Recaps

Sikong Jing returned to Su Mansion with Su Zhenglong’s family to confront Su Xuefeng, killing Su Yang and Su Yun as he pressed the old man for answers. Su Zhengtao revealed that Su Zhenglong was not Su Xuefeng’s biological son, and Su Xuefeng confirmed it, leaving Su Zhenglong demanding to know why he had mistreated their family.

• Sikong Jing declined Sui Yu’s offer to help and returned to Su Mansion with Su Yuexi, Mei Xiaofang, and Su Zhenglong to deal with Su Xuefeng.
• Sikong Jing’s group found Su Xuefeng, Su Zhengtao, and their families attempting to flee, and Sikong Jing kicked the two older men into the mansion.
• Su Zhenglong confronted Su Xuefeng about the suffering he had inflicted on their family, but Su Xuefeng insulted him and threatened to accuse him of patricide.
• Sikong Jing killed Su Yang and Su Yun, then threatened Su Zhengtao to force Su Xuefeng to face the consequences of his favoritism.
• Su Zhengtao revealed that Su Zhenglong was not Su Xuefeng’s son, and Su Xuefeng confirmed the secret.
• Su Zhenglong asked why Su Xuefeng had treated his family so cruelly despite raising him.

Su Xuefeng confessed that he had killed Su Zhenglong’s birth mother and hidden the truth about Su Zhenglong’s origins, then he and Su Zhengtao died after Sikong Jing crippled them. Su Zhenglong withdrew to Grandmother Yuexi’s room, leaving Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi to wonder whether she had left any clues about her past.

• Su Xuefeng revealed his resentment toward Su Zhenglong, admitted killing Su Zhengtao’s birth mother, and explained why he had concealed Su Zhenglong’s parentage.
• Su Zhenglong ordered Sikong Jing to cripple Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao and send them to the Su Family Pig Farm.
• Su Xuefeng and Su Zhengtao fought on the way to the pig farm and died after striking their heads against a rock, while Sikong Jing quietly ensured they would not survive.
• Su Zhenglong stayed in Grandmother Yuexi’s old room, and Mei Xiaofang worried about him as Sikong Jing suggested he was searching for clues about her past.

The Jadeite Hairpin recognized Su Yuexi as its master, transforming her martial talent and hinting that it held Grandmother Yuexi’s secrets. As Sui Yu departed to destroy Heavenly Dragon Villa, Su Zhenglong took control of the Su Clan, which became Yunye City’s strongest family.

• Su Zhenglong found no clues in Grandmother Yuexi’s room, then he and Mei Xiaofang heard Su Yuexi scream from the old courtyard.
• Sui Yu told Sikong Jing that Heavenly Dragon Villa had colluded with the Xia Kingdom and that he was preparing to destroy it.
• The Jadeite Hairpin reacted to Su Yuexi’s blood, immobilized her, and began recognizing her as its master while Sikong Jing and her parents watched.
• The hairpin entered Su Yuexi’s hair, and Sikong Jing and Su Zhenglong discovered that her meridians, dantian, and bloodline had become remarkably powerful.
• Su Zhenglong recalled Grandmother Yuexi driving the hairpin into a boulder, and Sikong Jing concluded that the hairpin might contain her secrets.
• Sui Yu left to carry out his mission, and Su Zhenglong announced Su Xuefeng’s death and became head of the Su Clan.

Yan Ruyu and Yuwen Guan plotted to use Sui Yu’s attack on Heavenly Dragon Villa to provoke Xia Kingdom and create an opportunity for Yuwen Guan to gain military glory. After Sui Yu’s forces destroyed the villa, they learned that the First Prince of Xia Kingdom had been killed, and Xia Kingdom’s soldiers prepared to strike.

• Yan Ruyu welcomed Yuwen Guan from the Golden Soul Palace and learned that he expected to reach the Transcendent Realm within a year after absorbing Sikong Jing’s dantian.
• Yan Ruyu killed Ying Feng after he reported that Sikong Jing’s hand had not been retrieved, and Yuwen Guan vowed to take it himself when he went to Yun Province.
• Yan Ruyu explained that Sui Yu’s attack on Heavenly Dragon Villa would kill the disguised First Prince of Xia Kingdom and give Yuwen Guan an excuse to wage war and seize Yan Province.
• Two days later, Sui Yu and the Brocade Sect slaughtered their way through Heavenly Dragon Villa in Yanyun City.
• As Sui Yu tried to leave, Xia Kingdom’s soldiers revealed themselves, announced that the First Prince was dead, shut the city gates, and accused the Brocade Sect of killing him.

Duan Chengshan conscripted Sikong Jing for the campaign to retake Yanyun City, where Sui Yu was trapped after killing Xia Kingdom’s First Prince. Sikong Jing accepted so he could try to save his little brother, and Su Yuexi supported his decision as he departed for the city gate.

• Duan Chengshan told Sikong Jing that Sui Yu was trapped in Yanyun City and announced that Yunye City would send troops to retake it.
• Duan Chengshan tried to force Sikong Jing to surrender his treasures or join the expedition, and Sikong Jing chose to go.
• Sikong Jing told Su Zhenglong and Mei Xiaofang that he was going to save Sui Yu, despite the danger of serving under Qiu Ye.
• Su Yuexi encouraged Sikong Jing to repay Sui Yu’s kindness, and Sikong Jing promised to return alive before leaving Su Mansion with his spear.

Sikong Jing accepted Qiu Ye’s order to destroy Iron Horse Stronghold with three thousand weak soldiers, despite Qiu Ye’s attempt to force him to surrender the Green Jade Slips. As his unit marched toward the stronghold, Sikong Jing claimed they could wipe it out without losing a single soldier.

• Su Zhenglong and Su Yuexi mourned Sikong Jing’s exile, and the Jadeite Hairpin’s recognition helped Su Yuexi reach the peak of the Dark Realm.
• Qiu Ye appointed Sikong Jing commander of a unit of old, weak, sick, and disabled soldiers as thirty thousand troops left Yunye City.
• A scout reported that bandits from Iron Horse Stronghold had massacred Iron Mountain Town, and Qiu Ye ordered Sikong Jing to raze the stronghold within two hours.
• Sikong Jing accepted the order without surrendering the Green Jade Slips, while Qiu Ye and Xing E assumed he would either die or be forced to hand over the treasure.
• Old Zhang and A-Hu questioned how their three thousand soldiers could defeat the stronghold, and Sikong Jing asked for a map and intelligence before claiming they could win without casualties.

Sikong Jing crushed a mutiny among the three thousand soldiers and led them to Iron Horse Ridge to attack Iron Horse Stronghold. He sent Old Zhang and A-Hu to lead two groups while he entered the stronghold alone to kill.

• Sikong Jing killed Liu Qiang and Liu Qiang’s brother after they incited the soldiers to rebel, then ordered the rest to obey or face execution.
• Sikong Jing promised the soldiers that none would die if they followed his orders, while warning that disobedience would be punished.
• The troops reached Iron Horse Ridge, where Sikong Jing ordered Old Zhang and A-Hu to divide their forces and attack Iron Horse Stronghold along two marked routes.
• Sikong Jing entered Iron Horse Ridge alone, saying he was going to kill, while Old Zhang and A-Hu realized he intended to attack the stronghold by himself.

Sikong Jing led the destruction of Iron Horse Stronghold, killing Tie Heng and the stronghold’s chief before directing Yunye’s three thousand soldiers to finish the battle. After their victory, he and the soldiers mounted the stronghold’s horses and rode back to report to Qiu Ye.

• Sikong Jing arrived at the gorge and killed Tie Heng and the Iron Horse Stronghold members there with his spear.
• Old Zhang and A-Hu led their groups into Iron Horse Ridge and found Sikong Jing had already reached the stronghold and captured its chief.
• Sikong Jing killed the chief and ordered the soldiers to kill everyone in Iron Horse Stronghold.
• Yunye’s soldiers routed the stronghold’s forces and won the battle in three quarters of an hour.
• Sikong Jing ordered the soldiers to take the stronghold’s horses, and they rode out to report to Qiu Ye.

Sikong Jing returned from Iron Horse Stronghold with three thousand people and refused Qiu Ye’s order to surrender their horses. He struck Qiu Ye, rallied his followers into battle, and killed Xing E after Xing E threatened his family.

• Sikong Jing arrived with A-Hu, Old Zhang, and three thousand people, declaring Iron Horse Stronghold had been cleared out.
• Qiu Ye ordered Sikong Jing’s group to dismount and hand over their warhorses, threatening them when they refused.
• Sikong Jing twisted Qiu Ye’s sword, slapped him, and rallied the three thousand to fight Qiu Ye’s nearly thirty thousand soldiers.
• Sikong Jing led the charge, and Qiu Ye’s troops scattered after their commander fell from his horse.
• Xing E rode off to threaten Sikong Jing’s wife and Su Clan, but Sikong Jing speared him through the heart.

Sikong Jing defeated Qiu Ye’s army, forced Qiu Ye to announce their reconciliation, and took command of the troops. After Qiu Ye plotted to accuse him upon reaching Yanyun City, Sikong Jing confronted him in the dark and declared that he would now kill him.

• Sikong Jing beheaded Xing E and called on Qiu Ye’s nearly thirty thousand soldiers to surrender, and they laid down their weapons.
• Sikong Jing captured Qiu Ye and forced him to claim they had reconciled and place all operations under Sikong Jing’s command.
• Sikong Jing led the reunited army through Iron Horse Ridge, took the stronghold’s warhorses, and continued onward.
• Qiu Ye told his personal guards that he planned to accuse Sikong Jing of rebellion when they reached Yanyun City.
• Sikong Jing, A-Hu, and Old Zhang confronted Qiu Ye and his guards after the campfires went out, and Sikong Jing said Qiu Ye could now die.

Sikong Jing seized command of Yunye City's army after killing Qiu Ye, then led his growing force toward Yanyun City to gather strength and save Sui Yu. After learning that Qingyun City had fallen to Xia Kingdom's agents, he killed its rebel general Xie Hong and ordered his fifty thousand cavalry to storm the city.

• Sikong Jing and his allies killed Qiu Ye and his guards, then blamed the Cloud Forest Bandits and led the soldiers to wipe them out.
• Sikong Jing rallied Qiu Ye's thirty thousand soldiers, took command, and set out toward Yanyun City to build an army of one hundred thousand.
• Sikong Jing's force defeated bandits and absorbed survivors from a fallen city, growing to fifty thousand men and turning them into cavalry.
• A-Hu reported that Qingyun City's City Guard General Xie Hong had rebelled, killed the city lord, and taken the city.
• Sikong Jing rode to Qingyun City, killed Xie Hong on the wall, and ordered his soldiers to charge through the gates and slaughter the rebels.

Sikong Jing arrived outside Yanyun City with one hundred thousand troops and faced suspicion from the Yun Province army. Deputy Commander Mo Yang challenged his authority, but the soldiers’ unified testimony checked Mo Yang’s display of power.

• Sikong Jing led his forces into Qingyun City, slaughtered the Xia Kingdom agents and bandits there, and added fifty thousand soldiers to his army.
• Sikong Jing reached Yanyun City, where Xia Kingdom forces held the city and roughly two hundred thousand Great Shang troops were encamped outside.
• A-Hu explained that Qiu Ye had been killed and Sikong Jing appointed temporary commander, while officers presented tokens to support their account.
• Mo Yang arrived and questioned Sikong Jing’s identity and claims, then pressed him with an Earth Realm aura.
• Sikong Jing called on his soldiers and officers to testify, and their unified roar overwhelmed Mo Yang’s aura.
• Mo Yang asked Sikong Jing what his original identity had been.

Sikong Jing and his officers entered the camp after Mo Yang accused them of being Xia Kingdom spies, but Mo Yang surrounded them and demanded their achievements in exchange for their lives. When Mo Yang dismissed an urgent warning that Sui Yu was in danger, Sikong Jing struck him and stood atop his horse.

• Sikong Jing identified himself as a Su Clan son-in-law and a temporary recruit, and agreed to accompany Mo Yang into the camp for questioning.
• Mo Yang ordered several thousand cavalrymen to surround Sikong Jing and nearly a thousand officers, then claimed their victories and demanded they accept his conditions.
• Mo Yang threatened to execute Sikong Jing's group as Xia Kingdom spies if they refused to surrender their merits.
• A messenger reported that Sui Yu was in danger inside Yanyun City, but Mo Yang dismissed the report and asked Sikong Jing to decide.
• Sikong Jing planted his spear, sprang onto Mo Yang's horse, slapped him, and rebuked him for throwing his weight around because of his age.

Sikong Jing led his troops against Mo Yang, accusing him of betraying the Brocade Sect, and routed the forces in the camp. In Yanyun City, Princess Dielian watched the battle near Heavenly Dragon Villa and asked whether anyone knew the identity of the Brocade Sect commander who had killed her eldest brother.

• Sikong Jing slapped Mo Yang, knocked him down with his horse and spear, and accused him of abandoning the people of Brocade Sect.
• Sikong Jing led more than a thousand officers out of the camp and returned to his hundred thousand troops.
• Sikong Jing called Mo Yang a man of the Xia Kingdom and led the hundred thousand troops in a charge against the camp.
• Sikong Jing's unified force routed Mo Yang's several thousand elite cavalrymen and overwhelmed the unprepared troops.
• Xia Kingdom generals atop Yanyun City's walls debated attacking the battling forces, then chose to report to Princess Dielian.
• Princess Dielian told her guard that the Brocade Sect commander had held Heavenly Dragon Villa for eight days and asked whether his identity was known.

Princess Die Lian saw through Sikong Jing’s attempt to lure Yanyun City’s defenders out, so Sikong Jing led his troops in a direct assault to reach Sui Yu. He used the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts to command the warhorses to batter the city gate, leaving its fate uncertain.

• Princess Die Lian identified Sikong Jing’s plan to draw Xia Kingdom’s defenders out and ordered them to ignore the turmoil outside Yanyun City.
• Sikong Jing abandoned his attempt to provoke the defenders and ordered his hundred thousand troops to attack the city.
• Sikong Jing’s troops left Mo Yang behind and charged toward Yanyun City’s gates.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts, terrifying the warhorses and ordering his troops to dismount.
• Sikong Jing drove the warhorses into repeated charges against the city gate, weakening it as the horses died in the assault.

Sikong Jing led ten thousand horses and one hundred thousand soldiers in breaching Yanyun City, then fought through Xia Kingdom’s experts on the way to Heavenly Dragon Villa. Princess Dielian learned that the Dark Realm commander could not be stopped and that his forces would reach the villa in less than half a quarter-hour.

• Sikong Jing sent ten thousand horses charging into Yanyun City, smashing open the gates, and led his hundred thousand soldiers inside.
• Sikong Jing calmed the horses, ordered his soldiers to mount up, and followed Great Shang spies toward Heavenly Dragon Villa.
• A golden-armored Xia Kingdom general and several hundred experts tried to block Sikong Jing, but his troops combined their true energy to repel them and wound more than ten Heaven Realm attackers.
• Princess Dielian heard that Yanyun City had fallen and learned that Sikong Jing, though only at the peak of the Dark Realm, had repeatedly thwarted assassination attempts.
• A golden-armored general warned Princess Dielian that Sikong Jing’s forces would reach Heavenly Dragon Villa in less than half a quarter-hour.

Sikong Jing led Yun Province War Office's hundred thousand troops into Yanyun City, forcing Princess Dielian to withdraw from Heavenly Dragon Villa, then pulled his army out before Xia Kingdom's forces could trap them. Sui Yu learned that Sikong Jing had sent the order to coordinate their escape, while Mo Yang's troops watched the hundred thousand emerge from the city again.

• Princess Dielian ordered her main force to leave Heavenly Dragon Villa and attack Sikong Jing's hundred thousand troops, demanding that Sikong Jing be captured alive.
• Sikong Jing told his troops to prepare to retreat and sent scouts to tell the Brocade Sect members to fight their way out and rendezvous with him.
• Sikong Jing withdrew his army from Yanyun City just before Princess Dielian's pursuing force arrived, and she ordered her soldiers to chase them.
• Sui Yu received Sikong Jing's signed message, realized his Big Brother had risked exposing himself to save him, and ordered the Brocade Sect to rest and prepare to fight.
• Mo Yang's two hundred thousand troops regrouped outside the city, then watched Sikong Jing's hundred thousand troops charge back out through the gate.

Sikong Jing escaped pursuit by using Mo Yang’s troops as a shield, then stopped with his hundred thousand soldiers as the Xia Kingdom elites returned to Yanyun City. When Fan Zhong arrived, Mo Yang falsely claimed credit for breaking the city gates and accused Sikong Jing of disobeying orders.

• Mo Yang led two hundred thousand troops against the pursuing Xia Kingdom elites, who cut through them and continued after Sikong Jing’s forces.
• Sikong Jing predicted the elites would not pursue far, and they turned back after traveling more than ten kilometers, killing more of Mo Yang’s men on the way.
• Sikong Jing’s troops stopped outside Yanyun City and saw tens of thousands of personal guards belonging to Fan Zhong, commander of the Yun Province War Office, approaching.
• Mo Yang arrived with the remnants of his troops and claimed he had broken Yanyun City’s gates and rescued the Brocade Sect people.
• A-Hu and Sikong Jing’s soldiers raged at Mo Yang for stealing their credit, but Sikong Jing remained calm.
• Mo Yang accused Sikong Jing of refusing orders and fleeing, telling Fan Zhong that Sikong Jing deserved to die.

Sikong Jing faced Commander Fan Chong after Mo Yang claimed credit for taking Yanyun City, while his troops kept their composure and baited Mo Yang into retreating. Fan Chong learned the truth of Sikong Jing’s achievements but decided to claim the merit on his behalf, ostensibly to protect him from jealousy and teach him restraint.

• Sikong Jing calmed his hundred thousand troops and reminded them to treat Mo Yang as a fool who would likely die if sent back into battle.
• Fan Chong summoned Sikong Jing and questioned him about retreating, while Sikong Jing sarcastically deferred to Mo Yang and urged Fan Chong to send him into Yanyun City again.
• A-Hu and the troops mocked Mo Yang with praise until he pretended his injuries had flared up and fled to rest.
• Sikong Jing told Fan Chong to investigate the truth, then left with his troops without explaining further.
• Fan Chong read the report of Sikong Jing’s resistance to Mo Yang and capture of Yanyun City, then decided to take the enormous merit for him.

Fan Zhong claimed credit for Sikong Jing’s breach of Yanyun City, then led six hundred thousand troops to confront the Xia Kingdom forces. Princess Dielian recognized Sikong Jing as the commander who had thwarted her and challenged him, but slapped Fan Zhong off his horse when he tried to claim the victory again.

• Fan Zhong and his deputies persuaded Sikong Jing to let the Yun Province War Office take credit, and Sikong Jing agreed because he wanted to avoid fame.
• Fan Zhong ordered the troops to wait for reinforcements, then assembled six hundred thousand soldiers to attack Yanyun City again.
• Fan Zhong told the assembled troops that he had led the force that breached the city, while Sikong Jing’s battered soldiers silently resented his claim.
• Princess Dielian appeared on the city wall, named Sikong Jing as the commander who had broken through her defenses, and demanded to fight him.
• Sikong Jing tried to redirect Princess Dielian’s attention to Fan Zhong, who claimed the credit again, so she struck him off his horse with a wind palm.

Sikong Jing advised Fan Zhong to launch a conventional siege of Yanyun City while secretly preparing his hundred thousand soldiers to feign death and await his signal. Princess Dielian kept him under close watch as he waited for an opportunity to lead his troops into the city.

• Princess Dielian slapped Fan Zhong from the city wall, then ordered Xia Kingdom’s soldiers to block the gates and kill anyone who approached.
• Fan Zhong ordered Sikong Jing to use the madness drug on the warhorses again, but Sikong Jing warned that Xia Kingdom’s Heaven Realm demonic beasts would make the plan fail.
• Sikong Jing suggested a conventional siege, and Fan Zhong ordered the six hundred thousand troops to attack Yanyun City with ladders and siege equipment.
• Princess Dielian questioned Sikong Jing’s advice but ordered her people to keep watching him because she distrusted him.
• Sikong Jing told A-Hu and Old Zhang to have the hundred thousand soldiers survive the siege, feign death among the corpses, and wait for his order.

Sikong Jing used the retreat from the failed siege to surprise the Xia Kingdom defenders and lead a hundred thousand soldiers into Yanyun City. He urged Fan Zhong to resume the siege while he headed toward Heavenly Dragon Villa to rendezvous with the Brocade Sect members.

• Fan Zhong ordered the army to withdraw after nearly three hundred thousand soldiers died attacking the city walls.
• Sikong Jing released the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' aura among the retreating warhorses and drove them toward the city gate.
• Sikong Jing revealed that soldiers had been playing dead beneath the corpses, then led a hundred thousand soldiers through the gate and into Yanyun City.
• Sikong Jing ordered the hidden scouts to tell the Brocade Sect members at Heavenly Dragon Villa to fight their way out and rendezvous with him.
• Fan Zhong and Mo Yang realized Sikong Jing had used the siege to exhaust the Xia Kingdom defenders, and Fan Zhong vowed to kill him.
• Sikong Jing told Fan Zhong to resume the siege and promised him all the credit after Lord Brocade Sect was rescued.

Sikong Jing reunited with Sui Yu and the surviving Brocade Sect fighters, joining forces against Princess Dielian as Fan Zhong prepared to storm Yanyun City. Just as Fan Zhong approached the city, Lan Shou arrived with Lord of Yun Province’s order to withdraw, leaving Fan Zhong stunned by the breached gate.

• Fan Zhong resumed the siege while Princess Dielian split her forces, leading half of them to attack Sikong Jing.
• Sui Yu led the Brocade Sect and Yanyun City fighters out of Heavenly Dragon Villa as Sikong Jing rushed to join them.
• Sikong Jing’s hundred thousand troops reunited with Sui Yu and nearly a thousand surviving Brocade Sect generals, then attacked the Xia Kingdom forces pursuing them.
• Sui Yu claimed that Sikong Jing had credited Fan Zhong with the foremost merit, prompting Fan Zhong to lead his troops toward the city.
• Lan Shou stopped Fan Zhong and ordered him to withdraw from Yanyun City on Lord of Yun Province’s orders, then saw that the city gate had already been breached.

Fan Zhong withdrew his troops after Lan Shou revealed that Great Shang had ordered the Brocade Sect members to die, leaving Sikong Jing and the trapped forces abandoned in Yanyun City. Xia Dielian offered Sikong Jing safety and a chance to lead Xia’s army, but he refused to surrender because his imprisoned brothers and sisters would die.

• Lan Shou told Fan Zhong that an imperial decree forbade rescuing the Brocade Sect, and advised him to abandon the hundred thousand troops inside the city.
• Fan Zhong withdrew his three hundred thousand troops, leaving Sikong Jing, Sui Yu, and the Brocade Sect without reinforcements.
• Xia Dielian revealed the Yun Province War Office troops had retreated and offered to spare Sikong Jing’s hundred thousand soldiers if he submitted to her.
• Sikong Jing asked Xia Dielian about the Brocade Sect members, and she declared that they would die because they had killed her eldest imperial brother.
• Sikong Jing refused to surrender, explaining that his imprisoned brothers and sisters were his family and his life.

Sikong Jing refused Xia Dielian’s offer to surrender and restored the Yun Province soldiers’ will to fight. He provoked the Xia Kingdom’s demonic beasts into attacking his extraordinary warhorse, leaving Xia Dielian injured as the battle turned chaotic.

• Xia Dielian promised to protect the soldiers’ families if they surrendered, but Sikong Jing rejected her offer and ordered everyone to hold the line.
• Xia Dielian offered Sikong Jing her extraordinary warhorse, but he used a roar to provoke it and the other Xia Kingdom demonic beasts into attacking him.
• Sikong Jing told Sui Yu not to interfere and charged the warhorse, which swallowed him.
• The demonic beasts attacked the warhorse, weakening its power and giving Sikong Jing a chance to tear into it from within.
• Xia Kingdom experts joined the melee to save Xia Dielian, but the warhorse’s blast sent them and the beasts flying and left Xia Dielian badly injured.