Chapter Summaries

Gu He decided to visit the Wind Thunder Pavilion to obtain the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body before returning to the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Yun and Little Yu Chen. After a brief reunion with his family, he traveled to the Wind Thunder East Pavilion, arriving at its headquarters on Thunder Mountain.

• Gu He met Shen Yun, who recognized his strength and hurried to report his presence to the Wind Thunder North Pavilion.
• Gu He returned to the Han Family, reunited with Yun Yun and Little Yu Chen, and said they would return to the Misty Cloud Sect after he handled one more matter in half a month.
• Gu He left the Han Family the next day and traveled toward the Wind Thunder East Pavilion, crossing the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range in two days.
• Gu He entered the Wind Thunder Mountain Range unnoticed and reached Thunder Mountain, where he observed the silver trees that fed lightning energy into the clouds.

Gu He reached Thunder Mountain and offered Venerable Thunder an Eighth-Grade Pill with Five-Colored Pill Lightning in exchange for the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body cultivation method. Venerable Thunder accepted the deal, and Gu He received the scroll and its key.

• Gu He bypassed Thunder Mountain's patrols and appeared on the silver tower's highest level, where Venerable Thunder confronted him.
• Gu He sealed the tower's spire and told Venerable Thunder he had come to make a deal.
• Gu He asked to exchange for the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body cultivation method, and Venerable Thunder questioned whether he would surrender Wind Thunder Pavilion's secret legacy.
• Gu He offered an Eighth-Grade Pill that had undergone Five-Colored Pill Lightning, and Venerable Thunder accepted after verifying it was genuine.
• Venerable Thunder handed Gu He the silver scroll and gathered the key needed to open it.

Gu He acquired the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body technique from Venerable Thunder and began cultivating it in the Wind Thunder Mountain Range. He successfully formed a clone seed and planned to temper it with wind and lightning power.

• Venerable Thunder offered Gu He the key to the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body scroll and began explaining its requirements, but Gu He left before he finished.
• Gu He left Thunder Mountain and studied the scroll atop a mountain in the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Gu He practiced the technique and realized that he needed to leave a trace of soul power inside an afterimage to form a clone.
• After roughly two hours of practice, Gu He created a persistent afterimage, turned it into a clone seed, and absorbed it into his brow.
• Gu He prepared to temper the clone seed with wind and lightning power to conceal and strengthen it.

Gu He tempered a Fire-Thunder Clone with his Destiny Divine Flame and lightning until it reached the peak of the mid-stage Half-Saint realm. He then tracked his disciples’ Void Jade Talismans and arrived where Nalan Yanran, the Han Yue sisters, and the Purple Demon Vulture were training.

• Gu He began tempering his one-star Dou Zun soul clone with carefully controlled fire and lightning.
• After three days, Gu He had strengthened the clone to the mid-stage Half-Saint realm, and he continued tempering it for another four days until it reached that realm’s peak.
• Gu He stopped to keep his promise to return to Yun Yun within half a month and stored the Fire-Thunder Clone between his brows.
• Gu He sensed the locations of his disciples’ Void Jade Talismans, identifying Zi Yan as far away in the Central Region and Xiao Yi Xian as traveling alone.
• Gu He used the Void Thunder God Flash to travel through the void and, after nearly two days, reached the training site of Nalan Yanran, the Han Yue sisters, and the Purple Demon Vulture, who recognized his arrival.

Gu He visited Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue to tell them he was returning to the Northwest Continent with his wife and to provide cultivation resources. He taught Han Yue the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, leaving her exhausted after she received its method and his cultivation insights.

• Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, Han Xue, and the Purple Demon Vulture welcomed Gu He as he arrived in the forest.
• Gu He told his disciples that he and his wife planned to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, then learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver had left the group to travel separately.
• Gu He brought out Seventh-Grade and Eighth-Grade Pills and asked Han Yue about her progress with the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• After learning Han Yue had perfected the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, Gu He decided to teach her the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Gu He transmitted the technique and his cultivation insights to Han Yue, who struggled through the information before Nalan Yanran and Han Xue supported her.

Gu He received the Emperor-Class Void Shifting Technique after gifting Han Yue the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, then distributed pills that returned eight Ninth-Grade Pills. After leaving his disciples, he secluded himself in a valley to extract the new technique.

• Gu He learned that the Void Shifting Technique could create gates at places he had visited and let him travel between them, with greater distance requiring more energy and time.
• Han Yue demonstrated the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body by moving a hundred meters and forming a soul avatar, and Gu He considered giving her the Fallen Heart Flame to temper it.
• Gu He distributed jade bottles of pills among Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, Han Xue, and the Purple Demon Vulture, receiving six Ninth-Grade Profound Pills and two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills in return.
• Gu He told his disciples to train and use their Void Jade Talisman if they faced an unsolvable problem, then departed.
• Gu He stopped in an unknown valley, sealed it, and asked the system to extract the Void Shifting Technique.

Gu He mastered the Void Shifting Technique, tested its speed and cost, and used it to reach Tianbei City just before his deadline with Yun Yun. After reuniting with his family, he prepared to take them back to the Northwest Continent and explained how his new Void Gates worked.

• Gu He absorbed the Void Shifting Technique’s information and set up a Void Gate before traveling toward Tianbei City.
• Gu He tested the technique by moving between two gates more than ten thousand li apart, finding that the transfer took less than 0.1 seconds and used under ten percent of his Dou Qi.
• Gu He continued toward Tianbei City, setting up gates along the way, and arrived at the Han Family at the end of the half-month deadline.
• Yun Yun welcomed Gu He, and Little Yu Chen toddled over, excited by his promise to take her into the sky.
• Gu He created a Void Gate at the Han Family and explained to Yun Yun that it would let him return there from another gate.

Gu He and Yun Yun traveled with Little Yu Chen toward the Misty Cloud Sect while setting up Void Gates along the way. After two months, Gu He sensed that a Void Jade Talisman had been crushed and prepared to check on the one who had called for help, as the story revealed Zi Yan facing an elderly man in the Qi Huang Mountain Range.

• Gu He opened a spatial rift and took Yun Yun and Little Yu Chen to the Black Scale Cold Flood Dragon.
• Gu He and Yun Yun protected Little Yu Chen with a barrier, then began their journey toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He set up a Void Gate at nearly every stop as the family traveled through the Central Plains and into the Northwest Continent.
• Gu He sensed that a Void Jade Talisman had been crushed, and Yun Yun urged him to send his projection to investigate.
• Zi Yan glared at an elderly man in white robes in the Qi Huang Mountain Range after consuming many heavenly treasures and accumulating unrefined medicinal power.

Zi Yan asked Gu He to advise her about whether to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, whose white-robed elder had come to claim her royal bloodline. After she crushed a Void Jade Talisman, Gu He arrived in the valley, and the chapter ended with him noticing someone watching nearby.

• The white-robed elder urged Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and inherit the Dragon Emperor position, but she refused because she had promised to return to Gu He on time.
• Zi Yan decided to ask Gu He for advice and told the elder to wait a day; he agreed and secretly followed her.
• Zi Yan ran to a secluded valley and crushed a Void Jade Talisman, surprising the elder with her ability to summon someone powerful from the Northwest Continent.
• Gu He appeared with the aura of a High-level Half-Saint, and Zi Yan happily hugged his leg.
• Gu He checked that Zi Yan was safe, then noticed the white-robed elder watching from the sky.

Gu He met Zhu Li, an elder of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, who came to take Zi Yan back to Dragon Island. Gu He secured one day to speak with Zi Yan, then began summoning his true body to join her.

• Gu He noticed Zhu Li following Zi Yan, and Zhu Li emerged from concealment and introduced himself as a loyal elder of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Li explained that the clan needed Zi Yan, its royal bloodline, to return, and Gu He asked him to wait one day so he could speak with her privately.
• Zi Yan backed Gu He's request, and Zhu Li agreed before leaving through a spatial distortion.
• Gu He praised Zi Yan's training progress and promised her a reward when his true body arrived.
• Gu He formed a purple ring filled with glowing runes, and Zi Yan sensed spatial power within it but could not touch it.

Gu He used the Void Shifting Technique to travel from the Northwest Continent toward Zi Yan in the Qi Huang Mountain Range, impressing her with the speed of his teleportation. After stopping to restore his Dou Qi, he arrived before a minute had passed and reunited with Zi Yan.

• Zi Yan asked Gu He about the purple halo, and he explained that it was a Void Gate that could transport his true body.
• Gu He opened a Void Gate on the Black Scale Cold Flood Dragon's back and traveled to a mountain range in the Northern Region of the Central Plains.
• Gu He found that the journey had consumed about thirty percent of his Dou Qi, so he swallowed an eighth-tier recovery pill before continuing.
• Zi Yan counted the seconds as Gu He's projection waited beside the Void Gate.
• Gu He's true body appeared before Zi Yan at the fifty-ninth second, and she marveled that he had arrived in under a minute.

Gu He passed cultivation to Zi Yan, helping her break through to Seven-star Dou Zong and earning a three-thousandfold return of 123 years of cultivation. He then gave her ten pills, including two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills intended for powerful figures on Dragon Island.

• Gu He sealed the valley and used the system to pass cultivation to Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan broke through from Peak Nine-Star Dou Huang to Dou Zong, then continued rising through the ranks.
• Zi Yan reached Seven-star Dou Zong, and Gu He stopped the transfer after she neared her limit.
• The system rewarded Gu He with 123 years of cultivation, equivalent to a High-level Half-Saint.
• Gu He presented Zi Yan with ten pills and planned for her to give two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills to Zhu Li and the Grand Elder and Second Elder of East Dragon Island.

Gu He gave Zi Yan pills, Spirit Medicine Pills, and Void Jade Talismans to take back to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, including three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills for Zhu Li and two other elders. He agreed to help establish a teleportation array near East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan’s return as a royal-blooded Dragon could draw the hostility of the other Dragon Kings.

• Gu He explained that Zi Yan could keep all the pills except three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, which he instructed her to give to Zhu Li and the other two elders.
• Zi Yan collected the ten jade bottles and promised not to take the Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills herself.
• Gu He received system returns for the two Seventh-Grade Pills and gave Zi Yan several thousand Spirit Medicine Pills, which she happily began eating.
• Gu He gave Zi Yan three Void Jade Talismans so she could summon him if she encountered trouble at her clan.
• Zi Yan suggested Gu He set up a teleportation array near the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Gu He agreed.
• Gu He considered the danger Zi Yan faced if the other Dragon Islands learned that a royal-blooded Dragon had returned.

After Gu He helped Zi Yan reach Seven-star Dou Zong, he left her to refine the medicinal power in her body and later meet Zhu Li. When Zhu Li arrived, he discovered her cultivation was stable and was shocked to learn Gu He had left him three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.

• Gu He told Zi Yan to refine the medicinal power accumulated in her body and promised to bring her home after establishing a teleportation array.
• Gu He reopened the purple teleportation halo and disappeared, leaving Zi Yan to cultivate alone in the valley.
• Zhu Li arrived after a day and was shocked to find Zi Yan had advanced to Seven-star Dou Zong.
• Zhu Li probed Zi Yan's condition, found her foundation stable, and praised her improved cultivation.
• Zi Yan gave Zhu Li three jade bottles from Gu He, and he discovered they contained three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.
• Zi Yan confirmed that Gu He's greatest skill was alchemy, leaving Zhu Li overjoyed that she had such a master.

Zi Yan and Zhu Li returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s hidden home in the void, where Zhu Li explained that her awakened royal bloodline made her the clan’s hope. The chapter left Zi Yan resolved to become the Dragon Emperor.

• Zi Yan told Zhu Li that her master had entrusted him with three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, and Zhu Li assigned two to East Dragon Island’s Grand Elder and Second Elder while reserving the third for Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan urged Zhu Li to keep the third pill for himself, but he said they should discuss its allocation after returning to the clan.
• Zhu Li opened a long-distance spatial passage, and he and Zi Yan traveled through it for nearly two days before reaching the clan’s island in the void.
• Zhu Li led Zi Yan through the island’s barrier toward a stone hall while keeping her royal bloodline secret from the other Dragon Islands.
• Zhu Li told Zi Yan he expected her to become the clan’s new Dragon Emperor, and Zi Yan became resolute about that future.

Zhu Li brought Zi Yan before East Dragon Island’s elders, who confirmed her royal bloodline and honored her as the Dragon Emperor. After learning that Gu He had given her three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, the elders accepted them and planned to use them to strengthen East Dragon Island against the three Dragon Kings.

• Zhu Li summoned Qingshan and Zhu Mo, who recognized Zi Yan’s royal bloodline and bowed to her as the Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan promised to grow stronger, reunite the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and restore its former glory.
• Zhu Li told Qingshan and Zhu Mo that Gu He was a High-level Half-Saint and Grandmaster-level alchemist who had gifted the clan three Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills.
• Zi Yan ordered Zhu Li to accept a pill, and the three elders each received one.
• Qingshan and Zhu Mo decided to cultivate in seclusion and refine their pills, hoping Qingshan could reach Three-star Battle Saint and strengthen East Dragon Island.

Zi Yan settled into cultivation on East Dragon Island while Gu He created a hidden Void Gate there so he could reach her quickly. He then traveled to Jia Nan Academy and established another gate near its Inner Academy, where he appeared in Su Qian’s study.

• Zi Yan went alone into the void, confirmed no one was following her, and summoned Gu He with a Void Jade Talisman.
• Gu He praised Zi Yan’s rapid improvement, and she told him she had delivered his three pills to Qingshan, Zhu Mo, and Zhu Li.
• Gu He established a concealed teleportation array near Zi Yan and promised to come for her if she needed him.
• Gu He changed course for the Black Corner Region and created a Void Gate near Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.
• Gu He appeared in Su Qian’s study, and Su Qian welcomed him with surprise and joy.

Gu He visited Jia Nan Academy and updated Su Qian on Zi Yan and Han Yue’s progress before returning to the Misty Cloud Sect. Su Qian also told him that Xiao Yan had entered the Inner Academy, and Gu He left the matter to the younger generation.

• Su Qian welcomed Gu He back and asked about Zi Yan and Han Yue.
• Gu He said Zi Yan had returned to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and would visit again in a few months, while Han Yue was heading to the Central Region and had reached Dou Zong.
• Gu He revealed that Zi Yan had reached high-level Dou Zong, and Su Qian realized Gu He had concealed the full extent of his own cultivation.
• Su Qian told Gu He that Xiao Yan, the Xiao Family junior who had dueled Nalan Yanran, had been admitted to the Inner Academy.
• Gu He said he held no grudge over the duel and departed Jia Nan Academy for the Misty Cloud Sect.

Gu He returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Yun and their daughter, Gu Yu Chen, who quickly became fascinated with Cai'er. After catching up with Liu Ling and Qing Lin, Gu He told Liu Ling that his soul power—not his cultivation—had caused his failed attempt to refine the Shapeshifting Pill, and that he now had the Soul Realm needed to try again.

• Gu He, Yun Yun, and Gu Yu Chen emerged from distorted space in Nine-Colored Valley and reunited with Liu Ling, Qing Lin, and Cai'er.
• Gu Yu Chen chased Cai'er around while Liu Ling and Qing Lin tried to win her attention with toys.
• Liu Ling gave Gu Yu Chen a wooden tiger carving, and she called him Big Brother and Qing Lin Sister Qing Lin before returning to Cai'er.
• Yun Yun cooked dinner for the group, and afterward Gu He spoke privately with Liu Ling and Qing Lin.
• Gu He explained that Liu Ling's failed Shapeshifting Pill refinement resulted from insufficient soul power, and said his current Soul Realm was sufficient for another attempt.

Gu He gave Liu Ling a Shapeshifting Pill and empowered him, raising his cultivation from Seven-star Dou Emperor to Five-star Dou Zong. Liu Ling’s rapid growth earned Gu He twenty-two years of cultivation, and he had caught up to and surpassed Han Yue.

• Gu He gave Liu Ling a Shapeshifting Pill, and the system rewarded him with ten thousand Shapeshifting Pills.
• Gu He sealed off a space and began imparting cultivation to Liu Ling while Qing Lin watched from a distance.
• Liu Ling broke through from Seven-star Dou Emperor to Dou Zong, then advanced to Five-star Dou Zong before Gu He stopped the empowerment.
• The system rewarded Gu He with twenty-two years of cultivation, and Gu He recognized that Liu Ling had surpassed Han Yue.