
Born with the legendary Phoenix bloodline, Audrey was abandoned by her own family and forced to forge her path alone. After years of training under a hidden master, she returns to uncover the secrets behind her past. Facing betrayal, powerful enemies, and a conspiracy within her own clan, she awakens the true power within her. Now, she will protect the legacy she was born to inherit.

This episode unveils the tragic life story of Chen Liangyu, the head of the Chen family order, through flashbacks and flashforwards. Years ago, Chen Yaozu, the patriarch of the Chen family, abandoned a very young Chen Liangyu on a rainy night in order to protect the family's secret—suspected to be related to the Phoenix Blood—and to wholeheartedly cultivate his grandson, Chen Feng. To help her daughter escape the family's control, her mother, Chu Zhaoyi, forced herself to drive her away with harsh words, which resulted in the young Chen Liangyu being kidnapped by mysterious forces by the river. Years later, Chu Zhaoyi and Chen Kaijia return to the old place and find their daughter's first-year jade pendant, consumed with grief. The scene then shifts to the adult Chen Liangyu, who has become a supreme martial arts master, sweeping through hostile forces with invincible might.

This episode follows Chen Liangyu, who finally masters the Python-Sparrow Technique after years of arduous training in the mountains, displaying the astonishing power to split the earth. Sensing that her martial arts have reached perfection, her mentor, Old Man Tianji, orders her to descend the mountain and gain worldly experience. As she says her farewells, painful memories resurface: years ago, despite possessing the Phoenix Blood, she was abandoned and bled by her birth mother and brother due to the family prejudice of passing down power only to males. Knowing of her deep blood feud and impending incestuous tribulation, and facing the end of his own life, the master passes the Python-Sparrow Command—which can command the world—to Chen Liangyu, instructing her to go to Jiangzhou to resolve the crisis. Armed with the flames of vengeance and supreme authority, Chen Liangyu officially steps into the mortal world.

Jiangzhou Governor Qin Tian personally leads a convoy to welcome Chen Liangyu, the rumored supreme master of martial arts and newly appointed Commander. Qin Tian's sister, Qin晓菲, deeply doubts this young female Commander, who hails from the fallen Chen Martial Arts School. Arriving in Jiangzhou in a low-profile manner, Chen Liangyu aims to investigate old family secrets from the past and accepts Qin Tian's arrangement to have Qin Xiaofei accompany her. On the way to their destination, Chen Liangyu reviews the files of her mother, Chu Zhaoyi, while the harrowing cries of her mother from the past echo in her ears, officially opening the prelude to revenge and the search for her family.

This episode sets the stage for a grand wedding intertwined with old grudges at the Chen Martial Arts Hall. The hall is celebrating a lavish wedding for young master Chen Feng, but Deputy Master Chu Zhaoyi is secretly grieving for her daughter, Yu'er (Chen Liangyu), who went missing over a decade ago. Her daughter-in-law, Li Xuanxuan, tries to comfort her by suggesting she give up the search and even implying that Yu'er might no longer be alive, which triggers a fierce reaction from Chu. Meanwhile, Chen Liangyu has returned as a mysterious and powerful figure after years of disappearance. Sitting in a luxury car outside the hall, she watches her family's happiness with cold detachment, fueled by resentment over being abandoned and vowing to make them suffer the agony of loneliness and despair.

The Chen Martial Arts Academy is hosting a joyous lion dance performance when the lead performer accidentally falls from a height. At the critical moment, Chen Liangyu uses astonishing lightness skills to save the person with one hand, amazing the entire audience. Deputy Master Chu Zhaoyi grows suspicious because Liangyu bears a striking resemblance to her long-lost daughter, "Yuer," but Qin Xiaofei cleverly covers for her. However, the festive atmosphere is shattered when Japanese forces suddenly barge in. Matsuyama and his men carry a coffin into the academy, claiming that his apprentice was beaten to death and demanding a life for a life from the Chen family, bringing the situation to the brink of a violent clash.

This episode highlights the sharp conflict between the Chen Martial Arts School and the Japanese Martial Arts School. Using the murder of his apprentice as a pretext, Matsukawa, master of the Japanese school, comes to provoke them and severely injures Chen disciples. At this moment, Chu Zhaoyi, deputy master of the Chen school, and the returning Chen Liangyu appear. Through the conversation of bystanders, it is revealed that Chen Liangyu's older brother, Chen Feng, was crippled in both legs after being ganged up on while trying to save his fiancée, Xuanxuan, which cost him the qualification to participate in the Heavenly Rankings tournament. Arrogant and aggressive, Matsukawa forces the disabled Chen Feng to sign a life-and-death waiver, and even publicly humiliates and severely injures Xuanxuan. Faced with Matsukawa's relentless pressure and cruel actions, Chu Zhaoyi strikes back in anger, vowing to uphold the dignity of Great Xia martial arts.

In this episode, Matsukawa, master of a Japanese martial arts dojo, leads his followers to forcibly barge into the Chen Family Martial Arts Dojo, ostensibly to "exchange pointers" but actually to provoke. Facing Chen Kaijia, who is disabled in both legs, Matsukawa subjects him to extreme verbal humiliation and orders his subordinates to wreck the dojo. Amid the chaos, Matsukawa snatches and mocks the Chen family's prized first family portrait, maliciously cursing the little girl in the photo—a young Chen Liangyu—as dead. This act stirs up Chen Liangyu's nostalgic memories of a warm family life. Desperate to retrieve the photo, which symbolizes the family never being separated, Chen's mother, Chu Zhaoyi, leaps to grab it, only to be sneakily attacked from behind by Matsukawa, leaving her severely injured and coughing up blood. Witnessing her mother insulted and hurt, the long-enduring Chen Liangyu reveals a murderous gaze, as a full-scale explosion of family vengeance is about to unfold.

This clip focuses on the direct clash between the Chen Martial Arts Hall and the Japanese martial arts forces. Matsukawa, the Japanese master, ruthlessly injures Chu Zhaoyi, the mother of Chen Liangyu, using despicable tactics, while openly trampling on the dignity of Great Xia martial arts. Matsukawa snatches and maliciously crushes the jade pendant—a treasured keepsake and Chu Zhaoyi's only connection to her beloved daughter, Yuer. Meanwhile, Chen Liangyu (also known as Yuer), though still harboring resentment for being driven away by her mother years ago, grows increasingly cold as she witnesses her mother's tragic state and the arrogance of the Japanese. Finally, Matsukawa produces a life-and-death waiver, intending to completely wipe out the Chen family in the ring, elevating the conflict to a life-or-death showdown.

Matsukawa, master of an East Island martial arts gym, arrogantly provokes the Chen Family Gym with a death waiver, demanding a fight to the death. Faced with this threat, the Chen Family Gym falls into crisis, placing immense pressure on the severely injured Chu Zhaoyi and the disabled Chen Kaijia. To safeguard the dignity of Great Xia martial arts and the gym's legacy, Chen Kaijia ignores his family's dissuasion and resolutely signs the death waiver with his broken body. He also confesses his guilt and self-imposed exile over the disappearance of his daughter, Chen Liangyu (Yu'er), years ago. As the duel begins, Matsukawa presses forward aggressively, but Chen Kaijia deploys the ultimate Chen-style Tai Chi technique of overcoming hardness with softness right from his wheelchair. With astonishing moves, he defuses the crisis, stunning the entire audience.

Inside the Chen Martial Arts Hall, Chen Feng, a physically disabled martial artist confined to a wheelchair, uses Tai Chi to duel Matsukawa, a master of Japanese Karate. Initially, Chen Liangyu has high hopes for her older brother, believing that Tai Chi can overcome hardness with softness. However, a mysterious woman in black, Qin Xiaofei, coldly predicts that Chen Feng is bound to lose because Matsukawa is merely toying with his opponent. As expected, Matsukawa severely injures Chen Feng within three moves using his devastating Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound technique, and arrogantly humiliates traditional martial arts as fancy choreography. At this critical moment, the woman in black points out the weakness and the method to counter it—using Tai Chi pushing hands to attack his upper body. Grasping the hint instantly, Chen Feng fights back through the pain, successfully striking Matsukawa and turning the tide of the battle.