Recaps

Li Chen conquered the Northern Court, returned to the capital, and prepared the Western Expedition while intervening in the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s crisis. As his forces invaded the Sasanian Dynasty, its rulers struggled to unite their defenses and Li Ji received a chance to prove himself in command.

• Li Chen captured Sacred Mountain City, accepted Helan Xuan’s surrender, and sent him to pursue Tuoba Zhen toward the Great Snow Mountain.
• Li Chen returned to the Imperial Capital, dealt with the Crown Prince’s murder case, and prepared to lead an expedition against the Sasanian Dynasty.
• Li Chen assembled the Western Expeditionary Army and traveled to the Heavenly Martial Dynasty, where he helped Pei Wanyu stabilize her rule and defeated the Sea Clan’s attack on the coast.
• Li Chen introduced railway plans at court, then destroyed the Supreme Hua Sword Sect after Venerable Youhen resisted him.
• Li Chen’s army entered Sasanian territory, but the four great families hesitated over his offers while Empress Elissa organized the defense of Ardashir City.
• Xiao Ming learned that his mother had been taken by the Wang Family, while Li Chen considered the coming war against the Myriad Races.
• Li Chen assigned Li Ji a twenty-thousand-man army with Li Ran as his adviser, and the princes set out to take command as the expedition advanced.
• Elissa ordered border cities evacuated and prepared for guerrilla warfare, while Duke Azman secretly withdrew the Giant Elephant Legion from Ardashir City.

Li Chen consolidated his rule, expanded the railway, and traveled to the Sword Debate Tournament to pursue the Sword Mound Inheritance. There, he subdued Xuan Ji and gained Bai Qianqian’s loyalty before setting his sights on the Guixu Boundless Sect.

• Li Chen conquered Ardashir City, defeated Empress Elissa, and made her govern the Sasanian Region under his authority.
• Li Chen managed rival princes and court affairs while the Prince of the South and Li Xian maneuvered against him.
• Li Chen rescued Ning Tao and Jiang Mo from Li Yanhui’s abuse, recruited new companions, and completed a mission in a demon cave by sealing the World-Suppressing Bronze Coffin.
• Li Chen opened the Imperial Cloud Railway, and Li Sining reached the primordial spirit realm as Li Yu and Li Xian plotted to kill Li Chen.
• Li Ran delivered the fifth volume of the Emperor Dragon Sutra, but Li Chen revealed he had already mastered it.
• Li Chen traveled with Wu Nanzhi to the Eternal Sword Discussion Grand Gathering and sought a way into the Sword Mound inheritance grounds.
• After Xuan Ji threatened Li Chen and Wu Nanzhi, Li Chen subdued her, while Bai Qianqian pledged herself to him after seeing his future power.
• Li Chen learned that Bai Qianqian knew the Guixu Boundless Sect and told her they would inspect it.

Li Chen guided Luo Yong through the Sword Debate Tournament, defeated a Sea Clan ambush, and organized a campaign along the eastern coast. After returning to the capital, he sent Li Ji to supervise the Prince of the South’s campaign against the Sea Clan.

• Li Chen entered the Ancient Immortal Sect, became involved with Luo Zixi, and helped her take the women who could expose their affair away from Jun Zhantian.
• Li Chen refined Luo Yong’s sword, and Luo Yong used it to win the Sword Debate Tournament despite doubting whether he deserved the praise.
• The Sea Clan attacked the tournament with a Demon God Blood Refining Array, but Li Chen killed Jingtun Hai and helped the assembled experts defeat the attackers.
• Luo Yong won the tournament final against Fang Qian, and Li Chen declined the Sword God’s Sacred Sword so Luo Yong could inherit its opportunity.
• Li Chen took command from Li Yu at Green Mound City and led sword cultivators to defend the eastern coast against the Sea Clan.
• Li Chen taught cultivators to make tools for underwater combat, then led an expedition that killed sea beasts and attracted more than a hundred thousand followers.
• Luo Zixi reunited with Luo Qimeng, while Luo Yong and Fang Qian joined the Ministry of Personnel and confronted Xu Zifeng.
• Li Chen ordered Li Ji to supervise the Prince of the South’s campaign against the Sea Clan, and Li Ji accepted the assignment.

Li Chen entered the Heavenly Immortal Ranking under an alias, helped Qizhou City repel a beast tide, and returned to the capital to pursue reforms and investigate unrest in the south. Meanwhile, factions tied to the Former Dynasty Remnants advanced their plan to resurrect the Dragon Emperor, drawing Lin Mo and Xiao Ming into their schemes.

• Li Chen coached Li Sining, while Xiao Ming helped Wei Manying establish the Former Dynasty Remnants in Shanghe City and Li Xian and Li Yu secretly plotted against Li Chen.
• Li Yang lured Li Ling and Chen Xuannan to his hideout and asked them to steal a palace key to awaken the Dragon Emperor, while Li Ji delivered Li Chen’s edict to the Prince of the South.
• Li Chen entered the Heavenly Immortal Ranking as Cheng Li, defeated his opponents, and secured Mu Qingrou’s support for expanding the Purple Cloud Immortal Abode and borrowing resources from the Imperial Court.
• Li Chen predicted a beast tide in Qizhou City, rallied cultivators to defend it, and killed a pseudo-saint-tier Black-Scaled Tyrant Tiger before completing his hunting mission.
• Li Chen returned to the Imperial Capital, ordered official assessments and developed plans for sect loans and city commerce, then prepared to confront the Southern Kingdoms’ turn toward the Eternal Day Empire.
• Fang Qian assessed Lin Yue'e in Shanghe City and clashed with Xiao Ming, while Wei Manying welcomed a mysterious woman and Yuan Qianyu secretly pursued the Dragon Emperor’s resurrection.
• Lin Mo delivered the key to Yuan Qianyu and fell for her, while Xiao Ming and Fang Qian repeatedly clashed over Lin Yue'e and the men converged outside the Wei Family residence.