Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Yao Wan visited a small restaurant in the Gama Imperial Capital, where Nalan Yanran explained that she had returned to see her family but was unsure whether they wanted her or a Dou Di to attend. As night fell, Nalan Yanran chose to keep her visit secret while Nalan Su hosted his birthday celebration and spotted familiar faces.

• Nalan Yanran led Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to a restaurant in the rapidly changed capital and reminisced about visiting it before.
• Xiao Yan asked Nalan Yanran why she had returned, and she admitted she wanted to see her family but doubted their motives.
• Nalan Yanran explained that she had come secretly because she wanted to look around without revealing herself to the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Yan reprimanded Nalan Yanran for keeping her plans from him, and she apologized.
• Nalan Yanran decided not to meet Nalan Jie and to leave after looking around, with Xiao Yan agreeing.
• At Nalan Jie's birthday celebration, Nalan Su entertained guests and noticed several familiar faces.

Ha Bodong attended the Nalan Family’s banquet and discussed the family’s strained position with a companion, while Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Nalan Yanran watched from above. Nalan Yanran chose not to appear at the banquet, and after it ended, she and the others prepared to leave.

• Nalan Su greeted Ha Bodong and reflected on the Mittel Family’s close ties to the Xiao Clan and the Nalan Family’s awkward standing.
• Ha Bodong told his companion that the Nalan Family’s troubles came from its own past actions and that the Mittel Family would not get involved.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ya Fei among the guests, prompting Yao Wan to tease him and Nalan Yanran to recall their past.
• Nalan Su announced that Nalan Yanran would not attend, and the guests understood the Xiao Clan’s reply.
• After the banquet ended and the guests dispersed, Nalan Yanran rose and said they should go back.

Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Yao Wan ran into Hai Bodong and Ya Fei in the imperial capital and visited the Mittel Family. As they caught up, Ya Fei remarked that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan seemed increasingly alike, leaving Yao Wan to wonder if they resembled a married couple.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran declined to explore the imperial capital further, then recognized Hai Bodong and Ya Fei after landing.
• Ya Fei invited the three to the Mittel Family, where Hai Bodong and Ya Fei discreetly welcomed them.
• Xiao Yan stopped Hai Bodong from bowing and they discussed Xiao Yan's recent strength and Hai Bodong's cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran explained she had secretly visited the imperial capital to check on an elder's health rather than draw attention to her return.
• Ya Fei told Nalan Yanran about leading the Mittel Family and thanked Xiao Yan for the pill that had helped her become a Dou Emperor.
• Ya Fei teased that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan spoke like a married couple, and Yao Wan wondered if they did resemble one.

After returning to the Xiao Realm, Xiao Yan and Yao Wan decided how to handle Nalan Yanran’s promised punishment. Little Fairy Doctor walked in on them dressing Nalan Yanran in a revealing outfit, leaving Nalan furious and mortified.

• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong that the Nalan Family would be left to develop on its own.
• Back in the Xiao Realm, Xiao Yan reassured Nalan Yanran and reminded her that she had agreed to accept a punishment.
• Nalan Yanran kept her promise, and Yao Wan suggested a punishment to Xiao Yan.
• Little Fairy Doctor went to Nalan Yanran’s courtyard and heard the three arguing over a new outfit.
• Little Fairy Doctor opened the door, saw Nalan Yanran wearing the revealing outfit, and heard Nalan threaten to kill them.

Yao Wan forced Nalan Yanran to wear a revealing outfit as punishment, then teased her until she finally meowed in front of Little Fairy Doctor. Nalan remained embarrassed and resentful, while Yao Wan seemed eager to continue the game.

• Little Fairy Doctor realized Yao Wan and Xiao Yan had put Nalan Yanran in the revealing outfit and urged them to stop bullying her.
• Yao Wan said Nalan had earned the punishment by hiding things and insisted that she had chosen to accept it.
• Nalan Yanran resisted Yao Wan's teasing and refused to meow, while Little Fairy Doctor watched helplessly.
• Yao Wan threatened to chain Nalan Yanran up, and Nalan reluctantly gave a quiet meow.
• After Yao Wan said she had not heard her, Nalan Yanran finally meowed again, leaving Little Fairy Doctor frozen.

Yao Wan discussed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s recovery with Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor, revealing that she had no plans to punish the survivors. She left the clan’s future in Feng Qing’er’s hands and said its fate depended on its own choices.

• Nalan Yanran said she had burned the outfit from her punishment, and Yao Wan explained that it had been made from rare Dou Sheng-level magical beast fur.
• Yao Wan wondered how Feng Qing’er had managed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Nalan Yanran reported that Feng Qing’er had reached High-level Dou Sheng while the clan’s most talented members approached Dou Zong.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked whether Yao Wan planned to deal with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan because of its past attempt to kill Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan said the chief culprits had already been killed and that she would let the surviving clan members live and choose their own future under Feng Qing’er.
• Nalan Yanran asked how Yao Wan would have treated the clan if she were still a Dou Sheng, but Yao Wan dismissed the hypothetical.

Xiao Yan visited the dormant Xiao Xiao and spoke with Medusa about her bloodline, his return, and the duties she bore as queen of the Snake-People Tribe. Their teasing turned into a playful struggle, with Medusa taking the initiative at the end.

• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Xiao with Medusa and said he had no new way to help her accept her bloodline power without risking her foundation.
• Medusa explained that she had recognized Xiao Yan by a scent she associated with Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa teased each other, and he caught her forked snake tongue in his hand.
• Medusa described her responsibilities as queen and her need to maintain peace between the Snake-People Tribe and humans.
• Xiao Yan pressed Medusa onto the bed, but she turned the tables, wrapped her legs around him, and climbed on top.

Medusa used her Dou Di breakthrough visions to reflect on her past and then took the initiative with Xiao Yan beside Xiao Xiao’s bed. After Medusa released him, Xiao Yan turned the tables, leaving her surprised by her own growing shyness.

• Xiao Yan checked that Xiao Xiao remained asleep and questioned Medusa about acting beside their daughter’s bed.
• Medusa recalled how the Heaven and Earth Resurgence had helped her become a Dou Di and how she had glimpsed possible events from her life.
• Medusa remembered the visions of her past, including an earlier encounter with Xiao Yan, and kept him restrained until she was satisfied.
• Xiao Yan asked whether it was someone else’s turn and took the initiative, while Medusa wondered whether she was becoming more immature with age.

Xiao Yan and Medusa discussed his affection for Xiao Xiao, then Medusa embarrassed him with an unexpected intimate gesture. They considered traveling to the Great Thousand World to find the power needed to save Xiao Xiao, and Medusa decided to pursue that power herself.

• Medusa asked why Xiao Yan was so close to Xiao Xiao, and he said she deserved proper care and love despite the circumstances of her birth.
• Medusa recalled that she had once seen Xiao Yan as an extraordinary person and admitted she had initially sought to recruit him for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Medusa teased Xiao Yan with an intimate gesture, leaving him flustered, before the two changed the subject to the Great Thousand World.
• Medusa said she had little interest in the Great Thousand World but would go there to gain the power needed to save Xiao Xiao.
• Medusa rejected Xiao Yan's offer to accomplish that goal for her and insisted she would pursue it herself, while Xiao Yan suggested confirming the others' opinions about joining them.

Xiao Yan and Medusa discussed who might leave the Dou Qi Continent for the Great Thousand World and decided Xiao Xiao should stay with Yao Lao while they dealt with her condition. Xiao Yan later considered whether Yao Dan might also care for Xiao Xiao, joking that she could eventually run away from home.

• Medusa assessed which of Xiao Yan's companions and allies were likely to leave the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Yan asked what would happen to Xiao Xiao.
• Medusa said Xiao Xiao should stay with Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan accepted the idea that she might become his junior sister.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan that Xiao Xiao remained asleep and that her Dou Di Bloodline showed signs of a second awakening after Medusa's breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan explained that Medusa wanted to go to the Great Thousand World and had discussed leaving Xiao Xiao with Yao Lao.
• Yao Wan suggested that Yao Dan could raise Xiao Xiao in the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan wondered whether Xiao Xiao might run away from home when she grew up.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan joked about how they might react if a future child defied her elders and fell in love, then discussed their ages and appearance. Their conversation ended with Yao Wan recalling how online discussions in the Bodhi Ancient Tree's reincarnation world felt like direct contact between souls.

• Xiao Yan speculated that a future daughter might sneak away, meet a young man, and stay with him, prompting Yao Wan to tell him to be more direct.
• Yao Wan teased Xiao Yan that he might lose his temper and try to break up a future couple, while Xiao Yan said it was too early to worry about such things.
• Yao Wan said she had not thought about growing old and praised Xiao Yan's appearance as attractive without seeming insufficiently masculine.
• Yao Wan began to mention a group, then explained that she meant online discussions in the Bodhi Ancient Tree's reincarnation world.
• Xiao Yan remembered the technological machine in Yao Wan's room during the reincarnation, and Yao Wan said online conversation felt like direct contact between souls.

Yao Wan explained to Xiao Yan how she had once confided in strangers through an anonymous online space, where she could share thoughts she hid from her family. Their conversation left Xiao Yan unsettled, while Yao Wan recalled how she had been regarded as “someone else’s kid” in her past life.

• Yao Wan explained that people in an anonymous, unseen world could freely share their thoughts because they did not affect one another’s real lives.
• Xiao Yan grew conflicted when he realized Yao Wan had confided in others, and admitted they had rarely discussed such secrets with each other.
• Yao Wan said it was easier to reveal hidden worries to strangers than to people close to her, who might not accept them.
• Xiao Yan said he found it hard to imagine Yao Wan seeking someone else to confide in, and Yao Wan reminded him that she had once been an ordinary person.
• Yao Wan recalled that people in her past life had considered her “someone else’s kid.”

Xiao Yan pressed Yao Wan to reveal the unconventional preferences she had once imagined indulging with great power, but she refused to tell him. Their playful argument turned into a contest of strength, which Xiao Yan won by exploiting her weakness to his teasing; Yao Wan accepted the outcome with a taunt.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Wan what she had wanted to do with extraordinary power, and she admitted she had imagined pursuing things she liked.
• Yao Wan refused to reveal her old preferences, making Xiao Yan increasingly curious.
• Xiao Yan lunged at Yao Wan, but she met his strength and declared she had plenty of strength and means.
• Xiao Yan distracted Yao Wan by calling her “Wan Jie Jie,” then used the opening to pull her into his arms and claim victory.
• Yao Wan protested that Xiao Yan had won unfairly, but he insisted the contest was over and teased her about moving on.
• Yao Wan stopped resisting and taunted Xiao Yan to see whether he could last until the end.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan rested after their stubborn, exhausting intimate struggle left both of them worn out and eased the awkwardness between them. Yao Wan asked why Xiao Yan had acted so unusually, and he admitted he had felt envy and jealousy.

• Yao Wan said they should stop, and she and Xiao Yan settled down to catch their breath.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan traded teasing remarks about their struggle and argued over what she had called him.
• Yao Wan asked whether Xiao Yan’s unusual behavior had been caused by her taunt.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he had felt envy and jealousy, leaving Yao Wan confused.

Xiao Yan explained that he felt uneasy about Yao Wan sharing her secrets because their memories of living together in another world belonged only to the two of them. Yao Wan understood his attachment but teased him for waiting until after their marriage to say something romantic, then pulled him into her embrace.

• Yao Wan realized Xiao Yan was upset about her telling others her secrets and asked why it mattered so much.
• Xiao Yan recalled meeting another Yao Wan during a reincarnation in the Bodhi Ancient Tree and explained that their shared past in another world was a secret between them.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan that their souls had crossed space and time before meeting again, and she admitted she liked hearing him say such things.
• Yao Wan complained that Xiao Yan had waited until they were married to express his feelings, and he admitted that romantic words did not come easily to him.
• Yao Wan pulled Xiao Yan's head into her embrace and threatened to smother him as he gave a muffled, blissful response.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan planned a visit to the Gu Realm, and Yao Wan sent word ahead so the Gu Clan could prepare to receive them. The visit began with the clan greeting Xiao Yan and Yao Wan as the Flame Emperor and Mystic Empress.

• Yao Wan reminded Xiao Yan that they had not yet visited the Gu Clan, but he put off discussing the trip until later.
• Yao Wan sent a message to the Gu Clan announcing that she and Xiao Yan would arrive that day.
• The Gu Clan’s next clan leader summoned a senior Elder and ordered him to prepare a formal reception for the Flame Emperor.
• Gu Yuan understood his daughter’s wish to settle old grievances and agreed that she should handle the matter herself.
• The Gu Clan rushed to prepare, then gathered at the entrance to the Gu Realm and bowed as Xiao Yan and Yao Wan arrived.
• Yao Wan remarked that the Gu Clan seemed to have prepared thoroughly.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to the Ancient Clan, where the clan members struggled to face the two Dou Di who had once been tied to the clan’s humiliating Coming-of-Age Ceremony. Xiao Yan greeted Gu Qingyang, leaving the Ancient Clan’s prodigies to confront how far he had surpassed them.

• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan crossed into the Ancient Clan, prompting its people to recall the Coming-of-Age Ceremony and awkwardly welcome them.
• Elder Gu Dao greeted the pair and said Gu Yuan and Xun'er had been waiting for them.
• The Ancient Clan members reflected on how their cultivation had improved through the Heaven and Earth Resurgence, while remaining far beneath the two emperors.
• Ling Quan recalled his defeat and humiliation at Xiao Yan’s hands and how it had driven him and the other Ancient Clan prodigies to mature.
• Xiao Yan greeted Gu Qingyang, who remarked that the Flame Emperor seemed unchanged after more than ten years.

Xiao Yan visited the Gu Clan with Yao Wan and discussed whether Gu Yuan would stay on the Dou Qi Continent or ascend to the Great Thousand World with the others. Gu Yuan left the decision open, saying he was willing to do either, and Xiao Yan was left to consider how to protect the continent if everyone departed.

• Gu Qingyang reflected on the gap between his cultivation and Xiao Yan’s, while Yao Wan sensed that the Gu Realm’s defenses had been strengthened by the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
• Xun’er arrived to welcome Xiao Yan, and she and Yao Wan traded barbed remarks before Xiao Yan stopped their banter.
• Xiao Yan told Xun’er and Gu Yuan that he expected everyone to ascend with him and Yao Wan, but worried the Dou Qi Continent would be left without a Dou Di to protect it.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan whether he planned to ascend or remain behind, and Gu Yuan said he had no strong preference and would stay if someone needed to guard the continent.

After Gu Yuan let Xun'er decide her next steps, she took Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Clan through a Space Tunnel, with Yao Wan accompanying them. Along the way, Yao Wan revealed her lingering resentment toward those who had wronged her, then abruptly let go of Xiao Yan and went ahead, leaving Xun'er wondering what had happened.

• Gu Yuan left Xun'er to choose whether to return to the Xiao Clan, and she took Xiao Yan's hand and opened a Space Tunnel.
• Yao Wan followed them and teased Xun'er about her years of responsibility as the Gu Clan Leader's daughter.
• Xun'er admitted she had enjoyed acting freely and said the people who had caused her trouble now listened to her.
• Yao Wan said she wanted to eliminate those who had disgusted her, but Xun'er warned that the Gu Clan had not reached the same level of bloodline conflict as the Yao Clan.
• After Xiao Yan agreed that Yao Wan had restrained herself, she let go of his hand and went ahead through the tunnel, prompting Xun'er to ask what was wrong with her.

Xiao Yan told Xun'er about Yao Wan's terrible reincarnation in the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xun'er considered what it revealed about her rival. Their conversation ended with Xun'er admitting she still wished she could beat Yao Wan, while Xiao Yan teased that she had begun to let go.

• Xiao Yan recounted his experience in the Bodhi Ancient Tree to Xun'er as they arrived at her residence in the Xiao Realm.
• Xun'er warmed the tea and wondered whether another world had brought the Spirit Devouring Clan and Yao Wan together in a terrible fate.
• Xun'er reasoned that Yao Wan might have resisted becoming so wicked because another self had destroyed what she had struggled to accept and desire.
• Xun'er regretted that her actions at Canaan Academy had helped Yao Wan take the crucial step toward becoming Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xun'er had let go, and she insisted she would still beat Yao Wan if given another chance.