Recaps

Wu Yang and his men attacked Lin Fei’s manor, brutalizing Chunhua and Xiayue as they searched for the goods. At the mountaintop, Dongxue stood against them so Qiushui could escape and unleashed the Pei Family’s Pei Min Sword Dance.

• Wu Yang smashed through the manor’s iron gates and led his men inside.
• Chunhua confronted the intruders, but Wu Yang’s men seized and beat her while he threatened and humiliated her.
• Xiayue arrived to defend Chunhua, but the attackers broke her arm and knocked her down.
• The men dragged Chunhua and Xiayue to the mountaintop, where they met Qiushui and Dongxue.
• Dongxue urged Qiushui to flee, then faced the Wu Family’s men and began the Pei Min Sword Dance.

Dongxue fought Wu Yang to protect Qiuyue but was brutally defeated and kept trying to delay him. At Mount Qingcheng, Ye Qiu complained that Zhang Xiaoling would not practice cultivation, and Lin Fei examined the scrolls Zhang had copied.

• Dongxue cut down Wu Yang's men, but Wu Yang broke her sword and struck her down in one move.
• Dongxue clung to Wu Yang's leg and attacked again, hoping to buy Qiuyue time to escape, but he kicked her into a tree and left her for Black Dog.
• Wu Yang went after Qiuyue while Dongxue struggled to crawl after him.
• Ye Qiu told Lin Fei that Zhang Xiaoling read and copied cultivation texts but refused to practice their arts.
• Lin Fei looked through Zhang Xiaoling's three copied scrolls and noticed the beauty of his calligraphy and its faint resonance with the Great Dao.

Lin Fei encouraged Zhang Xiaoling to follow his own path and gave him three cultivation arts to nurture his spirit and Dao heart. At Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, Wu Yang captured Qiushui and searched the villa for the oil lamp and longsword, unaware that a Maybach had arrived at the foot of the mountain.

• Lin Fei praised Zhang Xiaoling's calligraphy to Ye Qiu and then went to speak with Zhang Xiaoling on Qingcheng's rear mountain.
• Zhang Xiaoling told Lin Fei he did not want to force himself to cultivate, and Lin Fei affirmed that he should follow his own path.
• Lin Fei sent primordial spirit power into Zhang Xiaoling and gave him three cultivation arts to nurture a noble spirit and flawless Dao heart.
• Wu Yang caught Qiushui before she could call for help, crushed her phone, and demanded to know where the oil lamp and longsword were.
• Wu Yang slapped Qiushui and led his lackeys in ransacking Flying Cloud Mountain Villa while a Maybach arrived at the mountain's foot.

Bai Zhan arrived at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa and found Wu Yang’s men leaving with stolen treasures and abused captives. Enraged by their treatment of Dongxue, he attacked Black Dog and prepared to crush him.

• Bai Zhan struggled to understand the Golden Scale Dragon Abyss Art and decided to seek his master’s guidance.
• Wu Yang found a sword and an oil lamp in Ji Yaoguang’s bedroom, then ordered his men to return to Jinling with the treasures and captives.
• Bai Zhan reached the villa and encountered Wu Yang’s group escorting Qiushui and Dongxue down the mountain.
• Bai Zhan saw Black Dog brutally beating Dongxue and ordered him to stop.
• Black Dog used a companion as a human shield, but Bai Zhan’s punch killed the man and sent Black Dog crashing into a tree.
• Bai Zhan confronted the injured Black Dog and stomped down at him.

Bai Zhan arrived to protect Lin Fei’s people and overwhelmed Wu Yang with a powerful barrage of punches. Wu Yang drew a flaming longsword and wounded Bai Zhan, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Bai Zhan killed Black Dog and blocked Wu Yang’s punch without injury.
• Bai Zhan unleashed Hundred Fierce Fist Wind Fang, battered Wu Yang, and sent him crashing through a boulder.
• Wu Yang drew his Ice Soul Dark Iron longsword and learned Bai Zhan was Lin Fei’s disciple.
• Fearing Lin Fei would return, Wu Yang coated his sword in flames and attacked Bai Zhan with Gale and Raging Fire.
• Bai Zhan failed to evade a slash, and Wu Yang’s sword broke his Protective Gang Qi and cut deep into his arm bone.

Bai Zhan severed his own burning right arm, then used Sovereign Emperor's Stomp to badly injure Wu Yang. Wu Yang unleashed the old bronze lamp's fire to cover his retreat, while Bai Zhan survived the attack.

• Wu Yang's sword badly burned Bai Zhan's right arm, so Bai Zhan cut it off to stop the flames from spreading.
• Bai Zhan charged Wu Yang and used a midair step on a kicked-up stone to stomp him into the ground with Sovereign Emperor's Stomp.
• Bai Zhan's blood loss left him weakened, and Wu Yang urged his lackeys to attack as they struggled to break through Bai Zhan's defenses.
• Wu Yang poured his remaining true essence into the old bronze lamp and blew a dragon of fire at the fighters, killing his own lackeys while Bai Zhan dodged.
• Wu Yang ordered a retreat after his fire attack missed Bai Zhan.

Bai Zhan and the four maids survived Wu Yang’s attack at Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, but Lin Fei returned to find them gravely injured. After healing them and learning the Wu Family of Jinling was behind the attack, Lin Fei vowed to deal with them and thanked Dongxue for her efforts.

• Wu Yang’s men fled after Bai Zhan forced himself to pursue them, then Bai Zhan collapsed unconscious from his injuries.
• Qiushui went to retrieve the medical kit while Dongxue searched the attackers’ bodies for a phone, but the maids could not call Lin Fei because none of them knew his number.
• Lin Fei returned to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, healed the four maids, and restored Bai Zhan’s severed arm with Eight Gates Injury Healing.
• Bai Zhan and the maids explained the attack, and Lin Fei used the Chaos Eye to reconstruct what had happened.
• Lin Fei identified the Wu Family of Jinling as the attackers and vowed to wipe them out, then told Dongxue, “Silly girl, thank you for your hard work.”

Lin Fei gave his four maids powerful legacies and cultivation resources after recognizing how vulnerable they were, then promised to crush anyone who threatened Dongxue. The maids left to cultivate as Lin Fei prepared to wipe out the Wu Family, while Dongxue confessed her love to him.

• Lin Fei led the four maids to the manor's open ground and decided to strengthen them after their recent danger exposed their weakness.
• Lin Fei passed the Shennong Medical Classic to Dongxue, the Illusory Song Art to Xiayue, four arts of zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting to Qiushui, and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Art to Dongxue.
• Lin Fei advised the maids on how to cultivate their arts and gave Dongxue Qi Gathering Pills to help her reach the Grandmaster Realm.
• Lin Fei gave Dongxue four Barrier Talismans and promised to crush anyone she could not defeat as he vowed to wipe out the Wu Family.
• Dongxue told Lin Fei, "I love you!"

Lin Fei guided Bai Zhan through the dangerous first stage of the Golden Scale Dragon Abyss Art, then prepared to travel to Jinling to take revenge on the Wu Family. Ji Yaoguang stayed behind, unaware that multiple forces coveted her.

• Bai Zhan asked Lin Fei for help understanding the Golden Scale Dragon Abyss Art, and Lin Fei told him to reverse his cultivation technique.
• Bai Zhan reversed the technique, suffered shattered meridians, and had them restored by Lin Fei, leaving them tougher and his true qi faster.
• Lin Fei refused to give Bai Zhan a Barrier Talisman, advising him that the art demanded he face life-and-death battles without protection.
• Lin Fei invited Ji Yaoguang to visit Jinling and wipe out a family, but she declined after hearing what the Wu Family had done.
• Lin Fei bought a high-speed train ticket to Jinling, while Ji Yaoguang remained behind, unaware that several forces coveted her.

Lin Fei rode a high-speed train for the first time and was drawn into a calligraphy debate with calligrapher Ye Xuyang, Ye Ling, and Wang Yong. After Lin Fei critiqued Ye Ling’s work with striking precision, Ye Xuyang and Ye Ling recognized that his judgment matched Ye Xuyang’s own assessment.

• Lin Fei boarded a high-speed train, eager to experience modern transportation and watch the scenery pass by.
• Ye Xuyang traveled in disguise with Ye Ling and Wang Yong to avoid reporters and calligraphy enthusiasts waiting at the airport.
• Ye Ling and Wang Yong showed Ye Xuyang their calligraphy and asked him to choose the better piece, but he invited Lin Fei to judge instead.
• Wang Yong mocked Lin Fei for seeming unfamiliar with calligraphy, but Lin Fei agreed to speak honestly.
• Lin Fei said Ye Ling’s imitation of Wang Xizhi’s style did not suit her temperament and recommended Zhong Shaojing’s rigorous style.
• Ye Ling and Ye Xuyang realized Lin Fei’s critique matched Ye Xuyang’s own assessment.

Lin Fei rejected Ye Xuyang's offer to become his disciple but accepted invitations to a calligraphy exhibition in Jinling. After arriving, he reunited with Chen Xiangyu and gave her Qi Gathering Pills, revealing that he had already made a whole batch of Grandmasters.

• Lin Fei criticized Wang Yong's calligraphy and suggested his fixation might be tied to Ye Ling, angering Wang Yong.
• Ye Xuyang asked Lin Fei to become his disciple, but Lin Fei refused and accepted two invitations to Ye Xuyang's calligraphy exhibition after hearing it included a Qinhuai River cruise.
• On the train to Jinling, Lin Fei said he planned to visit the Peach and Plum Blossom Grove.
• After separating from Ye Ling, Ye Xuyang, and Wang Yong, Lin Fei called Chen Xiangyu, who drove to pick him up.
• Lin Fei noticed Chen Xiangyu had reached the late Body Tempering stage, gave her Qi Gathering Pills, and said he had made a whole batch of Grandmasters.

Lin Fei took Chen Xiangyu to the Peach and Plum Blossom Grove and revealed its ancient connection to Yinglong, who had given him a peach branch and named him Heavenly Emperor Lin. He said Yinglong died after refusing to return to Donghuang Taiyi, then used his power to make the grove bloom for Chen Xiangyu.

• Lin Fei asked Chen Xiangyu to guide him to the Peach and Plum Blossom Grove instead of Jinling's major scenic attractions.
• Lin Fei told Chen Xiangyu that Yinglong had planted the peach branch that created the grove, then showed her a vision of the past.
• In the vision, Yinglong presented Lin Fei with a peach branch, and he explained that planting it would leave a legacy for future generations.
• Yinglong carved a dedication naming the place Peach and Plum Blossom Grove and commemorating her gift to Heavenly Emperor Lin.
• Lin Fei told Chen Xiangyu that Yinglong died after choosing to remain in the mortal world rather than return to Donghuang Taiyi.
• Lin Fei made peach and plum blossoms bloom across the grove, and Chen Xiangyu gazed at the transformed scene.

Lin Fei stayed at the Chen Family’s home in Jinling, where Chen Xiangyu’s parents welcomed him and Liu Jingyun tried to encourage a romance between him and her daughter. The next morning, news of dried corpses and a village massacre led Lin Fei to suspect the Blood Refining Technique.

• A passerby filmed the peach and plum grove blooming out of season and uploaded the video to Douyin.
• Chen Xiangyu invited Lin Fei to stay at her family’s home in Jinling, where Chen Zhengrong and Liu Jingyun welcomed him warmly.
• At dinner, Lin Fei said he had no girlfriend but had someone in his heart in Rongcheng, and Chen Xiangyu dropped her chopsticks and hid her tears.
• The next morning, Lin Fei heard servants discussing dried corpses on a barren mountain and a massacre in a village in Jiangnan Province.
• Lin Fei examined photos of the corpses on a servant’s phone and recognized the Blood Refining Technique.

Lin Fei went to investigate the sealed mountain crime scene and forced his way past Dragon Hidden guards. Hawkeye recognized him as Senior Lin, leaving Flying Tiger stunned after being ordered to apologize.

• Lin Fei set out to investigate the barren mountain where the incident had occurred.
• Lin Fei ignored the Dragon Hidden guards' warnings and swept past the cordon with a fierce gust of wind.
• Hawkeye ordered his men to stop the intruder and fired at Lin Fei when he appeared behind him.
• Lin Fei caught Hawkeye's bullet between two fingers, and Hawkeye greeted him as Senior Lin.
• Flying Tiger arrived and identified Lin Fei, but Hawkeye rebuked him and ordered him to apologize to Senior Lin.

Lin Fei and the Dragon Hidden members discovered that Lin Xinyu had used Heavenly Punishment to slaughter the Dark Night Organization and grow stronger. Hawkeye planned to rally Jiangnan’s ancient martial arts forces to find her, while Lin Fei revealed that he intended to eliminate the Wu Family after making use of its influence.

• Flying Tiger learned that Lin Fei was the Dragon King's master and apologized for his earlier conduct.
• Lin Fei identified Heavenly Punishment at the massacre site and reconstructed Lin Xinyu slaughtering the Dark Night Organization members with the demonic weapon.
• Hawkeye wanted to kill Lin Xinyu, but Lin Fei warned that she was too strong and said she would need time to refine the life essence she had absorbed.
• Hawkeye agreed to enlist Jiangnan’s five foremost ancient martial arts forces to search for Lin Xinyu, especially Douque Palace and the Wu Family.
• Lin Fei said the Wu Family should live a few more days because its influence was still useful, alarming the Dragon Hidden members.

After helping Dragon Hidden uncover a major lead, Lin Fei went sightseeing with Chen Xiangyu and agreed to attend a car race at Zhong Mountain. Meanwhile, Hawkeye traveled to Douque Palace to deliver an important message and learned that its princess and two supreme elders were in seclusion.

• Lin Fei left the police cordon unharmed as Dragon Hidden members respectfully called him Senior, while the onlookers watched in shock.
• Chen Xiangyu worried about problems with her family business and nearly crashed her Maserati, so Lin Fei took over driving.
• Chen Xiangyu suggested a car race at Zhong Mountain Golf Course, and Lin Fei decided they would go.
• Hawkeye flew to Douque Palace, where an outer disciple told him the princess and two supreme elders were in seclusion and the eldest senior brother was handling palace affairs.
• Hong Xiaowei, Douque Palace's eldest senior brother known as Loyalty Reaching Yuntian, came to receive Hawkeye.

Hong Xiaowei rallied Douque Palace and Jiangnan’s other major powers to help Dragon Hidden hunt Lin Xinyu, while Lin Fei took Chen Xiangyu to a racetrack and confronted Wu Yun when he threatened her. Wu Yun backed down after Lin Fei released his wrist, unaware that he had narrowly escaped disaster.

• Hong Xiaowei agreed to help Hawkeye find Lin Xinyu, then ordered Douque Palace’s disciples to investigate her whereabouts while sending three junior disciples to bring Ji Yaoguang back.
• The other four major powers of Jiangnan’s ancient martial arts world pledged to support Dragon Hidden against Lin Xinyu.
• Lin Fei and Chen Xiangyu arrived at Zhong Mountain’s racetrack, where Wu Yun recognized Chen Xiangyu and approached them.
• Wu Yun insulted Lin Fei, threatened Chen Xiangyu, and tried to touch her cheek, so Lin Fei caught his wrist and warned him not to lay a finger on her.
• The organizer’s person in charge and Chen Xiangyu urged Lin Fei to let Wu Yun go, and Lin Fei released him.
• Wu Yun arrogantly claimed he was sparing Lin Fei for Little Liu’s sake, while the person in charge mistakenly believed his intervention had prevented a disaster.

Wu Yun challenged Lin Fei to a race, wagering that the loser would suffer a humiliating forfeit, and the two began racing on the track. Lin Fei drove his Maserati into a high-speed drift around the first turn, scraping the guardrail and showering sparks as Wu Yun followed.

• Wu Yun challenged Lin Fei to race, hoping to injure him in a track accident.
• Lin Fei accepted and wagered that Wu Yun would have to kowtow and admit defeat if he lost; Wu Yun countered that Lin Fei would crawl between his legs and call him Grandpa Wu if he lost.
• The crowd mocked Lin Fei as he and Wu Yun lined up in a Maserati and a Bugatti Veyron.
• The two cars launched from the starting line, and Wu Yun stayed behind Lin Fei, planning to use his Bugatti's speed to smash the Maserati.
• Lin Fei reached the first turn at 280 kilometers per hour and drifted without slowing, scraping the guardrail and sending sparks flying.

Lin Fei defeated Wu Yun in a race and then overpowered him and his bodyguards after Wu Yun refused to honor their bet. Wu Yun finally knelt and agreed to the wager, while the crowd stared in shock at the Wu Family heir’s defeat.

• Wu Yun accelerated his Bugatti toward Lin Fei, but Lin Fei’s Maserati spun around and an invisible barrier sent the Bugatti crashing into the track barrier.
• Wu Yun crawled from the wreckage and accused Lin Fei of crashing into him, but Lin Fei demanded that he honor their bet.
• Wu Yun refused and ordered two bodyguards to attack Lin Fei, who sent them flying with a single slap.
• Wu Yun recognized Lin Fei as a Grandmaster and boasted about the Wu Family, but Lin Fei slapped him and broke his arm and foot.
• Wu Yun screamed, agreed to honor the bet, and dropped to his knees as the onlookers watched in disbelief.

Wu Yun learned that Lin Fei was a Great Grandmaster after ordering an attempt to eliminate him, while Lin Fei left the racetrack with Chen Xiangyu. In Yundian Province, members of the Corpse Refining Sect unearthed a century-old jiangshi before a mysterious Illusion Sect member offered them a far more powerful corpse to refine.

• Wu Yun admitted defeat to Lin Fei, who drove away from the racetrack with Chen Xiangyu.
• Wu Yun ordered his followers to have Wu Yang eliminate Lin Fei, but Wu Yang revealed that Lin Fei was a Great Grandmaster and warned Wu Yun to stay home.
• In a burial ground in Yundian Province, Guo Zhiqiang unearthed a jiangshi, and Li Gang restrained it with a black talisman.
• A mysterious member of the Illusion Sect appeared behind the Corpse Refining Sect members and offered to help them refine the Black Flame Fire Phoenix buried in Black Bamboo Valley.

A mysterious Illusion Sect man persuaded Li Gang to ally with the Demon Sect and obtain the Black Flame Fire Phoenix’s corpse to kill Ji Yaoguang, revealing a plan involving the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Meanwhile, Lin Xinyu and Datura were hunted across Jiangnan, and Lin Xinyu refused Wangliang’s demand to control her body as a powerful enemy approached.

• The Illusion Sect man offered Li Gang the Black Flame Fire Phoenix’s corpse in exchange for helping kill Ji Yaoguang, and Li Gang agreed.
• The black-robed man transformed into crows, then revealed a six-sided object marked with the Six Paths and said the Demon Venerable could return only through reincarnation.
• Lin Xinyu and Datura discussed how her identity had been exposed as the Jiangnan martial world pursued them.
• Wangliang warned Lin Xinyu that a Grandmaster Twelfth Layer expert with an extraordinary weapon was coming and demanded control of her body.
• Lin Xinyu refused Wangliang’s demand and threatened to die alongside him rather than surrender control or accept his terms.

Wangliang taught Lin Xinyu and Datura Shadow Escape as Hong Xiaowei pursued them through the woods. Lin Xinyu escaped his freezing attack by burning Wangliang’s Life-Origin Divine Fire, leaving him furious over the loss.

• Wangliang passed the Shadow Escape technique to Lin Xinyu, who demanded he save the wounded Datura after Datura revealed he had a lead on the other half of Heavenly Punishment's blade.
• Wangliang taught Shadow Escape to Datura, and Hong Xiaowei arrived just as Lin Xinyu and Datura vanished.
• Hong Xiaowei tracked their footsteps and attacked Lin Xinyu with a blade of ice, cutting her waist as she dodged into a tree.
• Lin Xinyu's visible blood revealed her hiding place, and Hong Xiaowei sent freezing air over the woods to capture her.
• Lin Xinyu used Wangliang's Life-Origin Divine Fire to dispel the freezing air and flee, prompting Wangliang to curse at her over the loss.

Lin Xinyu escaped Hong Xiaowei with Wangliang’s help, but his remnant soul exhausted its strength and fell silent. The next day, the Wu Family announced that its old patriarch had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm and sent Chen Zhengrong an invitation to celebrate.

• Wangliang taught Lin Xinyu Swift Flash and Shift Form and Swap Shadow, allowing her to counterattack Hong Xiaowei before escaping with Earth Travel.
• Lin Xinyu fled downstream and collapsed, while Wangliang said he had spent his remaining strength and urged her to gather life essence and contact Datura for Heavenly Punishment’s other half.
• Wangliang’s voice faded until he fell silent, and Lin Xinyu gripped Heavenly Punishment with killing intent toward the middle-aged swordsman.
• The Wu Family announced that its old patriarch had broken through to the Great Grandmaster Realm and prepared a banquet for guests across Jinling and Jiangnan.
• Chen Zhengrong dropped and shattered a porcelain cup when he heard the news, then learned that a Wu Family messenger had brought him an invitation.

Wu Yang forced his way into the Chen Family home to deliver an invitation, humiliating Chen Zhengrong and injuring Wang Long. Lin Fei arrived with Chen Xiangyu, struck Wu Yang through a courtyard wall, and told him to warn Old Master Wu that he would turn the celebration banquet into a birthday banquet.

• Wu Yang forced his way into the Chen Family home, injured its people, and demanded that Chen Zhengrong pick up his invitation.
• Wu Yang kicked Wang Long down and crushed his hand when he tried to retrieve the invitation.
• Chen Zhengrong prepared to fight, but Wu Yang threatened his family and forced him to back down.
• Chen Xiangyu returned with Lin Fei, and Wu Yang froze when he saw the Grandmaster.
• Wu Yang boasted that Old Master Wu had reached the Great Grandmaster Realm and possessed a powerful bronze oil lamp, but Lin Fei slapped him through the courtyard wall.
• Lin Fei told Wu Yang to warn Old Master Wu that he would turn the celebration banquet into a birthday banquet.

Lin Fei healed the Chen Family and accepted the Wu Family’s invitation despite Chen Zhengrong’s warnings. Meanwhile, Chen Longxiang withdrew from the South China Sea and agreed to attend Wu Tao’s banquet, where Wu Tao planned to use him to kill Lin Fei.

• Wu Yang fled after Lin Fei threatened the Wu Family, and Lin Fei told Chen Zhengrong that his dispute with the family was an old score.
• Chen Zhengrong warned Lin Fei that Wu Tao had ties to the Saber Sect and that the Wu Family possessed a dangerous oil lamp, but Lin Fei dismissed the danger and accepted the invitation bearing his name.
• Lin Fei healed the injured Chen Family members and realized the Wu Family might be using the banquet to target him and the Chens.
• Chen Longxiang ordered Dragon Hidden to withdraw from the South China Sea after learning the underwater phenomenon lay beyond Huaxia’s territorial waters, but instructed them to keep monitoring it.
• Chen Longxiang agreed to attend Wu Tao’s banquet while traveling to Jiangnan Province to deal with Heavenly Punishment.
• Wu Tao told Wu Yang that Chen Longxiang would attend and vowed to ensure Lin Fei came to the banquet but never left.