Recaps

Gu He acquired the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, reunited with his family, and helped Zi Yan return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as its future Dragon Emperor. Back at the Misty Cloud Sect, he strengthened his disciples and prepared for seclusion while Liu Ling traveled to find Yue Mei.

• Gu He traded an Eighth-Grade Pill that had survived Five-Colored Pill Lightning to Venerable Thunder for the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and cultivated a powerful Fire-Thunder Clone.
• Gu He taught Han Yue the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, learned the Void Shifting Technique, and returned to the Han Family before taking Yun Yun and Little Yu Chen toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He answered Zi Yan’s Void Jade Talisman, helped her advance to Seven-star Dou Zong, and gave her Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills for Zhu Li and the other East Dragon Island elders.
• Zhu Li brought Zi Yan to East Dragon Island, where Qingshan and Zhu Mo recognized her royal bloodline and accepted the pills Gu He had provided.
• Gu He established a concealed teleportation array near Zi Yan, visited Su Qian at Jia Nan Academy, then returned to Nine-Colored Valley and raised Liu Ling to Five-star Dou Zong and Qing Lin to Six-star Dou King.
• Liu Ling delivered Gu He’s five hundred Seventh-Grade Pills to the Misty Cloud Sect and arranged for the elders to manage their distribution through a new reward system.
• Gu He entered seclusion, refined his disciples’ returned cultivation, and began processing Zi Yan’s 123 years of cultivation while Liu Ling searched the Charming Snake Tribe for Yue Mei.
• Liu Ling evaded Yue Shu’s poisoned-speared guards, said he had brought Yue Mei a Shapeshifting Pill, and left after learning the tribe’s leaders were away fighting rather than planning a war against the Jia Ma Empire.

Liu Ling secured permission for the Snake People Tribe to migrate to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, while Gu He revived Heavenly Fire Venerable and established his support for the Mercenary Guild. When the Dragon Kings attacked East Dragon Island to seize Zi Yan, Gu He intervened, killed two of their allies, and joined Qingshan in fighting the three kings.

• Liu Ling brought Yue Mei the Shapeshifting Pill and secured Queen Medusa’s oath that the Snake People Tribe would not attack ordinary Jia Ma Empire residents.
• Liu Ling obtained the imperial family’s approval for the tribe to cross its territory, and the Snake People began their slow migration toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Gu He emerged from seclusion as a One-star Battle Saint, revived Heavenly Fire Venerable in a Dou Zun body, and pledged support for Liu Ling’s Mercenary Guild plan.
• The three Dragon Kings’ forces attacked East Dragon Island, but Qingshan’s appearance forced the invaders to withdraw from their first assault.
• The Dragon Kings returned with a much larger army, and Man Yan reached Zi Yan’s hall before Gu He appeared and killed him with one punch.
• Gu He killed Lie Shan with Purple Flame, gave healing pills to East Dragon Island’s wounded, and restored Zhu Mo and Qingshan.
• Gu He stopped Qingshan from self-destructing and fought alongside him against the three Dragon Kings, trapping the North Dragon King in a formation of purple flames and forcing back the South Dragon King.

Gu He strengthened Zi Yan and helped her claim the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while confronting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and preparing for its possible hostility. Zi Yan reunited the East, West, and South Dragon Islands, then faced Zhu Bei after he used a forbidden array against North Dragon Island.

• Gu He helped Qingshan drive the Three Dragon Kings from East Dragon Island, then strengthened Zi Yan and returned to cultivate.
• Gu He passed cultivation to Queen Medusa, helping her reach Four-star Dou Zun, before exploring the ancient Bone Mountain Range ruins.
• Gu He retrieved the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and supervised Zi Yan as she refined it, awakened her Ancient Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, and became Lord Dragon Emperor.
• Gu He visited Danxue Mountain, fought off Phoenix, Chi, and Xuan, then returned to the Nine-Colored Valley after confirming the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was not allied with the Three Dragon Kings.
• Zi Yan led East Dragon Island’s forces to West Dragon Island, where the West Dragon King and his clansmen submitted peacefully.
• Zi Yan united West and South Dragon Island with East Dragon Island, while Zhu Bei secretly built the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array on North Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan led an army to North Dragon Island, where she found Zhu Bei devouring his clansmen through the forbidden array.
• Zi Yan saved clansmen Zhu Bei threw at her, then severed part of his hand with a golden sword as Qingshan and the South Dragon King joined the fight.

Zi Yan unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan after defeating the North Dragon King, while Liu Ling built the Mercenary Guild into a major force and confronted factions resisting its expansion. The stretch ends with Xiao Jin facing a coalition of enemies as two Guild elders battle Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders.

• Zi Yan used the Dragon Slaying Sword to defeat the North Dragon King’s attacks, and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan accepted her as its Dragon Emperor before the North Dragon King escaped wounded.
• Gu He healed Zi Yan with a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, helping her advance to the late Four-star Battle Saint stage, and she unified the Dragon Clan and appointed its leaders.
• Liu Ling expanded the Mercenary Guild across the Black Corner Region as Xiao Yan formed the Dream Chasing Mercenary Group and quickly advanced it through difficult missions.
• At the Guild meeting, Liu Ling announced rewards and plans for expansion, then later slowed the Guild’s growth when Xiao Jin reported pressure on its branches and a shortage of Dou Zong protectors.
• Liu Ling went to Tian Ya City, defeated Luo Cheng, and established a Guild branch around the city’s Space Wormhole before dealing with other groups obstructing expansion.
• Liu Ling sent Xiao Jin and two Dou Zong elders to confront the Falling Geese Sect, Mu Lan Empire, and Xuan Hua Empire, whose leaders gathered at the Luo Yan Empire border.
• Yan Luotian, the Mulan Three Elders, and Granny Xuan Hua assembled against Xiao Jin, while the Guild elders engaged Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders and Xiao Jin prepared to face Granny Xuan Hua.
• Yan Luotian wounded one Guild elder with sword Qi and goose feathers, but the elder used two massive hammers to deflect his attacks.