Recaps

Zhang Yuanqing investigated his father's connection to the Carefree Organization and recovered the key to the High Plain of Heaven for the Thousand Crane Group. His discoveries led him to Qin Feng Academy, where he sought the secret beneath Mermaid Lake while bound by Fear Heavenly King's curse.

• Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Stop-Killing Palace Lord had repaired his spirit body and traced Zhang Zizhen's past to the Carefree Organization and its struggle over the Light Compass.
• Asano Ryo hired Zhang Yuanqing to recover the High Plain of Heaven Key, and his team captured Edo Swordsman and escaped with the jade disc before Fear Heavenly King arrived.
• Fu Qingyang recognized the jade disc as a key to stone doors beneath Mermaid Lake, and Zhang Yuanqing entered Princess Yinyao's body to explore the High Plain of Heaven with the Thousand Crane Group.
• Zhang Yuanqing found Xu Fu's remains, a dried Immortal Spring, and the Bronze Divine Tree, then negotiated possession of the key and borrowing rights to the Thousand Crane Group's three artifacts.
• Fear Heavenly King confronted Zhang Yuanqing in Songhai and cursed him to die unless he rescued Demon Eye within a month.
• Zhang Yuanqing entered Qin Feng Academy and secretly approached the underwater stone doors, but withdrew after the mermaid queen attacked an armored intruder.
• Zhang Yuanqing concealed his involvement during Li Yanqi's investigation and considered whether the intruder was a student or teacher seeking the lake's secret.
• Zhang Yuanqing connected the academy's history lessons to his discoveries and demanded tuition from classmates who wanted his clues about the Spirit Realm's mysteries.

Zhang Yuanqing led a secret expedition into the underground palace beneath Mermaid Lake, then investigated the murders at Qin Feng Academy and exposed Ren Junzi as the armored killer. After the academy instance ended, he dealt with the fallout and learned that his relationship with Guan Ya had ended, before Fu Qingyang arranged a meeting with the Merchant Guild president.

• Zhang Yuanqing studied Spirit Realm professions and items at Qin Feng Academy, learned about another predicted catastrophe, and opened the stone gate beneath Mermaid Lake with Princess Yinyao and his companions.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s team defeated the terracotta warriors and looted the underground palace, where they found Sovereign-grade treasures, the Twin Dragon Jade, and the Heaven-Worship Set.
• Xia Chaoxue was murdered, and Zhang Yuanqing and the trainees investigated the academy while suspecting that an armored infiltrator had discovered their expedition.
• After Teacher Lin Su was killed, the dean turned against the students and ordered the Tiger King to attack, but Sun Miaomiao used Ten Thousand Butcher to kill the beast and drain the dean’s blood.
• Zhang Yuanqing exposed Ren Junzi as the armored killer, possessed him, and consumed his spirit after All Under Heaven Returns to Fire burned away a parasitic gu beast.
• The Spirit Realm declared Qin Feng Academy complete, while Zhang Yuanqing briefed Fu Qingyang, revealed the missing terracotta army core, and asked Fear Heavenly King about Role Cards and changing classes.
• Xiahou Aotian discovered a two-thousand-year-old Qin Kingdom Occultist possessing him, while Zhang Yuanqing learned that Guan Ya no longer liked him and left the villa after their breakup.
• Zhang Yuanqing spent the evening with Jiang Yu'er at his grandmother’s house, then received Fu Qingyang’s call arranging a meeting with the Merchant Guild president.

Zhang Yuanqing investigated the Carefree Organization, faced Fu Xue over his relationship with Guan Ya, and entered a dangerous dungeon as Lin Ci. The escort mission ended with Yi Chuanmei revealing that her mission was complete as a scream rang out from the mortuary.

• Zhang Yuanqing received the Light Compass Fragment and a Class A Exchange Ticket, then explored the High Plain of Heaven with the Stop-Killing Palace Lord and collected Solar Power and bronze plates.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Ling Jun connected Ling Tuo to the Shadow Twins and suspected that the Taiyi Sect Master had erased his records over the Light Compass Fragment.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Yin Ji arranged a meeting between the Nihility Sect and his allies, while Ling Jun began investigating his brother’s death and their father’s faction.
• Fu Xue opposed Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya’s relationship and pushed Guan Ya toward marrying Ron Miller, but Fu Qingyang’s intervention and the Court Swordmaster Cloak made Fu Xue reconsider.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord gave Zhang Yuanqing Life Source Liquid and Solar Power, and he entered a dungeon with Blood Rose and Princess Yinyao as Lin Ci, an escort agency Night Wanderer.
• Zhang Yuanqing found that a dangerous entity inside the agency’s coffin was growing stronger, while escorts vanished and warnings revealed that Divine Sword Manor had been destroyed.
• During a storm, Zhang Yuanqing discovered the escorts asleep as the coffin opened, then fought Yi Chuanmei through a dream illusion and struck her with the Purple-Gold Pumpkin Hammer.
• Zhang Yuanqing identified Yi Chuanmei and learned about her restrictions, while she announced that her mission was complete after a scream came from the mortuary.

Zhang Yuanqing survived the Divine Sword Manor dungeon, reached Level Six, and returned with new powers and allies. After his actions drew scrutiny from the Five Elements Alliance, he faced a rigged trial and rejected Elder Cai’s verdict.

• Zhang Yuanqing awakened during Murong Long’s attack, consumed Murong Long, defeated the hostile faction, and completed the dungeon with Little Round’s help.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to reality, refined Princess Yinyao and other enemies into corpse puppets, and began planning a rescue for Magic Eye while investigating threats around him.
• Zhang Yuanqing escaped Flower City with two Star Officials’ bodies as his allies fought off teams seeking the Qin Dynasty antiques, then coordinated a plan against Dark Night Rose’s ambush.
• Huang Taiji admitted that Zhang Yuanqing had killed Cai Longshen after Cai tried to steal the spoils, and Zhang Yuanqing cooperated with investigators when headquarters arrested him.
• The Investigation Department posted Zhang Yuanqing’s coerced confession, while Fu Qingyang sought Elder support and Zhang Yuanqing’s allies campaigned for a fair hearing.
• At Zhang Yuanqing’s trial, Huang Taiji testified in his defense, but Elder Cai convicted him and imposed prison, a fine, and confiscation of his equipment and privileges.
• When Raging Waves demanded the Heaven-Worship Set, Zhang Yuanqing broke his restraints with a purple-gold pumpkin hammer and rejected the verdict.