Recaps

Zhang Xiaohua’s family survives an attack in Lu Town and welcomes Liu Qian and Liu Yueyue, while a group of martial artists explores a hidden realm and brings its treasures back to their sects. Liu Qian grows close to Zhang Xiaolong, but Guo Sufi’s hopes for their match remain unanswered.

• Zhang Xiaohua finds a black bracelet while digging the family well, and his dreams begin filling with flickering lights.
• Zhang Cai and his sons are beaten in Lu Town while protecting Liu Qian and Liu Yueyue, until Wen Wenhai and his junior sister defeat the attackers and secure compensation for the family.
• Hermit Yanming leads Ma Xiangyang, Situ Ping, Wen Wenhai, Xue Qing, and others through the Sour Jujube Forest into a Secret Realm, where they collect sealed boxes and rare herbs.
• Liu Qian and Liu Yueyue reunite with their family at the Zhang home, and Liu Qian stays to help care for Zhang Xiaolong as the two grow close.
• Ou Peng receives the treasures from the Secret Realm, preserves a sword manual and rare medicines, and orders the indestructible stone box stored away.
• Wan Chengjiu offers Situ Ping a place in Elder Yun Feng’s school, and she accepts after surrendering her herbs.
• Liu Qian visits Zhang Xiaohua’s farmland and explains that martial arts determine whether someone can protect valuable things.
• Guo Sufi asks Liu Qian whether Zhang Xiaolong is right for her, but Liu Qian hesitates and postpones her answer.

Ouyang Peng strengthens the Misty Sect with rare pills and forges an alliance to protect the Secret Realm, while the Zhang family discovers that its well water is sustaining Grandmother. Liu Qian and Zhang Xiaolong agree to marry, and the wedding procession reaches Baligou.

• Ouyang Peng and the Misty Six Tigers shared the pills from Hermit Yanming’s treasure, cultivated with them, and watched Shi Niu grow stronger after taking a Bone-Strengthening Pill.
• Ouyang Peng directed the Misty Sect to recruit and train disciples, chose the Luoshui Gang as a target for expansion, and formed a Secret Realm alliance with Wan Chengjiu, Hermit Yanming, and Tan Yefeng.
• Qu Xiangfeng delivered Situ Ping’s letter and took temporary charge of the Fierce Tiger Gang after defeating Hall Master Xing, while Situ Liang secretly sent a concealed message by carrier pigeon.
• As Grandmother’s health worsened, Zhang Xiaohua sensed her vitality fading, and the family suspected that well water was helping her and the recovering Zhang brothers.
• Liu Qian chose to stay with Zhang Xiaolong, and Zhang Cai asked Mr. Liu to approve their marriage, though Mr. Liu initially worried about the couple’s different backgrounds and the Zhang family’s poverty.
• Liu Qian persuaded Mr. Liu that she wanted to marry Zhang Xiaolong, and Mr. Liu agreed before the families settled on a wedding at the end of February.
• Zhang Xiaolong refused to use the hidden banknotes for betrothal gifts, and Mr. Liu accepted the gifts and planned to move to Guo Village near the Zhang family.
• The Zhang family and villagers prepared for the wedding, and Zhang Xiaohua woke in the bridal sedan as the procession reached Baligou and continued toward the Liu residence.

After Zhang Xiaolong and Liu Qian’s wedding is attacked and Grandmother dies, Zhang Xiaohu and Zhang Xiaohua leave home to pursue new lives in Pingyang City. Zhang Xiaohu joins the Lotus Escort Agency, while Zhang Xiaohua begins work at Huanxi Mountain Villa’s medicinal fields.

• Zhang Xiaohua’s writing helps Zhang Xiaolong win Liu Qian’s hand, but the wedding procession is attacked by the Three Wolves of West Cui Mountain.
• Lu Yueming defeats the bandits and saves Zhang Xiaolong, Zhang Xiaohua, Liu Qian, and Liu Yueyue, then warns them to keep his name and the Misty Sect secret.
• Zhang Xiaolong and Liu Qian complete their wedding rites as Grandmother dies, and the family buries her beside Guo Shan.
• Zhang Xiaohu and Zhang Xiaohua decide to leave Guo Village for Pingyang City, and their family sees them off.
• In Pingyang City, Zhang Xiaohu and Zhang Xiaohua seek martial arts training, but the Misty Sect has stopped recruiting and the Lotus Escort Agency charges more than they can afford for lessons.
• Old Li Liu tests Zhang Xiaohu, accepts him as a runner, and finds that he can reproduce much of the Six Harmonies Fist after seeing it once.
• Zhang Xiaohua impresses the training ground with his strength, and Third Master Qu arranges for him to work at Huanxi Mountain Villa under Ou Yan’s supervision.
• Zhang Xiaohua settles in with the medicinal-field workers, where Ma Jing explains that the workers do not know what herbs have been planted.