Recaps

Chen Guan visited Wutan City to check on the Xiao Family and discovered that Soul Hall agents had secretly infiltrated it after a Misty Cloud Sect member led them there. The suspected motive was the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Chen Guan wondered whether Gu Xun'er had left Ling Ying behind to protect it.

• Chen Guan told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran had once been stronger than him and estimated their strengths were now close as the Three-Year Agreement approached.
• Chen Guan flew to Wutan City, disguised himself, and sensed a hidden Dark Attribute expert in the Xiao Family whose strength matched Ling Ying's.
• Chen Guan learned from a Xiao Family junior that Gu Xun'er had quietly lived among the family and later left without drawing attention.
• Chen Guan questioned Wei Jun, who reported that thirteen strange black-robed figures had infiltrated the Xiao Family about fifty days earlier while a man in white flew toward the empire.
• Wei Jun said the man in white wore robes resembling those of the Misty Cloud Sect, and Chen Guan suspected Yun Leng's faction had brought the Soul Hall's attention to the Xiao Family.
• Chen Guan concluded the Soul Hall was probably seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade and wondered whether Gu Xun'er had left Ling Ying behind because of it.

Chen Guan infiltrated the Soul Hall’s attack on the Xiao Family, secretly sparing its members while helping the assault appear genuine. Ling Ying rescued Xiao Zhan and took the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but a mysterious black-robed figure blocked Ling Ying’s escape.

• Chen Guan advanced to two-star Dou Emperor, then sensed twelve Soul Hall members heading for the Xiao Family and disguised himself as one of them.
• Chen Guan and the Soul Hall attackers raided the Xiao Family, killed its defenders, and failed to find the Tou She Ancient God Jade in the Dou Qi Pavilion.
• Chen Guan secretly knocked Xiao Family members unconscious as the attackers slaughtered the clan, leaving Xiao Zhan and the three Great Elders alive.
• Ling Ying rescued Xiao Zhan from the Soul Hall leader, asked for the Ancient Jade, and persuaded Xiao Zhan to hand it over in exchange for protection for his sons.
• Ling Ying evaded the Soul Hall pursuers and fled with the Ancient Jade, but a black-robed figure appeared ahead and blocked his path.

Protector Chen defeated Ling Ying with a powerful soul attack and nearly captured him, but a mysterious ally rescued Ling Ying, who escaped with the news that the Soul Hall had taken the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade. Chen Guan recovered the jade and returned to Wutan City, where he ordered the Xiao Family estate sealed and its destruction blamed on a mysterious faction.

• Ling Ying and Protector Chen fought with weapons until Protector Chen overwhelmed Ling Ying using a Three-Stage Soul Lock that broke through his Netherworld Heavenly Wall and severely injured his soul.
• Protector Chen stripped Ling Ying of his storage ring and pierced his shoulders with chains, but a mysterious figure appeared, rescued Ling Ying, and fought Protector Chen.
• Ling Ying swallowed a medicinal pill from a jade bottle, fled the battlefield, and resolved to report that the Soul Hall had taken the Xiao Family's Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Protector Chen recovered the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Ling Ying's storage ring, then returned to Wutan City and spoke with Venerable Skyfire about concealing his role.
• Chen Guan ordered Wei Jun to have City Lord Yao seal the Xiao Family estate, dispose of the bodies, and spread the story that a mysterious faction had exterminated the family.

After hearing that the Xiao Family had been exterminated, Xiao Yan rushed back to Wutan City and discovered that dozens of his clansmen had survived in a state resembling suspended death. The survivors revealed that black-robed attackers had sought the Ancient Jade, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Chen with questions about what had really happened.

• A mercenary found a storage ring at the battlefield outside Wutan City and decided to leave before anyone discovered it.
• Xiao Yan learned in the Imperial Capital that the Xiao Family had been wiped out and flew toward Wutan City with Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen persuaded Xiao Yan to avoid rushing into danger, then secretly brought him into the Xiao Family estate to investigate.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discovered that dozens of people in the corpse pit were alive, and Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Ming among them.
• The Great Elder said black-robed attackers had slaughtered the Xiao Family while searching for the Ancient Jade, and Yao Chen suggested Chen Guan might explain the remaining mysteries.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to move the surviving clansmen somewhere safe, and Xiao Yan began considering where to take them.

Chen Guan reunited with Yun Yun and brought her to meet Jia Xingtian, while Yun Yun saw the imperial family’s powerful magical beasts and apologized to the Amethyst Winged Lion King. She had come on Yun Shan’s orders to discuss a complicated matter concerning the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Shan resolved to act against Yun Leng after realizing that Soul Hall had infiltrated the Misty Cloud Sect, and he asked Yun Leng to send Yun'er to see him.
• Chen Guan visited the Alchemist Guild, where Yaoyue showed off her newly refined fourth-grade Foundation Strengthening Pill, then returned to the Imperial Palace with her and Zi Yan.
• Yaoye brought Yun Yun to the Imperial Palace to meet Jia Xingtian, and Chen Guan escorted her after learning she had come at her teacher’s request.
• Yun Yun told Chen Guan that her matter was complicated and that she would explain it to him and Jia Xingtian together.
• Yun Yun saw the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon and the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Back Mountain, then apologized to the Lion King for taking its horn; Chen Guan reminded it that she was his friend.

Yun Yun sought Jia Xingtian’s help against Soul Hall Protector Zhu, whose pressure on Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect threatened the Jia Ma Empire. After Yan Xiao arrived, Chen Guan proposed using the Three-Year Agreement between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan to resolve the danger, though the Misty Cloud Sect would have to make sacrifices.

• Yun Yun told Jia Xingtian that Soul Hall had pressured Yun Shan and that Protector Zhu, a wounded Dou Zong, was interfering in Misty Cloud Sect affairs.
• Yun Yun asked Jia Xingtian to help plan a way to kill Protector Zhu while keeping the royal family and the Misty Cloud Sect clear of responsibility.
• Jia Xingtian worried that even a weakened Dou Zong could overwhelm their combined forces, and the group discussed the risks of opposing Soul Hall.
• Yaoyue told Chen Guan that a visitor named Yan Xiao had come and gave him a stone miniature ruler as a clue.
• Chen Guan recognized Yan Xiao as Xiao Yan and proposed using the Three-Year Agreement between Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan to eliminate the threat posed by Protector Zhu.

Xiao Yan visited Chen Guan to learn about the Xiao Family’s destruction and received help for his coming conflict with the Misty Cloud Sect and Soul Hall. Chen Guan revealed that he had ties to Yun Yun, and left Xiao Yan stunned by explaining his many relationships.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Yaoyue and Yaoye were unusually gifted, then Yaoye left after noticing Chen Guan had returned.
• Xiao Yan thanked Chen Guan for helping the Xiao Family and asked about the night his father was taken; Chen Guan said Yun Leng had led the attackers to the family.
• Chen Guan warned Xiao Yan not to blame the whole Misty Cloud Sect and revealed that Yun Leng was a Peak Dou King backed by a powerful black-robed figure.
• Yao Chen identified the figure as likely belonging to Soul Hall, and Chen Guan promised covert support for Xiao Yan’s plans against Yun Leng and the Soul Hall Protector.
• Xiao Yan learned Chen Guan would not enter the Alchemist Grand Meeting, then asked about his relationships with Queen Medusa and Yun Yun.
• Chen Guan said he loved many people to conceal his true feelings, leaving Xiao Yan dumbfounded.

Chen Guan, Hai Bodong, and Fama captured Yan Li before he could sabotage the Alchemist Grand Meeting, which then began in the Imperial Capital. Yaoyue won the championship by refining a fourth-grade Foundation Strengthening Pill, while Xiao Yan accepted his loss and looked ahead to gaining strength before the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Chen Guan stopped Yan Li from taking a pill, and Hai Bodong and Fama helped corner him outside the inn before Fama crippled his Dou Qi and took him away.
• Fama opened the seventh Alchemist Grand Meeting at the Royal Plaza, where Xiao Yan, Yaoyue, and more than two thousand contestants gathered.
• Xiao Yan and Yaoyue passed the first round, then advanced through the second-round Windwalk Pill challenge after Xiao Yan realized the Thick Earth Ganoderma should be discarded.
• For the final round, Yaoyue used her Azure Flame Cauldron and Azure Water Flame to refine a fourth-grade Foundation Strengthening Pill, while Xiao Yan and Liu Ling produced third-grade pills.
• Fama declared Yaoyue the champion, and Xiao Yan congratulated her before resolving to seek medicinal ingredients and prepare for the Misty Cloud Sect.

Yaoyue claimed the Alchemist Grand Meeting’s sixth-grade Barrier Breaking Pill formula, while Xiao Yan joined the Alchemist Guild as an honorary elder and prepared for the Three-Year Agreement. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan arrived before Nalan Yanran and announced that he had come to fulfill their agreement.

• Yaoyue chose the Barrier Breaking Pill formula as her reward, and Chen Guan later gave her Han Feng’s alchemy notes.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Alchemist Guild’s offer to become an honorary elder, then learned that Yan Li had been exposed and imprisoned for plotting against Jia Ma.
• Yun Leng welcomed the factions gathering at the Misty Cloud Sect, while Yun Shan watched Chen Guan arrive with Zi Yan and told Yun Yun to proceed with the plan.
• Chen Guan and Zi Yan joined the guests at the plaza, where Chen Guan rebuffed Yun Leng’s mockery and exchanged a silent greeting with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza, drew the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, and declared that he had come to honor the Three-Year Agreement.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Agreement duel before the Misty Cloud Sect, with both revealing powerful techniques and Xiao Yan gaining the advantage in close combat. The chapter ended as they unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, with Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler crashing toward Nalan Yanran’s Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance.

• Xiao Yan rejected Yun Leng’s proposal to make the duel a friendly exchange, and Nalan Yanran agreed that life and death would be left to fate.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran clashed in close combat, then Nalan Yanran used Wind Spirit Splitting Sword while Xiao Yan countered with his Mysterious Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan put away the ruler to increase his speed, caught Nalan Yanran off guard, and forced her into a defensive retreat with a fierce close-range assault.
• Nalan Yanran created distance and attacked with Thousand Wind Aura, but Xiao Yan blocked the sword auras and revealed that he was a Three-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Nalan Yanran gathered energy for Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance as Xiao Yan prepared the Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler with his Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran released their ultimate attacks, and Xiao Yan’s massive ruler radiance collided with Nalan Yanran’s descending sword Qi.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, then accused Yun Leng of helping destroy the Xiao Family and challenged him to a fight. Yun Yun allowed them to settle the grievance themselves, and Xiao Yan revealed strength greater than Yun Leng’s nine-star Dou Wang, shocking the crowd.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s techniques collided, leaving both injured, but Xiao Yan recovered enough to defeat her and burned the divorce letter, declaring their grievances settled.
• Yun Yun intervened before Nalan Yanran could continue and had her removed from the plaza.
• Xiao Yan challenged Yun Leng and accused him of leading the black-robed attackers who destroyed the Xiao Family.
• Hai Bodong testified that he had seen Yun Leng returning from outside the Holy City on the night of the attack, and Yun Leng admitted going to Wutan City.
• Yun Yun acknowledged Yun Leng’s fault but allowed Xiao Yan and him to settle the matter themselves, and Yun Leng descended to fight.
• Xiao Yan revealed a powerful pair of Dou Qi Wings and an aura stronger than Yun Leng’s, leading the crowd to recognize him as a Dou Huang Expert.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Yun Leng in the Misty Cloud Sect plaza, while Chen Guan prevented Yun Yun from intervening and helped keep the sect from joining the fight. As Xiao Yan prepared to kill Yun Leng, the battered Great Elder blew a flute that summoned the Misty Cloud Sect’s other Dou Huang Expert.

• In the Misty Cloud Sect’s secret chamber, two Soul Hall Protectors discussed capturing Yao Chen and promised Yun Shan a Breakthrough Pill if he helped them.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Chen’s power to break through Yun Leng’s defenses and severely injure him, while Chen Guan and Zi Yan stopped Yun Yun from intervening.
• Chen Guan kicked Yun Leng back toward Xiao Yan, who struck him repeatedly in revenge for the Xiao Family and his father.
• As Xiao Yan moved to finish Yun Leng, Yun Leng blew a cloud-white flute, and its piercing call echoed across Misty Cloud Mountain.

Xiao Yan killed Yun Leng and, with Yao Chen taking control of his body, fought to escape the Misty Cloud Sect’s Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array. Just as he was about to break through, a black-robed person appeared and sent him flying, revealing that they had been waiting for Yao Chen.

• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion, learned he knew the course of events, and tried to keep Xiao Yan at the sect while shielding Yun Leng.
• Xiao Yan attacked Yun Leng as Yun Shan intervened, but Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan’s Dou Emperor-level puppet restrained Yun Shan.
• Yun Yun activated the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array, while Xiao Yan struck Yun Leng dead with his ruler.
• Yun Shan attacked Xiao Yan, so Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body and broke through Yun Shan’s attacks as Chen Guan and Zi Yan held Yun Yun back.
• Yao Chen weakened the array’s energy layer and moved to escape, but a black-robed person appeared, knocked him back, and declared that the Protector had been waiting for him.

Protector Zhu revealed himself as a Soul Hall pursuer and battled Yao Chen while Yun Shan and Yun Yun fought Xiao Yan’s allies. As Protector Ling attacked the seemingly trapped Xiao Yan, a new Soul Body appeared behind him and struck with a cobalt-blue flame, burning away Ling’s black mist.

• Protector Zhu emerged from the black mist, accused Yao Chen of old grudges, and fought him with chains while Yao Chen used Bone Chilling Flame to hold him off.
• Yun Shan attacked Hai Bodong and the puppet, while Yun Yun fought Chen Guan and Zi Yan; Xiao Yan held off the elders and battered the Cloud Sea Energy Layer.
• Xiao Yan sent a second puppet to intercept Yun Yun’s puppet, and Protector Zhu berated Yun Shan before using Three-Stage Soul Lock against Yao Chen’s Blazing Flame Melting Heaven.
• Protector Zhu summoned Protector Ling from the Misty Cloud Sect’s Back Mountain and ordered him to kill Xiao Yan before joining the fight against Yao Chen.
• Protector Ling overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s puppet and charged at him, but a new Soul Body appeared behind Xiao Yan and burned Ling’s black mist with a cobalt-blue flame.

Yao Chen and Venerable Skyfire fought the Soul Hall Protectors, Ling and Zhu, above the Misty Cloud Sect and trapped them in a Heavenly Flame domain. After the Protectors unleashed Myriad Manifestations: Soul Funeral, the flames vanished, leaving the battle’s outcome unknown and all four Dou Zong-level souls missing.

• Venerable Skyfire joined Yao Chen against Protector Ling and Protector Zhu, and the four fought to a standstill while their attacks devastated much of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Venerable Skyfire and Yao Chen used a feigned Heaven-tier technique to distract the Protectors, then sealed the plaza in a Heavenly Flame domain and unleashed Soul Storms.
• Protector Ling and Protector Zhu used Myriad Manifestations: Soul Funeral, sacrificing gathered Soul Bodies and forcibly drawing souls from nearby elders into the flames.
• The Soul Funeral’s blast knocked out witnesses across the plaza, including Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, before the Heavenly Flame barrier began to recede.
• Yun Yun, Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, and Chen Guan remained in sight, but Yao Chen, Venerable Skyfire, and both Soul Hall Protectors had vanished.

After the Misty Cloud Sect battle, Chen Guan and the others covered up the survivors’ true condition and discussed how to protect the Jia Ma Empire from the Soul Hall. Xiao Yan agreed to leave at dawn and draw the Soul Hall’s attention away, while Chen Guan promised to join him against its Branch Halls in the future.

• Teng Shan, Fama, Yun Yun, and the others checked on Hai Bodong and Chen Guan after the battle, while Yun Shan pretended to be gravely injured.
• Yun Yun dismissed the visitors, and the surviving Misty Cloud Sect elders began dealing with the destruction and losses.
• At the Imperial Palace, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Fama, Yun Shan, Chen Guan, and Xiao Yan gathered and discussed the battle and the Soul Hall’s remaining threat.
• Chen Guan warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall would target him and urged him to leave the Jia Ma Empire; Xiao Yan agreed to depart at dawn and asked the gathered forces to protect the surviving Xiao Family members.
• Jia Xingtian, Yun Shan, Hai Bodong, and Fama promised to conceal and protect the Xiao Family survivors, then discussed arrangements between the Imperial Palace and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Chen Guan and Xiao Yan parted, agreeing that Xiao Yan would take the blame and draw out the Soul Hall while Chen Guan would provide support when they later targeted its Branch Halls.

Three days after the battle, Chen Guan browsed the Misty Cloud Sect’s Dou Technique Pavilion and shared a private moment with Yun Yun, who was burdened with rebuilding the sect. After Yun Yun left, Chen Guan resumed his studies and reflected on the battle’s gains and the fate of the Soul Hall Protectors.

• Chen Guan used his access to the Misty Cloud Sect’s third-floor Dou Technique Pavilion to study its ancient texts and techniques while recovering his Soul Power.
• Yun Yun visited Chen Guan, discussed the sect’s reconstruction and her worries about Nalan Yanran entering the Gate of Life and Death, and shared an intimate moment with him.
• Chen Guan reassured Yun Yun that Nalan Yanran would likely survive the trial and joked about what she might call him when she emerged.
• After a disciple arrived, Yun Yun left and Chen Guan returned to his studies, noting that he had named his Soul Storm technique Heavenly Movement of All Phenomena.
• Chen Guan recalled that Venerable Skyfire was digesting the Malevolent Soul, Protector Zhu had perished, and Yao Chen had captured the wounded Protector Ling.

Chen Guan recovered and cultivated at the Misty Cloud Sect while Yun Shan learned that Chen Guan could refine Breakthrough Pills and began gathering ingredients. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy, and the Black Annihilation Army set out to investigate the disturbance that had disrupted Soul Hall’s plans.

• After reading at the Dou Technique Pavilion, Chen Guan moved into Yun Shan’s secret chamber and refined Fire Cores to restore his Soul Power and improve his strength.
• Yun Shan asked Jia Xingtian how to break through to Dou Zong, and Jia Xingtian gave him a list of medicinal ingredients for Chen Guan’s Breakthrough Pills.
• Yun Shan realized Chen Guan could refine Breakthrough Pills and agreed to have the Misty Cloud Sect gather the listed ingredients.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and asked Yao Chen whether they could obtain a Heavenly Flame; Yao Chen advised him to proceed carefully and avoid revealing himself.
• Ling Quan led the Black Annihilation Army through a Space Teleportation Channel to investigate the incident, after receiving instructions from the white-robed elder to avoid trouble and beware of Soul Hall.

Chen Guan emerged from seclusion at the Misty Cloud Sect, learned that the Jia Ma Empire was at war with three neighboring empires, and prepared an army of puppets to aid the defense. As he flew toward Black Mountain Fortress, he read Yaoye’s letters about the fighting and worried about a danger beyond the battle itself.

• Chen Guan reached Three-Star Dou Huang and improved his Soul Power, while Venerable Skyfire explained that deliberately exhausting his soul would not quickly bring him to Spirit Realm Perfected.
• Chen Guan found the Misty Cloud Sect largely deserted and learned that the Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Race were fighting the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mulan Empires at the border.
• Chen Guan returned to the Imperial Palace and spent ten days completing an army of five Tier 6, twenty Fifth Tier, and two hundred thirteen Fourth Tier puppets for the war.
• Chen Guan told Yaoyue to stay safe, then flew toward Black Mountain Fortress with letters from Yaoye detailing the war’s origins and the balance of forces.
• Chen Guan learned that Jia Xingtian’s hidden Dou Zong strength and powerful Dou Technique had surprised the allied invaders, while Queen Medusa and Zi Yan had helped stabilize the battlefield.

Chen Guan arrived at Spirit Rock City as Yuemei and General Huang faced defeat, then killed the Three Sect Alliance’s three Dou Wang attackers and turned the battle around. After the city’s forces routed the enemy, Chen Guan treated Yuemei and continued toward Black Mountain Fortress.

• Yan Ming ordered his forces to break Spirit Rock City’s energy shield, and Yuemei and General Huang confronted him after it shattered.
• Two concealed Six Star Dou Kings ambushed Yuemei and General Huang, badly wounding them and leaving General Huang to face three attackers alone.
• Chen Guan arrived and shielded General Huang from their attacks, then sent his puppet to kill Yan Ming and the Mulan Valley Dou Wang while he killed the poison master with a fire arrow.
• Yuemei led the Jia Ma forces in routing the fleeing Three Sect Alliance troops, and Chen Guan gave General Huang the spoils to share with Yuemei and the soldiers.
• Chen Guan gave Yuemei a Detoxification Pill, promised to send support, and flew on toward Black Mountain Fortress.

At Black Mountain Fortress, Jia Ma Empire forces battled the Three Sect Alliance while Queen Medusa and Jia Xingtian held off their strongest opponents. The Jia Ma side withdrew after Yun Shan killed a Golden Goose Sect Dou Emperor, and Medusa and Jia Xingtian returned to find a young man in white holding a blade.

• Yaoye directed the fortress defenses as Jia Ma Empire and Snake People fighters clashed with the Three Sect Alliance across the battlefield.
• Queen Medusa fought Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders while Jia Xingtian battled the Poison Sect's black-robed sect master, Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Jia Ma forces sounded the retreat, and Xiao Yi Xian told Yan Luotian she expected to reach two-star Dou Zong within a month.
• A Golden Goose Sect Dou Emperor tried to stop Yun Yun from withdrawing, but Yun Shan's Great Compassion Wind Tearing Hand and a cobalt-blue flaming arrow destroyed him.
• The Three Sect Alliance fighters stopped pursuing the retreating Jia Ma forces, and Queen Medusa and Jia Xingtian returned to the fortress, where they saw a young man in white holding a blade.

Chen Guan joined Jia Xingtian and Queen Medusa at Black Mountain Fortress as they prepared a plan to eliminate the Three Sect Alliance’s Dou Zong experts. After assigning puppets to support the border cities, he visited Yun Shan and Hai Bodong, then found Yun Yun and Queen Medusa opening their doors at the same time.

• Chen Guan arrived at Black Mountain Fortress, greeted the returning experts, and joined Jia Xingtian, Queen Medusa, and the others in the Council Hall.
• Yaoye reported the war’s casualties, and Jia Xingtian revealed that he and Queen Medusa had held back while planning to defeat Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders.
• Chen Guan, Jia Xingtian, and Queen Medusa agreed to use his Soul Skill in a surprise attack on the Three Sect Alliance’s camp after the next day’s battle.
• Chen Guan gave most of his puppets to Yaoye and the Shadow Guards to deploy in support of the border cities.
• Chen Guan visited Yun Shan and Hai Bodong, then encountered Yun Yun and Queen Medusa as they opened neighboring room doors at the same time.

Chen Guan arranged to meet Xiao Yi Xian during the night while Queen Medusa stayed behind to guard Black Mountain Fortress. As Xiao Yi Xian waited outside the Three Sect Alliance’s camp, she recognized a familiar trace and hoped the person she remembered was truly her friend.

• Yun Yun and Queen Medusa spoke politely, leaving Chen Guan uneasy, until he interrupted them to explain that he planned to meet Xiao Yi Xian that night.
• Queen Medusa recalled seeing Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town and learned from Chen Guan that Xiao Yi Xian possessed the Poison Body of Misfortune and relied on him to help resolve it.
• Chen Guan explained that he had sent puppets to defend other cities and feared the Three Sect Alliance might launch a surprise attack, so Queen Medusa agreed to stay at the fortress.
• Chen Guan left to meet Xiao Yi Xian, while Yun Yun returned to her room and tried to calm her thoughts.
• Xiao Yi Xian waited on a mountain near the Three Sect Alliance’s camp, remembered her time with Chen Guan, and wondered whether she had recognized her only friend correctly.

Chen Guan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, learned that her Poison Body of Misfortune could erupt within two and a half years, and revealed that he had obtained three Heavenly Flames to help prepare the Poison Pill. As he and Xiao Yi Xian coordinated an assassination, Ling Quan arrived at the Heavenly Snake Manor seeking a symbol that Qing Lin recognized.

• Chen Guan found Xiao Yi Xian near Black Mountain Fortress and spoke with her about Qing Lin and the approaching eruption of her Poison Body of Misfortune.
• Chen Guan showed Xiao Yi Xian three Heavenly Flames and explained that the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva was being arranged, while the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast would require a trip to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to help Chen Guan assassinate Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders, and offered to weaken Heiqi City's defenses while keeping herself out of sight.
• Ling Quan and his group confronted the Heavenly Snake Manor, overpowered Jinyang, and ordered the manor to gather emblems bearing snake-like magical beasts.
• Qing Lin recognized the pattern on Ling Quan's jade bottle as one Chen Guan had once drawn and reassured herself that her Young Master would not be careless.

Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Jia Xingtian prepared a covert strike against Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders in Heiqi City while the Snake People Race elders urged Medusa to undergo the Altar Baptism. Chen Guan and Medusa infiltrated the Golden Goose Sect camp and waited for the moment to assassinate Yan Luotian.

• The Four Great Elders asked Queen Medusa to return to the Snake People Race for the Altar Baptism, but she agreed to go only after the night's operation.
• Queen Medusa explained to Chen Guan that the Altar Baptism was an inherited ritual with benefits, and she planned to leave Black Mountain Fortress afterward.
• Jia Xingtian assigned Chen Guan and Queen Medusa to target Yan Luotian while he engaged the Mulan Three Elders, with Yun Shan and the army ready to attack if the assassination failed.
• Chen Guan, Queen Medusa, and Jia Xingtian slipped into Heiqi City and split up according to their targets.
• Chen Guan and Queen Medusa infiltrated the Mulan Valley Camp and prepared their killing techniques as Yan Luotian relaxed after hearing a cry from below.