Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen visited East Dragon Island with Zi Yan, secured the clan’s mark for taming the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then won the Pill Tower Alchemist Grand Meeting and absorbed the Heavenly Flame. His Flame Mantra advanced to the low Heaven tier, and he declared his confidence that he could reach the Dou Di realm without a bloodline inheritance.

• Xiao Zhen brought Zi Yan to East Dragon Island, where Qingshan and the other elders welcomed her as the returning Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Zhen confirmed the island’s loyalty to Zi Yan, obtained the clan mark for subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and added Zi Yan to the Chat Group before returning to the Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen opened the Pill Tower Alchemist Grand Meeting, and Xiao Zhen won the championship with an eighth-grade high-tier medicinal pill.
• Xiao Zhen used his right as champion to absorb the Three Thousand Burning Flame, overcoming the dragon seal within it.
• Xiao Zhen’s cultivation reached middle-level Half-Saint, and his Flame Mantra advanced to the low Heaven tier.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Zhen’s progress, and Xiao Zhen said he believed he could reach the Dou Di realm without the Dou Di Bloodline.

Xiao Zhen returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Xuan, who revealed his strength by defeating Yao Tianhuo and accepted him as a nominal disciple. Xiao Xuan and Yao Tianhuo discovered a maid with the Body of Woeful Poison and agreed to monitor her until Xiao Zhen could find a solution.

• Xiao Zhen returned to the Xiao Clan with Xiao Xuan and introduced him to Xiao Lin, who welcomed the ancestor without recognizing his identity.
• Xiao Zhen told Yao Tianhuo who Xiao Xuan was, and Xiao Xuan defeated Yao Tianhuo in a fight at half-step Dou Zong.
• Yao Tianhuo accepted Xiao Xuan as his nominal master and received the Heaven-tier Combat Skill Setting Sun Divine Fist.
• Xiao Xuan and Yao Tianhuo noticed a young maid whose poisonous aura suggested she had the Body of Woeful Poison.
• Yao Tianhuo offered to suppress the girl's poison temporarily, and Xiao Xuan told him to watch over her until Xiao Zhen returned.

Xiao Zhen returned to the Snake-people Race’s camp, settled an old grievance with four elders, and then confronted Queen Medusa and Kaguya Otsutsuki. The chapter ended with the three of them alone together in a sealed tent.

• Xiao Zhen entered the Snake-people Race’s military camp unnoticed and revealed himself to Queen Medusa, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Chiyu.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-people Race members to stand down and recognized Xiao Zhen as an ally.
• Xiao Zhen injured the four Snake-people Race elders with the Fallen Heart Flame and declared their old dispute settled.
• Queen Medusa dismissed everyone else, leaving only the Dou Zuns in the tent.
• Xiao Zhen sealed the tent and became intimate with Queen Medusa and Kaguya Otsutsuki; after a day, Queen Medusa asked Kaguya Otsutsuki to join them.

The Snake-people Empire faced an assault by the Lion Underworld Sect and Soul Hall, while Kaguya Otsutsuki struggled against Blood River. Xiao Zhen killed Shi Tian, and Soul Hall captured the sect master's Soul Body, leaving the Lion Underworld Sect's elders to vie for power.

• Shi Tian and Soul Hall threatened Queen Medusa, while the Third Heavenly Venerate sent Blood River to challenge Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Blood River pressed Kaguya Otsutsuki with his blood-colored saber, and Queen Medusa and Chiyu prepared to help as the Third Heavenly Venerate and Shi Tian moved against them.
• Xiao Zhen appeared behind Shi Tian and killed him with a touch, then collected his corpse and head.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate seized Shi Tian's Soul Body under Soul Hall's agreement, ignoring Shi Tian's pleas.
• The Lion Underworld Sect's elders feared Soul Hall and began eyeing Shi Tian's vacant position.

Xiao Zhen forced Soul Hall and the Lion Underworld Sect to withdraw from the battle, then helped the Snake-people Empire defeat the remaining enemy forces. After returning to the Xiao Clan, he learned that Xiao Yi Xian had the Body of Woeful Poison and examined her.

• Xiao Zhen fought the Third Venerable of Soul Hall until they agreed to withdraw, and he refused the Third Venerable's offer to join Soul Hall.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-people Empire's forces to attack the abandoned Lion Underworld Sect troops, while Xiao Zhen killed fleeing Elders and captured their souls.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki took the captured Soul Bodies for the Divine Tree, and Xiao Zhen stored the damaged Dou Zun corpses for future puppet-making.
• The Snake-people Empire routed the Lion Underworld Sect's forces and gathered its spoils, while Xiao Zhen found two unfamiliar Seventh-grade Medicinal Pill formulas.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the Xiao Clan with Chiyu and learned from Xiao Xuan that Xiao Yi Xian had the Body of Woeful Poison.
• Xiao Zhen asked Xiao Yi Xian about her name and examined her body to study the Woeful Poison.

Xiao Zhen discovered that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Body of Woeful Poison and comforted her over the deaths of her village. He offered to teach her alchemy and help control her poison, and she agreed to stay by his side; Xiao Zhen later learned that Xiao Yan had left to gain experience.

• Xiao Zhen examined Xiao Yi Xian's poisonous gas and realized its potency could threaten a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled her village's deaths and blamed herself, then broke down and fell asleep in Xiao Zhen's arms.
• Xiao Zhen secretly drew some of Xiao Yi Xian's poison gas into himself and confirmed that he could refine it.
• Xiao Zhen gave Xiao Yi Xian alchemy knowledge and a gentle sub-flame, then offered to teach her and help her condense a poison pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay with Xiao Zhen, and he later learned that Xiao Yan had left the previous month to gain experience.

Xiao Zhen helped Xiao Yi Xian advance through poison and prepared to bring her to the Central Plains, while his family confronted him over Akame’s pregnancy. After Chiyu asked for a child of her own, Xiao Zhen discovered that his Light Gene had greatly reduced his fertility and considered returning to the world of the little monsters.

• Xiao Yi Xian ate a Seven-Colored Death Mushroom and reached six-star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Zhen absorbed some of her excess poison and said she could advance further.
• Xiao Zhen told his family that Akame was pregnant, prompting Die and the other women to demand that he bring Akame home so they could meet her.
• Old Madam Guan soothed the women, and Die agreed to welcome Akame and judge her character.
• Chiyu asked Xiao Zhen for a child after he admitted his history with Esdeath.
• Xiao Zhen used the system to discover that his Light Gene had reduced his fertility to one-fifth that of other experts at his level, and he considered revisiting the world of the little monsters.

Xiao Zhen brought Akame and Kurome to the Dou Qi Continent, where they settled in, then learned that Xiao Yan was being hunted by a Soul Hall Protector. After discovering a subordinate had betrayed his organization, Xiao Zhen killed him and raced to find Xiao Yan, arriving in a small town where the boy was still in danger.

• Xiao Zhen found Mine reading a book about increasing the chances of having a child and spent half an hour with her while Akame finished her meal.
• Xiao Zhen brought Akame and Kurome to the Dou Qi Continent, where Die helped them settle in and Erina won them over with her cooking.
• Xiao Zhen learned that Xiao Yan had been pursued by a Soul Hall Protector and that his subordinates had sent several Dou Wangs and two Dou Huangs to help him.
• Xiao Zhen used mental control to expose a surviving Dou Huang as a traitor who had killed an ally and agreed to spy for Soul Hall, then killed him.
• Xiao Zhen followed Xiao Yan's aura to a small town, where he found his nephew in a bad situation.

Xiao Yan was cornered by Black Protector, a Soul Hall Dou Zong who sought information about the Xiao Clan and forced a town’s residents to attack him. As the townspeople closed in and Black Protector tore souls from those who hesitated, Xiao Yan waited desperately for rescue.

• Xiao Yan’s flying car ran out of energy, and Black Protector caught up with him after learning that the Shadow Organization had protected him because of his connection to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan tried to bargain with Black Protector, but the Soul Hall Protector refused and threatened to capture him alive or dead for information.
• Black Protector ordered the town’s residents to kill Xiao Yan, promising rewards or threatening to slaughter everyone; an old man left home to face the danger while warning his family to prepare to flee.
• Xiao Yan revealed his identity and claimed that Xiao Zhen and Heavenly Flame Venerate would come to his aid, but some townspeople still charged at him for the promised rewards.
• Black Protector used black-mist chains to tear the souls from several people who hesitated, then commanded the rest to attack Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought off a deadly encirclement, breaking through to four-star Dou Ling before swallowing three Origin-Shattering Death Pills to overwhelm his attackers. As the pills’ effects faded, he struck Black Protector and sent him flying.

• Xiao Yan used his Profound Heavy Ruler and Furious Thunder Consecutive Kicks to kill attackers while defending against a High-tier Dou Ling and a bald axe-wielder.
• Xiao Yan broke through from three-star to four-star Dou Ling and narrowly dodged the axe-wielder’s attack.
• Xiao Yan swallowed three Origin-Shattering Death Pills, driving his strength higher at the cost of severe damage to his body.
• Xiao Yan killed several enemies as Black Protector threatened the remaining fighters and killed a fleeing Dou Ling with a black chain.
• As the pill’s effects faded, Xiao Yan charged Black Protector with his remaining strength and struck him through his defense, sending him flying.

Xiao Zhen rescued Xiao Yan from Black Protector and the townspeople who had attacked him, then returned him to the Xiao Clan for treatment. Xiao Yan survived but lost all his cultivation, while his hidden-dragon destiny awakened and began rising sharply.

• Xiao Zhen captured Black Protector and burned him with Heavenly Flames while confronting the people who had helped Soul Hall attack Xiao Yan.
• An old man begged Xiao Zhen to spare the town’s families, then killed himself to atone; Xiao Zhen honored his request but killed the remaining attackers.
• Xiao Zhen took the unconscious Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Clan and placed him in medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yan awoke and discovered that his Dou Qi had vanished and his dantian had been badly damaged.
• Xiao Zhen used the system to inspect Xiao Yan and found that his Rising destiny had activated and was still increasing.

Xiao Zhen restored Xiao Yan’s dantian and watched Nalan Yanran challenge him to a fight in three years. Meanwhile, Akame’s pregnancy advanced, and Xiao Zhen learned that a film based on Ultraman Achilles was about to be made.

• Xiao Zhen agreed to help Xiao Yan recover and told him to remain in a medicinal pool for several hours.
• Xiao Zhen returned to Akame, whose friends and family discussed her pregnancy and brought her nourishing soup.
• After a month, Xiao Zhen restored and strengthened Xiao Yan’s dantian, allowing him to begin rebuilding his cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran visited Xiao Yan, learned his cultivation had fallen, and challenged him to fight her in three years.
• Xiao Zhen opened the Chat Group and saw Hiratsuka Shizuka invite him to visit a film production about Ultraman Achilles and Godzilla.

Xiao Zhen returned to Earth and found Yukino Yukinoshita working on a film about the Blue Ultraman Warrior, then reunited with her and learned her script reflected her feelings for him. Yukino asked her sister Haruno to leave so she could speak with Xiao Zhen alone, while Haruno considered how to help her younger sister pursue him.

• Xiao Zhen arrived at the film set, burned the slogans on a promotional hot-air balloon, and followed the production crew to meet its sponsor.
• Xiao Zhen recognized Yukino Yukinoshita and Haruno Yukinoshita when they appeared at the production's gathering.
• After the sisters returned to their lounge, Xiao Zhen revealed himself and greeted them, surprising Yukino Yukinoshita.
• Xiao Zhen read Yukino Yukinoshita's script and teased her about its romance between an alien traveler and an Earth girl.
• Yukino Yukinoshita admitted she had wanted to see Xiao Zhen again, and he told her he had occasionally thought of her.
• Yukino Yukinoshita asked Haruno to leave them alone, while Haruno considered how she might help her sister win Xiao Zhen's affection.

Xiao Zhen reunited with Yukino Yukinoshita and grew intimate with her while discussing her Ultraman script. Yukino became his girlfriend and promised to give herself to him when they returned, leaving Haruno Yukinoshita to accept the sudden relationship and continue handling the script arrangements.

• Yukino Yukinoshita offered Xiao Zhen a drink and explained that she had decided to write an Ultraman script for the family’s prestige and profit.
• Xiao Zhen teased Yukino about violating his portrait rights, and she asked him to stay longer so they could go on another date.
• Xiao Zhen used Genjutsu to hide their intimacy from Haruno Yukinoshita when she briefly entered the lounge.
• Yukino stopped Xiao Zhen from taking their intimacy further in the lounge and said she wanted her first time to happen after they returned.
• When Haruno came back, Yukino announced that she and Xiao Zhen were together, and Haruno invited them to watch the latest episode while she handled other matters.

Xiao Zhen visited the film set with Yukino, then met her mother at the Yukinoshita estate. He gave Madam Yukinoshita a mysterious medicinal gift, but she remained wary of his unclear background.

• Xiao Zhen saw Hachiman Hikigaya and Saika Totsuka acting intimately on set and learned that Hayato Hayama was playing the male lead.
• Yukino Yukinoshita warned Xiao Zhen not to hurt her younger sister and told him their mother wanted to meet him.
• Xiao Zhen arrived at the Yukinoshita estate with the sisters and gave Madam Yukinoshita a jade bottle containing medicine said to improve one's physical condition.
• Madam Yukinoshita questioned Xiao Zhen about his work and origins, but he gave an ambiguous answer that left her uncertain about him.

Xiao Zhen faced Madam Yukinoshita’s questions about his family and his relationship with Yukino, then offered a bottle of lifespan-extending medicine as his betrothal gift. Madam Yukinoshita remained intrigued by his mysterious wealth and abilities, and learned that he had saved Yukino at Sobu High School more than two years earlier.

• Xiao Zhen impressed Madam Yukinoshita by presenting rare golden tea leaves and drinking the hot tea without waiting for it to cool.
• Madam Yukinoshita explained that Yukino’s marriage would be arranged for the family’s benefit and asked Xiao Zhen how much he could offer as a betrothal gift.
• Xiao Zhen offered Madam Yukinoshita a bottle of medicine that could extend a person’s lifespan, but she returned it and said the family would prepare a dowry as well.
• Madam Yukinoshita asked how Xiao Zhen had met Yukino, and he recalled saving her from a monster on the rooftop of Sobu High School more than two years earlier.
• Madam Yukinoshita concluded that Xiao Zhen and Yukino were fated, unaware that he was the blue Ultraman who had rescued her.

Xiao Zhen won Madam Yukinoshita’s approval, then spent the night with Yukino while her family tested one of his pills on their elderly dog. Yukino Yukinoshita discovered what the couple were doing from outside the guest-room door.

• Madam Yukinoshita praised Xiao Zhen and welcomed him as a promising future son-in-law after speaking with him before dinner.
• Xiao Zhen and Yukino went to his guest room, where he taught her cultivation techniques and they became intimate.
• Madam Yukinoshita and Mr. Yukinoshita gave one of Xiao Zhen’s pills to Little White, who expelled foul-smelling black impurities and became more energetic.
• Mr. and Madam Yukinoshita decided to observe Little White further before trying the pills themselves.
• Yukino Yukinoshita found Yukino missing from her room, went to Xiao Zhen’s door, and realized what was happening inside.
• Xiao Zhen sensed Yukino Yukinoshita eavesdropping and continued helping Yukino cultivate.

Haruno Yukinoshita joined Xiao Zhen and Yukino, and the next day the sisters recovered from their exhausting night before going to inspect a film set. While exploring the set alone, Xiao Zhen recognized Yuigahama Yui.

• Haruno Yukinoshita opened the bedroom door, saw Xiao Zhen with Yukino, and decided to join them.
• The next morning, Xiao Zhen persuaded Madam Yukinoshita to let the exhausted sisters rest, and the sisters appeared at noon with noticeably increased strength.
• The Yukinoshita sisters and Xiao Zhen went to inspect the film set, where Xiao Zhen watched an unexciting fight scene.
• Xiao Zhen wandered through the set and recognized Yuigahama Yui, who was standing in a corner with a notebook.

Yuigahama Yui asked Xiao Zhen to rehearse a romantic scene with her, and the two began practicing the film’s confession and farewell dialogue in a storage room. Their rehearsal ended with Xiao Zhen delivering lines about fearing he would outlive Yui.

• Yuigahama Yui told Xiao Zhen she had wanted to play the film’s female lead but had failed the audition.
• Yuigahama Yui asked Xiao Zhen to rehearse the lead characters’ lines with her, and he agreed to practice for half an hour in the storage room.
• Xiao Zhen suggested replacing the characters’ names with their own, and Yuigahama Yui accepted.
• Yuigahama Yui began the scene by asking whether Xiao Zhen would leave after the battle, and Xiao Zhen answered that he belonged among the stars.
• Xiao Zhen recited the lines about being afraid to love Yui because his long lifespan would leave him grieving her eventual death.

Xiao Zhen rehearsed a romantic scene with Yuigahama Yui in a warehouse, then used a trick to keep Aunt Murakami from noticing him. At the filming site, Yui saw him beside Yukino, while Haruno grew suspicious of his closeness to her sisters.

• Yuigahama Yui rehearsed romantic lines with Xiao Zhen and told him the script had been written by Yukino Yukinoshita.
• When Aunt Murakami came to retrieve a prop, Xiao Zhen opened the door and used a trick that made her fail to notice him.
• Xiao Zhen left Yui and went to the filming site, where Yukino discussed precautions for the upcoming scene with the staff.
• Yui arrived with props, spotted Xiao Zhen beside Yukino, and realized he really knew her former classmate.
• Yukino noticed Yui watching from the crowd, while Haruno suspected Xiao Zhen had been close to her sisters.