Recaps

Lin Ming uncovered valuable poison materials and medicinal formulas among Yan Li’s belongings, including a Dou Huang Pill formula, and distributed items to Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Zi Yan. Xiao Yan prepared to use his Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill to break through to Da Dou Shi as the Three Year Agreement approached.

• Lin Ming found poison-related supplies for Xiao Yi Xian and discovered formulas for the Poison Vein Pill, Spirit Dou Pill, and Dou Huang Pill.
• Lin Ming sorted the useful poisons into a storage ring for Xiao Yi Xian and gave other items to Ya Fei and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan showed Old Yao the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill, and Old Yao praised his victory in the Alchemist Tournament.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would take the pill to break through to Da Dou Shi and declared that Nalan Yanran would soon come to fulfill the Three Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to honor the Three Year Agreement, displaying a calm bearing before the assembled sect members and Jia Ma Empire dignitaries. His arrival left Nalan Jie regretting his family’s decision to annul the engagement, while Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian wondered why Xiao Yan seemed familiar.

• Xiao Yan walked toward the Misty Cloud Sect as Nalan Yanran and the sect’s members gathered at the plaza for the agreement.
• Xiao Yan appeared at the end of the stone steps and declared, "Xiao Family, Xiao Yan, here to honor the agreement!"
• Jia Xingtian remarked that Xiao Yan seemed far more composed and capable than the rumors had suggested.
• Fa Ma said Xiao Yan felt familiar to him, and Jia Xingtian suggested they might have encountered him before.
• Mu Chen teased Nalan Jie about Xiao Yan’s bearing, and Nalan Jie regretted that his family had annulled the engagement.

Xiao Yan faced Nalan Yanran in their Three Year Agreement match, revealing his strength and striking her with Eight Extremes Collapse. As the fight continued, Lin Ming observed that Nalan Yanran was using a Misty Cloud Sect secret technique to raise her cultivation toward Da Dou Shi.

• Yun Yun apologized for Nalan Yanran’s poor handling of the broken engagement and declared that the Three Year Agreement would end with the match.
• Nalan Yanran defended her decision to annul the engagement, and Xiao Yan erupted with Dou Qi and pale cyan flames before charging at her.
• Nalan Yanran used Wind Spirit Fractal Sword to send five sword qi phantoms at Xiao Yan, who broke through the attack and countered.
• Xiao Yan struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremes Collapse, sending her flying and startling the Misty Cloud Sect disciples.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma discussed Xiao Yan’s growth, alchemy, and Heavenly Flame while Lin Ming noted that Nalan Yanran’s cultivation was rising toward Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran revealed that they had both reached the Da Dou Shi realm and resumed their duel at full strength. Nalan Yanran wounded Xiao Yan with a surprise attack, but he quickly repaired his Dou Qi Armor as their battle continued.

• Nalan Yanran landed safely after Xiao Yan's strike and announced that she would fight without holding back for the Misty Cloud Sect's reputation.
• Nalan Yanran revealed her Two Star Dou Grandmaster cultivation, and Xiao Yan responded by displaying his own Dou Qi Armor.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan armored themselves and clashed as she charged at him with her sword.
• Xiao Yan deflected Nalan Yanran's sword and swung his Black Heavy Ruler, but she evaded and launched five sword gangs.
• Two sword gangs pierced Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Armor and caused minor injuries, which he healed by repairing the armor.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to a fierce stalemate, with Xiao Yan gradually gaining the advantage in close combat. Nalan Yanran unleashed her Extreme Wind Dou Technique as Xiao Yan prepared a powerful strike, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Xiao Yan pressed Nalan Yanran with close-range attacks while she dodged and countered with her sword, leaving both fighters injured.
• Nalan Yanran let down her hair, rose into the air, and gathered sunlight into her sword as she prepared to decide the victor with one move.
• Yun Yun acknowledged that Xiao Yan had pushed Nalan Yanran to use her trump card, while Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian reacted to the power gathering around Xiao Yan's ruler.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance as Xiao Yan absorbed fire-attribute energy into the Black Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan swung the dark red, flame-wreathed ruler at Nalan Yanran's descending sword of light and shouted, "Flame Splitting Wave Ruler! Break for me!"

Xiao Yan’s dark red ruler attack overwhelmed Nalan Yanran’s sword technique and left her unable to defend herself. Yun Yun intervened to save her, while Elder Hai disappeared after receiving Lin Ming’s signal.

• Xiao Yan’s ruler radiance collided with Nalan Yanran’s sword attack, and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples formed an Energy Shield to withstand the resulting shockwave.
• The ruler radiance destroyed Nalan Yanran’s sword, and Yun Yun acknowledged that Yanran had lost.
• The Great Elder suggested taking action to protect the Misty Cloud Sect’s prestige, but Yun Yun refused to tarnish the sect’s reputation.
• Unable to move or defend herself, Nalan Yanran closed her eyes and accepted the incoming attack, believing her death would spare her from becoming Xiao Yan’s servant.
• Yun Yun stepped in and blocked Xiao Yan’s attack for Nalan Yanran, and Elder Hai vanished after Lin Ming gave him a nod.

Yun Yun admitted Nalan Yanran’s defeat, ending the Three Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan rejected compensation and cut all ties between Nalan Yanran and the Xiao Family. After leaving the Misty Cloud Sect, he planned to return to his clan before heading to Jia Nan Academy, while influential families gathered to congratulate him.

• Elder Hai said he had promised Xiao Yan safe passage down the mountain, and Yun Yun admitted the Misty Cloud Sect’s defeat.
• Yun Yun offered Xiao Yan compensation for Nalan Yanran’s broken promise, but Xiao Yan declined and declared that Nalan Yanran and the Xiao Family had no further ties.
• Xiao Yan pulled his Black Heavy Ruler from the ground and left the square as the guests began departing the mountain.
• At the foot of the mountain, Xiao Yan thanked Elder Hai and Lin Ming and said he would return to his clan before going to Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Ming invited Xiao Yan to celebrate his victory, and representatives of the great families arrived to congratulate him.

Lin Ming completed a breakthrough from Six-Star Dou King to Dou King Seven Stars after refining and solidifying his Dou Qi for months. He shared the news with Ya Fei, whose delighted reaction reminded him how deeply she cared for him.

• After Xiao Yan left the banquet, Lin Ming returned to his courtyard and spent more than a month cultivating and refining his Dou Qi.
• Lin Ming sensed his Dou Qi fluctuating and began a careful breakthrough from Six-Star Dou King.
• After more than two hours, Lin Ming reached Dou King Seven Stars with his Dou Qi still stable and condensed.
• Lin Ming joined Ya Fei for breakfast and told her that he had broken through.
• Ya Fei reacted with surprise and joy, and Lin Ming reflected on how she had supported him throughout his life.

Xiao Yi Xian decided to go to the Chu Yun Empire to pursue her own growth, and Lin Ming agreed to accompany her. As she prepared to leave, Lin Ming spent time with Ya Fei, who understood that he would soon depart as well.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Lin Ming she wanted to go to the Chu Yun Empire so she could grow stronger and become more useful to him.
• Lin Ming accepted Xiao Yi Xian's decision and agreed to go with her, recognizing that her journey would follow the path leading to the Heavenly Poison Maiden.
• Lin Ming spent the next few days sightseeing with Ya Fei, who understood the outings were his way of saying goodbye before leaving.
• Ya Fei reassured Lin Ming that she would manage the family matters while he was away, and Lin Ming promised his absence would not last long.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled from Jia Ma Imperial City to the Chu Yun Empire aboard an Iron Feather Roc that Zi Yan had tamed. They reached Heavenly Poison City, where Lin Ming and his companions began their descent toward the city.

• Zi Yan tamed the Mittel Family’s Iron Feather Roc, and Mite'er Tengshan gave it to her for Lin Ming to use.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan accompanied Xiao Yi Xian to the Chu Yun Empire after she chose Heavenly Poison City as their destination.
• The group flew for more than seven days and encountered several chaotic incidents involving deadly Poison Mist.
• Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at a mountain overlooking Heavenly Poison City and started walking down toward it.

Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian reached Heavenly Poison City, where a gate guard stopped them and prepared to abuse his authority. The chapter ended with the onlookers fearing for the group because the guard was protected by his powerful Poison Cloud Sect relative.

• Lin Ming and his companions traveled through the Chu Yun Empire, whose residents showed signs of poison corrosion.
• Zi Yan complained about the foul air and ugly city gates, while Xiao Yi Xian eagerly anticipated entering the city.
• A guard stopped Lin Ming's group at Heavenly Poison City's gates because they appeared to be outsiders.
• The guard, Zhou Bapi, accused Lin Ming of being a spy and ordered his men to search him while he claimed he would search the two women.
• Onlookers pitied Lin Ming's group but stayed silent because Zhou Bapi's brother-in-law was a Dou King Expert of the Poison Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yi Xian wounded Zhou Bapi with her poison when he tried to search her, making him mistake her for a Poison King and flee. Lin Ming's group entered the Thousand Poison Workshop, whose guards treated them with unusual respect, and Lin Ming encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to go inside despite the risk that others might discover her true cultivation.

• Zhou Bapi tried to search Xiao Yi Xian, so she released poison that forced him to cut off his arm to survive.
• Zhou Bapi recognized the poison's danger, mistook Xiao Yi Xian for a Poison King, and fled toward the city gate, relying on his Poison Cloud Sect connections for protection.
• Lin Ming led his group into the city after Xiao Yi Xian's display stopped anyone from blocking them.
• Lin Ming's group reached the Thousand Poison Workshop, where the guards respectfully saluted them.
• Lin Ming inferred that the Thousand Poison Workshop had quickly learned what happened at the gate and might believe Xiao Yi Xian was a Poison King.
• Xiao Yi Xian looked to Lin Ming with concern that her true cultivation might be discovered, and Lin Ming reassured her that they should enter and look around.

Lin Ming and his companions entered the Thousand Poison Workshop after its proprietor, Miao Miao, invited them inside. Miao Miao recognized that she could not gauge Lin Ming or Zi Yan’s strength and offered to take the group upstairs, leaving their purpose unresolved.

• A voice from the Thousand Poison Workshop invited Lin Ming and his companions inside.
• Lin Ming concluded that Xie Bi Yan was still focused on refining the Blood Demon Scorpion Emperor’s soul and would not interfere in Heavenly Poison City.
• Miao Miao introduced herself and revealed that she had reached the Dou Wang level.
• Lin Ming dismissed the workshop’s displayed goods as worthless, and Miao Miao apologized and invited the group upstairs.
• Miao Miao could sense Xiao Yi Xian’s terrifying poison but could not see through Lin Ming or Zi Yan, so she treated the group cautiously.

Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan visited a floor of poisonous treasures in Heavenly Poison City, where they learned the Poison Cloud Sect might soon gain a Dou Emperor. Xiao Yi Xian discovered a Senluo Fruit and other potent poisons that could help her Calamity Poison Body grow.

• Miao Miao led Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan upstairs and warned them that the Poison Cloud Sect backed the guard who had offended them at the city gates.
• Miao Miao said the Poison Cloud Sect had two Dou Wangs and that its Sect Master, Ren Fei Yun, was about to become—or had already become—a Dou Emperor.
• Lin Ming asked how Miao Miao had learned about Ren Fei Yun's breakthrough, but she avoided answering and brought them to the floor of poisonous wares.
• Lin Ming urged Xiao Yi Xian to look for useful items, while Zi Yan showed no interest in the poison-filled floor.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a Senluo Fruit and found many potent poisonous items that could help her Calamity Poison Body grow stronger.

Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian discovered valuable poisons and a Snow Condensation Flower at the Thousand Poison Workshop, where Miao Miao offered them the supplies for free in hopes of securing Lin Ming’s help. Miao Miao explained that she wanted to protect her workshop from the Poison Cloud Sect, but Lin Ming had not agreed to intervene.

• Xiao Yi Xian discovered a Snow Condensation Flower, and Lin Ming recognized its value for increasing the potency of poisons.
• Lin Ming asked Miao Miao how to pay for the supplies, but she offered them to him for free.
• Lin Ming refused the gift and explained that he preferred not to incur a favor.
• Miao Miao revealed that Ren Fei Yun had sought a marriage alliance with her and the Thousand Poison Workshop after telling her he was nearing the Dou Emperor realm.
• Lin Ming suggested that Miao Miao leave or seek protection from the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, but she said she would not abandon her parents’ workshop or trade one threat for another.

Miao Miao explained why the Chu Yun Empire’s Alchemist Guild had become aligned with forces seeking cooperation with Poison Masters, making it an unreliable refuge for the Thousand Poison Workshop. Lin Ming connected this shift to Xiao Yi Xian’s later rise and the Alchemist Guild’s likely fate, leaving him aware that the empire’s major powers would eventually be reshaped by her.

• Lin Ming suggested that the Alchemist Guild could protect the Thousand Poison Workshop, but Miao Miao dismissed it as no different from the other forces.
• Miao Miao explained that Yan Li had been favored to become the Alchemist Guild’s next president because he supported cooperation with Poison Masters and had the backing of major forces.
• Miao Miao revealed that the Poison Cloud Sect sought to cooperate with the Alchemist Guild, and Ren Fei Yun had used that prospect to demonstrate the sect’s growing power.
• Lin Ming realized that Yan Li’s death would only lead the forces to choose another candidate for the Guild presidency.
• Lin Ming reasoned that Xiao Yi Xian would likely massacre the Chu Yun Empire’s Alchemists before absorbing the survivors into the Poison Sect’s Medicine Refinement Hall.

Lin Ming agreed to help Miao Miao with the Poison Cloud Sect in exchange for her serving him for three years, promising to raise her cultivation to Dou Wang Peak. He arranged lodging for his group and reassured Miao Miao that Ren Fei Yun would not be a threat.

• Lin Ming questioned why Miao Miao had chosen him, and she said she trusted her eye for people and had few other options.
• Lin Ming agreed to help Miao Miao, planning for her to support Xiao Yi Xian after he left the Chu Yun Empire.
• Lin Ming required Miao Miao to serve him for three years and promised to help her reach Dou Wang Peak.
• Miao Miao accepted the terms and pledged to obey Lin Ming's orders during the three years.
• Miao Miao led Lin Ming and the others to a secluded courtyard, where Lin Ming told her not to worry about the Poison Cloud Sect or Ren Fei Yun.

After two months of rapid cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian had reached Seven-star Da Dou Shi. Ren Fei Yun arrived at the Thousand Poison Workshop to claim Miao Miao, but his attack on Lin Ming ended with the tea table destroyed and Lin Ming apparently unharmed.

• Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Seven-star Da Dou Shi over two months.
• Miao Miao told Lin Ming that the Poison Cloud Sect had shown no unusual activity, but Lin Ming sensed a Dou Emperor approaching and took her to the Thousand Poison Workshop.
• Ren Fei Yun arrived and claimed Miao Miao would become his family, but she refused to marry him.
• Lin Ming challenged Ren Fei Yun’s refusal to accept Miao Miao’s answer, and Ren Fei Yun threatened to chop off Lin Ming’s limbs.
• Ren Fei Yun lunged at Lin Ming and struck his tea table, but Lin Ming’s voice sounded afterward as he mocked the ruined table.

Lin Ming drew Ren Fei Yun away from Thousand Poison Workshop and fought him in the sky, using his mysterious yellow flame and Star Dragon Saber to overcome the Poison Cloud Sect master. Lin Ming killed Ren Fei Yun with a blazing sun attack, leaving the onlookers to mourn the fallen Dou Emperor.

• Ren Fei Yun attacked Lin Ming inside Thousand Poison Workshop, but Lin Ming dodged to avoid damaging Miao Miao's inheritance.
• Lin Ming lured Ren Fei Yun into the sky, where his mysterious yellow flame blasted and injured the pursuing sect master.
• Ren Fei Yun summoned a swarm of poison crows, but Lin Ming's flame burned them away and suppressed his poison Dou Qi.
• Ren Fei Yun unleashed the Mysterious Mist Poison Dragon as Lin Ming prepared an Earth Tier Dou Technique with the Star Dragon Saber.
• Lin Ming's blazing sun slash melted the poison dragon and turned Ren Fei Yun to ashes.

After Lin Ming killed Ren Fei Yun, Miao Miao recognized his strength and understood why he had come to the Chu Yun Empire with Xiao Yi Xian. Lin Ming then took Miao Miao to ransack the Poison Cloud Sect for poison supplies before its fleeing elders could seize them.

• Miao Miao accepted that Lin Ming had killed Ren Fei Yun, a Dou Emperor, while Lin Ming was only a Dou King.
• Miao Miao recognized Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body and realized poison resources could rapidly increase her cultivation.
• Miao Miao concluded Lin Ming intended her to supply Xiao Yi Xian with poison in return for helping her cultivation grow.
• Lin Ming told Miao Miao to join him in ransacking the Poison Cloud Sect before its elders escaped with its supplies.

Lin Ming led Miao Miao, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian into the Poison Cloud Sect to seize its resources without alerting its members. Zi Yan located the sect’s hidden treasure storehouse, where Miao Miao saw the chance for Xiao Yi Xian to grow stronger.

• Lin Ming’s group arrived at the Poison Cloud Sect, and a guard welcomed them without realizing Lin Ming had killed the sect master.
• Lin Ming chose not to attack the guard, reasoning that a disturbance could cause the sect’s members to flee with valuable resources.
• The guard recognized Miao Miao and wondered why she had arrived before the sect master, but Lin Ming dismissed him and continued onward.
• Lin Ming asked Zi Yan to find the sect’s treasures, and Zi Yan sensed their location to the west.
• Zi Yan guided the group past obstacles and restrictions to the treasure storehouse, where Miao Miao saw the resources as a chance for Xiao Yi Xian to rise in strength.

Lin Ming noticed that the Poison Cloud Sect’s supplies were missing their best items, and Zi Yan tracked down and killed Li Xiao, who had taken them. After the group collected the supplies, Lin Ming left the sect’s forces for Xiao Yi Xian to take over once she reached Dou Wang.

• Lin Ming questioned why the Poison Cloud Sect’s stores contained so few high-grade supplies and sensed someone fleeing.
• Zi Yan pursued the fugitive while Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Miao Miao began collecting the poison-related supplies.
• Zi Yan returned with Li Xiao’s corpse and confirmed that he had taken some of the missing high-grade supplies.
• Lin Ming told Xiao Yi Xian to return and take over the Poison Cloud Sect after advancing to Dou Wang.
• The group finished collecting the supplies and flew away from the Poison Cloud Sect.

Lin Ming refined a near-perfect Spirit Dou Pill and prepared to take it after reaching Seven-Star Dou King Peak. As he began refining the pill’s power, he considered the coming Strong Ranking Tournament and the expected attack on Jia Nan Academy.

• Lin Ming asked Miao Miao about Xiao Yi Xian, who remained in secluded cultivation, and told Miao Miao to watch for anything unusual.
• After reaching Seven-Star Dou King Peak, Lin Ming decided to refine a more perfect Spirit Dou Pill to improve his chances of reaching Nine-Star Dou King.
• Lin Ming spent a day refining the Spirit Dou Pill with Mysterious Yellow Flame, nurturing it until golden patterns covered its surface.
• Lin Ming stored the pill, rested for two days, and considered the coming Strong Ranking Tournament and Han Feng’s planned attack on Jia Nan Academy.
• Lin Ming took the perfect Spirit Dou Pill and began refining its power.

Lin Ming refined a Spirit Dou Pill and absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy for six days to build enough Dou Qi for a two-star breakthrough. He opened his eyes as his aura reached Eight-Star Dou King and continued to rise, with the Nine-Star breakthrough still underway.

• Lin Ming used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to refine the Spirit Dou Pill's medicinal power and purify the Heaven and Earth Energy he absorbed.
• Zi Yan concealed the energy vortex around Lin Ming's room with a barrier.
• After two days, Lin Ming finished refining the pill but continued cultivating because he wanted to reach Nine-Star Dou King rather than rely on luck.
• Lin Ming absorbed Heaven and Earth Energy for three more days, building up a deeper and more surging flow of Dou Qi.
• On the sixth morning, Lin Ming released his Dou Qi, and his aura broke through to Eight-Star Dou King and continued to rise.

Lin Ming broke through to Nine-Star Dou King and prepared to leave with Zi Yan. Before setting out, he entrusted Xiao Yi Xian to Miao Miao and gave her a Spirit Dou Pill to strengthen her ability to guard her.

• Lin Ming broke through from peak Eight-Star Dou King to Nine-Star Dou King and tested his increased strength.
• Lin Ming thanked Zi Yan for guarding him and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had shown no signs of movement.
• Lin Ming asked Miao Miao to watch over Xiao Yi Xian while he and Zi Yan handled other matters.
• Lin Ming gave Miao Miao a Spirit Dou Pill, and she accepted it after he urged her to use it to protect Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lin Ming told Zi Yan and Miao Miao to rest before they officially set out the next day.