Recaps

Lu Yunxiao freed Yao Ming, helped him reclaim the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan, and obtained the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s inheritance. The group returned to Ancient Dragon Island, where Zi Yan began absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit while Lu Yunxiao refined a Dou Sheng Puppet in the Void Lightning Pool.

• Lu Yunxiao defeated the attackers at the Dou Sheng Remnant, then traveled to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to find Yao Ming, whom Yao Xiaotian had imprisoned for centuries.
• Lu Yunxiao bound Yao Ming to him with a Soul Contract Stone and freed him, then helped him defeat Yao Xiaotian and reclaim leadership of the Nine Nether Deep Ground Python Clan.
• Yao Ming gave Lu Yunxiao the clan’s Monster Cores, then led him to the Yellow Spring Stone Tablet, where Lu Yunxiao passed the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s trials and received Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and Demonic Saint Essence Blood.
• Lu Yunxiao refined the essence blood and grew stronger, while Yao Ming brought the clan under control and prepared to follow Lu Yunxiao’s orders.
• Lu Yunxiao returned with Zi Yan and his companions to East Dragon Island, where the elders prepared Zi Yan to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Little Star Demonic Saint Essence Blood and Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood, then traveled to the Void Lightning Pool to refine Dou Sheng Puppets.
• Lu Yunxiao refined the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s body in the Purple Abyss Cauldron as Zi Yan began absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit with the elders’ help.

Lu Yunxiao rescued Zi Yan from the Dragon Phoenix crystals, helped her unify the Ancient Dragon Islands, and returned to Cloud Gate after strengthening his puppet forces. He reunited with his loved ones and prepared to move Cloud Gate’s main body to the Central Continent.

• Lu Yunxiao tempered Phoenix Puppet with Black Demonic Lightning, then hurried to East Dragon Island when Hei Qing told him Zi Yan had been sealed in crystals.
• Lu Yunxiao used his Heavenly Flames to melt the crystals covering Zi Yan, awakening her royal bloodline and transforming her into a mature woman.
• Zi Yan pursued Lu Yunxiao and persuaded him to accept their changed relationship, then named him Dragon Lord and announced that he was her husband.
• Lu Yunxiao agreed to help Zi Yan unify Ancient Dragon Island, while his puppets grew stronger as she and the allied islands fought the Three Dragon Kings.
• The Northern Dragon King nearly killed Zi Yan with the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array, but Gu Duhang saved her before Lu Yunxiao returned with his growing puppet forces.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Zi Yan the Northern Dragon King Puppet for protection and traveled back to Cloud Gate, where he reunited with Queen Medusa, Ya Fei, and Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Yunxiao announced that Cloud Gate would move its main body to the Central Continent in three months, leaving people and resources behind to preserve Cloud Gate and Cloud Sect.
• Lu Yunxiao spent the night with Queen Medusa, who asked him to refine medicine to increase their chances of having a child.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with his wives, strengthened Cloud Gate, and moved it into Starfall Pavilion, bringing the sect under his control. He then traveled to Holy Pill City for the Pill Gathering, where he reunited with Cao Ying and was mistaken for a possible successor to Pill Tower’s Little Ancestor.

• Lu Yunxiao admitted to Queen Medusa that he had become involved with Zi Yan, and she attacked him before accepting his explanation and chasing him through the Inner World.
• Lu Yunxiao reunited with Yun Yun, distributed the Yellow Spring Demonic Saint’s essence blood, and helped Yao Chen regain a body.
• Lu Yunxiao prepared Cloud Gate to relocate, chose Starfall Pavilion as its new home, and led the sect through a spatial passage into his Inner World before traveling to the Star Realm.
• Lu Yunxiao won Venerable Feng and Mu Qingluan’s acceptance by demonstrating Cloud Gate’s strength, and Starfall Pavilion officially became part of Cloud Gate a month later.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Cloud Gate to expand across the Southern Region, assigned Hai Bodong and Venerable Feng to oversee the sect, and sent the Elders to investigate Soul Hall branches.
• Gu Xun'er reached Nine-Star Dou Zun and agreed to attend the Pill Gathering, hoping to see Lu Yunxiao again.
• Lu Yunxiao arrived in Holy Pill City and reunited with Cao Ying, revealed his real name, and accepted her challenge to compete at the Pill Gathering.
• Cao Ying invited Lu Yunxiao to meet Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi, who mistook the name Dan Xiang for a clue that he might be Pill Tower’s Little Ancestor’s successor.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Gu Xun'er in the Pill Tower and promised to marry her, then entered the Pill Gathering with Cao Ying. As the Soul Clan and Gu Clan learned he was in the Pill Region, he and Cao Ying set out to raid the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range for the required ingredients.

• Lu Yunxiao visited Xuan Kongzi with Cao Ying, revealed that he was Xiao Yunlu, and declared his intention to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame for Gu Xun'er.
• While touring the Pill Tower, Lu Yunxiao encountered Gu Xun'er and later secretly brought her to his Inner World, where he explained his plan to win the flame for her birthday.
• Gu Xun'er questioned Lu Yunxiao about Cao Ying and his other relationships, and he promised to face the Gu Clan openly and ask her father for her hand in marriage.
• Lu Yunxiao attended the Trade Fair and Pill Gathering with Cao Ying and his companions, while Elder Tongxuan reported his suspicions about Lu Yunxiao to the Gu Clan and Soul Emperor confirmed his presence in the Pill Region.
• Lu Yunxiao guided Cao Ying through the Soul Illusion Realm and reached the Pill Realm passage, rejecting Song Qing’s offer to join his group.
• After Song Qing entered the Pill Realm and secretly planned to kill him, Lu Yunxiao entered with Cao Ying and began searching for the ingredients on their list.
• Lu Yunxiao and Cao Ying traveled toward the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, killing contestants who tried to ambush them, and arrived to find other contestants camped outside.