Recaps

Xiao Yan waited in Youdu City as news spread that the vanished miasma had exposed a Dou Zun inheritance and hidden realm in Deep Secluded Canyon. He believed the Space Lock would open on its own in two days and prepared to refine the Netherworld Poison Flame, which he suspected lay inside.

• Venerable Tian Huo sensed the opening of a Dou Zun inheritance, but Xiao Yan chose to wait while other poison masters entered the canyon and suffered casualties.
• News of a Space Lock and a hidden secret realm spread, drawing powerful figures to Youdu City, including Poison Guanyin, Xie Shan, and Poison Sect master Du Gu Tian Gao.
• Du Gu Tian Gao and Xie Shan agreed to join forces to break the Space Lock, while Xiao Yan stayed at the inn and said it would open by itself in two days.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Heavenly Flame inside might be the Netherworld Poison Flame and asked Xiao Yi Xian to help prepare antidote and poison-resistance pills before he tried to refine it.

Xiao Yan prepared pills to resist the Netherworld Poison Flame and entered the Space Lock secret realm with Xiao Yi Xian after the Poison Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate tried to control access. Zi Yan attacked the poison formation while the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought a gate elder, and the gathered cultivators rushed toward the entrance.

• Xiao Yan refined Poison Resistance Ice Spirit Pills and Antidote Pills over two days to prepare for the secret realm.
• Xiao Yan and his companions learned that the Space Lock had opened and headed to Deep Secluded Canyon.
• The Poison Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate sealed the entrance with a poison formation and barred unapproved groups from entering.
• Xiao Yan arrived with the Amethyst Winged Lion Kings, assigned Zi Yan to break the formation, and sent the Lion King to fight the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate elder.
• Zi Yan charged into the poison formation as Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian rode toward the entrance, prompting the other cultivators to surge after them.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Treasure Land, where they collected rare medicinal ingredients while fighting the guardians that protected them. After finding a Ghost Face Flower needed to revive Venerable Tian Huo, Xiao Yan lent him the Fallen Heart Flame so he could take on its guardian.

• Xiao Yan entered the Space Lock with Xiao Yi Xian and the Little Lion King, leaving a mark for Zi Yan and asking her to bring back two Dou Emperor corpses intact.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian ventured deeper into the lush region, where Xiao Yan defeated a corpse guardian beneath a pool and harvested the Water Lotus Spiritual Zhi.
• Zi Yan joined them, and her treasure-sensing ability led the group to numerous rare ingredients, which they seized from their guardians.
• Zi Yan found a Ghost Face Flower growing on a giant black spider, and Xiao Yan recognized it as a main ingredient for the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill that could revive Venerable Tian Huo.
• Venerable Tian Huo lent his Soul Power to Xiao Yan, raising his strength to Seven-Star Dou Huang, and asked him to lend the Fallen Heart Flame for the coming fight.

Venerable Tian Huo demonstrated the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique through Xiao Yan and killed a Half-Step Dou Ancestor Ghost Face Black Spider. The group discovered a hidden deception at the core of the Space Lock, where an impostor posing as Youdu Venerable concealed a mass grave beneath the ruins.

• Venerable Tian Huo used Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to demonstrate the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique and killed the Ghost Face Black Spider, obtaining its Ghost Face Flower.
• Xiao Yan noticed that the Poison Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate experts had rushed deeper into the Space Lock without stopping for its many treasures, so he decided the group should rest and then fly straight to the core.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached a barren highland with ruined buildings, where a man claiming to be Youdu Venerable appeared and offered his inheritance trial.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated her Calamity Poison Body and exposed the man as an impostor, prompting Xiao Yan to strike him with a concealed Three-Colored Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan’s explosion destroyed the highland and revealed a basin packed with corpses and bones, making him realize the remains could not be explained by the Space Lock’s recent discovery.

Xiao Yan and his companions discovered an ancient mass grave that was a feeding ground for the Tunling Clan, where Ling Tian of the Spirit Clan sought to revive a powerful elder and steal bloodlines. Trapped as vengeful spirits attacked, Xiao Yan fought Ling Tian while Zi Yan tried to open a way out, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan unleashing the Asura Soul Severing Technique.

• Xiao Yan identified Ling Tian as a Spirit Clan disciple and concluded that Youdu Venerable had sealed the corpse-filled basin to contain a feeding trap.
• Ling Tian revealed that the Tunling Clan's Devouring Grievance Elder could grant him bloodline power, while Xiao Yi Xian spotted the Clear Soul Youlan growing on a cliff.
• White vengeful spirits rose from beneath the corpses and attacked the practitioners, while Xiao Yan sent Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King to seize the herb and seek an escape.
• Xiao Yan boosted his strength with pills and the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change, then clashed with Ling Tian, whose Spirit Clan bloodline resisted Xiao Yan's Dragon Roar and whose light-attribute attacks wounded him.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his own Soul Power and began the Asura Soul Severing Technique against Ling Tian.

Xiao Yan disguised himself as a member of the Hun Clan to intimidate Ling Tian, but Ling Tian revived the Tunling Clan monster Devouring Grudge, forcing Xiao Yan and his companions into a desperate fight. As Devouring Grudge attacked, a figure formed from the Netherworld Poison Flame appeared and pinned its hand, revealing that Youdu’s power had sealed the monster before.

• Xiao Yan used a Soul Skill against Ling Tian, who mistook him for someone from the Hun Clan and revealed the Tunling Clan’s ability to devour bloodlines.
• Ghostly Tunling Clan creatures burst from the ground and attacked the valley, while Ling Tian offered himself as a sacrifice to revive their leader and silence Xiao Yan.
• Devouring Grudge emerged with the blood-drained corpses of Dou God Clan disciples and attacked Xiao Yan, who was thrown back despite using the Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Xiao Yi Xian rescued Xiao Yan, and the two prepared to fight Devouring Grudge while Zi Yan remained unable to open a spatial rift.
• A figure made from the Netherworld Poison Flame appeared and pinned Devouring Grudge’s hand, as Venerable Tian Huo explained that Youdu had sealed the monster with his Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yan fought to protect Xiao Yi Xian from Devouring Grudge and Youdu Venerable, while Zi Yan’s desperate dragon breath devastated the Tunling Clan. When Mao Wu revealed that its black flames could produce Tunling Clan members with the Devouring Spirit King’s power, Xiao Yan swallowed two Medicinal Pills and began a dangerous breakthrough as the battle continued.

• Devouring Grudge tried to ambush Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to save her and cut off Youdu Venerable’s connection to her with Soul Slash.
• Xiao Yan attacked Devouring Grudge while refusing to let Xiao Yi Xian absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame and trigger a fatal Calamity Poison Burst.
• Zi Yan arrived in her Ancient Void Dragon form, killed Xie Shan, and unleashed dragon breath that destroyed many Tunling Clan members before she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Devouring Grudge sent another swarm after Xiao Yan, but Mao Wu split off black-flame Tunling Clan members whose power Devouring Grudge recognized as the Devouring Spirit King’s.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Dou Wang Pill and a Huangtian Pill, received Venerable Tian Huo’s Soul Power, recalled Mao Wu, and began forcing a breakthrough toward the Dou Emperor realm.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fought Devouring Grudge, but Xiao Yi Xian unleashed her Woeful Poison Body and faced a deadly poison explosion. After Mao Wu evolved into Earth Sub-Flame, Xiao Yan found a way to save her by drawing poison from her body and refining the Netherworld Poison Flame.

• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Emperor and used Sunken Abyss to transform into a monstrous Black Flame figure, then battled Devouring Grudge by devouring its Tunling Clan beings.
• Devouring Grudge overwhelmed Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian opened her Woeful Poison Body, absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame and Youdu Venerable's poison, and crippled their enemy.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Yan that her poison would soon erupt and kill everything within a hundred li, while he struggled to find a way to save her.
• Hun Xuzi told Xiao Yan that Mao Wu had evolved into Earth Sub-Flame after devouring Devouring Grudge, giving Xiao Yan a possible solution.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Poison Resistance Pill, kissed Xiao Yi Xian, and used Mao Wu's devouring power to begin drawing poison from her and refining the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Xiao Yan drew the Netherworld Poison Flame and some of Youdu Venerable’s poison from Xiao Yi Xian, then refined the flame while she recovered. After Ling Tian was killed and the group gathered the valley’s loot, Xiao Yan emerged as a two-star Dou Emperor with eight fused Heavenly Flames and argued with Zi Yan over their spoils.

• Xiao Yan used Mao Wu and his Flame Mantra to draw the Netherworld Poison Flame and unabsorbed poison from Xiao Yi Xian, then swallowed the flame to refine it.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan a drop of her blood to help counter the poison and killed the fleeing Ling Tian with poisonous gas.
• Zi Yan and the Big and Little Lion Kings awoke, and Xiao Yan told them to collect the valley’s treasures and the dead poison masters’ Storage Rings.
• Xiao Yan endured seven days of poisoning before adapting to the Netherworld Poison Flame, absorbing the remaining medicinal strength of his pills, and imprinting the flame with his Soul Mark.
• Xiao Yan fused the Netherworld Poison Flame with his seven other Heavenly Flames, reached two-star Dou Emperor, and found Zi Yan had gathered medicinal ingredients and Storage Rings.
• Xiao Yan took the valuable items from the Dou God Clan disciples’ Storage Rings and scolded Zi Yan for trying to keep the spoils to herself.

Xiao Yan found Youdu Venerable’s inheritance, including the seventh-order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core needed for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method, but realized he still needed a seventh-grade alchemist to refine it. After nearly half a year of training, Xiao Yi Xian awakened at Seven Star Dou Ancestor, and Xiao Yan prepared to attempt a seventh-grade pill himself.

• Zi Yan negotiated for a larger share of the Natural Treasures, while Xiao Yan reserved the detoxifying treasures for Xiao Yi Xian and higher-rank ingredients for Alchemy.
• Xiao Yan found Youdu Venerable’s Storage Ring beside the Clear Soul Youlan and learned that Youdu Venerable had sought revenge on Devouring Grudge for destroying the Youdu Empire.
• Xiao Yan discovered a Heaven Rank Low-Level poison Dou Technique and a seventh-order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Magic Core, leaving only Bodhi Transformation Saliva and the required alchemy skill for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yan spent nearly half a year practicing Alchemy Techniques and Dou Techniques, while Xiao Yi Xian’s Cultivation Level rose to Seven Star Dou Ancestor and her hair turned completely snow-white.
• After Xiao Yi Xian woke and Xiao Yan told her about the Magic Core, he admitted they still needed a powerful Seventh Grade Alchemist and took out Black Demon to attempt a Seventh Grade Pill.

Xiao Yan refined the Instant Qi Pill and successfully became a Seventh Grade Alchemist after blocking its Pill Lightning with his Heavenly Flames. He gave the pill to Xiao Yi Xian and prepared to leave seclusion, intending to return to the Soul Hall and confront the audience waiting outside.

• Xiao Yan used his fused Heavenly Flame to refine the Instant Qi Pill over several days, controlling the ingredients and suppressing the Magic Core’s lingering resentment.
• Xiao Yan formed a Five Spirits Flame Shield and blocked the pill’s Pill Lightning, then captured the escaping Instant Qi Pill and stored it.
• Xiao Yan gave the Instant Qi Pill to Xiao Yi Xian, and she accepted it.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan they would leave that day and decided to return to the Soul Hall to question Hun Xuzi about the Dou God Bloodline and the Emperor's Soul Decree.
• Xiao Yan changed back into his Soul Robe, and Xiao Yi Xian and the others followed him as he prepared to face the crowd outside the Space Lock.

After escaping Deep Secluded Canyon, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fought off experts seeking Youdu Venerable’s inheritance and returned to their mountain valley. There, Venerable Tian Huo offered Xiao Yan a seal to delay Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, though it required her to remove her clothing.

• The Space Lock opened, and Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Venerable Yan, and their companions emerged amid the Deep Secluded Poisonous Miasma.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had never heard of the Poison Sect or Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, and he fought the experts who demanded Youdu Venerable’s inheritance.
• Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Poison Flame poisoned and burned dozens of attackers, while Xiao Yi Xian killed a one-star Dou Ancestor with her Calamity Demon Poison Claw.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left for the Small Mountain Valley, where he checked on Xiao Yi Xian’s worsening Woeful Poison Body.
• Venerable Tian Huo taught Xiao Yan a seal that could delay the Woeful Poison Body’s eruption, and Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that performing it required removing all clothing.

Xiao Yan sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and left her in the Small Mountain Valley before returning to Jia Ma Holy City to prepare for the Sect Assembly. There he learned that the assembly would be held in the Heavenly Serpent Empire and that Qing Lin might represent the Sky Serpent Mansion.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, then told her the seal should last three years while he searched for Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay in the Small Mountain Valley and watch over the Flame Alliance, while Xiao Yan refined pills for her and the Big and Little Lion Kings.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan took Zi Yan to Jia Ma Holy City, where Hai Bodong and the others told him the Sect Assembly would take place in the Heavenly Serpent Empire under the Sky Serpent Mansion.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin was doing well and might represent the Sky Serpent Mansion, while Xiao Ding explained that the assembly judged sects through contests among their strongest experts, reputable fighters, and younger generations.
• Yun Yun described the assembly’s contests, and Jia Xing Tian pointed out that Xiao Yan had surpassed Yun Yun’s record as the youngest Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yan learned the Flame Alliance’s lineup for the Sect Assembly and was assigned to represent its strongest alchemist. He then visited the Soul Hall and learned that he must win the Pill Tower’s next Pill Gathering to qualify for Hun Xuzi’s Emperor Pill plan.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Flame Alliance would send Jia Xing Tian, Nalan Yanran, Yue Er, and other experts to the Sect Assembly, with Xiao Yan representing its highest alchemy level.
• Xiao Yan flew to the Misty Cloud Sect’s Soul Hall, where he reunited with Xiao Li and asked to use the Soul Offering Altar.
• Xiao Yan questioned Hun Xuzi about the Void Swallowing Flame, the Tunling Clan, and how to use Dou God Bloodlines to cultivate the Emperor’s Soul Decree.
• Hun Xuzi explained that Xiao Yan could not join the Hun Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and revealed that Xiao Yan had to prove his worth in the Emperor Pill plan.
• Hun Xuzi told Xiao Yan to enter the next Pill Tower Pill Gathering, defeat Mu Gu and the other candidates, win the championship, and obtain a pill formula from the Small Pill Tower.

Xiao Yan learned that Hun Xuzi wanted him to win the Pill Gathering and chose intelligence on the Ancient Clan as his reward. He then departed for the Heavenly Serpent Empire with his companions, while a terrifying force awakened beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

• Hun Xuzi explained that Xiao Yan had to win the Pill Gathering to qualify for the Emperor Pill Plan and gave him information about the Ancient Clan at his request.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Li to report any news about the rare Bodhi Transformation Saliva and left Soul Hall with him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li joined their companions aboard the Nethersea Flood Dragon and flew toward the Heavenly Serpent Empire.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Yan’s statue before an immense heat and frightening aura shook the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• The Great Elder arrived and wondered how the person beneath the tower had grown so powerful.

Medusa emerged from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower as a high-level Dou Zong, searched for Xiao Yan, and destroyed his statue before leaving. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s group arrived at the Heavenly Serpent Capital for the Sect Assembly, where he hoped to learn how Qing Lin was doing, and he set out to explore the city with Hai Bodong and the younger members of the group.

• Medusa emerged from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower in a burst of seven-colored light, revealing her newly evolved Heavely Flame Serpent Body and high-level Dou Zong strength.
• Medusa searched Jia Nan Academy for Xiao Yan, learned from Su Qian that he had returned to the Jia Ma Empire, and crushed his statue before departing.
• Rumors spread through Jia Nan Academy that Medusa had come to confront Xiao Yan over a supposed affair.
• After seven days of travel, Xiao Yan’s group reached the Heavenly Serpent Capital and entered the city aboard the Nethersea Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Yan looked toward Sky Serpent Mansion and wondered how Qing Lin was doing, while Hai Bodong urged him not to provoke the mansion.
• Xiao Yan, Hai Bodong, Zi Yan, Yue Er, and Nalan Yanran set out to explore the capital, while Yun Yun stayed behind to attempt a breakthrough and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li quietly left the courtyard.

Xiao Yan and his companions explored the Heavenly Serpent Empire’s crowded markets, where he exposed a fake Dragon Blood Holy Grass scam before taking them to Yellow Springs Rare Goods Pavilion. There, the shopkeeper discovered Xiao Yan was seeking rare Seventh Grade ingredients, and Xiao Yan bought the four that were available while arranging to obtain the rest.

• Zi Yan nearly bought a fake Dragon Blood Holy Grass, but Xiao Yan recognized the scam and drove the vendor away.
• Xiao Yan warned his companions that the market was full of scams, and the group continued exploring its unusual stalls.
• Yue Mei recognized Yellow Springs Rare Goods Pavilion as a shop backed by the powerful Yellow Springs Pavilion, and the group entered its spacious courtyard.
• Xiao Yan presented a list of medicinal ingredients, revealing his Seventh Grade Alchemist status and startling Yue Er and the shopkeeper.
• The shopkeeper found four ingredients on Xiao Yan’s list, and Xiao Yan purchased them for one Rank 6 High-Level medicinal pill or two middle-grade Rank 6 pills.

Xiao Yan and his companions visited the Yellow Springs Rare Goods Pavilion, where Lu Feng, a former Snake-People tribal chief who had joined the Sky Serpent Mansion, provoked Yue Mei and challenged Xiao Yan over a sword. Xiao Yan outbid him with a high-quality Huangji Pill and revealed his Heavenly Flame, leaving Lu Feng facing a far stronger opponent than he expected.

• Xiao Yan traded a high-quality Rank 6 pill for Transformation Grass, and Yue Mei asked whether he could refine Transformation Pills.
• Hai Bodong, Nalan Yanran, and Yue Er explained that Flame Alliance members had accumulated merit for pills, and that Queen Medusa had promised the Snake-People leaders future access to Transformation Pills.
• Lu Feng entered the shop, mocked Yue Mei and the Snake-People Empire, and tried to recruit her Mei Snake Tribe into his Lu Snake Tribe.
• Lu Feng claimed the seventh-grade Magic Crystal Weapon for himself as a gift for the Holy Maiden, but Xiao Yan said he would buy it first.
• Xiao Yan offered a Huangji Pill, and the shopkeeper confirmed it was exceptionally high quality; Xiao Yan then displayed his greenish-blue Heavenly Flame to prove his claim.

Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin had become the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s Holy Maiden and was being treated well, but he accepted that she could choose to stay there. As the Flame Alliance and Heavenly Serpent Mansion might eventually clash, Xiao Yan remained confident he could face Qing Lin; meanwhile, he made Nalan Yanran serve wine and food in exchange for a Huangtian Pill.

• The shopkeeper explained that Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame had made his Huangji Pill exceptionally valuable, and Lu Feng left the auction without bidding further.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s New Holy Maiden was Qing Lin and that a banquet for her would take place in seven days.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had been raised as the Holy Maiden and described the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s broad influence; Xiao Yan decided not to force her to leave if she was happy there.
• Xiao Yan told his brothers that the Flame Alliance might eventually oppose the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, but he was confident he could defeat Qing Lin if they became opponents.
• Nalan Yanran brought wine for Xiao Yan and his brothers, then poured it and left to prepare food in exchange for the promised Huangtian Pill.
• The Xiao brothers sampled Nalan Yanran’s blackened dishes and agreed that Qing Lin was more capable at serving people.

Xiao Yan repaid Flame Alliance debts by refining pills, then prepared to attend Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s banquet to see Qing Lin. The chapter ended with Qing Lin waiting and wondering why Xiao Yan had not come to bring her back.

• Xiao Yan spent three days refining Dou Wang Pills and Emperor Breakthrough Pills to meet the Flame Alliance’s needs.
• The Yellow Springs Rare Goods Pavilion supplied Xiao Yan with ingredients for Greater Soul Black-Purple Pills and a Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun a sword as repayment for her past help, and they recalled their time together while she refused the gift.
• Xiao Yan refined a high-quality Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill on his first try and blocked its Pill Lightning with the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique.
• Xiao Yan chose Jia Xing Tian and Zi Yan to accompany him to Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s banquet announcing Qing Lin as its Holy Maiden.
• Qing Lin gazed at the moon and wondered why Xiao Yan had not come to bring her back.

Qing Lin prepared for the Sky Serpent Mansion banquet while missing Xiao Yan, who arrived with Jia Xing Tian and Zi Yan and explored the famed Serpent Saint Mountain Peak. Xiao Yan found a sealed force within the mountain’s strange stone stele and casually proposed reaching through its hole, angering the Snake Clan disciples gathered there.

• Qing Lin played with Shuang'er, her sixth-rank Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and wondered when Young Master Xiao Yan would return.
• Xiao Yan, Jia Xing Tian, and Zi Yan reached the Sky Serpent Mansion, presented the Flame Alliance invitation, and were welcomed as banquet guests.
• Xiao Yan and his companions went to Serpent Saint Mountain Peak, where visitors and young disciples studied the patterned stone stele.
• Xiao Yan sensed a force blocking his Soul Power inside the stele, while Zi Yan failed to see through it.
• Xiao Yan pointed to the hole in the stele and suggested reaching inside to take whatever was there, prompting a Snake Clan member to call him ignorant.

Xiao Yan used Mao Wu’s Void Swallowing Flame to retrieve a mysterious emerald ring from the stone tablet at Serpent Saint Mountain Peak, shocking the Serpent Race members who had mocked him. After the Black-Eyed Serpent Emperor attacked, Zi Yan crushed his arm with one punch, and Xiao Yan recognized an approaching Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.

• The Black-Eyed Serpent Emperor insulted Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan defended him before Xiao Yan asked whether whoever retrieved the hidden treasure could keep it.
• Xiao Yan secretly had Mao Wu burn through a seal inside the stone tablet and pulled out a ring with an emerald, triggering a green beam that alerted the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Qing Lin wondered how someone had obtained the treasure without the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while She Tianhao ordered someone to investigate.
• Xiao Yan taunted the Black-Eyed Serpent Emperor, who attacked him under the pretense of disciplining him.
• Zi Yan intercepted the Black-Eyed Serpent Emperor and blasted his arm into a mist of blood with one punch.
• Xiao Yan noticed the approaching Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and greeted him.

Xiao Yan’s arrival at the Sky Serpent Mansion caused a stir, but Bai Ya recognized him and escorted him to Qing Lin instead of confronting him. Qing Lin was overjoyed when Xiao Yan appeared and rushed into his arms.

• Xiao Yan’s alchemy caused a powerful phenomenon, and Bai Ya arrived with Sky Serpent Mansion experts after seeing the injured Black-Eyed Serpent Emperor.
• Bai Ya struck a Six-Winged Serpent Emperor for accusing Xiao Yan, then politely asked the others to leave so he could speak with him.
• Xiao Yan asked Bai Ya about Qing Lin, and Bai Ya agreed to take Xiao Yan, Jia Xing Tian, and Zi Yan to her mountain residence.
• Xiao Yan entered Qing Lin’s residence, where Lü Man was combing her hair and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake recognized him.
• Qing Lin recognized Xiao Yan, ran to him, and hugged him while crying with joy.

Xiao Yan reunited with Qing Lin at Heavenly Serpent Mansion, gave her the token for the Azure-Eyed Serpent Saint's inheritance, and agreed she could return home after opening it. She Tianhao learned Xiao Yan was from the Flame Alliance and planned to use the upcoming Sect Assembly to make Qing Lin recognize Heavenly Serpent Mansion's power.

• Qing Lin eagerly agreed to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yan, though she first had to fulfill her promise to open the Azure-Eyed Serpent Saint's inheritance.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had obtained the inheritance token, placed it in Qing Lin's hand, and gave her a Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill before leaving with Zi Yan and Jia Xing Tian.
• Bai Ya stopped Heavenly Serpent Mansion's members from confronting Xiao Yan and announced that Qing Lin was unwell and would miss the banquet.
• She Tianhao questioned Bai Ya and learned that Xiao Yan belonged to the Flame Alliance and that Qing Lin wanted to return to her hometown after opening the inheritance.
• She Tianhao dismissed Qing Lin's wish to leave as deception and ordered the Sect Assembly to proceed before Heavenly Serpent Mansion opened the inheritance and pursued its goal of unifying the Northwest Region.

Lü Man and Bai Ya planned to use Xiao Yan and the Flame Alliance to help Qing Lin take control of Sky Serpent Mansion, while She Tianhao’s faction intended to keep her there. Two days later, the Northwest Region Sect Assembly began, and Xiao Yan’s group arrived as Nalan Yanran prepared to compete.

• Lü Man told Bai Ya that Qing Lin would leave Sky Serpent Mansion and proposed helping her become Mansion Chief sooner if the Flame Alliance could rival She Tianhao’s faction.
• Two days later, the Northwest Region Sect Assembly opened at Sky Serpent Mansion, drawing sects and spectators from across the region and beyond.
• Xiao Yan’s group arrived on the Nethersea Flood Dragon and learned that the Flame Alliance would compete in the western zone, while Nalan Yanran and Yue Er would represent them.
• Yun Yun urged Nalan Yanran not to overexert herself, and Nalan Yanran vowed to win first place before challenging Xiao Yan.
• She Tianhao noticed the Flame Alliance’s group, and Bai Ya confirmed their identity to him and Lion Nether Sect’s Shi Ming.