Recaps

Gao Yunyi established his foundation, slew the Canglan River God, and used his power to shape events in Baijia Town and the rebellion against Prince Ning. After gathering treasures and returning to claim Bai Suzhen, he headed for the Capital, where the court prepared for his arrival and celestial signs appeared.

• Gao Yunyi established his foundation beneath the Canglan River, rescued Lady Baijia from the sacrificial boat, killed the shaman and River God, and left Lady Baijia to end the town’s human sacrifices.
• Gao Yunyi punished Maybach Crane, then helped a starving refugee girl and agreed to travel to the Capital after learning that Prince Ning’s rebellion had displaced people across Ji Province.
• Gao Yunyi launched a gigantic Purple Qi Divine Sword at Prince Ning’s Residence, destroying it and causing the rebels to surrender as Xiao Zhaohuang entered Zhenning City.
• Gao Yunyi sorted treasures and materials, told the Pacification Investigation Office officers to ask the emperor to wait five days, and flew away to prepare his gear and pills.
• Yang Pingzhi learned that Song Xiuyuan and the Yao Family had arranged his family’s slaughter, then fell over a cliff and was swallowed by a giant white python.
• Gao Yunyi returned to his cave, stopped Bai Suzhen from approaching him too closely, and stored her in the Spirit Pet Slot before setting out for the Capital.
• The Liang Emperor ordered the Welcome Immortals Tower prepared, while officials and residents gathered to receive Gao Yunyi.
• Xiao Chengchen resolved to seek the Immortal’s favor, and purple clouds, an Immortal Sword, frost, lightning, an Immortal Bird, and celestial music appeared over the Capital before Gao Yunyi arrived.

Gao Yunyi settled into the Liang capital and recruited Zhang Qingyan to guide him through its pleasures, while the emperor’s family and court factions competed for his favor. The arc ended with Gao Yunyi meeting Xiao Zhaohuang, who was stunned by his appearance and whom he recognized from an earlier encounter.

• Gao Yunyi arrived at Welcome Immortals Tower, ordered the Liang Emperor to kneel, and gave him a Spirit-Gathering Pill after refusing his offer of the throne.
• Gao Yunyi took up residence at Jade Spring Mountain and summoned Zhang Qingyan, then ordered the reluctant profligate to show him the capital’s pleasure quarter.
• At Qinlan Tower, Zhang Qingyan discovered that Yuan'er had chosen Lu Xiuyan, who confessed he had seduced her to take revenge on Zhang.
• Gao Yunyi accompanied Zhang Qingyan to a gambling den, where he made enormous bets and startled the gamblers and proprietor.
• Zhang Qingyan claimed Gao Yunyi had given him an Immortal Elixir, and his family and Xiao Zhaohuang both learned of his connection to the Immortal.
• Gao Yunyi rejected the emperor’s title and honors, while Zhang Qingyan continued guiding him and tried to persuade Xiao Zhaohuang to invite him to her residence.
• Gao Yunyi gave Zhang Qingyan a Level Two Spirit-Stabilizing Pill, which transformed his body, and learned that Xiao Zhaohuang wanted to meet him.
• Xiao Zhaohuang prepared a formal welcome for Gao Yunyi, who emerged from his carriage and recognized her as the woman general who had stabbed her own thigh with a dagger.

Gao Yunyi became entangled in Xiao Zhaohuang’s courtship and the Liang Emperor’s increasingly desperate schemes to kill him. After the emperor’s forces secretly prepared an attack at Jade Spring Mountain, an explosion engulfed the Temporary Palace Villa and sent Xiao Zhaohuang and Zhang Qingyan rushing there.

• Xiao Zhaohuang embarrassed herself by performing a backflip and meowing for Gao Yunyi, then introduced him to her orphaned nephew Xiao Gaoyi, who took Gao Yunyi as his big brother.
• Xiao Zhaohuang displayed her halberd skills, while Gao Yunyi visited her residence, met her animals, and named her chief eunuch Cao Zhengchun.
• The Liang Emperor and Pei Jingxuan plotted to kill Gao Yunyi with a Daoist Divine Artifact, but Gao Yunyi visited the emperor and left him a Spirit-Gathering Pill.
• Gao Yunyi intervened in Minghua Princess’s cruelty and left after ordering her cat killed, and the princess died as palace attendants acted on his decree.
• Xiao Zhaohuang made a portrait of Gao Yunyi, while rumors branded him a demon and Zhang Qingyan fought his father to go comfort him.
• Xiao Zhaohuang arrested officials connected to Still Abyss Hall and refused the Liang Emperor’s demands to release them, rejecting his offer of the throne and demanding command of all the armies instead.
• Cao Zhengchun confessed that he had spied for the emperor and warned Gao Yunyi that an attack was coming, but Gao Yunyi refused to flee and gave him a pill.
• Xiao Zhaohuang ordered the Phoenix Plume Guards to Jade Spring Mountain after explosive materials were discovered, then an explosion sent smoke and flames above the villa as Zhang Qingyan set out for the mountain.

Gao Yunyi crushed the rebellion, killed the Liang Emperor and the Duke of Qian, and forced the border army to withdraw. He freed Maybach Crane and helped Bai Suzhen become a Jiaolong, while Xiao Zhaohuang remained in the Capital and watched him depart with Bai Suzhen.

• Gao Yunyi survived the explosion, slaughtered the Divine Pivot Battalion rebels at Jade Spring Mountain, and sent a Purple Qi Divine Sword into the Imperial City, killing the Liang Emperor.
• Xiao Zhaohuang took charge of the Capital, while Gao Yunyi killed Mao Gang after Cao Zhengchun intercepted him and Xiao Chengchen’s attempted coup was defeated at Xuanwu Gate.
• Xiao Zhaohuang spared Xiao Chengchen and set out to face the Duke of Qian’s army, while Gao Yunyi refused to support the former prince and later accepted a quest to make the border troops retreat.
• Gao Yunyi descended before Mu Jingyuan’s army and intimidated the Duke of Qian into withdrawing, then struck him with heavenly lightning, and Mu Chengying disowned his father and Xiao Zhaohuang appointed him Duke of Qian.
• Gao Yunyi found Maybach Crane living with his concubines and prepared to kill him, but Xiao Zhaohuang begged him to spare the bird and agreed to gather rare treasures in exchange for it.
• Gao Yunyi released Maybach Crane from his Spirit Pet Slot and fed Bai Suzhen a Spirit Beast Pill, allowing her to transform into a second-stage Jiaolong.
• Gao Yunyi rode Bai Suzhen above the Capital, then returned with her to a secluded courtyard, where she shrank into a small snake and he asked her to massage his back.