Chapter Summaries

Yan Shi and Feng Li reported Xiao Yan’s alliance with the Snake People Clan to Jia Xing Tian, who sought to use the crisis to strengthen the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s ties with the Xiao Family and the Misty Cloud Sect. After discovering Yun Shan had reached the Dou Ancestor realm, Yun Shan decided to visit the Snake People Clan and left the territory negotiations to the imperial family.

• Jia Xing Tian told Yao Ye to go to Wutan City and marry into the Xiao Family while he went to assess the Misty Cloud Sect’s response to Xiao Yan and the Snake People Clan.
• Jia Xing Tian confronted Yun Leng at Misty Cloud Mountain and proposed joining forces against Queen Medusa using the Cloudy Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan, who appeared as a Dou Ancestor and learned that Yun Yun and Gu He had been detained by Queen Medusa.
• Jia Xing Tian explained that Queen Medusa wanted territory for the Snake People Clan, and Yun Shan decided to visit the Snake People Clan while the imperial family handled the land division.

While Xiao Yan refined Pills, Gu He watched and learned as Yun Shan arrived to confront the Snake People Clan. Queen Medusa and four Peak Dou Emperor Elders defeated and captured Yun Shan, leaving Xiao Yan prepared to depart with Gu He and Yun Yun.

• Gu He discovered that Xiao Yan outperformed him at alchemy, so he stopped refining Pills and begged to become Xiao Yan’s nominal disciple.
• Yun Shan called Queen Medusa out, and Queen Medusa and four Peak Dou Emperor Elders attacked him while eight Dou Wangs sealed the city.
• Xiao Yan told Gu He that Yun Shan’s capture would allow Gu He and Yun Yun to leave, but Gu He insisted on staying with Xiao Yan.
• Queen Medusa and the Elders trapped Yun Shan with barriers, drained his Dou Qi, and used poison to slow him down.
• Queen Medusa and the four Elders overwhelmed Yun Shan, poisoned and exhausted him, and struck him with the Snake Seal Curse.

Queen Medusa freed Yun Yun and left Yun Shan behind as she returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan and his companions discovered a Soul Hall Dou Zong attacking the sect. Xiao Yan mobilized allies to confront the intruder, and Queen Medusa joined Yun Yun in battle.

• Queen Medusa removed Yun Yun's Snake Seal Curse and left Yun Shan in her care, warning her to resolve the Misty Cloud Sect's internal problems rather than seek revenge.
• Yun Yun flew back toward the Misty Cloud Sect, unaware that an unfamiliar Dou Zong was waiting there.
• Xiao Yan collected Hai Bodong's remaining Fragmented Map, Pill Recipe, and Medicinal Herbs, then traveled with Queen Medusa, Gu He, and Hai Bodong toward the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived to find Yun Yun using the Cloudy Smoke Covering Sun Formation against a Soul Hall Protector who was attacking the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Queen Medusa moved to assist Yun Yun, while Xiao Yan sent Hai Bodong to the battle, Gu He to summon Fa Ma, and flew to recruit Jia Xing Tian and the imperial family's Sixth Grade Magical Beast.

Xiao Yan arrived at the ruined Misty Cloud Sect after the Soul Hall Protector escaped and offered Yun Yun a way to cleanse Yun Shan of the Soul Hall’s influence. He arranged rewards for Fa Ma and Hai Bodong, then left for Wutan City with Queen Medusa.

• Xiao Yan visited Nalan Jie and persuaded him to have his poisoned bones removed, leaving Gu He to oversee the treatment.
• Queen Medusa and the Misty Cloud Sect fought the Soul Hall Protector, who escaped after breaking through the Cloudy Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun why the Misty Cloud Sect had allied with the Soul Hall, then offered a Soul Cleansing Pill recipe in exchange for help relocating the Snake People Clan.
• Xiao Yan promised Fa Ma a chance to observe pill refining and gave Hai Bodong the Spirit Recovery Purple Pill recipe and a promise of an Imperial Pill.
• Queen Medusa picked up Xiao Yan and flew with him toward Wutan City.

After returning to Wutan City, Xiao Yan helped arrange his elder brother Xiao Ding’s wedding and discussed cultivation and resources with Jia Xing Tian. He then offered Xiao Xun Er one of his remaining Green Fate Fruits, hoping to profit from the Gu Clan’s wealth.

• Xiao Yan arrived in a greatly expanded Wutan City, and Jia Xing Tian revealed that he had made it the Imperial Capital and reached nine-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan promised pills for royal Dou Wangs and Da Dou Shis, and Jia Xing Tian told him that Yao Ye and Xiao Ding planned to marry.
• Xiao Yan approved the marriage, told Jia Xing Tian to find someone else to manage the empire, and gave him Soul Communication Jade Slips for himself and other allies.
• Xiao Ding’s grand wedding drew the Jia Ma Empire’s major families, sects, and alchemists, while Xiao Zhan and the Three Great Elders celebrated.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun Er that Green Fate Fruit might help her become an Alchemist and revealed that he had two left.
• Xiao Xun Er asked to buy the remaining Green Fate Fruits, and Xiao Yan privately welcomed the chance to obtain wealth from the Gu Clan.

Xiao Yan traded information about the Green Lotus Core Flame’s remaining roots to Xiao Xun Er for an Earth Grade Cultivation Method and Dou Technique, then considered what to seek in exchange for the Green Fate Fruits. As Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment approached, he decided to take its assessment and asked Xiao Yu about it.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun Er that the Green Lotus Core Flame’s roots could grow another flame and gave her a map in exchange for an Earth Grade Cultivation Method and Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao what to request for the Green Fate Fruits, but Old Yao advised him to seek useful materials rather than help with resurrection.
• Xiao Xun Er delivered the cultivation method and Dou Technique and said an elder would come to collect the Heavenly Flame; she also warned Xiao Yan not to feed Green Fate Fruits to birds.
• Xiao Yan learned that Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team was coming to Wutan City and decided to take the assessment.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yu whipping Xiao Ning, gave Xiao Ning Qi Gathering Powder, and asked Xiao Yu about Jia Nan Academy after saying he planned to apply.

Xiao Yan prepared Qing Lin to develop her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and arranged for the Xiao Family to enter Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment plaza. After meeting Xue Ni, he declared that his talent deserved a Saint Grade evaluation, and Xiao Yu led the group into the tent.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu, his father, and Xiao Yi Xian jade slips for contacting him, then helped Qing Lin activate her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and control snake magical beasts to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan asked Queen Medusa for a Snake People Clan cultivation technique and continued helping Qing Lin train, while Xiao Yi Xian took her away after seeing her cling to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Family disciples to the recruitment plaza, where she used her token to secure them passage through the guarded perimeter.
• Xiao Yu introduced the Xiao Family to Xue Ni, who questioned how the instructor could evaluate Xiao Yi Xian, a Dou Ling expert.
• Xiao Yan said his talent should receive a Saint Grade evaluation, and Xiao Yu changed the subject by leading everyone into the tent.

Xiao Yan’s group passed Jia Nan Academy’s preliminary test, but his strength and alchemy rank left Instructor Ruo Lin unable to handle his enrollment without reporting him to the academy. While they waited for the dean, Xiao Yan refined twenty Dou Ling Pills for the Jia Ma Imperial Family.

• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yan and the others to the recruitment tent, where Luo Bu made them pass a preliminary test before ordering them to wait outside in the sun.
• Xiao Yan used his Dou Ling pressure to force Luo Bu to his knees, then kicked him out of the tent.
• Instructor Ruo Lin arrived, and Xiao Yan gave her pills before revealing he was a Sixth Grade Alchemist, Xiao Yi Xian was a Dou Ling, and Qing Lin could control a Fourth Tier Snake Magical Beast.
• Ruo Lin said she lacked the authority to handle Xiao Yan’s unusual enrollment and estimated the dean would arrive in about a month, so Xiao Yan left with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• During the wait, Jia Xing Tian supplied herbs for Dou Ling Pills, and Xiao Yan refined twenty pills for the Jia Ma Imperial Family.

Xiao Yan met Gu Yuan, Xiao Xun Er’s father, and negotiated for help in exchange for the Green Fate Fruit. Gu Yuan agreed to let Xiao Yan enter the Heavenly Tomb if he reached Peak Dou Zun in time, while their discussion about opening a Space Wormhole ended with Xiao Yan suspecting Gu Yuan had meant to involve Venerable Feng.

• Xiao Yan met Gu Yuan, who revealed that he was Xiao Xun Er’s father and explained the Xiao Clan’s history with the Soul Clan.
• Gu Yuan praised Xiao Yan’s talent and accomplishments and offered to invest in him.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan to use his family’s jade to open the Heavenly Tomb, but Gu Yuan offered him entry if he reached Peak Dou Zun before it next opened.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan to open a Space Wormhole from the Pill Tower’s territory, arguing that the Pill Tower could better protect his teacher.
• Gu Yuan said the Green Fate Fruit was not worth the cost of opening the wormhole, and Xiao Yan concluded that Gu Yuan had intended to have Venerable Feng arrange it instead.

Xiao Yan secured Gu Yuan’s help in contacting the declining Ye Family and arranging a Space Wormhole, while receiving rare materials and a body-tempering Dou Technique. Gu Yuan also asked him to teach Gu Xun'er some tricks, and Xiao Yan later discussed the gifts and arrangement with Old Yao.

• Xiao Yan suggested working with the Ye Family, and Gu Yuan agreed to contact them and connect a Space Wormhole to Xiao Yan’s location within a year.
• Gu Yuan gave Xiao Yan Green Wood Saliva and the Earth-tier High-level Peerless Prison Body, offering its Heaven-tier advanced technique if Xiao Yan mastered it.
• Xiao Yan explained how he refined a Heavenly Flame, and Gu Yuan asked him to teach Gu Xun'er about deception and trickery.
• Gu Yuan sent Xiao Yan back to his original spot, where Old Yao asked what he had traded for and learned that Gu Yuan had also given him a cultivation technique.
• Old Yao explained that the Green Wood Saliva Xiao Yan received was far more than needed to ripen a Green Fate Fruit, and concluded that Xiao Yan was skilled at fooling people.

Xiao Yan ripened a Green Fate Fruit with Green Wood Saliva and gave it to Gu Xun'er, who knew his explanation was false. He then persuaded Hu Gan to enroll him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin at Jia Nan Academy while allowing them to delay attending until the Inner Courtyard Competition.

• Xiao Yan coated a Green Fate Fruit with Green Wood Saliva and buried it in a wooden box to ripen for three days.
• Xiao Yan gave Gu Xun'er the ripened fruit, claiming he had found it with Green Wood Saliva in some ruins, and she recognized the story as a cover for a family trade.
• Hu Gan arrived secretly at the Xiao Family, but Xiao Yan detected him and offered to refine a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Yan explained that he wanted to join Jia Nan Academy to gain access to its benefits, make connections, and sell pills to its elders.
• Hu Gan accepted Xiao Yan as a student after receiving a Dou Ling Pill, then agreed to register Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and let all three take leave until the Inner Courtyard Competition.

Xiao Yan prepared to cultivate the Peerless Prison Body, a brutal Earth-tier Dou Technique that strengthened the body by repeatedly destroying and repairing its meridians. His first attempt ended with him losing consciousness, and Old Yao treated his injuries while urging him to endure and control the next eruption.

• Xiao Yan finished refining pills for the Xiao Family, broke through to Seven-star Dou Spirit, and went outside the city to cultivate the Peerless Prison Body.
• Old Yao studied the technique, warned Xiao Yan that its cultivation was dangerous, and gave him the Bone Sculpting and Vein Changing Pill to heal his injuries.
• Xiao Yan filled his meridians with Green Lotus Core Flame and gathered Dou Qi at seven points to trigger an eruption.
• The flames tore through Xiao Yan's meridians and skin, and he lost consciousness when his compressed Dou Qi exploded.
• Old Yao caught Xiao Yan, gave him the healing pill, and told him to stay conscious and direct the power toward an enemy next time.

Xiao Yan recovered from cultivating the second part of the Peerless Prison Body and demonstrated its immense strength, while Old Yao refined pills that drew the attention of Wutan City's powers. As Xiao Yan's Coming of Age Ceremony approached, local factions and unknown outsiders began considering how to approach or exploit him.

• Old Yao transmitted the second part of the Peerless Prison Body to Xiao Yan, who used Soul Power to restore his battered body.
• Several months later, Xiao Yan broke the sound barrier and shattered a hill with his enhanced strength, reaching the technique's minor completion stage.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to refine several pills, and Old Yao began making them while Xiao Yan studied alchemy.
• Yun Shan and Yun Yun discussed strengthening their ties with Xiao Yan amid the threat of the Soul Hall, while Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong made plans involving his family.
• A man in gold and three black-robed elders noticed the high-grade Sixth Grade Pill fluctuations; the elders discussed watching Xiao Yan before deciding whether to target his family.

Xiao Yan hosted powerful guests at the Xiao Family and used promises of Sect Breaking Pills to turn the Three Elders of Mulan Valley away from Yan Xing Tian. The Soul Hall’s Vulture Protector and Elder Liu of the Heavenly Snake Manor then appeared with three Dou Zongs, leaving Xiao Yan’s side facing an imminent battle.

• Yun Shan, Gu He, Jia Xing Tian, and other experts presented gifts to the Xiao Family while Xiao Yan struggled through the reception.
• After Yan Xing Tian arrived and called for trouble, Xiao Yan offered the Three Elders of Mulan Valley Sect Breaking Pills in exchange for medicinal ingredients, and they accepted his offer.
• The Three Elders agreed to face Yun Yun rather than join Yan Xing Tian, while Yun Shan and Queen Medusa prevented Yan Xing Tian from fleeing.
• The Vulture Protector appeared and revealed that Elder Liu of the Heavenly Snake Manor had joined him, bringing the enemy force to three Dou Zongs.

Xiao Yan turned Vulture Protector’s attempt to overwhelm the Misty Cloud Sect into a fight against him, exposing how Vulture Protector controlled Yun Shan. As Yun Shan, Queen Medusa, and the Three Elders of Mulan Valley attacked, Vulture Protector was pushed into a desperate struggle.

• Yun Shan tried to kill Yan Xing Tian, severing his arm, while Vulture Protector revealed that he and Elder Liu were Five-star Dou Ancestors.
• Xiao Yan offered to join forces with Vulture Protector, but Vulture Protector used a strange force to make Yun Shan attack Elder Liu instead.
• Elder Liu and Yan Xing Tian fled, and Xiao Yan ordered Yun Shan and Queen Medusa to attack Vulture Protector.
• The Three Elders of Mulan Valley formed their beastly battle formation and joined the fight against Vulture Protector.
• Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bodong joined the attack, leaving Vulture Protector struggling against the combined assault.

Vulture Protector captured Xiao Yan during the battle, but Xiao Yan detonated the Green Lotus Core Flame and struck back before losing consciousness. After waking briefly while recovering, Xiao Yan learned Gu He had used a third of an unknown liquid from his Storage Ring and fainted again.

• Vulture Protector tried to escape the surrounding experts, then captured Xiao Yan with chains while Queen Medusa and the others held back.
• Xiao Yan let the Green Lotus Core Flame build inside him, broke free by detonating it, and struck Vulture Protector with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler before passing out.
• Xiao Yan drifted in and out of consciousness while recovering in medicinal liquid, wondering whether his teacher had intervened and whether Vulture Protector had escaped.
• Gu He returned Xiao Yan's Storage Ring and explained that he had used a third of an unknown transparent liquid from it to treat Xiao Yan's severe injuries.
• Xiao Yan spat out blood and fainted after hearing what Gu He had used.

After waking from his injuries, Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian and learned how Hai Bodong and the others had defeated Vulture Protector. Old Yao began refining Sect Breaking Pills, deciding to reveal himself rather than let Xiao Yan shoulder everything alone.

• Xiao Yan proposed marrying Xiao Yi Xian, then showed him he could still summon Heavenly Flames and claimed his damaged meridians came from cultivating Peerless Prison Body.
• After Xiao Yi Xian left, Old Yao scolded Xiao Yan for risking his life and explained how to use the Green Wood Saliva medicinal liquid and an Earth Fire Lotus Seed to recover.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Hai Bodong had helped him land his ultimate move on Vulture Protector, who was then trapped by Yun Shan and the four Great Elders of the Snake People Clan and killed.
• Xiao Yan vowed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for the badly injured Hai Bodong, while Old Yao reprimanded him for promising three pills to others.
• Old Yao took out the Black Demon Cauldron and began refining Sect Breaking Pills, saying he would step forward himself rather than let Xiao Yan bear everything alone.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Yan strengthened his meridians, advanced to Eight-Star Dou Ling, and prepared to help his allies recover and grow stronger. He returned to the Xiao Family at night and slipped into the room he shared with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan finished absorbing the medicinal liquid, found that his meridians had expanded enough to begin absorbing World Energy after his injuries healed, and swallowed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed that raised him to Eight-Star Dou Ling.
• Old Yao gave Xiao Yan the Spirit Sealing Barrier Breaking Pill recipe, and Xiao Yan learned the pill required a peak Nine-Star Dou Ling who already had a breakthrough opportunity.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill and offered to refine him a Sect Breaking Pill, learning Hai Bodong's cultivation had fallen to Six-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan thanked Queen Medusa for protecting him, offered her three Sect Breaking Pills for the Snake People Clan Elders, and asked about her evolved form as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yan visited Yun Shan, Jia Xing Tian, and the Three Elders of Mulan Valley, then returned to the Xiao Family and entered the room he shared with Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan received an eighth-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill from Xuan Yi and forced its hidden dragon aura to emerge by circulating his Dou Qi at extreme speed. The chapter ended as a soul-shaking roar burst from his mouth.

• Hai Bodong led the Mittel Family into the Black Corner Region, destroyed the Eight Fan Sect, and found a Fragmented Map for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan gave the Jia Ma imperial family pills to heal the Surging Dragon Beast, and the imperial family, Snake People Clan, and Mu Lan Empire divided the conquered Luo Yan Empire.
• Xuan Yi arrived to visit Old Yao and gave Xiao Yan an eighth-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pill and accelerated his Dou Qi circulation until a wisp of strange energy shot toward his throat.
• Xiao Yan released a powerful roar that Old Yao contained with Soul Power.

Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that Han Feng had betrayed him, prompting Xuan Yi to capture Han Feng and bring him before his former teacher. Yao Chen sealed Han Feng’s soul for now, while Xiao Yan tried to cheer him up by proposing ways to help him become a Medicine Saint.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that Han Feng claimed to be his disciple, and Xuan Yi left for the Black Corner Region to find him.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen to prepare for him to refine the Sea Heart Flame, but Yao Chen advised him to wait until he became a Dou Wang.
• Xuan Yi returned with a battered Han Feng, who begged Yao Chen for forgiveness before Yao Chen struck him down.
• Xuan Yi captured Han Feng’s soul after his Sea Heart Flame failed to protect him, and Yao Chen ordered her to seal it in a bottle.
• Xiao Yan proposed using the Spirit Transformation Heavenly Soul Fruit and other resources to help Yao Chen become a Medicine Saint, but Yao Chen urged him to keep the fruit for himself.