Recaps

Gu Yuan used his diary-gained abilities to pursue the Great Li Dragon Seal, while Qi Yueli secretly followed his plans and drew him closer to her court. After Gu Yuan killed powerful men to protect Meixiang, Qi Yueli exposed Prince Duan’s treason and promoted Gu Yuan, while attacks on the provincial heirs threatened the capital.

• Gu Yuan awakened the Martial God Physique in prison, survived a failed break-out, and was appointed an imperial bodyguard by Qi Yueli.
• Gu Yuan fought Shangguan Weiming, met Princess Huai'an, and chose martial arts from the Great Qi Martial Repository before secretly seeking the Great Li Dragon Seal.
• Gu Yuan and Qi Yueli became trapped beneath the tomb after taking the Dragon Seal, and Qi Yueli posed as Lin Yao before accepting Gu Yuan as her junior in the Heaven and Earth Sect.
• Gu Yuan helped Huai'an avoid her arranged marriage, and Qi Yueli freed Zhang Qiandao after Gu Yuan persuaded him to seek the fictional Green Lotus Layman.
• Gu Yuan killed the sons of the Jingzhao prefect and Minister of Revenue and fatally wounded the Heir of Prince Duan while defending Meixiang, then surrendered and asked Qi Yueli for help.
• Qi Yueli destroyed Prince Duan’s desert array, and censors presented evidence of treason that led to the arrests of Prince Duan and two corrupt officials.
• Gu Yuan was released and promoted, while Gu Ming became minister of revenue and Gu Yuan brought Meixiang into his family as his sworn sister.
• Qi Yueli trained Gu Yuan and investigated the missing heir of Mozhou as masked robbers attacked Xiao Chen and the Lu siblings on their way to the capital.

Gu Yuan defeated the provincial heirs, uncovered the human sacrifices at Nine Geese Mountain, and began investigating a witchcraft murder tied to a conspiracy against the heirs. The arc left him identifying the sorcery medium aimed at Shangguan Lin as an attack on Ruzhou appeared imminent.

• Gu Yuan interrogated Mo Jiang, then prepared to challenge the provincial heirs and gained Qi Yueli’s trust with a powerful black-silk artifact.
• Gu Yuan defeated the provincial heirs, including Xiao Chen, while Qi Yueli confronted the Orthodox Yang Taoist Order over the missing Heaven-Deceiving Cover.
• Qi Yueli promoted Gu Yuan and sent him with Shangguan Weiming and the Lu siblings to suppress bandits, where they discovered Nine Geese Village’s human sacrifices.
• Gu Yuan and Qi Yueli fought the evil force beneath Nine Geese Mountain, defeated its mastermind, and escaped the labyrinth after Qi Yueli was afflicted by evil miasma.
• Gu Yuan returned to Qi Capital with recovered treasures, while Qi Yueli reflected on their encounter and Hong Ni began investigating the Mu Clan massacre.
• Gu Yuan investigated the death of Long Ye and used witchcraft to reveal that sorcery had killed the Jiaozhou heir.
• Gu Yuan learned from Shangguan Lin that Long Ye had received a black silk message calling for the heirs’ deaths, and he warned her she would be targeted next.
• Gu Yuan identified the black energy on Shangguan Lin’s replacement sword tassel as a sorcery medium just as a Great Shaman prepared to attack her.