Recaps

Zhao Feng helps destroy the Blood Lotus Sect’s branch halls, then kills Yellow Dragon Taoist and takes the Nine-Palace Dragon-Settling Compass. After eliminating Yan Yunkun and his companions, Zhao Feng advances his earth cultivation and fuses two body-tempering arts into the Tai Chi Golden Body Art.

• Zhao Feng and Xu Commandant exposed the Red Lotus gathering as a Demonic Sect plot, and Zhao Feng helped defeat Chu Fan, Su Chi, Abbess Pure Mystery, Wugutai, and the black python.
• Zhao Feng and Huo Yao uncovered the Clear Profound Temple’s underground chambers, then Zhao Feng returned to the Nine Yang Gate and trained in the Rock-Steadfast Thick Earth Art.
• Lord Fu activated a covert agent as Yellow Dragon Taoist and the Blood Lotus Sect tried to destroy a supposed dragon eye, only to discover the river palace was a trap.
• The orthodox forces attacked the Blood Lotus Sect’s branch halls, and Zhao Feng killed Yellow Dragon Taoist in the Black Mountain Ore Vein before escaping with the Nine-Palace Dragon-Settling Compass.
• Zhao Feng defeated and killed Yan Yunkun and three Golden Wind Valley disciples, then returned to the Nine Yang Gate with their valuables and the Geng Metal Sharp Qi Formula.
• Zhao Feng used the compass’s earth-vein essence to advance his Rock-Steadfast Thick Earth Art and studied the Geng Metal Sharp Qi Formula.
• After more than a month of training, Zhao Feng fused the Tai Chi Toad-Fishing Force and perfected Golden Bell Shield into the beginner Tai Chi Golden Body Art.

Zhao Feng won first place in Qingzhou’s Martial Examination, defeated challengers, and spoke out against Fei Yuanzhong’s doctrine at Su Qingwan’s gathering. He joined the Martial Suppression Bureau and received an assignment to investigate the Demonic Sect’s hidden headquarters.

• Zhao Feng sold several weapons in the Black Market, ambushed the men following him, and perfected several techniques before leaving for Qingzhou with the Nine Yang Gate delegation.
• Zhao Feng defeated Gao Yu in a sparring match and entered the Martial Examination, where he took first place in mounted archery and endured the pressure test.
• Zhao Feng beat Yan Xun and advanced through the examination bouts, then defeated Gu Rong and Xie Yungui when they challenged his top ranking.
• Zhao Feng’s first-place result was officially posted, and County Magistrate Lu and Xu Commandant announced it to his family and villagers in Jiazi Ravine Village.
• At Su Qingwan’s tea gathering, Zhao Feng challenged Fei Yuanzhong’s ideas and argued that the world belonged to all its people, then defeated Liao Kuan in a paid sparring match.
• Su Qingwan warned Zhao Feng that his words had drawn him into a political struggle and revealed the Blood Lotus Sect might be seeking alliances and rebuilding its strength.
• Zhao Feng joined the Qingzhou Martial Suppression Bureau as a Hundred-Household Officer, received an assignment to investigate the Demonic Sect, and spent half a month studying records and cultivating.

Zhao Feng rose through the ranks while fighting the rebels, defending Big Stone County, and helping retake Qingzhou. After the rebellion was crushed, he treated Fan Tong’s poison in exchange for rare cultivation resources and began a painful body-tempering regimen.

• Zhao Feng defeated the Black Wind Sect, won a drop of origin-returning spirit milk at auction, and used it to fuse his true qi before killing Yu Shi and obtaining the Primordial Unity One-Qi Art.
• Zhao Feng raided Blood Lotus Sect strongholds, fused his five elemental true qi into primordial true qi, and broke through to the Astral Force realm as the Northern Barbarians and rebels invaded You Province.
• Zhao Feng returned to Big Stone County, organized its defenses, and repelled the rebel assaults, killing Hou Jian, Ma Yuan, and Hu Shahu.
• Zhao Feng led a disguised force to Changning, helped defeat Wu Liang’s army, found Huo Yao, and learned that Mu Xuanzhou had reached the Innate Realm.
• Zhao Feng became Deputy Thousand-Household Officer, then led an assault on Crouching Tiger Mountain and killed Wu Liang, helping pacify Qingzhou.
• Zhao Feng learned that Fan Tong’s Nine-Extremes Baleful Poison could be treated with his wood and fire true essence, then negotiated for Ninefold Radiant Jade Pills and a medicinal bath formula.
• Zhao Feng treated Fan Tong’s poison over several sessions and began enduring the medicinal bath as the Tai Chi Vajra Art refined his body.

Zhao Feng helped Great Yan reclaim Bing Province, defeating rebel commanders and protecting civilians while rising to high office. After the fall of Bingzhou City, he helped bring down Liang Qian, while Ying Yang escaped wounded after fighting Su Qingwan.

• Zhao Feng killed Gu He, Gu Rong, and Wan Chengliang, learned the Breath-Concealing Technique, and accepted the mission to assassinate Liao Tianlong and Liao Kuan.
• Zhao Feng infiltrated Bingzhou City and killed Liao Tianlong and Liao Kuan, then escaped the Blood Lotus Cult Master and returned to Qingzhou as the court promoted him.
• Zhao Feng disrupted rebel supply lines and helped recapture Anbo and Jieyang Prefectures, then survived an ambush by the Blood Lotus Dharma King.
• Zhao Feng exposed He Guang’s betrayal in Golden Saber Gorge, defeated three Demonic Dao experts, and helped the Eastern Route Army capture Jinyang Prefecture.
• Zhao Feng led the Martial Suppression Guard in escorting Jinyang’s civilians across the Tong River, repelled Chi Damu’s cavalry, and joined Yu Zhiyong’s forces in defeating the pursuing army.
• After receiving appointments as Pacification Commissioner and General Huaihua, Zhao Feng defended his decision to save civilians at a literary gathering and ordered investigations into threats to Great Yan.
• Zhao Feng entered Bingzhou City with the invading army, fought through the palace, and killed a Blood Lotus Sect expert before searching Liang Qian’s treasury.
• Zhao Feng shot Liang Qian from the sky and helped Su Qingwan defeat Ying Yang, who escaped with his cultivation possibly damaged.