Recaps

Li Baimei received a token from Yang Kaizhi to explore the World in the Painting, while Lu Changzhi took Gu Chen into the outside world. There, Gu Chen met Jiang Tong and learned that he was an ancestor of the Five Symbols Sect.

• Yang Kaizhi gave Li Baimei a token to enter the World in the Painting and search for a way to master the power he could sense.
• Lu Changzhi said he would take Gu Chen outside first, while Mu Fan and Zhong Ming chose to remain on Hidden Origin Peak.
• Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen traveled through the underground passage and emerged into the outside world.
• The system spoke of using its special talent to rescue things gathering dust, and Jiang Tong appeared before Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen greeted Jiang Tong as Senior Jiang until Lu Changzhi corrected him and said he should greet him as an ancestor of the Five Symbols Sect.

Jiang Tong brought Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen to join the Jiang Clan’s party entering the World in the Painting, where Jiang Kui was assigned to accompany them. Tai Jiuling ordered the Cao Clan to target Lu Changzhi inside, while Lu Changzhi surveyed the gathered experts and their surroundings.

• Jiang Tong brought Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen to the Jiang Clan hall and introduced them to Jiang Kui, who agreed to look after them in the World in the Painting.
• Jiang Tong led the Jiang Clan party through a teleportation gate to the crowded area outside the city where entrants had gathered.
• Cao Clan experts recognized Jiang Tong’s arrival and speculated that Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen were important, while lamenting the Tai Clan’s demands.
• Tai Jiuling showed the Cao Clan a portrait of Lu Changzhi, ordered them to leave him in the World in the Painting at any cost, and supplied three pills to strengthen their people.
• Tai Jiuling recalled that Lu Changzhi had escaped him before and decided the Cao Clan should gravely wound him if they could not kill him, while Lu Changzhi surveyed the crowd and noted its stronger Qi.

Lu Changzhi learned that Gu De had come to the World in the Painting and prompted Li Baimei to offer him a place with the Huaxia Sect. Li Baimei invited Gu De to enter with him, leaving Gu De’s response unknown.

• Lu Changzhi discussed the World in the Painting with Gu Chen and saw the Huaxia Sect arrive with Li Baimei among them.
• Lu Changzhi discovered Chu Ping'an was heading to the gathering while following Gu De, who was also on his way there.
• Gu De arrived with his entourage and spotted Li Baimei, wondering whether Li Baimei had truly benefited from his time away.
• Lu Changzhi had the system tell Li Baimei that Gu De was present and asked whether he would offer him a chance.
• Li Baimei located Gu De after a sudden bolt of lightning marked his position, then invited him to enter the World in the Painting with him.

Li Baimei publicly invited Gu De into the World in the Painting, and Gu De accepted despite suspecting a trap. After the crowd objected to Gu De bringing his followers, he went in alone while they waited outside.

• Li Baimei drew attention with a sudden lightning strike and invited Gu De to enter the World in the Painting with him.
• Gu De realized Li Baimei had likely staged the commotion to make refusing the public invitation difficult, but accepted anyway.
• Gu De's followers started to accompany him, prompting the other factions to object that too many outsiders would take up space and affect their quotas.
• Li Baimei said Gu De should enter alone, and Gu De ordered his followers to wait outside.
• One follower warned Gu De by voice transmission that Li Baimei might be setting a trap, but Gu De told him to shut up and continued forward.

Li Baimei invited Chu Ping'an to enter the World in the Painting alongside Gu De, leaving Chu Ping'an wary but eager to seek an opportunity. Lu Changzhi planned to create danger involving water and fire, while Gu De grew uneasy about Li Baimei and remembered Yang Kaizhi.

• Chu Ping'an wondered why Li Baimei had approached Gu De and suspected Li Baimei might be trying to interfere with his plans.
• Li Baimei noticed Chu Ping'an and invited him to enter the World in the Painting with the others.
• Chu Ping'an questioned his system about Li Baimei's motives, then concluded Li Baimei had noticed how closely he followed Gu De and decided to go in anyway.
• Li Baimei studied Chu Ping'an, while Lu Changzhi was pleased that both Chu Ping'an and Gu De would enter the World in the Painting.
• Lu Changzhi considered how to put Gu De in danger involving water and fire, and Gu De felt uneasy as he looked at Li Baimei and remembered Yang Kaizhi.

As the World in the Painting appeared, Lu Changzhi watched the ink entrance form while the factions prepared to compete for limited places. When the Huaxia Sect had entered and the other factions charged, Lu Changzhi grabbed Jiang Kui and used a mysterious power to send them forward.

• The world around Lu Changzhi and the others turned into a flat, monochrome ink painting as the World in the Painting appeared.
• Jiang Tong identified a spreading mass of ink as the entrance, and a voice warned that factions exceeding their place limits would be hunted by the others.
• Jiang Kui warned Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen that the entrance might not admit everyone, while Tai Jiuling watched them and wondered whether they were avoiding the contest.
• After the Huaxia Sect entered, the younger members of the factions manifested their clan symbols and rushed toward the shrinking entrance.
• Lu Changzhi said they should enter together, put a hand on Jiang Kui's shoulder, and enveloped him in power, making Jiang Kui suddenly feel weightless.

Jiang Kui, Lu Changzhi, and Gu Chen entered the World in the Painting, leaving the Jiang Clan and Tai Clan experts outside astonished by their speed. Inside, three frenzied Cao Clan youths who had taken life-burning pills caught up with them, and Jiang Kui prepared to fight.

• Jiang Kui, Lu Changzhi, and Gu Chen rushed into the World in the Painting, astonishing the Jiang Clan experts and impressing Jiang Tong.
• Tai Jiuling ordered the Cao Clan youths to take pills as soon as they entered and catch up with the Jiang Clan members.
• Jiang Kui thanked Lu Changzhi for getting them inside, and Lu Changzhi and Gu Chen examined the painted world and its strange energy.
• Gu Chen sensed three approaching presences and saw three Cao Clan youths rushing toward them with their strength surging from life-burning pills.
• Jiang Kui drew his spear, said he would take on two Cao Clan youths, and left the third to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen and Jiang Kui fought three pill-fueled Cao Clan men in the World in the Painting, while Gu De and Li Baimei recognized Gu Chen. The battle escalated when Jiang Kui and one of his opponents unleashed powerful attacks, leaving Li Baimei wary of the clan juniors’ backing.

• Jiang Kui told Gu Chen to handle one opponent, and the two of them split up to fight the three Cao Clan men.
• Gu De recognized Gu Chen’s Qi from the Land of Contemplation, while Li Baimei remembered him from the incident involving “Ancestor, Aid Me” and considered taking revenge.
• Gu Chen held an advantage over his opponent in their drawn-out fight and realized the Cao Clan men were targeting Lu Changzhi.
• Jiang Kui struggled to hold off two frenzied opponents and hurled an object that transformed into a powerful staff.
• A Cao Clan expert answered with a giant figure, and their attacks collided with enough force to make nearby spectators retreat.
• Li Baimei realized the clan juniors could use their factions’ power and worried that he lacked comparable support.

Lu Changzhi avoided Tai Yin’s surprise attack in the World in the Painting and realized the assassin’s identity. After an unseen voice offered help, Lu Changzhi activated Idle for Tai Yin against him.

• The World in the Painting erased Jiang Kui’s staff and another powerful attack before they could strike.
• Lu Changzhi noticed the presence he believed belonged to the Scroll of the Falling Brush’s Artifact Spirit.
• Tai Yin tried to kill Lu Changzhi with a dagger, but Lu Changzhi dodged and Tai Yin changed his appearance.
• Lu Changzhi identified the disguised attacker as Tai Yin through the system, though both acted as if they had never met.
• An unseen voice asked Tai Yin whether he needed help, and Lu Changzhi activated Idle for Tai Yin.

Lu Changzhi used Reverse Idling on Tai Yin, causing Tai Yin’s cultivation to decline even after he escaped and disguised himself. Tai Yin tried to kill Lu Changzhi with a powerful prepared attack, but the World in the Painting erased it, leaving Tai Yin facing Lu Changzhi’s knowing smile.

• Lu Changzhi activated Reverse Idling on Tai Yin, consuming many Idle Points and beginning to weaken his cultivation.
• Tai Yin sensed his cultivation declining, used Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell to escape and disguise himself, but the decline continued and Lu Changzhi tracked him.
• Tai Yin concluded that Lu Changzhi could see through his disguise and chose to use the killing move Tai Jiuling had prepared.
• Tai Yin unleashed the Tai Clan’s powerful attack, but the World in the Painting erased it before it could strike.
• Tai Yin cursed the World in the Painting and saw Lu Changzhi looking at him with a faint smile.

Tai Yin discovered that Lu Changzhi’s strange power was making him younger and erasing his abilities, then summoned the other Tai Clan members for help. The four suspected Lu Changzhi was responsible, but his wooden token and the Huaxia Sect’s presence kept them from acting against him.

• Tai Yin realized that techniques he had learned in recent years were vanishing from his memory as he tried to escape.
• Tai Yin asked the four other Tai Clan members to help kill the man, but they refused to join him.
• One Tai Clan member pointed out that Tai Yin looked younger, and Tai Yin confirmed his appearance had changed before discovering that his hair was gone.
• Tai Yin showed the four what had happened to him, and they concluded that Lu Changzhi was responsible.
• Lu Changzhi displayed the Huaxia Sect’s small wooden token, and a Tai Clan member warned that the Tai Clan would not forgive the Jiang Clan if Tai Yin were harmed.
• Lu Changzhi replied that no one was attacking Tai Yin and nothing would happen to him.

The Tai Clan sealed Tai Yin inside a small tower while Lu Changzhi continued watching the fighting in the World in the Painting. A mysterious young woman appeared before Tai Xukun, and Lu Changzhi recognized her as the Artifact Spirit of the Scroll of the Falling Brush.

• The Tai Clan decided Tai Yin's strange regression was not an immediate threat and prioritized the World in the Painting over confronting the Jiang Clan or Huaxia Sect.
• One of Tai Yin's clansmen used a small tower to take him inside and keep him safe, and the others resumed focusing on the World in the Painting.
• Lu Changzhi judged that Reverse Idling was slowly affecting Tai Yin and stopped watching when the tower hid him from view.
• Lu Changzhi turned his attention to Gu Chen and Jiang Kui's intensifying battle, then sensed a new presence near Tai Xukun.
• A young woman appeared in front of Tai Xukun, and Lu Changzhi recognized her as the Artifact Spirit of the Scroll of the Falling Brush.

The Artifact Spirit of the Scroll of the Falling Brush confronted the Tai Clan and demanded that they release the man inside their tower. After she revealed herself as the World Spirit and forced them to comply, she focused on Tai Yin as he continued changing in the frozen World in the Painting.

• The Artifact Spirit demanded that Tai Xukun release the man in the tower, and threatened him when he questioned her.
• The four Tai Clan members attacked the Artifact Spirit, but she made their attacks vanish.
• Tai Xukun asked whether she was the World Spirit, and she made the four Tai Clan members’ presences vanish as well.
• Tai Xukun brought out the tower and released Tai Yin, whose appearance had changed to that of a teenager.
• The Artifact Spirit froze everything in the World in the Painting except Tai Yin, who continued changing.

A mysterious woman’s power of time made Tai Yin regress through his entire life until he vanished. Chu Ping'an and Gu De suspected Li Baimei might be connected to the power, while the other observers coveted it but remained unable to move.

• Tai Yin realized the woman was attacking him as his thoughts and body grew weaker.
• The observers saw Tai Yin grow younger and suspected that the woman was using the power of time.
• Chu Ping'an asked his system whether Li Baimei was responsible, but it could not identify the source of the power.
• Gu De recalled the Land of Contemplation’s repeating timeline and began to doubt Li Baimei’s motives.
• Tai Yin regressed from adulthood to infancy, then shrank into a speck and disappeared.

The woman’s control over the World in the Painting suddenly vanished, allowing Jiang Kui and Gu Chen to ambush and kill their Cao Clan opponents. After investigating the power of time, the woman drew the Tai Clan’s attention to Lu Changzhi, whom they accused of causing the strange events.

• The woman murmured that someone in the world could control time, then the force restraining everyone disappeared.
• Gu Chen urged Jiang Kui to attack, and Jiang Kui killed both Cao Clan fighters with a prepared killing method.
• Jiang Kui asked Gu Chen how he had reacted so quickly, and Gu Chen explained that the unexpected moment was an ideal chance for a sneak attack.
• Lu Changzhi concluded that Reverse Idling was too slow to be useful in battle, while the Scroll of the Falling Brush’s Artifact Spirit appeared interested in the power of time.
• The woman searched the gathered people and seemed to find no answer, while the Tai Clan members regained their senses and accused Lu Changzhi of causing the events.

Chu Ping'an suspected the Tai Clan had falsely accused Lu Changzhi of mastering the power of time, while Lu Changzhi revealed that he had stolen items from the Tai Clan and used one during Tai Yin's attack. The Tai clansmen were left unable to explain how their intact, clan-issued storage rings had ended up in Lu Changzhi's hands.

• Chu Ping'an checked Lu Changzhi with the system, found him unremarkable, and decided he could spread a rumor about Gu De instead.
• The Artifact Spirit confronted Lu Changzhi and warned him to hand over the power of time if he possessed it.
• Lu Changzhi said Tai Yin had attacked him because he had stolen something from the Tai Clan, and a clansman claimed Tai Yin had simply wanted to kill him.
• Lu Changzhi challenged the clansman to give a better reason and suggested he had stumbled upon a Tai Clan secret.
• Lu Changzhi produced several storage rings and a used item, saying he had taken the rings from the Tai Clan and used something inside during the attack.
• The assembled people recognized the rings as matching those worn by the Tai clansmen, while the Tai clansmen were shocked that their intact clan-issued rings had been stolen.

Lu Changzhi revealed the Huaxia Sect's little wooden plaque, prompting the sect's members and representatives to prepare to protect its holder. He gave the plaque to Gu Chen and agreed to let the Tai Clan investigate him, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• A Tai Clan member asked the Artifact Spirit to set aside an area where the clan could force Lu Changzhi to surrender the power of time.
• Lu Changzhi accused the Tai Clan of pursuing him despite knowing he had the Huaxia Sect's protection, then revealed the little wooden plaque.
• Huaxia Sect members prepared to act, and one told Li Baimei that they had to help whoever held the plaque; Gu De and Chu Ping'an also learned they would be expected to fight.
• A Huaxia Sect representative asked the Artifact Spirit to excuse their intervention, while the Tai Clan weighed the risks of attacking Lu Changzhi.
• Lu Changzhi handed the plaque to Gu Chen and agreed to let the Tai Clan investigate him.

Lu Changzhi tossed aside the Huaxia Sect's token and challenged the four members of the Tai Clan, then used his speed and the power of time to make it appear that one of them had used it. The woman confronted the suspected Tai Clan member, while the onlookers realized Lu Changzhi was trying to expose a scapegoat scheme.

• Lu Changzhi threw away the Huaxia Sect's small wooden token, prompting onlookers to wonder whether he could control time.
• The woman isolated Lu Changzhi and the four Tai Clan members in a separate realm, and Lu Changzhi urged them to attack.
• Lu Changzhi charged at the Tai Clan members at extraordinary speed, then suddenly darted away from his apparent target.
• Chu Ping'an asked the system whether Lu Changzhi was really not the protagonist, and the system said he was not.
• Lu Changzhi accused the Tai Clan of being thieves crying 'Stop thief!' as the woman confronted the man he had targeted.
• A Tai Clan member warned the man that Lu Changzhi had deliberately made it look as if he used the power of time.

A strange power emerged from within a Tai Clan member, while Lu Changzhi began irreversibly growing younger. After the woman struck the Tai Clan member and he vanished into the void, she watched the power and said she had found a way to bring A Diao back.

• The Tai Clan member denied causing the earlier death, but a familiar fluctuation appeared within his body and made the onlookers suspect the Tai Clan possessed the power of time.
• Lu Changzhi noticed that he was growing younger and asked the woman to stop the fluctuation; she sealed the Tai Clan member’s power, but Lu Changzhi’s change continued.
• As the crowd urged Lu Changzhi to share his movement technique, the ordinary-looking Tai Clan member insisted that Lu Changzhi had framed him.
• The power inside the Tai Clan member flashed toward the woman, who dodged and struck him, causing him to dissolve into the void while the power remained suspended in midair.
• The woman watched the mysterious power for more than ten breaths, then said she had finally found a way to bring A Diao back, leaving Lu Changzhi wondering whether Artifact Spirits could change between male and female.

A Luo summoned a Venerable One to claim the power of time, but it resisted his attempt to seize it. He ordered A Luo to annihilate everyone in the World in the Painting, leaving Chu Ping'an wondering whether Li Baimei had planned this too.

• A Luo lit incense to summon someone while Lu Changzhi continued growing younger under the power of time.
• The incense smoke formed a figure that exploded when it looked toward the power of time, and the incense fragments formed a spatial gateway.
• An old man emerged from the gateway, whom A Luo greeted as the Venerable One.
• The Venerable One reached for the power of time, but it consumed his power and began aging his hand; he withdrew, delighted by its apparent spirituality.
• The Venerable One told A Luo to annihilate everyone present, and Chu Ping'an wondered whether Li Baimei had arranged the danger as part of a plan.

Jin Wuliang and A Luo trapped everyone in the World in the Painting, sealing their powers and leaving them unable to resist. Li Baimei accepted help from the mysterious voice, allowing Lu Changzhi to take control of his body and present Jiang Tong’s Forcibly Twisted Melon to A Luo.

• Jin Wuliang dismissed the Huaxia Sect as too small to concern him and focused on the power of time.
• A Luo raised the pressure throughout the space and silently sealed everyone’s powers and spiritual senses.
• A mysterious voice asked Li Baimei if he wanted to live, and he agreed to let it take control of his body.
• Lu Changzhi remotely entered Li Baimei’s body and used the system to take out Jiang Tong’s Forcibly Twisted Melon.
• Lu Changzhi showed the object to A Luo and asked whether A Luo recognized it.

Li Baimei, temporarily controlled by Lu Changzhi, offered Jin Wuliang a melon that seemed connected to an old farmer, drawing his attention away from the power of time. Jin Wuliang spared Li Baimei but turned back to the danger, leaving everyone else anxious as Li Baimei tossed the melon to A Luo.

• Li Baimei stepped forward with an ordinary-looking melon, and Jin Wuliang recognized it as something grown by an old farmer.
• Gu De was shocked by Li Baimei's apparent advantage, while Chu Ping'an concluded he had been hiding his strength.
• Li Baimei suspected that Lu Changzhi had supplied the power of time and grew resentful toward the Jiang Clan for sending Lu Changzhi away.
• Jin Wuliang questioned Li Baimei's relationship with the old farmer, then told the Artifact Spirit to leave him alone and returned his attention to the power of time.
• Li Baimei tossed the melon to A Luo and told her to catch it.

Lu Changzhi revealed that Jin Wuliang had broken A Luo’s brush and manipulated her into seeking the power of time, while the brush’s remains offered hope of bringing A Diao back. When Lu Changzhi challenged Jin Wuliang’s motives, Jin attacked Li Baimei, but the melon rind shielded him; the confrontation continued as Lu Changzhi urged A Luo to hear the truth.

• A Luo caught Lu Changzhi’s melon, which burst and revealed the broken shaft of the Fucking Awesome Brush.
• Jin Wuliang told A Luo that mastering the power of time could let him use the shaft to bring A Diao back.
• Lu Changzhi realized Jin Wuliang had broken the brush and played the villain to make A Luo seek the power of time for him.
• Lu Changzhi accused Jin Wuliang of fearing A Diao’s revenge, prompting Jin to threaten him and attack Li Baimei with a bow.
• The melon rind shielded Li Baimei from Jin Wuliang’s arrow, and Lu Changzhi asked A Luo whether she wanted to know the truth.

Lu Changzhi revealed that Jin Wuliang had defeated A Diao to obtain the power of time, forcing A Luo to choose between cooperating with him and attacking. As the World in the Painting shook and A Luo seemed ready to submit, the trapped crowd pleaded with Li Baimei to save them.

• Lu Changzhi showed A Luo a scene of Jin Wuliang defeating A Diao and turning him into part of the broken brush.
• A Luo demanded to know why Jin Wuliang had done it, and he said he wanted the power of time and could restore A Diao only if she cooperated.
• A Luo gathered power to attack, but Jin Wuliang stopped it and warned her that he would keep her alive while separating her from A Diao forever.
• Jin Wuliang asked A Luo to choose between A Diao and the people present, and the World in the Painting shook as she appeared ready to submit.
• The crowd shouted for Li Baimei to help them, while Gu De realized their survival depended on whether Li Baimei acted.

Lu Changzhi, controlling Li Baimei’s body, drew the power of time into himself after reciting a strange phrase, confirming Chu Ping'an’s suspicions. He demonstrated his new control over time while Jin Wuliang’s attacks remained blocked by the melon rind.

• Lu Changzhi walked toward the power of time while Jin Wuliang let him proceed, and Li Baimei worried about what might happen to his body.
• Lu Changzhi told the power of time that they were fated, then recited, “Odd! Changes! Even! Doesn't! Signs! Depend! On! The! Quadrant!!!”
• The power of time rushed into Li Baimei’s body after Lu Changzhi beckoned, and Chu Ping'an recognized the phrase and realized his suspicions were correct.
• Jin Wuliang attacked Li Baimei, but the melon rind blocked his punches while Li Baimei sensed the power of time.
• Li Baimei used the power of time to make a seed sprout, grow, and wither rapidly, then told Jin Wuliang he would accept the power he had handed over.