Recaps

Chen Yi thwarted Yan Fusha’s attempt to use Pei Guanli as bait, won the Mid-Autumn Poetry Gathering, and survived a deadly fight with the Five Poisons Sect leader. As the Xiao Family faced new grain shortages and commercial pressure, Chen Yi began gathering allies and investigating the forces behind the scheme.

• Xiao Jinghong exposed Xiao Dongchen’s betrayal, removed him from the Xiao Family’s power structure, and forced the Second Branch to leave Shuzhou.
• Chen Yi’s calligraphy gained acclaim at Guiyun Academy, while Xiao Wan’er secured approval and funding to establish a Medical Dao Academy.
• Chen Yi discovered that Lou Yuxue, disguised as a wonton shopkeeper, was a White Tiger Guard investigating his whereabouts on the night the Three Towns’ grain burned.
• At the Mid-Autumn Poetry Gathering, Yan Fusha abducted Pei Guanli and forced Chen Yi to write a poem, while Chen Yi’s lyric over Quchi earned him the poetry championship.
• Chen Yi purged Yan Fusha’s poison, rescued Pei Guanli, and killed Yan Fusha with his perfected Spear Dao before hiding the battle from Xiao Wan’er.
• Chen Yunfan realized Chen Yi was also a Medical Saint Hand, while Xiao Wan’er and the others believed Chen Yi had merely fallen into the river.
• Chen Yi reached the Fifth Grade, Lower Stage, and arranged for 127 Tianshan Sect disciples to serve as guards for Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Chen Yi learned that grain merchants had raised prices and left the Xiao Family short of supplies for the Three Towns Soldiers, so he planned to catch the merchants behind the scheme.

Chen Yi uncovered a grain-price conspiracy linking Liu Hong, the Jizhou Trading Company, and King Landu’s agents while protecting the Xiao Family and pursuing his own plans. After publicly killing Lü Jiunan, Chen Yi secretly revived him and left the story with the dangerous alliance still concealed.

• Chen Yi investigated the grain riots and learned from the Lin patriarch that Liu Taofang had helped manipulate grain prices and burn the Three Towns’ summer grain, while the Jizhou Trading Company was tied to smuggling and King Landu.
• Chen Yi and Xiao Wan'er selected a site for the Medical Dao Academy, planned its design, and prepared to invite Medical Saint Hands to Shuzhou.
• Chen Yi learned that Liu Hong and Ma Shuhan planned to use the annual assessment to reward allies and hurt rivals, then asked Lou Yuxue to help obtain grain and target the merchants.
• Chen Yi discovered Lü Jiunan and Ge Muxiao were King Landu’s warriors and learned Liu Hong had asked them to rescue Asutai, while Liu Hong later ordered the slaves killed and Lü Jiunan sent away.
• Chen Yi rescued Asutai and Zeng Zhifeng from Liu Hong’s men and arranged for Fang Hongxiu to find the abandoned residence.
• Lü Jiunan and Ge Muxiao attacked Liu Lang, and Chen Yi revealed himself when Liu Tianming began killing witnesses in Blackfish Alley.
• Chen Yi killed Lü Jiunan in front of witnesses and escaped with Liu Lang, while Liu Taoyao and Zhao Shichang hurried to report the death to Liu Hong.
• Chen Yi secretly revived Lü Jiunan and told him the apparent killing had been staged for outsiders.

Chen Yi maneuvered against Liu Hong and the Jizhou Trading Company by exploiting fears of war and buying up grain, while White Immortal arrived in Shuzhou and took an interest in him. The arc ended with Chen Yi and Liu Lang preparing to act, as White Immortal and Shui Hetong met Xiao Jinghong and hinted they knew Chen Yi was unusual.

• Chen Yi crippled Lü Jiunan, hid him at the Chuanxi Street residence, and learned that Liu Hong was searching for Asutai while General Star investigated Shuzhou’s factions.
• Chen Yi discovered Asutai’s connection to Fu Wanqing and Liu Hong, then secured Asutai’s help after Asutai killed Zeng Zhifeng.
• Chen Yi refused the White Tiger Guard’s offer to recruit him and arranged with Lou Yuxue to spread rumors about King Landu and Asutai to manipulate grain prices and target the Jizhou Trading Company.
• Disguised as Chen Yu, Chen Yi directed Liu Lang and Tianshan Sect disciples to buy grain, while rumors of raids and rising prices shook Shuzhou.
• Liu Lang and the Tianshan Sect disciples killed investigators at a grain storehouse, recognized Chen Yi’s concealed identity, and moved the grain to safety.
• Chen Yi enlisted Cui Qingwu and Lou Yuxue in the grain scheme, then learned that Liu Hong might be behind the investigators and ordered Liu Lang to acquire more grain.
• White Immortal encountered Chen Yi in East Market, read Liu Zhaoxue’s fortune, and later prompted Chen Yi to recognize him, earning Chen Yi a Heaven Rank upgrade to his Collapsing Mountain Fist.
• Cui Qingwu brought grain to market to lower prices, Xiao Wan'er planned to make her head of the Medical Dao Academy, and Chen Yi met Liu Lang by the Chishui River to begin their next move.

Chen Yi maneuvered among the grain merchants and Liu Hong’s allies while preparing to confront Du Cang, who abducted Xiao Wan'er to draw him out. Chen Yi killed Du Cang and rescued Xiao Wan'er, while the Xiao Family began confronting Liu Hong’s collusion and the grain crisis.

• Chen Yi defeated Liu Lang, treated his wounds, and began planning to punish the families who had sold their grain as prices climbed.
• Chen Yi arranged to use Cui Qingwu and Lou Yuxue to locate Du Cang, then agreed to help the White Tiger Guard ambush him at Chishui River.
• Chen Yi arranged Asutai’s return through Liu Hong and rescued Yuan Liu'er from selling herself, while his Chess Dao reached the Perfection Realm.
• Du Cang confronted Chen Yi at Chunhe Garden, then abducted Xiao Wan'er and challenged Liu Wu to meet him at Puyin Temple.
• Chen Yi pursued Du Cang to Puyin Temple, broke through his miniature world, freed Xiao Wan'er, and killed Du Cang with Collapsing Mountain Fist · Tremor.
• Chen Yi returned Xiao Wan'er to the Xiao residence, where Elder Master Xiao praised Chen Yu and proposed that he marry her, putting Chen Yi’s disguises at risk.
• Xiao Jinghong learned that Liu Hong was allied with King Landu and the Barbarian Tribe, while Chen Yunfan uncovered his family’s role in his appointment and Chen Yi’s proposed marriage.
• As grain prices surged and panic spread, Elder Master Xiao recognized that Chen Yu expected him to address the merchants’ price hikes and arranged to meet Liu Hong.