Recaps

Gu Moran used new weapons and Kim Seon-a’s recovery to secure Goryeo’s cooperation, while Xie Linyuan accepted the alliance after Kim chose Gu Moran. As Wa forces threatened Goryeo, Gu Moran prepared a naval campaign and left Kim Seon-a’s questions about their future unanswered until after the war.

• Zhen Meili demonstrated a repeating crossbow that could fire Subduing Fire Thunder, and Kim Seon-a agreed to Great Yan’s passage through Incheon Port and its withdrawal after the war.
• Kim Seon-a asked Gu Moran to treat her, and his acupuncture broke through her astral-qi barrier and let her touch and embrace him for the first time in twelve years.
• Xie Linyuan confronted Gu Moran after overhearing Kim Seon-a, but Kim declared that she loved Gu Moran, and Xie agreed to fight the Wa army as the vanguard.
• The women welcomed Kim Seon-a, and Gu Moran helped her practice close combat as she learned to touch others without fear.
• After Wa forces encircled Hanseong, Gu Moran kept Kim Seon-a’s troops at Ganghwa Island and ordered the fleet prepared while planning a route to retake the city.
• Gu Moran and Kim Seon-a became intimate, while Gu Moli plotted to sow suspicion between them and Gu Moran received Wa camp locations and hand-cannon schematics.
• Kim Seon-a charted Incheon Port as Gu Moran prepared his forces, and Gu Moran told her he would answer her questions about their future after the war.
• Gu Moran read the Empress Dowager’s decree at Dengzhou, embarked with the fleet, and sent Xue Huan and disguised soldiers to spread rumors in Hanseong about a traitor and destroyed supplies.

Gu Moran’s forces broke the Japanese siege of Goryeo, rescued the prisoners in Hanseong, and destroyed Kuki Yoshitaka’s fleet at Incheon. After a secret letter implicated Kim Seung-hwan in betraying Goryeo, Gu Moran offered Kim Seon-a a choice about joining his next campaign.

• Mei Boqian’s troops fought on Vanishing Shadow Island while Gu Moran’s forces seized Incheon, and Pu Yunshan destroyed a Japanese grain convoy to worsen Inukami Jusaburo’s shortages.
• Gu Moran’s army defeated Inukami’s attack outside Hanseong, while Park Roejang arranged an ambush at White Sandbar and helped Gu Moran discover the plot.
• Gu Moran survived the White Sandbar ambush, but Park Roejang died after revealing that the Satsuma soldiers could help open Hanseong’s west gate.
• Gu Moran’s forces and the Satsuma soldiers broke through the west gate, freed Kim Tae-heung, and entered Hanseong as Inukami threatened the city’s prisoners.
• Kim Seon-a, Lin Qingdai, and Tuoba Mang uncovered Choi Seong-min’s plot to seize Goryeo’s throne with Bloodline Gu, rescued the children, and captured Choi.
• Gu Moran’s forces stopped Inukami from killing the prisoners and defeated Gu Debai’s rebellion, then prepared to face Kuki Yoshitaka’s fleet at Incheon.
• Gu Moran lured Kuki Yoshitaka’s ships into a trap, and the Satsuma soldiers ignited the fire ships that destroyed most of the Wa fleet and led to Kuki’s capture.
• Kim Seon-a found a letter bearing the Great Yan empress’s seal and a weapon linked to Kim Seung-hwan, and Gu Moran offered her the choice to join his campaign against the Wa emperor or remain in Incheon.

Gu Moran conquered Tsukushi Port, uncovered a plot linking Wa forces to officials in Chang’an, and turned the imperial envoy’s schemes against him. The arc ended with Zhou Yanru’s fleet trapped and his deal with Shōni Sukemoto exposed before the Ministry of War soldiers.

• Kim Seon-a pledged Goryeo ships and sailors to Gu Moran in exchange for weapons, while Gu Moran imprisoned Kuki Yoshitaka and celebrated the victory at Incheon.
• Kim Tae-won’s death warriors attacked the prefect’s residence, and Kim Seon-a killed their leader before promising to bring back Kim Tae-won’s head and a naval tally.
• Gu Moran’s fleet crossed Ghost Cry Shoal and defeated Shimazu Yoshihiro’s forces with armored ships, poison countermeasures, and a landing at Tsukushi Port.
• Gu Moran uncovered a concealed iron depot and a plot to move Dazaifu’s silver and Goryeo’s Heaven-designated iron chest toward the Iwami Silver Mine.
• Gu Moran’s forces foiled Shōni Sukemoto’s attempt to poison him through Takaichi Nanako, then Shen Ling'er and Meng Jiuning treated Nanako’s poisoning.
• Eunuch Shuangxi arrived with an edict to bring Gu Moran back to Chang’an, but Gu Moran exposed his forged credentials and his ties to a scheme involving the emperor’s son and Gu Debai.
• Gu Moran seized evidence of an agreement between Great Yan’s minister of war and Shōni Sukemoto, then learned the true fleet signal and mine passage from Takaichi Nanako.
• Zhou Yanru’s fleet entered Tsukushi Port under a false signal, but Zhen Meili trapped it with ironclad forts and underwater fire thunders as Gu Moran revealed Zhou Yanru’s sealed agreement with Shōni Sukemoto.