Recaps

Lu Changzhi intervened in Qin Jiuxiao’s bloody calamity, rescued Qin Han from Zhou Xun, and gained a way to share Qin Han’s opportunities. The secret realm’s cities became refuges as their inhabitants pursued light and cultivation, while Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen recovered from their defeats.

• Mu Fan helped Gu Chen kill the Two-Horned Giant Rhino, and Lu Changzhi later discovered a pillar of light rising beneath the city.
• Nightfall drove the beasts into a frenzy, trapping and killing participants before survivors learned that the secret realm’s entrance was concealed by an illusion array.
• Lu Changzhi followed Qin Jiuxiao’s bloody calamity to Luo Zhen, where Liu Qingyan warned Luo Zhen of Qin Jiuxiao’s ambush and Zhou Xun attacked.
• Qin Han intervened when Qin Jiuxiao pursued Liu Qingyan, but Zhou Xun turned his attack on Qin Han until Lu Changzhi appeared and drove him away.
• Lu Changzhi introduced himself to Qin Han as Qin Yi, gave him aid, and took the unconscious Qin Jiuxiao and Luo Zhen away to collect their luck.
• Gu Chen opened the city to newcomers, while Lu Changzhi received mission rewards and learned that Qin Han’s opportunities could also grant him extra benefits.
• Zhou Xun reported Lu Changzhi’s sword power to Zhou Mu, who ordered Zhuang Linfa to investigate the secret realm’s entrants.
• Qin Jiuxiao broke through after escaping his burial, while Luo Zhen decided to conceal his identity, and Liu Qingyan awoke beside Qin Han, who treated her wound.

Lu Changzhi manipulated events around Qin Han’s opportunities while his disciples hunted spirit beasts and gained renown. Qin Han left the Eighth Palace believing he had inherited a Saint Realm expert’s legacy, and Lu Changzhi prepared to deal with Zhou Xun before departing.

• Liu Qingyan drugged Qin Han’s wine, but Hua Yunfan’s intervention changed the encounter and caused Qin Han’s Sword Heart and another opportunity to disappear.
• Luo Ling'er showed Lu Changzhi her Enemy-Breaking War Drum, and the disciples opened most of City Sixteen to outsiders while planning to hunt spirit beasts for resources.
• Lu Changzhi sealed the Eighth Palace with the Saint King Heaven-Imprisoning Art as cultivators and Dai Tianfeng gathered outside, drawn by the sword-related opportunity within.
• Qin Li, Gu Chen, Mu Fan, and Luo Ling'er killed a Tiger Flood Dragon, and Lu Changzhi learned that Luo Ling'er's chopping board could suppress powerful ingredients.
• Qin Han passed through the palace barrier alone, while Lu Changzhi arranged for Mu Yuan and the ancestors to capture Zhou Xun alive.
• Qin Han cleared the palace trials, but the longsword vanished before he could claim it, and Lu Changzhi received Heavy Abyss and Zhuang Qingfeng's Sword Dao inheritance through the system.
• Qin Han found that the palace's treasures and Derivative Sword Heart had disappeared, then left after Hua Yunfan warned him the barrier was weakening.
• Gu Chen and his companions departed Eighteen City to explore farther, while Lu Changzhi drew Nine Thunder Heavenly Punishment and decided to deal with Zhou Xun before leaving.

Lu Changzhi gathered his disciples at Zither Sound Valley, where Qin Han’s sudden enlightenment sparked a spectacular sword display. Qin Jiuxiao killed Liu Qingyan, and Qin Han fled as Dai Tianfeng and Wujie pursued him over the Eighth Palace.

• Lu Changzhi freed Zhou Xun, showed him the Blood Refining Longevity Art, and warned him to keep it secret while Zhou Xun planned to deal with Luo Zhen.
• News of Jiang Xin opening Zither Sound Valley drew Qin Han, Dai Tianfeng, Wujie, and the Great Zhou Sacred Dynasty’s prodigies, while Lu Changzhi brought his group there and concealed their arrival.
• Dai Tianfeng challenged Jiang Xin for the central position, but Jiang Xin announced that the area would open to everyone in three days, and Wujie’s intervention ended their standoff.
• Lu Changzhi used Sudden Enlightenment opportunities on his disciples as Qin Han entered enlightenment, then chose a lightning admonition that prompted Qin Han’s Sword Intent to surge to the peak of the Sword King realm.
• Qin Han’s sword display drew Jiang Xin and gathered countless swords, but Jiang Xin ignored him, and Qin Han rebuffed Dai Tianfeng when he demanded to know who he was.
• Qin Jiuxiao found Liu Qingyan and attacked her, shattering Qin Han’s protective necklace before Qin Han arrived and confronted him.
• Qin Jiuxiao tore out Liu Qingyan’s heart while Qin Han failed to break through his barrier, and Hua Yunfan restrained Dai Tianfeng and carried Qin Han away.
• Dai Tianfeng and Wujie pursued Qin Han, while Qin Jiuxiao scattered Liu Qingyan’s corpse and followed Qin Han’s route.

Lu Changzhi and the Five Symbols Sect defeated Qian Shenglin’s raid on Eighteen City, then learned from Xiao Ye’s Memento Jade that a deadly beast tide had trapped people in the secret realm. As Qin Han escaped his pursuers and Luo Zhen woke underground, Lu Changzhi headed to Thirteenth City to investigate a new mission.

• Gu Chen returned to Eighteen City with news of Qian Shenglin’s raid, and Lu Changzhi rallied allies to confront the Star Moon Holy Land forces surrounding the city.
• Gu Chen, Mu Fan, Qin Li, Xiao Ye, and their allies defeated Qian Shenglin’s group, captured its disciples, and forced Qian Shenglin to sign Mu Fan’s cooperation agreement.
• Lu Changzhi buried the injured Luo Zhen under a protective formation, while the Five Symbols Sect returned the captives’ belongings and Lu Changzhi reattached a caretaker’s severed arm.
• Qian Shenglin’s defeat became widely known, while Wujie set Eighteen City aside and learned his followers had found the young man they sought.
• Gu Chen and Xiao Ye went to Crescent Lake, where Xiao Ye found a Memento Jade recording a beast tide, dead and injured elders, and a destroyed teleportation array.
• Lu Changzhi warned the patriarchs about the danger as Eighteen City received crowds seeking refuge, and Luo Ling’er’s system upgraded, giving Lu Changzhi new cooking abilities and a recipe to test.
• Qin Han escaped from a rhinoceros and chose to find Jiang Xin, while Lu Changzhi bought a mission beneath Wujie’s palace in Thirteenth City and sent his External Avatar there.
• Luo Zhen woke buried underground without his belongings and decided to hide until the secret realm ended, while Lu Changzhi entered Thirteenth City and noticed a strange light in the eyes of cultivators outside the Buddhist Order.