Recaps

Li Baimei demonstrated that he could immediately use the power of time, provoking Jin Wuliang and drawing attention to the danger of the ability. Jin Wuliang threatened Lu Changzhi with the World in the Painting’s ability to destroy everyone trapped inside, demanding that Lu Changzhi surrender the power or cooperate.

• Li Baimei used the power of time on a withered plant, astonishing the onlookers and stirring resentment in Chu Ping'an and suspicion in Gu De.
• Jin Wuliang angrily attacked Li Baimei, but the melon rinds around him withstood the barrage.
• Jin Wuliang warned Li Baimei that others would come after him if news of his power spread, and a Huaxia Sect member revealed Li Baimei belonged to their sect.
• Lu Changzhi challenged Jin Wuliang’s threat, and Jin Wuliang explained that A Luo could destroy the World in the Painting with everyone inside it.
• A Luo confirmed that no one trapped in the World in the Painting could escape if she chose to burn jade and stone alike, and Jin Wuliang demanded that Lu Changzhi hand over the power of time or cooperate.

Lu Changzhi used his control over the World in the Painting to prevent Jin Wuliang from leaving, then traded the power of time for A Luo's release. He gave Jin Wuliang the power and left it to him to decide whether to keep his promise.

• A Luo said she would not perish together with Jin Wuliang, but Jin Wuliang attacked her and severed her right arm when she refused to back down.
• Lu Changzhi decided that the situation had changed and told A Luo to perish together with Jin Wuliang.
• Jin Wuliang discovered that he could no longer leave the World in the Painting after Lu Changzhi challenged him to try.
• Lu Changzhi offered Jin Wuliang the power of time in exchange for A Luo's release.
• Jin Wuliang sent an object to Lu Changzhi, who placed the power of time inside it and returned it to him.

Lu Changzhi traded the power of time to Jin Wuliang to secure A Luo’s release, then demanded that Jin Wuliang free her. When Jin Wuliang refused, Lu Changzhi threatened to keep him trapped in the World in the Painting, where Jin Wuliang discovered he could no longer escape.

• Li Baimei placed the power of time in a vessel and handed it to Jin Wuliang, who hid it among nested storage vessels.
• Jin Wuliang kicked A Luo toward Lu Changzhi, and Lu Changzhi removed her restrictions.
• Lu Changzhi offered to grant A Luo a wish if she accepted him as her master, but A Luo declined because she already had a master.
• Lu Changzhi told Jin Wuliang to free A Luo after checking that the power of time remained in the vessel, but Jin Wuliang refused.
• Lu Changzhi threatened to leave Jin Wuliang trapped in the World in the Painting, and Jin Wuliang realized he could no longer escape.

Lu Changzhi summoned help from the Huaxia Sect, and six powerful melons appeared around Li Baimei, unsettling Jin Wuliang. Jin Wuliang returned A Luo’s freedom, but Lu Changzhi revealed that he still could not leave the World in the Painting.

• After another incense stick of time passed, Lu Changzhi lit an ordinary-looking incense stick that formed the words “Come quickly!” in the air.
• Six melons fell from above and floated around Li Baimei as an unseen voice promised to arrive soon.
• Lu Changzhi told Jin Wuliang to summon someone in turn, and Jin Wuliang demanded to know his relationship with the voice’s owner.
• Jin Wuliang gave up the Scroll of the Falling Brush and returned his strand of willpower to A Luo, severing their connection.
• Lu Changzhi told Jin Wuliang that he had lied: freeing A Luo still would not let Jin Wuliang leave.

Lu Changzhi took control of the painting after A Luo agreed to follow him, then prepared to grant her wish while Jiang Tong hinted that Jin Wuliang had been lured into a trap. As Li Baimei settled into a recliner, Lu Changzhi identified someone as the person A Luo wanted and sent an object toward her.

• Lu Changzhi offered A Luo one wish if she followed him, and she agreed, surrendering a strand of origin power.
• Lu Changzhi used A Luo's origin power to take control of the painting and judged that suppressing Jin Wuliang would still be difficult.
• Jiang Tong said Jin Wuliang had treasure-finding skills and hinted that the time had come to harvest the gains from his discoveries.
• Lu Changzhi declined Jiang Tong's offer to experience a high-level battle and brought out a recliner, which Li Baimei sat on.
• Lu Changzhi told A Luo that he believed he had found the person she wanted, then tossed an object toward her.

Lu Changzhi restored the destroyed brush and its Artifact Spirit, A Diao, who attacked Jin Wuliang to avenge A Luo. As A Luo joined the fight, the three battled amid the trembling World in the Painting, leaving the crowd to wonder whether they could defeat Jin Wuliang.

• Lu Changzhi threw A Luo the brush Jin Wuliang had destroyed, and its restored Artifact Spirit, A Diao, appeared before her.
• A Diao saw A Luo's missing right arm and asked who had hurt her; Lu Changzhi identified Jin Wuliang as the culprit.
• A Diao charged Jin Wuliang, but Jin Wuliang stopped him with a punch and claimed he could break him again.
• A Luo drew the power of the World in the Painting toward herself and joined A Diao against Jin Wuliang.
• Gu De watched the three-way battle and thought A Luo and A Diao might defeat Jin Wuliang together, while Jiang Tong remarked that Li Baimei's branch was becoming increasingly formidable.

Lu Changzhi realized Gu Chen's brush had restored the Scroll of the Falling Brush, while A Luo and A Diao remained locked in a prolonged battle with Jin Wuliang. As the fight dragged on, the onlookers grew restless and Jin Wuliang became confident that he could outlast his opponents.

• Gu Chen mistook the Fucking Awesome Brush's return for a display of Lu Changzhi's mastery of time, but Lu Changzhi knew Gu Chen's sign-in reward had restored it.
• Lu Changzhi considered using idle points to help Jin Wuliang, but the cost was too high, so he looked for another solution.
• A Luo and A Diao fought Jin Wuliang for nearly four hours without gaining the upper hand, while he remained trapped in the World in the Painting.
• Gu De watched the battle and reflected that leaving the Land of Contemplation had helped him grow, then wondered why Li Baimei remained on his recliner.
• Chu Ping'an grew frustrated that Li Baimei kept waiting instead of acting, while Jin Wuliang settled into the prolonged fight and doubted the Artifact Spirits could outlast him.

Lu Changzhi raised a strange weapon and appeared to charge it while the two Artifact Spirits kept Jin Wuliang at bay. The crowd grew suspicious when the weapon did not fire, and Jin Wuliang challenged Lu Changzhi for putting on a show.

• Lu Changzhi stood up after waiting and told Jin Wuliang not to be impatient when he asked whether his people had arrived.
• Lu Changzhi produced a hollow-barreled weapon that Chu Ping'an recognized as resembling a sniper rifle from Blue Star.
• Lu Changzhi made a melon slip into the weapon's barrel and held it up as power seemed to gather.
• Jin Wuliang intensified his attacks, but the two Artifact Spirits shifted tactics and continued blocking him while Li Baimei moved swiftly through the battle.
• The crowd questioned why the weapon was taking so long to charge, and Jin Wuliang accused Lu Changzhi of merely showing off without firing.

Lu Changzhi fired melons from his strange weapon at Jin Wuliang, first catching him off guard and then launching them in rapid succession. Jin Wuliang dodged the barrage, but Lu Changzhi’s attack continued as the onlookers realized the weapon could fire without a long charge.

• Lu Changzhi fired a melon at Jin Wuliang, who narrowly dodged it with a burst of speed.
• Jin Wuliang taunted Lu Changzhi and claimed the attack would not injure him now that he was prepared.
• Lu Changzhi immediately loaded and fired another melon, showing that he did not need to wait before shooting.
• Lu Changzhi fired four more melons in succession, astonishing Chu Ping'an and the other onlookers.
• Jin Wuliang twisted and darted among the incoming melons until another bang rang out.

Lu Changzhi and the artifact spirits kept attacking Jin Wuliang with melon shots while a golden light tried to seize his treasures. Jin Wuliang endured multiple hits, and the barrage continued as Lu Changzhi aimed for a more damaging strike.

• A melon struck Jin Wuliang in the hip, revealing that he could withstand the hits but was not dodging them all.
• Lu Changzhi summoned the melons again and coordinated with A Luo and A Diao as Jin Wuliang brought out an ancient bell.
• A golden light silenced Jin Wuliang's bell and tried to seize his treasures, covering four of them with characters reading “pick up.”
• Chu Ping'an wondered whether Li Baimei was deliberately demonstrating advanced techniques for him to understand.
• Lu Changzhi and the artifact spirits launched a sustained barrage, and two more melons struck Jin Wuliang.
• Lu Changzhi noted that even a direct hit had not caused a Ball Explosion and prepared to keep attacking.

Lu Changzhi’s melon attacks severely injured Jin Wuliang, whose wound would not heal, and exposed his hidden vulnerability. When Lu Changzhi called him by his real name, Jin Wuliang was stunned, and the spectators feared they would be silenced for overhearing the secret.

• Lu Changzhi’s melon struck Jin Wuliang in the crotch, and Jin Wuliang realized the attacks had been aimed there deliberately.
• A later melon attack left Jin Wuliang’s crotch badly mangled, and he discovered he could not heal the wound.
• Jin Wuliang accused Lu Changzhi of relying on underhanded tricks, but Lu Changzhi taunted him and called him Jin Wugen.
• Jin Wuliang recognized that Lu Changzhi knew his long-hidden real name, and Lu Changzhi replied that his name was no secret.
• The spectators feared Jin Wuliang would kill them for overhearing the revelation.

As Jin Wuliang threatened the witnesses, Lu Changzhi used Li Baimei’s body to receive Jiang Tong’s power, but the strain nearly overwhelmed him. Li Baimei’s Ancestor, Aid Me technique suddenly strengthened his body, bringing his presence up to Jin Wuliang’s level, and Jin Wuliang challenged him to fight.

• Gu De and the others begged Venerable Baimei to save them from Jin Wuliang.
• Lu Changzhi told Jiang Tong that his melon-based method had weakened Jin Wuliang only slightly, and Jiang Tong decided to beat and capture him for his hidden treasures.
• Jiang Tong poured a great surge of power into Li Baimei’s body and told Lu Changzhi to experience it carefully.
• Lu Changzhi warned Li Baimei that his body was near its limit, so Li Baimei activated his clan’s Ancestor, Aid Me technique.
• Ancestor, Aid Me strengthened Li Baimei’s body after he insisted he was not using it for the usual purpose, and his presence soon matched Jin Wuliang’s.
• Jin Wuliang asked Li Baimei why he had not made his move sooner and challenged him to show the substance of his power.

Li Baimei struck Jin Wuliang with a slap that absorbed the power they had both gathered, leaving Jin Wuliang covered in cracks and apparently defeated. After Lu Changzhi logged off, Li Baimei regained control but collapsed from weakness, leaving the fight’s outcome uncertain.

• Jin Wuliang released a powerful blood-colored presence and waited cautiously as Li Baimei’s power continued to build.
• Li Baimei flashed toward Jin Wuliang and used his first form, Slap Your Ass, landing a resounding blow.
• The gathered power vanished into Li Baimei, leaving Jin Wuliang stunned with a red handprint and cracks covering his body.
• Lu Changzhi felt his borrowed strength run out, told Li Baimei it was his turn, and logged off.
• Li Baimei retook control, was overcome by weakness, and staggered to the ground.

Li Baimei recovered enough to confront Jin Wuliang with a strange whip, but Jin Wuliang vanished from the World in the Painting before the attack. Outside, Jiang Tong ambushed Jin Wuliang and skewered him.

• A Luo used the World in the Painting to hold Li Baimei upright after his attack left him exhausted.
• Li Baimei recovered with resources, then produced a beaded whip and challenged Jin Wuliang with its second form.
• Jin Wuliang vanished from the World in the Painting, and A Luo confirmed he was gone.
• The crowd thanked Li Baimei for saving them after Jin Wuliang’s departure.
• Jin Wuliang appeared outside the World in the Painting, where Jiang Tong suddenly impaled him and carried him away on his shoulder.

Li Baimei led the group out of the World in the Painting after Lu Changzhi told them to leave, and the factions outside learned that the Huaxia Sect had taken control of it. The news about Li Baimei’s power of time reached the Tai Clan, where Tai Jiuling questioned whether the Jiang Clan junior had seen him leave the secret realm.

• Lu Changzhi told everyone to leave the World in the Painting, and Li Baimei said it was not a suitable place to contemplate their insights.
• A Luo opened a ripple in the World in the Painting and sent Li Baimei’s group back to the colored world outside.
• The waiting factions questioned the group about their early return and turned their attention to Li Baimei after hearing what had happened.
• Li Baimei led the Huaxia Sect members away by array, while other factions suspected they had lost access to the World in the Painting.
• Tai Jiuling received the reports about the deaths and Li Baimei’s power of time, then asked whether the Jiang Clan junior had seen him leave the secret realm.

Tai Jiuling convinced the Tai Clan that Li Baimei and the Jiang Clan might be connected to the power of time and the Huaxia Sect, but the elders ordered him to leave the Jiang Clan alone for now. The discussion shifted to the Jiang Clan’s mastery of uncontrollable power, which could offer the Tai Clan a chance to grow far stronger.

• Tai Jiuling showed the Tai Clan members Li Baimei’s image and argued that his opportunities suggested a connection between the Jiang Clan and the power of time.
• The Tai Clan debated whether the Huaxia Sect’s acquisition of the power of time threatened them, and a senior member said the clan could not afford to interfere.
• Tai Jiuling agreed to let his dispute with the Jiang Clan rest, then suggested that the power they had once displayed as uncontrollable might now be under control.
• The Tai Clan members recalled an ancestor who had benefited from uncontrollable power and considered the prospect of reaching such heights themselves.

Tai Jiuling plotted to investigate whether the Jiang Clan could control the Power of Time, while the Huaxia Sect’s Grand Elder learned that the sect was rumored to possess it. After demonstrating that he could manipulate time, the Grand Elder decided to let the rumor stand because he knew how to wield the Power of Time himself.

• Tai Jiuling proposed spreading word that the Jiang Clan had given the Power of Time to the Huaxia Sect, hoping to pressure the Jiang Clan, and was told to proceed without endangering the Tai Clan.
• A visitor told the Huaxia Sect’s Grand Elder that Li Baimei had reported being possessed by an expert who might control the Power of Time.
• The Grand Elder asked Li Baimei about his plans, and Li Baimei explained that he had reported the matter rather than claim credit for it.
• The Grand Elder and the other man agreed that the world already believed the Huaxia Sect had obtained the Power of Time, making denial pointless.
• The Grand Elder snapped a table leg and restored it with a gesture, revealing that he could manipulate time and preferred having the real thing.

Li Baimei received a mark from the grand elder that would let the elder manifest the power of time through him, and Yang Xiong granted him status and resources in the Huaxia Sect. With his new standing, Li Baimei confronted Yang Kaizhi and two others, negotiated new terms with them, and thought about thanking the senior who had helped him.

• The middle-aged man placed a mark inside Li Baimei and told him to activate it if he needed the power of time, while warning him not to use it recklessly.
• Yang Xiong gave Li Baimei a jade token representing his Huaxia Sect status and reminded him that he could refuse things he disliked.
• Yang Kaizhi summoned Li Baimei, who met him with a woman and an illusory man and pointed out that his new status made him more important to the Huaxia Sect than they were.
• Li Baimei said he would not hold their past treatment against them, but set new conditions for how the woman and man could interact with him.
• The woman agreed to Li Baimei's terms, while she and the man argued over whether he would comply.
• Li Baimei reflected that the senior's help had changed his position and wondered whether he could do something to thank him.

Lu Changzhi returned from the World in the Painting with the painting and brush, while Jiang Kui brought him back to the Jiang Clan and offered him a place to rest. Lu Changzhi invited Jiang Kui to cultivate inside the painting, then agreed to let Gu Chen practice there with the brush.

• A Luo and A Diao thanked Lu Changzhi for rescuing A Luo before he brought them and Jiang Kui out of the World in the Painting.
• Jiang Kui returned to the Jiang Clan with Lu Changzhi and A Diao, and told the clan that a Huaxia Sect expert had subdued the Power of Time and taken the World in the Painting.
• Jiang Kui led Lu Changzhi to a quiet place to rest, and Lu Changzhi offered to let him enter the painting to cultivate.
• Jiang Kui thanked Lu Changzhi but left to attend to other matters.
• Lu Changzhi asked Gu Chen if he wanted to cultivate inside the painting, and agreed to let him practice against the brush.

The Jiang Clan debated whether Li Baimei was connected to Lu Changzhi and decided to keep their distance rather than force an alliance. The clan then considered exploiting the Tai Clan’s secrets to stir up trouble, ending with a plan to blame it for controlling uncontrollable power.

• The Jiang Clan recognized the Huaxia Sect expert as the Li Baimei they had sent to the sect and speculated that Lu Changzhi might be controlling him or cooperating with him.
• Jiang Kui advised the clan to give Lu Changzhi and Li Baimei space and let matters develop naturally.
• The Jiang Clan questioned Jiang Kui about the World in the Painting and discussed how the Tai Clan had targeted their side despite the Huaxia Sect’s wooden token.
• The clan rejected spreading word that the Tai Clan possessed the Power of Time and proposed claiming it also controlled uncontrollable power.
• A Jiang Clan member noted that uncontrollable power had been detected in the Land of Contemplation, making it easier to pin the accusation on the Tai Clan.

Jiang Qingya went to meet the mysterious senior while Lu Changzhi watched Gu Chen train and learned from A Luo about the Source of Heaven and Earth. After Lu Changzhi showed A Luo the Chaos Seed, she sensed its immense power and offered herself as nourishment for it.

• Jiang Qingya agreed to approach the senior and waited with Jiang Kui, who was guarding Lu Changzhi's resting place.
• Lu Changzhi watched A Diao deliberately hold back as he fought Gu Chen to help him improve.
• A Luo told Lu Changzhi how an encounter with the Source of Heaven and Earth had changed her and described how human experts used it to create small worlds.
• Lu Changzhi showed A Luo the Chaos Seed, and she sensed it was more powerful than anything she had encountered before.
• A Luo told Lu Changzhi that feeding her to the Chaos Seed would surely nourish it.

Lu Changzhi learned that the Source of Heaven and Earth could be part of an optional trial and received his father’s strange stick, a tool that could help him obtain it. The chapter left him considering how to test the stick’s power.

• A Luo told Lu Changzhi what she knew about the Source of Heaven and Earth, while expressing her willingness to obey his decision about her fate.
• Jiang Tong told Lu Changzhi he was going to take Jin Wuliang’s belongings, and Lu Changzhi asked him to bring back some Source of Heaven and Earth.
• Jiang Tong admitted that seeking the Source of Heaven and Earth could be treated as an optional trial and explained that it appeared amid turmoil and disorder.
• Jiang Tong gave Lu Changzhi a stick that had belonged to his father and said it was an important tool for obtaining the Source of Heaven and Earth.
• Lu Changzhi checked the stick with the system, learned its chaotic and harmful powers, and wondered whether to test it on someone.

Lu Changzhi tested a strange stick on Xiao Ming, triggering an uncontrollable burst of powerful gas that sent him chasing Mu Fan around Hidden Origin Peak. The peak was left in a foul-smelling mess as Luo Ling'er woke and shouted at Xiao Ming to stop.

• Lu Changzhi decided to test his new stick and asked Xiao Ming, who had just returned for food, to help him.
• Mu Fan came out hoping to catch a ride on Xiao Ming and wondered whether Xiao Ming was in heat.
• Lu Changzhi gently tapped Xiao Ming once with the stick, and Xiao Ming felt a strange power surge through him.
• Xiao Ming blasted a stream of gas at Mu Fan, who dodged as Xiao Ming chased him and kept letting loose.
• Luo Ling'er woke to the stench and shouted for Xiao Ming to stop ruining Hidden Origin Peak.

Lu Changzhi tested a strange stick on Mu Fan and Xiao Ming, causing them both to suffer sudden diarrhea. Mu Fan received a system mission offering a leak-sealing ability and began imagining ways to combine it with the stick.

• Lu Changzhi cleared away the pollution and used the stick's power to make Xiao Ming's backside leak-proof.
• Mu Fan borrowed the stick, but touching it triggered his stomach, and he fled while Xiao Ming laughed at him.
• Lu Changzhi realized that even a casual touch activated the stick and wondered whether repeated hits would have stronger effects.
• Mu Fan asked his system for a similar item, then received a mission to help the Tai Clan with a reward called the Universal Leak-Sealing King.
• Mu Fan considered using the reward with the stick to prevent leaks or contain accumulating energy.

Mu Fan hesitated over a mission to help the Tai Clan, while Lu Changzhi learned that Jiang Qingya planned to bait the Huaxia Sect by spreading word that the Tai Clan could control the Power That Cannot Be Controlled. Lu Changzhi enlisted Mu Fan’s help, and Mu Fan produced an item for their scheme.

• Mu Fan considered the system mission to help the Tai Clan but decided to leave it unclaimed for now.
• Lu Changzhi reviewed the mission and entered his External Avatar among the Tai Clan, where Jiang Qingya explained the Jiang Clan’s plan to draw the Huaxia Sect’s attention to them.
• Jiang Qingya revealed that the Jiang Clan wanted to suggest the Tai Clan had mastered the Power That Cannot Be Controlled, provoking the Huaxia Sect to act.
• Lu Changzhi returned to Mu Fan and told him about the plan, saying Mu Fan had the potential to control the power.
• Mu Fan took out an item he had just made for spreading the false impression, and Lu Changzhi accepted it.