Recaps

Lin Yi founded the Great Liang Dynasty, consolidated power, and brought the southern territories under his rule. With unification achieved, he prepared the Fengshan rites and turned his attention toward the Western Regions as foreign envoys witnessed Great Liang’s growing power.

• Lin Yi accepted the throne after Lin Rusong refused it, founded Great Liang, and introduced the Three Departments and Six Ministries System.
• Lin Yi appointed officials and commanders, made Taoism the state religion, and prepared to extend Great Liang’s authority southward.
• Cai Yan and Princess Shenle confronted Wang Yining and Wang Zijin, while Great Liang’s armies tightened their siege of Jiangling Commandery.
• Shangguan Yan ordered a massacre of southern aristocratic clans, then offered surrender in exchange for Li Qiankun’s life as Great Liang’s armies advanced.
• Jiang Li submitted the southern chieftains to Great Liang, and Sima Yi established the Shannan Area Command to administer the tribes.
• Lin Yi announced plans to unify writing, measures, currency, and culture, and set the date for his enthronement and Fengshan rites.
• Great Liang captured Jiangling, where Shangguan Yan killed Li Qiankun and took poison, and its forces then brought the entire south under control.
• Lin Yi celebrated unification, received rewards including Zhou Yu and Jiangdong Navy troops, and declared that the Western Regions would be a future campaign as foreign envoys arrived in Yong'an City.

Lin Yi founded Great Liang, destroyed the Jackal Kingdom, and used the Fengshan Ceremony to establish his authority and claim the Western Regions. The Frostwest Empire, the Zhennan Dynasty, and Western Regions rulers began weighing alliances as Great Liang prepared to expand.

• Lin Yi ordered the destruction of the Jackal Kingdom after its prince assaulted a woman in Yong'an City, and Zhang Liao and Lü Bu led the campaign that captured King Chanyu Hulan.
• Lin Yi welcomed the southern tribal chieftains into Great Liang and ordered the tribes settled near the southwest frontier to support the coming war against the Zhennan Dynasty.
• Lin Yi held the Fengshan Ceremony, presented Chanyu Hulan as the sacrifice, and declared Great Liang founded under the era name Zhenwu.
• Lin Yi drew the Xuanyuan Sword and cut down a distant mountain, while the system rewarded him with Sun Jian, Ran Min, new troops, and other resources.
• Lin Yi appointed empresses and officials, established the Court of Diplomatic Reception under Zhang Fei, and assigned Ran Min and Sun Jian to lead campaigns in the southwest and west.
• Zhang Fei asserted Great Liang’s claim to much of the Western Regions using an ancient map and genealogical records, while Jiumosong signed a friendship treaty with Great Liang.
• Western Regions rulers discussed strengthening their alliance and seeking help from the Zhennan Dynasty and Frostwest Empire after hearing of the Jackal Kingdom’s destruction.
• Nan Ke chose to keep the Zhennan Dynasty out of the conflict for now, while its ministers and Frostwest Empire leaders discussed waiting for Great Liang and its rivals to weaken each other.

Lin Yi drew the great clans into imperial service, launched the Western Regions campaign, and courted an alliance with the Great West Empire. Ma Chao and Ran Min crushed the Western Regions coalition, while Frostwest withdrew and sent Princess Anne to seek closer ties with Lin Yi.

• Lin Yi welcomed small states that submitted to Great Liang, then promised the Western Regions envoys protection and ordered preparations to reclaim the region.
• Lin Yi assigned Ma Chao to conquer the Western Regions, established the Lianshan Governor's Office under Zhang Liao, and arranged for Ran Min to reinforce the frontier.
• Lin Yi compelled the great clans to accept industries assigned by the Ministry of Commerce and backed their economic role with an imperial examination system that would weaken their hold on official posts.
• After Jite allied the Western Regions with Frostwest and the Zhennan Dynasty, Lin Yi sent Ran Min west and dispatched other forces to reinforce the Jackal Kingdom.
• Lin Yi received Great West Empire envoys bearing a tiger, then negotiated trade and alliance terms while using Jia Xu to pressure them through Frostwest.
• Zhang Fei demanded costly gifts from Alusi as Ma Chao's forces broke through the Western Regions defenses, and Yan Gang's White Horse Volunteers struck the coalition's rear.
• Jite's coalition fled from Ma Chao and Ran Min, but Ran Min's Qihuo Army shattered its charge and the pursuing Great Liang forces encircled the survivors and captured Jite.
• Nishu withdrew Frostwest's troops rather than risk a battle, and Bill III agreed to send Princess Anne to Lin Yi to improve relations with Great Liang.

Great Liang celebrated its conquest of the Western Regions and used its growing power to pursue reforms, trade, and plans against the Yamata Nation. The arc ended with Frostwest and Great West envoys arriving in Yong'an City and openly challenging each other.

• Lin Yi declared Great Liang an empire after its forces conquered all twenty-six Western Regions kingdoms, and he granted the people and officials three days of celebration.
• Lin Yi appointed Ban Chao to command the Western Regions and Zhang Juzheng as a candidate for chancellor, then prepared to demand benefits from the Frostwest Empire.
• Foreign powers reacted to Great Liang’s victory by reconsidering their plans, while Abaddon agreed to send gifts and set aside his claim to Princess Anne.
• At a banquet for foreign envoys, Lin Yi toasted Great Liang’s prosperity and instructed officials to expand trade without overtaxing small countries.
• Lin Yi ordered Jiang Li to accompany Guan Yu southwest to suppress bandits and later identified Yamata Nation merchants seeking potatoes and shipbuilding technology.
• Wang Yue and Hu Che'er arrested Tanaka Yako’s agents, and Lin Yi ordered the Net and Ministry of Commerce to purge merchants who had helped them smuggle potatoes.
• Lin Yi examined Li Anlan’s hidden treasure and map, then ordered Wang Yue to verify the Yamata sea route and nearby mineral deposits.
• Ashley and Princess Anne arrived in Yong'an City with the Frostwest delegation, where Morandi confronted Ashley and declared that Frostwest and Great West would compete on their own abilities.