Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s wagered duel with Yun Shan drew Jia Ma City’s powerful figures to the outskirts, where Queen Medusa protected Xiao Yan and claimed him as her man. Yun Shan admitted defeat, gave up trying to make Xiao Yan his disciple, and promised to protect him, while the gathering learned that Xiao Yan had caused his own injuries.

• Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Xiao Jing, Xiao Li, Zi Yun, and the Snake-people leaders rushed toward the outskirts after Xiao Yan’s blasts woke the city.
• Queen Medusa shielded Xiao Yan from Yun Shan, and Yun Shan and the others discovered that she had become a Dou Zong.
• Hai Bodong arrived in Bear Pajamas, drawing laughter from Queen Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Yun Shan before Jia Xingtian restored order.
• Xiao Jing and Xiao Li checked Xiao Yan’s injuries, and Yun Yun arrived and demanded an explanation from Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan explained that he had wagered on making Xiao Yan his Personal Disciple, and that Xiao Yan had injured himself by using his Dou Technique beyond his limits.
• Yun Shan conceded the duel, released Xiao Yan from the discipleship offer, and promised to protect him if he ever sought the Misty Cloud Sect’s help.

Yun Shan promised to protect Xiao Yan but withheld his main reason, while Queen Medusa announced that she intended to marry him. Yun Yun challenged Medusa over Xiao Yan’s engagement to Nalan Yanran, and Medusa asked Xiao Yan what he wanted as tensions rose.

• Yun Shan guaranteed that he would protect Xiao Yan, explaining that he found him worthy but refusing to reveal his main reason.
• Queen Medusa reunited with Yue Mei, Mo Bass, and Yan Ci, then prepared to negotiate the Snake-people race’s reconciliation with the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Queen Medusa declared that Xiao Yan would be her future husband and that they would marry when she fully awakened.
• Yun Yun confronted Medusa over Xiao Yan’s engagement to Nalan Yanran, and the two nearly fought before Yun Shan and Jia Xingtian intervened.
• Jia Xingtian warned that breaking Xiao Yan’s engagement would trouble the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and Queen Medusa asked Xiao Yan for his thoughts.

Xiao Yan refused Queen Medusa’s marriage proposal because he remained bound to Nalan Yanran by their Three-Year Pact, but Queen Medusa forcibly kissed him and renewed the tension with Yun Yun. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran fought desperately against powerful Magical Beasts in the Misty Cloud Sect’s Gate of Life and Death, determined to defeat Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan rejected Queen Medusa’s proposal, citing their disparity in status and strength and his unfulfilled engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Queen Medusa threatened Xiao Yan, but he refused to yield even if it cost him his life.
• Queen Medusa kissed Xiao Yan in public and said she would eventually make him her husband, provoking Yun Yun into a furious outburst.
• Jia Xingtian took Xiao Jing to discuss reconciliation, while Queen Medusa and the Snake-people departed and Yun Yun continued shouting.
• Inside the Gate of Life and Death, Nalan Yanran fought a horde of Magical Beasts despite her injuries, determined to win the Three-Year Pact and marry Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and reaffirmed to Yao Chen that he would put the righteous path above his own life, leaving her worried about his recklessness. At breakfast, Xiao Jing and Xiao Li shared their new duties in Jia Ma Holy City, while Xiao Yan took charge of the sleeping Colored Little Snake before First Princess Yao Ye arrived.

• Xiao Yi Xian greeted Xiao Yan unhappily, and Yao Chen scolded him for nearly killing himself by using Flame Splitting Wave Ruler repeatedly after Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan whether his righteous path mattered more than his life, and Xiao Yan said he would rather die than betray it.
• Xiao Yan learned that Jia Xingtian and Queen Medusa had settled the Snake-people race's relocation plans, and Xiao Jing handed him the sleeping Colored Little Snake to carry.
• Xiao Jing announced that she would become Your Highness Yao Ye's teacher in Jia Ma Holy City, while Xiao Li said she would serve under Marshal Nalan.
• A Nalan Family servant reported that First Princess Yao Ye was waiting in the reception hall.

Yao Ye apologized to Xiao Yan for getting drunk, while Xiao Jing prepared for Qing Lin’s departure to the Heavenly Snake Manor and Xiao Yan’s own journey. Before leaving Jia Ma Holy City, Xiao Yan received a Thousand Year Ice Soul for Xiao Yi Xian and a Fragmented Map from Hai Bodong.

• Yao Ye apologized to Xiao Yan for vomiting on him, then learned that she and Xiao Jing would oversee the Snake-people migration and that Xiao Jing would be her teacher.
• Lv Man arrived to take Qing Lin to the Heavenly Snake Manor, and Xiao Jing gave Qing Lin a Storage Ring and asked Lv Man to protect her.
• Qing Lin said goodbye to Xiao Jing and the others, then left with Lv Man as Xiao Jing watched them go.
• At the Miter Auction House, Ya Fei discussed the Mittel Family’s supply deal for the Snake-people migration with Teng Shan and Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan delivered three Qi Gathering Powders to Ya Fei, and Hai Bodong gave him a Thousand Year Ice Soul for Xiao Yi Xian and a Fragmented Map.
• Xiao Yan thanked Hai Bodong and left the auction house with Xiao Yi Xian to begin his journey.

Xiao Yan learned that the Thousand Year Ice Soul Hai Bodong gave him could suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body, though she needed to reach Dou Ling before safely absorbing it. After leaving Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan began training Xiao Yi Xian for their journey to the Black Corner Region, while she resolved to become strong enough to protect him.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Thousand Year Ice Soul was worth at least five million gold coins and advised him to wait until Xiao Yi Xian reached Dou Ling before letting her absorb it.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian the Ice Soul could suppress her constitution, and she vowed to grow stronger so she would not remain a burden to him.
• Jia Xingtian met Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian at the city gates, gave Xiao Yan a Token to pass through Town Ghost Pass, and saw them off with Nalan Jie.
• Yun Yun declined Yun Shan’s offer to say goodbye to Xiao Yan, deciding she should have as little contact with him as possible.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian passed through Town Ghost Pass and began their journey toward the Black Corner Region, with Yao Chen taking charge of Xiao Yi Xian’s training.
• At Yao Chen’s instruction, Xiao Yan placed the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler on Xiao Yi Xian’s back; after being crushed to the ground, she struggled to stand and began walking with it.

Xiao Yi Xian continued training with the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler as Xiao Yan prepared the next stage of her cultivation. When she agreed to let him apply Blood Burning Ointment to her back, Xiao Yan covered his eyes, leaving Xiao Yi Xian furious that he seemed so unwilling to look at her.

• Xiao Yi Xian kept walking with the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler and gradually adapted to its weight during the week-long journey.
• Xiao Yan removed the ruler and told Xiao Yi Xian that her next training stage would begin after their midday rest.
• Xiao Yan refined Seal Dissolving Pills to release the Dou Qi locked inside Xiao Yi Xian by the Purple Crystal Seal, and Yao Chen gave him Blood Burning Ointment for her cultivation.
• Xiao Yan explained that the ointment had to be rubbed evenly onto Xiao Yi Xian's back, and she agreed despite blushing.
• Xiao Yi Xian exposed her back, but Xiao Yan covered his eyes with black cloth before applying the ointment, angering her.

Xiao Yan protected Xiao Yi Xian as she reclaimed her sealed Dou Qi and advanced to One-star Dou Shi, while Nalan Yanran broke through alone in the Gate of Life and Death and survived a swarm of Barren Plains Giant Rats. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan keeping watch as Xiao Yi Xian slept against him, while an exhausted Nalan Yanran fell asleep alone in the forest.

• Xiao Yan applied Blood Burning Ointment to Xiao Yi Xian while blindfolded, then gave her a Seal Dissolving Pill and guided her as she absorbed the Dou Qi leaking from her seal.
• As Xiao Yi Xian cultivated, Xiao Yan fought and killed more than a hundred Barren Plains Giant Rats approaching across the barren plains.
• Nalan Yanran reached her breakthrough just as a pack of Barren Plains Giant Rats attacked; she advanced to One-star Da Dou Shi and blasted the rats away.
• After Xiao Yi Xian advanced to One-star Dou Shi, she ate dinner and fell asleep, then secretly nestled against Xiao Yan while he kept watch through the night.
• Nalan Yanran fought off dozens of Barren Plains Giant Rats after her breakthrough, then collapsed against a tree and fell asleep, wounded and hungry.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Black-Seal City after two months of training, during which Xiao Yi Xian’s strength rose dramatically but she still lost every sparring match against him. As they searched for an inn, Xiao Yi Xian caught a young pickpocket stealing Xiao Yan’s money bag, exposing the girl’s false plea before letting her go.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian sparred, and Xiao Yi Xian’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler strike missed him before she collapsed from exhaustion.
• The chapter recounted Xiao Yan’s growth and the Purple Lotus Core Flame’s creation, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to an Eight-star Great Dou Master and lost all thirteen matches against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached Black-Seal City at night, and Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan not to trust the city’s peaceful appearance.
• Xiao Yi Xian insisted that they find an inn where she could bathe, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• A young girl bumped into Xiao Yan and stole his money bag, but Xiao Yi Xian caught her and demanded its return.
• The girl offered a false story about hungry siblings, then revealed a sinister expression; Xiao Yi Xian recovered the money bag and released her into the crowd.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian settled into a rough inn in the Black Corner Region, where Xiao Yan struggled to accept the desperation behind a young girl’s theft. At the inn’s Hot Spring, Xiao Yi Xian met a mysterious Green-haired Woman who recognized her Calamitous Poison Body, and their awkward conversation ended when Xiao Yi Xian noticed the woman’s sorrow over her burns.

• Xiao Yan questioned why the girl had stolen, and Xiao Yi Xian explained that poverty and hunger had left her with little choice while describing the Black Corner Region’s harshness.
• Xiao Yi Xian paid for a room at an inn staffed by a Dou Ling, and she and Xiao Yan found only shabby quilts in their expensive lodging.
• Xiao Yi Xian went to bathe and found a beautiful Green-haired Woman with extensive burns already in the Hot Spring.
• The Green-haired Woman recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body and assured her that she was immune to poison, so Xiao Yi Xian joined her in the pool.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about the Green-haired Woman’s burns, then saw the woman’s sorrow and self-loathing as she looked at her injured arm.

Xiao Yi Xian met a mysterious Green-haired Woman at a hot spring, who examined her Calamitous Poison Body and asked about a silver-haired woman in a portrait. After Xiao Yi Xian shared her past and her feelings for Xiao Yan, the Green-haired Woman left, intrigued by him, and noticed a girl from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Xiao Yi Xian apologized for asking about the Green-haired Woman’s past, and the woman later asked how Xiao Yi Xian had survived with her Calamitous Poison Body.
• The Green-haired Woman examined Xiao Yi Xian and realized a partially dissolved seal and a Seal Dissolving Pill had kept her alive, then showed her a portrait of a silver-haired woman whom Xiao Yi Xian did not recognize.
• The Green-haired Woman gave Xiao Yi Xian a Gold Coin Card containing three million Gold Coins in exchange for company, and Xiao Yi Xian began telling her about her life with Boss Yao and Xiao Yan.
• As Xiao Yi Xian described Xiao Yan’s kindness and devotion, the Green-haired Woman recognized that she liked him and said she wanted to meet him someday.
• The Green-haired Woman told Xiao Yi Xian not to disappoint Boss Yao, then left the hot spring and noticed a purple-haired girl from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan before switching the men’s and women’s curtains.

Xiao Yan accidentally entered the women's Hot Spring after someone switched the door curtains, where he offended a purple-haired girl by comparing her figure to Xiao Yi Xian's. When several men entered the pool, Xiao Yan hid with the girl behind a rock, and the chapter ended with her realizing his body was pressing against her waist.

• Xiao Yi Xian left the Hot Spring after receiving a Gold Coin Card from the Green-haired Woman, then returned to her room and sent Xiao Yan to bathe.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that someone might have switched the Hot Spring curtains, but Xiao Yan entered the pool marked as the men's side.
• Xiao Yan discovered the purple-haired girl in the pool, blurted out that she was bigger than Xiao Yi Xian, and narrowly blocked her attacks as she accused him of trespassing.
• Xiao Yan realized the curtains had been switched and tried to explain, but several men entered the Hot Spring before they could resolve the misunderstanding.
• Following Yao Chen's advice, Xiao Yan pulled the purple-haired girl behind a rock to hide from the men, and she later noticed his body pressed against her waist.

Xiao Yan and the purple-haired girl hid together in a hot spring after entering the wrong pool, but a group of men discovered them and threatened to take her. Xiao Yan challenged the men to a contest to secure her safe passage, putting his life on the line.

• Xiao Yan and the purple-haired girl stayed hidden while the men outside argued over who was more handsome and then began fighting.
• The men’s clash shook the pool, causing the purple-haired girl to fall onto Xiao Yan, and a bald man spotted them in the corner.
• Xiao Yan covered the purple-haired girl with his clothes and explained that she had been trapped by a changed curtain, asking the men to let her leave safely.
• The bald and stubbled men noticed the purple-haired girl’s beauty and demanded that Xiao Yan leave her behind.
• Xiao Yan refused to abandon the purple-haired girl and proposed a contest, offering his life if he lost and asking that she be allowed to leave if he won.

Xiao Yan challenged a group of Dou Ling to protect the purple-haired girl, then slaughtered them after one threatened her. The massacre left Xiao Yan afraid of the darkness growing within him, and he and the girl left the bloodied hot spring together.

• Xiao Yan challenged the men to a match, and the purple-haired girl chose to fight beside him.
• After the stubbled man threatened to humiliate the girl, Xiao Yan instantly killed him and the bald man, then massacred the remaining men.
• Yao Chen feared the black qi was making Xiao Yan increasingly cruel and had even begun affecting her Heavenly Realm soul.
• Xiao Yan struggled against an inner voice that justified his violence, then apologized to the purple-haired girl for offending her earlier.
• The one-eyed man dismissed Xiao Yan and the girl from the bloodied hot spring, and they left after exchanging a look toward the curtain.

Xiao Yan apologized to Feng Qing'er for his earlier offense, but an accidental exposure left her furious and humiliated before she fled. That night, the Green-haired Woman confronted Protector Wu over his suspicion that she had helped a missing soul escape, and he warned her to find the woman soon, revealing her identity as the Black Corner Region Medicine Emperor.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Feng Qing'er, who thanked him for rescuing her and asked him to keep their Hot Spring encounter secret.
• A sudden tremor caused Feng Qing'er to fall and expose Xiao Yan, prompting her to flee in shame after calling him a pervert.
• Xiao Yan returned to the room, where Xiao Yi Xian joined him beneath his blanket and fell asleep against his chest.
• The Green-haired Woman met Protector Wu in Black-Seal City, where he demanded news of the missing woman and questioned how her soul had escaped.
• The Green-haired Woman rejected Protector Wu's accusation and suggested that Venerable Elder or the Dou Zongs might have enabled the escape.
• Protector Wu warned the Green-haired Woman to hurry, addressed her as the Black Corner Region Medicine Emperor, and left; she agreed that she needed to act faster.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian investigated a mysterious three-million-gold payment and learned more about the elusive Medicine Emperor, whom Yao Chen could not identify without meeting in person. Their search was interrupted when they found the dead body of the girl who had tried to rob Xiao Yan the day before.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left their inn and headed to the auction house, while Xiao Yan denied being interested in Yifei Courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian checked her Black Card and confirmed it held three million gold, which a woman had given her for chatting in a hot spring.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan how she had received the money, and they agreed to return to the auction house for its upcoming annual sale.
• Xiao Yan bought a guide to the Black Corner Region and learned that the Medicine Emperor was a reclusive figure who communicated by writing with Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Chen said she could not confirm whether the Medicine Emperor was the person she sought without meeting her in person.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian found the dead girl who had tried to steal from Xiao Yan, her throat cut and her eyes wide open.

After Xiao Yan buried the dead girl, he and Xiao Yi Xian searched Black-Seal City to see whether the girl’s story had been true. Yun Ying encouraged Xiao Yan to follow his Righteous Path, and he left with renewed resolve while Yun Ying watched to see what he would accomplish.

• Xiao Yan carried the dead girl outside Black-Seal City and buried her with Xiao Yi Xian, who joined him in paying respects at her grave.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the girl had told the truth about her circumstances, and he and Xiao Yi Xian searched the city but found no evidence to confirm it.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian met Yun Ying, who had advanced to the Dou Ling realm and listened as Xiao Yan explained the girl’s theft and death.
• Yun Ying argued that the girl’s death had been inevitable in the Black Corner Region, then admitted she wanted to see how far Xiao Yan’s Righteous Path could go.
• Xiao Yan thanked Yun Ying and left with renewed determination, while Yun Ying watched him go and wondered whether his ideals could change the Black Corner Region.

Xiao Yan rented a cheap house in Black-Seal City, where he and Xiao Yi Xian discovered two children had been living in it. After finding signs of a third person in the house, Xiao Yi Xian located a hidden stash outside, and the pair prepared to find the children.

• Xiao Yan asked the auction house about rentals and chose the cheapest house in Black-Seal City, which cost six hundred thousand gold coins a month.
• The Scarred Man caught two children sneaking out of the house and threatened to kill them, but Xiao Yan asked him to let them go.
• Xiao Yan signed the rental contract and entered the house with Xiao Yi Xian, where they found signs that the children had lived there for some time and someone had taught them to read.
• Xiao Yan decided to find the children, and Xiao Yi Xian reasoned that they would have hidden supplies nearby in case they had to flee.
• Xiao Yi Xian found an inconspicuous patch of ground behind the house that seemed to conceal something.

After discovering two children trying to recover their buried Gold Coins, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fed them and learned their older sister had disappeared while saving money to help them escape the Black Corner Region. Xiao Yan resolved to save those he encountered and do all he could, and Xiao Yi Xian promised to support him.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan stopped the little boy and little girl as they tried to dig up more than thirty bags of Gold Coins.
• Xiao Yan reassured the frightened children, and he and Xiao Yi Xian gave them White Porridge after Xiao Yan tasted it first.
• The little boy explained that his missing older sister had saved the money to take them somewhere safe and had left the previous morning without returning.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian to put the children and their money upstairs, then told Yao Chen that he needed to delay her matter to help them.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the missing girl, and Xiao Yan vowed to save the people he saw and do all he could.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to support Xiao Yan no matter what he chose to do.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian cared for Lu Qiong and Lu Jing, easing the children’s fears with a lie that their older sister Lu Yao had entrusted them with their care. After learning Lu Qiong was mute and hearing that Yao Chen could help once she reached Dou Zhe, Xiao Yan went to find household supplies and was knocked down by a woman who recognized him.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Lu Qiong and Lu Jing that Lu Yao had asked her and Xiao Yan to care for them, and the children trusted them.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian cleaned the house with the children and learned that Lu Qiong was mute.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan she could make a pill to help Lu Qiong once she reached Dou Zhe, giving the siblings hope.
• Xiao Yan left to buy household supplies, but after finding no suitable shops, he headed for the auction house.
• A figure rushed around a corner, knocked Xiao Yan down, then kicked him away and accused him of being a lecher again.