Recaps

Cao Jinxing followed Ehuang into Guixu, advanced into the Faxiang Realm, and learned that the Divine Beasts threatened the Qin Mausoleum. He recovered its hidden map and defended the Nine Provinces Cauldrons, but Heavenly Secret Twenty-Five survived their battle and vowed to confront him again.

• Ehuang recruited the Inquisition and entered Guixu, where An Qisheng defeated her forces and expelled everyone except Cao Jinxing.
• An Qisheng explained the Nine-Dragon Pendants and the Qin Mausoleum’s sealing formation, then helped Cao Jinxing advance into the Faxiang Realm.
• Cao Jinxing rescued Qin Zhaonan and killed several Inquisition leaders, while Ehuang gave him the Yin-Yang School's legacy before sacrificing herself.
• Cao Jinxing investigated the Li Family massacre, recovered the Qin King Bone-Illuminating Mirror, and confirmed that Qiongqi controlled missing martial experts.
• Jiajing sent Lu Bing to slay Qiongqi, while the Divine Beasts, the Opera House, and the Demon Cult converged on the Qin Mausoleum.
• The Divine Beasts breached the mausoleum and fought its golden guardians, while Cao Jinxing followed a hidden passage to the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.
• Cao Jinxing awakened Bai Qi, who exposed the old shopkeeper as Zhao Gao and pursued him after giving Cao Jinxing the Godslayer Spear.
• Cao Jinxing awakened the terracotta army and gravely wounded Heavenly Secret Twenty-Five, who escaped with Zhang Guangchuan before draining his vitality and killing him.