Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed their strongest attacks, and Yao Lao secretly took control of Xiao Yan’s body to save him from her sword. After revealing himself to the Dou Emperors, Yao Lao spoke to Yun Yun as the duel’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan realized that he had obtained the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations a year earlier than expected, while Hai Bo Dong praised his strength.
• Nalan Yanran used the Earth Rank Spirit Link Sword against Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, and Xiao Yan narrowly evaded her killing strike.
• Nalan Yanran questioned how Xiao Yan had moved with such speed, and Xiao Yan suspected that Yao Lao had saved him.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to admit defeat and leave, warning that Nalan Yanran’s Dou Spirit cultivation made him no match for her.
• Yun Yun accused the unseen senior of interfering in the duel, and Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and explained that he had acted to save his disciple.

Xiao Yan admitted defeat to Nalan Yanran, but the duel’s aftermath turned dangerous when Soul Hall Protector Grebe Protector appeared to capture Yao Chen. Xiao Se revealed his strength and joined Yao Chen against him, while the Soul Hall Protector called on Yun Shan for help.

• Yun Yun rejected Yao Chen’s interference, and Yao Chen persuaded Xiao Yan to admit defeat to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan left the plaza in humiliation, while Xiao Se noticed that Grebe Protector had finally emerged from hiding.
• Grebe Protector appeared in black mist and attacked Yao Chen, revealing that he was a six-star Dou Zong and overpowering him with chains that restrained Soul Bodies.
• Xiao Se blocked Grebe Protector’s attack with a golden flame barrier, revealed himself in the air, and agreed with Yao Chen to fight him.
• Xiao Se activated his Seventh Soul Skill and spread golden flames across the sky, prompting Grebe Protector to call for Yun Shan’s assistance.

Xiao Se and Yun Shan defeated Grebe Protector after Yun Shan betrayed the Soul Hall and Xiao Se overwhelmed the Protector with his domains and Strange Fire. Yao Lao left with Xiao Yan to train him, while Xiao Se reunited with Yun Yun on the plaza.

• Yun Shan arrived as a Dou Zong, then unexpectedly struck Grebe Protector and warned Xiao Se and Yao Lao that the Protector remained dangerous.
• Xiao Se pursued Grebe Protector, suppressed him with his domains, and destroyed him with a Strange Fire Giant Sword.
• Yun Shan explained that the Soul Hall had tried to use a secret technique to devour his soul, and Yao Lao recognized that Xiao Se had planted a hidden sub-fire in Yun Shan.
• Yao Lao departed with Xiao Yan, who resolved to return to the Xiao Clan and seek Strange Fire so he could eventually challenge Xiao Se.
• Xiao Se returned to the plaza, where Yun Yun checked that he was unharmed and embraced him.

After revealing his true identity, Xiao Se founded the Sea Alliance to resist the Soul Hall and recruited several major Gama Empire factions with promises of pills. He announced that the Snake-People Race would join as well, then admitted that he was Medusa’s husband, leaving Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran stunned as the plaza emptied.

• Xiao Se revealed his true appearance and told the gathered leaders that Xiao Huo Huo was his alias and Yun Yun was his woman.
• Xiao Se warned the leaders about the Soul Hall and proposed founding the Sea Alliance, promising Hai Bo Dong a Breakthrough Sect Pill for joining first.
• Nalan Jie and Mu Chen joined the alliance and received Dou Ling Pills, while Yun Yun brought the Yun Lan Sect into the alliance with Yun Shan’s approval.
• Fa Ma declined to commit the Alchemist Guild, and Jia Xing Tian asked for three days before the Gama Royal Family gave its answer.
• Xiao Se announced that the Snake-People Race would join the Sea Alliance and revealed that he was Medusa’s husband.
• After everyone else left, Xiao Se, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran remained alone on the plaza.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and discovered that the Soul Hall had massacred the Xiao Clan and abducted Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Qing survived and gave him an ancient jade fragment. Xiao Se advanced the Sea Alliance and reunited with Medusa and Ya Fei, who ended the chapter by telling him the Xiao Clan had been annihilated.

• Xiao Se learned from Nalan Yanran that Gu He had left the Yun Lan Sect more than a month earlier.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan, found its members slaughtered, and learned from Xiao Qing that a black-robed man had taken Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Qing gave Xiao Yan an ancient jade fragment that her grandfather had identified as a token of the Xiao Clan Head, and Xiao Yan blamed Xiao Se for drawing Grebe Protector to the clan.
• Xiao Se told Medusa that the Sea Alliance would secure territory for the Snake-People Race, then admitted that he had won Yun Yun over; Medusa bit his shoulder.
• Xiao Se brought Medusa to Ya Fei, who reported that the Sea Alliance was nearly ready to launch and that Xiao Yan's Breakthrough Sect Pill would complete its preparations.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Se that the Xiao Clan had been annihilated three days earlier.

After learning that the Xiao Clan had been destroyed, Xiao Se arranged protection for the surviving Xiao Qing, while Xun Er learned that he had killed the Soul Hall Protector and concealed his identity from the ancient clans. Xiao Se then arrived in Gama Holy City with Medusa, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei for the Sea Alliance’s founding and his Breakthrough Sect Pill refinement.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Se that the Xiao Clan had been wiped out, Xiao Zhan was missing, and Xiao Qing had survived with Xiao Yan; Xiao Se ordered Xiao Qing brought to the Sea Alliance and forbade anyone from harming the clan grounds.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Se had become a high-tier Seventh-Rank Alchemist and a Dou Zong, then revealed that Xiao Se, disguised as Xiao Huo Huo, had killed the Soul Hall Protector after the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xun Er decided to keep Xiao Se’s identity and role in the Protector’s death hidden from the ancient clans, telling Ling Ying to credit someone called Xiao Huo Huo instead.
• At the Royal Plaza, Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye discussed the Sea Alliance and the Gama Royal Family’s possible membership, while Jia Xing Tian teased Yao Ye about Xiao Se.
• Xiao Se arrived at the plaza with Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei, drawing attention to their strength and Medusa’s pregnancy as the crowd gathered for the Sea Alliance’s founding.

Xiao Se attended the Sea Alliance gathering, where Medusa and Yun Yun competed over their place in his family and Yun Yun revealed she was pregnant. He refined three Breakthrough Sect Pills before the crowd, leaving Xiao Yan wondering whether he could ever catch up to him.

• Xiao Se introduced Medusa as his wife to the Gama Empire’s leaders, and Medusa used Hai Bo Dong’s progress to pressure Jia Xing Tian into promising the Gama Royal Family’s answer before sunset.
• Ya Fei hosted the gathering, and nearly every faction except several royalist families joined the Sea Alliance.
• Medusa claimed precedence over Yun Yun and revealed she was pregnant, but Yun Yun countered by revealing her own pregnancy and noting that her child would likely be born first.
• Xiao Se began refining Breakthrough Sect Pills with the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, prompting Fa Ma to explain the cauldron’s place on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• After three hours, Xiao Se produced three Breakthrough Sect Pills, while Xiao Yan watched with Yao Lao and asked whether he could catch up to Xiao Se.

After founding the Sea Alliance, Xiao Se secured support from the Gama Royal Family, took in Xiao Qing, and learned more about the Xiao Clan massacre. As the alliance prepared to oppose Soul Hall, Xiao Se began recruiting the Alchemist Guild with a Soul Bone as his offer.

• Xiao Se gave Breakthrough Sect Pills to Hai Bo Dong and Yun Yun, then left the final pill to Medusa to use in negotiating with Jia Xing Tian, who offered the Gama Royal Family's loyalty.
• Xiao Qing arrived with Xiao Yan, and Xiao Se comforted her and promised to bring Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning from Canaan Academy.
• Xiao Se asked Yao Lao about the Xiao Clan massacre; Yao Lao identified Grebe Protector's aura, and Xiao Se gave him a Soul Fusion Pill.
• Yao Lao recommended that Xiao Se visit the Pill Tower for its next Alchemist Grand Meeting, while Xiao Se planned to use the Sea Alliance to counter Soul Hall.
• Medusa traded the Breakthrough Sect Pill for territory for the Snake-People Race, and Xiao Se instructed her not to mistreat humans or hinder the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Se invited Fa Ma to bring the Alchemist Guild into the Sea Alliance and offered him a Soul Bone that could strengthen Soul Power and grant a skill.

Xiao Se recruited the Alchemist Guild into the Sea Alliance, reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and set out for the Sea King Pavilion with Die after making arrangements for the alliance. The chapter ended with the Sea God Pavilion fighting Demon Flame Valley outside Maple City, where Zi Yan and Little Fairy Doctor faced powerful opponents.

• Xiao Se persuaded Fa Ma to lead the Alchemist Guild into the Sea Alliance by giving him a Soul Bone, then asked him to approach Gu He about joining as well.
• Xiao Se reunited with Zhu Zhuqing at the Mittel Auction Headquarters, gave Yue Er Transformation Pills, and learned that the Sea God Pavilion auction was less than two months away.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that her cultivation had risen from one-star to five-star Dou Huang after spending the night with Xiao Se, and Die returned after successfully fusing with the Ancient Sky Serpent.
• Xiao Se introduced Die and Zhu Zhuqing to the Sea Alliance's core members, planned to merge the Sea King Pavilion with the alliance, and left Fa Ma, Ya Fei, and Nalan Yanran with tasks and gifts before departing with Die and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Outside Maple City, Zi Yan fought Demon Flame Valley while Little Fairy Doctor faced Earth Demon Old Ghost and Iron Protector of the Soul Hall.

Xiao Se arrived during the Sea King Pavilion’s battle with Earth Demon Old Ghost, revealed his strength as a three-star Dou Zong, and defeated the fleeing enemy with a four-Heavenly-Flame lotus. While Xiao Se searched the crater for Earth Demon Old Ghost, Little Fairy Doctor encountered Ling Ying, Xun Er’s guard.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost and Iron Protector demanded that Little Fairy Doctor surrender the Sea King Pavilion’s Medicine Field, and she fought Earth Demon Old Ghost with her scythe and poison techniques.
• Xiao Se appeared with Iron Protector trapped in a golden fire bottle, prompting Earth Demon Old Ghost to order a retreat and flee.
• Xiao Se launched his Heavenly Evolution Wrath Flame Lotus, creating a massive explosion that stunned observers across the Black-Corner Region and frustrated Xiao Yan, who learned the Heavenly Flames were already refined.
• Little Fairy Doctor defeated the remaining Demon Flame Valley members, then flew with Xiao Se to the explosion site as he searched the crater for Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Little Fairy Doctor sensed unfamiliar presences near the crater and confronted Ling Ying, who identified himself as Xun Er’s guard.

Little Fairy Doctor confronted Yao Lao and Xiao Yan over Bone Spirit Cold Fire, but Xiao Se arrived and stopped her from taking it. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing and Die reunited with Xiao Yu at Canaan Academy, where Xiao Yu still did not know the Xiao Clan had been destroyed.

• Ling Ying told Little Fairy Doctor that her clan would soon send someone to bring her back and asked her to inform Xiao Se.
• Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan to block Little Fairy Doctor’s poisonous attack, then fought her after she demanded his Heavenly Flame.
• Little Fairy Doctor trapped Yao Lao and Xiao Yan in the Heaven Poison Prison Realm, but Xiao Se arrived and persuaded her to release them.
• Xiao Se and Little Fairy Doctor left to deal with the aftermath at Sea King Pavilion while Yao Lao and Xiao Yan departed.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Die reached Canaan Academy, where Su Qian learned that Xiao Se had advanced to three-star Dou Zong and gone to help Little Fairy Doctor.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Die visited Xiao Yu, who happily welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and asked when Xiao Se would return, still unaware of the Xiao Clan’s destruction.

Xiao Se took Zi Yan to Demon Flame Valley, seized its hidden treasures, and discovered the Heavenly Demon Puppet method. His Flying Thunder God Technique then transported them into a hot spring where Zhu Zhuqing, Die, Xiao Yu, and Xun Er were bathing, leaving everyone stunned.

• Xun Er learned that Xiao Se had caused the explosion that killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, while Ling Ying told her the Ancient Clan would soon take her back.
• Xiao Se returned to Sea King Pavilion, reassured Zi Yan, and learned that Xun Er's clan would collect her within days.
• Xiao Se and Zi Yan went to Demon Flame Valley, where Xiao Se controlled its leaders and searched the hidden treasury.
• Xiao Se collected the valley's scrolls and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet method, while Zi Yan gathered its medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Se used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport himself and Zi Yan into a hot spring where Zhu Zhuqing, Die, Xiao Yu, and Xun Er were bathing.

Xiao Se reunited with Xun Er and gave her a soul-cultivation secret art before the Black Submerging Army arrived to take her back. When Ling Quan challenged Xiao Se, Xiao Se revealed his strength as a Dou Zong and confronted the army.

• Xiao Se reunited with Xiao Yu, Zhu Zhuqing, Xun Er, Die, and Zi Yan after teleporting from Demon Flame Valley, and told them how he had defeated Earth Demon Old Ghost.
• Xun Er asked Xiao Se to speak with her privately, while he sent Zi Yan to visit Great Elder Su Qian and gave her pills and a teleportation token.
• Xun Er told Xiao Se that she had to return to her clan, gave him the Emperor Seal Technique, and received the Returning Origin Soul Art from him; they promised to meet again and discussed the destruction of the Xiao Clan.
• Ling Quan arrived with the Black Submerging Army on Four-Winged Unicorns and ordered Xun Er to return with them.
• Ling Quan attacked Xiao Se after he put an arm around Xun Er, but Xiao Se blocked the attack and sent Ling Quan and the army reeling with the force of their clash.
• Xiao Se stepped through the air toward Ling Quan, and the Black Submerging Army realized he was a Dou Zong expert.

Xiao Se defeated Ling Quan's Black Submerging Army when they came to retrieve Xun Er, then watched her leave for the Ancient Clan. After reuniting with Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei, he revealed that the Xiao Clan had been wiped out, while Gu Yuan learned of Xiao Se's strength and his relationship with Xun Er.

• Xiao Se defeated two Dou Zongs, immobilized nine Dou Huang members of the Black Submerging Army, and spared Ling Quan at Xun Er's request.
• Xun Er sent Ling Quan and the Black Submerging Army ahead, then kissed Xiao Se goodbye and departed with them.
• Xiao Se discovered that Su Qian and Zi Yan had been watching; Su Qian warned him not to act rashly over the Xiao Clan's destruction and offered protection for his clansmen.
• Xiao Se used Flying Thunder God to bring Zi Yan to the Outer Courtyard, reunited with Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei, and told them the Xiao Clan had been wiped out.
• Ling Ying reported Xiao Se's achievements and his bond with Xun Er to Gu Yuan, who accepted the possibility of their relationship but learned that Xiao Se had several other partners and children.

Xiao Se supported the surviving Xiao Clan members, returned to Sea King Pavilion, and prepared a major auction while Long Kui awakened with a stronger soul realm. The chapter ended as Xiao Se and his companions entered Black Seal City for the auction, where Little Fairy Doctor hoped to obtain Bodhi Transformation Saliva and Xiao Yan watched from the crowd.

• Gu Yuan learned that Xun Er had a one-sided crush on Xiao Se and accepted the possibility that Xiao Se could become her husband.
• Xiao Se told Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei that the Xiao Clan had been wiped out, then gave Xiao Ning cultivation resources and Xiao Mei Qi Gathering Powder.
• Xiao Se returned to Sea King Pavilion, accepted the gathered medicinal ingredients and Palm Heaven Bottle from Little Fairy Doctor, and gave her two Soul Bones to absorb.
• A month later, Xiao Se finished refining a Yin Yang Life Soul Pill, and Long Kui emerged from the Demon Sword Tattoo after breaking through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Realm.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Black Seal City with Yao Lao and recognized Little Fairy Doctor and Die, while Yao Lao warned him to stay hidden from Little Fairy Doctor.
• Xiao Se joined Little Fairy Doctor, Die, Zi Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing above Black Seal City, and they headed to the auction to seek Bodhi Transformation Saliva for Little Fairy Doctor.

Xiao Se prepared the Sea King Pavilion’s major auction and gave Die a Youth Preservation Pill while Xiao Yan entered the auction house undercover. The auction began with powerful factions competing for pills, and Mariana unveiled three Rank 6 Dou Ling Pills that could only be exchanged for valuable items.

• Xiao Se gave Die a Youth Preservation Pill, while Zi Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Zhu Zhuqing chose not to take one yet.
• Xiao Yan offered a Two-Patterned Spirit Clearing Pill for appraisal, but Yao Lao sold a Na Ling so they could enter the auction.
• The appraiser reported that a man suspected to be Xiao Yan had entered, and Xiao Se told Little Fairy Doctor to let him be for now while plotting a prank.
• Little Fairy Doctor opened the auction and Mariana sold lots of Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills and Three-Patterned Spirit Clearing Pills to eager bidders.
• Little Fairy Doctor presented three Rank 6 Dou Ling Pills, and Mariana announced that they could only be exchanged for items, not Gold Coins.

The auction of Dou Ling Pills ended, and Mariana announced that Huang Ji Pills could be exchanged for valuable items, including Dou Zong remains. Old Man Ying Shan traded a preserved two-star Dou Zong corpse for the first Huang Ji Pill, while the bidding for the second began.

• Wu Tie outbid the master of Black Skull Tomb for the first Dou Ling Pill, and the remaining two sold for sixth-tier beast corpses and monster cores.
• Mariana announced that Huang Ji Pills could be exchanged for various treasures, with a Huang Ji Pill offered for a well-preserved Dou Zong skeleton or a seventh-tier beast corpse.
• Old Man Ying Shan presented the corpse of a two-star Dou Zong, which Little Fairy Doctor verified, and Mariana awarded him the first Huang Ji Pill.
• Old Man Ying Shan invited others to trade for his pill, while the audience turned its attention to the remaining two Huang Ji Pills.
• Su Mei offered two fresh sixth-tier dragon-type monster cores for the second Huang Ji Pill, and another bidder countered with four sixth-tier monster cores and a sixth-tier beast corpse.

At the auction, Mo Tianxing traded a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse for a Huang Ji Pill and additional pills, while Xiao Se sought Bodhi Transformation Saliva by offering a chance to have a pill refined by the Sea King Pavilion’s Rank 7 alchemist. Mo Tianxing revealed that he already possessed the saliva and asked how the offer worked if he lacked a Rank 7 pill formula.

• Mariana selected two recently dead sixth-order dragon-type beast cores for the Huang Ji Pill auction, following Xiao Se’s instructions.
• Mo Tianxing offered a dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse and received a Huang Ji Pill, a Dou Ling Pill, and an Azure Underworld Longevity Pill.
• The Breakthrough Sect Pills drew no Bodhi Transformation Saliva, though Xiao Se obtained several valuable beast cores and skeletons.
• Xiao Se instructed Mariana to announce a chance to have a pill refined by the Sea King Pavilion’s Rank 7 alchemist in exchange for Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Mariana announced that even a peak Rank 7 Pill could be refined if the buyer supplied its ingredients and formula, prompting excitement and Xiao Yan’s envy.
• Mo Tianxing revealed that he already had Bodhi Transformation Saliva and asked whether he could claim the refining opportunity without possessing a Rank 7 pill formula.

Xiao Se obtained the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and prepared to use the Poison Pill Method to resolve Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Body. After the auction, he began the procedure in a sealed room, leaving Yao TianHuo’s revival for later.

• Mo Tianxing displayed the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and Yao Lao explained its effects to Xiao Yan.
• Little Fairy Doctor completed her transaction with Mo Tianxing, ending the auction.
• Xiao Se agreed to refine a Mystic Bodhi Foundation Pill for Mo Tianxing but planned to demand a hefty price for its ingredients.
• Xiao Se told Yao TianHuo that he would first help Xian Er resolve her Calamity Poison Body before refining a body for him.
• In a sealed room in Maple City, Xiao Se brought out the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core and the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, then began undressing Little Fairy Doctor to perform the Poison Pill Method.

Xiao Se used three Heavenly Flames and the Poison Pill Method to gather Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Qi and begin forming a Poison Pill. The process proceeded smoothly, but Little Fairy Doctor had to enter secluded cultivation, so Xiao Se and the others prepared to guard her.

• Xiao Se used three Heavenly Flames to drive Little Fairy Doctor’s Calamity Poison Qi throughout her body toward her lower abdomen.
• Xiao Se used the Scorpion Poison Dragon Magic Core and Bodhi Transformation Saliva to prepare the materials for the Poison Pill, keeping the Bodhi Seed he extracted.
• Little Fairy Doctor circulated her Dou Qi and compressed the poison qi into the Magic Core as Xiao Se monitored the process.
• Xiao Se left the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover and told Zhu Zhuqing, Die, and Zi Yan that Little Fairy Doctor needed undisturbed secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Se and the women agreed to stand guard while Little Fairy Doctor continued forming the Poison Pill.