Recaps

Hun Xiu awakened a Transcendent Divine Bloodline, chose the Fire Devouring Scripture, and began building his strength while keeping his unusual choices secret. The Hun and Gu Clans formed a marriage alliance by engaging him to Gu Xun'er in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, leaving Hun Xiu accepting a fate he felt too weak to control.

• Hun Xiu's bloodline test first showed no result, but after he chose a system reward, the stone tablet revealed his Eleventh-grade Transcendent Divine Bloodline and he rose to Dou Ling.
• Hun Xiu chose the Fire Devouring Scripture over Soul Emperor's Emperor Burning Fire Art, discovered he could practice it without castrating himself, and cultivated to two-star Dou Ling.
• Hun Xiu challenged Hun Feng to acknowledge him as an elder brother, then repeatedly selected Yellow Tier techniques before Soul Emperor confronted him and he took the Mysterious Tier Soul Slaying Palm.
• Gu Yuan learned of Hun Xiu's bloodline and proposed a marriage alliance, choosing Hun Xiu to marry Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan offered the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and he and Soul Emperor agreed that the couple's first child would take the Gu surname before exchanging the Marriage Contract.
• Soul Emperor told Hun Xiu that the contract engaged him to Gu Xun'er in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Hun Xiu accepted while worrying he was too weak to control his fate.

Hun Xiu tried to stop Gu Xun’er from being sent to the Xiao Clan and sought permission to leave the Hun Clan, but Soul Emperor made him earn it by winning the Clan Competition. The contest began with Hun Xiu overwhelming Hun Doulol, establishing himself as the leading contender for first place.

• Two years after returning to the Hun Clan, Hun Xiu had become a nine-year-old Dou Huang and its leading Young Clan Head candidate, then recognized Gu Xun’er as his fiancée during her visit with Gu Yuan.
• After Soul Emperor punished Hun Xiu for mistreating Gu Xun’er, Hun Xiu realized she had not yet been sent to the Xiao Clan and resolved to follow her there in secret.
• Hun Xiu learned that Gu Xun’er would be sent undercover to the Xiao Clan, promised to stop it, and asked Soul Emperor for permission to leave the Hun Clan.
• Soul Emperor refused to grant permission unless Hun Xiu won the Clan Competition, where the first two contestants would receive Sub-Flames from Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Xiu cultivated through his injuries, advanced to Two-star Dou Emperor, and entered the Clan Competition determined to win the high-grade Sub-Flame.
• When Hun Xiu was paired with Hun Doulol, he offered her a chance to surrender, then stood unharmed inside her first attack and endured her Extreme Wind Finger with his body.
• Hun Xiu revealed his crimson Dou Qi Wings and demanded that Hun Doulol continue fighting, but Hun Dun declared him the winner after Hun Doulol admitted defeat.

Hun Xiu won the Clan Competition, absorbed his reward, and spent four years cultivating before Soul Emperor allowed him to leave the Hun Clan. He traveled to the Xiao Clan, reunited with Xiao Xun'er, and met Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.

• Hun Xiu watched Hun Feng defeat Soul Jade, then later won the Clan Competition by defeating Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Huan'er together.
• Soul Jade took second place, and Soul Emperor rewarded her with an ordinary Sub-Flame and Hun Xiu with a high-grade Sub-Flame.
• Hun Xiu absorbed the Sub-Flame, advanced to eight-star Dou Emperor, and said goodbye to Gu Xun'er as Gu Yuan took her away.
• Soul Emperor gave Hun Xiu two ancient Storage Rings and required him to use their resources before leaving the Hun Clan, so Hun Xiu chose to cultivate with them.
• Gu Yuan left Gu Xun'er in the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan met her and secretly grew attached to her.
• After four years of secluded cultivation, Hun Xiu used up the resources, received Soul Emperor's Hall of Souls token and mask, and left the Hun Clan.
• Traveling as Yun Xiu, Hun Xiu took Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Clan after she asked for help breaking off her engagement, while Nalan Su sought Yun Yun's help finding her.
• Yun Xiu reunited with Xiao Xun'er at the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan arrived before Nalan Yanran introduced herself as his fiancée.

Yun Xiu left Wu Tan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then approached Medusa with a mature Green Lotus Core Flame and an offer to help her evolve. Medusa agreed to hear his terms, but Yun Xiu had yet to reveal his request.

• Nalan Yanran first chose to remain engaged to Xiao Yan, then changed her mind and ended their engagement with a letter of divorce.
• Yun Xiu promised Xiao Xun'er he would marry her when she grew up, then left Wu Tan City and found Xiao Yi Xian in a poisoned village.
• Yun Xiu spent three days helping Xiao Yi Xian bury the villagers, named her Lin Xian, and took her along when she was ready to leave.
• In Shimo City, Yun Xiu rescued Qing Lin from the Three Bears Mercenary Group and took her and Xiao Yi Xian to the Tagor Great Desert.
• Yun Xiu visited Medusa, then returned with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and asked to meet her again.
• Yun Xiu revealed that Medusa’s first appearance was a clone and offered the Green Lotus Core Flame to help her break through to Dou Zong, but Medusa refused.
• When Medusa’s chiefs attacked, Yun Xiu stopped them with his power and offered Medusa a deal in exchange for one request.
• Medusa agreed to hear Yun Xiu’s terms after he revealed a mature Green Lotus Core Flame, but told him to state what he wanted.