Recaps

Wang Hao secured martial arts, allies, and a new greatsword while the Confucian School maneuvered against him. The arc left him surrounded at the Grand Secretary’s residence, facing High Person Longxiang and the masked attacker who had wounded Dingzhen.

• Wang Hao defeated High Person Linghui, obtained three martial arts, and arranged to return Yang Jingzhong’s ashes to Xiulan before leaving the Helan Mountains.
• Wang Hao helped Dingzhen recover, and she defended him from Dingyi while the Mount Heng nuns reconsidered their judgment of him.
• Wang Hao killed the Pusi Qu Snake King, found Dugu Qiubai’s cave, and used its remains and other snake parts to strengthen himself.
• Wang Hao returned to the capital, studied manuals at the Martial Repository Pavilion, and met Zhu Yijun and Cao Haisheng, who took him to the imperial secret treasury.
• Wang Hao claimed the Dragon-Slaying Saber, the Heaven Sword, and Li Xuanba’s crude-iron hammers, then created the first layer of the Nine Revolutions Body Tempering Instruction.
• Wang Hao defeated Lu Tingfeng in a saber duel and began forging the Shameless Greatsword as the Confucian School drew Blood Robe Tower members into its plans against him.
• Wang Hao rescued Zhao Dachui from an ambush at the Ten Thousand Flowers House, then pressed on to the Grand Secretary’s residence despite a warning to flee the capital.
• Wang Hao killed Zhang Xihao and was trapped by the Five Mountains Sword Sect’s formations, where he recognized the Mysterious Water Sword wielder as Dingzhen’s attacker before High Person Longxiang stopped his strike.

Wang Hao survived the capital’s attacks, reached the Grandmaster Realm, and escaped with treasure before crafting powerful armor for Sun Ruonan. After helping Sun Ruonan and Zhao Fengxue defeat the steppe invasion, he found the Nine Yang Divine Art and spirit peaches, then sent gifts to Dongfang Bai as Zhang Wuji began hunting him.

• Wang Hao defeated High Person Longxiang and the Five Mountains Sword Sect, reached the peak of the Transformation Realm, and escaped into the Great Yuan Treasure passage after clashing with Li Haoran.
• Wang Hao endured the treasure vault’s traps, reached the Grandmaster Realm, found the Supreme Yoga Tantra and the Yuan Dynasty’s treasure, then escaped the capital in disguise with Tie Niu’s help.
• Wang Hao forged purple-gold armor and a war bow for Sun Ruonan, then Zhao Fengxue led her, Zhao Dachui, and Tie Niu on a mission to aid Li Xiongxin against the steppe army.
• Sun Ruonan helped Blood Wind Hall enter the besieged city, destroyed the Red Barbarian Cannon with an arrow, and killed Prince Dula, forcing the grassland army to retreat.
• Wang Hao fought Yuanyuan Temur near Bright Peak, survived his final attack, and found the Nine Yang Divine Art in Zhao Min’s tomb along with a spirit peach tree.
• Wang Hao sent spirit peaches to Dongfang Bai, found Peach Blossom Island abandoned, and sailed toward Fuzhou to learn what had happened to Yushu and the others.
• Dongfang Bai and Granny Song gave spirit peaches to Little Bai, while Zhang Wuji learned that Wang Hao was one of the men he sought and decided to kill him.

Wang Hao defeated the Confucian School’s forces in Fuzhou, joined the Azure Dragon Society, and built a training and printing base on Ryukyu. He recovered Tianning Temple’s treasure, rescued Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua, and left Zhou Xueyi heartbroken after admitting he hoped to marry her and Dongfang Bai.

• Wang Hao rescued Lin Zhennan’s family from the Confucian School, defeated Li Jishi, and escaped Li Haoran’s pursuit after their swords clashed.
• Wang Hao joined the Azure Dragon Society as master of its Jianfu Branch, then sailed to Ryukyu and reunited with Qing'er and Zhou Xueyi.
• Wang Hao treated Qing'er's facial scars, helped Wu Tai awaken Bloodline Power, and gathered the island’s recruits to teach them martial arts.
• Wang Hao wrote textbooks and helped Qing'er and Yushu establish printing and papermaking operations, then sailed with Zhou Xueyi to retrieve treasure near the Yangtze.
• Wang Hao fought Xuancheng at Tianning Temple and pursued him to Jiangling, where he freed Ding Dian from prison and joined him against Xuancheng and Ling Situi.
• Wang Hao killed Xuancheng and Ling Situi, helped Ding Dian reunite with Ling Shuanghua, and left Jiangling with them and Qingdie after dealing with their pursuers.
• Wang Hao exchanged martial arts manuals with Ding Dian and offered to help him develop a halberd technique.
• Wang Hao kissed Zhou Xueyi, but when he admitted he hoped to marry both her and Dongfang Bai, she slapped him and ran away in tears.

Wang Hao defeated Jiangnan’s martial factions, rescued abused children, and transformed Xie Feng into a Soldier Man while gathering allies and manuals. He revealed to Xie Feng that he had invented the Heavenly Demon Sacred Cult to force the Central Plains powers to unite against the Confucian School.

• Wang Hao defeated the Mount Heng Sword Sect’s elders, learned its sword instructions, and gained Mo Da and Liu Zhengfeng’s cooperation by offering the Five Mountains Swordsmanship inheritance.
• Wang Hao attacked the Beggars' Sect, where Xie Feng turned on its elders, and Wang Hao saved the dying Xie Feng and arranged for abused children to be relocated.
• Wang Hao killed Fragrant Jade Fan, challenged Black Mountain Old Devil, and raided Jiangnan factions for martial arts manuals while allies helped evacuate children and vulnerable women overseas.
• Wang Hao transformed Xie Feng with Blood Sha and Dugu Qiubai’s remains, then fought him until Xie Feng regained control and became a Soldier Man.
• Xie Feng reunited with Wang Xiufang and Ning'er, accepted Ning'er as Wang Hao’s third disciple, and received martial arts manuals and a warning to use his new power carefully.
• Wang Hao forged swords, helped Zhu Yuanwai awaken Bloodline Power with a mutated wild boar’s blood, and sent Xie Feng to clear Beggars' Sect branches and gather intelligence.
• Wang Hao adopted the disguise of Sword Saint Dugu Jian and revealed to Xie Feng that he had fabricated the Heavenly Demon Sacred Cult to unite Central Plains powers against the Confucian School.