Recaps

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian gathered herbs and exchanged playful barbs before quietly leaving the mercenary camp after midnight to visit the cave dwelling. They flew through the night with Xiao Yi Xian clinging to Xiao Jin, who reflected on his improving strength and future cultivation.

• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian decided to wait until night to visit the cave dwelling so the mercenaries would not notice them.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered mostly poisonous herbs, and she and Xiao Jin teased each other about his long absence and Xun'er.
• Xiao Jin lit their dinner fire with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and considered how the Three Thousand Star Physique was strengthening him.
• Around one in the morning, Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian slipped away from the camp and flew toward the cave dwelling.
• Xiao Yi Xian wrapped her arms around Xiao Jin, claimed she was afraid of heights, and teased him for hesitating to take off.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave mansion, collected its gold and medicinal herbs, and found a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The map convinced Xiao Jin that another Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame existed and that the Soul Clan still possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame, leaving him facing a more dangerous enemy than he had hoped.

• Xiao Jin followed Xiao Yi Xian's directions to find the hidden cave mansion and broke through its stone gate.
• Xiao Yi Xian gathered the medicinal herbs while Xiao Jin collected the gold coins from the stone chamber.
• Xiao Jin took three keys from the skeleton, accidentally pulling off its arm, and Xiao Yi Xian used the keys to open three stone boxes.
• Xiao Yi Xian found two scrolls and a Fragmented Map, and Xiao Jin recognized it as a map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Jin reasoned that the map meant the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame still existed in the Demonic Flame Space and that the Soul Clan likely still had the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Jin explained the treasures in the stone boxes to Xiao Yi Xian while considering how to prepare for the Soul Clan’s future threat. Their discussion was interrupted by Mu Li and his mercenaries, who entered the cave to seize the treasures and abduct Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Jin decided to strengthen his own power before relying on the Ancient Clan, and told Xiao Yi Xian that the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture could help her Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Jin explained why Purple Cloud Wings would not suit Xiao Yi Xian, and she punched him after he joked that using them would tear her clothes.
• Xiao Jin sensed someone approaching and told Xiao Yi Xian to put away the scrolls while he kept the Fragmented Map.
• Mu Li entered the cave with more than a dozen mercenaries and demanded that Xiao Yi Xian hand over the treasures, then threatened to force her to stay with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to deal with Mu Li herself, while Xiao Jin laughed at him and Mu Li realized their calmness did not match his expectations.

Xiao Yi Xian killed Mu Li and his mercenaries after they attacked, then decided to leave Green Mountain Town with Xiao Jin. Before they departed, Xiao Jin destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to prevent Mu She from retaliating against the other mercenaries.

• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Mu Li's mercenaries, and Xiao Jin killed Mu Li after he begged for mercy.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin she planned to leave Green Mountain Town with him, and the two returned to camp.
• The camp discovered Mu Li and the night guards were missing, but Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian gave vague answers and the group left the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian announced her departure to the mercenaries who came for treatment while Xiao Jin went to deal with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Jin destroyed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and killed Mu She, then left Green Mountain Town with Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian reached Mo City to find a map fragment connected to the Pure Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then confronted its owner, Hai Bodong. Xiao Jin offered a Break Calamity Pill for the fragment, but their negotiation escalated into a challenge to fight.

• Xiao Jin led Xiao Yi Xian through the desert to Mo City, where he paid their entrance fee and asked a passerby to guide them to a map shop.
• Xiao Jin found a map fragment hidden among old maps, and Hai Bodong recognized him as unusually young before refusing to sell it.
• Xiao Jin offered Hai Bodong a Break Calamity Pill in exchange for the fragment, but Hai Bodong questioned who he was.
• Xiao Jin threatened Hai Bodong when he refused to trade, and Hai Bodong challenged him to a lesson in manners.
• Xiao Jin accepted Hai Bodong's challenge and asked whether the old man was qualified to teach him.

Xiao Jin fought Hai Bodong in the shop, overwhelming him with powerful Dou Techniques while Xiao Yi Xian protected the bystanders. Meanwhile, Xun'er reached Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster and confronted her father, Gu Yuan, when he visited the Xiao Clan, insisting that she believed in Xiao Jin's ability to forge his own path.

• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Jin, but Xiao Jin melted his Condensed Ice Mirror with Heart Melting Palm.
• Xiao Jin countered Hai Bodong's ice spikes with Nine Suns Vein-Piercing Finger while Xiao Yi Xian shielded the shop from the battle's aftershocks.
• Xun'er absorbed a fraction of the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill's power and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Grandmaster.
• Xun'er read Xiao Jin's letter and learned that he had left without taking her along.
• Gu Yuan visited Xun'er at the Xiao Clan and praised her cultivation, but she feared he had come to take her back to the Ancient Clan.
• Xun'er defended Xiao Jin's strength to Gu Yuan and said she believed he could establish another Emperor Clan through his own abilities.

Gu Yuan agreed to let Xun'er stay with Xiao Jin after learning about the pills he had given her, but he warned her to keep the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill secret. He asked her to return to the Ancient Clan once she reached Peak Dou King to refine its Heavenly Flame, and planned for Xiao Jin to formally seek her hand after reaching Dou Zun.

• Gu Yuan told Xun'er to conceal Xiao Jin's Ninth-Grade Golden Pill from the clan, fearing its elders might exploit or harm him.
• Xun'er explained the effects of the Exotic Flame Fusion Pill and Emperor Blood Guidance Pill, and Gu Yuan confirmed her rapid advancement had left her Dou Qi stable.
• Gu Yuan agreed to let Xun'er remain with Xiao Jin, provided she returned to the Ancient Clan at Peak Dou King to refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xun'er accepted the condition, understanding that she needed to grow stronger to stand beside Xiao Jin.
• Gu Yuan said Xiao Jin must visit the Ancient Realm to formally ask for Xun'er's hand after he reached Dou Zun, and grew angry when Xun'er said Xiao Jin had never confessed his feelings.

Xiao Jin defeated Hai Bodong and offered him two pills in exchange for the remaining Fragmented Map piece. When Xiao Jin returned to the Map Shop the next day, Hai Bodong had recovered to Two-Star Dou Emperor strength and tried to intimidate Xiao Yi Xian, prompting Xiao Jin to confront him.

• Xiao Jin overwhelmed Hai Bodong and demanded the other piece of the Fragmented Map, offering a Break Calamity Pill and a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill.
• Hai Bodong agreed to hand over the missing piece the following day, and Xiao Jin left him both pills while warning that he could still suppress him after his recovery.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian ate and rested in Mo City before returning to Hai Bodong's Map Shop the next day.
• Hai Bodong released his Dou Emperor aura to intimidate Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Jin countered with a casual attack that forced Hai Bodong to use more than seventy percent of his strength.
• Xiao Jin rebuked Hai Bodong for intimidating Xiao Yi Xian and demanded to know who he thought he was.

Xiao Jin punished Hai Bodong for threatening Xiao Yi Xian by destroying his Map Shop, then offered him an Imperial Extreme Pill in exchange for protecting Ya Fei. Hai Bodong accepted and left Mo City, newly determined to support Ya Fei.

• Hai Bodong apologized and gave Xiao Jin another one-eighth of the Fragmented Map after Xiao Jin warned him not to threaten his people again.
• Xiao Jin ordered Hai Bodong to leave the Map Shop, then used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to destroy it without harming the neighboring shops.
• Hai Bodong recognized Xiao Jin's flames as a Heavenly Flame, apologized again, and announced he would leave Mo City.
• Xiao Jin asked Hai Bodong to look after Ya Fei in Wutan City and offered him an Imperial Extreme Pill in return.
• Hai Bodong accepted the pill and promised to have Teng Shan raise Ya Fei's status in the Mittel Family.

Xiao Jin explained his investments in Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian before bringing Xiao Yi Xian to Stone Desert City to visit his brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. The reunion ended with Xiao Li teasing Xiao Jin about his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Jin who Ya Fei was, and he explained their business partnership and that he had helped improve her cultivation potential.
• Xiao Jin reflected that he was investing in Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei as future allies against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters in Stone Desert City, where guards recognized him as a member of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hurried out to welcome Xiao Jin, and he introduced Xiao Yi Xian as an important friend.
• Xiao Li privately asked whether Xun'er knew about Xiao Yi Xian, then teased Xiao Jin after he insisted they were only friends.

Xiao Jin revealed that he was already a Dou Wang and gave his brothers powerful pills to strengthen the Xiao Clan. He warned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that the Soul Hall would threaten the clan with annihilation within three years.

• Xiao Li and Xiao Ding learned that Xiao Yi Xian was a Dou Ling, then joked with Xiao Jin about his relationships and claimed strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian confirmed Xiao Jin was a Dou Wang, and he unfurled his Dou Qi Wings to prove it.
• Xiao Jin learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were still Dou Shi and urged them not to let the Desert Iron Mercenary Group hinder their cultivation.
• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Ding a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill suited to his wood-attributed Dou Qi and explained its benefits.
• Xiao Jin warned his brothers about the Soul Hall and the Xiao Clan's impending destruction, and Xiao Ding accepted the pill.

Xiao Jin gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li pills and cultivation methods before they entered seclusion, then met Qing Lin and comforted her about the snake scales on her wrists. Qing Lin broke down crying in Xiao Jin’s embrace after he told her she and her mother were not to blame.

• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Li and Xiao Ding rare pills, recovery medicine, and Earth Tier Intermediate cultivation methods to strengthen them and their mercenary group.
• Xiao Ding arranged for two Dou Shi to manage the group while he and Xiao Li entered half-month seclusion to refine their pills.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian settled in with the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and Qing Lin entered Xiao Jin’s room the next morning to help him wash.
• Xiao Jin recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and reassured her that the scales on her wrists were beautiful.
• Xiao Jin told Qing Lin that she and her mother had done nothing wrong, and Qing Lin cried in his embrace.

Xiao Jin comforted Qing Lin and revealed the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, encouraging her to cultivate. After Xiao Yi Xian learned about Qing Lin’s past, she welcomed her as a younger sister and offered to teach her.

• Qing Lin insisted on washing Xiao Jin’s clothes, while Xiao Jin chose a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill for her.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin that a girl’s crying had kept her awake, and Xiao Jin suspected Qing Lin had cried through the night.
• Xiao Jin introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian and explained her painful experiences of discrimination.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Qing Lin as her younger sister and promised to teach her cultivation.
• Xiao Jin explained the abilities of Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Qing Lin vowed to become strong enough to protect him.

Xiao Jin left Xiao Yi Xian to watch the Desert Iron Mercenary Group while he traveled into the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame and a snake-type Magical Beast for Qing Lin. He found the volcano and reached a fiery red cavern, where the Flame awaited.

• Xiao Jin reassured Qing Lin about her slow cultivation and told her to train with Xiao Yi Xian until she became a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Jin asked Xiao Yi Xian to protect the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and keep Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils secret while he searched for Queen Medusa and a snake-type Magical Beast.
• Xiao Jin set out alone for the depths of the Tagor Desert, intending to find the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Jin located the volcano in less than half a day and followed a dark passage toward the dense fire-element energy.
• Xiao Jin reached the passage's end and entered a crimson, fiery world.

Xiao Jin subdued a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the magma. As he reached to take it, Queen Medusa appeared and ordered him to put it down.

• Xiao Jin found the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and overcame its magma attack with Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Jin immobilized the snake with his soul power and forced it to lead him to the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Jin entered the green lotus and suppressed the Green Lotus Core Flame with Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Jin reached to take the Green Lotus Core Flame, but Queen Medusa appeared and warned him to put it down.

Xiao Jin confronted Queen Medusa over the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the two clashed in the Magma World. After trading attacks, Xiao Jin used Calamity Fire Flash to appear behind her and launched his Heart Melting Palm.

• Queen Medusa refused to let Xiao Jin take the Green Lotus Core Flame, and he challenged her to fight.
• Medusa attacked with an energy beam, but Xiao Jin split it with his Sun Wheel before she crushed the technique with her hand.
• Xiao Jin charged Medusa with Explosive Flame Whip Kick, and their direct clash forced him back five steps while Medusa retreated two.
• Medusa rushed Xiao Jin and punched at his chest, but he transformed into flames and used Calamity Fire Flash to appear behind her.
• Xiao Jin taunted Medusa and struck toward her with Heart Melting Palm.

Xiao Jin battled Medusa in the Magma World, then offered her a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill in exchange for becoming his battle companion after reaching the Dou Sheng realm. He explained a safer way for her to evolve, leaving Medusa to decide whether to accept the trade.

• Medusa injured her back while Xiao Jin dodged her attacks in the Green Lotus Space, forcing her to stop fighting and hear his proposal.
• Xiao Jin refused to give Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame and revealed that he knew she wanted to use it to evolve her soul.
• Xiao Jin showed Medusa the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill and explained that it could activate her Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline and help her evolve.
• Xiao Jin asked Medusa to become his battle companion after she reached the Dou Sheng realm, promising to help her and the Snake-Person Race.
• Xiao Jin described an evolution method using the pill and the Heavenly Flame, then left Medusa to choose whether to accept it.

Medusa agreed to let Xiao Jin help her evolve after he gave her a Soul Breaking Pill and a Token for entering the Snake-Person Holy City. Xiao Jin sealed the Green Lotus Core Flame, then learned the Pill Tower Ancestor had recovered to Heaven Realm Great Perfection, while the Heavenly Flame trembled in his Storage Ring before a group of other flames.

• Medusa accepted Xiao Jin's offer to help complete her evolution and received a Soul Breaking Pill and a Token for the Holy City.
• Xiao Jin sealed the Green Lotus Core Flame with Sealing Stones, Three Thousand Burning Flame suppressing its resistance.
• Xiao Jin stored the sealed flame and collected the Associated Lotus Platform and its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor revealed that refining the Soul Origin had restored his soul to Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Several enormous figures and smaller flames surrounded the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Storage Ring, and the largest slapped it while asking if it was the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Inside Xiao Jin’s Storage Ring, the Green Lotus Core Flame gave up part of its source energy to help Little Bodhi grow, while the Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame discussed their roles. Xiao Jin returned to Stone Desert City with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which Qing Lin immobilized with her gaze.

• The Nihility Devouring Flame and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame pressured the Green Lotus Core Flame into giving one-tenth of its source energy to Little Bodhi, whose growth confirmed their method worked.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Jin that he could restore his Emperor Realm Soul by taking Soul Origin from the Soul Hall or refining souls in the Heavenly Tomb, but advised him to focus on growing stronger first.
• Xiao Jin left the Green Lotus Space, found the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and left the Earth Fire World with it coiled around his shoulder.
• Xiao Jin returned to Stone Desert City and told Xiao Yi Xian that he had completed two-thirds of his business.
• Xiao Jin showed Qing Lin the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake he had prepared for her, and her gaze left the snake unable to move.

Qing Lin grew stronger by absorbing the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake’s energy, while Medusa used Xiao Jin’s pill to strengthen her soul and understand how it could make her evolution safer. Medusa prepared to enter seclusion, still wondering what role Xiao Jin would play in her future.

• Qing Lin insisted on cooking for Xiao Jin before cultivating, and Xiao Yi Xian teased him about how deeply Qing Lin and others cared for him.
• Medusa told the Snake-Person elders that she had found the Heavenly Flame but had not brought it back, then announced she would enter seclusion to prepare her soul.
• Medusa swallowed the Tier 5 Medicinal Pill Xiao Jin had given her and felt her soul grow stronger.
• Medusa realized a stronger soul could help her resist the Purple Nether Flame Snake during evolution and avoid losing control of her body.
• Medusa recalled Xiao Jin’s words and decided to keep her promise to him.

After Qing Lin flourished under Xiao Jin’s care and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li strengthened their cultivation, Xiao Jin left for the Snake-Person Race’s Holy City to help Medusa complete her evolution. His family worried about the dangerous mission, while Xiao Li speculated that Xiao Jin might be interested in Medusa.

• Qing Lin grew stronger and more confident, and Xiao Jin made sure the Desert Iron Mercenary Group treated her with respect.
• Qing Lin decided to accompany Xiao Jin to Wutan City before Jia Nan Academy’s enrollment.
• Xiao Ding broke through to One-Star Dou Ling and gained the Myriad Forest Armor Art, while Xiao Li remained a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi as he consolidated his foundation.
• Xiao Jin warned Xiao Li not to act rashly based on unverified rumors, and Xiao Ding urged him to heed the warning.
• Xiao Jin left Stone Desert City for the Snake-Person Race’s Holy City to help Medusa complete her evolution.
• Xiao Li worried about Medusa’s power and suggested Xiao Jin might have taken a liking to her, prompting Xiao Ding to scold him.

Xiao Jin reached the Snake-Person Holy City and reunited with Medusa, who welcomed him calmly instead of threatening him as before. They agreed to begin her dangerous evolution that day, after preparing a secluded place where they would not be disturbed.

• A Snake-Person commander surrounded Xiao Jin near the Holy City, but Medusa arrived after he activated the Token and took him with her.
• Xiao Jin asked Medusa about her soul adjustment, then grew suspicious of her gentle manner and accused her of planning an ambush.
• Medusa denied wanting his Storage Ring and said only she knew about the Ninth-Grade Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Jin agreed to help Medusa evolve that day, provided they found a quiet, secluded place.
• Medusa proposed using a cave about a hundred kilometers from the Holy City, and Xiao Jin told her to prepare before they began.

Xiao Jin prepared a cavern for Medusa’s evolution and explained how the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill would protect her soul during the process. After Medusa’s soul reached the Spirit Realm, Xiao Jin enveloped her body in the Purple-Brown Flame, beginning her agonizing evolution.

• Xiao Jin inspected the cavern and told Medusa that she needed to reach the Spirit Realm before he used the Heavenly Flames to burn her body.
• Medusa undressed so her clothes would not be destroyed, and Xiao Jin struggled to control his reaction to her appearance.
• Medusa swallowed the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill while Xiao Jin monitored her soul with his soul power.
• The pill’s medicinal power broke through the barrier between Medusa’s Mortal Realm soul and the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Jin warned Medusa before covering her body with the Purple-Brown Flame, and she screamed from the pain.

Xiao Jin and Medusa’s souls were drawn together by the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill while Xiao Jin’s Emperor Realm Soul grew stronger. Inside the Storage Ring, the Heavenly Flames plotted to exploit their soul fusion to give Little Sapling the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline.

• Xiao Jin discovered that the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill’s soul force was strengthening his Emperor Realm Soul and began cultivating.
• Medusa’s evolving soul and the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill were pulled toward Xiao Jin, despite her efforts to resist.
• After about an hour, Xiao Jin and Medusa’s souls touched and the pill forced them into an uncontrolled fusion.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Nihility Devouring Flame gave Little Sapling some bloodline force, turning its trunk brilliantly seven-colored.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame arranged for Little Fallen to distract Xiao Jin so the flames could help Little Sapling obtain the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline.

During Medusa’s evolution, the Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill trapped her and Xiao Jin in a desire-filled illusory realm, but Xiao Jin’s soul body separated them before anything irreversible happened. Medusa realized the encounter was an accident and resumed her evolution, while the Little Sapling secretly absorbed more of the Heaven-Swallowing Python’s origin and part of the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s soul.

• The Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill forced Xiao Jin and Medusa into an illusory realm where they embraced despite resisting its influence.
• Xiao Jin’s soul body pulled him away from Medusa, breaking the pill’s control and ending the encounter before it went further.
• Xiao Jin feared Medusa would blame him for the accident, but Medusa recognized that he had deliberately stopped himself.
• Medusa became distracted by Xiao Jin’s restraint, and he urged her to focus on completing her evolution.
• The Little Sapling absorbed some of the Heaven-Swallowing Python’s origin and continued absorbing the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s soul.