Recaps

Shen Jingchuan freed Bai Ruoli, survived an ambush on the road to Yuxi Prefecture, and helped refugees establish a livelihood. In the modern world, he killed Huang Zeyu after an attack on Meng Ke, evaded the investigation, and returned to Yuxi Prefecture, where he advanced to the first layer of Qi Refinement.

• Shen Jingchuan paid five thousand taels to free Bai Ruoli and Qinghe, then brought them to the inn, where Lin Qingyao realized he still intended to marry her.
• Shen Jingchuan departed for Yuxi Prefecture with the escort party, fought off an ambush alongside Lin Qingyao, and learned the attackers had been sent by the Pan Household.
• Shen Jingchuan met Hu Tieniu and funded tea stalls, taverns, and repairs to Wild Goose Tomb so the refugees could earn a living instead of robbing travelers.
• Shen Jingchuan brought Bai Ruoli and Qinghe to his home in Yuxi Prefecture, then returned to the modern world and rushed to Meng Ke after she escaped an attack.
• Shen Jingchuan discovered Huang Zeyu had ordered Meng Ke’s abduction and her lover’s murder, then killed Huang and disappeared from the restaurant without leaving his body behind.
• Police questioned Shen Jingchuan and Meng Ke but could not find Huang Zeyu or the murder weapon, while Shen Jingchuan spoke with Elder Yang and received assurances that Meng Ke would be protected.
• Shen Jingchuan returned to Yuxi Prefecture, arranged to buy neighboring properties, and cultivated through the night until he broke through to the first layer of Qi Refinement.

Shen Jingchuan defeated the Pan Household’s ambush, awakened Xian'er, and used modern supplies and his growing cultivation to build Azure Cloud Stronghold and marry Lin Qingyao. Yan Shuyao brought him new cultivation knowledge and a watch deal with the Third Princess, then prepared to travel to Chang'an with Lin Shan and a shipment of carriages.

• Shen Jingchuan completed the marriage arrangements with Lin Qingyao, visited Wild Goose Tomb, and fought off Pan Zimo, Instructor Zhang, and their accomplices with help from Lin Shan, Lin Yue, Big Black, and Hu Tieniu’s refugees.
• Shen Jingchuan searched the attackers’ belongings and discovered a ring containing Xian'er, who awakened, explained the ring’s powers, and taught him the Five Phases Spirit Guiding Instruction.
• Shen Jingchuan brought modern supplies to the refugees, equipped and trained a fighting force, and developed Azure Cloud Stronghold into a settlement of more than five thousand people with trained heavy infantry and crossbows.
• Shen Jingchuan opened his inn, arranged lavish betrothal gifts, and married Lin Qingyao, who welcomed Bai Ruoli as part of their household.
• Shen Jingchuan advanced to the Second Layer of Qi Refinement, met Meng Ke and learned the Brilliance Group and Huang family had fallen, then gave her mountain ginseng for Elder Wen.
• Yan Shuyao visited Shen Jingchuan, told him how the Third Prince had framed Yan Wenbin and forced Great Confucian Yan to surrender his carriage, and gave him a booklet of minor Law Techniques.
• Shen Jingchuan accepted thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones as an advance payment for watches, while Xian'er restored her strength and taught him five-element techniques and a proper cultivation-assessment method.
• Shen Jingchuan mastered several techniques, delivered a hundred watches, and arranged for Lin Shan and ten escorts to take Yan Shuyao, the watches, and four carriages to Chang'an for the Zhou Household.

Shen Jingchuan armed his household and the Azure Cloud Stronghold with modern firearms, then led the stronghold’s fighters in attacks on Pan Household estates. The raids were underway as warnings reached Yuxi Prefecture and the Pan Residence.

• Shen Jingchuan refused Steward Huang’s attempt to seize the shop and its mirrors, then later fought off Huang Household attackers on the road.
• After learning that the Li Household had taken carriages without paying and that the Huang and Pan Households threatened the Lin Household, Shen Jingchuan prepared the Azure Cloud Stronghold for conflict.
• Shen Jingchuan traveled abroad and bought machine guns, an autocannon, explosives, pistols, and ammunition, then brought the supplies back to his world.
• Shen Jingchuan trained the women in his household to use firearms, and Xiao Mingshu tested a Maxim machine gun before accepting one with ammunition.
• Shen Jingchuan and Xiao Mingshu visited the Azure Cloud Stronghold, where Hu Tieniu reported on five Huang and Pan estates, and Shen ordered an attack that night.
• Shen Jingchuan used an aircraft cannon to breach a Pan Household manor, and Hu Tieniu’s fighters overwhelmed its guards and loaded the estate’s supplies and valuables.
• Shen Jingchuan’s force attacked the Pan Household’s principal estate with the autocannon while Hu Tieniu’s men protected poor residents and organized the gathered fighters.
• Pan Household guards reached Yuxi Prefecture to report the attack, and Sun Laosan delivered the warning to the Pan Residence steward.

Shen Jingchuan traveled with Xiao Mingshu to Spirit Creek Market, where he sold modern goods, advanced his cultivation, and helped Xiao Mingshu profit from makeup kits. After returning to the modern world to give Meng Ke and her mother rejuvenating pills and reveal some of his powers, he resumed preparations for the journey and left the market under attack.

• The Pan Household estates were raided by the Azure Cloud Stronghold, and Garrison Commander Li's under-equipped troops fled when Hu Tieniu's force confronted them.
• Shen Jingchuan questioned Zhao Kui about the attempt on his life, learned that Prince Jing's Heir had ordered it, and advised Hu Tieniu to guard the stronghold and seek educated helpers.
• Shen Jingchuan arranged for Factory Director Zhou to reinforce a carriage, then traveled north with Xiao Mingshu and Huan'er to Spirit Creek Market.
• Shen Jingchuan and Xiao Mingshu sold watches and makeup mirrors for six thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Shen Jingchuan bought pills and treasures and used the Spatial Ring to upgrade them.
• Shen Jingchuan broke through to Qi Refining Third Layer, and he and Xiao Mingshu sold makeup kits before she used high-grade Qi Gathering Pills to advance her own cultivation.
• Shen Jingchuan sold five High-Grade Qi Gathering Pills for four thousand Spirit Stones, then returned to the modern world and gave Meng Ke and her mother Life-Extending Pills that rejuvenated them.
• Shen Jingchuan demonstrated his cultivation abilities to Meng Ke and Mother Meng, who agreed to keep his secret, and he later retrieved the modified carriage from the warehouse.
• Shen Jingchuan bought three Ancestral Reversion Pills for Big Black, then Xiao Mingshu warned of pursuers and the group was ambushed in a canyon, where Shen Jingchuan shot Su Wan with his Maxim.