Recaps

Xiao Mo grew from Zhou Ruoxi’s young son into a skilled soldier, leaving Xiao Manor to serve in the Iron Tiger Army while Qin Siyao remained devoted to him. During Qin’s conquest of Wei, Xiao Mo rose through the ranks and stopped Xiao Yishe’s cavalry from approaching the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Mo learned to walk through deep snow to Zhou Ruoxi, called her “Mother,” and celebrated his first birthday with her and Cuicui.
• Xiao Mo trained under Huang Shan, reached Foundation Establishment, and learned the God-Slaying Spear while growing close to Qin Siyao.
• Xiao Mo accepted an assignment to the Iron Tiger Army, and Zhou Ruoxi gave him permission to leave Xiao Manor.
• Qin Siyao visited Xiao Mo at camp, while Qin Jingyuan supplied him with training resources and offered him support.
• After two years of military training, Xiao Mo and Earthly Branch Twelve received orders to march against Wei Kingdom.
• Xiao Mo distinguished himself in battle, rose to command ten thousand men, and captured cities as Qin Huo’s campaign advanced through Wei Kingdom.
• Xiao Mo requested five hundred cavalry to keep Xiao Yishe’s Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry away from Wei’s Imperial Capital, then defeated Xiao Yishe at Tengwang Pass and forced the cavalry to withdraw.

Xiao Mo returned to war, endured a desperate siege at Yanmen Pass, and was rescued as Qin Siyao reached him. With the Northern Wilderness Army advancing into Wei, Xiao Mo outmaneuvered Du Beiwang and trapped his forces outside Fengshang City.

• Xiao Mo returned to the Imperial Capital, received the Frost King title, reunited with Zhou Ruoxi, and left again to campaign in the Northern Wastes after promising Qin Siyao he would return to marry her.
• Xiao Mo led the first charge at Bishui City, then captured Mati City and several other strongholds before taking Yanmen Pass and cutting off Wei’s southern cities.
• As Wei’s army besieged Yanmen Pass, Xiao Mo rationed food, repelled attacks, and pretended to surrender while buying time for the city’s defenders.
• On the thirtieth day, Xiao Mo led his starving troops into a final battle, and Qin Siyao reached Yanmen Pass with reinforcements just as his cavalry dwindled to a few hundred.
• Xiao Shi routed Guo Xin’s army, placed a large force under Xiao Mo’s command, and prepared to advance toward the Wei capital while Qin Siyao stayed with Xiao Mo briefly before leaving with Peanut.
• Xiao Mo captured Yuetong Pass and led 250,000 soldiers onward, while Qin Jingyuan received an offer of support from Jin Kingdom in his struggle against the First Prince.
• After Xiao Mo captured two cities near Fengshang City, he tricked Du Beiwang into marching out by falsely claiming Chu had attacked Qin, then revealed the ruse and surrounded Du Beiwang’s army.

After the conquest of Wei, Xiao Mo received a vast fief and secured his marriage to Qin Siyao while the Qin ruler began reforms and succession maneuvering. When war broke out again, Xiao Mo led Qin’s armies to major victories, but the arc ended with Qin Jingyuan’s rebellion and Ji Yue caught between her husband and her homeland.

• Xiao Mo captured Wei’s capital with Xiahou Nan, preserved order, and rejected Xiao Shi’s suggestion that he become emperor.
• The Qin ruler rewarded Xiao Mo with six provinces and granted his marriage to Qin Siyao, while a later alliance marriage delayed their wedding.
• Xiao Mo proposed sweeping reforms to the Qin ruler and recruited officials and soldiers, while Qin Siyao moved into the Frost King’s Manor and grew closer to him.
• Xiao Mo broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm after enduring a Ten-String Tribulation, then celebrated the New Year with Qin Siyao and his family.
• The Qin ruler named Qin Jingsu heir apparent and sent Qin Jingyuan to his border fief after his marriage to Ji Yue, while Xiao Mo and Qin Siyao’s wedding remained postponed.
• When Yan and Chu massed at Qin’s borders, Xiao Mo led the Northern Wilderness Army against Chu and sent Bai Qi to defeat Wu Qi’s forces and conquer Nanshan.
• Xiao Mo advanced into Chu as Bai Qi captured Nanshan, but reports arrived that Qin Jingyuan had rebelled, and Qin Jingsu set out to suppress him.
• Qin Jingyuan welcomed the Jin army into Luzhou, while Ji Yue rejected Yan Liuyun’s advances and wept over her divided loyalties.

Xiao Mo helped Qin survive its wars with Jin, Zhao, and Qi, while Qin Jingyuan, Qin Jingsu, Bai Qi, Xia Qingke, Empress Shi, and Xiao Shi died. As Qin Siyao learned to govern and Xiao Mo prepared to defend the Northern Wilderness, the ailing Qin Shengtian secretly entrusted him with a letter.

• Qin Jingyuan led Jin forces through Qin territory, but his secret plan to defeat Yan Liuyun ended with his death, and Ji Yue later died beside his grave.
• Xiao Mo’s campaigns brought down Chu, Yan, and Jin, while Bai Qi sacrificed Shuihuo City and Qin Jingsu died holding back Jin’s forces at Shuling.
• Xia Qingke died after reconciling with Xiao Mo, and Empress Shi later died after urging Qin Siyao to prepare for rule and life with Xiao Mo.
• The Qin Kingdom’s Lord revealed his failing health, left the Crown Prince position unresolved, and trained Qin Siyao to handle state affairs as Xiao Mo returned to the Northern Wilderness with Xiao Shi.
• Xiao Shi named Xiao Mo Prince Zhenbei at Snowflake Pass, then died, and Xiao Mo took charge of the Northern Wilderness as Frost King and General-in-Chief Who Guards the North.
• Qin Siyao mourned Empress Shi and devoted herself to state affairs, while Xiao Mo recruited sect cultivators and secured help from Heavenly Secrets City against possible intervention by the Myriad Island Nation.
• Wei Xingzi warned Xiao Mo that he might have no more than five years to live, but Xiao Mo promised Qin Siyao he would return from the coming danger.
• Qin Shengtian told Qin Siyao he had chosen someone for Crown Prince, then secretly gave Xiao Mo a letter and told him to keep it from her.