Massacred

6.7

01

5/18/2025

A New Name

6.6

02

5/18/2025

Return to the Capital

6.6

03

5/18/2025

Becoming an Aide

6.7

04

5/18/2025

Breakthrough

6.8

05

5/19/2025

The Burial Trap

6.8

06

5/19/2025

Narrow Escape

6.8

07

5/20/2025

The Chief Aide

7.3

08

5/20/2025

Rumors

6.8

09

5/21/2025

The Tomb of Liu Xian

6.7

10

5/21/2025

Identity Exposed

7.1

11

5/22/2025

The Truth about Death

6.6

12

5/22/2025

Background Mystery

6.7

13

5/23/2025

Posing as Marquis Pingjin

6.8

14

Zang Hai seeks Xiang An Tu's help to get rid of Lu Jin. Xiang An Tu arranges assassins along Lu Jin's route back to the capital.

5/23/2025

Hungry Ghost Festival

6.8

15

Zang Hai resolves the crisis successfully and crafts a camellia hairpin to thank Xiang An Tu. Xiang An Tu invites Zang Hai to watch the lights and have a chat during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

5/24/2025

The Other Man

6.8

16

Zhongzhou is flooded. Chu Huai Ming tries to set a fire to murder Zang Hai before trouble arises. Zhuang Zhi Xing, who has received instructions from Zang Hai beforehand, apprehends him.

5/24/2025

Treasure of Dongxia

6.7

17

Zang Hai learns about Zhuang Lu Yin and Shen Wan's past from Gao Ming. He helps Zhuang Lu Yin deal with his guilt and advises him to nurture Zhuang Zhi Xing while gaining more of his trust at the same time.

5/25/2025

Resolve for Vengeance

6.7

18

After assuming office, Zang Hai finds out that officials of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau have been arranging posthumous marriage, sometimes even at the cost of innocent lives. He drafts a decree overnight and swiftly begins cracking down on corruption to purge the bureau of its rot.

5/25/2025

Mastermind

6.7

19

Zhuang Zhi Xing heeds Zang Hai's suggestion. He joins the military but is put on the spot on multiple occasions. He intends to become a deserter.

5/26/2025

Approaching Yong Rong

6.7

20

Zang Hai receives an invite to Yong Rong's banquet at Zhen Tower. Someone mentions Kuai Duo at the banquet. Zang Hai quietly probes Yong Rong.

5/26/2025

Investigation at the Zhao Residence

6.8

21

At the banquet, several officials talk about Minister of Revenue Zhao Bing Wen. Their words spark Zang Hai's suspicion. He decides to visit the Zhao Residence and search the place in secret.

5/27/2025

Owning up to One's Wrongdoing

7.1

22

Cao Jing Xian forces Zang Hai to complete the general's burial mound before the Double Ninth Festival. Zang Hai has no choice but to use Zhuang Zhi Fu to resolve his issue. When Zhuang Lu Yin finds out, he questions him. Unexpectedly, Zang Hai owns up to his wrongdoings.

5/27/2025

A Trap to Sow Discord

7.0

23

Zang Hai sets up a trap to sow discord between Zhuang Lu Yin and Cao Jing Xian. He follows Cao Jing Xian and finds out that he is secretly meeting the hostage of Dongxia. Zang Hai is sure that the third person will appear soon.

5/28/2025

Chaos at the Marquis' Residence

7.0

24

Zhuang Lu Yin covertly plans to impeach Cao Jing Xian but ends up being framed instead. Just as he falls into peril, Zhuang Zhi Xing, acting on Zang Hai's prior instructions, leads reinforcements and arrives in time to save the day.

5/28/2025

Doubts

7.0

25

Zang Hai suspects that Xiang An Tu is his enemy upon finding out that she's the nation's hostage. Xiang An Tu denies his claim, yet she finds it difficult to explain the relationship between Dongxia and Cao Jing Xian.

5/29/2025

Truth of the Annihilation

7.2

26

Zhuang Luyin tells Zhuang Zhixing the truth of the Kuai family's annihilation. Zhuang Zhixing gives Zang Hai the bronze fish piece he obtained from his father and tells Zang Hai the identity of the third person.

5/29/2025

Prison Break

7.0

27

Zhuang Luyin attempts to seek a truce with Cao Jingxian, but the blood-written letter he sends is swapped by Zang Hai. Deceived by its contents, Cao Jingxian tricks Zhuang Luyin's former subordinates into launching a prison break.

5/30/2025

Father and Son Duel

7.0

28

Zhuang Zhixing advises his father to give up on capturing the city and both of them begin a duel.

5/30/2025

Empress of Dongxia

7.0

29

The Empress of Dongxia offers a wooden palace to the capital as tribute. Zang Hai thinks the wooden palace is made with his father's technique.

5/31/2025

The Empress and Kuai Duo

6.6

30

Zang Hai lures the Empress into an empty tomb, while Xiang Antu escapes from the Zang Residence, determined to stop him from killing her mother.

5/31/2025

Choice

6.9

31

The Empress tells Zang Hai about the history of the Gui Seal. She forces him to make a choice between the Gui Seal and her daughter.

6/1/2025

Gui Seal

7.0

32

Zang Hai finally finds the Gui Seal. While he is focusing on carving the patterns on the forged Gui Seal, the Gui Seal is taken away by Cao Jingxian's foster son.

6/1/2025

The Buried Past

7.3

33

Suspecting that Xiang Antu has stolen the Gui Seal, the Emperor orders the Hostage's Mansion to be surrounded.

6/2/2025

Mysterious Figure

6.9

34

Zang Hai finds out that the third culprit has resurfaced. The Emperor orders him to investigate the third culprit and the location of the Gui Seal.

6/2/2025

The Revenge Plan

7.0

35

Zang Hai obtains a new clue thanks to a mysterious person's help. Zang Hai finds the Gui Seal in the Shi Residence and hands it over to the Emperor.

6/3/2025

Intersecting Leads

7.0

36

Zang Hai finds out that Cao Jingxian's original name was Lu Min before he joined the palace. All the leads intersect with each other. Zang Hai finds out the true identity of the third culprit.

6/3/2025

The Third Person Appears

7.0

37

Zang Hai is captured by the Imperial Guards. When the Emperor questions him, he reminds the Emperor to be wary of the third person...

6/3/2025

Execution

7.0

38

The third perpetrator agrees to grant Zang Hai a dignified death. The executioner layers sheets of wet paper over Zang Hai's face, until his pulse fades completely.

6/3/2025

Escape from Prison

6.9

39

Xiang Antu asks to meet Zang Hai one last time. Both of them use a code to set up a trap and plan for the escape.

6/3/2025

Last Clash

7.3

40

The third perpetrator barges into the sacred ground of Dongxia. He forces Zang Hai to consume the Gui Seal poison, coercing him into teaching him how to control the undead soldiers.

6/3/2025