Recaps

Lu Heng went to the Snake-People Tribe seeking rare materials and helped Medusa survive devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Medusa awakened as a Dou Zong and Lu Heng advanced to Dou Emperor, he prepared to leave the Holy City and return to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Lu Heng met Yue Mei in the Charm Snake Tribe, negotiated for rare treasures, and accepted Medusa’s invitation to the Holy City.
• Lu Heng proved his alchemy by refining an Imperial Creation Pill, then agreed to help Medusa survive her evolution in exchange for materials and a chance to see the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Heng found the ingredients for the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill and gathered treasures from the tribe’s treasury, while Medusa instructed her elders to support him if she did not survive.
• Lu Heng prepared protective pills, and Medusa devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame, evolving into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and reaching One-Star Dou Zong.
• While Medusa recovered, Lu Heng used the tribe’s treasures and essence blood to complete his Small Five Elements Spirit Body, then broke through to One-Star Dou Emperor.
• Lu Heng stayed for several months as Medusa’s two souls fused, advancing to Three-Star Dou Emperor before Medusa awakened in human form.
• Medusa offered herself to Lu Heng if he joined the Snake-People Tribe, but he refused to abandon the other women in his life and offered instead to help the tribe leave the desert.
• Medusa delayed any war while stabilizing her cultivation, and Lu Heng told Yue Mei he planned to leave the Holy City and return to Xiao Yi Xian.

Lu Heng left the Snake-People Tribe with Yun Yun, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and returned to the Imperial Capital, where he cured Nalan Jie and secured the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva. He then traded an Imperial Creation Pill for Yun Shan’s promise to protect the Mittel Family and headed to the Misty Cloud Sect’s treasure vault.

• Medusa gave Lu Heng a Supreme Elder Token, medicinal ingredients, and her blood essence before Gu He’s party arrived seeking his Green Lotus Core Flame, and she killed Gu He and his companions while Lu Heng saved Yun Yun.
• Lu Heng left the Snake-People Tribe with Yun Yun, then found Xiao Yi Xian and used the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill to suppress her Woe Poison Physique.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, advanced to One-Star Dou Master, and traveled with Lu Heng to the Imperial Capital, where Ya Fei welcomed them.
• Lu Heng treated Nalan Jie with his Green Lotus Core Flame and received the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva as thanks.
• Hai Bodong broke through to six-star Dou Emperor, while Lu Heng agreed to refine pills for the Misty Cloud Sect in exchange for choosing items from its treasury.
• Lu Heng offered Yun Shan an Imperial Creation Pill in return for the Misty Cloud Sect’s protection of the Mittel Family, and Yun Shan accepted the conditions and the pill.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Yun to let Lu Heng choose from the sect’s treasure vault, and Yun Yun led him toward the Back Mountain.

Lu Heng advanced his cultivation, secured support from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and defeated Queen Medusa, later named Cai Lin, before helping the Snake-People Tribe find a new home. As he prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy, he reunited with Yun Yun and brought her into his household.

• Lu Heng took the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass from the Misty Cloud Sect treasury, refined the Phantom Dragon Pill, and broke through to Four-Star Dou Emperor and the Early Spirit Realm.
• Lu Heng traded an Imperial Creation Pill for access to the Imperial Treasury and the imperial family's protection of the Mittel Family, then refined pills that helped Jia Xing Tian and Yun Shan become Dou Zongs.
• Lu Heng welcomed Queen Medusa to the Mittel Family residence and gave her the pill that allowed her to merge her soul with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's.
• Lu Heng defeated Queen Medusa in the Rocky Wasteland, named her Cai Lin, and later helped her arrange the Snake-People Tribe's migration to a protected valley in the eastern Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• After three months, Lu Heng decided to return to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Cai Lin stayed to care for her people and Ya Fei promised to wait for him.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Heng to witness Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan's Three-Year Agreement, and Lu Heng accepted her affection after reminding her of Old Sect Master Yun's betrothal plan.
• Ya Fei welcomed Yun Yun into the household, and Lu Heng announced that he would return to Jia Nan Academy.

Lu Heng formalized his relationship with Yun Yun, witnessed Nalan Yanran’s defeat in the Three-Year Agreement, and later returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. After reuniting with Han Yue and finding cultivation methods for his companions, he went alone to Soul-Falling Cliff to rescue the academy team trapped by Demon Flame Valley.

• Lu Heng married Yun Yun, received Yun Shan’s approval and the Misty Cloud Sect’s Supreme Elder Token, and helped Nalan Yanran prepare for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran lost her duel with Xiao Yan after Yao Chen lent him power, then admitted defeat and tried to cut her throat before Yun Yun stopped her.
• Protector Wu pursued Xiao Yan to capture Yao Chen, but a black-clad fighter sent by Xun Er intervened and helped them escape.
• Lu Heng said farewell to Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Ya Fei, then took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy, where he reunited with Han Yue and Zi Yan.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian the Mystic Poison Scripture and Qing Lin Jade Pupil Guidance, then learned that Yan Hao had gone missing near Soul-Falling Cliff after an apparent setup.
• Lu Heng descended through the poisonous miasma, found Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing defending wounded students from Demon Flame Valley cultivators, and fought off their attackers.