Recaps

Jiang Ping'an established himself as Marquis of Guangling County and a successful army commander before returning to the capital amid the Zhennan Marquis Estate’s upheaval. He rescued Shangguan Xue from the Ice Phoenix’s control, but she flew away while Bai Yuede continued hunting her.

• Jiang Ping'an refused the Zhennan Marquis Dowager’s demand that he return to the estate, cultivated to the Dragon Transformation Realm, and left Yujing for the eastern sea.
• Jiang Ping'an survived a Heavenly Tribulation, met Lan Yu, and returned to Taiwu Academy with her before negotiating to sell talismans to the Seventh Prince.
• Jiang Ping'an won the Chief Student title, joined the army as a regional commander, and reunited with his mother Jiang Shuyue at Tongyao Pass.
• Jiang Ping'an trained his troops, used the Black Braid Imp to disrupt the Rakshasa camp, and led a successful surprise raid that killed more than two thousand enemies.
• Jiang Ping'an defended Du'an Town against a Rakshasa siege, earned enough military merits for a county marquis, and received Emperor Qian’s decree naming him Marquis of Guangling County.
• Zhao Yingpeng killed the Zhennan Marquis and inherited his title, while Emperor Qian summoned Jiang Ping'an back to the capital and urged him to return to the estate.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that Shangguan Xue had destroyed the Anwu Marquis Estate and found her frozen and gravely injured in the undersea cave abode.
• Jiang Ping'an fought the Ice Phoenix possessing Shangguan Xue, subdued it, and later promised to challenge Bai Yuede before Shangguan Xue flew away.

Jiang Ping'an fought to secure the Southern Border, uncovered Pudu Mountain and the Zhennan Marquis Estate’s betrayal, and sought a way to restore Jiang Shuyue. As Pudu Mountain prepared an uprising and a huge demon beast tide advanced, he set out to intercept it.

• Jiang Ping'an refused Emperor Qian’s offer to make him the Zhennan Marquis’s Young Lord, then led a small force into the Demon Realm and used the Xuandu Vajra Grand Formation to repel a vast beast horde.
• Jiang Ping'an rejected Zhao Yingpeng’s offer to return to Pudu Mountain, fought him, and was trapped by the Buddha Lord, and Jiang Shuyue used the Soul Transformation Forbidden Art and lost most of her soul.
• Jiang Ping'an returned his inherited flesh and blood to Zhao Yingpeng, restored his body, and killed Zhao Yingpeng, and Senior Old Black told him Jiang Shuyue might be restored by retrieving her scattered souls.
• Jiang Ping'an explored Saint Lan Yu’s Tomb with Liu Xixu, defeated the Saint’s Corpse, and recovered the Nine-Colored Ice Soul Nurturing Pearl for Jiang Shuyue.
• Jiang Ping'an returned to the Southern Border, routed the demon beasts at Green Crest Mountain, exposed the Zhennan Marquis Estate’s betrayal, and took control of twelve frontier passes.
• Jiang Ping'an killed the Old Hag with lightning and sent Su Yingluo a death notice, while Su Yingluo fled toward Pudu Mountain as the Buddha Lord’s forces prepared an uprising.
• Jiang Ping'an helped Liu Xixu forge an Array Cannon and upgraded the Dragon Abyss Halberd with nine flood dragon souls, then investigated demonized beasts and an abandoned city.
• The Golden Haired Hou and Peacock King planned to use missing beasts to pressure Pudu Mountain, while General Zhong reported a huge demon tide approaching and Jiang Ping'an prepared to intercept it with thirty thousand cavalry.

Jiang Ping'an crushed the northern rebellion, defeated Pudu Mountain, and set out with Lan Yu for the Central Wastelands to pursue the escaped Buddha Lord. In Qingqiu City, he discovered the Azure Cang Wolves were enslaving humans and left to attack their stronghold.

• Jiang Ping'an annihilated the beast tide at Mao'er Mountain, then returned with his forces to defeat the Zhennan Marquis Estate and drive Xuan Ming from White Emperor City.
• Jiang Ping'an killed Zhao Zhenming, tested Liu Xixu's Array Cannon, and was appointed General of the Northern Expedition after refusing a truce with Pudu Mountain.
• Jiang Ping'an led the northern army to victory over the Rakshasa Race, reclaimed territory, and received the title of State Duke Jiang and a fief.
• Jiang Ping'an besieged Pudu Mountain with the Jingdao Palace Dao Lord and Old Black, destroyed its main peak, and fought the Buddha Lord until Lan Yu intervened and drove him off.
• Jiang Ping'an learned that the Buddha Lord and Fang Sheng had escaped, surrendered his military authority, and prepared to leave for the Central Wastelands.
• Lan Yu advanced to Saint, and she and Jiang Ping'an traveled west to Qingqiu City, where Jiang Ping'an killed Azure Cang Wolves and freed more than eight hundred enslaved humans.
• Jiang Ping'an learned of the Azure Cang Wolves' vast captive-raising stronghold and left Qingqiu City with Lan Yu to attack it.

Jiang Ping'an rescued hundreds of thousands of humans, founded Ping'an City, and led its allies through the Divine Origin Ruins. He returned with rare treasures and a Zhu Yan pet after helping the human and fox groups escape.

• Jiang Ping'an and Lan Yu wiped out the Azure Cang Wolves in the Great Canyon, freed roughly six hundred thousand captives, and gathered support to build them a refuge city.
• Jiang Ping'an recruited Human Race allies, organized donations, and led them to defeat an Azure Cang Wolf pack before founding Ping'an City on the Black Abyss River Plain.
• Jiang Ping'an oversaw the city’s construction and land auction, then prepared to enter the Divine Origin Ruins with Lan Yu, Hu Yan'er, and Hu Hongzhuang.
• Jiang Ping'an entered the ruins, met Shangguan Xue, and searched the misty depths for Enlightenment Tea Leaves.
• Miao Yu guided Jiang Ping'an to an Enlightenment Tea Tree, where he obtained forty leaves and collected several other rare treasures on his way out.
• Jiang Ping'an rescued Hu Yan'er after Hu Hongzhuang sacrificed herself to help her escape, then traveled with her toward the ruins’ exit.
• Jiang Ping'an negotiated an alliance between the human cultivators and Princess Yunhua’s fox clan, agreeing that the foxes would share thirty percent of their gains and take human form.
• Jiang Ping'an helped the humans and foxes break through the native creatures, held off the pursuers so the others could escape, and carried a Zhu Yan out as his pet.