Recaps

Si Ming strengthened his ties with Sword-Forging Manor and Xiao Xuan, gained the Dragon Scale Sword, and returned home to deepen his relationship with Hongdou and Murong Qing. He helped capture Qi Yunfei and ended the stretch celebrating New Year at the orphanage.

• Si Ming impressed Yun Jinzang in a prolonged martial contest at Sword-Forging Manor, then learned martial arts from him and departed with Yan Jinghong.
• Si Ming visited Xiao Xuan, cultivated a vast tract of land, and received the Dragon Scale Sword and its powerful rain-summoning sword art.
• Si Ming used the Dragon Scale Sword to bring rain to a drought-stricken area, injuring himself before mastering the technique with his Cultivation Body.
• Si Ming returned to Minggui Orphanage and became intimate with Hongdou, then confessed what happened to Murong Qing, who accepted it while asking him not to hide things from her.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing searched a martial arts tournament for wanted fugitive Qi Yunfei while watching Ying Zhou win his match and Nie Wanzhi compete.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing tracked down Qi Yunfei, persuaded him to surrender without revealing his identity to Nie Wanzhi, and brought him to the Mohist Knight Guard base.
• Si Ming, Murong Qing, Hongdou, and their friends celebrated New Year at the orphanage, where Yao Bilian revealed she owned the building and the group watched the gala.

Si Ming joined Liu Qingqing and Lin Qingxiang in a mission against the Heaven-Defying Society, where Liu Qingqing defeated Lin Qingtong and the team uncovered the Society’s use of Divine Soul Tree Seeds. After returning to school, Si Ming helped assess the martial arts club and discussed how to warn the public about the Society’s plans, then agreed to go shopping with Si Huaruo.

• Yan Kai finished his sword-like carp painting, while Yao Bilian later seduced Si Ming and admitted she had hoped to make him a possible partner.
• Si Ming and Murong Qing visited the cemetery, where Si Ming stopped Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue from fighting over their care for Xia Guanxue’s father’s grave.
• Xia Guanxue warned Si Ming that the Ji Lineage might target Liu Qingqing’s mother and entertainment company, and Si Ming joined Ji Shichen’s mission against the Remote Heaven Society.
• Chen Xiangduan led Si Ming, Liu Qingqing, and Lin Qingxiang to pursue Mi Haichao, while Lin Qingxiang fought Lin Qingtong and Liu Qingqing challenged and defeated her.
• Si Ming defeated the Seal Talisman Master’s allies, while Ling Huanxi helped capture Mi Haichao and Chen Xiangduan arrested Ji Xun.
• Lin Qingtong told Chen Xiangduan that the Heaven-Defying Society used Divine Soul Tree Seeds to gather members, and Si Ming proposed publicizing the leader’s power to kill them.
• Si Ming returned to school, helped judge Second Martial Arts Club students, and discussed with Si Jingyu and Murong Qing how to warn the public about attempts to sever Divine Pillars.
• Si Ming persuaded Murong Qing to support publishing attributed speculation and cautionary stories, then agreed to go shopping with Si Huaruo the next day.

Si Ming and Si Jingyu deepened their cultivation while the Second Martial Arts Club prepared for the national competition. Linked Mountains University advanced past the Kunlun Martial Alliance, leaving Si Ming to prepare for a dangerous match against International Union Academy.

• Si Ming and Si Huaruo spent a day together before she entered seclusion, while Si Ming launched a public campaign against the Remote Heaven Society’s influence.
• Ke Chajing established a challenge process to finalize the Second Martial Arts Club’s roster, and Si Ming later failed to imitate Si Jingyu’s pill-like cultivation state.
• Si Ming and Si Jingyu stopped Fang Hong after he transformed during a train robbery, then met Tao Chengsi on their way to Earth Emperor University.
• At the league draw, Si Ming and Si Jingyu fought off contestants to collect numbered tags, but Si Ming lost his spar with Shan Gu and kept only the tag he had chosen.
• Si Ming and Si Jingyu practiced spiritual union, purified their souls, and gained new cultivation insights before returning to their duties.
• After advising Hao Shuai to focus on self-improvement, Si Ming rejoined the team and learned about the dangerous Dual-Polarity Box-Breaking True Scripture.
• Si Ming defeated Sima Liang, then watched Si Shuiyun, Liu Qingqing, and Murong Qing secure a 3:0 victory over the Kunlun Martial Alliance.
• Si Ming warned Liang Fan about International Union Academy’s madness-inducing martial art as the Glacier Martial Arts School resolved to pursue a semifinal place.

Si Ming and the Linked Mountains University Second Martial Arts Club fought through the semifinals and defeated Heavenly Black University in the final. The club claimed the championship tripod, while a parallel-world scene showed Liu Qingqing and Lin Qingxiang facing Lin Qingtong.

• Lian Buqi’s Cloud Mist Detonation badly burned Song Caishuang and Song Xiaoshuang, and Tao Chengsi defeated Liang Fan before the International Union Academy advanced to the semifinals.
• Si Ming challenged Lian Buqi, withstood his attacks, and knocked him out of the arena to win the first match for the Second Martial Arts Club.
• Murong Qing and Liu Qingqing won their two-on-two match against Guan Shengnan and Fang Hong, but Zeng Aniu lost his singles match before Hu Jixian and Ke Chajing secured the team’s place in the final.
• Earth Emperor University and Heavenly Black University battled in the other semifinal, and Si Ming confronted Shan Gu after Shan Gu refused to fight and rejected Si Ming’s offer of the Blazing Yang Battle Art.
• Murong Qing lost the final’s opening match to Dong Hanwen after they both fell beyond the arena, and Liu Qingqing and Si Shuiyun defeated Jiu Namo and Ye Wangduan to tie the contest.
• Chen Shimi won the third match, and Si Ming and Nie Wanzhi faced Xiang Donglai and Chen Zhengying in the fourth, where their opponents’ exchange technique took Si Ming out of the arena.
• Nie Wanzhi knocked Chen Zhengying from the arena, giving the Second Martial Arts Club a three-to-one victory over Heavenly Black University.
• Si Ming defeated the Grandmasters who crowded the stage and seized the purple-gold ding, then raised it with his teammates as they declared themselves champions.
• In a parallel world, Lin Qingtong wounded Lin Qingxiang and told Liu Qingqing to find Zhu Hao, while Lin Qingxiang rebuked her for disrespecting their former master.