Recaps

Lu Changzhi ignored several Azure Cloud Sect disciples who tried to probe him, earning experience points from the system. The Flower Spirit Sect’s chief disciple, Liu Qingyan, arrived, and Lu Changzhi inspected her impressive attributes.

• Lu Changzhi frightened Sun Mo by seeming to accept his invitation to dual cultivate, then earned experience points as Sun Mo retreated.
• Zhou Zhuo tried to draw information from Lu Changzhi, but Lu Changzhi ignored him and earned experience points.
• Su Lin attempted to speak with Lu Changzhi, then left after Mu Fan called Gu Chen a mute; Lu Changzhi gained more experience points.
• Liu Qingyan arrived with the Flower Spirit Sect disciples, drawing everyone’s attention.
• Lu Changzhi inspected Liu Qingyan and saw her cultivation, High-Grade Spirit Rank aptitude, Clear Sound Physique, and two talents.

At the Flower Spirit Sect banquet, Lu Changzhi rejected the system’s options to interfere with Liu Qingyan and prayed for Gu Chen and Mu Fan instead. Gu Chen secretly entered Liu Qingyan’s residence to complete his check-in mission, but Mu Fan caught up with him afterward and teased him about what he had seen.

• Lu Changzhi dismissed the idea of recruiting Liu Qingyan, while Mu Fan and Gu Chen discussed her and the banquet began.
• Gu Chen left to investigate Liu Qingyan’s presence, and Lu Changzhi stayed behind until Mu Fan also went toward the disciple residences.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system how to help Gu Chen, chose to pray, and received experience points.
• Gu Chen used the Spirit Concealment Art to enter Liu Qingyan’s residence, completed his check-in mission, and noticed a sash beneath her bed.
• Mu Fan appeared outside and asked Gu Chen what color the sash was.

At a banquet, Gu Chen reported that Xie Yang of the Mystic One Sect was likely involved with Liu Qingyan, who then offered Lu Changzhi a toast. Lu Changzhi ignored her and Xie Yang’s provocations, earning experience points from repeated system choices, while Xie Yang pressured him to respond.

• Gu Chen told Mu Fan he had found something in Liu Qingyan’s room, then privately identified Xie Yang as the man likely involved with her.
• Lu Changzhi received an Earth Demonic Bear core from Gu Chen’s completed sign-in task, which could activate Luo Ling’er’s physique.
• Liu Qingyan approached Lu Changzhi with a cup of wine, but he ignored her and kept eating as onlookers criticized him.
• Xie Yang challenged Lu Changzhi for ignoring Liu Qingyan, then offered him a toast; Lu Changzhi continued eating and gained more experience points.
• Xie Yang released pressure from his fifth-level Life and Death Realm cultivation and tried to provoke Lu Changzhi into attacking, prompting another system choice.

At a feast, Xie Yang tried to test Lu Changzhi, but Gu Chen stepped in as his master’s proxy and defeated Xie Yang with a single spear strike. The crowd recognized Gu Chen as an unexpectedly formidable new disciple of the Five Symbols Sect, and no one disturbed Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen for the rest of the feast.

• Xie Yang sent a wine cup flying at Lu Changzhi, but Gu Chen shattered it with spiritual power.
• Lu Changzhi rebuked Xie Yang for ignoring their difference in status and said Gu Chen would fight in his stead.
• Xie Yang challenged Gu Chen, claiming Gu Chen could win if he withstood one sword strike, then unleashed the Mystic One Sword Art: Sever Mountains and Rivers.
• Gu Chen met Xie Yang’s sword with a spear strike that shattered the sword light and knocked Xie Yang back, leaving him bleeding.
• Gu Chen returned to the table, and the crowd reacted with shock at his strength while no one else approached Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen for the rest of the feast.

After returning from the Flower Spirit Sect, Lu Changzhi bought the Dao-Severing Sword and learned he could spend experience points to unleash its full power. He also prepared to activate Luo Ling’er’s special physique, but the system warned that doing so could cause her pain for over two months.

• Cang Wenyu and Li Yi praised Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen for their performance, while Lu Changzhi credited Gu Chen’s strength.
• Lu Changzhi spent experience points to buy the Dao-Severing Sword, which bound itself to him, and unlocked a feature that let him activate powerful items by spending experience points.
• Gu Chen announced he would enter seclusion, then stayed to eat Luo Ling’er’s cupcakes with Lu Changzhi and Mu Fan.
• Lu Changzhi told Luo Ling’er she could begin cultivating and explained that her unusual physique would grant her great brute strength.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system how to activate Luo Ling’er’s physique, and it advised using an Earth Demonic Bear spirit core while warning that the activation could cause her pain for about two months.

Lu Changzhi activated Luo Ling’er’s Giant Barbarian Physique, raising her aptitude and cultivation to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm. He left Mu Fan to guide her training, while the promised saint-grade disciple remained on the way; later, Luo Ling’er asked for a weapon that suited her.

• Lu Changzhi used the system to activate Luo Ling’er’s physique, and she absorbed the Earth Demonic Bear’s spirit core without pain.
• Luo Ling’er’s physique awakened, her aptitude rose to mid-grade spirit, and her cultivation reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.
• The system awarded Lu Changzhi one person with saint-grade aptitude, but said the reward was still on its way.
• Luo Ling’er struggled to control her new strength, and Lu Changzhi assigned Mu Fan to guide her cultivation.
• Over the next ten-odd days, Lu Changzhi found another person with a hidden physique but left them undisturbed because they were elderly and had never cultivated.
• Mu Fan brought Luo Ling’er to Lu Changzhi, and she asked for a weapon suited to her hand.

Lu Changzhi took Luo Ling'er to the Five Symbols Sect's treasury so she could choose a weapon, while Cang Wenyu discovered her aptitude had risen to the Mid-Grade Spirit Level. Luo Ling'er chose an enormous, door-panel-wide sword, and Cang Wenyu revealed he had a matter concerning everyone on Hidden Origin Peak.

• Lu Changzhi told Luo Ling'er he would take her to see Cang Wenyu so she could find a suitable weapon.
• Cang Wenyu sensed Luo Ling'er's Mid-Grade Spirit Level aptitude and questioned Lu Changzhi about her sudden improvement.
• Lu Changzhi explained that he had an ability to spot unusual qualities and warned Cang Wenyu that Jin Fugui and Mu Fan might still be waiting for their opportunities.
• Cang Wenyu led Lu Changzhi and Luo Ling'er through the Five Symbols Sect's formations to its treasury, where he revealed that another treasury also existed.
• Luo Ling'er chose a massive sword as wide as a door panel and swung it with enough force to uproot a weeping willow.
• Cang Wenyu asked how long Gu Chen planned to remain in seclusion and said the matter he needed him for concerned everyone on Hidden Origin Peak.

Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi about the upcoming true disciples' sparring competition and the Heavenly Azure Ruins, and Lu agreed to attend. Back at Hidden Origin Peak, Luo Ling'er enlisted Xiao Ming to chase Mu Fan, and days later Lu set out for the competition.

• Cang Wenyu explained that the Heavenly Azure Ruins would open in less than six months and that the sect planned a sparring competition with cultivation rewards.
• Lu Changzhi agreed to ask his disciples whether they wanted to compete and accepted Cang Wenyu's invitation to watch.
• Luo Ling'er challenged Mu Fan to a spar, offering him late-night snacks for seven days if he won.
• Mu Fan ran from Luo Ling'er, but Xiao Ming carried her on his neck and chased him until he shouted that they could not bully him like that.
• Several days later, a disciple notified Lu Changzhi that the competition was about to begin, and Lu set out to attend.

At the Five Symbols Sect’s true disciple sparring competition, Lu Changzhi used the system to uncover disciples with hidden physiques and exceptional talents. He discovered a disciple named Luo Zhen with a talent that surprised him.

• Cang Wenyu opened the sparring competition, and true disciples from the various peaks began fighting in realm-separated groups.
• Lu Changzhi’s system found eleven disciples with unawakened hidden physiques, and he recorded their names.
• Lu Changzhi checked Ling Qingyun’s attributes and learned that he was concealing his true Life and Death Realm cultivation.
• Lu Changzhi discovered that Qian Chen had Supreme-Grade Heaven Rank aptitude and a clear sword heart as he sparred evenly with Ling Qingyun.
• Lu Changzhi reviewed the system’s talent results and stopped at Luo Zhen’s entry, surprised by the talent it revealed.

Lu Changzhi discovered that inner sect disciple Luo Zhen possessed the calamity-linked talent Heavenly Sha Lone Star and worried about the danger of nurturing him. He shared a list of promising disciples with Cang Wenyu, then learned Xu Kun planned to promote Luo Zhen and offered to transfer him to Hidden Origin Peak as Lu Changzhi’s disciple.

• Lu Changzhi used the system to locate Luo Zhen and learned that those close to him suffered calamities while Luo Zhen gained luck and opportunities.
• Lu Changzhi watched the sparring session and recorded nearly forty disciples who seemed to have special potential.
• Lu Changzhi gave Cang Wenyu the list and suggested letting the disciples try different activities to discover their abilities.
• Lu Changzhi visited Xu Kun and learned that he intended to promote Luo Zhen to a personal disciple and provide him with more resources.
• Xu Kun asked whether Lu Changzhi wanted Luo Zhen as his disciple and offered to transfer him to Hidden Origin Peak.

Lu Changzhi devised a plan to draw rival sects into poaching Luo Zhen by publicizing his exceptional promotion, hoping to move the Heavenly Sha Lone Star away from the Five Symbols Sect. As he waited for the scheme to attract attention, the system rewarded him for idling.

• Lu Changzhi rejected Xu Kun's offer to take Luo Zhen as a disciple and considered sending him to another sect instead.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak, told Gu Chen about his upcoming cultivation at the Spirit-Gathering Pool, and watched Gu Chen react with shock to Luo Ling'er's enormous greatsword.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu his plan, and they persuaded Xu Kun to make Luo Zhen a true disciple as an exception and spread the news.
• Rumors about Luo Zhen's promotion and possible connection to Hidden Origin Peak spread through the Five Symbols Sect, drawing watchers' attention.
• Lu Changzhi waited for rival sects to try poaching Luo Zhen, then received a saint-tier low-grade Blood Soul False Body from the system for idling for a month.

Lu Changzhi received a Blood Soul False Body and spotted a likely spy among the crowd gathered to watch his meeting with Luo Zhen. After confirming the spy’s identity as Cui Wei, he decided to consult the sect master and others, while Luo Shenghuan remained confident that his disguise was secure.

• Lu Changzhi inspected the Blood Soul False Body, a single-use item that could imitate someone and destroy its target, and considered using it to deal with spies.
• At Luo Zhen’s residence, Lu Changzhi checked Luo Shenghuan’s information and discovered that he was a Creation Realm First Level cultivator disguised as an inner sect disciple.
• Lu Changzhi spoke privately with Luo Zhen, who explained why he wanted to join Hidden Origin Peak, but Lu Changzhi made no decision and left the crowd guessing.
• Lu Changzhi followed Luo Shenghuan, checked the sect records, and learned that the disciple recorded as Cui Wei was the same person; he chose to seek the sect master and others rather than use the Dao-Severing Sword.
• Luo Shenghuan worried that Lu Changzhi might have discovered him, then reassured himself that his concealed presence and talent had kept his identity hidden and planned to approach Luo Zhen later.

Cang Wenyu and Lu Changzhi exposed Luo Shenghuan as a Mystic One Sect spy, but Luo killed himself before they could interrogate him. Lu Changzhi used the Blood Soul False Body to recover Luo’s memories and asked Cang Wenyu to help him stage a deception against the Mystic One Sect.

• Cang Wenyu watched Luo Shenghuan’s residence with Lu Changzhi, then brought Xu Kun and the elders to surround it after nightfall.
• When Luo opened his door, Cang Wenyu called him by his real name, exposing him as an undercover agent; Luo revealed his Creation Realm strength and tried to self-destruct.
• Cang Wenyu suppressed Luo’s self-destruction, but Luo used his remaining strength to kill himself before revealing his secrets.
• Lu Changzhi used the Blood Soul False Body to absorb Luo’s body and lingering soul traces, then acquired Luo’s appearance, presence, and memories.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu that Luo had served the Mystic One Sect and secretly brought in other spies, then asked the sect master to help him put on an act.

Disguised as Luo Shenghuan, Lu Changzhi recruited Luo Zhen to the Mystic One Sect by offering Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and promising favorable treatment. After Luo Zhen swore loyalty and agreed to leave the Five Symbols Sect, Lu Changzhi contacted the Mystic One Sect to arrange his escort.

• Lu Changzhi visited Luo Zhen in disguise and offered him a chance to join the Mystic One Sect, showing him a storage ring containing cultivation resources and a Dao Comprehension Tea Leaf.
• After tasting the tea, Luo Zhen negotiated for more leaves and agreed to consider joining the Mystic One Sect within three days.
• Lu Changzhi returned the next day and gave Luo Zhen fifteen Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves after Luo Zhen swore lifelong loyalty to the Mystic One Sect.
• Lu Changzhi swore to protect Luo Zhen and fulfill their agreement, then told him to leave the Five Symbols Sect discreetly.
• Lu Changzhi used a hidden contact point to notify the Mystic One Sect that Luo Zhen had agreed to join and that they should prepare to receive him.

Luo Zhen left the Five Symbols Sect and declared himself a disciple of the Mystic One Sect, while the apparent clash between the sects turned out to be a scheme involving Lu Changzhi and Xu Kun. Back at Hidden Origin Peak, Gu Chen signed in at the Spirit-Gathering Pool and received another valuable reward.

• Cheng Tianlin learned that Luo Zhen would leave the Five Symbols Sect and arranged for Mystic One Sect forces to meet him.
• Luo Zhen accepted a mission and left aboard a flying boat with Lu Changzhi, despite Xu Kun's attempt to stop him.
• Du Zhou and Mystic One Sect forces intercepted the boat, and Lu Changzhi was struck while throwing Luo Zhen toward Du Zhou.
• Luo Zhen declared that he was joining the Mystic One Sect, and Du Zhou's boat escaped as the sects' elders fought.
• Lu Changzhi returned to the sect in disguise and thanked Xu Kun for helping stage the scene, then declined to reveal his plans for Luo Zhen.
• Gu Chen meditated in the Spirit-Gathering Pool, signed in through his system, and received something good.

Gu Chen obtained a Marrow Cleansing Fruit, while Lu Changzhi received a supreme-grade one from the system and gave it to Luo Ling'er. After her aptitude rose, Lu Changzhi reached Saint-Rank Aptitude and suppressed the resulting heavenly phenomenon, but rumors of a Saint-Rank genius still spread the next day.

• Gu Chen swallowed a Marrow Cleansing Fruit after concealing his presence with a formation.
• Lu Changzhi received a supreme-grade Marrow Cleansing Fruit and chose to give it to Luo Ling'er.
• Luo Ling'er ate the fruit, and the system later announced that her aptitude had risen to High-Grade Spirit Rank.
• Lu Changzhi raised his aptitude to Saint Rank and chose to have the system intercept the heavenly phenomenon.
• The next day, rumors spread that a genius with Saint-Rank Aptitude had appeared in the world.

After a huge celestial phenomenon signaled the birth of a Saint-Rank genius, Lu Changzhi accepted the Five Symbols Sect master's order to search for the child and received a matching disciple-recruitment mission. As rival sects crowded the Eastern Region in search of the genius, Cloud Heaven Holy Land's Elder Xuan sensed that a great power had moved a calamity star to prepare the way for them.

• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that an unprecedented phenomenon had signaled the appearance of a Saint-Rank genius, and Lu accepted the assignment to find them.
• The system gave Lu a mission to recruit a Saint-Rank disciple within three months, with experience points and a gift pack as rewards.
• Lu persuaded Mu Fan to join the search, recruited Jin Fugui, and told Luo Ling'er to stay behind before leaving Hidden Origin Peak with his companions.
• Lu, Mu Fan, Cang Wenyu, and other Five Symbols Sect members traveled by flying boat to the reported area, where many rival factions had also gathered.
• Cang Wenyu assigned elders to protect Lu, handed him a mask, and sent the searchers to cover the vast region for children born in the past two days.
• At Cloud Heaven Holy Land, Elder Xuan told the holy lord that the genius was likely in the Eastern Region and that a great power had moved a calamity star; the holy lord vowed to bring the genius to the Holy Land.

Lu Changzhi searched for a Saint-level disciple while Cloud Heaven Holy Land blocked off the central area, then followed the system’s directions to a mountain and received Mu Fan’s distress signal. He rushed to Mu Fan and found him bound in a valley just as the system detected a matching target.

• Lu Changzhi turned his flying boat away from Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s barrier and later sent his External Avatar across it to search inside the sealed area.
• Lu Changzhi and Mu Fan searched separately, but neither found a Saint-level genius as the days passed.
• Lu Changzhi followed the system’s navigation to a mountain peak and waited there until Mu Fan’s jade talisman flashed with a distress call.
• Lu Changzhi rushed toward the signal in a Saint-tier flying boat and found Mu Fan bound in midair in a valley.
• Mu Fan warned Lu Changzhi that a woman was lying in wait, and the system detected a target matching the Saint-level filtering condition.

Lu Changzhi pursued Qin Li after she attacked him and Mu Fan, discovering that she possessed an incomplete White Tiger Sacred Body and memories of a previous life. As Qin Li tried to negotiate, a Late Void Transformation Realm cultivator suddenly attacked them both.

• Lu Changzhi used the Dao-Severing Sword to shatter the golden attack aimed at his vessel, then chased the fleeing attacker with help from the system.
• Lu Changzhi identified the woman as Qin Li and learned that she was a Sixth Level of the Life and Death Realm cultivator with an incomplete White Tiger Sacred Body and Soul Reincarnation.
• Qin Li recalled that she had attacked Mu Fan for Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and fled after Lu Changzhi revealed his peak-grade Sacred Artifact.
• Qin Li stopped and offered compensation, explaining that she had spared Mu Fan and attacked Lu Changzhi out of caution.
• A Late Void Transformation Realm cultivator arrived, slashed at Lu Changzhi, and sent a gigantic palm toward Qin Li.

Lu Changzhi used the Dao-Severing Sword to kill Lin Chong, a Void Transformation Realm expert, then recruited Qin Li as his disciple. After leaving the area with Qin Li, he reunited with Mu Fan, who jokingly asked whether to call her Junior Sister or Master's wife.

• Lin Chong attacked Lu Changzhi, and the system spent 1,000 experience points to activate the Dao-Severing Sword for a counterattack.
• Lu Changzhi's sword strike erased Lin Chong and left Qin Li stunned by his strength.
• Lu Changzhi decided to recruit Qin Li, and she agreed to become his disciple, completing his mission and earning 4,000 experience points and a gift pack.
• Lu Changzhi and Qin Li left on the flying vessel, and Qin Li explained that her phenomenon had also triggered someone else's.
• Lu Changzhi collected Mu Fan, who praised him and teased him about whether Qin Li was his Junior Sister or Master's wife.

Lu Changzhi opened his saint-level disciple gift packs and received powerful treasures, arrays, and talents. After using his new talents, he discovered that he could draw a saint-tier physique.

• Lu Changzhi sent Mu Fan to tell the elders and sect master that he was safe and had returned to the sect.
• Lu Changzhi opened his saint-level disciple gift pack and obtained Life Spirit Spring Essence, the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array, No Trace of Fate, Fortune Upon the Body, and a disciple evolution gift pack.
• Lu Changzhi used the disciple evolution gift pack and received adult White Tiger essence blood, the secret art Tiger Roars through Mountains and Forests, and Geng Metal Essence.
• Lu Changzhi reviewed his attributes and lamented that he still had a mortal body.
• Lu Changzhi triggered the hidden effect of Master Not Inferior to Disciple and gained a chance to draw a physique, with the maximum tier set at saint-tier.

Lu Changzhi drew the Five Elements Sacred Physique but postponed using it to avoid drawing attention, then healed Qin Li’s demonic Qi with Life Spirit Spring and gave her a storage ring of resources. Meanwhile, the Mystic One Sect learned that Lin Chong had died after offending a Transcendent Realm expert, and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land suspected someone in the Eastern Region had concealed the missing star’s fate.

• Lu Changzhi drew the Five Elements Sacred Physique and decided not to use it while people were nearby.
• Lu Changzhi gave Qin Li a drop of Life Spirit Spring, which erased the demonic Qi and healed her wounds, then handed her a storage ring as a gift.
• Qin Li examined the resources in the ring and wondered what heights Lu Changzhi had reached.
• Cang Wenyu heard that Lu Changzhi had returned to the sect alone and suspected he might be preparing a surprise.
• The Mystic One Sect learned that Lin Chong had died after encountering a powerful sword Dao presence, likely from a Transcendent Realm expert, and discussed finding another elder to teach Luo Zhen.
• Elder Xuan told the Cloud Heaven Holy Lord that the missing star and several Eastern Region stars had disappeared, likely because someone had concealed their fate.

Lu Changzhi brought Qin Li to the Five Symbols Sect, where she discovered the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and chose to live beside it. After strengthening himself and protecting the sect with an illusion array, Lu Changzhi found a city full of drained corpses, and the system issued him a mission.

• Lu Changzhi introduced Qin Li to Luo Ling'er as her junior sister and showed her around Hidden Origin Peak.
• Qin Li sensed the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree and realized Master had planted the legendary tree there; she asked to live nearby, and Lu Changzhi agreed.
• Lu Changzhi used the system to raise his aptitude to the middle grade of the Saint tier and his cultivation to the Peak of the Life and Death Realm.
• Lu Changzhi deployed the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array, shielding the Five Symbols Sect's major peaks and nearby inner disciple residences from outside probing.
• Lu Changzhi's External Avatar reached a small city and found its inhabitants dead, their bodies shriveled; the system then issued a trial mission.

Lu Changzhi learned that Devil Cultists might be behind a city's slaughter and urged Cang Wenyu to investigate before sending disciples after them. As the Five Symbols Sect's inquiry continued, an urgent bell summoned its peak masters and core elders to a meeting.

• Lu Changzhi recalled how the Devil Race and human Devil Cultists operated and suspected Devil Cultists had slaughtered a city.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land experts departed with the junior who had Saint-Rank Aptitude, and Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu about the suspected slaughter.
• Cang Wenyu agreed to send elders to investigate the evil cultivators' actions.
• Gu Chen lamented that he could not defeat Qin Li, then learned she had been injured when Mu Fan encountered her and realized she had held back during their sparring.
• Five days later, a bell rang five times in succession three times, summoning all peak masters and core elders of the Five Symbols Sect to an urgent meeting.

After learning that demonic cultivators had slaughtered nearly ten million people across the Five Symbols Sect's territory, the sect organized a sweeping investigation led by its true disciples. Lu Changzhi prepared to send Gu Chen, Mu Fan, and Qin Li, while hidden evil cultivators underground dismissed the danger of being discovered.

• Cang Wenyu reported the mass killings and ordered a grid-based investigation, with true disciples searching ahead and elders following to protect them.
• Lu Changzhi told Gu Chen about the slaughter and invited him to join the investigation; Gu Chen agreed and planned to investigate the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range.
• Mu Fan volunteered to join, claiming it was his duty before admitting he mainly wanted to go out and have fun.
• Qin Li also joined, saying Mu Fan's skills were too weak to keep him safe, and Mu Fan protested her insult.
• Underground in the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range, one evil cultivator worried that the Five Symbols Sect's investigation would uncover them, but another insisted their hideout was secure.