Recaps

Lu Yunxiao unlocked the Black Jade Fragment and obtained the Heaven-tier Mid-grade "Heavenly Poison Secret Manual" for Xiao Yi Xian. After three days of soul cultivation, he reached the late stage of the Spirit Realm and used his Dou Sheng Summoning Card.

• Lu Yunxiao tried fire, water, and several other methods on the Black Jade Fragment before his Poison Element broke its restriction and delivered the "Heavenly Poison Secret Manual" to him.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized the poison cultivation technique and its Dou Skills as a valuable inheritance suited to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lu Yunxiao cultivated his soul for three days using the "Elemental True Scripture" and advanced to the late stage of the Spirit Realm.
• Lu Yunxiao checked his information panel, then shattered the golden Dou Sheng Summoning Card.

Lu Yunxiao visited Xiao Yi Xian in the Inner World and gave her the Heaven-tier Mid-grade Heavenly Poison Secret Manual. Three days later, Cao Ying arrived after breaking through to the Spiritual Realm and revealed that she had found a lead on the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast Lu Yunxiao sought.

• Lu Yunxiao reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in the Inner World and shared an intimate moment with her.
• Lu Yunxiao transmitted the Heavenly Poison Secret Manual to Xiao Yi Xian, who was astonished by the Heaven-tier cultivation technique and its matching Dou Skills.
• Lu Yunxiao explained how he obtained the manual, then left Xiao Yi Xian to absorb it and returned to Qing Yanjing in the Small Courtyard.
• Three days later, Cao Ying visited Lu Yunxiao and revealed that her soul had entered the initial stage of the Spiritual Realm.
• Cao Ying thanked Lu Yunxiao for his help and told him that she had found a lead on the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast.

Lu Yunxiao learned that the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s Magical Core might be found through the Pill Tower, and told Cao Ying he needed it to save his wife, Xiao Yi Xian. Cao Ying struggled with her feelings after learning he was married, then led Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing into the Pill Tower headquarters to seek information.

• Lu Yunxiao apologized for gripping Cao Ying’s shoulders and explained that he urgently needed the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s Magical Core to save someone important to him.
• Lu Yunxiao told Cao Ying that the person was his wife, Xiao Yi Xian, and described his deep affection for her, leaving Cao Ying envious and conflicted.
• Cao Ying asked when Lu Yunxiao would depart for the Pill Tower headquarters, and he chose to go immediately with Qing Yanjing.
• Cao Ying led Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing through Holy Pill City’s inner district and past the Pill Tower’s inspections.
• Cao Ying guided Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing up through the enormous Pill Tower and stopped with them outside a spacious great hall.

Lu Yunxiao met Xuan Kongzi at the Pill Tower and learned that Xuan Kongzi was far stronger than he had expected. Xuan Kongzi gave him information about four places where suitable Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beasts could be found, and Lu Yunxiao became interested in the powerful clan near the northern border.

• Cao Ying led Lu Yunxiao and Qing Yanjing into the hall to meet her master, Xuan Kongzi.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xuan Kongzi tested each other with their gazes before exchanging courteous greetings; Lu Yunxiao sensed Xuan Kongzi's formidable strength and peak Spiritual Realm soul.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Lu Yunxiao a scroll listing four locations where Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beasts with at least Tier 7 Magical Cores could be found.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Lu Yunxiao that the northern-border settlement contained a powerful clan with peak Tier 8 members, but Lu Yunxiao grew eager to obtain a stronger core for Xiao Yi Xian's Poison Pill.

Lu Yunxiao concealed his origins while telling Xuan Kongzi that his master was named Dan Xiang, then left the Pill Tower with Cao Ying. Afterward, Xuan Kongzi told Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi that Lu Yunxiao's soul power and alchemy were far beyond what his apparent rank suggested, leaving them stunned by the unknown Dan Xiang.

• Xuan Kongzi asked Lu Yunxiao about his faction and master, and Lu Yunxiao refused to reveal his origins but named Dan Xiang as his teacher.
• Xuan Kongzi admitted he had never heard of Dan Xiang, and Lu Yunxiao explained that his master kept a low profile.
• Lu Yunxiao took his leave, and Cao Ying escorted him out of the hall.
• Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi arrived, and Xuan Kongzi described Lu Yunxiao's soul power as at least mid-stage Spirit Realm and his alchemy as likely Eighth Grade or higher.
• Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi asked about Lu Yunxiao's master, and Xuan Kongzi named Dan Xiang, whom neither of them recognized.

Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi speculated that Dan Xiang might be the Pill Tower's Little Ancestor and ordered an investigation. Lu Yunxiao chose a destination to find a Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast, then left Holy Pill City with Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian after promising Cao Ying he would attend the Pill Gathering.

• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi considered whether Dan Xiang was a false name, and Xuan Yi suggested it referred to the Pill Tower's Little Ancestor.
• Xuan Kongzi ordered Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi to investigate Dan Xiang's identity.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing that he had found several Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast locations and chose a tribe near the border of the Central Continent's Northern Region and the Northern Continent.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to leave Holy Pill City with Qing Yanjing and Xiao Yi Xian to search for the beast and obtain its Magical Core.
• Lu Yunxiao bid farewell to Cao Ying and promised to attend the Pill Gathering, then departed with Qing Yanjing.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Zhonghuang City and set out for Tianhuang City on their way to the Northern Region’s border. Elsewhere, an injured black-robed man sacrificed himself to let his younger sister Fei'er escape with the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit, which their father needed.

• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian reached Zhonghuang City after traveling from Holy Pill City, and Lu Yunxiao reassured her about the Ancient Clans.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian ate at a restaurant, where he said they would travel through Tianhuang City’s Space Channel toward the Northern Region’s border.
• A wounded black-robed man and his sister Fei'er fled through a mountain forest while several Grey-robed Men pursued them for the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit.
• The black-robed man gave Fei'er the Storage Ring and stayed behind to fight their pursuers, telling her to take the fruit to save their father.
• Fei'er tearfully accepted her brother’s sacrifice and flew away with the Storage Ring.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian stopped to save Liu Fei after recognizing her while she was being pursued for the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit. After Lu Yunxiao killed her attackers, Liu Fei begged him to save her brother and the Liu Clan.

• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian noticed a pursuit below but initially decided not to interfere.
• They recognized Liu Fei and chose to help her because they knew her and respected her brother Liu Qing.
• Two Grey-robed Men cornered Liu Fei and demanded the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit, which she needed to help her father and protect the Liu Clan.
• As the Grey-robed Men attacked, Liu Fei prepared to self-destruct rather than let them violate her.
• Lu Yunxiao killed both Grey-robed Men with sword aura and suppressed Liu Fei's surging Dou Qi.
• Liu Fei thanked Lu Yunxiao, then knelt and begged him to save her brother.

Liu Fei told Lu Yunxiao that her brother Liu Qing had stayed behind to face pursuers while she sought the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit to cure their poisoned father. Lu Yunxiao agreed to rescue Liu Qing, who was fighting a Dou Emperor when the chapter ended.

• Liu Fei explained that the Blood Sky Python's poison had afflicted her father and that their pursuers wanted the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit.
• Liu Fei begged Lu Yunxiao to save Liu Qing, and Lu Yunxiao told her to lead the way.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian followed Liu Fei to where Liu Qing was battling a gray-robed Dou Emperor.
• The gray-robed man taunted Liu Qing about Liu Fei, driving Liu Qing to unleash his Great Fissure Rock technique.
• The gray-robed man summoned a massive Ice Dragon to counter Liu Qing's attack.

Lu Yunxiao intervened when the Grey-robed Man nearly killed Liu Qing and rescued Liu Fei. After Lu Yunxiao killed the Grey-robed Man, Liu Qing and Liu Fei reunited, while Liu Qing thanked their mysterious rescuer without realizing who he was.

• The Grey-robed Man's Ice Dragon shattered Liu Qing's spear light and drove him to the brink of defeat.
• Lu Yunxiao arrived with two women and destroyed the Ice Dragon with a Golden Sword Aura.
• The Grey-robed Man threatened Lu Yunxiao, who erased him with a single palm strike.
• Liu Qing reunited with Liu Fei and learned that Lu Yunxiao had saved her.
• Liu Qing thanked Lu Yunxiao and dismissed his injuries as minor, though he was badly wounded.

Lu Yunxiao gave Liu Qing a Tier 6 healing pill in exchange for help using Tianhuang City's space channel, then accompanied Liu Qing and Liu Fei to the Liu Clan manor. He settled in as Ye Wushuang with Xiao Yi Xian, while Liu Fei went to prepare tea.

• Liu Qing refused Lu Yunxiao's healing pill at first, but accepted it after Lu Yunxiao asked for help accessing Tianhuang City's space channel.
• Liu Qing agreed to arrange access, and Lu Yunxiao recalled that the Liu Clan and Cheng Family contested control of the channel while the Liu Clan Leader was in trouble.
• Lu Yunxiao brought Liu Qing and Liu Fei to Tianhuang City, where the Liu Clan had tightened security around its manor.
• Liu Qing took the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit from Liu Fei and sent her to arrange rooms for Lu Yunxiao and his companions.
• Liu Fei escorted Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian to a guest room, where Lu Yunxiao said he and Xiao Yi Xian would share it.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian reflected on how hardship had changed Liu Fei, while Lu Yunxiao promised Xiao Yi Xian a future in which she could stand openly beside him. In Liu Manor, the Liu Family Patriarch recovered to the seven-star Dou Zong realm and learned that the Cheng Family had nearly killed Liu Qing, leaving him eager for revenge despite Burning Flame Valley’s authority.

• Lu Yunxiao explained to Xiao Yi Xian how life beyond the academy had tempered Liu Fei and Liu Qing.
• Lu Yunxiao embraced Xiao Yi Xian and promised that one day she would stand proudly beside him.
• The Liu Family Patriarch recovered from his injuries and broke through to the seven-star Dou Zong realm.
• Liu Qing told his father how the Cheng Family pursued him and how Lu Yunxiao saved him and Liu Fei.
• The Liu Family Patriarch swore to kill Cheng Yao and wage war on the Cheng Family, but Liu Qing warned him that Burning Flame Valley still watched over both clans.

The Liu Family Patriarch and Liu Qing resolved to remember the Cheng Family’s attack and seek revenge when the time was right. Liu Quan then met Lu Yunxiao to thank him for saving Liu Qing and Liu Fei, declaring that the Liu Clan would regard him as a friend.

• Liu Qing told the Liu Family Patriarch that he would wait for the right opportunity to destroy the Cheng Family.
• The Liu Family Patriarch learned that Ye Wushuang had saved Liu Qing and asked where he was.
• Liu Qing said Liu Fei was entertaining Lu Yunxiao in the guest rooms, and the Liu Family Patriarch decided to visit and thank him.
• Liu Fei served Lu Yunxiao tea and pastries in the reception hall, showing how much she had changed after the ordeal.
• Liu Quan and Liu Qing entered the reception hall, and Liu Quan bowed to Lu Yunxiao and thanked him for saving Liu Qing and Liu Fei.
• Liu Quan told Lu Yunxiao that the Liu Clan would regard him as a friend from then on.

Lu Yunxiao accepted a rare piece of exotic iron from Liu Quan as thanks for saving Liu Qing and Liu Fei. After a banquet, Liu Quan judged the disguised “Ye Wushuang” to possess at least Dou Zun strength, while Liu Qing defended Lu Yunxiao as a possible match for him.

• Liu Quan offered Lu Yunxiao a heavy piece of exotic iron, explaining that his clan had kept it for centuries but could not forge it.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted the gift because he valued rare metals as an artifact refiner, and Liu Quan hosted a welcoming banquet for him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• After Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian left, Liu Quan told Liu Qing that “Ye Wushuang” seemed vastly stronger than him and likely possessed at least Dou Zun strength.
• Liu Qing told Liu Quan that Lu Yunxiao was a celebrated Jia Nan Academy disciple who had killed a seven-star Dou Zong, and suggested he might now challenge a Dou Zun.

Liu Quan advised Liu Qing to build ties with Ye Wushuang and, if possible, Lu Yunxiao. Meanwhile, Lu Yunxiao discovered that the Liu Clan’s strange iron was True Spirit Divine Iron, a possible clue to finding the supreme True Spirit Gold.

• Liu Quan praised Liu Qing for admiring Lu Yunxiao and Ye Wushuang, then urged him to invite Lu Yunxiao to visit the Liu Clan if they met again.
• Liu Qing said he had no news of Lu Yunxiao, and Liu Quan told him to treat Ye Wushuang well.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian opened the Jade Box in their guest room and felt the strange metal’s dangerous aura.
• Lu Yunxiao identified the metal as True Spirit Divine Iron, the companion metal of the first-ranked Spirit Gold, True Spirit Gold.
• Lu Yunxiao put away the iron and said it could help him find True Spirit Gold, leaving him deeply grateful to the Liu Clan.

Lu Yunxiao decided to repay the Liu Clan for the True Spirit Divine Iron by secretly dealing with the Cheng Family, then planned to leave with Xiao Yi Xian to help control her poison body. Meanwhile, Cheng Yao raged over the Cheng Family’s failed attempt to stop Liu Qing and the Liu Clan’s recovery.

• Lu Yunxiao agreed that the Liu Clan had good reason to give him the True Spirit Divine Iron but decided to help them so he would not feel indebted.
• Lu Yunxiao told Xiao Yi Xian he would target the Cheng Family, whose conflict with the Liu Clan was constrained by Burning Flame Valley.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to set out after dealing with the Cheng Family, and he reassured her about the dangers at the border between the Northern Region and the Northern Continent.
• Cheng Yao learned that Liu Quan had recovered after Liu Qing obtained the Purple Blood Spirit Fruit and angrily blamed Cheng Feng and the others for their failed attack.

Lu Yunxiao killed Cheng Yao and two Dou Emperor Elders, then disguised the attack as retaliation by the Soul Hall. After hearing of Cheng Yao’s death, Liu Quan saw a chance for the Liu Clan to take control of the space channel, while Liu Qing questioned the explanation.

• Cheng Yao learned that Cheng Feng and five others had died and ordered Cheng Rui to investigate.
• Lu Yunxiao appeared before Cheng Yao, admitted killing Cheng Feng, and declared that the Cheng Family members present would die.
• Cheng Yao and two Dou Emperor Elders attacked Lu Yunxiao, who killed them and destroyed their souls with a single strike.
• Lu Yunxiao left black mist and poisonous Dou Qi at the scene to make the killings appear to be the work of the Soul Hall.
• Liu Quan and Liu Qing learned that Cheng Yao had died, and Liu Quan said the weakened Cheng Family had left an opportunity for the Liu Clan.

After the Cheng Family’s defeat, Liu Qing and Liu Quan prepared to take over its forces, while Lu Yunxiao reassured Xiao Yi Xian that his attempt to blame the Soul Hall would not expose him. Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian then left the Liu Clan, with Liu Quan escorting them to Tianhuang City’s Spatial Wormhole.

• Liu Qing and Liu Quan discussed the Liu Clan’s chance to seize the Cheng Family’s territory and resolved to make the Cheng Family pay for Cheng Yao’s crimes.
• Lu Yunxiao explained to Xiao Yi Xian why the Soul Hall and Burning Flame Valley would not discover his role, and promised not to involve the Soul Hall again.
• Lu Yunxiao told Liu Quan and Liu Fei that he and Xiao Yi Xian had to continue their journey, despite their invitations to stay.
• Liu Quan escorted Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian through Tianhuang City to the Spatial Wormhole in the city’s central square.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at North Witch Mountain, a vast and dangerous range at the border of the Northern Region and Northern Continent. After Lu Yunxiao gave Liu Fei a Great Spirit Ascension Pill and received a faster Space Boat from Liu Quan, he and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to explore the mountain while concealing their human auras.

• Liu Quan gave Lu Yunxiao a Space Boat as a farewell gift, and Lu Yunxiao left Liu Fei a Great Spirit Ascension Pill before entering the Spatial Wormhole with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian arrived outside North Witch Mountain after passing through several Spatial Wormholes.
• Xiao Yi Xian admired the mountain range's size and dense spiritual energy, while Lu Yunxiao remarked that its medicinal herbs were likely exceptional.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Xiao Yi Xian a wearable Snow Silkworm Aura Concealment Pill, which concealed their cultivation and human scent.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian walked hand in hand into North Witch Mountain.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian searched the North Witch Mountain Range for the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast clan, gathering rare medicinal fruits but finding no useful directions. After settling in for the night, they awoke to a loud crash outside and went to investigate.

• Lu Yunxiao killed an emerald-green python, collected its Magical Core, and harvested Emerald Flame Fruits, transplanting the tree and surrounding soil into his Inner World.
• Lu Yunxiao suggested finding a stronger Magical Beast to ask for directions, so he and Xiao Yi Xian traveled deeper into the mountains while collecting medicinal ingredients.
• After the Nine-Headed Blood Lion failed to identify the clan's location, Lu Yunxiao reassured Xiao Yi Xian that they would ask an eighth-tier magical beast the next day.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night embracing in a tree hollow, but a tremendous crash woke them the following morning.
• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian left the tree hollow to investigate the noise.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian followed the distant sounds of a battle and discovered a Red-haired Elder fighting a powerful member of the Barbarian Tribe. As the Barbarian Tribe fighter unleashed his Beast Soul, the Red-haired Elder revealed the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire.

• Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yi Xian heard a battle more than a hundred li away and hurried toward it, suspecting the combatants were Dou Zuns.
• Lu Yunxiao concealed himself and Xiao Yi Xian near the battlefield, where they saw a five-star Dou Zun Red-haired Elder fighting a horned member of the Barbarian Tribe.
• Lu Yunxiao explained the Barbarian Tribe’s Beast Souls, origins, and conflict with humanity to Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Barbarian Tribe fighter summoned a savage evil flood dragon Beast Soul and transformed into a scaled, clawed killing machine.
• The Red-haired Elder answered the transformation by releasing silver flames and nine lightning-wreathed dragons, which Lu Yunxiao recognized as the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire.

Lu Yunxiao recognized Tang Zhen, the Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley, as he fought a barbarian wielding a Beast Soul. Lu Yunxiao declined Xiao Yi Xian’s suggestion to seize Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire, while the battle escalated as both fighters revealed more of their power.

• Lu Yunxiao identified the red-haired elder wielding the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire as Tang Zhen, Burning Flame Valley’s Valley Master.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested taking Tang Zhen’s Heavenly Flame, but Lu Yunxiao refused, citing its inheritance mark, Burning Flame Valley’s strength, and the risks involved.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about the Three Thousand Burning Flame at the Pill Tower, and Lu Yunxiao said he intended to give it to Xun'er.
• The barbarian transformed into a ten-meter giant by activating another hidden power, and Tang Zhen answered by using the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao observed that Tang Zhen had not mastered the technique’s highest realm as the two fighters clashed even more fiercely.

Tang Zhen struggled against the Barbarian and unleashed Burning Flame Valley’s Heaven-tier Dou Skill, but his attack was destroyed and he was left helpless before the Barbarian’s final strike. Lu Yunxiao watched as Tang Zhen faced death, while Xiao Yi Xian learned that Lu Yunxiao planned to teach her the Jie Character Secret.

• Lu Yunxiao promised Xiao Yi Xian he would teach her the Jie Character Secret once her poison body was under control.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized that Tang Zhen was losing to the Barbarian’s brute strength and expected him to use his trump card.
• Tang Zhen unleashed the Great Burning Cloud Refining Finger against the Barbarian’s black-red flood dragon.
• The flood dragon shattered Tang Zhen’s attack, leaving him severely injured and unable to defend himself.
• Tang Zhen closed his eyes as the flood dragon moved to devour him, despairing that he had failed to protect Huo'er.

Lu Yunxiao appeared just as the Barbarian Tribe was about to defeat Tang Zhen and killed it with a single sword strike. Tang Zhen was left stunned by Lu Yunxiao’s strength, while Lu Yunxiao secretly kept the Barbarian Tribe’s soul for later.

• Lu Yunxiao split the Barbarian Tribe’s giant flood dragon attack and appeared before Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen warned Lu Yunxiao about the vicious Barbarian Tribe and recognized his sword as Star Spirit Gold.
• The Barbarian Tribe gathered blood-colored lightning into a powerful attack, but Lu Yunxiao cut through it and killed the creature with one strike.
• Lu Yunxiao collected the Barbarian Tribe’s soul, dismissed his sword, and turned to face the astonished Tang Zhen.

After Lu Yunxiao rescued Tang Zhen in Northern Witch Mountain, Tang Zhen explained that he was seeking an ingredient for a Fire Bodhi Pill to save his daughter. Lu Yunxiao learned from Tang Zhen where the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beasts lived and prepared to pursue their Magical Core.

• Tang Zhen was stunned by Lu Yunxiao's youth and strength, then thanked him for saving his life.
• Lu Yunxiao introduced himself as Xiao Yunlu, and Tang Zhen wondered whether he was related to a powerful expert surnamed Xiao.
• Tang Zhen explained that his daughter had suffered backlash from the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Fire inheritance and needed a Fire Bodhi Pill to survive.
• Lu Yunxiao told Tang Zhen he had come to find the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast's Magical Core.
• Tang Zhen revealed that a hidden valley about two thousand five hundred li northeast held a group of the beasts and warned Lu Yunxiao that they were dangerous.