Recaps

Yan Lin welcomed Xiao Yi Xian as his disciple and tried to establish a close master-disciple relationship, despite being younger than her. When Xiao Yi Xian asked about sect rules, Yan Lin invented rules that placed himself first, leaving her dismayed.

• Yan Lin helped Xiao Yi Xian up, asked to call her Xian'er, and reassured her that he would protect her as her master.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered her smile and asked Yan Lin how old he was; he dodged the question and insisted that their seniority remain unchanged.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether their sect had rules, prompting Yan Lin to devise rules requiring her to respect, trust, obey, and put him first.
• Yan Lin told Xiao Yi Xian he would recite the rules for her to write down and said he might add more, leaving her regretting that she had asked.

Yan Lin intimidated the people in Myriad Medicine Hall, then spared its owner at Xiao Yi Xian’s request. After learning of a secluded valley where they could cultivate, Yan Lin found Blood Lotus Essence and discovered that Xiao Yan had arrived at the shop.

• Xiao Yi Xian pleaded for Yan Lin to release the people in Myriad Medicine Hall, and Yan Lin dismissed them after Mr. Yao also begged for mercy.
• Yan Lin asked Xiao Yi Xian about secluded places to cultivate, and she told him about a valley in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to travel to the valley the next day, while Xiao Yi Xian went to prepare a room for him.
• Yan Lin found Blood Lotus Essence in the shop and realized Xiao Yan had likely just left Wutan City.
• Yan Lin identified the young man approaching Myriad Medicine Hall as Xiao Yan after checking his attribute panel.

Yan Lin used the Blood Lotus Essence to draw Xiao Yan into Myriad Medicine House and considered how to copy his traits. After Yao Chen identified Yan Lin as a powerful young alchemist, Xiao Yan was stunned by the gap between them, but Yao Chen advised him to try trading for the ingredient first.

• Yan Lin displayed the Blood Lotus Essence while studying Xiao Yan’s traits and planning to copy his talent.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Blood Lotus Essence at Myriad Medicine House, and Yao Chen confirmed what it was.
• Yao Chen sensed that Yan Lin was comparable to a Dou Wang and might be an alchemist above the fourth grade, shocking Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked whether they should give up on the Blood Lotus Essence, and Yao Chen said to try trading with Yan Lin before considering other methods.

Xiao Yan visited Myriad Medicine Hall to trade for the Blood Lotus Essence, but Yan Lin challenged him to a fight after offering it as a wager. Their battle left them both knocked back after their fists collided, with the contest still unresolved.

• Xiao Yan asked Yan Lin to trade the Blood Lotus Essence and learned Yan Lin wanted an Earth-grade cultivation method or Dou Technique.
• Yan Lin offered to give Xiao Yan the Blood Lotus Essence if Xiao Yan defeated him, and promised to suppress his realm to Xiao Yan’s level.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Yan Lin and Xiao Yan to the courtyard behind Myriad Medicine Hall for their fight.
• Xiao Yan attacked with his Black Heavy Ruler, but Yan Lin’s physical strength overwhelmed him despite suppressing his realm.
• After several exchanges, Xiao Yan used Eight Extremes Collapse against Yan Lin’s incoming punch, and the collision sent them both flying backward.

Xiao Yan lost his fight with Yan Lin but accepted defeat, and Yao Chen refused to intervene. Yan Lin traded the Blood Lotus Essence and two fourth-grade Restoration Pills for Xiao Yan’s Eight Extremes Collapse, leaving Xiao Yan with the item he came for.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen for help against Yan Lin, but Yao Chen told him to fight fairly and accept the outcome.
• Xiao Yan charged Yan Lin with his Black Heavy Ruler, and Yan Lin defeated him with a punch before lowering his sword from Xiao Yan’s neck.
• Xiao Yan conceded defeat, and Yan Lin asked how he had seen through his strength; Xiao Yan attributed it to his strong perception.
• Yan Lin offered the Blood Lotus Essence and two fourth-grade Restoration Pills for Xiao Yan’s Eight Extremes Collapse, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to agree.
• Xiao Yan exchanged the Dou Technique scroll for Yan Lin’s items and then left Myriad Medicine House.

Yan Lin prepared to enter the Monster Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian, while Hai Bodong questioned his interest in her and Xiao Yi Xian secretly overheard their conversation. At the mountain’s foot, they encountered Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Team, whose members were angered to see Xiao Yi Xian with Yan Lin.

• Yan Lin decided to keep Xiao Yan’s unused trait-copying chance and took the Eight Extremes Collapse scroll instead.
• Xiao Yi Xian finished packing for their journey, fell asleep, and Yan Lin carried her to bed.
• Hai Bodong visited Yan Lin, who claimed Xiao Yi Xian was exactly his type; Xiao Yi Xian overheard them while pretending to sleep.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian left Myriad Medicine House the next morning, and Yan Lin pulled her aside when she nearly walked into a passerby.
• At the foot of the Monster Mountain Range, Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian met Mu Li and the returning Wolf Head Mercenary Team, whose members questioned their closeness.

Yan Lin killed Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members after protecting Xiao Yi Xian and exposing their plot to seize a Poison Master's Ruins. After Xiao Yi Xian invited Yan Lin to explore the ruins, he instead decided they should first visit the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

• Mu Li confronted Xiao Yi Xian and Yan Lin, and Yan Lin subdued the group with his Dou Qi pressure.
• Yan Lin burned two mercenaries alive with the Dry Blue Ice Flame after they insulted him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• A scar-faced mercenary revealed that Mu Li and Li Fei had plotted to follow Xiao Yi Xian and seize the Poison Master's Ruins.
• Yan Lin killed the scar-faced mercenary, Mu Li, and the remaining Wolf Head Mercenary Group members.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Yan Lin and invited him to the ruins, but Yan Lin stopped her and proposed visiting the Wolf Head Mercenary Group first.

Yan Lin attacked the Wolf Head Mercenary Group with Xiao Yi Xian and used the fleeing mercenaries’ souls to complete his soul banner. He left with the newly refined Hundred Soul Banner, whose terrifying aura frightened Xiao Yi Xian.

• Yan Lin arrived at Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters with Xiao Yi Xian atop the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, terrifying Mu She and the mercenaries.
• Yan Lin threw his unrefined banner into the air and began refining it, prompting the Wolf Head mercenaries to flee.
• Yan Lin’s banner absorbed the souls of several hundred mercenaries, including Mu She, as its vortex pulled them in.
• Yan Lin offered his blood essence and completed the refinement, creating what he recognized as a Hundred Soul Banner.
• Yan Lin drew the banner into his hand, and Xiao Yi Xian recoiled when its chilling resentment and wails made her soul tremble.

Yan Lin took Xiao Yi Xian to a Poison Master’s cave ruin in the Monster Mountain Range, where they safely reached the sealed chamber and discovered valuable herbs and treasures. Xiao Yi Xian excitedly claimed the finds after Yan Lin agreed to give them to her.

• Xiao Yi Xian noticed the sinister aura of Yan Lin’s Human Emperor Banner, but Yan Lin insisted it was righteous and she let the matter drop.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian showed him a cave hidden beneath a cliff.
• Yan Lin used the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to carry them down the cliff, and its aura drove away a Rock Snake as Yan Lin steadied Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yan Lin kept the Fire Spirit Snake scouting ahead as they crossed the dark tunnel and opened the cave’s sealed stone chamber.
• Xiao Yi Xian found rare medicinal herbs and other treasures in the chamber, and Yan Lin agreed to let her have them.

Yan Lin recovered the Poison Master's Ruins treasures and reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could control her tribulation poison body. He helped her learn the Purple Cloud Wings, but her first uncontrolled flight sent them crashing into a wall together.

• Yan Lin retrieved the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and three scrolls, then gave the treasures and herbs to Xiao Yi Xian.
• After reading the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, Xiao Yi Xian despaired over her tribulation poison body, but Yan Lin promised to teach her the Poison Pill Method and control it.
• Yan Lin used the Myriad Soul Banner to absorb the Purple Cloud Eagle's remnant soul so Xiao Yi Xian could learn the Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian endured the painful technique's cultivation, recovered with Yan Lin's fourth-tier Restoration Pill, and tried to control her new wings.
• Xiao Yi Xian's wings carried her into Yan Lin and crashed them into the rocky wall, leaving her embarrassed and Yan Lin secretly pleased.

After leaving the Poison Master's Ruins with Xiao Yi Xian, Yan Lin sealed the entrance and guided her toward a secluded valley while secretly speaking with Hai Bodong. He considered seeking a stronger flying snake mount as they traveled.

• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the ruins, sealed the entrance, carved their names into a nearby rock, and bowed to the senior inside.
• Yan Lin and Xiao Yi Xian rode the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake up the cliff and set off for a small valley in the Monster Mountain Range to cultivate while awaiting Yun Yun.
• Yan Lin secretly told Hai Bodong that he had found a Poison Master's Ruins, then teased him by claiming it contained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• After spotting a flying magical beast, Yan Lin decided he wanted to break through to Dou Wang or control a stronger snake-type magical beast as a flying mount.

Yan Lin trained Xiao Yi Xian until he obtained her Tribulation Poison Body, then discovered he could also copy its control method. With a new way to manage the Poison Body, he reconsidered his plan to use Xiao Yan to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame and Yao Chen’s Poison Pill method.

• Yan Lin pushed Xiao Yi Xian through grueling combat training, then gave her healing pills and a scroll of cultivation rules before going into seclusion.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered, read Yan Lin’s rules, and laughed at his exception for himself while deciding he was indeed special to her.
• Yan Lin found that Xiao Yi Xian’s entry included the Tribulation Poison Body Control Method and studied its Netherworld Poison Fire Pill Condensing Method.
• Yan Lin reconsidered his plan to involve Gu He and Xiao Yan in obtaining the Green Lotus Core Flame, thinking he could instead have Elder Deis refine it and wait for another chance to acquire Xiao Yan’s techniques.

Yan Lin copied Xiao Yi Xian’s Tribulation Poison Body and discovered that consuming poison strengthened his cultivation. He planned to prepare more poisons and pills so he could break through to Dou Wang.

• Yan Lin decided to copy Xiao Yi Xian’s Tribulation Poison Body before testing his Heavenly Flame trait on Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Yan Lin copied the Tribulation Poison Body and found a seven-colored mark on his abdomen that would grow when he activated the physique.
• Yan Lin drank Datura Poison Liquid and then ate Ten Thousand Poisons Powder, but the poison knocked him unconscious for an hour.
• Yan Lin woke to find the mark brighter and his Dou Qi purer and more abundant, raising his Dou Wang progress from five to six percent.
• Yan Lin resolved to refine more poisons and medicinal pills before entering seclusion to break through to Dou Wang.

Yan Lin left Xiao Yi Xian in Hai Bodong’s care and gave Hai Bodong a chance to recover his former strength with the Solid Spirit Pill. He then went to the Monster Mountain Range to capture high-level snake-type magical beasts and provoked two Fifth Order Winged Snakes into attacking him.

• Yan Lin asked Hai Bodong to look after Xiao Yi Xian and gave him a list of rare medicinal materials to gather.
• Yan Lin offered Hai Bodong the Solid Spirit Pill formula, promising it could restore his cultivation, and Hai Bodong pledged him a favor in return.
• Yan Lin rode the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into a den and interrupted two Winged Snakes.
• Yan Lin taunted the two enraged Fifth Order Winged Snakes, and they lunged at him.

Yan Lin controlled two Fifth Order Winged Snakes and gathered snake beasts for his Myriad Soul Banner before setting out to capture more high-order snakes. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan searched for a Spirit Returning Red Fruit and was beaten by its Crimson Flame Monkey guardian until Yan Lin came upon the fight.

• Yan Lin used his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control two Fifth Order Winged Snakes.
• Yan Lin summoned his Myriad Soul Banner and used his pupils to control higher-order snakes while sending Third Order snake beasts into the banner.
• Xiao Yan searched the Monster Mountain Range with Yao Chen for a Spirit Returning Red Fruit, and Yao Chen warned him not to depend on his help.
• Xiao Yan found a Spirit Returning Red Fruit guarded by a Third Order Crimson Flame Monkey and was chased and beaten after trying to take it.
• Yan Lin passed through the area and spotted Xiao Yan being pursued by the Crimson Flame Monkey.

Yan Lin watched Xiao Yan defeat a Third Order Crimson Flame Monkey with Yao Lao’s borrowed power, then sent a Winged Snake to ambush him. Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan to fight back, revealing Bone Spirit Cold Flame on his status panel, while Yan Lin considered his next move as a savage lion’s roar erupted nearby.

• Xiao Yan begged Yao Chen for help when the Third Order Crimson Flame Monkey chased him, and Yao Chen lent him power without possessing him.
• Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler to freeze and shatter the Crimson Flame Monkey.
• Yan Lin ordered a Winged Snake to ambush Xiao Yan after Yao Chen withdrew his power, prompting Yao Chen to possess Xiao Yan and counterattack.
• Yan Lin saw Bone Spirit Cold Flame on Yao Lao’s status panel and decided to pursue Plan B to reach Dou Wang.
• Yan Lin tried to recall the Winged Snake as Yao Chen beat it down, but a violent energy fluctuation and a savage lion’s roar suddenly rang out.

Yan Lin confirmed that Yun Yun had arrived early to confront the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen approached the coming battle. Yan Lin instead headed for the beast’s cave to steal its Companion Purple Crystal Source and began planning how to sneak past the guards.

• Yao Chen let the Winged Snake escape after sensing a Dou Huang battle, then took Xiao Yan closer to watch the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King face a female Dou Huang.
• Yan Lin summoned the Earth Dragon to travel underground and bypass Yao Chen and the others as he approached the battlefield.
• Yan Lin identified the female Dou Huang as Yun Yun and ordered the Winged Snake to keep watch on her.
• Yan Lin decided to raid the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave for the Companion Purple Crystal Source, but learned the Earth Dragon could not tunnel through the hard ground beneath it.
• Yan Lin planned to lure and control two snake guards with Snake Spirit Fruits so he could enter the cave unnoticed.

Yan Lin infiltrated the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave with the Great King Snake, stole the Purple Spirit Crystal and Companion Purple Crystal Source, and tried to escape while Yun Yun distracted the king. He reached the cave entrance just as the enraged Purple Crystal Winged Lion King returned.

• Yan Lin emerged from the Great King Snake inside the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave while Yun Yun fought outside.
• Yan Lin took the right passage, knocked out the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while it was defecating, and retrieved the Purple Spirit Crystal from its dwelling.
• Yan Lin went to the left passage and took the Companion Purple Crystal Source before hurrying toward the entrance.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King ordered its subordinates to search for Yun Yun as she fled.
• Yan Lin rode the Great King Snake toward the entrance, but the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King returned just as he reached it.

Yan Lin tried to escape the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave while hidden inside the Great King Snake, but the Lion King kept him from slipping away. With the Lion King unsuspecting, Yan Lin launched a surprise attack on its rear using poison and the Great King Snake's tail.

• Yan Lin hid inside the Great King Snake after finding the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King guarding the cave entrance.
• The Great King Snake convinced the Lion King that it had entered the cave to check on his son, and the Lion King appointed it to guard the cub.
• Yan Lin tried to leave by pretending the Great King Snake needed to relieve itself, but the Lion King insisted on going with it to the latrine.
• Yan Lin tricked the Lion King into turning around, then threw poison bottles and ordered the Great King Snake to strike with its tail.

Yan Lin escaped the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King by having the Great King Snake ambush him and using an arsenal of poisons to immobilize him. After hiding to make sure the Lion King was not pursuing him, Yan Lin set out with the Winged Snake to find its mate, who had been watching Yun Yun.

• Yan Lin escaped the Great King Snake's mouth, poisoned the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and fled on the Winged Snake.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King tried to pursue Yan Lin but crashed and was tormented by the poisons, eventually roasting his poisoned backside with Purple Fire.
• Hai Bodong heard the Lion King's pained roars and wondered which expert had injured him, but decided not to investigate.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao heard the roars, speculated about the Lion King's injury, and agreed that Xiao Yan should stay in the cave.
• Yan Lin hid in a cave until he confirmed the Lion King was not following him, then had the male Winged Snake lead him to its mate, who had been watching Yun Yun.

Yan Lin decided to keep the wounded Yun Yun alive because winning her cooperation would serve his ambitions better than killing her. After secretly knocking her unconscious again, he treated her injuries and spent the night in a cave, where the smell of his roasted rabbit began to wake her.

• Yan Lin weighed killing or exploiting Yun Yun against keeping her alive and concluded that her help would benefit his plans for the Snake People Clan and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Lin approached Yun Yun to treat her wounds but struggled to control his desire as he saw her soaked clothing and severe injuries.
• When Yun Yun began to wake as he removed her clothes, Yan Lin struck the back of her neck and rendered her unconscious again.
• Yan Lin cleaned and medicated Yun Yun's wounds, then gathered firewood and food as night fell.
• Yan Lin roasted a Soft Bone Rabbit beside the fire, and its aroma made Yun Yun stir on the stone bed.

Yan Lin treated the injured Yun Yun after rescuing her, and she woke with her Dou Qi sealed. After learning he knew her identity and had witnessed her battle with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Yun Yun thanked him, and Yan Lin said she would owe him a favor.

• Yun Yun woke in a cave, realized Yan Lin had treated her wound and changed her clothes, and asked if he had saved her.
• Yan Lin told Yun Yun he had removed her clothes to treat her severe injuries, and she agreed to let the matter pass if he kept it secret.
• Yun Yun asked how Yan Lin knew she was a Dou Emperor, introduced herself under the name Yun Zhi, and asked who he was.
• Yan Lin revealed that he had watched her battle with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and identified her as the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master.
• Yun Yun thanked Yan Lin for saving her, and he told her she would have to repay the favor someday.

Yan Lin revealed his extraordinary strength and alchemy skills to Yun Yun, who abandoned her hopes of recruiting him and instead offered friendship. After he secured her promise to repay both his aid and the Fourth-Grade pill, he served her hot soup and spun a tale about Sage Kong.

• Yan Lin revealed that he was a fourteen-year-old Nine-star Peak Dou Spirit and a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, then gave Yun Yun a Fourth-Grade Restoration Pill.
• Yun Yun tried to recruit Yan Lin to the Misty Cloud Sect, but he told her he had a clan, so she offered to befriend him instead.
• Yun Yun promised to repay Yan Lin for saving her and providing the pill, and Yan Lin reminded her that he expected both debts to be honored.
• Yan Lin offered Yun Yun hot soup and claimed Sage Kong had said it cured all ailments.
• Yun Yun asked who Sage Kong was, and Yan Lin invented a story about the sage that she believed.

Yan Lin cared for the injured Yun Yun in a cave, sharing food and medicinal wine with her before giving her the Purple Spirit Crystal she needed in exchange for another favor. After they woke from a drunken night spent in an awkward embrace, Yan Lin offered to stay and protect her for the Heart of the Sea Armor, and Yun Yun agreed.

• Yan Lin and Yun Yun shared roasted Soft Bone Rabbit and medicinal wine while Yun Yun recovered in the cave.
• Yun Yun told Yan Lin she had fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for Purple Spirit Crystal, and Yan Lin revealed he had already taken one from its home.
• Yan Lin gave Yun Yun the Purple Spirit Crystal in exchange for another favor, and they drank until they fell asleep together.
• Yun Yun woke sprawled atop Yan Lin and tried to slip away, while Yan Lin pretended to wake and released her without revealing he had been awake all along.
• Yan Lin returned from hunting and offered to stay and protect Yun Yun if she gave him her Heart of the Sea Armor, which she agreed to surrender.

Yan Lin rescued Yun Yun from an Earth Demon Centipede and killed the beast with his Asura Sword Intent. Afterward, he kissed Yun Yun while her strength remained sealed, then decided they had to leave the destroyed cave before more magical beasts arrived.

• Yan Lin rushed into the cave and carried Yun Yun out just before an Earth Demon Centipede burst through the ground to attack her.
• Yan Lin fought the high-level fourth-order Earth Demon Centipede, evaded its attacks, and cleaved it in two with his Asura Sword Intent.
• Yan Lin retrieved the centipede's Earth Attribute magic core, and Yun Yun praised his speed and sword strike.
• Yan Lin teased Yun Yun for calling him fast, pinned her against a tree, and kissed her despite her resistance.
• Yan Lin told Yun Yun they had to find another place to stay because the centipede had destroyed the cave and more beasts might come.