Recaps

Kang Dabao led the Double Brightness Alliance’s expansion into the Cold Crow Mountain Range, where E Yuan’s beast horde nearly destroyed the Jia-Chou stronghold before reinforcements and Chu Yanran turned the battle. The alliance then organized its new lands as political turmoil spread, while Kang Dabao advanced his cultivation and Funeng was sent toward Shannan Circuit.

• Kang Da held mourning rites for Lord Yin Shan, and Daoist Black Shoes left for the outer seas after warning Kang Da about the Kuang and Fei Households.
• Kang Dabao formed the Double Brightness Alliance and led its cultivators and local militia into the Cold Crow Mountain Range to seize spirit lands.
• The alliance’s campaign met fierce resistance from demon beasts, and E Yuan led a vast horde against the Jia-Chou Military Stronghold.
• Kang Dabao and the defenders held the stronghold until Yuan Jin’s reinforcements arrived, then Chu Yanran wounded E Yuan and Kang Da killed him as the horde retreated.
• Kang Dabao reorganized the alliance, rewarded its forces, and oversaw the settlement and development of the newly claimed spirit lands.
• Kang Dabao strengthened the Chongming Sect’s recruitment, defenses, and support for new households while political unrest spread across the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty.
• Kang Dabao healed his hidden injuries and perfected his Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes.
• Zen Master Gelie named Funeng the next Buddha’s son and sent him to Shannan Circuit to choose a consort, warning him to avoid the Kuang Household and act with restraint.

Kang Dabao defeated Funeng in the contest for the consort candidates, but the victory led into political maneuvering, sect alliances, and conflict with the Two Instruments Sect. As the Chongming alliance repelled an attack and searched for a hidden Evil Cultivator, Pu Honggu sought Kang Da’s help locating Daoist Peng.

• Shan Yong reprimanded Hu Mingsheng for mistreating his laborers, while Kang Dabao learned that Funeng was coming to claim consort candidates and vowed to protect Yuan Xiyue.
• Juntian Bird selected Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, and seven others to fight Funeng in Xuanwei City, where Kang defeated Fei Enxing in a challenge before the contest began.
• Funeng defeated Zhou Yun, Fei Wen, Yang Wuxin, Qin Sufu, and Yang Wudi, while Jiang Qing conceded after wounding him and Yang Wuwei and Cao Xianlu also surrendered.
• Kang Dabao shattered Funeng’s lotus aspect and defeated him with his halberd, artifacts, Little Qi, and Golden Light, prompting Juntian Bird to proclaim the victory across the dynasty.
• The Wei emperor rewarded the Fei Household, while Funeng later broke through his prison restrictions and Gelie swore not to spread Buddhist teachings in Shannan Circuit before taking Funeng away.
• Kang Dabao helped Pei Yi survive a demonic deviation, the Chongming alliance appointed Bian Hu deputy leader, and Kang Dabao later agreed to help Jiang Qing seek release from Ying Prefecture.
• Kang Changxi and He Chang rescued Shang Baijiang’s family from a water ghost, while Daoist Peng’s hidden corpse puppet survived being burned and continued investigating in Chongming City.
• The Fei Household’s Ying Mountain Army defeated the Two Instruments Sect’s forces, and Kang Dabao returned to Old Ox Mountain before ordering an investigation into Mo Hegu’s purpose in Chongming City.
• Pu Honggu suspected Daoist Peng was the blood-shadow Evil Cultivator pursued by Fei Tianqin and offered Fearless Tower a Golden Core Formation Pill to verify his whereabouts, then asked someone to invite Kang Da to meet her.

Kang Dabao strengthened the Chongming Sect as upheaval spread across the circuits and the sect joined the Double Brightness Alliance’s war against the Crimson Heart Cult. After the alliance broke through the cult’s defenses, Kang Da killed the Yellow Forest Mountain master and faced the Crimson Heart Cult Dao Child.

• Yan Qingwei brought Kang Dabao to the Fearless Tower master, whose mirror pointed them toward the gravely injured Daoist Peng in Pingrong County, and Kang Dabao alerted the Fei Household to the search.
• Fei Tianqin used Daoist Peng as bait to draw out the Two Instruments Sect, then helped defeat its attackers and recovered Huang Siniang’s Golden Core while Kang Dabao delivered Peng to Xuanwei City.
• Kang Dabao advanced the Chongming Sect and returned from seclusion to learn that Pei Yi had died, and he mourned his friend and left for the frontier after vowing to oppose Evil Cultivators.
• Kuang Liuting was named Duke of Qin and given command of military affairs in both circuits, while the Wei Emperor warned that upheaval was beginning and Kang Dabao was drawn into plans for Mountain North.
• As rebellions spread, Kang Dabao prepared the sect for war, gave Jiang Qing a Golden Core and the External Core Method, and oversaw the Sword Discussion Assembly and recruitment of the Crimson Zhang Guard.
• The Double Brightness Alliance defeated Crimson Heart Cult forces in several battles and pursued them to Wild Goose Return Mountain, where the cult’s Golden Core Dao Child and the destruction of the Yunwei Zheng Household army raised the stakes.
• Kang Dabao’s forces broke through the cult’s formation with the Star-Hunting Crossbows, and Jiang Qing killed the cult’s second elder while the Yellow Forest Mountain master escaped.
• The alliance shattered the bone eagle formation and killed the law enforcement elder, and Kang Da struck down the Yellow Forest Mountain master, then faced the Crimson Heart Cult Dao Child.

Kang Dabao helped reclaim Fa Prefecture, weathered the war around Xuanxiao Mountain, and abandoned a flawed Core Formation attempt before moving his household to Ying Prefecture. There, he entered the Fei Household’s Xiezhi Dark Prison gathering, where he fought rival cultivators and discovered a larger scheme among the prisoners.

• Kang Dabao, Jiang Qing, and the Azure Jue Guard drove Gu Chengsen from the Crimson Heart Cult’s stronghold, while Chu Yanran routed Honggu and the alliance reclaimed Fa Prefecture.
• Fei Tianqin’s forces attacked Xuanxiao Mountain, and after Jin Fengqing escaped and the battle was halted by the Emperor’s order, Kang Da withdrew with the Ying Mountain Army.
• Kang Dabao attended Xu Liuxian’s False Core ceremony and a Myriad Treasures Trading Company auction, where Senior Yang later gave him the Evergreen Vine he had wanted.
• Yang Yongcheng recruited Kang Dabao and Jiang Qing to help capture Yang Baofeng, who was killed by the pursuing Golden Core cultivators after badly injuring Jiang Qing.
• Fei Nanying taught Kang Dabao about Core Formation theses, and Kang Dabao later abandoned a nearly formed Golden Core rather than settle for a lower-grade one.
• Fei Tianqin moved his household to Phoenix Cry Prefecture and assigned Cloud Horn Prefecture to Kang Dabao, who then met Fei Ye Shui and joined the Fei Household’s Ice Mallow Grand Gathering.
• Kang Dabao entered the Xiezhi Dark Prison with eight other young cultivators, collected prisoners’ souls, and fought alongside Fei Nanyi and Fei Wanqing against rival cultivators.
• Kang Dabao killed Gong Butong after Funeng’s ambush failed, and the Fei Household’s Mirage Qi Screen shattered as an enraged voice called out Fei Ye Shui’s name.