Recaps

Chu Hang’s sacrifice brought rain to Lingdong and Hexi, and Yi Shuyuan returned to his family after years away. He reunited with Yi Yong'an and witnessed Song Chao’s attainment of the Dao before Yi Yong'an peacefully died among his family.

• Yu Ziye recognized Chu Hang’s plans for the Drought-Relief Canal, corrected his reports, and urged the Imperial Court to send relief.
• After the emperor halted the cases against him, Chu Hang named Yu Ziye his last disciple and entered the Datong River, bringing rain that filled the canal and ended the drought.
• Chu Hang re-formed from Water Spirit Energy, reunited with Yi Shuyuan and Xiang Yi, and accepted Xiang Yi’s offer of divine investiture.
• Yi Shuyuan returned to West River Village, where Yi Yong'an recognized him as his uncle and the Yi family welcomed him home.
• Yi Shuyuan and Yi Yong'an visited Broad South Mountain as Song Chao attained the Dao, then joined the celebration at Green Pine Residence.
• Yi Yong'an challenged the giant fish that had eluded him for years, and the Yaksha commander revealed himself as the fish and acknowledged defeat.
• Yi Shuyuan and Wu Minggao gathered with Netherworld Officials as Yi Yong'an recognized his old friends and died peacefully surrounded by his family.

Yi Shuyuan investigated the resentful dragon scales that appeared near Haiyu County and learned that one belonged to the deceased Ya Ci, while the North Sea Dragon Lord became involved. Daoist Xue pursued the mystery surrounding Guan Xinrui and Liu Shi, tracing it to the magistrate’s first wife and preparing talismans as the danger continued.

• Yi Shuyuan left South Hill Ridge after Yi Yong'an’s funeral, promised the Great Toad King he would help Xiao Yao, and traveled to Taiyin Mountain before heading north to investigate the upheaval.
• Yi Shuyuan reached White Wave Village, found a resentful dragon scale hidden among the Li Household’s ancestral tablets, and transformed into Ao Po to follow the scales’ trail.
• Ao Po reclaimed a dragon scale from a traveling merchant and sent Hui Mian to ask the North Sea Dragon Lord about the scales, while a scale brought strange dreams and violence to Haiyu County.
• Hui Mian learned at the North Sea Dragon Palace that the scale belonged to Ya Ci, the Dragon Lord’s deceased offspring, as storms and a Flood Dragon stirred around Haiyu County.
• Guan Xinrui concealed the murder tied to a scale and pursued his own ambitions, while the black-robed Chai Wang’s blood altered the scale and Yi Shuyuan warned that a magical contest had begun.
• Daoist Xue investigated Liu Shi’s nightmares and Guan Xinrui’s strange behavior, then used divination that suggested helping Liu Shi could cost him his life.
• Daoist Xue followed Old Mr. Yu beyond the town, where a destitute old man told him Guan Xinrui had hired killers to murder his first wife and linked the magistrate’s behavior to the dragon scales.
• Daoist Xue questioned Liu Shi, investigated the harbor’s dragon-scale sales, and prepared unusual talismans as Hui Mian watched.

Zhong Xingwen uncovered Zhang Shi’s murder and helped her confront the truth, while the dragon scales drew Prince Xin, the Great Toad King, and others into a struggle over Ya Ci’s fate. The arc ended with Old Man Yu meeting the Black-Robed Man at his fortune-telling stall.

• Daoist Xue and Chief Constable Zhong defeated the vengeful ghost attacking Liu Shi, and Zhong began investigating its accusation against Guan Xinrui.
• Liu Huifang gave Zhong evidence about Guan Xinrui’s origins, and Zhong followed the trail to Xiaogu Village, where he found Zhang Shi’s remains in a well.
• Zhong returned with Zhang Shi’s bones as Chai Wang pursued him, and the Blue-Robed Ghost and a local god intervened while Zhang Shi’s spirit stirred.
• Zhang Shi possessed Chai Wang and confronted Liu Huifang, then learned that Guan Xinrui had betrayed and killed her and resolved to seek justice.
• Prince Xin accepted Guan Xinrui’s dragon scales as treasures for the emperor, while Old Man Yu and Celestial Lord Lingshu confronted Ya You over the turmoil surrounding the scales.
• Chan Qin found Ya Ci’s scale in Li Yi’s family shrine, and the Great Toad King helped her retrieve it and agreed to take it to Dragon Painting Temple to restore Ya Ci’s spirit.
• Old Man Yu set up a fortune-telling stall, where the Black-Robed Man appeared and claimed a place beside him.

Ya Ci regained his dragon form, killed Ya You, and rejected the North Sea Dragon Lord’s position while agreeing to a Dragon-Transformation Ceremony. Daoist Xue was released and received command arrows, while the North Sea Dragonkind prepared to recognize Ya Ci as their leader and invited allies across the realms.

• Ya You confronted Old Man Yu, who warned that his offspring faced grave misfortune, while the emperor received dragon scales and brought them to Dragon Painting Temple.
• Zhang Shi exposed Guan Xinrui’s crimes before the emperor and killed him, while Chai Wang also died and Daoist Xue and Zhong Xingwen were arrested.
• Ya You tried to seize the dragon scales, but Yi Shuyuan protected the Great Toad King and Chan Qin as the Painted Dragon emerged and Ya Ci awakened.
• Ya Ci became a golden dragon, pursued Ya You, and later killed him by severing his dragon horns before refusing to become Dragon Lord of the North Sea.
• Master Dingzhen entered nirvana, and the emperor abandoned his pursuit of immortality and withdrew the manhunt for Daoist Xue, who later received three command arrows from Yi Shuyuan.
• Yin Lian and the North Sea dragons found Ya Ci and persuaded him to agree to the Dragon-Transformation Ceremony, though he declined the Dragon Lord position.
• The Heavenly Gods chose not to intervene in the North Sea turmoil because Yi Daozi was involved, as news of Ya You’s death spread across the realms.
• The North Sea Dragonkind prepared to hold Ya Ci’s ceremony and sent invitations to Jiang Lang and the Demon-Subduing Great Emperor.