Recaps

Great Qin’s expansion provoked a full war with the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect, while Qin Lu strengthened the Qin Clan and recruited powerful allies. The eastern front fell to Great Qin, and the struggle on Wind and Thunder Island left Qin Lu and Zhao Yi preparing to fight to the death.

• Qin Xiao reorganized Great Qin around Dao academies, new provincial rulers, and a restructured court, while Huang Liang established a teleportation link between Qin Emperor Island and Qin Island.
• Qin Wu and Qin Wen established their Dao Foundations, while Qin Xinzhou’s search for Shi Wenlong led him to a crystal that Qin Lu identified as a fruit that could improve offspring’s aptitude.
• Qin Lu arranged for Qin Xinzhou to cultivate with the Joyous Union Sect, then forced Haiyue into an intimate encounter and began using the Yin-Yang Dual Qi Essence Transformation Fruit and Fetus-Nurturing Technique to prepare an heir.
• Qin Xuanzhen became the first of his generation to reach Qi Condensation, while Great Qin’s established factions plotted to use the new war against the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect to constrain their rivals.
• Bai He joined Great Qin and, with Qin Lu’s help, reconciled his lightning and fire Daos, and Niu Shan also pledged allegiance, while Zhao Yi enlisted the Beast of Greed to target Qin Clan members.
• The Canglan Thirteen Sects invaded Great Qin’s theaters, where Wang Jian and Bai Qi led victories, Wu Yan and Yunxiaozi died, and the Beast of Wrath attacked Refining Island before fleeing from the Lei Kun puppet.
• Qin Lu sent his Seven Emotions Ghost Generals to retaliate, and Great Qin’s armies broke through the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect’s fronts, destroyed major sects, and seized Grand Subtlety Island.
• On Wind and Thunder Island, Great Qin’s forces fought Zhao Yi’s coalition as Qin Wen weakened Daoist Luanqi, the three ancient beasts joined into a Shura, and Qin Lu struck Zhao Yi while a faceless ghost blocked the Shura’s attack.
• Qin Lu pursued Zhao Yi as his mind recovered enough to stop fleeing and prepare for a final fight, while Fairy Joy and Haiyue kept True Person Taixuan from joining the battle.

Qin Lu led Great Qin through a series of wars that destroyed or absorbed the rival Golden Core sects and unified the Eight Immortals Sea. As Great Qin secured its new order and prepared Qin Zheng for rule, Meng Yu left Li Yuan and entrusted him with a letter for the newborn Li Shiming.

• Qin Lu killed Zhao Yi, then joined Jianxuan, Myriad Dharma, and Sha Spirit to destroy the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect and end the Taixuan turmoil.
• Qin Lu strengthened Great Qin, extended its influence across the seas, and built its naval, economic, and Dao-academy institutions while Qing Centipede became the Azure Frost Dragon King.
• Qin Lu ordered war against the Sha Spirit Sect, Mystic Sword Sect, and Myriad Dharma Sect, then killed Sha Spirit True Person and defeated Mystic Sword True Person, True Person Guiling, and Seven Emotions True Person.
• Qin Lu defeated Fairy Joy when she attacked Qin Island, and the Joyous Union Sect surrendered and was absorbed into Great Qin.
• Great Qin destroyed the Mystic Sword Sect and defeated the Myriad Dharma Sect, whose leaders died after entrusting Qin Lu with their lineage and records, and the surviving disciples submitted, completing Great Qin’s unification of the Eight Immortals Sea.
• Qin Lu prepared Qin Zheng for the throne with Gai Nie as his guard and teacher, Flower Princess as his protector, a dragon egg as his natal spirit beast, and treasures for his cultivation.
• Qin Xuanze helped reorganize Great Qin into eight great sea regions, seventy-two provinces, and three hundred and sixty protectorates as Qin Lu strengthened the empire’s arrays and treasures.
• In the Eastern Wasteland, Meng Yu named Li Yuan’s newborn son Li Shiming, warned that the age held competing Heavenly Fates, and vanished after leaving a pouch and letter for Li Yuan.

Great Qin expanded its forces and alliances while Qin Lu claimed the Eight Seas Dao Sect’s secret realm and subdued its guardian. As the Northern Continent counterattack took shape, Qin Zheng bonded with a young dragon and Bai He achieved Golden Core.

• Zhu Laoba led Marshal Guo’s army to Wangming Lake as Hanbang grew into a major power, and Liu Ji resolved to build a lasting foundation for his people.
• Zhao Gou chose to defend Yin'an City and sent Qin Hui to ask Liu Ji for help, and Liu Ji agreed to discuss an alliance while Xiao He arranged support for the Song Alliance.
• Qin Lu restored the teleportation route to the Northern Continent, established Boundless City No. 2, and outfitted Great Qin’s soldiers with mass-produced armor.
• Gu Xuanzhen possessed Qin Wu, but Qin Lu forced him to abandon the body and later reached an agreement with him to pursue Nascent Soul cultivation and counterattack the Northern Continent.
• Qin Lu entered the Heart Sea Secret Realm, subdued its guardian Lin Xuan, and claimed the Eight Seas Command Token, the Profound Water Grotto-Heaven Ring, and a powerful combat technique.
• Lin Xuan brought cultivators and demons under Great Qin’s authority, while Huai Qing pledged her clan’s loyalty and Guo Shun submitted his sect to Great Qin.
• Great Qin formed its cabinet, integrated the Great Void Swallow Clan, and secretly sent Qin Lu’s split soul toward the Northern Continent as Qin Zheng’s cultivation advanced.
• Qin Zheng awakened the Dao of Corrosion, bonded with a newly hatched Golden-Eyed Black Dragon, and Bai He survived his tribulation to become Crimson Firmament True Person.

Great Qin entered the war against the Ice and Snow Demon Race, while Qin Lu’s sacrifices and cultivation led him through Nascent Soul tribulation. After Qin Lu and his allies defeated the Demon Emperors, Great Qin took control of the Northern Continent and established its new capital.

• Bai He brought Great Qin’s forces to Basikadun, where Qin Hui prepared them to stay concealed, while Qin Hui transformed himself into a rational but twisted jiangshi and became the Benevolent High Person.
• As human forces advanced against the demons, Bai He’s attacks and planted suspicions fractured the demon coalition, while Qin Hui and Qin Wu survived their tribulations with Lin Xuan’s help and formed Golden Cores.
• Qin Lu and the Ghost Kings killed demon forces and secretly prepared a blood sacrifice across the Northern Continent, while six human clan ancestors plotted against Great Qin and helped Qin Lu’s scheme through their puppets.
• Great Qin emerged from Basikadun and swept across the continent, killing Demon Kings as Qin Lu absorbed the sacrifices and began his Nascent Soul tribulation.
• Qin Lu endured the Heavenly Lightning and Heart Demon tribulations, accepted his past choices, and began fusing his Golden Core into his Nascent Soul as allies defended him from a massive demonic assault.
• Lin Xuan killed Dragon King Shuangman and rallied the dragon beasts, while Qin Lu completed his breakthrough to Nascent Soul and joined Gu Xuanzhen in defeating the Bear King.
• Qin Lu and Gu Xuanzhen killed the Bear King, and the Frost Ancestor dispersed his Nascent Soul before Qian Guming agreed that Great Qin would rule the Northern Continent and share resource profits with the Longlife Ancient Kingdom.
• Great Qin absorbed the surviving frost wyrms, founded the Northern Nether Capital and eight subsidiary immortal cities, proclaimed Qin Lu True Lord Diyou, and destroyed the five great Aristocratic Clans.