Recaps

Li Ziye brought Bai Wangyu to a business negotiation with the Merchant Alliance, the Yin Family Bank, and the Zhangsun Family, using Bai Wangyu’s presence to strengthen his position. After demanding seventy percent of the profits from a single partnership, Li Ziye left with Zhangsun Nanqiao, who continued probing him about the Li Family’s inventions.

• Li Ziye sparred with Bai Wangyu, then invited him to accompany him and Li Youwei to Apricot Garden.
• The three business powers greeted Bai Wangyu warmly, and his statement that Li Ziye had invited him changed how they regarded Li Ziye.
• Li Ziye demanded a ten-ninety split from the Merchant Alliance and challenged the other parties to compete for the Li Family’s business.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao offered to buy the Li Family’s saltpeter ice-making and liquor-brewing techniques, and Li Ziye joked that he wanted her instead.
• Li Ziye stated that the Li Family would cooperate with only one partner and wanted seventy percent of the profits, then left the negotiation.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao escorted Li Ziye outside and asked whether he had invented the Li Family’s unusual products; he denied it, and she said his condition was open to discussion.

Li Ziye negotiated with Zhangsun Nanqiao over the Li Family’s businesses, then learned a Confucian sword technique from Bai Wangyu. He left Li Garden with Bai Wangyu to visit the Flower Cultivation Garden and seek information about the Yin Clan and a book he wanted.

• Li Ziye rejected Zhangsun Nanqiao’s offer to let the Zhangsun Family participate in the Li Family’s production, and she raised her proposal to a sixty-forty profit split without interference in the processes.
• Li Ziye returned to Li Garden, endured his medicinal bath, and asked Bai Wangyu about his missing master and the Head of the Confucians.
• Bai Wangyu demonstrated Wind Passes, Leaving Traces, then patiently taught Li Ziye the sword technique until he grasped its basics.
• Li Ziye took Bai Wangyu to the Flower Cultivation Garden, intending to visit his second brother, learn about the Yin Clan, and obtain Essential Arts of Heavenly Craft.

Li Ziye brought Bai Wangyu to the Flower Cultivation Garden, where his criticism of Yu Qingxuan’s zither performance provoked the guests and revealed Bai Wangyu’s presence to the Imperial Academy students. Yu Qingxuan invited Li Ziye upstairs, and he accepted before taunting the crowd on his way up.

• Li Ziye took Bai Wangyu to the Flower Cultivation Garden and arranged for Xinghua and Lihua to entertain him while he waited for Yu Qingxuan.
• Li Qingzhi watched Li Ziye from the third floor as Yu Qingxuan arrived and performed “Ambush from Ten Sides” on the guqin.
• Li Ziye criticized Yu Qingxuan’s playing, angering the guests, who mocked him after learning he was Li Baiwan’s son.
• The guests recognized Bai Wangyu as Venerable Law Confucian’s foremost disciple and grew angry that Li Ziye had brought him to the pleasure house.
• Yu Qingxuan invited Li Ziye upstairs, and he accepted, then called the guests a bunch of country bumpkins.

Li Ziye’s attempt to find Bai Wangyu at the Flower Cultivation Garden was derailed when Yu Qingxuan summoned him to ask about a pipa score, and he stalled in her room until the crowd downstairs left. After a chaotic chase, he returned to Li Garden and learned from Li Qingzhi that Yu Qingxuan could help him enter the Yin Clan, despite having just offended her.

• Li Ziye met Yu Qingxuan upstairs, denied knowing the origin of her pipa score, and provoked her with shameless jokes until she left through the back door.
• When Yu Qingxuan’s departure drew the crowd outside, Li Ziye seized Bai Wangyu and escaped the Flower Cultivation Garden, then ran from their pursuers through the streets.
• Li Ziye and Bai Wangyu shook off the last pursuers and returned to Li Garden near dawn.
• Li Qingzhi told Li Ziye that Yin Kuang had been placed inside the Yin Clan but could not easily reach the item in its treasury.
• Li Qingzhi explained that Yu Qingxuan would perform at the Yin Clan patriarch’s sixtieth birthday and could help Li Ziye enter the clan, leaving Li Ziye coughing in dismay after his quarrel with her.

Li Ziye pursued Yu Qingxuan to apologize and win her friendship, impressing her with his views on social status and promising her another musical score. After he frightened off Wu Duoduo, Yu Qingxuan invited him to her home for a chat.

• Li Ziye tracked down Yu Qingxuan by the Xiangshui River and apologized for his drunken behavior, but she challenged his claim that he had written “Ambush from Ten Sides.”
• Li Ziye persisted in following Yu Qingxuan and argued that nobility and baseness depended on a person's heart, winning her attention and forgiveness.
• Li Ziye took Yu Qingxuan's hand, prompting Wu Duoduo, heir to the Prince of East Lin, to accuse him of bullying her.
• Li Ziye carried Wu Duoduo to the riverbank and threatened to throw him in until the frightened youth gave up his attempt to play the hero.
• Li Ziye offered Yu Qingxuan the score “Guangling Melody,” and she invited him to her home for a chat.

Li Ziye gave Yu Qingxuan the score of Guangling Melody, but Chen Yifei arrived with two powerful Embroidered Robe Guards and threatened them. Bai Wangyu intervened and drove Chen Yifei away, and Li Ziye then asked Bai Wangyu to help him meet the Head of the Confucians so he could find his fairy master and obtain a king of medicines.

• Li Ziye gave Yu Qingxuan the score of Guangling Melody and invited her to exercise with him in the mornings.
• Wu Duoduo arrived with a group to rescue Yu Qingxuan, but Chen Yifei appeared and refused his offer to join forces against Li Ziye.
• Chen Yifei ordered his two Embroidered Robe Guards to attack Li Ziye, who stood in front of Yu Qingxuan despite being outmatched.
• Bai Wangyu arrived, blasted the guards away with the Taiyi Sword, and forced Chen Yifei and his men to retreat.
• Li Ziye asked Bai Wangyu to help him meet the Head of the Confucians, and Bai Wangyu agreed to ask Venerable Law Confucian to pass on the request.

Kong Qiu revealed to Qin Enuo that Li Ziye came from another world and might be the person who could change the Nine Provinces, then gave him the thousand-year-old fleeceflower root. Zhang Lata used the herb and his sword strike to break Li Ziye’s second blocked meridian, and Li Ziye began a breakthrough.

• Kong Qiu told Qin Enuo that Li Ziye’s birth had briefly disrupted the world’s rules and let him glimpse the true heaven and earth beyond the firmament.
• Kong Qiu explained that he believed Li Ziye could change the world and said Qin Enuo would need the thousand-year-old fleeceflower root to open her disciple’s blocked meridians.
• Bai Wangyu returned to Li Garden and gave Li Ziye the thousand-year-old fleeceflower root from Kong Qiu, lifting Li Ziye’s disappointment at being refused an audience.
• Zhang Lata shattered the herb king and used his sword strike to break one of Li Ziye’s major meridians while pouring the herb’s essence into him.
• Li Ziye emerged from the shattered medicine tub with his second meridian opened, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged into the room as Bai Wangyu sensed his breakthrough.

Li Ziye advanced to the middle stage of the First Martial Dao Realm, then failed spectacularly when he tried to practice the third form of the Flying Immortal Art. Zhangsun Nanqiao offered the Li Family political influence in exchange for cooperation, but Li Ziye rejected the offer and said he wanted to become a sword immortal.

• Li Ziye broke through to the middle stage of the First Martial Dao Realm and demonstrated his improved strength with the Ancient Chunjun Sword.
• Zhang Lata demonstrated the Flying Immortal Art’s third form, and Li Ziye crashed into a wall after attempting its first three steps.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao visited Li Garden to ask about cooperation between the Zhangsun Family and the Li Family, but Li Ziye avoided committing.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao warned Li Ziye that Yu Qingxuan had met the Eldest Prince and might be used to win the Li Family’s support.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao offered to use her family’s influence to raise the Li Family’s status, but Li Ziye declined and said he would rather become a sword immortal.

Li Ziye stirred up a confrontation between the Merchant Alliance and the Yin Clan after a fire destroyed the Alliance’s goods, while secretly investigating the young man who helped him fan the flames. Zhangsun Nanqiao suspected the Li Family was trying to make its rivals fight, and urged Zhangsun Fengyu to get closer to Li Ziye, who he feared might become his uncle.

• After Zhangsun Nanqiao left Li Garden rebuffed, a fire broke out at the Merchant Alliance, and Li Ziye recognized it as the start of his second brother’s plan.
• The Merchant Alliance accused the Yin Clan of burning its goods after finding a Yin Clan token, and Li Ziye joined the crowd to inflame the dispute.
• Li Ziye and a young man in blue separately stirred up the crowd, then exchanged false names and went home to investigate each other.
• Li Ziye discovered the young man was Zhangsun Fengyu, while Zhangsun Fengyu learned that Li Ziye had lied about his name.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao told Zhangsun Fengyu that Li Ziye was trying to set the three competing parties against each other and suggested he get closer to him.

Li Ziye struggled with his martial arts training before visiting Yu Qingxuan, where he discovered her connection to the First Prince. He persuaded her to help him enter the Yin Clan to steal something, and Yu Qingxuan resolved to remain loyal to him.

• Li Ziye challenged Bai Wangyu, learned that Bai Wangyu had fought Yan Xiaoyu to a draw, and left Li Garden frustrated about his upcoming match with Huo Liner.
• Li Ziye visited Yu Qingxuan as she tuned her guqin, but she asked him to hide when the First Prince arrived.
• The First Prince questioned Yu Qingxuan about her preparations and her closeness to Li Ziye, then left without confronting Li Ziye, whom he suspected was in the house.
• Li Ziye asked Yu Qingxuan to take him to the Yin Clan's old patriarch's birthday celebration so he could steal something important, and she agreed.
• Yu Qingxuan explained that she owed the First Prince three favors but had no other connection to him, and she vowed not to harm Li Ziye.

Li Ziye learned that Yan Xiaoyu was bringing a King of Medicines to the capital and began looking for a way to obtain it after it was presented to the court. Meanwhile, rumors portrayed Li Ziye as a peerless sword genius and Yan Xiaoyu’s target, a story secretly spread by Li Qingzhi.

• Li Ziye asked Bai Wangyu and Zhang Lata to help him ambush Yan Xiaoyu for the King of Medicines, but both refused; Bai Wangyu suggested Li Ziye seek it through the court after it became a tribute.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao received Li Ziye’s invitation to go boating, while Zhangsun Fengyu warned her that Li Ziye was likely pursuing an ulterior motive.
• Mu Rong urged Mubai to delay challenging Li Ziye or Yan Xiaoyu, warning that a fight could cause trouble for the imperial family.
• Rumors spread through the capital that Yan Xiaoyu was coming to challenge Li Ziye, who was supposedly a peerless sword genius; Li Ziye denied starting the rumors.
• Li Qingzhi revealed that he had instructed a servant to spread the rumors and privately considered them a gift to his younger brother.

Yan Xiaoyu’s procession survived a bandit ambush, but Liu Rongnü’s Fifth Realm strength made Li Ziye abandon his plan to seize the King of Medicines. Li Ziye took Zhangsun Nanqiao boating to win her over, but her calm response to his flattery left him unsure what to do next.

• Liu Rongnü drove off the bandits who attacked Yan Xiaoyu’s procession and revealed his terrifying Fifth Realm strength.
• Li Ziye learned Liu Rongnü was guarding Yan Xiaoyu and gave up on forcibly taking the third King of Medicines.
• Li Ziye told Bai Wangyu to protect him from trouble while allowing Zhangsun Nanqiao to make advances, then took her to the Xiang River.
• Li Ziye recited poetry to praise Zhangsun Nanqiao, but she teased him about his attempts to win women’s hearts.
• Li Ziye froze when Zhangsun Nanqiao did not react as romantically as he had expected.

Li Ziye and Zhangsun Nanqiao capsized while he tried to pole their boat, leaving them soaked and ending their outing. When Zhangsun Nanqiao grew feverish and lost consciousness on the ride back, Li Ziye brought her to Li Garden, where his companions misunderstood the situation and teased him about taking her as a wife.

• Li Ziye refused to pay the boatman an extra mace of silver and tried to pole the boat himself, causing it to capsize and throwing him and Zhangsun Nanqiao into the lake.
• Li Ziye helped Zhangsun Nanqiao ashore, then took Bai Wangyu's Confucian robe to cover her and warm her on the carriage ride back.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao grew increasingly pale and weak, so Li Ziye held her to warm her and diverted the carriage to Li Garden when she became unconscious.
• Li Ziye carried Zhangsun Nanqiao into Li Garden and called for the residence's physician.
• Hongzhu, Zhang Lata, and Li Youwei joked that Li Ziye had brought Zhangsun Nanqiao home as a prospective wife, leaving him choking in protest.

Li Ziye cared for the ill Zhangsun Nanqiao, then negotiated a business partnership with her while trading teasing remarks. Zhangsun Nanqiao left with Zhangsun Fengyu after agreeing that the Zhangsun Family would give the Li Family a twenty-percent share of its medicinal herb business and one herb king.

• Li Ziye's household dismissed his protests that nothing was going on between him and Zhangsun Nanqiao, then he fed her medicine while she lay unconscious.
• Zhangsun Nanqiao woke as Li Ziye leaned close to give her the remaining medicine, teased him, and learned that he had brought her to Li Garden for treatment.
• Li Ziye proposed a partnership with the Zhangsun Family and demanded a share of its medicinal herb business and herb kings; after bargaining, Zhangsun Nanqiao agreed to a twenty-percent share and one herb king.
• Zhangsun Fengyu arrived to take his aunt home, exchanged barbed greetings with Li Ziye, and left with Zhangsun Nanqiao, who asked Li Ziye when he would invite her on another lake outing.

Zhangsun Nanqiao agreed to the Li Family’s terms, realizing Li Ziye wanted the thousand-year-old herb king arriving with the Divine Oracle Hall. Meanwhile, Kong Qiu sent Bai Wangyu back to Li Ziye’s side and urged him to question authority and protect Li Ziye when needed.

• Zhangsun Nanqiao told Zhangsun Fengyu she had accepted the Li Family’s demand for a twenty-percent share of their medicinal herb business and a thousand-year-old herb king, which she planned to obtain through the empress from the Divine Hall’s tribute.
• Bai Wangyu helped Li Ziye practice the Flying Immortal Formula until Li Ziye fell from an apricot tree, then left after a disciple of the Imperial Academy summoned him.
• Kong Qiu asked Bai Wangyu to assess whether Li Ziye could catch up with Yan Xiaoyu, and Bai Wangyu said he could not.
• Kong Qiu instructed Bai Wangyu to stay beside Li Ziye, learn to question authority, and shield him from hidden attacks when the Divine Oracle Hall arrived.
• Qin Enuo joined Kong Qiu and accepted his praise for her judgment in choosing disciples.

Bai Wangyu returned to Li Garden and learned that Li Ziye questioned the Plum Blossom Sword Immortal’s plans, inspiring him to study the Flying Immortal Art and help Li Ziye grow stronger. Seven days later, the Divine Hall procession reached the Great Shang capital, where Li Ziye spotted Yan Xiaoyu and eagerly watched the King of Medicines he hoped to obtain.

• Bai Wangyu told Li Ziye that the Head of the Confucians had instructed him to stay by his side and learn from him.
• Bai Wangyu asked whether Li Ziye doubted the Plum Blossom Sword Immortal, and Li Ziye admitted that he had questioned her before.
• Li Ziye and Bai Wangyu practiced their sword arts through the night, while the Divine Hall procession traveled toward the capital.
• At the city gate, Third Prince Mu Yao and Court of State Ceremonial ministers welcomed the Divine Hall procession as curious citizens gathered to see Yan Xiaoyu.
• Li Ziye revealed to Bai Wangyu that six of his eight meridians were blocked and that he needed Kings of Medicines to rebuild them.
• Yan Xiaoyu arrived in the capital, noticed Li Ziye staring at him, and silently judged him an idiot while Li Ziye celebrated the arrival of his King of Medicines.

Li Ziye confronted the Divine Hall procession after Liu Rongnü wounded Bai Wangyu, and the Head of the Confucians retaliated from the Imperial Academy. Li Ziye learned that Qin Enuo was safe, while Yan Xiaoyu identified him as a potential threat and agreed that the Divine Hall should eliminate him.

• Liu Rongnü struck Bai Wangyu with his power after overhearing him and Li Ziye, and Li Ziye vowed to settle the score.
• The Head of the Confucians wounded Liu Rongnü and rebuked him for bullying two juniors, forcing the Divine Hall procession to continue in silence.
• Li Ziye repeatedly demanded that the Head of the Confucians answer whether Qin Enuo was safe, then insulted him when he received no reply.
• Qin Enuo sent a streak of Sword Qi across the sky, reassuring Li Ziye that she was unharmed.
• Yan Xiaoyu recognized Li Ziye as Qin Enuo's disciple and agreed with Liu Rongnü that the Divine Hall should eliminate him if an opportunity arose.

Li Ziye practiced the third form of the Flying Immortal Formula with Bai Wangyu’s help, pushing past his limits despite his blocked meridians and exhaustion. He ended the night believing he could succeed, while Bai Wangyu began to believe Li Ziye might revive the first Sword God’s swordsmanship.

• Bai Wangyu warned Li Ziye about provoking the Head of the Confucians, then revealed a red-thread formation he had built to teach him the third form of the Flying Immortal Formula.
• Li Ziye used the bells and threads to practice the form, breaking past his previous limit by completing eleven steps and eventually staggering through all twenty-seven.
• Bai Wangyu told Li Ziye that mastering the form in the First Realm would be unprecedented apart from the first Sword God, and Li Ziye resumed practicing with renewed determination.
• Li Ziye practiced until midnight, repeatedly recovering with precious ginseng and sustaining cuts as the red threads snapped and Bai Wangyu replaced them.
• Li Ziye said he believed he could succeed, then fell asleep exhausted as Bai Wangyu watched and began to believe he could create a miracle.

Li Ziye disguised himself to attend Old Master Yin’s birthday celebration with Yu Qingxuan, hoping to obtain the Essential Arts of Heavenly Craft. When a sudden fire threw the Yin residence into chaos, he met Yin Kuang and entered the secret passage beneath the ancestral hall to retrieve it.

• Li Ziye practiced the Flying Immortal Art, then sparred evenly with Bai Wangyu while both kept their cultivation at the middle stage of the First Realm.
• Hongzhu disguised Li Ziye, and he met Yu Qingxuan outside the Yin residence before they entered the birthday celebration together.
• Yu Qingxuan performed for the guests while Li Ziye watched the rear courtyard and waited for Yin Kuang to act.
• After hearing that the Yin residence was on fire, Yan Xiaoyu left the Court of State Ceremonial despite Liu Rongnü's warning.
• As the fire caused chaos, Li Ziye found Yin Kuang outside the ancestral hall, and they entered its secret passage to retrieve the item.

Li Ziye overcame the Yin Clan's secret passage traps and fought a ferocious dwarf while searching for the Essential Arts of Heavenly Craft. Outside, Yan Xiaoyu summoned rain that extinguished the Yin Clan's fire, winning the clan's gratitude while Hongzhu recognized the spectacle as a deception.

• Yin Kuang triggered the altered passage traps, so Li Ziye sent him outside and sped through the arrows using the Flying Immortal Art.
• Li Ziye opened the stone door, dodged an agile dwarf, and fought it while searching the chamber for the Essential Arts of Heavenly Craft.
• Li Ziye found a blue-green wooden box after his sword strike smashed a shelf and sent its treasures crashing down.
• Yan Xiaoyu appeared outside the burning Yin residence and used his Divine Apertures to call down rain, drawing astonished cries of a miracle.
• Patriarch Yin and the Yin Clan thanked Yan Xiaoyu for extinguishing the fire, while Hongzhu privately dismissed the Divine Oracle Hall as a band of charlatans.

Li Ziye escaped the Yin Clan with the incomplete Essential Arts of Heavenly Craft, but Yan Xiaoyu followed and confronted him and Hongzhu. Just as Yan Xiaoyu attacked, Bai Wangyu arrived and stopped him with the Taiyi Sword.

• Li Ziye seized the incomplete scroll from the Yin Clan’s secret chamber, escaped with Yin Kuang’s help, and slipped out of the estate amid the confusion.
• Yan Xiaoyu noticed Li Ziye leaving and followed his carriage, while Hongzhu sensed that someone powerful was trailing them.
• A group of armored riders startled the carriage horse, forcing Li Ziye, Hongzhu, and their servant to leap clear when the carriage overturned.
• Yan Xiaoyu blocked Li Ziye and Hongzhu, identified himself as the Divine Son, and rejected their claim that they served King Xuanwu’s Residence.
• Yan Xiaoyu attacked, but Bai Wangyu arrived and used the Taiyi Sword to block his strike.

Bai Wangyu intervened when Yan Xiaoyu attacked Li Ziye and Hongzhu, then fought the Divine Oracle Hall's Divine Son to a draw while giving Li Ziye a chance to study their techniques. Afterward, Kong Qiu agreed to consider Qin Enuo's request to guide her disciple if Li Ziye helped Great Shang handle the troubles surrounding the Divine Oracle Hall's upcoming imperial audience.

• Bai Wangyu arrived in the street and challenged Yan Xiaoyu, who had confronted Li Ziye and Hongzhu.
• Bai Wangyu and Yan Xiaoyu fought evenly, and Bai Wangyu deliberately prolonged the battle so Li Ziye could observe their moves.
• Yan Xiaoyu ended the fight without a winner and left; Bai Wangyu said he had come because he expected Li Ziye to stir up trouble.
• Bai Wangyu, Li Ziye, and Hongzhu returned toward Li Garden while Bai Wangyu wondered how Yan Xiaoyu had recognized Li Ziye.
• Yan Xiaoyu told Liu Rongnü that he had drawn with Bai Wangyu, and Liu Rongnü criticized the Confucian School, prompting Kong Qiu to complain about him from afar.
• Qin Enuo asked Kong Qiu to guide her disciple, and Kong Qiu said he would consider it if Li Ziye helped Great Shang resolve the troubles expected during the Divine Oracle Hall envoys' imperial audience.

The Divine Oracle Hall offered three treasures to Great Shang in exchange for the Ninth Princess, then challenged the court to answer three riddles. After hearing the court had failed to solve them, Li Ziye dismissed the questions as easy and assumed the princess would have to marry into the Western Regions.

• Li Ziye practiced his movement technique at Li Garden while Bai Wangyu mocked his slow progress, and he looked forward to obtaining the Snow Lotus Heart to open another meridian.
• Yan Xiaoyu presented the Water-Fire Pearl, Bright Light Armor, and Snow Lotus Heart to the Shang Emperor, then asked for the Ninth Princess’s hand in marriage.
• Yan Xiaoyu proposed three questions as a wager: Great Shang would receive the treasures if it answered them within three days, but the emperor would agree to the marriage if it failed.
• The Shang Emperor accepted the wager, and Yan Xiaoyu asked how to thread a pearl without using hands, identify fifty mare-and-foal pairs, and make fire with water.
• A servant told Li Ziye that the court could not answer any of the questions, and Li Ziye dismissed them as easy while Bai Wangyu recognized the danger to the Ninth Princess.

Li Ziye resisted helping Great Shang answer the Divine Oracle Hall’s three questions until the Confucian School threatened his plans to forge a sword. He agreed to step forward, deciding that the honor might also protect the Li Family from political attacks.

• Bai Wangyu asked Li Ziye to solve the Divine Oracle Hall’s questions, but Li Ziye denied knowing the answers and refused to get involved.
• The Imperial Academy’s instructors and Confucian School’s four venerables failed to solve the questions, so Kong Qiu told them to seek Bai Wangyu.
• Bai Wangyu admitted that Li Ziye might know the answers, and Kong Qiu told him to warn Li Ziye that the Water-Fire Pearl he needed for forging a sword was also wanted by the Confucian School.
• After learning the Water-Fire Pearl was essential to his sword, Li Ziye considered asking Zhangsun Nanqiao for it, but Bai Wangyu warned that the Confucian School would not give it up.
• Li Ziye argued that becoming a celebrated hero could expose the Li Family to greater danger, then decided to help anyway because the people’s support could restrain the court and he wanted his turn in the limelight.

Mu Rong visited Li Garden with Mubai to seek help against the Divine Oracle Hall’s wager and to meet Bai Wangyu, while Mubai challenged him to exchange martial insights. After Mubai and Bai Wangyu began fighting outside, Li Ziye told Mu Rong that the Head of the Confucians would not intervene, but he would help instead.

• Mu Rong feared she would be forced to marry into the Divine Oracle Hall if Great Shang failed to answer its three questions, and Mubai suggested she ask Bai Wangyu for help.
• Li Ziye reluctantly agreed to help solve the Divine Oracle Hall’s challenge after Little Red Riding Hood pressured him, then heard that Mubai and Mu Rong had arrived at Li Garden.
• Mubai proposed exchanging martial insights with Li Ziye, but Bai Wangyu took his place and led him outside to fight.
• Mu Rong explained that she had come to ask whether the Head of the Confucians would help Great Shang, and Li Ziye declared that the Head would not intervene but he would.