Recaps

Meng Zhao completed his transformation, confronted Qiao Nian, and weakened the Thunder Marsh Small World before returning to build influence in the north. He secured the Lei Family’s cooperation and sent the Ox-Head God to reconcile with the Shen Family, where Meng Zhao’s Heavenly Being realm was revealed.

• Meng Zhao emerged from his cocoon with the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and a Five-Colored left hand, then used Five-Colored Radiance to restore the valley and its dragon veins.
• Meng Zhao entered the Thunder Marsh World, discovered that lightning had transported Qiao Nian elsewhere, and decided to stop his growth and weaken the world’s Heavenly Dao.
• Meng Zhao fought Qiao Nian, withstanding his weapon arts and the Sky-Stopping Halberd’s destruction before defeating him and absorbing the beast bone beneath Abyss Lake to weaken the world’s origin force.
• After learning that Zhao Rulíng and Yu Changkong were being hunted, Meng Zhao returned to the Lei Family and ordered Lei Wanche to provide the family’s roster and join his plans.
• Meng Zhao proposed a merchant association and military training partnership, revealed the size of his forces, and used the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to help Lei Chongmao reach the Grandmaster realm.
• Meng Zhao returned to Lingwu City and sent the Ox-Head God to the Shen Family with a letter seeking reconciliation and an alliance with Shen Tianci.
• The Ox-Head God recounted Meng Zhao’s struggle with the Heavenly Dao, and Meng Zhao’s Primordial Spirit appeared, revealing that he had reached the Heavenly Being realm.
• The Shen family discussed Meng Zhao’s plan for Shen Tianci to recruit experts and unite Rebel Army forces, while the Ox-Head God learned that Tianci was secluded to develop his own divine skill and Martial Dao.

The Shen family prepared to carry out Meng Zhao’s Dragon Subjugation Plan while Zhao Rulíng and Yu Changkong dealt with the aftermath of their failed mission against the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord. Zhao Rulíng sought Meng Zhao’s help to heal, and their exchange of martial knowledge left both men with new insights.

• Ox-Head God agreed to guard the Shen estate while Shen Yuhu prepared to recruit allies and gather intelligence for the Dragon Subjugation Plan.
• Shen Hongguang and Shen Yuhu concluded that the Beitang Imperial Clan had attacked the Shen family and agreed to protect Shen Tianci while avoiding a first strike.
• Yu Changkong left the Meng Family for Imperial Capital City, while Zhao Rulíng stayed behind because the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord’s foreign true qi had damaged his martial foundation.
• Zhao Rulíng told Liu An, Yan Libing, and Shi Jiawen about the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord and sought their help in arranging a meeting with Meng Zhao.
• Meng Zhao promised to support Liang Muqiu as she pursued the people who destroyed her family, and pledged to leave power within her to protect her.
• Zhao Rulíng told Meng Zhao about the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord, Beitang Sheng’s ambitions, and the Emperor’s hidden arrangements, then asked for help removing the foreign energies from his body.
• Meng Zhao removed the foreign true qi and Primordial Spirit from Zhao Rulíng, and Zhao Rulíng’s Yin Yang cultivation inspired Meng Zhao to devise a new method using the Divine Continent World as an external dantian.

Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng investigated a series of massacres and used a staged battle to conceal their plans concerning Yu Changkong and the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord. Their rumor drew public support, but Beitang Shu saw Meng Zhao’s supposed injury as a chance to move against the Meng Family.

• Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng discussed the Supreme Scepter and agreed to pursue it before the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord could use it to threaten the Divine Land.
• The Heavenly Demon Palace Lord captured Yu Changkong, learned Zhao Rulíng was with the Meng Family, and used demonic arts to bring Yu under his control.
• After a powerful killer massacred people across several prefectures, survivors gathered in Lingwu City and Liang Muqiu promised that Meng Zhao would seek justice for them.
• Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng identified the Crimson Fierce Fist Art at the crime scenes and suspected Yu Changkong was responsible, possibly under the Palace Lord’s influence.
• Meng Zhao and Zhao Rulíng staged a battle and spread the story that Meng Zhao had grievously wounded the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord, concealing their real conflict and preserving Meng Zhao’s standing.
• The Heavenly Demon Palace Lord recognized that Zhao Rulíng and Meng Zhao had arranged the deception, while Yu Changkong briefly regained clarity before the Palace Lord took control of him again.
• Elder Wang told the survivors that Meng Zhao would bring Xie Wanzhi to defeat the culprit and help him with a divine weapon.
• Beitang Shu verified reports of Meng Zhao’s injury and began planning to exploit it against the Meng Family, while Mister Feng urged caution and Mister Tao warned him not to trust Lei Wanche or the Lei Family.

As Beitang Shu plotted against the Meng Family and Nangong Yao prepared to use Yu Nanfeng against Meng Zhao, Xie Wanzhi traveled toward Lingwu City. Meng Zhao’s investigation exposed Xie Wanzhi’s pattern of exploiting disciples with special bloodlines, and Xie Jun learned that he might be his master’s next victim.

• Beitang Shu and his advisers planned to abduct or kill Tan Cai'er and blame the Demonic Path, then discussed assassinating Meng Jizu while leaving another Meng Family leader alive.
• Lü Yue visited Xie Wanzhi in Hidden Dragon Valley and offered Meng Zhao’s help repairing his martial foundation, and Xie Wanzhi agreed to travel to Lingwu City.
• Nangong Yao revealed that he intended to drain Yu Nanfeng after she cultivated the Chaos Grinding Mill, while Yu Nanfeng proposed infiltrating the Meng Family and using a Beauty Trap on Meng Zhao.
• Meng Zhao planned to raise eight thousand elite Dan Chi cavalrymen, arranged for Ji Rushuang’s family and Han Lu’s relatives to visit Lingwu City, and prepared to secure the city before traveling north with Zhao Rulíng.
• Xie Wanzhi inspected Lingwu City and its barracks, suspected Meng Zhao of rebellious ambitions, and chose not to pursue the suspected Great Grandmaster behind the border massacres without preparation or benefit.
• When Xie Wanzhi failed to arrive, Meng Zhao questioned Xie Jun and told Lü Yue that Heavenly Net intelligence linked Xie Wanzhi’s dead disciples and the Great Wind Cloud Hand to a dangerous pattern.
• Lü Yue showed Xie Jun the Heavenly Net dossier, and Xie Jun admitted he had long suspected Xie Wanzhi saw him as food and had feigned filial loyalty to survive.