Recaps

Lu Heng searched the Misty Cloud Sect treasury and found a Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass, the key ingredient for a Phantom Dragon Pill that could help him break through to the Spirit Realm. After teasing Yun Yun and promising to refine pills for her and the sect, he left to cultivate in seclusion.

• Yun Yun led Lu Heng into the Misty Cloud Sect treasury and invited him to take whatever he wanted.
• Lu Heng used his soul power to search the treasury and found a Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass, which he stored in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng explained that the herb could help him refine a Phantom Dragon Pill to temper his soul and attempt a breakthrough to the Spirit Realm.
• Yun Yun asked about taking the Imperial Creation Pill, but Lu Heng warned her that forcing a breakthrough would damage her potential.
• Lu Heng teased Yun Yun about Old Sect Master Yun's plan to betroth them, then collected more ingredients and promised to refine pills for her and the sect.
• Lu Heng left the Misty Cloud Sect and headed toward seclusion to refine the Phantom Dragon Pill.

Lu Heng returned to the Mittel Family residence and told Ya Fei he planned to use a pill to balance the Jia Ma Empire’s rising Dou Zong powers while protecting her and her family. He entered his new alchemy room to refine a pill using the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass, preparing to strike at a Spirit Realm soul.

• Lu Heng returned to the Mittel Family residence, where Ya Fei told him that the Jia Ma Imperial Family and the Alchemist Guild had sent calling cards.
• Ya Fei showed Lu Heng the alchemy room she had built for him, and they shared an affectionate reunion.
• Lu Heng told Ya Fei to reveal that he could provide a pill to help a Nine-Star Dou Emperor break through to Dou Zong, in exchange for the imperial family’s support and protection of the Mittel Family.
• Lu Heng explained that he had already made a similar deal with Yun Shan, and that strengthening Jia Xing Tian would create a balance between the Misty Cloud Sect, the imperial family, and Queen Medusa.
• Lu Heng asked Ya Fei to keep others from disturbing him, then began preparing to refine a pill with the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass.

Lu Heng refined and consumed a Phantom Dragon Pill, advancing to Four-Star Dou Emperor and reaching the Spirit Realm. As the Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect sought the Imperial Creation Pill, Lu Heng stayed in seclusion to refine more pills.

• Lu Heng began refining the Phantom Dragon Pill while Yao Ye told Jia Xing Tian about the Imperial Creation Pill that could help a Nine-Star Dou Emperor break through to Dou Zong.
• Jia Xing Tian sent Yao Ye to the Miteer Auction House to ask Ya Fei about visiting Lu Heng and acquiring the pill.
• Lu Heng resisted the pill’s lightning, consumed it, and refined its energy through the night.
• Yao Ye asked Ya Fei to arrange a meeting and confirmed the Imperial Family wanted the Imperial Creation Pill, while learning Yun Shan had also made an offer.
• Lu Heng broke through to Four-Star Dou Emperor and the Early Spirit Realm, then chose to remain in seclusion and refine more pills.

Yao Ye reported Lu Heng’s formidable soul pressure to Jia Xing Tian, prompting the Imperial Family to offer him access to its treasury and protection for the Mittel Clan. After a week of refining pills, Lu Heng emerged from seclusion and reunited with Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.

• Yao Ye told Jia Xing Tian that Lu Heng’s soul pressure had surpassed anything she had felt from Jia Xing Tian, and Jia Xing Tian ordered the Imperial Family to offer Lu Heng anything he wanted from its treasury and guard the Mittel Clan’s properties.
• Lu Heng spent a week in seclusion refining three Imperial Creation Pills, five Imperial Pills, ten Dou Ling Pills, and other pills with an exceptionally high success rate.
• Ya Fei welcomed Lu Heng when he emerged and explained that Yao Ye had visited repeatedly to offer access to the Imperial Treasury and that Imperial Guards were protecting the Mittel Clan’s auction house.
• Lu Heng found Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin cultivating in the courtyard; Xiao Yi Xian had stabilized at One-Star Dou Master, while Qing Lin had reached Three-Star Dou Master.
• Lu Heng, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin sat together for a meal and chatted.

Lu Heng and Ya Fei went to the Imperial Palace so he could seek something in the Imperial Treasury and address the danger Jia Xing Tian posed. Yao Ye greeted them at the palace gate and escorted them to meet her great-grandfather.

• Ya Fei asked Lu Heng whether she could have his child, and he said it depended on luck.
• At lunch, Lu Heng announced that he planned to visit the Imperial Palace, and Ya Fei decided to accompany him.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to stay home and cultivate while they traveled to the palace.
• Yao Ye learned that Ya Fei was visiting and went to the palace gate to receive her and Lu Heng.
• Yao Ye greeted Lu Heng and Ya Fei, then led them through the palace to her great-grandfather's study.

Lu Heng negotiated with Jia Xing Tian for access to the Imperial Treasury and protection for the Mittel Family, explaining that he wanted to repay Ya Fei for giving him a home. After handing over the Imperial Creation Pill, he and Ya Fei entered the treasury, where he encouraged her to take anything she wanted.

• Jia Xing Tian asked Lu Heng to confirm that he possessed a pill capable of helping him break through to Dou Zong.
• Lu Heng demanded access to the Imperial Treasury and the imperial family's protection of the Mittel Family and Ya Fei after he left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Lu Heng explained that his deal was meant to give Ya Fei a safe home in return for the home she had given him as a child, and Jia Xing Tian accepted.
• Lu Heng gave Jia Xing Tian the Imperial Creation Pill, and Jia Xing Tian ordered Yao Ye to escort Lu Heng and Ya Fei to the Imperial Treasury.
• Yao Ye opened the treasury's bronze gate, and Lu Heng entered with Ya Fei and told her to take whatever caught her eye.

After taking treasures from the imperial treasury, Lu Heng spent a month cultivating and refining pills while living peacefully with Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan then broke through to Dou Zong on the same day and sparred above the Imperial Capital, leaving the empire’s leaders wary of the changed balance of power.

• Lu Heng took rare medicinal ingredients from the imperial treasury and left with Ya Fei, escorted by Yao Ye.
• Lu Heng stayed in the Mittel Family’s courtyard, advanced his cultivation, guided Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and refined pills for his companions and Medusa.
• A month later, Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan each emerged as a Dou Zong, their auras shaking the Imperial Capital.
• Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan exchanged attacks in the sky, and their clash sent sand scattering across the wilderness.
• Nalan Jie and Fa Ma warned their followers not to provoke the powerful families, while Lu Heng, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin watched the spar and discussed who might be stronger.

Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan ended their duel and raced to Lu Heng’s auction house with Yao Ye and Yun Yun, each hoping to win his favor. Lu Heng received the two groups and found himself caught between their competing attempts to introduce the women.

• Jia Xing Tian’s Sun Sand Phoenix was destroyed by Yun Shan’s Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill, and the two Dou Zongs stopped fighting.
• Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan admitted that Lu Heng’s pills had helped them advance, then decided to visit him together with Yao Ye and Yun Yun.
• Lu Heng sensed their approaching auras, and Hai Bodong told him the two groups had met outside the auction house.
• Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian traded barbs over how Yun Yun and Yao Ye were dressed while they waited at the entrance.
• Lu Heng came outside with Ya Fei and Hai Bodong, and Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian presented Yun Yun and Yao Ye to him as they offered thanks.

Ya Fei handled Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian's offers of support while Queen Medusa flew into the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, unleashing her Dou Zong aura. Lu Heng recognized her and reassured the others she was not an enemy, leaving Ya Fei to wonder whether he had conquered the queen.

• Ya Fei led Lu Heng and the guests to the reception room, where Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian offered protection to the Mittel Family.
• Ya Fei turned aside their offers and credited Lu Heng with keeping the family safe, impressing Yao Ye and making Yun Yun blush.
• Queen Medusa sensed the two new Dou Zong auras and flew toward the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, insisting to herself that she had come to investigate a potential threat.
• Queen Medusa entered the city and released a powerful aura that forced commoners to their knees and alarmed the city's cultivators.
• Lu Heng recognized Queen Medusa's aura and told Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian that she was not an enemy, prompting Ya Fei to ask whether he had conquered her.

Lu Heng brought Ya Fei to meet the Queen Medusa above the Imperial Capital, where Ya Fei and the queen traded provocative looks. Medusa agreed to stay at Lu Heng’s home, leaving Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian astonished as the group returned together.

• Lu Heng carried Ya Fei into the sky and invited Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian to meet the Queen Medusa.
• The Queen Medusa greeted Lu Heng coldly and recognized the importance of Ya Fei, who met her gaze without backing down.
• Medusa remarked that Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian had likely reached Dou Zong with Lu Heng’s help, and Jia Xing Tian confirmed it.
• Lu Heng invited Medusa to the Mittel Family residence, and she agreed to stay there as she had stayed with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Lu Heng flew back with Ya Fei, Medusa at his side, and Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian following behind.

Lu Heng received Queen Medusa at the Mittel Family residence, where Yun Shan, Jia Xing Tian, Yun Yun, and Yao Ye soon took their leave. After Ya Fei departed to arrange accommodations, Queen Medusa asked Lu Heng whether he had finished refining what he had promised her.

• Lu Heng entered the reception room with Ya Fei, Queen Medusa, Yun Shan, and Jia Xing Tian, and Yun Yun and Yao Ye greeted them.
• Queen Medusa and Yun Yun exchanged cool greetings as they recalled their previous encounter in the Snake-People Tribe's Holy City.
• Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan left with Yao Ye and Yun Yun after realizing Queen Medusa's bond with Lu Heng was significant.
• Ya Fei offered Queen Medusa tea, then left to check on Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and arrange accommodations.
• Queen Medusa paced around the room and asked Lu Heng whether he had finished refining what he promised her.

Lu Heng offered Queen Medusa the medicinal pill that could help her merge her soul with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's, then proposed fighting her after she grew stronger. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa asking what Lu Heng really wanted and him answering, "You!"

• Lu Heng asked Queen Medusa what she would offer in exchange for his solution to her soul-fusion problem.
• Ya Fei returned to the courtyard and told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that Queen Medusa was discussing serious business with Lu Heng.
• Queen Medusa confronted Lu Heng about staring at her, and he admitted he had not stared enough.
• Lu Heng gave Queen Medusa the medicinal pill and said they would fight after she refined it and fused her soul with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's.
• Queen Medusa asked Lu Heng what he really wanted, and he answered, "You!"

Queen Medusa agreed to fight Lu Heng after she refined the pill and restored her strength, with the winner deciding whether he would return to the Snake-People Tribe. Lu Heng chose to enter seclusion to prepare, determined to win and protect the warmth of his family.

• Lu Heng agreed to fight Queen Medusa once she fully merged her soul, and she said that if she won, he would return with her to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Queen Medusa left in a fluster and asked Ya Fei to arrange a quiet place for her seclusion.
• Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin questioned Lu Heng about Medusa, and he explained that if he won their fight, Medusa would come back with him instead.
• Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed the prospect of Medusa joining them, while Qing Lin blushed at the thought of being included.
• Lu Heng told Ya Fei he would enter seclusion to prepare, and she encouraged him to return victorious.

After seven days of seclusion, Queen Medusa completed her soul unification and reached peak One-Star Dou Zong, while Lu Heng consolidated his Four-Star Dou Emperor cultivation and advanced his soul power to the Spirit Realm. They left for the Rocky Wasteland east of the Imperial Capital to settle their wager in a fight.

• Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion after refining the Origin-Returning Soul-Melting Pill and reached peak One-Star Dou Zong.
• Lu Heng finished consolidating his cultivation and advanced his soul power to the Spirit Realm inside the Black Rock chamber.
• Queen Medusa confronted Lu Heng and declared that they would fight.
• Lu Heng chose the Rocky Wasteland three hundred li east of the Imperial Capital as their battleground, and Medusa agreed.
• Lu Heng reassured Ya Fei before flying east, and Queen Medusa followed him through the air.

Lu Heng and Queen Medusa fought a wager in the Rocky Wasteland, with Lu Heng’s Five Elements techniques countering her Snake-People Tribe arts. Medusa was suppressed by his Five Elements Roulette, but the battle remained locked in a fierce deadlock.

• Queen Medusa and Lu Heng faced off in the Rocky Wasteland and began their wager with a sword clash.
• Lu Heng calmly blocked Medusa’s swift sword techniques, and his five-colored spiritual energy dissolved her Seven-Colored Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng summoned the Five Elements Roulette, which drew in surrounding energy and suppressed Medusa’s bloodline power and combat strength.
• Medusa abandoned close combat and attacked with Seven-Colored Scale Radiance and a Phantom Python Spirit Whip, while Lu Heng evaded and blocked her strikes.
• Medusa used Snake Might Tremor and Snake Fang Sky-Rending Slash, but Lu Heng countered with fused Dou Techniques and a series of elemental attacks.
• Medusa and Lu Heng continued exchanging powerful attacks, with neither gaining the advantage.

Lu Heng defeated Medusa in their final clash, then claimed her with a kiss and gave her the name Cai Lin. After recovering some strength, they prepared to return to Ya Fei and the others, while Cai Lin asked Lu Heng to keep her defeat secret.

• Medusa unleashed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's ultimate attack, but Lu Heng destroyed it with his Five Elements Origin Slash and broke through her defenses.
• With her battle qi and bloodline power exhausted, Medusa lost, and Lu Heng caught her as she staggered before declaring, "Queen, you're mine."
• Lu Heng kissed Medusa twice, and she eventually stopped resisting; he then fed her a Qi Recovery Pill.
• Medusa asked Lu Heng not to tell Ya Fei and the others that he had defeated her, and he agreed.
• Lu Heng named Medusa Cai Lin, and they prepared to return to Ya Fei and the others with his Purple Cloud Wings.

Lu Heng returned to the Mittel Family with the defeated Queen Medusa, who introduced herself as Cai Lin and met Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. After Yun Shan persuaded Jia Xing Tian to look beyond the Jia Ma Empire, Lu Heng visited Cai Lin in her guest room late at night, where she sat nervously on the bed.

• Lu Heng brought Cai Lin back to the Mittel Family, where Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin welcomed them.
• Lu Heng explained that Queen Medusa was a title and that the queen's name was Cai Lin, then the five of them went to eat.
• Yun Shan and Jia Xing Tian surveyed the ruined battlefield and marveled that Lu Heng had defeated the Queen Medusa.
• Yun Shan argued that Lu Heng would eventually leave the region and that Jia Xing Tian, Yun Shan, and Cai Lin could protect the Jia Ma Empire while expanding its influence.
• Late at night, Lu Heng entered Cai Lin's guest room and took her hand as she sat shyly on the bed.

Lu Heng and Cai Lin grew closer after spending the night together, then he revealed his plan to relocate the Snake-People Tribe to the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range. The chapter ended with Lu Heng and Cai Lin flying to the Imperial Palace to discuss the migration with Jia Xing Tian.

• Lu Heng and Cai Lin spent the night together, and they were intimate again the next morning.
• Ya Fei teased Cai Lin at lunch, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin welcomed her to the table.
• Lu Heng told Cai Lin he would help the Snake-People Tribe migrate from the desert to the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Cai Lin thanked Lu Heng with a kiss after hearing his plan and its protections for her people.
• Lu Heng and Cai Lin flew to the Imperial Palace to discuss the migration with Jia Xing Tian.

Lu Heng secured the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s agreement to establish a Snake-People habitat in the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range and demanded an end to trafficking against them. As he and Cai Lin headed back, he promised to prepare properly before returning her to her people.

• Lu Heng asked Jia Xing Tian to give the Snake-People Tribe a new home in the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range, presenting their migration as an alliance that would strengthen the empire.
• Lu Heng demanded that Jia Xing Tian eliminate human trafficking, especially the trade targeting Snake-People, and Jia Xing Tian pledged the Imperial Family’s protection.
• Lu Heng gave Yao Ye two bottles of medicinal pills before leaving the palace with Cai Lin.
• Jia Xing Tian urged Yao Ye to pursue Lu Heng, leaving her embarrassed and uncertain whether she had a chance.
• Cai Lin thanked Lu Heng for defending her people, and he told her that her people were his people too.
• Cai Lin asked when they would return to the Snake-People Tribe, and Lu Heng said he first needed to ensure they would have a proper place to live.

Lu Heng helped Cai Lin arrange the Snake-People Tribe’s migration and secured supplies through Ya Fei and the Mittel Family. After three months, with the migration underway and the Jia Ma Empire’s affairs settled, he decided to return to Jia Nan Academy and see Han Yue and Zi Yan.

• Lu Heng and Cai Lin agreed to find a remote, resource-rich habitat for the Snake-People Tribe and arrange for the Imperial Family to mark its boundaries.
• Ya Fei welcomed Cai Lin and promised to provide supplies for the migration, while Lu Heng checked Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation.
• Ya Fei accepted Cai Lin’s supply list and arranged for the Mittel Family to deliver everything within three days.
• Queen Medusa selected a valley in the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range, the Imperial Family declared it a forbidden zone, and the Snake-People Tribe began migrating as Ya Fei sent supplies.
• After three months, Lu Heng reflected on his long absence from Jia Nan Academy and decided it was time to return to Han Yue and Zi Yan.

Lu Heng told Ya Fei he planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire, and later announced that he would take Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy. Cai Lin accepted that she had to stay and lead the Snake-People Tribe, though Lu Heng had not explained whether she would join him later.

• Ya Fei told Lu Heng she understood he had to leave and promised to wait for him at home.
• At dinner, Lu Heng announced he was preparing to return to Jia Nan Academy, alarming Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Cai Lin.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin he intended to take them with him, and explained the academy suited their cultivation needs.
• Cai Lin challenged Lu Heng about leaving her behind, but fell silent when he reminded her of her responsibilities to the Snake-People Tribe.

Lu Heng spent several days keeping Ya Fei and Cai Lin company before deciding to visit Yun Yun and say goodbye ahead of his departure. Cai Lin then told him that Yun Yun had arrived.

• Ya Fei teased Cai Lin about missing Lu Heng and reminded him of Han Yue and Zi Yan as he planned to return to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Lu Heng put aside his duties and spent the next few days with Ya Fei and Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin gradually grew more comfortable with Lu Heng, and the group teased them over breakfast the next morning.
• Lu Heng considered the coming Three-Year Agreement and Alchemist Conference, then decided to say goodbye to Yun Yun before leaving.
• Cai Lin told Lu Heng that Yun Yun had arrived.

Lu Heng teased jealous Cai Lin and kissed her before meeting Yun Yun, who asked him to witness Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement. He decided to delay his return to Jia Nan Academy, and the chapter ended with him pulling Yun Yun into his arms as she tried to leave.

• Cai Lin accused Lu Heng of treating Yun Yun like a lover, and Lu Heng teased her before kissing her until she retreated in embarrassment.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Heng to witness Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s Three-Year Agreement at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lu Heng hesitated because he had planned to return to Jia Nan Academy and had already kept Han Yue waiting, while also owing Zi Yan pills.
• Yun Yun accepted that Lu Heng might be too busy and rose to leave, but Lu Heng grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his embrace.

Lu Heng kissed Yun Yun, and she accepted his declaration that she was his. Ya Fei caught them together, then welcomed Yun Yun as family and led her toward the courtyard.

• Lu Heng reminded Yun Yun that Old Sect Master Yun had betrothed her to him, then kissed her until she relaxed in his arms.
• Lu Heng declared that Yun Yun was his, and Yun Yun quietly agreed.
• Ya Fei entered and teased Lu Heng and Yun Yun after catching them together.
• Lu Heng explained that Old Sect Master Yun had arranged the betrothal and declared Yun Yun his from that day onward.
• Ya Fei welcomed Yun Yun as family, took her hand, and suggested they all meet in the courtyard.

Lu Heng brought Yun Yun to the Mittel Family courtyard, where he soothed Cai Lin’s jealousy and Yun Yun grew comfortable with the other women. After Yun Yun recounted how Lu Heng had twice saved her, he announced that he planned to return to Jia Nan Academy, and Cai Lin suspected Yun Yun was the reason.

• Ya Fei brought Lu Heng and Yun Yun into the courtyard, where Cai Lin accused Lu Heng of bringing home another lover.
• Lu Heng explained that Medusa was now named Cai Lin and coaxed her out of her jealous sulk.
• Ya Fei introduced Yun Yun to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who welcomed her into the household.
• Yun Yun told the women how Lu Heng had twice saved her and gradually won her affection.
• Lu Heng announced that he planned to return to Jia Nan Academy, and Cai Lin guessed that he had changed his plans because of Yun Yun.