Recaps

At a Ying Family gathering, Wu Qingniang entered arm in arm with Zhao Fu, provoking jealousy from Ying Qin and Ying Wu and drawing concern from Zhao Fu’s relatives. The gathering’s fortune-reading began under Qiu Fengzi, who had arranged it to find the Great Qin Imperial Prince, while Zhao Fu tried to avoid being noticed.

• Wu Qingniang arrived with Zhao Fu on her arm, startling Ying Xi and enraging Ying Qin and Ying Wu.
• Zhao Fu’s grandparents welcomed Wu Qingniang’s closeness, but his aunt warned that Zhao Fu was unworthy of her and might bring trouble upon the family.
• Wu Qingniang let go of Zhao Fu and joined Ying Xi, while several young men shoved Zhao Fu and told him to stay away from Wu Qingniang.
• Zhao Fu withdrew to a remote spot and learned that the Daoist priests would read the fortunes of Ying Family members in groups based on their lineage.
• Qiu Fengzi began the fortune-reading gathering, intending to uncover the Great Qin Imperial Prince, and Ying Qin stepped forward first.

Qiu Fengzi’s fortune examination failed to reveal the Great Qin Imperial Prince, while Zhao Fu narrowly avoided scrutiny by hiding in the outer branch crowd. When Wu Qingniang tried to take Zhao Fu to Qiu Fengzi for a personal examination, the Daoist saw them together and rushed toward Zhao Fu in shock.

• Qiu Fengzi examined Ying Qin, Ying Xi, Ying Wu, and the Ying Family branches, but did not find the Great Qin Imperial Prince.
• Zhao Fu hid behind a fat man during the outer branch examination and escaped notice, while the Daoists identified unusual fortune in his maternal grandparents and his uncle’s family.
• After the examination ended, a young Daoist grabbed Zhao Fu, but Wu Qingniang interrupted and then offered to take Zhao Fu to Qiu Fengzi.
• Wu Qingniang took Zhao Fu’s hand and insisted that Qiu Fengzi examine him personally, despite Zhao Fu’s protests.
• Qiu Fengzi saw Wu Qingniang holding Zhao Fu’s hand, was visibly shocked, and hurried toward them.

Qiu Fengzi sensed the bearing of a Son of Heaven on Zhao Fu and used qi observation to investigate him, only to suffer a terrifying backlash. With the crowd focused on Zhao Fu, Ying Qin seized the chance to order his guards to kill him.

• Wu Qingniang insisted on taking Zhao Fu to Qiu Fengzi so she could learn his true circumstances, but Qiu Fengzi came to them before she could drag him there.
• Qiu Fengzi respectfully asked Zhao Fu to wait and recognized that his bearing of a Son of Heaven had nearly taken shape.
• Qiu Fengzi and his young Taoist disciple used qi observation on Zhao Fu, and Qiu Fengzi saw the Yinghuo Emperor Star surrounded by slaughter and disaster.
• The star struck back against Qiu Fengzi, making him vomit blood and collapse, while the young Taoist priest fell in terror and told the others what he had seen.
• Ying Qin called Zhao Fu a calamity star and ordered the guards to seize and kill him.

Wu Qingniang publicly declared Zhao Fu to be the man she had chosen and defended him against Ying Qin’s attempt to have him killed. As tensions threatened to rupture the Ying and Wu families, Wu Qingniang stood firm, but she recognized the danger such a break would pose to her family.

• Ying Qin ordered the guards to kill Zhao Fu, but Wu Qingniang intervened and declared that Zhao Fu was the man she had chosen.
• Ying Wu and others denounced Zhao Fu as a spy and an unworthy match for Wu Qingniang, prompting her to silence them and insist he would one day hold power over all under heaven.
• Ying Xi suggested expelling Zhao Fu instead of killing him, and Wu Qingniang offered to take him into the Wu Family.
• Ying Qin again ordered Zhao Fu killed, while Wu Qingniang and her bodyguards blocked the guards; Zhao Fu’s relatives held back from intervening.
• Ying Qin challenged Wu Qingniang over breaking with the Ying Family, and she considered the threat to the Wu Family and its position against the Great Tang Dynasty.

Wu Qingniang prepared to break with the Ying Family to protect Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu intervened and revealed a powerful kingly aura. As the Ying Family heads demanded to know who he was, Qiu Fengzi warned them not to harm him because of his sovereign destiny and importance to the Great Qin Imperial Prince.

• Wu Qingniang rejected the proposal to expel Zhao Fu without protection, and Ying Qin threatened to break ties with the Wu Family if she took him in.
• Zhao Fu stopped Wu Qingniang from severing relations and silenced Ying Qin with a kingly aura that left the hall in awe.
• Ying Qin ordered his guards to kill Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu’s presence made them hesitate, and an Ying Family branch head told Ying Qin to step aside.
• Zhao Fu approached the Ying Family heads and prepared to reveal his identity.
• Qiu Fengzi woke and warned the Ying Family that Zhao Fu possessed immense sovereign destiny, would become a king, and was important to the Great Qin Imperial Prince.

Zhao Fu’s king’s destiny led the Ying Family heads to consider naming him the seventh young lord, but Ying Qin’s protest stalled the decision. Zhao Fu then revealed that he had found the Great Qin Imperial Prince and was his chosen representative, leaving the family heads eager to meet the prince and Ying Wu exposed as a fake.

• Qiu Fengzi confirmed Zhao Fu possessed a king’s destiny and was connected to the Great Qin Imperial Prince, prompting the family heads to name him the Ying Family’s seventh young lord.
• Ying Qin rejected Zhao Fu’s promotion and threatened to leave the Ying Family, so the family heads withheld the title while granting Zhao Fu corresponding authority and promising to cultivate him.
• Zhao Fu ordered Ying Qin expelled from the Ying Family on behalf of the Great Qin Imperial Prince and declared that he had found the prince, who had chosen him.
• Zhao Fu promised to bring the Great Qin Imperial Prince to meet the Ying Family in Eastern Azure, delighting the family heads.
• Ying Wu paled as the family learned Zhao Fu’s claim, while Ying Xi and Wu Qingniang reacted with surprise and those who had favored Ying Wu began to realize he was a fake.

Zhao Fu confirmed his identity to the Ying Family through the Twelve Golden Men and warned its disciples that he remained displeased with the family. The family heads made Zhao Fu acting family head, and he began using his new authority to punish those who had opposed him.

• Zhao Fu showed the Ying Family disciples the Twelve Golden Men, proving he was the Great Qin Imperial Prince.
• Zhao Fu told the disciples that he might return to the Ying Family but that Zhao Fu would manage its affairs on his behalf, and he condemned the family’s atmosphere.
• After hearing the disciples’ report, the Ying Family heads appointed Zhao Fu acting family head to demonstrate their sincerity to the Great Qin Imperial Prince.
• Zhao Fu ordered Ying Qin expelled from the Ying Family and stripped of his Young Master position, and guards seized him as the family heads did not intervene.
• Zhao Fu surveyed the silent family and fixed his gaze on Ying Wu, who had misused Zhao Fu’s name and challenged him.

Zhao Fu expelled Li Wu from the Ying Family and ordered guards to kill him, then accepted Qiu Fengzi’s allegiance and learned more about his exposed fate. Li Wu was rescued by mysterious attackers, while news of Zhao Fu’s actions spread throughout Huaxia and drew the attention of major powers.

• Zhao Fu stripped Li Wu of the Ying surname and ordered guards to kill him after he left the Ying Family estate.
• Zhao Fu dismissed the gathering, spared Ying Xi, and left with Qiu Fengzi while Wu Qingniang suspected he was hiding more from her.
• Qiu Fengzi explained how Zhao Fu’s awakened Yinghuo Emperor Star caused severe backlash for those who tried to read his fate, and Zhao Fu accepted him.
• Qiu Fengzi told Zhao Fu that his fate had overwhelmed the jade pendant Xian Ru sent and planned to make a stronger tool to conceal it.
• Guards cornered Li Wu in an alley, but several black shadows knocked them down and rescued him.
• News of the events at the Ying Family spread across Huaxia, bringing Zhao Fu to the attention of major powers.

Zhao Fu’s rise as the Ying Family’s acting head and the Great Qin Imperial Prince’s representative made him a major figure across the realm, alarming the Li Family and other factions. Back in Apocalypse World, he gained a Follow Talisman and chose Wei State as his next target among the remaining national legacies.

• The Li Family’s old master, Li Baiqing, and Li Zhe discussed killing Zhao Fu, while an elderly woman regretted how the family had treated Zhao Fu and his mother.
• Other factions investigated Zhao Fu after learning of his kingly fortune, his position in the Ying Family, and his connection to the Great Qin Imperial Prince.
• Li Wu was brought to a room by several people and recognized a familiar figure who had saved him.
• Zhao Fu moved into a guarded villa, refused visitors, and returned to Apocalypse World.
• Zhao Fu killed five king-titled creatures with the Crown of Kings, which absorbed their blood and recovered some power.
• Zhao Fu answered the Treasure Boy’s riddle, received a Follow Talisman, and chose Wei State after asking Guo Binglin about the four remaining national legacies.

Guo Binglin investigated Wei State’s inheritor, Wei Xin, and tried to use a Tracking Talisman to locate his village. Wei Xin’s defense blasted Guo Binglin away, leaving the talisman’s use unresolved.

• Zhao Fu gave Guo Binglin a single Tracking Talisman and warned him to use it only when Wei Xin was in the village.
• Guo Binglin gathered intelligence on Wei Xin and Wei State’s forces, then bribed players to report whether Wei Xin was present.
• Guo Binglin approached Wei Xin in the system territory and tried to get close enough to lock onto his aura with the talisman.
• A round-faced young man noticed Guo Binglin and blocked him, but Guo Binglin used spiritual attacks to get past him and kill Wei Xin’s guards.
• Wei Xin’s purple light and dragon’s roar blasted Guo Binglin away, and Guo Binglin fled without using the talisman.

Guo Binglin used the tracking talisman to locate Wei State, allowing Zhao Fu to lead Great Qin's army there. Great Qin isolated the town from outside reinforcements and devastated the surrounding villages before reaching Wei State's walls, where Wei Xin confronted Zhao Fu.

• Guo Binglin reported that the tracking talisman had locked onto Wei Xin's aura, and Zhao Fu ordered him to use it to locate Wei State.
• Guo Binglin activated the talisman and teleported to a town he identified as Wei State.
• Zhao Fu mobilized Great Qin's 120,000 soldiers and marched on Wei State Town, whose population exceeded sixty thousand and whose forces numbered over ten thousand.
• Zhao Fu's assassins established an Isolation Grand Formation to keep Wei State's fifty thousand system players from joining the defense.
• Zhao Fu ordered Great Qin's forces to attack the surrounding villages, and the cavalry and infantry killed or swept aside their inhabitants.
• Wei Xin climbed onto Wei State Town's walls, saw Zhao Fu's army below, and called out to the Great Qin Imperial Prince.

Zhao Fu offered Wei Xin a hereditary Lord Title if Wei State surrendered, but Wei Xin vowed to resist, prompting Great Qin to launch its attack. As the Hundred Ghost Illusionists trapped defenders and civilians in the Nether Ghost Realm, Wei Xin’s purple dragon clashed with Great Qin’s black dragon, and two marked figures rushed toward him.

• Zhao Fu offered Wei Xin a hereditary Lord Title in exchange for Wei State’s surrender, but Wei Xin and the people on the walls swore to fight Great Qin to the end.
• Zhao Fu ordered the attack, and Bai Qi sent the Hundred Ghost Illusionists to engulf the eastern wall in the Nether Ghost Realm.
• Bai Qi ordered Wang Jian and Wei Liao to lead separate forces against the town from the south and north.
• Wei Xin summoned Wei State’s purple dragon, which fought Great Qin’s larger black dragon above the town.
• The Hundred Ghost Illusionists strengthened the Nether Ghost Realm, and two figures bearing black marks rushed toward Wei Xin.

Zhao Fu's forces battered Wei State Town while Little Slaughter and Tuoba Qing fought Wei Xin, who struggled to protect his people and regain the Dragon of Fortune. After Zhao Fu ordered the defenders and civilians killed, summoned evil ghosts began slaughtering those trapped in the Nether Ghost Realm, and Wei Xin was wounded as the attack continued.

• Tuoba Qing and Little Slaughter attacked Wei Xin while Zhao Fu suppressed the Dragon of Fortune.
• Wang Jian and Wei Liao summoned giant beasts to batter Wei State Town's walls as Great Qin's arrows killed many defenders.
• Wei Xin called the purple divine dragon back, but Zhao Fu's black dragon struck it away and forced it to keep fighting.
• Zhao Fu ordered everyone killed, and Bai Qi sent three hundred Ghost Summoners to unleash Tier 2 evil ghosts into the Nether Ghost Realm.
• The evil ghosts slaughtered those trapped within the realm, and Wei Xin struck Tuoba Qing away before Little Slaughter wounded him.

Great Qin broke through Wei State Town and crushed its defenders, while Zhao Fu again urged the wounded Wei Xin to submit. Seeing his people’s losses and the surviving elderly and children, Wei Xin hesitated, leaving his decision unresolved.

• The giant beasts smashed through Wei State Town’s walls, and Wang Jian led Great Qin’s assault against the Wei defenders.
• Wei soldiers and civilians charged in a final stand but were overwhelmed by Great Qin’s forces.
• Wang Jian ordered his troops into the town, where they found survivors and gathered with Wei Liao’s forces in the east.
• Zhao Fu’s black dragon battered Wei State’s purple dragon, while the surviving people emerged from the Nether Ghost Realm and saw the devastation.
• Zhao Fu offered Wei Xin a chance to submit, and Wei Xin hesitated as he faced the dead and the surviving people of Wei State.

Zhao Fu secured Wei State’s surrender, gaining its fate and inheritance for Great Qin while granting Wei Xin a hereditary lordly title. Great Qin’s artifacts and City Heart advanced, and Zhao Fu prepared to return without relocating Wei State Town.

• Wei Xin accepted Zhao Fu’s offer and surrendered Wei State, causing its fate to flow to Great Qin and its dragon to devolve into a python dragon.
• Zhao Fu named Wei Xin the hereditary Lord of Wei, and Wei State’s citizens laid down their weapons and submitted.
• Zhao Fu occupied Wei State Town’s City Heart, triggering nine drums across the Northern Continent and alarming its factions about Great Qin’s reach.
• Xian Ru witnessed Wei State’s fate entering Great Qin, and the Twelve Golden Men and Heirloom Seal of the Realm upgraded.
• Zhao Fu received Wei State’s inheritance, town attributes, battle merits, and war points, while Great Qin’s City Heart advanced toward its next evolution.
• Zhao Fu reviewed Wei State Town’s special attribute, then gathered his soldiers to return to Great Qin without relocating the town or taking many residents.

After Great Qin absorbed Wei State, Zhao Fu returned to managing the kingdom and held its first Representative Assembly. He then began forging a fourth General’s Artifact for Meng Kuo, leaving the result of the fusion unknown.

• Zhao Fu took Gou Bian and the corpses of three historical Wei generals back to Great Qin, then refined the corpses to obtain their talents and Earth Fiend General Stars.
• Zhao Fu incorporated fifty thousand Wei State player factions into Great Qin and provided support for their future role in the war to destroy the region.
• Zhao Fu held Great Qin’s first Representative Assembly, listened to the representatives’ concerns, and had Li Si record them for action.
• Li Wen reported that he had gathered one hundred Soldier Souls, allowing Zhao Fu to begin forging Great Qin’s fourth General’s Artifact for Meng Kuo.
• Zhao Fu gave Meng Kuo the fused Soldier God Soul, and Meng Kuo began fusing it with the legendary Flood-Dragon Spear.

Meng Kuo summoned the Heavenly Beam Star through the fusion of several general stars, enduring a devastating storm of lightning as it transformed him and his spear. The celestial phenomenon ended, leaving Great Qin with a new Chief General Star and Meng Kuo empowered by azure qi.

• Meng Tian brought ten Soldier God Souls before Meng Kuo, who used them to summon a purple star and unleash a violent celestial phenomenon.
• Meng Kuo pointed his Flood-Dragon Spear at the star, turning it silver as Zhao Fu and Xian Ru watched in confusion.
• A second silver star and three black stars descended and merged with the first amid destructive lightning that Zhao Fu blocked with King's Domain.
• The merged stars became the azure Heavenly Beam Star, which descended upon Meng Kuo and transformed his qi and spear.
• After the phenomenon passed, Zhao Fu withdrew King's Domain and inspected Meng Kuo's new jade-like spear.

Zhao Fu inspected Meng Kuo’s new Heavenly Beam Spear and learned that General’s Artifacts could purify Great Qin’s destiny. Later, an exploration team discovered a ruin tied to the mysterious empire, and Zhao Fu found an ancient book that made him realize Great Qin had stirred up enormous trouble.

• Zhao Fu examined the Heavenly Beam Spear’s all-round troop attribute, returned it to Meng Kuo, and learned from Xian Ru that General’s Artifacts increased the purity of Great Qin’s destiny.
• Zhao Fu began cultivating, but Li Wen interrupted him to report that his team had discovered a ruin underground.
• Zhao Fu followed Li Wen into the ruin, inspected its abandoned manufacturing workshops and found a divine dragon emblem associated with the mysterious empire.
• A soldier found a cracked storage ring on a skeleton, and Zhao Fu discovered a manufacturing blueprint and an ancient book inside it.
• Zhao Fu recognized the book’s script using the Demon God’s information, turned pale, and said Great Qin had stirred up enormous trouble.

Zhao Fu learned that Great Qin’s Heaven and Earth Refining Array connected it to the terrifying legacy of the fallen Heaven-Slaying Empire, then turned to developing a porcelain blueprint found in a damaged storage ring. Xie Jinfei successfully fired three jade-white vases from bone ash, giving Great Qin a new use for the underground skeletons.

• Zhao Fu read that the Heaven-Slaying Empire had relied on the Heaven and Earth Refining Array and feared that its surviving enemies might destroy Great Qin if they discovered the array.
• Zhao Fu steadied himself, finished reading the book, and secretly told Bai Qi, Wang Jian, and Wei Liao about the danger and opportunity the array presented.
• Zhao Fu found a Yin Bone Porcelain blueprint in the damaged storage ring and realized the skeletons underground could provide bone ash for making porcelain.
• Zhao Fu summoned the porcelain master Xie Jinfei, who studied the blueprint and agreed to try firing the porcelain.
• Xie Jinfei shaped and fired three vases, then showed Zhao Fu the successfully made jade-white porcelain.

Zhao Fu prepared to mass-produce Yin Bone Porcelain as a source of income for Great Qin. Meanwhile, Great Zhou, Great Xia, Great Shang, and Great Han all upgraded into small cities and gained City Lord Seals, leaving Zhao Fu aware that Great Qin could not ease its pace.

• Zhao Fu asked Ba Qing to assess Yin Bone Porcelain, and she estimated that each piece could sell for five gold coins.
• Zhao Fu organized craftsmen and built a large workshop to produce Yin Bone Porcelain in bulk.
• Ji Shenming watched Great Zhou upgrade into a small city and received its City Lord Seal.
• Great Xia, Great Shang, and Great Han each upgraded into small cities and condensed their own City Lord Seals.
• Zhao Fu realized the four dynasties had advanced quickly and felt pressure to keep Great Qin moving forward.

Wang Xiaozhu endured abuse by Wang Family direct-line disciples while secretly gathering clues to locate the family’s base. He met Zhao Fu and offered information about Zheng State in exchange for resources and one still-unspecified request.

• Wang Xiaozhu was beaten and humiliated by Wang Family direct-line disciples, but he endured the attack to protect his family.
• Wang Xiaozhu secretly recorded information he overheard from the direct-line disciples and used his notes and map to locate the Wang Family’s base.
• A Great Qin Assassin told Zhao Fu that someone with knowledge of Zheng State’s location wanted to meet him personally.
• Wang Xiaozhu recognized Zhao Fu as the Great Qin Imperial Prince and explained that he had identified him through his actions and information online.
• Wang Xiaozhu demanded a silver-quality City-Building Stone, twenty thousand gold coins, and one request; Zhao Fu agreed to the first two and asked what the final request was.

Wang Xiaozhu gave Zhao Fu Zheng State’s location in exchange for a City-Building Stone and thirty thousand gold coins, hoping to build his own faction and destroy the Wang Family. Zhao Fu mustered an army of 120,000 and reached Zheng State’s town, while the unsuspecting Wang Family remained unaware of the coming attack.

• Wang Xiaozhu asked Zhao Fu to kill the Wang Family, and Zhao Fu promised to destroy them in Apocalypse World and after it devoured the real world.
• Wang Xiaozhu gave Zhao Fu a map to Zheng State, and a Great Qin Assassin verified its location before Zhao Fu paid him with a City-Building Stone and thirty thousand gold coins.
• Zhao Fu gathered intelligence about Zheng State and ordered Great Qin to muster soldiers for an attack.
• Wang Xiaozhu hid his new wealth, returned to the real world, and continued enduring the Wang Family’s bullying while keeping his betrayal secret.
• Zhao Fu brought an army of 120,000 near Zheng State’s town as the Wang Family continued unaware of the danger.

Great Qin attacked Zheng State, slaughtering villagers and surrounding Zheng State Town as Zhao Fu rejected Wang Xiao’s appeal for an explanation. Wang Jian, Wei Liao, and Meng Kuo summoned three Army Qi beasts to assault the town’s defenders while Great Qin’s archers supported them.

• Great Qin cavalry overran villages around Zheng State Town, killing villagers who tried to flee or defend their homes.
• Wang Xiao returned to Apocalypse World, and the Wang Family panicked as news of the attack spread.
• Zhao Fu ordered Wang Jian, Wei Liao, and Meng Kuo to lead feint attacks from the west, south, and north while Zheng State Town prepared its defenses.
• Wang Xiao asked Zhao Fu why Qin State had attacked, and Zhao Fu replied that the strong preyed on the weak.
• Wang Jian, Wei Liao, and Meng Kuo manifested a black tiger, a green wolf, and an azure ox from their soldiers’ Army Qi.
• Great Qin archers struck the defenders on the walls, allowing the three beasts to rampage across them and inflict heavy casualties.

Zhao Fu’s Great Qin army pressed its assault on Zheng State Town while Wang Xiao struggled to defend the eastern wall. After Zheng State’s other defenses nearly collapsed, Zhao Fu refrained from using his destiny dragon and sent Bai Qi and three giant beasts against Wang Xiao.

• Wang Xiao received reports that Zheng State’s defenders on the other three walls had suffered heavy losses, but he could not leave the eastern wall and ordered more residents conscripted.
• Zhao Fu’s Nether Ghost Realm frightened the defenders, and his flaming arrows struck the walls until Wang Xiao used blue light to block them.
• Wang Xiao offered to accept any terms if Zhao Fu spared Zheng State, but Zhao Fu refused; Wang Xiao charged him, was driven back by Bai Qi’s archers, and took an arrow in his right arm.
• Wang Xiao summoned Zheng State’s blue destiny dragon and challenged Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu ignored him and continued the attack rather than spend destiny on his own dragon.
• After learning Zheng State’s other three defenses had fallen below two thousand soldiers, Zhao Fu recalled Wang Jian and the other two, then sent Bai Qi’s blood-colored eagle and three giant beasts toward Wang Xiao.

Zhao Fu’s forces defeated Zheng State’s defenders, seized the town, and cornered Wang Xiao while the City Heart’s barrier continued protecting the city hall. With Wang Xiao badly wounded, Zhao Fu faced him directly as he launched one last attack.

• The blood-colored giant eagle, black tiger, Greedy Wolf, and Green Ox overwhelmed Wang Xiao’s blue divine dragon, while Zhao Fu sent Little Slaughter and Tuoba Qing to attack Wang Xiao.
• Zhang Dahu ordered the archers to fire freely and sent twenty thousand soldiers to storm the walls; Great Qin’s forces captured the walls and opened Zheng State Town’s gates.
• Great Qin’s soldiers took control of Zheng State Town and surrounded the city hall, whose blue barrier would remain until Wang Xiao was killed.
• Little Slaughter and Tuoba Qing wounded Wang Xiao as the four giant beasts battered his Fate Dragon.
• Zhao Fu ordered everyone to step back, then faced Wang Xiao as Wang Xiao gathered his strength and charged at him.