Recaps

Hu Xiaotian and Qin Yutong survived the Dragon Spirit Wonderland, while Quan Dean died and Ren Tianqing escaped. Back in Great Kang, Hu Xiaotian joined Qiqi and Hong Beimo against the growing threats, then investigated the Heavenly Mystery Hall and found a deadly ice cellar.

• Qiqi and Hu Xiaotian admitted their feelings, and she warned him of a possible ambush before arranging his meeting with Quan Dean at the Dragon Spirit Wonderland.
• Hu Xiaotian, Qin Yutong, Quan Dean, Meizhuang, and Ren Tianqing clashed over the Skull, and Ren Tianqing escaped with it after disabling Quan Dean.
• Trapped in the Wonderland, Hu Xiaotian and Qin Yutong used the Heavenly Myriad Forms Diagram and a Lightsaber blast to escape through a fissure into the Jade Pool.
• Hu Xiaotian returned to the capital, told Qiqi that Quan Dean had died and the Skull was lost, and proposed investigating the Heavenly Mystery Hall and Hong Beimo’s plans for the spaceship.
• Qiqi revealed that she had hidden a Skull in the Seven-Treasure Exquisite Tower, while Hu Xiaotian and Hong Beimo agreed to cooperate and Qiqi ordered an investigation of the Heavenly Mystery Hall.
• Hu Xiaotian told Zhou Ruiyuan that Qin Yutong was safe and explained Qin Se’s connection to the Five Immortals Cult, then stopped Zuo Tang from detaining the Heavenly Mystery Hall’s people without evidence.
• Hu Xiaotian and Baobao opened the ice cellar’s hidden doors, found Ren Tianqing’s clothes and blue blood, and escaped a flood of red worms before sealing the cellar.
• Hu Xiaotian received a copy of the Heart Sutra from Ren Tianqing’s study, but Baobao refused his offer to travel with him.

Hu Xiaotian navigated Great Kang’s dealings with Great Yong and Black Hu while searching for answers about Qiqi’s mother and protecting Qiqi from Ji Feihua. He reunited with Huo Xiaoru and learned that Rong Shi’s past and a skull from Dragon Spirit Wonderland were tied to a new bargain.

• Hu Xiaotian learned that Yuanmu would trade information about Ling Jiazi for Emperor Taizong’s handwritten Heart Sutra, and Qiqi revealed she could reproduce it from memory.
• After Quan Dean’s death, Qiqi ordered his cremation and halted the Dragon Spirit Wonderland search while Hu Xiaotian took charge of receiving Great Yong and Black Hu’s envoys.
• Hu Xiaotian dealt with Xue Lingjun and Wanyan Liexin, who disclosed Black Hu’s wish for an alliance and its conflict with Great Yong, while Hu Xiaotian refused Wanyan’s offer to marry Princess Xima.
• Hu Xiaotian discovered Kongjian was keeping him trapped while Ji Feihua targeted Qiqi, then escaped in time to rescue her and later learned Ji Feihua had abandoned his plan to kill her.
• Qiqi met Yuanmu and learned that Minghui had been his disciple and had died willingly for Ling Jiazi, while Hu Xiaotian released Rong Shi from the Black Prison under Qiqi’s order.
• Hu Xiaotian reunited with Huo Xiaoru, who asked him to help Rong Shi and revealed that Xue Shengjing had sent her because his situation was dire.
• Hu Xiaotian overheard Meizhuang demand Rong Shi from Xiang Shancong in exchange for a skull, and learned that Huo Xiaoru had taken the skull and that Rong Shi’s original surname was Jian.

Hu Xiaotian pursued the stolen skull and the forces behind the attack on the Heavenly Secrets Bureau while Princess Xima’s disappearance heightened tensions between Great Kang and Black Hu. After defeating Gang Baduo and Bu Buma, he formed an alliance with Hong Beimo and continued investigating Xiang Shancong and Xue Shengjing.

• Meizhuang attacked Xiang Shancong after admitting she had tried to use Rong Shi and the hidden secret to blackmail Wuji Monastery, while Ji Feihua arranged for Hu Xiaotian to distract Xiang and escape with Rong Shi.
• Hu Xiaotian learned from Ji Feihua that Xue Shengjing might be connected to Black Hu and the Immortal Envoys, and he told Murong Zhan that Eunuch Li had been Murong’s birth father.
• Hu Xiaotian and Qiqi weighed Great Kang’s foreign policy as they investigated the skull’s theft and the burning of the Seven-Treasure Exquisite Tower, while Hu operated on the gravely wounded Baobao.
• Hu Xiaotian searched the Black Hu Post Station for Gang Baduo, but Princess Xima disappeared through an underground passage, and he later planted evidence at the Great Yong Post Station to pressure Wanyan Liexin.
• Hu Xiaotian arranged an exchange for Xima at Fengyi Manor, where Bu Buma and Gang Baduo attacked him and Ji Feihua, and Hu and Ji defeated them as Xiang Shancong escaped.
• Hu Xiaotian and Ji Feihua discovered that Xu Fengyi’s remains had vanished and fled a Mysterious Light Thunder explosion with Xima, after which Hu concealed the tunnel and returned Xima to the Black Hu Envoy Group.
• Hu Xiaotian revealed his suspicions about Xue Shengjing and Ren Tianqing to Hong Beimo, and the two formed an offensive and defensive alliance as Baobao recovered.
• Hu Xiaotian rejected military alignment with either Black Hu or Great Yong, warned Xue Lingjun about the dangers surrounding her, and questioned Rong Shi about Daoist Tian Can and Xiang Shancong.

Hu Xiaotian uncovered the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s secrets, pursued the skulls and navigated shifting family and political ties. The stretch ended with Xia Changming surviving an ambush and Hu Xiaotian preparing to pursue those responsible.

• Hu Xiaotian learned from Liu Yuzhang that the two Skulls were keys to the Underground Palace and that Liu had taken one from the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Hu Xiaotian uncovered connections between Liu Yuzhang, the Time-Space Leap Project, and the Fated Ones, then arranged to meet Liu and Ji Feihua in Black Hu to recover the Skull from Brahma Sound Temple.
• Xiangqin and Su Yujin became targets in Hu Xiaotian’s investigation, and an unknown assassin killed Su Yujin before Hu Xiaotian could secure her release.
• Hu Xiaotian reunited with Long Xiyue, reconciled with Jian Rongxin, and promised Qin Yutong he would take responsibility for their child after learning she might be pregnant.
• Qin Yutong learned from the hairpin that Ling Jiazi had killed her mother, Qin Se, while Hu Xiaotian learned that Xue Daoming wanted him to confirm whether Wen Chenghuan was Li Mingzuo.
• Hu Xiaotian prepared for conflict with the Yulan Kingdom and the Northern Frontier, then rushed to save Xia Changming after Xu Fengwu used Zeng Xiaorou to lure him into an ambush.
• Hu Xiaotian saved Xia Changming in surgery, learned that Xu Fengwu had worked with Li Chang'an and Yan Huxiao, and promised to avenge the attack.