Recaps

Qin Leyin returned to Tide Wind Pavilion as the Silver Blood Society’s members faced the collapse of their old order and the rise of Jing Zhengwei. After hearing how isolated and vulnerable the chambers of commerce had become, he urged them to surrender.

• Qin Leyin arrived at the dinner and found the gathered chamber of commerce leaders silent and troubled.
• Luo Zhen confronted Quan Xin, who warned that the Luo family would lose its noble patrons and face ruin under Jing Zhengwei’s new order.
• Luo Zhen learned that the Shi family was liquidating its assets to flee and that the Ting family had locked down its territory and begun selling weapons to Skyline District warlords.
• The guests discussed the Ting family’s estrangement from Jing Zhengwei and drifted into gossip about Ting Wanjian and Ting Gu’s concubine.
• Qin Leyin tapped the table and told the gathered leaders, “Let’s surrender.”

Qin Leyin persuaded the Silver Blood Society’s merchants that Jing Zhengwei’s control of commerce, politics, and the military was unstoppable, and that surrendering could let them regain influence as his officials. The guild leaders agreed to submit, leaving Jing Zhengwei’s path clear.

• Qin Leyin explained that Yin Minghong and the Coastal Army had seized factories and shops while empowering worker-managers, giving Jing Zhengwei a path to control the workers and political power.
• Lan Jianbo warned that Jing Zhengwei could use the workers and Coastal Army to take the merchants’ businesses and consolidate money, authority, and force.
• Qin Leyin urged the merchants to surrender their businesses and join Jing Zhengwei’s administration, arguing they could become capable officials after losing their commercial foundations.
• Qin Leyin claimed Jing Zhengwei’s plan would replace the merchant Silver Blood Society with a military and political one, and the merchants began accepting the prospect of serving him.
• Quan Xin and Luo Zhen agreed to submit, and Lan Jianbo told Qin Leyin to call Jing Zhengwei “Chairman Jing.”

Qing Lan worried that she might be pregnant, but Le Yu put off deciding what to do until she had a medical examination, then played a childish prank to distract her. Yin Minghong reported that factory owners had voluntarily handed over their deeds and agreed to the new labor union, and Le Yu assigned him to investigate infant supplies and dairy products.

• Qing Lan told Le Yu that she felt nauseous and asked whether they should keep a possible pregnancy, but Le Yu said they should wait for a medical officer to confirm it.
• Le Yu tricked Qing Lan into crawling beneath the quilt, making her furious before she left for the newspaper office.
• Yin Minghong told Le Yu that owners of eleven factories had handed over their deeds and agreed to cooperate with the Profound Candle Labor Union.
• Le Yu asked Yin Minghong to visit parents of newborns and gather information about infant products and dairy products available in Profound Candle Prefecture.

Mu Qingmei heard workers criticize Jing Zhengwei despite the benefits of his reforms, then urged Qing Lan to publish an article defending him. She praised Jing Zhengwei and Qing Lan as a perfect match, leaving Qing Lan bashful and herself relieved to have avoided a dangerous conversation.

• Mu Qingmei listened as workers praised their improved wages but spread rumors and criticism about Jing Zhengwei and the Coastal Army's seizure of Profound Candle's wealth.
• Mu Qingmei resolved to support White Night's plans for labor reform and left the teahouse determined to defend Jing Zhengwei.
• Mu Qingmei asked Qing Lan to write an article about Jing Zhengwei's good deeds, explaining that workers misunderstood him.
• Mu Qingmei praised Jing Zhengwei's qualities, then quickly added that he and Qing Lan were a perfect match.
• Qing Lan blushed at Mu Qingmei's praise, and Mu Qingmei felt relieved that she had avoided trouble.

Mu Qingmei and Qing Lan discussed how difficult it was to publicly praise Jing Zhengwei for his actions, since most people still distrusted him. Qing Lan declined a walk with Mu Qingmei because she wanted to visit the Medical Officer Department, and Mu Qingmei offered to take her to Wen Hong.

• Mu Qingmei urged Qing Lan to publish a report praising Jing Zhengwei, but Qing Lan said he would not change his mind based on public opinion.
• Qing Lan and Mu Qingmei concluded that Jing Zhengwei’s deeds were hard to explain without revealing White Night’s covert cooperation with him.
• Qing Lan compared gradual progress to eating steamed buns and reassured Mu Qingmei that good things took time.
• Mu Qingmei realized Qing Lan cared deeply about Jing Zhengwei and invited her to stroll along Damen Stone Street.
• Qing Lan said she needed to ask a female medical officer some questions, and Mu Qingmei offered to take her to Wen Hong.

Le Yu welcomed Qing Lan back to Jing Garden and learned that she was not pregnant, though he had already planned for raising a child. Qing Lan told him she understood why he had cried and promised to stay with him until death, and Le Yu vowed that even death could not separate them.

• Le Yu teased Yin Minghong outside Jing Garden while waiting for Qing Lan to return.
• Qing Lan arrived with Mu Qingmei and Huyan Siluo, and Le Yu welcomed her with an embrace.
• Le Yu described his research into infant supplies, milk, and education, revealing that he had been preparing to raise a child with Qing Lan.
• Qing Lan said a physician had confirmed she was not pregnant and explained that her nausea likely came from lack of sleep.
• Qing Lan told Le Yu she understood why he had cried and promised to accompany him to the end; Le Yu said even death could not separate them.

Le Yu saw the Coastal Army depart with the military funds and learned that Wan Xisha hoped he would recruit the hundred soldiers staying behind. As Profound Candle prepared to establish a workers’ union and restore production, Le Yu planned to take over the Ting family’s firearms factory.

• Wan Xisha led the Coastal Army convoy out of Profound Candle Prefecture and hinted that Le Yu could recruit the hundred rootless soldiers left behind, promising to persuade Lan Yan.
• Wan Xisha explained that the Coastal Army trusted Lan Yan because he had never mistreated them, and Yin Minghong warned that Chenfeng and Dongyang would eventually clash and that Profound Candle could not match the Coastal Army for years.
• Yin Minghong told Le Yu that the first workers’ congress would be held that afternoon under White Night Walker, while the surrendered merchant associations cooperated with factory production and trade.
• Le Yu learned that the Ting family had been selling firearms and ordered Yin Minghong to demand control of its firearms factory for the new army, suggesting he bring the hundred Coastal Army soldiers to reinforce the demand.

At the Workers' Union's first meeting, Uncle Hai rallied Profound Candle Prefecture's workers to unite and demand fair wages and working conditions. As the meeting ended on a hopeful note, a wealthy young man drove into two children and dismissed the workers as peasants.

• Qi Bajiu brought his nephew and niece to the union meeting, where workers and their families gathered for free sour plum soup.
• Uncle Hai explained that the Workers' Union would seek fairness and presented four demands, including full wages, safer conditions, an eight-hour workday, and protection from abuse.
• Workers volunteered to join Uncle Hai in negotiating with the Silver Blood Society, and Qi Bajiu stood up to join them.
• Uncle Hai led the workers and children in singing "Unity is Strength" before declaring the meeting over.
• A wealthy young man drove into two children as they left, then insulted the workers and drove away.

A car driven by a Silver Blood noble killed a child at the workers’ union gathering, and Uncle Hai failed to save him. The workers rallied around Uncle Hai and demanded justice, turning the tragedy into a chance to strengthen the union and clear Jing Zhengwei’s name.

• Workers chased the hit-and-run car as Qi Bajiu held his nephew Jiumi and Uncle Hai arrived at the scene.
• Uncle Hai treated Jiumi but could not save him, and he closed the boy’s eyes as Qi Bajiu begged him to find another medical officer.
• Uncle Hai broke down in grief and anger over the child’s death and the damage it threatened to do to the union.
• White Night Walkers urged the workers to unite and demand that the Silver Blood Society hand over the killer.
• The workers called on Uncle Hai to lead them, and he raised his injured fist and vowed that they would demand justice for their children.

After a Silver Blood noble killed two children and fled into the Inner City, Uncle Hai led a crowd to Cape Gate to demand justice from Chairman Jing. Lantz’s gunfire killed Uncle Hai, and the crowd erupted into revolt as Qi Bajiu’s torches blew apart Cape Gate.

• Lantz blocked the crowd from entering the Inner City, but Uncle Hai confronted him and demanded that the Patrol Guards move aside so they could seek justice from Chairman Jing.
• Lantz called for firearms and threatened the crowd, while Uncle Hai tried to stop him from provoking a bloody clash.
• Uncle Hai charged Lantz, but a gunman behind the crowd shot and killed him; the crowd then overwhelmed Lantz and the situation descended into gunfire.
• A burly man urged the crowd to burn the Inner City and the Silver Blood Society, while Qi Bajiu and dozens of men arrived with torches, singing as they attacked Cape Gate.
• Qi Bajiu’s torches ignited cargo in the gate passageway, and the resulting explosion blasted Cape Gate apart.

Le Yu’s attempts to recruit Jing family members were interrupted by a deadly clash at Cape Gate that grew into a citywide uprising against the Silver Blood Society. As the flames spread, he accepted that the revolt was the consequence of the resistance and resentment he had helped unleash, and declared that he had started this story himself.

• Le Yu gave Jing family members an employment exam, but their answers were mostly absurd or blatant flattery.
• Explosions and a fire at Cape Gate drew Le Yu’s attention, and Yin Minghong reported that a crowd had clashed with the Patrol Guards after a Silver Blood noble killed two children.
• Yin Minghong said Uncle Hai had died and that the conflict had escalated, with people calling for the Silver Blood Society to be burned down.
• Qing Lan, Mu Qingmei, and the others joined Le Yu, who explained that the crowd would not trust the Silver Blood Society or its promises of peaceful negotiation.
• Yin Minghong blamed himself and broke down, while Le Yu told him that the uprising had grown from the Society’s accumulated abuses and the resistance Le Yu had helped build.
• Le Yu said he was not angry because he had started the story himself.

Le Yu evacuated Jing Garden as unrest spread through Profound Candle Prefecture, while Jing Zhengtang and Feiwei left on their own under their agreement. After an explosion signaled the crisis worsening, Le Yu departed and left the old steward behind with the Jing family’s forgotten clan song.

• Le Yu rejected plans to suppress the rioters and ordered Jing Garden’s servants dismissed and its guards to prepare to leave.
• Le Yu joked with Qing Lan as he and the others gathered at the entrance, where few Jing family members had arrived.
• The old steward gave Le Yu a letter from Jing Zhengtang, who had left with Feiwei and asked Le Yu to honor their agreement.
• An explosion of Blazing Radiant Gunpowder sounded nearby, and Yin Minghong led the guards and Coastal Army into a protective formation around Le Yu’s group.
• The old steward refused to leave Jing Garden, and Le Yu departed as the steward sang the Jing family clan song, “Thorns.”

As demonic fog and riots engulfed Profound Candle Prefecture, Le Yu led his armed group through the Inner City and chose to let the Silver Blood Society’s stronghold burn rather than suppress the civilians. He left the retreat to Yin Minghong, but armed enemies appeared and blocked their way.

• Le Yu was cheered by Inner City residents as he passed with his armed group, while he told Mu Qingmei he had no intention of saving the Silver Blood Society.
• Le Yu asked Yin Minghong whether White Night would support his administration, then proposed letting the rioters burn down the Inner City and containing the fire’s spread.
• Mu Qingmei caught Huyan Siluo when she tried to leave, and Le Yu ordered Yin Minghong to escort the group out without getting bogged down in battle.
• Le Yu told Yin Minghong to kill anyone who tried to stop them, and a radiant slash cut down a streetlamp to block their path.
• Armed figures using Illusionary Cloaks appeared on rooftops and around the street, and Le Yu recognized that his enemies had found them.

Jing Zhengwei confronted Mr. Tie as both sides maneuvered over the unrest in Profound Candle Prefecture and Duke Wanghai’s suspicions. After Huyan Siluo tried to prevent a clash, Jing ordered his forces to open fire on Mr. Tie and the martial artists.

• Mr. Tie challenged Jing Zhengwei’s armed advance and urged him to visit Duke Wanghai instead of suppressing the riot.
• Jing refused to leave, openly describing his ambition to become Magistrate Quan and claiming the unrest offered him a chance to gain support.
• Mr. Tie asked Huyan Siluo to speak, and she proposed that her father and brothers come to help Jing suppress the riot.
• Mr. Tie accused Jing of preparing to shoot them and said Duke Wanghai suspected him of masterminding the upheaval.
• Jing rejected the offer to visit Duke Wanghai for a dowry, then called Mr. Tie’s corpse his surprise and ordered his forces to fire.

Jing Zhengwei and his allies tried to escape the Silver Blood Society’s forces, but Pinnacle Realm swordsman Mr. Tie cut through their guards and attacked Jing Zhengwei. Jing Zhengwei blocked Mr. Tie’s sword with a strange, undamaged weapon, and he and Mu Qingmei struck back with Divine Spear.

• The Silver Blood Society’s merchants and nobles sent martial artists to stop Jing Zhengwei, while Duke Wanghai dispatched Mr. Tie to capture him.
• Jing Zhengwei revealed that he was abandoning the presidency and ordered his guards to shoot as his group fled.
• Yin Minghong told the guards and soldiers to run while firing, but Mr. Tie broke through their formation and killed several guards with his sword.
• Mr. Tie sent sword light toward Jing Zhengwei, but Jing Zhengwei blocked it with a strange, undamaged sword.
• Jing Zhengwei and Mu Qingmei attacked Mr. Tie together with Formless Combat Arts: Divine Spear.

Le Yu and his allies fled toward Cape Gate while Mr. Tie used his personal combat art, Bloody Floral Scenery, to attack them and pursue Le Yu. Le Yu broke Mr. Tie’s sword but was left with numb hands, and Mr. Tie continued chasing him toward the crowded, burning gate, where he planned to trap and kill him.

• Mr. Tie unleashed Bloody Floral Scenery, dazzling the surrounding fighters and advancing on Le Yu, but Le Yu blocked his attack with the Saint's Relic and broke his sword.
• Le Yu ordered everyone to shoot, and his allies attacked Mr. Tie as he dodged gunfire, fought through Mu Qingmei, and cut down soldiers with his broken blade.
• Mr. Tie ordered the merchant association retainers to hold back the pursuing troops while he continued after Le Yu.
• Mu Qingmei spotted Cape Gate ahead, and Yin Minghong warned that Mr. Tie could use the crowd and burning ruins to trap them.
• Mr. Tie kept his distance as the group approached Cape Gate and declared that Le Yu deserved to die.

Mr. Tie recognized Jing Zhengwei as the leader of the Assassin Organization and fought to kill him, while Le Yu and the others tried to escape through Cape Gate. The gate collapsed and trapped Le Yu on one side and the others on the other, leaving him to tell White Night to protect “Yin Yinyin.”

• Mr. Tie recognized Jing Zhengwei as the Assassin Organization’s leader and decided to kill him to avenge the Tread White Army general slain by an assassin.
• Le Yu sent Yin Minghong and the others ahead while Old Captain Liu stayed behind with ten Strong Musket Soldiers to fight the exhausted Mr. Tie.
• Yin Minghong led the group through Cape Gate, using gunfire to clear a path through the crowd.
• Mr. Tie hurled his sword scabbard at Cape Gate, triggering its collapse and a violent explosion that separated Le Yu from the others.
• Le Yu shouted “White Night!” across the burning ruins and told the others to protect “Yin Yinyin.”

Yin Minghong reflected on the uncertain truth behind Yin Yinyin and the story White Night had built around Qing Lan, Jing Zhengwei, and the revolution. As Qing Lan was led away, Le Yu stayed behind and charged Mr. Tie, beginning a fight beneath the burning ruins.

• Yin Minghong questioned whether Yin Yinyin was truly Qing Lan and recognized that White Night had shaped the truth into a story to protect people and inspire others.
• Yin Minghong exchanged a distant fist bump with Le Yu, said he hoped they could talk sincerely someday, and ordered his people to withdraw.
• Mu Qingmei and Mi Die pulled Qing Lan away while she stared at Le Yu, then Qing Lan tearfully begged him to find her and promised to support him.
• Le Yu laughed at Qing Lan’s confession, said he was not lazy, and turned to face Mr. Tie.
• Le Yu drew the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword, activated the Illusionary Cloak, and lunged at Mr. Tie, who taunted him for attacking instead of fleeing.

Le Yu fought Mr. Tie, a Pinnacle Realm martial artist, but realized he could not defeat him and tried to withdraw. Civilians surrounded Le Yu near Cape Gate, trapping him as the burning prefecture descended further into chaos.

• Le Yu attacked Mr. Tie with a blank shotgun round and then live pellets, but Mr. Tie deflected most of the shots and countered his sword and light-burst techniques.
• Le Yu dodged Mr. Tie’s close-range attacks with an improvised split, then struck back with a Divine Spear and created distance.
• Le Yu admitted he could not defeat Mr. Tie and warned that chasing him would be fatal, while he backed away from the fight.
• Civilians ambushed Le Yu, and he knocked one attacker aside before taking another hostage.
• Le Yu saw that an armed crowd had surrounded the lot and blocked every escape route, with the burning houses reflected in their eyes.

Jing Zhengwei escaped the rioters and Mr. Tie with help from the Veil of Discord, but Mr. Tie convinced the chamber of commerce retainers that Jing was the Assassin Organization’s leader. Fish then killed Mr. Tie, explaining that the organization makes anyone believed to be its leader into the real thing by killing that person’s enemy.

• Mr. Tie exposed Jing Zhengwei to the rioters, and Jing charged him before plunging the crowd into darkness and escaping.
• Mr. Tie told the chamber of commerce retainers that Jing possessed the Veil of Discord and the Soul-Cleansing Demonic Sword and was the Assassin Organization’s leader, prompting them to chase him.
• Mr. Tie returned through the burning Inner City and stopped in an alley to recover from his wounds.
• Fish appeared in the darkness and told Mr. Tie that the Assassin Organization had come to kill him because he had made others believe Jing was its leader.
• Fish killed Mr. Tie, leaving his body in the alley.

Lan Jianbo revealed that his obedient persona had been an act and decided to flee Profound Candle Prefecture as unrest threatened the Silver Blood families. He drove away from the Lan residence, leaving his servant Wen Yan behind with a warning for his father.

• Lan Jianbo ignored the summons to the main hall and finished modifying his black car after the fire at Cape Gate.
• Lan Jianbo explained to Wen Yan that he had long hidden his true views and had urged the Lan family to improve workers’ treatment and leave Profound Candle Prefecture.
• Lan Jianbo packed valuables into his car and said that Jing Zhengwei’s alliance with White Night and the rising workers would make the city’s unrest impossible to stop.
• Lan Jianbo invited Wen Yan to flee with him, then advised him to take something less valuable and pass a message to Lan Jianbo’s father.
• Lan Jianbo crashed his car through the courtyard wall and sped away, while Wen Yan watched and remembered that he got carsick.

Lan Jianbo’s attempt to escape Profound Candle Prefecture ended when rioters wrecked his vehicle, but Ting Chaozao found him. Le Yu escaped his pursuers through Jing Zhengwei’s secret tunnel, where a young man asked whether he still remembered Shuangye.

• Lan Jianbo drove his modified off-road vehicle through Cape Gate and into the outer city, trying to escape the rioters.
• Civilians pelted Lan Jianbo’s vehicle with stones until it crashed, and Ting Chaozao approached and wiped blood from his face.
• Le Yu fled merchant association retainers and rioters while using the Mental Power he had regained after completing Yin Yinyin’s Calamity.
• Le Yu threw a bag of coins to distract his pursuers, then entered a tunnel beneath the ancient city wall.
• A young man in workers’ clothes greeted Le Yu in the tunnel and asked whether he still remembered Shuangye.

Le Yu escaped through the tunnel with Rongyao’s help, while Ting Chaozao killed Lan Jianbo after the former friends’ reunion exposed their resentment. Ting Wanjian revealed his connection to the unrest and declared that the Ting family would become Scardy’s ruler, leaving his alliance with Jing Zhengwu in place.

• Rongyao revealed that he had joined White Night, then shot at the pursuing enshrinees and helped Le Yu escape the tunnel.
• Rongyao admitted that he hated Le Yu and the Silver Blood system but had saved him so he could lead those fighting for a better future.
• Ting Chaozao welcomed Lan Jianbo aboard the Ting family’s departing ships, then ordered him drowned because Lan Jianbo had abandoned him when he lost power.
• Ting Wanjian approved Lan Jianbo’s plan to distract the mob with goods and said someone had recently asked him for Blazing Radiant Gunpowder.
• Ting Wanjian mourned his lost kindred spirit and declared that the Ting family would become the king of Scardy in accordance with his agreement with Jing Zhengwu.

Le Yu escaped into the Black Sun Society’s Blood Battle Casino, where Wu Renxing confronted him and threatened him with armed gang members. Le Yu refused to submit, and as rifles aimed at him, he warned Wu Renxing that White Night would show him no mercy.

• Le Yu emerged from a tunnel amid the workers’ violent uprising and entered the Blood Battle Casino after riflemen recognized him as Chairman Jing.
• Le Yu watched a contestant kill his opponent in the arena, while Wu Renxing praised the winner and forgave the two fighters for stealing from him.
• Wu Renxing summoned Le Yu into the arena and said Le Yu needed his help because he was isolated and down on his luck.
• Le Yu mocked Wu Renxing for threatening him only when he was vulnerable, and said he would not restrain his temper around someone he could afford to offend.
• Wu Renxing ordered riflemen to aim at Le Yu, but Le Yu spread his arms and challenged them to shoot, warning that White Night would not spare Wu Renxing.

Le Yu refused Wu Renxing’s demand to wear a Grace Lock in exchange for Black Sun Society’s support, and learned that a worker had hired Wu Renxing to have him killed during the uprising. Wu Renxing forced Le Yu into a Blood Battle, and Le Yu chose to fight ten opponents.

• Wu Renxing lowered his guns and asked Le Yu to promise that Black Sun Society would become the new Patrol Guards, and Le Yu agreed.
• Wu Renxing demanded that Le Yu wear a Grace Lock as a guarantee, but Le Yu refused and started to leave.
• Wu Renxing revealed that an ambitious worker had hired him to kill Le Yu and was leading an assault on the Inner City.
• Wu Renxing proposed that Le Yu fight opponents in the casino for a chance to escape, and Le Yu returned to the arena.
• Le Yu challenged ten opponents at once.