Recaps

Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue infiltrated the Iron Fork Society’s abduction network and exposed the crimes at Peach Blossom Villa. Azure Dragon captured He Bi and Wang Shang, but concealed Prince Qi’s role as the investigation moved toward a raid on the society’s headquarters.

• Azure Dragon ordered Huang Shaojie and the Eighth Guard Post to secretly investigate the officials’ failure to pursue the missing children cases.
• Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue posed as targets, let Iron Fork Society members abduct them, and learned that the society was taking captives to Peach Blossom Island.
• Elder Chen brought Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue to Peach Blossom Villa, where Lord Mengchang and the officials sought to claim them for their pleasure.
• Lu Changkong reached Peach Blossom Island and fought Ouyang Liangliang, but Huang Shaojie intervened to save him, defeated Ouyang, and killed Elder Chen when he seized Xiao Qiuyue.
• Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue subdued the villa’s forces and gathered the officials and more than one hundred captive children before Azure Dragon’s forces arrived.
• Azure Dragon took the officials and Iron Fork Society disciples for questioning, while Xiao Qiuyue consumed the Thousand-Year Sacred Maiden Fruit and advanced to the Second Rank Grandmaster realm.
• Azure Dragon followed He Bi to Prince Qi and the Iron Fork Society headquarters, then defeated and captured He Bi and Wang Shang after He Bi warned Wang Shang to flee.
• Azure Dragon accused He Bi of colluding with the Iron Fork Society and murdering Commander Luo, concealed Prince Qi’s role, and promoted Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue before ordering a raid on the society’s headquarters.

Huang Shaojie helped suppress the Iron Fork Society, then investigated Luo Ming’s supposed suicide and the missing Ministry of Revenue funds. The trail exposed a Western Shu restoration network, but its masked rescuer escaped with Jia Youfu and Vermilion Bird ended the arc by summoning Huang Shaojie to bathe.

• Commander Zhao arrested the Iron Fork Society’s leaders and seized its assets after Huang Shaojie defeated the society’s fighters.
• Emperor Xuande kept Prince Qi’s scheme secret, spared the implicated officials, and retained the compromising record in Qingxiao Palace.
• Huang Shaojie bought a residence, helped Lu Changkong with his cold poison, and moved him into the new home with Xiao Qiuyue.
• Vermilion Bird assigned Huang Shaojie to investigate Luo Ming’s death and the missing 2.3 million taels, and he concluded that Luo had been murdered and his hanging staged.
• Huang Shaojie’s investigation led him to suspect Ding Cheng’an, uncover a shortage in the Ministry of Revenue’s inventory, and find Fan Ping’s household massacred and Taohua missing.
• Huang Shaojie traced the accounts to Liu Neng and Shun'an Medical Clinic, captured Doctor Jiang, and learned that Liu Neng had worked with the Shenghe Merchant Association.
• Huang Shaojie raided the association and nearly captured Jia Youfu, but a masked expert defeated him and carried Jia away, and the rescuer later identified himself as Number One and sent Jia to rally the association in Western Shu.
• An association elder identified Xuan Wuji as the hidden controller and Taohua as Luo Jie’s killer, after which Vermilion Bird dismissed the others and called Huang Shaojie to bathe.

Huang Shaojie uncovered a Japanese spy network inside the Imperial Surveillance Bureau and set a trap for Nakajima. After Black Tortoise tried to kill him, Huang Shaojie survived their fight and drew Azure Dragon’s attention to the masked attacker.

• Huang Shaojie taught Lu Changkong the Nine Yang Divine Skill, curing his cold poison, while Vermilion Bird reported the Western Shu rebellion plot to Ling Xiaotian.
• Huang Shaojie met Xiang Qingyang at Lanruo Temple, then learned that Black Tortoise had identified Xiao Qiuyue as Princess Mingyue and informed the Witch God Sect.
• Huang Shaojie and Xiao Qiuyue uncovered a Japanese plot to frame Minister Gao, captured Japanese agents, and learned that Sakamoto was one of the Imperial Surveillance Bureau’s Thirteen Protectors.
• With Ling Xiaotian’s authorization, Huang Shaojie infiltrated the Fragrant Flower Brothel under the name Daxiong and lured Nakajima to Xihua Ridge.
• Black Tortoise attacked Huang Shaojie at his residence, but Huang Shaojie fought back and chased him beyond the city before Black Tortoise escaped near Azure Dragon’s residence.
• Huang Shaojie described the masked eunuch to Azure Dragon, who suspected the attacker might be Gao Feijun.
• Nakajima agreed to meet Matsushita at Xihua Ridge, where Huang Shaojie and Eastern Pacification Office officers lay in wait.
• Nakajima recognized Huang Shaojie as an Imperial Guard Commander and ordered his subordinate to cripple him, but Huang Shaojie’s Divine Dragon palm strike shattered the man’s arm and killed him.

Huang Shaojie dismantled Japan’s spy network in the Capital City, earned a promotion, and began a secret relationship with Vermilion Bird. He traveled to Suzhou to bring his parents to the Capital City and arrange his marriage to Xiao Qiuyue.

• Huang Shaojie captured or killed the Japanese spies at the remaining bases, including Blood Monk, and was promoted to First Commander of a Thousand.
• Huang Shaojie and Vermilion Bird began a secret relationship after he defeated Blood Monk and learned his identity.
• Huang Shaojie received permission to travel to Suzhou and promised Xiao Qiuyue that his parents would come to the Capital City to propose marriage.
• The Imperial Consort warned Sakamoto to avoid the Imperial Guard after suspecting that it had destroyed Japan’s intelligence outposts.
• Huang Shaojie arrived at the Suzhou Imperial Guard yamen, where Niu Ren welcomed him as Commander, then rode to Huang Manor.
• Huang Shaojie reunited with his parents and told them he intended to bring them to the Capital City to propose to Xiao Qiuyue.
• Huang Shaojie began teaching Xiao He the Heavenly Frost Qi method, while his parents accepted her as his bed-warming maid.
• Huang Shaojie told his parents that Prince Ning welcomed the marriage proposal and that he had bought a Capital City residence, so Huang Baiwan prepared the family to leave Suzhou.