Recaps

Xiao Ce grew up in the Xiao Clan, grew close to Xun'er, and left Wutan City to find Xiao Yi Xian. He helped awaken her Woeful Poison Body and became her dual cultivation partner, then asked whether she knew of a cave beneath a cliff.

• Xiao Ce met Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er, and Gu Yuan entrusted Xun'er to the Xiao Clan while leaving Xiao Zhan a Storage Ring filled with valuables.
• Xiao Ce befriended Gu Xun'er, defeated Xiao Yan in a match, and later condensed a Yin-Yang Qi Cyclone to become a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Ce and Xun'er grew close over the following years, and he told her he would leave Wutan City to gain experience before joining Jia Nan Academy.
• After refusing to enroll with Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ce said goodbye to Xun'er and Xiao Yan and traveled to Qingshan Town to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ce explained Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and offered to solve its dangers through dual cultivation, and she agreed to proceed after a month.
• Xiao Ce killed Muli when he attacked him, then helped Xiao Yi Xian awaken her Woeful Poison Body with poison.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together, and their dual cultivation raised Xiao Ce to Nine-Star Dou Ling and Xiao Yi Xian to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yi Xian he was from the Xiao Clan and asked about a cave beneath a cliff, but she said she knew of no such cave.

Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian explored the Magic Beast Mountain Range, then traveled to the Tagor Desert, where Xiao Ce helped Xiao Ding and Xiao Li expand the Moti Mercenary Group. The arc ends with Qing Lin awakening her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlling the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.

• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian found a hidden treasure chamber, recovered its valuables, and settled in a secluded valley before Xiao Ce left to hunt beasts.
• After looting the Purple Lightning Thunder Wolf King’s lair, Xiao Ce returned to Xiao Yi Xian, then killed Mushe and Mo Shan and restored Wanyao Pavilion’s wealth through Mr. Yao.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Mo City, where Xiao Ce persuaded Hai Bodong to join the Xiao Clan in exchange for eventually lifting Queen Medusa’s seal.
• In Stone Desert City, Xiao Ce reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, brought Qing Lin into their care, and helped the Moti Mercenary Group defeat the Sand Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Ce revealed his Dou Ling strength, killed Luo Bu and Wen Hao, and helped Xiao Ding absorb the Sand Mercenary Group.
• After reaching One-Star Dou Wang, Xiao Ce entered the Underground Magma World with Qing Lin and captured the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Qing Lin overcame her fear, awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and made the Twin-Headed Fire Spirit Snake docile.

Xiao Ce traded the Green Lotus Core Flame to Queen Medusa for rewards, then took the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and defeated the Misty Cloud Sect group that tried to seize the flame. After returning to Stone Desert City, he destroyed the Mo Clan and reunited with his loved ones in Wutan City.

• Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and guided Xiao Ce to the Green Lotus Core Flame, which he took to Queen Medusa as part of a deal for her evolution.
• Queen Medusa accepted Xiao Ce’s terms and began absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Gu He and Yun Yun led a group toward the Holy City to claim it.
• Xiao Ce knocked Gu He unconscious, then Queen Medusa’s evolution left her body charred and her soul asleep inside a newborn Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Ce defeated Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Yun Yun, accepted rewards from the Snake-People Tribe, and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame before spending time with Yun Yun and Yue Mei.
• Xiao Ce returned to Stone Desert City with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and promised Xiao Ding and Xiao Li he would deal with the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yi Xian killed Mo Cheng and the Mo Clan’s Da Dou Shi, took the clan’s treasury, and returned to Stone Desert City before setting out for Wutan City.
• Xiao Ce brought Hai Bodong to the Xiao Clan, found a home for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and reunited with Xun'er, who asked him not to push himself so hard.

Xiao Ce advanced his power, avenged his parents by destroying the Jialie Clan, and drew Yun Yun and Xun'er into the tangled affairs surrounding his relationships. Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan dissolved their engagement, leaving Yun Yun in the Xiao Clan and the Three-Year Agreement behind them.

• Xiao Ce revealed Yao Lao in Xiao Yan’s Bone Flame Ring, traded rare herbs for alchemy knowledge, and demonstrated his skill by refining Blood Coagulation Powder with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Ce attended his coming-of-age ceremony, concealed his true strength behind a three-star Dou Shi result, and then led the Xiao Clan forces in wiping out the Jialie Clan to avenge his parents.
• The Xiao Clan took over Wutan City’s businesses as rival factions submitted, while Xiao Ce advanced to nine-star Dou Wang and became a fifth-tier alchemist.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arrived in Wutan City to end Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, and Yun Yun recognized Xiao Ce as the man she had known before.
• Xun'er told Xiao Ce about her search for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, confronted him about his relationships with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, and secured his promise to treat her as his main wife.
• Xiao Ce defeated Ling Ying in a spar, then reconciled with Yun Yun and introduced her to Xun'er, who welcomed her.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to dissolve their engagement, and he agreed without anger, and Yun Yun offered compensation for the Xiao Clan and decided to remain there.
• Yun Yun explained the engagement’s dissolution to Xiao Ce and Xun'er, and Xiao Ce realized the Three-Year Agreement was gone.