Recaps

Lu Yuan returned to the Yun Lan Sect and intervened in the Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran engagement dispute, then exposed Gu Xun’er’s secrets and helped Xiao Yan rebuild his cultivation. He drew the Hall of Souls’ attention toward Gu Xun’er and used the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade to protect the Yun Lan Sect and Xiao Family.

• Yun Yun reread Lu Yuan’s letter, while Nalan Yanran went to the Xiao Family to end her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Lu Yuan killed Han Feng and Eagle Mountain Old Man, took the Sea Heart Flame, and captured Han Feng’s surviving soul as an apology gift for Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Yuan arrived at the Xiao Family, defended Xiao Yan, and arranged a three-year contest between him and Nalan Yanran after they agreed to end their engagement.
• Lu Yuan revealed that Xiao Xun’er was Gu Xun’er and exposed the secrets behind her presence in the Xiao Family, prompting Xiao Yan to sever their bond.
• Lu Yuan helped Xiao Yan confront Yao Chen over the stolen Dou Qi, gave Yao Chen Han Feng’s soul, and arranged for Xiao Yan to restart his cultivation with the Sea Heart Flame.
• Lu Yuan returned to the Yun Lan Sect, exposed the Mo Family’s harmful cultivation advice, and urged Yun Yun to address the sect’s internal problems.
• Lu Yuan told Yun Yun he intended to marry her, then used Gu Xun’er’s presence and the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade to draw the Hall of Souls’ attention away from the Yun Lan Sect.
• Lu Yuan rescued Gu Xun’er from a Hall of Souls Envoy, forced him to falsify his report, and warned Gu Xun’er that the jade’s destruction could follow if the Xiao Family were harmed.

Lu Yuan moved through the Tagor Desert, captured Queen Medusa, rescued the mercenaries, and took Qing Lin under his protection while arranging for Haibodong’s seal to be lifted. As the Gu Clan and Soul Hall clashed over Xiao Xun'er and the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade, Lu Yuan learned Die could not yet be revived and declared he would force changes within the Yun Lan Sect.

• Lu Yuan approached Ya Fei in Wutan City and offered to help her become patriarch of the Mitre Family if she supported him.
• Lu Yuan found Haibodong in Desert City and sent him toward Wutan City while pursuing Queen Medusa in the Tagor Desert.
• Lu Yuan read Snake-People memories to locate Queen Medusa, spared Black Poison and a tribe that attacked him, then captured Medusa after she demanded Haibodong leave her people alone.
• Lu Yuan saved Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s mercenaries from the Snake-People, revived the fallen, and secured the Sand Mercenary Group’s merger with the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Lu Yuan found Qing Lin in Black Mo City, explained his interest in her Azure Serpent Three Flower Pupils, and took her with him as his maid.
• Gu Qingyang brought the Black Submerging Army to Wutan City as the Soul Hall arrived, and he fought the Great Heavenly Venerate while the wider battle began.
• Lu Yuan brought Queen Medusa to Haibodong, and they agreed she would lift his seal if he stayed out of the Tagor Desert, with an exception for Die’s return.
• Lu Yuan told Qing Lin he could not yet recover Die’s lost soul, then met Xiao Xun'er, who reported the Gu Clan’s interception of the Soul Hall and heard his plan to change the Yun Lan Sect.

Lu Yuan broke with the Yun Lan Sect, then traveled with Xiao Xun'er and the Canaan Academy recruits while arranging Xiao Yan's path and training the Xiao Family Disciples. The arc ended with Xiao Ning leading the recruits in a fight at the forest exit as Lu Yuan blocked the Enforcement Team from intervening.

• Lu Yuan fought Yun Shan across the Yun Lan Sect, defeated him, and altered his memories before leaving the sect behind.
• Lu Yuan told Xiao Xun'er he would not bring her into the Myriad Heavens, then pursued his interest in Canaan Academy and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lu Yuan revealed that Han Shanshan had sacrificed her soul to save Yao Chen, and agreed to try to revive her while Yao Chen handled her body.
• Lu Yuan joined the Canaan Academy recruitment with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, then defeated the academy students and secured Qing Lin a place and Xiao Yan a chance to take leave.
• Lu Yuan departed with Ruo Lin's convoy, traveled to Peaceful Town, and joined the recruits' journey through the Magical Beast Forest toward Canaan Academy.
• Lu Yuan trained the Xiao Family Disciples through punishing exercises in the forest, raising them to the Dou Practitioner realm before leading them toward the exit.
• Lu Yuan urged Xiao Ning and the Xiao Family Disciples to seize supplies from incoming recruits, and Xiao Ning led them into a brawl with Bai Shan and the other students.
• Lu Yuan stopped the Enforcement Team from reaching the fight as Hu Qian and Wu Tianlang flew toward the commotion.

Lu Yuan led Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin into Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy, where he dominated the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and claimed the older students’ Fire Energy Points. After defeating Han Yue, he left the story with Zi Yan deciding to leave the Medicine Repository.

• Xiao Ning defeated Wu Hao and Hu Jia at the forest entrance, but Lu Yuan and Xiao Xun'er intervened and claimed the freshmen’s supplies after overcoming the students who challenged them.
• Lu Yuan settled into Canaan Academy, rejected Bai Cheng’s attempt to confront him, and heard Xiao Xun'er confess her feelings before agreeing to start over with her.
• Lu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, and Qing Lin qualified for the Inner Academy, where Lu Yuan secured a Ring Keeper position by defeating challenger after challenger and deliberately losing to Qing Lin.
• Hu Qian explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, and Lu Yuan entered the forest with Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin to take Fire Crystal Cards from isolated freshmen.
• Liu Qing and his Split Mountain Gang confronted Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan defeated Liu Qing and then overcame Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and the veteran students who arrived to challenge him.
• After Lin Xiuya conceded, Lu Yuan took the veterans’ Fire Energy Points, defeated Han Yue in a spar, and left her five points while returning Lin Yan’s empty card untouched.
• Zi Yan felt a stirring of kinship while stealing spiritual fruit in the Medicine Repository, then decided to leave as the guards warned that its ingredients could kill anyone without a Dou King's constitution.