Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Snake Manor’s Medicine Emperor and the Jin Yin brothers attacked the Jia Ma Empire, and Yun Yun joined the defense against Lv Man. As the Dou Emperor battle spread across the arena, Yun Yun defended the empire’s right to Misty Cloud Sect’s loyalty while silently hoping Yun Leng would still change course.

• Xiao Yan realized Jia Xingtian might have used Mo Cheng and Qing Lin to lure Heavenly Snake Manor to the arena, while Hai Bodong sent him and Nalan Yanran to safety.
• The Medicine Emperor identified himself and said he had come on commission, then attacked Jia Xingtian as Elder Jin joined the fight and Elder Yin clashed with Hai Bodong.
• Lv Man tried to strike Jia Xingtian from behind, but Yun Yun intercepted her and took responsibility for keeping her away from him.
• Lv Man questioned why Yun Yun defended the imperial family, and Yun Yun declared that Misty Cloud Sect could not betray the Jia Ma Empire after relying on its protection.
• Yun Yun fought Lv Man while inwardly urging Yun Leng to use his last chance to turn Misty Cloud Sect away from betrayal.

As Jia Xingtian’s group fought the allied forces of the Black Corner Region and Heavenly Snake Manor, the Snake-people Rebels arrived at Jia Ma Holy City, prompting Nalan Jie to prepare for battle and Yun Leng to feign support. Elsewhere, Yun Ying watched the fighting from an inn after killing its innkeeper, cook, and shop assistant, and continued observing as Mo Bass led the Snake-people toward the arena.

• Yun Yun and Jia Xingtian ordered Yun Leng and Nalan Jie to evacuate their disciples and soldiers, while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran headed backstage.
• Zi Yun revealed her Purple Crystal Winged Lion King form and battled Bai Ya, shaking Jia Ma Holy City with their clash.
• A soldier reported that the Snake-people Rebels had reached the city a day earlier than expected, and Nalan Jie ordered preparations to meet them.
• Yun Leng promised Nalan Jie that the Misty Cloud Sect would help defend the empire, while secretly celebrating the rebels’ arrival.
• Yun Ying watched the arena battle from an inn, killed the cook and shop assistant after they served her, and saw Mo Bass lead the Snake-people army toward the arena.

Nalan Jie confronted Mo Bass and the snake-people army, but a black-robed powerhouse used the tortured First Princess Yao Ye to demand the Jia Ma Empire. After Nalan Jie refused, Mo Bass and the shackled snake-people chiefs were ordered to kill him.

• Nalan Jie questioned Mo Bass about the snake-people's rebellion, and Mo Bass accused the empire of years of oppression and trafficking.
• Yun Leng assessed the empire's weak defenses and considered whether Nalan Yanran was worth keeping as the Misty Cloud Sect's Young Sect Master.
• A black-robed figure emerged from the snake-people army and revealed the tortured Yao Ye, shocking Nalan Jie, Mu Zhan, and the people watching the projection.
• The black-robed figure demanded the Jia Ma Empire in exchange for Yao Ye, but Nalan Jie refused.
• Mo Bass attacked Nalan Jie, who wounded him, and the black-robed figure summoned Yue Mei, Yan Ci, Kui Xing, Hei Du, Nan She, and Hua She Wang, ordering them to kill Nalan Jie or die.

Yue Mei and the other Snake-people chiefs were forced to fight Nalan Jie, while Yun Leng kept the Misty Cloud Sect disciples from helping. Nalan Jie was surrounded and accepted his death in exchange for a chance to spare Mu Zhan and the soldiers as Yue Mei unleashed a fatal attack.

• The black-robed man used Yue Mei's collar to force her and the other chiefs to obey, while Yun Leng threatened to expel any Misty Cloud Sect disciple who helped Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Jie prepared to face the chiefs alone, but his soldiers vowed to fight for the Jia Ma Empire, and Mu Zhan swallowed two Qi Explosion Pills to battle Mo Bass and Kui Xing.
• Yue Mei, Hei Du, Yan Ci, Nan She, and Hua She Wang attacked Nalan Jie, while Nan She and Hua She Wang knocked the soldiers unconscious instead of killing them.
• Nalan Jie asked Yue Mei to spare Mu Zhan, and she agreed to try but said Nalan Jie had to die under the black-robed man's order.
• Nalan Jie lowered his defenses and accepted his fate, and Yue Mei sent a powerful water serpent charging toward him.

Yun Leng revealed his betrayal of the Jia Ma Empire, wounded Fa Ma with the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation, and declared that the sect had severed its ties with the empire. Fa Ma’s calm response, “Finally, you said it,” left the reason for his composure unresolved.

• Yue Mei killed Nalan Jie, and the wounded Mu Zhan fought Mo Bass until the Qi Explosion Pill’s effects ended and he collapsed unconscious.
• Yue Mei stopped Mo Bass from killing Mu Zhan, honoring her promise to Marshal Nalan, while the black-robed person ordered them to let him live.
• Fa Ma arrived and attacked the black-robed person, but his flames vanished; he then asked Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect to help resist the Snake-people Rebels.
• Yun Leng used the Misty Cloud Sect’s Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation to strike Fa Ma, revealing that he intended to help destroy the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Leng declared that the Misty Cloud Sect had severed all ties with the Jia Ma Empire, and Fa Ma calmly replied, “Finally, you said it.”

Jia Xingtian’s alliance exposed Yun Leng’s rebellion as a trap, with the Snake-people leaders, Jia Ma officials, and Medicine Emperor revealed to have acted against Yun Leng’s expectations. As Jia Xingtian explained how he had arranged the counterattack, Xiao Yan emerged with Mo Cheng, shocking Yun Leng and Lv Man.

• Jia Xingtian revealed that he and the Snake-people leaders had defeated the supposed enemy forces, while Xiao Jing and Xiao Li freed Yao Ye and Jia Xingtian’s allies removed their collars.
• Hai Bodong brought the injured Lv Man before Yun Leng, and the Medicine Emperor clarified that he had only agreed to visit the Jia Ma Empire, not aid Yun Leng.
• Jia Xingtian ordered Hai Bodong, Mu Chen, and Nalan Jie to pursue the Medicine Emperor, while Fa Ma explained that Nalan Jie’s apparent death had been staged.
• Teng Shan reported that the Mittel Clan had captured the Misty Cloud Sect’s retired disciples implicated in crimes, and Yao Yue set out for Jia Ma Holy City to check on her sister.
• Jia Xingtian explained that he had contacted the Medicine Emperor first and expected him to refuse any attempt to seize the empire, then Xiao Yan arrived dragging Mo Cheng.

Jia Xingtian revealed how he had manipulated Yun Leng into exposing the Misty Cloud Sect’s crimes, while Yun Yun confessed that she had initiated the Snake-people Rebellion plan to give her sect a final chance. After Yun Yun disbanded the sect and began killing its elders, an angry voice from the sky stopped her sword above Yun Leng.

• Jia Xingtian explained that Mo Cheng, Gu He, and the supposed opportunities to enlist allies had all been used to make Yun Leng discard the Misty Cloud Sect’s retired disciples as protection.
• Yun Yun revealed that she had started the rebellion plan with Xiao Jing to persuade the imperial family to spare the Misty Cloud Sect if it cooperated against foreign enemies.
• After Yun Leng’s faction rejected that chance, Yun Yun disbanded the Misty Cloud Sect and challenged Yun Leng, Yun Du, Yun Sha, and Yun Fan to fight for their lives.
• Yun Yun swiftly killed Yun Fan, Yun Sha, and Yun Du, then prepared to execute Yun Leng after confronting him with his guilt.
• An enraged voice from the sky called Yun Yun a wretched disciple, and her sword stopped just above Yun Leng’s head.

Yun Shan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zong, took control of Misty Cloud Sect’s reckoning, and demanded Xiao Yan’s life after discovering Yun Yun was pregnant with his child. The chapter ended with Yun Shan attacking Xiao Yan before explaining the reason for his demand.

• Yun Shan appeared as a newly advanced Dou Zong and demanded that Yun Yun explain why she had killed the sect elders.
• Jia Xingtian gave Yun Shan a notebook of Misty Cloud Sect’s crimes, and Yun Shan confined Yun Leng for twenty years while stripping Yun Yun of her Sect Master position and confining her for ten years.
• Jia Xingtian challenged Yun Shan’s lenient treatment of Yun Leng, but agreed to publish the crimes and discuss compensation rather than press for the sect’s dissolution.
• Yun Shan demanded Xiao Yan’s life, and Yun Yun stepped in front of Xiao Yan to protect him.
• Fa Ma sensed Yun Yun’s pregnancy and suspected Xiao Yan was the father, while Yun Shan said the matter brought him more shame than Yun Leng’s crimes.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Shan why he wanted him dead, and Yun Shan told him to die without ever understanding why.

Yun Shan stopped attacking Xiao Yan after Jia Xingtian warned him of the political consequences, then reconsidered his behavior and began restoring order within the Misty Cloud Sect. He left the confrontation with Xiao Yan unresolved and departed, leaving Jia Xingtian to deal with the returning Zi Yun.

• Yun Shan struck Jia Xingtian while trying to kill Xiao Yan, and Zi Yun attacked Yun Shan but was sent crashing into distant ruins.
• Jia Xingtian warned Yun Shan that killing Xiao Yan would turn the royal family, the empire, and the Snake-people race against him.
• Yun Shan apologized to Jia Xingtian, lifted Yun Yun's confinement, and sentenced Yun Leng to lifelong confinement and permanent disgrace in the sect's history.
• Yun Shan questioned Xiao Yan, realized he genuinely did not know why Yun Shan had targeted him, and postponed discussing the matter while ordering Yun Yun to return to the sect and investigate its wrongdoings.
• Zi Yun charged back for another fight, and Yun Shan left Jia Xingtian to handle her.

Yao Ye awoke after enduring a brutal deception that convinced Yun Leng the Snake-people had rebelled, while Jia Xingtian revealed that Yun Shan had emerged from seclusion and become a Dou Zong. After Xiao Jing killed Mo Cheng and nearly killed Lv Man over Qing Lin, Jia Xingtian stopped her and asked why Lv Man wanted the girl; Lv Man blamed Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Yao Ye awoke beside Yao Yue and Jia Xingtian, explained that her suffering had been necessary to fool Yun Leng, and asked how the plan had ended.
• Nalan Jie reported that the Medicine Emperor and his companions had left Jia Ma territory, while Fa Ma said Mu Zhan would recover after resting for half a month.
• Jia Xingtian told Hai Bodong that Yun Shan had emerged from seclusion and broken through to Dou Zong, then turned his attention to the captured Lv Man and Mo Cheng.
• Jia Xingtian gave Mo Cheng to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Jing killed him for his attempts to kidnap Qing Lin.
• Xiao Jing tried to kill Lv Man, but Jia Xingtian stopped her and urged negotiation because Lv Man belonged to Heavenly Snake Manor.
• Xiao Jing demanded to know why Lv Man wanted Qing Lin, and Lv Man said it was because of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Jing initially refused to let Qing Lin go with Lv Man, fearing Heavenly Snake Manor would burden her, but Xiao Yan helped her understand that Qing Lin wanted to grow stronger and choose her own path. Xiao Jing accepted Qing Lin’s decision and allowed her to go with Lv Man, though she had one condition.

• Jia Xingtian explained that Mo Cheng had wanted to take Qing Lin’s eyes, while Lv Man said Heavenly Snake Manor intended to protect and train her as its future Holy Maiden.
• Xiao Jing warned Lv Man that Qing Lin would not go to Heavenly Snake Manor and threatened to kill anyone sent after her.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Jing she wanted to go with Lv Man so she could become strong enough to help Xiao Jing.
• Xiao Yan urged Xiao Jing to respect Qing Lin’s choice, explaining that he and Qing Lin wanted to give back to the person who had cared for them.
• Xiao Jing accepted Qing Lin’s decision, cut Lv Man’s bindings, and agreed to let Qing Lin go with her on one condition.

Xiao Jing secured Qing Lin’s return to Heavenly Snake Manor under three conditions and accepted Jia Xingtian’s appointment as Imperial Tutor. After hearing Xiao Yan’s account of his past with Yun Yun, she realized he had become involved with his fiancée Nalan Yanran’s teacher and decided to delay dealing with the fallout while supporting her brother.

• Xiao Jing set three conditions for Lv Man to take Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Manor, and Lv Man agreed.
• Jia Xingtian declared that Xiao Jing would become the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Tutor, while ordering cleanup and the return of displaced residents.
• Jia Xingtian showed Xiao Yan and Gu He a drawing of the ordinary black ring sought by the Medicine Emperor, and Xiao Yan recognized it as his own.
• Yao Chen reacted sorrowfully to the Medicine Emperor’s request, suggested it might be someone she knew, and postponed explaining further.
• Xiao Jing questioned Xiao Yan about Yun Yun and learned of their time together in the Monster Mountain Range, then realized the consequences for his engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Jing decided to put the matter off and support Xiao Yan later, then struck him on the head and told him he deserved it.

After the conflict ended, Xiao Yan reunited with worried friends while Jia Xingtian and Gu He dealt with the aftermath and kept Yun Yun’s connection to Xiao Yan secret. Yun Yun punished Yun Leng but acknowledged his service and her own responsibility, then Yun Shan confronted her about Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yi Xian hurried back to Xiao Yan, scolded him for making her worry, and checked on his injuries while Xiao Jing and Ya Fei watched.
• Jia Xingtian thanked Gu He for supporting the Empire and left to manage the remaining problems, including the snake-people and the displaced residents.
• Gu He and Fa Ma agreed to keep Yun Yun’s connection to Xiao Yan secret and concluded that Xiao Yan likely knew nothing about it.
• Yun Yun demoted Yun Leng to a menial laborer disciple, thanked him for his past service, and accepted responsibility for her own negligence as Sect Master.
• Yun Shan reassured Yun Yun about her mistakes, then closed the hall doors and demanded to know what was happening between her and Xiao Yan.

Yun Shan learned that Yun Yun was pregnant with Xiao Yan’s child and agreed to keep the matter private rather than interfere with Nalan Yanran’s engagement. Nalan Yanran insisted on entering the Gate of Life and Death to win the Three-Year Pact, while Yun Shan discovered that Xiao Yan was her fiancé.

• Yun Shan angrily confronted Yun Yun about concealing her pregnancy from Xiao Yan, then accepted her high opinion of Xiao Yan’s integrity.
• Yun Shan said he would arrange a marriage proposal to Xiao Yan’s family, but Yun Yun objected because of their age, status, and strength differences.
• Nalan Yanran reported that the Misty Cloud Sect was stable and demanded permission to enter the Gate of Life and Death to prepare for the Three-Year Pact.
• Yun Yun agreed to arrange Nalan Yanran’s entry within two days, and Yun Shan questioned why she would permit a Dou Master to face such danger.
• Yun Yun explained that Nalan Yanran’s opponent in the Three-Year Pact was her fiancé, Xiao Yan, and that she herself had become pregnant after an encounter with him.
• Yun Shan abandoned his plan to propose marriage, and Yun Yun refused to tell Xiao Yan, saying she would raise the child herself to avoid hurting Nalan Yanran.

After the battle, Xiao Yan decided to travel to the Black Corner Region to meet the Medicine Emperor, while Xiao Yi Xian insisted on accompanying him. Xiao Jing agreed to help prepare them, and Zi Yun gave Xiao Yan a purple crystal that could summon her if he faced danger.

• Nalan Jie learned that Nalan Yanran had entered the Misty Cloud Sect’s Gate of Life and Death and reluctantly accepted that he could not stop her.
• Xiao Jing asked Xiao Yan where he planned to go, and he announced that he wanted to visit the Black Corner Region to see someone.
• Xiao Jing allowed Xiao Yan to go after confirming he understood the danger, and Xiao Yi Xian insisted that she would go with him.
• Yao Chen supported Xiao Yi Xian’s decision and suggested the Black Corner Region might hold something useful for treating her Calamitous Poison Body.
• Xiao Jing said she would prepare a map and precautions, while Zi Yun gave Xiao Yan a purple crystal that would summon her if he crushed it in an emergency.

Yao Ye arranged a palace banquet and invited Xiao Yan to thank him for his help in the Tagor Desert, while Yao Yue prepared her sister to attend. Xiao Yan accepted the invitation, changed into the clothes Yao Ye had sent, and set out looking more elegant than he expected.

• Jia Xingtian and Yao Yue lectured Yao Ye after she recovered, then Yao Yue told her she had to attend an important banquet and had maids take her to get ready.
• Jia Xingtian investigated the disappearance of an entire tavern and its staff but found no answers.
• Xiao Yan broke through to one-star Da Dou Shi with the Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill and exchanged three Qi Gathering Powders for the Mysterious Cloud Cauldron at the Miter Auction House.
• Xiao Yan refined the three Qi Gathering Powders and received an invitation from Yao Ye to attend a palace banquet that evening.
• Xiao Yan changed into the outfit Yao Ye had sent, and Yao Chen tied up his hair before he admired his new appearance.

Yao Yue arranged a dinner between Yao Ye and Xiao Yan without Yao Ye’s knowledge, dressing them both for the occasion. After discovering the forged invitation, Yao Ye decided to continue the dinner, and the pair relaxed into a more familiar conversation.

• Yao Yue dressed Yao Ye for a dinner and sent Xiao Yan to meet her, keeping the guest’s identity secret from her sister.
• Yao Ye mistook the dinner for a blind date and prepared to throw wine at whoever arrived, but recognized Xiao Yan instead.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Ye an invitation bearing her name, and she recognized Yao Yue’s handwriting and became furious at her sister for impersonating her.
• Yao Ye chose to set aside the deception for the evening, and she and Xiao Yan complimented each other’s formal clothes.
• Yao Ye laughed off their awkwardness and asked Xiao Yan to speak with her as he had before, then corrected him when he called her “Your Highness Yao Ye.”

Over dinner, Yao Ye encouraged Xiao Yan to keep pursuing his righteous path, and he told her he planned to visit the Black Corner Region to ask someone a question in person. Yao Ye became drunk, fell on Xiao Yan, and vomited on him, ruining Yao Yue’s plan as she watched through a projection.

• Yao Ye praised Xiao Yan’s righteous path and urged him to continue, and Xiao Yan raised his glass with her.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Ye he would go to the Black Corner Region, but declined her offer to send a confidential letter on his behalf.
• Yao Ye grew irritated at the thought of Xiao Yan’s fiancée and drank several glasses of wine in quick succession.
• Drunk, Yao Ye pressured Xiao Yan to drink, climbed onto him after they fell, and vomited on him.
• Yao Yue watched the banquet through a projection and despaired when the hall was covered in filth.

After Yao Ye vomited on Xiao Yan, he left the Imperial Palace and encountered Yun Shan, who insisted on taking him as his Last Disciple. Xiao Yan refused, so Yun Shan challenged him to a wager that would keep him from leaving until he conceded.

• Yao Yue apologized to Xiao Yan for Yao Ye’s behavior and watched him leave the Imperial Palace, regretting that her sister had wasted a chance to get closer to him.
• Yao Chen teased Xiao Yan about being vomited on, then sensed Yun Shan approaching him on the deserted street.
• Yun Shan brought Xiao Yan into the wilderness and asked whether he knew why Yun Shan had wanted to kill him; Xiao Yan again said he did not know.
• Yun Shan announced that he would accept Xiao Yan as his Last Disciple, but Xiao Yan refused because he already had a master and needed to pursue his own goals.
• Yun Shan pressured Xiao Yan with his Dou Zong aura, then proposed a wager: Xiao Yan would win by touching Yun Shan once, while Yun Shan would win if Xiao Yan voluntarily conceded.

Xiao Yan fought Yun Shan in a wager that required him to touch the Dou Zong, exhausting his strength with repeated attacks and Flame Splitting Wave Rulers. Just as Yun Shan rushed to stop Xiao Yan from risking another attack, a mysterious woman emerged from a flash of light and struck Yun Shan away.

• Xiao Yan resolved to win the wager without Yao Chen's help and launched a rapid assault on Yun Shan, but his attacks struck an invisible barrier.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Wave Ruler three times in succession, cracking Yun Shan's defense but failing to touch him before collapsing from his injuries.
• Yun Shan urged Xiao Yan to surrender and become his disciple, while Yao Chen also pleaded with him to stop.
• Xiao Yan refused to give up and prepared a fourth Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, prompting Yun Shan to rush forward and concede.
• A graceful figure appeared from a flash of light, sent Yun Shan flying with one strike, and declared that he had dared to touch This King's man.