Recaps

Li Chen explored the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, destroyed the sealed Dragon Emperor, and claimed the tomb’s treasures while Lin Mo and Wei Manying navigated the aftermath and Xiao Ming’s growing feud with Fang Qian. The arc ended with Li Chen dining with the Jade-Washing Fairy, who began to warm to him and his spicy hotpot.

• Lin Mo entered the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb with Wei Manying and Qiu Xianyu, then cultivated in a secluded chamber while Li Chen and Wu Nanzhi entered the tomb and explored its riches.
• Li Chen revived Zhuo Shishi and Nangong Xiang, learned about the Dragon Emperor and Qiu Xianyu, opened the Treasure Vault, and convinced Qiu Xianyu that he was the Dragon Emperor.
• Li Chen commanded the Dragon Cavalry, then destroyed the real Dragon Emperor before he could awaken and sealed his ashes.
• Lin Mo emerged from his chamber to learn that Li Chen had taken the tomb’s treasures and consorts, while Wei Manying accused him of betraying her before accepting his explanation.
• Wei Manying tested Xiao Ming and learned he had not exposed the tomb, then recruited him to help deal with disobedient Former Dynasty Remnants.
• Fang Qian and Xiao Ming fought over Wei Manying, and their quarrel escalated into a confrontation between the Ministries of Personnel and Justice.
• Li Chen met the Jade-Washing Fairy, discussed the Imperial House and Li Xian with her, and took her to Jiang Rong’s hotpot restaurant, where she favored the mala broth.

Li Chen visited the Guixu Boundless Sect, grew closer to Fairy Yunya, and brought Ao Jiao and the other Sea Clan women back to the sea. He freed Ao Jiao’s mother and spent several days with the women before returning to the sect, where Fairy Yunya left with him openly.

• Li Chen handled the Imperial Guards’ raid on the Nine Heavens Boiling Pavilion and reprimanded Li Zhao, then visited the ministries and settled their dispute.
• At the Guixu Boundless Sect, Li Chen passed Fairy Yunya’s tests, began an affair with her, and learned that Jun Zhantian was away at the East Sea.
• Li Chen brought Ao Jiao and the other Sea Clan women to the Jade Abyss Dragon Palace, defeated Ao Jiao’s brother, and reunited Ao Jiao with her mother.
• Li Chen broke the restriction that confined the Dragon Mother, and she escaped with his group before leading them through the Dragon Race’s Forbidden Land.
• The Dragon Mother learned Li Chen was emperor and encouraged him to pursue Ao Jiao, while Po Xi helped the Sea Clan women plan to get closer to him.
• Li Chen spent several days with the Sea Clan women, then returned to the Guixu Boundless Sect as the Jade-Washing Fairy and Fairy Yunya opened their Alchemy Furnace.
• Fairy Yunya shared the refined pills with the Jade-Washing Fairy, then linked arms with Li Chen and left with him while Daoist Qingyu watched.

Li Chen confronted the Eternal Day Empire’s trade blockade while the Wei Family tried to wear him down through a scheme involving its women. Meanwhile, Jun Zhantian and Jun Wuhui reached Autumn Moon Manor, where Jun Zhantian’s search for herbs led to a clash over Blazing Sun Grass.

• Li Chen returned to the Imperial Capital, punished corrupt officials, and planned to counter the Eternal Day Empire’s trade restrictions with Jiang Rong’s help.
• Wei Manying revealed that the Wei Family’s core members descended from the Former Dynasty and planned to use beautiful women as bait rather than try to assassinate Li Chen directly.
• Wei Manping and the other Wei women stayed at the Jiang Residence and repeatedly served Li Chen, while their husbands struggled to accept their role in the Regicide Plan.
• Pan Chengwu encouraged Wei Lu to invite Li Chen to the Wei Residence, where the family welcomed him and arranged for him to visit Madam Wei.
• Li Chen spent time with Madam Wei and the Wei women, then agreed to let the Wei women enter the palace as servants while Wei Manping falsely told Wei Mingde that Li Chen was near death.
• Jun Zhantian and Jun Wuhui stayed at Autumn Moon Manor, where Jun Wuhui reunited with Yu Jing and discussed his search for the Immortal Path.
• Qiu Qingxia admitted to Yu Jing that she liked Jun Zhantian, and Yu Jing warned her that Jun men pursued ascension and could leave their loved ones lonely.
• Jun Zhantian entered Yellow Creek Valley with Qiu Qingxia and tried to take Blazing Sun Grass by force, stopping a flame-marked girl’s sword between his fingers.

Li Chen rescued Luo Jiazhi and the women imprisoned by Qin Hong, then his path crossed the Hongmen Grand Competition and the Mysterious Waterfall. As Jun Wuhui clashed with an Immortal-Service Clan expert, Li Chen’s time at Autumn Waters Villa ended when a destructive duel in the Qiulin Mountains drew him to the battlefield.

• Jun Zhantian fought off hostile cultivators and grew close to Lü Shanshan, while Qiu Qingxia began hoping to win his affection.
• Li Chen learned about Luo Xi’s Saint Body and her mother’s captivity, then went with Luo Qimeng and Luo Zixi to rescue them from Qin Hong.
• Li Chen defeated Qin Hong, installed Qin Zhan as Hongmen Mountain Villa’s master, and began freeing the women Qin Hong had poisoned and imprisoned.
• Jun Zhantian entered the Hongmen Grand Competition, while Li Chen and Luo Xi found the Mysterious Waterfall and Li Chen retrieved the Heaven Measuring Ruler.
• Jun Wuhui and Jun Zhantian tested the waterfall’s barrier, and Jun Wuhui fought a black-robed Immortal-Service Clan expert who demanded the ruler.
• Li Chen stayed at Autumn Waters Villa, where Yu Jing brought him together with Qiu Qingxia’s companions and the women attended him.
• Qiu Zuo told Li Chen that a duel in the Qiulin Mountains had devastated the area, and Li Chen arrived as Jun Wuhui and another expert prepared to clash again.