Snow Eagle Lord Episode 1 Recap
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I was born in Snow Stone Fort, and from a young age, my mother told me stories of our ancestors. My father explained that it was because of their guardianship that the people of the Dragon Mountain Empire enjoyed peace. My father, Dongbo Lie, governed our Xueying Territory well. My mother, Moyang Yu, was a powerful mage with an Ancient Bloodline who had left her family to escape an arranged marriage.
She and my father settled in Qinghe Prefecture, where they had two sons: myself, Dongbo Xueying, and my younger brother, Dongbo Qingshi. By the age of eight, I was old enough to join the hunts with Uncle Zong Ling and Uncle Tong San. However, my kind heart led me to prevent them from harming a wild deer, much to their frustration. During the joyous Reunion Festival, I secretly brought home a wolf cub I had found.
When my father discovered it, he took me up the mountain to return the cub to its parent, the Silver Moon Wolf King. From this, he taught me that true love stems from protection and that safeguarding the weak is the path to self-fulfillment. That night, my brother and I sat on the roof, and I told him stories of how ordinary people could become great Transcendent heroes.
I explained the cultivation ranks, starting with the Ordinary Knight levels of Human, Earth, and Heaven, which are followed by the Star Knight levels: Meteor, Silver Moon, and Title. I described how Dou Qi from the Meteor Level onwards could take a physical form, while Transcendent knights could command the power of the universe itself, rendering them immune to conventional weapons.
I told Qingshi that our parents were both at the Meteor Level, a feat few in the Dragon Mountain Empire had achieved. As I spoke, the magic crystal lamp in our home, controlled by my mage mother, automatically extinguished, signaling it was time for bed. Shortly after we returned to our room, a terrifying screech tore through the night, putting the entire fort on high alert.
While my mother rushed to check on us, my father led the soldiers to defend against a massive four-winged vulture circling above. A gray-robed man and a silver-armored warrior led the assault. The armored man unleashed a devastating torrent of lightning, striking down dozens of our soldiers in an instant. Sensing the immense danger, my mother gave me her treasured storage pendant, urging me to keep it safe and explaining it could hold all my future treasures.
The gray-robed man revealed himself to be Mo Yangchen, my mother's older brother. He was a Silver Moon Level mage who had spent years hunting her down to punish her for eloping and disgracing their family. My mother accused him of having ulterior motives, but he dismissed her, noting that her Ancient Bloodline power had been nearly exhausted in a great battle years prior.
Dongbo Lie and Zong Ling fought fiercely to protect her, but they were no match for Mo Yangchen's power. In the struggle, my father was killed. Faced with the threat against her sons, my mother tearfully agreed to go with her brother, but only if he spared everyone in Xueying Territory. After extracting a promise from me to look after Qingshi, she was taken away.
In the ten years that followed, Zong Ling and Tong San loyally protected us and managed the territory. I dedicated every moment to mastering the spear, practicing the Mind-Intention Spear technique thousands of times a day. Despite developing immense power through sheer practice, I still hadn't cultivated Dou Qi, and I grew frustrated by my weakness compared to Mo Yangchen.
I pursued every rumor about my mother, knowing that only the Dragon Mountain Mansion could provide real answers, but they required a Black Iron Order to grant any request. Meanwhile, the empire was plagued by attacks from ferocious demons, with some rumors even comparing their strength to Transcendent knights. At the Dragon Mountain Mansion, Lord Si An discussed the threat with his subordinate, You Tu. Si An dismissed the Transcendent comparison but acknowledged the demons' power.
They reviewed the empire's major powers: the Water Daoist Temple led by the powerful Sikong Yang; the Black White Deity Mountain under the formation expert Master He; the Temple of the Earth God led by Master Xi Yun; the sisters Bu Xiaoxi and Bu Chunyuan of Fog City; the distant Sea God Palace with Master Tai Shu; and the solitary Ye Mei of the Bloodshed Tavern.
Si An suspected the Demon God Association was behind the attacks, a remnant from the war twenty years ago when the Great Demon God Da Er Hao was sealed. He instructed You Tu that the Mansion's role was intelligence gathering, so they would observe for now. After breaking countless spears in training, I went to the city with Zong Ling to buy a new one.
There, a rusted, old spear caught my eye, and I felt an inexplicable connection to it. Despite my uncles' skepticism, I bought the "scrap metal" and named it the Flying Snow Spear. Soon after, demons attacked our territory. As I fought them with my new weapon, it revealed its true, powerful form. However, the demons were too numerous, and I was overwhelmed.
Just in time, a Transcendent knight arrived, moving with impossible speed using the True Meaning of Space, a skill only Transcendent masters possess. He introduced himself as Chi Qiubai, the Knight Changfeng. He saved me and, noting my lack of Dou Qi, transmitted some of his own into me to help stimulate my own potential.
Chi Qiubai reported the demon presence to the other masters, proposing an investigation into the treacherous Destruction Mountain Range, a haven for criminals and beasts, believing it was connected to the demons. The other masters, including Sikong Yang and Tai Shu, agreed. They tasked Chi Qiubai with leading the investigation while the Dragon Mountain Mansion issued a reward for crucial information: a Black Iron Order. When Qingshi told me the news, I was ecstatic.
This was my chance to find our mother. Overruling his desperate pleas not to risk my life, I resolved to go. Zong Ling decided to accompany me, leaving Tong San to protect Qingshi and our home. Deep in the Destruction Mountain Range, Ge Bin, the ruthless leader of the Bent Blade Union, lamented his fate. Once a feared criminal, he was now a pawn of the Demon Clan.
The Demon Clan's High Priest berated him for letting some demons escape into the city and ordered him to eliminate any investigators or face annihilation. Ge Bin sent his forces to attack Zong Ling and me as we entered the mountains. We fought off the demonized humans, identifying a flute player as their controller. As we moved to capture him, Ge Bin himself appeared, boasting of his reputation and unleashing his Meteor Level Dou Qi.
The fight was intense, but just as he pressed his attack, a woman descended from the sky. She engaged Ge Bin with fluid, powerful movements, wielding spiritual power like a mage—just like my mother. Her strength was clearly at least at the Meteor Level.
