Recaps

Lu Yunxiao harvested the Green Lotus Core Flame and eleven Earthfire Lotus Seeds, then returned to the surface with Hai Bodong. Before he could leave, Queen Medusa appeared and demanded that he hand over the Heavenly Flame.

• Lu Yunxiao cut the green lotus free with a jade ruler, leaving its energy-devouring stem behind, while Hai Bodong helped him remove eleven Earthfire Lotus Seeds.
• Lu Yunxiao and Hai Bodong swam to shore, and the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake slipped into Lu Yunxiao's sleeve.
• Lu Yunxiao emerged from the cave and promised Xiao Ding a Profound-tier Dou Skill after they returned, saying he needed to deal with the Heavenly Flame first.
• Queen Medusa appeared in midair and demanded that Lu Yunxiao hand over the Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong shielded Lu Yunxiao from Queen Medusa's pressure, and Lu Yunxiao used Star Spirit Gold to raise his aura to the Dou Ling level and stay standing.

Lu Yunxiao faced Queen Medusa, who demanded the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Hai Bodong and Lu Yunxiao’s Spirit Pets failed to stop her. As Medusa struck at Lu Yunxiao, he said he would give her the Heavenly Flame.

• Hai Bodong warned that Queen Medusa was hostile, and Xiao Ding and the others trembled in fear of her.
• Medusa demanded the Heavenly Flame from Hai Bodong and threatened to destroy him, leaving him too frightened to fight confidently.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the system how to keep the Green Lotus Core Flame from being refined and put away his Peak Dou Zong Experience Card.
• Lu Yunxiao provoked Medusa, and Hai Bodong charged to meet her but was wounded and sent flying after their clash.
• Medusa attacked Lu Yunxiao, sent the Starry Sky Flood Dragon and Snow Demon Ape flying, and closed in on him.
• As Medusa struck at him, Lu Yunxiao said he would give her the Heavenly Flame.

Lu Yunxiao let Queen Medusa escape with the Green Lotus Core Flame, trusting that the System had marked it so nobody else could refine it. He planned to reclaim both Medusa and the flame later, while Hai Bodong warned him against provoking her again.

• Lu Yunxiao used the Green Lotus Core Flame to counter Queen Medusa's charge, seriously injuring her before Hai Bodong and two fifth-tier Spirit Pets could reach them.
• Queen Medusa suppressed the flame's backlash, threatened Lu Yunxiao, and fled rather than risk fighting Hai Bodong and the Spirit Pets while wounded.
• The System told Lu Yunxiao it had marked the Green Lotus Core Flame and ensured that nobody but him could refine it.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had let Medusa take the flame so he could later claim her as his wife without using the Soul Contract Stone.
• Hai Bodong scolded Lu Yunxiao for recklessly provoking Medusa and urged him to abandon the flame, while Lu Yunxiao secretly intended to pursue her later.

After Medusa took the Heavenly Flames, Lu Yunxiao rewarded Xiao Ding and brought Qing Lin with him. Back in Mo City, Lu Yunxiao reached the peak of Nine Star Dou Master and settled into life with Qing Lin, who insisted on serving him.

• Lu Yunxiao gave Xiao Ding a Mysterious-tier Mid-grade Dou Skill as promised and asked to take Qing Lin with him.
• Xiao Ding agreed, and Qing Lin happily left with Lu Yunxiao and Hai Bodong.
• Three days after returning to Mo City, Lu Yunxiao reached the Nine-Star Dou Master Peak while studying the Earthfire Lotus Seed.
• Qing Lin brought Lu Yunxiao water and insisted she wanted to keep serving him, despite his asking her to be his little sister rather than a servant.

Lu Yunxiao arranged to travel to Wu Tan City while Hai Bodong took Qing Lin to the Imperial Capital, where they would reunite later. After the system assigned him a check-in mission in Wu Tan City, Lu Yunxiao departed there alone on the Starry Sky Flood Dragon.

• Lu Yunxiao asked Qing Lin about her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and her control of the Two-headed Fire Spirit Snake, and encouraged her to keep growing stronger.
• Lu Yunxiao told Hai Bodong he planned to visit Wu Tan City, and they agreed Hai Bodong would take Qing Lin to the Imperial Capital before Lu Yunxiao joined them.
• The system activated a Wu Tan City check-in mission, offering a random physique-seal unlock and a random Earth-tier Low-grade Cultivation Technique or Dou Skill.
• Qing Lin asked to accompany Lu Yunxiao, but he comforted her and insisted she travel with Hai Bodong instead.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Hai Bodong a Tier 5 Spirit Recovery Clear Pill prescription, then departed for Wu Tan City on the Starry Sky Flood Dragon.

Lu Yunxiao arrived in Wu Tan City and went to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment grounds, where he reunited with Mentor Ruolin and the older students. His arrival interrupted Xiao Yan’s request for a year of leave, and Lu Yunxiao turned to Xiao Yu as he explained why he had come.

• Lu Yunxiao entered Wu Tan City, noticed the Xiao Clan’s rise, and asked a young woman for directions to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment site.
• At the recruitment grounds, Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruolin for a year of leave, but she refused because the academy had no such precedent.
• A commotion outside the tent startled Robb, who returned in alarm after recognizing Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao entered the tent and was warmly greeted by Mentor Ruolin and the older students, while Xue Ni rushed over hoping to hug him.
• Lu Yunxiao told Mentor Ruolin that he had come to handle matters in the Jia Ma Empire and visit Wu Tan City at Xiao Yu’s invitation.

Lu Yunxiao visited Xiao Yu and Mentor Ruolin, then met Xiao Yu’s younger brother and other Xiao Clan members, including Xiao Yan. He recognized Xiao Yan’s strength and began to repeat what Xiao Yu had said about him.

• Lu Yunxiao congratulated Mentor Ruolin on becoming a Xuan-rank mentor and answered the students’ questions about the Inner Court.
• Lu Yunxiao let Robb off for his earlier mistake, and Robb gratefully said he had only been surprised to see him.
• Xiao Yu introduced Lu Yunxiao to Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, and Lu Yunxiao noted their Dou Qi levels.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yan, and Lu Yunxiao recognized his Four-Star Dou Practitioner strength.
• Xiao Yan wondered how Lu Yunxiao knew him as Lu Yunxiao began to say that Xiao Yu had called him a lecherous little perv.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Gu Xun'er after nine years, and the two quietly revealed their mutual longing as they met again at Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan’s request for a year of leave remained unresolved when Mentor Ruolin proposed a test involving Lu Yunxiao.

• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Xun'er to Lu Yunxiao, who recognized her talent and praised her beauty while privately reacting to seeing her again after nine years.
• Gu Xun'er and Lu Yunxiao exchanged emotional looks, each suppressing the urge to embrace the other, until Xiao Yu interrupted them.
• Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruolin again for a year of leave and insisted that he had no choice but to take it.
• Mentor Ruolin offered to approve Xiao Yan’s leave if he passed a test, then called Lu Yunxiao over.

Lu Yunxiao agreed to help Mentor Ruolin handle Xiao Yan's request for a year off, and she made the leave conditional on Xiao Yan withstanding twenty moves from him. Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had reached the Nine-Star Dou Master Peak, leaving Xiao Yan and the others shocked as the test loomed.

• Mentor Ruolin asked Lu Yunxiao what to do about Xiao Yan's request for a year off, and he initially told her to approve it.
• Mentor Ruolin persuaded Lu Yunxiao to help her, and he agreed because she had treated him well.
• Mentor Ruolin told Xiao Yan he could take leave if he withstood twenty moves from Lu Yunxiao.
• Xiao Yu explained that Lu Yunxiao was a Dou Master who could challenge opponents above his level, making the test seem impossible for Xiao Yan.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had recently reached the Nine-Star Dou Master Peak, astonishing Mentor Ruolin, Xiao Yan, and the others.

Lu Yunxiao proposed fighting Xiao Yan with both of them at Four-Star Dou Practitioner level, requiring Xiao Yan to withstand twenty moves to earn a year of leave. Mentor Ruolin accepted, and the two went to an open square to begin their test.

• Lu Yunxiao interrupted Xiao Yan's acceptance and proposed suppressing his strength to Four-Star Dou Practitioner level for their test.
• Lu Yunxiao persuaded Mentor Ruolin that surviving twenty moves would prove Xiao Yan deserved a year of leave.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge, determined to defeat Lu Yunxiao, while Gu Xun'er dismissed his confidence.
• Mentor Ruolin led everyone to an open square, where Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yan faced each other to fight.

Lu Yunxiao dominated his barehanded match against Xiao Yan, defeating him in ten moves. Xiao Yan recognized Lu Yunxiao’s imitation of Eight Extremes Collapse and demanded to know how he had learned it.

• Xiao Yan and Lu Yunxiao agreed to fight barehanded, and Mentor Ruolin started the match.
• Xiao Yan’s opening punch was overwhelmed by Lu Yunxiao’s Metal Attribute Dou Qi, and Lu Yunxiao explained that Xiao Yan’s Fire Element was too ordinary to counter it.
• Xiao Yan launched several close-combat Dou Techniques, but Lu Yunxiao blocked them with ease.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Eight Extremes Collapse, but Lu Yunxiao used Tide-Watching Fist to break through its hidden force and send him flying.
• Lu Yunxiao caught up to Xiao Yan and struck him down with a move Xiao Yan recognized as Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Yan spat blood and demanded to know how Lu Yunxiao knew Eight Extremes Collapse.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had learned Xiao Yan’s Eight Extremes Collapse after seeing it once, then defeated Xiao Yan and left him determined to surpass him. After the recruitment ended, Gu Xun’er persuaded Lu Yunxiao to accept Xiao Yu’s invitation to stay at the Xiao Clan with Mentor Ruolin and the other students.

• Xiao Yan demanded to know how Lu Yunxiao knew Eight Extremes Collapse, and Lu Yunxiao said he had copied it after watching Xiao Yan use it once.
• Lu Yunxiao praised Xiao Yan’s incomplete technique, accepted his victory, and left Xiao Yan stunned by the gap between them.
• Xiao Yan admitted defeat and vowed to defeat Lu Yunxiao someday, while Old Yao urged him to grow stronger through experience, Heavenly Flames, and the Flame Mantra.
• Xue Ni and the other female students surrounded Lu Yunxiao and questioned him about his talents, but he turned to Mentor Ruolin to confirm that recruitment was over.
• Xiao Yu invited Mentor Ruolin and Lu Yunxiao to stay at the Xiao Clan, and Lu Yunxiao agreed after Gu Xun’er supported the suggestion.

Gu Xun'er invited Lu Yunxiao to walk with her after the recruitment ended, surprising everyone at the Xiao residence. She brought him to a teahouse, where they sat alone together, still unsure what to say after nine years apart.

• Xiao Yu welcomed the Jia Nan Academy mentors to stay at the Xiao residence, hoping to strengthen the Xiao Clan's standing and ties with Lu Yunxiao.
• Gu Xun'er invited Lu Yunxiao to take a walk, leaving Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Xiao Ning, and the others astonished.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted Gu Xun'er's invitation, and the two left the tent together as the others speculated about their relationship.
• Gu Xun'er led Lu Yunxiao into a familiar teahouse and ordered their usual tea and snacks.
• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er sat facing each other in a private room, but neither spoke.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Gu Xun'er after nine years, revealed that he was her long-lost Brother Gu Xiao, and comforted her as she confessed how much she had missed him. Their reunion ended with Gu Xun'er clinging to him and Lu Yunxiao realizing she might see him as more than an older brother.

• Gu Xun'er used the pastries and their conversation about siblings to hint that she recognized Lu Yunxiao as her missing older brother.
• Gu Xun'er attacked Lu Yunxiao with a flurry of punches, and he embraced her and apologized for leaving her for nine years.
• Gu Xun'er tearfully told Lu Yunxiao how much she had missed him and asked why he had left; he assured her that she had done nothing wrong and promised not to hide again.
• Gu Xun'er vowed not to let Lu Yunxiao disappear from her sight, then held on to him when he tried to step away.
• Lu Yunxiao realized Gu Xun'er might have romantic feelings for him and wondered whether their sibling relationship was changing.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Gu Xun'er after nine years, and their affection for each other became clear as they embraced and talked. He asked her to keep his return secret from the Gu Clan, including Gu Yuan, until he was strong enough to protect himself.

• Gu Xun'er showed Lu Yunxiao the Yin Pendant, and the two joined it with his Yang Pendant to form the Taiji Yin-Yang Jade Pendant.
• Gu Xun'er told Lu Yunxiao how much she had missed him, and they embraced and shared a tender reunion.
• Gu Xun'er asked where Lu Yunxiao had been for nine years, and he explained that he had stayed around the Jia Ma Empire and only learned she was at Jia Nan Academy through Xiao Yu.
• Gu Xun'er said she had left the Ancient Realm to search for Lu Yunxiao, and he was moved by her devotion.
• When Gu Xun'er mentioned that her father and the Gu Clan had been searching for him, Lu Yunxiao asked her to conceal his return from everyone, including Gu Yuan.

Lu Yunxiao asked Gu Xun'er to keep his return secret from the Gu Clan, and she agreed rather than risk losing him again. The two grew closer as they walked back to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yu and Mentor Ruolin noticed their growing intimacy.

• Gu Xun'er agreed not to tell the Gu Clan that she had found Lu Yunxiao, and he promised to return openly to the Ancient Realm one day.
• Gu Xun'er playfully bit Lu Yunxiao after he teased her by withholding what he would do when he returned.
• As they walked through the city holding hands, Lu Yunxiao asked Gu Xun'er to call him Brother Yunxiao in public, and she confirmed that Ling Ying was keeping his distance.
• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er returned to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yu and the others questioned their long outing and noticed how close they seemed.
• Mentor Ruolin welcomed their closeness, while Xiao Yu felt jealous of their apparent progress.

Lu Yunxiao claimed his check-in reward at the Xiao Clan and unsealed the Wind Element, awakening the innate divine ability Elemental True Sight. Ling Ying secretly investigated him and watched the awakening, but Lu Yunxiao noticed him and opened his glowing eyes in Ling Ying’s direction.

• Gu Xun'er escorted Lu Yunxiao to his room and said she would show him around Wu Tan City the next day.
• Lu Yunxiao claimed a Wind Element unsealing and the Earth-tier Low-grade Wind Catkin Scripture from the system.
• Lu Yunxiao unsealed the Wind Element, causing a gale to sweep through his room.
• Ling Ying sneaked into Lu Yunxiao’s room to investigate his identity while the unsealing was underway.
• Lu Yunxiao awakened Elemental True Sight, and Ling Ying watched the display before Lu Yunxiao opened his azure-gold glowing eyes toward him.

Lu Yunxiao used the Elemental True Sight’s awakened power to ambush and bind Ling Ying with a Soul Contract, then learned that Lin Feng also served Gu Xun’er and planned to deal with him. The next morning, Lu Yunxiao joined Gu Xun’er for breakfast, where their closeness drew the attention of the others.

• Lu Yunxiao struck Ling Ying with the Elemental True Sight and used the Soul Contract Stone to make him his servant.
• Ling Ying told Lu Yunxiao that Lin Feng also served Gu Xun’er and would return within days, so Lu Yunxiao ordered Ling Ying to keep Lin Feng there until he could deal with him.
• Lu Yunxiao sent Ling Ying away, restored the room, and resumed cultivating.
• The next morning, Gu Xun’er visited Lu Yunxiao, and they went to breakfast together.
• Xiao Yu welcomed them while Xiao Yan admired Lu Yunxiao, Xiao Ning felt dejected, and Xiao Mei envied Gu Xun’er.

Lu Yunxiao toured Wu Tan City with Xiao Yu and the others while Xiao Yan privately learned from Old Yao that Lu Yunxiao had grown stronger and might possess dual attributes. At the Xiao Clan Marketplace, Lu Yunxiao bought Gu Xun'er a necklace, leaving the other girls envious.

• After breakfast, Mentor Ruolin and the others went to recruit students, while Xiao Yu and the others showed Lu Yunxiao around Wu Tan City and Xiao Yan followed behind.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about Lu Yunxiao, and Old Yao sensed that Lu Yunxiao had become stronger and might have dual attributes.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan not to provoke Lu Yunxiao, and Xiao Yan said he only wanted to defeat him once.
• Xiao Yu showed Lu Yunxiao the Xiao Clan Marketplace, where the Xiao Clan's Blood Coagulation Powder drew a long line of customers.
• Lu Yunxiao bargained for a silver necklace set with a lightning-attribute Magical Core and gave it to Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er happily accepted the necklace as Lu Yunxiao moved closer to put it on her.

Lu Yunxiao gave Gu Xun'er a necklace and openly grew closer to her while Xiao Yu and the others watched. The group entered the Mitel Auction House, where they met Ya Fei.

• Lu Yunxiao fastened a necklace around Gu Xun'er's neck, and she fell into his arms as he held her waist.
• Xiao Yu objected to their public affection, then led the group onward while Xiao Ning followed dejectedly and Xiao Yan watched them.
• The group reached the Mitel Auction House, and Lu Yunxiao agreed to go inside after recognizing its emblem and thinking of Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yu explained the appraisal room before Ya Fei appeared and greeted the Xiao Clan visitors, including Xiao Yan.

Lu Yunxiao brought a bottle of Jade Crystal Wine to the Mitel Auction House in Wu Tan City, where Ya Fei met him and arranged for it to be appraised. The chapter ended as Gu Ni arrived to examine the unfamiliar wine.

• Lu Yunxiao considered preventing the Mittel Family from becoming connected to Xiao Yan, but decided there was no need to interfere with Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei noticed Lu Yunxiao and asked whether he had come to the Wu Tan City Auction House before.
• Lu Yunxiao said he had an item to auction and followed Ya Fei to the appraisal room with Gu Xun'er and the others.
• Lu Yunxiao presented Jade Crystal Wine, which the appraiser could not identify, so Ya Fei sent for Gu Ni.
• Ya Fei flirted with Lu Yunxiao and learned his name, while Gu Xun'er reacted jealously.
• The appraiser returned with Gu Ni, the Auction House's Tier 2 Alchemist.

Lu Yunxiao introduced Jade Crystal Wine at the auction house, explaining its effects and the nearly lost profession of Spirit Wine Masters. Gu Ni and the others were stunned by the wine’s potency, while Xiao Yan agreed to bid on it for Venerable Yao to study.

• Gu Ni examined Lu Yunxiao’s Jade Crystal Wine and was shocked to find that its energy rivaled a Tier 4 Medicinal Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao named the wine Jade Crystal Wine and explained that it accelerated cultivation for practitioners at the Dou Ling realm and below.
• Gu Ni, Ya Fei, Xiao Yu, and the others reacted with astonishment as Lu Yunxiao described Spirit Wine Masters as peers of alchemists.
• Venerable Yao told Xiao Yan to bid on the wine so he could study it, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Spirit Wine Masters’ inheritance had nearly vanished, much like the ancient artifact-refining profession.

Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had brewed the Jade Crystal Wine himself, claiming the title of Spirit Wine Master, and brought four more bottles to be auctioned at the Mitel Auction House. As Ya Fei prepared the auction, Gu Xun'er grew jealous of her charms, and Lu Yunxiao reassured her.

• Lu Yunxiao confirmed that he had brewed the Jade Crystal Wine, astonishing Gu Ni, Xiao Yan, and the others.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Spirit Wine Masters could exist but encouraged him to focus on becoming an alchemist.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Ya Fei four more bottles of Jade Crystal Wine to add to the auction and followed her group to the auction hall.
• Ya Fei left to prepare for the auction after escorting Lu Yunxiao and the others to their seats.
• Gu Xun'er teased Lu Yunxiao about looking at Ya Fei, and he took her hand and promised not to be foolish.

Lu Yunxiao deflected Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan’s attempt to embarrass him by praising Gu Xun’er, then attended the Wu Tan City auction. He sold his Spirit Wine for a strong price and left with a Mitel Auction House VIP card.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan prompted Lu Yunxiao to comment on Ya Fei’s figure, and he praised Gu Xun’er instead until she was pleased.
• Lu Yunxiao bought a Dragon Scale Fruit at the auction and sold his Spirit Wine for more than seven hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan bought a bottle of Spirit Wine, and Lu Yunxiao suspected Old Yao wanted to study it.
• Ya Fei gave Lu Yunxiao his proceeds and a Mitel Auction House VIP card that reduced his commission to two percent.

After securing Lin Feng and removing both spies around Gu Xun'er, Lu Yunxiao grew closer to her and learned she still had not obtained the Ancient Jade. He planned to retrieve it for the Gu Clan, but insisted on compensating and protecting the Xiao Clan.

• Lu Yunxiao accepted Ya Fei's golden card after selling Jade Crystal Wine at the Mitel Auction House.
• Ling Ying lured Lin Feng into an ambush, where Lu Yunxiao and two fifth-tier Spirit Pets subdued him and bound him with a Soul Contract Stone.
• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er spent time together in a teahouse, where she fed him Purple Jade Cake and nestled in his arms.
• Lu Yunxiao learned that Gu Xun'er had not found the Ancient Jade because she had spent years searching for him and because its hiding place was difficult to discover.
• Lu Yunxiao offered to retrieve the Ancient Jade himself and asked Gu Xun'er for an Earth Tier Technique to leave as compensation for the Xiao Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Gu Xun'er to announce that the Gu Clan had obtained the Ancient Jade and to ensure the Xiao Clan received protection from destruction.