Recaps

Xiao Ze rose to Dou Wang, left the Inner Academy, and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian through the Black Corner Region before heading for the Jia Ma Empire. He reunited with his brothers, revealed the Xiao Family’s danger, and brought them and Azure Scales toward Wu Tan City while Xiao Yan continued his own journey.

• Xiao Ze advanced to Dou Wang after tempering his body with the Origin Heart Flame, then tested his new powers and gathered Earth Core Body Tempering Milk with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er returned to the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Ze graduated from the Inner Academy, refined Dou Spirit Pills for its elders, and reached Nine Star Dou King.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the Black Corner Region, destroyed the Tiger Fiend Gang, and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Ze found Azure Scales near Shi Mo City and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ze warned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that the Xiao Family faced powerful enemies and said he planned to move the family somewhere safer.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li resigned from the mercenary group, while Xiao Yan arrived in Shi Mo City and continued into the desert to seek Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Azure Scales reached Wu Tan City.

Xiao Ze moved the Xiao Family to safety, found the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl, and rose to Three Star Dou Sovereign before reconnecting with Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy. He helped settle Xiao Yan’s engagement, strengthened ties with the Mitel Auction House and the academy, and ended the stretch by awakening Azure Scales’s talent.

• Xiao Ze convinced the Xiao Family elders to relocate, entrusted Xiao Yi Xian with escorting them to the Black Corner Region, and gave Ya Fei the family’s property deeds.
• Xiao Ze confronted Nalan Yanran over ending her engagement to Xiao Yan, then agreed to help arrange a peaceful cancellation after she accepted a three-year delay.
• Xiao Ze followed Han Yue’s Treasure Map into the Illusion Sea, took the Illusion Sea Spirit Pearl, and absorbed its power to reach Three Star Dou Sovereign.
• Queen Medusa attacked Xiao Ze in the desert, but he disabled her with poison and left after proposing that they call their conflict even.
• Xiao Ze reunited with Xiao Yan, explained that Nalan Yanran wanted to end their engagement, and helped him enter Jia Nan Academy while warning him about the Fallen Heart Flame and the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Ze secured Ya Fei’s position at the Mitel Auction House, sold Dou Spirit Pills at auction, and returned to the academy to assist the Xiao Family and refine an Extreme Yang Pill.
• Xiao Ze helped Su Qian reinforce the seal on the Fallen Heart Flame and received the chance to obtain the Sect Breaking Pill recipe after reaching the peak of Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Ze took Azure Scales to face a snake-type magical beast, and she awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlled it.

Xiao Ze refined a Life Returning Pill, saved Queen Medusa, and helped her evolve into a Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python before returning toward Jia Nan Academy. Along the way, he rescued Yun Yun, helped her confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and left after giving her the Purple Spirit Crystal.

• Xiao Ze refined a Seventh-Grade Life Returning Pill and used it to heal Queen Medusa, securing five years of Snake People gains and three years of her protection.
• Queen Medusa offered ten years of service in exchange for Xiao Ze’s help evolving, and he prepared the pills she needed.
• As the Fallen Heart Flame broke free at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ze and Queen Medusa hunted high-tier magical beasts and gathered materials for her pills.
• Queen Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame and evolved into a Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python, though she emerged without her memories.
• Xiao Ze took the sleeping snake toward Jia Nan Academy, gained her Royal Bloodline feedback, and searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the Amethyst Source of Companionship.
• Xiao Ze found the injured Yun Yun after her fight with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and treated her while she recovered in a cave.
• Yun Yun challenged the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Ze entered its lair, took the Amethyst Source of Companionship, and knocked out its cub to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Xiao Ze gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal at a waterfall and departed as she watched him go.

Xiao Ze helped Jia Nan Academy defeat the Black Alliance, established the Dark Academy, and traveled to the Central Plains to join the Alchemist Tower. After rising to Seven Star Dou Sect and impressing the Tower’s elders, he accepted a mission to lead disciples to Sound Valley for Demonic Sound Tempering.

• Xiao Ze rescued Xiao Li and Elder Lin from Fan Lao and the Black Alliance, then learned that Xiao Yan had been swallowed by the escaped Fallen Heart Flame and found him alive inside the Invisible Fire Python.
• Xiao Ze joined Jia Nan Academy’s retaliation against the Black Alliance, killed Han Feng, and helped establish the Dark Academy with Xiao Yi Xian as its head.
• Xiao Ze obtained a recommendation from Elder Huo, broke through to two-star Dou Zong, and set out for the Central Plains with Zi Yan and Azure Scales.
• Zhu Li revealed Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon lineage, and Zi Yan returned to her clan while Xiao Ze and Azure Scales continued toward Heaven Pill City.
• Xiao Ze auctioned pills, declined Dan Xuan’s offer to become a Dan Clan Guest Elder, and entered the Alchemist Tower after passing its Seventh Grade High-Level assessment.
• Xuan Kongzi accepted Xiao Ze’s explanation of the Spirit Transformation Pill, appointed him an Alchemist Tower Elder, and gave him the Profound Sun Spirit Pill formula.
• Xiao Ze refined the Profound Sun Spirit Pill, received the Origin Emperor Flame as a return reward, and broke through to Seven Star Dou Sect after more than a month in seclusion.
• Xiao Ze impressed the Alchemist Tower elders at their exchange meeting, then accepted Xuan Kongzi’s request to lead disciples to Sound Valley for Demonic Sound Tempering.