Recaps

Ye Xuan freed the Ancestral Dragon, strengthened Great Shang, and brought the Four Seas Dragon Clan under the Human Emperor’s rule. He then traveled to Jizhou, where he defended Di Xin against Bo Yikao and the gathered young nobles.

• Ye Xuan became Di Xin, challenged Nuwa’s accusations, and traveled with her to Great Mount Sumeru, where he freed and controlled the Ancestral Dragon’s corpse.
• Nuwa and Yuanshi Tianzun blocked the Western sages while the Ancestral Dragon escaped east, and Ye Xuan completed his mission by vowing to protect and revive the Dragon Clan.
• Ye Xuan strengthened his body with the Ancestral Dragon’s bloodline and used his power to end the disasters ravaging Great Shang, then ordered relief and reforms to restore the realm.
• Ye Xuan equipped Huang Feihu’s forces with new designs and traveled in disguise to the East Sea, where he confronted Ao Guang over the Dragon Clan’s submission to Haotian Shangdi.
• Ye Xuan revealed the Ancestral Dragon’s coffin and offered Ao Guang his essence blood, restoring Ao Guang’s True Dragon bloodline and gaining the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s loyalty.
• Ye Xuan returned to Chaoge as Shang Rong searched for new grains and Bi Gan distributed food, while Di Xin’s self-reproach edict and Huang Feihu’s campaigns spread through Yin Shang.
• Ye Xuan traveled to Jizhou in disguise to meet Su Daji, recruit Zheng Lun, and investigate the ties between Jizhou and Xiqi, then watched Bo Yikao host a spring outing.
• Ye Xuan confronted Bo Yikao and the guests after they condemned Di Xin, defended the Human Emperor’s actions, and recited a poem about reclaiming the realm as Su Hu arrived.

Ye Xuan strengthened Yin Shang by bringing the Dragon Clan under his protection and defied Yuanshi Tianzun with the support of Tongtian and Nuwa. As Su Daji joined his court and organized the Green Mound Shadow Guards, Nuwa sought allies against the other sages, while Haotian Shangdi sent a strongman to threaten the Dragon Clan.

• Ye Xuan recruited Zheng Lun in Jizhou, while Su Daji merged with the Fox Mistress of Qingqiu and agreed to go to Chaoge to protect Jizhou.
• Ye Xuan encountered the injured Kong Xuan and later returned to Chaoge, where Zheng Lun brought Su Hu’s provisions and news that Su Daji wished to join him.
• Ao Guang entered Chaoge with food, treasures, and Dragon Clan women, then swore that the Four Seas Dragon Clan would submit to Ye Xuan in exchange for his protection.
• Yuanshi Tianzun challenged Ye Xuan over sheltering the Dragon Clan, but Tongtian and Nuwa intervened, and Ye Xuan used human fortune to seize the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• Ye Xuan welcomed Wushuang as his maid and learned that Su Daji was both the Fox Lord of Green Mound and the human woman he had met in Jizhou.
• Su Daji told Ye Xuan that Nuwa had sent her to protect him, and Ye Xuan accepted her into his harem and appointed her to organize the Green Mound Shadow Guards.
• Nuwa recruited the Queen Mother of the West as an ally against the other sages and prepared to enter the mortal world.
• Haotian Shangdi blamed Ye Xuan for thwarting his plans for the Dragon Clan and sent the Heaven-Supporting Strongman to threaten the East Sea Dragon King.