Recaps

Kang Dabao consolidated the Chongming Sect’s power, overcame the Hongyi Sect with help from his allies, and prepared for the Mountain-Viewing Cave expedition. Inside the cave, he fought Yuan Xiyue and had her at his mercy when Yuan Feng arrived.

• Kuang Liuting praised Kang Dabao’s work and offered to guide him in Great Wei, while Kang Dabao strengthened ties with Buse and Chu Yanran over the Glazed Treasure Tree and Mountain-Viewing Cave.
• Kang Dabao confronted Shan Sheng over Shan Xuerong’s marriage, then fought Bian Wei when he came to reclaim his family, and the dispute ended with Bian Yu leaving with Bian Wei.
• Kang Dabao tracked Bian Wei, revealed as Wu Cangyun, into the Cold Crow Mountain Range, where a battle with the Hongyi Sect ended after Kang used his Thunder Swallow Rune to destroy Xue Wu.
• The Chongming Sect honored its rescuers and mourned its dead, while Zhou Yixiu poisoned Zhou Wei and Shan Xuerong, and three years later the sect expanded and held an Immortal Ascension Assembly.
• Kang Dabao selected new disciples, set ranks and duties for the sect, and received Daoist Black Shoes’s instructions and Three Mysteries True Dew before preparing for Mountain-Viewing Cave.
• The token holders entered Mountain-Viewing Cave, where Qi Buxiu and Jiang Qing encountered Jade Crocodiles, while Kang Dabao recognized a veiled cultivator as belonging to the Jingnan Yuan Household.
• Kang Dabao attacked Yuan Xiyue and fought through her charms, artifacts, and talismans until he seized her by the neck, just as Yuan Feng arrived.

Kang Dabao explored Mountain-Viewing Cave, rescued Zhang Qingran, and fought alongside E Yuan before the beast turned against him. After returning to Chongming Sect with treasures and Moon Fern seeds, he advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and sought help cultivating Moon Fern.

• Kang Dabao fled Yuan Feng with Yuan Xiyue as his hostage, discovered a spirit spring, and reunited with Jiang Qing, Qi Buxiu, and Zhang Qingran.
• Kang Dabao promised Zhang Qingran freedom in exchange for Moon Fern's whereabouts and joined E Yuan to retrieve the key and Body-Cleansing Formation Plate from Moonlight Palace.
• Kang Dabao and his allies fought Yue Lan, while Chu Yanran later helped them resist Yuan Feng and Lang Yi and restored Qi Buxiu's youth with an Evergreen Vine root.
• E Yuan abducted Zhang Qingran to undo the formation plate, killed Yuan Feng, and pursued Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing until Kang Dabao badly injured him with Yin-Yang Mystic Lightning.
• Kang Dabao recovered treasures, entrusted E Yuan to Daoist Black Shoes, and discovered the Northern Night Palace Full Moon Visualization Method and a map to the Jade-Acquiring Pavilion.
• Kang Dabao returned to Chongming Sect, obtained Moon Fern seeds and cultivation notes from Zhang Qingran, and reached Foundation Establishment Middle Stage through dual cultivation arranged by Fei Shuhe.
• Daoist Black Shoes warned Kang Dabao of possible retaliation from the Two Instruments Sect and gave him a Life-Giving Longevity Pill for Lord Yin Shan.
• Chu Yanran offered to improve the Moon Fern cultivation method, Lord Shan conditionally accepted the pill, and Kang Dabao and Fei Shuhe heard that a Golden Core cultivator had entered Xuanwei City.

Kang Dabao won the Fei Household competition, navigated escalating conflict with the Yuan Household and the Mystic Moon Sect, and helped the Chongming Sect grow stronger. The arc ended with Fei Nanying forming a Golden Core, while Kang Rongquan prepared to act as Gui Xiang arrived in Tanggu County.

• The purple-robed elder ordered Kang Dabao into the Fei Household competition, where Kang defeated his opponents and claimed victory before announcing his marriage to Fei Shuhe.
• Fei Shuhe formed her Dao Foundation, while Kang Dabao returned to the Chongming Sect and learned that Shan Sheng had died.
• Kang Dabao and his allies exposed Linghu Rong’s crimes, and Kuang Liuting executed Linghu You while sparing the remaining Mystic Moon Sect disciples from collective punishment.
• Jin Shilun and Duan Anle uncovered that Gui Xiang had killed Han Yundao, but Kang Dabao ordered the disciples to keep the discovery secret amid unstable politics.
• Yuan Jin drank Kang Dabao’s spirit dew and succeeded in Foundation Establishment, while Pei Yi survived his own failed attempt.
• Kang Dabao led reinforcements against Yuan Buwen’s army, then offered him a chance for the Yuan Household to produce a True Core cultivator under the Earl’s protection before the Yuan forces withdrew.
• Fei Nanying achieved Core Formation, and Kang Dabao joined his celebration as Fei Nanying invited him to visit the Fei clan lands and meet Ancestor Ye Shui.
• Juntian Bird approved of Kang Dabao and promised him a share of its spoils, while Fei Nanxi gave Fei Nanying Ying Mountain Army soldiers, and in Tanggu County, Kang Rongquan devised a plan as Gui Xiang’s procession arrived.

The Chongming Sect survived a battle and severe punishments tied to the Yue Household’s schemes, while Kuai En gained imperial protection and Kang Dabao strengthened the sect’s standing. Lord Yin Shan passed his core fire to Kang Dabao before dying, and Kang Rongquan won the sect competition just before Daoist Black Shoes summoned Kang Dabao to Lord Yin Shan’s bedside.

• Jiang Qing and Yuan Jin led Chongming Sect forces to rescue Kang Rongquan at Learning Forest Mountain, where they fought Tie Xishui, Gui Xiang, and Gu Honglang.
• Kang Dabao returned to the battle, broke Gu Honglang’s White Bone Array, seized and cut down the Demon Correction Office’s banner, and helped turn the fight in Chongming’s favor.
• Kuang Liuting ordered the Chongming Sect to relocate and imposed punishments on the Yue and Tie Households, while Kang Dabao beheaded Gui Xiang and Juntian Bird saved Kuai En from execution.
• The Prince of the South recognized Kuai En’s rare physique, took him as a disciple, and secured leniency for his clan and the Chongming Sect.
• Kang Dabao welcomed visitors and officials at the Double Brightness Trade Market, while Kuang Liuting privately discussed his Golden Core prospects and the Fei Household’s support with Fei Nanying.
• Chu Yanran accepted Kang Changyi as a Registered Disciple, and Daoist Black Shoes prepared to leave for the outer seas after asking her to look after his late elder brother’s descendants.
• Lord Yin Shan transferred his Barbarian Demon Core Fire to Kang Dabao, then died after urging Daoist Black Shoes to remember and help the people of the world.
• Kang Rongquan won the sect competition after defeating Duan Anle, and Daoist Black Shoes brought him to Lord Yin Shan, who praised him before collapsing and dying.