Recaps

The patriarchs crippled Xia Kun’s clone, and Lu Changzhi used the Dual-Purpose Lightning Tribulation against Xia Ya. At the Xia Clan, a vast tribulation gathered over Xia Kun and began sending taunting words through the clouds.

• The patriarchs disrupted Xia Kun’s attempt to gather power, and Jiang Yuanyin pierced his dantian with a saber, causing his spiritual power to drain away.
• Lu Changzhi told the system to use the Dual-Purpose Lightning Tribulation on Xia Ya as an enemy.
• Xia Kun awoke at the Xia Clan, realized that the Land of the Four Directions had brought true Saint Realm cultivators into the secret realm, and suspected the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty was hiding secrets.
• A lightning tribulation gathered over the Xia Clan and appeared to target Xia Kun, though he could not understand why.
• The clouds spread across three thousand miles, and Xia Kun’s light tore open a rift spelling “Scram.”
• The tribulation expanded again, and Xia Kun’s light opened another rift spelling “That’s it?”

Xia Kun’s lightning tribulation grew into a world-ending threat after Lu Changzhi’s light provoked it repeatedly. As the clouds expanded toward thirty thousand miles, the Xia Clan’s ancestor sent Xia Kun beyond the clan grounds and appealed to the heavens to spare the clan.

• Xia Kun’s light provoked the lightning tribulation again, expanding the clouds to ten thousand miles and turning the lightning purple.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about the taunting characters and learned that the light was insulting the will of heaven and earth.
• The tribulation intensified with golden lightning as the Xia Clan’s members struggled under its pressure and Xia Kun froze in terror.
• The Xia Clan’s ancestor arrived, learned that Xia Kun had provoked the tribulation himself, and sent him toward the clan’s outskirts.
• The ancestor bowed to the heavens and declared that Xia Kun’s personal actions did not represent the Xia Clan.

Lu Changzhi’s scheme drew down golden tribulation lightning that destroyed Xia Kun and erased his karma, while the Xia Clan’s ancestor salvaged a damaged mouth from the blast. Jiang Yuanyin and the others set out to investigate the Xia Clan, and Xia Wentian traced the mystery to the Land of the Four Directions and the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty.

• The Xia Clan’s ancestor moved Xia Kun away from the clan’s territory, leaving him to face the lightning tribulation alone.
• Lu Changzhi revealed to Xia Kun’s avatar that he had caused the tribulation, and golden lightning struck Xia Kun, destroying his body, soul, and karma.
• The Xia Clan’s ancestor caught a damaged mouth that flew from the blast site, but could not deduce its karma.
• Jiang Yuanyin, Dong Li, and Lu Changzhi headed for the teleportation array to deliver a token and try to lure another Xia Clan expert.
• Xia Wentian investigated Xia Kun’s recent information and uncovered a lead involving the Land of the Four Directions and the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty.

Zhou Mu awaited the secret realm’s survivors while Lu Changzhi and the ancestors investigated the destroyed teleportation array and received the Black Dragon’s tail. As more survivors emerged, Qin Jiuxiao celebrated his breakthrough and the Eastern Region’s factions mourned their losses, with Luo Zhen still missing.

• Zhou Mu felt an unexplained unease as he watched the secret realm’s survivors emerge, while Zhou Xun brought the injured Luo Zhen out.
• Jiang Yuanyin, Dong Li, and Huo Zhen examined the destroyed teleportation array and suspected the Xia Clan had used powerful lightning tribulation techniques.
• Huo Zhen gave Lu Changzhi the Black Dragon’s tail to help nourish the disciples, and Lu Changzhi took the group to hunt spirit beasts with Saint Realm ancestors following secretly.
• Qin Jiuxiao emerged from the secret realm after breaking through during a life-threatening fight, then hoped Luo Zhen would never return.
• Dongfang Jun gave Dongfang Yao medicine after hearing his account of the Dongfang Clan’s losses in the secret realm.
• The Eastern Region’s factions grieved as many smaller groups lost all their young members, and observers worried over Cang Wenyu and the region’s declining influence.

Zhou Mu brought the unconscious Luo Zhen to his father, who ordered Zhou Mu to strengthen Luo Zhen’s body so it could withstand his power. Meanwhile, Lu Changzhi’s group neared completion of the secret-realm trial, and Lu Changzhi obtained Qin Li’s beast-taming system and called her over to bind it.

• Zhou Xun delivered the unconscious Luo Zhen to Zhou Mu and reported that Luo Zhen’s injuries had healed rapidly despite his weak Qi.
• Zhou Mu took Luo Zhen to his father, who sensed Luo Zhen’s unusual recovery and ordered Zhou Mu to temper his body until it could withstand his power.
• The old man recalled his foreboding that calamity might befall the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty and decided he needed to prepare on two fronts.
• At the secret realm’s spatial rift, Lu Changzhi waited as the group continued killing spirit beasts and the completed trial tasks surpassed nine thousand.
• Lu Changzhi received Qin Li’s exclusive system, which let her subdue beasts, strengthen herself, and gain their combat abilities, along with the Five Elephants Heaven-Suppressing Seal.
• Lu Changzhi called Qin Li over so she could bind the system.

Lu Changzhi gave Qin Li the Five Elephants Heaven-Suppressing Seal, and gained a trait tied to her Beast-Taming System. He then considered how to accelerate his allies’ cultivation and learned he had to wait for Xiao Ye’s Tongtong to level up before his breakthroughs could be simplified again.

• Qin Li delivered the collected spirit beast essence blood, and Lu Changzhi gave her the Five Elephants Heaven-Suppressing Seal to claim with her blood and soul.
• Qin Li bound the seal and learned it contained a self-contained world, while Lu Changzhi gained the Beast-Loving Ambassador trait through her Beast-Taming System.
• After Qin Li left, Lu Changzhi worried that his disciples and allies were advancing too slowly and resolved to find ways to help them improve.
• Lu Changzhi asked when his realm breakthroughs could be simplified again, and the system said he had to wait for Xiao Ye’s Tongtong to level up.
• The system reported that Xiao Ye’s Tongtong had reached 94% progress, and Lu Changzhi decided to enter the Saint Realm before seeking simplified breakthroughs.

Lu Changzhi and several disciples left the secret realm while Gu Chen and Qin Li stayed behind, as the Struggle of the Heaven's Chosen ended. In the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, Ji Bochang warned Zhou Mu that the dynasty's fortune might be declining and a calamity could soon threaten it.

• Lu Changzhi decided to return to Hidden Origin Peak to prepare for his Saint Realm breakthrough, and Mu Fan piloted the Void Shuttle carrying Xiao Ye, Luo Ling'er, and Jin Fugui toward the exit while Gu Chen and Qin Li stayed in the secret realm.
• People in Heaven's Chosen City watched the secret realm close and speculated about the final rankings, Dai Tianfeng's disappearance, and the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty's losses.
• Zhou Mu rejected a proposal to reclaim resources from other factions immediately and said they could take them back later, after his father advanced using Luo Zhen's body.
• Ji Bochang told Zhou Mu that his observations suggested the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty's fortune might be in danger and that a calamity could threaten it soon.
• Zhou Mu asked Ji Bochang to investigate whether the other factions' fortune had changed, considering plundering a faction whose fortune was improving.

After the secret realm closed, the Cloud Heaven Holy Land learned that its fortunes were improving, while Huang Yunya suspected Luo Zhen had caused its decline. Back on Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi warned Cang Wenyu away from the doomed Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, rewarded the Iron-Armored Brown Ape, and then saw a huge red bird rush toward him in the Heavenly Azure Secret Realm.

• Qin Jiuxiao told the Cloud Heaven Holy Land elder that he had not seen Luo Zhen, then considered whether a building in Heaven's Chosen City could help him.
• Huang Yunya confirmed that Luo Zhen's soul jade remained intact and asked Elder Xuan to check the Holy Land's fortunes; Elder Xuan reported that they were improving, though Luo Zhen no longer appeared among its celestial signs.
• Huang Yunya concluded that Luo Zhen had caused the Holy Land's fortunes to worsen, while Elder Xuan kept his doubts to himself.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu that he had warned the Five Symbols Sect to leave because the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty faced bad luck, then gave him a storage ring of gifts.
• Lu Changzhi visited the Heavenly Azure Secret Realm, praised the Iron-Armored Brown Ape's spirit-beast production line, and rewarded him with spirit-beast essence blood.
• A fiery red bird spread its wings and swept toward Lu Changzhi as Mu Fan watched the production line.

Lu Changzhi watched Xiao Ming outgrow and outpace Mu Fan, who ended up feeding the bird and imagining how useful it could be as a bomber. After returning to Hidden Origin Peak, Lu Changzhi heard that the level-four shop upgrade reward was being distributed.

• Xiao Ming returned to Lu Changzhi, ate Saint Rank spirit fruits, and asked Mu Fan for food.
• Xiao Ming challenged Mu Fan to a race, but Mu Fan bolted early with his Wind Wings and Saint Artifact boots.
• Xiao Ming caught up, sucked Mu Fan into his beak, then spat him out toward the ground.
• Mu Fan gave Xiao Ming a pile of fruit and began thinking of using it to carry Iron Trees for explosions.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Hidden Origin Peak and heard the system announce the level-four shop upgrade reward.

Lu Changzhi received the Seed of Chaos as a reward and began communicating with it after learning the system could not refine it for him. Five days passed with him still immersed in the process, leaving Mu Fan, Luo Ling’er, and Xiao Ye wondering whether he had entered seclusion.

• Lu Changzhi learned that the Seed of Chaos could evolve into a world of his own and potentially suppress opponents, though the system warned that doing so would take considerable effort.
• The system said nobody had ever refined a Seed of Chaos, then claimed Lu Changzhi would succeed because of who he was, hinting that something about him might be hidden.
• Lu Changzhi set aside his questions about his past and decided to focus on reaching the Saint Realm before asking the system to refine the seed.
• The system admitted it could not handle the Seed of Chaos, so Lu Changzhi entered it with his consciousness and began communicating with it.
• Five days later, Mu Fan, Luo Ling’er, and Xiao Ye noticed Lu Changzhi was absent from the dining table and wondered if he had gone into seclusion.
• Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun hurried toward the group on Hidden Origin Peak.

Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun visited Lu Changzhi to ask about the eggs, while Fang Ling emerged from seclusion and rushed to find Luo Zhen after learning the secret realm had ended early. Luo Zhen remained imprisoned in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, where Zhou Mu ordered his brutal treatment to continue as his body grew stronger for Zhou Mu’s father.

• Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun came to Lu Changzhi’s home to ask about the eggs, but Mu Fan said Lu Changzhi was in seclusion.
• Luo Ling’er worried that the eggs had gone bad or tasted unpleasant, while Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun avoided explaining their effects.
• Fang Ling broke through during seclusion and learned that the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty’s secret realm had ended early and Luo Zhen was missing.
• Fang Ling discovered Luo Zhen’s soul jade was intact and flew straight to Heaven’s Chosen City to look for him.
• Luo Zhen endured repeated beatings and restorative baths while held captive in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty.
• Zhou Mu observed that Luo Zhen was growing stronger and ordered his captors to keep up the intensity so his body would be ready for Zhou Mu’s father.

Qin Han traveled toward the Buddhist Order in the Western Region, hoping to wake Elder Hua, while news of the secret realm’s rankings spread. The Buddhist Order’s divination warned of an approaching calamity, and Lu Changzhi finished refining the Seed of Chaos and prepared to seek a place to break through.

• Qin Han flew toward the Buddhist Order, postponing his plans to enter the Extreme Arms Holy Land until he could wake Elder Hua.
• People discussed the secret realm rankings, noting the Northern Region’s dominance and the Buddhist Order’s sole top-ten entrant.
• The abbot told the old Buddha Lord that the secret realm entrance and exit had sealed shut, and the old Buddha Lord’s prayer bead shattered during a divination.
• The old Buddha Lord warned that a calamity was approaching the Buddhist Order, and the abbot declared that it would not come from the Buddhist path alone.
• Lu Changzhi woke after refining for nine days, sensed the world differently through the Seed of Chaos, and decided to find a place to break through.

Lu Changzhi sought a remote place in the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range to break through to the Saint Realm, while Qin Han arrived nearby and began exploring alone. Lu Changzhi’s Qi triggered an immense lightning tribulation, drawing Qin Han’s attention and alarming the Buddhist Order’s abbot as the clouds spread across thousands of li.

• Qin Li and Gu Chen left the secret realm and headed back to the Five Symbols Sect.
• Lu Changzhi traveled to the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range and prepared to undergo his breakthrough away from the sect.
• Qin Han spotted the mountain range, reflected on his reliance on Elder Hua, and steered his flying boat down to explore.
• Lu Changzhi’s presence connected with heaven and earth, and his Qi drew dark tribulation clouds over the mountain range.
• Qin Han recognized the clouds as a Saint Lightning Tribulation and decided to watch, while the clouds expanded beyond a hundred li.
• The abbot of the Buddhist Order saw the tribulation clouds spread across three thousand li and wondered how far they would grow.

A vast Lightning Tribulation spread across the Land of the Four Directions, leaving observers unable to believe anyone could provoke such a phenomenon. When the clouds reached a hundred thousand li, Qin Li recognized that the tribulation exceeded anything in history and urgently told Gu Chen to return to Hidden Origin Peak.

• Countless people, including Dongfang Jun, mistook the expanding clouds for a Saint Tribulation and wondered who could endure it.
• Qin Li and Gu Chen watched the clouds surpass ten thousand li, and Qin Li suspected someone had strengthened the tribulation.
• Qin Han first tried to flee the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, then stayed because he refused to feel inferior to whoever faced the tribulation.
• The clouds spread to thirty thousand li, prompting people across the land to fear an omen, while Zhou Mu and the old man suspected the Struggle for Longevity was approaching and ordered Luo Zhen's training accelerated.
• Qin Li saw the clouds reach a hundred thousand li, declared that scale unprecedented, and urgently told Gu Chen to return to Hidden Origin Peak.

As Lu Changzhi prepared to face a world-destroying lightning tribulation, the seven-colored light that would form it descended from the heavens. A gigantic hand emerged from a rift in the sky and destroyed the light before the tribulation could take shape.

• Qin Li recognized the seven-colored light as a sign of world-destroying lightning punishment and decided to return to Hidden Origin Peak to find her master.
• In the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, Qin Han struggled against the heavenly pressure, collapsed unconscious, and entered Sudden Enlightenment.
• Lu Changzhi learned from the system that the Heavenly Dao had sent world-destroying lightning punishment against him and raised his Dao-Severing Sword to face it.
• A rift opened in the sky, and a gigantic palm swatted the seven-colored light into the void.

Lu Changzhi began using Sudden Enlightenment while enduring the remaining Saint lightning tribulation, after a mysterious palm destroyed the World-Destroying Lightning Tribulation. Across the Land of the Four Directions, witnesses struggled to understand the spectacle, and Xu Kun noticed that Lu Changzhi's tribulation had produced more than nine bolts.

• Lu Changzhi asked the system about the giant hand, learned that someone seemed to be protecting him, and set aside his questions to face the remaining Saint lightning tribulation.
• The system told Lu Changzhi he had gained a Sudden Enlightenment chance from Qin Han's opportunity, so he used it to comprehend the Chaos Law as tribulation lightning struck him.
• People throughout the Land of the Four Directions panicked over the seven-colored light, the rift in the heavens, and the palm that had destroyed the World-Destroying Lightning Tribulation.
• At the Buddhist Order, the old abbot wondered whether the spectacle was the great calamity foretold by the old Buddha Lord and watched Lu Changzhi's tribulation with alarm.
• Aboard the flying boat, Qin Li suspected that her master had made the palm strike and wondered again how such a powerful master could have such weak disciples.
• At the Five Symbols Sect, Cang Wenyu and Xu Kun doubted Lu Changzhi could have reached the Saint Realm so quickly, but Xu Kun saw that more than nine bolts of tribulation lightning were falling.

Lu Changzhi endured an extraordinary Lightning Tribulation over the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, using the Chaos Law, the Seed of Chaos, and Life Spirit Spring Essence to heal and temper his body. After more than eighty bolts, he prepared to test his new understanding against a golden bolt forming in the clouds.

• Cang Wenyu and other observers realized that the Lightning Tribulation had exceeded the recorded limit, and factions sent people to investigate the commotion.
• Lu Changzhi remained immersed in Sudden Enlightenment as the lightning battered him and the summit of the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Peak collapsed beneath him.
• The Buddhist Order's abbot spotted a figure surviving the lightning and wondered how anyone could attract so many bolts.
• As the tribulation turned purple, Lu Changzhi stood and endured its strikes with his physical body, then drank Life Spirit Spring Essence and healed within three breaths.
• Lu Changzhi used the repeated lightning strikes to temper his body as the tribulation grew golden and passed more than eighty bolts.
• Lu Changzhi opened his eyes and prepared to apply what he had learned to the golden bolt forming in the clouds.

Lu Changzhi survived an unprecedented golden tribulation lightning bolt, entered the Saint Realm, and returned toward the Five Symbols Sect to rest. Meanwhile, observers at a great barrier saw that it had been badly damaged and worried that Lu Changzhi’s actions had accelerated its collapse.

• Lu Changzhi used the Seed of Chaos to study tribulation lightning as the golden bolt formed, frightening observers across the Land of the Four Directions.
• The golden lightning struck Lu Changzhi and devastated the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, then shot back into the sky and caused the tribulation cloud to dissipate.
• Lu Changzhi emerged injured, underwent the transformation into the Saint Realm, and healed with the aid of the Life Spirit Spring.
• Lu Changzhi cleaned away traces of his presence, boarded the Void Shuttle, and headed back to the Five Symbols Sect to rest.
• Several figures near the barrier saw a vast rift that exposed the Land of the Four Directions and discussed how Lu Changzhi’s actions might hasten the barrier’s collapse.

Lu Changzhi returned to the Five Symbols Sect after reaching the Saint Realm and revealed his breakthrough to Cang Wenyu, who realized the earlier Lightning Tribulation had been his. Jiang Yuanyin later visited to discuss the sect’s preparations and an additional matter he had come to raise.

• Qin Han awoke amid the ruined Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range, then fled when he sensed someone probing him, drawing several flying boats in pursuit.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about upgrading the shop and learned Jin Fugui was the only disciple who still needed a system, but another Disciple Trial could not be purchased for more than half a month.
• Lu Changzhi returned to the Five Symbols Sect and revealed to Cang Wenyu that he had reached the Saint Realm and caused the Lightning Tribulation; Cang Wenyu said he would inform the ancestor.
• Qin Li confirmed that Lu Changzhi had been responsible for the earlier Lightning Tribulation, and Xiao Ye announced he would return to the Xiao Clan to handle its coming crises.
• Jiang Yuanyin visited Lu Changzhi, reported that the Nine-Story Tower remained linked to the secret realm, and said he had come mainly about another matter.

Mu Fan agreed to study forging at the Extreme Arms Holy Land, while Gu Chen set out to temper himself in Linhai City. Two days after a strange sky-wide upheaval, rumors drew people toward the Eastern Region, and Qin Jiuxiao decided to investigate.

• Jiang Yuanyin convinced Mu Fan to study at the Extreme Arms Holy Land, and he left with her after stocking up on food from Luo Ling'er.
• Gu Chen told Lu Changzhi he would travel to Linhai City to temper himself, and Lu Changzhi attached a wisp of his will to protect him.
• Lu Changzhi reflected that several of his disciples had left and considered how to make better use of Pull Up the Seedlings to Grow Together.
• Rumors about a heaven-defying treasure or an ancient tomb beneath the Heaven-Reaching Mountain Range drew flying boats and investigators to the Eastern Region.
• Qin Jiuxiao decided to lead preparations to travel to the Eastern Region, believing the trip could improve his fortunes.

Lu Changzhi visited the hidden retreat of the Five Symbols Sect’s ancestors and discovered how powerful they were and how the sect was organized. Liang Si introduced the worldly and secluded divisions, then brought Lu Changzhi to a glassy hall.

• Cang Wenyu brought Lu Changzhi to a disguised formation, where an illusion concealed his entry into the ancestors’ retreat.
• Lu Changzhi met more than thirty ancestors, learned they were Saint Kings, and discovered Liang Si had reached the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Liang Si introduced himself as the twenty-eighth sect master and explained that he led the Five Symbols Sect’s worldly division.
• Liang Si explained that the Dao-protecting ancestors searched for lost inheritances so the paths of deceased cultivators would not vanish.
• Liang Si told Lu Changzhi that the secluded division was elsewhere and led him to a blue-green glass hall.

Lu Changzhi entered a palace his parents had left for him and watched a recording from his father explain why they had been absent. He learned that his Lu clan bloodline had been removed when he was young and that the palace could help restore it now that he had reached the Saint Realm.

• Liang Si told Lu Changzhi that his parents had left the palace for him to open after entering the Saint Realm.
• Lu Changzhi opened the palace and found a deep pool, a central platform, and statues of a man and a woman.
• A recording of Lu Changzhi’s father explained that the Lu clan’s ninth generation faced a crucial bloodline change and that his parents had stayed away because of tangled karmic ties.
• Lu Changzhi’s father revealed that the Lu clan bloodline had been removed from Lu Changzhi when he was young because he could not withstand its power.
• Lu Changzhi’s father said the palace could help return the bloodline now that Lu Changzhi had reached the Saint Realm and pointed out a book about it.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Lu Clan Bloodline could summon ancestral incarnations and use their accumulated cultivation knowledge, though activating it carried great costs and drew hostility from powerful forces. He returned the bloodline to his body, while in the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty, Luo Zhen sensed an unseen power growing inside him through repeated beatings.

• Lu Changzhi read that the Summoning People Bloodline came from a Five Symbols Sect principle and let descendants draw on ancestral skills and summon ancestral incarnations.
• Lu Changzhi learned that the bloodline consumed enormous strength, had to be removed before it harmed those below the Saint Realm, and could attract hostility from Heavenly Daos and stronger beings.
• Lu Changzhi asked the system about improving the bloodline, and the system said it might be possible but not yet.
• Lu Changzhi lay on the platform as medicinal liquid and a formation began restoring the bloodline to his body.
• Luo Zhen endured another round of beatings and sensed an invisible power gathering and growing within him, inspiring him to welcome the torment.

Gu Chen traveled to Linhai City and learned that it had suddenly become a cultivation paradise, with Origin Spiritual Power spreading through the area. As a huge wave approached the crowded city, he frowned and retreated.

• Gu Chen asked a traveler why so many people were heading to Linhai City and learned that its cultivation environment had changed over the past two days.
• Gu Chen sensed Origin Spiritual Power in the air, recognized its rarity, and took out a communication stone to report it to the Five Symbols Sect.
• Gu Chen arrived above Linhai City and spotted the crowded city lord's manor amid the many visitors and flying boats.
• People noticed a rapidly rising wave offshore, but most stayed to watch or headed toward the sea, treating it as an exciting spectacle.
• As the wave grew to nearly four people's height, Gu Chen frowned and immediately retreated.

Gu Chen returned to Linhai City as a colossal wave threatened to destroy it, then used a formation to shield the city and save its residents. After receiving a Saint Artifact and other rewards for checking in, he heard reports of monsters in the sea.

• The seawater rushed backward and swept people toward a towering wave as residents fled Linhai City.
• Gu Chen returned against the flow and scattered objects around the city to raise a protective formation and wall.
• The wave crashed over Linhai City, but the formation held and the city remained standing as the water receded.
• The city lord and residents thanked Gu Chen, who explained that he could not stand by while they faced certain death.
• Gu Chen checked in and received a Low-Grade Saint Artifact Sky-Rending Spear, a Saint Rank Peak Grade Deep-Water Traveling Boat, and three random enhancement-strength rewards.
• People aboard flying boats spotted monsters in the sea and cried out in alarm.