Recaps

Wang Chong woke in a world that believed him to be Mo Yuncong and became entangled in the hunt for White Chrysanthemum, whose death was claimed by Qin Han. After reaching Pengshan County, Wang Chong joined Su Luoyan and Chu Qiuzi to confront Qian Luoyi and his companions, leaving his fight with Qian Luoyi ongoing.

• Lu Moniang met Sun Mingke at Taiyi Abbey, and Daoist Guanlong taught them the Nine Profound True Scripture before sending Sun Mingke to help her hunt White Chrysanthemum.
• Xuangang found the newborn Xuan Ye, then met Su Luoyan in Pengshan City, where she asked him to help hunt White Chrysanthemum.
• Gan Luoyi vowed to kill White Chrysanthemum himself, while Jade Slave defeated several young martial artists and Sun Yanqi abandoned Iron Sister despite knowing she was innocent.
• Wang Chong awoke beside the bound Tie Mingzhu, discovered he retained powerful martial arts, and learned that the Heavenly Empress ruled in the eighth year of Linde.
• Wang Chong disguised himself and encountered Chu Qiuzi’s Qingcheng disciples, then killed the Hao brothers while fleeing accusations that he was White Chrysanthemum.
• Fang Jingru defended Wang Chong, brought him into the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Alliance, and introduced him to young martial artists including Chu Qiuzi.
• Wang Chong joined the alliance’s hunt, but after finding Sun Yanqi in a river, he saw Su Luoyan kill him and agreed to conceal her role.
• Wang Chong returned Sun Yanqi’s corpse to Pengshan County, where Qin Han claimed he had killed White Chrysanthemum, while Chu Qiuzi later explained the history of the Correct Explanation of the Four Marks.
• Su Luoyan invited Wang Chong and Chu Qiuzi to a garden banquet, then gave Wang Chong her maid Liuxian as a companion for his journey to Chang'an.
• After Qian Luoyi wounded Qin Han and escaped with Huo Qingge and Xiao Yiguli, Su Luoyan confronted them, and Wang Chong began an even fight with Qian Luoyi before calling for a weapon change.

Wang Chong joined Li Qingge’s investigation into the White Chrysanthemum crimes while advancing his martial arts and gathering companions. The investigation exposed multiple perpetrators and implicated corrupt officials, as Wang Chong received a new post and the Prince of Yan faced a grassland kidnapping plot.

• Wang Chong broke through during his duel with Qian Luoyi, then left Pengshan County with Yuzao and Wang Dong as Li Qingge recruited him to investigate White Chrysanthemum.
• Wang Chong studied the case files, became Kong Chan’s disciple as Xuande, and awakened the Nine-Headed Dragon King Aspect while considering whether he might be one of the criminals.
• Wang Chong and Li Qingge concluded that several people might be using the name White Chrysanthemum, then Wang Chong and Sun Mingke rescued Nan Xinlan and killed Zhou Shaliang.
• Wang Chong and his companions confronted Tie Mole, killed him, and found an Eagle Letter revealing a grassland plot to capture the Empress’s son.
• Wang Chong copied Tie Mole’s Vajra Prajna Palm manual and adapted its techniques, while Nan Xinlan chose to become his sword-bearing maid and Xuangang joined him under Kong Chan’s orders.
• Wang Chong exchanged the Vajra Prajna Palm for Xuangang’s Withered Meditation Method, and Yuzao began teaching Nan Xinlan and Tie Mingzhu how to serve as maids.
• Li Qingge reported that Wang Chong had been appointed a sixth-rank bureau chief and chief constable, and revealed that Wang Chong’s predecessor and another official had committed four of the White Chrysanthemum crimes.
• Li Qingge and the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Alliance went to protect the Prince of Yan from a grassland kidnapping plot, while Wang Chong stayed behind and learned Tie Mingzhu had mistaken him for White Chrysanthemum.

Wang Chong defended Pengshan County from the Yelüge Clan, then traveled to Tongzhou to investigate the White Chrysanthemum case and uncover the Wen Family’s plot against the Prince of Yan. After killing Wen Zhiwei, he revealed himself as Wen Zhengchun and reclaimed his identity before Tongzhou’s officials.

• Wang Chong killed Narihai and Wenducheng, mastered the Innate Pure Yang Formula, and developed new sword and palm techniques.
• Wang Chong defeated Wen Zhengming, then gathered constables’ relatives as recruits while rumors spread that the Prince of Yan was rebuilding the Yulin Army.
• Wang Chong organized Pengshan County’s defenders against the Yelüge Clan, killed their apparent commander, and rallied the defenders as the Army-Breaking Bodhisattva Aspect emerged.
• Wang Chong and Monk Xuangang raided the enemy camp, but Ye Hu pursued Wang Chong, who escaped after capturing Princess Pijia and delaying his pursuers.
• Wang Chong entered Tongzhou with Zhu Hongru’s help and took charge of the Ministry of Justice bureau as Li Qingge asked him to investigate the White Chrysanthemum crimes.
• Wen Zhiwei told Wang Chong that the Wen Family had framed Wen Zhengchun and arranged his death, and Wang Chong revealed himself as the Prince of Yan before killing her.
• Wang Chong entered the Prefectural Governor’s Residence, declared himself Wen Zhengchun before Wen Zhengxi, Qin Han, and Fang Jingru, and left to celebrate with the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Alliance.

Wang Chong defeated the grassland warriors, seized control of Ba Prefecture, and gathered allies while preparing to take Yanzhou from the Shangtuo Tribe. The arc left him traveling with Gao Gun and Sun Mingke to set a scheme against the Shangtuo Tribe in motion.

• Wang Chong led the Central Plains martial artists out of Tongzhou, killed A Chi Le and Princess Pijia, and defeated Yegeluo Clan Ye Hu after breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm.
• Wang Chong framed Wen Zhengxi for Wen Zhiwei’s murder, established control in Tongzhou, and set out toward Yanzhou with Su Luoyan and his forces.
• Wang Chong took Hejian Prefecture and sent Sun Mingke to seize nearby strongholds, while Sun Mingke captured Cloud-Gathering Mountain and other strategic positions.
• Wang Chong killed Shi Lushan at Green Mountain Pass, then joined Sun Mingke to defeat the Wild Goose Cavalry and force Ba Prefecture City’s army to retreat.
• Wang Chong’s allies captured cities and passes across Ba Prefecture, while Yuzao brought Tongzhou’s gangs into the Chrysanthemum-Slaying Alliance.
• Wang Chong pursued Shi Bao, gathered fleeing commoners from Ba Prefecture, and returned to Tongzhou, where Gao Gun revealed the Empress’s appointments and his plan to help Wang Chong take Yanzhou.
• Gao Gun agreed to pose as an envoy from Chang’an and use Shi Lushan’s confiscated fortune to burden the Shangtuo Tribe with an oversized order before its Heroes' Assembly.
• Wang Chong left Yuzao in Tongzhou and traveled with Gao Gun and Sun Mingke to Ba Prefecture, where he continued replacing Shi Lushan’s officials with local administrators.