Recaps

Yang An reunited the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox with Zhang Cheng’s family and helped them settle in her Spirit Fox Space, where Zhang Cheng grew to the Endless Source Lord Peak. Four thousand years later, Chi Yu’s Future Self arrived to seize the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox’s Demon Spirit Source, but Zhang Cheng wounded him and drove him away, leaving the Spirit Fox Space unsafe.

• Yang An freed the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox from her Beast Taming Contract and revealed Zhang Cheng’s unharmed wives and the Seven Little Spirit Foxes.
• Yang An led the group to the bound Old Men, and Zhang Cheng killed them before everyone returned to the Spirit Fox Space.
• Zhang Cheng reached the Endless Source Lord Peak during three thousand years of cultivation, while Yang An remained at the Endless Source Lord Rank Early Phase and the Seven Little Spirit Foxes transformed into children.
• Four thousand years later, Chi Yu’s Future Self and Ice Venerable entered the Spirit Fox Space and tried to take the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox’s Demon Spirit Source.
• Zhang Cheng struck Chi Yu’s Future Self down when he tried to seize the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox, forcing him to escape with Ice Venerable.

The old man recounted the tragic origins of Wang Gu and the gray-robed spear wielder who named the domain after himself. In the City of Wang Gu, Yang An explained the cultivation realms to a crowd and agreed to establish a sect after ten old men asked him to take them as disciples.

• The old man told the tavern crowd how Ye Lang became Wang Gu, how Jiu Qu and Azure Heaven became the moon and sun, and how Wang Gu’s later incarnation slaughtered the Supremes and named the domain.
• The old man speculated that the gray-robed young man had returned to the Mortal Realm to pursue the Source Lord Rank.
• Zhang Cheng, Yang An, and the others listened after moving to the City of Wang Gu, unaware that Chi Yu had arranged for the Future Self to hide nearby.
• Yang An took over as storyteller and spent three days and nights explaining the cultivation realms to the gathered beings.
• Ten old men knelt before Yang An and asked him to accept them as disciples, so he decided to establish a sect in the city.

Yang An established the Xuan Yuan Saint Palace at Floating Wonderful Moon, transforming Jade Tower Palace and its surroundings with Source Lord authority. He assigned his disciples to manage the new palace’s Ten Halls, then invited Zhang Cheng and the others to choose their rooms.

• Yuqing brought Yang An and his companions to Floating Wonderful Moon, where Yang An agreed to establish his lineage at Jade Tower Palace.
• Yu Shi and Jade Tower Palace’s Elders confronted the visitors; Yuqing defeated them, then Yu Shi went to seek justice from the Old Ancestor he had failed to recognize.
• Yang An invoked the authority of the Endless Source Lord and decreed the founding of the Xuan Yuan Saint Palace.
• The decree transformed Floating Wonderful Moon and its palaces into a Source Realm cultivation domain, while Yuqing and the other hidden experts advanced into the Source Realm.
• Yu Shi and the Elders recognized Yuqing and learned that Yang An was his Master; Yang An told his ten disciples to manage the palace’s Ten Halls.
• Yang An returned to Zhang Cheng and the others and invited them to choose their Couch Halls.

Yang An and Zhang Cheng went to investigate a place where Special Qi had leaked, unaware at first that it came from the One Qi Source. After waiting for weeks as factions gathered and absorbed another burst of Qi, they followed the Future Self and Ice Venerable into the Special Space.

• Yang An sent Yuqing and the Xuan Yuan Saint Palace disciples to investigate the anomaly, then agreed to go with Zhang Cheng.
• Yang An and Zhang Cheng found no Special Qi in the ordinary forest and suspected the report was incomplete.
• The Future Self tried and failed to use his Endless Source Lord authority to enter the One Qi Source's space, then explained the One Qi Source to Ice Venerable while they waited.
• Yuqing arrived with Xuan Yuan Saint Palace disciples, and the gathered factions waited for weeks as some people left and others cultivated.
• Special Qi leaked out again, allowing the remaining cultivators, including Yuqing, to advance by a major realm.
• The Future Self and Ice Venerable entered the Special Space, and Yang An and Zhang Cheng followed as streams of golden and white Qi.

Inside the One Qi Source Realm, Yang An entered a world of memories to earn the One Qi Source’s recognition while Zhang Cheng watched over him. The Future Self and Ice Venerable repeatedly tried to reach the Source, but Zhang Cheng kept sending them back to the entrance.

• The Future Self and Ice Venerable entered the White Expanse and had their cultivation sealed, so they began searching for the One Qi Source as mortals.
• Yang An and Zhang Cheng entered the realm, and Zhang Cheng brought Yang An to the One Qi Source despite Yang An’s sealed cultivation.
• The One Qi Source returned to the Dense White when Yang An tried to take it, then drew his consciousness into a world reflecting his past lives after he chanted an Oracle.
• The Future Self and Ice Venerable reached Zhang Cheng and Yang An, but Zhang Cheng sent them back to the entrance; they later died on another attempt and reappeared outside.
• After Special Qi leaked out again, the Future Self and Ice Venerable reentered and reached Zhang Cheng, who sent them back once more despite their respectful greeting.

Future Self endured repeated torment in the Special Space as he pursued the One Qi Source, while Ice Venerable eventually betrayed him and sided with Zhang Cheng. After Zhang Cheng made the two fight for his amusement, Future Self killed Ice Venerable permanently and returned to seeking the treasure.

• Future Self repeatedly dragged Ice Venerable back into the Special Space, where Zhang Cheng eventually teleported them outside after Ice Venerable begged to leave.
• Future Self restored Ice Venerable and hauled him back into the space, where Zhang Cheng forced them to chat and tell stories until Future Self broke down and was killed, then resurrected at the entrance.
• Ice Venerable offered to serve Zhang Cheng and revealed what he knew about Future Self, while Zhang Cheng mistakenly thought Ice Venerable was acting as a double agent.
• Future Self returned to Dense White without Ice Venerable, and the two argued and fought while Zhang Cheng watched and demanded they continue.
• Future Self and Ice Venerable fought until their mortal bodies died and they resurrected outside the space, after which Future Self used his authority to scatter Ice Venerable's soul permanently.

Yang An absorbed the One Qi Source and returned to the Xuan Yuan Saint Palace while the Future Self arrived too late, then infiltrated the sect to seek the source. Zhang Cheng and Yang An learned of his plans and chose to play along, while Chi Yu arranged for Zhang Yue Wan to visit her son and said he intended to entrust Palm Heavenly Domain to him.

• Yang An absorbed the One Qi Source, regained his cultivation, and left the space with Zhang Cheng as the Future Self found the source gone and was cast out.
• The region exploded, and the Future Self killed the Supreme experts who attacked him while Yuqing returned safely to the Xuan Yuan Saint Palace.
• The Future Self tracked the One Qi Source to the sect, joined Cheng Yuan Hall as a disciple of Luo Xu, and secretly drew Zhang Cheng's attention.
• Zhang Cheng informed Yang An that the Future Self had infiltrated the sect, and Yang An decided to let events proceed.
• Chi Yu allowed Zhang Yue Wan to visit Zhang Cheng, then reunited her with him after she accidentally walked in on Zhang Cheng with his wives.
• After Zhang Yue Wan greeted Zhang Cheng and his wives, Chi Yu said he planned to entrust Palm Heavenly Domain to their son.

The Future Self infiltrated the Xuan Yuan Saint Palace and was tricked by Chi Yu into believing he had obtained the One Qi Source. After Chi Yu resumed tracking him, Zhu Zishan awakened in a corpse in the Hongyang Immortal Domain and discovered he had transmigrated into a miscellaneous disciple of the Nine Underworlds Sect.

• The Future Self became Elder Luo Xu’s true disciple, rejected his senior and junior sisters, and killed them when they tried to use love poison; Chi Yu revived them and took them as bed-warming maids.
• The Future Self secretly entered Yang An’s quarters and stole what he believed was the One Qi Source, then absorbed it in his Dark Space and continued pursuing his plan.
• Chi Yu revealed that he had fabricated the One Qi Source, while Yang An and Zhang Cheng found the Future Self’s quarters empty after waiting for months.
• Chi Yu left the Void Creation Space and resumed tracking the Future Self.
• A coffin burst open in the land of the Eight Wastelands, and Zhu Zishan awakened in the body of a Nine Underworlds Sect miscellaneous disciple who had been cultivating a Corpse Raising Method.

After the Supreme Soul Devouring System awakened, Zhu Zishan returned to the Nine Underworlds Sect and was summoned by Mei Yingyin, his master. Mei Yingyin drained his cultivation, but Zhu Zishan’s Nether Yin Source Body began devouring her in return, leaving her trapped as his cultivation surged away from her.

• Zhu Zishan’s system activated when he devoured a Nether Soul, granting him a hundred years of cultivation, the Nether Soul Record, and the Nether Yin Source Body.
• Zhu Zishan found no more souls in the wilderness and returned to the Nine Underworlds Sect, where a black-robed disciple escorted him to Desire Hall.
• Mei Yingyin summoned Zhu Zishan and brought him to her bedchamber, where she secretly drained his cultivation down to White Rank.
• Mei Yingyin blamed Zhu Zishan’s weakened cultivation on the Corpse Raising Formula, but Zhu Zishan pulled her back instead of letting her leave.
• Zhu Zishan’s Nether Yin Source Body began devouring Mei Yingyin’s cultivation, and she found herself unable to break free.

Zhu Zishan devoured Mei Yingyin’s Nether Soul and cultivation, but a mysterious black presence restored her and set her against him. After Mei Yingyin sent him to retrieve two treasures in the Nine Nether Void Realm, Zhu Zishan entered the realm and discovered it was teeming with Nether Souls.

• Zhu Zishan devoured Mei Yingyin’s Nether Soul, gained a thousand years of cultivation and several rewards, and left her powerless.
• A mysterious black light stopped Mei Yingyin from killing herself, restored her cultivation, and offered to help her take revenge if she submitted to it.
• Mei Yingyin returned to the hall, concealed what Zhu Zishan had done, and told the disciples the Nine Nether Void Realm would open in three days.
• Mei Yingyin ordered Zhu Zishan to retrieve the Nine Nether Holy Seal and the Nine Nether Breath in exchange for ending their grudges and teaching him to reach the Black Gold Rank.
• The Supreme Elders opened the passage, and Zhu Zishan entered the Nine Nether Void Realm with the other disciples.
• Zhu Zishan used his system’s vision to spot Nether Souls throughout the realm and considered devouring them.

Zhu Zishan led disciples across the Water Domain, devouring Nether Souls until he advanced to Gold Rank and reached the Floating Treasure Island. There, he attacked four Platinum Rank Nether Souls and let them enter his body, where they discovered the Devour Soul System.

• Zhu Zishan led his junior brothers and sisters north, fighting Nether Souls and advancing from Azure Rank to Blue Rank.
• At the Water Domain, Zhu Zishan revealed the hidden Nether Souls and devoured them until he reached Red Rank Peak, then advanced to Gold Rank.
• Zhu Zishan gathered materials to build Wooden Boats and led the disciples across the Heavy Water to the Floating Treasure Island.
• Zhu Zishan sent the disciples to seek opportunities, then went alone to a great hall where four Platinum Rank Nether Souls waited.
• The four Nether Souls suppressed Zhu Zishan and entered his body, but they cried out in alarm when they encountered the Devour Soul System.

Zhu Zishan entered the Nine Nether God Hall, where Nine Nether tried to possess him, but the Devour Soul System consumed Nine Nether and raised Zhu Zishan to Platinum Rank Peak. Zhu Zishan found what Vixen wanted and left the hall as the Nine Nether Void Realm's opening drew near.

• Zhu Zishan used the Nine Nether God Hall Key to enter the hall and met Nine Nether, whom he saw as a Black Gold Rank Nether Soul.
• Nine Nether brought Zhu Zishan to an altar and revealed his plan to possess Zhu Zishan's body.
• Zhu Zishan broke free and attacked Nine Nether, but Nine Nether subdued him and entered his body in a purple cocoon.
• The Devour Soul System consumed Nine Nether and granted Zhu Zishan ten million years of cultivation and the Nine Nether Source Law.
• Zhu Zishan broke through to Platinum Rank Peak, found what Vixen wanted, and left the hall.
• Several Supreme Elders returned to the Nine Underworlds Sect Disciple Plaza and prepared a passage for the Nine Nether Void Realm's reopening.

Zhu Zishan and the trapped disciples broke through the Nine Nether Void Realm with help from the Supreme Elders, then returned safely to the Nine Underworlds Sect. He reunited with Mei Yingyin in the Desire Hall, where an angry Sect Leader confronted him after his attempt to spy was repelled.

• After the Nine Nether Void Realm's passage failed to open, Zhu Zishan punched a crack in its wall, but the disciples found another barrier outside.
• Zhu Zishan heard the Supreme Elders breaking through from outside, led the disciples to attack the wall, and opened a passage for their rescue.
• The Supreme Elders brought the disciples back to the Nine Underworlds Sect, and the Nine Nether Void Realm shattered afterward.
• Mei Yingyin summoned Zhu Zishan to the Desire Hall, where they became intimate instead of discussing what he had obtained.
• When the sect bell summoned the Elders, the Sect Leader's attempt to perceive inside the Desire Hall was struck down by a Golden Light.
• Zhu Zishan emerged holding Mei Yingyin and accused the Sect Leader of trying to spy on them.

Zhu Zi'an overwhelmed the Nine Underworlds Sect Leader and elders, then continued his relationship with Mei Yingyin and learned about the black-robed figure’s plans. Mei Yingyin secretly followed Zhu Zi'an’s instructions as the black-robed figure rewarded her and ordered her to extract the Nine Underworlds Source from him.

• Zhu Zi'an revealed his Platinum Rank Peak strength outside Desire Hall and beat the Nine Underworlds Sect Leader and elders before returning with Mei Yingyin.
• Zhu Zi'an became famous throughout the Nine Underworlds Sect, accepted several junior sisters, and later returned to Mei Yingyin.
• Mei Yingyin told Zhu Zi'an about the black-robed figure’s mission, and he decided to have her act as a double agent.
• After another half a month, Mei Yingyin handed the requested items to the black-robed figure, who raised her cultivation to Metal Rank Peak.
• The black-robed figure ordered Mei Yingyin to extract the Nine Underworlds Source from Zhu Zi'an, and she agreed while hiding her panic.

Zhu Zi'an gave Mei Yingyin the Nine Underworlds Source so she could deliver it to the black-robed figure, who rewarded her with enough Origin Essence to reach Platinum Rank Peak. Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin disguised themselves as women and entered Azure Sparrow Holy Source Palace, where an unknown man appeared before Palace Master Xue Qingyao.

• Zhu Zi'an handed Mei Yingyin the Nine Underworlds Source, while Chi Yu watched through his clone and revealed that the black-robed figure was his Future Self.
• A month later, Mei Yingyin gave the Nine Underworlds Source to the black-robed figure and received Origin Essence that raised her cultivation to Platinum Rank Peak.
• Mei Yingyin told Zhu Zi'an that the black-robed figure's next mission involved a Secret Realm at Azure Sparrow Holy Source Palace, where Zhu Zi'an was on the kill-on-sight list.
• Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin disguised themselves as women and traveled to Azure Sparrow Holy Source Palace, since men were forbidden from entering.
• An unknown man appeared in Qingyao Hall and reached toward Xue Qingyao's cheek; she opened her eyes and demanded to know who he was.

Chi Yu, posing as Qing Chen, won over Palace Master Xue Qingyao while time passed differently inside her bedchamber. Meanwhile, Zhu Zi'an entered the Azure Sparrow Holy Source Palace in female form with Mei Yingyin, and a search for an intruding man began after disciples spotted him at the back mountain.

• Chi Yu withstood Xue Qingyao's attacks, took her to bed, and introduced himself as Qing Chen, Lord of All Heavens.
• Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin passed the disciple assessment and joined Qing Chi Hall under Lady Venerable Hua Chang.
• Zhu Zi'an sneaked into the back mountain with Mei Yingyin, where nearby disciples heard them and briefly spotted a man.
• The disciples reported the man to Xue Qingyao, who ordered a search throughout the Azure Sparrow Holy Source Palace.
• An inspection team searched Qing Chi Hall, and Zhu Zi'an passed by pretending to be shy while removing his clothes.

Zhu Zi'an caused chaos at Spirit Spring Pool, then waited with Mei Yingyin for the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm to open. After the disciples entered the realm, Chi Yu took Xue Qingyao to watch them explore alongside his other companions.

• Zhu Zi'an secretly intervened during the disciples' cultivation at Spirit Spring Pool, and Qing Chi could not stop him.
• Zhu Zi'an devoured several Platinum Rank Nether Souls, strengthening his Black Gold Rank Peak cultivation before leaving with Mei Yingyin.
• A Golden Light took Qing Chi into a pocket of space, and she later returned to Qing Chi Hall as if nothing had happened.
• Three months later, Xue Qingyao and the Elders opened the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm and sent the disciples inside.
• Chi Yu told Xue Qingyao he had found Qing Chi as her younger sister, then carried her into the realm despite its entry restrictions.
• Chi Yu introduced Xue Qingyao to Zhang Yue Wan and the others, and they watched the disciples explore the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm.

Zhu Zi'an was excluded from the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm’s life trials and spent years protecting Xiao Bi while Devouring Nether Souls. When he and Xiao Bi finally left the forest to seek stronger souls, they encountered an Eight-Headed Monster.

• Zhu Zi'an remained in the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm after the other disciples vanished into their life trials, then killed a giant python but ignored its White Rank Nether Soul.
• Zhu Zi'an rescued Xiao Bi from four monsters and agreed to help her village, only to find it destroyed by Evil Beasts.
• Zhu Zi'an killed the monsters in the village, Devoured the drifting Gold Rank Nether Souls, and comforted Xiao Bi as the dying Old Village Chief passed away.
• Zhu Zi'an stayed with Xiao Bi for years as she grew up, keeping separate sleeping quarters while he exhausted the Nether Souls within ten thousand miles.
• Zhu Zi'an and Xiao Bi left the forest to search for stronger Nether Souls, but an Eight-Headed Monster confronted them as soon as they arrived.

Zhu Zi'an slew the Eight-Headed Monster, broke through to Purple Gold Rank, and gathered Nether Souls and treasures in the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm. After Mei Yingyin and the other disciples returned from their trials, he took the Azure Sparrow Holy Source and returned to the palace, where Xiao Bi was suddenly transported to Chi Yu's Creation Space.

• Zhu Zi'an destroyed all eight heads of the Eight-Headed Monster, devoured its Platinum Rank Nether Soul, and advanced to Purple Gold Rank.
• Zhu Zi'an devoured dozens of Black Gold Rank Nether Souls but could not take the Azure Sparrow Holy Source until the trials ended, so he collected treasures and watched Mei Yingyin's trial.
• Mei Yingyin defeated ten Emperor Realm experts, completed her life trial, and returned to the Azure Sparrow Holy Realm, where she reunited with Zhu Zi'an.
• The other disciples returned and received their trial rewards, and Zhu Zi'an collected the Azure Sparrow Holy Source after its Golden Light vanished.
• Zhu Zi'an returned to the Azure Sparrow Holy Source Palace with Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi, but Golden Light transported Xiao Bi to Chi Yu's Creation Space.

Chi Yu restored Xiao Bi’s memories of being Azure Sparrow’s Origin Essence and reunited Azure Sparrow with her sister Red Sparrow. Meanwhile, Zhu Zi'an searched for the missing Xiao Bi, and Mei Yingyin received a new mission from the black-robed figure.

• Chi Yu restored Xiao Bi’s sealed memories, revealing that she was one of Azure Sparrow’s ten sources, then summoned Red Sparrow and reunited the sisters.
• Chi Yu left Azure Sparrow and Red Sparrow together, then visited Xue Qingyao in Qingyao Hall.
• Zhu Zi'an discovered Xiao Bi was missing and learned from an Elder that a streak of golden light had taken her away.
• Mei Yingyin asked the black-robed figure whether he had seen Xiao Bi, but he denied it after helping her break through to the Void Source Lord Rank.
• The black-robed figure ordered Mei Yingyin to go to Three Source City in three months and retrieve three sources from a Secret Realm beneath its central altar.

Xiao Bi reappeared and joined Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin on their journey to Three Source City, where she collected one of her Divided Sources. Zhu Zi'an found only a Platinum Rank Nether Soul to devour, and the group’s next steps remained unresolved.

• Xiao Bi returned to Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin, claiming her cultivation had recovered after she awakened some memories and inheritance, and agreed to accompany them to Three Source City.
• Azure Sparrow left Red Sparrow in Creation Space and traveled with Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin to Three Source City to collect one of the Nine Sources.
• Mei Yingyin lured the dandy Er Wu Ba and his lackeys into an alley and drained them, while Zhu Zi'an later silenced inn guests who complained about the couple’s nightly noise.
• Xiao Bi dissolved a hidden Great Array beneath Three Source City and gathered the Star Points into an Azure Pearl, successfully collecting her Divided Source.
• Zhu Zi'an found a nearly dissipated Platinum Rank Nether Soul and devoured it, gaining fifty thousand years of cultivation.

A sudden upheaval trapped Zhu Zi'an, Mei Yingyin, and Xiao Bi inside the Secret Realm and revealed a Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda guarded by an Eight-Legged Tong Python. After entering the pagoda, Xiao Bi overcame its illusion and chose to clear it, while Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin remained trapped in theirs until she woke them.

• The Secret Realm shook, and Zhu Zi'an discovered that an illusory barrier blocked their exit and his Void Source Lord authority no longer worked.
• A Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda rose from the ground, and Xiao Bi identified its guardian as an Eight-Legged Tong Python born in the All Heavens Starry Sky.
• Xiao Bi urged Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin to enter the pagoda, and the Eight-Legged Tong Python retreated into the Secret Realm's dark walls.
• The pagoda's first-floor illusion ensnared Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin with seductive visions, while Xiao Bi first saw Red Sparrow and then a man claiming to be the Lord of All Heavens.
• After the man offered to bestow the pagoda's Origin Essences or let her earn them, Xiao Bi chose to clear the pagoda herself.
• Xiao Bi vanished from the man's embrace, then used two beams of light to wake Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin from their illusions.

Zhu Zi'an, Mei Yingyin, and Xiao Bi entered the second layer of the pagoda and were reincarnated into different worlds. After Zhu Zi'an’s family was spared execution and he was reduced to a commoner, a Princess brought him an imperial decree restoring his office and ordering him to lead troops against Shuda.

• Zhu Zi'an, Mei Yingyin, and Xiao Bi absorbed the first layer’s Origin Essence and rules, then entered the second layer and were reincarnated.
• Zhu Zi'an became the infant son of a corrupt prefect, Mei Yingyin was adopted by a taoist nun, and Xiao Bi was born into a farming family in a magical world.
• Twenty years later, Zhu Zi'an’s family faced execution for his father’s crimes, but an imperial edict spared them and reduced them to commoners.
• A Princess visited Zhu Zi'an in his village, and the two reunited before she revealed that war with Shuda had begun.
• The Princess read a decree restoring Zhu Zi'an to his former office and ordering him to lead troops against Shuda, and Zhu Zi'an told his parents they could return to the Grand Marshal Residence.

Zhu Zi'an returned to the Grand Marshal Residence after being reinstated to help Da Ming fight Shuda's invasion. He resolved to deal with Minister Li Shangshu before going to war, while Li Shangshu feared the consequences of Zhu Zi'an's return.

• The Emperor asked Princess Ling Yue to bring Zhu Zi'an back after Shuda invaded Da Ming and captured several cities.
• Princess Ling Yue visited Zhu Zi'an in his hometown, and he accepted the Emperor's edict to return.
• Zhu Zi'an and his family arrived at the Grand Marshal Residence, where the steward and Maids welcomed them.
• Zhu Zi'an decided to eliminate Li Shangshu before setting out for war.
• Li Shangshu panicked after learning Zhu Zi'an had been reinstated, then met Zhang Weiyong, who said he had come to save him.

Zhu Zi'an crushed a plot involving Li Shangshu and the Shuda spy Zhang Weiyong, recovering nearly all the fragments of Da Ming’s Key of National Destiny. Several days later, he departed for the battlefield after bidding farewell to Princess Ling Yue.

• Zhang Weiyong revealed his Shuda identity to Li Shangshu and persuaded him to surrender his fragment of the Key of National Destiny in exchange for the safety of his residence.
• Li Shangshu switched rooms with his steward, but Zhu Zi'an's troops stormed the Chancellor's Residence and killed everyone there, including Li Shangshu.
• Zhu Zi'an's soldiers captured Zhang Weiyong as he tried to escape Heng He City, and Zhang revealed that the Key's fragments were hidden in a secret chamber beneath the city.
• Zhu Zi'an recovered the Key of National Destiny and killed Zhang Weiyong, then spent time with Princess Ling Yue.
• Several days later, Zhu Zi'an led his army toward the battlefield after sharing a farewell kiss with Princess Ling Yue.