Recaps

Li Ping'an helped Lin Xiao confront the burdens facing Great Xia’s imperial clan while pursuing divination and keeping a quiet life in the capital. When Run Tu and the Octopus Swordsman nearly died fighting, Li Ping'an sent healing pills, then slipped away before the emperor could appoint him Imperial Preceptor.

• Li Ping'an returned rent money to Lin Xiao during Gu Xizhou’s assault on the palace, then helped bring the standoff to a peaceful end and the Prince of Ning was stripped of his title.
• Li Ping'an attended the emperor’s New Year banquet, gave Lin Xiao a Sword Intent Copybook and Princess Huailin a Slimming Pill, and Wushan took the copybook to study.
• Li Ping'an advised Lin Xiao to curb the imperial clan’s costs and privileges, and Lin Xiao presented reform plans to the emperor before pledging to fulfill Li Ping'an’s expectations.
• Li Ping'an sought instruction in divination from True Person Miaoshan and welcomed Wushan and Lin Xiao to his home, where he demonstrated a simple prediction.
• Run Tu confronted the Octopus Swordsman over injured Shushan disciples, and their fight escalated into a battle that left both badly wounded.
• Li Ping'an sent the Fine Rain Flying Sword with Healing Pills, and Yan Shisan helped Run Tu and the Octopus Swordsman return to Five-Crest Marketplace.
• Li Ping'an celebrated New Year’s Eve with Old Ox and Jiaze, then offered Zhao Lao'er cultivation lessons in exchange for watching his loft.
• The Great Xia Emperor brought Lin Xiao to appoint Li Ping'an Imperial Preceptor, but Zhao Lao'er said Li Ping'an had left, leaving a twelve-dish meal behind.

Li Ping'an rallied allies to defend Tengchong City from the awakened Demon Race, while Ye Liang and Han Yu faced the end of the Demon Slayers’ legacy. The defenders broke Feilian’s Grand Array at great cost, as Li Ping'an and Old Ox continued battling Jumeng.

• Li Ping'an joined the Horse Gang in the Mist Forest, helped Han Yu defeat a demon, and agreed to travel with him to meet his master, Ye Liang.
• Ye Liang revealed that the Demon Race was nearing its awakening and asked Li Ping'an to seek reinforcements, but then fled with Han Yu as demons began attacking the strongholds.
• Ye Liang confronted Feilian and rallied Tengchong City’s defenders, while Han Yu returned to the city and fought alongside them as the demon army attacked.
• Li Ping'an arrived with allies from across the Nine Provinces, and the leaders organized their defenses while Han Yu reunited with Ye Liang.
• Li Ping'an and Old Ox defeated an ambush of great demons, while Jumeng flooded Nanchong Gate and trapped Li Ping'an, Gu Xizhou, and Qingfeng in a Minor World.
• Ye Liang and the cultivators fought through Feilian’s Grand Array, and Li Ping'an made a breach that allowed Gu Xizhou and Qingfeng to escape Jumeng’s Minor World.
• Ye Liang destroyed much of Feilian’s Grand Array with the Demon-Slaying Swords and died, after which the cultivators shattered the array and Qingfeng and Gu Xizhou attacked Feilian.
• Li Ping'an continued fighting Jumeng while Old Ox endured the demon sage’s pursuit, and Jumeng returned to attack Li Ping'an.

After helping defeat the Demon Race at Tengchong City, Li Ping'an traveled to Enan, where he took in Orange Cat and drew the Wang Family and the city's factions into a dispute over a supposed secret treasure. He revealed his identity as the celebrated cultivator Li Ping'an, declined to surrender Orange Cat, and left Enan with his companions.

• Li Ping'an killed Jumeng and helped the defenders defeat the Demon Race at Tengchong City, then said farewell to Han Yu and departed with Old Ox and Jiaze.
• In Enan, Li Ping'an met Liu Manzi, took in Orange Cat, and settled into a rented house with her, Old Ox, and Jiaze.
• Li Ping'an protected Liu Manzi from a gambling debt and later helped settle a fight between cultivators, while Zhang Er learned that his family wanted him to investigate the Cat Demon’s offspring.
• The Wang Family tried to buy or seize Orange Cat because they believed she was connected to a stolen secret treasure, but Li Ping'an refused and drove off their men.
• After rumors spread and a crowd demanded Orange Cat, Li Ping'an decided to leave Enan with her, Old Ox, and Jiaze.
• Li Ping'an and his companions left their courtyard as Enan's powerful figures followed, then faced the city's leaders, who demanded the secret treasure.
• Wang Futang and the leaders recognized Li Ping'an as the man from Tengchong City, and Li Ping'an declined to discuss the treasure before leaving with Orange Cat and Old Ox.
• Li Ping'an cleared the storm clouds as he departed, while Liu Manzi stopped boasting about him and began teaching at a private school.

Li Ping'an helped Jiaze establish himself among Wangjiao's ghosts, then crossed the Sea of Death and traveled north to honor Bone Man's last request. In Wind and Snow City, he buried Gao Ming, began teaching Orange Cat to write, and joined a Confucian Scholar in hunting a madman.

• Li Ping'an investigated Wangjiao's Wandering Ghosts, learned that its Underworld had vanished, and urged Jiaze to establish a new one.
• Jiaze fought the ghosts while Li Ping'an protected his followers and encouraged him to earn the people's faith.
• Li Ping'an sailed from Wangjiao with Old Ox and Orange Cat, then defeated Bone Man and promised to honor his family before receiving a Rune Fragment.
• After the Dragon King apologized for the Third Young Master's actions and Li Ping'an trapped the young flood dragon in White Jade Capital, Li Ping'an continued north to find Hezhai Stockade.
• Li Ping'an found Hezhai Stockade buried beneath the snow and honored its dead, fulfilling his promise to Bone Man.
• In the Frigid Chill Realm, Li Ping'an treated injured cultivators, found Gao Ming dead, and buried him with Old Ox before giving his belongings to Old Guo.
• Li Ping'an settled in Wind and Snow City, recognized Jing Yu's calligraphy, and taught Orange Cat to draw and write.
• Li Ping'an joined the Confucian Scholar in trapping a madman on Long Street, accepting half the bounty as payment for his calligraphy.