Recaps

Song Changming distinguished himself in the demon calamity, earned command of a new troop, and began recruiting its soldiers. After learning Su Qingqing was safe, he was summoned to a meeting about someone seeking the Su Family’s Longevity Blood.

• Song Changming defeated Ma Liefeng and fought Wu Feng to a draw at the martial competition, earning Wang Tianshuang’s favor and improved benefits.
• Song Changming helped the Emerald Banner Army defend Mingju City and battle demons across the region, killing many while strengthening his body with their blood essence.
• Day Heavenly Master tried to seize Song Changming, but King Cui drove him off and pursued him.
• Song Changming encountered Guan and a newborn bird, named the chick Little Yellow, and fought the Blazing Flame Deer Demons during the continuing calamity.
• After the calamity ended, Song Changming was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Twelfth Troop, then resolved a confrontation with Zhao Zun and accepted his apology gifts.
• Song Changming chose the lifespan reward and Demon Slayer trait from his annual evaluation, then recruited Li Wang and tested Natsume before accepting him provisionally.
• Song Changming received Su Qingqing’s letter, stopped an attempt to forge a dangerous higher-level Shaman Seal, and went to a meeting where Wang Tianshuang revealed that someone coveted the Su Family’s Longevity Blood.

Song Changming pursued the kidnappers of the Su Family, then fought through the calamities of Heavenly Fiend Swallowing Sun and rose to prominence among the military’s minor Flag Lords. The arc leaves him defending Cuibai Main City as a great demon is pinned beneath Qianyuan’s newly activated array.

• Song Changming joined the search for the abducted Su Family descendants, but the pursuit led to the Demon Slaying Pavilion ruins, where Nether Hound captured him before he escaped and fought off demons alongside the arriving officers.
• The rescuers broke the pavilion’s formation, but the kidnappers escaped with Gu Xinyue and the other hostages, while Lu Ran and Lu Daoshen later faced the Golden Rat Demon’s lightning prison.
• After King Cui mobilized the armies against Heavenly Fiend Swallowing Sun, Song Changming fought Frost Souls and demon beasts while escorting supplies toward Tainan City.
• Song Changming killed Nether Hound and other powerful demons during the battle for Tainan City, then helped defend its residents and drove back demons attacking the city walls.
• Song Changming defeated the Toad Demon and Ram Demon, demonstrating strength comparable to an Innate Perfected fighter as the battle for Tainan City continued.
• At the contest for the Marshal Position, Song Changming advanced by defeating Liao Junmao, Yu Ruizhi, and Zhao Jingzhuo, while Tang Leshan defeated Xu Yuan before the demon tide interrupted their contest.
• Song Changming and the other fighters raced toward Cuibai Main City through the demon horde, where Qianyuan suppressed a great demon beneath an Alms Bowl and Song Changming helped hold it down until Qianyuan’s array pinned it.

Song Changming rose to command the Nineteenth Army, gained new powers, and defended Su Qingqing against her clan before uncovering the Zhao Family’s plot and killing its ancestor and Su Jizi. Years later, he suppressed demons at the Ore River and prepared to break through to the Grandmaster realm so he could confront the Day Heavenly Master.

• Song Changming became the primary Flag Lord of the Nineteenth Army, rebuilt its garrison, and gained the Thunder Eater trait and a second Heavenly Martial Meridian.
• The Longevity Su Clan tried to take Su Qingqing from Song Changming, but Xi Yanxue intervened and brought her daughter back to Fox Mountain.
• Song Changming left Cuibai Way to hunt in the Land of Nine Nether, where Zhao Wenruo attacked him and Song Changming killed him after defeating his sword techniques.
• The Royal Residence seized the Zhao Family, and Song Changming received its assets and discovered an inheritance artifact containing the Opening Mansion Method.
• With Zhao Boqi’s help, Song Changming lured Su Jizi into the wilderness and killed him, while Zhao Boqi took his own life after Song Changming agreed to spare some Zhao descendants.
• More than eight years later, Song Changming joined Xiao Peibai’s troops at the Treasure Ore River and used lightning to defeat and capture water demons.
• Song Changming learned that the Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm had acted under orders from the Day Heavenly Master, then guarded the Spirit Crystal vein and continued studying the Opening Mansion Method as he prepared to reach the Grandmaster realm.

Song Changming destroyed Bai Tian Temple, represented King Cui in the Emperor’s Feast Cloud Battle, and returned to Cuibai Way as the Su Clan’s conflict with King Cui turned deadly. After Su Qingqing helped repair his injuries, he opened his Purple Mansion and reached the Grandmaster realm.

• Song Changming killed the Day Heavenly Master, destroyed Bai Tian Temple, and returned to Cuibai Way with the Earth Heart Fire Milk he had found among the demon’s possessions.
• Song Changming defeated Tang Leshan, fought Hu Donghuo to a draw, and learned King Cui had chosen him to represent Cuibai Way at the Emperor’s Feast.
• At the Cloud Battle, Song Changming defeated a succession of challengers, including the Grandmaster Gao Qiuchi, before entering the mist to compete for a Heavenly Ruins Realm ticket.
• The Black Soul Nether Bull killed Hu Donghuo after Su Dongdan lured him away, and King Cui returned to Cuibai Way determined to avenge him.
• King Cui fought Su Dongdan while Hu Zhong faced the Su Family Grandmasters, and Song Changming arrived to break their encirclement.
• Song Changming killed Su Muchuan, then detonated his Thunder Seed against Su Jichuan and vanished from the devastated Red Soil Continent with severe injuries.
• Su Qingqing found Song Changming, helped him escape to West Valley Way, and used the Sky Cutting Technique to heal his wounds and repair his Martial Arts Root.
• Song Changming perfected the Opening Mansion Method, used Earth Heart Fire Milk to open his Purple Mansion, and told Su Qingqing he had become a Grandmaster.