Recaps

Futu Yun resisted the fiendish aura only long enough to collapse, leaving Su Xuan, Li Qing, and Guo Xiong to face Bai Xuan while Su Ling'er tried to escape with him. As Bai Xuan nearly killed Su Xuan, Futu Yun awakened in purple radiance and blocked Su Ling'er from leaving.

• Futu Yun fought off the fiendish aura with the Minor Heart Demon State, but Su Xuan and the others carried him away from White Dragon Hill.
• Bai Xuan pursued them, intending to kill the group and reclaim the White Dragon Spirit Pearl to make up for his failed mission.
• Li Qing and Guo Xiong stayed with Su Xuan to hold Bai Xuan back while Su Ling'er carried Futu Yun away.
• Bai Xuan shattered Su Xuan's Heavy Water Mountain, injured her, and overwhelmed her and her companions with his blood spear.
• Su Ling'er continued fleeing despite hearing Su Xuan was in danger, then vowed to return for revenge when Bai Xuan threatened to kill her sister.
• Futu Yun awakened, his hair and left eye turning purple, and raised an arm to stop Su Ling'er.

Futu Yun revealed a far more tangible Divine Soul and killed Bai Xuan, then faced Demon Dragon, a feared enemy of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. After holding off Demon Dragon’s sword attacks, Futu Yun unleashed a massive crimson bird of flame that engulfed him.

• Futu Yun’s Divine Soul transformed as he sensed heaven and earth, and he killed Bai Xuan with a burst of fire.
• Demon Dragon appeared on a cliffside pine and dismissed Bai Xuan’s death, while Su Xuan and the others recognized the notorious swordsman.
• Demon Dragon wounded Guo Xiong with a strike, and Futu Yun sent Su Xuan and the others back before confronting him.
• Futu Yun deflected Demon Dragon’s Dragon Scale Sword with his palms and forced him to retreat and unleash Ten Thousand Swords Split the Sky.
• Futu Yun summoned a massive crimson bird of flame that collided with Demon Dragon’s sword rain and swallowed him.

After Ye Yun killed Demon Dragon, the Black Dragon Sovereign appeared to claim the Dragon Demon Palace’s supreme treasure from Futu Yun. Futu Yun used Spirit-Breaking Beads to wound and intimidate him, leaving the Black Dragon Sovereign to surrender the treasure and apologize.

• Shen Cangsheng arrived after Demon Dragon’s death and said he had pursued him for two months without capturing him.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign appeared and focused on Futu Yun, saying he sensed an old friend’s aura in him.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign demanded the Dragon Demon Palace’s supreme treasure, but Futu Yun detonated a Spirit-Breaking Bead and wounded him.
• Futu Yun revealed more Spirit-Breaking Beads, making the Black Dragon Sovereign fear the powerful force behind him.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign apologized and promised the Dragon Demon Palace would give up the treasure as compensation.

Futu Yun and the others returned to the Mission Hall to submit their mission, claim Demon Dragon's bounty, and report the Dragon Demon Palace's involvement. After hearing their account and seeing the corpses of Bai Xuan and Demon Dragon, Elder Liu agreed to settle their rewards and demanded a full report for the Council of Elders.

• Su Xuan led the group to the Mission Hall to submit their mission and report their encounter with the Dragon Demon Palace.
• Elder Liu teased Su Xuan and Su Ling'er about bringing Futu Yun to the Northern Heavens Continent, then questioned why she had taken him along.
• Su Ling'er explained that the group had found a Sovereign Spiritual Treasury and that Futu Yun had killed Bai Xuan and Demon Dragon and helped drive back the Black Dragon Sovereign.
• Su Xuan, Li Qing, and Guo Xiong confirmed Su Ling'er's account, and Futu Yun displayed Bai Xuan's and Demon Dragon's corpses.
• Elder Liu agreed to settle the group's rewards and Demon Dragon's bounty, then asked for the mission details so he could report them to the Council of Elders.

Futu Yun returned to his dormitory and clashed with Wen Qingxuan, who tested his strength and was repeatedly thrown out. While treating her injuries, Wen Qingxuan revealed that she had come as the Wen Family’s representative in a marriage alliance with the Pagoda Ancient Clan, where Futu Yun had been chosen as her intended match.

• Futu Yun found Wen Qingxuan visiting Luo Li in his dormitory, and Wen Qingxuan greeted him before suddenly pointing her spear at him.
• Luo Li prepared to intervene, but Futu Yun suppressed her sword intent and told Wen Qingxuan to fight outside.
• Wen Qingxuan tried to attack Futu Yun several times, but he easily deflected her blows and blasted her through the doorway, damaging the door.
• Wen Qingxuan explained that the Pagoda Ancient Clan had arranged a marriage alliance with the Wen Family to appease the Five Great Academies after Qing Yanjing destroyed Holy Spiritual Academy.
• Wen Qingxuan said Futu Yun had been chosen as the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s representative, and admitted that she had tested him both to challenge him and because she wanted to steal Luo Li’s love.

Futu Yun explained why he could not directly intervene in the Luo God Clan’s crisis, while Luo Li accepted his limits. He planned to use his status as the young clan master of the Pagoda Ancient Clan to deter the rival God Clans as the Luo God Clan faced its elder’s eventual death.

• Wen Qingxuan asked whether Futu Yun would help the Luo God Clan, and Luo Li sharply stopped her from pressing him.
• Futu Yun said the Western Heaven War Emperor and the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s lack of an available Saint-grade expert prevented him from directly confronting the Western Heaven War Temple.
• Luo Li reassured Futu Yun that she could bear the situation, and he told her he still had another way to respond.
• Futu Yun recalled how the Flame Emperor’s congratulatory letter had once deterred the three rival God Clans and temporarily stabilized the Luo God Clan.
• Futu Yun decided to rely on his identity as the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s young clan master to intimidate the three God Clans rather than directly intervene.

After leaving his arranged marriage to Wen Qingxuan, Futu Yun considered how to strengthen his body and was served by Qing Xuan and Qing Shuang as compensation from the Pagoda Ancient Clan. He chose the Greatlaw Golden Pool as his next goal, hoping to refine his body and cultivate Boundless Golden Light.

• Futu Yun reflected that the Pagoda Ancient Clan had tacitly allowed him to leave his engagement with Wen Qingxuan.
• Qing Xuan and Qing Shuang arrived to serve Futu Yun, bearing punishment for the Qing Lineage’s supposed crimes.
• Qing Xuan explained that she had become Futu Yun’s servant to help reduce Qing Yanjing’s punishment, while Qing Shuang remained reluctant to lower her pride.
• Qing Xuan massaged Futu Yun as he accepted the service as compensation for the clan’s handling of his engagement.
• Futu Yun decided to seek the Greatlaw Golden Pool to refine his body and pursue Boundless Golden Light.

Futu Yun entered the Greatlaw Golden Pool and used its metal energy to temper his body, diving deeper as his strength grew. Eight golden snakes evolved into dragons and fused with his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, leaving him with a newly strengthened, golden body.

• Futu Yun entered the Greatlaw Golden Pool at Golden Pool Peak and began absorbing its energy to temper his body.
• He used the Vermilion Bird Divine Seal and the other three Divine Seals to refine and absorb the pool’s metal-attributed energy.
• Futu Yun dove deeper as his body strengthened enough to withstand the growing pressure, while eight golden lines spread across his skin.
• The eight golden snakes on his body evolved into Golden Dragons and drew golden silt from the depths of the pool.
• Futu Yun fused the eight Golden Dragons into his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and eight dragon patterns appeared across his golden body.

Futu Yun searched the void for the spatial node leading to White Dragon Sovereign's Lower Plane, hoping to obtain its Plane Embryo and use the opportunity to break through into the Fusion Heaven Realm. He and Mandala narrowed the search by tracking the aura of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, and Futu Yun brought Heavenly Sovereigns to enter and guard the passage.

• Futu Yun used the White Dragon Spirit Pearl, whose seal Mandala had broken, as a guide while searching for White Dragon Sovereign's Lower Plane.
• Futu Yun recalled how powerful ascenders and the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan had established connections between Lower Planes and the Great Thousand World.
• Futu Yun planned to seize the Lower Plane's Plane Spirit and use its power to advance toward the Fusion Heaven Realm.
• Futu Yun and Mandala searched for a spatial coordinate tainted by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan's aura, since the clan had invaded the Lower Plane.
• Futu Yun brought several Heavenly Sovereigns to enter the Lower Plane with him while others guarded the passage, because it contained a rare Plane Embryo.

Futu Yun forced the corrupted Plane Spirit out of the Lower Plane and entered it to absorb its power, positioning himself to become the Plane Master. He began absorbing the overwhelming Chaos Power cautiously while relying on the Heavenly Sovereigns he had brought to deal with the Blood Evil Clan.

• Futu Yun entered the Lower Plane and broke through to the Fusion Heaven Realm using his foundation from the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar.
• Futu Yun combined the four Divine Beast seals and amplified their power with Supreme Spiritual Liquid to suppress the plane and reveal its Plane Spirit.
• Futu Yun found the Plane Spirit corrupted by blood-red threads left by the Blood Evil Clan's slaughter.
• Futu Yun passed through the Plane Spirit's light curtain and entered its interior, finding that it accepted him easily because he was already like a Plane Child.
• Futu Yun began absorbing the Plane Spirit's Chaos Power slowly to avoid destabilizing his foundation.
• Futu Yun left the Blood Evil Clan to the Heavenly Sovereigns he had brought, since its strongest expert was only an Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection.

After the Blood Evil Clan was suppressed, Mandala confronted Bai Susu about the sacrifices made to keep the White Dragon Continent alive. Futu Yun became the Plane Master, reached the Quasi-Heaven Transformation Realm, and began nourishing the continent with Supreme Spiritual Liquid before returning to the Great Thousand World.

• Mandala insisted that all survivors bearing the Blood Evil Clan's aura be killed, despite the Pagoda Ancient Clan considering whether to spare some of them.
• Bai Susu admitted that she had been unable to save her people from the Blood Evil Clan's annual demands for millions of citizens.
• Mandala told Bai Susu that Futu Yun would soon arrive and become their king.
• Futu Yun refined the Plane Spirit, became the White Dragon Continent's Plane Master, and sensed that the continent's fortune was now linked to his own.
• Futu Yun restrained his breakthrough at the Quasi-Heaven Transformation Realm to protect his cultivation foundation.
• Futu Yun chose to consolidate his cultivation and nourish the White Dragon Continent with Supreme Spiritual Liquid.

Futu Yun returned Supreme Spiritual Liquid to the White Dragon Continent, enriching its spiritual energy and receiving the prayers of its people. As the continent ascended into the Great Thousand World, Futu Yun broke through from the Quasi-Heaven Transformation Realm into the Heaven Transformation Realm.

• Futu Yun transformed the White Dragon Continent with spiritual rain, prompting cultivators across the land to break through their bottlenecks.
• Bai Susu and the continent's inhabitants sent prayer power to Futu Yun, strengthening his cultivation as Plane Master.
• A new continent rose beside the Futuo Continent, and Heavenly Sovereigns including Martial Ancestor Lin Dong sensed that the White Dragon Continent had ascended from a Lower Plane.
• Futu Yun resonated with heaven and earth as his Divine Soul reached the boundary of his sea of qi.
• Futu Yun's Divine Soul merged into heaven and earth, marking his entry into the Heaven Transformation Realm.

Futu Yun’s unique integration with the White Dragon Continent let him achieve Heavenly Sovereign-level unity with heaven and earth while still in the Heaven Transformation Realm. As he refined his Nine Divine Veins, his Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body began to take shape, and he perceived coordinates for multiple Lower Planes.

• The Heavenly Sovereigns recognized that Futu Yun’s strength came from merging the White Dragon Continent into the Great Thousand World and drawing on its nourishment.
• The Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor realized that Futu Yun’s path could not be replicated because refining a Plane Spirit was too dangerous and could destroy a Lower Plane.
• Futu Yun fully merged with heaven and earth and refined his Spiritual Veins into himself.
• Nine silver dragon-light patterns appeared across Futu Yun’s skin as thunder and storms shook the world.
• Futu Yun perceived points of light marking the spatial coordinates of numerous Lower Planes.

Futu Yun agreed to accompany Qingling when she went to break off her engagement to Ji Xuan. At the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Luo Li bid Futu Yun farewell before returning with Luo Tianshen, who discussed her importance to the Luo God Clan and her knights.

• Qing Shuang asked Futu Yun to accompany Qingling to break off her engagement to Ji Xuan, and he agreed.
• Qing Shuang massaged Futu Yun before he set off for the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• Futu Yun found Luo Li and Luo Tianshen at the academy as Luo Tianshen prepared to take Luo Li home.
• Luo Li embraced Futu Yun, then turned away and left with Luo Tianshen.
• Luo Tianshen pointed out Luo Li's two knightly admirers, and Futu Yun remarked that knights protected princesses from behind while princesses ultimately married princes.

Futu Yun humiliated Ji Xuan while forcing an annulment of his engagement to Qingling, and Ji Xuan revealed the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Eagle before Futu Yun defeated him. Futu Yun then refused the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s demand that he annul his engagement to Wen Qingxuan.

• Futu Yun demanded that Ji Xuan accept the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s letter of annulment and apologize to Qingling, threatening the people around him if he refused.
• Ji Xuan summoned the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Eagle, but Futu Yun used his Heaven Transformation Realm power to send him flying and suppress him.
• The Pagoda Ancient Clan’s higher-ups did not blame Futu Yun despite the damage to the clan’s relations with the Five Great Academies and their allies.
• Futu Xuan told Futu Yun to annul his engagement to Wen Qingxuan because she had lost her cultivation and was unworthy of him.
• Futu Yun refused, declaring that Wen Qingxuan remained his fiancée even if her cultivation was ruined.

Futu Yun refused to break off his engagement to Wen Qingxuan, and Futu Xuan mistakenly interpreted his decision as a strategy to preserve the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s alliances. Qing Yanjing and Futu Yun challenged Futu Xuan’s beliefs about clan hierarchy and resources, and Futu Yun left with a large retinue of Sovereigns.

• Futu Yun refused Futu Xuan’s offer to end his engagement to Wen Qingxuan and explained that maintaining it would benefit the Pagoda Ancient Clan.
• Futu Xuan concluded that Futu Yun was putting the clan’s interests ahead of his personal feelings by avoiding conflicts with the Wen Family, the Five Great Academies, and the Western Heaven War Temple.
• Qing Yanjing criticized Futu Xuan for clinging to the clan’s former glory and outdated rules.
• Futu Yun argued that powerful bloodlines and clan resources shaped who became strong, and that Qing Yanjing’s son might require resources that could otherwise nurture several clan members.
• Futu Yun departed with a group of Heavenly Sovereigns and a vast number of Earthly Sovereigns behind them.

Futu Yun used his authority over the White Dragon Continent to cleanse an Evil Clan-corrupted Lower Plane and begin elevating it into the Great Thousand World. He planned to cultivate Plane Spirits with Continental Power, leaving the Heavenly Sovereigns to guard against enemies beyond his strength.

• An immense rift opened in the Great Thousand World, revealing a Lower Plane that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan had corrupted and brought to the brink of destruction.
• Four-colored radiance spread across the Lower Plane, and a chaotic sphere rose before vanishing with the Evil Clan stationed there.
• Futu Yun emerged with an Intermediate Demon-Slaying Master command token, while Heavenly Sovereigns stood by in case a Demon Emperor appeared.
• Futu Yun used Continental Power from the White Dragon Continent and the Four Divine Beasts Sealing Heaven Seal to strengthen Lower Planes and make their Plane Spirits acknowledge him as master.
• Futu Yun planned to use Supreme Spiritual Liquid to nurture Plane Spirits, generating enough energy for an Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection to break through the heavenly barrier.

Futu Yun used his Plane Master abilities to merge Lower Planes into the Great Thousand World, gathering energy and powerful recruits for the Pagoda Ancient Clan Expedition Group while steadily increasing his cultivation. As the group prepared to seek another Lower Plane, Black Divine Lightning appeared overhead and seemed to target him.

• Futu Yun merged a depleted Lower Plane into the Great Thousand World, where its energy recovered and the new continent formed beside White Dragon Continent.
• Futu Yun and the Pagoda Ancient Clan Expedition Group began repeatedly acquiring and integrating Lower Planes, sharing their excess energy and recruiting surviving experts.
• As more Lower Planes merged into the Great Thousand World, Futu Yun gained cultivation feedback and more Earthly Sovereigns under his command advanced to Heavenly Sovereign.
• Futu Yun consulted the Expedition Group's linked Spirit Map and prepared to lead the group toward another Lower Plane.
• Black Divine Lightning gathered above the group, and Futu Yun sensed that the spiritual-beast tribulation was targeting him despite his being human.

Futu Yun sought the Martial Ancestor’s Azure Dragon Origin to advance his transformation and offered to help merge the Heavenly Profound Continent into the Great Thousand World. Lin Dong weighed Futu Yun’s request and his motives, while Lin Jing showed interest in him.

• Futu Yun recognized that Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder had made him a dragon spirit and decided to seek the Martial Ancestor’s Azure Dragon Origin and guidance.
• Lin Dong read Futu Yun’s invitation as Ling Qingzhu, Ying Huanhuan, and Lin Jing discussed his past treatment of Qingling and the possibility of making him Lin Jing’s husband.
• Lin Jing explained that Futu Yun wanted Lin Dong’s Azure Dragon Origin and would accept the Plane Spirit to merge the Heavenly Profound Continent into the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Dong considered giving Futu Yun the Plane Spirit but worried that Futu Yun’s authority as Plane Master would put the continent’s inhabitants under his control.
• Lin Jing said Futu Yun would still help after reaching the Sovereign Stage if Lin Dong refused, prompting Lin Dong to remark that Futu Yun was not bad.

Wen Qingxuan struggled to cultivate the Golden Saint Phoenix Art, which required her to destroy her Supreme Sea despite her being human and having lost the phoenix essence soul. The Wen Family prepared to receive Futu Yun, expecting him to annul his engagement with her.

• Wen Qingxuan reflected on how she had gained the Golden Saint Phoenix Art after breaking through to the Sovereign Stage and learned that its first step required destroying her Supreme Sea.
• Wen Qingxuan failed to make progress with the technique because she was human and the Golden Saint Phoenix essence soul had dissipated.
• Granny He received word that Futu Yun was coming to the Wen Family and realized he had likely come to annul his engagement with Wen Qingxuan.
• The Wen Family arranged an elaborate welcome and gathered its elders and disciples to receive Futu Yun.
• Wen Family disciples learned that Futu Yun, the young clan leader of the Pagoda Ancient Clan, was the visitor and reacted with shock.

Futu Yun arrived at the Wen Family, prompting rumors that he had come to end his engagement to Wen Qingxuan. Instead, he publicly reaffirmed that she was his fiancée and warned the family not to mistreat her, leaving Wen Qingxuan overwhelmed by his unexpected support.

• Disciples speculated that Futu Yun had come to break off his engagement with Wen Qingxuan, and she feared the public humiliation it would bring the Wen Family.
• Futu Yun arrived riding a Heavenly Sovereign-level Golden Nine-Headed Lion, and the crowd noted his extraordinary potential.
• Futu Yun said he had come because of his marriage contract with Wen Qingxuan and mentioned the rumors about her, convincing everyone he intended to end the engagement.
• Futu Yun declared that Wen Qingxuan remained his fiancée and warned the Wen Family that he and the Pagoda Ancient Clan would punish anyone who bullied her.
• Wen Qingxuan was stunned and tearfully realized that Futu Yun had come to defend her.

Futu Yun gave Wen Qingxuan a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed its Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation, revealing that he had come to support her rather than annul their engagement. The Golden Nine-Headed Lion declared her his master's fiancée, leaving the Wen Family and its detractors to recognize her protected status.

• Futu Yun presented Wen Qingxuan with a Golden Saint Phoenix that had failed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign, stunning those who had expected him to annul their engagement.
• Wen Qingxuan realized the phoenix could make up for her shortcomings, while Granny He’s anger turned to confusion at Futu Yun’s generous gift.
• The Golden Nine-Headed Lion revealed that the phoenix had been forcibly raised and deliberately pushed to die beneath the Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation.
• The Golden Nine-Headed Lion announced that Wen Qingxuan was Futu Yun’s fiancée and threatened anyone who disrespected her.
• The Mobei Wu Family’s Heavenly Sovereign feared the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s retaliation for the family’s mockery of the Wen Family.
• The Wen Family disciples stopped ridiculing Wen Qingxuan, who felt warmed by Futu Yun’s support despite knowing the phoenix’s origins were troubling.

Futu Yun used the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s trade fair to exchange Earth Spirit Liquid and rare failed Heavenly Sovereign breakthrough remains for treasures that could strengthen the clan. The trades drew powerful factions to Futuo Continent and left Futu Yun with new wealth and valuable exchanges from the Martial Ancestor and the True Dragon Emperor.

• Futu Yun prepared a Golden Saint Phoenix’s remains for Wen Qingxuan and organized a high-end trade fair to exchange captured treasures for items suited to the Pagoda Ancient Clan.
• Futu Yun offered Earth Spirit Liquid, which could help Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection experts attempt a breakthrough to Heavenly Sovereign, drawing factions across the Great Thousand World to Futuo Continent.
• Futu Yun sold portions of Earth Spirit Liquid through secret transactions and acquired accumulated treasures to equip the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s many Heavenly Sovereigns.
• The Martial Ancestor had already exchanged his Azure Dragon Origin for two portions of Earth Spirit Liquid from Futu Yun.
• The True Dragon Emperor came to trade for the remains of failed Heavenly Sovereign spirit beasts and divine beasts, which could strengthen the bloodlines of their respective races.

Futu Yun fused the True Dragon Emperor's reverse scale with the Martial Ancestor's Azure Dragon origin, triggering a Black Divine Lightning Tribulation that covered the Great Thousand World. He drew the tribulation into territory controlled by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, transformed into a thunder dragon, and emerged with the Demon-Slaying King rank.

• Futu Yun fused the True Dragon Emperor's reverse scale and the Martial Ancestor's Azure Dragon origin, causing Black Divine Lightning clouds to spread across the Great Thousand World.
• Futu Yun moved to the half of the Great Thousand World controlled by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan to undergo the tribulation there.
• Futu Yun's tribulation intensified as the Black Divine Lightning treated the nearby Extraterrestrial Evil Clan as outside interference.
• Futu Yun transformed into a thunder dragon and destroyed the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan members caught in the lightning.
• Futu Yun took out the Demon-Slaying Command, which changed his rank from High-Rank Demon-Slayer to Demon-Slaying King.

Futu Yun’s advancement to Demon-Slaying King shocked the Great Thousand Palace because his name appeared above Qin Tian’s, implying he had slain a Heavenly Demon Emperor. In the Demon Realm, Futu Yun broke through to the Heavenly Reaching Realm after the Black Divine Lightning destroyed the Blade Demon Clan and killed the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor.

• The Demon-Slaying Steles across the Great Thousand Palace displayed Futu Yun’s name above Qin Tian’s, naming him a Demon-Slaying King.
• Demon-Slayers realized that Futu Yun’s higher ranking meant he had slain a Heavenly Demon Emperor, despite being only at the peak of the Heaven Transformation Realm.
• Great Thousand Palace officials reconsidered whether to grant Futu Yun the authority of a Demon-Slaying King, taking his strength and the Pagoda Ancient Clan into account.
• In the Demon Realm, Futu Yun broke through to the Heavenly Reaching Realm while leading the Black Divine Lightning through the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s territory.
• The Black Divine Lightning swept through the Blade Demon Clan, killing the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor and eradicating the clan.