Recaps

Qing Mo rose to fame at the Azure Martial Empire’s literary gathering, then avenged Xiao Yayun’s family and brought her into his service. After schemes involving Yun Zhiyi and a brutal expedition through the Nine Jade Heavenly Pool, he left the secret realm with Xiao Yayun while Yun Zhiyi prepared to pursue him again.

• Qing Mo’s poems stirred heavenly phenomena in Wenqi City and the Flame Universe Divine Sect, and Yun Zhiyi and Gu Shihan sought out the unknown poet before he revealed his talent to them.
• Qing Mo accepted Gu Shihan’s invitation to the Azure Martial Empire’s literary gathering, where his poems on home and country, mourning, and flowers repeatedly outshone Fu Yanjie and Kong Youde.
• At Drunken Dream House, Qing Mo befriended Xiao Yayun, destroyed the Grand Vast Divine Sect, and later helped Xiao Yayun avenge her clan by killing Fu Yanjie and returning her freedom.
• Qing Mo brought Xiao Yayun to his courtyard, while Yun Zhiyi proposed that they fall in love so she could sever her feelings and advance her Dao of Emotionlessness.
• Qing Mo and Xiao Yayun entered the Nine Jade Heavenly Pool, looted a hidden white jade palace, and killed Kong Family disciples before following a treasure map deeper into the secret realm.
• Qing Mo and Xiao Yayun defeated a flood dragon, then Qing Mo turned its attackers into Human Pills that the junior sister consumed until their resentment overwhelmed her.
• After more than three months in the secret realm, Qing Mo and Xiao Yayun found rare medicinal treasures and left to travel rather than return to the sect immediately.
• Yun Zhiyi wrestled with her plan to win Han Wei’s affection, then learned he had returned and set out for his courtyard prepared to meet his demands.

Qing Mo and Yun Zhiyi’s relationship changed when Yun Zhiyi abandoned her attempt to kill him, and Qing Mo then traveled with Mo Yanyu and He Xi to Tang-era Chang'an. He helped Li Shimin and Li Chengqian avert future crises and set plans for trade, territorial expansion, and railways in motion.

• Yun Zhiyi gave up her strike against Qing Mo, confessed that she loved him, and abandoned the Unfeeling Dao.
• Qing Mo traveled to Tang-era Chang'an with Mo Yanyu and He Xi, warned Li Shimin about the locust plague, and healed Empress Zhangsun and Qin Qiong.
• Qing Mo revealed Li Chengqian’s future rebellion and exile, prompting Li Shimin to recognize his mistakes and make Chengqian Qing Mo’s student.
• Qing Mo told Li Shimin about Wu Zetian and the An Lushan Rebellion, then showed him and Li Chengqian a world map and discussed lands and resources beyond Tang territory.
• Qing Mo helped Li Chengqian plan Western Regions trade, recruited Tang Jian for overseas exploration, and encouraged the court to prepare railway routes and infrastructure.
• Qing Mo’s group traded its goods with Maimaiti’s guild for gold and spices, while Mo Yanyu and He Xi helped Empress Zhangsun with cooking and salt-making.

Qing Mo guided Li Chengqian through agricultural advances, railway construction, and a journey into Li Longji’s era. Li Chengqian and Li Shande reached Lingnan to fulfill the lychee order, where obstruction from Governor He Youguang and evidence about Sea Tiger’s death drew Zheng Ping'an into a secret investigation.

• Li Shimin and the court saw Qing Mo’s new salt, farming methods, high-yield crops, and railway projects reshape Tang society, while Li Chengqian agreed to Qing Mo’s plan for overseas expansion.
• Qing Mo revealed reincarnation to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin and his officials celebrated the enormous potato and sweet potato harvest before foreign envoys sought Tang innovations.
• Qing Mo rebuked foreign envoys who demanded technology, ordered Japanese envoys arrested, and opened the Gaoming Railway, then took Li Chengqian to Li Longji’s era.
• Qing Mo disguised Li Chengqian as Li Gan and sent him with Li Shande to obtain fresh lychees from Lingnan, while Li Chengqian saw how officials abandoned and obstructed his teacher.
• Li Shande and Li Chengqian traveled south, helping villagers along the way, while Qing Mo arranged for Zheng Ping'an and Dog to assist them and entrusted Li Xiu'er to his care.
• After reaching Lingnan, Li Shande received little help from Clerk Zhao, and Li Chengqian reported that the team had found an orchard and a possible preservation urn but lacked horses and faced Governor He Youguang’s obstruction.
• Qing Mo told Li Chengqian that He Youguang had betrayed and killed Sea Tiger, then gave him evidence and witnesses to pass to Zheng Ping'an.
• Zheng Ping'an found the porter linked to the old incident and raised the Whale-Riding Tower fire and Sea Tiger with Amita, who invited him to speak privately.

Li Chengqian and Qing Mo brought Li Shimin’s forces into the Tianbao Era, punished Li Longji and his corrupt officials, and brought Zheng Ping’an, Li Shande, and Zhao Xinmin into the Zhenguan Era. The court then investigated temples and planned overseas kingdoms and a newspaper to weaken the great clans, leaving Li Shimin preparing to reshape Tang’s future.

• Li Chengqian recruited Zhao Xinmin, helped Li Shande’s lychee-transport plan succeed, and revealed his identity as the Zhenguan-era Crown Prince to Zheng Ping’an and Zhao Xinmin.
• Qing Mo brought Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Zhenguan-era forces into the Tianbao Era, where they entered the palace and punished Li Longji, Yang Guozhong, Gao Lishi, and Yu Chengen.
• Li Chengqian and Li Shimin welcomed Li Shande, Zheng Ping’an, and their families into the Zhenguan Era, while Zhao Xinmin remained to develop Lingnan with He Youguang’s seized wealth.
• Qing Mo gathered officials, poets, and artists in Chang’an, while Li Tai and Li Ke joined Li Chengqian to investigate temples and expose their wealth, land seizures, and foreign connections.
• Li Chengqian ordered raids on temples across Tang, and Qing Mo worked with Zheng Ping’an and Dog to develop honeycomb briquettes and secure coal mines for public use.
• Qing Mo showed the court television and screened Romance of the Three Kingdoms, then asked Li Tai and Li Ke to consider founding kingdoms overseas.
• Li Tai chose Europe and Li Ke chose North America, and they presented their plan with Li Chengqian to Li Shimin, who accepted that population constrained Tang’s expansion.
• Qing Mo proposed using overseas settlement to draw the great clans’ people and resources abroad, and presented Li Shimin with a newspaper to spread information and weaken their influence.