Recaps

Su Yuexi won her first match, revealed her restored beauty, and confirmed her identity as Sikong Jing’s wife. After her family brought her before the Su Clan, Su Xuefeng demanded the Green Jade Paper instead of restoring their privileges.

• Su Yuexi defeated Luo Zhi, but Luo Tong and Chu Bo demanded that she remove her veil to prove her identity.
• Su Yuexi removed her veil, stunning the crowd, and said Sikong Jing had healed her face; Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang confirmed she was their daughter.
• The City Lord's Guard accepted Su Yuexi's identity and sent her to await the second match.
• Mei Xiaofang asked Su Xuefeng to restore the family's privileges, but he asked how Su Yuexi had reached the first level of the Dark Realm in seven days.
• Su Yuexi credited Sikong Jing and the three sheets of Green Jade Paper, so Su Xuefeng demanded that she hand them over.
• Su Zhengtao, Su Yun, and the other Su Clan members backed Su Xuefeng and denied hearing any promise to restore the family's privileges.

Su Xuefeng demanded Su Yuexi's Green Jade Paper and falsely claimed Sikong Jing had died, but Sikong Jing returned alive and stopped Su Yun from attacking her. He and Su Zhenglong then joined forces to beat Su Xuefeng at the Martial Arts Arena.

• Su Xuefeng refused to honor his promises and threatened to report Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang unless Su Yuexi handed over the Green Jade Paper.
• Su Xuefeng told Su Yuexi that Sikong Jing had supposedly died in the massacre at the Luoshui Jade Firm, leaving her devastated.
• Su Yun lunged at Su Yuexi, but Sikong Jing appeared, slapped Su Yun down, and slashed her face with true energy.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had survived by going to buy medicine with Luo Ning before entering Entering Cloud Mountain, then knocked Su Zhengtao unconscious with a punch.
• Su Xuefeng attacked Sikong Jing, and Sikong Jing asked Su Zhenglong to fight him together.
• Su Zhenglong and Sikong Jing attacked Su Xuefeng from the front and back, beating him with repeated punches.

Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong beat Su Xuefeng at the Martial Arts Arena, while Su Yuexi advanced to the top ten. After Su Yang accused Sikong Jing of hiding the Beast Bandit Group’s treasures, Qiu Ye led troops to Su Mansion, and Old Zhang and A-Hu rushed to stop him.

• Sikong Jing helped Su Zhenglong beat Su Xuefeng and knocked down the Su Clan members who came to intervene.
• The City Lord’s guards broke up the fight, and Su Xuefeng left the arena with the Su Clan after vowing revenge.
• Su Yuexi won her matches and secured a place in Yunye City’s top ten, with the final selection set for the next day.
• Su Yang told Qiu Ye that Sikong Jing possessed the Beast Bandit Group’s Green Jade Paper, Green Jade Slates, and a supreme pill treasure, and claimed Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi had reached the Dark Realm.
• Qiu Ye led troops toward Su Mansion, and Old Zhang and A-Hu hurried after him when they learned of the attack.

Qiu Ye surrounded Sikong Jing at Su Mansion and demanded his spoils, but Sikong Jing refused, revealed that he had wiped out the Beast Bandit Group, and slapped Qiu Ye. As Qiu Ye ordered his men to attack, Old Zhang and A-Hu restrained him and stood by Sikong Jing.

• Qiu Ye arrived with soldiers and Su Xuefeng, demanding that Sikong Jing hand over the Beast Bandit Group's loot.
• Sikong Jing denied that his possessions came from the bandits and told Qiu Ye that he had wiped out the group while Qiu Ye stole the credit.
• Qiu Ye threatened Sikong Jing and demanded the treasures as tribute, but Sikong Jing swiftly slapped him and ordered him to leave.
• Qiu Ye called on his soldiers to kill Sikong Jing, alarming Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang.
• Old Zhang and A-Hu seized Qiu Ye's arms and pleaded with him not to attack Sikong Jing, angering Qiu Ye.

Sikong Jing turned Qiu Ye’s guards Old Zhang and A-Hu against him, forcing the general to retreat after Sikong threatened to expose his theft of credit. Sikong then thanked the officers and returned inside with the Su family, where Su Zhenglong was stunned by his gift: the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel.

• Old Zhang and A-Hu sided with Sikong Jing and fought off Qiu Ye’s guards when the general ordered them to attack.
• Sikong Jing slapped Qiu Ye aside and warned that Old Zhang and A-Hu could report his theft of credit for dealing with the Beast Bandit Group.
• Qiu Ye backed down, dismissed Old Zhang and A-Hu from returning to the General’s Mansion, and left with his guards while Su Xuefeng threatened the family.
• Sikong Jing thanked Old Zhang and A-Hu and told them to meet him at the Heaven Martial Pavilion to receive a gift.
• Sikong Jing explained to the Su family how he had become the officers’ benefactor, then presented Su Zhenglong with the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel.

Sikong Jing gave Su Zhenglong a Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel inner core and rewarded Lu Zhao, Old Zhang, and A-Hu with cultivation methods. On his way home, he overheard Pattern Hunter confront Su Yuexian and seize the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel she had caught.

• Sikong Jing explained that he had snatched the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel from a Rift-Gold Steel-Fanged Tiger, then extracted its inner core for Su Zhenglong and made Su Yuexi a fur scarf.
• Sikong Jing gave Lu Zhao the promised Green Jade Paper and gave Old Zhang and A-Hu tailored cultivation methods that helped them break through to the second level of the Human Realm.
• Sikong Jing searched Yunye City for a suitable sword for Su Yuexi, then took a shortcut home through a narrow alley.
• Sikong Jing recognized Su Yuexian's voice as she argued with Pattern Hunter, who slapped her and demanded to know why she had gone missing.
• Pattern Hunter tore Su Yuexian's bundle open, discovered her Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel, and seized it as she lunged at him.

Sikong Jing intervened when Pattern Hunter attacked Su Yuexian and took the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel, then called on her to fight alongside him. Su Yuexian overcame Pattern Hunter’s intimidation and joined the battle, while Pattern Hunter threatened her family.

• Pattern Hunter beat Su Yuexian, took the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel, and tried to persuade her to serve the young master.
• Sikong Jing confronted Pattern Hunter and used his power to send the Earth Realm assassin crashing down the alley.
• Sikong Jing urged Su Yuexian to choose her father’s life over her assassin’s duty, helping her resist Pattern Hunter’s mental oppression.
• Pattern Hunter ordered Su Yuexian to kill Sikong Jing and threatened her family, but she attacked Pattern Hunter instead.

Su Yuexian killed Pattern Hunter with Sikong Jing’s help, returned the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel to the Su family, and reunited with her mother and sister after ten years away. When Su Zhenglong tried to touch her, she rejected him and halted his approach.

• Sikong Jing helped Su Yuexian defeat Pattern Hunter, then destroyed the corpse so it could not be identified.
• Sikong Jing took Pattern Hunter’s sword and began forging it at a blacksmith’s shop, saying it was for his wife.
• Su Yuexian brought the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel to Su Zhenglong’s courtyard and heard Mei Xiaofang and Su Yuexi waiting for Ah Jing.
• Mei Xiaofang, Su Zhenglong, and Su Yuexi recognized Su Yuexian, and Mei Xiaofang embraced her as Su Yuexian called her Mother.
• Su Zhenglong apologized and reached toward Su Yuexian, but she pushed Mei Xiaofang away and ordered him to stop.

Su Yuexian visited her family, convinced they had abandoned her and that Su Zhenglong wanted to exploit her newfound wealth. She tried to sever ties by giving him a Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel, but Old Zhang and A-Hu revealed that she had risked her life to obtain one, leaving her humiliated and the family stunned.

• Su Yuexian mocked Su Zhenglong and refused to hear Su Yuexi or Mei Xiaofang explain the past.
• Su Yuexian told the family she was favored by a Noble Young Master and offered Su Zhenglong a Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel, while he hid the inner core he already possessed.
• Su Yuexian accused Su Zhenglong of wanting to exploit her, then tossed the beast onto the floor as a symbol of severing family ties.
• Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang chased after Su Yuexian, but she insisted she could easily obtain another Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel.
• Old Zhang and A-Hu arrived and revealed that Su Yuexian had knelt and risked her life to obtain the beast, prompting her to angrily tell them to shut up.

Su Yuexian fled after learning that Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang had waited for her, while Sikong Jing initially mistook her for an attacker. After discovering who she was and warning her that Su Zhenglong was in danger, Sikong Jing returned to Su Mansion, where Hai He asked Su Xuefeng for permission to beat Su Zhenglong.

• Su Yuexian rejected Mei Xiaofang's attempt to welcome her home and ran from Su Mansion as Su Zhenglong chased her.
• Sikong Jing blocked Su Yuexian, believing she had attacked Su Zhenglong, but realized she was Su Yuexi's elder sister after hearing Su Zhenglong call her Yuexian.
• Su Zhenglong collapsed after urging Sikong Jing to chase Su Yuexian and persuade her to stay.
• Sikong Jing caught up with Su Yuexian and told her that Su Xuefeng and another Human Realm eighth-level expert might target her father, who had suffered under the Su Clan.
• Su Yuexian turned back toward Su Mansion after hearing how badly her parents had been treated.
• Hai He confronted the injured Su Zhenglong at Su Mansion's gates while Su Xuefeng stood nearby, and asked Su Xuefeng if he could beat him up.

Su Yuexian intervened when Hai He and Su Xuefeng endangered Su Zhenglong, killing Hai He and confronting her grandfather before leaving without reuniting with her mother. Back at the courtyard, Sikong Jing reassured Su Zhenglong that Yuexian still cared enough to beg for the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel, though she remained resentful.

• Sikong Jing arrived at Su Mansion and fought Hai He while Hai Family experts moved to attack Su Zhenglong.
• Su Yuexian killed the Hai Family experts, revealed herself to Su Xuefeng, and beat him for letting outsiders bully his son.
• Su Yuexian and Sikong Jing killed Hai He despite Su Xuefeng warning that the Hai Family would declare war on the Su Clan.
• Mei Xiaofang recognized Su Yuexian and called to her, but Yuexian said she had things to do and left.
• Sikong Jing helped Su Zhenglong back to the courtyard, where he told him that Yuexian had begged for the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel despite her lingering resentment.

Sikong Jing helped Su Zhenglong recover and gave Su Yuexi gifts that strengthened her, while preparing to confront the threats from Su Xuefeng and the assassin organization. After mastering a new beast technique, Sikong Jing broke through to the fifth level of the Dark Realm.

• Sikong Jing told Mei Xiaofang and Su Zhenglong how Su Yuexian had obtained the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel and survived Pattern Hunter's attempt to take it.
• Su Zhenglong swallowed the Flowing Cloud Flying Squirrel's inner core to suppress his rampaging true qi and recover his strength.
• Sikong Jing gave Su Yuexi an ice-blue sword and an Origin True Pill, helping her advance to the fifth level of the Dark Realm.
• Sikong Jing inscribed the Martial Dragon Art on Green Jade Paper and gave it to Su Zhenglong, who broke through after reading it.
• Sikong Jing unleashed his new Beast Technique: Rift-Gold and reached the fifth level of the Dark Realm.

Sikong Jing broke through to Dark Realm Level Seven while training his beast technique. In Yunye City, Su Xuefeng turned the Hai Family against Su Zhenglong and Su Yuexian, then revealed that Su Zhenglong was not his biological son.

• Sikong Jing's true qi surged to Dark Realm Level Seven, and he resolved to seek the Rift-Gold Steel-Fanged Tiger's complete circulation method.
• Su Zhengtao worried that Su Yuexian's return and Hai He's death had put the Su Clan in danger, but Su Xuefeng claimed the Hai Family would blame Su Zhenglong.
• Hai Ke led the Hai Family to Su Mansion demanding answers about his father's death, and Su Xuefeng knelt and blamed Su Yuexian and Su Zhenglong.
• Su Xuefeng urged Hai Ke to unite with the Chu and Ren Families and target Su Yuexi during the next day's top-ten battle, and Hai Ke agreed.
• After Hai Ke left, Su Xuefeng told Su Zhengtao that Su Zhenglong was not his blood, leaving Su Zhengtao wondering whether his elder brother was biological either.

Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi’s family attended the Yunye City top-ten battles, where the Four Great Clans arranged to prevent contestants from surrendering. Su Yuexi was forced to face Hai Ke, who threatened to torture her, while Sikong Jing remained confident in her.

• Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi, Su Zhenglong, and Mei Xiaofang left Su Mansion, with Su Zhenglong’s cultivation improved and Sikong Jing secretly at the eighth level of the Dark Realm.
• The group arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, where rumors about Su Yuexi’s restored beauty spread and the Four Great Clans watched them with hostility.
• Su Yuexi drew the first lot and was matched against Hai Ke, prompting Mei Xiaofang to urge her to surrender.
• A City Lord’s Guard officer announced that surrendering was forbidden, and Su Zhengtao revealed that the Four Great Clans had arranged the rule to trap Su Yuexi.
• Hai Ke threatened Su Yuexi over his father’s death and vowed to break her, while Sikong Jing told Su Zhengtao to watch her closely.

Su Yuexi defeated Hai Ke with one sword strike after Sikong Jing gave her an Origin True Pill, securing her place in the city’s tournament. As the Su and Hai families planned their next move, two Shadow Sect agents arrived, and Sikong Jing went to confront them alone.

• Su Yuexi cut Hai Ke’s sword arm and won their match, revealing that she had advanced to the fifth level of the Dark Realm.
• Sikong Jing told Su Zhengtao that Luoshui Jade Firm had given him an Origin True Pill after he saved Luo Ning, and Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang celebrated Su Yuexi’s strength.
• Su Xuefeng received a note from the Hai Family and resolved to wait before acting against Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong.
• Sikong Jing noticed two men bearing Shadow Sect tokens at the Martial Arts Arena and slipped away, while they pursued him.
• Sikong Jing confronted the two Shadow Sect agents on a bridge over the Yunye River and asked whether Yan Tianmo and Yan Ruyu had changed their minds about killing or capturing him.

Sikong Jing learned that Yan Ruyu had ordered Shadow Sect to cut off his right palm because he had once held her hand, while Yuwen Guan had taken credit for Sikong Jing’s titles and victories. He killed the two Shadow Sect experts who came for him, then stood alone in the storm, shaken by the losses and betrayal.

• Two Shadow Sect experts told Sikong Jing they had orders to cut off his right palm because it had once held Yan Ruyu’s hand.
• Sikong Jing learned that Yuwen Guan was now celebrated as the Invincible Divine General and credited with quelling the Rebellion of the Seven Nations.
• The Shadow Sect experts attacked Sikong Jing, but he seized one man’s blade and mocked them for violating his old rule that Shadow Sect members must be at least Extraordinary Realm.
• Sikong Jing used the Shadow Killing Blade to kill the first expert, then killed the second with the Ghost Shadow Blood Blade.
• Sikong Jing dropped his blade and trembled alone as thunder and rain filled the night.

Sikong Jing met Sui Yu, his former subordinate and secret younger brother, who revealed that their comrades had been killed or imprisoned. Sikong Jing urged Sui Yu to stay and help protect the surviving prisoners, then asked him to deceive Yan Ruyu’s watchers into thinking he was still near death.

• Brocade Sect commander Sui Yu ordered his men to turn away and knelt before Sikong Jing, calling him Divine Marshal.
• Sui Yu told Sikong Jing that their comrades had either died or been imprisoned, and that he was the only one left by Sikong Jing’s side.
• Sikong Jing angrily ordered Sui Yu to leave Yun Province with him, warning that the Sui Clan would face extermination and the imprisoned comrades would be executed if Sui Yu fled.
• Sui Yu collapsed in the rain, torn between following Sikong Jing and protecting his clan and imprisoned comrades.
• Sikong Jing comforted Sui Yu and asked him to interfere with Yan Tianmo’s watchers so they would believe Sikong Jing was still barely alive.

Sikong Jing told Sui Yu that he had recovered and asked him to secretly rescue their imprisoned allies while he stayed in Yunye City with his family. At the arena, Su Yuexi faced a rigged free-for-all as four young talents from the great families attacked her together.

• Sikong Jing told Sui Yu that he could return to the peak of the Transcendent Realm within about two years and urged him to rescue imprisoned allies without exposing himself.
• Sui Yu agreed to help, and Sikong Jing explained that fleeing would endanger their allies and his family.
• The City Lord's Guard officer announced that the five finalists would fight until two fell, while forbidding surrender or leaving the arena.
• Su Zhenglong objected that the rules let four opponents gang up on Su Yuexi, but the officer threatened him and ordered guards to seal off the arena.
• The four young talents from the Chu, Hai, and Ren Families attacked Su Yuexi together, drove her to the arena's edge, and cut her arm.

Su Yuexi was brutalized in the arena as the three great families and Su Xuefeng schemed to provoke Su Zhenglong and destroy the Su Clan. Sikong Jing arrived, broke through the guards, and confronted the Chu Family talent who had seized Su Yuexi’s scarf.

• Hai Ke, Chu Rongxian, and Ren Zhong plotted to kill Su Zhenglong and wipe out the Su Clan once he reacted to Su Yuexi’s humiliation.
• Su Xuefeng planned to offer the City Lord information about Sikong Jing’s three Green Jade Papers in exchange for favor.
• The three great families’ youths wounded Su Yuexi, while Su Zhenglong restrained himself and a City Lord’s Guard kicked Mei Xiaofang away from the arena.
• Sikong Jing arrived with Sui Yu, kicked Luo Tong aside, and charged through the City Lord’s Guards toward the stage.
• Sikong Jing grabbed the Chu Family talent’s hand as he tried to remove Su Yuexi’s scarf and snapped it.

Sikong Jing arrived at the Five Strong Battle and learned that the City Lord and the three great families had rigged the rules to target Su Yuexi and her family. After killing a guard and crippling the presiding officer, he faced the assembled forces of the three families as they prepared to attack.

• Sikong Jing embraced the injured Su Yuexi, who warned him that the City Lord's rules were designed to let the three great families wipe out her family.
• The City Lord's Guard officer demanded Sikong Jing kneel, apologize, and cripple his meridians, while a guard insulted Su Yuexi.
• Sikong Jing killed the insulting guard, and Su Zhenglong sent Mei Xiaofang into the spectator stands before preparing for battle.
• Sikong Jing seized the Guard officer and defied the forces of the Hai, Chu, and Ren Families as they surrounded him and Su Yuexi.
• Sikong Jing smashed the Guard officer into the ground and crippled both his legs, prompting Chu Rongxian to order the three families to attack.

Su Zhenglong fought off the three great clans at the Martial Arts Arena while City Lord Duan Chengshan decided to seize the Green Jade Paper Su Xuefeng offered him. Sikong Jing returned to the arena, revealing he intended to take on the attackers himself.

• Su Zhenglong appeared at the arena at the ninth level of the Human Realm and fought the clans and City Lord's Guards, telling Sikong Jing to protect Su Yuexi and escape.
• Duan Chengshan dismissed concerns about his role in the siege, then agreed to go to the arena after Su Xuefeng offered the Su Clan's Green Jade Paper and other treasures.
• Su Zhenglong continued fighting the many attackers and urged Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi to leave, believing he would die in battle.
• Sikong Jing introduced Sui Yu to Su Yuexi as her brother-in-law and told him to protect her, then returned to the arena with his spear.
• Sikong Jing skewered a Chu Family expert with his spear and told Su Zhenglong to leave the rest to his son-in-law.

Sikong Jing returned to help Su Zhenglong fight the three great families, and the pair drove their enemies to the brink of defeat. When Chu Rongxian tried to use Mei Xiaofang as leverage, Sui Yu killed Luo Tong, leaving Sikong Jing to declare that Chu Rongxian had lost his chance to negotiate.

• Sikong Jing reassured Su Zhenglong that Yuexi was safe, then joined him in battle and killed a Hai Family Human Realm expert.
• Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong fought together, with Sikong Jing holding back so Su Zhenglong could display his strength.
• Su Zhenglong killed Ren Zhong, and the pair slaughtered the three great families until Chu Rongxian asked to make peace.
• Luo Tong revealed that he had captured Mei Xiaofang, prompting Chu Rongxian to threaten Su Zhenglong with her safety.
• Sikong Jing ordered Sui Yu to kill Luo Tong, and then told Chu Rongxian that he had lost his chance to negotiate.

Su Zhenglong and Sikong Jing turned the arrival of City Lord Duan Chengshan into a confrontation after defeating the three great families. Sikong Jing ignored the city lord’s authority and slapped Duan Chengshan across the face.

• Duan Chengshan arrived with Xing E and guards as Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao begged him to save their family in exchange for Green Jade Paper and Sikong Jing’s treasures.
• Duan Chengshan learned that Sikong Jing had crippled one of his trusted guards, then accepted Su Xuefeng’s offer to hand over Sikong Jing’s treasures.
• Duan Chengshan reached the arena and found Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong standing while the three great families were cornered; Sikong Jing killed another kneeling enemy.
• Xing E charged Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing’s spear strike forced the seventh-level Human Realm constable back.
• Sikong Jing ignored Su Xuefeng’s demand that he kneel and give up his treasures, asked Duan Chengshan if he was the city lord, then slapped him across the face.

Sikong Jing struck City Lord Duan Chengshan after accusing him of favoring the three great families, but Sui Yu intervened and revealed his Brocade Sect token. Duan Chengshan backed down and ordered his guards to withdraw, leaving Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong free to continue fighting the three great families.

• Duan Chengshan attacked Sikong Jing after Sikong Jing slapped him, but Sikong Jing evaded his strikes and accused him of targeting his family for the three great families.
• Duan Chengshan ordered his guards to surround Sikong Jing, while Chu Rongxian taunted Su Zhenglong.
• Sui Yu entered the arena, slapped Duan Chengshan away, and showed him a Brocade Sect token.
• Duan Chengshan admitted accepting favors from the three great families and abusing his office, then Sui Yu left the arena.
• Duan Chengshan ordered Xing E and the guards to stand down, and Sikong Jing returned to Su Zhenglong and urged him to wipe out the three great families.

Sikong Jing helped Su Yuexi defeat her four remaining opponents and become Yunye City's unrivaled talent, while the city officials feared the Brocade Sect. The family left the arena, where Sui Yu appeared and confirmed that he was Sikong Jing's younger brother.

• Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong killed the three great families' core members, then Sikong Jing ordered Duan Chengshan to continue the selection under the same rules with life and death allowed.
• Sikong Jing taught Su Yuexi the Drifting Moon Sword Technique and Cloud Dance Light Spirit Steps, guiding her to kill all four young talents and win the selection.
• The crowd celebrated Su Yuexi as Yunye City's unrivaled talent, and Sikong Jing left the arena with her and her parents.
• Duan Chengshan told Xing E that the handsome man belonged to the Brocade Sect and ordered him to keep quiet about the encounter.
• Mei Xiaofang and Su Zhenglong scolded Sikong Jing for his recklessness, while Su Yuexi insisted the handsome man had called him big brother.
• Sui Yu appeared on the street, greeted Sikong Jing as his big brother, and warmly addressed Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang as uncle and aunt.