Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao tortured Protector Wu’s soul with the Green Lotus Core Flame before capturing it in a Jade Bottle, then defeated “Xiao Yan” and sealed Yao Chen’s soul as well. He, Queen Medusa, and Qing Yanjing unleashed their combined auras over the square, leaving Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the others struggling under their pressure.

• Lu Yunxiao burned Protector Wu’s soul with the Green Lotus Core Flame while the onlookers recoiled and Yun Shan welcomed his torment.
• Lu Yunxiao stopped the flames before Protector Wu’s soul vanished, trapped him in a Jade Bottle, and sealed it with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Yunxiao called Queen Medusa away from her fight with “Xiao Yan,” then struck him down and pulled Yao Chen’s soul from his body.
• Lu Yunxiao sealed Yao Chen in another Jade Bottle and took his place between Queen Medusa and Qing Yanjing.
• Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, and Qing Yanjing released their full auras, making Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the others struggle to withstand the pressure.

Lu Yunxiao announced that he was founding Cloud Gate and pressured the Jia Ma Empire’s major factions to join. The Misty Cloud Sect, Mittel Family, and Nalan Clan agreed, while Fama considered joining the Alchemist Guild after Lu Yunxiao offered a soul-cultivation technique; Jia Xingtian was left facing the prospect of the Imperial Family standing alone.

• Lu Yunxiao, Medusa, and Qing Yanjing withdrew their oppressive auras, and Lu Yunxiao announced that he intended to establish Cloud Gate.
• Yun Yun declared that the Misty Cloud Sect would join Cloud Gate, and Hai Bodong said the Mittel Family would join as well.
• Nalan Jie agreed to bring the Nalan Clan into Cloud Gate, while Lu Yunxiao turned his attention to Fama and the Alchemist Guild.
• Fama hesitated because the Alchemist Guild had traditionally remained neutral, but Lu Yunxiao offered a soul-cultivation technique that could help alchemists advance in rank.
• Fama said he could persuade the Alchemist Guild’s elders, and Jia Xingtian recognized that the Imperial Family would be isolated if the other factions joined.

Lu Yunxiao secured the Jia Ma Empire’s imperial family as Cloud Gate members by promising Jia Xingtian a Perfect Sect Breaking Pill and future Dou Emperor experts, then established the new sect’s Council of Elders. Jia Xingtian offered his two granddaughters as Lu Yunxiao’s maids, and Lu Yunxiao accepted despite Queen Medusa’s displeasure.

• Jia Xingtian asked what guarantees Lu Yunxiao would give the imperial family, and Lu Yunxiao promised him a Perfect Sect Breaking Pill and two more Dou Emperor experts within three years.
• Jia Xingtian agreed to bring the imperial family into Cloud Gate after considering the promised benefits and the chance to preserve and expand the Yao Clan’s influence.
• Lu Yunxiao declared that everyone joining Cloud Gate that day would become a Founding Elder and outlined the Council of Elders’ role and veto power.
• Jia Xingtian offered his two granddaughters as maids to Lu Yunxiao, who hesitated before agreeing to honor the Founding Elder’s request.
• Queen Medusa reacted with disbelief and jealousy, and Lu Yunxiao defended his decision by comparing the prospective maids to Qing Yanjing.

After Lu Yunxiao reassured Queen Medusa that he would not pursue Jia Xingtian’s daughters, he reflected on how she might get along with Gu Xun’er. At the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain, Yun Shan angrily confronted Lu Yunxiao over his relationship with Yun Yun, and Lu Yunxiao insisted they were husband and wife, not truly teacher and disciple.

• Queen Medusa warned Lu Yunxiao not to touch Jia Xingtian’s daughters, and he promised he would not.
• Queen Medusa said she and Yun Yun would stand together on the matter, while Lu Yunxiao joked about how they might join forces with Xun'er.
• Lu Yunxiao suggested Queen Medusa and Xun'er would get along, prompting Qing Yanjing to suspect Xun'er would be a force to reckon with.
• Lu Yunxiao reflected that the unification of the Jia Ma Empire had been accomplished that day.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain, Yun Yun pleaded with Lu Yunxiao and Yun Shan to stop arguing as Yun Shan condemned her relationship with Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Shan that his teacher-disciple connection with Yun Yun had only been nominal and that they were husband and wife.

Lu Yunxiao confronted Yun Shan over his objections to Yun Yun joining Cloud Gate and demanded an oath to prevent further treachery. Yun Shan faced pressure from both Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun to swear before he could receive a place in Cloud Gate.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that his relationship with Yun Yun had only seemed like a master-disciple romance and said the former Misty Cloud Sect's ties no longer mattered now that it had become Cloud Gate.
• Yun Shan reproached Yun Yun for bringing the Misty Cloud Sect into Cloud Gate without his approval, but Lu Yunxiao warned him not to discipline or mistreat his wife.
• Lu Yunxiao reminded Yun Shan that he was only the former Sect Master and had been spared because Yun Yun pleaded for him, then offered him status as a Cloud Gate Grand Elder without real authority.
• Lu Yunxiao presented a purple stone and demanded that Yun Shan swear never to collude with Soul Hall or harm Lu Yunxiao and those around him.
• Yun Shan protested that Lu Yunxiao did not trust him, while Lu Yunxiao threatened consequences if he refused.
• Yun Yun asked Yun Shan to swear, reasoning that the oath would cost him nothing and could prevent a fight.

Yun Yun tried to persuade Yun Shan to swear an oath and accept a place as Cloud Gate’s Grand Elder, warning that Lu Yunxiao’s allies could kill him if he refused. After Yun Yun confronted her teacher and Lu Yunxiao gave him one final ultimatum, Yun Shan yielded.

• Yun Shan angrily refused to swear an oath, believing Yun Yun’s ties to him would keep Lu Yunxiao from killing him.
• Yun Yun warned Yun Shan that she could not stop Lu Yunxiao’s allies, including Queen Medusa, from acting against him.
• Lu Yunxiao said he would not kill Yun Shan himself but offered him the choice of swearing an oath or facing death at the hands of others.
• Yun Yun tearfully rebuked Yun Shan for resisting a reasonable demand despite Lu Yunxiao having saved his life.
• Lu Yunxiao issued a final ultimatum, and Yun Shan gave in, accepting that his time of influence had passed.

Yun Shan swore a binding Grand Dao Oath not to collude with the Soul Hall or harm Lu Yunxiao and his allies, clearing the way for peace with Cloud Gate. Yun Yun celebrated her teacher's reconciliation by embracing Lu Yunxiao, but their intimacy was interrupted when Nalan Yanran saw them together.

• Yun Shan swore on the Grand Dao Oath Stone never again to collude with the Soul Hall or harm Lu Yunxiao and those around him.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that breaking the oath would bring down divine lightning, then left Yun Shan with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan they would leave and departed with Lu Yunxiao, relieved that her teacher and Lu Yunxiao had reconciled.
• In a misty pavilion, Yun Yun kissed Lu Yunxiao and explained that their peaceful coexistence had lifted the burden from her heart.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun kissed passionately until Nalan Yanran dropped her sword and stared at them in disbelief.

Nalan Yanran caught Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun kissing and ran away in tears. Yun Yun pushed Lu Yunxiao to find and comfort her, and he tracked her to the Back Mountain Training Ground, where she stood by the cliff.

• Nalan Yanran saw Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun kissing, then fled in heartbreak.
• Yun Yun urged Lu Yunxiao to comfort Nalan Yanran, but they argued over who should approach her.
• Yun Yun pulled Lu Yunxiao to his feet and sent him after Nalan Yanran, while warning him to be careful with his words.
• Lu Yunxiao guessed Nalan Yanran would hide at the Back Mountain Training Ground and hurried there.
• Lu Yunxiao found Nalan Yanran standing with her back to him beside the cliff near the Martial Arts Arena.

Lu Yunxiao tried to persuade Nalan Yanran to leave the cliff after she saw him and Yun Yun together, but she accused them of betraying her. He revealed that he and Yun Yun had been lovers before Nalan Yanran joined the Misty Cloud Sect, then pulled her safely back to the plaza.

• Lu Yunxiao approached Nalan Yanran at the cliff and urged her to come back.
• Nalan Yanran demanded to know why Yun Yun and Lu Yunxiao had become lovers despite knowing she loved him.
• Lu Yunxiao defended Yun Yun and explained that he and Yun Yun had been together before Nalan Yanran fell for him.
• Nalan Yanran realized she had not been the one betrayed and began to falter.
• Lu Yunxiao seized the chance to pull Nalan Yanran away from the cliff and back to the plaza.

After learning that Yun Yun and Lu Yunxiao had been together before she fell for him, Nalan Yanran grieved in Lu Yunxiao’s arms and questioned him about his past refusals. She left the conversation determined to pursue him anyway, despite his relationship with her teacher.

• Nalan Yanran struggled and wept in Lu Yunxiao’s arms until she had calmed down.
• Lu Yunxiao apologized for keeping the truth from her and urged her not to resent Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether Yun Yun had been the reason Lu Yunxiao rejected her, and he admitted she had been a large part of it.
• Nalan Yanran asked if Lu Yunxiao had ever liked her, and he confessed that her actions had moved him but said they could not be together.
• Nalan Yanran declared that she would never give up on Lu Yunxiao and dismissed the master-disciple relationship as a reason she could not love him.

Lu Yunxiao brought Nalan Yanran back after comforting her, but worried about how Yun Yun would react to Yanran’s new determination to pursue him. Yun Yun apologized and accepted that Yanran was not at fault for falling in love with Lu Yunxiao, only for Yanran to ask her to approve their marriage.

• Lu Yunxiao let Nalan Yanran cling to his arm as they walked back, while she insisted she would handle things with Yun Yun and become his girlfriend.
• Lu Yunxiao tried to persuade Nalan Yanran to remain his senior disciple sister, but she rejected the idea.
• Yun Yun anxiously waited for Lu Yunxiao and Nalan Yanran at the back mountain pavilion, then embraced Yanran and apologized for hiding the truth.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she did not blame her and said she had been wrong to fall in love with Yun Yun’s man.
• After Yun Yun assured Nalan Yanran she was not at fault for loving Lu Yunxiao, Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to agree to her becoming his wife, leaving Yun Yun stunned.

Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to let her become Lu Yunxiao’s wife and suggested that they both be with him, but Yun Yun refused and suspected Lu Yunxiao had influenced her. Yun Yun later escaped the awkward conversation by pretending to chase Lu Yunxiao, then asked him why Nalan Yanran had changed so much.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wanted to marry Lu Yunxiao and argued that Yun Yun could be with him too.
• Yun Yun refused Nalan Yanran’s request, then accused Lu Yunxiao of encouraging her and chased him with the Cloud Glaze Sword.
• Nalan Yanran realized Yun Yun had fled to avoid answering her and grumbled that her teacher was cunning.
• At a cliff, Yun Yun admitted she had chased Lu Yunxiao only to escape and asked why Nalan Yanran’s personality had changed.
• Lu Yunxiao said Nalan Yanran had suffered a blow and warned Yun Yun that concealing the truth had made the revelation more painful.

Yun Yun struggled with whether to accept Nalan Yanran’s love for Lu Yunxiao, torn between her own jealousy and concern for her disciple. Lu Yunxiao suggested delaying an answer, but Yun Yun realized he hoped Yanran would improve herself and attacked him in anger.

• Yun Yun asked Lu Yunxiao how she should handle Nalan Yanran’s determined advances, and he told her he would support whatever she decided.
• Lu Yunxiao admitted that he was moved by Nalan Yanran’s sincere feelings, though he loved Yun Yun more.
• Yun Yun worried that refusing Yanran would make her a cruel obstacle to a loving couple, while the thought of sharing Lu Yunxiao made her miserable.
• Lu Yunxiao advised Yun Yun to tell Yanran she needed time to consider the matter and leave her waiting.
• Yun Yun accused Lu Yunxiao of hoping Yanran would use the delay to improve herself, then pounced on him and bit his neck.
• Lu Yunxiao tickled Yun Yun’s waist until she loosened her bite.

Lu Yunxiao broke through to one-star Dou Wang and used his reward to unseal the Water Element, which also let him wield ice. After checking his improved status and his companions’ cultivation, he left the secret chamber to deal with someone he had kept waiting.

• Lu Yunxiao reached Dou Wang and received a Divine Marrow Cleansing Pill, a Dou Huang Cultivation Pill, and a random seal unsealing opportunity.
• Lu Yunxiao used the opportunity to unseal the Water Element and discovered he could condense water into ice.
• Lu Yunxiao checked his information panel and noted his improved soul power and skills, as well as Gu Xun'er, Little Doctor Immortal, and Ya Fei's cultivation levels.
• Lu Yunxiao left the chamber, where Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran congratulated him on becoming a seventeen-year-old Dou Wang.

Lu Yunxiao decided to deal with Xiao Yan and brought Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to the secret chamber where Xiao Yan was imprisoned. Xiao Yan admitted he had no regrets about ambushing Lu Yunxiao, though he hated him for defeating him.

• Lu Yunxiao told Nalan Yanran to stop pestering Yun Yun so she could rest, then comforted Yun Yun about her unresolved feelings.
• Lu Yunxiao invited Yun Yun to join him in dealing with Xiao Yan, and she urged him not to show Xiao Yan mercy.
• Nalan Yanran said she no longer cared about Xiao Yan after the Soul Body had tried to attack her, though she regretted that he had brought his death upon himself.
• Lu Yunxiao, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran went to the secret chamber where Xiao Yan was imprisoned with his dantian destroyed and cultivation crippled.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yunxiao he did not regret ambushing him for the Heavenly Flames and his dignity, but vowed that he hated him.

Lu Yunxiao provoked Xiao Yan by kissing Nalan Yanran in front of him, then revealed that Yao Chen would live. After Xiao Yan asked Lu Yunxiao to spare his master, Lu Yunxiao gave him a sword, and Xiao Yan took his own life.

• Lu Yunxiao pulled Nalan Yanran into his arms, and she initiated a passionate kiss while Yun Yun watched and Xiao Yan burned with anger.
• Lu Yunxiao taunted Xiao Yan about Nalan Yanran and Yao Chen, provoking Xiao Yan to demand to know what had happened to his master.
• Xiao Yan admitted he was powerless and asked Lu Yunxiao to spare Yao Chen; Lu Yunxiao promised to keep him alive because his alchemy was useful.
• Xiao Yan said he had no regrets and trusted Lu Yunxiao not to harm the Xiao Clan because of Xiao Yu.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Xiao Yan a sword and told him to take his own life; Xiao Yan cut his throat and died.

After Xiao Yan died, Lu Yunxiao apologized to Nalan Yanran for using her to provoke him and promised Yun Yun they would discuss his behavior later. Lu Yunxiao looted Xiao Yan’s corpse, gained several rewards from the system, and ordered Yun Yun to arrange a proper burial.

• Lu Yunxiao apologized to Nalan Yanran for using her to provoke Xiao Yan, and she said she had willingly cooperated.
• Yun Yun scolded Lu Yunxiao for kissing Nalan Yanran without her approval and said they would discuss it after returning.
• Lu Yunxiao extracted the Profound Yellow Flame from Xiao Yan’s corpse and took Xiao Yan’s ring containing Old Yao’s collection.
• The system rewarded Lu Yunxiao with Great Fortune, the Jie Character Secret, Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, and a Wind Spirit Fruit.
• Lu Yunxiao learned that killing Xiao Yan would have earned even greater rewards and regretted letting him die by his own hand.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Yun Yun to arrange a proper burial for Xiao Yan.

Lu Yunxiao arranged for the dead man's burial and discussed Cloud Gate's development, its Council of Elders, and the Misty Cloud Sect's place in the new organization. Yun Shan was named the ninth Elder on the condition that he stay out of sect affairs and not recruit followers.

• Lu Yunxiao asked Yun Yun to arrange the dead man's burial, then left with Yun Yun and Queen Medusa.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Queen Medusa to summon the Mittel Family, the Alchemist Guild, and the royal family to a Cloud Gate meeting in three days, and asked her to bring Ya Fei.
• Lu Yunxiao put Yun Yun in charge of the Misty Cloud Sect's Elders and warned that Yun Shan must stop causing trouble.
• Queen Medusa and Yun Yun agreed that Cloud Gate's Council of Elders needed to be controlled by their allies, and Lu Yunxiao proposed its members.
• Yun Yun persuaded Lu Yunxiao to give Yun Shan the ninth seat, and Lu Yunxiao agreed on the condition that Yun Shan not interfere in sect affairs or recruit followers.

Lu Yunxiao teased Yun Yun before teaching her the Earth-tier High-grade Sword Control Art, then passed the same sword art to Queen Medusa. He said its final move could let a skilled practitioner fight a Nine-Star Dou Zong, and Queen Medusa began considering its power.

• Yun Yun told Lu Yunxiao that Nalan Yanran was still in seclusion refining the Wind Spirit Fruit and asked where he had obtained such treasures.
• Lu Yunxiao teased Yun Yun about keeping their treasures secret, and she pretended to bite him before he pulled her into his arms and tickled her.
• Lu Yunxiao transmitted the Sword Control Art to Yun Yun and explained its four levels and cultivation difficulty.
• Queen Medusa prompted Lu Yunxiao to remember her, and he teased her about her complaints before transmitting the Sword Control Art to her.
• Queen Medusa remarked that mastering the sword art might let her defeat an Eight-Star Dou Zong, and Lu Yunxiao said its final move could let her fight a Nine-Star Dou Zong.

Lu Yunxiao encouraged Queen Medusa to cultivate the Sword Control Art and reminded Yun Yun to handle Yun Shan’s matter. After sharing a kiss with Qing Yanjing, he reunited with Ya Fei and asked her to move to Misty Cloud Mountain to manage Cloud Gate’s finances.

• Lu Yunxiao offered to guide Queen Medusa as she cultivated the Sword Control Art and reminded Yun Yun not to forget her promise about Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun left to work, and Queen Medusa departed to bring Ya Fei to see Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao embraced and kissed Qing Yanjing after Queen Medusa left.
• Ya Fei arrived, greeted Lu Yunxiao affectionately, and said she had missed him during their two months apart.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Ya Fei to stay on Misty Cloud Mountain and take charge of Cloud Gate’s financial affairs.