Recaps

Lu Yunxiao explained to Xiao Yi Xian why he had entered the tower and reassured her that he would share his plans in the future. He returned to the Lu Alliance, where its members welcomed him and reported on their progress during his absence.

• Xiao Yi Xian inferred that Lu Yunxiao had entered the tower as part of his plan to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, and he explained that he had not expected her to emerge from seclusion before him.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Lu Yunxiao not to frighten them again and asked him to tell her about his plans; he promised he would.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to the Lu Alliance council hall, where Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Han Yue, and other members welcomed him.
• Hu Jia told Lu Yunxiao that the alliance had developed steadily but that morale had been low without him.
• Lu Yunxiao praised Hu Jia and Wu Hao for reaching eight-star Dou Ling and reassured Han Yue about her progress toward becoming a Dou Wang.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Xiao Yu after she entered the Inner Court and praised her rapid progress. He gave her a precious pill and urged her to strengthen herself as a member of the Lu Alliance and future Cloud Sect.

• Han Yue asked Lu Yunxiao how much he had improved, and he downplayed his progress.
• Lu Yunxiao learned that Xiao Yu had recently entered the Inner Court after placing third in the annual selection tournament.
• Lu Yunxiao praised Xiao Yu for advancing from a seven-star Dou Master to a five-star Da Dou Shi in seven or eight months.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Xiao Yu a perfect-grade Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and Hu Jia encouraged her to accept it.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yu to grow strong enough to command respect and asked Hu Jia to guide her.
• Lu Yunxiao offered guidance to the Lu Alliance members and considered them future talent for the Cloud Sect.

Lu Yunxiao prepared medicinal liquid to restore Venerable Skyfire's Soul Body, then ate a Spirit Nurturing Fruit and cultivated with the Elemental Scripture for three days. His Soul Power erupted in a breakthrough that destroyed the secret chamber and drew Xiao Yi Xian and the others toward the commotion.

• Lu Yunxiao used the Heavenly Flames to melt medicinal ingredients into spiritual liquid, and Venerable Skyfire entered the Purple Abyss Cauldron to recover his Soul Body.
• Lu Yunxiao ate the Spirit Nurturing Fruit, which released strange energy that strengthened his soul.
• Lu Yunxiao circulated the Elemental Scripture and drew spiritual energy into his brow as his soul began to transform.
• After three days, Lu Yunxiao's Soul Power erupted, cracking the ground and blowing apart the secret chamber.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others rushed toward the secret chamber after hearing the explosion.

Lu Yunxiao reached the Spirit Realm with his soul, making him capable of refining Tier 8 Medicinal Pills. After reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan, he heard Zi Yan demand more pills so she could grow up and let him admire her.

• Lu Yunxiao’s Spirit Realm Soul appeared above the secret chamber, startling Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan.
• Queen Medusa explained that a Spirit Realm Soul was necessary for refining Tier 8 Medicinal Pills, and Zi Yan eagerly imagined eating them.
• Lu Yunxiao returned his soul to his body and reflected that he could now refine Tier 8 Medicinal Pills, while Venerable Skyfire remained undisturbed inside the Purple Abyss Cauldron.
• Lu Yunxiao left the ruined secret chamber and caught Zi Yan when she rushed to him, asking him to make more pills.
• Zi Yan insisted she would become beautiful when she grew up, then shocked Lu Yunxiao by saying she wanted more pills so he would look at her more.

Lu Yunxiao scolded Zi Yan for saying she wanted to marry him when she grew up, and threatened to withhold pills if she kept making such claims. He then learned that Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Xiao Yu had gone on a training expedition with the academy’s Elders.

• Queen Medusa rebuked Zi Yan for saying she wanted Lu Yunxiao to look at her when she grew up.
• Zi Yan insisted she could become Lu Yunxiao’s wife, prompting Lu Yunxiao to flick her forehead and reassure Queen Medusa that he saw Zi Yan as a child.
• Lu Yunxiao warned Zi Yan to stop making such remarks or she would lose access to his pills, and Zi Yan sulked before demanding the pills she had come for.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Xiao Yi Xian where Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Xiao Yu were, and she said they had gone training with the academy’s Elders.

After the secret chamber was destroyed, Lu Yunxiao briefly rested at the Lu Alliance before learning that Fiery Demon Valley had ambushed an Inner Court training party. He and Queen Medusa rushed to rescue the students, who were trapped in a valley and waiting for reinforcements.

• Lu Yunxiao left the ruined secret chamber with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian.
• At the Lu Alliance, Lu Yunxiao gave Zi Yan a bottle of pills, ending her sulky resentment.
• Su Qian told Lu Yunxiao that Fiery Demon Valley had ambushed Elder Xu's training party and that the students had requested aid.
• Lu Yunxiao set out for the valley outside Tianhuang City, and Queen Medusa joined him.
• Elder Xu and the trapped students held their position in the sealed valley, waiting for reinforcements.

Fiery Demon Valley attacked Elder Xu, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and the Jia Nan Academy students before reinforcements could arrive. The chapter ended with Elder Xu and Mo Ling fighting in the sky, Wu Hao and Hu Jia battling Dou Wangs, and black-clothed men charging the students.

• Wu Hao warned Hu Jia and the others that Fiery Demon Valley would attack before the academy's reinforcements arrived.
• Elder Xu spotted the enemy's movement, and Mo Ling appeared above the valley with more than a dozen black-clothed men.
• Mo Ling offered the Jia Nan Academy group a chance to surrender, but Elder Xu and Hu Jia rejected him.
• Mo Ling summoned Old Lin and Old Mu to attack Wu Hao and Hu Jia while he fought Elder Xu.
• Wu Hao and Hu Jia met their Dou Wang opponents head-on as black-clothed men descended on the Jia Nan Academy students.

Jia Nan Academy’s students fought off black-clad attackers while Lu Yunxiao and Queen Medusa raced toward Tianhuang City. Wu Hao was badly injured after using his strongest Dou Technique against a Fiery Demon Valley Dou Wang, leaving Xiao Yu and the others to help him as the elder remained standing.

• Xiao Yu struck a black-clad attacker with her whip as Jia Nan Academy’s students held their ground in the battle.
• Lu Yunxiao and Queen Medusa flew at high speed toward Tianhuang City, with Lu Yunxiao anxious to reach Wu Hao and the others.
• Wu Hao attacked the Fiery Demon Valley Dou Wang, but the elder stopped his Blood-Colored Heavy Sword and hurled him backward.
• Wu Hao unleashed Mad Lion Blood Moon Slash, and the elder countered with Nine Fiends Breaking Cold Claw.
• The collision sent Wu Hao flying and left him badly injured, so Xiao Yu and several students rushed to help him while the elder emerged unharmed.

Lu Yunxiao arrived just in time to save Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and the Jia Nan Academy group from two Fiery Demon Valley Elders. He helped Hu Jia recover with a healing pill, while the Elders angrily demanded to know who he was.

• The Fiery Demon Valley Elders defeated Wu Hao and Hu Jia, leaving them and the others badly injured.
• The Elders decided to kill the injured students and launched black flame spikes at Hu Jia and a Blood Sword at Wu Hao.
• Lu Yunxiao descended and extinguished the flame spikes and knocked away the Blood Sword with his Nine-Colored Longsword.
• Lu Yunxiao helped Hu Jia up, apologized for arriving late, and gave her a healing pill as Xiao Yu and the students rejoiced.
• The Fiery Demon Valley Elders demanded Lu Yunxiao identify himself, and he called them noisy.

Lu Yunxiao protected the injured Jia Nan Academy students and faced the Fiery Demon Valley fighters alone. He drew the Demon Suppressing Sword and wiped out the attackers with a single strike, leaving a mountain split and a vast abyss behind.

• Lu Yunxiao gave Xiao Yu pills for the injured students and promised that none of the Fiery Demon Valley fighters would escape alive.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered the Jia Nan Academy students and Elder Xu to retreat while he confronted the enemy alone.
• Mo Ling and the other two Dou Wangs attacked Lu Yunxiao together with their flame and ice powers.
• Lu Yunxiao drew the Demon Suppressing Sword and destroyed the Fiery Demon Valley fighters with one strike.
• Lu Yunxiao's sword cleaved a mountain and opened a vast abyss, while he shielded the Jia Nan Academy group from the shockwaves.

Lu Yunxiao tested the Demon Suppressing Sword, rescued the Jia Nan Academy students from Fiery Demon Valley, and led them back toward the academy. Fiery Demon Valley’s Grand Elder learned that three Dou Wangs had died and ordered an attack on any Jia Nan Academy teams traveling alone.

• Lu Yunxiao praised the Demon Suppressing Sword’s power and vowed to destroy the Soul Clan.
• Hu Jia and Queen Medusa asked about the sword, and Lu Yunxiao said he had obtained it recently.
• Lu Yunxiao helped Wu Hao up, checked that he was not seriously injured, and arranged for the group to return to Jia Nan Academy.
• Fiery Demon Valley’s Grand Elder learned that Mo Ling and the others’ soul jade plaques had shattered.
• The Grand Elder ordered his men to find and kill any Jia Nan Academy teams traveling alone.

After Fiery Demon Valley attacked Jia Nan Academy’s students, Lu Yunxiao proposed destroying the faction with the academy’s help. Su Qian hesitated over the consequences, leaving the elders to discuss the decision after Lu Yunxiao and Queen Medusa departed.

• Su Qian thanked Lu Yunxiao for rescuing the students, and Lu Yunxiao said he had acted for his companions, including Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu.
• Lu Yunxiao urged Su Qian to wipe out Fiery Demon Valley in retaliation for its attack and their past grievances.
• Su Qian warned that Old Ghost of the Earth Demon, a high-level Dou Zong, would defend Fiery Demon Valley, but Lu Yunxiao said he could handle the faction’s strongest fighters himself.
• Su Qian hesitated, concerned that destroying Fiery Demon Valley would cost many lives and provoke other factions to unite against Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Yunxiao left with Queen Medusa, and Su Qian asked the elders to discuss the proposal.

Lu Yunxiao explained to Queen Medusa why he wanted Fiery Demon Valley destroyed and argued that Jia Nan Academy would be needed to eliminate the valley and its followers. Back at the Lu Alliance, he advanced to the five-star Dou Emperor realm and bantered with Zi Yan.

• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa that he wanted revenge because Fiery Demon Valley had nearly killed Wu Hao, Xiao Yu, and the others and had once tried to ambush him.
• Queen Medusa's killing intent toward Fiery Demon Valley surged, but Lu Yunxiao said he needed Jia Nan Academy's forces to uproot the valley completely.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to the Lu Alliance, resumed his daily routine, and advanced from the peak of the four-star Dou Emperor realm to the five-star Dou Emperor realm.
• Zi Yan accused Lu Yunxiao of lazing around, and he joked that he was busy sunbathing.
• Zi Yan pounced on Lu Yunxiao, then climbed over him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Zi Yan persuaded Lu Yunxiao to take her out of the Inner Court, and they went to inform Su Qian. Su Qian learned that Fiery Demon Valley had killed dozens of Jia Nan Academy members and decided to mobilize the academy to destroy the valley, asking Lu Yunxiao to join him.

• Zi Yan asked Lu Yunxiao to take her out of the Inner Court, and he agreed on the condition that she stay in Peace Town.
• Lu Yunxiao carried Zi Yan to Su Qian's office to tell him they were leaving.
• Su Qian learned that Fiery Demon Valley had ambushed several Jia Nan Academy squads, killing dozens of people.
• Su Qian decided to gather Jia Nan Academy's forces and exterminate Fiery Demon Valley.
• Lu Yunxiao connected the attack to his killing of three Fiery Demon Valley Dou Wangs, but Su Qian blamed himself and asked Lu Yunxiao to join the campaign.

After Fiery Demon Valley ambushed Jia Nan Academy squads and killed dozens, Su Qian and Lu Yunxiao prepared a surprise attack to destroy it in three days. Lu Yunxiao told the Lu Alliance leaders about the plan and decided who could join, while Xiao Yi Xian offered to protect Xiao Yu.

• Lu Yunxiao agreed to help Su Qian wipe out Fiery Demon Valley, and Su Qian set the attack for three days later.
• Lu Yunxiao told Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu that Fiery Demon Valley had ambushed academy squads, causing dozens of deaths.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Jia Nan Academy had assembled its forces for a surprise attack to uproot Fiery Demon Valley.
• Hu Jia and Wu Hao asked to join the attack, and Lu Yunxiao approved them but initially told Xiao Yu to stay behind.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to protect Xiao Yu, explaining that taking part could help her overcome her hatred of Fiery Demon Valley.

Lu Yunxiao agreed to let Xiao Yu join the campaign against Fiery Demon Valley and gathered Cloud Sect’s elite near Jia Nan Academy. Mittel Tengshan then reported that Soul Hall’s people had been active near Fiery Demon Valley, giving Lu Yunxiao a new lead as the campaign approached.

• Lu Yunxiao let Xiao Yu accompany the expedition after Xiao Yi Xian explained her need for revenge, and told her to stay beside Xiao Yi Xian.
• Queen Medusa confirmed that Cloud Sect had been notified, and Lu Yunxiao vowed to destroy Fiery Demon Valley.
• Three days later, Cloud Sect’s elite arrived at a mountain near Peace Town, and Su Qian learned that Lu Yunxiao controlled the force.
• Mittel Tengshan reported that Cloud Sect had found traces of Soul Hall’s people near Fiery Demon Valley.

Lu Yunxiao confirmed that Fiery Demon Valley had colluded with the Soul Hall and led Jia Nan Academy’s forces to attack its headquarters. At Fiery Demon Valley, Grand Elder Fang Yan celebrated the destruction of Jia Nan Academy’s teams and called for further killings.

• Lu Yunxiao told Su Qian that he would handle the Soul Hall’s forces while Queen Medusa fought Old Ghost of the Earth Demon.
• Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, Su Qian, and Jia Nan Academy’s elders set out for Fiery Demon Valley with Xiao Yi Xian, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and the others aboard the Starry Sky Ancient Dragon.
• Fang Yan told Fiery Demon Valley’s elders that Jia Nan Academy’s teams had been wiped out and praised the attack.
• A Fiery Demon Valley elder urged Fang Yan to keep intercepting Jia Nan Academy’s people and kill more of them.

Fiery Demon Valley’s Elders dismissed warnings against provoking Jia Nan Academy and ordered Xie Zhen to kill its people near Peace Town. Lu Yunxiao and Su Qian then attacked Fiery Demon Valley, and Su Qian declared that the sect would be wiped out.

• Fang Yan sided with Xie Zhen’s call to strike Jia Nan Academy, while Fifth Elder warned that their Guardians and the Soul Hall allies made the conflict dangerous.
• Fang Yan tasked Xie Zhen with killing everyone from Jia Nan Academy who appeared outside Peace Town.
• Lu Yunxiao and more than fifty others arrived at Fiery Demon Valley after Lu Yunxiao’s attack had devastated its buildings and killed many disciples.
• Fang Yan recognized Su Qian and confronted Jia Nan Academy’s group as the Valley’s Elders gathered in the sky.
• Su Qian vowed to destroy Fiery Demon Valley completely and said Jia Nan Academy’s Law Enforcement Team was hunting its scattered members across the Black Corner Region.

Lu Yunxiao led Jia Nan Academy and its allies in an assault on Fiery Demon Valley, where Su Qian overwhelmed Fang Yan and the valley’s forces were slaughtered. Fang Yan and the other elders used their Flame Manipulation Art to form Transformation Fire, but Su Qian still held the advantage as Fang Yan threatened a desperate counterattack.

• Lu Yunxiao ordered the allied forces to attack Fiery Demon Valley, and they began overpowering its defenders.
• Su Qian blocked Fang Yan from reaching the disciples and easily sent him flying with a palm strike.
• Fiery Demon Valley’s Second Elder and Third Elder joined Fang Yan and combined their flames to create Transformation Fire.
• Lu Yunxiao explained Transformation Fire to Queen Medusa as they watched Fiery Demon Valley’s forces fall.
• Su Qian struck back against the three elders, breaking their formation and leaving them visibly injured.
• Fang Yan saw his disciples being slaughtered and warned Su Qian that he would make them all die.

Jia Nan Academy’s forces attacked Fiery Demon Valley, where Queen Medusa overwhelmed Valley Master Old Ghost of the Earth Demon. Fang Yan then summoned two Soul Hall protectors, leaving Su Qian wary as they entered the battlefield.

• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon arrived after Fang Yan’s howl and threatened Su Qian and Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian condemned Fiery Demon Valley and insulted Old Ghost of the Earth Demon, who attacked him.
• Queen Medusa blocked Old Ghost of the Earth Demon’s attack and struck him down with her superior strength.
• Fang Yan called on Protector Xuan and Protector Gui, whose arrival revealed Fiery Demon Valley’s connection to the Soul Hall.
• Su Qian recognized the Soul Hall protectors and looked toward Lu Yunxiao, who remained calm.

Fang Yan enlisted two Soul Hall Protectors to help Fiery Demon Valley, and Lu Yunxiao stepped forward to face them while Su Qian challenged Fang Yan. The Protectors attacked Lu Yunxiao with black-mist techniques, beginning the fight.

• Fang Yan asked Protector Xuan and Protector Gui to help Fiery Demon Valley and promised them generous rewards.
• Protector Xuan and Protector Gui targeted Su Qian and the Jia Nan Academy experts for their souls.
• Su Qian called on Lu Yunxiao to act, and Lu Yunxiao agreed to fight the two Protectors while Su Qian faced Fang Yan.
• Lu Yunxiao blocked Protector Xuan and Protector Gui, then insulted Soul Hall and threatened to leave them with only half their lives.
• Protector Xuan sent a black python at Lu Yunxiao as Protector Gui launched a skull of black mist at him.

Lu Yunxiao defeated the Soul Hall’s two protectors with one sword strike, captured their souls, and killed Old Ghost of the Earth Demon as Fiery Demon Valley’s forces collapsed. After stopping Fang Yan from self-destructing, he regrouped with Su Qian and Queen Medusa.

• Lu Yunxiao split the mountains with a sword strike, subdued the Soul Hall’s two protectors, and sealed their souls in jade bottles.
• Old Ghost of the Earth Demon burned his blood essence to escape, but Lu Yunxiao shot him down with the Demon Suppressing Sword.
• With their Valley Master dead, Fiery Demon Valley’s forces fell into disarray as the elders of Cloud Sect and Jia Nan Academy killed their opponents.
• Su Qian killed Fiery Demon Valley’s Third Elder and Second Elder, while Lu Yunxiao struck down Fang Yan before he could self-destruct.
• Lu Yunxiao joined Queen Medusa, who remarked on the Demon Suppressing Sword’s power, and explained that he needed it for his journey to Central Continent.

After Fiery Demon Valley was destroyed by the allied forces of Jia Nan Academy and the Cloud Sect, Lu Yunxiao set out to find its treasure vault. Zi Yan led him and the others to a concealed stone wall deep in the valley.

• Queen Medusa refused the Demon Suppressing Sword, and Lu Yunxiao promised to upgrade her Cai Xiao Sword to an eighth-tier weapon.
• The allied forces of Jia Nan Academy and the Cloud Sect wiped out Fiery Demon Valley's remaining resistance, bringing the faction to an end.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to search for Fiery Demon Valley's treasure vault and called Zi Yan over to locate it.
• Zi Yan sensed the vault's direction and led Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, Su Qian, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yu, and the others through the valley.
• The group reached a grassy stone wall deep in Fiery Demon Valley, where Lu Yunxiao examined it with his multicolored eyes.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions broke into Fiery Demon Valley’s hidden treasure vault and found its valuable collection. At the vault’s protected end, Zi Yan retrieved four ancient wooden boxes, then asked Lu Yunxiao to reward her with good food, Tier 7 Medicinal Pills, and top-grade Spirit Wine.

• Zi Yan smashed through the concealed stone wall, and Lu Yunxiao led the group down a passage to a sealed stone door.
• Lu Yunxiao broke the door and repelled a large snake that had ambushed the group, killing it with one attack.
• Lu Yunxiao and his companions explored the storeroom and found scrolls, medicinal herbs, and other treasures belonging to Fiery Demon Valley.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Zi Yan to retrieve four wooden boxes from behind the Energy Barrier, and she easily reached through it to take them.
• Zi Yan demanded good food, Tier 7 Medicinal Pills, and top-grade Spirit Wine as her reward, and Lu Yunxiao agreed.

Lu Yunxiao opened four ancient wooden boxes and found lightning cultivation scrolls, the True Flame Manipulation Art, a high-tier Magical Core, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet crafting method. Su Qian and Wu Hao examined the method, which left Lu Yunxiao with a powerful and morally questionable technique in hand.

• Lu Yunxiao opened the first box and found two lightning-attribute scrolls, including the Earth-tier Mid-grade Thunderbolt Mirror, but noted that no one present had a lightning attribute.
• Lu Yunxiao opened the second box and identified the Earth-tier Mid-grade True Flame Manipulation Art, then gave it to Hu Jia.
• Lu Yunxiao found a high-tier Magical Core in the third box and stored it with the box in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Yunxiao opened the fourth box and read the Heavenly Demon Puppet method, which required a body, a soul, and a Magical Core to craft a puppet.
• Su Qian examined the Heavenly Demon Puppet method and passed it to Wu Hao, remarking on its bloody process and potential power.