Recaps

Lu Yunxiao completed the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Puppet’s refinement, named it Phoenix Puppet, and sent it into the lightning pool to temper its body with Black Demonic Lightning. As Phoenix Puppet absorbed bolt after bolt, its aura grew stronger amid an escalating swarm of lightning.

• The Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Puppet reached the early Six-Star Dou Sheng stage, and Lu Yunxiao established control by giving it a drop of his essence blood.
• Lu Yunxiao named the puppet Phoenix Puppet and discovered that it could speak and fight independently in response to his thoughts.
• Lu Yunxiao checked the lightning pool and sent Phoenix Puppet into its depths to undergo Black Demonic Lightning tempering.
• Phoenix Puppet absorbed a thirty-foot bolt of Black Demonic Lightning, whose energy gradually strengthened its body.
• Lu Yunxiao released his restrictions, and Phoenix Puppet charged at the gathering lightning bolts, absorbing them as they struck and growing stronger.

Lu Yunxiao left the Void Lightning Pool after Hei Qing reported that Zi Yan had been sealed inside a crystal layer by the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy. He reached East Dragon Island and found Zi Yan encased in crystals, with the Grand Elder warning that breaking them could harm her.

• Lu Yunxiao continued tempering the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Puppet with Black Demonic Lightning and estimated the process would take more than half a month.
• Hei Qing reached Lu Yunxiao and told him that Zi Yan could not absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s energy and had been sealed inside a crystalline layer.
• Lu Yunxiao and Hei Qing hurried to East Dragon Island, where the Grand Elder was waiting for them.
• The Grand Elder showed Lu Yunxiao Zi Yan, whose body and interior were completely covered in crystals.
• The Grand Elder explained that the energy had solidified throughout Zi Yan’s body and that shattering the crystals could injure her.

Lu Yunxiao agreed to melt the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer around unconscious Zi Yan using his Heavenly Flames, since East Dragon Island needed her Royal Bloodline to hold the Ancient Dragon Clan together. He began refining the crystal layer in a fire cauldron, carefully controlling the heat as it started to liquefy.

• The Grand Elder explained that Zi Yan’s Royal Bloodline and the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit were vital to East Dragon Island, and asked Lu Yunxiao to melt the crystal layer with his Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Yunxiao admitted that he had prepared Zi Yan to seek his help and told the Grand Elder to clear the Stone Hall and leave the task to him.
• The Grand Elder departed and promised to place East Dragon Island under strict guard so Lu Yunxiao would not be disturbed.
• Lu Yunxiao placed Zi Yan inside a fire cauldron and summoned his fused Heavenly Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao shaped the flames into a Fire Dragon that coiled around Zi Yan, then controlled its heat as the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer began to glow and flow like liquid.

Lu Yunxiao spent a month and a half refining the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer from Zi Yan’s body. Once the final trace melted, Zi Yan’s Royal Bloodline awakened, transforming her into a mature, purple-gold-eyed woman.

• Lu Yunxiao condensed his flames into a dark green fire that began melting the crystal layer covering Zi Yan.
• After removing the outer layer, Lu Yunxiao carefully refined the crystals inside Zi Yan’s body for another month.
• Lu Yunxiao melted the final crystal while nearly exhausting his Origin Power, and Zi Yan’s awakened bloodline erupted in a purple-gold pillar of light.
• The fire cauldron exploded, and Zi Yan emerged transformed into a mature woman with purple-gold eyes and wings.
• Zi Yan asked Lu Yunxiao whether he thought she was pretty, and he told her to stop fooling around.

Zi Yan, newly transformed into a Dragon-Phoenix, became overwhelmingly attracted to Lu Yunxiao and carried him off despite his protests. She took him to a luxurious bedchamber on East Dragon Island, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Zi Yan teased Lu Yunxiao about her beauty and leaned close, drawn to his scent.
• Lu Yunxiao tried to push Zi Yan away and reminded her that they were like siblings, but she lifted him over her shoulder.
• Zi Yan dismissed his protests, saying she had never considered herself his younger sister and could not resist his scent.
• Lu Yunxiao tried to call for Gu Duhang, but Zi Yan sealed his mute acupoint and carried him away.
• Zi Yan flirted with Lu Yunxiao, then flew with him to a bedchamber on East Dragon Island and tossed him onto the bed.

After Zi Yan took advantage of Lu Yunxiao’s weakened state and became his lover, the two argued over her actions and how to face Queen Medusa. The chapter ended with Zi Yan threatening to sleep Lu Yunxiao into accepting responsibility.

• Lu Yunxiao lay conflicted beside Zi Yan after their three-day encounter, while Zi Yan cuddled up to him and asked if he was still angry.
• Lu Yunxiao rebuked Zi Yan for taking advantage of him while he was weakened, and Zi Yan argued that she had only had one chance and that he had enjoyed it.
• Zi Yan defended her feelings by pointing out that Lu Yunxiao had once been involved with Gu Xun'er when she was his little sister.
• Lu Yunxiao asked how Zi Yan would face Cai'er, and Zi Yan admitted she was unsure but insisted Lu Yunxiao should explain the situation too.
• When Lu Yunxiao denied that Zi Yan belonged to him, Zi Yan accused him of refusing to take responsibility and threatened to sleep him into submission.

Zi Yan used their encounter while melting the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer to make Lu Yunxiao lose a contest of strength, hoping to turn his pride into a reason to keep pursuing her. Lu Yunxiao left vowing to win next time, then returned to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing, still angry and disheveled.

• Zi Yan pinned Lu Yunxiao and kissed him, and the two fought until Lu Yunxiao admitted defeat.
• Zi Yan reflected that she had deliberately provoked Lu Yunxiao so he would try to win back his pride and grow attached to her.
• Lu Yunxiao left the bedchamber, insisting that his weakened condition had caused his loss and promising to win next time.
• Little Star saw Lu Yunxiao arrive at the courtyard in disheveled clothes and wondered what had happened.
• Lu Yunxiao entered his room, where Xiao Yi Xian dressed him and Qing Yanjing served him tea as he complained about Zi Yan.

Lu Yunxiao recovered from his exhaustion, broke through to Eight Revolutions Dou Zun, and accepted that he could not abandon Zi Yan after their relationship changed. After checking his system panel and learning Little Star had evolved into an Eight-Star Dou Zun Star Phoenix Ancient Dragon, he emerged from seclusion and wondered how Little Star had learned about him and Zi Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing learned that Zi Yan had matured, awakened her royal bloodline, and reached the middle phase of Four-Star Dou Saint after refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lu Yunxiao meditated for three days, recovered, and discovered that he had advanced to Eight Revolutions Dou Zun, likely because Zi Yan's unstable power had passed into him.
• Lu Yunxiao considered distancing himself from Zi Yan but decided to accept their changed relationship because he could not bring himself to abandon her.
• Lu Yunxiao checked his system panel, saw Zi Yan listed first among his beloved women, and learned that Little Star had evolved into an Eight-Star Dou Zun Star Phoenix Ancient Dragon.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others greeted Lu Yunxiao when he left seclusion, and he said he would accept Zi Yan before questioning how Little Star knew about their relationship.

During Lu Yunxiao’s seclusion, Zi Yan became Dragon Emperor and publicly announced that he was her husband, leaving him furious and unprepared to make their relationship public. He rushed to East Dragon Island’s Holy Hall to confront her, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing hurried after him.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Lu Yunxiao that Zi Yan had become Dragon Emperor and announced their relationship at her coronation.
• Lu Yunxiao angrily vanished to find Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing followed to prevent a confrontation.
• Lu Yunxiao arrived at the Holy Hall, where Hei Qing and the guards knelt and addressed him as Dragon Lord.
• Hei Qing explained that Zi Yan had named Lu Yunxiao Dragon Lord because he was her husband, and Lu Yunxiao went into the Holy Hall to find her.

Zi Yan prepared to reunify Ancient Dragon Island by eliminating the Three Dragon Kings, while the Grand Elder worried about the danger of fighting them together. Lu Yunxiao arrived and confronted Zi Yan for publicly calling him her husband, leaving her feeling deeply wronged.

• Zi Yan ordered preparations to unite Ancient Dragon Island and said she would eliminate the Three Dragon Kings.
• The Grand Elder explained that defeating the Three Dragon Kings would make the other Dragon Islands submit to Zi Yan’s bloodline.
• Lu Yunxiao entered the sacred hall, and Zi Yan dismissed the Grand Elder and Second Elder.
• Lu Yunxiao accused Zi Yan of telling East Dragon Island that he was her husband without his permission.
• Zi Yan defended herself and felt wronged when Lu Yunxiao suggested she no longer took him seriously.

Zi Yan confronted Lu Yunxiao after he questioned her actions, then admitted she had acted because she could not bear to be separated from him. She won his forgiveness by pretending to cry, clung to him as he tried to leave, and confessed that she loved him and wanted them to stay together.

• Zi Yan accused Lu Yunxiao of wronging her and said she had acted without his consent because she feared losing him.
• Zi Yan cried until Lu Yunxiao comforted her and agreed to let the matter go, then immediately revealed she had been pretending.
• Lu Yunxiao turned to leave in anger, but Zi Yan grabbed him and wrapped her arms around him.
• Zi Yan teased Lu Yunxiao for caring about her and told him that she loved him and wanted them to remain together.

Zi Yan won Lu Yunxiao’s acceptance after her reckless pursuit, and he warned her not to force herself on him again. As Zi Yan prepared to unify Ancient Dragon Island, Lu Yunxiao agreed to help after she coaxed him and assigned Gu Duhang to protect her in the coming war.

• Zi Yan admitted she had acted recklessly to win Lu Yunxiao’s heart, and Lu Yunxiao accepted her while warning her not to do it again.
• Zi Yan kissed Lu Yunxiao as Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing watched before quietly leaving.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Zi Yan about unifying Ancient Dragon Island and initially refused to help, but Zi Yan’s coaxing persuaded him.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Gu Duhang to protect Zi Yan during the war against the other three dragon islands.

Lu Yunxiao strengthened the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Puppet to Peak Six-Star Dou Sheng and began refining other puppets while Zi Yan’s campaign to unify the Ancient Dragon Clan reached a crisis. On North Dragon Island, the Northern Dragon King used the forbidden Dragon Transformation Demonic Array to devour the allied forces, leaving Zi Yan in a difficult battle against his overwhelming power.

• Lu Yunxiao sent Gu Duhang away to protect Zi Yan, then returned to the Void Lightning Pool.
• Lu Yunxiao’s Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Puppet absorbed Black Demonic Lightning until it reached Peak Six-Star Dou Sheng, and he began refining other puppets.
• Zi Yan and the allied dragon islands fought against the Western Dragon King, but the Northern and Southern Dragon Kings arrived and halted East Dragon Island’s advance.
• The allied forces discovered that the Northern Dragon King had activated the forbidden Dragon Transformation Demonic Array on North Dragon Island, sacrificing most of the gathered dragon forces to increase his strength.
• Zi Yan fought the Northern Dragon King with the Dragon Slaying Sword, but he forced her back and the sword failed to gain an advantage.

The Northern Dragon King devoured the Southern Dragon King and Western Dragon King and used the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array to become a powerful monster, overwhelming Zi Yan in battle. Just as he was about to kill her, Gu Duhang appeared and halted his attack.

• The Northern Dragon King revealed his monstrous form and admitted he had devoured the Southern Dragon King and Western Dragon King to strengthen his bloodline.
• The Northern Dragon King attacked Zi Yan with his blood-colored Dragon Slaying Sword, overpowering her despite her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.
• Zi Yan was sent flying and faced the Northern Dragon King's killing blow while inwardly cursing Lu Yunxiao for not helping sooner.
• A surge of sword aura made both Dragon Slaying Swords fly free and erased the Northern Dragon King's sword beam.
• A young man in black robes appeared before Zi Yan, and she recognized him as one of Lu Yunxiao's people.

Lu Yunxiao completed a powerful Seven-Star puppet and advanced to the ninth revolution of Dou Zun before returning to the newly unified Ancient Dragon Island. Zi Yan reunited with him and recounted how Gu Duhang had saved her from the Northern Dragon King.

• Lu Yunxiao finished refining a Mid-stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng puppet, named it Profound Puppet, and assessed the strength of his growing puppet forces.
• Lu Yunxiao reached the ninth revolution of Dou Zun and traveled back to Ancient Dragon Island, where the Four Dragon Islands had been unified.
• Zi Yan sensed Lu Yunxiao's arrival and used her spatial power to bring him directly into the Holy Hall, where she embraced him.
• Lu Yunxiao asked whether Zi Yan had been injured, and she explained that Gu Duhang saved her when the Northern Dragon King used the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array and nearly killed her.

After the battle with the Northern Dragon King, Zi Yan recognized her inexperience and leaned on Lu Yunxiao for reassurance. She gave him the Northern Dragon King's corpse for puppet refinement and ended the chapter clinging to him and asking for another intimate encounter.

• Zi Yan admitted that the Northern Dragon King's cunning had exposed her inexperience, and Lu Yunxiao reassured her that she would learn from the danger.
• Lu Yunxiao told Zi Yan that his puppet refinement had produced thirteen Dou Saints, while Zi Yan lamented the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's losses.
• Zi Yan declared that she would rely on Lu Yunxiao instead of working hard, and the two kissed.
• Zi Yan offered Lu Yunxiao the Northern Dragon King's corpse for puppet refinement, and he accepted it as valuable material.
• Zi Yan clung to Lu Yunxiao and asked for another intimate encounter.

Lu Yunxiao left Ancient Dragon Island after giving Zi Yan a powerful puppet to protect her, then returned to the Jia Ma Empire with his companions. He neared Cloud Gate, where Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Ya Fei discussed the sect’s growing territory and Yunxiao’s limits on its expansion.

• Lu Yunxiao said goodbye to Zi Yan, who stayed on Ancient Dragon Island because she had responsibilities as Dragon Emperor and was afraid to face Queen Medusa.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Zi Yan the Northern Dragon King Puppet, which had reached the Early-stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng realm, to protect her and the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao and his companions traveled through a Space Rift toward the Jia Ma Empire, and he reflected on his three years away and longed for Yun'er and Cai'er.
• Yun Yun ended Cloud Gate’s regular meeting as Queen Medusa noted that the sect’s resources and territory were becoming insufficient for its growth.
• Ya Fei reminded Queen Medusa that Lu Yunxiao had forbidden Cloud Gate from expanding beyond the surrounding empires or joining the struggle for supremacy on the Northwest Continent.

After three years away, Lu Yunxiao returned to Cloud Gate, where Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Ya Fei had kept it flourishing. He reunited with Queen Medusa and embraced her, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing arrived with him.

• Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, and Ya Fei led Cloud Gate with firm authority while Lu Yunxiao had been away for more than three years.
• Ya Fei teased Queen Medusa for remembering exactly how long Lu Yunxiao had been gone, and Nalan Yanran wondered when he would return.
• Yun Yun said Lu Yunxiao faced a difficult situation in Central Continent, while Queen Medusa pretended not to care about him.
• Lu Yunxiao's voice rang through the hall, and he appeared with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Yanjing.
• Lu Yunxiao asked whether Queen Medusa cared that he had returned, and she hid her joy behind a cold reply.
• Lu Yunxiao pulled Queen Medusa into his embrace and told her he had come back because he could not bear to leave her.

Lu Yunxiao reunited affectionately with Queen Medusa and Ya Fei in the great hall. After Ya Fei teased him about Nalan Yanran waiting for him, he turned to face his senior disciple sister.

• Lu Yunxiao embraced Queen Medusa, and they told each other they had missed one another.
• Lu Yunxiao greeted Ya Fei with a passionate kiss and held her as they savored their reunion.
• Ya Fei teased Lu Yunxiao about Nalan Yanran longing for him and left his embrace.
• Lu Yunxiao looked toward Nalan Yanran and saw how much she had changed into her own distinctive self.

After more than four years apart, Lu Yunxiao and Nalan Yanran reunited and confessed how deeply they had missed each other. Lu Yunxiao apologized for his past treatment of her, and Nalan Yanran forgave him, leaving their relationship closer than before.

• Nalan Yanran rushed into Lu Yunxiao's embrace and wept after seeing him again.
• Lu Yunxiao comforted Nalan Yanran, and they shared a passionate kiss after expressing their happiness at reuniting.
• Lu Yunxiao apologized for having been ungrateful toward Nalan Yanran in the past.
• Nalan Yanran told Lu Yunxiao she held no resentment and that accepting her had made her past efforts worthwhile.
• Nalan Yanran asked Lu Yunxiao to call her Yanran because her teacher might dislike him calling her Senior Disciple Sister.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun, then announced that Cloud Gate would relocate from the Jia Ma Empire to the Central Continent. The chapter ended with Yun Yun asking when they would leave and how they would handle Cloud Gate’s territories.

• Lu Yunxiao and Nalan Yanran agreed to call each other Yanran and Yunxiao as they grew closer.
• Lu Yunxiao joined Yun Yun on the throne and reassured her after she described the pressure of leading Cloud Gate.
• When Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran asked whether he would leave again, Lu Yunxiao said they would all go with him to the Central Continent.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Cloud Gate had reached a development bottleneck because its resources could not keep pace with its growth.
• Yun Yun asked when they would relocate and what they would do with Cloud Gate’s territories.

Lu Yunxiao explained that Cloud Gate would move while retaining forces in the Jia Ma Empire and leaving Cloud Sect to develop with the region's resources. He returned to Misty Cloud Mountain, where the Elders welcomed him and were shocked to learn he had reached the Dou Zun Peak.

• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun he would leave people and resources behind to preserve Cloud Gate and Cloud Sect while taking the main body with him.
• Nalan Yanran and Ya Fei agreed to follow Lu Yunxiao, while Queen Medusa said she needed to arrange matters with the Snake-people Race.
• Queen Medusa rang the bell, summoning Cloud Gate's Elders to the main hall, where they found Lu Yunxiao had returned.
• Lu Yunxiao greeted the Elders and observed that Cloud Gate had grown stronger during his absence.
• Lu Yunxiao said he had reached the Dou Zun Peak, leaving the Elders stunned because they remembered his cultivation as being at the Dou Zong level.

Lu Yunxiao announced that Cloud Gate would relocate from the Northwest Continent to the Central Continent in three months, and its Elders unanimously accepted his decision. Later, Hai Bodong asked about Lu Yunxiao’s difficult years away and teased him about pursuing women.

• Jia Xingtian and the Elders marveled at Lu Yunxiao’s rise to the Dou Zun Peak and praised him.
• Lu Yunxiao declared that Cloud Gate would move its main body to a cultivation base he had chosen in the Central Continent.
• Hai Bodong, Yun Shan, and Venerable Skyfire voiced support, and the Elders agreed to obey Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Cloud Gate to prepare for the move and set departure for three months later.
• Hai Bodong met Lu Yunxiao over tea, asked whether his past three years had been difficult, and teased him about chasing women.

Lu Yunxiao returned to Cloud Gate and teased Hai Bodong before going to see Yun Yun. Yun Yun sent him to Queen Medusa for the night, where Medusa was astonished by Yun Yun’s generosity.

• Lu Yunxiao denied Hai Bodong’s accusations that he had pursued women in the Central Continent and gave him a Jade Bottle before leaving.
• Hai Bodong opened the Jade Bottle and was startled by the vast aura and golden light inside.
• Lu Yunxiao visited Yun Yun’s room, but she urged him to spend the night with Queen Medusa instead.
• Lu Yunxiao entered Queen Medusa’s room and embraced her on the crystal bed.
• Queen Medusa learned that Yun Yun had sent Lu Yunxiao to her and marveled at Yun Yun’s generosity.

Lu Yunxiao comforted Queen Medusa by acknowledging her efforts and spending the night with her. The next morning, Queen Medusa asked him to refine medicine to improve their chances of having a child, and he hesitated under her insistence.

• Lu Yunxiao praised Queen Medusa for her work supporting Cloud Gate and held her as she nestled into his embrace.
• Lu Yunxiao kissed Queen Medusa, and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Queen Medusa asked Lu Yunxiao when they might have a child together.
• Lu Yunxiao said conception could not be forced, but Queen Medusa insisted he refine medicine to increase their chances.
• Queen Medusa pressed Lu Yunxiao to agree, and he hesitated at her threatening glare.