Recaps

Wang Chong revealed his newly attained martial prowess, then survived a sudden attack by Han Hexuan, the last Great Grandmaster of the Xianbei. Gao Gun pursued the assassin while Wang Chong recognized that his own Prajna Blade had turned Han Hexuan’s borrowed force against him.

• Yueliduo teased Wang Chong about his remarks concerning two women, while Gao Gun praised his insight into winning the tribes’ recognition.
• Wang Chong demonstrated innate Gang Qi and explained that Gao Gun’s instruction had helped him begin cultivating the Pure Yang Divine Sword.
• Han Hexuan attacked Wang Chong by borrowing the force of Gao Gun’s punch, but Wang Chong countered with a palm strike and suffered injuries.
• Gao Gun drove Han Hexuan back with his presence and pursued him, while Yueliduo identified the attacker as a Great Grandmaster of the Xianbei.
• Mo Zhenxing noted that Wang Chong had not used the Pure Yang Divine Sword, and Wang Chong revealed he had countered with the Prajna Blade.

Wang Chong pursued Gao Gun and Han Hexuan after recovering from their fight, but stopped to rescue a child from two battling men. He eventually caught up with his teacher and joined the fight against Han Hexuan.

• Wang Chong recovered from Han Hexuan's attack, told Sun Mingke to guard the caravan, and set off after Gao Gun and Han Hexuan.
• Wang Chong encountered two men fighting and dodged a hammer deliberately thrown at him by the hammer-wielder.
• Wang Chong found a child with sealed acupoints, freed him, and carried him away after the child claimed both fighters wanted to harm him.
• Wang Chong doubted the child's story but continued carrying him as he pursued the Great Grandmasters.
• Wang Chong found Gao Gun fighting Han Hexuan, taunted his teacher, and took Gao Gun's place in the battle with a Prajna Blade strike.

Wang Chong defeated Han Hexuan’s pursuit, advanced his cultivation, and joined Wei Zhiying’s Kunlun party on the way to Tanhan Mountain. After exposing and killing Demon Infant Helian Wanli, he settled in the Gaoju Tribe’s camp and began considering how to provoke trouble.

• Wang Chong traded three palm strikes with Han Hexuan, who withdrew rather than face Wang Chong and Gao Gun together.
• Wang Chong pursued Han Hexuan with Gao Gun, carrying a child, and broke through to form his second Pure Yang Divine Sword before meeting Wei Zhiying and her Kunlun disciples.
• The child revealed himself as Demon Infant Helian Wanli, a criminal who had deceived people and caused blood feuds, and Wang Chong killed him after learning he had tortured the Lu Family couple to death.
• Wei Zhiying invited Wang Chong to travel with her party to Tanhan Mountain, and he accepted after deciding there was no point in catching up with Han Hexuan.
• Wang Chong arrived at the Gaoju Tribe’s camp at Tanhan Mountain, where he made friends with the young competitors and considered secretly killing Great Chieftain A Hai.

Wang Chong considered infiltrating the Shangtuo camp, but a confrontation with Han Hexuan forced him to withdraw until nightfall. Disguised as a Yegeluo clansman, he entered the camp and overheard A Hai and his followers struggling to secure allies to reclaim their territory.

• Wang Chong reviewed the Six Qi Skin-Aspect Method he had taken from Helian Wanli and decided he could not practice it.
• Wang Chong circled the Shangtuo camp and encountered Han Hexuan, who chose not to attack him during the Heroes' Assembly.
• Wang Chong withdrew after Han Hexuan left, avoiding a fight that could break the assembly's rules.
• Wang Chong returned at night disguised as a Yegeluo clansman and silently killed several Shangtuo patrolmen.
• Wang Chong listened outside the royal tent as A Hai, Namut, and others discussed their failure to borrow troops from the other tribes.

Wang Chong slaughtered Great Chieftain A Hai and the Shangtuo Tribe's leaders, then took over their camp and began building alliances to become the tribe's new Great Chieftain. After Shi Bao joined the Xiongnu, Wang Chong went to seek the Eternal Life Holy Church's support at the Eagle God Palace.

• Wang Chong entered the Shangtuo great tent and killed A Hai, Namut, and the gathered experts in a short, overwhelming attack.
• The next day, Wang Chong took over the abandoned Shangtuo camp and welcomed Dong Qing, Mo Zhenxing, Sun Mingke, and the arriving caravans.
• Wang Chong invited the Gaoju Tribe, the Nine-Bend Alliance, and the White Camel Tribe to a banquet, where Wei Zhiying agreed to ally with the Shangtuo Tribe if the Heroes' Assembly recognized him as its ruler.
• Shi Bao offered the Yegeluo Clan's Great Consort to the Xiongnu Great Chieftain and asked to become his adoptive son, gaining the Xiongnu's protection for the clan's remnants.
• After learning Shi Bao had joined the Xiongnu, Wang Chong prepared gifts and went to the Eternal Life Holy Church's Eagle God Palace to seek its support.

Wang Chong visited the Eagle God Palace and negotiated with Shafeina, the Holy Mother of the Eternal Life Church, over Wuzhumuqin’s role in his grassland territories. Shafeina revealed that someone had already pleaded Wang Chong’s case to her, leaving him wondering who had intervened on his behalf.

• Wuzhumuqin joyfully reunited with Wang Chong and led him up the Eagle God Palace to meet her sister, Shafeina.
• Wang Chong met Shafeina and offered the five prefectures of Tong, Ba, Yan, Shang, and Chi to the Eternal Life Holy Church if Wuzhumuqin became their Divine Master.
• Shafeina demanded that Wuzhumuqin become Wang Chong’s Great Consort and that their son inherit his title; Wang Chong agreed to the first condition but reserved the right to choose his heir.
• Shafeina warned Wuzhumuqin that people might exploit her and said she hoped Wang Chong would protect those around him as he had promised.
• Shafeina revealed that someone had come to the Eagle God Palace in advance to plead Wang Chong’s case, surprising him.

Wang Chong secured the Eternal Life Holy Church’s support for his bid to become Great Chieftain and left the Eagle God Palace with Wuzhumuqin to seek more allies among the grassland tribes. He visited the Turks and met Qian Luoyi and Bie Laji, then asked to meet Prince Fu Qian.

• Shafeina promised the Eternal Life Holy Church’s full support for Wang Chong’s bid, and Wang Chong assured Wuzhumuqin he would take her away even if she refused.
• After Wang Chong and Wuzhumuqin left, Gao Gun revealed himself to Shafeina, who acknowledged Wang Chong’s ability before serving Gao Gun wine and fruit.
• Wang Chong decided to seek support from the strongest grassland tribes and went to the Turks’ camp with Wuzhumuqin.
• Wang Chong met Qian Luoyi and Bie Laji, discussed the Heroes’ Assembly, and learned that Bie Laji’s sister Princess Ayi had married Jiang Liehai.
• After drinking with Qian Luoyi, Wang Chong explained that he had come to meet Prince Fu Qian.

Wang Chong negotiated with Fu Qian for support in the Shangtuo Tribe and the return of Han slaves, then learned Fu Qian was unlikely to inherit the Turkic throne. After gaining support from most tribes, Wang Chong avoided visiting the Xianbei and prepared for the Beast God Assembly, until Han Hexuan summoned him to the Eagle God Palace.

• Fu Qian offered Wang Chong gifts in exchange for mercy in the Divine General contest, and Wang Chong said he had already promised Qian Luoyi not to compete.
• Wang Chong offered to have Mi Jixiang and Dong Qing stay out of the contest in return for Fu Qian's support as Great Chieftain of the Shangtuo Tribe and the release of thirty thousand Han slaves.
• Fu Qian agreed to Wang Chong's requests and arranged for his men to accompany Wang Chong on visits to the grassland tribes.
• Qian Luoyi warned Wang Chong that Fu Qian was not next in line to rule because his mother was low-born and the Great Consort had a son of her own.
• Wang Chong visited the tribes and won support from seven, received noncommittal responses from three, and was refused by two, leaving only the Xianbei unvisited.
• Wang Chong stayed back to cultivate rather than risk visiting the Xianbei, but Han Hexuan invited him to the Eagle God Palace the day before the Heroes' Assembly.

Wang Chong bargained with Han Hexuan for seven Shangtuo Tribe Divine General slots and spoke with Shafeina about taking Wuzhumuqin away and protecting her. After learning how the Heroes' Assembly rankings worked, he considered challenging for a Beast God position and suggested that he fight a few rounds himself.

• Wang Chong traded seven Divine General slots to Han Hexuan for fifty-eight thousand Han slaves.
• Wang Chong told Shafeina he would take Wuzhumuqin away after the Heroes' Assembly, and Shafeina asked him to protect her younger sister.
• Wang Chong asked Yueliduo how challenges determined rankings and learned that absent or dead Divine Generals could still be challenged.
• Yueliduo warned Wang Chong against challenging the Wolf God or Eagle God, then described Dragon God Damo Pinu and Camel God Dadalaha as veteran Grandmasters.
• Wang Chong suggested that he fight a few rounds himself after Yueliduo rejected his idea of claiming both Beast God positions.

Wang Chong arranged to disguise himself as Yueliduo for the Heroes' Assembly, then challenged three tribes to secure recognition as the Shangtuo Tribe's new Great Chieftain. He defeated the first challenger with ease, leaving the other tribes to see the gap between them and the Prince of Yan.

• Wang Chong decided that he would pose as Yueliduo at the Heroes' Assembly while she pretended to be him, and he reassured Dong Qing, Sun Mingke, and Mo Zhenxing about yielding the Divine General Ranking's top place.
• The King of the Xiongnu opened the Heroes' Assembly, and Gao Gun announced his recommendation of Wen Zhengchun as the new Great Chieftain of the Shangtuo Tribe.
• After most tribes recognized Wen Zhengchun, Wang Chong challenged the Huhe, Wusun, and Yuezhi tribes to send warriors against him in exchange for their recognition.
• The Huhe prince agreed that each tribe would send ten warriors, and Wang Chong invited them to begin.
• The first challenger rushed onto the platform, but Wang Chong redirected two Yang Flame Sword Qi strikes into his knees and knocked him down.

Wang Chong demonstrated his Grandmaster abilities at the Heroes’ Assembly and defeated King Tuolian Hai in a duel, forcing the Huhe and Yuezhi tribes to recognize him as the Shangtuo Tribe’s Great Chieftain. The contest ended after only one fight, leaving Wang Chong annoyed that he had not used a more decisive technique.

• Wang Chong knocked a Huhe Tribe challenger from the stone platform without injuring him, and the tribes’ experts realized he had reached the Grandmaster Realm.
• The Huhe Tribe’s young prince asked for another challenger, and King Tuolian Hai of Wusun stepped onto the platform to fight Wang Chong.
• King Tuolian Hai used the Wusun Tribe’s Deer God Fist, but Wang Chong countered with Yang Flame Sword Qi and the Pure Yang Sword-Refining Chapter, steadily gaining the upper hand.
• Wang Chong’s Great Snow Flies Slantwise sliced off half of Tuolian Hai’s eyebrow on their twentieth exchange, and Tuolian Hai conceded defeat.
• The Huhe and Yuezhi tribes acknowledged Wang Chong as the Shangtuo Tribe’s Great Chieftain, while Wang Chong regretted that he had not ended the duel sooner with the Candle-Bearing Sword Technique.

At the Heroes’ Assembly, Wang Chong helped Gao Gun secure support for Mi Jixiang as Great Chieftain of the Nine-Bend Alliance, then watched the Divine General contests unfold. Sun Mingke entered the competition, defeated a challenger, and began testing palms with Huo Mo.

• Wang Chong backed Gao Gun’s nomination of Mi Jixiang, and the tribes accepted her as the next Great Chieftain of the Nine-Bend Alliance.
• Wang Chong asked Gao Gun to permit trade among three tribes and exempt the Tailwind Army from fees, and Gao Gun agreed.
• Fu Qian challenged Qian Luoyi, who conceded, while Dong Qing defeated two opponents with the Fire-Burning Eyebrows Sword Technique.
• After more than twenty days of contests, Sun Mingke stepped onto the platform and kicked the burly challenger off it with the Golden Light Shrinking-Earth Technique.
• Huo Mo of the Green Mountain Sect challenged Sun Mingke and unleashed the Vajra Prajna Palm, but Sun Mingke met his strike with the Nine Profound True Scripture.

Sun Mingke defeated Huo Mo and two other fighters, while Mo Zhenxing won several matches and secured his place among the Divine Generals. The Heroes’ Assembly then began selecting the Four Beast Gods, and Dragon God Damo Pinu assigned Wang Chong to fight Wen Zhengchun before Wang Chong had challenged anyone.

• Sun Mingke defeated Huo Mo, then struck down the two fighters battling each other and secured second place on the Divine General Ranking.
• Mo Zhenxing defeated Chamu Khan and another challenger, while Sun Mingke and Dong Qing held their positions through the tournament.
• The Xiongnu king and the Eternal Life Holy Church's Great Divine Master announced the Thirty-Six Divine Generals, bringing the main event to a close.
• Holy Mother Shafeina announced the selection of the Four Beast Gods, and Wang Chong and Yueliduo joined the other Grandmaster Realm challengers on the platform.
• Yueliduo explained the Beast God Assembly's rules, under which each Beast God could assign a challenger a different opponent three times.
• Dragon God Damo Pinu assigned Wang Chong to fight Wen Zhengchun before Wang Chong had issued a challenge.

Wang Chong killed Sana Muli with one sword strike, advanced his Pure Yang Sword cultivation, and prepared to challenge Dragon God Damo Pinu. After several challengers conceded to him, Wang Chong disguised himself in Yueliduo’s clothes to fight the Dragon God.

• Wang Chong killed Sana Muli with Sword Candle Mountain Sea, shocking the Eighteen Tribes’ experts with his overwhelming power.
• Wang Chong recovered his True Qi, awakened a third Pure Yang Divine Sword, and learned that his strike might injure a Great Grandmaster.
• Gao Gun warned Wang Chong to strengthen his foundations and stayed with him overnight, while three heads appeared outside the tent by morning.
• At the resumed Beast God Assembly, two challengers assigned to Wang Chong conceded, and Damo Pinu defeated two other challengers to retain his Dragon God seat.
• Wang Chong paused before challenging Damo Pinu, then changed into Yueliduo’s clothes and veil so he could fight under her identity.

Wang Chong disguised as Aydana defeated Dragon God Damo Pinu in the arena and received the dying Beast God's sheepskin pouch containing Dragon Elephant Maha Great True Force. He returned to Yueliduo, who helped him change back into men's clothes.

• Wang Chong challenged Dragon God Damo Pinu while disguised as Aydana and overwhelmed him with rapid palm strikes.
• Wang Chong struck Damo Pinu with the Prajna Blade, making him vomit blood, then wounded him through his protective Gang Qi.
• Damo Pinu recognized that Wang Chong was not Aydana and asked him to pass on Dragon Elephant Maha Great True Force before dying.
• The Eternal Life Church's Great Divine Master announced Wang Chong as one of the new generation of Four Beast Gods.
• Wang Chong returned to Yueliduo's tent, set aside the sheepskin pouch, and let her help him change back into men's clothes.

Wang Chong became a Beast God and led a huge procession back toward Shangzhou, while Yuzao learned that someone claiming to be the Princess of Yan had arrived in Tongzhou. Unsure whether Wang Chong was truly married, she summoned Li Miaomiao to clarify the visitor’s claim.

• Wang Chong returned to the platform after Dadalaha fled, and Huotian Daluo and Sahan welcomed him as a newly appointed Beast God.
• Yueliduo, the Xiongnu king, and Shafeina concluded the assembly, and the tribes presented the new Beast Gods with guards, wealth, and supplies.
• Wang Chong left Tanhan Mountain with nearly a hundred thousand people and reorganized the guards and slaves into the Wind-Treading Cavalry and Tailwind Army.
• A party claiming to include the Princess of Yan arrived at the Tongzhou Prefectural Governor’s residence, and Yuzao arranged lodgings, troops, and messages to Wang Chong and his young mistress.
• Yuzao summoned Li Miaomiao to ask whether Wang Chong had formally married, and Li Miaomiao worried that an answer might anger Yuzao.

Wang Chong returned to Red Camel City with Wuzhumuqin and struggled to reassure Su Luoyan about their relationship and her status. A military dispatch revealed that a woman calling herself the Princess of Yan was waiting in Tongzhou, leaving Wang Chong uncertain about his mother’s plans.

• Wang Chong settled Wuzhumuqin in Red Camel City, then met Su Luoyan and admired the city she had built up in his absence.
• A seven-hundred-li military dispatch arrived from Tongzhou, and Su Luoyan learned that Wang Chong might already have a principal consort.
• Wang Chong told Su Luoyan he had never had a principal consort and promised to ask the Empress to grant them marriage.
• Su Luoyan wept with relief as Wang Chong comforted her, while he wondered who the woman claiming to be the Princess of Yan was.
• In Tongzhou, the Eldest Princess told her middle-aged subordinate she would wait ten days for Yuzao to meet her before considering the Empress’s command fulfilled.

Wang Chong returned to Tongzhou Prefecture and went to meet the Princess of Yan, who was revealed to be his cousin, Wen Zhengchun. After clashing with her guards, he entered her hall and saw her for the first time.

• Wang Chong left Su Luoyan and several allies to guard Red Camel City, then hurried to Tongzhou Prefecture with Wuzhumuqin.
• Yuzao handed Wang Chong the affairs of Tong and Chi Prefectures and explained that the Princess of Yan had once been designated as his bride.
• Wang Chong went to the government offices after Wen Zhengchun refused to visit him and ordered him to come alone.
• Wang Chong subdued Wen Zhengchun's middle-aged guard, but a skilled girl disguised as a page rescued the man from his throw.
• Wen Zhengchun ordered her people to disperse and welcomed Wang Chong, who entered her hall with Yuzao and Wuzhumuqin.

Jiang Wenjun visited Wang Chong to persuade him to return to Chang'an, but he challenged her account of the territories under his control and mocked Chief Steward Yuwen. The confrontation escalated when Han Hexuan attacked Wang Chong, prompting Yuwen Xuandu to join forces with him.

• Jiang Wenjun reflected on her arranged marriage to Wen Zhengchun and recognized that the Jiang Family intended to use her to lure Wang Chong back to Chang'an.
• Jiang Wenjun asked Wang Chong to surrender Tongzhou and return with her, but Wang Chong questioned her about Ba Prefecture, Yanzhou, Chi Prefecture, and Shangzhou.
• Yuwen Xuandu ordered Wang Chong to abandon his actions and go to Chang'an to beg forgiveness, and Wang Chong asked Jiang Wenjun if he could crush the old eunuch.
• Wang Chong boasted that Han Hexuan had fled after one palm strike, and Han Hexuan arrived angrily and punched at him.
• Yuwen Xuandu attacked Han Hexuan to protect Wang Chong, and Han Hexuan reduced the force of his punch to meet the eunuch's palm.

Wang Chong, Yuwen Xuandu, and Jiang Wenjun drove off Han Hexuan, who had come to Tongzhou Prefecture to kill Wang Chong. Yuwen Xuandu later learned how much territory Wang Chong had conquered and began reconsidering whom he might serve.

• Wang Chong and Yuwen Xuandu fought Han Hexuan together, while Wang Chong taunted him about their past encounters.
• Wuzhumuqin prepared to intervene, but Han Hexuan tried to seize Jiang Wenjun as a hostage and discovered she was a Grandmaster.
• Han Hexuan fled after Wang Chong’s Yang Flame Sword Qi only cut his clothing, and he vowed to kill Wang Chong at their next meeting.
• Jiang Wenjun warned Wang Chong not to return to Chang'an, and Wang Chong moved her and Yuwen Xuandu into the Prefectural Governor’s Residence for protection.
• Yuwen Xuandu learned that Wang Chong had taken Tongzhou, killed Shi Lushan, and captured several other territories, prompting him to consider serving an emperor surnamed Wen.

Wang Chong recruited Yuwen Xuandu to serve as Chief Eunuch of the Prince of Yan’s Residence and oversee the two Ya Offices. He gave Yuwen Xuandu several martial arts manuals, which Jiang Wenjun began identifying and assessing.

• Wang Chong invited Yuzao, Wuzhumuqin, Jiang Wenjun, and Yuwen Xuandu to a banquet after washing up.
• Wang Chong offered Yuwen Xuandu a title and charge of the two Ya Offices, and Yuwen Xuandu pledged himself to the Prince of Yan.
• Wang Chong had Yuzao bring Yuwen Xuandu several martial arts manuals, and Yuwen Xuandu eagerly accepted them.
• Jiang Wenjun examined the manuals, recognized Vajra Prajna Palm and Dragon Elephant Maha Great True Force, and suspected the Eastern Yi Demon Sect techniques were meant for training assassins.

Wang Chong and Jiang Wenjun compared their insights on the flaws in the Dragon Elephant Maha Great True Force, and Wang Chong revised the manual. The process gave him a sudden enlightenment, and he comprehended the True Treasure Sign, Huayan Kasaya, before testing it against Yuwen Xuandu.

• Jiang Wenjun and Yuwen Xuandu identified flaws in the Dragon Elephant Maha Great True Force, and Wang Chong proposed that they write down their views.
• Wang Chong, Jiang Wenjun, Yuwen Xuandu, and Wuzhumuqin exchanged their insights, after which Wang Chong revised the martial art and gave Yuwen Xuandu a copy.
• Wang Chong entered a sudden state of enlightenment while reflecting on the completed manual and comprehended the True Treasure Sign, Huayan Kasaya.
• Wang Chong invited Yuwen Xuandu to spar, and Yuwen Xuandu met the newly formed True Qi astral cloth with his palms.
• Yuwen Xuandu demonstrated more than a hundred martial arts across over sixty exchanges, and Wang Chong praised his martial potential.

Han Hexuan watched Wang Chong and Yuwen Xuandu, then welcomed the Jiang Family’s assault as a chance to kill Wang Chong. Wang Chong subdued the intruders, but as they assumed he would spare them, he ordered the Wind-Treading Cavalry to loose arrows.

• Han Hexuan decided the Jiang Family’s attack might give him an opportunity to assassinate Wang Chong, despite the formidable guards around him.
• After the Jiang Family fought into the Prefectural Governor’s Residence and killed Wind-Treading Cavalry, Wang Chong went out with Wuzhumuqin and Yuwen Xuandu while Jiang Wenjun withdrew.
• Yuwen Xuandu killed Jiang Yuanshan, an outsider granted the Jiang surname, to demonstrate his loyalty to Wang Chong.
• Wang Chong sealed the intruders’ True Qi and let them believe he would escort them safely back to Chang'an.
• Wang Chong raised his hand and ordered the Wind-Treading Cavalry to loose arrows as Yuwen Xuandu realized he should not intervene.

Wang Chong executed the Jiang Family conspirators and ordered Yuwen Xuandu to spread his account of the incident throughout the realm. Jiang Wenjun accepted her place as Princess of Yan despite learning Wang Chong had already promised the position to someone else, while the Empress appointed Chu Qiuzi as Wang Chong’s secondary consort.

• Wang Chong ordered the Wind-Treading Cavalry to kill the captured Jiang Family conspirators, preserve their heads, and send them to Chang'an.
• Wang Chong assigned Yuwen Xuandu to spread the claim that the Jiang Family had plotted against him, while his soldiers gathered their fallen comrades.
• Wang Chong told Jiang Wenjun he had killed the conspirators, and she decided to become the Princess of Yan and stay by his side.
• Wang Chong told Jiang Wenjun that he had already promised the position of Princess of Yan to someone else, and she laughed that it was a matter for women.
• The Empress named Chu Qiuzi Wang Chong’s secondary consort and sent a female official to guide her at the Prince of Yan’s Residence.

Wang Chong prepared to face the Empress’s forces and devised a risky plan to strike Huangzhou while its army was away. After the court ordered Huangzhou to provide troops, Wang Chong learned that its main army had advanced and sent his five columns toward Huangzhou Prefecture.

• Wang Chong sent Yuwen Xuandu and Tailwind Army troops to distribute his essays and deliver the Jiang Family members’ severed heads, then gathered reinforcements and prepared for war.
• Gao Gun arrived, identified Huangzhou as the likeliest enemy, and agreed to defend Tongzhou while Wang Chong planned a surprise attack on Huangzhou.
• At court, the Empress’s ministers debated punishing Wang Chong, then decided to summon him and ordered Huangzhou to provide troops.
• Wang Chong learned that Huangzhou’s main army had set out and led all five columns toward Huangzhou Prefecture.