Recaps

Zhao Fu visited Mu Qingran, one of the Eight Suns Dragon Sect's wives, and forced himself on her before revealing that he was the Lord of Great Qin. Mu Qingran agreed to leave with him, while her friend Min Qingqing arrived, tried to seize Zhao Fu, and was also captured.

• Zhao Fu waited in Mu Qingran's courtyard and fed her animals while she was away.
• Mu Qingran returned, and Zhao Fu told her he had killed Long Yang and was the Lord of Great Qin before forcing himself on her.
• Mu Qingran asked Zhao Fu to take her away from the Eight Suns Dragon Sect, and he agreed to bring her to Great Qin after handling his affairs.
• Min Qingqing arrived and condemned Mu Qingran, then tried to capture Zhao Fu to rescue Long Yang.
• Zhao Fu grabbed Min Qingqing and restrained her when she tried to kill herself; Mu Qingran invited her to leave with them, but Min Qingqing refused.

Zhao Fu challenged Chi Xiao, the Sixth Madam, and defeated her before becoming intimate with her. After Chi Xiao agreed to keep their relationship secret, Zhao Fu went to seek his next target, only to find that a man had reached the spring before him.

• Mu Qingran calmed Min Qingqing and warned her not to provoke Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu challenged Chi Xiao to a match, and she agreed, boasting that she would defeat him in five moves.
• Chi Xiao attacked Zhao Fu with her Divine Dragon Heavenly Fist, but he blocked her strongest strike and restrained her, winning the match.
• Zhao Fu and Chi Xiao became intimate; she discovered that her attributes and bloodline had improved, but insisted their relationship remain secret.
• Zhao Fu left to find his next target and went to the spring where the Seventh Madam often washed, where he found a man had arrived before him.

Zhao Fu watched Long You secretly spy on Xue Luolan, then revealed himself and spent several hours with her and her maidservants at the spring. Afterward, Long Lanya confronted Long You over his feelings for Xue Luolan, but Xue Luolan persuaded her to spare him; Long You remained infatuated with her.

• Zhao Fu distracted Xue Luolan while she was at the spring, causing Long You to emerge from hiding and confess that he loved her.
• Xue Luolan rejected Long You and warned him not to spy on her again, then continued bathing with her maidservants.
• Zhao Fu secretly approached Xue Luolan and her maidservants, spent several hours with them, and left without revealing his identity or purpose.
• Long Lanya brought Long You to Xue Luolan's courtyard and prepared to beat him for spying on her.
• Xue Luolan persuaded Long Lanya to spare Long You, but Long You continued to feel increasingly attracted to Xue Luolan.

Zhao Fu brought Li Min under his control and continued coordinating with the Dragon Sect’s wives as he prepared to move against the Sect Master. He planned to use Void Bitter Poison while avoiding detection, and Qin Xiaojiao agreed to help after learning his identity.

• Long Lanya reassured Long You that she had punished him to protect him, while he remained unaware that Zhao Fu had been with Xue Luolan.
• Zhao Fu revealed to Li Min that he was the Lord of Great Qin and intended to take control of the Eight Suns Dragon Sect; Li Min chose to join him.
• Zhao Fu met Ziyue Wan, who asked him to spare the Sect Master’s life, and he agreed that keeping him alive could help control the sect.
• Zhao Fu prepared to poison the Sect Master with covert Void Bitter Poison and waited for a suitable opportunity.
• Zhao Fu told Qin Xiaojiao his identity, and she agreed to cooperate after asking him to avoid harming people from the Dragon Sect.

The Sect Master set out for Great Qin to find Long Yang but collapsed after being poisoned by Zhao Fu, who used his blood to suppress the poison. Zhao Fu announced his plan to take control of the Eight Suns Dragon Sect, then learned that its eight hidden Grand Elders controlled the sect’s inheritance and would eventually be replaced by Ziyue Wan and the other madams.

• The Sect Master told the eight madams he was going to Great Qin to check on Long Yang and left them in charge of the sect.
• The Sect Master collapsed after being struck by the Void Bitter Poison, and Ziyue Wan identified the poison as rapidly draining his life force.
• Zhao Fu entered and suppressed the poison with a drop of his blood, then declared he would eliminate dissenters and take control of the Eight Suns Dragon Sect.
• Zhao Fu asked the madams to gather information on the sect’s members and list those they wanted protected.
• The next day, Zhao Fu learned that eight hidden Grand Elders controlled the sect’s inheritance and that Ziyue Wan and the other madams were expected to replace them as the next Grand Elders.

Zhao Fu entered the Eight Dragon Cave to meet the eight elders of the Eight Suns Dragon Sect, who mistook him for the sect’s next inheritor. After he claimed Long Yang was dead and agreed to receive the inheritance, the elders began condensing it into eight Eight Sun Spirit Pellets.

• Zhao Fu learned that the eight elders survived by staying in the Eight Dragon Cave and rapidly aged if they remained away from it too long.
• Ziyue Wan led Zhao Fu into the cave, where the eight elders appeared and assumed he was the next-generation inheritor.
• The elders decided Zhao Fu was a better successor than Long Yang because he possessed far more of the power of the Eight Dragons.
• Zhao Fu claimed that Great Qin had killed Long Yang and said he would take over as inheritor.
• The elders told Zhao Fu they would die within a year and offered to pass him the sect’s inheritance, while Zhao Fu said he would try to preserve their lives.
• The eight elders gathered their power and began forming eight Eight Sun Spirit Pellets for Zhao Fu to swallow.

Zhao Fu freed the eight Grand Elders from the Dragon Cave by giving them his powerful life force, then revealed that he was the Lord of Great Qin and had come to destroy the Eight Suns Dragon Sect. He led the elders out, where Ziyue Wan thanked him for changing their fate, leaving the elders to realize how thoroughly the sect had fallen under his influence.

• Zhao Fu absorbed the eight women’s light orbs, then revealed that he had secretly given them a life force strong enough to free them from the Dragon Cave and restore their vitality.
• The mature beauty questioned Zhao Fu’s identity, and he admitted that he was the Lord of Great Qin and intended to destroy the Eight Suns Dragon Sect.
• The mature beauty tried to attack Zhao Fu, but he used the life force within her to incapacitate her before telling the women to leave the cave with him.
• Zhao Fu led the eight Grand Elders out of the Dragon Cave, and Ziyue Wan greeted them after waiting for several days.
• Ziyue Wan thanked Zhao Fu for freeing the elders and changing her fate, then Zhao Fu pulled her into his arms as the Grand Elders recognized the sect’s compromised state.

Zhao Fu seized control of the Eight Suns Dragon Sect by purging those who resisted and placing the remaining sect members under the authority of his wives and the Grand Elder. He prepared to return to Great Qin after arranging the Sect Master's continued confinement and agreeing to let Ziyue Wan's son return.

• Zhao Fu ordered the Eight Suns Dragon Sect sealed and began a purge, while several factions resisted the sect's leadership.
• Long Lanya confronted Xue Luolan about the purge, entered the main hall, and was seized by Zhao Fu after challenging him.
• The sect's army crushed the resisting factions, and the purge ended with the remaining members obeying the Grand Elder and the Sect Master's wives.
• Zhao Fu told Li Xinling to rebuild the weakened sect and said the Sect Master would remain asleep; he agreed that Ziyue Wan's son could return from Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu prepared to leave for Great Qin, and the sect members learned that he had reached Void Realm cultivation.

Zhao Fu released Long Yang after sealing his powers, intelligence, and memories, then prepared for the imperial examination and the awakening of the Water Race Imperial Star. A vast upheaval at Apocalypse World’s center drained spiritual energy across the world, and Great Qin was protected from some effects but its Human Realm was still affected.

• Zhao Fu sealed Long Yang’s powers, intelligence, and memories, then sent him back to the Dragon Sect with soldiers.
• Zhao Fu told Li Si he would attend the imperial examination in four days before departing to awaken the Water Race Imperial Star.
• A world-shaking fluctuation erupted from Apocalypse World’s center as eight enormous crystals shone and the world’s origin power gathered around them.
• Spiritual energy weakened throughout Apocalypse World, threatening cultivation and the growth of spirit herbs and fruits.
• Great Qin’s formations and Books protected it from losing world power, but its Human Realm suffered as the supply of spiritual energy from Apocalypse World diminished.

After the eight crystals absorbed the world's origin, Apocalypse World lost its defensive barrier, interworld warfare, crop blessings, population spawning, kill rewards, and exchange steles, while spiritual energy weakened and natural disasters increased. Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin's ministers summoned to prepare for the new threats, as factions across the world urgently discussed what to do.

• The power of the world's origin poured into the eight crystals, draining spiritual energy until the crystals' light faded.
• Notifications announced that Apocalypse World's barrier and blessing had vanished, interworld warfare and population spawning had ended, exchange steles and kill rewards had disappeared, and spiritual energy had weakened as natural disasters increased.
• Zhao Fu realized foreign forces could invade Apocalypse World and worried that Great Qin's troops stationed in other worlds would be isolated without World Gates.
• Zhao Fu ordered Li Si to summon all ministers so Great Qin could revise its plans and prepare for the changes.
• Factions across Apocalypse World summoned their leaders to discuss the crisis, while the other three worlds saw the changes as an opportunity.

The World Gates opened and offered Card World and Alchemy World rewards for attacking Apocalypse World, while Chaos World received no notification. In Great Qin, Zhao Fu learned the gates could not be rebuilt if destroyed and ordered preparations for a possible departure from Apocalypse World and the withdrawal of troops stationed in other worlds.

• Card World received notifications announcing the World Gate, doubled rewards, and a blessing that temporarily enhanced strength, prompting its factions to prepare for battle.
• Alchemy World received similar battle and reward notices, along with Territory Crystals for occupying Apocalypse World territory, and its families prepared to attack.
• Chaos World received no notifications, leaving its people and faction leaders confused about why they could not enter Apocalypse World to fight.
• A soldier reported to Zhao Fu that the World Gates to the three worlds could still be used but could not be rebuilt if destroyed.
• Zhao Fu and his ministers decided to prepare Great Qin to leave Apocalypse World and discussed withdrawing their troops from the three worlds.

Zhao Fu weighed how Great Qin could shelter the enormous populations of the Chaos, Alchemy, and Card races while preserving their ability to cultivate, as invasions from other worlds loomed. His attempts to create territories with their native powers failed, leaving him to postpone the plan and consider bringing the races back to Apocalypse World if their homes were threatened.

• Zhao Fu considered gathering the power of the three worlds in separate locations so their races could cultivate within Great Qin, but found that transferring their world-origin powers was blocked by barriers and laws.
• Longshen Yan warned Zhao Fu that powerful Card World factions would soon invade, while Wang Jian reported an impending Alchemy World invasion and possible attacks from the three nearby great families.
• Alasna reported that Chaos World had neither opened its World Gate nor announced an invasion, though its factions were searching for Zhao Fu; Zhao Fu wondered what he would do if Chaos World attacked.
• Huo Bai Niao asked Zhao Fu to protect Flame Kingdom, and Ziyue Wan requested help for the Eight Suns Dragon Sect; Zhao Fu agreed to both requests.
• Zhao Fu tried formations and imported crystals to change Great Qin's territorial attributes, but the methods failed or required too many crystals, so he abandoned the effort for now and planned to bring the three races back if necessary.

Alchemy World and Card World launched invasions of Apocalypse World, breaking through its defenses and inflicting heavy losses. The Alchemy Clan won its battle, while Card World's assault continued as Apocalypse World’s purple spears pierced its defenses and struck its soldiers.

• Alchemy World and Card World forces emerged through gates across Apocalypse World and began their invasions.
• The Alchemy Clan broke through a city’s defenses and fought Apocalypse World’s soldiers and white lions.
• Alchemy Clan members stormed the city wall, drove Apocalypse World’s forces into retreat, and claimed victory.
• Alchemy World won most of its battles elsewhere, while Card World began attacking Apocalypse World with cards that transformed into corrosive acid.
• Card World’s soldiers advanced behind cards that blocked Apocalypse World’s arrows, but purple spears pierced through the cards and struck some of them.

Card World’s armies broke through Apocalypse World’s defenses with the help of their cavalry and captured a region, while forces from other worlds joined the invasion. Chaos World could only wait and search for the Son of Chaos, hoping he could help them reach Apocalypse World.

• Card World’s cavalry drove off Apocalypse World’s giant crows and smashed several breaches into the city walls.
• Card World’s soldiers overwhelmed the defenders and advanced through the city, killing civilians, looting, and capturing the region.
• A Card World general killed the city lord when he begged to surrender.
• Card World won on most battlefields, prompting other factions to join the assault on Apocalypse World.
• Chaos World fretted that it could not reach Apocalypse World in force and continued searching for the Son of Chaos.

Gou Jiu led the Dog Family in an assault on Great Qin, believing the border empire would be easy to conquer. Great Qin repelled the attack and counterattacked, leaving the Dog Family fleeing as its army caught up with them.

• Gou Jiu brought over ten billion alchemy soldiers to Great Qin and demanded that Zhao Fu surrender.
• Gou Jiu ordered repeated cannon barrages, but Great Qin’s defensive barrier blocked them without damage.
• Zhao Fu deployed Great Qin’s larger Alchemical Holy Beasts, whose attack devastated the Dog Family’s forces.
• Gou Jiu ordered his army to retreat, and Zhao Fu sent Great Qin’s soldiers and Alchemical Holy Beasts after them.
• Great Qin’s soldiers caught the Dog Family army, and fighting broke out as soldiers exchanged spear attacks.

Great Qin repelled the Dog Family’s invasion, forcing Gou Jiu and his surviving forces back into the Alchemy World. After Zhao Fu returned, nearby factions sought Great Qin’s protection, and he reminded them that they had once opposed his empire.

• Great Qin’s soldiers and Alchemical Holy Beasts slaughtered the invading Dog Family army, while Gou Jiu led the survivors back through the World Gate.
• Gou Shan demanded an explanation from Gou Jiu, then decided the Dog Family should stop participating in the World War and rebuild its strength.
• Zhao Fu found the Alchemy World’s metal gate closed; it vanished, and he ordered his troops to clean up the battlefield and return to Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Alchemy World had attacked many factions, destroying some and leaving others struggling to survive.
• Li Si brought more than ten representatives from nearby factions to Zhao Fu, and their leader offered their loyalty in exchange for Great Qin’s protection.
• Zhao Fu reminded the representatives that their factions had previously joined the alliance against Great Qin.

The Thunder Family and Rock Family launched a joint attack on Great Qin, with Lei Ying using a Territory Crystal to strengthen the Thunder Eagles. Zhao Fu and Lei Ying began a fierce battle between Alchemical Nest Dragons and Thunder Eagles while the Thunder Family army advanced on Great Qin.

• Zhao Fu accepted the people seeking refuge in Great Qin and set aside punishment for their earlier actions.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Thunder Family and Rock Family had joined forces to attack Great Qin from opposite sides, each with roughly sixty billion troops and more than a hundred thousand Alchemical Holy Beasts.
• Zhao Fu ordered Wang Jian to resist the Rock Family and entrusted him with Wrath of the War God, then confronted Lei Ying and the Thunder Family.
• Lei Ying used a Territory Crystal to strengthen the Thunder Eagles, whose lightning attack shattered Great Qin's defensive barrier.
• Zhao Fu sent Alchemical Nest Dragons against the Thunder Eagles, and the two forces clashed fiercely in the sky as the Thunder Family army advanced on Great Qin.

Zhao Fu led Great Qin in a fierce battle against the Thunder Family, turning the tide when the Ancient Martial God took control of the Thunder Eagles and made them attack their own command. With Lei Ying and most of the Thunder Family’s leadership dead and the Lord Crystal destroyed, the Thunder Family army fled as Great Qin pursued them.

• Great Qin used Chaos World rune arrows against the Thunder Family and sent the Ancient Martial Gods to reinforce the aerial battle.
• Zhao Fu fired a Dragon-Shooting Ballista at the Lord Crystal, but a defensive formation shielded it from destruction.
• The Thunder Family attacked Great Qin’s walls with lightning arrows, metal ladders, and explosive lightning balls.
• The Thunder Eagles turned on Lei Ying and the Thunder Family’s command, killing Lei Ying and most of the army’s upper ranks.
• Great Qin destroyed the formation and Lord Crystal, weakening the Thunder Eagles and overwhelming the leaderless Thunder Family army.
• The Thunder Family fled, and Great Qin pursued and slaughtered its soldiers and Thunder Eagles.

Great Qin defeated the Thunder Family’s attack, drove the Rock Family into retreat, and pursued the Thunder Family into its territory. Zhao Fu rejected Lei Yin’s plea for reconciliation and began assaulting the Thunder Family’s defenses.

• The Rock Family’s defenses stalled Wang Jian’s forces until news of the Thunder Family’s defeat and Lei Ying’s death prompted Yan Jiu to order a retreat.
• The Jin Family was relieved that it had declined the Thunder Family’s request to join the war against Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu pursued the scattered Thunder Family army and reached its territory, where Lei Yin pleaded for peace and blamed Lei Ying for the attack.
• Zhao Fu refused to spare the Thunder Family, and Great Qin’s Alchemical Nest Dragons shattered its defensive barrier and fought its Thunder Eagles.
• Lei Yin activated a lightning formation and hurled thunder crystals at Great Qin, whose soldiers maintained their barrier as they pressed forward.

Great Qin defeated the Thunder Family and conquered its territory, leaving Zhao Fu to decide the fate of its captured leaders. He separated the women from the men and turned his attention to Lei Yin, who feared for the survival of the Thunder Family’s bloodline.

• Zhao Fu ordered the Alchemical Nest Dragons to destroy the Thunder Eagles and attack the Thunder Family’s defenses as Great Qin’s army advanced.
• Great Qin soldiers stormed the city walls, overwhelmed the defenders, and drove the Thunder Family into flight or surrender.
• Great Qin conquered the Thunder Family’s districts, and Zhao Fu took the patriarch’s seat with Lei Yin and other leaders in chains before him.
• Lei Yin blamed her brother’s choice of Lei Ying as patriarch, while Lei Wan'er and Lei Wanxia pleaded with Zhao Fu to spare the family.
• Zhao Fu had the men taken away and left more than twenty women behind, then embraced Lei Yin as she feared he would eradicate the Thunder Family’s bloodline.

Zhao Fu spared the Thunder Family after securing its submission, then demanded hostages from the Rock Family in exchange for peace. The Rock Family agreed, leaving its leaders to tell their wives that they would be sent to Great Qin.

• Zhao Fu told Lei Yin that the Thunder Family had one last chance, promised not to slaughter its members if they submitted, and explained that the Ancient Martial God had controlled the Thunder Eagles.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and rejected the Rock Family envoy’s offer of supplies, demanding the family head’s wife and the wives of the generals who had fought as hostages.
• Rock Family leaders argued over whether to accept Zhao Fu’s demand until the family head ordered them to agree.
• Yan Jiu returned home, and Yan Shanyue accepted responsibility for urging the attack and warned him that Great Qin might still threaten the Rock Family.
• Yan Sijiao berated her husband for agreeing to send her away as a hostage, and he explained that the family head had made the decision.

The Rock Family sent more than six hundred women to Great Qin as hostages to prevent war, forcing them to part from their families. Zhao Fu received them at Great Qin's encampment and surveyed the anxious group.

• Yan Sijiao agreed to go to Great Qin after her husband pleaded with her, while Yan Siyou accepted the separation from her husband with sorrow.
• Yan Hanshui learned that the Rock Family had decided to hand her over, and Yan Qiliu and Yan Baimei discussed their impending departure as hostages.
• Yan Youfu shared a final meal with her husband and children, then promised her husband that her heart would always belong to him.
• Yan Jiu asked Yan Shanyue to care for the other women as she led them away from their families.
• Yan Shanyue brought more than six hundred women to Great Qin's encampment, where Zhao Fu surveyed them and saw their varied reactions.

Zhao Fu took the women of the Rock Family as hostages and made them his women, while assuring Yan Shanyue that Great Qin would spare the Rock Family. He then discussed the Thunder Family’s future with Lei Yin and granted her authority to pardon people and recall its scattered forces.

• Yan Shanyue brought the Rock Family women to Zhao Fu, who promised to spare their family but said they could not return as hostages.
• Zhao Fu drew Yan Shanyue and the other women into intimate relationships, and they gradually accepted him despite their guilt and resentment.
• Yan Shanyue asked Zhao Fu about Great Qin’s plans for the Rock Family, and he explained that it had not been his original target and that a small group of women could have secured its safety.
• Lei Yin raised concerns about the Thunder Family’s future, and Zhao Fu promised to support its growth.
• Lei Yin asked to pardon people and recall the Thunder Family’s scattered soldiers and Alchemical Holy Beasts, and Zhao Fu granted her the right of amnesty.

Zhao Fu learned that a new faction, the Divine Wood Kingdom, was expanding in Apocalypse World and that another Alchemy World force was preparing to attack Great Qin. When Jin Tie led the Jin Family’s army to invade a nearby faction, he discovered it was Great Qin and faced Zhao Fu.

• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin with Lei Yin and learned that alchemy factions had attacked the Guti Domain, the Eight Suns Dragon Sect, and other kingdom-level factions.
• A soldier reported that the Divine Wood Kingdom had seized territory from the former Alliance and was winning support by treating Apocalypse World’s people as equals.
• Zhao Fu received word that an alchemy gate had appeared at Great Qin’s border and prepared the army to defend against the incoming attack.
• Jin Tie emerged from the gate with Jin Family troops and Alchemical Holy Beasts, then led them west to destroy a nearby faction.
• Jin Tie recognized Great Qin’s black-armored soldiers and Zhao Fu, realized he had led his army into Great Qin, and regretted his misfortune.

Zhao Fu stopped Jin Tie from leaving after the Jin Family army reached Great Qin’s border and invited him into the empire. As Jin Tie toured the capital and learned about Great Qin’s vast reach, he witnessed a blue general star descend.

• Zhao Fu confronted Jin Tie about bringing the Jin Family army to Great Qin’s border and insisted he stay, so Jin Tie entered Great Qin alone despite his followers’ warnings.
• Zhao Fu welcomed Jin Tie and arranged for a refined young man to show him around the imperial capital.
• The refined young man told Jin Tie that Great Qin had a population of more than a trillion and bases across many worlds, while keeping further details secret.
• Jin Tie saw a massive blue star descend and learned from the refined young man that it was Great Qin’s general star.