Recaps

Qin Ming overwhelmed Lu Ming and Li Qingfeng, revealing that his half-human, half-demon body could absorb fire and withstand powerful attacks. He left Li Qingfeng alive but crippled so he could question him for information.

• The Spirit Medium reported that she had recovered all but Wang Xiaoxi and Xiangxiang, and Li Qingfeng ordered the captives thrown into the river after Qin Ming was dealt with.
• Lu Ming attacked Qin Ming with his Blazing Fire Art, but Qin Ming absorbed the flames into the Eight Trigrams Diagram in his Dantian and struck Lu Ming down.
• Li Qingfeng charged Qin Ming with his sword and Bright Strength, but his attacks barely hurt Qin Ming, and his flaming punch became trapped in Qin Ming’s body.
• Qin Ming pinned Li Qingfeng beneath his palm and rejected his warning that Xiantian experts would avenge him.
• Qin Ming broke Li Qingfeng’s forearm and both legs, then spared him because he wanted information.

Qin Ming killed the Spirit Medium with Pure Yang Fire and Extreme Cold Power, then punished the people responsible for the River God Sacrifice by throwing them into the Li River. As he disposed of Li Qingfeng, the River God appeared from the swirling water.

• Qin Ming crushed Lu Ming and repeatedly battered the Spirit Medium until Pure Yang Fire and Extreme Cold Power destroyed her, earning 50,000 Free Attribute Points.
• Qin Ming freed the captive children, then captured Li Qingfeng and warned Desolate City's leaders not to leave.
• Qin Ming told Xiong San he would provide the River God with a different sacrifice and pursued the city's leaders as they fled.
• Qin Ming tied stones to more than a dozen leaders and threw them into the Li River, then sank Li Qingfeng as well.
• The river began swirling and a torrent of Yao Qi surged skyward as the River God appeared.

Qin Ming offered the River God a group of martial artists, then secretly gathered wealth and supplies while arranging for Xiong San and the others to leave Desolate City. As Qin Ming began secluded cultivation, Li Batian learned that his son Li Qingfeng had died and sent Li Wenqing and the Dark Strength expert Fu An to investigate.

• Qin Ming escaped the River God’s whirlpool and watched it consume Li Qingfeng and the other martial artists he had offered.
• Qin Ming told Xiong San they would stay, then raided the city’s gangs and lineages for silver, medicines, and martial arts manuals.
• Qin Ming revealed that he had planned their departure all along, gave Xiong San and the others supplies, and asked Yang Ye to escort them east.
• Qin Ming promised to find a Spirit Medicine to awaken Embroiderer and agreed to let Xiong San teach Wang Xiaoxi and Xiangxiang martial arts.
• After the group departed, Qin Ming began secluded cultivation, while Li Batian learned of Li Qingfeng’s death and sent Li Wenqing and Fu An to Desolate City.