Recaps

Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian agreed to become engaged after Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu raised their concerns about their feelings. Their parents gave them two years to decide whether their bond was romantic love or sibling affection, and the chapter ended with Zuo Xiaonian feeling peaceful about their betrothal.

• Wu Yuting asked Zuo Xiaonian and Zuo Xiaoduo whether they liked anyone else, and they admitted they liked each other.
• Wu Yuting decided they would become engaged but gave them two years to reconsider, warning Zuo Xiaonian not to marry out of gratitude or mistake sibling affection for romance.
• Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu exchanged rings on behalf of the groom's and bride's families, then Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian placed the rings on each other.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked whether they were supposed to kiss, and Zuo Xiaonian refused while quietly turning her ring and feeling content.

Zuo Xiaonian reflected on her growing affection for Zuo Xiaoduo, while Wu Yuting gave them rings containing emergency Jade Pendants. Zuo Xiaoduo celebrated by calling Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu his in-laws, and Li Chenglong mistakenly announced to their class that Zuo Xiaoduo had a wife.

• Zuo Xiaonian remembered how much she admired her parents’ marriage and realized she felt comfortable imagining a future with Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Wu Yuting told Zuo Xiaonian and Zuo Xiaoduo that their rings held Jade Pendants they could crush in a deadly emergency.
• Zuo Xiaoduo called Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting his father-in-law and mother-in-law, prompting them and Zuo Xiaonian to beat him before laughing together.
• Zuo Xiaoduo took Zuo Xiaonian and her parents out for a family meal at Heaven First-Class, leaving Li Chenglong behind.
• Li Chenglong saw Zuo Xiaonian, assumed she was Zuo Xiaoduo’s wife, and told Class One’s group chat the news.

After Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian's engagement, the family celebrated over dinner, and the two returned home holding hands with a new sense of closeness. Meanwhile, Li Chenglong swindled their classmates out of red packets by promising a photo, then turned off his phone without sending one.

• Li Chenglong offered the Class One chat a photo of Zuo Changlu's beloved in exchange for red packets, collected tens of thousands, and went offline without sending it.
• Zuo Xiaoduo teased Zuo Xiaonian during dinner at Heaven First-Class until she pinned him down and beat him, after which she relaxed and joked with Wu Yuting about being a good daughter-in-law.
• Zuo Changlu advised Zuo Xiaoduo to act like an adult and stop being greedy, while Zuo Xiaoduo happily agreed without really listening.
• Zuo Xiaoduo declared that he would always be his parents' and Zuo Xiaonian's Doggo, making the family laugh together through their late dinner.
• On the way back, Zuo Xiaoduo repeatedly reached for Zuo Xiaonian's hand until she let him hold it, and they walked together feeling that their engagement had changed their relationship.

Zuo Xiaoduo celebrated his relationship with Zuo Xiaonian until Zuo Changlu kicked him flying for ignoring his warning not to pressure her. At the Star Radiance Mountain Range, Star Soul, the Dao Alliance, and the Witch Alliance continued cooperating to develop a ruin despite their recent battles.

• Zuo Xiaoduo walked hand in hand with Zuo Xiaonian, grinned foolishly, and declared that he was Doggo.
• Zuo Xiaonian hurried away from Zuo Xiaoduo in embarrassment, and Zuo Changlu warned him not to force her into a romantic relationship.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said he would wait for Zuo Xiaonian to force him and called Zuo Changlu his father-in-law.
• Zuo Changlu kicked Zuo Xiaoduo flying.
• Star Soul, the Dao Alliance, and the Witch Alliance worked together at the Star Radiance Mountain Range, while their soldiers traded insults, jokes, and invitations to drink.

More than a thousand soldiers joined their killing intent to bring the Space Ruins into view, and an ancient bell rang as the sky erupted. The leaders realized the ruins belonged to the Demon Alliance and might signal its return.

• Soldiers who had fought on opposing sides drank together before the mission, knowing they would resume fighting once it ended.
• More than a thousand soldiers unleashed and coordinated their killing intent for roughly a day and a night to reveal the Space Ruins.
• The blood clouds erupted, and the Eastern Emperor Bell rang across the battlefield.
• The eleven Great Shamans and Dao Alliance Seven Swords reacted with grave alarm to the bell.
• Great Shaman Liehuo identified the ruins as belonging to the Demon Alliance, while Great Shaman Bingming warned that their appearance could mean the Demon Alliance was returning.

Flood Great Shaman and the gathered forces opened a celestial gate, unleashing a surge of demonic energy as Flood struck the emerging threat with his Thousand Soul Nightmare Hammers. In Fenghai City, Zuo Changlu and his wife watched from afar and hoped the ancient ruin was not connected to the Demon Alliance.

• Great Shaman Liehuo warned You Xingchen and You Dongtian that the Demon Emperor’s strength was beyond comparison, answering their question with a grim laugh.
• Flood Great Shaman ordered the assembled experts to join their formations and combine their killing intent against the void.
• Flood Great Shaman took up his Thousand Soul Nightmare Hammers as the wind intensified around the summit.
• The combined forces raised a brilliant palace gate in the sky, and a surge of demonic energy poured through it.
• Flood Great Shaman launched himself at the emerging black shadow and struck with his hammers, plunging the surrounding region into darkness.
• Zuo Changlu and his wife watched from Fenghai City and hoped the ruin belonged to anyone but the Demon Alliance.

A bell revealed the appearance of the Demon Alliance ruins or secret realm, and Zuo Changlu warned that Star Soul's situation was about to change. As the family prepared for the danger, the Flood Great Shaman struck a demon emerging from a doorway atop the Star Radiance Mountain Range.

• Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu recognized a distant bell as a lingering resonance of the Eastern Emperor Bell, likely preserved as an alarm for a Demon Race secret realm.
• Rosy light spread across the world, and Zuo Changlu said the discovery had marked coordinates for the wandering Demon Alliance Continent and left them only months to search King Qi's Tomb.
• Zuo Changlu said they had to enter flesh-and-blood mill mode and urged Xiao Duo and Xiao Nian to grow up quickly.
• The sky froze and plunged into darkness before a world-shaking blow from the Flood Great Shaman struck in the distance.
• Zuo Xiaoduo rushed outside in his boxer briefs to check that Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting were safe.
• A demon burst from a doorway atop the Star Radiance Mountain Range, and the Flood Great Shaman's World-Destroying Whirlwind hammered its head.

Flood Great Shaman struck down a Kunpeng primordial-spirit vessel with one hammer blow, then warned the continent leaders that their forces were too weak to face the changing situation. He ordered them to prepare to restore the continent’s origin qi and called for Zuo, but hammered Great Shaman Liehuo after learning Zuo was away attending his son’s parent-teacher conference.

• Flood Great Shaman smashed Kunpeng’s primordial-spirit vessel into a crater and scattered its defenses with successive blows.
• Flood Great Shaman explained that the defeated creature was only a wisp of Kunpeng’s primordial spirit, and the cracked Demon Core it left behind was worthless.
• Flood Great Shaman told the Three Continents’ experts to try reopening the innate-gold-crystal gate without damaging it.
• Flood Great Shaman warned the Dao Alliance Seven Swords and Star Soul leaders that their fighting strength was inadequate and asked Thunder Dao about restoring the continent’s origin qi.
• Flood Great Shaman told the Star-Seizing Emperor to summon Zuo, but Great Shaman Liehuo revealed that Zuo was in Fenghai City for his son’s parent-teacher conference.
• Flood Great Shaman hammered Great Shaman Liehuo from head to heel.

Flood Great Shaman punished Liehuo for revealing Zuo's involvement, while the three camps examined the Demon Race ruins and worried that the Eastern Emperor Bell had marked their location. Back in Fenghai, Zuo Xiaoduo tried to persuade Zuo Xiaonian to let him touch her hand, but she remained on guard.

• Flood Great Shaman hammered Liehuo flat twice before Liehuo's wife begged him to stop, then ordered Liehuo, Great Shaman Bingming, Great Witch Dan Kong, and one other to report to him after recovering.
• The Right Heavenly King and You Dongtian stood guard as artisans and mechanical experts inspected the ruins' entrance.
• The leaders of the three camps feared the ruins might hold more powerful Demon Race beings and believed the Eastern Emperor Bell had set coordinates for the Demon Alliance Continent to return within a few years.
• Zuo Xiaoduo complained to Zuo Xiaonian that she had beaten him after he sneaked into her room and tried to get under her covers.
• Zuo Xiaoduo asked to touch Zuo Xiaonian's hand, but she stayed angry and refused to let her guard down.

Zuo Xiaoduo gave Zuo Xiaonian a Pure Water Jade Lotus, and she consumed it in private, cleansing and beautifying her body. After seeing her transformed appearance, she called Wu Yuting to ask for advice about taking the Youth-Preserving Pill, while Zuo Xiaoduo tried to eavesdrop outside her door.

• Zuo Xiaoduo offered Zuo Xiaonian the Pure Water Jade Lotus and explained its effects, then she kicked him out and locked the door.
• Zuo Xiaonian ate the lotus and circulated its medicinal power through her body for an hour.
• Zuo Xiaonian washed away the layer of residue and admired her newly smooth, radiant skin in the mirror.
• Zuo Xiaonian decided it might be time to take the Youth-Preserving Pill, but called Wu Yuting for advice first.
• Wu Yuting caught Zuo Xiaoduo eavesdropping outside Zuo Xiaonian's room, and he vanished before she could confront him.
• Wu Yuting knocked and asked whether Zuo Xiaoduo was still outside the door.

Zuo Xiaonian decided to take the Youth-Preserving Pill at the height of her natural beauty, and Wu Yuting agreed after admiring her appearance. After taking the pill, Zuo Xiaonian joined her family for lunch, where Zuo Xiaoduo stared at her in a daze.

• Zuo Xiaonian told Wu Yuting she felt it was time to take the Youth-Preserving Pill and asked her to inspect her appearance.
• Wu Yuting examined Zuo Xiaonian and agreed that she had reached the perfect moment to preserve her beauty.
• Zuo Xiaonian took the Youth-Preserving Pill, and a mist rose around her.
• Zuo Xiaonian went downstairs for lunch in her white outfit, leaving Zuo Changlu momentarily stunned.
• Zuo Xiaoduo stared at Zuo Xiaonian and drooled until she angrily called him out.

Zuo Xiaoduo discovered that the Annihilation Sky Pagoda had transformed into a vast, worldlike space after Little Dragon brought back one-third of an earth vein and the space absorbed space soil. He showed the changed space to Zuo Changlu and explained that star soul jade powder and the Fortune Qi Dragon had driven its growth.

• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting relaxed at home while Zuo Xiaoduo followed Zuo Xiaonian around, hoping for affection, and Grandma Shi watched them happily.
• Zuo Xiaoduo entered the Annihilation Sky Pagoda and was stunned by its expanded landscape, while Little Dragon celebrated the transformation.
• Zuo Xiaoduo resolved to seek more space soil from Kong Xiaodan, unaware that Kong Xiaodan was Great Witch Dan Kong and had given him the soil believing he could not use it.
• Zuo Xiaoduo collected a field's worth of star soul jade powder from Boss Sun and brought it into the Annihilation Sky Pagoda.
• Zuo Changlu entered the pagoda with Zuo Xiaoduo, and Zuo Xiaoduo explained that star soul jade powder had helped transform it and that the Fortune Qi Dragon caused most of its changes.

After learning that a Fortune Qi Dragon had moved a remnant Earth Vein into Fenghai, Zuo Changlu secretly ordered a massive shipment of pure star soul jade powder. Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian made a wager, and by dusk Xiaoduo was wearing dog ears and could only bark.

• Zuo Changlu learned that the Fortune Qi Dragon had moved a remnant Earth Vein into Fenghai and ordered Bai Yunduo to gather pure star soul jade powder in secret.
• Bai Yunduo mobilized the Flame Martial Empire’s forces to collect and transport the powder, then prepared a secluded storage area outside Fenghai.
• Zuo Xiaoduo challenged Zuo Xiaonian to fight and wagered that the loser would wear an animal-themed outfit and obey its rules.
• Zuo Xiaoduo lost the wager and wore a dog-eared hat, barking when Li Chenglong found him after school.
• Li Chenglong laughed at Zuo Xiaoduo and secretly prepared to film him.

Class One beat Li Chenglong after he scammed them, while Zuo Xiaoduo continued barking under the terms of his bet with Zuo Xiaonian. At dinner, Zuo Xiaonian was introduced as Zuo Xiaoduo’s wife, and Li Chenglong sent a video of Zuo Xiaoduo barking to a group before Zuo Xiaoduo could stop him.

• Class One, led by Meng Changjun and Xiang Chong, beat Li Chenglong and left him in the Nutrient Pod.
• Li Chenglong met Zuo Xiaonian and nervously asked Zuo Xiaoduo to introduce them, while Zuo Xiaoduo kept barking rather than end his restriction.
• Wu Yuting invited Grandma Shi to dinner, where she introduced Zuo Xiaonian as Zuo Xiaoduo’s wife and Grandma Shi warmly approved.
• Zuo Xiaonian explained the sparring bet that made Zuo Xiaoduo bark until midnight, and the diners laughed as he barked at the table.
• Li Chenglong secretly filmed Zuo Xiaoduo barking and sent the video to a group before Zuo Xiaoduo snatched his phone.

After Li Chenglong was badly beaten by Xiang Chong and the Xiang Family’s older experts, Zuo Xiaoduo urged him to retaliate by beating Xiang Bing. Zuo Xiaoduo left Li Chenglong considering the advice, then Wu Yuting caught him and called out his scheming.

• Li Chenglong agreed to fight Xiang Chong that night, but the Xiang Family’s older experts beat him and Xiang Chong blamed him for being dense.
• Zuo Xiaoduo learned why Li Chenglong had been beaten and encouraged him to take revenge on Xiang Bing.
• Li Chenglong considered Zuo Xiaoduo’s suggestion while Zuo Xiaoduo went upstairs, amused by the match he hoped to arrange.
• Wu Yuting confronted Zuo Xiaoduo for egging Li Chenglong on to fight a girl.

Zuo Xiaoduo eagerly took Zuo Xiaonian to Hidden Dragon High Martial to introduce her as his wife. Their classmates and teachers gathered to see her, while Li Chenglong praised her beauty before she had even arrived.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told Wu Yuting that Li Chenglong had been insulted, and Wu Yuting said Li Chenglong liked Xiang Bing but had poor emotional intelligence.
• Zuo Xiaoduo dressed up and persuaded Zuo Xiaonian to accompany him to school so he could introduce her as his wife.
• Li Chenglong announced that Zuo Xiaoduo was bringing his wife to school, prompting the class and several teachers to wait eagerly for her arrival.
• Xiang Kuangren proposed using a honey trap if Zuo Xiaonian did not meet his standards, and Cheng Guying joked that the Xiang Family would call it forcing someone to submit.
• Wen Xingtian gave the class self-study time as students repeatedly slipped away to check the school gates.
• Li Chenglong told the curious students that Zuo Xiaonian was more beautiful than a celestial beauty, despite admitting he had never seen one.

Zuo Xiaoduo arrived at Hidden Dragon High Martial with Zuo Xiaonian and proudly introduced her to his classmates as his wife. Zuo Xiaonian let him show off until he called out to Wen Xingtian, then greeted the teacher and the students herself.

• Xiang Bing and Li Chenglong argued over Li Chenglong’s interest in Zuo Xiaonian while their classmates waited for her and Zuo Xiaoduo to arrive.
• Hao Han spotted Zuo Xiaoduo approaching, and Zuo Xiaoduo came in beaming and announced that Zuo Xiaonian was his wife.
• Zuo Xiaoduo introduced Zuo Xiaonian to Ye Changqing, the vice principals, and his Class One classmates while boasting about her beauty.
• Zuo Xiaonian quietly enjoyed Zuo Xiaoduo’s happiness and let him show off, then twisted his waist when he called for Wen Xingtian.
• Zuo Xiaonian greeted Wen Xingtian and the others, and the students enthusiastically shouted back, “Sister-in-law!”

Zuo Xiaoduo brought Zuo Xiaonian to Hidden Dragon High Martial, where she impressed his classmates with her beauty and strength. After he left, Xiang Bing praised his devotion to his wife and urged the class to stop calling him a little shit.

• Wen Xingtian introduced Zuo Xiaonian as Zuo Xiaoduo’s wife, and she warmly greeted his classmates.
• Zuo Xiaonian toured the school with Zuo Xiaoduo and defeated Class One’s students in a three-second spar.
• Before leaving, Zuo Xiaoduo secretly told Xiang Bing that she would miss her chance if she did not act soon.
• After Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian left, Xiang Bing praised Zuo Xiaoduo’s loyalty, while Li Chenglong agreed with her.

After Xiang Bing challenged Li Chenglong to stay after school, her classmates speculated about her intentions while Li Chenglong mistakenly thought he could easily beat her. Meanwhile, a photograph of Spirit Cat with a young man spread online, alarming the Head of the Nine Heavens Pavilion, who informed Minister Nan that she appeared to be pursuing a romance.

• Xiang Bing challenged Li Chenglong to meet her after school, and he accepted, while Meng Changjun guessed she might confess to him.
• Xiang Chong assured Li Chenglong that the Xiang Family only needed to send Ice Egg to deal with him, and Li Chenglong laughed at the claim.
• A photograph of Spirit Cat with a handsome young man spread online, prompting students and netizens to praise her beauty and identify the man as the Sword King.
• The Head of the Nine Heavens Pavilion feared Spirit Cat had been wooed away and messaged Minister Nan that she appeared to be pursuing a romance.

Minister Nan learned that Xiang Bing had gone to Hidden Dragon High Martial and reacted with relief when he heard she was with Zuo Xiaoduo. That afternoon, Xiang Bing arrived at Class One dressed in red, and her classmates realized she had come to make her choice.

• Minister Nan berated the head of the Nine Heavens Pavilion for neglecting Xiang Bing, then relaxed after learning she had gone to Hidden Dragon High Martial to see Zuo Xiaoduo.
• Minister Nan told the Nine Heavens Pavilion leader that Xiang Bing and Zuo Xiaoduo’s relationship was nothing to worry about, then ended the call.
• Class One stayed after lessons to watch the anticipated confrontation, while Li Chenglong prepared to face Ice Egg.
• Xiang Bing arrived at dusk dressed entirely in red, and the boys in the class cheered as she entered.
• Xiang Chong watched his younger sister with well-wishes and reluctance, while Li Chenglong, Yu Yan'er, Zhen Piaopiao, and the class appeared to understand Xiang Bing’s intentions.

Xiang Bing publicly confessed to Li Chenglong and declared them a couple, drawing a stunned but affirmative response from him. She led him away for a meal, while their classmates watched and envied her boldness.

• Xiang Bing stopped the class’s cheering and declared that she liked Li Chenglong and wanted him to be her husband.
• Xiang Bing declared that they were a couple and demanded that Li Chenglong treat her well.
• Li Chenglong, overwhelmed and bewildered, agreed.
• Xiang Bing invited Li Chenglong to eat and drink with her, then took his hand and led him away.
• Yu Yan'er and Zhen Piaopiao envied Xiang Bing but recognized that her bond with Li Chenglong was unique.

Xiang Chong celebrated Xiang Bing and Li Chenglong’s romance with their classmates, while Zuo Xiaonian punished Zuo Xiaoduo at home for embarrassing her in public. The chapter left Zuo Xiaonian asking Wu Yuting for advice on how to handle her husband.

• After Xiang Bing went after Li Chenglong, Xiang Chong accepted the classmates’ invitation to celebrate and offered to treat them to drinks.
• Xiang Chong asked everyone to help him beat Li Chenglong if he ever bullied Xiang Bing, but the crowd abandoned him and followed Gao Qiao'er instead.
• Zuo Xiaoduo remained unconcerned when Li Chenglong did not return that night, since he had foreseen Li Chenglong’s romantic luck.
• Zuo Xiaonian sealed Zuo Xiaoduo’s cultivation and made him bungee-jump from a great height for three hours to punish him for embarrassing her.
• Wu Yuting stopped Zuo Xiaonian and began advising her on how to handle Zuo Xiaoduo, prompting Zuo Xiaonian to ask her to teach her.

Zuo Changlu warned Zuo Xiaoduo that relying on the Void-Transforming Stone could become a dangerous habit, while Zuo Xiaoduo planned to sell it to Yu Moyan for an enormous sum. The chapter ended with Zuo Changlu puzzled by the bead Zuo Xiaoduo had taken from the Giant Earthworm.

• Wu Yuting teased Zuo Xiaoduo with ways to punish him after marriage, and he eagerly agreed to heed her advice.
• Zuo Xiaoduo showed Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting the bead and the Void-Transforming Stone, explaining where he had found them.
• Zuo Changlu described the stone's usefulness and limitations, warning Zuo Xiaoduo that dependence on it could prove fatal against stronger opponents.
• Zuo Xiaoduo said he would use the stone sparingly and proposed selling it to Yu Moyan for one hundred million pieces of upper-grade star soul jade.
• Zuo Changlu examined the earthworm bead and admitted that its nature baffled him.

Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting examined the mysterious bead Zuo Xiaoduo had found but could not identify its nature. Later, Zuo Xiaoduo edged closer to Zuo Xiaonian while they watched television, and she eventually let him hug her before he began moving his hand onto her thigh.

• Zuo Xiaoduo told Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting how he had obtained the bead, and they decided to keep it for further study.
• Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting went to bed early, leaving Zuo Xiaoduo and Zuo Xiaonian alone together.
• Zuo Xiaoduo watched a class group video of Xiang Bing confessing to Zhongzhong and asked Zuo Xiaonian to watch it with him, but she refused.
• Zuo Xiaoduo repeatedly shuffled across the sofa until he was leaning against Zuo Xiaonian and holding her hand.
• Zuo Xiaoduo pretended to be scared of a sika deer on television and clung to Zuo Xiaonian, who eventually allowed him to hug her.
• After a long while, Zuo Xiaonian felt Zuo Xiaoduo's hand moving onto her thigh.

Zuo Xiaoduo pushed Zuo Xiaonian’s patience with increasingly bold affection, prompting her to beat him in the Annihilation Sky Pagoda before cultivating there. After she came out, he treated their engagement as permission to cling to her in front of her parents, leaving Zuo Xiaonian embarrassed and Zuo Changlu unable to stay in the room.

• Zuo Xiaoduo stroked Zuo Xiaonian’s pants and tried to touch her chest, so she knocked him down and took him into the Annihilation Sky Pagoda to spar.
• Zuo Xiaonian beat Zuo Xiaoduo eight times, then set up a tent in the pagoda to cultivate and strengthen her foundation.
• Zuo Xiaonian came out the next morning, and Zuo Xiaoduo put an arm around her waist while she made breakfast.
• Zuo Xiaoduo held Zuo Xiaonian’s hand and waist on the sofa, then rested his head on her thigh in front of Zuo Changlu and Wu Yuting.
• Zuo Xiaonian asked Wu Yuting to rein in her son, but Zuo Xiaoduo defended his behavior as normal for an engaged couple, and Zuo Changlu left the room.