Recaps

Xu Zinian provoked the Du Family by demanding to see Du Ruomei and threatening its women, prompting the family to fight his guards. Li Xuancang arrived and overwhelmed Huang Jiuxuan, but an old man beside Xu Zinian intervened as Li Xuancang pursued him.

• Xu Zinian arrived at the Du Family and demanded to see Du Ruomei, who was about to marry Li Xuancang.
• Xu Zinian threatened to take every female member of the Du Family, and Du Tianyuan ordered the family to attack him.
• Xu Zinian's three Profound Connection Realm guards routed the Du Family, while Huang Jiuxuan stopped Du Tianhao from moving.
• Li Xuancang arrived and attacked Xu Zinian, but Huang Jiuxuan blocked the blow and carried Xu Zinian to safety.
• Li Xuancang defeated Huang Jiuxuan with a kick and moved to pursue him.
• An old man beside Xu Zinian fired Sword Qi at Li Xuancang, who destroyed it with a punch that devastated the area outside the Du Residence.

Li Xuancang attacked Xu Zinian and his Northern Liang Royal Residence protectors, killing one expert and gravely wounding Huang Jiuxuan and Old Sword. After Xu Zinian escaped behind a protective barrier, Li Xuancang turned his killing intent on Huang Jiuxuan.

• Li Xuancang crushed Xu Zishan's throat and threw his corpse at Xu Zinian, where it exploded into blood mist.
• Li Xuancang fought Huang Jiuxuan and Old Sword, severely injuring both while suffering wounds that quickly healed.
• Li Xuancang charged Xu Zinian, but a protective barrier shielded the Heir and recoiled against Li Xuancang.
• Old Sword seized Xu Zinian and fled as the barrier began to break, while Huang Jiuxuan stopped Li Xuancang from pursuing them.
• Li Xuancang vowed to kill Huang Jiuxuan before going after Xu Zinian, leaving Huang Jiuxuan terrified.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed Huang Jiuxuan and Sword Elder, but Xu Zinian unleashed a Divine Repository Realm strike that failed to kill him. Li Xuancang survived and resumed his attack, leaving Xu Zinian and Sword Elder battered on the ground as Huang Jiuxuan stayed behind to cover their escape.

• Li Xuancang defeated Huang Jiuxuan in their sword battle, then struck Sword Elder aside when he intervened.
• Xu Zinian unleashed a powerful attack left by the Northern Liang King, and the blast engulfed Li Xuancang.
• Li Xuancang emerged alive from the explosion, his wounds healing as he confronted Xu Zinian.
• Huang Jiuxuan stayed behind to cover Xu Zinian and Sword Elder while Sword Elder tried to carry the heir apparent away.
• Li Xuancang's punch knocked Sword Elder and Xu Zinian back to the ground, leaving Sword Elder near death and Xu Zinian terrified.

Li Xuancang tried to kill Xu Zinian, but Zhu Xuanye intervened and used the Imperial City Grand Formation to force Li Xuancang to withdraw. Li Xuancang left with the Du Family, then ordered them to watch for a chance to kill Xu Zinian after he left the city.

• Li Xuancang attacked Xu Zinian, but Zhu Xuanye arrived in time to block the fatal blow.
• Zhu Xuanye activated the Imperial City Grand Formation and used its power to restrain Li Xuancang.
• Li Xuancang withdrew, and Zhu Xuanye took Xu Zinian, Sword Elder, and Huang Jiuxuan to his royal residence for protection.
• At the Du Residence, Li Xuancang assured the Du Family that he was recovering and dismissed their fears of retaliation from the Northern Liang Royal Residence.
• Li Xuancang ordered the Du Family to monitor Xu Zinian and notify him if an opportunity to kill him arose.

Li Xuancang retaliated against Xu Zinian by massacring his five thousand cavalry and seizing their resources, while the Imperial Court let the attack pass. As his wedding approached, he asked Ouye Xuanlian to forge weapons from Extraterrestrial Divine Iron, then received a visit from Shen Qingshan.

• Li Xuancang and Du Tianhao led the Blacksteel Camp and the Du Family in slaughtering Xu Zinian’s five thousand cavalry, then sent their heads to the Night King's Residence.
• Xu Zinian learned of the massacre and swore vengeance, while Sword Elder and Huang Jiuxuan worried about their safety once they left the Imperial City.
• Li Xuancang’s attack spread across Great Yan, but the emperor and Imperial Court did not intervene because they resented Xu Zinian and the Northern Liang Royal Residence.
• Li Xuancang showed Ouye Xuanlian three chains of Extraterrestrial Divine Iron and asked him to forge a sword, saber, massive axe, and spear.
• Seven days later, Shen Qingshan arrived at the marquis's residence and greeted Li Xuancang.

Shen Qingshan arrived at Marquis Wu'an's Residence with the promised pill and weapon, then stayed for Li Xuancang's wedding. On the wedding day, Li Xuancang's grand procession reached the Du Residence, where he lifted Du Ruomei's veil.

• Shen Qingshan delivered the Barrier-Breaking Pill and Divine Radiance Saber and accepted Li Xuancang's invitation to stay for the wedding.
• Li Xuancang's lavish wedding procession departed for the Du Residence amid the capital's celebrations.
• Li Xuancang greeted Du Tianyuan and entered the residence to receive Du Ruomei.
• Li Xuancang lifted Du Ruomei's veil, and the two met each other's gaze.

Li Xuancang married Du Ruomei in a lavish ceremony before hosting a feast attended by officials and powerful families. As the court prepared for its final grand assembly of the year, the Northern Liang King's heir's request to marry an imperial princess loomed over the proceedings.

• Li Xuancang and Du Ruomei completed their wedding rites at Marquis Wu'an's Residence, with Li Xuancang's parents and sister among the witnesses.
• Li Xuancang hosted hundreds of tables of guests, and the Emperor sent a golden plaque celebrating the marriage.
• Li Xuancang joined Du Ruomei in the bridal chamber and promised to stand by her.
• Pei Hongwen reassured Pei Qingyuan that he had made arrangements before facing the dangers of Origin Forest Commandery.
• Officials returned to the capital for the final grand court assembly, where the Northern Liang King's heir's request to marry an imperial princess posed a major concern.

Li Xuancang observed factional infighting during the court’s review of returning officials and declined to take sides in the dispute over Pei Hongwen. The court then considered the Northern Liang King’s marriage proposal, and the Emperor agreed to it while leaving the choice of princess undecided.

• Zhou Zhengqing accused Zhao Boyong of secretly aiding the Southern Frontier Demon Race, and the two officials traded accusations as their factions joined the quarrel.
• Officials argued over Pei Hongwen’s record, but Li Xuancang declined to speak for or against him, and the Emperor ordered Pei to remain Governor of Origin Forest Commandery.
• The court debated the promotions, demotions, and misconduct of several officials amid further factional disputes.
• The Emperor had the Northern Liang King’s proposal for a marriage alliance read aloud and agreed to grant it, leaving the choice of princess for his ministers to discuss.

The court factions fought to keep their own princesses from being sent to Northern Liang, while Li Xuancang warned that Xu Zinian would not survive to marry Princess Zhaoyang. Back at his residence, Li Xuancang learned that the Prison Tiger Bureau was preparing to attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence and asked when it would move.

• Zhou Xian argued that frail Shuning Princess should not be sent to Northern Liang, and Zhao Mingyuan proposed Princess Yuping instead, provoking rival officials.
• Shuning Princess, Princess Yongjia, Ning'an Princess, and Princess Zhaoyang's mothers each feared their daughters would be chosen, while the Emperor gave the court three days to settle on a candidate.
• Li Xuancang said Princess Zhaoyang was too young to marry and implied that he would kill Xu Zinian before the marriage could happen.
• Zhou Xian proposed granting a distant imperial clan daughter the title of princess, but the officials resumed arguing over whether Northern Liang would accept the arrangement.
• Li Xuancang gave a Heaven-grade pill to Ouyang De and the giant crocodile's heart to Bai Meng, then asked Shen Qingshan when the Prison Tiger Bureau would attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence.
• Shen Qingshan explained that the Prison Tiger Bureau was already mobilizing to destroy the Northern Liang Royal Residence for colluding with the Demon Race and Blood Race and devastating the northern border.

Li Xuancang prepared to kill Xu Zinian after the Night King's Residence weakened and Xu Zinian finally left the Imperial City. Zhu Xuanye blocked Li Xuancang with the Imperial City Grand Formation, allowing Xu Zinian and his guards to flee.

• Shen Qingshan warned Li Xuancang that the Prison Tiger Bureau could not attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence without careful planning, so Li Xuancang decided to weaken it by killing Xu Zinian and his companions.
• The emperor set Xu Zinian’s wedding to Princess Yongjia for half a year later, while Xu Zinian stayed in the Night King’s Residence and Li Xuancang delayed going to Yu Prefecture.
• Bai Meng broke through to the Late Astral Qi Realm, Ouyang De reached the Profound Connection Realm and was sent to Yu Prefecture, and Ouye Xuanlian completed four earth-rank divine weapons before leaving the Imperial City.
• After more than a month of waiting, Xu Zinian left the Night King’s Residence with Old Sword and Huang Jiuxuan, and Li Xuancang pursued them as factions rushed to witness the confrontation.
• Zhu Xuanye appeared to stop Li Xuancang and invoked the Imperial City Grand Formation, covering the sky and earth with its power.

Li Xuancang broke through Zhu Xuanye’s formation and caught up with Huang Jiuxuan, Sword Elder, and Xu Zinian’s group. After defeating both swordsmen, he discovered that the person he captured was a masked substitute, not Xu Zinian.

• Li Xuancang shattered Zhu Xuanye’s formation, escaped, and pursued Xu Zinian’s group while Zhu Xuanye returned to the royal residence to escort someone away.
• Huang Jiuxuan and Sword Elder attacked Li Xuancang, but he overwhelmed their sword techniques and sent them both crashing to the ground.
• Li Xuancang broke Huang Jiuxuan’s bones, hurled his sword through him, then defeated Sword Elder as the gathered factions watched.
• Li Xuancang caught the fleeing Xu Zinian and seized him by the throat, but noticed the captive showed none of Xu Zinian’s usual fear or madness.
• Li Xuancang tore away the captive’s human-skin mask, revealing that he was Xu Zinian’s substitute.

After Xu Zinian escaped, Li Xuancang killed Huang Jiuxuan and Sword Elder, devastating the Northern Liang Royal Residence before leaving the Imperial City to take up his post in Yu Prefecture. He arrived in Yu Prefecture City and was welcomed by Governor Liu Yun'an and the local officials.

• Li Xuancang discovered that Xu Zinian had escaped, then crushed Sword Elder and Huang Jiuxuan, killing both Late Profound Connection Realm experts.
• News of the killings spread across the realm, delighting the Emperor and drawing cheers from commoners who hated the Northern Liang Royal Residence.
• After learning Xu Zinian had safely left the Imperial City, Li Xuancang prepared to take up his post in Yu Prefecture and departed with Du Ruomei and several thousand people.
• The procession traveled for more than a month, passing through Yu Prefecture as its people struggled with heavy taxes left by the war against Prince Fu.
• Li Xuancang arrived at Yu Prefecture City, where Liu Yun'an and the prefectural officials welcomed him.

Li Xuancang settled the Blacksteel Camp in Yu Prefecture, prepared to move against the Profound Heaven Sect, and dealt with local tensions over land. The opening of the Celestial Origin Secret Realm then drew powerful figures toward the Great Flame Dynasty.

• The Profound Heaven Sect feared Li Xuancang’s arrival and strengthened its patrols while urging Misty Rain Pavilion to carry out its assassination.
• Li Xuancang recruited cultivators for his army, but fewer than two thousand enlisted in a month, so he gave his land to the Blacksteel Camp families to cultivate and ordered intelligence gathering on the Profound Heaven Sect.
• Liu Yun'an ordered Zhang Lingshan to suppress commoners protesting the Blacksteel Camp’s settlement and the reallocation of farmland.
• Li Xuancang sent Zhang Tianlong and two thousand soldiers to protect commoners reclaiming land in the Huayang Mountains, and many agreed to go once they learned the troops would keep them safe.
• News spread that the Celestial Origin Secret Realm would open in the Great Flame Dynasty, prompting powerful figures to gather their disciples and head there.

The Celestial Origin Secret Realm was about to open, drawing powerful forces to Jingzhou and forcing the Great Flame Dynasty to prepare for the upheaval. Pei Qingyuan aimed to reach the Astral Qi Realm before entering, while Li Xuancang agreed to help the Imperial Court hold the situation in check.

• The remnant soul told Pei Qingyuan that the Celestial Origin Secret Realm offered a supreme opportunity and urged her to reach the Astral Qi Realm before it opened.
• Forces across the region began preparing to enter the secret realm, and an imperial decree summoned Li Xuancang to the Imperial City.
• At court, Gu Yanqing proposed allowing the forces to enter while evacuating Jingzhou residents and sending a powerful expert to maintain order.
• Li Xuancang agreed to go to Jingzhou, and Qin Huaiyuan proposed inviting Great Yan's forces to join the Imperial Court's expedition.

The Imperial Court and numerous factions prepared to enter the Celestial Origin Secret Realm, with Li Xuancang leading the Imperial Court’s forces to Jingzhou. As rival powers converged, Xu Zinian sent an expert to seize Li Xuancang’s family in Yu Prefecture, while the Profound Heart Sect departed with Li Ling’er and Zhang Cuier among its disciples.

• The Imperial Court appointed Li Xuancang to hold Jingzhou, summoned five fighters from Yu Prefecture, and gathered thousands of allies and aristocratic-family members in the Imperial City.
• Three Imperial Clan flying ships carried Li Xuancang and selected passengers toward Jingzhou, while the remaining Imperial Court forces traveled overland.
• Xu Zinian ordered Xu Yanbing to seize Li Xuancang’s family in Yu Prefecture while Northern Liang’s cavalry advanced toward Jingzhou.
• The Grassland People, Barbarians, Prince Fu’s Residence, Evil Cultivators, and Profound Heart Sect sent forces toward the Celestial Origin Secret Realm.
• Elder Qingxuan led the Profound Heart Sect’s expedition, including Li Ling’er, who hoped to find Li Xuancang, and anxious Zhang Cuier.

Li Xuancang arrived in Jingzhou to oversee the secret realm as the gathered factions fought over the best positions. He reunited with his younger sister Li Ling'er and brought her to his tent to hear about her years in the Profound Heart Sect.

• Li Xuancang ordered Sun Ya to evacuate civilians within a thousand li of the secret realm.
• Rival factions began fighting over land near the secret realm, and Li Xuancang told Duanmu Lei not to intervene unless the Imperial Court's people were harmed.
• Jian Liuyun led the Profound Heart Sect delegation, including Li Ling'er and Elder Qingxuan, to greet Li Xuancang.
• Li Ling'er rushed to embrace Li Xuancang, and he thanked Elder Qingxuan for looking after her.
• Li Xuancang took Li Ling'er to his tent, where she told him that her years in the Profound Heart Sect had been safe and comfortable.

Li Ling'er asked Li Xuancang to return Zhang Cuier's deed of sale as repayment for saving her, then decided to enter the secret realm and train. When the Grassland People attacked the other forces, Li Xuancang intervened and overwhelmed their thirteen Profound Connection Realm experts with one punch, leaving the crowd stunned by his strength.

• Li Ling'er asked Li Xuancang to return Zhang Cuier's deed of sale, and he agreed.
• Li Ling'er said she wanted to enter the secret realm to gain combat experience, and Li Xuancang agreed to arrange protection for her.
• The Grassland People seized the front positions and slaughtered the forces that resisted while the others retreated or watched.
• Li Xuancang struck the Grassland People with a powerful fist that killed several hundred of them.
• Langya and Mosu led the thirteen Profound Connection Realm experts in a combined attack against Li Xuancang, but he defeated them with one punch and emerged unharmed.

Li Xuancang overwhelmed the Grassland People, killing two of their experts before the secret-realm rules stopped him from continuing. When the Barbarians arrived and urged the factions to unite against him, Li Xuancang declared that both groups would enter the secret realm last.

• Li Xuancang formed a dragon and phoenix from his Blood Qi Force, which battled the Grassland People until they weakened.
• Li Xuancang killed one Profound Connection Realm expert with a punch and threw Barry into the air, where Barry exploded.
• Langya challenged Li Xuancang over the rule against fighting while the secret realm was open, and Duanmu Lei confirmed the rule.
• Dongfang Xiong arrived with the Barbarians and tried to persuade the other factions to unite against Li Xuancang.
• Li Xuancang defended his actions, warned that no one could run rampant in Great Yan, and ordered the Grassland People and Barbarians to enter the secret realm last.

Li Xuancang restrained the Grassland people and Barbarians, then arranged for his followers to protect Li Ling'er inside the secret realm. As the entrance appeared, Xu Zinian's Northern Liang cavalry charged into a melee with the gathered factions, leaving his forces under pressure and Xu Zinian vowing revenge.

• Li Xuancang confronted the Grassland people and Barbarians, who swallowed their anger rather than risk a costly fight.
• Li Xuancang introduced Li Ling'er to Zhang Tianhu, Bai Meng, and the others, ordering them to prioritize her safety in the secret realm.
• The secret realm's entrance formed as a great black iron gate, and the Northern Liang Royal Residence's cavalry charged toward it without stopping.
• The gathered factions attacked the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry, while people with personal grudges joined the chaotic battle.
• The old woman warned Xu Zinian that his impulsiveness had caused trouble, and Xu Zinian vowed to slaughter his enemies after recovering his previous life's cultivation.

Li Xuancang attacked Qian Sihai during the standoff between the Northern Liang Royal Residence and the Star Palace, defeating him with a single punch and pressing the assault. An old woman saved Qian Sihai from a killing blow, but Li Xuancang shattered her defense and pinned Qian Sihai’s saber beneath his foot.

• Qian Sihai emerged from the war chariot and used his Late Profound Connection Realm aura to silence the battlefield.
• Su Dingshan confronted Qian Sihai, who offered to end the conflict before the secret realm opened, and Su Dingshan prepared to accept.
• Li Xuancang suddenly attacked Qian Sihai and wounded him with a single punch.
• Li Xuancang pursued Qian Sihai, dodged his saber strike, and prepared to hit his exposed back.
• An old woman blocked Li Xuancang’s punch with a dharma seal, but Li Xuancang shattered it and forced her back.
• Li Xuancang stepped on Qian Sihai’s long saber, leaving Qian Sihai unable to pull it free.

Li Xuancang destroyed Xu Zinian’s war chariot and attacked him, but Xu Zinian escaped death by vanishing just before Li Xuancang’s final blow landed. Li Xuancang resolved to kill him the next time they met.

• Li Xuancang destroyed the war chariot, exposing Xu Zinian to the battlefield.
• Li Xuancang summoned a giant hand to crush Xu Zinian, whose jade pendant briefly shielded him as the old woman and Qian Sihai intervened.
• Xu Zinian fled while more than ten thousand iron cavalry charged Li Xuancang, who killed many of them and forced the old woman and Qian Sihai to retreat.
• Li Xuancang caught Xu Zinian and struck him into a crater, shattering the jade pendant that had blocked a fatal blow.
• Xu Zinian vanished before Li Xuancang’s final punch landed, leaving the onlookers to believe he was dead.
• Li Xuancang recognized that Xu Zinian had escaped through life-preserving methods and vowed to kill him another time.

Li Xuancang killed Qian Sihai and the old woman after failing to kill Xu Zinian, while his forces repelled an attack on his family’s residence. Two months later, news of the Northern Liang Royal Residence’s losses had spread, and the story left with factions waiting to see whether the Northern Liang King would challenge Li Xuancang.

• Li Xuancang caught Qian Sihai and the old woman, then destroyed both of them body and soul.
• At the Guard Commander's Estate, Ouyang De and Zhang Tianlong protected Li Xuancang’s family from Xu Yanbing, who withdrew when he could not defeat them.
• Ouyang De and Zhang Tianlong sent Li Xuancang a report, and he grew furious but concealed the attack from Li Ling'er.
• Two months later, news of Li Xuancang killing Xu Zinian and three Northern Liang experts had spread across the Human Race’s lands.
• The Northern Liang King’s possible response became a subject of speculation, and people placed bets on whether Li Xuancang could survive him.

The Prison Tiger Bureau prepared to destroy the Northern Liang Royal Residence and considered asking Li Xuancang for help, while Li Xuancang waited to grow strong enough to face the Northern Liang King. When the Celestial Origin Secret Realm opened, Great Yan’s forces entered first under Li Xuancang’s command.

• Lei Tianjue decided to attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence, assigning two Supreme Elders to the battle while he used the Prison Tiger Mirror to guard the Demon-Suppression Cave.
• The Prison Tiger Bureau agreed to have Shen Qingshan contact Li Xuancang for help, then prepared to attack while other factions were distracted by the secret realm.
• Nangong Zhan told Li Xuancang that Xu Yanbing had ambushed the Guard Commander's Estate, and Li Xuancang vowed to exterminate the Northern Liang Royal Residence once he was strong enough to challenge the Northern Liang King.
• The Celestial Origin Secret Realm opened, and the gathered cultivators surged toward its entrance until powerful experts stopped them.
• Li Xuancang ordered Great Yan’s forces and allied factions to enter first, while Bai Meng and the others escorted Li Ling'er and promised to protect her.
• Li Xuancang guarded the entrance as factions unaffiliated with the Imperial Court waited outside, resentful but unwilling to challenge him.

Li Xuancang kept the Grassland and the Barbarians from entering the Celestial Origin Secret Realm until everyone else had gone in, then remained outside to oversee events. When Shen Qingshan told him the Prison Tiger Bureau was preparing to attack the Northern Liang Royal Residence, Li Xuancang left in secret to join the assault, while civilians in Northern Liang City suffered under the ruling forces.

• Li Xuancang let the Imperial Court and Profound Heart Sect enter the secret realm first, then blocked the Grassland and the Barbarians until the other factions had entered.
• The Celestial Origin Secret Realm closed for half a year, and Li Ling'er and her companions explored its abundant resources while Bai Meng's group protected her.
• Shen Qingshan told Li Xuancang that the Prison Tiger Bureau had infiltrated the Northern Liang Royal Residence and was ready to attack, so Li Xuancang agreed to join the operation.
• Li Xuancang secretly left with Shen Qingshan and arranged for Nangong Zhan to make others believe he was still at the military camp.
• In Northern Liang City, soldiers accompanying a luxurious war chariot struck civilians and dragged away women, ignoring an old man's plea to spare his two daughters-in-law.

Li Xuancang joined the Prison Tiger Bureau experts in Northern Liang City and agreed to lead the assault on the Northern Liang Royal Residence while the Supreme Elders targeted the Northern Liang King. He launched an attack on the residence, where a power beyond the Profound Connection Realm emerged to confront him.

• A Northern Liang soldier beat an old man and took his family away on Chu Xuanshan's orders, while nearby Prison Tiger Bureau disciples restrained themselves from intervening.
• Li Xuancang and Shen Qingshan arrived in Northern Liang City and met more than thirty Prison Tiger Bureau experts, including Supreme Elder Chen and Supreme Elder Shen.
• Supreme Elder Chen said he and Supreme Elder Shen would risk their lives to kill the Northern Liang King, while Li Xuancang promised to handle the other battlefields.
• The Prison Tiger Bureau group decided to attack at once, hoping to stop the Northern Liang King and his son from harming more commoners.
• Li Xuancang approached the Northern Liang Royal Residence and struck at several Profound Connection Realm defenders, but an overwhelming power emerged and crushed his attack.