Recaps

Lu Yang returned to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect with Mu Yunxue, Lu Qingtong, and the sect elders, astonishing them with Lu Qingtong’s strength and his claim that he had raised her from an egg in less than a month. The group arrived amid a stir among the sect’s disciples, while Lu Yang looked forward to reuniting with his maidservant and Yingying.

• Baili Qiushui marveled at Lu Yang’s flying treasure, and Lin Xuanchen joked that Lu Yang’s elders might demand an explanation for the forbidden area before Lu Yang dismissed the concern.
• Lu Qingtong sped from the chariot to the marketplace, alarming nearby cultivators and making Lin Xuanchen wary of her power.
• Lu Yang told the elders that Lu Qingtong had been a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg before he raised her to nascent soul perfection, leaving them stunned.
• Lu Yang called Lu Qingtong back, and she returned to the chariot and praised the marketplace’s dense Metal Qi.
• Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue flew toward the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect with the elders, while Qi Yunshu privately hoped his connection to Mu Yunxue would benefit him.
• The chariot’s arrival caused a commotion across the sect as disciples recognized Mu Yunxue holding hands with Lu Yang and speculated about their relationship.

Baili Qiushui discovered the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s forbidden grounds had Spiritual Qi comparable to a supreme-grade Spirit Vein and swore an oath to protect its secret. After Lu Yang admitted he had caused the change, she began planning a defensive formation, and the group arrived at his mountain, where Qi Fang saw Lu Yang holding Mu Yunxue’s hand and was struck with shock.

• Baili Qiushui entered the forbidden grounds, sensed its extraordinary Spiritual Qi, and swore a Great Heavenly Dao Oath not to reveal the secret.
• Lu Yang confirmed that he had increased the area’s Spiritual Qi concentration, leaving Baili Qiushui astonished by his abilities.
• Baili Qiushui asked to bring her disciple, Baili Mingyue, to help construct the defensive formation, and Su Jinxuan required her to swear an oath as well.
• Lin Xuanchen promised Baili Qiushui access to the sect’s treasury materials as the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot arrived at Lu Yang’s mountain.
• Qin Huan, Qin Yun, Qin Xiaohe, Qin Lan, Mo Xianyun, Qi Fang, and other cultivators arrived, and Qi Fang saw Lu Yang holding Mu Yunxue’s hand and turned pale with shock.

Lu Yang returned to the sect with Mu Yunxue as his dao companion, while Qin Nanyue struggled with jealousy after seeing them together. After everyone else left, Qin Nanyue confronted Lu Yang and bit his lips, insisting she had been there first.

• Qi Fang saw Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue holding hands and felt defeated by their relationship.
• Qin Nanyue arrived, saw their joined hands, and suppressed her jealousy in front of the others.
• Mu Yunxue told Qi Yunshu that she and Lu Yang were dao companions and agreed to live on Lu Yang's peak.
• The elders and other cultivators left, leaving Lu Yang, Mu Yunxue, and Qin Nanyue alone.
• Qin Nanyue teased Lu Yang about Mu Yunxue, then bit his hand and lips and accused him of overlooking her despite her being there first.

Lu Yang reassured Qin Nanyue of his affection while Mu Yunxue agreed to move onto his mountain peak. After Jiang Shiqing welcomed Mu Yunxue and showed her around, Qin Nanyue invited Lu Yang to the cave abode she shared with Lin Ying, determined to stop other women from getting ahead of her.

• Lu Yang comforted Qin Nanyue, and Mu Yunxue said she was not angry because his relationship with Qin Nanyue would not interfere with their cultivation together.
• Lu Yang suggested cultivating with several people, but Qin Nanyue firmly refused; Mu Yunxue then asked to live on Lu Yang's mountain peak, and he agreed.
• Qin Nanyue told Lu Yang that Jiang Shiqing had befriended Liu Yaoyao, whose affection for him had risen, and Lu Yang sent Jiang Shiqing a voice transmission.
• Jiang Shiqing arrived with Wang Shiyi, embraced Lu Yang, and then took Mu Yunxue to look for a suitable cave abode.
• Qin Nanyue invited Lu Yang to the cave abode she shared with Lin Ying, and he followed her down the mountain path.

Lu Yang visited Qin Nanyue at her cave abode and dual cultivated with her, bringing her affection to 100 points. He claimed the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon, a Heaven Grade peak Sword Dao Cultivation Method, and considered combining it with another powerful method.

• Lu Yang learned that Lin Ying was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment after gaining insight into the Azure Wood Longevity Art and refining a peak-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue reached her cave abode, where he embraced her and carried her to her room.
• After two hours of dual cultivation, Qin Nanyue asked to do it with the sisters next time, and Lu Yang agreed to let her rest.
• Lu Yang checked the Beauty Module and found Qin Nanyue's affection had reached 100 points and Liu Yaoyao's had risen to 68.
• Lu Yang opened Qin Nanyue's affection treasure chest and received an Advanced Rebate Card, 200000 Cultivation Method Experience, the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon, and a Beauty Cultivation Plan.
• Lu Yang discovered that the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon was a Heaven Grade peak method and wondered what level it could reach if he synthesized it with the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record.

Lu Yang unlocked Qin Nanyue’s Beauty Cultivation Plan, granting her two powerful Sword Dao Fortune Traits and rewarding him with a rebate function, a cultivation fruit, and five puppet bodyguards. He discovered all five puppets were already Nascent Soul cultivators, with Wang Shiliu at Nascent Soul Perfection, so his planned upgrade card had no immediate use.

• Lu Yang activated Qin Nanyue’s Beauty Cultivation Plan and saw that her goal was to become a Sword Dao Immortal Emperor.
• Qin Nanyue received Iron Sword Tempers the Mind and Born with Sword Bones, while Lu Yang gained a Beauty Rebate Function, a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, and five Puppet Bodyguards.
• Lu Yang examined the rebate function and considered giving Qin Nanyue the cultivation fruit to improve her Spirit Root.
• Lu Yang found that Wang Shiliu was already at Nascent Soul Perfection and that the other four Puppet Bodyguards were also in the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lu Yang realized the bodyguards’ realms were based on Qin Nanyue’s higher cultivation and two realms above hers, leaving his Puppet Upgrade Card without an immediate use.

Lu Yang assigned his bodyguard puppets and Spirit Marrow Profound Fruits, planned Qin Nanyue’s sword cultivation and Jiang Shiqing’s next quest, then stayed beside Qin Nanyue for the night. The next morning, Jiang Shiqing told Liu Yaoyao that Lu Yang had returned and offered to arrange a meeting, leaving Liu Yaoyao hopeful and grateful.

• Lu Yang distributed his puppets among himself, Lin Ying, Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, the Lu Household, and reserves for Mu Yunxue or Liu Yaoyao, then upgraded Wang Er to Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Yang sent Wang Ershi to the Lu Household with five Spirit Marrow Profound Fruits and a Beauty-Preserving Pill for Liu Qing, and dispatched the other puppets to their assigned protectees.
• Lu Yang reviewed Qin Nanyue’s Beauty Cultivation Plan and random quest, then recalled Jiang Shiqing’s new quest to advance the True Explanation of the Azure Waves and its Law Techniques to level 2.
• Lu Yang chose to stay with the sleeping Qin Nanyue instead of studying the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon that night.
• The next morning, Jiang Shiqing told Liu Yaoyao that Lu Yang had returned in the ancient bronze carriage and offered to introduce them, making Liu Yaoyao eager and grateful.

Lu Yang woke beside Qin Nanyue, then shared breakfast with her and Jiang Shiqing, who told him about a Golden Core Realm Evil Cultivator at Azure Moon Lake. Realizing that Evil Cultivators could threaten the people and clans he cared about, Lu Yang resolved to do what he could to protect the world and save people.

• Lu Yang teased Qin Nanyue after they woke, and she blushed as she remembered the night before.
• Jiang Shiqing met Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue outside the bedroom and prepared breakfast for them.
• Jiang Shiqing teased Qin Nanyue about being exhausted, then told Lu Yang that she had rescued Liu Yaoyao from an Evil Cultivator near Azure Moon Lake.
• Qin Nanyue and Lu Yang grew concerned when Jiang Shiqing said the Golden Core Realm Evil Cultivator might have belonged to a larger organization.
• Lu Yang considered the danger to the people and clans connected to him and resolved to help protect them within his ability.

Lu Yang asked Qi Yunshu to show him the captured Golden Core Realm Evil Cultivator, saying he could uncover the organization behind him. He left Qin Nanyue and Jiang Shiqing to cultivate and headed to Qi Yunshu’s cave abode, where Qi Yunshu eagerly agreed to take him to the prisoner.

• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing to focus on the True Explanation of the Azure Waves and its Law Techniques, and promised Qin Nanyue he would teach her a high-grade Sword Dao Cultivation Method after preparing annotations.
• Qin Nanyue kissed Lu Yang in gratitude, then agreed with Jiang Shiqing that she might help during a future dual cultivation session.
• Lu Yang ran up the mountain to Qi Yunshu’s cave abode while using the journey to complete his daily running task.
• Lu Yang told Qi Yunshu he wanted to see the Golden Core Realm Evil Cultivator and learn what organization stood behind him.
• Qi Yunshu, delighted that Lu Yang might have a way to uncover the organization, offered to take him to the captive at once.

Lu Yang visited Law Enforcement Peak with Qi Yunshu to inspect the imprisoned Golden Core Evil Cultivator and used the Search Module to identify him as Wu Yueheng. His effortless discovery left Qi Yunshu and the Law Enforcement elders wondering whether Lu Yang could divine heavenly secrets.

• Qi Yunshu flew Lu Yang to Law Enforcement Peak and explained how the sect maintained order and imprisoned powerful Evil Cultivators.
• Qi Yunshu and two Law Enforcement elders led Lu Yang through the guarded prison to the cell holding a chained Golden Core Evil Cultivator.
• The prisoner refused to reveal information about his organization, believing its hall master’s Sea of Consciousness restriction would keep him safe.
• Lu Yang calmly called the prisoner Wu Yueheng, shocking him and the elders because no one had told Lu Yang the name.
• Lu Yang denied knowing Wu Yueheng, and Qi Yunshu wondered whether Lu Yang was an immortal descended to the mortal world.

Lu Yang exposed Wu Yueheng as a Blood Devil Hall Envoy, and Qi Yunshu revealed the Hall had caused the Bloodthirst Tide a million years ago. Lu Yang used the Search Module to uncover the Hall’s rebuilt organization and learned it was connected to another plane, leaving the Blood Devil Clan as a possible threat to the Canglan Realm.

• Lu Yang identified Wu Yueheng as a 342-year-old Middle Golden Core Blood Devil Envoy, shocking Wu Yueheng and Qi Yunshu.
• Qi Yunshu explained that the Blood Devil Hall had started the Bloodthirst Tide a million years ago with its Blood Devil Great Art, before the three great immortal sects and sacred lands destroyed it.
• Lu Yang confirmed the Blood Devil Hall’s identity and paid eighty million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to search its records in detail.
• Lu Yang learned that Zhou Mu had rebuilt the Blood Devil Hall seven hundred years ago and now led a hidden network of Envoys, Blood Devil Lords, and Deputy Hall Masters.
• Lu Yang saw that the Blood Devil Clan had bestowed the Blood Devil Great Art and wondered whether it came from another plane and intended harm to the Canglan Realm.

Lu Yang reassured Qi Yunshu and the Law Enforcement Peak elders by revealing detailed secrets about the Blood Devil Hall and claiming he could locate all its members. He agreed to help eliminate the faction and received a generous system reward, leaving the group ready to act against the hidden threat.

• Lu Yang received 400 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from a rebate and considered how his wealth could help him confront the Blood Devil Race.
• Lu Yang revealed the Blood Devil Hall’s leadership and ranks to Wu Yueheng, stunning him and surprising Qi Yunshu and the elders.
• Wu Yueheng explained that the Blood Devil Hall had no headquarters and operated secretly, leaving Qi Yunshu and the elders alarmed by how difficult it would be to find.
• Lu Yang claimed he could see the whereabouts of every Blood Devil Hall member and promised to help wipe out the faction.
• Lu Yang received a Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance, a Tycoon's Confidence Upgrade Card, and ten Low-Level Longevity-Enhancing Pills from the system.

Lu Yang arranged for Qi Yunshu to coordinate a joint campaign against the Blood Devil Hall across the Eastern Domain while deciding to confront its master, Zhou Mu, himself. Back at his cave abode, he learned that Liu Yaoyao wanted to become his personal maid and agreed to meet her.

• Lu Yang told Qi Yunshu to contact the top sects across the Eastern Domain and coordinate an attack on the Blood Devil Hall's Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Lu Yang said he would handle Zhou Mu personally because the Blood Devil Hall's master might be connected to the Blood Devil Race.
• Qi Yunshu left Wu Yueheng imprisoned and accompanied Lu Yang out of the Law Enforcement Hall before hurrying to inform Lin Xuanchen and the grand elders.
• Lu Yang returned to his cave abode, where Jiang Shiqing told him that Liu Yaoyao wanted to become his personal maid.
• Lu Yang agreed to meet Liu Yaoyao.

Lu Yang reviewed his system rewards, gained control of the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance, and used a longevity pill to help Jiang Shiqing’s ancestor. After studying the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon and preparing annotations for Qin Nanyue, he comforted Jiang Shiqing and received new rewards when she devoted herself to him.

• Lu Yang upgraded Tycoon’s Confidence to level 14 and learned that he had received the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance and a pill that added a hundred years to a cultivator’s lifespan.
• Lu Yang considered sharing the longevity pills with his elderly Lu Household relatives, Jiang Feng, and the ancestors of his dao companions.
• Lu Yang advanced the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon to level 3, demonstrated its sword power, and annotated the text to help Qin Nanyue cultivate it.
• Lu Yang found Jiang Shiqing waiting outside the cultivation room and offered to answer her questions about the True Explanation of the Azure Waves.
• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a longevity pill for Jiang Feng, and she embraced and kissed him in gratitude.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with an Advanced Rebate Card, a Low-Level Cultivation Method Upgrade Card, and the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon.

Lu Yang received two supreme Heaven Grade cultivation methods from the Tycoon System and examined their techniques while Jiang Shiqing slept. After cultivating through the night, he woke to find Jiang Shiqing had arranged breakfast and was ready to help him meet Liu Yaoyao.

• Lu Yang used a Low-Level Cultivation Method Upgrade Card to upgrade the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon into the supreme Heaven Grade Golden Radiance Sword Canon.
• Lu Yang examined the Returning Hidden Dragon-Phoenix Secret Canon and learned that its dual cultivation could strengthen both partners and nearly double their cultivation speed at the initial stage.
• Lu Yang inspected the Golden Radiance Sword Canon’s four Law Techniques, including Ten Thousand Weapons Return to Metal, which could suppress or disrupt enemy metal Law Treasures.
• Lu Yang cultivated with the level-three Heavenly Trace Sword Canon and felt his cultivation speed increase by nearly thirty percent.
• On the morning of February 27, Jiang Shiqing served Lu Yang breakfast and reminded him that Liu Yaoyao was available to meet.

Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing and Qin Nanyue powerful communication and protection treasures, then presented Qin Nanyue with a Heaven Grade Supreme Quality sword cultivation method. Qin Nanyue was overwhelmed by his generosity and decided she would do whatever it took to make him happy.

• Lu Yang agreed to meet Liu Yaoyao outside the forbidden grounds after breakfast, while Jiang Shiqing sent her a voice transmission.
• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a Sound Transmission Jade Token and a Spiritual Connection Ring, then accompanied her to visit Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying.
• Lu Yang gave Qin Nanyue a Sound Transmission Jade Token and a Spiritual Connection Ring that could protect her and allow him to teleport to her.
• Lu Yang presented Qin Nanyue with the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Heavenly Trace Sword Canon and promised to teach her from it.
• Qin Nanyue was stunned by the gift and resolved to make Lu Yang happy, even considering involving Lin Ying when she came out of seclusion.

Lu Yang accepted Liu Yaoyao as his new personal maidservant after she chose to leave her inner-disciple post, and her affection for him rose to 81. He brought her into the forbidden area to begin her new life alongside Jiang Shiqing.

• Qin Nanyue accepted Lu Yang’s Heaven Grade Supreme Quality sword cultivation method and hurried back to her cave abode to cultivate.
• Lu Yang and Jiang Shiqing jogged down the mountain, where they met Liu Yaoyao waiting outside the forbidden area.
• Liu Yaoyao was startled by Lu Yang’s extraordinary appearance but composed herself and expressed her wish to become his personal maidservant.
• Lu Yang asked whether Liu Yaoyao had considered leaving her life as an inner disciple, and she firmly confirmed her choice.
• Lu Yang saw Liu Yaoyao’s affection had risen from 68 to 81, accepted her, and led her into the forbidden area.
• Jiang Shiqing welcomed Liu Yaoyao and told her through voice transmission that they would be good sisters under one quilt for life.

Liu Yaoyao entered the forbidden area with Lu Yang and learned that its mist-covered inner region was the true forbidden area. There, they met Su Jinxuan, Baili Qiushui, and Baili Qiushui’s shy disciple Baili Mingyue, whose unexpected fascination with Lu Yang left her master mortified.

• Liu Yaoyao entered the sect’s forbidden area with Lu Yang and Jiang Shiqing, and Jiang Shiqing explained that the distant mist marked the real forbidden area.
• Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui arrived with Baili Mingyue, and Jiang Shiqing told Liu Yaoyao that the two elders were Nascent Soul Realm True Lords.
• Baili Qiushui urged Baili Mingyue to show Lu Yang respect, so Baili Mingyue reluctantly raised her head and saw him for the first time.
• Lu Yang’s system identified Baili Mingyue as an 11-point beauty as she stared at him, blushed, and forgot to speak.
• Baili Qiushui realized Baili Mingyue was captivated by Lu Yang and panicked when her disciple audibly swallowed.

Lu Yang agreed to let Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue study the formation patterns on his Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, and offered to show them more formations later. As they exchanged sound transmission imprints, Su Jinxuan warned Lu Yang not to bully the two women, while he anticipated the rewards for adding them as friends.

• Baili Mingyue recovered from staring at Lu Yang and became mortified, but Lu Yang reassured her that he did not mind.
• Su Jinxuan explained that Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue were inspecting the terrain for the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect's forbidden-grounds formation.
• Baili Qiushui asked Lu Yang to let her and Baili Mingyue study the formation patterns on his Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, and he readily agreed.
• Lu Yang offered to show Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue other formations after they studied the chariot, and proposed exchanging sound transmission imprints.
• Su Jinxuan privately warned Lu Yang not to bully Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue, while Lu Yang invited her to live on his mountain peak.
• Lu Yang took out his Sound Transmission Jade Token to exchange imprints with Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue.

Lu Yang gave Su Jinxuan a supreme-grade Sound Transmission Jade Token and insisted she accept a Spiritual Connection Ring that could protect her and teleport him to her side. Su Jinxuan fled in embarrassment, while Lu Yang saw that her affection had risen to 79.

• Baili Qiushui exchanged sound transmission imprints with Lu Yang for herself and Baili Mingyue.
• Lu Yang gave Su Jinxuan a Sound Transmission Jade Token made from supreme-grade Divine Soul Jade and explained its long range.
• Su Jinxuan resisted taking the Spiritual Connection Ring, worried that its ability to summon Lu Yang would put him in danger.
• Lu Yang took Su Jinxuan's hand and slipped the ring onto her finger, insisting that it would protect her.
• Su Jinxuan flew away in embarrassment, and Baili Qiushui followed with Baili Mingyue.
• Lu Yang checked his panel and saw that Su Jinxuan's affection had risen to 79.

Lu Yang brought Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao to his peak in the core forbidden area, where Liu Yaoyao learned that he had raised the Spiritual Qi concentration. In his cultivation chamber, Lu Yang checked the system and found Baili Qiushui's favorability was 56 and Baili Mingyue's was 89, leaving him baffled by Mingyue's unusually high score.

• Lu Yang led Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao through the spiritual mist to his mountain peak, and Jiang Shiqing told Liu Yaoyao that Lu Yang had increased the area's Spiritual Qi concentration.
• Liu Yaoyao became excited about serving Lu Yang, while Jiang Shiqing explained his preferences and habits, including the possibility of serving him in bed.
• Lu Yang returned to his cultivation chamber and checked the system panel, finding Baili Qiushui's favorability at 56 and Baili Mingyue's at 89.
• Lu Yang suspected that Baili Qiushui's favorability had risen because he let her study the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot's formation patterns, but he could not explain Baili Mingyue's score despite barely interacting with her.

Lu Yang claimed rewards for Baili Mingyue, Baili Qiushui, and Liu Yaoyao, gaining two sword-formation Fortune Traits and several treasures. After spending more than ten days cultivating the Golden Radiance Sword Canon, he was visited by Qi Yunshu, who was shocked to find Liu Yaoyao at Lu Yang’s cave abode.

• Lu Yang claimed Baili Mingyue’s rewards, including the Sword Patterns Connected to the Heart Fortune Trait and two formation treasures intended for her.
• Lu Yang received the spirit-grade Myriad Forms Transform into Swords Fortune Trait after adding Baili Qiushui’s contact information.
• Lu Yang claimed Liu Yaoyao’s favorability reward, including a defensive treasure to pair with the Heart-Bewitching Bell, and decided to give both to her.
• Lu Yang began studying the Golden Radiance Sword Canon with Dao Comprehension Tea and Cultivation Method Experience.
• More than ten days later, Qi Yunshu arrived at Lu Yang’s cave abode and was astonished to find Liu Yaoyao there.

Qi Yunshu reported that the sects across the Eastern Domain were ready to launch a coordinated attack on the Blood Devil Hall, and Lu Yang prepared to join the operation against its leader. After warning Qi Yunshu about the Hall’s hidden strength and revealing that its origins involved other planes, Lu Yang set out to gather Jiang Shiqing and contact Senior Sister Mu and Nanyue.

• Qi Yunshu learned that Liu Yaoyao had become Lu Yang’s personal maid and grew more cordial toward her, then noticed the profound sword patterns in Lu Yang’s Golden Radiance Sword Canon.
• Qi Yunshu told Lu Yang that the major sects were ready to attack the Blood Devil Hall’s Nascent Soul experts, and Lu Yang arranged to coordinate through Su Jinxuan.
• Lu Yang warned Qi Yunshu that the four vice hall masters might have hidden trump cards and urged the sects to send several Nascent Soul cultivators against each one.
• Liu Yaoyao asked Lu Yang about the Blood Devil Hall, and he explained that its backing involved other planes whose inhabitants probably could not enter the Canglan Realm directly.
• Lu Yang told Liu Yaoyao to fetch Jiang Shiqing, then took out his Sound Transmission Jade Token to contact Senior Sister Mu and Nanyue.

Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue, Jiang Shiqing, and Liu Yaoyao left the sect aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot, with Lu Qingtong joining them after protecting disciples in the Golden Sun Mountain Range. They headed for Yellow Province to kill Zhou Mu, who secretly led the Blood Devil Hall while posing as the trusted Profound Earth Mountain elder Qingxuan.

• Mu Yunxue stayed in the sect to cultivate, while Lin Ying remained in seclusion at a critical stage of her breakthrough and sword-canon comprehension.
• Lu Qingtong agreed to join Lu Yang's group after ruling the Golden Sun Mountain Range and secretly protecting sect disciples from a Demon Beast.
• Lu Yang, Qin Nanyue, Jiang Shiqing, and Liu Yaoyao boarded the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot and explored its spacious inner world, including its spirit fields and pool.
• Qin Nanyue and Jiang Shiqing agreed to bathe with Lu Yang later, and Lu Yang dismissed the bodyguard puppets before the chariot departed.
• Lu Yang's group flew toward Yellow Province, where Zhou Mu used the identity of Qingxuan, a trusted Golden Core elder of Profound Earth Mountain, while secretly leading the Blood Devil Hall.

Inside the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot's small world, Lu Yang accepted Liu Yaoyao's confession and promised to spend time alone with her the next day. After giving her the Phoenix Dao cultivation method, he went to meet Jiang Shiqing and Qin Nanyue at the spirit spring.

• Liu Yaoyao told Lu Yang she wanted to be his, and he kissed her before promising to spend time alone with her tomorrow.
• Lu Yang teased Liu Yaoyao about their upcoming first night together, then gave her the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon to cultivate.
• Liu Yaoyao left to cultivate, delighted that Lu Yang had acknowledged her as someone akin to a dao companion.
• Lu Yang contacted Jiang Shiqing and Qin Nanyue, confirmed they were ready, and headed to the spirit spring.