Recaps

Lu Changzhi recruited Gu Chen, Luo Ling'er, Jin Fugui, and Mu Fan while strengthening Hidden Origin Peak with new gifts, skills, and an array. The arc left Lu Changzhi, Gu Chen, and Mu Fan at the Flower Spirit Sect banquet, where Lu Changzhi confronted Sun Mo as Gu Chen prepared to sneak into Clear Flame Garden.

• Lu Changzhi accepted Gu Chen as his first true disciple after his system identified and hacked Gu Chen’s Sign-In System.
• Lu Changzhi used his rewards to improve his cultivation and gave Gu Chen valuable gifts, while Gu Chen cultivated at Hidden Origin Peak and Xiao Ming joined them as a sacred beast.
• Lu Changzhi recruited Luo Ling'er as a nominal disciple and encouraged her to develop her cooking, while the sect’s hidden elders protected the group from raiders on their journey back.
• Lu Changzhi recruited Jin Fugui and persuaded Mu Fan to become Hidden Origin Peak’s second true disciple, then received an External Avatar, new talents, and the Myriad Phenomena Slaughter Array.
• Lu Changzhi deployed the array over Hidden Origin Peak, introduced Mu Fan to Cang Wenyu, and assigned Mu Fan to make tea as the peak’s members settled into their new roles.
• Cang Wenyu invited Lu Changzhi, Gu Chen, and Mu Fan to the Flower Spirit Sect banquet, and Lu Changzhi joined them while seeking experience and a chance to recruit talented disciples.
• At the banquet, Gu Chen prepared to sneak into Clear Flame Garden, Lu Changzhi noticed Zhou Jia’s unawakened Jade Water Physique, and he challenged Sun Mo after Sun Mo tried to probe him.

Lu Changzhi exposed a Mystic One Sect spy, arranged Luo Zhen’s departure, and found Qin Li to recruit as his disciple. After concealing the Five Symbols Sect and learning of a city’s slaughter, he joined an investigation that led toward the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range.

• Lu Changzhi witnessed Gu Chen defeat Xie Yang, then helped awaken Luo Ling’er’s physique and accompanied her to choose a massive sword.
• Lu Changzhi identified promising disciples at the sect competition, discovered Luo Shenghuan was a Mystic One Sect spy, and used a Blood Soul False Body to impersonate him and recruit Luo Zhen.
• Lu Changzhi staged Luo Zhen’s departure from the Five Symbols Sect, and Luo Zhen escaped with Du Zhou’s forces while Gu Chen entered the Spirit-Gathering Pool.
• Lu Changzhi gave Luo Ling’er a Marrow Cleansing Fruit, raised his own aptitude to Saint Rank, and joined the search for the newly revealed Saint-Rank genius.
• Lu Changzhi found Qin Li after she attacked Mu Fan, killed Lin Chong with the Dao-Severing Sword, and recruited Qin Li as his disciple.
• Lu Changzhi gave Qin Li healing spring essence, raised his cultivation, and concealed the sect with the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.
• Lu Changzhi learned that a city had been slaughtered and joined Cang Wenyu’s investigation, with Gu Chen, Mu Fan, and Qin Li volunteering to search the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range.
• Evil cultivators underground in the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range worried that the Five Symbols Sect’s investigation might expose their hideout.

The Five Symbols Sect uncovered demonic cultists, survived a major assault by the Blood Demon Clan, and concealed the true extent of Lu Changzhi’s help. The clan turned its attention to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, while Lu Changzhi secretly bolstered the sect’s ancestors with Life Spirit Spring water.

• Qin Li used Xu Kun’s array disks to expose demonic cultists, and Mu Fan’s planted talisman bomb destroyed the Blood Ancestor’s altar and helped end the mountain battle.
• Lu Changzhi received the Heavenly Azure Saint Token as Cloud Heaven Holy Land envoys arrived, and he used his illusion array to conceal Hidden Origin Peak from them and other factions.
• The Blood Demon Clan identified the Five Symbols Sect’s detection disks as a threat and sent Ming Xiong and Xue Chen to destroy the sect.
• Ming Xiong and Xue Chen attacked the Five Symbols Sect, but Gu Qingyang fought Ming Xiong while Qin Li’s poison weakened him and Gu Qingyang killed Xue Chen.
• Lu Changzhi trapped Ming Xiong in an illusion, and Qin Li killed him after extracting information about the Blood Demon Clan and its Devil-Nurturing Altar.
• Lu Changzhi secretly restored Gu Qingyang’s vitality with Life Spirit Liquid, and Gu Qingyang reached the Half-Step Transcendent Realm before sharing the Essence Concealment Art with the sect.
• The Devil Sect blamed the Cloud Heaven Holy Land for Ming Xiong and Xue Chen’s deaths, while Xue Chou vowed to destroy the Five Symbols Sect after dealing with the Holy Land.
• Lu Changzhi secretly poured Life Spirit Spring water over the sect, and its hidden ancestors absorbed the vitality as they investigated the source.

Lu Changzhi helped the Cloud Heaven Holy Land defeat the Devil Race, captured its surviving leaders, and returned to the Five Symbols Sect. As the Heavenly Azure Ruins approached, he strengthened his allies and gave the sect communication stones, while keeping his plans for the ruins secret.

• Lu Changzhi and his companions infiltrated the Devil Race stronghold, where Mu Fan’s Fat Man exploded and drew the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and other factions into a battle with Xue Chou.
• As the battle turned against the allied forces, Lu Changzhi sent the Dao-Severing Sword to Fang Ling, who wounded Xue Chou before the Devil-Binding Rope captured him.
• Lu Changzhi’s External Avatar gathered the Devil Race’s belongings, and Lu Changzhi used the Heaven and Earth Pagoda to absorb the blood pool and imprison Xue Chou and the other devils.
• Back at the Five Symbols Sect, Gu Chen revealed his Spear Intent, and Lu Changzhi unlocked the Mighty God of Cooking System and gave its rewards to Luo Ling’er.
• Luo Ling’er’s cooking strengthened Cang Wenyu, Xu Kun, and Lu Changzhi, while Lu Changzhi gained new Saint Rank gifts and moved the captive devils into a Trial Formation Stele.
• As the Heavenly Azure Ruins drew near, Lu Changzhi gave Jin Fugui longevity treasures and gave Gu Chen the Heavenly Azure Saint Token, while rival factions prepared for the Holy Land’s participation.
• Lu Changzhi donated thousands of fast communication stones to the Five Symbols Sect, but left without revealing whether the Heaven and Earth Pagoda could bring people into the ruins.