Chapter Summaries

Liuli and Xiao Yan used the Sun Moon Same Sky Technique to return the Yin Yang Twin Flames to her, bringing her cultivation to Peak Dou Zong. After sending Xiao Yan away, Liuli resolved to keep herself from falling for him.

• Liuli stopped Xiao Yan from absorbing the Yin Yang Twin Flames and agreed to use the Sun Moon Same Sky Technique with him one last time.
• Liuli and Xiao Yan kissed as they activated the technique, transferring the flames back into her body despite the pain and resistance caused by Fen Jue.
• Liuli's aura rose to Peak Dou Zong, while the drugged little girl watched them from a rattan chair.
• Liuli pushed Xiao Yan out of her courtyard and refused to see him the next day, claiming she would enter seclusion.
• After Xiao Yan left, Liuli watched him through the gate and vowed not to let herself fall for him.

Liuli agreed to attend the Xiao Clan's auction in Maple City and tried to deny that she liked Xiao Yan. At the auction entrance, Xiao Yan took her hand to lead her inside after noticing people watching them.

• Liuli carried the sleeping Zi Yan to bed, unaware that Zi Yan was pretending to sleep.
• After more than a month apart, Liuli continued consolidating her cultivation while Zi Yan relayed messages between her and Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan asked whether Liuli liked Xiao Yan, and Liuli insisted they were only good friends.
• Zi Yan told Liuli that Xiao Yan wanted her to attend the Xiao Clan's auction in Maple City, and Liuli agreed to go.
• Xiao Yan's strength and reputation as a Sixth-grade Alchemist drew crowds to the auction, where Liuli met him at the entrance.
• Xiao Yan took Liuli's hand to lead her inside, then released it after pointing out the onlookers staring at them.

Xiao Yan and Liuli discussed his plans to return to the Jia Ma Empire and prepared for the auction of a Sect Breaking Pill. Their conversation turned awkward as they settled on calling each other by their names, while Xiao Yan watched the powerful attendees and waited for trouble.

• Xiao Yan told Liuli that Old Yao was recovering and explained why he wanted to return to the Jia Ma Empire with his allies.
• Liuli surveyed the auction crowd and counted two Dou Zongs and ten Dou Emperors, then learned that Xiao Yan had refined a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Liuli offered to help protect the auction, and she and Xiao Yan awkwardly agreed that he would call her Liuli while still treating her as his Big Sister.
• Xiao Yan watched the powerful attendees and warned that he would punish anyone who caused trouble before the Sect Breaking Pill appeared.

Xiao Yan auctioned off the incomplete ingredients for a Sect Breaking Pill, promising to refine the pill for the winning bidder or compensate them if he failed. Mo Tianxing won the ingredients, but three unexpected arrivals entered the hall just as the auction’s finale was about to begin.

• Xiao Yan announced that the ingredients for a Sect Breaking Pill would be auctioned for a starting bid of five million gold coins, while the Sect Breaking Pill itself remained the final item.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine the ingredients into a Sect Breaking Pill for the winner, or provide three Yellow Extreme Pills if the refinement failed.
• Gu Ya and Mo Tianxing competed for the ingredients, and Mo Tianxing won with a bid of eight million gold coins.
• Xiao Yan used the auction to divide the powerful bidders and weaken their potential opposition against him.
• Three figures swaggered into the auction hall, and Xiao Yan realized trouble had arrived.

At the auction, Fang Yan demanded that Xiao Yan accompany him to Demonic Flame Valley and refine a Sect Breaking Pill, then tried to seize Xiao Yan by force with Mo Tianxing’s help. Xiao Yan prepared to fight, but two women beside him struck down Fang Yan, revealing themselves as Dou Zong experts.

• Fang Yan arrived at the auction on the Valley Master's orders and asked Xiao Yan to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for Demonic Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan refused Fang Yan's request and began auctioning a Sect Breaking Pill, prompting Fang Yan to threaten him.
• Fang Yan offered Mo Tianxing the pill in exchange for helping capture Xiao Yan, and Mo Tianxing agreed to act against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan put away the pill and announced that they would fight as Fang Yan and two elders charged at him.
• Two women beside Xiao Yan struck Fang Yan with their swords and severely wounded him, shocking the crowd with their Dou Zong strength.

Medusa helped Xiao Yan defeat Fang Yan, then provoked Liuli into an argument that ended with Liuli leaving in anger. After the Demonic Flame Valley elders carried off the wounded Fang Yan, Xiao Yan confronted Mo Tianxing.

• Medusa explained that she had helped Xiao Yan because she still needed him to refine her Spirit Revival Pill.
• Medusa mocked Liuli for sparing Fang Yan, and Liuli claimed she had killed Han Feng before challenging Medusa to fight.
• Xiao Yan stopped Liuli and told her to discuss the matter later, but Liuli shook off his hand and left the hall.
• Medusa recovered her Seven-Colored Long Sword from Fang Yan and departed after reminding Xiao Yan to refine her pill soon.
• Xiao Yan ordered his guards to take away the troublemakers, and the Demonic Flame Valley elders carried Fang Yan away while threatening him with their Valley Master.
• Xiao Yan turned to Mo Tianxing and asked him to explain himself.

Xiao Yan settled Mo Tianxing’s refining fee and completed the auction before returning to Jia Nan Academy. There, Medusa encountered Liuli drinking alone, and the two began a drinking contest instead of fighting.

• Xiao Yan agreed to refine Mo Tianxing’s Dou Zong Pill for an additional four million gold coins, and Mo Tianxing left without a fight.
• Gu Ya bought the Sect Breaking Pill for thirteen million gold coins, and Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy after the auction items were delivered.
• Medusa returned to the vicinity of Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy and found Liuli drinking with Zi Yan in a dormitory courtyard.
• Medusa and Liuli faced each other in silence before Liuli invited her to drink.
• Medusa choked on Liuli’s strong clan wine, and Liuli proposed that they compete in drinking.

Xiao Yan returned to find Liuli drunk after a drinking contest with Medusa and carried her inside when she asked for a hug. The chapter ended with Liuli vomiting all over Xiao Yan’s robes and then giggling as if nothing had happened.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Liuli’s courtyard and found Medusa watching Liuli roll drunkenly on the ground while Zi Yan looked on warily.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that Liuli had kissed her and declared she would take her home to become her Bandit Queen.
• Medusa explained that Liuli had challenged her to drink, while she secretly used Dou Qi to refine away the alcohol.
• Xiao Yan picked up Liuli, who clung to him and insisted that even a Dou Di could get drunk.
• Xiao Yan tried to take Liuli inside to sleep, but she vomited on his robes and then giggled at him.

After Liuli vomited, Xiao Yan cared for her while Zi Yan revealed that Liuli had denied liking him, though her flustered reaction left him uncertain. Xiao Yan reunited with the awakened Old Yao, discussed his strength, and resolved to keep growing before taking revenge on the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan soothed Liuli and wiped her mouth, but Medusa took the sleepy girl inside to wash up.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan to tell him when Liuli woke, and Zi Yan revealed that Liuli had called them close friends but denied liking him while blushing.
• Zi Yan went to help Medusa with Liuli, and Xiao Yan left the courtyard for Panmen.
• Old Yao emerged from Xiao Yan's ring, teased him about Liuli, and inspected his strength and body.
• Xiao Yan learned that Old Yao had recovered to Peak Dou Zong strength and declared that they would overturn the Misty Cloud Sect for the slaughter of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan departed Jia Nan Academy with his allies to return to the Jia Ma Empire and confront the Misty Cloud Sect. At the hill near Heping Town, Liuli appeared with a prescription that might resolve Xiao Li’s condition.

• Xiao Yan thanked Su Qian and said farewell to the Panmen students and elders before flying away with his group.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that Liuli had been guarding the Black Corner Region forces and preparing life-saving pills for him.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached the hill near Heping Town, where Xiao Li reported that the Xiao Clan had gathered its experts.
• Xiao Yan worried about Xiao Li’s use of the Life Devouring Pill, and Liuli offered a prescription that could break its deadlock.

Liuli gave Xiao Yan a rare Seventh-grade Peak pill prescription and most of the ingredients needed to cure Xiao Li’s Life Devouring Pill side effects. After Xiao Yan secured the Black Corner Region forces’ commitment to fight the Misty Cloud Sect, the assembled group prepared to depart for the Jia Ma Empire.

• Liuli presented Xiao Yan with the Six Yang Evil Dispelling Pill prescription and offered the rare ingredients needed to refine it for Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan accepted Liuli’s help and promised himself he would repay her favor.
• Xiao Yan warned the Three Sects and his other allies that the coming clash with the Misty Cloud Sect would be dangerous, and promised rewards for those who fought well.
• Elder Yin and the other fighters pledged to give their full support.
• Xiao Li summoned more than a dozen Fourth-tier Tiger Eagle Beasts, and Xiao Yan ordered everyone to board and depart for the Jia Ma Empire.

Ya Fei and Hai Bodong planned to evacuate the Mittel Family from the Jia Ma Empire before Misty Cloud Sect attacked. As Ya Fei prepared to remain behind and cover the retreat, Xiao Yan arrived at the council hall.

• Ya Fei told the Mittel Family elders that Misty Cloud Sect planned to seize the family in seven days, prompting some elders to argue for surrender.
• Hai Bodong took responsibility for helping the Xiao Family and urged the elders not to surrender.
• Ya Fei revealed plans to withdraw the Mittel Family, with help from the Li Yue Empire and Jia Ma Imperial Family, while she, Hai Bodong, and Teng Shan stayed behind to cover the retreat.
• Xiao Yan entered the council hall and greeted Ya Fei after a long separation.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had become a Dou Emperor and brought powerful allies to ask the Mittel Family to join his fight against the Misty Cloud Sect. The family learned that Yun Shan planned to gather the Four Great Empires’ top forces at Yun Lan Peak under the pretext of Yun Yun’s wedding.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Hai Bodong, who confirmed that Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Emperor realm, and Xiao Yan displayed two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan offered to help the Mittel Family resist the Misty Cloud Sect, and Miter Tengshan explained that the Sect planned to attack in seven days.
• Xiao Yan summoned his allies, including Medusa and Liuli, and told the Mittel Family he had assembled a force to strike back against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• A messenger delivered Yun Shan’s letter, and Miter Tengshan announced that Yun Shan planned to gather the Four Great Empires’ top forces at Yun Lan Peak for an alliance meeting during Yun Yun’s wedding.

Xiao Yan learned that Yun Shan planned to marry Yun Yun to Yan Luotian and ally with four powerful factions, then revealed his own allies to reassure the Mittel Family. After securing their agreement, he pressed Liuli to explain her startled reaction to Yun Yun, leaving her distressed by how her relationship with him had changed.

• Miter Tengshan told Xiao Yan that Yun Shan intended to marry Yun Yun to Yan Luotian and that four factions might ally with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Liuli reacted with shock to the news, while Xiao Yan learned that envoys from the Luo Yan Sect, Mu Lan Valley, Ling Yun Gate, and Poison Sect would attend the wedding banquet.
• A female elder feared the Mittel Family would be destroyed, but Xiao Yan declared they could resist and revealed that Liuli and Old Yao were Peak Dou Zong experts; he also counted on Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Yan persuaded the Mittel Family to join his plans for a new faction, then brought Liuli to a courtyard and demanded to know why Yun Yun's name had startled her.
• Liuli agreed to explain if Xiao Yan let her go, then sat on the ground and worried that her relationship with him had gone off course.

Liuli told Xiao Yan that the Dou Emperor who had saved him in the Tagor Desert was Yun Zhi, the Misty Cloud Sect leader Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan resolved to ask her about it when he attacked the sect. Liuli then asked Xiao Yan what had happened after she lost consciousness underground, leaving him looking uneasy.

• Liuli claimed she had secretly followed Xiao Yan in the Jia Ma Empire and explained how she had encountered him while searching for a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert.
• Liuli revealed that Yun Zhi, the Dou Emperor who had saved Xiao Yan from the Snake People Clan, was Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect leader.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Yun Yun was willing to marry the Luo Yan Sect leader and decided he would ask her himself when he attacked the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Liuli teased Xiao Yan about keeping secrets, then asked him to tell her what had happened after she fell unconscious underground.

Liuli confronted Xiao Yan after learning that he had kissed her more than a hundred times while using the Sun Moon Same Sky Technique to save her. After they made up, Ya Fei arrived with news that Pill King Gu He had come to the Mittel Family.

• Xiao Yan told Liuli that he had kissed her more than a hundred times while she was unconscious, and she panicked and attacked him.
• Xiao Yan restrained Liuli, then spanked her when she kept struggling, causing her to break down crying.
• Xiao Yan apologized and coaxed Liuli until she forgave him, admitting she was embarrassed but still cared for him.
• Liuli asked Xiao Yan to stop being so physically intimate with her, and he promised to restrain himself.
• Ya Fei arrived at the courtyard and told Xiao Yan that Pill King Gu He had come to the Mittel Family.

Xiao Yan learned that Gu He wanted to ally with the Mittel Family against the Misty Cloud Sect after Yun Shan replaced Gu He’s engagement to Yun Yun. Xiao Yan agreed to work with Gu He and vowed to help rescue Yun Yun, leaving the alliance poised to confront the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that Gu He had come to propose an alliance against the Misty Cloud Sect, and Liuli explained that Gu He loved Yun Yun.
• Ya Fei revealed that Yun Shan had replaced Gu He’s engagement to Yun Yun with one meant to secure an alliance with the Luo Yan Sect.
• Xiao Yan agreed to consider Gu He’s offer, then rushed with Liuli toward the Mittel Family’s medicinal herb storehouse after learning that Queen Medusa and Zi Yan had gone there.
• Ya Fei stalled Gu He while he offered the Mittel Family support and promised to cultivate three Dou Wangs for them.
• Xiao Yan appeared before Gu He, revealed that he was a three-star Dou Emperor, and showed him his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu He said Yun Yun had refused to marry him, and Xiao Yan proposed that they join forces to defeat the Misty Cloud Sect and rescue her.

Yun Shan ordered Yun Leng, Yun Du, and Yun Sha to deliver a final ultimatum to the Mittel Family, while Xiao Yan and Liuli discussed using its evacuation preparations to draw out the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Yan suspected the Soul Hall was backing Yun Shan, and Liuli worried that a powerful Soul Hall elder might threaten their plans.

• Yun Shan ordered three Dou Emperors and nine Dou Wangs to demand the Mittel Family's surrender and kill them if they refused.
• Yun Shan learned that Gu He had disappeared and ordered the elders to notify him if Gu He returned.
• Xiao Yan found Liuli punishing Zi Yan, then told Liuli that he, Gu He, and Ya Fei planned to expose the Mittel Family's evacuation preparations to provoke the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan explained that he wanted to weaken the Misty Cloud Sect before the Five Sects Gathering and suspected the Soul Hall had hidden forces within it.
• Liuli remembered Elder Mo's great strength, worried he might aid the Misty Cloud Sect, and agreed with Xiao Yan's cautious plan.

The Misty Cloud Sect attacked the Mittel Family to intimidate the Imperial Capital, but Xiao Yan arrived and killed Yun Du in one strike. He challenged Yun Leng and the remaining fighters to face him all at once.

• Yun Leng led more than a dozen Misty Cloud Sect experts to surround the Mittel Family and demanded that Hai Bodong surrender the family.
• Hai Bodong confronted Yun Leng, who ordered the elders to attack the estate and moved against Hai Bodong with Yun Sha and Yun Du.
• Xiao Yan appeared and sent nine Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang elders flying with Jade-Green Flame.
• Yun Leng ordered Yun Du to summon reinforcements, but Xiao Yan caught Yun Du and killed him with a single punch.
• Xiao Yan faced Yun Leng and declared that he would take on ten opponents at once.

Xiao Yan defeated Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders in the Imperial Capital, then killed Yun Leng after Yun Shan refused to intervene. He declared the formation of a Punitive Allied Army to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Leng ordered nine Dou Wang elders to form an array and raised his strength to the Peak Dou Huang level.
• Xiao Yan protected the Mittel Family with a spatial barrier and used the Flame Splitting Wave Crushing Ruler to overwhelm Yun Leng's gravity-forged sphere.
• Xiao Yan's flames tore through the elders' defenses and swallowed Yun Leng, Yun Sha, and the nine Dou Wang elders.
• Xiao Yan seized the badly burned Yun Leng and taunted Yun Shan, who watched from the mountain and refused to come down.
• Yun Leng begged for his life and offered the Dou Zong Arm Bone, but Xiao Yan broke his neck and killed him.
• Xiao Yan announced the formation of the Punitive Allied Army and called for allies to join him against the Misty Cloud Sect.