Recaps

Zuo Xiaoduo prepared Qin Fangyang and Jiang Changbin to carry out a secret plan against the Witch Alliance, then visited He Yuanyue as she spent her final day. He Yuanyue gave him and Ling Nian a farewell blessing and began advising him about his future studies.

• Fang Yinuo told Yun Jueying to prepare for a dangerous mission, and Yun Jueying vowed to give everything for the Witch Tribe.
• Zuo Xiaoduo warned Qin Fangyang that only he and Jiang Changbin could know the plan, and urged him to keep reserves for the Witch Alliance's hidden schemes.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw that He Yuanyue had revived her vitality with secret medicine and realized she was spending her last day radiant and full of life.
• He Yuanyue asked Zuo Xiaoduo to kowtow for himself and Ling Nian, then told him never to let each other down and to remember that dragon and phoenix belonged together.
• He Yuanyue advised Zuo Xiaoduo to build his foundation in the Central Plains before going to Upper Capital and approved of his plan to study at Fenghai Hidden Dragon High Martial Arts School.

As Phoenix City braced for a decisive battle between Star Soul and the Witch Alliance, Zuo Xiaoduo prepared for the planned breakthrough at the Star Martial Soul Crystal. The two Divine Shadows arrived at the Zuo family home, ready to help with the confrontation.

• He Yuanyue warned Zuo Xiaoduo about the dangers surrounding Dragon Veins and Phoenix Veins, urged him to study at Ancestral Dragon High Martial, and asked him to remember Phoenix City's Second High School.
• After leaving He Yuanyue, Zuo Xiaoduo told Gu Luoyan that her two Divine Shadows needed to be in position after eight that evening.
• Mu Yanyan, Han Song, Qin Fangyang, and the others chose the Star Martial Soul Crystal as the breakthrough location and informed Zuo Xiaoduo.
• A fierce storm and a shower of meteors battered Phoenix City as the temperature dropped, while Zuo Xiaoduo received no message from Fang Yinuo.
• At eight that evening, Zuo Xiaonian prepared to leave, but two Cloud Transformation Divine Shadows appeared at the Zuo family home, and Zuo Xiaoduo bowed to them.

Zuo Xiaoduo rushed toward Phoenix Looking Back after He Yuanyue summoned him, while the city was engulfed in unprecedented summer snow and fires blazed on three sides. He knew the Witch Alliance had sent over a hundred weaker fighters to kill him before Zuo Xiaonian’s tribulation was decided, and he neared the city gate expecting the pursuit to begin.

• Zuo Xiaonian kissed Zuo Xiaoduo goodbye, then flew toward the Star Martial Soul Crystal with Qin Fangyang, Sister Lan, Han Song, and other experts escorting her.
• A sudden heavy snowfall blanketed Phoenix City as Zuo Xiaoduo watched Zuo Xiaonian depart and vowed that she would return.
• He Yuanyue sent Zuo Xiaoduo a message calling him to Phoenix Looking Back, and he rushed out into the snow.
• Fires erupted on Phoenix Tail Mountain and in the mountain ranges east and west of the city as snow continued to fall.
• Zuo Xiaoduo recalled that the Witch Alliance had sent more than a hundred fighters to kill him and hurried through crowded streets toward the city gate, trying to avoid harming civilians.

Zuo Xiaoduo fought his way through an ambush in the snow, killing attackers with hidden weapons, his legs, and his sword. After revealing his protective armguard and divine weapon, he faced a coordinated encirclement as his enemies tried to wear him down.

• Zuo Xiaoduo killed six attackers in the first clash by striking one with his hidden weapons and killing the others.
• Zuo Xiaoduo used Dragon Gate Leg to cripple five attackers, then killed them with a sword slash.
• Zuo Xiaoduo cut down more attackers as he charged through the ambush and reached the city wall.
• Zuo Xiaoduo knocked an enemy's weapon aside with Wu Tiejiang's armguard and killed him with his sword.
• The attackers recognized Zuo Xiaoduo's treasures and deadly skill, drew heavier weapons, and moved to surround him.

Zuo Xiaoduo fought his way through the Witch Alliance’s forces and found himself facing a large group of powerful cultivators waiting beyond bonfires. He taunted their leader as reinforcements arrived, and the leader prepared to explain three fatal mistakes Zuo had made.

• Zuo Xiaoduo charged more than twenty kilometers through the Witch Alliance’s encirclement, defeating their fighters along the way.
• Zuo Xiaoduo encountered more than twenty people behind blazing bonfires, while their leader praised his hidden abilities and revealed that forty Embryonic Breathing cultivators and over thirty peak Innates had assembled against him.
• Zuo Xiaoduo questioned the group’s confidence and mocked them for waiting instead of attacking.
• More Witch Alliance fighters arrived, and the leader told Zuo Xiaoduo that he had made three fatal mistakes in the battle.

Zuo Xiaoduo faced an eighty-four-person Witch Alliance ambush and revealed that he had been fighting while carrying enormous weights. After shedding them, he attacked the encirclement with the Silk Rain Sword, leaving the battle underway.

• The attackers' leader explained that Zuo Xiaoduo had missed several chances to escape before they completed their encirclement.
• Zuo Xiaoduo counted eighty-four attackers, joked about their unlucky number, and wagered that his face reading would prove they faced mortal danger.
• Zuo Xiaoduo dropped his weights, including two five-thousand-jin bracers, and declared that he would kill the gathered attackers.
• The Witch Alliance leader warned his fighters about Zuo Xiaoduo's strange sword and ordered them to use heavy weapons.
• Zuo Xiaoduo leaped into the crowd with the Starry Sky Step and Silk Rain Sword, cutting down several attackers before they realized what had happened.

Zuo Xiaoduo used his speed, swordsmanship, and Dragon Blood Flying Knife to decimate the Witch Alliance’s Innate fighters. After the leader ordered an indiscriminate attack that forced Zuo Xiaoduo into the open, he evaded a coordinated strike and rose back into the air.

• Zuo Xiaoduo killed enemies with the Spirit Cat Sword while the Dragon Blood Flying Knife drained their strength and blood essence.
• The Witch Alliance leader ordered his fighters to use heavy weapons and attack indiscriminately after Zuo Xiaoduo killed many Innate fighters with his elusive Starry Sky Step.
• Zuo Xiaoduo focused on the Innate fighters, bringing down twenty-five of the thirty-seven before the leader directed the group to attack the Dragon Blood Flying Knife’s red light.
• A heavy weapon struck Zuo Xiaoduo’s sword and revealed his position, leaving only seven Innate fighters alive.
• Zuo Xiaoduo put away the Dragon Blood Flying Knife, used the Silk Rain Sword Technique to meet the fighters’ combined attack, and escaped upward with the Starry Sky Step.

Zuo Xiaoduo used the snow and the Witch Alliance’s assumptions to lure their encirclement beneath him, then unleashed his twin hammers from above. His Hammer Technique devastated the gathered attackers, leaving the encirclement reduced by half.

• The Witch Alliance leader ordered the Embryonic Breath Realm fighters to surround Zuo Xiaoduo and wait for him to descend through the snow.
• Zuo Xiaoduo charged fifty meters into the air, put away the Spirit Cat Sword, and drew two enormous training hammers.
• Zuo Xiaoduo spun the hammers and began the first move of Hammer, plunging into the gathered enemies in a violent whirlwind.
• The hammer winds killed fifteen attackers and blasted away weapons and anyone caught in their path.
• Zuo Xiaoduo continued his Hammer Technique, and the encirclement was reduced by half.

Zuo Xiaoduo annihilated the Witch Alliance force that had ambushed him, but the hammer technique left him numb and destroyed most of their spatial equipment. He collected the surviving rings and worried that his hammers would keep ruining valuable spoils in future fights.

• Zuo Xiaoduo used the Hammer Technique to crush the Witch Alliance fighters, leaving only three survivors.
• The leader fled, and Zuo Xiaoduo hurled a hammer after him, killing him after it had already struck down the other two survivors.
• Zuo Xiaoduo retrieved his hammer and realized that the momentum had left both his shoulders numb.
• Zuo Xiaoduo searched the battlefield and found only seventeen Space Rings, lamenting that the hammers had smashed the rest.

Zuo Xiaoduo reached Phoenix Looking Back through the heavy summer snow and read the qi veins for He Yuanyue. His description of a calm, unroused Ice Phoenix reassured her about the chances of the coming Phoenix Vein Soul Impact.

• Zuo Xiaoduo complained about his meager Fortune Points and ran through the snow toward Phoenix Looking Back.
• He Yuanyue, Jiang Changbin, Sun Fenghou, Hu Ruoyun, and Li Changjiang waited for Zuo Xiaoduo and worried about his delay.
• Zuo Xiaoduo arrived and learned from He Yuanyue that the Ice Phoenix within Phoenix City's Phoenix Vein caused the summer snowfall.
• He Yuanyue asked Zuo Xiaoduo to inspect the qi veins because she could no longer use Qi-Viewing Technique herself.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw an Ice Phoenix calmly beating its wings and told He Yuanyue that it did not seem particularly roused, easing her concern about the undertaking.

As He Yuanyue's strength waned, everyone waited for the Ice Phoenix's transformation at eleven. The Phoenix Mansion's phoenix soul returned to the Ice Phoenix, which then gazed skyward as vast purple qi surged in from the east.

• He Yuanyue waited for eleven o'clock while the heavy snow buried the mountain range and drained her strength.
• Jiang Changbin fed He Yuanyue all five medicinal pills at once, but she said she would still die that night.
• At eleven, the White Jade Rooster in Zuo Changlu's study melted, and a crystalline substance flew into the sky and exploded with a phoenix cry heard across Phoenix City.
• A streak of white light entered the Ice Phoenix's head, changing its bearing, and He Yuanyue recognized the Phoenix Mansion's phoenix soul returning to its rightful place.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw the phoenix gaze upward and reported that vast masses of purple qi were surging in from the east, prompting He Yuanyue to ask how much there was.

As the Phoenix Vein’s purple qi floods the sky, He Yuanyue celebrates its extraordinary strength. Dan Kong tries to intervene, but Dongfang blocks him and forces him to retreat, leaving the Phoenix Vein’s transformation underway.

• Zuo Xiaoduo reports that endless purple qi is filling the eastern sky and merging into the phoenix, while He Yuanyue celebrates the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact reaching the ninth heaven.
• Dan Kong realizes the Phoenix Vein is a Heaven-Soaring Vein and rushes to intervene.
• Dongfang intercepts Dan Kong, accuses him of breaking their agreement, and refuses to let him pass.
• Dan Kong curses Dongfang but withdraws when Dongfang warns that the Right Heavenly King can strike him down.
• Dan Kong briefly returns and finds Dongfang still waiting, then leaves again while Dongfang loudly repeats his curses across the land.

Zuo Xiaoduo watched as the Ice Phoenix waited for her fire-dragon mate before taking flight, while Zuo Xiaonian prepared to break through under heavy guard at Star Martial Academy. As the phoenix rose, three rays of starlight appeared above the Soul Crystal Room and began descending toward it.

• Zuo Xiaoduo reported that the Ice Phoenix remained poised beneath a sky filled with purple qi, waiting for the right moment.
• Zuo Xiaoduo saw a fire dragon descend from the heavens and circle the Ice Phoenix, whose expression turned joyful.
• The Ice Phoenix took flight with the fire dragon soaring beside her, and their cries and roars rang across the world.
• Qin Fangyang, Han Song, Yu Shilong, Mu Yanyan, and many other experts guarded Zuo Xiaonian as she circulated her stored True Essence Qi and waited for the Phoenix Vein to move.
• As spiritual qi gathered around Star Martial Academy and the phoenix cried, three rays of starlight appeared in the snow and descended above the Star Martial Soul Crystal Room.

The Witch Alliance attacked the Star Martial Soul Crystal chamber with more than four hundred fighters empowered by the Kill Break Wolf formation. As the defenders struggled to protect Zuo Xiaonian, several enormous iron blocks and four Cloud Transformation experts threatened the chamber.

• Qin Fangyang warned the defenders that the Kill Break Wolf formation had formed, and the Witch Alliance launched its assault.
• More than four hundred Witch Alliance fighters charged the chamber, and Qin Fangyang engaged an attacker while Han Song and Yu Shilong held their positions.
• An enormous iron block fell toward the chamber, forcing Han Song and Yu Shilong to intercept it.
• Seven or eight more iron blocks attacked from different directions, drawing the defenders into action while Mu Yanyan guarded the door and Jiang Zhilan intercepted a block near her.
• Three figures rushed toward the chamber from separate directions, and Mu Yanyan identified them as Cloud Transformation Realm experts.

The Witch Alliance’s assault on Phoenix City intensified as more Cloud Transformation experts appeared and the defenders struggled to protect Zuo Xiaonian. At eleven fifty-eight, Zuo Xiaonian’s breakthrough neared completion as dragon roars and phoenix cries filled the battlefield.

• Qin Fangyang, Han Song, and Yu Shilong fought to repel the attackers, while Sister Lan revealed her newly reached Cloud Transformation cultivation and slaughtered the Witch Alliance experts charging her.
• The Witch Alliance’s iron blocks broke through Phoenix City’s defensive line, exposing the Star Martial Soul Crystal Room, where a disguised Cloud Transformation cultivator tried to reach Zuo Xiaonian but was intercepted by a Divine Shadow guard.
• The Witch Alliance activated the Falling Star Plan, sending Core Origin and Infant Transformation experts to detonate themselves around the room and force the defenders back.
• Fang Yinuo joined the battle as the Witch Alliance’s seventh Cloud Transformation expert and drove Qin Fangyang into a disadvantage, while two other attackers charged into the room and were intercepted by another Divine Shadow guard.
• Zuo Xiaonian remained seated in the exposed room as True Essence Qi formed a lotus above her head, and the vision of a giant dragon escorting a phoenix rose skyward as her breakthrough neared success.

Zuo Xiaonian began the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact as the Witch Alliance fought desperately to break through Phoenix City's defenders. Just as Fang Yinuo reached her, he killed the first enemy to attack her, leaving the breakthrough under way amid the collapsing defense.

• Zuo Xiaonian focused on breaking through as her True Essence surged toward the Dan Origin Realm, while the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact filled the skies with golden light and strange fragrance.
• Mu Yanyan's senior brother Jiang Zhilan stabbed her and revealed he served Seven Killings, but Han Song knocked him away and sent Mu Yanyan into the Star Martial Soul Crystal Room.
• Fang Yinuo led the Witch Alliance's Cloud Transformation cultivators in an assault that broke through the defenders, while Qin Fangyang detonated three incarnations to slow them down.
• Zuo Xiaonian's Core Origin barrier broke as the Time Wheel reached twelve, and the golden light neared her inside the Star Martial Soul Crystal Room.
• A Witch Alliance cultivator raised his sword to strike Zuo Xiaonian, but Fang Yinuo seized the opening, crushed the man's heart, and shattered his Origin Soul.

Fang Yinuo turned on the Witch Alliance during the battle, helping Phoenix City's forces wipe out all six Cloud Transformation experts as Zuo Xiaonian successfully completed the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact. After the survivors counted their losses, Fang Yinuo staged a brutal escape while pretending to remain loyal to the Witch Alliance, leaving his identity concealed.

• The Great Dao Golden Light entered Zuo Xiaonian, and the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact succeeded as Fang Yinuo began attacking the Witch Alliance.
• Fang Yinuo killed the Witch Alliance experts, including his martial nephew Yun Jueying and martial niece Pan Yusheng, while the others helped finish off the remaining enemies.
• Han Song and Yu Shilong assessed Mu Yanyan's injuries and the casualties, finding that she would survive despite her grievous wound.
• When Han Song asked who he was, Fang Yinuo wounded himself, shouted Witch Alliance slogans, and fled as though Phoenix City's forces were pursuing him.
• Han Song and the others decided to keep Fang Yinuo's identity secret, believing he was a hidden operative who had exposed himself to secure their victory.

Zuo Xiaoduo watched as the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact succeeded, the Dragon and Phoenix broke the Kill Break Wolf formation, and purple fortune descended upon Zuo Xiaonian, Zuo Xiaoduo, He Yuanyue, and others. He Yuanyue received a stream of fortune as the Dragon and Phoenix departed for the nine heavens.

• Han Song and Yu Shilong mourned their fallen allies after the Witch Alliance forces and the Three Sects of Kill Break Wolf were defeated.
• Two powerful auras confronted each other in the distant sky, and the Witch Soul Will withdrew after the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact succeeded.
• Zuo Xiaoduo reported to He Yuanyue that the Phoenix was rising while the Kill Break Wolf Star Descension Formation attacked it.
• The Fire Dragon shielded the Phoenix as their combined power and the purple qi shattered the Kill Break Wolf formation.
• The Phoenix and Fire Dragon sent lights of gratitude into the purple qi before soaring toward the nine heavens.
• Purple streams of fortune entered Zuo Xiaonian, Zuo Xiaoduo, He Yuanyue, and other allies.

The Phoenix Vein Soul Impact succeeded, and its blessings reached the people who had contributed to it. As He Yuanyue neared death at Phoenix Looking Back, Qin Fangyang arrived and held her in his arms.

• The Phoenix distributed purple fortune to the battle's contributors and their families, then sent blessings to Second High School, Star Martial Academy, and the land of Phoenix City, while Fang Yinuo received nothing.
• Zuo Xiaoduo declared the Phoenix Vein Soul Impact a success, and He Yuanyue rejoiced that her life's work had borne fruit.
• Jiang Changbin called Sister Lan to bring Qin Fangyang to Phoenix Looking Back as He Yuanyue's strength faded and she voiced her regret toward Lü Qianqian and Fangyang.
• Sister Lan carried the gravely wounded Qin Fangyang toward Phoenix Looking Back, while Divine Shadow members brought Zuo Xiaonian and Mu Yanyan after learning He Yuanyue was dying.
• Qin Fangyang broke free of Sister Lan, embraced the silent He Yuanyue, and told her who he was; she felt safe in his arms.

He Yuanyue died peacefully in Qin Fangyang’s arms after fulfilling her lifelong wish, leaving her students and loved ones devastated. As former students rushed back to Phoenix City to see her off, Qin Fangyang carried her down the mountain, grieving that she had left him behind.

• He Yuanyue took her last breath in Qin Fangyang’s arms while Zuo Xiaonian and the others called out to her.
• Sister Lan urged everyone to honor He Yuanyue’s peaceful passing, while Jiang Changbin ordered Li Changjiang to summon her former students to Second High School.
• Li Changjiang sent the death announcement, prompting students across Phoenix City and beyond to rush back and pay their respects.
• Several soldiers at Sun Moon Pass requested leave after learning of He Yuanyue’s death.
• Qin Fangyang refused to let anyone take He Yuanyue from him and carried her down the mountain, murmuring that she had left him behind.

Qin Fangyang broke down over Lü Qianqian, while Zuo Xiaoduo, Zuo Xiaonian, and He Yuanyue’s students arranged her funeral at Phoenix Looking Back. The vast procession reached the prepared grave, where eight of her former students carried her coffin toward its final resting place.

• Qin Fangyang lamented losing Lü Qianqian and collapsed after blood flowed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian searched for a burial site and chose a spot beneath the peak of Phoenix Looking Back.
• He Yuanyue’s former students dug her grave, while students and soldiers returned to Phoenix City for her funeral on July eighteenth.
• Qin Fangyang walked at the front of the funeral procession as Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian carried He Yuanyue’s photograph.
• The procession reached Phoenix Looking Back, where eight former students carried He Yuanyue’s coffin toward the grave prepared for her.

He Yuanyue was laid to rest as students, soldiers, and citizens mourned her and recited her wishes. Qin Fangyang stood vigil for three days, while Zuo Xiaonian discovered that the Life-Origin Pill from her father was rapidly healing Mu Yanyan.

• Jiang Changbin and the mourners buried He Yuanyue and raised her headstone bearing her chosen poem and life record.
• Officers and graduates from Sun Moon Pass brought jade wreaths covered in military medals, and the Second High School graduates knelt to honor their teacher.
• A million people recited He Yuanyue's hopes for her home, country, and students as mourners continued to visit her grave.
• Qin Fangyang stood silently by He Yuanyue's grave for three days and nights while Zuo Xiaoduo, Long Yusheng, and the others stayed with him.
• Zuo Xiaonian gave Mu Yanyan the Life-Origin Pill her father had bought, and Mu Yanyan's grievous injuries began healing rapidly.

Mu Yanyan recovered her strength, paid her respects at He Yuanyue’s grave, and returned to her sect. After six days of mourning, Qin Fangyang regained his strength and vowed to fulfill He Yuanyue’s wishes and avenge her.

• Mu Yanyan’s injuries and depleted origin were restored by the Life-Origin Pill, bringing her to the threshold of Cloud Transformation.
• Mu Yanyan and Zuo Xiaonian visited He Yuanyue’s grave, where Mu Yanyan offered blood in remembrance of their sisterhood before leaving to deal with traitors in her sect.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and more than thirty others kept vigil at He Yuanyue’s grave with Zuo Xiaonian.
• After six days, Qin Fangyang stood, began treating his injuries, and told He Yuanyue he would return to keep her company after finishing her unfinished business.
• Qin Fangyang promised to kill He Yuanyue’s two enemies and fulfill her wishes, then refused Sister Lan’s offer to accompany him, saying he feared either of them might fall in love.

After He Yuanyue’s death, Qin Fangyang and Sister Lan departed, while her remaining companions arranged to protect her grave and carry out her wishes. Zuo Xiaoduo and the others finally returned home, leaving He Yuanyue’s resting place behind.

• Qin Fangyang rejected He Yuanyue’s plans for him and left without looking back.
• On the seventh day after He Yuanyue’s death, Qin Fangyang returned to the grave, accepted a Space Ring from Zuo Xiaoduo, then disappeared without returning to Second High School.
• Sister Lan promised He Yuanyue she would return after setting up a cenotaph in their hometown, then left in a different direction from Qin Fangyang.
• Hu Ruoyun urged the mourners to resume their duties and reminded Jiang Changbin that He Yuanyue had asked him to work properly and acknowledge his biological father.
• Jiang Changbin and Sun Fenghou agreed to organize shifts to guard He Yuanyue’s grave, while Zuo Xiaoduo and the others bowed and promised to fulfill her wishes.
• Zuo Xiaoduo and the others went home in the early hours, and Zuo Xiaoduo collapsed onto the sofa.

After two and a half months of tension, Zuo Xiaoduo returned home and collapsed into an exhausted sleep while Zuo Xiaonian cared for him and quietly showed her affection. He slept until evening, dreaming of Qin Fangyang, He Yuanyue, and Mu Yanyan as each departed or rejected him.

• Zuo Xiaoduo fell asleep on the sofa, and Zuo Xiaonian kissed him, removed his thirty-thousand-jin weights, and carried him to bed.
• Zuo Xiaonian bought ingredients and several dozen cases of fine liquor, then prepared a meal to reward Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Zuo Xiaoduo slept until six in the evening and dreamed that Qin Fangyang told him not to disgrace his teachings before vanishing into mist.
• Zuo Xiaoduo dreamed that He Yuanyue entrusted her lifelong wish to him, then disappeared to find Qin Fangyang.
• Zuo Xiaoduo dreamed that Mu Yanyan reproached him for using the Dragon Gate Leg to kick an opponent in the crotch and then left.