Recaps

Yu Qian joined the Dingyou Office, advanced through strange encounters, and investigated the assassins sent after him. The inquiry exposed a Green Garment Gang connection, but powerful backing and Ji Cheng’s intervention ended the case while leaving Yu Qian wary of the forces behind it.

• Yu Qian joined the Dingyou Office, discovered a golden book that sealed the soul of an Azure Mandarin Fish, and used its essence to advance his cultivation.
• Yu Qian helped destroy the Feather-Robed Ghost and later killed assassins who attacked him, then confronted the Green Garment Gang over his father’s death and his property deed.
• Guo Yi traced the assassins’ clues to the Ghost Market, where the Hundred Affairs Tower named Kong Xing as their employer, while Yu Qian suspected the explanation hid a deeper motive.
• During an ambush outside the Ghost Market, Yu Qian sealed and killed the Yellow Ox Demon, then concealed the body and returned with his colleagues.
• Yu Qian became a full Dingyou Office officer, learned combat techniques, and investigated Kong Xing, whose apparent suicide note blamed a land-grabbing scheme.
• Yu Qian accepted the Green Garment Gang’s account and tried to end the inquiry, but Ji Cheng took over and led the Dingyou Office and Imperial Guard to the gang’s hall.
• Gang Leader Meng Qiu arrived with a representative of Prince Zhao’s Residence, and Ji Cheng beheaded Wang Kaitian after accepting the residence’s guarantee of the gang’s innocence.
• Yu Qian announced the case’s outcome, and Ji Cheng forbade him from pursuing it privately, leaving the truth behind the attack unresolved.

Yu Qian advanced in the Court of Judicial Review, befriended Yu Xiaowan, and was assigned to guard Princess Wen'an at a royal hunt. The White Lotus Cult abducted him and Li Nianxiang, whose mysterious partner offered him a dangerous alliance and implanted a spirit gu in his dantian.

• Yu Qian reached Eighth Grade, met Yu Xiaowan, and concealed her from a Demon-Capturing Hall inspector before they became friends.
• Yu Qian and Shi Da joined a mission against a White Lotus Cult hideout, where Yu Qian killed a monster and confronted Wu Cheng for using him as bait.
• Yu Qian took Yu Xiaowan around Tai'an City, helped her spend her money, and drove Zhang Yuan away from Miss Lin.
• Gongsun Yan tested Yu Qian's martial skill and marked him for special attention, while Yu Qian bought the Moon Scroll and Five-Element Escape Art.
• Yu Qian was assigned to guard Princess Wen'an at the hunt, where he helped Li Nianxiang hunt before White Lotus Cult attackers abducted them.
• Yu Qian escaped their cell and met a black-clad woman who possessed Li Nianxiang's body and offered him advancement in the Court in exchange for carrying out her requests.
• Li Nianxiang explained that she had chosen Yu Qian after testing him, implanted a spirit gu in his dantian, and warned him against betrayal.