Recaps

Chu Qing survived the Yellow Ox Town anomaly, gained the Dragon Tendon, and prepared Class Nine for a deadly assessment at Lotus Leaf Temple. He led a massive assault that destroyed the temple, while his enemies in the Martial Academy continued plotting against him.

• Chu Qing admitted to killing ninety-six people, then killed the Gold-robed Constable and other constables who had threatened him.
• Chu Qing cultivated the Dragon Tendon Method with Principal Shi Ji, survived the Yellow Ox Town mirror anomaly, and destroyed the town’s anomalous object.
• Chu Qing completed the Lotus Leaf Temple assessment preparations, gathered Class Nine and thousands of hired men, and learned the temple had powerful political backers.
• Chu Qing ordered the attackers to set Lotus Leaf Temple ablaze, then fought through its armored monks as Nangong and the students joined the battle.
• Madam Shi gravely wounded the abbot, and Chu Qing killed him with her before ordering the temple wiped out.
• Chu Qing took public responsibility for the massacre to shield Madam Shi, while Human World identified her as Yu Ji and warned its members not to provoke him.
• Chu Qing ordered the cannon fodder to leave and killed those who tried to loot the temple, while Fat Master and Master Sun planned further assessments against him.

Chu Qing retaliated against his enemies, challenged the Martial Academy’s authority, and defeated Bai Fei to win entry into the Inner Court. After rejecting Qin Wushang’s offer of protection, he left the banquet with Nangong as Qin ordered their deaths.

• Chu Qing and Nangong raided Lotus Leaf Temple, seized its valuables, and brought out the abducted women before Chu Qing ordered attacks on the households of Master Sun, Fat Master, and Principal Liu.
• Chu Qing confronted Fat Master and Master Sun at the Martial Academy, killed Master Sun at its gates, and exchanged his assessment token for the White Dragon Blood Tempering Method.
• Chu Qing led Outer Court students in demanding Vice Principal Liu’s expulsion, and she killed herself after the Inner Court messenger announced her removal.
• Chu Qing copied Madam Shi’s Dragon Mark, then ordered Big Brother Leader and his men to take Fatty Jin and Chief Constable Shi away permanently.
• Chu Qing cultivated the White Dragon Blood Tempering Method and Soundwave Skills while Nangong taught Cui Moyang the Dragon Tendon Method and brought her to the state city.
• The Inner Court chose Cao Shuang to challenge Chu Qing, but Bai Fei became his opponent and threatened to kill him, and Chu Qing refused the Vice Principals’ offer of support and prepared for the match.
• Chu Qing defeated Bai Fei in a brutal fight, killed him, and gathered enough second-year signatures to enter the Inner Court.
• Chu Qing accepted Qin Wushang’s banquet invitation, rejected his demand for obedience, and walked out with Nangong as Qin ordered the Pipa Woman to kill them.

Chu Qing advanced his Eight Divine Hands, assassinated the Third Butler, and killed the Young Prince after a public clash in Black Harbor. With King Shiyu mobilizing to find him, Chu Qing fled toward the desert and joined travelers bound for an ancient ruin.

• Chu Qing and Nangong killed Qin Wushang, stole valuables from Youjian Restaurant, and escaped while the Qin Family launched an investigation.
• Chu Qing secured secret medicine, advanced his cultivation, and coerced prodigies into following his orders before accepting Gong Wudi’s offer to join the Heaven-Connecting Path Competition.
• Chu Qing, Nangong, and Cui Moyang killed the Third Butler in King Shiyu’s Mansion, and Chu Qing evaded the ensuing manhunt after the royal residence executed Zhang San as a scapegoat.
• Chu Qing advanced Eight Divine Hands with Sun Gold Moon Jade and joined Nangong and Cui Moyang at the Black Market auction, where the Young Prince outbid and humiliated him.
• Chu Qing and his companions attacked the Young Prince’s convoy, and Chu Qing killed hundreds of fighters before killing the Young Prince and fleeing with Nangong and Cui Moyang.
• King Shiyu ordered the Black Market destroyed and sent the Princess Consort to hunt for the killer, while lineages and Wu Fortress masters debated the killing and Chu Qing’s identity.
• After running for three days, Chu Qing reached a stone city, heard of an ancient ruin in the desert, and joined a group of travelers heading there.

Chu Qing gained the Tiger Jade’s power, returned to the Martial Academy, and backed Gong Wudi amid the escalating struggle for Heaven-Connecting Path quotas. The provincial city descended into chaos, and Gong Wudi prepared to contest a quota while Chu Qing agreed to protect him.

• Chu Qing cleared the tracking mark, found Tiger Jade beneath the desert inn, and transformed his bones after absorbing it.
• Chu Qing rescued the wounded Daoist Nun, accepted her muscle-tempering secret transmission, and returned to the Martial Academy as the quota struggle loomed.
• Chu Qing and Gong Wudi agreed to pursue a Heaven-Connecting Path Quota, and Chu Qing began refining secret medicine while Nangong trained beside him.
• Chu Qing and Nangong disrupted the factions’ carrier-pigeon network, worsening the fighting, while Chu Qing began eliminating Gong Wudi’s enemies.
• Chu Qing spared Qin Xiaoying in exchange for blood-refining medicine, but later found her and Qin Wubing dead as violence spread through the city.
• King Shiyu’s messengers were killed, masked warriors attacked across the city, and Chu Qing encountered Principal Shi Ji’s underground experiments.
• Chu Qing found Nangong and Cui Moyang at Madam Shi’s residence, then agreed with Gong Wudi to help him seize a quota token without leaving the provincial city.