Recaps

Old Yao emerged from Xiao Yan’s body and attacked Nalan Yanran, forcing Yun Yun to intervene while Lu Yunxiao rescued Nalan Yanran. The clash left Yun Yun facing the powerful Soul Body as Lu Yunxiao’s plan to draw out Yun Shan and Protector Jiejie continued.

• After Xiao Yan rapidly healed by swallowing many pills, Nalan Yanran sensed his immense Soul Power and suspected something was wrong.
• Old Yao revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s teacher and sent a Soul Power attack at Nalan Yanran, but Yun Yun blocked it with her Wings of Wind God.
• The collision’s energy wave threatened Nalan Yanran, and Lu Yunxiao moved her to safety on the stone platform.
• Old Yao overpowered Yun Yun and praised the Misty Cloud Sect’s Sect Master after she endured his attack.
• Lu Yunxiao reassured Nalan Yanran, intending to use Old Yao’s public outburst to draw out Yun Shan and Protector Jiejie.

“Xiao Yan” overpowered Yun Yun and shattered the Misty Cloud Sect’s Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array, while Lu Yunxiao let the conflict unfold to draw out Yun Shan and Protector Wu. After catching Yun Yun as she fell, Lu Yunxiao watched Yun Leng summon help with a whistle.

• “Xiao Yan” attacked Yun Yun with a soul strike, and she struggled to withstand his power.
• Yun Yun summoned the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array, with Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples joining her.
• Yun Yun and the elders formed a cloud-mist spear, but “Xiao Yan” destroyed it and shattered the array with one ruler strike.
• Lu Yunxiao caught Yun Yun as she fell, and she complained that he had watched her fight before rescuing her.
• Yun Leng, battered by the array’s destruction, blew a whistle to summon help.

Yun Shan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zong, alarming Jia Xingtian and the other guests. Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun that he intended to expose hidden dangers within the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Shan confronted the mysterious “Xiao Yan.”

• Yun Shan’s aura erupted from the Back Mountain, and Jia Xingtian and Fama realized he had reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun he wanted her to see how Yun Shan had changed and warned her that serious problems threatened the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran arrived injured, and Lu Yunxiao gave her a pill while Yun Yun tended to her.
• Yun Shan appeared and was greeted by Yun Leng, the Elders, and the Disciples, while Lu Yunxiao remained standing.
• Yun Shan acknowledged Lu Yunxiao and the assembled guests before fixing his attention on “Xiao Yan” and accusing him of causing trouble.

“Xiao Yan” overwhelmed Yun Shan and gravely injured Yun Leng, while Lu Yunxiao said Yun Leng could not be saved. Yun Shan summoned Protector Wu to deal with the Soul Body, and Lu Yunxiao recognized the hidden enemy as the rat he had been waiting for.

• “Xiao Yan” mocked Yun Shan and struck at Yun Leng, whose injuries left him unconscious and near death.
• Lu Yunxiao examined Yun Leng and said that even a Grand Rejuvenation Pill might be needed to save him, while Yun Yun arranged for disciples to carry him away.
• Yun Shan admitted he could not defeat “Xiao Yan” and called on Protector Wu to handle the Soul Body.
• Protector Wu emerged in a vast cloud of black mist, and Lu Yunxiao identified him as the rat he had been waiting for.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that Protector Wu belonged to the Soul Hall, a powerful organization that captured souls and extracted their Soul Origin, and vowed to destroy it within five to ten years. He hinted that Yun Shan had already fallen victim to the Soul Hall, leaving Yun Yun anxiously watching the confrontation in the sky.

• Lu Yunxiao identified Protector Wu as a member of the Soul Hall and described its ranks and power to Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Yunxiao promised to uproot the Soul Hall within five to ten years, and Yun Yun said she believed him.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that the Soul Hall served the Soul Clan by gathering information, capturing souls, and extracting their Soul Origin.
• Yun Yun worried that Yun Shan had invited a dangerous enemy into the sect, and Lu Yunxiao hinted that Yun Shan had already become a victim.

Yao Chen, controlling Xiao Yan’s body and wielding the Profound Yellow Flame, fought Protector Wu after Soul Hall tried to capture him. Yao Chen overwhelmed Protector Wu, while Lu Yunxiao watched and waited for a chance to show Yun Shan the danger of cooperating with Soul Hall.

• Protector Wu confronted Yao Chen and demanded that he surrender to Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen revealed his former status as Venerable Yao and used the Profound Yellow Flame to boost his strength.
• Yao Chen’s ruler strike repelled Protector Wu’s chain and disrupted his Dou Qi.
• Yao Chen and Protector Wu fought in the air, with Yao Chen dominating the battle.
• Lu Yunxiao watched the fight and considered Yun Shan’s ties to Soul Hall, waiting for the right moment to intervene.

Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran about Venerable Yao’s strength while teasing Yun Yun over their relationship. As Protector Wu and Yun Shan attacked together, Xiao Yan charged into the renewed battle alone.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that Venerable Yao had been a Rank 9 Alchemist and a Dou Zun Peak expert, astonishing Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun exchanged private, flirtatious threats, and Yun Yun decided she would stay with him throughout the day.
• Xiao Yan’s ruler strike sent Protector Wu flying and weakened his black mist.
• Protector Wu demanded Yun Shan’s help, and Yun Shan attacked Xiao Yan with the Great Compassion Wind-Tearing Hand.
• Xiao Yan shattered Yun Shan’s energy hand, then faced Protector Wu’s chains and Yun Shan’s sword qi as the two men attacked together.

As Yun Shan neared death in his battle with “Xiao Yan” and Protector Wu, Lu Yunxiao summoned Qing Yanjing and Queen Medusa to intervene. Queen Medusa engaged “Xiao Yan,” while Qing Yanjing moved to attack Protector Wu.

• Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Fama watched the battle and recognized the overwhelming strength of the Dou Zong fighters.
• Lu Yunxiao reassured Yun Yun that he would protect Yun Shan and told Nalan Yanran to keep Yun Yun from joining the fight.
• “Xiao Yan” struck down Yun Shan and sent a ruler light toward him, but Lu Yunxiao shattered the attack with a snap of his fingers.
• Qing Yanjing and Queen Medusa appeared, and Queen Medusa accepted the Dragon Slaying Sword Lu Yunxiao offered her.
• Queen Medusa charged “Xiao Yan” and began fighting him, while Qing Yanjing confronted Protector Wu and prepared to strike.

Qing Yanjing overwhelmed Protector Wu, but he devoured the souls of Misty Cloud Sect elders and took Yun Shan hostage to escape her attacks. As Protector Wu tried to flee with Yun Shan, a sword-wielding figure intervened, slashed him, and caught Yun Shan.

• Qing Yanjing defeated Protector Wu with one palm, and Lu Yunxiao revealed that she had reached the Half-step Dou Zun realm.
• Protector Wu used Nine Forest Hundred Soul Devour to absorb the souls of seven or eight Misty Cloud Sect elders and recover his strength.
• Yun Shan charged Protector Wu in anger, but Protector Wu bound him with black chains and used him as a shield against Qing Yanjing.
• Lu Yunxiao prepared a golden card while Yun Yun begged him to save her teacher, and Qing Yanjing struggled to attack without hurting Yun Shan.
• As Protector Wu tried to escape with Yun Shan, a White Clad Figure struck him with a sword and caught Yun Shan.

Lu Yunxiao rebuked Yun Shan for helping ruin the Misty Cloud Sect and forced him to stop attacking Yun Yun. Qing Yanjing defeated Protector Wu, whom Lu Yunxiao ordered her to capture so he could use him against the Soul Hall.

• Lu Yunxiao scolded Yun Shan for colluding with the Soul Hall and flung him down to Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Shan angrily blamed Yun Yun, but Lu Yunxiao threatened him and subdued him with his Dou Zong aura.
• Qing Yanjing apologized for failing to capture Protector Wu, and Lu Yunxiao reassured her that Yun Shan had interfered.
• Qing Yanjing defeated Protector Wu in two moves, and Lu Yunxiao stopped her from killing him.
• Qing Yanjing captured the weakened Protector Wu as Lu Yunxiao declared that he would take down the Soul Hall.

Lu Yunxiao tortured Protector Wu’s soul with the Green Lotus Core Flame before capturing it in a Jade Bottle, then defeated “Xiao Yan” and sealed Yao Chen’s soul as well. He, Queen Medusa, and Qing Yanjing unleashed their combined auras over the square, leaving Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the others struggling under their pressure.

• Lu Yunxiao burned Protector Wu’s soul with the Green Lotus Core Flame while the onlookers recoiled and Yun Shan welcomed his torment.
• Lu Yunxiao stopped the flames before Protector Wu’s soul vanished, trapped him in a Jade Bottle, and sealed it with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao called Queen Medusa away from her fight with “Xiao Yan,” then struck him down and pulled Yao Chen’s soul from his body.
• Lu Yunxiao sealed Yao Chen in another Jade Bottle and took his place between Queen Medusa and Qing Yanjing.
• Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, and Qing Yanjing released their full auras, making Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the others struggle to withstand the pressure.

Lu Yunxiao announced that he was founding Cloud Gate and pressured the Jia Ma Empire’s major factions to join. The Misty Cloud Sect, Mittel Family, and Nalan Clan agreed, while Fama considered joining the Alchemist Guild after Lu Yunxiao offered a soul-cultivation technique; Jia Xingtian was left facing the prospect of the Imperial Family standing alone.

• Lu Yunxiao, Medusa, and Qing Yanjing withdrew their oppressive auras, and Lu Yunxiao announced that he intended to establish Cloud Gate.
• Yun Yun declared that the Misty Cloud Sect would join Cloud Gate, and Hai Bodong said the Mittel Family would join as well.
• Nalan Jie agreed to bring the Nalan Clan into Cloud Gate, while Lu Yunxiao turned his attention to Fama and the Alchemist Guild.
• Fama hesitated because the Alchemist Guild had traditionally remained neutral, but Lu Yunxiao offered a soul-cultivation technique that could help alchemists advance in rank.
• Fama said he could persuade the Alchemist Guild’s elders, and Jia Xingtian recognized that the Imperial Family would be isolated if the other factions joined.

Lu Yunxiao secured the Jia Ma Empire’s imperial family as Cloud Gate members by promising Jia Xingtian a Perfect Sect Breaking Pill and future Dou Emperor experts, then established the new sect’s Council of Elders. Jia Xingtian offered his two granddaughters as Lu Yunxiao’s maids, and Lu Yunxiao accepted despite Queen Medusa’s displeasure.

• Jia Xingtian asked what guarantees Lu Yunxiao would give the imperial family, and Lu Yunxiao promised him a Perfect Sect Breaking Pill and two more Dou Emperor experts within three years.
• Jia Xingtian agreed to bring the imperial family into Cloud Gate after considering the promised benefits and the chance to preserve and expand the Yao Clan’s influence.
• Lu Yunxiao declared that everyone joining Cloud Gate that day would become a Founding Elder and outlined the Council of Elders’ role and veto power.
• Jia Xingtian offered his two granddaughters as maids to Lu Yunxiao, who hesitated before agreeing to honor the Founding Elder’s request.
• Queen Medusa reacted with disbelief and jealousy, and Lu Yunxiao defended his decision by comparing the prospective maids to Qing Yanjing.

After Lu Yunxiao reassured Queen Medusa that he would not pursue Jia Xingtian’s daughters, he reflected on how she might get along with Gu Xun’er. At the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain, Yun Shan angrily confronted Lu Yunxiao over his relationship with Yun Yun, and Lu Yunxiao insisted they were husband and wife, not truly teacher and disciple.

• Queen Medusa warned Lu Yunxiao not to touch Jia Xingtian’s daughters, and he promised he would not.
• Queen Medusa said she and Yun Yun would stand together on the matter, while Lu Yunxiao joked about how they might join forces with Xun'er.
• Lu Yunxiao suggested Queen Medusa and Xun'er would get along, prompting Qing Yanjing to suspect Xun'er would be a force to reckon with.
• Lu Yunxiao reflected that the unification of the Jia Ma Empire had been accomplished that day.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain, Yun Yun pleaded with Lu Yunxiao and Yun Shan to stop arguing as Yun Shan condemned her relationship with Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Shan that his teacher-disciple connection with Yun Yun had only been nominal and that they were husband and wife.

Lu Yunxiao confronted Yun Shan over his objections to Yun Yun joining Cloud Gate and demanded an oath to prevent further treachery. Yun Shan faced pressure from both Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun to swear before he could receive a place in Cloud Gate.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that his relationship with Yun Yun had only seemed like a master-disciple romance and said the former Misty Cloud Sect's ties no longer mattered now that it had become Cloud Gate.
• Yun Shan reproached Yun Yun for bringing the Misty Cloud Sect into Cloud Gate without his approval, but Lu Yunxiao warned him not to discipline or mistreat his wife.
• Lu Yunxiao reminded Yun Shan that he was only the former Sect Master and had been spared because Yun Yun pleaded for him, then offered him status as a Cloud Gate Grand Elder without real authority.
• Lu Yunxiao presented a purple stone and demanded that Yun Shan swear never to collude with Soul Hall or harm Lu Yunxiao and those around him.
• Yun Shan protested that Lu Yunxiao did not trust him, while Lu Yunxiao threatened consequences if he refused.
• Yun Yun asked Yun Shan to swear, reasoning that the oath would cost him nothing and could prevent a fight.

Yun Yun tried to persuade Yun Shan to swear an oath and accept a place as Cloud Gate’s Grand Elder, warning that Lu Yunxiao’s allies could kill him if he refused. After Yun Yun confronted her teacher and Lu Yunxiao gave him one final ultimatum, Yun Shan yielded.

• Yun Shan angrily refused to swear an oath, believing Yun Yun’s ties to him would keep Lu Yunxiao from killing him.
• Yun Yun warned Yun Shan that she could not stop Lu Yunxiao’s allies, including Queen Medusa, from acting against him.
• Lu Yunxiao said he would not kill Yun Shan himself but offered him the choice of swearing an oath or facing death at the hands of others.
• Yun Yun tearfully rebuked Yun Shan for resisting a reasonable demand despite Lu Yunxiao having saved his life.
• Lu Yunxiao issued a final ultimatum, and Yun Shan gave in, accepting that his time of influence had passed.

Yun Shan swore a binding Grand Dao Oath not to collude with the Soul Hall or harm Lu Yunxiao and his allies, clearing the way for peace with Cloud Gate. Yun Yun celebrated her teacher's reconciliation by embracing Lu Yunxiao, but their intimacy was interrupted when Nalan Yanran saw them together.

• Yun Shan swore on the Grand Dao Oath Stone never again to collude with the Soul Hall or harm Lu Yunxiao and those around him.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that breaking the oath would bring down divine lightning, then left Yun Shan with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan they would leave and departed with Lu Yunxiao, relieved that her teacher and Lu Yunxiao had reconciled.
• In a misty pavilion, Yun Yun kissed Lu Yunxiao and explained that their peaceful coexistence had lifted the burden from her heart.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun kissed passionately until Nalan Yanran dropped her sword and stared at them in disbelief.

Nalan Yanran caught Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun kissing and ran away in tears. Yun Yun pushed Lu Yunxiao to find and comfort her, and he tracked her to the Back Mountain Training Ground, where she stood by the cliff.

• Nalan Yanran saw Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun kissing, then fled in heartbreak.
• Yun Yun urged Lu Yunxiao to comfort Nalan Yanran, but they argued over who should approach her.
• Yun Yun pulled Lu Yunxiao to his feet and sent him after Nalan Yanran, while warning him to be careful with his words.
• Lu Yunxiao guessed Nalan Yanran would hide at the Back Mountain Training Ground and hurried there.
• Lu Yunxiao found Nalan Yanran standing with her back to him beside the cliff near the Martial Arts Arena.

Lu Yunxiao tried to persuade Nalan Yanran to leave the cliff after she saw him and Yun Yun together, but she accused them of betraying her. He revealed that he and Yun Yun had been lovers before Nalan Yanran joined the Misty Cloud Sect, then pulled her safely back to the plaza.

• Lu Yunxiao approached Nalan Yanran at the cliff and urged her to come back.
• Nalan Yanran demanded to know why Yun Yun and Lu Yunxiao had become lovers despite knowing she loved him.
• Lu Yunxiao defended Yun Yun and explained that he and Yun Yun had been together before Nalan Yanran fell for him.
• Nalan Yanran realized she had not been the one betrayed and began to falter.
• Lu Yunxiao seized the chance to pull Nalan Yanran away from the cliff and back to the plaza.

After learning that Yun Yun and Lu Yunxiao had been together before she fell for him, Nalan Yanran grieved in Lu Yunxiao’s arms and questioned him about his past refusals. She left the conversation determined to pursue him anyway, despite his relationship with her teacher.

• Nalan Yanran struggled and wept in Lu Yunxiao’s arms until she had calmed down.
• Lu Yunxiao apologized for keeping the truth from her and urged her not to resent Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether Yun Yun had been the reason Lu Yunxiao rejected her, and he admitted she had been a large part of it.
• Nalan Yanran asked if Lu Yunxiao had ever liked her, and he confessed that her actions had moved him but said they could not be together.
• Nalan Yanran declared that she would never give up on Lu Yunxiao and dismissed the master-disciple relationship as a reason she could not love him.

Lu Yunxiao brought Nalan Yanran back after comforting her, but worried about how Yun Yun would react to Yanran’s new determination to pursue him. Yun Yun apologized and accepted that Yanran was not at fault for falling in love with Lu Yunxiao, only for Yanran to ask her to approve their marriage.

• Lu Yunxiao let Nalan Yanran cling to his arm as they walked back, while she insisted she would handle things with Yun Yun and become his girlfriend.
• Lu Yunxiao tried to persuade Nalan Yanran to remain his senior disciple sister, but she rejected the idea.
• Yun Yun anxiously waited for Lu Yunxiao and Nalan Yanran at the back mountain pavilion, then embraced Yanran and apologized for hiding the truth.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she did not blame her and said she had been wrong to fall in love with Yun Yun’s man.
• After Yun Yun assured Nalan Yanran she was not at fault for loving Lu Yunxiao, Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to agree to her becoming his wife, leaving Yun Yun stunned.

Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to let her become Lu Yunxiao’s wife and suggested that they both be with him, but Yun Yun refused and suspected Lu Yunxiao had influenced her. Yun Yun later escaped the awkward conversation by pretending to chase Lu Yunxiao, then asked him why Nalan Yanran had changed so much.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wanted to marry Lu Yunxiao and argued that Yun Yun could be with him too.
• Yun Yun refused Nalan Yanran’s request, then accused Lu Yunxiao of encouraging her and chased him with the Cloud Glaze Sword.
• Nalan Yanran realized Yun Yun had fled to avoid answering her and grumbled that her teacher was cunning.
• At a cliff, Yun Yun admitted she had chased Lu Yunxiao only to escape and asked why Nalan Yanran’s personality had changed.
• Lu Yunxiao said Nalan Yanran had suffered a blow and warned Yun Yun that concealing the truth had made the revelation more painful.

Yun Yun struggled with whether to accept Nalan Yanran’s love for Lu Yunxiao, torn between her own jealousy and concern for her disciple. Lu Yunxiao suggested delaying an answer, but Yun Yun realized he hoped Yanran would improve herself and attacked him in anger.

• Yun Yun asked Lu Yunxiao how she should handle Nalan Yanran’s determined advances, and he told her he would support whatever she decided.
• Lu Yunxiao admitted that he was moved by Nalan Yanran’s sincere feelings, though he loved Yun Yun more.
• Yun Yun worried that refusing Yanran would make her a cruel obstacle to a loving couple, while the thought of sharing Lu Yunxiao made her miserable.
• Lu Yunxiao advised Yun Yun to tell Yanran she needed time to consider the matter and leave her waiting.
• Yun Yun accused Lu Yunxiao of hoping Yanran would use the delay to improve herself, then pounced on him and bit his neck.
• Lu Yunxiao tickled Yun Yun’s waist until she loosened her bite.

Lu Yunxiao broke through to one-star Dou Wang and used his reward to unseal the Water Element, which also let him wield ice. After checking his improved status and his companions’ cultivation, he left the secret chamber to deal with someone he had kept waiting.

• Lu Yunxiao reached Dou Wang and received a Divine Marrow Cleansing Pill, a Dou Huang Cultivation Pill, and a random seal unsealing opportunity.
• Lu Yunxiao used the opportunity to unseal the Water Element and discovered he could condense water into ice.
• Lu Yunxiao checked his information panel and noted his improved soul power and skills, as well as Gu Xun'er, Little Doctor Immortal, and Ya Fei's cultivation levels.
• Lu Yunxiao left the chamber, where Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran congratulated him on becoming a seventeen-year-old Dou Wang.

Lu Yunxiao decided to deal with Xiao Yan and brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to the secret chamber where Xiao Yan was imprisoned. Xiao Yan admitted he had no regrets about ambushing Lu Yunxiao, though he hated him for defeating him.

• Lu Yunxiao told Nalan Yanran to stop pestering Yun Yun so she could rest, then comforted Yun Yun about her unresolved feelings.
• Lu Yunxiao invited Yun Yun to join him in dealing with Xiao Yan, and she urged him not to show Xiao Yan mercy.
• Nalan Yanran said she no longer cared about Xiao Yan after the Soul Body had tried to attack her, though she regretted that he had brought his death upon himself.
• Lu Yunxiao, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran went to the secret chamber where Xiao Yan was imprisoned with his dantian destroyed and cultivation crippled.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yunxiao he did not regret ambushing him for the Heavenly Flames and his dignity, but vowed that he hated him.