Recaps

Ronan learned alchemy from Old Jack, built a new life with Dolores and Janice, and turned his creations into a business through Gustav Rhine and Rose Sinclair. After settling into his new role as deputy chief in the Old Port District, he began investigating the Bauer family massacre.

• Ronan rescued Old Jack from the Copper Anchor Casino, then paid to learn his alchemical knowledge and inherited Old Jack’s house, laboratory, materials, and Von Bryant’s notebook.
• Ronan used Psionic Power to refine a dagger, moved Dolores and Janice into his home, and later forged the revolvers Knight and Ranger with extraordinary traits.
• Ronan defied Shaquille Bell and Rudolf Herbert, resisted an arrest warrant, and advanced to the sixth ring of Psionic Power during his clash with Gustav Rhine.
• Gustav Rhine cleared Ronan’s name, introduced him to the Holy Fire Society, and arranged for Rose Sinclair to sell his alchemical creations and source materials.
• At the Guster Manor salon, Ronan demonstrated his Protection Talismans, sold five for 4,500 gold pounds, and said goodbye to Audrey Norton before she left Ceres.
• Ronan chose an internship in the Old Port District, bought a villa for Dolores and Janice, and began work as deputy chief of the Fourth Precinct.
• After half a month of reviewing neglected files, Ronan was assigned the Levi Bauer family massacre and examined the crime scene with Detective Kash.

Ronan pursued the escaped murderer Balder Eady and uncovered a scheme involving nobles, vampires, and Life Potions. After fighting his way through the Internal Affairs Department and forcing the kingdom to negotiate, he entered the royal Secret Vault, where he faced the dragon Gregory.

• Little Black tracked Levi Ball's family's killer to Walkerley's tailor shop, where Ronan captured Walkerley with help from Detective Kash and exposed the stolen jewelry hidden beneath the shop.
• Police Superintendent Simpson tried to force Ronan to lend Little Black to the General Police Bureau, while Tina gave Simpson a week to obtain the beast pet.
• The General Police Bureau ended Ronan's probation and assigned him to capture Balder Eady, so Ronan used Rose Sinclair's intelligence to find Eady's connection to the Razor Gang and its leader, Morpheus Mendt.
• Ronan destroyed the Razor Gang at Edelman Shipyard and got Morpheus to give him a whistle for contacting Balder Eady, whom Ronan found in an underground settlement.
• Balder Eady surrendered and told Ronan that he had killed Baron Franklin Norton to stop a human-trafficking scheme tied to vampires and Life Potions, but Ronan let him remain with the people who depended on him.
• After resigning from the Fourth Precinct, Ronan fought Internal Affairs officers, killed the vampire Magnus Conn, and entered the Curio Vault, where he collected its Curios and forged the Blood Moon Ring.
• Ronan defeated the forces surrounding the Internal Affairs Department and killed Irene after she attacked him, then forced the kingdom to grant him access to the Wang Family's Secret Vault and promise an Alchemy Tower in Ceres.
• Ronan entered the Secret Vault and confronted Gregory, who rejected the royal permit and attacked him, so Ronan formed a Dragon Slaying Spear from molten gold.

Wang Chen returned to the Mountain Sea Realm for Mortal Realm Heart Refining and built a life as a teacher before marrying Ye Dai. When drought and rebellion threatened Qing'an County, he helped defend the town and set out to buy grain, reaching Yunze Prefecture as events shifted.

• Wang Chen descended into the Mountain Sea Realm with his cultivation sealed, settled in Qing'an County, and opened the Wang Clan School for poor children.
• Wang Chen met Ye Dai at the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, exchanged letters with her, and married her after Cao Jin'an and other gang leaders' sons died mysteriously.
• As drought dried the fields and drove up rice prices, Wang Chen helped Ye Xiangming build a self-flowing waterwheel and joined Ye Dai in distributing food to refugees.
• The Ping Tian Army besieged Qing'an County, and Wang Chen helped Ye Xiangming's defenders repel repeated assaults.
• Yu Heqian conspired with local elites and the Ping Tian Army to kill Wang Chen, but Wang Chen killed the conspirators and Yu Heqian, allowing Ye Xiangming to take control of the county.
• After the bandit army withdrew, Ye Xiangming became County Magistrate and sent Wang Chen south with a large caravan to buy grain, and the caravan reached Yunze Prefecture after detouring around the bandits.

Wang Chen helped Qing'an County survive famine and banditry, defeated the Drought Fiend, and negotiated its peaceful transfer to Li Zili before leading his family south to Yunze. Later, he traveled north with Wang Zhenzhen to Changyi, where he met Li Zili in the imperial palace.

• Wang Chen protected his grain convoy from bandits, helped Ye Xiangming relieve Qing'an’s famine, and became deputy magistrate.
• Wang Chen killed the Drought Fiend, bringing rain to the drought-stricken region, then returned home and welcomed his daughter Wang Zhenzhen.
• Zhang Xiaoshan accused Wang Zhenzhen of being tied to the Drought Fiend, but Wang Chen drove him away and later discovered the Fiend’s Crossbone had bonded with his daughter.
• Wang Chen devised the Nine Yang Divine Skill for Wang Zhenzhen and prepared Qing'an for upheaval as Li Zili’s Ping Tian Army swept through Changyi Prefecture.
• Wang Chen negotiated with Li Zili to keep Qing'an safe for a year and protect Yunze’s trade and travel, then led fifty thousand residents south to Yunze.
• Wang Chen trained Wang Zhenzhen, who killed a Black Flood Dragon, and later took her north through Great Wei toward Changyi.
• Wang Chen rejected Zhao Haiming’s attempt to draw him into trouble, gave Huo Wuji a cultivation manual without accepting him as a disciple, and helped Wang Zhenzhen resist an unseen influence.
• Wang Chen presented his seal to Li Zili at the imperial palace, where the former King rose to greet him as a Grandmaster.