Recaps

Huang Shaojie helped Great Chu and Annan defeat the Indian army, then persuaded Nguyen Dan to surrender Annan to Great Chu. After the annexation, Huang Shaojie exposed Chou Sihai as Ye Chen and learned that he had killed the Imperial Uncle to avenge his family.

• Huang Shaojie persuaded Nguyen Dan to ally with Great Chu, and Nguyen Dan secured Li Chengbiao and Zhang Xian’s support against India.
• Huang Shaojie briefed Xiang Qingyang on India’s forces and helped arrange the Annan alliance before the Chu army entered Annan.
• At Giant Rock Ridge, Huang Shaojie infiltrated the Indian camp and killed Azim and both Indian commanders as Chu and Annan forces attacked.
• Huang Shaojie and the allied armies routed the Indian forces, then pursued and defeated Great Mage Ashu’s troops, killing Ashu and nearly all the remaining Indians.
• Huang Shaojie urged Xiang Qingyang to incorporate Annan peacefully, and Nguyen Dan surrendered the kingdom to Great Chu.
• Huang Shaojie received the Earth Evasion Technique and other rewards, then used a hundred years of internal energy to reach the Great Accomplishment stage of the Ninth Rank Grandmaster realm.
• Huang Shaojie questioned Chou Sihai and revealed that he was Ye Chen, who admitted killing the Imperial Uncle to avenge his family.

Huang Shaojie returned to Chang'an, gained a new title and office, and traveled to Western Shu to find Xiao Qiuyue before facing Dongfang Bubai at Shaolin. He rescued Dongfang Bubai from the Shaolin patriarchs, and the dispute over her family’s murder turned into a new fight.

• Huang Shaojie revealed his past to Huang Shaojie and received the Nine Yang Divine Skill from Huang Shaojie, reaching the peak of the Eighth Rank Grandmaster realm.
• Xiang Qingyang returned victorious from India and Annan, while Emperor Xuande praised her achievements and Miyajima Ayaka resolved to eliminate her.
• Huang Shaojie reunited with his family in Chang'an, learned Xiao Qiuyue was the former Western Shu princess, and received the title Earl of Gusu County and the post of Imperial Guard Pacification Commissioner Qilin.
• Xuan Wuji sent Black Tortoise to lure Huang Shaojie to Western Shu, and Huang Shaojie agreed to go after learning Xiao Qiuyue was there.
• Huang Shaojie reunited with Xiao Qiuyue, agreed to pretend to support Western Shu’s restoration, then traveled to Black Cliff Peak and learned Dongfang Bubai was besieging Shaolin.
• Dongfang Bubai overwhelmed Shaolin’s abbots, but the patriarchs Wukong, Wuneng, and Wujing defeated and gravely wounded her before Huang Shaojie caught her.
• Huang Shaojie took the patriarchs’ three-move wager and survived their attacks unharmed, compelling Wukong to let him take Dongfang Bubai away.
• Dongfang Bubai accused Xuan Ming of murdering her family, and Huang Shaojie confirmed her accusation before blocking Wujing’s attack and facing Wuneng and Wujing.

Huang Shaojie exposed Persia’s plans to test Great Chu while the Persian Envoy Group challenged Great Chu’s fighters in an arena tournament. As Dongfang Bubai and Nangong Feixue reached Chang’an, Ling Xiaotian killed Kyle, then faced the magically enhanced Austin.

• Huang Shaojie defeated Wujing, Wukong, and Wuneng, then forced Xuan Ming to confess to murdering Dongfang Bubai’s family and Master Xuan Chen.
• Dongfang Bubai executed Xuan Ming, accepted Huang Shaojie as her man, and learned healing and teleportation techniques from him before he returned to the Capital City.
• Ling Xiaotian appointed Huang Shaojie Northern Pacification Commissioner and tasked him with protecting and monitoring Prince William’s Persian Envoy Group.
• Prince William proposed marrying Princess Pingyang, and Emperor Xuande accepted a wager that Great Chu would lose her if its fighters failed to defeat Persia’s champions.
• At Donghua Gate Plaza, Parker defeated several Great Chu challengers before Wu Zhen knocked him out, then Bobby defeated Wu Zhen and Lu Changkong killed Bobby and defeated Rowan.
• Huang Shaojie intercepted Kyle and later learned through a soul search that Persia planned to assess Great Chu’s strength before deciding whether to invade.
• Nangong Feixue and Dongfang Bubai arrived in Chang’an, where Dongfang Bubai saved Nangong Feixue from Gou Shuai and they went to watch the arena tournament.
• Adrian magically strengthened Kyle, who nearly killed Yuchi Yu, but Ling Xiaotian killed Kyle and then fought Austin after Adrian doubled Austin’s cultivation.

Huang Shaojie defeated the Persian challenge, uncovered the plot behind the envoys’ massacre, and foiled a Japanese scheme against the Emperor. He was appointed Princess Pingyang’s Imperial Son-in-Law, and the arc ended with his wedding procession setting out for the palace.

• Huang Shaojie defeated Ling Xiaotian and Cao Kun, then Huang Shaojie killed Adrian after Adrian’s magic failed to harm him and he redirected the falling meteors into the arena.
• Huang Shaojie received the title Marquis Wushen and command of the Imperial Guard, while Nangong Feixue and Dongfang Bubai arrived at Huang Manor and stayed there.
• Miyajima Ayaka arranged the slaughter of the Persian Envoy Group, and Emperor Xuande decreed that Huang Shaojie would marry Princess Pingyang.
• Huang Shaojie investigated the massacre and, when Japanese assassins attacked Huang Manor, Huang Shaojie defeated Yagyū Mitsuyoshi and Kamiya Sekiden and captured them.
• Huang Shaojie exposed Miyajima Ayaka as a Japanese spy who had poisoned Emperor Xuande, and Huang Shaojie subdued her and learned of Japan’s mysterious Indra.
• Huang Shaojie gained the ability to fly and took his four wives on a flight above Huang Manor, while the Japanese Emperor ordered an invasion of Great Chu and sought India’s support.
• Huang Shaojie and Princess Pingyang agreed to marry, and Huang Shaojie and Huang Baiwan delivered the betrothal gifts to the palace.
• Huang Shaojie rode at the head of the bridal procession as it left Huang Manor for the imperial palace.