Recaps

Jin Tie toured Great Qin with a refined young man, learning about its General Stars, rapid rise, hidden emperor, and unusual creations. He was astonished by Zhao Fu’s power and the size of his imperial harem before spotting Lei Yin in the street.

• The refined young man explained that General Stars came from the Human World and that fifty-four Great Qin generals had awakened them, while Jin Tie learned the empire was only a little over twenty years old.
• The young man praised Zhao Fu for building Great Qin and explained that he concealed his appearance from outsiders, deepening Jin Tie’s curiosity about the emperor.
• Jin Tie examined Great Qin’s Philosopher’s Stones and learned that Zhao Fu had created them, while Lady Gongsun had developed the fusion of materials from different worlds.
• The young man claimed that Great Qin’s palace held hundreds of thousands, possibly a million, imperial consorts, leaving Jin Tie stunned.
• Jin Tie spotted Lei Yin looking around Great Qin, and Lei Yin was surprised to see him.

Jin Tie visited Great Qin after bringing an army to its border and saw its strength and prosperity firsthand. Zhao Fu welcomed him and prepared a banquet, while Jin Tie promised to withdraw his forces and never enter the Apocalypse World again.

• Lei Yin told Jin Tie that Great Qin exceeded her expectations, and she refused to share what she knew unless he joined Great Qin or attacked it.
• A refined young man escorted Jin Tie through the enormous imperial palace, where Jin Tie admired the palace’s beauties and praised Great Qin’s prosperity and potential to Zhao Fu.
• Xian Ru brought Yu Jianwu to Zhao Fu after Yu Jianwu awakened a general star, and Zhao Fu invited them to celebrate with Jin Tie at a banquet.
• Zhao Fu asked Jin Tie why he had treated him well despite his army approaching Great Qin, and Jin Tie promised to retreat and never return to the Apocalypse World.

Zhao Fu made an agreement with Jin Tie to let the Jin Family remain near Great Qin, then discussed the chaotic heavenly fortunes and the need to awaken the final Water Race Imperial Star with Xian Ru. He also learned of the Twenty-Four Celestial Cycle Star Formation and considered searching for more Soldier Souls beyond Great Qin.

• Zhao Fu explained that the Jin Family could stay near Great Qin and attack other forces, provided they did not attack Great Qin, and Jin Tie accepted.
• Zhao Fu and Jin Tie discussed future cooperation, then celebrated the general star's awakening at a banquet.
• After returning to his army, Jin Tie told the Jin Family what had happened and ordered the troops to camp farther away while he went to consult the family's upper ranks.
• Xian Ru warned Zhao Fu that Apocalypse World's chaotic fortunes could make awakening the final Water Race Imperial Star harder, but Zhao Fu insisted he had to awaken it.
• Zhao Fu asked whether the skeletons in Great Qin's underground fissure were nearly gone, and Xian Ru suggested gathering two hundred and fourteen general stars to form the Twenty-Four Celestial Cycle Star Formation.
• Zhao Fu considered searching other worlds for Soldier Souls, while Xian Ru suggested he might achieve better results after leaving Apocalypse World.

Zhao Fu searched for imperial ruins while Shenmu Duan led the Divine Wood Kingdom in an assault on the Alliance’s northern defenses. The battle reached the city walls, where the two armies fought at close quarters.

• Zhao Fu ordered searches for imperial ruins across multiple worlds, but no suitable ruins were found.
• Shenmu Duan offered the Alliance a chance to submit, but Hong Yuejun refused and asked him to withdraw.
• Shenmu Duan ordered the Divine Wood Kingdom’s army to attack, and its soldiers countered the Alliance’s defenses with cards and vines.
• The Divine Wood Kingdom’s cavalry fought the Alliance’s large creatures, killing many before the Alliance withdrew them.
• The green army reached the walls, climbed its vines despite the Alliance’s efforts to burn them, and began fighting Alliance soldiers hand-to-hand.

Divine Wood Kingdom defeated the Alliance and brought a large region under its control after Hong Yuejun and the other leaders agreed to submit. Meanwhile, the Jin Family expanded cautiously, Chaos World celebrated Apocalypse World's withdrawal, and Zhao Fu continued developing Great Qin's base in Chaos World.

• Shenmu Duan's Cavalry regiment broke through the Alliance's walls, prompting Hong Yuejun and the other leaders to surrender to Divine Wood Kingdom.
• Shenmu Duan halted the attack and quickly took control of the Alliance's region, costing the Alliance a third of its territory and military strength.
• Zhao Fu received news of the Alliance's defeat and remained unconcerned about Divine Wood Kingdom's strength.
• Jin Tie and the Jin Family chose to expand leftward by attacking small Apocalypse World factions while avoiding Great Qin and Divine Wood Kingdom.
• Unable to find the Son of Chaos or launch a world war, Chaos World drove most Apocalypse World factions out of its territory and celebrated its victory.
• Zhao Fu kept Great Qin's base in Chaos World and continued gathering information while it developed.

Zhao Fu visited the besieged Icefield Kingdom, where Bing Qixue and his aides struggled to respond to attacks from two alchemical factions. After Bing Yan found Zhao Fu and persuaded him to stay, he agreed to help while keeping his identity secret.

• Zhao Fu learned that the Icefield Kingdom was under attack from two Card World nations and decided to visit, despite his past conflict with Bing Qixue.
• Bing Qixue rejected Bing Xiong and Bing Yan's suggestion that he replace his father as ruler, fearing the consequences of a rebellion during the crisis.
• Bing Yan recognized Zhao Fu on the street and brought him to her residence to ask for his help against the attackers.
• Zhao Fu initially claimed he could not stop two armies alone and said he would leave, but he agreed to stay after Bing Yan persuaded him.
• Zhao Fu told Bing Yan he would do his best to help if she kept his identity secret.

Zhao Fu kept his involvement secret from Bing Qixue as the eastern alchemical faction launched another assault on the Icefield Kingdom. The battle turned in the kingdom’s favor when insect beasts attacked the alchemical army from behind, leaving Bing Qixue’s forces to counterattack.

• Zhao Fu told Bing Yan not to inform Bing Qixue and assured her he would handle the eastern alchemical faction’s attack.
• Bing Yan returned to the city wall and told Bing Qixue the battle might be easier, but did not explain why.
• The alchemical army attacked with Alchemical Holy Beasts, metal shields, and spear volleys, breaking the Icefield Kingdom’s defensive barrier and advancing toward its walls.
• Countless insect beasts appeared behind the alchemical army and attacked, while their power of chaos weakened the alchemy soldiers’ healing.
• Bing Qixue ordered the Icefield Kingdom’s forces to counterattack as the alchemical army faced assaults from both sides.

Zhao Fu helped the Icefield Kingdom repel another Alchemy Army attack, while Bing Qixue’s succession prospects grew uncertain under the king’s hostility. Bing Lengyue asked Zhao Fu to help her younger brother take the throne and offered herself in exchange, and Zhao Fu demanded his payment first.

• Zhao Fu released insect beasts that helped the Icefield Kingdom defeat the Alchemy Army’s ambush and force its retreat.
• Bing Yan told Zhao Fu that Bing Qixue planned to step aside after the war because the king resented his growing influence.
• Bing Yan struggled with whether to remain in the Icefield Kingdom or leave with Zhao Fu, and he said he would respect her choice.
• Bing Yan introduced Zhao Fu to Bing Lengyue, Bing Qixue’s elder sister and the Icefield Kingdom’s renowned ice beauty.
• Bing Lengyue asked Zhao Fu to help Bing Qixue ascend the throne and offered herself as payment; Zhao Fu agreed but wanted payment first.

Zhao Fu gave Bing Lengyue a scroll of research on the Alchemy Clan and ways to counter its forces. The scroll reached King Bing Chun, who ordered preparations against the two Alchemy armies and claimed credit for obtaining it, while Bing Qixue remained unaware of Zhao Fu’s role.

• Bing Lengyue and Bing Yan joined Zhao Fu, who asked how he could help the Icefield Kingdom withstand the Alchemy armies.
• Zhao Fu gave Bing Lengyue a scroll containing detailed Alchemy Clan research and countermeasures.
• Bing Lengyue took the scroll to her mother, Bing Hanmei, who decided the Queen should present it instead of Bing Qixue or herself.
• Bing Hanmei and Bing Lengyue gave the scroll to Queen Bing Hu'er, who passed it to King Bing Chun.
• King Bing Chun ordered ministers to begin using the scroll’s methods and announced that he had obtained it, earning their praise.
• Bing Qixue was pleased by the scroll’s arrival but did not know Zhao Fu had provided it.

The Icefield Kingdom began producing weapons from Zhao Fu’s scroll to fight the Alchemy Clan, while rival royal factions maneuvered to win Zhao Fu’s support. Bing Lingu offered herself and the kingdom’s women to persuade him to switch sides, but Zhao Fu noted that he had already made a deal with Bing Yan’s faction.

• Bing Hanmei told Bing Lengyue to grow closer to Zhao Fu, while they planned to wait until the war ended before helping her younger brother claim the throne.
• Bing Liangyi and Bing Wuyi plotted to undermine Bing Qixue and gather support, hoping Wuyi could become the new heir.
• Bing Xianhua told Bing Liangyi and Bing Wuyi that a mysterious person had helped Bing Qixue and supplied the countermeasure scroll, and suggested they recruit him.
• Bing Xianhua claimed that Bing Yan and Bing Lengyue had used their bodies to secure the mysterious man’s help, then revealed she had sent Bing Lingu to test him.
• Bing Lingu offered Zhao Fu her favor and the women of the Icefield Kingdom if he joined their side, but Zhao Fu reminded her that he had already made a deal with Bing Yan’s faction.

Zhao Fu confronted the Icefield Kingdom’s leaders and agreed to help them after demonstrating his Void Realm power. After his deal with Bing Liangyi, Bing Xianhua also became involved with him and agreed to leave with him, while the women kept their relationship secret.

• Bing Lingu brought Zhao Fu to Bing Liangyi and the other women, who confirmed he had created the insect beasts and scrolls that helped the Icefield Kingdom.
• Zhao Fu demanded Bing Liangyi as his price for helping, and he overwhelmed Bing Wuyi when he tried to stop him from leaving.
• Bing Liangyi agreed to Zhao Fu’s request and sent Bing Wuyi, Bing Lingu, and Bing Xianhua away before staying with Zhao Fu.
• Bing Xianhua later visited Zhao Fu and Bing Liangyi, became drawn to Zhao Fu, and asked him to help the Icefield Kingdom.
• Zhao Fu promised to help and invited Bing Xianhua to leave with him; she accepted and called him her husband.
• Bing Liangyi woke after Zhao Fu left, and she and Bing Xianhua agreed that their relationship with him had to remain secret.

Zhao Fu agreed to support Bing Liangyi and Bing Xianhua while also negotiating with Bing Hanmei, who brought him into her plan to win the queen over. By the end, Bing Hu'er had joined them, as King Bing Chun’s allies prepared to remove him from power.

• Bing Liangyi vowed to kill King Bing Chun and avenge her unjustly killed brother after seizing power.
• Zhao Fu told Bing Yan he had agreed to help Bing Liangyi and Bing Xianhua, but said he would favor whichever side pleased him more.
• Zhao Fu told Bing Hanmei that the consorts had made a deal with him, then said he was somewhat more inclined to help them.
• Bing Hanmei privately gained Zhao Fu’s favor, and he agreed to help her bring Queen Bing Hu'er onto their side.
• Bing Hanmei introduced Zhao Fu to Bing Hu'er, who accepted their alliance and told Zhao Fu to stay by her side.

Zhao Fu revealed his identity to Bing Hu'er and helped Bing Hanmei bring Bing Shuangye onto their side in a plan to seize the Icefield Kingdom's throne. He supplied thunder crystals to support the kingdom's defenses, then gave the remaining crystals to Bing Liangyi and her family as the war continued.

• Bing Hanmei told Bing Hu'er that Zhao Fu was the mysterious imperial son who had released the insect beasts and given them a scroll.
• Bing Hanmei took Zhao Fu to Bing Shuangye's palace, where he forced Bing Shuangye into submission and Bing Hanmei secured her support for her son's claim to the throne.
• Bing Hanmei explained that she planned to force the palace after the war and asked Zhao Fu to kill ministers loyal to King Bing Chun; she intended to spare the king if he fell into their hands.
• Zhao Fu arranged for a large supply of thunder crystals to be delivered, giving more than half to Bing Hanmei and the rest to Bing Liangyi.
• Bing Liangyi celebrated the crystals with Bing Wuyi, while Bing Xianhua thanked Zhao Fu and Bing Lingu watched him curiously.

Bing Qixue and Bing Wuyi led the Icefield Kingdom in repelling the Alchemical Army, using thunder crystals and other defenses to inflict heavy casualties. The victory strengthened their reputations, while Bing Qixue investigated the mysterious aid and King Bing Chun secretly conferred with his confidants over the growing threat.

• Bing Qixue and Bing Wuyi commanded the Icefield Kingdom's defenses as the Alchemical Army attacked with Alchemical Holy Beasts, weapons, and metal stairways.
• The Icefield Kingdom's Chaos World-infused arrows pierced alchemical defenses, and thunder crystals later killed or stunned many alchemical soldiers, halting their advance.
• Ice beasts struck back against the Alchemical Holy Beasts, and the Alchemical Army retreated after failing to storm the walls and suffering heavy casualties.
• The Icefield Kingdom celebrated the victory, and Bing Qixue and Bing Wuyi gained greater prestige.
• Bing Wuyi credited Zhao Fu's help, while Bing Qixue wondered where the thunder crystals and other sudden aid had come from and decided to investigate.
• King Bing Chun grew wary of the mysterious force aiding Bing Qixue and Bing Wuyi, then secretly summoned his confidants to discuss the threat.

King Bing Chun's ministers plotted to eliminate Bing Qixue and his family, while Bing Qixue learned his mother intended to fight back if the king moved against them. After Zhao Fu strengthened his ties with Bing Hanmei and her allies, the eastern alchemy army began preparing to withdraw, leaving all three factions poised for their next move.

• King Bing Chun's ministers urged caution toward the mysterious force and proposed poisoning Bing Qixue, his mother, and other potential threats.
• Bing Qixue questioned Bing Hanmei about the secret helper, then said he wanted to give up his status as heir; she told him she would strike first if the king moved against them.
• Bing Hanmei asked Zhao Fu to help her seize power after the war, and Zhao Fu later met Bing Liangyi, Bing Xianhua, and Bing Lingu.
• Bing Liangyi told Zhao Fu that she planned to let the king and Bing Qixue's sides weaken each other before joining forces to take power.
• The eastern alchemy army began preparing to withdraw, and all three factions waited for the remaining alchemy faction to leave before acting.

After the alchemy faction withdrew, King Bing Chun secretly arranged to poison Bing Qixue and Bing Hanmei while publicly reassuring them and rewarding Bing Qixue. Zhao Fu encountered the ill Third Consort, Bing Qingyu, and offered to treat her, while the royal factions reconsidered their plans amid uncertainty over the succession.

• An alchemy faction withdrew from the Icefield Kingdom, and King Bing Chun ordered an accomplice to poison Bing Qixue and Bing Hanmei with repeated doses over three months.
• King Bing Chun rewarded Bing Qixue and hosted a family banquet, where he praised Qixue and promised to support his future reign, displeasing Bing Wuyi and worrying Bing Liangyi.
• Bing Qingyu left the banquet feeling unwell, met Zhao Fu, and let him carry her back to her palace after she collapsed.
• Bing Qixue urged Bing Hanmei to abandon her plan, but she refused, and Bing Lengyue reminded him that the kingdom could be ruined if King Bing Chun remained in power.
• Bing Wuyi asked Bing Liangyi what to do about King Bing Chun's apparent refusal to replace Bing Qixue, and Bing Liangyi declared that only one option remained.

Bing Liangyi urged Zhao Fu to kill Bing Qixue, but Zhao Fu refused and instead discovered that Bing Hanmei and Bing Qixue had been poisoned. After Zhao Fu removed Bing Qixue’s poison, Bing Hanmei resolved to oppose the royal father who had tried to kill them.

• Bing Liangyi asked Zhao Fu to kill Bing Qixue so her son could become king, but Zhao Fu refused to kill him himself.
• Zhao Fu treated Bing Qingyu’s illness, and she told him he must not visit her again.
• Bing Hanmei told Zhao Fu about Bing Qixue’s plans, and Zhao Fu promised to help with whatever she chose.
• Zhao Fu discovered poison in Bing Hanmei and identified Bing Hanmei’s royal father as the likely culprit; Bing Hanmei concluded he had targeted both her and Bing Qixue.
• Zhao Fu confirmed Bing Qixue carried the same poison and removed it, while Bing Hanmei told him to keep the matter secret.

Bing Hanmei sent Zhao Fu to control or kill people on her list, and he targeted Chancellor Bing Shanlin’s household. After subduing the family, Zhao Fu spared Bing Xiaowan and took control of Bing Shanlin when he returned.

• Bing Hanmei gave Zhao Fu a list of targets and ordered him to keep their deaths secret from King Bing Chun.
• Zhao Fu entered Bing Shanlin’s residence and stopped Bing Xiao from beating his wife, Bing Xiaowan.
• Zhao Fu bound Bing Xiao, Bing Xuelu, Bing Huoyan, and the others, healed Bing Xiaowan, and revealed that he had come to wipe out their family.
• Bing Xiaowan pleaded for her family and offered to leave with Zhao Fu, who decided she and the others did not need to go.
• Bing Shanlin returned, found Zhao Fu with his family, and called for guards, but Zhao Fu bound and brought him under control.

Zhao Fu continued his campaign against King Bing Chun’s supporters, forcing the Ice Family women to submit before confronting general Bing Yuan. After Bing Yuan tried to kill him with a hidden ice needle, Zhao Fu subdued him and his guards and left them under his control.

• Zhao Fu told Bing Xuelu, Bing Huoyan, and the others that the Second Princess Consort had sent him to destroy their family and warned them not to harm Bing Xiaowan.
• Zhao Fu entered Bing Yuan’s tent and restrained the seven women protecting the general; Bing Yuan said he would accept Bing Qixue as king but would not take sides until someone won.
• Bing Yuan secretly attacked Zhao Fu with a powerful ice needle, but Zhao Fu caught it, seized Bing Yuan, and tortured him before putting him under his control.
• Zhao Fu restrained Bing Yuan’s seven guards again and left restrictions inside their bodies; their leader identified herself as Bing Mi.
• Zhao Fu left the tent, telling Bing Mi he would remember her and return when he had time.

Zhao Fu confronted Bing Luoshi and the four women at the merchant group, revealing that he was aiding the Second Consort’s bid to put Bing Qitong on the throne. After leaving them alive, he infiltrated another court minister’s home and threatened the minister’s wife to make her serve him.

• Bing Luoshi told Bing Xiaochun, Bing Lingye, Bing Shuangzhi, and Bing Mingli that a cloaked man seemed connected to the faction supporting the Second Consort and Fifth Consort.
• Zhao Fu appeared before the women, identified himself as the one who had supplied the consorts with thunder crystals and scrolls, and revealed that the Second Consort planned to make Bing Qitong king.
• Zhao Fu told Bing Luoshi that he had already controlled Bing Shan and a general, then threatened to kill the women for learning the secret before admitting he was teasing them.
• Bing Luoshi offered to become Zhao Fu’s servant if he would help King Bing Chun, but Zhao Fu rejected her appeal, and Bing Mingli agreed to bring him more women that night.
• Zhao Fu infiltrated another court minister’s home, seized the man, and threatened to kill him unless his wife served Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu finished securing the last target on Bing Hanmei’s list and learned that King Bing Chun planned to poison her and Bing Qixue ahead of schedule. He returned to Bing Hanmei’s residence as the king’s poisoner resumed his attempt.

• Zhao Fu found Bing Yue’s wife, Bing Xiaojuan, with another man, killed the intruder, and stopped her from taking her own life.
• Bing Yue sent Bing Xiaojuan away, but Zhao Fu took control of Bing Yue and told Bing Xiaojuan that the Second Princess Consort planned to rebel and install Bing Qixue as king.
• Zhao Fu returned to Bing Hanmei and reported that he had handled the targets; Bing Hanmei said she would wait for the right moment to act, likely within the week.
• King Bing Chun decided to poison Bing Hanmei and Bing Qixue within the month, and his old poisoner resumed tampering with their meals while Zhao Fu was at Bing Hanmei’s side.

Bing Hanmei exposed King Bing Chun’s poisoning plot and began a coup to force him to abdicate. After Bing Qixue killed the old man who had poisoned them, King Bing Chun’s trusted subordinates turned against him, and he offered to abdicate in favor of Abandoned Learning to save his life.

• Zhao Fu injured the old man who had infiltrated Bing Hanmei’s residence, and Bing Qixue killed him after learning he had poisoned Bing Hanmei and himself.
• Bing Qixue declared that he would help overthrow Royal Father, and Bing Hanmei and Zhao Fu began their operation.
• Bing Hanmei invited King Bing Chun and the consorts to a meal, then accused the king of poisoning her and demanded that he step down.
• King Bing Chun called for guards, but no one answered, and Bing Shanlin and the others arrived.
• Bing Yue punched King Bing Chun, and the king offered to abdicate and make Abandoned Learning the new king in exchange for his life.

Bing Hanmei secured the Icefield Kingdom’s succession for Bing Qixue, and Bing Liangyi killed King Bing Chun. Zhao Fu revealed that he ruled Great Qin before returning there as Bing Qixue took the throne, though the kingdom remained politically unstable.

• Bing Hanmei let Bing Liangyi decide King Bing Chun’s fate, and Bing Liangyi agreed to avenge her brother.
• Bing Liangyi killed King Bing Chun with a sword, while Queen Bing Hu'er chose not to intervene.
• Zhao Fu explained that he had backed Bing Hanmei and Bing Qixue for the Icefield Kingdom’s stability, then comforted Bing Liangyi.
• Zhao Fu revealed to the women that he was the ruler of the Great Qin Empire, and Bing Hanmei accepted his motives and asked for his future support.
• The Icefield Kingdom announced Bing Qixue as its new king, while officials remained divided and the situation stayed unstable.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin on the day Bing Qixue was proclaimed king.

The Divine Wood Kingdom crushed the remaining Alliance forces, prompting the Alliance leaders to seek refuge with Great Qin. Zhao Fu accepted their surrender and prepared to travel to the Water Domain, while Shenmu Duan weighed the risks of intercepting the Alliance’s migration.

• The Divine Wood Kingdom broke through a city wall and defeated the Alliance, leaving it with only one-third of its forces.
• Zhao Fu ignored the Alliance’s defeat and went to the Chaos World, where he told Alasna he planned to visit the Water Domain.
• Alliance envoys asked Zhao Fu whether Great Qin would accept their factions, and Zhao Fu agreed to take them in without holding their past opposition against them.
• The Alliance factions began preparing to migrate to Great Qin, leaving behind most buildings but demolishing defensive structures.
• Shenmu Duan rejected a general’s proposal to intercept the migrating factions because spreading out his troops could leave the Divine Wood Kingdom vulnerable to a Great Qin attack.

Shenmu Duan assessed Great Qin after the Alliance's defeat while Zhao Fu welcomed the former Alliance factions and visited his twelve Skeleton Cavalry. A new Alchemy faction appeared near Great Qin, complicating both Zhao Fu's and Shenmu Duan's plans.

• Shenmu Duan questioned former Alliance leaders about Great Qin, learned of its strength, and chose not to attack the migrating factions.
• Great Qin escorted the migrating factions safely into its territory, where Zhao Fu welcomed their leaders at a banquet and promised to retaliate if Divine Wood Kingdom attacked.
• Zhao Fu visited the twelve Skeleton Cavalry in the Yellow Springs and told them they had to break through to a new level before returning to battle.
• Zhao Fu learned that a new Alchemy faction had appeared near Great Qin and sent people to gather information about it.
• Shenmu Duan learned of the Alchemy faction's arrival and frowned because it disrupted his plans.