Recaps

Li Xuancang helped defeat the Evil Cultivators, gained the army’s admiration, and tried to secure a future for his disabled soldiers. A proposed marriage alliance with Pei Qingyuan collapsed when Lin Jingtan intervened, leaving Li Xuancang focused on strengthening himself.

• Li Xuancang and Du Tianfeng defeated Fang Tianhan’s Evil Cultivators, while Shen Qingshan chased the Profound Yin Old Man away from Li Ling'er.
• Li Xuancang secured government jobs and lifetime wages for crippled veterans, earning the soldiers’ gratitude but drawing criticism from veteran commanders, and Du Tianfeng defended him and explained the broader costs of exceptions.
• The Pei Family proposed that Pei Qingyuan marry Li Xuancang, and Li Xuancang accepted the alliance after consulting his parents and Du Tianfeng.
• Li Xuancang impressed the Pei elders at their banquet, and they approved the match, but Pei Qingyuan secretly urged Lin Jingtan to intervene because she refused to marry Li Xuancang.
• Lin Jingtan and Lin Zhenyue brought betrothal gifts to the Pei Residence and asked the Pei Family to honor Lin Jingtan and Pei Qingyuan’s childhood promise.
• The Pei elders chose an alliance with the Lin Family, but Li Xuancang voluntarily voided his engagement and wished Lin Jingtan and Pei Qingyuan well.
• Li Xuancang reassured his parents and turned his attention to building his strength, while Lin Jingtan postponed the wedding for years to pursue closed-door cultivation, frustrating the Pei elders.

Li Xuancang survived a betrayal, rescued Shen Qingshan, and returned to Human Race territory with news of an approaching invasion. He helped defend Mystic Sun City, forced the Barbarian army to withdraw, and returned to Peace Prefecture as a celebrated and newly promoted officer.

• Lin Zhenyue and Lin Jingtan pressured Pei Hongwen into accepting their marriage agreement, leaving Pei Qingyuan bound to wait several years for Lin Jingtan.
• Li Xuancang and Shen Qingshan traveled to Azure Cloud Ridge, where Profound Yin Old Man and three other enemies ambushed them, and Li Xuancang was gravely wounded.
• Li Xuancang discovered that Shen Qingshan had been betrayed by a Faceless Demon, then rescued the real Shen Qingshan from the Barbarian camp and escaped with him despite Shen's ruined martial foundation.
• Li Xuancang warned Zhou Xingzhan and Du Tianfeng that the Barbarian army was advancing, then led a thousand Battle Soldiers to reinforce Mystic Sun City.
• Li Xuancang and the defenders drove back the invading army, and he repeatedly raided the Barbarian camp until Wu Xiaotian ordered a retreat.
• Li Xuancang returned to Peace Prefecture, where Du Tianfeng promoted him to Colonel and his family welcomed him home.

Li Xuancang raised an army, sent Li Ling'er to join the Profound Heart Sect, and took command in Flowing Cloud Commandery, where he crushed bandit and martial factions defying imperial law. After joining the Prison Tiger Bureau to hunt the Sky-Crippled Old Man, Li Xuancang confronted him and overwhelmed him despite his sudden rise in power.

• Li Xuancang received command of three thousand Battle Soldiers, recruited and trained them, and helped Li Ling'er and Zhang Cuier enter the Profound Heart Sect.
• Li Xuancang led his troops to Flowing Cloud Commandery, where he killed the Wang brothers' bandits and rescued more than a thousand women from Twin Dragon Mountain.
• Li Xuancang exposed the martial factions' collusion with the Wang brothers, defeated their assassins, and ordered arrests and executions across the city.
• Li Xuancang surrounded Heavenly Fragrance Tower, killed Yang Yunhai and Feng Kaishan, and destroyed the martial world network's hold over Flowing Cloud Commandery.
• Li Xuancang investigated the disappearances of pregnant women and agreed to help Huang Huayuan, Liu Qingyao, and Zhang Tianxuan capture the Sky-Crippled Old Man.
• Huang Huayuan and Liu Qingyao found the Sky-Crippled Old Man at a ruined temple, but his forbidden art injured them before Li Xuancang arrived.
• The Sky-Crippled Old Man swallowed his ghostfire and advanced to the Late Astral Qi Realm, but Li Xuancang broke his bones with a flurry of punches.

Li Xuancang helped contain the Demon Abyss, then returned to Peace Prefecture City as Prince Fu’s allies launched a rebellion. After retaking the city, he faced a retreating army, growing disorder, and the massacre of the Pei Family.

• Li Xuancang drove off the Sky-Crippled Old Man, avenged the murdered citizens by executing the Wang Dalong brothers, and later joined Huang Huayuan’s efforts to investigate the Demon Abyss.
• Li Xuancang and Du Tianfeng entered the Abyss to stop the great demon from escaping, while Prince Fu’s allies gathered strength and the seal’s chains continued to crack.
• Du Tianfeng drove the Demon-Sealing Nail into the great demon, and Li Xuancang held off its servants so the others could escape.
• Ye Wuchen rallied Prince Fu’s allies to seize Peace Prefecture City, and their surprise assault devastated the military camp and forced families and officials to flee or hide.
• Li Xuancang reunited with his family, returned to Peace Prefecture City, broke through the rebels, rescued the Pei Family, and helped retake the city.
• Cloud Prefecture’s army and Evil Cultivators routed the Peace Prefecture Army, while Li Xuancang stayed in the city and tried to keep order as residents prepared to flee.
• Masked attackers slaughtered most of the Pei Family despite Li Xuancang’s increased patrols, and the survivors emerged from a secret chamber the next morning.
• Li Xuancang strengthened patrols and investigated the massacre, while Duan Tian forbade the city’s gangs from attacking officials and aristocratic clans, provoking their anger.