Recaps

Xiao Ling advanced his Talisman cultivation, reunited with his companions, and led them into an ancient ruin in search of its treasures. After Zi Yan obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Zhu Li departed with it, the group explored the ruin and fought its Ancient Human Puppets for the sealed treasures.

• Xiao Ling condensed eight Destiny Talisman Seals, advanced to Talisman Sect Master, and survived the gathered Wind-Thunder Tribulation with the help of his Sky Demon Puppets.
• Feng Qing'er became intimate with Xiao Ling, while Qing Lin completed her seclusion and broke through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ling traveled with Zi Yan, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Skeleton Mountain Range and found a hidden entrance to the Ancient Ruins.
• The group entered the ruins, took control of ten Earth Demon Puppets, and discovered a vast medicinal forest guarded by powerful beasts.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, but Zhu Li arrived and persuaded Xiao Ling to let him take it back to Ancient Dragon Island while Zi Yan stayed with Xiao Ling.
• The group collected herbs, pills, and ancient formulas, then found a Nine-colored Pill Beast that Xiao Ling won over with pills.
• At the central hall, Xiao Ling identified the Creation Saint’s Dou Sheng Skeleton and the Ancient Human Puppets guarding ten light clusters.
• Xiao Ling and his companions fought the awakened puppets, and Xiao Ling’s Godfall Weapon cleaved several apart as Zi Yan seized several of the light clusters.

Xiao Ling plundered the Skeleton Mountain Range, returned to Jia Nan Academy, and broke through to Grand Talisman Master before seeking out Zhu Kun beneath the academy. The arc ended with Zhu Kun recognizing Zi Yan as his daughter and beginning to accept Xiao Ling as her partner.

• Xiao Ling dismantled the awakened Dou Sheng Skeleton, recovered three sealed records of a Heavenly Grade Dou Technique, then trapped the factions at Skeleton Mountain Range and had his Banner Slaves slaughter them.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Soul Hall branch to collect Soul Origin, then traveled with Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian and the elders welcomed them.
• Xiao Ling absorbed purified Soul Origin in seclusion and reached Grand Talisman Master, then left the academy to endure a Wind-Thunder Tribulation that tempered his body and dragon scales.
• Xiao Ling took Zi Yan into the Underground Magma World, where they fought Flame Lizardmen and reached the bronze gate of the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun awoke and recognized Zi Yan as his daughter, while Zi Yan grieved over her absent parents and Xiao Ling comforted her.
• Zhu Kun apologized to Zi Yan and offered to teach her the Dragon Emperor lineage's Dou Techniques, while Xiao Ling explained his love for her and Zi Yan recounted their life together.

Xiao Ling married Medusa and strengthened his bonds with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Yun Yun sought his help escaping her arranged marriage. With Medusa staying behind with their unborn child, Xiao Ling gathered Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Zi Yan to leave for the Central Plains.

• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, advanced to peak middle-stage Eight-Star Dou Zun, and reunited with his companions as Yun Yun avoided a meeting with Gu He to seek him out.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that Medusa was pregnant, and Xiao Ling accepted responsibility, proposed marriage, and promised to refine pills to protect their child.
• Xiao Ling refined a Heavenly Soul Blood Melting Pill for Medusa’s clan, then welcomed Yao Chen and Little Sable, who brought him the Myriad Beast Spiritual Fire as a wedding gift.
• Xiao Ling absorbed the Myriad Beast Spiritual Fire and advanced to Dou Zun Nine Stars before learning the Great Heaven Creation Palm from a projection of the Creation Saint.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa held their wedding, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin joined him afterward in pledging to stay by his side.
• Xiao Ling agreed to help Yun Yun leave the Misty Cloud Sect rather than marry Gu He, while Yun Yun relinquished her position as sect leader and chose to take Yun Yanran with her.
• Xiao Ling bade farewell to Medusa, who stayed with the Snake People Clan and their unborn child, then agreed to bring Nalan Yanran to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ling transported Nalan Yanran to the group, reassured her family that he would protect her, and opened a Spatial Tunnel for their departure.

Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion, became a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and sent Feng Qing'er to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. At the Flower Sect succession ceremony, he helped Han Yue become Sect Master and then reset the seals holding Granny Hua’s Dou Qi inside Han Yue and Han Xue.

• Xiao Ling brought Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei into Starfall Pavilion and settled them there while Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan welcomed him back.
• Xiao Ling refined the Heavenly Fire Yuan Condensing Pill, became a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and helped Yao Chen create a Pseudo Exotic Flame.
• Xiao Ling gave Feng Qing'er an Ancient Phoenix Blood Crystal and protective puppets, then sent her to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to advance within her clan.
• Xiao Ling and Mu Qingluan traveled to the Flower Sect for its succession ceremony, where Hua Jin challenged Han Yue and Han Xue with the Demonic Flower Evil Lord at her side.
• Xiao Ling joined Han Yue in the contest, then defeated the Demonic Flower Evil Lord and gravely wounded Hua Jin, allowing Han Yue to become Flower Sect Master.
• Xiao Ling stayed at the Flower Sect with Han Yue and Han Xue, and Mu Qingluan learned that Han Xue also loved him.
• Xiao Ling examined the sisters’ inherited Dou Qi and warned them that other experts might target them for it.
• Xiao Ling used his Heavenly Flame to break and replace the seals inside Han Yue and Han Xue, controlling the Dou Qi’s release and healing their meridians.