Recaps

Jiang Liu dismantled Blood Demon Island’s operations, discovered the Mystic Gate and received its Cultivation Pearl, then rescued Murong Lie and investigated a dangerous site tied to the imperial family. He returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect as rumors about Chen Qianliu and Liu Changxing’s Bloodfiend Art fueled unrest, while Tang Wanyu confronted him about leaving without her.

• Jiang Liu led Qin Bailian and Yi Yue in capturing Blood Demon Island members, rescuing Soul Valley disciples, and uncovering their plan to seize martial artists for their island master’s daughter.
• Jiang Liu guarded Yun Province’s coast, learned about the island lords and their temples, and resolved to root out the forces behind the devastation he had witnessed.
• Jiang Liu followed Murong Lie’s request for help, found a secluded village where Xuan Yi recognized the Saintly Sky Art, and learned that the villagers belonged to the Mystic Gate.
• Xuan Yi gave Jiang Liu the Saint Heaven Sect’s Cultivation Pearl, and the Mystic Gate shared its Special Essence Particles with him before considering relocation to Cloud City.
• Jiang Liu rescued Murong Lie from imperial family agents, learned that eunuchs were capturing martial artists to practice an evil art, and discovered the imperial family had taken a pearl that gathered primal qi.
• Jiang Liu investigated the strange land in Di County, retreated from its dangerous hole, and learned that its evil vital energy was spreading outward.
• Jiang Liu returned toward the Flowing Cloud Sect as reports said Chen Qianliu and Liu Changxing were using the Bloodfiend Art to capture martial artists and planned to seize victims in Feng Province.
• Jiang Lan delayed deciding how to respond to the Bloodfiend Art crisis, while Jiang Liu returned to the Flowing Cloud Sect and Tang Wanyu reproached him for leaving without her.

Jiang Liu and the three sects fought to destroy the Great Qian Imperial Family and cripple the Haotian Sect, while Jiang Lan escaped the capital through a secret passage. The Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect took control of Tian Province, then gathered to decide how to govern the realm.

• Jiang Liu arrived in Sky City with Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Duanmu Haotian, and Gongsun Haoyue, and the three sects confronted Jiang Lan over the imperial family’s alleged ties to the Bloodfiend Sect.
• The battle for the Imperial City began, and Jiang He killed himself and a Haotian Sect Grandmaster in a self-detonation while defending the imperial forces.
• Duanmu Haotian killed Jiang Zongquan, then Dao Fan Shangren self-detonated and gravely wounded Duanmu Haotian as the imperial and National Preceptor’s forces collapsed.
• Duanmu Haotian unleashed the Haotian Phantom against Jiang Liu and the two sect leaders, but Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue killed him and captured most of the Haotian Sect Grandmasters.
• Gongsun Haoyue drew the Five-Colored Light from Jiang Liu, who recovered while the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect seized control of Tian Province and forced the Haotian Sect to surrender.
• Wei Jin helped Jiang Lan escape through a secret passage, and Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue failed to catch them after the river washed away their tracks.
• More than twenty Grandmaster elders met in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to discuss governing the realm, and most proposed that the two sects rule directly.

The two sects established joint rule while Jiang Liu returned to Cloud Province, advanced to Peak Grandmaster, and prepared to investigate Blood Demon Island after its assault on Sea Gazing City. The arc ended with Jiang Liu sailing overseas as Situ Guang began secluded cultivation with captives from Great Qian.

• Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue arranged joint rule of the realm, divided provincial responsibilities, and ordered Jiang Lan to appear or his family would die.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch proposed that Gongsun Haoyue marry Jiang Liu, while Jiang Liu returned to Cloud Province and welcomed the Mystic Gate to Cloud City.
• After several years of cultivation, Jiang Liu reached Peak Grandmaster, expanded his Divine Sense, and tested his new strength against the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Jiang Liu traveled through the provinces with Murong Yin and Feng Yue, while Situ Guang led Yao Guang Island's fleet toward the Great Qian Continent.
• Situ Guang's forces seized Sea Gazing City, killed and captured martial artists, and forced Yao Ling to flee and warn the surrounding provinces.
• Jiang Liu returned to Cloud City, investigated Blood Demon Island's changed cultivation art, and ordered Sea Gazing City's civilians relocated inland.
• Jiang Liu commissioned a long-voyage ship, arranged coastal withdrawals and compensation, and set out to investigate Blood Demon Island with Piao Han and his companions.
• After Jiang Liu's ship sailed from Sea Gazing City, Situ Guang returned to Yao Guang Island with Great Qian captives and began secluded cultivation.

Jiang Liu uncovered and destroyed Bloodfiend Sect and Blood Demon Island strongholds, then defeated the Seven Stars Islands’ invasion fleet. After destroying a temple tied to King Wuguan and suppressing a Wo Slave expedition, he weighed the danger of Dubhe Island and considered the report on East Wo Country.

• Baili Hong won the island masters’ approval for an invasion of Great Qian, but Baili Qiang and Baili Ji warned him not to enter the empire and explained the Halls of Yama’s history.
• Jiang Liu uncovered the Bloodfiend Sect’s island headquarters, killed its leaders, and destroyed the King Tai statue, blood pools, and secret chamber.
• Jiang Liu seized a Blood Demon Island outpost, freed Great Qian captives, and destroyed the island after its defenders refused to surrender.
• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey killed a Deep Sea Dragon, then defeated the Seven Islands’ fleet and killed or crippled its leaders, including Nanmen Yao, Dongguo Men, Dongfang Wang, Shentu Jue, and Yuwen Mie.
• Jiang Liu learned that Dubhe Island ruled the other islands and discovered a seven-pool temple whose blood essence suppressed his Saintly Sky Art, then destroyed the temple.
• Jiang Liu and Ming Chengyun lured five Wo Slave ships ashore and captured their crews, and Ming Chengyun ordered the Wo Slaves killed after learning they had abducted women and slaughtered island residents.
• Jiang Liu killed Kishida Shotaro while Ming Chengyun killed Abe Hirobumi, and Koinu Jun'ichiro offered to lead them to East Wo Country to save his life.
• Jiang Liu considered the risks posed by Dubhe Island and reviewed Ming Chengyun’s report on East Wo Country, then asked Ming Chengyun where he would go.