Recaps

The Empress Dowager went to the South City Gate to address the people of Eastern Lin after Great Xia withdrew its troops. She exposed the Sovereign’s crimes and abuse before the Sovereign’s death warriors seized her, sparking a furious riot.

• The people gathered at the South City Gate to hear the Empress Dowager explain Great Xia’s attack, while Grand Tutor Peng prevented Eunuch Mo from accompanying her onto the wall.
• The Empress Dowager asked the people whether they had been living well and said she had come to clear up matters on the Sovereign’s behalf.
• The Empress Dowager revealed that the Sovereign had murdered his father and younger brother, imprisoned and abused her, and arranged the Little Princess’s death.
• Eunuch Mo ordered the death warriors to silence the Empress Dowager, and the crowd erupted in protests when they seized her.
• The Empress Dowager showed the crowd her scars, condemned the Sovereign, and collapsed after spitting blood.

The Empress Dowager exposed the Sovereign’s cruelty before the people, but a Gu Worm left her dying. As Xia Siheng’s army returned, Grand Tutor Peng persuaded the people to open the gates and welcome the Xia Army.

• The Empress Dowager collapsed after the Gu poison flared, while Uncle Qi revealed his disguise and captured Eunuch Mo with the Death Warriors’ help.
• Eunuch Mo sent up a signal to have Duke Yan’s Daughter seized, then gloated that the Sovereign would remain in power, until Uncle Qi kicked him quiet.
• Grand Tutor Peng and the people mourned as the Empress Dowager rapidly wasted away from the Gu Worm.
• Xia Siheng led Great Xia’s troops back toward East Lin Imperial City, and Eunuch Mo realized the Sovereign’s position was collapsing.
• Grand Tutor Peng promised the Xia Army would not harm the people, and the Peng Family swore to guarantee their safety.
• The people demanded that the gates be opened, and Grand Tutor Peng ordered his soldiers to welcome the Xia Army.

Xia Siheng mourned the Empress Dowager and nearly took his own life after conquering East Lin, but Xia Wanwan arrived and stopped him by beating him senseless. She told him her mother had been brought back to life, and Xia Siheng celebrated by kissing and tossing her above the city wall.

• Xia Siheng entered East Lin and held the dying Empress Dowager until she passed away after hearing the Xia Army had secured the city and spared its people.
• Xia Siheng cut down East Lin’s banner, cast Eunuch Mo’s corpse from the wall, and prepared to kill himself while telling Xia Wanwan he had made her East Lin’s heir.
• A black energy swept Xia Siheng’s sword away, and Shen Chuanlian arrived with Xia Wanwan in his arms.
• Xia Wanwan slapped Xia Siheng and beat him with her little shovel for trying to die, then told him that her mother was alive again.
• Xia Siheng joyfully kissed Xia Wanwan and tossed her into the air above the city wall, promising to put her down if she forgave him.

Xia Wanwan and Xia Siheng prepared for the coming battle against the Heavenly Dao, while Yan Xiurong abandoned her plan to use Xia Qianhui as leverage and helped him escape. Duke Yan drugged the Ruler of Eastern Lin and revealed that he wanted him dead.

• Xia Siheng told Xia Wanwan that Daoist Qianyun had brought five children to the city, and he warned her not to tell Shen Chuanlian that her mother was alive.
• Yan Xiurong freed the drugged Xia Qianhui instead of leaving him as leverage, then headed toward the Imperial Palace to check on her father.
• Xia Qianhui revealed that he had only pretended to be unconscious to test Yan Xiurong, and he sent a guard to protect her before recovering his strength.
• The Ruler of Eastern Lin visited Duke Yan with Consort Xian, who gave him drugged tea.
• Duke Yan told the drugged Ruler of Eastern Lin that he wanted him dead.

Duke Yan drugged and captured the Ruler of Eastern Lin, then revealed how his plots had helped the Xia Army invade East Lin. As Duke Yan prepared to burn the Imperial Study, the ruler found a sealed imperial edict that left him stunned.

• Consort Xian drugged the Ruler of Eastern Lin, and Duke Yan kicked him from the throne and bound him.
• Duke Yan told the ruler that Wushuang had sought to escape him and had died refusing rescue, while the ruler insisted Wushuang had loved him.
• Duke Yan revealed that his men had infiltrated the ruler's death warriors and that the Xia Army was entering the capital after the city gates were opened.
• The Ruler of Eastern Lin learned that the Empress Dowager had acted to protect the commoners, not to help him.
• Duke Yan spread oil around the Imperial Study, then showed the ruler a sealed imperial edict and letter, whose contents shocked him.

The Ruler of Eastern Lin learned that his Empress Dowager had once recognized his worth, then watched Duke Yan set the Imperial Study ablaze and die with him. The Ruler escaped through a hidden passage, only to meet a black-clad youth.

• The Ruler of Eastern Lin realized his Empress Dowager had given him a final chance and blamed himself for her fate.
• Duke Yan set the Imperial Study on fire and condemned the Ruler for the deaths he had caused.
• Duke Yan struck Yan Xiurong outside the burning study and chose to die with the Ruler, leaving her behind.
• Great Xia soldiers and palace residents bowed toward the fire as Duke Yan perished inside.
• The Ruler of Eastern Lin escaped through a hidden passage and boasted that he would take revenge on Great Xia.
• A black-clad youth confronted the Ruler of Eastern Lin and greeted him as the Mortal Emperor.

Shen Chuanlian killed the Ruler of Eastern Lin to force the Heavenly Dao, Yue Xuanji, to appear, then confronted her in the sky. Yue Xuanji summoned Daoist Qianyun and five children with Five Elements Swords to fight him as evil spirits surged across the Mortal World.

• Shen Chuanlian crushed the Ruler of Eastern Lin’s head and destroyed his soul, provoking the Heavenly Dao to appear.
• Yue Xuanji appeared and attacked Shen Chuanlian with heavenly lightning, but he flew up to confront her and unleashed black energy across the sky.
• Yue Xuanji called for Daoist Qianyun, who brought five children to surround Shen Chuanlian with their Five Elements Swords.
• The children briefly refused to fight until Daoist Qianyun gave them candy, then took their positions and attacked Shen Chuanlian with five-element power.
• Evil spirits were suppressed across East Lin and the Great Xia Dynasty, and Liu Wan realized the upheaval was part of her daughter’s plan.

Xia Wanwan and her allies carried out their plan during the battle between Yue Xuanji and Shen Chuanlian, while Yue Xuanji urged Xia to destroy the restrained Demon God. The chapter left Xia on the clouds, facing the choice without knowing the suffering Yue Xuanji planned to inflict on her.

• Consort Ling and the court officials saw black mist and ominous changes in the sky as the Director of Astrology warned that the world was about to change.
• Xia Wanwan, Yuanbao, Gu Ming, and the others watched the battle and prepared to follow their plan, with Xia holding the phoenix-powered weapon Phoenix Tail.
• The Patriarch of the Mystic Sect kicked Xia Wanwan into the sky after declaring that the time had come.
• Yue Xuanji and the Patriarch restrained Shen Chuanlian with five-elements power while the Five Swords circled overhead.
• Xia Wanwan joined the five people casting spells in the clouds, and Yue Xuanji told her to devour the restrained Demon God.
• Yue Xuanji hid her plan to make Xia suffer through countless calamities until she became a monster and was destroyed.

Xia Wanwan and her allies exposed Yue Xuanji’s greed and betrayal, then turned against her instead of the Demon God. The five children trapped Yue Xuanji with the Five Elements Swords as the confrontation with the Heavenly Dao began.

• Shen Chuanlian accused Yue Xuanji of greed and of causing the calamities, and thunder rumbled as his claims drew heaven and earth’s attention.
• Xia Wanwan attacked Yue Xuanji with the Phoenix Tail and accused her of murdering her mother to force her into fighting the Demon God.
• The Patriarch of the Mystic Sect struck Yue Xuanji and revealed that she had altered Shen Chuanlian’s mother’s destiny and manipulated him and the Patriarch for a thousand years.
• Yue Xuanji tried to dissolve into nothingness, but Xia Wanwan called for help and the five children redirected the Five Elements Swords to attack her.
• The five children used the Five Elements Swords to imprison Yue Xuanji, leaving Daoist Qianyun shocked and protesting that he had known nothing.

Xia Wanwan and her allies fought Yue Xuanji while Shen Chuanlian sacrificed himself to return the Heavenly Dao’s desires to her. The heavenly punishment stripped Yue Xuanji of her power, and Xia Wanwan struck her down.

• Xia Wanwan, Xia Qianlin, Li Shuqi, Liu Zi Xing, Liuli, and Liu Qingqing attacked Yue Xuanji together, while Shen Chuanlian decided to return the desires she had cast off.
• Shen Chuanlian charged into the five elements formation, stabbed himself with a blade formed from five elements power, and detonated his body and divine soul to return Yue Xuanji’s desires.
• Purple lightning struck Yue Xuanji and stripped away her divine power, leaving her an injured, decrepit old woman.
• Xia Wanwan’s companions gathered around her in relief after the lightning stopped, and Xia Wanwan vowed to kill Yue Xuanji.
• When Yue Xuanji tried to boast about her cultivation, Xia Wanwan pierced her with the Phoenix Tail.

Yuanbao and Xia Wanwan destroyed Yue Xuanji, then helped gather the fragments of a divine soul for rebirth in a Phoenix Shell. The army returned to Great Xia in triumph, while the fourth battalion commander secretly took Yuan Can’s place to care for Mother Yuan, who recognized him despite pretending otherwise.

• Xia Wanwan used the Phoenix’s spinal cord to burn Yue Xuanji’s body and divine soul to ashes, avenging Liu Wan.
• Yuanbao and Gu Ming gathered the divine soul fragments and sealed them in a Phoenix Shell so they could undergo nirvana.
• Yuanbao reunited with Jing Wu, and Xia Siheng caught several falling children before finally reuniting with his daughter.
• Liuli chose to find her Empress Dowager, while the Patriarch of the Mystic Sect wondered who the laws of heaven and earth would choose as the next Heavenly Dao.
• Great Xia’s army returned in triumph, and the emperor appointed Xia Qianhui Prince Hui and honored the late Shen Chuanlian as Demon God General.
• The fourth battalion commander returned to the Yuan Family under Yuan Can’s identity to care for Mother Yuan, who recognized him and cried after he left.

Xia Siheng returned to a joyful family gathering at the Ninth Prince's Residence, where births and a betrothal brought everyone together. Liu Wan wondered about a child far away, while Gu Ming snuck into Xia Wanwan's room and hid a Phoenix Egg under her covers.

• Xia Wanwan reunited with Xia Siheng, who tearfully embraced her in front of their family.
• The family celebrated Qianqian's Full-Moon Banquet and Xia Zhao's new baby, and the emperor proposed a betrothal between Liu Zi Xing and Liu Qingqing.
• Liu Wan thought about how the child she wondered about was doing.
• Gu Ming climbed through Xia Wanwan's window and tucked a Phoenix Egg beneath her covers.

Yuanbao asked Xia Wanwan to transform him into a woman, then reunited with Jing Wu and reconciled with him after explaining why she had not visited sooner. The two confessed their feelings, shared a kiss, and Jing Wu agreed to marry Yuanbao.

• Yuanbao asked Xia Wanwan to change his form into a woman and emerged from her room several days later.
• Jing Wu mistook Yuanbao's chest for steamed buns and reached to squeeze them, so Yuanbao slapped him and sent him flying.
• Yuanbao and Jing Wu sat on a secluded hill, where Yuanbao explained she had delayed visiting him to help Wushuang find Rong Xue.
• Yuanbao reassured Jing Wu that she loved him, and they kissed beneath the moonlight.
• Jing Wu pinned Yuanbao against a tree, kissed her, and said he would marry her.

Li Duoduo confronted Xie Jinzhao over years of abuse and neglect and demanded a divorce, choosing to raise their son independently. After Xie Jinzhao’s businesses collapsed, she remained content with her decision and built a life with her child.

• Li Duoduo asked Xie Jinzhao for a divorce after he took another concubine, then recounted how he had forced her into marriage and repeatedly humiliated and neglected her.
• Li Duoduo presented a divorce agreement and said she had sold her jewelry and dowry to buy a small home for herself and her son.
• Xie Jinzhao begged Li Duoduo to stay and promised to change, but she left after saying she had petitioned the Government Office for an enforced divorce.
• The Xie Residence’s businesses collapsed through poor management, and Xie Jinzhao fainted as his wealth disappeared.
• Li Duoduo ignored the news of Xie Jinzhao’s downfall, raised her son, and felt no regret about divorcing him.

After returning from their successful campaign and receiving appointments as fifth-rank junior generals, Jing Er visited Qing Sheng’s family with gifts and sought her hand in marriage. Qing Sheng agreed, though Qing Da chased Jing Er for playfully tricking him into accepting the match.

• Jing Er arrived at Qing Da’s courtyard with gifts, where Qing Sheng pretended she could not chop firewood and hid behind him.
• Jing Er split firewood for Qing Sheng’s family and gave her a White Jade Hairpin and other courtship gifts.
• Qingsheng's Mother teased Jing Er about proposing, and Jing Er revealed dozens of Hidden Guards carrying betrothal gifts.
• Qing Da chased Jing Er with a stick while Jing Er asked Qing Sheng to agree to the marriage.
• Qing Sheng said she was willing and admitted that she liked Jing Er.

Xia Qianhui brought Yan Xiurong back to East Lin after searching for her, and Consort Xian eagerly welcomed her, intent on drawing her into household intrigue. The wedding was delayed for three days so Consort Xian could prepare, while Xia Qianhui asked his mother not to hurt Yan Xiurong.

• An attendant showed Xia Qianhui embroidery found in Hezhou City, and he rushed there to search for the woman he believed had made it.
• Consort Xian learned that Xia Qianhui was searching for Duke Yan's daughter and eagerly anticipated a battle of household intrigue with her.
• Half a year later, Xia Qianhui returned with Yan Xiurong, and Consort Xian welcomed her and announced that the wedding would take place the next day.
• Consort Xian's bracelet shattered, so she pretended to be heartbroken and accused Yan Xiurong of breaking it.
• Xia Qianhui told Consort Xian that Yan Xiurong loved him but had stayed away because her father had harmed Consort Xian, and he asked his mother not to hurt her.
• Consort Xian agreed to accept Yan Xiurong on the condition that Xia Qianhui give her a grandchild, then postponed the wedding by three days to prepare generous betrothal gifts.

At the Liu Minister's Residence, Liu Wan discovered she was pregnant again, while Xia Siheng told her Zhong Youyan's forces had won in Southern Mei. The next morning, Xia Wanwan found the Phoenix Egg hatching beneath her covers and ran to her mother in fright.

• Qianqian clung to Liu Wan at the family gathering, and the Liu family played with him in the rear courtyard.
• Liu Wan felt nauseous and realized she might be pregnant after running out of the Contraceptive Pills Daoist Qianyun gave her.
• Imperial Physician Huang confirmed Liu Wan's pregnancy, and Xia Siheng promised to tell their daughter the news.
• Xia Siheng told Liu Wan that Lie Ming had killed the King of Southern Yue and that Zhong Youyan would return for a promotion, possibly becoming the dynasty's first Female General.
• Gu Ming tucked the Phoenix Egg under Xia Wanwan's covers, and she woke to find a child beneath them and ran to Liu Wan in tears.

Shen Chuanlian hatched again as a six-year-old, and Xia Wanwan was chosen to become the new Heavenly Dao. Years later, Xia Wanwan lived in Great Xia with her family while Shen Chuanlian stayed by their side to protect them.

• Shen Chuanlian emerged as a six-year-old with hazy memories and Phoenix wings, and Liu Wan welcomed him back into the family.
• Zhong Youyan became Great Xia’s first female general and promoted equality between men and women.
• The Heaven and Earth Laws chose Xia Wanwan as the new Heavenly Dao, and she created an avatar so she could remain close to her mother and family.
• The Patriarch of the Mystic Sect ascended with Xia Wanwan, and both became true gods.
• Years later, Brother Zi Mu became a Regional Governor and fell in love with Older Sister Liuli, while Liu Zi Xing became a general.
• Shen Chuanlian protected Xia Wanwan’s family, and Xi Cha eagerly sought to become her little brother after learning she was the Heavenly Dao.