Recaps

Gu Chenfeng and his companions discovered the Ice Soul Illusion Heart Lotus, then faced threats from the Huangfu Lineage and the Barbarian Tribe. The arc left Gu Chenfeng fighting Guest Elder Xu after killing two of the enemies attacking Gu Yanshuang.

• Gu Chenfeng, Su Wanyue, and Shangguan Bingxin defeated the stone statues and found an Ice Soul Spirit Spring, where they survived an illusion and discovered the maturing Ice Soul Illusion Heart Lotus.
• The Jade Pivot True Person offered to take Gu Chenfeng as her disciple, but he refused and later learned that his eldest sister was fighting enemies outside the Imperial Capital.
• Gu Chenfeng rode west with Shangguan Bingxin and Gu Lineage guards, fought through Huangfu Lineage ambushes, and joined Su Wanyue and Yan Sihai’s forces on the way to Gu Yanshuang.
• Gu Chenfeng defeated Huangfu Yun in a fierce battle, while Big Bear engaged Black Dragon and Gu Chenfeng hurried to help his wounded sister.
• Gu Chenfeng found Gu Yanshuang badly injured, placed her inside a defensive formation, and fought Zhang Ce, a Barbarian Tribe expert, and Commander Chen.
• Gu Chenfeng killed the Barbarian Tribe expert and Commander Chen and nearly defeated Zhang Ce, but Guest Elder Xu intervened and attacked him.

Gu Beiwu rescued the Gu siblings, confronted the court and sects, and sent Gu Chenfeng north to serve in the Black River Legion under an assumed identity. After surviving his first patrols and claiming a demon’s inner core, Gu Chenfeng discovered that the commander searching for the thief was his own immediate superior, Zuo Yutang.

• Gu Beiwu arrived in time to save Gu Chenfeng and Gu Yanshuang, killed Qin Yi, and later confronted the court with the Human Emperor Sword before reuniting with his grandchildren.
• Gu Beiwu taught Gu Chenfeng the Azure Dragon Transformation, warned that the Imperial Capital was unsafe, and arranged for him to join the army at the Northern Territory Border Pass.
• Before leaving, Gu Chenfeng revealed his identity to Liu Fuyan after she drugged him and confessed her feelings, then departed north with Ding Si and the Blood Tiger Guard.
• Gu Chenfeng registered in Black River City as Li Zicheng and took command of the Tenth Hundred-Household Office in the Black River Legion.
• On patrol in the Northern Plains Forest, Gu Chenfeng killed three Frost Wolf Kings that had overwhelmed Zhou Bin’s soldiers, earning their gratitude and sharing the patrol’s Source Crystals with them.
• Gu Chenfeng found and killed a Frostfang Venomous Viper Crocodile, then fought Zuo Yutang over its inner core and escaped with the core and heart’s blood essence.
• Zuo Yutang, the Seventh Thousand-Household Battalion commander, searched for the black-clad axe-wielding thief while Gu Chenfeng returned to the patrol teams without being recognized.

Gu Chenfeng uncovered a Barbarian Tribe plot and broke through to the Diamond Realm while secretly helping Blackwater City defeat a massive beast tide and invasion. After the battle, both Great Li and the Barbarian Tribe sought the masked warrior, while Gu Chenfeng returned to his identity as Li Zicheng and was promoted.

• Gu Chenfeng found a hidden gorge where nearly a thousand barbarians planned an attack, then fought through their forces and destroyed the battalion before Zuo Yutang captured its Shaman.
• As the Barbarian Tribe launched a beast tide against Blackwater City, Gu Chenfeng joined the defense and later slipped away to find the High-Rank Shaman controlling the Origin Beasts.
• Gu Chenfeng damaged the Shaman’s crystal, was swallowed by the Iron-Winged Griffin, and refined the crystal inside its stomach to break through into the Diamond Realm.
• Gu Chenfeng emerged, killed the Shaman and powerful Origin Beasts, then attacked the Barbarian Tribe’s shamans and disrupted their Beast Taming Art as the Blackwater Army turned the battle around.
• The Xuan Prefecture Army arrived, and the Barbarian Tribe retreated while Great Li’s forces pursued and inflicted heavy losses.
• Gu Chenfeng returned as Li Zicheng, claiming he had survived by hiding in a hole and breaking through to the Source Core Realm, while denying he had seen the masked warrior.
• The First Prince questioned Xiao Lie about the masked warrior, while the Sixth Prince punished Wushu Lang and Nalan Qing and ordered a search for the Great Li fighter.
• After recovering and studying the High-Rank Shaman’s manual, Gu Chenfeng answered Zuo Yutang’s summons and learned that he had been promoted.

Gu Chenfeng joined the defense of Heavenly Journey City, then led the Futu Army in a breakthrough into the Barbarian Tribe’s camp. He killed Huyan Ji despite Wanyan Bulin’s intervention, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Zuo Yutang brought Gu Chenfeng to Heavenly Journey City, where the commanders prepared for the Barbarian Tribe’s invasion and Gu Lingxiao secretly took his son to the Gu Lineage’s treasure vault and a sealed Forbidden Artifact.
• Gu Chenfeng returned to the Blackwater Army, strengthened himself as the Barbarian Tribe massed its forces, and joined the defense of Heavenly Journey City against a massive assault.
• The Great Li cavalry attacked the Barbarian Tribe, but the Barbarian God’s blessing turned the tide and trapped the Futu Army until it rode out to rescue the beleaguered forces.
• As the Futu Army became surrounded, Gu Chenfeng led the Blackwater troops through the enemy lines, joined the battered Futu Army, and persuaded its soldiers to charge toward the Barbarian camp.
• Gu Chenfeng’s force broke through the Blood Frenzy Army and the camp’s defenses, then pursued Huyan Ji after he escaped his tent in a flying boat.
• Gu Chenfeng killed Huyan Ji’s guards and struck at the prince, but Wanyan Bulin knocked him into flames before Huyan Ji fled.
• Gu Chenfeng fired a golden arrow from the flames and pierced Huyan Ji’s heart, sending the prince and his flying boat crashing from the sky.