Zhang Xiaojing, Tan Qi and Yisi investigate Liu's Bookshop and learn there were eight survivors from the Eighth Squad; Li Bi interrogates Yu Chang.

Zhang Xiaojing is able to enter close combat with the enemy thanks to the Peacekeeper Corps; Li Bi wants to dispatch soldiers to help Zhang Xiaojing.

Zhang Xiaojing wants to remove the Lantern Tower's extendable arms; Yu Chang regains consciousness and starts to fight again.

In the past, Li Bi gets rid of Yao Runeng when they quarrel over whether or not they should stay in the mountains and practice monasticism.

The Emperor puts the Crown Prince into a public conundrum; He Zhizheng expresses his support of the Crown Prince and attempts to assassinate Lin Jiulang.

Li Bi believes that the Emperor wants to utilise the struggle between Lin Jiulang and the Crown Prince to shore up his own power.

Zhu Xuan spots the Emperor battered by the side of the road from a beating by a low-ranking bureaucrat.

Lin Jiulang refuses to attend the banquet in fear of being assassinated; Xu Bin tells Li Bi the truth to make peace.

The Emperor orders the Peacekeeper Corps to close the investigation; Zhang Xiaojing is sent back to death row.

Rebel fighters masquerade as craftsmen, but Zhang Luo becomes suspicious and decides to check things out.

The Crown Prince and Lin Jiulang end up in a very heated argument where they attempt to blame each other.

Long Bo leads the Emperor through the secret passage; Lin Jiulang and other officials get rescued by Yuan Zai.

Gan Shoucheng wants the Crown Prince to be put to death, but He Zhizheng and Ning Wangsun manage to save him.

With his relationship under suspicion, Zhang Xiaojing comes clean about Wen Ran; Li Bi crushes Cao Poyan's loyalty to his master.

Ge Lao gives Zhang Xiaojing a pass that will permit entry into Liu's bookshop; he uses it to go see the current Fire Master.

Tan Qi begs Yan Yuhuan to conceal the truth and plead with the Emperor to spare Zhang Xiaojing's life.

Cheng Can believes that Long Bo's assassination of Lin Jiulang as a pretence for the Emperor's assassination.

The Emperor thinks that the Crown Prince was the one responsible for Zu Bin and the assassination plot against him.

Yu Chang plans to disclose Wen Ran's whereabouts to trick Zhang Xiaojing into leading the Lyuben Regiment astray.

General Gan Shoucheng captures Zhang Xiaojing and others during a battle with the Yourao Regiment; Tan Qi buys time for the others.

The paramilitaries mistakenly believe Zhang Xiaojing killed their Fire Master Ding Laosan; a call goes out to hunt down and kill Zhang Xiaojing; Long Bo detains Li Bi in his hideout mansion.

He Fu is interrogated about the assassination by Lin Jiulang, and Lin demands that he implicates He Zhizheng and the crown prince.

Li Bi recalls something that Xu Bin once said: staying alive is the key to resolving all issues.

The Crown Prince and Lin Jiulang end up in a very heated argument where they attempt to blame each other.

Ding Laosan raises his sword for the final charge; Zhang Xiaojing puts his traumatic memories aside and attempts to stop Long Bo.