Recaps

Su Chen awoke to a world transformed by ancestor symbols, where awakeners gained extraordinary power and Huaxia struggled to activate its mysterious artifact amid pressure over its lost history. He recognized the baffling symbol as a cauldron.

• Su Chen absorbed memories of a world where ancestor symbols awakened bloodlines and reshaped countries, including the Moonfall Country.
• He learned that Huaxia's ancient history was missing from its records, while experts had failed to identify or activate its ancestor symbol.
• Huaxia's inability to awaken its symbol fueled public anxiety as neighboring countries gained power and Haidong Country claimed to be Huaxia's ancestor.
• Su Chen watched a national appeal for clues about the symbol and recognized its round body and three legs as a cauldron.

Su Chen recognized the massive ding as a vessel rooted in Huaxia’s ancient history and hoped it could awaken Huaxia’s ancestors. Meanwhile, Haidong Country demanded the artifact from Huaxia and threatened to seize it by force if Huaxia refused.

• Su Chen watched the ding on television and realized it could represent Huaxia’s lost history and perhaps awaken its ancestors.
• Jin Junxian claimed the ancestral symbol belonged to Haidong Country because Huaxia could not activate it, and demanded its return.
• Jin Junxian threatened that Huaxia should submit to Haidong Country and accept its protection, provoking Zhu Yuanzheng to slam the table and stand up.
• Li Shuhua restrained Zhu Yuanzheng, while Jin Junxian argued that Haidong Country’s awakened bloodlines made it far stronger than Huaxia.
• Jin Junxian had been instructed to seize the symbol by force if Huaxia refused, and he believed his hundred-man awakened entourage could not be stopped.

As Haidong Country pressured Huaxia to surrender its ancestral symbols, Zhu Yuanzheng prepared to resist despite Huaxia’s failure to awaken any bloodlines. A report about a young man who claimed he could activate the symbol offered a possible lead, but Zhu Yuanzheng dismissed him as a fraud.

• Zhu Yuanzheng endured Jin Junxian’s demands while reflecting on Huaxia’s inability to identify or activate its ancestral symbols and the growing humiliation facing the country.
• Zhu Yuanzheng resolved that Huaxia would not surrender its ancestral symbols, even if resisting Haidong Country led to war.
• A secretary whispered news to Li Shuhua, and Zhu Yuanzheng left the meeting room with him to hear it privately.
• Li Shuhua reported that a young man from the Balijie Neighborhood Committee claimed he could activate Huaxia’s ancestral symbol and identified it as a Cauldron.
• Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua said they had never heard of a Cauldron, and Zhu Yuanzheng dismissed the young man’s claim as nonsense.

Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua argued over whether to fight Haidong Country or seek another way to avoid a devastating war. With their hopes resting on the ordinary student Su Chen, they brought him to the Ancestor Symbol, where he walked toward the Cauldron despite their doubts.

• Zhu Yuanzheng urged resistance against Haidong Country, while Li Shuhua warned that war could leave the nation vulnerable to other enemies.
• Li Shuhua proposed letting the young man reported to them try to find a way forward, and Zhu Yuanzheng agreed while preparing for the worst.
• Zhu Yuanzheng left to make preparations, while Li Shuhua remained unsure that the young man could help.
• At Di'anmen Square, Li Shuhua told Su Chen that Haidong Country was demanding the Ancestor Symbol and domestic troops were mobilizing.
• Su Chen smiled and walked toward the Cauldron as Li Shuhua and the others watched skeptically.

Su Chen approached Huaxia’s Ancestor Symbol and recognized clues in its ancient cauldron before calling out to it and awakening it. The summoned ancestor appeared dressed as a humble farmer, leaving the crowd doubtful while Su Chen resolved to vindicate him and Huaxia.

• Li Shuhua allowed Su Chen to climb the platform and inspect the Ancestor Symbol as reporters focused their cameras on him.
• Su Chen examined the primitive cauldron and suspected it was a legendary vessel.
• Su Chen spoke two words, causing the dormant cauldron to shudder and roar, and the news spread across Huaxia.
• An illusory ancestor appeared above the cauldron wearing coarse hemp and a bamboo hat, prompting the crowd to fear he was an ordinary farmer.
• Su Chen recognized that the crowd did not know the ancestor and resolved to vindicate him and Huaxia.

Su Chen revealed that Huaxia’s name and history began with the Xia dynasty, identifying the towering ancestor phantom as Emperor Xia Dayu and the artifact as the Nine Provinces Cauldron. As Huaxia’s people celebrated the revelation, Jin Junxian and the awakened ones from Haidong Country feared the truth and claimed Dayu as their own.

• Su Chen explained that “Xia” referred to Huaxia’s first dynasty and described Dayu’s flood control, unification of the Nine Provinces, and creation of the Nine Provinces Cauldron.
• The Nine Provinces Cauldron hummed as Su Chen named Dayu the first sovereign ruler of Huaxia, and Dayu’s phantom grew into a thousand-meter-tall emperor.
• Li Shuhua and Huaxia’s people wept as they realized their history stretched back four thousand years rather than three hundred.
• Jin Junxian arrived with awakened ones from Haidong Country and recognized the name Dayu from the Hwandan Gogi.
• Jin Junxian and the Haidong people concluded that Dayu belonged to their country and that his achievements were theirs.

Jin Junxian led Haidong Country Awakened in an assault on the Ancestor Symbol, believing Dayu belonged to Haidong, but Su Chen invoked the ancestor’s protection. Dayu revealed himself as Emperor Xia, Si Yu, defeated the attackers, and left Huaxia celebrating its ancient roots.

• Jin Junxian decided Huaxia had merely guessed how to summon Dayu and led over a hundred Haidong Country Awakened toward the Ancestor Symbol.
• Zhu Yuanzheng ordered the guards to form a human wall beneath the platform as the attackers charged through the plaza.
• Jin Junxian formed a Blood-Condensing Weapon and swung it at Zhu Yuanzheng and the guards.
• Su Chen implored the ancient ancestor to protect Huaxia, and Dayu opened his eyes and declared himself Emperor Xia, Si Yu.
• Dayu bound the Haidong Awakened, dissolved their weapons, stripped foreign Awakened in Huaxia of their powers, and crushed Jin Junxian and his followers.
• Huaxia’s people bowed to Dayu and celebrated their connection to the ancient ancestor.

Su Chen revealed that Dayu and Huaxia’s ancient history disproved Haidong Country’s claims, while Dayu’s power stripped Jin Junxian and the other Haidong Awakened of their bloodline abilities. In Seoul, Jin Dachang realized Huaxia’s Ancestor Symbol was likely causing the suppression and feared it would expose Haidong Country’s fabricated history.

• Dayu stripped Jin Junxian and the other Haidong Country Awakened of their bloodline power, leaving them helpless.
• Su Chen condemned Haidong Country’s historical claims and declared that Huaxia had five thousand years of history, while Haidong Country had been its vassal territory.
• Huaxia’s people praised Su Chen as he revealed that the Hwandan Gogi’s account of Haidong Country’s past was fabricated.
• In Seoul, Jin Dachang and the other Haidong Country Awakened suddenly fell to their knees as their inheritance powers were suppressed.
• Jin Dachang connected the bloodline suppression to Huaxia and feared that activating its Ancestor Symbol would expose the lies Haidong Country had built its history upon.

Dayu subdued the Haidong Country’s awakened descendants and spoke with Su Chen, asking about the prosperity and hardships of Huaxia thousands of years after his time. Su Chen told him that Huaxia had 1.4 billion people but still suffered floods, leaving Dayu concerned for the common people.

• Dayu’s appearance suppressed Jin Junxian and the other awakened descendants, as well as the ancestral power of Kim Chunchu, throwing the Haidong Country into chaos.
• Dayu thanked Huaxia’s descendants for remembering his name, and Su Chen praised his flood control and enduring spirit.
• Dayu asked whether the people of the Nine Provinces were flourishing, and Su Chen said Huaxia had a population of 1.4 billion and descendants throughout the world.
• Dayu asked whether floods still afflicted Huaxia, and Su Chen admitted that ordinary people still suffered from them.
• Dayu lamented that floods remained a hardship for the common people, while Huaxia’s citizens and online commenters reacted with concern and defended Su Chen.

Su Chen told Dayu that Huaxia still had millions of people who carried on his aspirations, then showed him and all of Huaxia the soldiers who risked their lives during the 1998 flood. He called the soldiers the millions of Dayu of modern Huaxia, and declared that Dayu’s spirit endured in the nation.

• Su Chen said that honoring ancestors meant following their example, and that Huaxia had tens of millions of descendants like Dayu.
• Dayu sent a speck of light into Su Chen, revealing Su Chen’s thoughts to him and everyone in Huaxia.
• The vision showed soldiers confronting the flood at Jiuhe City, using sandbags, trucks, and cargo ships to plug breaches in the embankment.
• When new breaches opened and supplies ran out, young soldiers leaped into the flood to form a human wall while citizens pleaded with them to stop.
• After the vision ended, Su Chen called the soldiers the millions of Dayu of modern Huaxia and said Dayu’s spirit had endured across generations.

Su Chen showed Dayu and the people of Huaxia scenes of later generations’ sacrifice and compassion during the 1998 floods and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Dayu recognized their courage as the spirit of Huaxia, while the chapter ended with people from across the country traveling to help the disaster zone.

• Su Chen’s words about Huaxia’s spirit moved the crowd, and Zhu Yuanzheng recalled soldiers who died plugging a breach during the 1998 floods.
• Dayu understood that later generations honored their ancestors by carrying on their will and deeds.
• Su Chen showed footage of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, including the devastation and a mother who died shielding her infant.
• Rescue workers found the unharmed baby beneath the ruins with his mother’s message of love on a phone.
• Ten Qilu farmers set out for the disaster zone with tools and supplies, as vehicles from across Huaxia joined the journey to help.

Su Chen described how Huaxia people united to help one another in disasters and everyday hardship, honoring firefighter Liu Zejun as an example of selfless kindness. His speech moved Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua, and Zhu Yuanzheng praised Su Chen for embodying Huaxia’s shared spirit.

• Su Chen recounted how people across Huaxia donated money and traveled to disaster zones to aid their compatriots.
• Su Chen told Liu Zejun’s story, describing his difficult childhood and his death while rescuing people from a fire.
• Su Chen declared that ordinary Huaxia people could become heroes and create miracles by standing together.
• Zhu Yuanzheng praised Su Chen’s speech and excitedly asked Li Shuhua what the student’s name was.
• Li Shuhua told Zhu Yuanzheng that Su Chen was truly a student and reminded him that he had urged Su Chen to try activating the Ancestor Symbol.

Su Chen showed Dayu the Three Gorges Dam and Huaxia’s modern military strength, then used the Monument to the People’s Heroes to warn that Huaxia must stay united against foreign aggression. The chapter ended with Zhu Yuanzheng reflecting on the dangers of cultural and ideological assimilation.

• Li Shuhua and Zhu Yuanzheng reflected on how Su Chen had restored Huaxia’s forgotten history and connected its people.
• Su Chen showed Dayu the Three Gorges Dam, leaving him astonished at what Huaxia’s descendants had built.
• Su Chen showed Dayu a modern naval exercise, and Huaxia’s people celebrated the country’s military strength.
• Su Chen pointed to the Monument to the People’s Heroes and described the hardships and unity that had helped Huaxia endure.
• Su Chen condemned foreign aggression and declared that Huaxia prospered together and perished when divided.
• Zhu Yuanzheng agreed with Su Chen and worried that cultural invasion and ideological assimilation could turn Huaxia people against their compatriots.

Dayu praised Huaxia’s descendants after seeing their achievements and unity, then entrusted Su Chen with the responsibility of protecting the Nine Provinces. Su Chen received Dayu’s absolute inheritance, gaining authority over the awakening of Dayu’s descendants.

• Dayu declared that Huaxia’s descendants had surpassed the people of Xia and said he was proud of them.
• Dayu asked Su Chen to accept his inheritance and protect the Nine Provinces, and Su Chen promised not to betray his trust.
• Dayu transferred his ancestral power to Su Chen, linking their bloodlines and greatly increasing Su Chen’s strength.
• Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua recognized that Su Chen had received Dayu’s absolute inheritance and could awaken or revoke the awakening of Dayu’s descendants.
• Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua concluded that Su Chen’s control over the inheritance was the best outcome for Huaxia.

Su Chen received Dayu’s inheritance and learned that Huaxia’s ancestors had deliberately brought him to this world, while a great calamity was approaching. After Dayu’s remnant soul vanished, Su Chen accepted his charge to protect the Nine Provinces and went to speak with Li Shuhua.

• Dayu entrusted the Nine Provinces to Su Chen, gave him his inheritance, and warned that a great calamity was approaching.
• Dayu disappeared into the Nine Provinces Cauldron, leaving Su Chen to wonder why Huaxia’s ancestors had brought him to this world.
• Su Chen bowed farewell to Dayu, and the people of Huaxia knelt to bid farewell to their ancestor.
• Reporters crowded Su Chen with questions, and he used a burst of energy to push them back without injuring them.
• Su Chen told the reporters that the authorities would issue a statement, then asked Li Shuhua to speak with him.
• Li Shuhua and Zhu Yuanzheng lost their remaining doubts about Su Chen after seeing his respectful conduct.

The world was stunned when Huaxia summoned Dayu, who subdued Haidong Country’s Awakened and stripped foreign Awakened in Huaxia of their powers. Jin Dachang blamed Huaxia and suppressed dissent, while an online flame war between the two nations ended with Haidong overwhelmed by Huaxia’s numbers.

• Inheritors around the world watched footage of Dayu speaking and defeating Jin Junxian and more than a hundred Haidong Awakened with a glance.
• After Dayu returned to the Nine Provinces Cauldron and the suppression lifted, Jin Dachang claimed Su Chen had angered Kim Chunchu’s lingering will and caused the Awakened to suffer abnormalities.
• Jin Dachang had clearheaded people who questioned his account purged, directing Haidong’s remaining citizens’ anger toward Huaxia.
• People from Haidong and Huaxia launched an online flame war over Dayu, their histories, and the nations’ ancestors.
• Hundreds of millions of Huaxia internet users overwhelmed Haidong’s smaller population, leaving Haidong users retreating and stunned.

Jin Dachang feared Su Chen, Dayu's inheritor, would threaten Haidong Country and decided he had to be eliminated before awakening more ancestors. Zhu Yuanzheng ordered sweeping protection for Su Chen's loved ones, while the military sealed Su Chen's university and took his teachers and classmates away.

• Jin Dachang concluded that Dayu had no living descendants but feared Su Chen might awaken more Ancestor Symbols, so he resolved to have Su Chen killed.
• Zhu Yuanzheng reflected on Su Chen's composure and influence, and recognized him as a source of unity and hope for Huaxia.
• Zhu Yuanzheng ordered the highest level of protection for Su Chen's family and anyone connected to him.
• The military rapidly deployed to Su Chen's university, sealed the campus, and took his teachers and classmates away in vehicles.

Su Chen arrived at the secure complex and reassured Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua that he would honor Emperor Xia’s legacy and serve Huaxia rather than seek personal power. Zhu Yuanzheng explained why the nation had to be cautious, leaving their conversation focused on the country’s hard-won security and prosperity.

• Li Shuhua welcomed Su Chen at the complex and reflected on the history he had learned from him during the journey.
• The soldiers saluted Su Chen, and Zhu Yuanzheng led him to a conference room to thank him on behalf of the nation.
• Zhu Yuanzheng offered to request any reward Su Chen wanted, while Li Shuhua recognized that he was testing Su Chen’s loyalty.
• Su Chen vowed to protect the Nine Provinces, honor Emperor Xia’s legacy, and reject using the Ancestor Symbol for power or personal gain.
• Zhu Yuanzheng apologized for his caution and described the sacrifices and hardship behind Huaxia’s prosperity.

Su Chen told Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua that Dayu had granted him the authority to awaken his descendants’ bloodlines. He revealed that Dayu had three hundred million descendants within Huaxia alone.

• Su Chen agreed with Zhu Yuanzheng that Huaxia’s strength had been built through generations and deserved protection.
• Zhu Yuanzheng promised the country’s full support for Su Chen, and Li Shuhua reflected on Dayu’s praise of him.
• Li Shuhua speculated that Dayu and other ancestors had visited Su Chen in dreams to pass on lost history, and Su Chen let the explanation stand.
• Zhu Yuanzheng asked whether Su Chen could awaken Dayu’s descendants’ bloodlines, and Su Chen confirmed that he could.
• Su Chen revealed that Dayu had three hundred million descendants within Huaxia, shocking Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua.

Su Chen explained that Dayu had hundreds of millions of descendants because his bloodline spread through Huaxia's long history and many surnames. He left Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua considering that people might awaken bloodlines from several ancestors, allowing their powers to accumulate.

• Su Chen said Dayu had about three hundred million descendants in Huaxia and twice that number worldwide, causing Li Shuhua to faint from shock.
• After Li Shuhua recovered, Su Chen explained how surnames such as Xia, Xiahou, Zeng, Deng, Bu, and Yue traced back to Dayu's descendants.
• Su Chen told Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua that Huaxia valued the continuation of bloodlines rather than pure pedigree, since its people had intermingled over generations.
• Su Chen reasoned that Huaxia's people might carry bloodlines from multiple ancestors and could awaken several ancestral powers in succession.

Su Chen warned Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua that awakening the bloodlines of three hundred million descendants at once could alarm other countries and trigger an economic boycott. Zhu Yuanzheng agreed to delay the awakenings until screening was complete and postpone confronting Haidong Country, but Su Chen rejected the idea of putting up with it.

• Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua discussed awakening the bloodlines of Dayu's three hundred million descendants, while Su Chen urged them to consider the risks first.
• Su Chen warned that other countries might unite against Huaxia if they learned of the awakenings, especially if Huaxia attacked Haidong Country.
• Li Shuhua admitted he wanted to retaliate for decades of historical insults but agreed that acting rashly could harm Huaxia's interests.
• Zhu Yuanzheng agreed to wait until screening was complete before awakening the descendants' bloodlines and said Huaxia would settle its score with Haidong Country later.
• Su Chen widened his eyes and challenged Zhu Yuanzheng's suggestion to put up with Haidong Country.

Su Chen proposed using Haidong Country’s aggression to give Huaxia a legitimate reason to fight while keeping Dayu’s true strength secret and exposing disloyal Awakened. Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua understood the plan and admired Su Chen’s composure.

• Su Chen argued that Huaxia should turn its disadvantage into an opportunity and fight with a legitimate cause.
• Su Chen pointed out that only he, Zhu Yuanzheng, and Li Shuhua knew Dayu had three hundred million descendants, so Huaxia could keep its strength secret.
• Zhu Yuanzheng agreed that concealing Dayu’s numbers would preserve Huaxia’s deterrence and prevent other countries from uniting against it.
• Su Chen proposed luring Haidong Country into invading Huaxia, which would give Huaxia grounds to retaliate and reveal disloyal descendants without screening them individually.
• Zhu Yuanzheng and Li Shuhua realized that Haidong’s inheritor Jin Dachang and its Awakened forces could be drawn into the trap, and they praised Su Chen’s clear thinking.

Huaxia remained silent about Dayu’s bloodline while its authorities published articles claiming Kim Chunchu had once submitted to Huaxia. Jin Dachang, enraged by the claims and unable to find Su Chen’s relatives, prepared to retaliate against Huaxia.

• Three days after Su Chen’s appearance, Huaxia’s authorities issued no statement about Dayu or bloodline awakenings, leaving the public increasingly doubtful.
• Huaxia’s authorities published articles asserting that Kim Chunchu had once paid tribute to Huaxia and sought its military aid, provoking an international uproar.
• Jin Dachang learned that his spies had failed to find Su Chen’s relatives because Huaxia’s military had taken and hidden them.
• Jin Dachang tore up the articles about Kim Chunchu and rejected an Awakened subordinate’s warning not to act rashly.
• Jin Dachang unleashed his inherited power and declared that Huaxia would pay for insulting Kim Chunchu and the Jin Clan.

Jin Dachang knew Huaxia’s articles about Haidong’s past were true, but he seized on the outrage over the alleged insult to justify attacking Huaxia and eliminating Su Chen. He demanded that Huaxia’s inheritor apologize before King Taejong’s symbol or face war, leaving Haidong’s Awakened eager for a fight.

• Jin Dachang privately acknowledged that Haidong Country had once been Huaxia’s vassal, while publicly feigning fury over the articles.
• An adviser urged Jin Dachang to punish Huaxia, and the Awakened in the room joined the calls for war.
• Jin Dachang decided that conflict would give him an excuse to kill Su Chen and strengthen his hold on power.
• Jin Dachang ordered Huaxia’s inheritor to apologize before King Taejong’s symbol and accept punishment, threatening war if he refused.
• Haidong’s Awakened praised Jin Dachang’s ultimatum and chanted for Haidong to crush Huaxia.

As Haidong Country threatened Huaxia with its vast number of Awakened, Huaxia faced international isolation and growing domestic pressure over Su Chen’s actions. Zhu Yuanzheng exposed officials who had secretly aided Haidong and had them arrested, while similar arrests began across Huaxia.

• Countries around the world mocked Huaxia or stayed silent as Haidong Country’s threat left it isolated.
• Officials confronted Zhu Yuanzheng and demanded that he bring Su Chen in to answer for provoking Haidong Country.
• Zhu Yuanzheng defended Su Chen and accused the leading official, Lou, of secretly handing Huaxia’s assets to Haidong for personal gain.
• Zhu Yuanzheng presented documents implicating Lou and the other officials, then ordered the guards to arrest them.
• Arrests of officials accused of betraying Huaxia began in many places across the country.