Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao offered Ya Fei a seat on Cloud Gate’s Council of Elders and brought her to his room to solve her lack of strength. He gave her a Divine Marrow Cleansing Pill and a Dou Huang Cultivation Pill, and she prepared to take them.

• Ya Fei promised to make full use of the opportunity Lu Yunxiao had given her, and they kissed.
• Lu Yunxiao told Ya Fei he planned to establish a nine-member Council of Elders and wanted her to join it.
• Ya Fei worried that her two-star Dou Master strength would make others doubt her appointment, so Lu Yunxiao said he had a way to improve it.
• Lu Yunxiao led Ya Fei to his room and presented her with a Divine Marrow Cleansing Pill and a Dou Huang Cultivation Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that the pills would transform Ya Fei’s talent and raise her to the Dou Emperor level, then urged her to take them.

Lu Yunxiao watched Ya Fei refine the Divine Marrow Cleansing Pill, which would purge her impurities and forge an acquired Immaculate Physique. After leaving the Starry Sky Ancient Dragon to guard her, he went to visit Queen Medusa and asked the system about obtaining a Dragon Bloodline, only to learn that its stock had run out.

• Lu Yunxiao drank a little Amethyst Lotus Heart Wine and estimated that he would reach two-star Dou Wang within a week.
• Lu Yunxiao examined Ya Fei and saw that she was successfully refining the Divine Marrow Cleansing Pill.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to give Ya Fei the Profound Yellow Flame for protection, since she had a Fire Element affinity and he had little use for it.
• Lu Yunxiao left the Starry Sky Ancient Dragon to guard Ya Fei and went to visit Queen Medusa as promised.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the system for a Dragon Bloodline, but the system said previous Hosts had used up its limited stock.

Lu Yunxiao visited Queen Medusa, who had prepared a meal for him, and she asked him to give her a child. She said the Snake-people Race needed an heir too, but Lu Yunxiao insisted that they should have a child only as a natural expression of their love.

• Lu Yunxiao arrived at Queen Medusa’s room, where she had waited with a meal prepared.
• Queen Medusa welcomed Lu Yunxiao and urged him to eat with her.
• Lu Yunxiao lifted Queen Medusa into his arms, and she asked him to give her a child.
• Queen Medusa explained that the Snake-people Race also needed an heir.
• Lu Yunxiao said he would only have a child with her if it came from their love, not from a need for an heir.

Lu Yunxiao gathered Cloud Gate’s leaders to distribute promised compensation and establish a Council of Elders. Yun Shan accepted his place on the council, and Yun Yun was named Vice Sect Master, leaving the other members to be announced.

• Lu Yunxiao convened Cloud Gate’s leaders and had Qing Yanjing distribute the rewards he had promised, earning stronger support from those present.
• Lu Yunxiao announced that Cloud Gate would have a nine-member Council of Elders and named Yun Shan as its first member.
• Yun Shan thanked Lu Yunxiao for the appointment after Yun Yun urged him to respond, and Lu Yunxiao told him to sit.
• Lu Yunxiao named Yun Yun Vice Sect Master and said she would lead Cloud Gate in his absence; the gathered leaders saluted her.
• Lu Yunxiao appointed Queen Medusa, Qing Yanjing, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Fama, and Nalan Jie to the Council of Elders, and Nalan Jie resolved to devote himself to Lu Yunxiao.

Lu Yunxiao appointed Ya Fei to Cloud Gate’s Council of Elders after she revealed that she had become a six-star Dou Emperor. He then outlined measures to discipline the new faction and strengthen its foundations, leaving its leaders with investigations, an Enforcement Hall, and a Scripture Repository to establish.

• Lu Yunxiao called Ya Fei forward, and she unveiled her six-star Dou Emperor strength, shocking Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Yun Shan, and the others.
• Lu Yunxiao named Ya Fei the ninth member of the Council of Elders and placed Cloud Gate’s financial affairs under her charge.
• Lu Yunxiao ordered Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Fama to investigate misconduct among their former factions and appointed Hai Bodong to lead a new Enforcement Hall.
• Lu Yunxiao announced that Cloud Gate would establish a Scripture Repository where deserving disciples and alchemists could study advanced techniques and skills, with priority cultivation for talented descendants of those who supported the Gate.

Lu Yunxiao tasked Mittel Tengshan with establishing a foothold for Cloud Gate in the Black Corner Region and equipped him with powerful rewards for the dangerous mission. He also instructed Mittel Tengshan to secure a particular Partial Map if he encountered it.

• Jia Xingtian and the others became eager to earn access to Cloud Gate’s Scripture Repository and its advanced techniques.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Mittel Tengshan to establish a foothold in the Black Corner Region, and Mittel Tengshan accepted without hesitation.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Mittel Tengshan two Earth-tier Low-grade manuals, two sixth-grade pills, and a ring containing Yao Chen’s Soul Body.
• Lu Yunxiao instructed Mittel Tengshan to watch for a Partial Map and secure it if it appeared.

Lu Yunxiao accepted Yao Ye and Yao Yue as maidservants after they volunteered to serve him. Queen Medusa objected, fearing the sisters’ hidden motives would disrupt the household, while Lu Yunxiao tried to reassure her.

• Lu Yunxiao told the new elders to reside on Misty Cloud Mountain and ordered Yun Yun to escort them to their rooms.
• Jia Xingtian presented his granddaughters Yao Ye and Yao Yue and asked Lu Yunxiao to let them serve as his maidservants.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted the sisters after asking whether they were truly willing to serve him.
• Queen Medusa angrily struck the stone table and complained that Jia Xingtian had brought the sisters to Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao comforted Queen Medusa, while Yun Yun and Ya Fei recognized that she had spoken first because the sisters had hidden intentions.

Lu Yunxiao arranged for Yun Yun to enter seclusion and break through to Dou Zong while he refined the Bone Chilling Flame, leaving Cloud Gate in Queen Medusa and Qing Yanjing’s care. Before withdrawing, he planned to study Weapon Refining and thought about visiting Gu Xun'er afterward.

• Lu Yunxiao told Ya Fei to train under Queen Medusa, who agreed to teach her strictly.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Yun Yun a Perfect Sect Breaking Pill and confirmed that he would enter seclusion to refine the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Yun Yun entrusted Cloud Gate’s affairs to Queen Medusa and Qing Yanjing, then asked Qing Yanjing to call her Sister.
• Lu Yunxiao planned to use his time in seclusion to improve his Weapon Refining Skill and later visit Gu Xun'er.

Lu Yunxiao warned Yao Ye not to pursue hidden schemes against him and reminded Yao Yue to behave as his maid. As Yao Ye massaged his shoulders, a woman in green entered and questioned what was happening.

• Lu Yunxiao worried briefly about how Gu Xun'er would react to his many girlfriends, then dismissed the concern.
• Yao Ye served Lu Yunxiao tea, and he warned her that he knew about her past schemes and expected her to behave.
• Yao Ye swore she would never betray Lu Yunxiao, while Yao Yue objected to his warning and was told to obey her duties.
• Yao Ye began massaging Lu Yunxiao's shoulders as he drank tea.
• A woman in green entered the room, saw Yao Ye massaging Lu Yunxiao, and asked what they were doing.

Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion and found Yao Ye and Yao Yue serving Lu Yunxiao as maids, then teased him before he asked how the Wind Spirit Fruit had affected her. Lu Yunxiao checked with the system to assess Yanran’s current condition.

• Nalan Yanran came out of seclusion and questioned why Yao Ye and Yao Yue were kneading Lu Yunxiao’s shoulders.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that the sisters were his maids, and Yao Ye and Yao Yue asked Nalan Yanran to call them by their names.
• Lu Yunxiao sent Yao Ye and Yao Yue out, and Nalan Yanran commented on the sisters’ cleverness before embracing and teasing him.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Nalan Yanran how she felt after eating the Wind Spirit Fruit, and she said she felt great.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the system to check Nalan Yanran’s information panel.

Lu Yunxiao inspected Nalan Yanran’s information and learned that the Wind Spirit Fruit had given her an Acquired Wind Spirit Physique and solidified her cultivation. He praised her progress, but her new physique’s attraction to his Innate Dao Charm made her cling to him even more.

• Lu Yunxiao viewed Nalan Yanran’s information panel and saw that she had become a Three-Star Dou Ling with an Acquired Wind Spirit Physique.
• Lu Yunxiao assessed that the transformation had strengthened Nalan Yanran’s talent and tempered her Dou Qi, leaving her with a bright future.
• Lu Yunxiao praised Nalan Yanran, who wondered warily whether he would scold her afterward.
• Nalan Yanran moved close to Lu Yunxiao and said that he smelled good, but he pushed her away and flicked her forehead.

Nalan Yanran confronted Lu Yunxiao about avoiding her feelings, then kissed and embraced him until he acknowledged her love. The chapter left them holding each other as Lu Yunxiao stopped resisting their relationship.

• Nalan Yanran accused Lu Yunxiao of treating her unfairly and called him a coward for refusing to face his feelings for her.
• Lu Yunxiao withdrew his hand, and Nalan Yanran rushed into his arms and showered his face with kisses.
• Nalan Yanran teased Lu Yunxiao about her sweet saliva and kissed him again, while he tried to hide his reaction.
• Nalan Yanran told Lu Yunxiao that she loved him as much as Yun Yun, and he said he believed her.
• Lu Yunxiao put his hand on Nalan Yanran's waist and accepted that he could no longer refuse her.

Lu Yunxiao told Nalan Yanran he would enter seclusion to refine the Bone Chilling Flame while Yun'er pursued a breakthrough, leaving Nalan Yanran upset that they would be apart. After learning Ya Fei had become a six-star Dou Emperor with Lu Yunxiao’s help, Nalan Yanran agreed to train at the Gate of Life and Death.

• Lu Yunxiao told Nalan Yanran he planned to enter seclusion for at least four or five months with Yun'er.
• Nalan Yanran protested the separation and asked to join him, but Lu Yunxiao said she should go to the Gate of Life and Death instead.
• Lu Yunxiao agreed to postpone his seclusion for three days, while Nalan Yanran asked him to spend three months with her.
• Lu Yunxiao told Nalan Yanran that Ya Fei was a six-star Dou Emperor with an acquired Immaculate Physique, and admitted he had helped her advance.
• Nalan Yanran accepted that she was the weakest among Lu Yunxiao’s girlfriends and said she would go to the Gate of Life and Death.

Nalan Yanran entered the Gate of Life and Death to cultivate, parting reluctantly from Lu Yunxiao after he promised to spend time with her when she emerged. Yun Yun confronted Lu Yunxiao for secretly winning Yanran over, then agreed not to pursue the matter as she and Lu Yunxiao headed into seclusion together.

• Nalan Yanran said goodbye to Lu Yunxiao and entered the Gate of Life and Death, determined to grow stronger.
• Yun Yun sealed the cave entrance after Yanran entered, then confronted Lu Yunxiao for acting behind her back.
• Lu Yunxiao admitted he had wronged Yun Yun, and she agreed not to oppose his relationship with Yanran while warning him not to repeat it.
• Yun Yun wiped Yanran's lipstick mark from Lu Yunxiao's face and postponed their kiss until later.
• Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun held hands and walked together toward the quiet chamber to enter seclusion.

Lu Yunxiao began refining the Bone Chilling Flame while Yun Yun used a Sect Breaking Pill to cultivate in seclusion. Two months later, Lu Yunxiao had broken through several cultivation barriers, and a pale white diamond-shaped crystal was rapidly growing in his qi vortex.

• Lu Yunxiao reassured Yun Yun that refining the Bone Chilling Flame was safe and promised to stay beside her after their secluded cultivation.
• Yun Yun kissed Lu Yunxiao, then swallowed a Sect Breaking Pill and began absorbing Wind Attribute Dou Qi to cultivate.
• Lu Yunxiao used the Innate Separation Fire to suppress and refine the Bone Chilling Flame through his meridians.
• After two months, Lu Yunxiao's aura surged as he broke through multiple cultivation barriers.
• Lu Yunxiao suppressed his rising aura while energy gathered in his dantian and enlarged a pale white diamond-shaped crystal beside his Dou Crystal.

After refining the Bone Chilling Flame, Lu Yunxiao reached five-star Dou Wang and condensed the flame’s excess energy into a crystal he planned to give Hai Bodong. While Yun Yun continued absorbing energy in preparation for reaching Dou Zong, Lu Yunxiao began forging weapons with a flame fused from the Bone Chilling Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Lu Yunxiao finished refining the Bone Chilling Flame, advanced to five-star Dou Wang, and resolved to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame in the Black Corner Region.
• Lu Yunxiao formed the Bone Chilling Flame’s surplus energy into a crystal powerful enough to help Hai Bodong break through to Dou Zong, and decided to save it for him.
• Lu Yunxiao observed that Yun Yun would need several more months to finish absorbing energy and break through to Dou Zong.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned the Purple Abyss Cauldron and rare metals, intending to forge seventh-grade Spirit Artifact longswords for Yun Yun, Medusa, and the others.
• Lu Yunxiao fused the Bone Chilling Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame, then began refining Star Iron and Ice Heart Iron for an Ice Attribute weapon.

Lu Yunxiao continued forging weapons while he considered the dangers awaiting him in the Central Continent. After half a year of seclusion for Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun, Cloud Gate had taken control of the Jia Ma Empire, and Fama, Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan discussed the sect’s stability and argued over who was closest to Lu Yunxiao.

• Lu Yunxiao considered how he would have to conceal himself from the Soul Clan and Gu Clan in the Central Continent, then resumed refining the Ice Heart Iron.
• Fama noted that Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun had been in seclusion for half a year and that Cloud Gate had consolidated control over the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hai Bodong reassured Fama that Cloud Gate was stable under Medusa, Qing Yanjing, and Ya Fei while the two leaders remained secluded.
• Fama praised the women managing Cloud Gate, and Hai Bodong proudly called them his daughters-in-law.
• Yun Shan claimed that his ties to Yun Yun made him more like Lu Yunxiao’s father, but Hai Bodong mocked him and warned him not to say so to Lu Yunxiao.

After half a year in seclusion, Lu Yunxiao finally stirred, and Queen Medusa, Qing Yanjing, and Ya Fei rushed toward the Back Mountain. There, Lu Yunxiao and Yun Yun faced a powerful lightning tribulation as Lu Yunxiao summoned a gigantic divine sword to strike at the descending bolts.

• Fama considered Yun Shan's position beneath Lu Yunxiao and decided to stay out of their affairs while enjoying Cloud Gate's tea.
• Queen Medusa complained about managing Cloud Gate and training Ya Fei, while Qing Yanjing reassured her that Lu Yunxiao was well.
• A rumble shook Misty Cloud Mountain, and Queen Medusa, Qing Yanjing, and Ya Fei realized Lu Yunxiao had emerged from seclusion and hurried to the Back Mountain.
• Yun Yun blocked a bolt of silver lightning with her sword, then Lu Yunxiao drew the Dragon Slaying Sword as the tribulation continued.
• Lu Yunxiao used Myriad Swords Return to Origin to form a gigantic divine sword and slash at the descending lightning.

Lu Yunxiao split the Heavenly Tribulation’s cloud with a single sword strike, then reunited with the people who had supported him during his absence. He revealed that he had reached Nine-Star Dou King and gave Ya Fei a powerful sword, leaving her delighted.

• Lu Yunxiao’s Dragon Slaying Sword shattered the tribulation clouds, and the shattered Spatial Barrier allowed the gathered disciples and elders to witness his power.
• Queen Medusa, Qing Yanjing, Ya Fei, and the others arrived, and Lu Yunxiao greeted them before embracing the exhausted Queen Medusa and giving her a medicinal pill.
• Lu Yunxiao thanked Queen Medusa for her work over the past six months and brought Qing Yanjing and Ya Fei over to greet him.
• Lu Yunxiao told them he had advanced to Nine-Star Dou King, while Ya Fei said she had reached Seven-Star Dou Emperor.
• Lu Yunxiao presented Ya Fei with the peak Tier 6 Blazing Phoenix Sword, and she happily accepted it.

Lu Yunxiao gifted Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa swords and helped Ya Fei choose a sword technique. The chapter left him struggling to find a suitable gift for Qing Yanjing.

• Lu Yunxiao recommended that Ya Fei practice the Earth-tier Mid-grade Sunflame Three-Flame Sword.
• Lu Yunxiao summoned two newly forged Seventh-tier Low-grade swords and offered them to Yun Yun and Queen Medusa.
• Yun Yun took the azure sword, while Queen Medusa took the nine-colored sword, and both tested their weapons.
• Yun Yun named her sword the Cloudsky Sword, Queen Medusa named hers the Caisky Sword, and Lu Yunxiao suggested that Ya Fei name hers the Cloud Fei Sword.
• Lu Yunxiao turned to Qing Yanjing and realized he had no suitable gift for her.