Recaps

Li Xuancang helped civilians escape Peace Prefecture after Cloud Prefecture conquered the city, then traveled to Sweet Spring Commandery after receiving a new appointment. He seized control of its depleted army, built a new force, and killed a Demon, while the Cool Prefecture Army plotted against him.

• Li Xuancang punished Wang Fang and his guards for murdering civilians, then took command of Peace Prefecture’s defenses as the Cloud Prefecture Army attacked and captured the city.
• Li Xuancang helped civilians and his allies flee, killed Han Tianlong after returning to the occupied city, and escaped with the survivors aboard the Liu Family’s remaining ships.
• The court appointed Li Xuancang Guardian Commissioner of Sweet Spring Commandery and sent Pei Hongwen to govern Origin Forest Commandery, while the Pei Family dissolved Pei Qingyuan’s engagement to Lin Jingtan.
• On the road to Sweet Spring Commandery, Li Xuancang killed soldiers who had slaughtered villagers for merit and resources, then arrived and began consolidating control.
• Li Xuancang exposed the military camp’s missing soldiers and supplies, executed corrupt commanders and troops, and rebuilt the force while delegating civil administration to Kong Ronghua.
• Li Xuancang recruited cultivators for a Martial Champion Camp and appointed the Ouyang brothers as commanders, while Shen Chongyuan ordered the Cool Prefecture Army to collude with the grassland tribes against him.
• Li Xuancang tracked down and crushed the Wood Flood Dragon after it attacked people in Sweet Spring Commandery, and an old man vowed to challenge him.

Li Xuancang defeated the Black Wolf Tribe and a second prairie invasion, earned imperial rewards, and agreed to a marriage alliance with Du Ruomei while his sister joined Elder Qingxuan. When rival factions gathered at an ancient cave abode, Li Xuancang intervened to save the Profound Sword Sect and pursued the fleeing Mountain-Splitting Lord.

• Li Xuancang led his army beyond Sweet Spring Commandery, crushed the Black Wolf Tribe’s assault, and returned with the chieftain’s corpse as the people celebrated his victory.
• Li Xuancang rewarded his soldiers and their families, expanded his forces, and faced growing hostility from Shen Chongyuan and the Cool Prefecture Army.
• Li Xuancang defeated a united prairie invasion, revealed his Profound Connection Realm strength, and received imperial rewards that he shared with his soldiers and sent to his sister.
• Shen Chongyuan, Murong Chong, and Dugu Sha failed to kill Li Xuancang in a night attack, while Li Xuancang agreed to marry Du Ruomei if she and his parents approved.
• Ouyang De delivered Li Xuancang’s resources to Li Ling'er, who became Elder Qingxuan’s disciple and advanced her cultivation at the Profound Heart Sect.
• Li Xuancang went to Sunset Glow Canyon after learning that an ancient cave abode had drawn powerful factions, and the Imperial Court ordered him to seize it.
• The Grassland People and allied factions attacked the Profound Sword Sect, but Li Xuancang and Blacksteel Camp arrived, defeated the attackers, and killed Dugu Sha.
• Li Xuancang repelled Murong Chong, Meng Chi, and Mountain-Splitting Lord, then chased the latter into the sky and tore into his demon form as Mountain-Splitting Lord prepared to release his demon essence.

Li Xuancang survived the Blood Sea Old Devil’s rebirth, then led his forces to crush the Giant Whale Gang in Yang Prefecture. The court prepared to send Princess Zhaoyang to marry the Grassland Khan, while Prince Kang planned to rescue her.

• Li Xuancang battled Blood Sea Old Devil in the cave estate until the Prison Tiger Bureau’s formation weakened the Evil Cultivator, and Li Xuancang helped drive him into its final strike.
• Li Xuancang returned to Cool Prefecture, gave Mountain-Splitting Lord’s heart to the Du Family to heal Du Tianhao, and received an imperial order to suppress the Giant Whale Gang.
• Ouyang De and Ouyang Meng delivered the heart to the Du Family, where Du Tianhao recovered, while Li Xuancang gathered his troops and marched toward Yang Prefecture.
• Li Xuancang reached Yang Prefecture City, then led his army to Clear River Commandery and defeated Li Canglang and the Giant Whale Gang.
• Li Xuancang killed Xuan Crocodile Lord in the Canglan River and helped his army slaughter more than ten thousand Giant Whale Gang disciples.
• Li Xuancang returned to Cool Prefecture, rewarded his soldiers with captured resources, and asked Dong Linghui to arrange treasure armor for his family.
• The Emperor ordered Princess Zhaoyang to marry Khan Huyan Lie, and Consort De told Zhaoyang she would protect her from the match.
• Prince Kang planned to rescue Zhaoyang, while the marriage procession departed the Imperial City under heavy guard.

Li Xuancang defended Sweet Spring Commandery from the Grassland People, rival sects, and a succession of powerful enemies while building up his forces. After defeating the Hundred Herbs Sect attackers, he learned the Profound Heaven Sect had threatened his family and vowed to destroy it.

• Li Xuancang welcomed Princess Zhaoyang’s marriage procession, but Hu Yan Jue ambushed it in the grasslands to kill him and enable an invasion of Cool Prefecture.
• Li Xuancang fought off five Profound Connection Realm experts, forcing the Grassland army to retreat, while Princess Zhaoyang reunited with Consort De and later chose to remain in Sweet Spring Commandery for a time.
• When the Profound Heaven Sect attacked city guards over inspections, Li Xuancang crushed its forces, killed Xiao Ye, and recruited five thousand soldiers into the Blacksteel Camp.
• Great Yan’s allied army lost the battle for the Spiritstone Vein, and the Imperial Court docked Li Xuancang’s salary for three years while allowing him to keep his post.
• Li Xuancang protected the Zhang brothers from the Hundred Herbs Sect, killed Elder Xuan Ku, and ordered the sect members who attacked his camp hanged from the city gates.
• Five Profound Connection Realm experts attacked Li Xuancang, but he fought them off until six more joined the battle and he was forced to flee from the eleven attackers.
• After the Profound Heaven Sect tried to seize Li Xuancang’s family, Du Tianhao drove its forces away, and Li Xuancang turned back from his pursuers to fight them repeatedly.
• Muli Ge and Cang Ya ambushed Su Lingqiu and Yunhai High Person, giving Li Xuancang an opening to kill them and Elder Mu before he returned to the city and vowed to destroy the Profound Heaven Sect.