Recaps

Ye Wentian and the others waited in the King's Tomb while Qing Lin absorbed the blood-colored pool and grew powerful enough to approach Dou Zong. After Wang Ping sealed her Dou Qi to delay her tribulation, a terrifying Dou Sheng aura reached the hall, leaving everyone shaken.

• Ye Wentian brought Cai Lin, the Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and the others into the King's Tomb to wait alongside Qing Yue's group.
• Ye Wentian introduced Mu Qingluan and Zi Ling to Qing Yue, while Qiu Yin and Long Xi traded insults before Ye Wentian and Qing Yue quieted them.
• Qing Lin absorbed the pool's energy as her cultivation rose, and Ye Wentian realized the pool was refining her bloodline toward the seventh order.
• Cai Lin kicked Ye Wentian over her lost chance to use the pool, and he promised to find her another opportunity.
• When Qing Lin neared her Dou Zong Tribulation, Wang Ping sealed her Dou Qi at Ye Wentian's request, and the group sensed a powerful aura that Long Xi identified as a Dou Sheng.

You Duo survived the Dou Sheng Tribulation and pursued Ye Lao Na, prompting Cai Lin to use the Lightning Phantom Body to lure him out of the Snake-People Ancestral Land. You Duo saw through the decoy at first, but Ye Lao Na’s taunts finally drew him completely outside.

• You Duo’s arrival frightened the group, and Cai Lin proposed using Ye Lao Na to lure him out while the others stayed hidden in the ancestral land.
• Ye Lao Na used Three Thousand Lightning Movements to create a Lightning Phantom Body, which Cai Lin teleported into the wilderness to draw You Duo’s attention.
• Ye Lao Na escaped through a space channel to Qingmao Mountain as the newly eighth-rank You Duo recognized him and gave chase.
• You Duo stopped halfway through the shrinking channel after realizing Ye Lao Na was only an avatar and the group might still be inside.
• Ye Lao Na mocked You Duo and claimed the others had already left, then taunted him into pursuing the Lightning Phantom Body beyond the ancestral land.

After You Duo discovered that the group remained hidden in the Snake-People Small World, he waited outside while Nalan Ye and the others faced the threat of starvation and exposure. With their escape depending on someone reaching Dou Sheng, Nalan Ye instead asked Little Fairy Doctor to teach him alchemy and revealed his vast stores of equipment and materials.

• You Duo learned from Ye Lao Na's soul imprint that the group was still inside the Snake-People Small World, but he could no longer find its entrance and vowed to wait outside.
• Nalan Ye relived the pain of Ye Lao Na's death, and Cai Lin explained that You Duo had left the ancestral land and could not enter it.
• Qing Yue warned that the small world would eventually need to open for earth qi, while the group's water and food supplies would run out even sooner.
• Nalan Ye said that Heavenly Flame Venerable or Wang Ping needed to reach Dou Sheng for them to escape safely, and everyone dispersed in worry.
• Nalan Ye asked Little Fairy Doctor to teach him alchemy, then produced numerous medicine cauldrons, pill recipes, and medicinal ingredients, impressing Mu Qingluan.

The Supervisory Left Division First Affiliated Academy opened, with Xiao Meier serving as dean and Yan Feng pursuing her despite her rebuffs. The chapter ended with Ruo Lin asking Xiao Meier to help Canaan Academy destroy Demon Flame Valley, and Xiao Meier saying she needed to consult Xiao Yan and the others.

• The Supervisory Left Division First Affiliated Academy was established, and Nalan Jie, Hai Bodong, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, Gu He, and other experts attended as honorary Academy Elders.
• Yan Feng enrolled at the academy, became infatuated with Xiao Meier, and vowed to earn a Five-Good Student certificate and win her over.
• Xiao Meier rejected Yan Feng's advances and reminded him to focus on cultivation, while Xiao Yu joked about his intentions and threatened the Yan Family.
• Ruo Lin arrived and explained that Canaan Academy was facing escalating attacks from Demon Flame Valley and expected a major battle.
• Ruo Lin asked Xiao Meier to join forces with Canaan Academy against Demon Flame Valley, and Xiao Meier said she needed to discuss it with Xiao Yan and the others.

Xiao Yan anxiously waited as Nalan Yanran went into labor, then rushed in after she safely gave birth to their son. Since Nalan Yanran asked Nalan Ye to choose the boy’s formal name, Xiao Yan gave him the nickname “Medicine Dregs,” and Nalan Yanran fell asleep while Xiao Yan played with him.

• Xiao Yan hurried to Nalan Yanran’s room after learning she was about to give birth, but the midwife refused to let him inside.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li persuaded Xiao Yan to wait outside, where he worried and remembered his complicated history with Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran gave birth to a healthy boy, and Xiao Yan entered the room to hold his son.
• Nalan Yanran suggested that Nalan Ye choose the boy’s formal name, so Xiao Yan named him Medicine Dregs as a nickname after spotting medicinal dregs in a bowl.
• Nalan Yanran accepted the nickname and fell asleep while Xiao Yan enthusiastically played with Medicine Dregs.

Nalan Yanran’s family and friends gathered to celebrate the birth of her son, Medicine Dregs, while old romantic entanglements surfaced around Xiao Yan. The visit ended with Yun Yun revealing that Yun Shan’s unborn child would be Nalan Yanran’s Little Martial Uncle, leaving her and Xiao Yan blaming Nalan Ye.

• Xiao Meier teased Xiao Yu about marriage, while Nalan Sun'er and Ya Fei arrived among the guests celebrating Medicine Dregs’s birth.
• Ya Fei congratulated Xiao Yan and gave him qi ling for Nalan Yanran, prompting knowing glances between Xue Lan and Xiao Yu.
• Yun Yun arrived at the New Xiao Family Residence and hurried with Xiao Yan to see Nalan Yanran, who woke and introduced her son to her teacher.
• Nalan Yanran tried to get Medicine Dregs to call Yun Yun Grandma, but the newborn cried and Xiao Yan explained he was too young to speak.
• Yun Yun said Yun Shan’s unborn child would become Nalan Yanran’s Little Martial Uncle, and Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan blamed Nalan Ye.

Xiao Yan left the Xiao Residence with Ruo Lin to return to the Black-Corner Region and aid Canaan Academy, while his family watched him go. In the Snake-People Ancestral Land, Nalan Ye struggled through alchemy lessons with Little Fairy Doctor but successfully merged the final medicinal essence.

• Xiao Yan departed Nalan City with Ruo Lin after Medicine Dregs' month-long celebration, leaving his family behind to help Canaan Academy in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Ding, Xue Lan, Nalan Yanran, and the others watched Xiao Yan disappear into the night sky, and Nalan Yanran accepted that she could not keep him by her side.
• Nalan Ye failed to refine a Deep Blue Flower under Little Fairy Doctor's instruction, so she demonstrated the process and encouraged him to try again.
• Nalan Ye successfully refined the Deep Blue Flower and used his Human Dao Domain to begin merging the medicinal essences in the Bronze Medicine Cauldron.
• Nalan Ye merged the Deep Blue Flower essence with the others, releasing a pill fragrance and making Little Fairy Doctor celebrate his success.

Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor endured their confinement in the Snake-People Ancestral Land until Cai Lin restored a spring in the King's Hall, giving the group a source of water and a place to settle. Heavenly Flame Venerable later appeared exhausted and told Nalan Ye that he wanted to borrow something from him.

• Nalan Ye refined a second-rank Deep Blue Poison Pill, which Little Fairy Doctor ate and praised.
• Nalan Ye roasted magical beast meat for the group, while Zi Ling worried about her tribe and Nalan Ye thought about his family and friends outside.
• Cai Lin announced that earth qi had revived the ancestral land and a spring had appeared beneath the King's Hall.
• Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Ye bathed in the spring, and the other groups moved into the King's Hall to live near the water.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable visited Nalan Ye while he was refining a Three-Rank Pill and said he wished to borrow something from him.

Heavenly Flame Venerable gave the narrator the Fallen Heart Flame and asked to observe his human dao fire. As the narrator tried to transform the flame with his Human Dao Domain, the two forces clashed and he was injured.

• The narrator failed to fuse the medicinal essences while refining a Three-Rank Pill, but stopped the explosion with ease.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable gave the narrator the Fallen Heart Flame and revealed that he had refined the stronger Nine Dragons Lightning Flame.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable advised the narrator to keep the Fallen Heart Flame near fire-rich energy and asked to observe his human dao fire for insight into the fire great dao.
• The narrator opened his Human Dao Domain and tried to refine the Fallen Heart Flame into human dao fire.
• The Fallen Heart Flame fought back against the domain, burning away its azure lake and causing the narrator to spit blood.

Nalan Ye fought the Fallen Heart Flame into submission, then refined it with his Human Dao Domain and transformed it into a Human Dao Fire. He discovered it still produced heart flames and could also strip spiritual materials and magical restrictions of their properties, leaving Heavenly Flame Venerable and Little Fairy Doctor stunned.

• Little Fairy Doctor worried over Nalan Ye after he spat blood, while Heavenly Flame Venerable assured her that his injuries were minor.
• Nalan Ye countered the Fallen Heart Flame’s attacks with his Dou Qi and Human Dao Domain until its energy was exhausted.
• Nalan Ye stopped attacking and used water vapor from his domain to permeate and refine the Fallen Heart Flame Source.
• Nalan Ye drew the refined Human Dao Fire into his palm, and Heavenly Flame Venerable recognized that it had changed beyond an ordinary flame.
• Nalan Ye tested the Fallen Heart Flame and confirmed that it could still create heart flames to aid cultivation.
• Nalan Ye burned a black, square Medicine Cauldron with the Fallen Heart Flame, stripping its restrictions and spiritual properties until it became ordinary black iron.

Nalan Ye named the newly created flame the Human World Kindling Flame, then Cai Lin forcibly brought him to the Snake-People Royal Tomb for help with the Zi Di Queen’s inheritance trials. She explained that the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s members had already claimed one tomb and could take more if they did not act.

• Nalan Ye named his flame the Human World Kindling Flame, and Heavenly Flame Venerable said it might rank among the top ten on the Different Fire Ranking List.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable left to cultivate, and Nalan Ye flirted with Little Fairy Doctor until Cai Lin appeared.
• Cai Lin said she was struggling with the Zi Di Queen’s trials and forcibly teleported Nalan Ye to the Snake-People Royal Tomb.
• Nalan Ye objected to being taken without permission, and Cai Lin warned that the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s members had already cleared a King’s Tomb and were claiming its treasures and inheritance.

Cai Lin led the narrator into the Zi Di Queen's King's Tomb, where a spatial restriction kept sending them back to the same hillside. After the narrator's Human World Kindling Flame burned through the restriction, they prepared to follow it deeper into the tomb.

• Cai Lin took the narrator into the King's Tomb and explained that its restrictions were separate from the Snake-People Small World.
• They discovered that the tomb contained a miniature ecosystem and continued deeper, passing signs of Cai Lin's earlier battles.
• Cai Lin revealed that the path looped back to the same place, though neither she nor the narrator could detect the spatial distortion.
• The narrator and Cai Lin walked the route again, returned to the hillside, and learned that Cai Lin had already tried blasting through the obstruction.
• The narrator revealed the Human World Kindling Flame and used it to burn through the hidden restriction.
• The narrator urged Cai Lin to follow the flame, believing it would lead them past the loop.

The narrator and Cai Lin crossed the King's Tomb's light-distorting barrier and reached its final stone door. After Cai Lin explained the inheritance trial and they let the door probe them, it opened, leaving her astonished.

• The narrator used the Human World Kindling Flame to reveal that the ghost wall distorted light rather than space, and he and Cai Lin passed through it.
• The pair walked through the peaceful King's Tomb until they reached a cliff, a stone door, and an ancient tablet that Cai Lin could read.
• Cai Lin said they could not pass the final trial and turned to leave, but the narrator challenged the door and tried to force it open with Dou Qi.
• Cai Lin stopped the narrator from using force and explained that the King's Tomb trials required following their specified methods and finding a successor with a compatible disposition.
• The narrator and Cai Lin placed their hands on the door and emptied their minds as it probed them; the door opened, leaving Cai Lin stunned.

Nalan Ye and Cai Lin found two Seventh Grade Six-Colored Pills in the Zi Di Queen's chamber, but the pills turned out to be Following Wind Stoking Fire Pills that drove them into a frenzy. As the chamber sealed them inside, Nalan Ye's Human World Kindling Flame erupted and engulfed them both.

• Nalan Ye entered the Zi Di Queen's chamber, found two pills, and gave one to Cai Lin.
• Nalan Ye and Cai Lin refined the pills, which strengthened their bodies and then caused their blood to boil with overwhelming desire.
• Cai Lin recognized the pills as Following Wind Stoking Fire Pills and recalled that the Zi Di Queen had intended the chamber for a loving man and woman.
• Cai Lin failed to break through the sealed stone door and urged Nalan Ye to burn through it with his Human World Kindling Flame.
• Nalan Ye's flame reacted with the pill's effects, erupted into a sea of fire, and burned away their robes as they lost control.

Nalan Ye and Cai Lin escaped the sealed chamber after the Following Wind Stoking Fire Pill forced them into an intimate encounter, leaving Cai Lin a Three Star Dou Zong and Nalan Ye feeling used. Cai Lin memorized a joint cultivation technique from Zi Di Queen’s inheritance, and the pair left with Nalan Ye questioning how little the tomb had offered.

• Mu Qingluan visited Nalan Ye’s hall hoping to share a meal, but waited with Little Fairy Doctor while Nalan Ye was away helping Cai Lin.
• Cai Lin pursued Nalan Ye through Zi Di Queen’s tomb chamber, furious after the pill’s effects and their encounter.
• Nalan Ye fought back against Cai Lin’s Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python attack, and they stopped when the chamber was damaged.
• Nalan Ye noted that the pill had raised Cai Lin’s cultivation by one star, while he felt its effects had mainly made him her gigolo.
• Cai Lin read and memorized a secret technique for two people from the chamber wall, then left with Nalan Ye without answering his questions about the inheritance.

Ye Wentian found Zi Yan being attacked by Bing Xiaotian and his puppets in the revived Snake-People Ancestral Land, then intervened to protect her. Zi Yan explained that she had been beaten after trying to take a Medicine Cauldron for Ye Wentian, leaving him curious about the artifact.

• Cai Lin left Ye Wentian alone in the Royal Tomb after dismissing the value of its symbolic inheritances, and he flew back toward the Snake-People King's Hall.
• Ye Wentian noticed that water and vegetation had returned to the Small World and wondered whether earth qi had caused its revival.
• Ye Wentian found Bing Xiaotian and four puppets attacking Zi Yan, and he blocked Bing Xiaotian's surprise strike with his lightning-wrapped arm.
• Zi Yan told Ye Wentian that she had shaken off Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and her other guard, then fought Bing Xiaotian after trying to take a Medicine Cauldron for him.
• Zi Yan described the cauldron's strong medicinal fragrance, and Ye Wentian asked whether it was pretty.

Nalan Ye and Zi Yan battled Bing Xiaotian and his Ice Spirit Puppets over the Medicine Cauldron in the Snake-People Small World. Nalan Ye’s Human World Kindling Flame crippled the puppets, but Bing Xiaotian transferred their power into a nearby puppet beside him.

• Nalan Ye claimed the Snake-People Small World as his family’s territory and demanded that Bing Xiaotian surrender the Medicine Cauldron.
• Bing Xiaotian ordered the Ice Spirit Puppets to attack, and Zi Yan met the strengthened Ice Armor Puppet with her Dragon Emperor Fist.
• Nalan Ye sent his Human World Kindling Flame toward the three puppets powering the Ice Armor Puppet and attacked Bing Xiaotian from behind.
• Bing Xiaotian unleashed Extreme Cold Storm, forcing Nalan Ye to defend himself while the flame continued toward the puppets.
• The Human World Kindling Flame split apart to pursue and burn the fleeing puppets, draining their spiritual essence.
• Bing Xiaotian used “Switch generals!” to transfer the Ice Armor Puppet’s energy into another puppet near Nalan Ye.

Bing Xiaotian combined his damaged Ice Spirit Puppets into an Ice Armor Puppet and sent it charging at Ye Wentian, but the weakened puppet fell apart before reaching him. Zi Yan defeated and killed Bing Xiaotian, whose death caused the last surviving Ice Spirit Puppet to self-destruct, and she and Ye Wentian prepared to return for breakfast.

• Bing Xiaotian redirected the energy of three Ice Spirit Puppets into the fourth, turning it into a Six Star Dou Zong Ice Armor Puppet and sending it toward Ye Wentian.
• The Ice Armor Puppet broke apart before it could strike Ye Wentian because the human world kindling flame had weakened its materials and restrictions.
• Zi Yan charged Bing Xiaotian while Ye Wentian released his Long Spear Puppet to fight the remaining damaged Ice Spirit Puppet.
• Zi Yan used Dragon Emperor Fist to shatter Bing Xiaotian's Ice Crystal Barrier and kill him, causing the last Ice Spirit Puppet to explode as well.
• Zi Yan dragged Bing Xiaotian's corpse over to Ye Wentian, and Ye Wentian suggested they return to eat as dawn approached.

After returning to the Snake-People King's Hall with Zi Yan, Nalan Ye reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan, then shared the spoils from Bing Xiaotian. Little Fairy Doctor recognized Bing Xiaotian’s ancient Medicine Cauldron as possibly belonging to the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking and suggested asking Cai Lin about its origin, leaving Nalan Ye eager to avoid that conversation.

• Little Fairy Doctor waited through the night while Mu Qingluan fell asleep at the doorway, and they spotted Nalan Ye returning at dawn.
• Nalan Ye and Zi Yan met Qiu Yin, Qiu Si, and Qiu Wu on the way back, and Zi Yan scolded them for failing to protect her.
• Mu Qingluan welcomed Nalan Ye home, and Little Fairy Doctor explained that Mu Qingluan had waited all night because she wanted dinner.
• Nalan Ye gave Bing Xiaotian’s seventh-order Magic Core to Little Fairy Doctor, then cooked Bing Xiaotian’s meat for the group.
• Nalan Ye examined the Medicine Cauldron he had taken from Bing Xiaotian, and Little Fairy Doctor said it might be on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Little Fairy Doctor suggested asking Cai Lin about the cauldron’s origin, but Nalan Ye awkwardly refused to involve her.

Over three years, the narrator advanced from a novice to a sixth-rank alchemist while Xiao Yan grew stronger amid Canaan Academy’s war with the Black Alliance. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan resolving to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower to increase his strength and save his teacher.

• The narrator learned alchemy from Little Fairy Doctor, reached the sixth rank, and failed twice while trying to refine seventh-rank pills.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Nalan Empire for Medicine Dregs’s first-birthday ceremony, where the child grabbed Ya Fei before finally choosing a writing brush.
• Canaan Academy’s conflict with Demon Flame Valley escalated as the Black Alliance formed and Xiao Yan killed several of its Dou Huang experts.
• Xiao Yan worried about his teacher’s captivity and Xun Er’s absence, then resolved to refine the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.

Xiao Yan returned to Canaan Academy and received Su Qian’s permission to refine the Fallen Heart Flame as a reward for defending the academy. After entering the sealed chamber beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, he faced the mature flame and discovered its power was formidable.

• Xiao Yan learned from Su Qian that the Black Alliance’s attacks had killed three Enforcement Team members and that a decisive battle was approaching.
• Xiao Yan asked to refine the Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian agreed, citing Xiao Yan’s years of service to Canaan Academy.
• Su Qian opened the seal beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and Xiao Yan leaped into the magma chamber to confront the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame awakened and attacked Xiao Yan with milky-white flame tentacles, which he deflected with the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• The Fallen Heart Flame transformed into a giant fiery serpent and charged Xiao Yan; he struck its head with the Mountain Splitting Seal, but it quickly reformed and continued its attack.

Xiao Yan used the bone spirit cold flame to subdue the fallen heart flame’s source and began refining it with the help of the Earth Spirit Pill and Flame Mantra. He emerged from beneath the tower having succeeded, but the fallen heart flame’s aftereffect made him lose control, leaving Su Qian and Hu Qian to deal with his violent state.

• Xiao Yan used the bone spirit cold flame to expose the fallen heart flame’s source, then caught the tiny flame serpent while protected by the azure lotus core flame.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Earth Spirit Pill and endured the pain as he slowly refined the fallen heart flame with the Flame Mantra.
• Su Qian waited beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower until Xiao Yan flew up, then restrained him when he attacked.
• Hu Qian identified Xiao Yan’s loss of control as fire poison, and Su Qian suggested that Hu Jia might help him vent it.
• Hu Qian objected to the suggestion and said Hu Jia would have to consent.

In his third year in the Snake-People Ancestral Land, the narrator enjoyed a peaceful life with the Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan until the Heavenly Flame Venerable arrived with news that he was ready to face the Dou Sheng Tribulation. The Venerable entrusted the narrator with his Ring of Holding in case he died, leaving the narrator worried about his fate.

• The narrator recalled how the Little Fairy Doctor and Mu Qingluan tended their farmland while Zi Yan stole produce and was chased through the Snake-People King's Hall.
• The narrator joked with the Little Fairy Doctor about retiring after they dealt with Hun Tiandi, and she offered to poison him.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared by teleportation and announced that he was about to advance to Dou Sheng, crediting the narrator's human dao fire with helping him reach this point.
• The narrator grew tearful as he warned the Venerable to survive the tribulation, remembering how much the Venerable had helped him over the years.
• The Heavenly Flame Venerable handed the narrator his Ring of Holding and asked him to pass on its cultivation methods and techniques if he died; the narrator initially dismissed the gift as a collection of scraps.

As Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared to undergo his Dou Sheng tribulation, Nalan Ye gained sudden enlightenment about how living things pass their legacies down and advanced to Four Star Dou Zong. The group followed Heavenly Flame Venerable to his chosen mountain peak, where a mysterious purple-clad woman was waiting.

• Little Fairy Doctor gave Heavenly Flame Venerable seventh-rank pills to help him recover and survive his tribulation.
• Nalan Ye entered sudden enlightenment about passing legacies down and raised his cultivation to Four Star Dou Zong.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable led Nalan Ye, Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, Zi Yan, and her three followers toward his chosen tribulation site.
• Nalan Ye teased Little Fairy Doctor about having a child together, making her blush and fly ahead; he then explained his enlightenment to Mu Qingluan through the example of melons.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable brought the group to a mountain peak near the Snake-People King's Hall, where a purple-clad woman with pale purple eyes awaited them.

The narrator reunited with Cai Lin at the Amethyst Saint Pool, where she prepared the ancient relic to weaken Heavenly Flame Venerable's tribulation. The pool activated and released a veil of runes around him, leaving the narrator astonished by how it worked.

• The narrator saw Cai Lin for the first time in three years, but she responded to him with icy hostility and ignored his attempt to speak.
• Cai Lin explained that the Amethyst Saint Pool was an ancient Snake-People treasure, with legends claiming it came from or connected to other worlds.
• The narrator grew angry at Cai Lin over their past encounter in Zi Di Queen's Tomb and went to stand with Little Fairy Doctor, Mu Qingluan, and Zi Yan.
• Cai Lin directed Heavenly Flame Venerable to stand at the center of the pool and began channeling Dou Qi into it.
• The pool drew in vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Energy, then released ancient runes that rose like purple mist and surrounded Heavenly Flame Venerable.