirming Qin Han had left, Lu Changzhi decided to deal with Zhou Xun before departing.