Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao gave Zi Yan a gourd of potent Spirit Wine and promised to make her pills, while she gave him half the medicinal herbs in her Storage Ring. After Lu Yunxiao left with Gu Xun'er, Ya Fei advised Yun Yun not to question the secrets he could not share.

• Lu Yunxiao gave Zi Yan his Amethyst Lotus Heart Wine and warned her not to drink too much, then promised to refine her tasty pills after his busy period.
• Zi Yan gave Lu Yunxiao a Storage Ring of medicinal herbs, asking him to keep half and use the rest for wine and pills.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Queen Medusa to look after Zi Yan, and the two quickly grew fond of each other.
• Lu Yunxiao took Gu Xun'er out of the hall, while Queen Medusa led Zi Yan away and Qing Yanjing vanished.
• Yun Yun asked Ya Fei whether Lu Yunxiao's mentioned divine ability was real, and Ya Fei advised her to respect his unspoken secrets.

Ya Fei advised Yun Yun not to pry into Lu Yunxiao’s secrets, while Yun Yun decided she still had other responsibilities to handle. On Misty Cloud Mountain, Gu Xun'er confessed that Lu Yunxiao’s unmatched looks made her fear he would attract even more women, and asked him to make himself look uglier when he went out.

• Ya Fei told Yun Yun that Lu Yunxiao would reveal what he could in time and that she should be content with his love rather than investigate him.
• Yun Yun agreed not to investigate Lu Yunxiao’s secrets but said she still needed to take care of other matters.
• Lu Yunxiao walked with Gu Xun'er along the mountain path and praised her growing beauty.
• Gu Xun'er admitted she loved Lu Yunxiao’s appearance but felt troubled by how strongly it attracted other women.
• Gu Xun'er asked Lu Yunxiao to make himself look a little uglier when he went out.

Gu Xun'er confronted Lu Yunxiao about his tendency to attract other women and asked him to disguise his appearance. Lu Yunxiao agreed to look ordinary when he traveled to the Central Continent, then kissed her.

• Gu Xun'er asked Lu Yunxiao to make himself uglier so other girls would stop pursuing him, but he refused.
• Gu Xun'er reminded Lu Yunxiao that she had come first and accused him of not considering her feelings after he made Yun Yun his principal wife.
• Lu Yunxiao apologized and promised to adopt a more ordinary appearance and not flirt with girls when he went to the Central Continent.
• Lu Yunxiao realized that disguising himself could also help him avoid drawing Soul Hall's attention before he became stronger.
• Lu Yunxiao embraced Gu Xun'er and kissed her, and she offered no resistance.

Lu Yunxiao reunited with Gu Xun'er and shared a tender kiss with her before they joined the others for dinner at Cloud Gate. There, Queen Medusa arrived carrying a flushed, drunken Zi Yan, who had emptied Lu Yunxiao's Amethyst Gourd.

• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er embraced and kissed on the mountain path, sharing their feelings after more than two years apart.
• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er kissed again before heading to the dining hall at Cloud Gate.
• Lu Yunxiao entered the dining hall holding Gu Xun'er's hand, where Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Qing Yanjing were waiting.
• Queen Medusa arrived carrying Zi Yan, who clutched Lu Yunxiao's Amethyst Gourd and appeared drunk.
• Lu Yunxiao realized Zi Yan had drunk herself into a stupor on his Amethyst Lotus Heart Wine.

Lu Yunxiao carried the drunken Zi Yan to her room and settled her in for the night. He left the Starry Sky Ancient Dragon to guard her, promising it a Form Transformation Pill if it did well.

• Queen Medusa told Lu Yunxiao that Zi Yan had drunk too much Amethyst Lotus Heart Wine and passed out.
• Lu Yunxiao took Zi Yan from Queen Medusa, teased her about being jealous, and carried Zi Yan to the Wind Character Room.
• Gu Xun'er admired Lu Yunxiao's movement technique, and Yun Yun explained that her own speed was formidable as well.
• Lu Yunxiao tucked Zi Yan into bed and remembered that Qing Lin should be brought up the mountain from the Mittel Family.
• Lu Yunxiao assigned the Starry Sky Ancient Dragon to protect Zi Yan and promised it a Form Transformation Pill if it performed well.

Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er spent a final half month together before Gu Xun'er prepared to return to the Gu Clan. They parted with three days left before her departure, both reluctant but looking ahead to meeting again.

• Lu Yunxiao left Zi Yan under the Starry Sky Ancient Dragon’s protection and promised to make a Form Transformation Pill for her.
• After half a month together, Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er stood at a cliff on the Back Mountain of Misty Cloud Mountain and spoke about her leaving.
• Gu Xun'er told Lu Yunxiao she would leave in three days and said she could not bear to part with him.
• Lu Yunxiao comforted Gu Xun'er and resolved to grow stronger so they could meet freely in the future.
• Gu Xun'er praised Lu Yunxiao for reaching the Nine-Star Dou King Peak, and he noted that she had become a Two-Star Dou King.

Lu Yunxiao discussed Gu Xun’er’s bloodline and talent with her, then learned she had prepared the Gu Clan’s complete Emperor’s Seal Art for him. He admired the gift but refused to accept a Gu Clan Dou Skill now that he no longer belonged to the clan.

• Lu Yunxiao reflected that Dou Saints were exceptionally rare and that his own cultivation could eventually surpass that realm’s limits.
• Gu Xun’er said her bloodline had helped her reach two-star Dou Wang and that she could not compare with Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that bloodline was part of a person’s talent, and Gu Xun’er agreed she had been thinking about it incorrectly.
• Gu Xun’er presented Lu Yunxiao with the complete Emperor’s Seal Art, which she had prepared before leaving the Gu Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao admitted he liked the Dou Skill but told Gu Xun’er he could not accept it because he was no longer a member of the Gu Clan.

Gu Xun'er confronted Lu Yunxiao for rejecting the Emperor's Seal Art, making him reconsider his wish to distance himself from the Gu Clan and apologize for hurting her. He accepted the scroll and offered to give Gu Xun'er a gift in return.

• Gu Xun'er tearfully challenged Lu Yunxiao's rejection of her gift and asked whether he meant to abandon her along with the Gu Clan.
• Lu Yunxiao realized he had been wrong to dismiss the Gu Clan's kindness and apologized to Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er explained that her father still considered Lu Yunxiao a member of the Gu Clan and urged him not to sever their bond.
• Lu Yunxiao embraced Gu Xun'er, and she reassured him that family did not need to repay one another.
• Lu Yunxiao accepted the Emperor's Seal Art and offered to give Gu Xun'er a gift in return.

Lu Yunxiao offered Gu Xun'er the Flame Mantra as a gift, explaining that the Yellow-tier Low-grade technique could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames. Gu Xun'er realized it could also fuse multiple Heavenly Flames, and the chapter left her excited by the technique's potential.

• Gu Xun'er questioned whether Lu Yunxiao's gift was meant to repay the Gu Clan, and he said he was giving it because he liked her.
• Lu Yunxiao asked what cultivation technique Gu Xun'er practiced and offered her a unique one that could surpass all others on the continent.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that the technique was the Yellow-tier Low-grade Flame Mantra, which could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Gu Xun'er could use her Golden Emperor Sky-Burning Flame to raise the Flame Mantra to Heaven-tier.
• Gu Xun'er realized the Flame Mantra could fuse multiple Heavenly Flames, and Lu Yunxiao confirmed her guess.

Lu Yunxiao told Gu Xun'er that the Flame Mantra could lead to becoming a Dou Di and revealed why he would share the secret with her but not the Gu Clan or Soul Clan. He then disclosed that Tou She Ancient God was actually Emperor Flame, the first-ranked Heavenly Flame.

• Gu Xun'er was shocked by the Flame Mantra’s ability to evolve and fuse Heavenly Flames, and Lu Yunxiao urged her to cultivate it if she wished to become a Dou Di.
• Lu Yunxiao said he knew how to become a Dou Di but would reveal the secret only on his own terms, and he vowed to destroy the Soul Clan once he became a Dou Saint.
• Gu Xun'er warned Lu Yunxiao not to underestimate the Soul Clan, but he insisted that he would be invincible among Dou Saints.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Gu Xun'er about Tou She Ancient God’s identity and revealed that Tou She Ancient God was Emperor Flame, the first-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Lu Yunxiao explained to Gu Xun'er that Tou She Ancient God had been the Emperor Flame, a Heavenly Flame that devoured the other twenty-one ranked flames, and that the Flame Mantra was the method behind his rise. He revealed that the Flame Mantra could unlock Tou She Ancient God's inheritance, while Origin Emperor Qi was the missing requirement keeping anyone from becoming a Dou Di in the current age.

• Gu Xun'er asked Lu Yunxiao to explain Tou She Ancient God's origins, and he recounted how the flame consumed the other twenty-one Heavenly Flames before emerging as Emperor Flame.
• Gu Xun'er connected the flame's ability to devour other flames with the Flame Mantra, and Lu Yunxiao confirmed that Tou She Ancient God had cultivated it.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that only Flame Mantra cultivators could obtain the true inheritance of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling, giving Gu Xun'er a chance to become a Dou Di.
• Gu Xun'er worried that giving her the Flame Mantra had cost Lu Yunxiao his own chance, but he said he could seek other treasures containing Origin Qi.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that Origin Emperor Qi was essential to becoming a Dou Di and that its disappearance, rather than a lack of talent, had stopped Xiao Xuan and other powerful cultivators.

Lu Yunxiao gave Gu Xun'er the Flame Mantra and warned her to keep its connection to the Tou She Ancient God secret. He then demonstrated that he could combine Heavenly Flames with Spirit Gold, leaving Gu Xun'er astonished.

• Lu Yunxiao warned Gu Xun'er not to reveal the Flame Mantra's secrets, even to Gu Yuan, and explained the danger of the Ancient Clans learning about them.
• Gu Xun'er agreed to keep the secrets hidden and said she would describe the Flame Mantra only as a technique for merging Heavenly Flames if Gu Yuan asked.
• Lu Yunxiao gave Gu Xun'er the Flame Mantra scroll and told her to study it before deciding whether to cultivate it.
• Gu Xun'er asked whether Lu Yunxiao wanted to cultivate the Flame Mantra, and he demonstrated merging Heavenly Flames with Spirit Gold to form a powerful lotus.
• Gu Xun'er was left amazed by Lu Yunxiao's ability to combine Heavenly Flames and Spirit Gold.

Lu Yunxiao gave Gu Xun'er a succession of gifts, revealing his ability to fuse elements and sharing the Jie Character Secret with her. He then presented her with the Crimson Phoenix Spear, a powerful weapon prototype, leaving her astonished by his generosity.

• Lu Yunxiao fused elements into an emerald-gold fire lotus, astounding Gu Xun'er, and explained that his physique made such feats easy.
• Lu Yunxiao told Gu Xun'er that he remembered her years of devotion and loved her, moving her to tears.
• Lu Yunxiao passed the Jie Character Secret to Gu Xun'er and explained that it could increase combat strength tenfold.
• Lu Yunxiao presented Gu Xun'er with the Crimson Phoenix Spear, a weapon prototype forged from Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold and Flame Meteorite Profound Iron.

Lu Yunxiao gave Gu Xun'er the Crimson Phoenix Spear, a powerful prototype forged with Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, and explained how he could complete it in the future. The two shared a long kiss before a little girl in white interrupted them.

• Lu Yunxiao explained that the Crimson Phoenix Spear, made with Flame Meteorite Profound Iron and Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, could injure a Dou Saint and grow stronger once fully refined.
• Gu Xun'er accepted the heavy spear, admired its design, and thanked Lu Yunxiao for the gift.
• Lu Yunxiao told Gu Xun'er the spear was only a prototype and promised to improve it when his skills and strength were sufficient.
• Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er embraced and kissed as the sun set over the Cloud Sea.
• A little girl in white appeared and teased Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er for doing naughty things.

Gu Xun'er and Lu Yunxiao were caught kissing by Zi Yan, who complained that he had been neglecting her and asked him to refine a Form Transformation Pill. After Lu Yunxiao agreed to make her spiked gauntlets, Zi Yan shyly admitted she had nothing valuable to pay him with.

• Gu Xun'er blushed and hid behind Lu Yunxiao when Zi Yan arrived and caught them kissing.
• Zi Yan scolded Lu Yunxiao for spending the past half month kissing Gu Xun'er instead of playing with her, then asked him to refine a Form Transformation Pill so she could grow up.
• Lu Yunxiao told Zi Yan the pill might not work and teased her about being cute, while she protested that he preferred grown women.
• Zi Yan noticed the Crimson Phoenix Spear Lu Yunxiao had made for Gu Xun'er and asked him for a weapon of her own.
• Lu Yunxiao agreed to forge Zi Yan a pair of spiked gauntlets and cautioned her not to hit people with them.
• Zi Yan admitted she had no valuables left to pay for the gauntlets and asked if she could repay him later.

Lu Yunxiao gave Zi Yan gloves as a birthday gift, then warned her against casually kissing people and promised to find a way for her to grow up. The pair continued teasing each other, ending with Lu Yunxiao stopping Zi Yan from biting him by feeding her a Vermilion Fruit.

• Lu Yunxiao told Zi Yan to accept the gloves as a birthday gift, but Zi Yan kissed his cheek and called it payment.
• Lu Yunxiao warned Zi Yan not to kiss people casually and decided to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to help her grow up.
• Zi Yan asked Lu Yunxiao to help her grow up, and he promised to handle it when they reached the Central Continent.
• Zi Yan objected to being called Lu Yunxiao's little sister and criticized Qing Lin for blindly obeying him.
• After Lu Yunxiao teased Zi Yan, she tried to bite him, so he put a Vermilion Fruit in her mouth instead.

Lu Yunxiao thought about Xiao Yi Xian, who had reached five-star Dou Wang, and discussed visiting her in the Outcloud Empire before their Three-Year Agreement ended. Encouraged by Yun Yun, Gu Xun'er, and Queen Medusa, he decided to bring Xiao Yi Xian back early and said he could resolve the danger of her Body of Demonic Poison.

• Lu Yunxiao arrived at dinner with Zi Yan and joined Yun Yun, Gu Xun'er, Queen Medusa, Ya Fei, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Lin.
• Lu Yunxiao checked the women's cultivation information and learned Xiao Yi Xian had reached five-star Dou Wang.
• Lu Yunxiao said he missed Xiao Yi Xian but thought he had to wait until their Three-Year Agreement ended before visiting her.
• Yun Yun, Gu Xun'er, and Queen Medusa urged Lu Yunxiao to visit Xiao Yi Xian early, and he decided to bring her back from the Outcloud Empire.
• Lu Yunxiao explained Xiao Yi Xian's Innate Poison Physique and assured Gu Xun'er that he could resolve the Body of Demonic Poison.

Lu Yunxiao learned that Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Demonic Poison could soon become fatal and resolved to gather the items needed to save her. As the group shared a meal, he asked Gu Xun’er to spend the night with him before she left, promising to respect her limits.

• Queen Medusa warned Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun’er that Xiao Yi Xian’s Body of Demonic Poison could eventually erupt and destroy everything nearby.
• Lu Yunxiao planned to obtain Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, a seventh-tier Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast’s Magical Core, and Venerable Skyfire’s Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to help Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yun Yun comforted Lu Yunxiao and said she, Ya Fei, and the others would help guard Cloud Gate while he searched for a solution.
• Lu Yunxiao and the women resumed their meal, and Gu Xun’er served him fish while he served her in return.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Gu Xun’er to spend the night with him before she left, and he promised not to do anything she was uncomfortable with.

Lu Yunxiao hoped to spend the night holding Gu Xun'er before she left, but his public request embarrassed her and Yun Yun intervened. After dinner, Yun Yun teased Queen Medusa about her passion, prompting the furious queen to go after Lu Yunxiao.

• Lu Yunxiao asked Gu Xun'er in front of everyone to sleep beside him, leaving her too embarrassed to answer.
• Yun Yun scolded Lu Yunxiao for asking in public and urged everyone to eat, easing Gu Xun'er's embarrassment.
• After dinner, Lu Yunxiao and Gu Xun'er hurried away while Yun Yun stayed behind with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan.
• Yun Yun teased Queen Medusa by saying Gu Xun'er was less uninhibited, then claimed Lu Yunxiao had described the queen as overly passionate.
• Queen Medusa grew furious at Lu Yunxiao and vanished to find him, while Zi Yan watched in confusion.

Lu Yunxiao reflected on Cloud Gate’s growth and the legacy of the Misty Cloud Sect before Queen Medusa confronted him over calling her slutty. He tried to explain himself, but she attacked him and ignored his warning about the Merit Monuments.

• Lu Yunxiao praised Queen Medusa’s leadership and considered how she and Yun Yun would manage Cloud Gate while he went to the Central Continent.
• Lu Yunxiao paid his respects to Yun Potian’s monument and vowed that Cloud Gate would carry on the Misty Cloud Sect’s legacy.
• Queen Medusa appeared and demanded to know whether Lu Yunxiao had called her slutty.
• Lu Yunxiao realized Yun Yun had told Queen Medusa what he had said, then admitted he had called her clingy and said she seduced him.
• Queen Medusa furiously struck at Lu Yunxiao, disregarding his warning that the Merit Monuments were nearby.