Recaps

Lu Changzhi protected Gu Chen during his clash with Jing Yun, then broke through to the Dao Comprehension Realm and upgraded the system. He learned that his parents’ dying wish had established Hidden Origin Peak, but Cang Wenyu knew little about their deaths, leaving Lu Changzhi to grow stronger before investigating.

• Lu Changzhi disguised himself as Yi Yuntian, gave Gu Qingyang Life Spirit Spring Essence, and took the Wind and Cloud Mountains and Rivers Fan as his reward.
• Lu Changzhi brought Xiao Ye to Hidden Origin Peak, where the disciples welcomed him and Qin Li restored her White Tiger Sacred Body, though it remained incomplete without a White Tiger’s heart and soul.
• Gu Chen set out alone, fought soul entities in a haunted region, and recovered the Incomplete Soul-Forging Disc, whose powerful soul form he later defeated.
• Jing Yun and his disciples confronted Gu Chen over the disc, but Lu Changzhi intervened and weakened Jing Yun so Gu Chen could fight him.
• After Gu Chen gained insight, Lu Changzhi killed Jing Yun and the three monks, then told Zhang Zhou that Gu Chen was safe.
• Lu Changzhi learned that the sect’s ancestors had established Hidden Origin Peak at his parents’ dying wish, then broke through to the Dao Comprehension Realm and upgraded the system.
• Lu Changzhi enhanced Gu Chen’s Sign-In System, returned to the Five Symbols Sect, and learned that Xu Kun wanted to comprehend the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.
• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that his parents had contributed to the sect and requested Hidden Origin Peak’s establishment before they died, but he could not explain their deaths, and Lu Changzhi agreed to reach the Saint Realm before investigating.

Lu Changzhi secretly took Qin Jiuxiao’s Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit while Qin and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land expedition faced Qi Zhan’s soul-possession trap. After the rescue, Lu Changzhi claimed several rewards, imprisoned Qi Zhan, and returned to developing his disciples and investigating his parents.

• Lu Changzhi learned that Qin Jiuxiao would find a ripe Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruit at the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, then used powerful simplification to acquire one before the Cloud Heaven Holy Land expedition reached it.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land broke Saint King Chen Fangyuan’s formation, entered the buried city, and found Qi Zhan’s inheritance trial, where Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen competed to reach the palace.
• Qin Jiuxiao entered the palace and obtained the inheritance, but Qi Zhan trapped him on the jade throne and attacked his soul while the other disciples were drained throughout the city.
• Fang Ling and the other experts broke into the palace and pulled Qi Zhan’s soul from Qin Jiuxiao, who survived but suffered severe soul damage as the purple-gold needle disappeared.
• Lu Changzhi claimed the Imperial Dragon Soul-Suppressing Bell and trapped Qi Zhan inside the purple-gold needle, then questioned and tormented him for information about more Transcendent Fruits.
• Li Yi invited Luo Ling’er to cultivate on Flame Sun Peak, while Mu Fan chose to pursue forging and Lu Changzhi considered giving formation resources to disciples at Dharma Form Peak.
• Lu Changzhi gave Xu Kun a jade talisman filled with formations, then asked the system about his parents after Xu Kun remarked on their knack for hiding things.

As the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and other powers maneuvered over the Eastern Region, Lu Changzhi strengthened ties within the Five Symbols Sect and advised it to conceal its true power. The Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s confrontation with the sect was interrupted by Min Qianlan of the Star Moon Holy Land, who demanded its territory, while Huang Yunya offered the Five Symbols Sect vassal status instead.

• Cang Wenyu warned Lu Changzhi that conflict over regional territory was escalating, and Lu chose to cultivate while the sect’s ancestors handled the danger.
• Lu Changzhi tormented Qi Zhan, then learned that Xiao Ming had awakened from his breakthrough and went to welcome the newly powerful chicken.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Land chose to pressure the Five Symbols Sect while seeking cooperation with the Azure Cloud Sect, but a message soon forced its leaders to return home.
• Lu Changzhi used a strength-enhancing spinach meal to help Li Yi and Cang Wenyu work black iron, then gave Flame Sun Peak black dragon scales and arranged spinach rewards for its workers.
• Lu Changzhi identified several Flame Sun Peak disciples’ talents and encouraged Wang Jishi to pursue the Dao of Poison as a way to heal and protect people.
• The Flower Spirit Sect announced a marriage alliance between Lu Changzhi and Mu Jiaojiao, who was actually the elderly Chen Fangfang, but Lu rejected it and the Five Symbols Sect denied any alliance talks.
• As the Cloud Heaven Holy Land approached, Lu Changzhi advised the Five Symbols Sect to conceal its strength and accept a temporary loss of face rather than reveal its hand.
• The Holy Lord arrived with Yuan Hou at the Five Symbols Sect, and Lu Changzhi declined Luo Zhen’s challenge until Min Qianlan arrived and demanded that the sect surrender its territory to the Star Moon Holy Land.
• Huang Yunya offered to let the Five Symbols Sect remain if it became a Cloud Heaven Holy Land vassal, demanding Cang Wenyu’s answer within three breaths.

Jiang Yuanyin claimed the Five Symbols Sect’s territory for the Extreme Arms Holy Land, while Lu Changzhi pursued Qin Jiuxiao’s opportunity and helped Xiao Ye thwart Xiao Zhong’s scheme against Xiao Ya. The Cloud Heaven Holy Land faced a coordinated assault as Lin Tianlei attempted to break through to the Saint Realm, and his tribulation intensified while Zhou Kun attacked the sect’s formation.

• Min Qianlan drove Huang Yunya’s forces from the Five Symbols Sect’s territory, but Jiang Yuanyin arrived, claimed the land for the Extreme Arms Holy Land, and forced the Star Moon and Cloud Heaven Holy Lands to withdraw.
• Lu Changzhi learned that Luo Zhen had gained Nine Deaths and One Life, welcomed Tongtong back with Dust-Cleansing Sacred Fruits, and gathered information about the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and Qin Jiuxiao’s upcoming Soul-Strengthening Demonic Pill opportunity.
• Lu Changzhi traveled with Xiao Ye and Mu Fan to the Xiao Clan, discovered Xiao Zhong was trying to trade the pill for help becoming clan head, and secretly replaced the real pill with a fake one.
• Xiao Zhong arranged to abduct Xiao Ya, but Xiao Ye confronted and subdued him with lightning arts, a talisman, and an array plate.
• As Lin Tianlei prepared to break through, Min Qianlan’s forces attacked the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s formation, while the Dongfang Clan watched and the Five Symbols Sect prepared to protect the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Lin Tianlei began his Saint Realm tribulation, survived the first bolts with his lightning whip, and replenished his strength as Zhou Kun arrived and demanded that Huang Yunya bring out his father.
• Zhou Kun battered the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s formation while Lu Changzhi used experience to watch Lin Tianlei’s tribulation, whose power surged after the fourth bolt vanished.