Recaps

Meng Zhao uncovered Xiang Qing’s sabotage and navigated the struggle over command of the Divine Might Army as Si Peng backed Su Hongtu. Su Hongtu forged the Flesh Tai Sui into an evil weapon, resisted its influence, then fed it his severed arm.

• Meng Zhao joined Si Peng’s faction after learning that Long Cheng planned to take command of the Divine Might Army, and he secretly used Flood Dragon Little Nine to hunt beasts for Su Hongtu.
• When Xiang Qing’s scout Gou Shuping sabotaged Meng Zhao’s hunt with a white mouse, Meng Zhao forced him to switch allegiance and spread false information.
• Meng Zhao secured Hong Tianzheng’s support, while Si Peng prepared to take Mo Li, Wei Hua, and Lu Yang to guard Su Hongtu and left Hong Tianzheng to protect the camp.
• Xiang Qing learned that Su Hongtu was using the Flesh Tai Sui for Evil Weapon Limit Break and rallied Luo Ning, Xu Fei, Shen Zhihang, and He Xin to help bring about his downfall.
• At the valley altar, Meng Zhao saw earth qi and water qi flow into the Three-legged Cauldron and warned Si Peng that Su Hongtu’s secretive ritual carried danger.
• Su Hongtu forged the Flesh Tai Sui, which transformed into a white sword and unleashed powerful sword qi, while Meng Zhao noticed hidden observers nearby.
• When the evil weapon nearly drove Su Hongtu to slaughter those around him, the Sarira dispelled its influence, and Su Hongtu severed his left arm and fed it to the weapon.

Su Hongtu fused with the Evil Weapon but became its final sacrifice, while Meng Zhao defeated the commanders who fought for the weapon. He then secured their allegiance and began taking control of the Divine Might Army.

• Su Hongtu fused with the Evil Weapon and transformed into a monstrous creature, while Si Peng abandoned him and Xiang Qing ordered an attack.
• Xiang Qing's allies tried to kill Su Hongtu, but he survived He Xin's arrow and accused Si Peng of betrayal.
• Mo Li revealed that he had poisoned Su Hongtu on Commander Bai's orders, and the Evil Weapon drained Su Hongtu until he vanished in flames and ash.
• The perfected Evil Weapon killed Qiu Lian, and Meng Zhao explained that it could help a wielder approach the Grandmaster realm, prompting Xiang Qing and Si Peng to covet it.
• Meng Zhao refused to surrender the Heavenly Evil Battle Casket, defeated Xu Fei, and broke the four commanders' grand array before Shen Zhihang identified him as the Dragon King.
• Meng Zhao admitted he intended to take control of the Divine Might Army, and Yuan Qing pledged loyalty in exchange for authority over the Heavenly King Gang.
• Meng Zhao demanded the commanders' submission, forced Mo Li to kneel, and promised He Xin safety and advancement.
• Si Peng, Wei Hua, Shen Zhihang, and Xu Fei bowed to Meng Zhao and surrendered their forces to his command.

Meng Zhao thwarted Commander Bai’s traps, won the Divine Might Army’s submission, and subdued the Heavenly Evil Battle Casket as his own divine weapon. After Death Sword Guards plotted to assassinate him, Li Ao and Fang Gongming weighed pledging allegiance to Meng Zhao.

• Meng Zhao revealed Commander Bai’s hidden Death Thunder Guards beneath Abyss Lake, then refused their demand to return the Heavenly Evil Battle Casket.
• The Death Thunder Guards triggered Thunderbolt Children, but Meng Zhao and Gou Shuping disrupted the array’s mountain and water-vein nodes, foiling the attack.
• The Death Thunder Guards self-destructed in a poisonous mist, and Meng Zhao’s evil weapon absorbed the poison as Xiang Qing, Luo Ning, and the surviving experts submitted to him.
• Meng Zhao entered the mist to subdue the weapon, resisted its temptations and Dark Meng Zhao’s challenge in his Sea of Consciousness, and swallowed Dark Meng Zhao.
• A cocoon transformed the Heavenly Evil Battle Casket into Meng Zhao’s accompanying divine weapon, which he named Evil Calamity and returned to the casket.
• Three Death Sword Guards learned that Meng Zhao had taken the army and weapon, then agreed to support a young guard’s unauthorized assassination plan.
• He Wuji told Li Ao and Fang Gongming that Lu Yang was Meng Zhao and that the army’s major factions had joined him.
• Li Ao and Fang Gongming considered pledging the camp to Meng Zhao, while He Wuji said Meng Zhao had invited him to play chess.

Meng Zhao took control of the Divine Might Army and sought supplies and backing from Lifeng Trading Company. After learning how Nangong Yao had destroyed Widow Xie’s family and stolen their bloodlines, Meng Zhao promised to kill him within ten years in exchange for Widow Xie’s wealth and connections.

• Meng Zhao accepted He Wuji, Li Ao, and Fang Gongming into his service, then defeated He Wuji in a martial chess match and helped him refine his sword path.
• Meng Zhao ordered the Divine Might Army to stay hidden, train, recruit, and gather supplies before a future invasion of the Northern Lands.
• Meng Zhao’s group traveled to Jichang County and learned that Madam Xie had stopped Lifeng Trading Company’s supplies, while other company proprietors still wanted to support the army.
• Meng Zhao met Widow Xie and asked for her backing, but she explained that she had funded the army because Commander Bai promised to help avenge her husband.
• Widow Xie revealed that Nangong Yao had stolen her and her husband’s bloodlines, killed their unborn child, and forced her husband to surrender his Solar energy.
• Meng Zhao warned Widow Xie that Commander Bai’s plan to defeat Nangong Yao with the army could bring devastating losses, and said he would fight Nangong Yao himself.
• Widow Xie offered Lifeng Trading Company’s wealth and connections if Meng Zhao killed Nangong Yao within ten years, and Meng Zhao promised to bring her his head.