Recaps

Lu Yunxiao repeatedly knocked Hu Jia to the ground during their fight, humiliating her before the gathered spectators. When Hu Jia unleashed an Earth Tier Dou Technique, Lu Yunxiao recognized that she had only just learned it and decided against a dangerous head-on clash.

• Lu Yunxiao evaded Hu Jia’s whip and kicked her to the ground twice, while Wu Hao and the spectators watched.
• Hu Jia rose in fury and insisted that one of them had to lose, as Lu Yunxiao told her to admit defeat.
• Hu Jia released red Dou Qi and flames along her whip, revealing that she could use an Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Lu Yunxiao judged that Hu Jia’s technique would exhaust her and that clashing with his Sword Separating Worlds could seriously injure or kill her, so he chose not to meet it head-on.

Lu Yunxiao saved Hu Jia from the backlash of her uncontrolled Dou technique, then defeated her and tied her up in a banyan tree when she refused to admit it. Hu Jia remained hanging there while Lu Yunxiao told her to reconsider.

• Hu Jia forced energy into an unfinished Dou technique, causing it to backlash as a massive red lotus formed.
• Lu Yunxiao rushed in, caught Hu Jia, and struck the red lotus with Sword Separating Worlds, stopping the attack.
• After the explosion, Lu Yunxiao set Hu Jia down and called her dirty, reigniting her anger.
• Lu Yunxiao restrained Hu Jia when she refused to accept defeat and tried to attack him.
• Lu Yunxiao tied Hu Jia to a banyan tree and left her hanging until she admitted defeat.

After defeating Hu Jia, Lu Yunxiao left her hanging from a banyan tree until she admitted defeat, then explained to Wu Hao why he believed the academy would not punish him. The crowd dispersed, but Hu Jia remained furious and humiliated beneath the tree.

• Lu Yunxiao told Hu Jia to admit defeat before he would let her down, but she stubbornly insisted she had not lost.
• Lu Yunxiao dismissed the academy’s rules and the Vice Dean’s position as reasons to fear punishment, telling Wu Hao he had done nothing wrong.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the spectators to disperse, and they left after the battle was over.
• Hu Jia felt relieved when the crowd dispersed, but still cursed Lu Yunxiao and said she hated him.

Lu Yunxiao left Hu Jia tied up at the entrance to Zhenwu Garden after defeating her, while Wu Hao accompanied him. Hu Gan learned what had happened and decided not to intervene, leaving Hu Jia to face the consequences of her recklessness.

• Lu Yunxiao left Hu Jia bound and hanging from a tree, and Wu Hao followed him into Zhenwu Garden.
• Lu Yunxiao told Wu Hao that he planned to leave Hu Jia there for a few hours so she would calm down.
• Hu Gan learned that Lu Yunxiao had hung Hu Jia from a tree and was shocked by the outcome.
• The dean of students explained that Hu Jia's insincere confession and temper had fueled the conflict, and recounted how Lu Yunxiao had saved her from Dou Technique backlash.
• Hu Gan chose not to have anyone untie Hu Jia, saying Lu Yunxiao could temper her behavior, and scolded her for using an unfinished Earth Tier Dou Technique.

Lu Yunxiao tried to make Hu Jia admit defeat after hanging her beneath a banyan tree, but she stubbornly refused despite his insults, explanations, and offers of food. When he threatened her with a venomous snake, Hu Jia finally surrendered.

• Lu Yunxiao confronted Hu Jia beneath the banyan tree and asked her to admit defeat, but she refused and insisted she had not lost.
• Lu Yunxiao criticized Hu Jia, then explained that he had thrown her aside because he was a germophobe; she remained angry and would not yield.
• Lu Yunxiao left Hu Jia hanging in the cold, then returned around midnight with roasted chicken and tried to tempt her into surrendering.
• When food failed to persuade Hu Jia, Lu Yunxiao threatened her with a venomous snake he had brought from the academy's Back Mountain.
• As the snake approached, Hu Jia screamed and admitted defeat.

Lu Yunxiao defeated Hu Jia, who warned him that Mo Wen had arranged for students to trouble him, and then spent six months cultivating and perfecting Sword Separating Worlds. The chapter ended with Wu Hao knocking on Lu Yunxiao’s door.

• Hu Jia conceded defeat after Lu Yunxiao threatened her with a venomous snake, and they agreed to end their conflict.
• Hu Jia killed the snake, took back the chicken, and warned Lu Yunxiao that Mo Wen had used students from Profound Class Four to hinder his growth before the Inner Court Selection Tournament.
• Lu Yunxiao thanked Hu Jia and left, while she vowed to defeat him herself.
• Over the next six months, Lu Yunxiao advanced to six-star Dou Master and removed Sword Separating Worlds’ flaw after reaching the Enlightenment Realm.
• Wu Hao knocked on Lu Yunxiao’s door while Lu Yunxiao was cultivating, and Lu Yunxiao opened it to ask what he needed.

Lu Yunxiao agreed to help Wu Hao claim ripe Jade Crystal Fruits guarded by a third-tier Jade Crystal Python. The two followed Wu Hao’s trail to a secluded valley and entered cautiously, preparing to face the beast.

• Wu Hao told Lu Yunxiao he had found a Jade Crystal Fruit tree and asked him to help defeat its guardian, offering to split the fruits equally.
• Lu Yunxiao agreed to leave with Wu Hao at dawn after learning the Jade Crystal Python was probably an early third-tier beast.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao entered the primal forest and followed markers Wu Hao had left on his way back.
• The two reached a remote valley Wu Hao had stumbled upon while chasing a magical beast.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao drew their swords and cautiously entered the valley, where the scene inside came into view.

Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao fought the Jade Crystal Python guarding the Jade Crystal Fruit Tree, and Lu Yunxiao killed it after Wu Hao wounded it. The python lay dead, leaving Lu Yunxiao free to collect the fruits and investigate the mysterious attraction he felt in the valley.

• Lu Yunxiao sensed something resonating with his Innate Gold Qi, while the system urged him to claim the Jade Crystal Fruit first.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao attacked the Jade Crystal Python as it emerged from the pool, but it knocked them back and focused its attacks on Lu Yunxiao.
• Wu Hao wounded the python's neck with Blood Sword Streamer Slash, but its tail struck him and left him injured.
• Lu Yunxiao caught Wu Hao, then told him to stand aside and continued fighting the python alone with his speed and Flying Rainbow Sword.
• Lu Yunxiao used Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens to sever the python's head and kill it.

Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao killed the Jade Crystal Python, collected the Jade Crystal Fruits, and discovered that Spirit Gold might be hidden beneath the pool. They dove into the water and passed through a spatial barrier into a vast cave filled with glowing silver-white metal.

• Lu Yunxiao killed the Jade Crystal Python and gave its Magical Core to Wu Hao, who returned it to him.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao collected the four Jade Crystal Fruits and divided them evenly.
• Lu Yunxiao learned from the system that Spirit Gold’s presence explained the valley’s abundant spiritual energy and suspected it lay beneath the pool.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao dove into the pool and passed through a hidden Spatial Barrier into a cave.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao saw that the cave’s ceiling was covered in glowing chunks of silver-white metal.

Lu Yunxiao discovered Star Iron and confirmed that Star Spirit Gold lay deeper in the cave. He and Wu Hao reached an underground river and found the silver-white bead that was the origin of the Star Spirit Gold, with its power still waiting to be revealed.

• Lu Yunxiao recognized the Star Iron and inferred that Star Spirit Gold was nearby, while staying alert for its powerful guardian.
• Wu Hao crossed the Spatial Barrier, and Lu Yunxiao explained the spirit gold and its value to Metal Attribute cultivators.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao advanced through the cave, following the growing Star Iron deposits and the sound of rushing water.
• The two reached a broad underground river bordered by Star Iron and spotted a silver-white bead floating above a stone platform.
• Lu Yunxiao identified the bead as Star Spirit Gold and explained that it held immense Star Power and had formed over countless years.

Lu Yunxiao confronted the fifth-order Starry Sky Flood Dragon guarding the Star Spirit Gold and used a Dou King Experience Card to overpower it. As he prepared to finish the beast, the system reminded him that the Soul Contract Stone could let him control it.

• Wu Hao offered to stand guard while Lu Yunxiao refined the Star Spirit Gold, but Lu Yunxiao warned him to step back and attacked the underground river.
• A fifth-order Starry Sky Flood Dragon emerged, and Wu Hao urged Lu Yunxiao to flee.
• Lu Yunxiao crushed a Dou King Experience Card and used its Nine-Star Dou King power to fight the flood dragon.
• After more than a hundred exchanges, Lu Yunxiao wounded the flood dragon, broke his Flying Rainbow Sword, and beat the beast into submission.
• As Lu Yunxiao prepared to kill the flood dragon, the system reminded him about the Soul Contract Stone, and he reconsidered capturing it.

Lu Yunxiao formed an absolute master-servant contract with the Starry Sky Flood Dragon, then began refining the Star Spirit Gold with the help of his Innate Gold Qi and Elemental Scripture. The gold flowed safely through his meridians, and he started guiding it through three Great Circulations to claim it fully.

• Lu Yunxiao used the Soul Contract Stone to bind the Starry Sky Flood Dragon, gaining complete control over it.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered the Starry Sky Flood Dragon to guard the area while Wu Hao rested and recovered.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the system about refining the Star Spirit Gold and learned that his Innate Elemental Physique made the process safe.
• Lu Yunxiao swallowed the Star Spirit Gold, which flowed through his meridians and strengthened them without resisting.
• Lu Yunxiao used the Elemental Scripture to guide the Star Spirit Gold through his body, beginning the three Great Circulations needed to claim it.

Lu Yunxiao completed the refinement of the Star Spirit Gold, which became fully bonded to him and raised his cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Shi Peak. He tested its ability to transform into weapons and demonstrated that its silver-white sword was sharper than the Flying Rainbow Sword.

• Lu Yunxiao circulated the Star Spirit Gold through his meridians and imprinted it with his mark while Wu Hao watched.
• Lu Yunxiao guided the Star Spirit Gold into his Dou Qi Cyclone, where it produced spiritual liquid and raised his cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Shi Peak.
• Lu Yunxiao stopped the Star Spirit Gold from raising his cultivation further so he could preserve his foundation.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Star Spirit Gold as silver-white armor, then transformed it into a longsword.
• Lu Yunxiao tested the sword by cleaving a chunk of Starry Sky Iron Ore in two, revealing its greater sharpness than the Flying Rainbow Sword.

Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao collected Starry Sky Iron Ore and exchanged it with Jia Nan Academy for cultivation resources. Later, Hu Jia delivered Lu Yunxiao the Myriad Cold Art and two Sixth-Tier Magical Cores, leaving him with the materials he needed for his plans.

• Lu Yunxiao told Wu Hao that he had reached the peak of Eight-Star Dou Shi and explained that the Starry Sky Iron Ore could be exchanged with the academy.
• Lu Yunxiao and Wu Hao excavated nearly a thousand jin of high-quality Starry Sky Iron Ore and left the cave with the Starry Sky Flood Dragon.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan offered each of them an Earth-tier Low-grade cultivation technique and Dou Skill in exchange for the ore; Lu Yunxiao asked for two Sixth-Tier Magical Cores instead of a Dou Skill.
• Lu Yunxiao chose an Ice Attribute cultivation technique, while Wu Hao selected an Ice Attribute cultivation technique and Dou Skill.
• Hu Jia visited Lu Yunxiao's room and delivered the Myriad Cold Art and two Sixth-Tier Magical Cores.

Lu Yunxiao received an Ice Attribute Earth Tier Technique and two Sixth-Tier Magical Cores from Hu Jia, then confirmed he would compete in the Inner Court Selection Tournament. A week later, the tournament began, and Lu Yunxiao watched Mo Wen win his opening match.

• Lu Yunxiao examined the Myriad Cold Art and stored it with the two Sixth-Tier Magical Cores after their combined energy briefly caught him off guard.
• Hu Jia insisted on drinking tea in Lu Yunxiao's room, asked whether he would enter the tournament, and stormed out after he teased her.
• A week later, the Inner Court Selection Tournament began at a packed plaza in Jia Nan Academy's Outer Court.
• Mo Wen defeated a student in yellow and won his match with a curved-blade strike and a palm attack.
• Lu Yunxiao watched from the viewing platform and recognized Mo Wen as an opponent he needed to face.

Lu Yunxiao faced Zhang Lingfeng of Profound Class Four in the academy tournament after Mo Wen won his match. Zhang Lingfeng attacked, and the chapter ended as their battle began.

• Mo Wen won his battle, drew cheers from the students, and exchanged a wary greeting with Lu Yunxiao.
• The announcer called Lu Yunxiao of Yellow Class Two to fight Zhang Lingfeng of Profound Class Four, and Mentor Ruolin and the Yellow Class Two students encouraged him.
• Lu Yunxiao crossed the plaza with Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens and drew louder cheers than Mo Wen, while Hu Gan revealed that Lu Yunxiao had reached the Eight-Star Dou Shi Peak.
• Zhang Lingfeng, a Nine-Star Dou Master Peak, threatened to reclaim Profound Class Four's humiliation, but Lu Yunxiao invited him to attack first.
• Zhang Lingfeng charged at Lu Yunxiao with his sword and unleashed Wind Kill Force.

Lu Yunxiao overwhelmed Zhang Lingfeng with a single sword and continued defeating every opponent in the selection tournament, earning recognition as one of the Outer Court’s strongest contenders. On the final day, the tournament shifted to a massive free-for-all.

• Lu Yunxiao caught Zhang Lingfeng’s sword between two fingers, then defeated him with one slash and won their match.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to Yellow Class Two, where the students praised him and Mentor Ruolin congratulated him.
• Hu Jia reacted with disbelief at Lu Yunxiao’s strength, while Hu Gan recognized the Spirit Gold in his sword and urged her to work harder.
• Lu Yunxiao defeated every opponent he faced, including a Da Dou Shi, and became recognized as one of the Outer Court’s top experts.
• The final day of the selection tournament began with a massive free-for-all instead of one-on-one duels.

Lu Yunxiao and the other four strongest contestants formed an alliance for the free-for-all, then targeted Mo Wen’s group. Lu Yunxiao confronted Mo Wen over his role in the incident involving Profound Class Four and broke Mo Wen’s saber, leaving his attack to strike Mo Wen’s Dou Qi Armor.

• The top thirty-two contestants entered the arena for a free-for-all, with the last five remaining advancing.
• Lu Feng proposed that he, Lu Yunxiao, Chen Yu, Li Cheng, and Zhao Guangyun join forces, and the others agreed.
• Hu Gan and Hu Jia discussed the alliance while Mo Wen realized it had disrupted his plans.
• When the match began, the five attacked Mo Wen’s group, with Lu Yunxiao deliberately guiding them toward it.
• Lu Yunxiao accused Mo Wen of secretly orchestrating the Profound Class Four incident and pressed the attack.
• Lu Yunxiao’s Star Sword Slash severed Mo Wen’s curved saber and struck his Dou Qi Armor.

Lu Yunxiao defeated the remaining challengers in the arena and faced Lu Feng, Li Cheng, Chen Yu, and Zhao Guangyun together. After their decisive clash, he stood alone in the plaza as the four opponents fell outside the arena.

• Lu Yunxiao defeated Mo Wen and kicked him out of the arena while Lu Feng and the others eliminated their opponents.
• Lu Yunxiao's group of five defeated the remaining nineteen contestants and cleared the arena.
• Li Cheng challenged Lu Yunxiao, but Lu Yunxiao's sword strikes sent him flying back.
• Lu Feng, Chen Yu, Zhao Guangyun, and Li Cheng joined forces against Lu Yunxiao, and they fought for over a hundred exchanges.
• Lu Feng and the others unleashed their strongest attacks, but Lu Yunxiao transformed Star Spirit Gold into a divine bow and defeated all four with Star Arrow.

After winning the Inner Court Selection Tournament, Lu Yunxiao received an Amethyst Gourd and the Dragon Slaying Sword, then joined the other top contestants at Jia Nan Academy’s Scripture Repository to claim their rewards. The elders opened the repository’s Space Lock and warned them that they had to pierce each item’s energy barrier to take it.

• Lu Yunxiao received the Amethyst Gourd and Dragon Slaying Sword, tested the sword’s power, and began recovering his Dou Qi.
• Three days after the tournament, Lu Yunxiao and the other top five contestants went with Hu Gan to the Scripture Repository to choose their rewards.
• Lu Yunxiao planned to find an Ice Attribute Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique for Hai Bodong.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai recognized Lu Yunxiao’s Star Spirit Gold and opened the Scripture Repository’s Space Lock.
• One of the grey-robed elders warned the contestants not to force their choices and explained that they had to pierce each item’s energy barrier to obtain it.

Lu Yunxiao obtained the Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique Thousand Shadow Frost Kill from the Scripture Repository. Later, after defeating Wu Hao in a spar, he welcomed Hu Jia as a friend before preparing to enter the Inner Court.

• Lu Yunxiao entered the Scripture Repository with Lu Feng and the others, caught a launched scroll, and explained how the repository’s Energy Barriers worked.
• Lu Yunxiao seized an icy-blue scroll and identified it as the Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique Thousand Shadow Frost Kill.
• Lu Yunxiao later defeated Wu Hao in a sword spar, and Wu Hao said Lu Yunxiao would soon face stronger competition in the Inner Court.
• Lu Yunxiao found Hu Jia waiting outside his dormitory, and she asked whether they were friends.
• Lu Yunxiao said Hu Jia was welcome as a friend if she stopped making trouble, then invited her inside for water.

Lu Yunxiao entered the Inner Court and began the Fire Energy Hunt, quickly building up a large store of fire energy as he defeated senior students. When two Dou Ling guards blocked his path to the final stage, he summoned the Starry Sky Flood Dragon to deal with them.

• Hu Gan opened the Spatial Barrier, and the Gryphon Beast convoy carried the students into the Inner Court.
• Lu Yunxiao considered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and the Fallen Heart Flame, then decided to register as an Inner Court student before returning to the Tagore Desert.
• The Fire Energy Hunt began, and Lu Yunxiao set out to reach the finish first rather than deliberately robbing senior students.
• Lu Yunxiao defeated two seven-star Da Dou Shi who intercepted him, took most of their fire energy, and continued through the forest.
• After a day and a half, two one-star Dou Ling students blocked Lu Yunxiao at the final stage and demanded his Fire Crystal Card.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Starry Sky Flood Dragon, and the two guards cried out in terror.

Lu Yunxiao won the Fire Energy Hunt using his Starry Sky Flood Dragon, earned a large Fire Energy reward and an Azure Fire Crystal Card, and entered the Inner Court with the other new students. He prepared to visit the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, brew wine, and eventually return home.

• Lu Yunxiao defeated two one-star Dou Lings with the Starry Sky Flood Dragon, transferred their Fire Energy, and reached the finish line first.
• The Inner Court teachers accepted Lu Yunxiao's result because using his spirit pet did not break any rules, and he rested while the other students arrived.
• Lu Feng, Chen Yu, Zhao Guangyun, and Li Cheng gathered around Lu Yunxiao, who revealed that he had reached the finish line half a day earlier and faced several opponents.
• The Elder awarded Lu Yunxiao fifty days of Fire Energy and an Azure Fire Crystal Card, which Lu Yunxiao filled with the Fire Energy from his Black Crystal Card.
• The Elder led the new students into the Inner Court, where Lu Yunxiao saw the buildings in the massive basin and looked forward to visiting the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

Lu Yunxiao drove off Inner Court students who tried to rob him by revealing his fifth-tier Starry Sky Flood Dragon, then visited the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. He resisted its projected Heart Flame on his own, astonishing the Elder who came to help.

• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Starry Sky Flood Dragon, forcing the Inner Court senior students who had attacked him to retreat.
• Lu Yunxiao sent the flood dragon back into his sleeve and headed for the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, hoping to avoid further trouble.
• As Lu Yunxiao approached the tower, the Star Spirit Gold in his body trembled, but his Innate Gold Qi calmed it.
• Lu Yunxiao entered the tower and endured the projected Heart Flame, finding that it slightly condensed his Innate Gold Qi.
• Lu Yunxiao used the Star Spirit Gold to extinguish the Heart Flame within himself before the Elder arrived, leaving the Elder astonished at how quickly he had recovered.

Lu Yunxiao met Han Yue in the Inner Court and declined her invitation to join Yue Ling before cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. After two weeks, he stabilized his cultivation and left to gather herbs for brewing wine.

• Han Yue introduced herself to Lu Yunxiao, and Elder Liu praised Lu Yunxiao's talent and fifth-tier spirit pet.
• Elder Liu asked Han Yue to show Lu Yunxiao to a training room, and she led him to the fourth floor of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Han Yue invited Lu Yunxiao to join Yue Ling, but he declined and entered a training room to cultivate.
• Lu Yunxiao spent two weeks condensing his Dou Qi with the Heart Flame and fully stabilized his Eight-Star Dou Shi Peak realm.
• Lu Yunxiao left the tower to look for herbs and prepare to brew wine.