Recaps

Li Wei helped Gu Jinzhi crush Prince Su’s coup, then used her power to force the court to confront famine and oppression while Gu Jinzhi devised reforms. As rebellion and the threat of barbarian invasion loomed, Min Zimo returned with unexpected strength, and Gu Jinzhi prepared to use Zeng Yi’s claim of contact with the outside world.

• Li Wei killed Yang Degong, entered Gu Jinzhi’s bedchamber, and learned that his trial task was to save the failing Jing Dynasty.
• Fu Man revealed the Empress Dowager’s poisoning plot and the crises facing Great Jing, while Li Wei disclosed that she had already killed Yang Degong.
• Prince Su and Empress Dowager Wu launched their coup, but Li Wei killed Wu, severed Prince Su’s arm, and slaughtered the rebel forces before the court and soldiers bowed to her.
• After Gu Jinzhi recovered from the poison, Li Wei took the throne’s administrative work, helped restore the cabinet, and proposed sweeping tax and land reforms.
• Li Wei witnessed famine and abuse in the countryside, killed local landlords and their men, then threatened officials and gentry into aiding commoners while Gu Jinzhi cautioned that the country needed a replacement governing force.
• The court opened relief shelters and public works, but soldiers crushed a student protest as Li Wei’s rule faced opposition and the court learned Xu Yuncheng’s forces had suffered a disastrous defeat.
• Li Wei approved a public portrait and prepared to campaign against the rebels, while Gu Jinzhi developed plans for the Capital Army, currency, and economic reforms amid fears of a barbarian invasion.
• When Min Zimo arrived at Chengtian Gate apparently at Third Order, Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi considered his unusual strength and arranged for Zeng Yi to claim he could contact the outside world.

Li Wei and her allies confronted the Great Dream Cult as its Bodhisattva emerged at Fengzhou, while the Jing court fought to preserve its reforms and defeat the rebellion. After Li Wei destroyed Dàmèng and she and Gu Jinzhi left the Mirror, the story returned to Li Wei’s modern life as she prepared for her wedding and enlistment.

• Min Zimo became Imperial Envoy and commander of the campaign against the bandits, while Li Wei healed Su Mo and then flew to confront the Wuzhen and Manggu armies.
• Li Wei killed Wuerhan and shattered the allied forces, then forced the surviving nobles to choose between surrender and keeping their queues as purple-black mist strengthened her.
• Li Wei and her allies linked the mist to the Great Dream Cult, hunted its followers, and learned that the Bodhisattva’s power depended on its believers.
• Su Mo developed a Flintlock Gun as Gu Jinzhi advanced the New Policies, while Peng Lianhu agreed to build an Ascension Altar and sacrifice a million people for immortality.
• Li Wei set out for Fengzhou as a white lotus appeared over Yujing, bringing spring and strengthening Gu Jinzhi and Zeng Yi before Gu Jinzhi rode south to aid the besieged city.
• Min Zimo and the defenders fought to hold Fengzhou as Gu Jinzhi led the Floating Cloud Iron Cavalry against the besieging bandits, but Peng Lianhu’s sacrifice brought the Great Dream Bodhisattva into the world.
• Li Wei’s light destroyed Dàmèng and his blood lotus, freed Gu Jinzhi and Min Zimo, and restored the wounded Jing Army.
• Three years later, Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi left the Sky-Gazing Mirror, leaving new versions of themselves to rule, before Min Zimo, Su Mo, and Zeng Yi received answers about their futures.
• Li Wei returned to Jiang Family Manor, reunited with her parents, learned that her siblings were away, and received the Gu family’s wedding clothes to try on.

Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi married, but their feelings and plans for the Western Frontier remained unresolved as Gu Jinzhi prepared to leave. Yun Xi’s operation began after an A-class Spatial Tremor drew away Gu Jinzhi’s protection, leaving him isolated and under threat.

• Gu Jinzhi gave Li Wei the Martial Immortal True Blood as a wedding gift, but she returned it and later broke down over the pain stirred by Gu Litong’s grief.
• Li Wei enrolled at Qingyun Martial Arts University, defeated its team, and learned from Yun Xi that Liang Qiushi’s plan to send Liang Chunhua against Gu Jinzhi had failed.
• Yun Xi offered Li Wei Alliance Contribution Points to take Gu Jinzhi’s place in the Western Frontier, and Li Wei accepted the points while refusing to cultivate Li Cheng.
• Gu Jinzhi offered to transfer his assets to Li Wei, who tearfully asked whether he believed he would not return, and he comforted her as she cried herself to sleep.
• Gu Jinzhi told Li Wei he would resign from his internship and stay home, while Jiang Xinyue gave Li Wei the Four Seasons Sword Array’s lotus seeds and asked her to save Jiang Wantang.
• Yun Xi told Li Wei that an A-class Spatial Tremor in Yan Mountain had drawn away the Zeng Family Grandmaster guarding Gu Jinzhi, and ordered her to prepare for the Western Border.
• Gu Jinzhi recognized that he was being targeted, sent Driver Fang away with a coded message, and walked toward a secluded area after a warning that entering a shopping center would endanger the crowds.
• Yun Che held Zeng Yi and Gu Jinzhi’s other close brothers at a private club, and Zeng Yi suspected Yun Che was helping Yun Xi’s plan.

Li Wei enlisted in Gu Jinzhi’s place and reached the Western Frontier, where she fought alongside the 1st Company and helped hold the trenches against Abyssal monsters. After her actions drew the soldiers’ admiration, Zhou Dingguo ordered her to Pebble Fortress to meet the General Commander.

• Li Wei defeated the Great Dream Cult parasite in the World of Dreams, then refused to divorce Gu Jinzhi and applied for Substitute Service while he lay unconscious.
• After passing the Heart-Questioning Test and completing enlistment, Li Wei left for the Western Frontier as Jiang Xue, despite the Gu Family learning she had gone in Gu Jinzhi’s place.
• Li Wei joined Wang Qiang’s company, met Liu Jianjie, and traveled with the 1st Company toward the front as the army prepared to defend its trenches.
• Zhong Li assigned Li Wei to hold 1st Company’s position as the troops prepared explosives and defenses against the advancing Abyssal monsters.
• Li Wei stayed at the forward observation post through the attacks, then rushed across the battalion’s trenches and killed monsters that broke through the lines.
• Yun Heng warned Zhang Luye about Li Wei’s connections and questioned Ghost Mother about the Abyssal Monsters before calling for reinforcements as the Western Frontier neared chaos.
• After the battle, the soldiers cheered Li Wei for defending the line, but Zhou Dingguo ordered her to Pebble Fortress for logistics work and a meeting with the General Commander.