Recaps

Xuan Kongzi and the Pill Tower elders debated how to confront Lu Yunxiao after his forces demonstrated their overwhelming strength, deciding to seek Cao Ying’s help in speaking with him after the battle. Meanwhile, Qing Zhi and Gu Duhang gained the upper hand against Soul Clan fighters, and Huang Ling’er prepared to unleash her full power against the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi vowed to question Lu Yunxiao about his actions, but Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi warned him to account for Lu Yunxiao’s strength and alliances.
• Xuan Yi decided that Cao Ying should put in a good word for the Pill Tower after the battle, and Xuan Kongzi reluctantly agreed.
• Qing Zhi transformed into an azure dragon and struck Soul Fiend hard enough to shatter his bones and send him flying.
• Gu Duhang suppressed Hun Yan and Hun Xuzi with the Black Dragon Sword, injuring both and leaving them struggling to defend themselves.
• Huang Ling’er saw the others advancing and began gathering her Heavenly Phoenix Fire to overwhelm the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Huang Ling'er dominated Nihility Devouring Flame, prompting him to summon the Soul Clan army and launch a combined attack. Lu Yunxiao refused Gu Xun'er's offer to bring in the Gu Clan, while Huang Ling'er faced the descending Seal of Destruction without fear.

• Huang Ling'er used her Heavenly Phoenix Fire to overcome Nihility Devouring Flame and drove him back, while her flames burned Soul Clan members to ashes.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Soul Clan members to assemble, and their combined attack formed a massive black seal above the battlefield.
• Gu Xun'er offered to bring the Gu Clan into the battle, but Lu Yunxiao stopped her and said his forces would face the Soul Clan alone.
• The Soul Clan army unleashed the Seal of Destruction, and Huang Ling'er dismissed the attack as merely decent.

Huang Ling'er used the Sacred Plume Sword to shatter the Soul Clan's Seal of Destruction and overpower Nihility Devouring Flame, while Lu Yunxiao's allies gained the upper hand elsewhere. As Soul Emperor secretly called for aid, four ominous black coffins emerged from the clouds above the plaza.

• Huang Ling'er unleashed the Sacred Plume Sword, destroyed the Seal of Destruction, and wounded the Soul Clan army gathered in the Space Rift.
• Zi Yan vowed to surpass Huang Ling'er, while Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er praised her strength and Lu Yunxiao encouraged Xun'er.
• Huang Ling'er continued fighting Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan army, forcing Nihility Devouring Flame to suffer more wounds.
• Soul Emperor saw his forces losing ground and decided to stop hiding his strength, but Lord of Devouring struck him and pressed the attack.
• Soul Emperor secretly transmitted a command, and four sinister black coffins shot out of the churning black clouds above the plaza.

The Soul Clan revealed four ancient Living Dead whose Gates of Silence trapped Lu Yunxiao’s allied army in a Realm of Death. Huang Ling'er was pinned down by Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan army, leaving the trapped forces to face the array.

• Four ancient Soul Clan Living Dead emerged from black coffins, and Gu Yuan recognized their formidable strength and dense death aura.
• The four Founding Elders created four Gates of Silence and enclosed Lu Yunxiao’s allied army in a Realm of Death that drained their vitality.
• Gu Yuan considered intervening but held back, trusting Lu Yunxiao and waiting to see what he could do.
• Huang Ling'er tried to break through to the trapped army, but Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan army blocked her with coordinated attacks.
• The Lord of Devouring observed the Realm of Death calmly while Huang Ling'er remained pinned down.

Soul Emperor believed the Realm of Death had trapped Lu Yunxiao’s forces, while Lord of Devouring warned him not to underestimate Lu Yunxiao. Inside the formation, the scattered forces came under attack as Lu Yunxiao tried to keep the weakened Gu Xun'er alive.

• Soul Emperor claimed the Soul Clan had already achieved its goal, but Lord of Devouring said Lu Yunxiao still had hidden trump cards.
• The Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Grand Elder identified the formation as the Realm of Death, and Zi Yan warned the trapped forces that its death aura blocked soul detection.
• Zi Yan and the others realized Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er were missing, and Yao Ming feared the four Soul Clan elders had isolated Lu Yunxiao.
• Black spears erupted from the death aura and killed several experts, while Zi Yan and the others struggled to defend themselves.
• Lu Yunxiao found Gu Xun'er weakened by the death aura in a dark space and sustained her with Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy.

Lu Yunxiao comforted the weakened Gu Xun'er inside the Realm of Death and confronted Soul Clan elders Hun Yao and Hun Shengtian. As the elders attacked, Lu Yunxiao called for the Cult Master’s help.

• Gu Xun'er explained that the four Gates of Silence had created the deadly Realm of Death and warned that Zi Yan and the others were in danger.
• Lu Yunxiao restored some of Gu Xun'er's strength and promised to get everyone out, while blaming the Soul Clan for putting her in danger.
• Lu Yunxiao sensed Hun Yao and Hun Shengtian in the darkness and identified both as peak late-stage Eight-Star Dou Shengs.
• Hun Shengtian dismissed Lu Yunxiao's strength, but Lu Yunxiao revealed that he also had a hidden trump card.
• Hun Shengtian ordered an attack and formed a gigantic hand of death, prompting Lu Yunxiao to call on the Cult Master for help.

A mysterious middle-aged man in a crescent-moon robe appeared before Lu Yunxiao and shattered the Realm of Death with a single attack. With the Soul Clan Grand Elders gravely injured and the Gates of Silence destroyed, the death aura faded, while Nihility Devouring Flame realized the battle had turned against him.

• The middle-aged man appeared before Lu Yunxiao, shattered Hun Shengtian and Hun Yao's giant death-aura hand, and showed interest in the Living Dead.
• The man struck the Realm of Death barrier with a giant finger, breaking through it despite Hun Shengtian and the others reinforcing the formation.
• The Realm of Death collapsed, severely injuring the four Soul Clan Grand Elders and causing their Gates of Silence to crack and explode.
• The death aura receded into the surrounding area, while Lu Yunxiao's puppets absorbed some of it and grew stronger.
• Zi Yan spotted Lu Yunxiao unharmed and saw the mysterious man standing before him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame noticed the Realm of Death had fallen and angrily confronted Hun Shengtian and the other Soul Clan Grand Elders.

Lu Yunxiao broke the Soul Clan’s Realm of Death and rescued Gu Xun'er, revealing another powerful ally and ordering the Soul Clan’s destruction. Soul Emperor chose to retreat as Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed his black flames, which Lu Yunxiao shielded his allies from with Phoenix Bath Spring.

• Nihility Devouring Flame sensed that the middle-aged man who broke the Realm of Death was a dangerous expert, while Gu Yuan recognized Lu Yunxiao’s hidden backup plan.
• Lu Yunxiao comforted the weakened Gu Xun'er as the deathly energy left her body and her vitality returned.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered his forces to leave none of the Soul Clan alive, and his allies surged forward with renewed killing intent.
• Soul Emperor told Nihility Devouring Flame to withdraw, and Nihility Devouring Flame began spreading his black flames across the plaza.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned Phoenix Bath Spring to protect his allied forces from the flames, and Gu Yuan recognized it as the third-ranked Holy Water.

Lu Yunxiao’s forces shattered Nihility Devouring Flame’s escape attempt, and Huang Ling’er badly injured him while slaughtering the Soul Clan experts. Lu Yunxiao then called on the Sect Master of Moon Worship to help capture Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame transformed into a black-flame vortex as Soul Clan experts rushed into it to escape.
• Huang Ling’er’s sword strike destroyed the vortex and killed more than a dozen Soul Clan Dou Saints.
• Huang Ling’er absorbed Nihility Devouring Flame’s attacks, forced him out of the vortex, and beat him until he called to Soul Emperor for help.
• Lu Yunxiao told the Sect Master of Moon Worship to act and revealed that he had summoned the powerful figure from the Sword and Fairy 1 World.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that Sect Master of Moon Worship was powerful enough to confront the Soul Clan and ordered him to act. Moon Worship crushed Soul Emperor and shattered the Soul Clan’s attack, while Lu Yunxiao and his allies withdrew to protect the Pill Tower and watch the battle.

• Lu Yunxiao judged that Sect Master of Moon Worship could help him face the Soul Clan, even if they mobilized their full force.
• Sect Master of Moon Worship shattered the Seal of Destruction, sending a backlash through the Soul Clan troops beyond the Space Rift.
• Sect Master of Moon Worship struck Soul Emperor with the Five Elements Power, overwhelming his full-power counterattack and smashing him into the ground.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Gu Duhang and the others to reinforce the Pill Tower, then retreated with Gu Xun'er to watch the fight.
• Gu Yuan saw Moon Worship’s strength and concluded that he was below a Dou Di but far stronger than himself or Soul Emperor.

Gu Yuan recognized the Moon Worship Sect Master as a Half-Emperor while Huang Ling'er and Lord of Devouring cornered Nihility Devouring Flame. Nihility Devouring Flame triggered the Soul Clan experts he controlled to self-destruct, leaving Huang Ling'er and Lord of Devouring struggling against the explosions as Lu Yunxiao formed an idea.

• Gu Yuan recognized the Moon Worship Sect Master as a Half-Emperor and realized the continent's power balance was about to change.
• Huang Ling'er attacked Nihility Devouring Flame while Lord of Devouring joined her, and the two badly injured him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame controlled more than a dozen Soul Clan Dou Saints and ordered them to attack Huang Ling'er and Lord of Devouring.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Nihility Devouring Flame had infiltrated the Soul Clan and controlled most of its experts.
• The controlled Dou Saints began self-destructing, reducing Holy Pill City to ash and forcing Huang Ling'er and Lord of Devouring to defend themselves against the shockwaves.
• Lu Yunxiao watched the explosions and suddenly came up with an idea.

Nihility Devouring Flame used the Soul Clan’s self-destructions to cover his escape, but Sect Master of Moon Worship tore through the energy storm and stopped Soul Emperor. As Moon Worship confronted Soul Emperor, Lu Yunxiao reflected on the power he still needed to reach.

• Lu Yunxiao realized Nihility Devouring Flame had made Soul Clan members self-destruct to hinder the Lord of Devouring and Huang Ling'er and escape.
• Gu Xun'er pointed out that the Lord of Devouring and Huang Ling'er could not leave the Pill Tower unprotected while the explosions continued.
• Sect Master of Moon Worship tore open the energy storm, exposed the wounded Soul Emperor, and blocked his escape.
• Lu Yunxiao thought about the limits of his strength and the power he could draw from the Demon Suppressing Sword, then resolved to keep growing stronger.
• Sect Master of Moon Worship told Soul Emperor that their fight was not finished and showed his eagerness to kill him.

Soul Emperor fought the Sect Master of Moon Worship, who overwhelmed him with the gap between their powers. To survive Moon Worship’s next attack, Soul Emperor sacrificed four Soul Clan elders by hurling them at him and detonating their unstable energy.

• Soul Emperor and the Sect Master of Moon Worship disagreed over whether love mattered, and Moon Worship attacked him with a massive hand seal.
• Soul Emperor countered with a frigid finger strike, but Moon Worship shattered it and blasted him back, leaving him bleeding.
• Moon Worship followed with a Five Elements Strike that threatened to cripple Soul Emperor.
• Soul Emperor seized Hun Shengtian and the other three elders, destabilized their energy, and hurled them at Moon Worship.
• Hun Shengtian and the other three elders detonated just as they reached Moon Worship, unleashing a massive explosion.

Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped while Moon Worship and the others held back the destruction caused by the Soul Clan’s self-destruction. After the energy subsided, Holy Pill City lay in ruins, though most of its people had survived inside the Pill Tower’s small world.

• Hun Shengtian and three other Eight-Star Dou Shengs self-destructed, and Moon Worship shielded Lu Yunxiao and the Pill Tower from the blast.
• Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame used the chaos to escape, leaving the Soul Clan’s foundation destroyed and threatening to return.
• Lu Yunxiao answered Soul Emperor’s threats and declared that he would kill him if he returned.
• The destructive energy faded, revealing that Holy Pill City had been reduced to ashes except for the Pill Tower.
• Most of Holy Pill City’s people survived inside the Pill Tower’s small world, though some had died in the battle.

After Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped, Lu Yunxiao decided to exploit their injuries by destroying the Soul Hall. Gu Yuan offered the Gu Clan’s help, leaving the alliance poised to begin the campaign.

• Huang Ling'er, Lord of Devouring, and Sect Master of Moon Worship lamented that Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame had escaped after Soul Clan experts self-destructed.
• Lu Yunxiao said the two fugitives were badly injured and ordered his forces to eliminate the Soul Hall while they recovered.
• Lu Yunxiao told Huang Ling'er to have her experts assist Yao Ming and the others in sweeping through the Soul Hall.
• Gu Yuan arrived with the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan and offered the Gu Clan’s help in eradicating the Soul Hall.
• Gu Yuan greeted Huang Ling'er, Lord of Devouring, and Sect Master of Moon Worship, while Sect Master of Moon Worship showed little interest in him.

After Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame escaped, Lu Yunxiao arranged to join forces with the Gu Clan to eradicate the Soul Hall. The Pill Tower’s leaders and Lu Yunxiao’s companions gathered amid Holy Pill City’s ruins, where his casual account of the battle stunned the onlookers.

• Sect Master of Moon Worship apologized to Lu Yunxiao for letting Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame escape, but Lu Yunxiao told him not to blame himself and turned his attention to destroying the Soul Hall.
• Gu Yuan offered the Gu Clan’s help in wiping out the Soul Hall, and Lu Yunxiao accepted, strengthening their alliance.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Lu Yunxiao as family, while Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er shared a tender look.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others emerged from the Pill Tower’s formation and mourned Holy Pill City’s destruction, though the Grand Elder noted that the Pill Tower’s people were safe.
• Zi Yan rushed to check whether Lu Yunxiao had injured himself with his sword strike, and he reassured her that defeating a Three-Star Dou Sheng had required no special effort.
• Gu Yuan, the Three Immortals of the Ancient Clan, and the Grand Elder of the Minor Pill Tower were left stunned by Lu Yunxiao’s claim, while Gu Xun'er praised him.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Zi Yan, introduced her to Gu Yuan, and praised her potential before Lord of Devouring recognized Qing Zhi as a descendant of Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor. The chapter ended with Lu Yunxiao explaining that Six-Fingered was a legendary powerhouse from another world whom Zi Yan had never heard of.

• Lu Yunxiao teased Zi Yan by pinching her cheek, then introduced her to Gu Yuan, who recognized her Supreme Dragon Phoenix Bloodline.
• Lu Yunxiao said Zi Yan could surpass the Dou Saint realm, prompting Gu Yuan to wonder whether Lu Yunxiao knew how to become a Dou Di.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned Qing Zhi, and Lord of Devouring recognized him as a descendant of Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor.
• Qing Zhi greeted Lord of Devouring, who praised his strength and said he had not disgraced Six-Fingered.
• Zi Yan asked about Six-Fingered, and Lu Yunxiao explained that he was a legendary expert from another world.

Lu Yunxiao assigned Qing Zhi to serve Zi Yan and met the Grand Elder of the Minor Pill Tower after the battle. He promised to rebuild Holy Pill City, but the Grand Elder assured him the Pill Tower was grateful for the defeat of the Soul Clan.

• Lu Yunxiao told Zi Yan he would explain the Six-Fingered Sacred Dragon Emperor later and ordered Qing Zhi to follow her.
• Zi Yan gloated at Huang Ling'er, but Lu Yunxiao warned her not to cause trouble.
• The Grand Elder of the Minor Pill Tower greeted Lu Yunxiao and praised his strength and alchemy.
• Lu Yunxiao apologized for Holy Pill City's destruction and promised to rebuild it quickly.
• The Grand Elder said defeating the Soul Hall and Soul Clan made the city's destruction worthwhile and thanked Lu Yunxiao and the saints.

After the battle destroyed Holy Pill City, Lu Yunxiao accepted responsibility and agreed that the Gu Clan would help rebuild it while his forces and Gu Yuan’s forces launched a campaign against the Soul Hall. He then reunited the Pill Tower Three Giants with their old friend Yao Chen, leaving them astonished at his return.

• Lu Yunxiao accepted responsibility for the damage to Holy Pill City, and Gu Yuan offered the Gu Clan’s help to rebuild it.
• Lu Yunxiao and his group settled in the Pill Tower as Huang Ling’er and Gu Yuan dispatched forces to eradicate the Soul Hall.
• Lu Yunxiao apologized to Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the third elder for concealing his identity.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Lu Yunxiao not to hurt Cao Ying, and Lu Yunxiao promised to protect her.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned Yao Chen, and the Pill Tower Three Giants recognized their old friend in shock.

Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi after returning from the dead, and explained how Lu Yunxiao had helped him. He revealed that he had reached One-Star Dou Sheng, while the others learned Lu Yunxiao had kept him out of the recent battle to protect him and preserve his value as a Rank 9 Alchemist.

• Yao Chen greeted Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi, then recounted how Soul Hall and Han Feng had harmed him and how Lu Yunxiao had brought him back to life.
• Xuan Yi learned that Han Feng was already dead and that Yao Chen had dealt with his traitorous disciple himself.
• Yao Chen declared his loyalty to Lu Yunxiao and revealed that he had reached the early stage of One-Star Dou Sheng thanks to a Dou Sheng Skeleton Lu Yunxiao had found for him.
• Xuan Kongzi and Yao Chen joked about why Yao Chen had not joined the battle, and Xuan Kongzi suggested he had been too weak to contribute.
• Lu Yunxiao smiled as he noted that Yao Chen was more valuable as a Rank 9 Alchemist than as a fighter, so he had kept him out of danger.

After the allied forces destroyed the Soul Hall’s branches across the Central Continent, Lu Yunxiao prepared to enter the Star Domain and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Zi Yan placed a Dragon Seal on his palm, then warned him that the seal could turn against him if he failed.

• The allied forces wiped out the Soul Hall’s branch halls and Three Halls of Heaven, Earth, and Man across the Central Continent, then continued searching other regions.
• Lu Yunxiao told Gu Xun'er he would bring out the Three Thousand Burning Flame for her and assured her he would be safe.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Zi Yan to draw a Dragon Seal on his palm to make subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame easier.
• Zi Yan used Ancient Void Dragon blood essence to form the Dragon Seal on Lu Yunxiao’s palm.
• Zi Yan warned Lu Yunxiao that the Dragon Seal was reciprocal and could control him if he failed, alarming Yun Yun and the other women.

Lu Yunxiao reassured Zi Yan and the others that he could safely subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then prepared to enter the Star Domain with the Pill Tower’s top contestants. Before they departed, Cao Ying invited herself to visit his Cloud Sect, while privately wondering whether she was worthy of him.

• Lu Yunxiao sensed the Dragon-Phoenix aura in Zi Yan’s blood essence and realized she had used it to make a powerful Dragon Seal for him.
• Xuan Kongzi summoned the top contestants outside the Pill Tower to enter the Star Domain, where Lu Yunxiao stood at the front with Cao Ying beside him.
• Cao Ying congratulated Lu Yunxiao on his growing fame, and he dismissed it as incidental to securing a firm foothold on the continent.
• Lu Yunxiao told Cao Ying he would leave the Pill Region after subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame and invited her to visit his Cloud Sect.
• Cao Ying accepted the invitation but privately doubted that she could measure up to Lu Yunxiao and the women around him.

Cao Ying doubted whether she was worthy of Lu Yunxiao, while he considered their complicated relationship and decided to let it unfold naturally. Lu Yunxiao and the others entered the Star Domain, where Venerable Xuan Yi warned them to stay together as they searched for Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Cao Ying felt inferior to Zi Yan and Gu Xun'er and questioned whether she was worthy of confessing her love to Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao considered his existing family and his uncertainty about Cao Ying's feelings, then decided their friendship was pleasant as it was.
• Xuan Kongzi and the other two opened a spatial gate, and Venerable Xuan Yi announced that she would lead the group into the Star Domain.
• Venerable Xuan Yi entered the gate first, followed by Lu Yunxiao and the other nine people.
• Lu Yunxiao sensed Three Thousand Burning Flame resonating with the Heavenly Flames in his body after the group arrived in the Star Domain.
• Venerable Xuan Yi explained that the Star Domain was exposed to Star Power and warned everyone to follow her because some areas connected directly to Void Space.

Venerable Xuan Yi led Lu Yunxiao and the others through the Star Domain to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame, which had taken the form of an enormous dragon. Lu Yunxiao approached it first, preparing to test whether he could subdue it as Venerable Xuan Yi instructed.

• Venerable Xuan Yi warned the group about the Star Domain’s dangers and led them onward through the rising heat.
• Lu Yunxiao sensed the Heavenly Flames within him react as the group neared a dazzling light in the distance.
• The group discovered the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame coiled in the shape of a giant dragon, and everyone but Lu Yunxiao was shocked by its size and might.
• Venerable Xuan Yi told Lu Yunxiao, the Pill Gathering champion, to approach the flame first.
• Lu Yunxiao reached the dragon’s head and heard Venerable Xuan Yi instruct him to place his palm on an uncovered scale and send Soul Power into it.
• Lu Yunxiao doubted the gentle method would work and believed he would need to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame by force.

Lu Yunxiao confronted the Three Thousand Burning Flame, offering it a chance to submit before overpowering its attack with his own Heavenly Flames. He used the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Seal to bind it, and began sensing its emotions as Venerable Xuan Yi and the others watched from a distance.

• Lu Yunxiao inspected the seal on the dragon scale and sent his Soul Power into it, encountering the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s origin form.
• Lu Yunxiao offered the Three Thousand Burning Flame a chance to follow him, but it refused and attacked with purple-black flames.
• Lu Yunxiao merged his Heavenly Flames and devoured the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s incoming attack, provoking its desire to devour his flames.
• Lu Yunxiao threw a Jade Bottle containing dark golden blood at the Three Thousand Burning Flame, causing the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Seal to appear on its forehead.
• Venerable Xuan Yi ordered the others to retreat as Lu Yunxiao faced the flame alone.
• Lu Yunxiao felt the Dragon Seal grow hot and began sensing the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s emotions.