Recaps

Meng Zhao survived a dangerous foundation breakthrough, purged Rouge Red, and awakened a half-awakened Purple Origin Dragon Body. With rival forces gathering over the Flood Dragon’s lair, he returned to the Meng Mansion and agreed to duel Shi Siming before their elders, leaving the fight about to begin.

• Meng Zhao completed his Jade Body cultivation, expelled Rouge Red, and awakened his half-awakened Purple Origin Dragon Body.
• Meng Zhao rebuilt his inner force with dragon qi, completed the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon, and used five Spirit Items to begin Five Elements Spirit Seizing.
• Meng Zhao emerged from seclusion stronger, learned that martial artists were flooding Nan'an over rumors about the Flood Dragon’s lair, and ordered Lü Yue and Han Pu to identify powerful outsiders.
• Meng Zhao reunited with Min Shan Eldest Sister, who accused him of molesting her, while Han Lu admitted to touching her out of curiosity, and Meng Zhao then decided to approach her through friendship and romance.
• Meng Zhao learned that Fire Dragon Cave and the Spear King Zhao Family had arrived together to challenge the Meng Family over the Sun Family matter.
• Shi Siming challenged Meng Zhao, and Meng Zhao proposed that Shi perform three tasks if he lost and later attained Innate Martial Dao.
• Meng Zhao and Shi Siming presented their wager to the elders, who argued over the contest before agreeing to a broader competition for the younger generation.
• Meng Zhao and Shi Siming took their places in the arena, where Shi chose a long sword for their duel.

Meng Zhao used forged Flood Dragon Scales and recruited agents to sow conflict among the forces gathered at Cloud Mist Mountain. His scheme drew Yang Hong into a deadly confrontation with Zhu Guangxi, who killed him and took the scales, leaving Yang Hong to name Xing Zhuo before he died.

• Meng Zhao defeated Shi Siming, revealed his transformed cultivation method to the Meng Family, and was ordered to conceal the possibility that he had a Special Physique.
• Meng Zhao traveled toward Cloud Mist Mountain with Meng Chuan and his men, while the growing influx of martial artists brought disorder to the market town.
• Meng Zhao turned counterfeit Flood Dragon Scales into convincing bait with his blood and forced Shopkeeper Qian and Shopkeeper Chai to become his agents.
• Meng Zhao arranged for Chang Lin to use the scales to stir up a fight in the tavern, then had Han Pu and Lü Yue kill Yang Hong’s guards after Chang Lin led them to his residence.
• Yang Hong attacked the surviving martial artists and pursued Zhou Qing, who escaped by throwing the scales west and fleeing east.
• Zhu Guangxi ambushed Yang Hong while he pursued the scales, killed him, and took the treasure, while Yang Hong wrote Xing Zhuo’s name in the snow before dying.

Meng Zhao drew the major factions into conflict, secured the Cao Family as an ally, and set out to rescue Tang Ling'er from Demon Venerable Hall fighters. He saved her, but his confrontation with Xu Laizi and the mysterious young woman remained unresolved.

• Meng Zhao’s scheme set the Earl of Sincerity’s Mansion, the Nine Abyss Sect, the Twelve Linked Forts, and other factions against one another, leaving the market town devastated.
• Cao Yan rejected the Marquis of Beining’s Estate’s demand for submission, destroyed Lei Bing’s right arm, and later received Meng Zhao as a visitor.
• Meng Zhao revealed the truth behind the Flood Dragon Scales and his role in provoking the conflict, and Cao Yan pledged the Cao Family’s support.
• Cao Zhan joined Meng Zhao after losing their spar, while Cao Yan provided mountain paths, supply points, and knowledge of Cloud Mist Mountain.
• After a wounded Fire Dragon Cave disciple reported that Tang Ling’er and others had been ambushed, Meng Zhao went to rescue them with Zhu Guangxi and Cao Zhan.
• Meng Zhao found Tang Ling’er facing Xu Laizi after Shi Siming died and Zheng Xie was gravely wounded, then used his killing intent to interrupt Xu Laizi.
• Meng Zhao fought Xu Laizi and shattered his demonic attack with his dragon force, while Xu Laizi called on the mysterious young woman to help him and Tang Ling’er showed jealousy.

Meng Zhao rescued Tang Ling'er from the Fierce Serpent Beast and helped defeat the Lei Family’s attack before the factions gathered for the Cloud Mist Mountain expedition. As the alliance entered the mountain, Meng Hongdao revealed the rebellion’s political stakes, and Huang Baoying offered to help the Meng Family claim the Flood Dragon Egg in return for its essence blood.

• Meng Zhao refused Tan Cai'er’s offer to kill Xu Laizi in exchange for Tang Ling'er, then fled with Tang Ling'er when the Fierce Serpent Beast emerged and swallowed Xu Laizi.
• Meng Zhao used Zheng Xie's blood to divert the beast, escaped with Tang Ling'er, and later faced her anger over sacrificing Zheng Xie before she fainted from emotional distress.
• The Lei Family sent Lei Yao and mounted warriors to kill Meng Zhao, but Meng Zhao and Zhu Guangxi held them off until Cao Zhan and reinforcements arrived, forcing Lei Yao to flee.
• Meng Zhao reunited with Tang Ling'er and Meng Chuan, while Tan Cai'er ordered Uncle Zhan to investigate him and the gathered families prepared to pursue the Flood Dragon Egg.
• Meng Hongdao told Meng Zhao and Meng Chuan that Gao Yingzhong and Luan Xiaojie had seized Peng City, and explained how the Li Family and other aristocratic powers might be using the rebellion against the Beitang Imperial Clan.
• The Lei Family, Yang Family, Twelve Linked Forts, and Nine Abyss Sect attacked the Meng Family and Fire Dragon Cave, but their forces were defeated before the expedition set out.
• Meng Hongdao led the alliance into Cloud Mist Mountain, where Huang Baoying warned Meng Zhao that Sun Di might betray them and offered to help the Meng Family seize the Flood Dragon Egg for three drops of essence blood.