Recaps

Lei Dong returned to the Lei Realm amid the Soul Clan’s attacks, then sought the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and fought off Soul Clan pursuers with Zi Yan. After Yun Yun and the Ancient Dragon guardians helped them escape, Lei Dong recovered and began refining the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning while the Soul Hall continued expanding.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree vanished underground, and Lei Dong returned to the Lei Realm with Bodhi Seeds, keeping the Bodhi Heart for Huo Zhi.
• Lei Dong gave Huo Zhi the Bodhi Heart, then reunited with the transformed Zi Yan and cultivated in the Void Thunder Pool until he reached peak Three Star Dou Sheng.
• Soul Emperor’s forces attacked the Lei Realm, stole the Lei Clan’s Tuoshe Ancient Jade, and killed five Lei Clan Dou Shengs before Lei Dong arrived and stopped Lei Ying from pursuing them.
• Lei Dong took Cai Lin and Zi Yan to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, freed Yao Ming, and helped him kill Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder.
• Lei Dong defeated the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trial and obtained his Essence Blood and Dou Skills, then advanced to Four Star Dou Sheng Late Stage while Cai Lin and Zi Yan cultivated.
• Soul Yan and Soul Blade ambushed Lei Dong and Zi Yan, but Lei Dong and Zi Yan defeated their forces before Soul Tu pursued them and overwhelmed them.
• Yun Yun protected Lei Dong from Soul Tu, and Zhu Mie and Zhu Sheng arrived to help drive Soul Tu away and carry the injured group back to the Lei Realm.
• Lei Dong recovered, gave Huo Zhi the remaining Demon Saint Essence Blood, and began refining the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning as Soul Hall expanded and Yun Yun helped halt its advance.

Lei Dong captured the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame and traded Gu Xun’er’s Golden Earth Burning Flame for Xiao Yan, provoking a confrontation with the Gu Clan. As the clans’ conflict settled, Xiao Yan’s condition and Yun Yun’s renewed clash with him led to a violent confrontation in the Northwest Continent.

• Yun Yun fought Soul Xing while the Pill Tower Old Ancestor held off the Soul Hall, and Lei Dong emerged from seclusion to join the struggle.
• Lei Dong and Zi Yan ambushed the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, captured the Profound Pill, and agreed to wait before refining it.
• Lei Dong entered the Demonic Flame Space with Huo Zhi and Lei Mo, broke through the flame’s illusions, and helped defeat the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame.
• Lei Dong absorbed the flame’s power and secretly brought Xiao Yan out of the Lei Realm, then forced Gu Xun’er to surrender her Golden Earth Burning Flame in exchange for him.
• Gu Xun’er took Xiao Yan to the Yao Clan, where Yao Tian found that Xiao Yan’s soul had been forcibly extracted and that his recovery was uncertain.
• Gu Yuan confronted Lei Dong over the stolen flame, but Yan Jin and the Ancient Dragon Island forces backed the Lei Clan, and Gu Yuan withdrew his army.
• Gu Xun’er learned that Gu Lie had driven Xiao Yan from Gu Clan territory, while Xiao Yan headed toward the Northwest Continent and Nalan Yanran pierced his heart with a sword.
• Dan Yan demanded that Cao Yan surrender the Cao Clan to the Dan Sect, and Cao Ying appeared to defend her family.

Lei Dong gave the Lei Clan’s Ancient Jade to the Gu Clan, entered the Heavenly Tomb, and absorbed Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul while forcing a marriage agreement from Gu Xun’er. After the major clans agreed to a ten-year truce, Lei Dong returned to the Lei Realm and pursued ties with the Yao Clan as Cao Ying prepared for the alchemy competition.

• Cao Ying confronted the Dan Sect with Lei Dong’s backing, and the Dan Clan submitted as the Cao Clan established its foothold in the Pill Domain.
• Lei Dong persuaded the Lei Clan to give its Ancient Jade to the Gu Clan, and Gu Yuan accepted the jade in exchange for allowing Lei Dong into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Xun’er accompanied Lei Dong into the Heavenly Tomb, where he revealed the truth about the Xiao Clan and fought Xiao Xuan for his remnant soul.
• Lei Dong destroyed and absorbed Xiao Xuan, then trained Gu Xun’er and secured her promise to marry him if he surpassed Gu Yuan and left Xiao Yan alone.
• Soul Emperor negotiated a ten-year truce with the Gu, Lei, and Flame Clan leaders, while the clans barred their High Level Dou Shengs from entering the Middle Continent.
• Lei Dong and Gu Xun’er emerged from the Heavenly Tomb holding hands, and she concealed what had happened to protect Xiao Yan.
• Yao Ling treated Lei Dong’s soul backlash and agreed to marry him with Yao Dan’s approval, while Lei Dong brought Cao Ying to the Yao Clan for the alchemy competition.
• Cao Ying secluded herself to prepare for the competition, and Lei Dong secretly entered Gu Xun’er’s residence and sealed the surrounding space.

Lei Dong stayed with Cao Ying and Yao Ling through the dangerous Medicine Ceremony, then seized the Life Spirit Flame and pursued the Taiyin True Flame. After discovering a deep-sea treasure and drawing Middle Continent’s forces toward it, he returned to witness Cai Lin’s emergence as the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Lei Dong repeatedly took Gu Xun'er away and sealed her Dou Qi, while she concealed what happened from Gu Qingyang and remained conflicted about him.
• Cao Ying and Yao Ling joined the Medicine Ceremony final alongside Yao Tian, Old Man Shen Nong, and Tantai Zhenren, and the competitors began refining pills.
• Cao Ying continued refining despite the danger of exploding cauldrons, while Lei Dong shielded her and Yao Ling from the energy released around the arena.
• Cao Ying completed a Ninth-Grade Mysterious Pill, and Lei Dong swallowed it and used the pill’s lightning to recover and break through.
• Lei Dong left with Cao Ying, pursued Old Man Shen Nong, killed him, and took the Life Spirit Flame for Cao Ying.
• Lei Dong pursued Tantai Zhenren for the Taiyin True Flame, but a Nine Star Dou Sheng intervened and warned him away from East Flower Mountain.
• Cao Ying collected a Coral Heart in the Demon Region Ocean, where Lei Dong fought a Merman Magical Beast before the Nine Star Dou Sheng stopped his attack.
• Lei Dong publicized the coming deep-sea pearl, drawing Middle Continent’s forces toward the Eastern Continent, then took Zi Yan to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Cai Lin emerged as the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.