Recaps

Lu Heng and his companions traveled through a space wormhole for twenty days and arrived in Sky Maple City in the Northern Domain of the Central Plains. With Tianbei City and its rival clans as their destination, Lu Heng found that the Central Plains’ richer spiritual energy strengthened his cultivation.

• Lu Heng bought a terrain map, reviewed the powers surrounding Tianbei City with Xiao Yi Xian, and decided to assess the Han Clan and Hong Clan situation when they arrived.
• Lu Heng and his companions boarded a spatial ship outside Tianya City and entered the wormhole.
• During the twenty-day journey, Yao Tianhuo kept watch, Qing Lin cultivated, Xiao Yi Xian studied notes and medicinal formulas, and Zi Yan ate and slept.
• The spatial ship emerged from the wormhole and landed at Sky Maple City, where Lu Heng sensed denser spiritual energy and his Five Elements Spirit Body began absorbing it.

Lu Heng and his companions reached Tianbei City and went to the Han Clan estate to meet Han Yue. Han Clan guards and Elder Han Seven treated Lu Heng as an unimportant outsider and doubted his claimed strength.

• Lu Heng and his companions left Sky Maple City and flew north to Tianbei City.
• The group heard that the Han Clan was losing mines and facing pressure from the Hong Clan and the Wind Lightning North Pavilion.
• Lu Heng told the Han Clan gate guards he had come to see Han Yue, but the lead guard refused to announce him and insulted his origins.
• Elder Han Seven came out, scrutinized Lu Heng, and mocked the idea that someone from the Black-Corner Region could be a Dou Emperor at eighteen.

Lu Heng arrived at the Han Clan residence and revealed his early five-star Dou Zong cultivation after Elder Han Qi challenged him. Han Yue rushed to the main gate with Han Xue, where she called out to Lu Heng.

• Elder Han Qi ordered Lu Heng to leave Tianbei City, but Lu Heng suppressed him and the gatekeeping disciples with his Dou Zong aura.
• Lu Heng identified himself as Han Yue's man and told Elder Han Qi to announce his arrival.
• The Han Clan felt Lu Heng's aura, and several Dou Emperor elders hurried toward the main gate.
• Han Yue recognized Lu Heng's aura while reviewing family reports and rushed out with her younger sister, Han Xue.
• Han Yue reached the main gate plaza and called out to Lu Heng as the clan elders remained immobilized by his pressure.

Lu Heng reunited with Han Yue at the Han Clan and revealed that he had reached Five-Star Dou Zong. Han Fei emerged from seclusion, dismissed Lu Heng’s strength as a trick, and attacked him, leaving Lu Heng’s companions ready to intervene.

• Han Yue rushed to Lu Heng and learned he had broken through to Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Han Xue watched Lu Heng subdue the Han Clan elders and guards, then blushed as she wondered whether he was Han Yue’s beloved.
• Han Fei emerged from seclusion and confronted Lu Heng after Elder Han Qi complained about him.
• Lu Heng explained that he had injured the gatekeepers because they insulted him and refused to let him enter the Han Clan.
• Han Fei accused Lu Heng of impersonating a Dou Zong and sent a powerful wave of green Dou Qi at him.
• Lu Heng stopped Yao Tianhuo from intervening as Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin prepared to support him.

Lu Heng defeated Han Fei with one punch after the Han Clan challenged his strength. Han Fei apologized and welcomed Lu Heng and his guests, leaving the clan humbled and Han Yue vindicated.

• Han Yue stopped Zi Yan from rushing at the Han Clan and assured her that Lu Heng could handle the situation.
• Lu Heng unleashed his Chaos Dou Qi and Five Elements Roulette, suppressing Han Fei’s wind-attributed Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng broke Han Fei’s Wind Whirl Wall with one punch and sent him crashing into the main hall, badly injured.
• Han Xue realized Han Yue’s letter had understated Lu Heng’s strength, while the Han Clan elders stood in fearful silence.
• Han Fei apologized to Lu Heng and accepted a Sixth-Grade Restoration Pill, and Lu Heng let the offense pass for Han Yue’s sake.
• Han Fei ordered the clan to escort Lu Heng and his guests to the Elegant Garden and prepare a family banquet.

Lu Heng reunited with Han Yue in Tianbei City, and the Han Clan learned of his immense strength and alchemy skill during a family banquet. The chapter ended with Lu Heng kissing Han Yue in her courtyard.

• Lu Heng and his companions joined Han Yue at a Han Clan banquet, where Zi Yan eagerly devoured the food.
• Han Yue told the Han Clan that Lu Heng was a Five-Star Dou Zong and an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, leaving the elders stunned and Han Qi fearful.
• Han Yue arranged rooms for Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, while Yao Tianhuo left to explore Tianbei City.
• Lu Heng told Han Yue that Yao Tianhuo was the Three-Star Dou Zun known as Skyfire Venerable.
• Lu Heng embraced and kissed Han Yue after they reunited in her courtyard.

Lu Heng reunited with Han Yue in the Han Clan courtyard, then learned about the Hong Clan’s threat to her family. He and Han Yue joined Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Han Xue for a night tour of Tianbei City.

• Han Xue secretly saw Lu Heng and Han Yue kiss in the courtyard and hurried back to her room, flustered.
• Lu Heng carried Han Yue into her room, where they discussed the Hong Clan’s seizure of three Han Clan spirit stone mines and its ties to Wind Lightning North Pavilion.
• Lu Heng told Han Yue he would handle the Hong Clan and asked her to have Han Xue guide the group around Tianbei City.
• Han Xue joined Lu Heng, Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan for a visit to the night market, still embarrassed about witnessing the kiss.
• Zi Yan eagerly ordered twenty sweet-fried dragon eye pastries, and Lu Heng told Han Yue to make sure Han Xue had enough money to accompany her.

Lu Heng and Han Yue spent a peaceful night market outing with their companions before Lu Heng planned how to handle the Hong Clan and strengthen himself. Meanwhile, an inspector detected the Dragon Emperor Bloodline near the Dou Qi Continent, prompting Zhu Li to seek its source.

• Zi Yan ate her way through the night market while Han Xue paid for food, and Qing Lin chose a five-colored wrist cord for Lu Heng.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Han Xue, Lu Heng, and Han Yue returned safely to the Han Clan residence, where Han Yue said she felt relaxed beside Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng confirmed his Five-Star Dou Zong foundation and considered relying on Yao Lao against the Hong Clan and Wind Lightning North Pavilion while seeking to grow stronger himself.
• An inspector told Zhu Li that a routine check of spatial rifts had revealed a faint fluctuation of the pure Dragon Emperor Bloodline.
• Zhu Li learned that the aura came from north of the Central Plains on the Dou Qi Continent and ordered efforts to pinpoint its location.

Zhu Li sent Hei Qing to the Dou Qi Continent to find and protect the bearer of the Dragon Emperor Bloodline. In Tianbei City, Lu Heng asked Yao Tianhuo to confront the Hong Clan while he cultivated, and Qing Lin gave Lu Heng a bracelet.

• Zhu Li ordered Hei Qing to secretly find the Dragon Emperor Bloodline north of the Central Plains and bring her back or protect her if she refused.
• Yao Tianhuo reported that the Hong Clan was watching the Han Clan and described its strength.
• Lu Heng sent Yao Tianhuo to demand that Hong Tianxiao return the Han Clan's seized mines and warned him not to threaten the clan.
• Qing Lin gave Lu Heng a five-colored bracelet at breakfast, and he put it on.
• Lu Heng entered seclusion to cultivate his Five-Star Dou Zong foundation, while Han Yue reassured Han Xue that the Hong Clan had more reason to fear Yao Tianhuo.

Yao Tianhuo intimidated Hong Tianxiao into returning the Hong Clan’s seized property to the Han Clan, and Han Fei brought the clan’s treasures to thank Lu Heng. Lu Heng accepted a few rare materials, returned the rest, and left Zi Yan grumbling about his growing airs.

• Yao Tianhuo entered the Hong Clan hall under spatial pressure and ordered Hong Tianxiao to return the Han Clan’s mines, market districts, and stolen resources within a day.
• Hong Tianxiao feared Yao Tianhuo’s threat and ordered the Hong Clan to gather the property and prepare an apology for the Han Clan.
• Hong Tianxiao arrived at the Han Clan estate with its elders, returned the seized deeds and offered two Eighth-Rank medicinal fruits to Han Fei.
• Han Fei brought three storage rings of treasures to Lu Heng, who kept several rare herbs and Earthcore Dark Rock and returned the remaining treasures to the Han Clan.
• Zi Yan complained that Lu Heng was acting increasingly imposing after Han Fei had bowed respectfully to him.

Lu Heng used the Five Elements Roulette to absorb Pill Lightning and strengthen his body and cultivation while refining two Eighth-Rank pills at the Han Clan. His second pill summoned Five-Colored Pill Lightning, leaving Han Fei and the Han Clan elders stunned by his ability.

• Lu Heng realized the Five Elements Roulette could absorb Pill Lightning and decided to use it to strengthen himself and stabilize his cultivation.
• Lu Heng began refining an Eighth-Rank Spirit Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill and a Five Elements Body-Tempering Pill.
• Three-Colored Pill Lightning descended, and Lu Heng absorbed it with the Five-Color Wheel before collecting the finished Spirit Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• The Five Elements Body-Tempering Pill rose from the cauldron and summoned Five-Colored Pill Lightning over Tianbei City.
• Han Fei, Han Chi, and the elders saw the Five-Colored Pill Lightning and marveled at Lu Heng's alchemy at nineteen.

Lu Heng refined an Eighth-Rank Mid-Stage Five Elements Body-Tempering Pill and absorbed its Five-Colored Pill Lightning, shocking the Han Clan. The Hong Clan learned of his power and, already intimidated by Yao Tianhuo, ordered its members to avoid the Han Clan.

• Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Han Yue, and Han Xue watched as Lu Heng faced the Five-Colored Pill Lightning above the Han Clan courtyard.
• Lu Heng absorbed the entire lightning tribulation with his Five-Color Wheel, strengthening his cultivation and completing the pill refinement.
• Lu Heng stored the pill and told Zi Yan she could not eat it because it was too powerful for her physique.
• Han Fei and the Han Clan elders arrived, and Lu Heng confirmed he had casually refined an Eighth-Rank divine pill.
• Hong Tianxiao learned that Lu Heng had refined the pill and absorbed its lightning after Yao Tianhuo had threatened the Hong Clan on the Han Clan’s behalf.
• Hong Tianxiao ordered the Hong Clan to stay far away from the Han Clan, then slumped in fear and despair.

After refining an eighth-tier Five Elements Body-Tempering Pill, Lu Heng entered seclusion to temper his Five Elements Origin with its medicinal power and absorbed Pill Lightning. The Han Clan members also began cultivating, while Hei Qing arrived near Tianbei City on orders from the Eastern Dragon Island.

• Lu Heng gave Zi Yan a bottle of leftover medicinal pills, then told Han Yue he would enter seclusion to refine the energy he had absorbed.
• Lu Heng consumed the Five Elements Body-Tempering Pill and circulated the Five Spirits Chaos Art to absorb its medicinal power and the residual Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Qing Lin to cultivate, and the two began training in the East Wing.
• Han Yue took Han Xue to their room and made her cultivate instead of eating pastries; the courtyard soon fell quiet as everyone trained.
• Hei Qing strode out of a spatial rift dozens of miles from Tianbei City after being ordered to come from the Eastern Dragon Island.

On his nineteenth birthday, Lu Heng celebrated with his companions after stabilizing his Five-Star Dou Zong cultivation, and vowed to grow strong enough to protect them. Meanwhile, Hei Qing sensed the Ancient Void Dragon Imperial Bloodline and headed toward Tianbei City.

• Hei Qing sensed a trace of the Ancient Void Dragon Imperial Bloodline to the north and stepped through a spatial rift toward Tianbei City.
• Lu Heng emerged after stabilizing his Five-Star Dou Zong cultivation and strengthening his Five Elements Spirit Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Han Yue, Han Xue, and Yao Tianhuo surprised Lu Heng with food and gifts for his nineteenth birthday.
• Lu Heng told his companions he would keep growing stronger, aiming to reach Dou Di if necessary to protect them.
• Yao Tianhuo praised Lu Heng and resolved to follow him wholeheartedly, then everyone gathered around the stone table to celebrate.

On Lu Heng’s birthday, Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to his private wish, and he took them to the inner chamber. The next morning, Hei Qing arrived at the rear courtyard and knelt before Zi Yan, recognizing her as the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s royal bloodline.

• Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan offered Lu Heng a birthday wish, and Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian accepted his whispered request.
• Lu Heng carried Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian into the inner chamber while Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Yao Lao, and Han Xue remained at the feast.
• The next morning, Hei Qing tore through space above Tianbei City, alarming its residents with his eight-star Dou Zun aura.
• Yao Tianhuo moved to defend the courtyard, and Zi Yan angrily challenged Hei Qing for making a racket.
• Hei Qing recognized Zi Yan’s pure Dragon Emperor Bloodline, approached her, and knelt to pay homage to the royal bloodline.

Hei Qing revealed that Zi Yan was royal blood of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and had come to escort her to Eastern Dragon Island. Zi Yan learned she had a clan and a home, while Hei Qing urged her to leave Lu Heng and return with him.

• Hei Qing knelt before Zi Yan and identified himself as an envoy from Eastern Dragon Island, sent by Third Elder Zhu Li to escort her back.
• Lu Heng explained that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was the strongest magical beast clan and that Zi Yan was its royal descendant.
• Zi Yan became overwhelmed by the revelation, embraced Lu Heng, and asked if she had really found her clansmen.
• Lu Heng comforted Zi Yan and told her she had a home of her own.
• Hei Qing explained that Morphing Grass had suppressed Zi Yan's bloodline and promised that the clan's medicines and inheritance could help her mature and grow stronger.
• Hei Qing urged Zi Yan to return to Eastern Dragon Island, claiming she would soon surpass Lu Heng in cultivation.

Zi Yan agreed to return to Eastern Dragon Island to awaken her bloodline after Lu Heng and Hei Qing persuaded her that it would help her grow strong enough to protect Lu Heng. She departed with pills and gifts from her companions, while Hei Qing gave Lu Heng an Innate Spatial Dragon Scale and promised to aid him if needed.

• Hei Qing promised Zi Yan rare medicinal ingredients and explained that her bloodline could only be awakened in the clan's Dragon Transformation Pool, but Zi Yan refused to go without Lu Heng.
• Hei Qing reminded Zi Yan that she was weaker than Lu Heng and promised she could reach Dou Zun or even Dou Saint by awakening her bloodline on Eastern Dragon Island.
• Lu Heng encouraged Zi Yan to go, gave her four bottles of pills, and promised they would meet again; Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian gave her parting gifts.
• Zi Yan hugged Lu Heng, promised to return and protect him, then agreed to leave with Hei Qing.
• Hei Qing gave Lu Heng his Innate Spatial Dragon Scale and promised to come to his aid if Lu Heng crushed it.

After Zi Yan returned to her clan, Lu Heng planned his next steps in the Northern Domain and decided to visit the Pill Tower once local matters were settled. His relentless cultivation and alchemy pushed everyone in the Han Clan’s rear courtyard to train harder, leaving Han Xue exhausted and protesting.

• Hei Qing gave Lu Heng a dragon scale token, then took Zi Yan through a spatial rift back to her clan.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian worried that they were falling behind Lu Heng, while he encouraged Qing Lin and considered opportunities in the Northern Domain.
• Lu Heng judged the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool would benefit Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in two years but offer little to him, and decided to visit the Pill Tower after handling local matters.
• After Yao Tianhuo intimidated Hong Tianxiao, the Hong Clan returned the Han Clan’s seized property, and Han Fei recovered with Lu Heng’s pill.
• Lu Heng refined batches of pills in seclusion, prompting Han Yue, Han Xue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to intensify their cultivation.
• Han Xue complained that everyone had gone mad with cultivation, but Han Yue told her that her lower rank gave her no excuse to slack off.

Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian decided to train in the dangerous Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, and Lu Heng agreed while equipping them with protective items. After they left to prepare, Lu Heng summoned Yao Tianhuo, hinting that he wanted the old man to watch over them.

• Qing Lin showed Xiao Yi Xian a map of Ten Thousand Snake Gorge and explained its dangerous serpents, poisonous miasma, and powerful beasts.
• Qing Lin said she wanted to capture high-rank serpents to strengthen herself, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to accompany her to gather poisonous herbs.
• Lu Heng approved their training trip and gave them defensive talismans, poison-repelling pills, recovery pills, and healing pills.
• Lu Heng arranged for the Han Clan to prepare two Cloud-Treading Beasts as Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin left to pack.
• Lu Heng summoned Yao Tianhuo, who teased him about secretly asking to serve as the women’s bodyguard.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin trained in Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, refining their poison abilities and serpent-subduing powers under Yao Tianhuo’s secret watch. In the middle region, three rogue cultivators confronted them over a poisonous herb and their valuables, and Xiao Yi Xian attacked the leader with corrosive finger beams.

• Lu Heng asked Yao Tianhuo to secretly follow Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, intervening only if they faced mortal danger.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin entered Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, where Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poisonous miasma and Qing Lin subdued a Fifth Rank Two-Headed Blackwater Python.
• Over several months, Xiao Yi Xian refined poisonous herbs while Qing Lin tempered her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils by subduing powerful serpent beasts.
• By their fourth month in the gorge, Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin advanced into its middle region, where they encountered a bald Three-Star Dou Emperor and two Nine-Star Dou Kings.
• After the bald man demanded their Blackblood Lingzhi and Storage Rings, Xiao Yi Xian fired three poisonous beams that corroded his earthen shield.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin cultivated in Ten Thousand Snake Gorge for more than a year, reaching the Peak Nine-Star and Eight-Star Dou Emperor realms. After defeating two blood-robed attackers, they left the depleted abyss to return to Tianbei City.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed a Three-Star Dou Emperor and broke through to the Dou Emperor realm, while Qing Lin advanced to its threshold.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the Myriad Poisons Origin Essence as Qing Lin reached Eight-Star Dou Emperor and enslaved three Seventh-Rank Mutated Black Mamba Snakes.
• Two Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor elders attacked Qing Lin while Xiao Yi Xian was completing her cultivation.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to disrupt the elders, giving Xiao Yi Xian time to finish her breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin defeated the two elders, and Xiao Yi Xian healed Qing Lin with a Seventh-Grade Healing Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin left Ten Thousand Snake Gorge to return to Tianbei City.

After a year and a half of cultivation, Lu Heng reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who had grown powerful in Ten Thousand Snake Gorge. Their return also made Han Yue confront how far behind she felt, leaving the group to address her discouragement.

• Lu Heng emerged from secluded cultivation at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong, having advanced from Middle Five-Star Dou Zong in a year and a half.
• Yao Tianhuo returned from watching over Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and reported that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor while Qing Lin had reached Eight-Star Dou Emperor and subdued three Seventh-Rank demonic snakes.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin returned to the Han Clan's rear garden, where they reunited with Lu Heng and gave him the medicinal ingredients, Magic Cores, and snake essence blood they had gathered.
• Han Yue arrived and, comparing her Nine-Star Dou King cultivation with the others', admitted that she felt too weak and unable to catch up.

Lu Heng encouraged Han Yue, then explained that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin should prepare for the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool to strengthen their foundations before attempting to break through to Dou Zong. He announced that he would soon travel to the Central Region’s Pill Tower, leaving them in Yao Tianhuo’s care until they could join him.

• Lu Heng comforted Han Yue by praising her cultivation and calling meeting him her greatest opportunity.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool would open in about five months and advised them to refine their Dou Qi rather than rush their breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin agreed to stabilize their cultivation and use the Blood Pool to attempt breakthroughs to Dou Zong.
• Lu Heng promised Han Yue pills to help her advance from Nine-Star Dou King toward Dou Emperor.
• Lu Heng announced that he would leave for the Pill Tower in the Central Region to seek high-grade medicinal ingredients and certify his Eighth-Rank alchemy.
• Yao Tianhuo agreed to protect the women, and Lu Heng said they would join him after the Blood Pool opportunity.

Lu Heng spent seven days with Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, Qing Lin, and the Han Clan before leaving for the Central Region. He arrived at the Pill Region and set out for Saint Dan City, still several thousand miles away.

• Lu Heng set aside cultivation and spent several quiet days with his companions in the Han Clan rear courtyard.
• Lu Heng reassured Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian about his journey, while Han Xue secretly eavesdropped outside his room and was caught.
• Lu Heng said farewell to Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Han Xue, then entrusted the women to Yao Tianhuo's care.
• Lu Heng flew to Sky Maple City, boarded a Spatial Ship, and traveled for seven days toward the Pill Region.
• Lu Heng arrived on the outskirts of the Pill Region and began flying toward Saint Dan City.

Lu Heng reached Saint Dan City and sought certification as an Eighth-Grade Alchemist at the Pill Tower examination hall. After he demonstrated three Heavenly Flames and Spirit Realm soul force, two Pill Tower elders escorted him to the top-floor examination chamber to oversee his test.

• Lu Heng traveled across the Pill Region and entered Saint Dan City's Outer Domain before making his way to the Inner Domain's examination hall.
• Lu Heng told the receptionist he wanted Eighth-Grade Alchemist certification, prompting disbelief and mockery from the alchemists in the hall.
• Lu Heng revealed three Heavenly Flames and unleashed Early Spirit Realm soul force, silencing the crowd and proving his extraordinary abilities.
• Han Li and another Pill Tower core elder arrived, recognized Lu Heng's strength, and personally invited him to take the examination in the top-floor chamber.