Recaps

Li Yan and his companions investigated rebellion, gunpowder plots, supernatural threats, and local unrest as they traveled from Yunyang to Yichang. After saving Madam Yan and clashing with Snake Master’s allies, Li Yan took up a new village case and found a clue in prison.

• Li Yan traced the vanished Life Controller Society while traveling to Yunyang, where Gu Hanzi sent him to investigate strange deaths at Purple Canopy Mountain.
• On Azure Dragon Mountain, Li Yan killed an Old Zombie and fought Heavenly Saint Sect attackers, then helped destroy an earth dragon and found a dinosaur egg fossil with Lin Yu.
• Li Yan’s group uncovered a mine where foreign monks held miners and made crude firearms, then helped Zhu Family Fortress calm a curse that had disturbed ancestral graves.
• At Yichang, Li Yan agreed to help with the region’s unrest and cured Madam Yan by destroying a soul-devouring silkworm sent against her family.
• Old Ghost attacked the Yan residence with venomous snakes, and Li Yan learned that Snake Master was tied to the former-dynasty Long Xiang Army.
• Yu Lingzi gave Li Yan a dossier about a missing Daoist and unrest in a village, then arranged for Yuan Kejian to accompany the group as they questioned Cheng San in prison.

Li Yan uncovered the Ghost Cult’s schemes in Zigui County, destroyed Red Woman, and learned of a wider plan involving the Blood Jade Congs. In Dangyang, he helped restore Guo Wangshi’s soul, then found evidence that the Heaven Saint Sect and an Old Ghost were involved in the growing danger.

• Li Yan and his companions survived the River Monster’s attacks in Xiling Gorge and fought off the Old Beggar’s men at Three Travelers Cave.
• In Zigui County, Li Yan exposed the Red Pills and Ghost Cult plots, then discovered a tomb and recovered a Blood Jade Cong.
• Li Yan and Sha LiFei killed Red Woman and her followers, and found a letter about the Heavenly Saint Sect’s plan to resurrect the Heavenly Saint Duke.
• Li Yan destroyed the corpse beneath the river that possessed Liu DanQiu, then escaped as Tusi City troops gathered and war threatened Zigui.
• At Yichang, Yu Lingzi warned Li Yan about the river demon Luo Xing, and Li Yan learned Xuan Gate craftsmen had gathered near a Western Zhou Ancient Mine.
• In Dangyang, Li Yan investigated a lightning-struck temple and a bloodied beam, while Wang Dao Xuan prepared a ritual to restore the Black-Clothed Old Woman’s soul.
• Li Yan confronted a Tiger Demon during the ritual, and Wang Dao Xuan restored Guo Wangshi’s soul, learning that evil cultivators might be targeting Purple Canopy Mountain.
• Li Yan’s group found Wu Lao Si and more than ten black-clad men hanged in the woods, and Lord Guan identified a Qiongqi emblem as belonging to the Heaven Saint Sect.

Li Yan uncovered the plots of the Heavenly Saint Sect and Ghost Cult around Dangyang, then captured Liu Gang and traded away the Profound Yellow Heavenly Talisman for instruction in Yang Thunder arts. In Hanyang, he began investigating a curse afflicting Patriarch Tian’s household and chased a mysterious intruder with Wudang techniques.

• Li Yan investigated Master Miao Shan Chan’s murder, traced the evidence to Dangyang, and uncovered the Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect’s links to Liu Gang, Lady Fan, and the Earth Immortal Cave.
• Li Yan exposed Feng Gangzi’s role in the Demonic Body Longevity Method and learned that Earth Immortal Cave sought the Inverted Well, the Colorful Cloud Shoes, a tiger demon, and the destruction of the Netherworld Soldier altar.
• Li Yan and Centurion Zheng tracked Heavenly Saint Sect agents through Dangyang, destroyed the Yin furnace and its ghosts, and found a blood-sacrifice Leng Zheng God beneath the Old Locust Tree.
• Liu Gang revealed that he was the Tiger Demon and led Li Yan into the Earth Immortal Cave, where they fought Blood Ghosts and Ghost Cult forces while Li Yan refined his Soul Hooking Chain.
• Li Yan used the hook writ to bind Tongtian San Niang and Liu Gang, survived her Heart-Piercing Nail, and burned Liu Gang and his wife together as he had requested.
• Li Yan gave Yu Longzi the Profound Yellow Heavenly Talisman in exchange for instruction in Yang Thunder arts, then traveled with Sha LiFei and their companions to Hanyang.
• Li Yan and Sha LiFei learned about Hanyang’s factions and the Dragon Boat Festival tournament while Wang Dao Xuan discovered a Yansheng Curse at Patriarch Tian’s residence.
• Wang Dao Xuan used the Rhino Horn Lamp to reveal a pale old man in a burial robe crouching on Patriarch Tian’s chest, and Li Yan chased an intruder who used Wudang techniques.

Li Yan uncovered a scheme targeting the Tian family and the land’s ley lines while pursuing occult threats and seeking craftsmen for new equipment. The martial tournament ended with divine generals appearing atop the Tortoise and Snake Mountains.

• Li Yan defeated Yang ChongZi, uncovered the curse at the Tian ancestral graves, and learned that a black-clad man had abducted Yun Niang and the Xu Family Troupe’s disciples.
• Li Yan and his companions found the Xu Family Troupe’s residence destroyed, then followed clues linking attacks on the Tian family to the Miao People, kiln workers, and a hidden mastermind.
• At an abandoned Water God Temple, Li Yan followed Lu San into a storm ritual, cultivated the Heavenly Thunder Demon Subduing Hammer, and received bamboo strips from a Giant Alligator.
• Li Yan identified the bamboo strips as a lost Chu witch-ritual text, while Wang Dao Xuan discovered that grave robbers had strengthened the Yansheng Curse at the Tian ancestral graves.
• Li Yan saw a vision of the Four Symbols corrupted by evil, and Baotong Chan Temple identified several targets in a plot to disrupt the ley lines and cause catastrophe.
• Li Yan concluded that Tian Han was a returning yang one and that his family was being pressured because of him, then sought artisans to make firearms, armor, and an artifact.
• Li Yan killed Yang Yun in the tournament, helped expose infiltrators targeting the Prince’s formation, and won his group all four arena places.
• After Li Yan defeated Wu Qu, a divine general emerged amid fire and baleful intent, and Li Yan used a gou register to reveal golden-armored generals atop the Tortoise and Snake Mountains.