Recaps

Zeng Anmin recovered the Dragon Survey Map, earned a place at Shuidu Academy, and secretly cultivated both Confucian and martial paths. After Zhang Lun was murdered and the authorities covered up the case, Zeng Anmin killed Wang Lin and drew scrutiny as the Xuanjing Division searched for the masked killer.

• Zeng Anmin exposed how an ordinary person could have incapacitated Zeng Shilin, then found the Dragon Survey Map hidden in a dry well and secured his father's release.
• Zeng Shilin sent Zeng Anmin to Shuidu Academy, where Zeng Anmin quickly comprehended Literary Qi and earned recognition from Dean Qin Shouchang.
• Zeng Anmin formed the Heavenly Dao Alliance with Bei, Nan, Huang, and Dao, obtained Qi Guiding Diagrams from Nan, and reached the Eighth-rank Breath Nurturing Realm.
• Zhang Lun was found murdered after winning the Shuidu Order, and Zeng Anmin concluded that the order had been the killer's target.
• Wang Daoyuan announced that A Da had confessed and died by suicide, while Prince Jiang’s Estate pressured the Academy to close the case and Zhang Lun’s mother was denied justice.
• Zeng Anmin killed A Er and Wang Lin with the Ornate Dagger and took Zhang Lun’s Shuidu Order.
• Zeng Anmin opened his Purple Mansion, became a Confucian Path Seventh Rank cultivator, and transformed his blade into a Divine Artifact Hand Axe.
• As the Xuanjing Division searched for Wang Lin’s killer, Zeng Anmin and Qi Dachun watched the Red-robed Guards march through Tong'an Street, where Wang Deli approached Zeng Anmin.

Zeng Anmin solved the Shen Family case and exposed Prince Jiang's Estate's plot to gather firearms, while advancing in both martial and Confucian cultivation. After the rebellion evidence was secured, he started a seasoning business with Shen Jun and turned to Princess Wencheng for Jiang State's ultimate art.

• Zeng Anmin buried Zhang Lun and his mother, returned home, and revealed that he had opened his Purple Mansion, prompting Zeng Shilin to appoint him Left Clerk of the Xuanjing Division.
• Zeng Anmin reopened Shen Jun's case, found the coffin empty, and concluded that Shen Liu had faked his death and that Shen Jun was innocent.
• A Black Cat Hood assassin attacked Zeng Anmin, who killed him underwater and advanced to the eighth rank before returning alive to Liangjiang Prefecture City.
• Zeng Anmin connected Prince Jiang's Estate to the Shen Family case, discovered its armed operation on Water Cloud Island, and helped Zeng Shilin capture Qi Linxian and seize hundreds of Firearms.
• Sai Chuxue took Qi Linxian back to the Profound Formation Division, while Zeng Anmin reached the Sixth Rank Gentleman Realm after reflecting on a poem.
• Zeng Shilin moved against Prince Jiang's Estate, and Zeng Anmin arrested Xu Yunfeng before recognizing a poem linked to Princess Wencheng and arranging a Flavor Supreme business with Shen Jun.
• Zeng Anmin returned home to dine with Huzi, then asked Princess Wencheng for the Jiang State Imperial Family's ultimate art, “Phoenix Cry Nine.”

Zeng Anmin uncovered Prince Jiang’s alliance with the Demon Race and helped stop their rebellion, awakening the Dragon Survey Map in the process. After the crisis, he grew closer to Qin Wanyue as his poetry drew attention at Shuidu Academy.

• Nan taught Zeng Anmin about advancement beyond the Martial Core Realm and offered him rare-herb locations, while Zeng Anmin began studying Eternal Night Three Slashes.
• Zeng Anmin discovered that Prince Jiang had escaped through a hidden passage, followed him through the river, and killed him after awakening the Dragon Survey Map’s dragon-claw transformation.
• Zeng Anmin and Zeng Shilin connected Prince Jiang’s escape to the Demon Race, then learned that a Demon King and rebel army were approaching Liangjiang Prefecture City.
• Xu Tong led the rebellion against the Xuanjing Division, but Qin Shouchang defeated a fish monster and Zeng Anmin revealed his identity as the Black Cat Martial Artist before Bai Ziqing killed Xu Tong.
• Zeng Shilin explained that Prince Jiang had sought the Dragon Survey Map and that it was the Fifth Heavenly Dao Diagram, then promised to help Zeng Anmin awaken it.
• The authorities exposed Qi Xiande’s and Prince Jiang’s collusion, while Emperor Jianhong considered Zeng Anmin for promotion and Sai Chuxue delivered Qi Linxian to the Profound Formation Division.
• After Bai Ziqing departed, Zeng Anmin hosted Qin Wanyue and recited a completed battlefield poem as she played the pipa, prompting Zeng Shilin to praise it.
• At Shuidu Academy, Qin Wanyue recited “Grapes and fine wine in a Night-Shining Cup” and revealed that Zeng Anmin had written it, surprising the students and troubling Qin Shouchang.

Zeng Anmin entered the capital, survived Prince Qi’s attempt to sabotage his assessment, and helped Zeng Shilin bring the prince down. After Prince Qi was killed by an unknown attacker, Anmin advanced in archery and settled into life at the Imperial Academy, where Liu Xian took notice of Qin Wanyue.

• A storyteller spread tales of Zeng Anmin’s poetry and battlefield feats as Anmin traveled to Stone Mountain and broke through to the seventh rank and Visualization Realm.
• Emperor Jianhong appointed Zeng Shilin Minister of War and named Zeng Anmin Crown Prince’s Study Companion, then Anmin entered the Illusion Array assessment and sacrificed himself to protect the Crown Prince.
• Zeng Anmin enrolled at the Imperial Academy, learned that Dark Sinking Incense could disrupt an array assessment, and suspected Wang Qianzhi of using it against him.
• Zeng Shilin explained that Duan Yuheng had been framed and protected Anlin and Huzi while gathering evidence against Prince Jiang and Prince Qi, as Anmin connected the Xi Huang Diagram to his family’s deaths.
• Zeng Shilin exposed Prince Qi’s links to Dark Sinking Incense and the framing of Loyal Far Count, and Emperor Jianhong stripped Prince Qi of his title and sent his household into exile.
• Zeng Anmin and Bai Ziqing pursued Prince Qi’s convoy, but an unknown attacker killed Prince Qi, Wang Qianzhi, and Prince Qi’s wife before disappearing.
• At the Imperial Academy, Zeng Anmin developed Arrow Intent, formed a bow from his Vast Righteous Qi, and chose the Silver Preparation Space entry.
• Liu Xian joined the Imperial Academy and became interested in Qin Wanyue, while she shared food with Zeng Anmin and covered for him when Qin Shouchang scolded him.