Recaps

After his wedding celebrations, Lu Yunxiao encountered Qing Lin, who had emerged from seclusion and insisted on remaining his maid despite his efforts to treat her as a younger sister. He reached his bridal chamber after Qing Lin wished him and his wives well.

• Lu Yunxiao returned from the wedding festivities and met Qing Lin, who had reached the eight-star Dou Wang realm after nearly two years of secluded cultivation.
• Lu Yunxiao tried to keep some distance from Qing Lin because she had grown up, but she feared he no longer wanted her as his maid.
• Qing Lin declared that she wanted to serve Lu Yunxiao for life, and he accepted her wish after she became upset.
• Qing Lin explained that she had emerged from seclusion that day and apologized for missing Lu Yunxiao's wedding.
• Qing Lin blessed Lu Yunxiao and his wives, then left him at the bridal chamber door as he entered the room.

Lu Yunxiao entered the bridal chamber and lifted the veils of Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, and Ya Fei. After they shared the Nuptial Cup Wine, the newlyweds dimmed the lights and prepared to retire together.

• Lu Yunxiao entered the bridal chamber, where Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, and Ya Fei waited beneath their veils.
• Lu Yunxiao lifted the five brides' veils and admired their beauty.
• Yun Yun reminded Lu Yunxiao to drink the Nuptial Cup Wine, and he shared a cup with each bride.
• Lu Yunxiao cleared his head with Dou Qi after drinking, then prepared to retire with the five women.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Yunxiao to put away the Moonlight Stones, and the newlyweds began undressing in the dark.

After his honeymoon, Lu Yunxiao returned to cultivation and refined a perfect Tier 8 Dou Zun Breaking Pill while using its Five-Colored Pill Lightning to advance his demon puppet. The Heavenly Demon Puppet reached roughly the strength of a Three-Star Dou Zun, and Lu Yunxiao secured the pill.

• After spending a happy honeymoon with his wives, Lu Yunxiao returned to his work and refined a Tier 8 Dou Zun Breaking Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned his demon puppet to absorb the Five-Colored Pill Lightning and strengthen its body.
• Yun Yun, Qing Yanjing, Ya Fei, and Queen Medusa watched as the lightning transformed the puppet into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• After nearly a hundred bolts of lightning struck the puppet, Lu Yunxiao judged its strength to be around that of a Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Lu Yunxiao collected the Dou Zun Breaking Pill and called the evolved Heavenly Demon Puppet back to him.

Lu Yunxiao completed the Heavenly Demon Puppet’s evolution and gave Queen Medusa a Dou Zun Breaking Pill to prepare her to oversee Cloud Gate. He then entered seclusion to break through to Dou Zong, using his Innate Separation Fire to draw the Sea Heart Flame into his meridians as a catalyst.

• Lu Yunxiao used the Five-Colored Pill Lightning to evolve the demon puppet into a Heavenly Demon Puppet capable of rivaling a Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Queen Medusa a Dou Zun Breaking Pill, intending for her to become Cloud Gate’s protector while he traveled to the Central Continent.
• Ya Fei tested the Heavenly Demon Puppet with her sword, but it barely marked its body before the damage vanished.
• Lu Yunxiao stored the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Purple Abyss Cauldron, then went to the back mountain to break through to Dou Zong.
• Lu Yunxiao brought out the Innate Separation Fire and used it to drive the Sea Heart Flame from his dantian into his meridians.

After four months refining Sea Heart Flame, Lu Yunxiao reached Three-star Dou Zong and received two powerful system rewards. He reviewed his strengthened abilities and his companions’ rapid progress, including Queen Medusa’s breakthrough to Dou Zun.

• Lu Yunxiao finished refining Sea Heart Flame and reached Three-star Dou Zong.
• The system awarded Lu Yunxiao the Dominator-tier Elemental True Scripture and the Heaven-tier Mid-grade Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique for completing the Dou Zong achievement.
• Lu Yunxiao checked his information panel and found that his Soul had reached mid-stage Spiritual Realm and that he possessed four Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Yunxiao reviewed his companions’ cultivation gains: Yun Yun reached Nine-star Dou Zong, Queen Medusa was breaking through to Dou Zun, and Xiao Yi Xian and Gu Xun'er neared the peaks of Dou Huang.

Lu Yunxiao spent a month converting his cultivation to the Elemental True Scripture’s Origin Power, then left seclusion after five months. He reunited with Yun Yun at Cloud Gate and comforted her as she handled the sect’s affairs.

• Lu Yunxiao resolved to grow strong enough to face the Gu Clan and Soul Clan and reunite openly with Gu Xun'er.
• He began converting his dou qi into the Elemental True Scripture’s Origin Power and completed the process after a month.
• Lu Yunxiao assessed his strengthened combat ability and left seclusion after five months.
• He found Yun Yun working in a side hall and massaged her shoulders.
• Lu Yunxiao suggested Yun Yun have Yao Ye and Yao Yue help ease her workload, and Yun Yun realized he meant his maids.

Lu Yunxiao prepared Cloud Gate for his departure to Central Continent, leaving behind pills and a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet as safeguards. Wearing the Myriad Transformation Profound Robe, he said goodbye to Yun Yun and set off with Qing Yanjing and the others.

• Yun Yun explained why she felt uneasy ordering Yao Ye and Yao Yue around, and Lu Yunxiao accepted her concerns.
• After five months in seclusion, Zi Yan had become a Dou Zong, and Lu Yunxiao said they would leave for Central Continent after a month of preparations.
• Lu Yunxiao refined pills for Cloud Gate and created a three-star Dou Zun Heavenly Demon Puppet from Old Man Yingshan's body and soul and the Sky-Hunting Blue Eagle's Magical Core.
• Lu Yunxiao left the puppet behind as a safeguard, expecting Cloud Gate to have three Dou Zuns once Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion.
• Lu Yunxiao wore the Myriad Transformation Profound Robe, which let him alter his appearance, temperament, and aura, and reassured Yun Yun that he would be careful.
• Lu Yunxiao kissed Yun Yun goodbye and departed for Central Continent with Qing Yanjing and the others.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions traveled to Xiyun City to use a Spatial Wormhole toward the Beast Region. After buying a Space Boat, they entered the Ye Clan’s wormhole and emerged in its silent space channel, where they prepared to continue their journey.

• Zi Yan marveled at Xiyun City’s size as Lu Yunxiao led the group through its busy streets.
• Lu Yunxiao briefly reflected on his past life, then resolved to become strong enough to fear no threat.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian they would buy a Space Boat before using the Ye Clan’s Spatial Wormhole toward the Beast Region.
• Lu Yunxiao and his companions paid the fees and entered the far-left Spatial Wormhole, arriving in a vast space channel.
• Qing Yanjing urged the group to set off, and Lu Yunxiao produced their Space Boat from his Storage Ring.

Lu Yunxiao took Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and the others through a space channel aboard a Space Boat on their journey from the Northwest Continent to the Southern Region of Central Plains. After passing the time with a story for Zi Yan, the group spotted the exit to their destination.

• Lu Yunxiao expanded the Space Boat and explained how to power it for the long journey.
• Lu Yunxiao piloted the boat through the space channel while the group took turns enduring the monotonous trip.
• Zi Yan grew bored, so Lu Yunxiao began telling her a story about a stone monkey and the gods and Buddhas.
• Xiao Yi Xian enjoyed the story, while Qing Yanjing wondered whether Lu Yunxiao had drawn it from another world.
• Qing Yanjing noticed the bright exit ahead, and Lu Yunxiao realized they had reached the Southern Region of Central Plains.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions arrived on a remote grassland and set off south toward the Beast Region. On East Dragon Island, the Ancient Dragon Pearl revealed the Royal Bloodline, prompting the elders to send Hei Qing to find the new Dragon Emperor and bring him back.

• Lu Yunxiao led Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and the others south across the grasslands after they emerged from the space passage.
• The Ancient Dragon Pearl released a powerful aura, and the elders realized the Royal Bloodline had reappeared.
• The elders agreed that the Royal Bloodline needed to be found and protected before the three rival Dragon Islands could reach him.
• The Grand Elder gave Hei Qing an Ancient Dragon Jade and ordered him to search discreetly for His Highness.
• Hei Qing departed to find the Royal Bloodline, while the Grand Elder warned the elders that the search could take time.

Lu Yunxiao’s group crossed the Suoya Great Plains toward Guangyin City, keeping their identities concealed as they navigated Central Continent’s dangers. They arrived in the prosperous city and set out to find the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for a map.

• Lu Yunxiao asked a fur-clad middle-aged man for directions and learned they were on the Suoya Great Plains, with Guangyin City and its Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to the southwest.
• The middle-aged man warned Lu Yunxiao about the human-eating Fierce Wolf Clan, then privately wondered whether the travelers were from the Gu Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao’s group fought a wolf pack led by a Five-Star Dou Zong Wolf King, and Xiao Yi Xian remarked on Central Continent’s formidable experts.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing that the seemingly ordinary man was an expert whose strength exceeded his own, and promised to avoid drawing attention.
• The group flew overnight to Guangyin City, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing concealed their beauty with veiled conical hats before they entered.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions arrived at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion in Guangyin City to buy a map and discovered the refined, mysterious establishment was guarded by powerful experts. The chapter left them inside the pavilion, where Lu Yunxiao wondered whether it belonged to a hidden faction.

• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian that they would visit the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to buy a map of the Central Plains.
• Lu Yunxiao, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Yanjing, and Zi Yan found the secluded pavilion and speculated that its quiet business came from its high-end goods.
• The group heard a woman playing the zither, and Qing Yanjing praised the music before Lu Yunxiao asked her to call him Husband and play for him sometime.
• Lu Yunxiao and his companions entered the pavilion and saw rare treasures displayed among its elegant furnishings.
• A mature woman with eight-star Dou Zong strength greeted them, and Lu Yunxiao sensed even stronger auras nearby and suspected the pavilion belonged to a powerful hidden faction.

Lu Yunxiao negotiated with Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s young mistress to buy the Central Plains Full Map. After inspecting the perfect-grade Tier 8 pills he offered, she realized his apparent Dou Emperor cultivation concealed an extraordinary background.

• Lu Yunxiao asked Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s beautiful pavilion master for a Central Plains Full Map and learned it cost three Tier 8 medicinal pills or an Earth-tier High-grade Dou Skill cultivation technique.
• Lu Yunxiao bargained the price down, arguing that reproducing maps was easier than refining pills, until a veiled woman emerged and offered the map for two Tier 8 pills, one of them a Heavenly Restoration Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted the terms, received the map, and handed over an Origin Spirit Pill and a Heavenly Restoration Pill.
• The White Veil Lady inspected Lu Yunxiao’s pills and recognized them as perfect-grade, leaving her astonished by his hidden background.

The White Veil Lady gave Lu Yunxiao three Spirit Sound Fruits and revealed that she needed a certain item to heal her teacher’s severe injuries. After Lu Yunxiao’s group shared the fruits, they studied a map and planned to travel to Azure Wave City on their way to the Beast Region.

• The White Veil Lady gifted Lu Yunxiao three Spirit Sound Fruits and watched him leave with Qing Yanjing and the others.
• The White Veil Lady and Aunt Su discussed Qing Yanjing’s strength and their urgent need to obtain an item that could heal the White Veil Lady’s teacher.
• Lu Yunxiao opened the Jade Box, and Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Yanjing shared the three Spirit Sound Fruits while Lu Yunxiao declined one.
• Lu Yunxiao consulted the Central Plains Full Map and identified Azure Wave City as the nearest route from the Southern Region to the Beast Region.
• Lu Yunxiao decided that the group would rest for the night and set out for Azure Wave City the next day.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions set out for Azure Wave City after discussing how to conceal their strength and his Perfect Pills. They reached the city after a day of high-speed travel, settled into an inn, and planned to rest before continuing to the Beast Region.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that his Perfect Pills and Qing Yanjing's aura could draw unwanted attention, and promised to refine Aura Concealment Pills for her.
• The next morning, Lu Yunxiao broke through to four-star Dou Zong and reflected that cultivation had slowed since reaching Dou Zong.
• Lu Yunxiao, Qing Yanjing, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan ate breakfast and set off at full speed toward Azure Wave City.
• The group arrived at Azure Wave City in the afternoon after traveling more than a hundred thousand li, leaving Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian exhausted.
• Lu Yunxiao agreed to let the group rest in Azure Wave City, and they checked into an inn and shared a large dinner.

Lu Yunxiao learned that the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo had appeared at Wood Emperor Mountain and decided to pursue it despite the danger. A check-in mission then offered him an Inner World Method and a World Tree Sapling, strengthening his resolve to go.

• Lu Yunxiao heard that factions were converging on Wood Emperor Mountain to seize the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.
• Lu Yunxiao explained the bamboo’s valuable properties and considered how it might undo his wood-attributed seal.
• Zi Yan urged Lu Yunxiao to pursue the treasure, while Xiao Yi Xian warned that the gathering factions and possible Soul Hall presence made the trip dangerous.
• Lu Yunxiao received a check-in mission requiring him to reach Wood Emperor Mountain within half a month for an Inner World Method and a World Tree Sapling.
• Lu Yunxiao resolved to go after the treasure and claim the mission rewards.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the danger of pursuing the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, then arrived with Zi Yan and Qing Yanjing at Wood Emperor Mountain. With the Wood Emperor Sect facing a hostile crowd, Lu Yunxiao stayed back to observe and began a one-hour system check-in.

• Lu Yunxiao dismissed Xiao Yi Xian's concerns about the Soul Hall and reaffirmed his plan to obtain the Inner World Method and cultivate an Inner World.
• Lu Yunxiao reassured Xiao Yi Xian that the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo would not attract the continent's most formidable experts and promised to help cure her poison body after they returned Zi Yan to her clan.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian kissed, and he carried her into their room to spend the night together.
• Lu Yunxiao's group arrived at Wood Emperor Mountain, where a crowd of powerful people had gathered to seize the naturally matured Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo from the Wood Emperor Sect.
• Lu Yunxiao chose a secluded place to wait and began a one-hour system check-in as a white-clad, silver-lightning-marked man challenged the Wood Emperor Sect Master to appear.

Lu Yunxiao assessed the Wood Emperor Sect’s powerful leaders as they confronted Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring, then spotted Feng Qing’er among their followers. Zi Yan proposed capturing Feng Qing’er as a mount, but Lu Yunxiao reminded her that they had come for the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.

• The Wood Emperor Sect Master and two Grand Elders emerged from the mountain gate and challenged Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring for bringing their forces to the sect.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring and identified Feng Qing’er in the crowd behind Venerable Lei.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Lu Yunxiao after noticing him looking at Feng Qing’er, and he said he had only recognized her as a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Zi Yan lost interest after Lu Yunxiao told her Feng Qing’er was only a Dou Emperor, then suggested capturing her as a mount.
• Lu Yunxiao told Zi Yan not to cause trouble because they had come to obtain the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.

Lu Yunxiao watched rival Dou Zuns gather outside the Wood Emperor Sect to demand the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, while Zi Yan’s idea of capturing a Heavenly Demon Phoenix as a mount was dismissed as too risky. The standoff intensified with the arrival of Sound Valley and its powerful leader, Venerable Caiyin.

• Zi Yan urged Lu Yunxiao to capture a Heavenly Demon Phoenix as a mount, but Lu Yunxiao warned that provoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan would bring trouble.
• Lu Yunxiao and Zi Yan turned their attention to the tense confrontation at the Wood Emperor Sect, where Venerable Lei, Venerable Yellow Spring, and other Dou Zuns confronted its master over the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo.
• Venerable Feng said he had no intention of making enemies with the Wood Emperor Sect, while Venerable Azure Wood, Venerable Lei, and Venerable Divine Sword pressed Sect Master Mu to hand over the treasure.
• Sect Master Mu released his Seven-Star Dou Zun aura, but a woman from Sound Valley appeared and dispersed the pressure with her own Seven-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized the white-clad woman from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion among Sound Valley’s group, and Sect Master Mu grew wary when he recognized Venerable Caiyin.

Lu Yunxiao realized Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was likely affiliated with Sound Valley as Venerable Caiyin joined the factions demanding the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo. The Wood Emperor Sect Master refused to surrender it, and the standoff took a new turn when three masses of black fog appeared and claimed the treasure for Soul Hall.

• Lu Yunxiao recognized Sound Valley's likely connection to Heavenly Treasure Pavilion after the Wood Emperor Sect Master identified Venerable Caiyin's faction.
• Venerable Caiyin apologized for Sound Valley's involvement but insisted the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo was essential and offered a valuable exchange.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master refused to give up the treasure, while Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring pressed him to hand it over.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master tried to make the rival factions dispute who would receive the treasure, but Venerable Lei rejected the ploy and the crowd demanded it together.
• A sinister voice declared that the treasure belonged to Soul Hall as three masses of black fog spread across the sky.

Venerable Nine Heavens of the Soul Hall arrived at the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and demanded it from the Wood Emperor Sect. Lu Yunxiao prepared to wait for a chance to act as Venerable Nine Heavens threatened to destroy the sect if it refused.

• Venerable Nine Heavens appeared with the Black and White Venerables, revealing his Eight-Star Dou Zun strength and alarming Venerable Caiyin and the Wood Emperor Sect Master.
• Venerable Nine Heavens claimed the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo for the Soul Hall and dismissed the other forces gathered there.
• Lu Yunxiao regarded the Soul Hall as an enemy and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing to prepare to retreat and protect their companions if fighting began.
• Lu Yunxiao waited for the treasure to appear and for a possible clash among the Soul Hall, the Wood Emperor Sect, and Sound Valley, while he also waited for his check-in time.
• Venerable Nine Heavens ordered the Wood Emperor Sect Master to hand over the treasure and threatened to wipe out the sect if he refused.

The Wood Emperor Sect Master revealed the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo as Soul Hall and Sound Valley fought over it. Venerable Caiyin rejected Venerable Nine Heavens’s obscene offer and vowed to stop Soul Hall, while the gathered crowd grew increasingly eager to seize the treasure.

• The Wood Emperor Sect Master decided he could not risk the Wood Emperor Sect by keeping the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and displayed it to the crowd.
• Venerable Caiyin asked Venerable Nine Heavens for one section of the bamboo and offered to trade, but their negotiations failed after he demanded that she sleep with him.
• Venerable Caiyin denounced Venerable Nine Heavens and threatened to prevent Soul Hall from taking the treasure, while Lu Yunxiao watched their dispute.
• Venerable Nine Heavens dismissed Sound Valley’s threat and ordered the Wood Emperor Sect Master to bring him the bamboo as the crowd’s greed intensified.

Venerable Divine Wing snatched the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo, triggering a battle among the gathered Dou Zuns. Venerable Nine Heavens was left fighting the Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin while others pursued the treasure.

• Lu Yunxiao predicted that greed and Venerable Nine Heavens' arrogance would drive the gathered cultivators into conflict, and he chose to wait for the chaos.
• As the Wood Emperor Sect Master approached Venerable Nine Heavens, Venerable Divine Wing suddenly seized the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo and fled.
• Venerable Nine Heavens caught up with Venerable Divine Wing and struck him down, sending the treasure flying and spurring more than ten Dou Zuns to rush for it.
• The Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin blocked Venerable Nine Heavens as he attacked the crowd, and the three began fighting.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian watched the Dou Zuns fight over the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo as Soul Hall seized it. The chapter left the Black and White Venerables besieged by Venerable Feng and the other Dou Zuns, while Lu Yunxiao waited to make his move.

• A gray-robed old man grabbed the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo but was killed by a barrage of attacks, sending the treasure back into the fray.
• Lu Yunxiao explained to Xiao Yi Xian that Venerable Feng and Sound Valley's elders were waiting to stop the Black and White Venerables from claiming the treasure.
• Venerable Heitian seized the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo while Venerable Nine Heavens held off the Wood Emperor Sect Master and Venerable Caiyin.
• Venerable Feng and Sound Valley's elders blocked the Black and White Venerables, then persuaded the other Dou Zuns to join forces against Soul Hall.
• Venerable Black put the treasure into his Storage Ring, and the gathered Dou Zuns attacked the Black and White Venerables, pushing them onto the defensive.

Venerable Feng and the allied factions wounded Black and White Heavenly Venerate, but Soul Hall revealed four more powerful fighters in response. The battle’s tide turned against the allies as Venerable Feng recognized the newcomers and realized how dangerous they were.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that Venerable Feng attacked Soul Hall because he suspected it had murdered Yao Chen, while Zi Yan teased Lu Yunxiao about his behavior.
• Lu Yunxiao received the Inner World Method and World Tree Sapling from the system and chose to store the rewards.
• Venerable Heitian and Venerable Baitian threatened Venerable Feng and the other factions, but Venerable Feng, the Sound Valley Elders, Venerable Lei, and independent cultivators refused to back down.
• Venerable Heitian called on Venerable Nine Heavens and summoned four Soul Hall fighters from the distant sky.
• Venerable Feng recognized Old Ghost Zhaixing, Old Ghost Heishan, Old Ghost Youming, and Old Ghost Xiexin, and realized the battle had become more dangerous.