Recaps

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing helped Xie Xiaomei vent the hostility behind her Vengeful Transformation, and she regained control of herself. After she shared a painful memory of her mother abusing her, they comforted her until she fell asleep again, and she slept safely until noon.

• Si Ming decided to make Xie Xiaomei attack him so she could release her hostility, but Liu Qingqing took her place to protect his body from injury.
• Liu Qingqing let Xie Xiaomei scratch her until the attacks weakened and stopped, and Xie Xiaomei said she was all right.
• Xie Xiaomei told Si Ming that she had dreamed of her mother hitting her and calling her noisy, then cried as Si Ming comforted her.
• Xie Xiaomei asked to hold Si Ming and Liu Qingqing’s hands so she could feel safe, and she fell asleep again.
• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing discussed Xie Xiaomei’s past suffering and her growing hope for the future, then took turns watching over her until she woke at noon.

After returning from the animal visit, Xie Xiaomei spent time with Auntie Liu while Si Ming revealed that she probably had only a day or two left. Si Ming then took Xie Xiaomei and Ying Zhou to confront a child-trafficking gang, using information from Yu Shuying’s Azure Flood Dragon Gang.

• Auntie Liu returned with lunch and dessert, and Xie Xiaomei helped serve the meal and wash the dishes while everyone avoided discussing the previous night.
• Auntie Liu quietly asked Si Ming whether Xie Xiaomei could stay, and Si Ming said she probably had only a day or two left.
• Xie Xiaomei worried that Auntie Liu was exhausted, and Si Ming invited her to go out and uphold justice.
• Si Ming brought Ying Zhou along to target a child-trafficking gang, and Ying Zhou agreed after Si Ming promised to cover for him if he crippled the criminals.
• Si Ming identified the Wanchang Inn as a place where the gang’s members stayed while moving victims and said Yu Shuying’s Azure Flood Dragon Gang had supplied the information.

Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xie Xiaomei entered an inn to draw out a criminal gang without revealing their official identities. After Ying Zhou provoked the owner and summoned six armed men, Si Ming prepared to confront them and identify the gang while keeping the children safe.

• Si Ming bought Ying Zhou cigarettes so he could pose as a tough delinquent, but Ying Zhou choked on his first drag.
• Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xie Xiaomei asked the inn owner for room 308, and Ying Zhou loudly insisted on taking it despite the owner's objections.
• Ying Zhou slapped the owner twice after the man accused them of coming to cause trouble and threatened to call the Mohist Knight Guard.
• The owner called for help, and six fierce-looking men came downstairs.
• Si Ming intended to use the confrontation to expose the criminal gang while preventing its members from taking the children hostage.

Ying Zhou, Si Ming, and Xie Xiaomei uncovered a child-trafficking operation at an inn and fought the criminals after Liu Qingqing found the children. The scar-faced leader tried to flee, but someone dragged him back inside.

• Liu Qingqing told the group they had found all the children, revealing that Ying Zhou had used a ruse to distract the criminals.
• The scar-faced leader ordered his men to attack, and Ying Zhou crippled four opponents with his martial arts.
• The scar-faced man attacked Xie Xiaomei, but Si Ming protected her, defeated him, and knocked the inn owner down.
• Ying Zhou said that fighting bad people was a meritorious deed, and Si Ming told him not to scare Xie Xiaomei.
• The scar-faced man broke free from the counter and fled, but a red blur caught him outside and dragged him back.

Si Ming, Liu Qingqing, and Xie Xiaomei rescued kidnapped children and turned the traffickers over to the police. Xie Xiaomei realized she had found happiness and the meaning of living, bringing her wish—and her life—close to its end, while Si Ming struggled with whether helping her had been right.

• Liu Qingqing stopped the scarred trafficker as Si Ming freed the bruised children from the rooms upstairs.
• Xie Xiaomei challenged the traffickers about the harm they had caused, and the scarred man fell silent after she said his child would be glad not to know his crimes.
• Si Ming and his companions handed the children to the police, and Si Ming walked Xie Xiaomei and Liu Qingqing home.
• Xie Xiaomei admitted she was afraid because she had only one day left, then said she had learned that living happily was wonderful as starlight appeared around her.
• Si Ming told Liu Qingqing that Xie Xiaomei's wish had been to understand the meaning of living and questioned whether fulfilling it had doomed her.
• Liu Qingqing said they could not turn back, and Si Ming resolved to keep going rather than regret not acting.

Si Ming and Liu Qingqing watched Auntie Liu and Xie Xiaomei face their approaching farewell with warmth, while Xie Xiaomei tried to memorize Si Ming before her time ran out. The next morning, Xie Xiaomei asked to visit the rescued children, and Si Ming took her to the police station, where most of them were still waiting for their parents.

• At dinner, Xie Xiaomei excitedly told Auntie Liu about catching the traffickers, and the two shared a cheerful moment despite knowing Xie Xiaomei's life was nearing its end.
• Si Ming found Liu Qingqing grieving and told her that some farewells could make it possible to meet again in a better way.
• That night, Si Ming stayed at Liu Qingqing's home to watch over Xie Xiaomei.
• The next morning, Xie Xiaomei studied and touched Si Ming's face, then vowed not to forget the memories she had made in her final days.
• After Auntie Liu caught Xie Xiaomei sitting astride Si Ming, the three ate breakfast, and Xie Xiaomei asked to see the rescued children.
• Si Ming brought Xie Xiaomei to the police station, where most of the rescued children were still waiting for their families and two sets of parents reunited with their children.

After rescuing two abducted children, Si Ming and Liu Qingqing returned home with Xie Xiaomei, whose true departure had begun. Xie Xiaomei spent her last moments with Auntie Liu, called her Mom, and died in her embrace.

• The rescued children’s parents thanked Si Ming and the others, but Si Ming refused their offers of money.
• Xie Xiaomei said she was relieved the children had loving parents, and Si Ming reflected that fortune and misfortune were intertwined.
• At home, Xie Xiaomei said she was glad she had died and met her new family, then began to vanish in starlight.
• Xie Xiaomei asked to see Auntie Liu one last time and asked her to comb her hair.
• Xie Xiaomei called Auntie Liu Mom and died peacefully in her embrace as Auntie Liu wept and continued combing her hair.

Si Ming fought the Anye Beast King atop Righteous Qi Peak, but the Beast King countered Si Ming’s ultimate technique with Sword Qi he had concealed inside himself and shattered his defenses. As the Beast King prepared another attack, Si Ming revealed he had identified the counter and was no longer worried.

• Si Ming’s “All Evils Fall Silent, All Wickedness Perishes” failed when the Anye Beast King unleashed hidden Sword Qi, then the Beast King broke the Myriad Tribulations Mystic Light Array and destroyed the summit of Righteous Qi Peak.
• Wan Yebai sealed Wan Ziling’s movements to stop her from rushing to Si Ming’s aid, explaining that she would only become a burden in the fight.
• Wan Yebai described how the Anye Beast King had killed Xilai, absorbed the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King’s cultivation, and destroyed the Glazed Temple.
• Duanmu Die revealed that Si Ming had condensed the No Slaughter Sacred Seal after training with the Ten Thousand Slaughters Primordial Art, and said he would win.
• The Anye Beast King admitted he had hidden a Sword Qi strike from their previous battle inside himself to counter Si Ming’s ultimate technique.
• Si Ming accused the Anye Beast King of sparing the Evil-Slaying Sword School only because he did not see them as a threat, then said he could rest easy now that he knew the Beast King’s trump card.

After defeating the Anye Beast King, Si Ming recovered from his injuries and spoke with Wan Ziling and Duanmu Die. He then finished writing the Official History Arc of his Three Kingdoms novel and handed the manuscript to Auntie Liu.

• Si Ming trapped the defeated Anye Beast King inside the Monster-Slaying Sword, but fell with the collapsing Righteous Qi Peak.
• Duanmu Die sent Xiaomei to rescue Si Ming, and Si Ming gave Duanmu Die the sword to take away.
• Si Ming teased Duanmu Die about Xiaomei looking familiar, then tried to placate the jealous Wan Ziling by reminding her he intended to propose.
• Si Ming finished a 280,000-character Official History Arc in seven days and handed the manuscript to Auntie Liu.
• Auntie Liu checked the manuscript and praised its quality, while Si Ming explained that his martial arts speed and familiarity with Three Kingdoms stories had helped him write it.

Si Ming sparred with Liu Qingqing and tested the power of her Five Elements Spirit-Refining Formula and Blood Spirit Clone. After seeing how strong the clone had become, they continued cultivating before catching their afternoon train back for school.

• Auntie Liu learned that Si Ming might receive missions from the Mohist Knight Guard and urged him to stay safe, then asked when he and Liu Qingqing would have a child.
• Si Ming found Liu Qingqing practicing the Five Elements Spirit-Refining Fist and sparred with her, trading techniques until she split his earth wall with the Golden Spear and Iron Horse Slash.
• Liu Qingqing explained that the Five Elements Spirit-Refining Formula balanced the body's five elements and strengthened both her spirit and body.
• Liu Qingqing summoned her Blood Spirit Clone, and Si Ming discovered that it could overpower him with brute strength while rapidly regenerating its injuries.
• Si Ming and Liu Qingqing resumed cultivating so they could catch the afternoon train and return before school started.

Si Ming studied the Nation of Valor’s military ranks, strict laws, and disciplined society while Yu Shuying explained the Su State’s relations with the country and what its people were like. After seeing a photograph of an orderly factory meeting, Si Ming asked what their trial assignment would be, leaving the details of their mission unanswered.

• Si Ming learned that he would study abroad in the Nation of Valor with Yu Shuying, accompanied by Thunder King Xing Daozhuang, while Murong Qing remained in seclusion.
• Si Ming read about the Nation of Valor’s twenty military ranks, laws, social rules, and state-arranged marriages.
• Yu Shuying told Si Ming that the Su State and the Nation of Valor were not at war and advised him to be direct and avoid unnecessary small talk.
• Yu Shuying showed Si Ming a photograph of a factory meeting, and he saw how strictly the Nation of Valor’s people observed discipline.
• Si Ming asked Yu Shuying what trial assignment they would have in the Nation of Valor.

Si Ming traveled to the Nation of Valor with Yu Shuying and Xing Daozhuang, then explored the country while considering its rivalry with the Mohist School and Su State. He found that he could pass unnoticed among the locals and left the chapter touring the Nation of Valor’s cities and weighing its military power against its lower standard of living.

• Si Ming and Yu Shuying discussed joining the Martial King Cup, and Xing Daozhuang met them at the harbor before they boarded a ship to the Nation of Valor.
• Si Ming watched a crowd from the Nation of Valor board with practiced efficiency, and Yu Shuying explained their strict punctuality.
• Si Ming considered the Mohist School’s history of aiding countries that fought the Military School and how its arms sales had benefited Su State.
• After entering the Nation of Valor, Si Ming realized locals could not identify him as a Mohist disciple and relaxed enough to admire the scenery.
• Si Ming observed the Nation of Valor’s orderly, minimally fortified cities and noted that its focus on military strength left its economy and public facilities far behind Su State’s.
• Si Ming reflected that the Nation of Valor had accepted tribute from neighboring states and that worsening monster tides had helped bring a rare period of peace to the Northern Continent.

Si Ming reunited with Huang Tu at Sun Wu University, where they agreed to settle their old rivalry in the Martial King Cup Tournament. Huang Tu then took Si Ming to a tavern for a late-night meal, where they began ordering food.

• Xing Daozhuang and the exchange students arrived at Sun Wu University, where Huang Tu welcomed them as the Nation of Valor’s envoy.
• Huang Tu recognized Si Ming and described how he had trained for years to avenge his defeat in their past fight.
• Si Ming proposed that they meet in the Martial King Cup Tournament, and Huang Tu eagerly agreed.
• Huang Tu invited Si Ming to a tavern for a late-night meal, and Si Ming accepted.
• Huang Tu ordered around a dozen dishes after they sat down at the tavern.

Si Ming escaped the tavern with the drunken Huang Tu, only to be ambushed by a Spirit Transformation cultivator who had disguised himself as Huang Tu’s guard. Si Ming defeated the attacker, but a second assailant struck him while he protected Huang Tu, leaving him in pain from a vicious flame force.

• Huang Tu got drunk and sang and stripped alongside the tavern’s other patrons, so Si Ming paid and carried him outside.
• A middle-aged man claiming to be Huang Tu’s guard approached Si Ming, who noticed the man’s unsettled Qi and grew suspicious.
• The man attacked Si Ming with a nine-section whip and flame techniques, but Si Ming broke the whip and battled him while protecting Huang Tu.
• Si Ming broke the attacker’s arm, wounded him with the True Yang Vermilion Blaze Saber, and struck him down with the Blazing Sun Heavenly Saber.
• As Si Ming reached to remove the wounded man’s disguise, another figure attacked Huang Tu, forcing Si Ming to block and suffer a fierce flame force through his meridians.

After an attack on Huang Tu, Si Ming and Yu Shuying considered why someone would target the unremarkable imperial grandson and joked about Si Ming’s reputation for bringing turmoil wherever he went. Si Ming resolved to avoid trouble and stayed in his room, where he refined the Evil-Slaying Sword Art; the chapter ended with his uncontrolled Sword Qi shredding the room.

• Si Ming chose not to pursue the masked attacker who had struck him and fled with the injured middle-aged man, since Huang Tu was asleep on his back.
• Si Ming told Yu Shuying about the attack, and they reasoned that Huang Tu’s weak claim to the throne made a succession struggle an unlikely motive.
• Yu Shuying listed the upheavals that had followed Si Ming across several countries, and Si Ming defended his role while resolving to keep a low profile in the Nation of Valor.
• Si Ming returned to his dormitory to review his gains from the Barbarian Continent and use the Evil-Slaying Sword Art to improve his Blazing Yang Battle Art.
• Si Ming used his Divine Firmament Soul Body and sudden enlightenment talent to advance the Evil-Slaying Sword Technique from major accomplishment to perfection and beyond.
• After Si Ming’s Sword Intent barrier dissolved the following noon, his Sword Qi went out of control and riddled the room’s furniture and walls with holes.

Si Ming recovered after his battle with the Anye Beast King and advanced his Blazing Yang Battle Art, then declined Huang Tu’s invitation to visit the imperial palace. He joined Xing Daozhuang and Yu Shuying at the Martial King Cup venue, where Yu Shuying questioned how little he knew about the competition.

• Si Ming realized his Evil-Slaying Sword Art could now break the Anye Beast King’s Unity of the Sacred and Evil, and used its principles to raise the Blazing Yang Battle Art’s level cap to sixteen.
• Si Ming exhausted himself after twelve hours of cultivation, while Huang Tu broke into his room, assumed he was injured, and renounced his revenge in gratitude for being saved.
• Si Ming awoke to find Huang Tu standing guard and fussing over him, then declined Huang Tu’s invitation to tour the imperial palace.
• After another day, Xing Daozhuang took Si Ming and Yu Shuying to register for the Martial King Cup at the West Garden Military Camp.
• Si Ming arrived early with Xing Daozhuang, considered how to observe the other competitors, and asked why a training-ground competition would have so few spectators.
• Yu Shuying asked Si Ming whether he had looked into the nature of the Martial King Cup, and Si Ming admitted he had been too busy cultivating to gather information.

Si Ming learned about the elite Martial King Cup before Ba Shenhuang arrived and attacked Xing Daozhuang. After their clash revealed Ba Shenhuang’s overwhelming strength, Si Ming considered how difficult it would be to defeat him without activating the Buddha formation.

• Yu Shuying explained that the Martial King Cup was a little-known competition for young martial artists recommended by Spirit Transformation Grandmasters.
• Si Ming compared the competition to an upper-class gathering where powerful families displayed and connected their rising talents.
• Ba Shenhuang entered the camp, insulted Xing Daozhuang, and struck him with a palm attack.
• Xing Daozhuang met Ba Shenhuang’s strike with Five Thunder Profound Qi, but he staggered back three steps while Ba Shenhuang retreated only half a step.
• Ba Shenhuang dismissed Xing Daozhuang and left, and Huang Tu apologized to Si Ming for his master’s behavior.
• Si Ming judged that Ba Shenhuang was likely stronger than him unless he activated the Buddha formation.

Si Ming met Xing Daozhuang, learned that he practiced the Blazing Yang Battle Art alongside another Internal Cultivation technique, and offered to share his new insights. At the military camp, Si Huaruo joined him, a jealous Qiu Ze left after she rejected him, and Huyan Lie’s hostility suggested the Martial King Cup would bring conflict.

• Si Ming asked Xing Daozhuang about his Blazing Yang Battle Art, and Xing gave him a manual of his cultivation insights.
• Xing Daozhuang revealed that he practiced a second Internal Cultivation technique, and Si Ming offered to share his own discoveries about advancing the Blazing Yang Battle Art.
• Si Huaruo arrived and told Si Ming she had entered the Martial King Cup because she expected him to compete.
• Qiu Ze criticized Si Ming, but Si Huaruo linked arms with Si Ming and told Qiu Ze to leave, so he departed after glaring at Si Ming.
• Huyan Lie gave Si Ming a threatening look, and Si Ming anticipated that the Martial King Cup would not be boring.

Xing Daozhuang considered whether to use Si Ming’s improved Blazing Yang Battle Art to conceal his Monster Race identity and unite the holy and the evil, but decided to wait for the Moth Emperor’s plan. Meanwhile, Si Ming took Si Huaruo to watch a military ball match, where the Dragon and Snake Rise on Land Team’s skilled newcomer began to lead an attack.

• Xing Daozhuang examined Si Ming’s improved Blazing Yang Battle Art and recognized that it could raise the art’s limit to level sixteen.
• Xing Daozhuang reflected on his Monster Race identity, the Remote Heaven Society’s blackmail, and the dangers of uniting the holy and the evil or turning evil into holy.
• Xing Daozhuang decided to keep his identity concealed and wait to see whether the Moth Emperor’s operation succeeded, then put the notebook away.
• Si Ming, Si Huaruo, and Huang Tu watched the Soldier King Cup semifinal between the Wind Forest Fire Mountain Team and the Dragon and Snake Rise on Land Team.
• The Dragon and Snake Rise on Land Team’s ace evaded the red team’s tackles and advanced through coordinated play with his teammates.

After Qingyan led the Dragon and Snake Rise on Land Team to a semifinal victory, Hongyi tried to persuade him to become a military ball agent, but Qingyan remained committed to becoming a legendary assassin. When Qingyan considered changing his name to escape his reputation, Hongyi warned that the assassin world already knew who he was.

• Qingyan led the Dragon and Snake Rise on Land Team to defeat the Wind Forest Fire Mountain Team 10:8 in the Soldier King Cup semifinals.
• Qingyan recalled that his employers kept dying, leaving him blacklisted from assassin jobs and forcing him to earn money as a military ball player.
• Hongyi proposed that Qingyan become a professional military ball agent and told him the Six Secret Teachings Team had offered him fifty million a year.
• Qingyan rejected the offer because he valued his dream of becoming a legendary assassin more than wealth, and offered Hongyi money from his account if needed.
• Hongyi explained that Qingyan's reputation had spread throughout the assassin business, so changing his name would not make clients trust him.

Si Ming's counselor, Xin Jia, visited his dorm to urge him to attend classes and meet his classmates. He agreed to go to class, then pressed her to explain a disturbing incident she had hinted at.

• Xin Jia introduced herself as Si Ming's counselor and criticized him for staying in his dorm and skipping classes.
• Si Ming explained that he had been cultivating and had recently broken through a martial arts bottleneck.
• Xin Jia suggested a welcome party, but Si Ming warned that it could backfire because his classmates might dislike him.
• Si Ming agreed to attend classes and greet his classmates, easing Xin Jia's concern.
• Xin Jia mentioned a past incident that had frightened someone who opened a student's dorm room, and Si Ming pressed her for details.

Xin Jia explained why she had worried Si Ming might be secretly cultivating the Transformation Canon, then escorted him to class and discussed the Nation of Valor’s laws with him. Qiu Ze confronted them with a false accusation, and Si Ming told Xin Jia she needed to be tougher.

• Xin Jia told Si Ming about a student who transformed himself into a woman by secretly practicing the Transformation Canon, explaining why she had checked on him.
• Si Ming agreed to attend class, and Xin Jia accompanied him while promising to handle any trouble at school.
• Si Ming and Xin Jia discussed the Nation of Valor’s policy of killing children born with disabilities and the possibility of changing the law.
• Qiu Ze accused Si Ming of pursuing Si Huaruo while involved with Xin Jia, and Xin Jia offered to take the matter to the academic affairs office.
• Xin Jia privately told Si Ming that the director of academic affairs was her uncle, but Si Ming said she should respond more forcefully.

Si Ming drove Qiu Ze away by pretending that Si Huaruo preferred crude, uninhibited men, then accompanied Xin Jia to a class meeting where she introduced him as a trial exchange student. The students reacted to his looks with admiration and jealousy, and the boys began mocking him.

• Si Ming insulted Qiu Ze and claimed Si Huaruo preferred men like him, causing Qiu Ze to leave wondering whether he should change his image.
• Xin Jia asked whether Si Ming's claims were true, and he admitted he had been manipulating Qiu Ze.
• Si Ming suspected someone had arranged for Qiu Ze to watch for him, but decided that university trouble was beneath his concern.
• Xin Jia took Si Ming to a class meeting and introduced him to the students as an exchange student attending on a trial basis.
• The girls praised Si Ming's appearance, while the boys grew jealous and mocked his looks and late arrival.

Si Ming confronted Fu Feng’s provocations over Su State’s intervention in the Northern Continent and defended the Mohist School’s position before his new classmates. The meeting ended without a fight, but Fu Feng’s hostility remained, and the class did not accept Si Ming.

• Xin Jia introduced Si Ming to the class, and Fu Feng provoked him after learning he belonged to the Mohist School.
• Fu Feng challenged Si Ming to explain Su State’s interference in the Nation of Valor’s efforts to unify the Northern Continent.
• Si Ming argued that Su State had been asked by the Su Kingdom and Rui State to help stop unjust wars, and the two students exchanged accusations about their schools and nations.
• The class meeting ended on bad terms as the other students stayed silent rather than oppose Fu Feng.
• Fu Feng told his followers that avoiding a physical fight had protected them from serious consequences, since Si Ming had a powerful Spirit Transformation master.

Fu Feng used a secretly recorded class debate to stir up anger against Si Ming, who agreed to answer the controversy through the campus broadcast. Si Ming and Xin Jia reached the broadcast room, where he began testing the microphone.

• Fu Feng told his followers to get the school broadcasting station to air the recording without letting its staff review it.
• Si Ming practiced Shennong's Three Fists in his dorm, reached major accomplishment, and caused a brief building-wide tremor.
• Xin Jia warned Si Ming that the recording had aired and students were calling for him to be punished.
• Si Ming rejected Xin Jia's offer to hide him and agreed to explain the dispute over the campus broadcast.
• Xin Jia took Si Ming to the broadcast room, where he tested the microphone and drew students' attention.