Recaps

Zhao Changhe survived the Blood God Cult’s attack on Luo Family Manor, trained in the North Mang branch, and grew close to Luo Qi while pursuing the Azure Dragon Seal. After giving Luo Qi the seal, he learned that she was Xia Longyuan’s daughter and had come to North Mang seeking it for herself.

• Zhao Changhe entered the dream world, survived the massacre at Zhao Cuo with Yue Hongling’s help, and infiltrated the Blood God Cult after killing Luo Zhenwu, the man responsible for the village’s destruction.
• Zhao Changhe trained under Instructor Sun, befriended Luo Qi, and learned that Luo Zhenwu was rumored to have been the emperor’s hidden son.
• Zhao Changhe broke through the first profound pass of the Blood Baleful Art with Luo Qi guarding him, and they discovered a star formation behind a waterfall.
• Zhao Changhe learned Yue Hongling was confronting Luo Qi during a raid, rushed to the scene, and told Yue Hongling he would not conceal his identity or ambitions.
• Zhao Changhe and Luo Qi used a star chart to open the Azure Dragon Star Mansion and found the Azure Dragon Seal, where Luo Qi confessed she had considered killing him for it.
• Zhao Changhe gave Luo Qi the seal, which began transmitting its power, and learned that she was born Xia and was Xia Longyuan’s daughter.

Zhao Changhe ruled the Mountain Stronghold, advanced his cultivation, and learned from Yue Hongling while their relationship deepened. After Yue Hongling left, he broke through to the third level, killed Fang Buping, and rose to ninety-first on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

• Luo Qi gave Zhao Changhe Xia Longyuan’s jade pendant and chose the Four Symbols Cult over her imperial identity, while the pendant began cleansing his meridians and revealed its legacy was meant for a boy.
• Zhao Changhe learned the pendant’s cultivation art, while the Azure Dragon Seal raised Luo Qi to the fifth level of the Profound Pass and the Book of Troubled Times announced Xia Chichi’s rise to thirteenth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• After Xia Chichi left for the Main Altar, Zhao Changhe stayed to rule the Mountain Stronghold, challenged Deputy Helmsman Huang, won control of the branch’s supplies, and reached 250th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.
• Zhao Changhe trained the Blood Baleful Art, broke through to the first level of the Profound Pass, and encountered the blind woman, who said he could return by killing the demoness or mastering the Space-Time Barrier.
• Zhao Changhe defended the stronghold from outlaws, posted a challenge for challengers, and later sheltered the injured Yue Hongling, who agreed to teach him martial arts.
• Yue Hongling taught Zhao Changhe cultivation, saber, and hidden-weapon techniques, and he broke through to the second level of the Profound Pass before she left after killing Lin Feihu.
• Zhao Changhe tried and failed to reach the third level, then freed Cui Yuanyong’s sister from a trap, accepted her pills, killed Wang Dashan for blood baleful energy, and broke through to the third level.
• Zhao Changhe lured Fang Buping away from the stronghold and killed him with his saber after slowing and blinding him, then the Book of Troubled Times ranked him ninety-first on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.