Recaps

Shi Chun and Li Hongjiu fought their way past pursuers, then escaped to the Nether Realm, where Shi Chun secured Yu Xuanbing’s help. After returning to Gathering Grotto Continent, Shi Chun faced arrests among his allies and reunited with the Red-Clad Woman.

• Zhen'er took control of the bald elder, returned to the Heavenforging Sect with Ju Shihong, and learned that Situ Gu believed Jiang You'er had killed himself.
• Shi Chun left Morning Moon Hall with Li Hongjiu, but Wei Mo and the Red-Clad Woman sent forces after them as they prepared a Thunder Sword at sea.
• Li Hongjiu fought off demon cultivators and Eastern Victory experts, while Shi Chun helped him escape after he was badly injured.
• Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang carried Li Hongjiu through a Two-Realm Passage, then Shi Chun sought Yu Xuanbing’s help in the Nether Realm.
• Yu Xuanbing agreed to help Shi Chun for ten days in exchange for learning how he crossed realms, and Shi Chun arranged to track Yu Xuanbing’s wife, Nian Xiu.
• Shi Chun returned to Gathering Grotto Continent with Yu Xuanbing and Nian Xiu, while Li Hongjiu recovered and returned to the Treasure-Evolving Sect.
• Wei Mo had people connected to Shi Chun arrested, while Shi Chun waited for Yu Xuanbing and planned to meet the Red-Clad Woman.
• Yu Xuanbing retrieved the Death-Defying Incense, and Shi Chun met the Red-Clad Woman, revealed his name, and learned she had suspected his identity.

Shi Chun was hunted over a suspected Royal Court theft, tried to protect his allies, and surrendered to clear their names. As his execution approached, powerful figures gathered at the Royal Court, while Shi Chun remained confident that his allies would free him.

• Shi Chun learned the Royal Court was pursuing him because someone had entered the Queen of Eastern Victory’s room and left the scent of Death-Defying Incense, then sought Ruojun’s help for the Golden-Haired Rat Clan.
• The Red-Clad Woman recognized the Black Lotus Avatar as her first man, helped secure the Golden-Haired Rat Clan’s release, and Shi Chun later arranged for the clan to seek shelter with the Qingqiu Fox Clan.
• Shi Chun arranged Yu Xuanbing’s theft of the Northern Dipper Spirit-Repelling Formation from Divine Mountain, while Yin Xu was captured by the Western Emperor and later freed by Yin Ning, who killed the Western Emperor and his companions.
• Shi Chun surrendered to Wei Mo after threats against his friends, and the Royal Court interrogated him about the stolen Soul-Capturing Bags before sending him to prison.
• Yu Xuanbing admitted he had killed Huang Ye and Lou Xiu, while the Red-Clad Woman learned of Shi Chun’s death sentence and began gathering influential cultivators in the Royal Capital.
• The Demon Empress, Yin Luo, Yin Xu, and Shi Chun’s allies gathered at the execution grounds, while Wu Jinliang arrived in disguise and the Golden-Haired Rat Clan traveled toward the Royal Capital.
• Queen Xin sent Yin Luo and Yin Xu to verify Shi Chun’s identity, and Shi Chun ate his final meal confidently, stunning Yin Xu when he called it his last meal.

Shi Chun survived his execution through the Prison of Life’s intervention, endured years of imprisonment, and was released to protect Mulan Qingqing in the Great Amnesty War. He reunited with his companions, assembled Squad Three Thousand, and entered the Demonic Domain as rival forces began closing in.

• Yin Luo identified Shi Chun as Wang Ping and demanded his execution, but Qieshan intervened with the Judge’s Brush and took him into Prison of Life custody.
• The Prison of Life investigated an old case linking Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang to the Eastern Nine Plains, while Wu escaped his captors with Yu Xuanbing’s help.
• Shi Chun spent years imprisoned, cultivated to the human immortal realm, and was finally released after Mulan Jin secured his freedom in exchange for protecting Mulan Qingqing in the Great Amnesty War.
• Shi Chun reunited with the Bright Mountain Sect, recruited Wu Jinliang and Xiao Sheng for the war, and arranged for Huang Yingying to cultivate the Big Dipper Demon Tome in the Nether Realm.
• Shi Chun joined the Heavenly Court Team and formed Squad Three Thousand with Mulan Qingqing and his companions, using aliases as they settled into their unit.
• Shi Chun entered the Demonic Domain with his squad, hid from scrutiny near the exit, and ordered Wu Jinliang to make copies of their Centurion Token.
• After rival squads converged on Squad Three Thousand’s position, Wu Jinliang returned with Man Xi’s warning and Shi Chun led the group in a hurried escape.