Recaps

Xiao Jin learned that his parents had sealed his bloodline and left more relics in the Ancient Emperor Cave Mansion for him to claim once he was ready. Tou She Ancient God left him and Zi Yan with Spatial Marks, but Zhu Kun still had to wait for Xiao Jin to retrieve the relics, and Zi Yan refused to visit him again.

• Tou She Ancient God warned Xiao Jin that fusing too many Heavenly Flames without the Burning Mantra could kill him, and Xiao Jin stored the scroll containing the method.
• Tou She Ancient God explained that Xiao Jin's parents had sealed his bloodline and that he could claim their relics from the cave mansion once he was ready to unseal it.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Jin and Zi Yan Spatial Marks, then returned to the plaque and said Zhu Kun could leave after Xiao Jin retrieved his parents' relics.
• Xiao Jin told Zhu Kun he would have to remain trapped for now, but Zi Yan could return through her Spatial Mark whenever she wanted.
• Zi Yan said she did not want to visit Zhu Kun again, leaving him dismayed.

Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan five drops of his Ancient Void Dragon Essence Blood to help her awaken her Dragon Emperor bloodline, and Zi Yan entrusted most of it to Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin then revealed a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, leaving Zhu Kun trembling at the sight of the treasure prepared for Zi Yan.

• Xiao Jin tried to persuade Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, but she worried that her Dou Wang strength would prevent others from accepting her as Dragon Emperor.
• Zhu Kun gave Zi Yan five drops of his essence blood, explaining that she could refine only one drop for now and that refining them all could help her reach the treasures on Ancient Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Jin to keep four drops of the essence blood, saying she trusted him and had received many gifts from him.
• Xiao Jin took the essence blood and produced a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, which Zhu Kun recognized with astonishment.
• Zi Yan revealed that the fruit's scent had drawn her to Xiao Jin's courtyard and had made her break into his room at night.

Xiao Jin gave Zi Yan the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit but warned her to wait until she reached Dou Zun before absorbing it. Zi Yan chose to stay with Zhu Kun to train, while Xiao Jin returned to the Inner Academy and prepared to leave with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Zhu Kun explained the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit’s rarity and warned that anyone who failed to absorb it would die.
• Xiao Jin revealed that he had prepared the fruit for Zi Yan and told her to wait until she reached Dou Zun before trying to absorb it.
• Zi Yan decided to stay with Zhu Kun and learn the Ancient Void Dragons’ abilities so she could grow stronger without burdening Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Inner Academy alone and told Su Qian that Zi Yan had stayed with her father.
• Xiao Jin asked Su Qian to approve Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin’s early departure, and Su Qian dismissed him while expressing reluctance to see him go.

Xiao Jin’s group returned to the Xiao Clan, where the Pill Tower Ancestor revealed that he had built a wormhole into the newly opened Small World. Xiao Yan remained behind with the Fallen Heart Flame and materials for Yao Chen’s revival while Xiao Jin prepared to move ahead to the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan completed a breakthrough to Five-Star Dou Ling after refining Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and Xiao Jin teased him about how long it took.
• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yan the sealed Fallen Heart Flame and other materials to help revive Yao Chen, then explained that Xiao Yan could use it to reach Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Jin that Yao Chen’s mark would let him seek help from Wind Venerable Feng Xian at Starfall Pavilion in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Jin and the group crossed the Black-Corner Region and arrived at the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Yan found Xiao Zhan waiting with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor led Xiao Jin to a wormhole and revealed that the Small World had been fully opened seven days earlier.

Xiao Jin escorted the Pill Tower Ancestor to the Small World, where the Xiao Clan would have a safe place to settle, while Nalan Yanran continued to punish herself with relentless training before the Three-Year Agreement. Three days later, Xiao Jin arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to watch the agreement, where Ya Fei took Qing Lin’s seat beside him.

• Xiao Jin entered the Small World with the Pill Tower Ancestor and found its dense energy ideal for cultivation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor showed Xiao Jin a city for the Xiao Clan and said he would leave for the Central Plains to take control of the Pill Tower.
• Nalan Yanran trained herself to exhaustion, admitted to Yun Yun that she could not forgive herself, and planned to apologize to Xiao Yan before the gathered Jia Ma Empire forces.
• Xiao Jin arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to watch the Three-Year Agreement.
• Uncomfortable with Ya Fei’s intense gaze, Qing Lin switched seats with her, and Ya Fei embraced Xiao Jin’s arm while Yao Ye teased him.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran met for the Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Jin and Ya Fei discussed Nalan Yanran’s grueling cultivation. Before the match began, Nalan Yanran apologized publicly to Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan, leaving the old grievance unresolved pending Xiao Yan’s response and the duel.

• Xiao Jin listened as the crowd discussed his reputation, while Ya Fei teased him and provoked Xiao Yi Xian’s jealousy.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Jin that Nalan Yanran had trained relentlessly for a year and had reached Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the arena and told Nalan Yanran he hoped their battle would settle their past grievances.
• Nalan Yanran bowed to Xiao Yan and apologized to him and the Xiao Clan for humiliating them when she canceled their engagement three years earlier.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their Three-Year Agreement duel after agreeing to put the past behind them. As the fight reached its decisive stage, Nalan Yanran revealed that she could use Xiao Jin’s Thousand Flow Wind Blade, leaving him worried that Xiao Yan might lose.

• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that their dispute would end after the battle, and they formally began their duel.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Jin to take Ya Fei to the Central Plains, but Xiao Jin and Ya Fei told him they had already agreed she would remain in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged blows in a close fight, while Nalan Jie reflected on how far the Nalan Clan had fallen behind the Xiao Clan and Mittel Family.
• Nalan Yanran’s sword began to glow and tremble as she prepared Thousand Flow Wind Blade, and Xiao Jin realized she had learned the Earth Tier Intermediate Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought with their strongest Dou Techniques to settle the Three-Year Agreement. Xiao Yan won the spar, and both agreed that their grievances were over, leaving Xiao Jin ready to head toward the Central Plains.

• Nalan Yanran prepared a modified Thousand Flow Wind Blade, while Xiao Yan readied the Five-Wheel Fire Technique.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan launched their Dou Techniques, and their clash sent a scorching gale across the plaza.
• After the smoke cleared, Nalan Yanran knelt exhausted while Xiao Yan remained standing.
• Yun Shan declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Xiao Yan said his grievances with Nalan Yanran were settled.
• Xiao Jin accepted the end of the Three-Year Agreement and looked toward the Central Plains.

After Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s match, Xiao Jin treated them with medicinal pills and learned why Yun Yun had stayed away from the arena. He told her he planned to leave for the Central Plains in a month, and Yun Yun eagerly agreed to go with him.

• Xiao Jin appeared after the competition and gave Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran pills to restore their strength and heal their injuries.
• Nalan Yanran fell asleep from exhaustion, and Yun Yun carried her away after reproaching Xiao Jin for not helping her.
• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Jin about the women around him, and Xiao Jin kicked him in the butt.
• Xiao Jin visited Yun Yun, who explained she had avoided the match because she feared favoring Xiao Yan over her disciple and did not want to appear too openly beside Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin told Yun Yun he planned to leave for the Central Plains in a month, and Yun Yun said she could leave anytime.

Xiao Jin stopped pretending about his feelings for Xiao Yi Xian and arranged to travel to the Central Plains with his companions. He arrived at Mulan Valley to find the Snake-Person Race under attack by the Mulan Empire while Medusa was in seclusion.

• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xiao Jin about his kiss, and he asked when she would let him take her down; she fled in embarrassment.
• Xiao Jin and Yun Yun agreed to meet in Wutan City in a month and travel to Jia Nan Academy with their companions before heading to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Jin realized he would be the weakest member of the expedition if Zi Yan did not advance further.
• Xiao Jin went to Mulan Valley and found the Snake-Person Race on alert, with its members recognizing him as Medusa's man.
• Hua She'er told Xiao Jin that Medusa was in seclusion and that the Mulan Empire had launched an attack on the Snake-Person Race.

Xiao Jin learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion had brought a powerful force to Mulan Valley to seize someone with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, putting it on a collision course with the Snake-Person Race. He realized the attackers likely underestimated Medusa because they did not know she had reached Dou Zun.

• Xiao Jin saw that fewer than a thousand attackers, led by a Three-Star Dou Zong, had surrounded Mulan Valley and asked Hua She'er who they were.
• Hua She'er identified the attackers as people from Heavenly Snake Mansion, a faction Xiao Jin remembered as having taken Qing Lin in the original work.
• Hua She'er explained that Heavenly Snake Mansion had come seeking the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, which were associated with the offspring of male snake-people and human women.
• Hua She'er said the Snake-Person Race had prepared for battle after Heavenly Snake Mansion refused to listen, while Medusa was away in seclusion.
• Xiao Jin learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion probably did not know Medusa had broken through to Dou Zun and had mistaken her for a Two-Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Jin learned that Heavenly Snake Mansion was attacking the Snake-Person Race and suspected someone was manipulating the conflict. He met Medusa, who had been pretending to be in seclusion to draw out the mastermind, and agreed to investigate before preparing to leave for the Central Plains.

• Hua She'er told Xiao Jin that Heavenly Snake Mansion refused to believe the Snake-Person Race had no Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Jin left a powerful Heaven Demon Puppet with the guards and went to Medusa's sleeping palace.
• Medusa revealed she was not in seclusion and was waiting for the person behind the conflict to expose themselves.
• Xiao Jin agreed to investigate who was instigating Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Medusa declined his invitation to travel to the Central Plains because of the crisis.
• Medusa teased Xiao Jin about his other women, and he left her palace flustered.

Xiao Jin confronted the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Earth Underworld Sect in their camp, learning why they had come to Mulan Valley in search of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower Ancestor encountered Mu Tong near the Pill Domain and recognized the name Xuansheng.

• Xiao Jin entered the camp protected by Heaven Demon Puppets and removed its foul-smelling central tent before questioning the seven people inside.
• A female Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Emperor explained that traces left by Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils led them from the Tagor Desert to Mulan Valley.
• The female Dou Emperor said the Heavenly Snake Mansion had pressured the Snake-Person Race because its Old Mansion Master was dying and might be saved by the pupils.
• Xiao Jin learned that the three suspicious cultivators belonged to the Earth Underworld Sect and asked how it was connected to the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor encountered Mu Tong near the Pill Domain and asked how he had cultivated enough to refine a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• Mu Tong transformed into an old man, and the Pill Tower Ancestor recognized him as Xuansheng, a name that had not been used for centuries.

The Pill Tower Ancestor learned that Dan Xuansheng had died while refining the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and agreed to return to lead the diminished Pill Tower. Meanwhile, Xiao Jin uncovered the Earth Underworld Sect’s plot to target Medusa’s awakened bloodline and sealed its agents with Spatial Power.

• Dan Xuansheng explained how his remnant soul had merged with the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill after the Pill Tower Ancestor’s death, and the ancestor accepted him as a disciple.
• Dan Xuansheng told the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Pill Tower had weakened, and agreed to let his teacher take control again.
• Xiao Jin confronted the Earth Underworld Sect’s Dou Zong and suspected the sect was behind the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s actions against the Snake-Person Race.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion’s female Dou Emperor revealed that the Earth Underworld Sect wanted Medusa.
• Xiao Jin’s expression turned cold, and his two Heaven Demon Puppets sealed the Earth Underworld Sect’s agents with Spatial Power.

Xiao Jin learned that the Earth Underworld Sect had targeted Medusa to exploit her Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline, and arranged a future visit to the Heavenly Snake Mansion in exchange for its location. He slaughtered the Earth Underworld Sect camp’s fighters, leaving one Dou Zong alive for interrogation, then returned to Medusa.

• Xiao Jin promised the Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Emperors that he would visit in half a month if they gave him the mansion’s location, and they agreed before departing.
• Xiao Jin ordered the Heaven Demon Puppets to kill everyone from the Earth Underworld Sect except one Dou Zong, while he left the camp.
• The Heaven Demon Puppets slaughtered the Earth Underworld Sect fighters and subdued the surviving Dou Zong after sealing the area for five minutes.
• Xiao Jin returned to Medusa’s bedchamber, explained that the Earth Underworld Sect had orchestrated the scheme, and asked for a room to interrogate the survivor.

Medusa discussed the Central Plains’ hidden experts with Xiao Jin, while Xun'er confronted Gu Yuan over his weak response to Ling Quan’s misconduct. Xun'er declared that once she grew strong enough, she would force the Ancient Clan’s Council of Elders to change or disappear.

• Xiao Jin explained the Central Plains’ major powers and warned Medusa not to underestimate its hidden experts, and Medusa assured him she would not recklessly endanger herself.
• Xun'er recalled how she fused with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and advanced from Five-Star Dou King to Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Xun'er remained angry that Gu Yuan had allowed Ling Quan to receive only five years of confinement while keeping his position as Vice Captain of the Black Annihilation Army.
• Gu Yuan apologized for letting Xiao Jin suffer a grievance, but Xun'er insisted Xiao Jin had claimed justice through his own strength.
• Xun'er told Gu Yuan that the justice owed to her remained with the Council of Elders and vowed to make it change or disappear once she became powerful.

Xiao Jin interrogated an Earth Underworld Sect Dou Zong and learned that the sect had targeted Medusa’s Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline while using the Heavenly Snake Mansion to conceal its plans. After Medusa learned the location of ancient ruins that might help her bloodline evolve, she and Xiao Jin decided to move the Snake-Person Race into the Small World.

• Xun'er’s father apologized for his failure to support her and promised to back her future reforms, while Xun'er longed for Xiao Jin’s presence.
• Xiao Jin broke the Earth Underworld Sect Dou Zong’s spirit with an illusion and questioned him about the attack on the Snake-Person Race.
• The Dou Zong revealed that Ice River Valley had told the Earth Underworld Sect about Medusa’s bloodline and that the sect had coerced the Heavenly Snake Mansion into attacking Mulan Valley.
• The Dou Zong disclosed the location of ruins in the Northern Region of the Central Plains that recorded the Heaven-Swallowing Python’s deeds.
• Medusa killed the Dou Zong after questioning him, and she and Xiao Jin agreed to move the Snake-Person Race into the Small World to guard the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Jin warned Queen Medusa to keep the Snake-Person Race from harming the Xiao Clan, then learned that she would manage their relocation to the Small World. Back in Wutan City, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and asked after Qing Lin while thinking about Xun'er and the gap in their cultivation.

• Xiao Jin warned Queen Medusa that he would not spare the Snake-Person Race if its members harmed the Xiao Clan, and she promised to keep them in line.
• Queen Medusa told the Snake-Person Race's elders and tribal chiefs that they must not act recklessly around the Xiao Clan, and they agreed to restrain their people.
• Xiao Jin returned to Wutan City, where Xiao Yi Xian asked why Queen Medusa had not come with him; he explained that the Snake-Person Race would move into the Small World later.
• Xiao Jin learned that Qing Lin was cooking and suggested they all go out to eat, then remembered Xun'er and worried about her cultivation progress.

Xiao Jin brought Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Mansion, where Elder Lv Man revealed that the Old Mansion Master also possessed Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and was suppressing a rampaging peak Eighth-Rank Magical Beast. The Old Mansion Master could live for at most ten years, leaving Xiao Jin to reckon with the time needed to train Qing Lin.

• Xiao Jin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin arrived at Heavenly Snake Mansion, and its disciples recognized them as honored guests expected by Elder Lv Man.
• Lv Man welcomed Xiao Jin and asked which of the visitors possessed Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils; Xiao Jin confirmed that Qing Lin did.
• After Xiao Jin sensed a violent aura inside the mansion and suspected a trap, Lv Man explained that the Old Mansion Master was suppressing a peak Eighth-Rank Magical Beast.
• Lv Man revealed that the Old Mansion Master also possessed Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and had suffered severe mental damage while trying to control the beast.
• Lv Man said the Old Mansion Master had at most ten years to live, and Xiao Jin realized that training Qing Lin to contend with the beast would take years.

Xiao Jin met the dying Old Mansion Master of the Heavenly Snake Mansion and learned that a peak eighth-tier Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python had poisoned her with Emperor Python Heart-Eroding Poison. He proposed moving the confrontation to an uninhabited place, and the Old Mansion Master agreed to trust him with the danger.

• Xiao Jin asked Lv Man to take him and his companions to see the Old Mansion Master.
• Qing Lin sensed a snake-type Magical Beast, and Xiao Jin discovered the Old Mansion Master's condition was worse than Lv Man had described.
• The Old Mansion Master recognized Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but Xiao Jin told her Qing Lin would not join the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Jin identified the poison afflicting the Old Mansion Master as Emperor Python Heart-Eroding Poison and offered Xiao Yi Xian's Woe Poison Body as support.
• Xiao Jin proposed that the Old Mansion Master release the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python in an uninhabited place, and she agreed to his plan.

Xiao Jin and his allies helped the Old Mansion Master release the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python and combat the Emperor Python Heart-Eroding Poison. Qing Lin's enhanced Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils weakened the beast while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed its poison, and the fight continued with the group holding it back.

• Xiao Jin asked the Heavenly Snake Mansion experts to guard the area while She Gu and She Lu stayed with him and the Old Mansion Master.
• Xiao Jin gave the Old Mansion Master an Eighth-Grade Myriad Poison Essence-Transforming Pill and assigned Qing Lin to control the python and Xiao Yi Xian to handle its poison.
• The Old Mansion Master released the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python, took the pill, and recovered enough for her aura to reach Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Qing Lin used her enhanced Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to disrupt the python, surprising the Old Mansion Master with the strength of her control.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the python's Emperor Python Heart-Eroding Poison while two Heaven Demon Puppets attacked, leaving the group able to hold off the beast.

Xiao Jin, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian wore down the weakened Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python through coordinated attacks and poison control. After a day and a night, Qing Lin reached the moment to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to finish it.

• Qing Lin disrupted the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python's soul while Xiao Yi Xian neutralized its poison and Xiao Jin's Heaven Demon Puppets attacked it.
• The Old Mansion Master warned She Gu not to offend Xiao Jin and decided to give Qing Lin her notes on the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The Old Mansion Master rebuked She Gu for suggesting his son marry Qing Lin, pointing out her affection for Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin kept the battle going while the puppets wore down the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python and Qing Lin interrupted its attempts to fight back.
• After a day and a night, Xiao Jin called out to Qing Lin as the python weakened, and the soul of the Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake rose with terrifying pressure.

Xiao Jin helped Qing Lin control the Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python, but the effort caused her right eye to bleed. The Old Mansion Master identified the pain as an opportunity and explained that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could awaken a special space that would strengthen their power.

• The Seven-Winged Purple Gold Snake suppressed the weakened Nine Serenities Deep Ground Python, allowing the Heaven Demon Puppets to wound it.
• The Old Mansion Master let Xiao Jin decide how to deal with the Python, and Qing Lin sealed it after Xiao Jin asked her to try.
• Qing Lin’s right eye began to hurt and bleed, so Xiao Jin supported her while the Old Mansion Master examined her.
• The Old Mansion Master explained that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils contained a space where controlled creatures lived and supplied Qing Lin with energy.
• The Old Mansion Master said the true pupils could open a special space that preserved the creatures’ cultivation and more than doubled their energy feedback.

Qing Lin endured the painful awakening of a special space in her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Xiao Jin stayed by her side. Meanwhile, the Pill Tower Ancestor returned to the Pill Tower, discovered its lack of skilled alchemists, and summoned its elders in anger.

• The Old Mansion Master explained that Qing Lin’s bloodline had awakened a rare space, and that the process could take three days and three nights.
• Qing Lin insisted on enduring the pain to become stronger and help Xiao Jin, who held her hand to comfort her.
• The Old Mansion Master chose to remain with Xiao Jin and Qing Lin, and four Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Venerates set up a temporary camp amid the wreckage.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor discovered that no one at the Pill Tower could refine a Ninth-Grade Medicinal Pill and questioned Dan Xuansheng about his skills.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor ordered Dan Xuansheng to summon the seven elders of the Little Pill Tower, furious at the state of the Pill Tower’s alchemy.

Qing Lin endured a painful transformation while Xiao Jin comforted her, and Xiao Yi Xian gave him a manuscript from the Heavenly Snake Mansion to aid Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Elsewhere, the Pill Tower Ancestor berated the Little Pill Tower elders and Dan Xuansheng over their shortcomings before ordering them to keep his return secret.

• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Jin the Old Mansion Master’s detailed manuscript on the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and he saw it as a priceless aid for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Jin continued holding Qing Lin as she suffered through more than a day of pain, while Xiao Yi Xian stayed nearby.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor scolded the seven Little Pill Tower elders, despite having demonstrated his skill by refining an eighth-grade pill and teaching them soul cultivation.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor dismissed the elders and told them not to reveal that he had returned.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor then rebuked Dan Xuansheng for allowing the Pill Tower to decline.