Recaps

Zhou Changqing returned to the Imperial Capital, established himself as a renowned weapon refiner, and stood by Xiao Yan as the Three-Year Agreement began. The arc ended with Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s attacks colliding while the Misty Cloud Sect raised a barrier around the square.

• Zhou Changqing returned to Wutan City with Medusa, reassured Xiao Zhan, and asked the Xiao Clan to deal with the surviving factions that had once targeted him.
• Zhou Changqing reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, where he crippled Lei Le, killed him and Lei Ou, and won Teng Shan’s support for his weapon-refining work.
• Zhou Changqing’s Magic Core Armaments drew a crowd to the Mittel auctions, and he forged the Glorious Thunder Tyrant Sword with new artifact patterns.
• Xiao Yan bought Zhou Changqing’s Flame Python Bow, and Zhou Changqing later attended the Nalan Family banquet, where Mu Zhan attacked him and the Mu Family apologized.
• Zhou Changqing accepted commissions from Imperial Capital factions while Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Convention as Yan Xiao.
• Zhou Changqing received an invitation to the Three-Year Agreement and went with Medusa to Misty Cloud Mountain to watch Xiao Yan face Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their duel, and Zhou Changqing recognized that Xiao Yan was concealing his strength.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan unleashed their ultimate attacks at the same time, and Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to raise a defensive barrier.

Zhou Changqing helped Xiao Yan survive the Misty Cloud Sect’s pursuit and fought Protector Wu alongside Medusa and Yao Chen. After months of training and parting from Medusa, he left the Jia Ma Empire and arrived in Blood Fiend City to seek information about the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran with the Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, but Yun Ling tried to detain him, so Zhou Changqing intervened and fought the Misty Cloud Sect as Xiao Yan escaped.
• Yun Shan arrived and proposed a trial, but Medusa challenged him and took the confrontation away from Misty Cloud Mountain, allowing Zhou Changqing and Xiao Yan to leave.
• Yun Leng attacked the Xiao Clan, and Zhou Changqing and Xiao Yan killed him before Protector Wu appeared and revealed his interest in Xiao Yan.
• Medusa and Yao Chen fought Protector Wu while Zhou Changqing protected the Xiao Clan, and they defeated him and captured his weakened soul.
• Zhou Changqing left Wutan City with Medusa, cultivated for five months, and parted from her when she chose to remain with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Zhou Changqing crossed the Jia Ma Empire’s border and slaughtered a force of Black Bandits before buying a map of the Black-Corner Region.
• Zhou Changqing reached Blood Fiend City and obtained a map and scroll at the Rakshasa Tower after resisting the manager’s attempts to detain him with her purple aura.

Zhou Changqing tempered his body in Thousand Thunder Valley, befriended Zi Yan, and uncovered the Thunder Sea’s source, gaining the strength to reach the Dou Zong realm. After the Thunder Sea vanished, Zi Yan brought him to Jia Nan Academy, where he intervened to save Xiao Yan from Fan Lao.

• Zhou Changqing found Thousand Thunder Valley and used its lightning to temper his body, advancing to Dou Emperor while Zi Yan secretly gathered his residual Dou Qi to strengthen her bloodline.
• Zhou Changqing caught Zi Yan collecting his thunder qi, fought her, and later agreed to trade concentrated lightning for weapon-refining materials.
• Zi Yan guarded Zhou Changqing through his breakthrough to Dou Emperor, and he made her medicinal pellets and gave her the promised thunder qi before she returned to Jia Nan Academy.
• Zhou Changqing ventured into the Thunder Sea, discovered lightning essence, and eventually unearthed Mang Tianchi’s scrolls and the thunder-magnetic mystic crystal sustaining the storm.
• Zhou Changqing refined the crystal’s lightning, reached the Dou Zong realm, and gained the ability to grow into a golden giant and walk through the air without Dou Qi.
• Zi Yan returned to find the Thunder Sea gone, and Zhou Changqing explained that he had taken its sustaining crystal before agreeing to visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan rushed toward the Inner Academy after sensing extraordinary energy, where Xiao Yan was fighting Fan Lao and the academy’s experts.
• Zhou Changqing stopped Fan Lao’s blood spear and freed Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan mocked Fan Lao and Yao Lao identified Zhou Changqing as a Seven-Star Dou Huang.

Zhou Changqing helped Xiao Yan and the Inner Academy survive the Fallen Heart Flame crisis, then left with Zi Yan for Black Emperor City. There, Zhou Changqing’s armor and weapons became central to a clash between the Rakshasa Gate and the Black Emperor Sect.

• Zhou Changqing defeated Fan Lao while Xiao Yan and the academy forces battled Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region fighters.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke free, and Xiao Yan weakened it while Zhou Changqing fought Han Feng and defeated him.
• The Fallen Heart Flame swallowed Xiao Yan before Su Qian sealed it beneath the tower, and Zhou Changqing reassured Su Qian and Zi Yan that Xiao Yan had survived.
• Xiao Yan resisted the Fallen Heart Flame underground while Zhou Changqing departed the Inner Academy, with Zi Yan following and joining him on the road.
• Zhou Changqing and Zi Yan traveled with Su Mei’s Rakshasa Gate party to Black Emperor City for the upcoming auction, where Zhou planned to promote his Spirit-Gathering Armor.
• Shao Dongyuan challenged Lian Tu in the city square and wounded him, but Black Emperor Sect elder Chai Ping intervened and attacked Shao for his treasures.
• Zhou Changqing, Zi Yan, and Su Mei arrived at the square, where Zhou’s golden dou qi cut Chai Ping’s palm and drew recognition from the gathered leaders.