Recaps

Li Zhengjun led a Li Household expedition into the Great Scarlet Realm, destroyed Daoist Lu’s Devil Cultivators, and began establishing the Lineage in the Ning Kingdom. He returned to Yuyu Realm with news of their victory and a promising Frozen Water discovery.

• Li Zhengjun escaped to the Great Scarlet Realm, met Fang Yuan and Fang Qing, and later revealed his ability to travel between worlds to True Person Yuhong, who backed an expedition of ten Lineage members.
• Yuhong prepared Li Zhengjun for the expedition with a cultivation method, spiritual treasures, and advice, while promising to preserve Li Chenwei until Zhengjun could bring back a Bright Yang spiritual object.
• After Jiang Cheng exposed Daoist Lu’s blood-pill operation, Li Zhengjun’s group prepared thunder talismans and a trapping formation for the palace examination.
• Li Zhengjun and the disguised Li Household disciples entered the palace, where Daoist Lu tried to refine the Grandmasters into Blood Pills, but the Fang siblings broke his enchantment and the Li Household trapped his forces.
• Li Zhengjun defeated and killed Daoist Lu, and the Li Household killed the other Devil Cultivators without losing a warrior.
• Li Zhengjun exposed and beheaded Yang Xun, recruited Grandmasters and people with Spirit Roots, and began organizing cultivation and relief work in the Ning Kingdom.
• Li Yuankai reported on the Ning Kingdom’s resources and proposed Jade Wave Island and Gold-Bearing Mountain as valuable holdings for the Li Household.
• Li Zhengchen faced negotiations over scarce Frozen Water spirit items, while Li Zhengjun returned to Yuyu Realm and reported the expedition’s victory, and the elders commended the warriors, and Zhengjun announced another Frozen Water discovery.

Li Zhengjun built the Li Household’s foothold in the Great Scarlet Realm, cultivated its resources, and uncovered schemes involving Ye Xiufan and the Sun Household. The arc ended with Yuhong arranging for Dayu to refine Zhengjun’s body and strengthen the branch’s prospects for descendants.

• Li Zhengjun reported the Ning Kingdom’s Frozen Water resources, and Yuhong assigned the elders to assess Jade Wave Island and organize the new branch.
• Li Zhengchen rejected the other households’ price demands, ending the Frozen Water deal and warning them against coveting Li Household holdings.
• Li Zhengjun established the Ning Kingdom branch, assigned Spirit Root children their cultivation methods, and married Fang Qing.
• Li Zhengjun rescued Guo Pingjiang from Sun Household spies, then agreed with Sun Ming to hunt the Ginseng-Cloud Tiger together.
• Yuhong and the elders approved testing Yuyu Realm methods on Ye Xiufan, while Li Zhengjun learned the Spirit-Binding Method and subdued the owl spying for him.
• Li Zhengjun learned from the owl that Ye Xiufan and Jiang Liuyang intended to seize treasure during the Gold-Bearing Mountain hunt, then sent the owl and a Sandpiper to spy on their respective targets.
• Li Chenjun advised the Lineage on Jade Wave Island’s cultivation paths and proposed guiding Ye Xiufan toward a Frozen Water foundation as a reference for the Li Household.
• Yuhong took Li Zhengjun to Heart-Destroying Mountain, where Dayu prepared pills and agreed to refine his body as Yuhong sought to secure a future with many descendants.