Recaps

Chen Ying and A Li helped Shen Er confront Shen Ling as the Ancient Insects and their allies threatened Jiangnan. Meanwhile, the King of Qin uncovered the Daoist School’s plans in the East Sea, and Chen Qing turned toward the capital to face the Human Emperor.

• Chen Ying and Shen Er learned that Ancient Insect eggs had infected the Shen Family and worked with A Li to draw Shen Ling out, while Chen Qing returned to investigate the betrayal threatening Jiangnan.
• A Li used memory-altering tricks to lure Shen Ling toward the Blazing Yang Grand Formation, where Chen Ying and the academy disciples trapped her.
• Shen Ling escaped the formation, convinced Chen Ying that Shen Er had betrayed them, and implanted an insect in Chen Ying before facing the West Sea Dragon King and Xuanming.
• Shen Ling detonated the Blazing Yang Grand Formation, killing the Dragon King and Xuanming, but Shen Er arrived and admitted he had used everyone before Chen Ying confronted him with thunder.
• Zhang Zhengyuan urged the emperor to ally with the Daoist School against the Buddha Kingdom, while Ziyue revealed that the guard captain had served the Daoist School and helped the King of Qin find its gate.
• The King of Qin confronted Daoist School members who had planted seeds in East Sea residents and argued that they were building an army of replacements and Dao soldiers.
• Chen Qing and Ziyue concluded that the King of Qin had allied with the Daoist School and might use his own army to influence the Fighter Army.
• Tian Heng warned the Grand Princess that many of her officers had returned changed from Buddhist temples, while Chen Qing trusted his allies to handle Jiangnan and headed to the capital to settle his karma with the Human Emperor.

Buddhist light destabilized the imperial army in Jiangnan while Chen Qing sought the means to activate a superpower and restore his and Ziyue’s origins. The emperor drove back a Buddhist challenger, and the Daoist School offered an alliance that Chen Qing warned Ziyue not to trust.

• The Hong family head told the eldest princess that Buddhist light had awakened his past lives, and the King of Qin proposed cooperation against the Buddha Kingdom.
• Lan Shang rallied the imperial army to break out of Jiangnan, while Tian Heng prepared to seize control of its troops.
• The King of Qin killed Wei Gongcheng, and Tian Heng unleashed sword intent that killed Lan Shang before the Eldest Princess claimed command of the pass and imperial army.
• Wang Ye revealed that Chen Qing had arranged his apparent departure with a supercomputer seed, while Chen Qing sought the emperor’s help to activate a superpower.
• The emperor fought Victorious Fighting Buddha, adapted to his wave-like attacks, and overwhelmed him after drawing on the continent’s Dragon Vein.
• Elder Liu stopped the battle, and Chen Qing revealed that hidden superphone access had activated before concluding that a living person controlled the World Will’s actions.
• Yunyue approached the Eldest Princess and King of Qin, explained Severing the Three Corpses, and warned that Hongyue might devour Ziyue.
• Yunyue gained the emperor’s acceptance as a Daoist School envoy, but Chen Qing identified Pu Yunchuan as its likely backer and warned Ziyue not to trust her.

Chen Qing’s allies rejected or cautiously accepted the Daoist School’s dangerous aid as Jiangnan prepared to confront Buddhism. Tian Heng’s forces destroyed Buddhist temples and defeated two King Level Buddhas, while A Li exposed the King of Qin’s attempt to infiltrate their ranks.

• Yunyue offered Great Jin costly Daoist weapons and a contract restricting its alliances, but Chen Qing warned the emperor that the offer could undermine the state.
• The Grand Princess accepted the Daoist School’s contract and ordered Tian Heng to attack Buddhist temples, while Wang Ye suspected the medicine would weaken the West Sea Army.
• Tian Heng accepted Shen Er’s plan to offer soldiers rewards in the Underworld if they died in battle, and thousands volunteered despite opposition from aristocratic officers.
• Shen Er refused the King of Qin’s offer to betray Chen Qing, then suspected Jiangnan would fall to him unless Chen Qing returned.
• Tian Heng laid siege to Nanyang after the Door God refused to admit the army, and Shen San entered the city gate’s domain to confront the Buddhists.
• Shen San revealed that the Door God had switched sides again, and Tian Heng’s army used its formations to kill two King Level Buddhas.
• The King of Qin and a disguised Buddha targeted A Li during the fighting in Liuzhou, but A Li recognized the King of Qin in Tian Liang’s form and made his technique backfire.
• The King of Qin praised A Li’s scheme and asked Master why he had not acted.

Chen Qing and his allies prepared for the Heavenly Demon’s descent while Elder Liu seized the Buddha Kingdom’s power. The Heavenly Court invaded the Southern Barbarians, and the White Tiger Star Officer approached Shen Yuan as both sides maneuvered over Jiangnan and the Northern Wasteland.

• The Past Buddha reset the battlefield as the King of Qin and Shen Er remembered the loop, and A Li concealed her identity while disrupting the King of Qin’s attempts to capture her.
• The King of Qin and Chen Qing exposed the Past Buddha’s plot, and Chen Qing killed Elder Yang, accepted his sarira, and offered the remaining Buddhist forces a chance to surrender.
• Elder Liu reclaimed the Future Buddha’s power and gathered the Buddha Lords’ vow powers with the Spacetime Jade, while Elder Long ordered the Heavenly Lake prepared to attack the mortal world.
• Chen Qing organized his forces for the coming surge of spiritual energy and planned to anticipate where the Heavenly Court would establish a foothold, while the emperor and Ziyue discussed their past failures and the factions’ uneasy alliance.
• As refugees fled the ruined Southern Barbarians, Bai Lie and Wen Keming admitted women and children into Jiayun County, where the White Tiger Star Officer’s forces ambushed the defenders and killed Bai Lie.
• The White Tiger Star Officer abducted Shen Yuan through a false spatial formation, then negotiated with him and shared intelligence while the Three-Eyed Divine General began moving to take the Southern Barbarians.
• Chen Qing’s allies debated whether the White Tiger Star Officer would support Jiangnan, while Xu Hu refused to withdraw from Northern Wolf on the strength of a possibly forged letter and the Heavenly Court watched his army’s movements.