Recaps

Yan Jinghong visited Yinglan’s grave in France, where Ying Tao angrily blamed him for her death and Yinglan’s older brother defended him. Meanwhile, Si Ming and Murong Qing completed their enrollment at Codex University and moved into adjoining dorm rooms.

• Yan Jinghong left Si Ming and Murong Qing with Ling Huanxi and went to visit Yinglan’s grave, bringing her favorite Jade Jade Dew Wine.
• Yan Jinghong reflected at the grave on Yinglan’s death and his guilt, then carefully cleaned her tombstone.
• Ying Tao confronted Yan Jinghong, accused him of murdering Yinglan, and threw the wine bottle, which Yan Jinghong caught.
• Yinglan’s older brother arrived, rebuked Ying Tao, and explained that Yinglan had sacrificed herself willingly and Yan Jinghong had no choice.
• Yinglan’s older brother invited Yan Jinghong to drink with him, and Yan Jinghong agreed despite having brought two juniors.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing completed their enrollment procedures, and Cuan Er showed them their adjoining single rooms in the nobles’ dormitory.

Si Ming and Murong Qing defended a mute girl who had been selling necessities in the teachers’ building after three students tried to take her to the security office. Si Ming challenged the horse-faced student to prove she had broken the rules, leaving the students unable to answer his argument.

• Cuan Er left to arrange Ling Huanxi and Yan Jinghong’s accommodation, while Si Ming and Murong Qing returned to their rooms to unpack.
• A mute girl offered daily necessities to Si Ming, who bought what he needed and sent her to ask Murong Qing if she wanted anything.
• Murong Qing shielded the girl when a horse-faced student and two companions accused her of violating the school’s ban on selling in the noble dormitory.
• Si Ming intervened, claimed the girl had given the goods away, and used the Nine Shao Pitch-Setting Art to knock the two companions off balance.
• The horse-faced student accused the girl of selling goods to Murong Qing, but Si Ming offered a story that she had given them to Murong Qing as an apology after admiring their relationship.
• Si Ming demanded evidence and invoked the presumption of innocence, leaving the horse-faced student unable to refute him.

Si Ming and Murong Qing helped a mute girl avoid being accused of selling goods in the dormitory, then agreed to keep pretending to be a couple while in France. The next day, Yan Jinghong’s drunken night disrupted their plans, so Si Ming and Murong Qing decided to visit a courtroom trial instead.

• Si Ming challenged Guan Zhen’s followers for accusing the little girl without evidence, and Guan Zhen left after warning him not to cause trouble again.
• Murong Qing teased Si Ming about attracting complications, and the little girl thanked her with a white chrysanthemum bookmark.
• Si Ming persuaded Murong Qing that they should keep pretending to be a couple to avoid further trouble, then escorted the girl from the dormitory.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing learned that Yan Jinghong had returned drunk and was still asleep, forcing them to abandon their plans to gather intelligence.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing decided to explore Codex University and attend a courtroom trial.

Si Ming and Murong Qing watched a trial at Codex University and discussed how the God of Law weighed evidence and upheld the law rather than moral justice. Student Wei Tianyang explained that France’s nobles received punishments reduced according to rank, but their privileges did not make them innocent or exempt them from all penalties.

• Si Ming and Murong Qing observed how the God of Law’s scales showed which side had the stronger case during a trial.
• Murong Qing and Si Ming contrasted the Legalist God of Law with the Mohist God of Justice and discussed the limits of legal fairness.
• Wei Tianyang introduced himself to Si Ming and Murong Qing and explained how social needs and inequality shaped French society.
• Wei Tianyang said French nobles could not receive the death penalty unless stripped of their status, and described how punishments were reduced by rank.
• Murong Qing concluded that noble privileges were limited and did not allow nobles to turn guilt into innocence.

Si Ming and Murong Qing accompanied Wei Tianyang to a law students’ debate about differences between France and the Su State. Si Ming challenged the nobles’ defense of inherited privilege, leaving the room laughing at his claim that noble status depended on the “skill” of reincarnation.

• Wei Tianyang explained that French nobles and the imperial family received legal privileges, and invited Si Ming and Murong Qing to share their firsthand experience of the Su State.
• Murong Qing warned Si Ming not to get drawn into the conflict between nobles and commoners, but he followed Wei Tianyang to the debate.
• Si Ming entered the impromptu debate and defended the Su State’s policies, arguing that its benefits were earned through ability while French noble privileges came from birth.
• A noble student argued that French martial artists could earn titles through cultivation, and Si Ming replied that descendants of hard-working ancestors had not earned their own privileges.
• Si Ming mocked the nobles’ inherited status as the result of reincarnation skills, and commoner students laughed and joined in.

Si Ming argued against hereditary noble privilege during a classroom debate, but the second prince challenged the commoner students’ ideals by offering a noble title to anyone who knelt. Tian Yi accepted the offer, leaving the class divided and furious.

• Si Ming defended the Su State’s system as fairer than inherited nobility, and his argument won support from commoner students.
• The second prince entered the classroom and dismissed the debate, claiming the students would abandon their ideals if they became nobles.
• Commoner students protested the second prince, while Fu Gu and the noble students rallied behind him.
• The second prince offered the last Tiger Guard Captain post to the first student who knelt before him.
• Tian Yi knelt and accepted the offer, prompting his classmates to condemn him.
• Tian Yi defended his choice by saying he had acted faster than the others.

Han Hao revealed his identity as the third prince of France and explained why he wanted to abolish imperial and noble privileges through a constitutional monarchy. Si Ming recognized that Han Hao’s political ideas had been inspired by a novel Si Ming had written, leaving him uneasy about the influence of his work.

• After the debate ended, Han Hao apologized to Si Ming and Murong Qing for hiding his identity and maneuvering them into the third prince’s faction.
• Murong Qing challenged Han Hao for scheming against them, while Si Ming asked why Han Hao had approached them rather than their master.
• Han Hao explained that Spirit Transformation experts held enough power to make even princes cautious about approaching their master directly.
• Han Hao argued that the imperial family should surrender power to preserve itself, since suppressing demands for equality would lead to revolution or national decline.
• Murong Qing praised Han Hao’s proposal, and Han Hao credited Su State scholarship and recommended Sima Kongming’s novel, Ghosts and Gods Metropolis.
• Si Ming realized Han Hao had drawn inspiration from the novel Si Ming had written and wondered whether it had also influenced the Remote Heaven Society.

Si Ming decided to support France’s third prince as part of his independent effort to gather information, while Yan Jinghong agreed not to stop him as long as he relinquished his Mohist Knight Guard status. Yan Jinghong assigned Si Ming to investigate the sensitive imperial tombs for signs of the Remote Heaven Society’s interference with the sealed sites.

• Si Ming reflected on his defeat in Linked Mountains City and resolved to develop his own strategic judgment instead of relying on others.
• Si Ming explained to Murong Qing that he had chosen the third prince because the prince approached him first, opposed the nobles, and admired his books.
• Yan Jinghong told Si Ming that he could not officially involve the Mohist Knight Guard in France’s succession struggle, but would not prevent Si Ming from acting alone if he gave up his membership.
• Yan Jinghong reminded Si Ming to prioritize their mission and assigned him to inspect the tombs of France’s emperors for signs of tampering.
• Han Hao warned that bringing outsiders into the imperial tombs would be difficult.

Si Ming secured Han Hao’s help to enter the imperial mausoleum and went there with Su Yingtao, who challenged him over his connection to Yan Jinghong. When Su Yingtao attacked, Si Ming effortlessly evaded his sword strike.

• Si Ming persuaded Han Hao to give him a token for the imperial mausoleum and arrange an escort.
• Han Hao assigned Su Yingtao to guide Si Ming, and Si Ming accepted him despite Han Hao’s concerns.
• On the way to the mausoleum, Su Yingtao questioned whether Si Ming was Yan Jinghong’s disciple and insulted Yan Jinghong.
• Si Ming challenged Su Yingtao to a short duel, and Su Yingtao readily attacked him with a fast sword thrust.
• Si Ming shifted aside with almost no visible movement and avoided Su Yingtao’s strike.

Si Ming defeated Su Yingtao by evading his sword attacks and using Sound of Broken Harmony to disrupt his Qi and blood. After Su Yingtao conceded, he questioned Si Ming about Yan Jinghong, and the two continued to their destination.

• Su Yingtao attacked Si Ming for a minute with the Eight Forms of the Divine Edge, but Si Ming evaded and deflected every strike without using his hands.
• When Su Yingtao intensified his assault, Si Ming snapped his fingers and used Sound of Broken Harmony to disrupt Su Yingtao’s Qi and blood, repeatedly knocking him down.
• Unable to stand or continue fighting, Su Yingtao admitted defeat, and Si Ming stopped attacking him.
• Su Yingtao questioned why Si Ming used martial arts unrelated to Yan Jinghong or the Dinghu Sect, and Si Ming defended a disciple’s freedom to develop his own techniques.
• Su Yingtao accused Yan Jinghong of concealing the truth, but Si Ming suspected Su Yingtao’s grievance involved his eldest martial aunt and chose not to press him.
• Si Ming and Su Yingtao continued their journey, keeping their personal disagreement separate, and soon reached their destination.

Si Ming found a Divine Pillar signal in the French imperial mausoleum and planned to report it to his master. Meanwhile, Yan Jinghong accompanied Su Yingbo and Ai Qing to visit General Wang Zhong, where he greeted his old mentor.

• Si Ming used the Divine Pillar Detector in the imperial mausoleum, and it indicated that a Divine Pillar was sealed nearby.
• Si Ming wondered whether the signal was a Remote Heaven Society trap or a decoy, then decided to inform his master and the others.
• Yan Jinghong met Su Yingbo and his pregnant wife, Ai Qing, and joined them on a visit to General Wang Zhong.
• Ai Qing and Su Yingbo bantered on the way, while Yan Jinghong reflected on how love had changed his friend.
• Wang Zhong scolded Su Yingbo for arriving late, and Yan Jinghong greeted the old general.

Yan Jinghong rejected Si Ming’s suggestion to break Old General Wang out, believing there was still a chance to resolve the case through proper channels. Seven days later, he learned that Wang had been sentenced to life imprisonment and lifelong deprivation of political rights.

• Si Ming suggested breaking Old General Wang out of prison, but Yan Jinghong refused because the case had not yet been decided.
• Yan Jinghong believed Wang’s comrades and Spirit Transformation disciple could help clear him or reduce his sentence.
• Seven days later, Yan Jinghong heard that Wang had received life imprisonment and lifelong deprivation of political rights.
• Yan Jinghong questioned why the trial had moved so quickly and why the sentence was so severe.

Si Ming urged Su Yingbo to seek Han Hao’s help in breaking Old General Wang out of prison instead of yielding to the second prince. Han Hao weighed the political risks and benefits but had not yet agreed when Si Ming warned that refusing could cost him his followers.

• Su Yingbo explained that the second prince had rushed Old General Wang’s trial and threatened him unless he declared support, while Yan Jinghong said a life sentence could keep the old general imprisoned for at least fifteen years.
• Si Ming rejected surrendering to the second prince and proposed a prison break backed by the third prince; Su Yingbo agreed to let Si Ming seek the prince’s help.
• Si Ming told Han Hao he planned to break Old General Wang out, and Han Hao objected that the act would give the second prince grounds to attack him.
• Si Ming argued that rescuing Old General Wang could win Su Yingbo’s support and demonstrate Han Hao’s strength, while Murong Qing objected to killing guards and Si Ming agreed to injure them instead.
• Han Hao said he had already taken risks by letting Si Ming enter the imperial mausoleum and wanted further proof of sincerity, but Si Ming refused and warned that Han Hao’s followers might lose faith in him.

Si Ming and Murong Qing led a jailbreak assault on Bashidi Prison, where Si Ming fought through the guards and clashed with Qi Tailai. The prison brought out hidden cannons, and the assault remained underway.

• Si Ming and Murong Qing arrived openly at Bashidi Prison, announced their challenge, and waited for their allies to join them.
• Si Ming charged the prison guards with his Collapse Sword, smashing their shield wall and scattering those who tried to stop him.
• Qi Tailai intercepted Si Ming's attack and identified the raid as an attempt to free a prisoner, suspecting the Third Prince or Su Yingbo had sent them.
• Si Ming claimed the Heaven-Defying Society had no allegiance to anyone and forced Qi Tailai back with a clash of fist and palm.
• Qi Tailai ordered hidden cannon barrels to emerge from the prison walls.

Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo broke through Bashidi Prison’s defenses to reach the cells holding important prisoners. They hurried inside, mindful that their identities could be exposed if they used recognizable martial arts.

• Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo recited entrance poems while driving back the prison guards.
• Su Yingbo summoned a treasured saber and cleaved through the steel gate with the Left-Falling Stroke Form.
• Yan Jinghong paused to realize that they had not needed to recite entrance poems, and Su Yingbo blamed the idea on Yan Jinghong’s disciple.
• Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo continued toward the old general, with Yan Jinghong warning Su Yingbo not to use signature martial arts.

Su Yingbo and Yan Jinghong fought their way through the prison as Si Ming battled Qi Tailai. Si Ming unveiled his Nuclear Divine Fist and blasted Qi Tailai through several walls, leaving the fight’s outcome unclear.

• Su Yingbo dodged the Profound Armor warriors’ gunfire, but the commander’s electrically charged shields stopped his saber strike.
• Yan Jinghong used his self-created Hero Sword Technique to disarm the warriors, and Su Yingbo froze their commander with Demon Blade Ice Trace.
• Yan Jinghong and Su Yingbo continued through the prison without releasing the prisoners, then encountered Si Ming and Qi Tailai fighting fiercely.
• Si Ming shattered Qi Tailai’s stone pillar with Earth-Splitting Seal and wounded both his arms, while Qi Tailai prepared his ultimate move, Heaven’s Mandate Turns Against Thunder.
• Si Ming unleashed Nuclear Divine Fist, first move: Nuclear Light First Appears, disrupted Qi Tailai’s focus and True Qi, and punched him through three walls.

Si Ming stopped Qi Tailai with a new technique while Yan Jinghong, Su Yingbo, and Ling Huanxi rescued the old general against his wishes. After the old general woke and insisted he would return to prison, Si Ming showed him a protest accusing officials of framing and assassinating him, leaving the truth of the prison incident in dispute.

• Si Ming used Nuclear Light First Appears to interrupt Qi Tailai's ultimate move, and Qi Tailai escaped after being badly injured.
• Su Yingbo and Yan Jinghong found the old general, who refused to leave because he believed the law must be upheld.
• Ling Huanxi knocked the old general unconscious so the group could take him, while Yan Jinghong stayed behind to distract the authorities.
• Old General Wang woke up furious and threatened to return to prison, despite Su Yingbo and Yan Jinghong's attempts to calm him.
• Si Ming showed Old General Wang news footage of protesters claiming he had been framed and assassinated, and a protester accused the second prince of ordering the killing.

Si Ming explained how the Third Prince had faked General Wang’s death to turn the Second Prince’s accusation against him, and Wang agreed to remain officially dead while withdrawing from court. A dispute over public duty and private interests exposed Su Yingtao’s hatred of Yan Jinghong for killing Yinglan, and Si Ming began challenging his accusations.

• Si Ming told General Wang that the Third Prince had substituted a burned prisoner’s corpse for him, leaving the Second Prince unable to prove the prison break.
• General Wang accepted that he should remain officially dead and retire from court, while warning Su Yingbo not to neglect the nation or plunge it into chaos.
• Su Yingtao accused Yan Jinghong of killing Yinglan and condemned him for sacrificing loved ones in the name of righteousness.
• Yan Jinghong ordered Si Ming to let Su Yingtao go, but Si Ming instead argued that Yan Jinghong had never claimed to be a hero or concealed the truth.
• Su Yingtao insisted that Yan Jinghong’s willingness to sacrifice even his own family made him cold-hearted, and Si Ming replied that he misunderstood the conflict between public duty and private interests.

Si Ming defended Yan Jinghong from Su Yingtao’s accusations, but Su Yingtao later agreed to join a stranger seeking revenge on Yan Jinghong. Meanwhile, Han Kun discussed the political fallout of Qi Tailai’s death and Third Prince’s maneuvering with Yang Wentang.

• Si Ming argued that Su Yingtao condemned Yan Jinghong because he knew Yan Jinghong would endure the abuse, while he feared confronting truly vicious criminals.
• Yan Jinghong explained that Su Yingtao had been deeply affected by Yinglan’s death, and Si Ming warned that his indulgence could leave Su Yingtao unprepared for harsher consequences.
• A stranger who claimed Yan Jinghong had sacrificed his family invited Su Yingtao to join him in confronting Yan Jinghong, and Su Yingtao accepted.
• Yang Wentang apologized to Han Kun after their side was blamed for Qi Tailai’s death, and Han Kun ordered him to pressure the media outlets.
• Han Kun said Su Yingbo would remain neutral if commanded by the emperor, and Yang Wentang suggested Han Kun had knowingly allowed Third Prince to get what he wanted in their earlier debate.

Su Yingtao lured Yan Jinghong into a poisoned challenge, where the Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider attacked him instead of Xia Guanxue. Yan Jinghong fought while suppressing a poison that drained his True Qi, and the chapter ended with him holding off the Spider’s assault through a flawless defense.

• Su Yingtao recalled Xia Guanxue’s advice and met Yan Jinghong in a remote forest, then challenged him to swallow a poison pill and endure half an hour of attacks.
• Yan Jinghong accepted the challenge and swallowed the pill, which Su Yingtao believed would settle their grudge.
• The Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider, Tang Jing, burst from the forest and attacked Yan Jinghong, leaving Su Yingtao wondering where Xia Guanxue was.
• Yan Jinghong realized the poison was corroding his True Qi and committed himself to defense while the Spider pressed the attack.
• Yan Jinghong used a circular sword defense to withstand the Spider’s blows without yielding, as the Spider urged him to keep struggling.

Yan Jinghong escaped the Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider with Si Ming’s help, then continued through the forest while tending to his poison rather than risk leading enemies toward civilians. He was intercepted by Shentu Chuang, who challenged his ideals as they prepared to fight.

• The Vicious Q​​i Evil Spider injured Yan Jinghong, but Si Ming arrived and attacked the Spider, giving his master time to leave.
• Yan Jinghong chose to avoid the city and its civilians, slowly suppressing the poison as he moved through the forest.
• Shentu Chuang ambushed Yan Jinghong with his nine-ringed golden saber and introduced himself as the Heaven-Defying Society’s third seat, “Bold Evil.”
• Yan Jinghong and Shentu Chuang argued over rules, justice, and loyalty, with Shentu Chuang admitting he would betray a brother for enough profit.

Yan Jinghong escaped Shentu Chuang with Ling Huanxi’s help, then realized another killing array awaited him and hid in a cave to recover. Ling Huanxi remained trapped in a confrontation with Shentu Chuang above the frozen lake.

• Yan Jinghong used the lake and Ling Huanxi’s ambush to escape Shentu Chuang, while Ling Huanxi trapped Shentu Chuang in the Sixfold Flying Snow Formation.
• Ling Huanxi defended Yan Jinghong when Shentu Chuang praised and criticized his tactics, then prepared to fight him.
• Yan Jinghong concluded that a third killing array remained and stopped fleeing blindly.
• Yan Jinghong laid a false trail with bloodstains, doubled back west, and hid in a narrow cave to treat his injuries.

Yan Jinghong was trapped in a ghostly formation and attacked by Xia Guanxue, who sought revenge for the family Yan had sacrificed to stop a demon tide. Just as Xia was about to kill him, Su Yingtao intervened and confronted Xia over abandoning their agreed plan.

• After recovering enough to move, Yan Jinghong was transported by the Five Ghosts Transport Technique to a dark valley, where Xia Guanxue revealed that he blamed Yan for his family's deaths in Tange City.
• Xia Guanxue trapped Yan in the Hundred Ghosts Devour Immortals Formation and attacked him with the Ghostly Gloom Sword Art, gradually exhausting his strength.
• Xia explained that he had spent years studying Yan and deliberately used an attrition strategy, then taunted him as Yan's defenses began to fail.
• Xia unleashed Scarlet Ghost Howls amid Bamboo Groves, but Su Yingtao appeared and shattered the evil ghost's arm with Pointing Stance, Cloud Peak Falling Stone.
• Su Yingtao challenged Xia for changing their agreement to fight Yan openly, while Xia insisted that revenge mattered more than the process and that they could not defeat Yan in a fair fight.

Xia Guanxue tried to kill Yan Jinghong, but Yan resisted by recalling his promise to Su Yinglan, and Su Yingtao and Murong Qing intervened. Murong Qing broke the formation and fought Xia Guanxue, whose fleeting memories of their school days left him vulnerable to her sword.

• Xia Guanxue revealed that he had used Su Yingtao to draw out Yan Jinghong and wounded him, then attacked Yan Jinghong with the Ghostly Gloom Sword.
• Yan Jinghong stopped Xia Guanxue's sword and fought back, but Xia trapped him in the Hundred Ghosts Devour Immortals Formation and unleashed Mountain Ghost Cries in the Wind and Rain.
• Su Yingtao cut free of the ghostly hands and rescued Yan Jinghong from the incoming Sword Qi.
• An unnamed woman outside the formation used Nine Luminaries Sacred Radiance to destroy the formation, and Su Yingtao delayed Xia Guanxue from striking Yan Jinghong.
• Murong Qing arrived and intercepted Xia Guanxue, then fought him in a fierce sword duel.
• Xia Guanxue briefly remembered sparring with Murong Qing as a student, allowing her Sword Qi to graze his cheek before he returned to the fight.

Murong Qing defeated Xia Guanxue in their clash, sparing his life, but she was badly wounded by the Ghost Qi. Afterward, she and Su Yingtao left with Yan Jinghong, and Murong Qing explained that the second prince had warned them he was in danger.

• Xia Guanxue insisted on avenging his family, and Murong Qing said his revenge was understandable but that she owed Senior Yan a debt of gratitude.
• Xia Guanxue and Murong Qing unleashed their ultimate sword techniques, and the nether Qi strengthened his attack until it overwhelmed her moon wheel.
• Murong Qing's weapon broke Xia Guanxue's sword and wounded him, but she sealed the wound with ice and spared his life.
• Murong Qing struggled to suppress the Ghostly Gloom Sword Qi in her body, then told Su Yingtao to leave with Yan Jinghong before more enemies arrived.
• Su Yingtao asked how Murong Qing had found Yan Jinghong, and she explained that the second prince had sent a warning and that they had followed a sign Senior Yan left.