Recaps

Lu Yunxiao traded the Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo for a map to True Spirit Gold, then brought Qing Lin to the Gu Clan and proposed to Gu Xun'er. The Gu Clan accepted their betrothal, but Gu Yao's hostility lingered through the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.

• Lu Yunxiao traded three sections of Nine Marvelous Jade Crystal Bamboo to Xiao Qinghuang for Sound Valley's map to True Spirit Gold, then decided to postpone exploring the dangerous Chaotic Sea.
• Lu Yunxiao invited Qing Lin to accompany him to the Gu Clan and Heavenly Tomb, and Yun Yun agreed to pay more attention to her as Cloud Gate's leadership changed.
• Lu Yunxiao arrived at Ancient Saint City with Qing Lin and Feng Qing'er, where Gu Qingyang and the Black Annihilation Army welcomed him before Elder Tongxuan escorted him into the Ancient Realm.
• Lu Yunxiao reunited with Gu Xun'er and confronted the Gu Clan elders, declaring that he had come to propose marriage and presenting valuable pills and techniques as betrothal gifts.
• Gu Yuan accepted the gifts and agreed to Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er's engagement, and the pair celebrated together in Lu Yunxiao's preserved room.
• At Gu Xun'er's Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Gu Yao received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark but stayed on the arena glaring at Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er until Gu Qingyang ordered him down.
• Gu Yao left the arena without challenging Lu Yunxiao, while Gu Xun'er promised her father would address his behavior and the ceremony continued with Gu Qingyang's assessment.

Lu Yunxiao led Gu Xun’er and his companions through the Heavenly Tomb, where he defeated Yao Clan attackers and reached Xiao Xuan’s tomb. Xiao Xuan entrusted Xiao Yu with the Xiao Clan’s future, and she began a dangerous bloodline inheritance.

• Gu Xun’er awakened her Divine Grade Bloodline, while Lu Yunxiao secured four Heavenly Tomb slots and told Gu Yuan he intended to visit Xiao Xuan’s tomb.
• Lu Yunxiao brought Gu Xun’er to meet Xiao Yu in his Inner World, then led their group into the Heavenly Tomb and gathered Energy Crystals on the first level.
• Qing Lin defeated a Nine-Star Energy Entity, but Yao Xingji and Yao Lingxu ambushed her and stole its Energy Core.
• Lu Yunxiao caught and killed Yao Xingji and Yao Lingxu, then refined the Nine Nether Wind Flame and fused it with his other Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Yunxiao rescued Xiao Yu and Feng Qing’er from an Energy Great Storm, then led them and the others through the Ancient Devouring Worm barrier into the third level.
• Lu Yunxiao forced the Dark Axe Saint to reveal the route to Xiao Xuan’s tomb, where Xiao Yu paid respects and Xiao Xuan appeared.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yu how the Xiao Clan’s bloodline had been lost and entrusted her with the power he had preserved, then poured his remaining strength into the Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yu entered the Blood Pool to inherit the Xiao Clan’s bloodline, and eight days later she remained alive but extremely frail.

Lu Yunxiao obtained the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin, revived Xiao Xuan, and gained an Emperor Realm Soul before entering seclusion to pursue Dou Saint. Meanwhile, Soul Emperor allied with mysterious black-robed figures and began drawing the Ancient Clans into a plot against Cloud Gate and the Gu Clan.

• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er wiped out the Soul Clan remnants in the Heavenly Tomb, and Lu Yunxiao negotiated with Xiao Xuan for help in exchange for reviving him.
• Xiao Yu completed her Xiao Clan bloodline fusion, and Xiao Xuan led Lu Yunxiao to confront the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• Xiao Xuan used Soul Self-Immolation to weaken and bind the Heavenly Tomb Soul, allowing Lu Yunxiao to take its Soul Origin.
• Lu Yunxiao used a Resurrection Card beneath the World Tree to restore Xiao Xuan, who pledged allegiance to him and gave up his three Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Yunxiao refined the Heavenly Flames and absorbed the Soul Origin for months, reaching the Emperor Realm Soul while Gu Xun'er and the others cultivated nearby.
• Lu Yunxiao sent Gu Xun'er, Qing Lin, Feng Qing'er, and Xiao Yu out of the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Xuan, then began refining the Heavenly Origin Divine Water in seclusion.
• Soul Emperor accepted the black-robed figures’ help and plotted to turn the Ancient Clans against Cloud Gate and the Gu Clan by claiming Lu Yunxiao possessed the Secret of Dou Di.
• Soul Emperor sent Nihility Devouring Flame to approach the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, then urged Lei Ying to join the other Ancient Clans against Cloud Gate and the Gu Clan.

Soul Emperor united the Ancient Clans against Cloud Gate and the Gu Clan, but their allies and Xiao Xuan turned back the first assault. After Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame embraced demonic power, both sides returned to the Heavenly Burial Mountain Range for a decisive battle, while Lu Yunxiao remained in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Soul Emperor secured the support of the Six Clans and demanded that Gu Yuan surrender Lu Yunxiao, but Gu Yuan refused and prepared for war with Cloud Gate.
• At the Heavenly Burial Mountain Range, the Gu Clan, Cloud Gate, and their allies faced the Six Clans Allied Army, while Lu Yunxiao remained in the Heavenly Tomb.
• The first battle erupted as Huang Ling'er defeated Lei Ying and Yan Jin, and Gu Duhang fought Nihility Devouring Flame and the two clan leaders.
• Xiao Xuan emerged with Gu Xun'er and the others, then revealed his Half-Emperor strength by overpowering Nihility Devouring Flame, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Soul Emperor.
• The Black-Robed Figures helped the Soul Clan retreat, and Xiao Xuan urged the allied forces to recover and wait for Lu Yunxiao before attacking the Soul Realm.
• Soul Emperor and Nihility Devouring Flame accepted Demonic Qi to increase their strength, while the Pill Tower joined Cloud Gate's faction and supported its preparations.
• On August fifteenth, Cloud Gate and the Gu Clan met the Six Clans Allied Army again at the Heavenly Burial Mountain Range, and both sides began fighting.
• Soul Emperor revealed that his demonic transformation had made him stronger, while Lord of Devouring confronted him and Huang Ling'er unleashed her full power against Nihility Devouring Flame.