Recaps

Xiao Jin discovered that the Soul Hall had tampered with Medusa’s Soul Origin and planned to strike at its forces in the Black-Corner Region without exposing the Xiao Clan. Medusa prepared to leave for the Central Plains with him, and Xiao Jin gave her a Nine-Colored Primordial Stone that offered hope of completing her transformation.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor investigated the Soul Hall’s scheme, and Xiao Jin found that the Soul Origin given to Medusa would turn her into the Soul Hall’s puppet.
• Medusa swore revenge on the Soul Hall, while Xiao Jin decided to use two high-level Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppets to uproot its Black-Corner Region forces without drawing attention to the Xiao Clan.
• Medusa explained that she had moved the Snake-Person Race to Mulan Valley and secured it with restrictions, then told Xiao Jin she planned to accompany him to the Central Plains Continent.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor recognized Medusa’s Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline, and Xiao Jin gave her a Seven-Colored Primordial Stone to test.
• Medusa dripped her blood onto the stone, causing two new colored lines to appear and revealing it as a Nine-Colored Primordial Stone that could help her complete her transformation.

Xiao Jin gave Medusa the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone and promised to help her evolve once she reached peak Dou Zun. Afterward, Zi Yan pressed him to reveal her true form, and the Pill Tower Ancestor urged him to answer.

• Xiao Jin gave Medusa the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone, explaining that it would purify her bloodline and prepare her for future evolution into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python.
• Medusa accepted the stone and offered to help in the coming battle before leaving to open a room next door.
• In Xiao Jin's Storage Ring, Little Bodhi absorbed the Heaven-Swallowing Python Essence Blood and reached one-fiftieth of its progress, while the flames discussed Xiao Jin's future cultivation and Heavenly Flame plans.
• Zi Yan demanded a treasure from Xiao Jin, but he refused to give her the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit because it would endanger her.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Jin to reveal her true form, and the Pill Tower Ancestor told him to answer.

Xiao Jin told Zi Yan that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and that Zhu Kun, the missing Dragon Emperor, was her father, but he left her free to decide whether to meet him. After Zi Yan went to stay with Medusa, Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor discussed confronting the Soul Hall and using its Soul Origin to help restore the Ancestor.

• Xiao Jin revealed Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon identity and explained how the clan's Dragon Emperor, Zhu Kun, had disappeared.
• Zi Yan learned that Zhu Kun was her father but admitted she was unsure whether she wanted to meet him.
• Xiao Jin promised to take Zi Yan to speak with Zhu Kun through the restriction whenever she felt ready, then cheered her up with a medicinal pill.
• Zi Yan went to live with Medusa, leaving the Pill Tower Ancestor relieved to be rid of her company.
• Xiao Jin asked whether the Pill Tower Ancestor could fight the Soul Hall, and the Ancestor said he was prepared to face them.
• Xiao Jin planned to use Soul Origin from the coming conflict to help the Pill Tower Ancestor recover some strength.

Xiao Jin, Medusa, and Zi Yan disguised themselves and attended the Black Seal Auction, where Xiao Jin identified several powerful guests and sensed an unknown group in Box No. 6. He suspected they were connected to Wind Lightning Pavilion, and the auction was about to begin.

• Xiao Jin disguised Zi Yan and himself with makeup so they would not be recognized at the auction.
• Zi Yan teased Xiao Jin about calling her pretty, then joined Medusa as the three prepared to leave the inn.
• Xiao Jin, Medusa, and Zi Yan used their invitations to enter Box No. 7 at the Black Seal Auction House.
• Xiao Jin sensed the guests in the other boxes and identified Old Ground Demon, members of Black Emperor Sect, Sky Eagle Elder, Medicine Emperor Han Feng, and possibly the Gold and Silver Elders.
• Xiao Jin could not sense the occupants of Box No. 6, but detected a strong lightning aura and suspected they were from Wind Lightning Pavilion.

Xiao Jin, Medusa, and Zi Yan attended the Black Seal Auction, where Zi Yan grew interested in a Magic Core and later struggled with the sale of a young girl. A Sixth-Grade Soul Recovery Pill appeared as the auction heated up, and Medusa teased Xiao Jin after he worried she might need it.

• The auction began with a Soul-Breaking Spear, and Xiao Jin gave Zi Yan a sixth-rank lightning-attribute Magic Core when she showed interest in the weapon's core.
• The auction sold a young girl for one hundred and twenty thousand gold coins, and Zi Yan told Xiao Jin she wanted to save her and take her to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Jin agreed to let Zi Yan act after the auction and planned for the Earth Demon Puppet to watch over her.
• A Sixth-Grade Soul Recovery Pill was presented, drawing attention from the crowd and the private boxes.
• Xiao Jin asked Medusa if she needed the pill, and Medusa revealed she had only changed posture to tease him.

Xiao Jin watched the auction offer high-grade pills and Soul Origin while the Pill Tower Ancestor confirmed their plan to sabotage the Soul Hall’s trap. When a tattered ancient map fragment appeared, Han Feng bid on it, and Xiao Jin wondered whether he had recognized the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• The Imperial Extreme Pill and several other high-grade medicinal pills sparked fierce bidding, with private room six winning the Imperial Extreme Pill for three million five hundred thousand gold coins.
• The Eight Fan Sect auctioned ten portions of Soul Origin, each said to help a Fifth-Grade Alchemist advance to Sixth-Grade.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Jin that their preparations were complete and reminded him to meet fifty miles east of the city.
• After the Soul Origin sold, the auction presented a tattered ancient map fragment that drew boos from the crowd.
• Han Feng bid one hundred and ten thousand gold coins for the fragment, and Xiao Jin wondered whether he had recognized it as the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Jin and Han Feng fought over a Fragmented Map at the auction until Medusa revealed her Dou Zong strength and forced Han Feng to yield. The Soul Hall Protector noticed Medusa’s unexpected power and worried that events were slipping beyond his control.

• Han Feng and Xiao Jin repeatedly raised their bids for the Fragmented Map until Xiao Jin offered five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Han Feng asked Xiao Jin to give him face, but Xiao Jin refused and told him to get lost.
• Medusa released her Dou Zong aura and threatened Han Feng, forcing him to let Xiao Jin buy the Fragmented Map.
• Xiao Jin asked Medusa whether revealing herself was safe, and she said they did not need to worry about the Soul Hall.
• The Soul Hall Protector sensed Medusa’s strength, accepted that she had been exposed, and wondered about the man she had mentioned.

Xiao Jin secured the third Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment map, then joined the Pill Tower Ancestor to eliminate Soul Hall forces and gather their Soul Origin. The stolen Soul Origin was drawn away from the auction, prompting Han Feng and others to pursue it.

• Xiao Jin obtained the third Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment map while the Heavenly Flames in his Storage Ring discussed who he might refine next.
• Xiao Jin left the auction with Medusa and Zi Yan, marking the Dou Ling who had won the little beauty with a Soul Mark.
• Xiao Jin met the Pill Tower Ancestor east of Black Seal City and learned that the Ancestor and two Earth Demon Puppets had destroyed the Soul Hall ambushers.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor gathered the Soul Origin from the fallen Soul Hall members into a pool of pure liquid.
• The ten jade bottles of Soul Origin bought at the auction broke free from the buyers' Storage Rings and flew toward the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Han Feng urged the others to chase the fleeing Soul Origin, and several alchemists and three mysterious figures followed.

The Pill Tower Ancestor posed as a Soul Hall member while reclaiming the gathered Soul Origins, convincing Han Feng and the onlookers that he was genuine. When the real Soul Hall Protectors appeared, he attacked one and absorbed his soul, leaving the other two unable to prove their identity.

• Han Feng confronted the Earth Demon Puppet as the pursuers gathered, and the Pill Tower Ancestor claimed the Soul Origins belonged to the Soul Hall.
• Han Feng and the alchemists accepted the claim after Han Feng recognized the Pill Tower Ancestor's spiritual aura and the Soul Hall's methods.
• The three Soul Hall Protectors accused the Pill Tower Ancestor of impersonating them, and he challenged them to prove their identity.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor bound one Protector with black chains, dragged out his soul, and absorbed it into the Soul Origin.
• The remaining Protectors were left bewildered as Han Feng and the onlookers continued to believe the Pill Tower Ancestor was the real Soul Hall member.

Xiao Jin and Medusa used the Soul Hall Protector’s offer of Soul Origin to draw powerful figures from the Black-Corner Region into the conflict. As Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan prepared to join the Soul Hall, Xiao Jin revealed that his goal was to gather everyone together for the Pill Tower Ancestor to deal with.

• Xiao Jin sent Medusa to approach the Soul Hall Protector, who reassured her that their encounter was a transaction.
• The Soul Hall Protector offered Soul Origin to anyone who helped him fight the supposed impostor, attracting several Dou Wangs.
• After the Soul Hall Protector offered Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan five portions of Soul Origin each as a deposit, both men decided to help.
• Zi Yan worried that the growing opposition would overwhelm Medusa and the Earth Demon Puppets, but Xiao Jin remained unconcerned.
• Xiao Jin explained that he had arranged the conflict to gather the Black-Corner Region’s powerful figures so the Pill Tower Ancestor could eliminate them together.

Xiao Jin lured Han Feng away from the battle by revealing a Heavenly Flame, while Yao Chen sensed his former disciple nearby and told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had betrayed and killed him. Xiao Yan and Yao Chen prepared to leave the academy and confront Han Feng.

• Zi Yan realized Xiao Jin intended to capture the Black-Corner Region's high-level fighters, and Xiao Jin planned to leave the Soul Hall Protector's final trump cards for the Pill Tower Ancestor to handle.
• Xiao Jin struck Han Feng with a Nine Suns Vein-Piercing Finger, and Han Feng sensed a Heavenly Flame and chased Xiao Jin into the distance.
• Yao Chen emerged from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring and sensed Han Feng's aura about five hundred li away.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Han Feng was his former disciple, who had joined the Soul Hall to ambush and kill him for the complete Burning Mantra.
• Xiao Yan urged Yao Chen to go after Han Feng, and Yao Chen agreed to leave as soon as Xiao Yan had asked for leave.

Xiao Jin confronted Han Feng, revealed his connection to Yao Chen, and overwhelmed Han Feng with his superior Heavenly Flame and fire-control abilities. Han Feng struggled against Xiao Jin’s Flame Tiger as the fight continued.

• Xiao Jin stopped fleeing and revealed to Han Feng that he knew Yao Chen was still alive.
• Xiao Jin summoned purple-brown Flame Meteors and attacked Han Feng, whose Sea Heart Flame struggled to hold them back.
• Han Feng attacked with a Flame Whip, but Xiao Jin easily dodged it.
• Xiao Jin shaped his flame into a Flame Tiger and sent it pouncing at Han Feng.
• Han Feng was shocked by Xiao Jin’s fire control and found himself hard-pressed in the battle.

Xiao Jin used the Glazed Flame Refining Art to raise his strength and fight Han Feng, whose power was fueled by the Sea Heart Flame. After their strongest attacks collided, Xiao Jin remained in better condition, while Han Feng feared he would die.

• Han Feng withdrew from the Flame Tiger and erupted with Dou Qi to boost his combat strength.
• Xiao Jin activated the first stage of the Glazed Flame Refining Art, raising his strength from Six-Star Dou King to Peak Dou King.
• Han Feng attacked Xiao Jin with the Light Radiance Seal.
• Xiao Jin countered with Nuclear Fusion Fist, and their clash scorched the surrounding mountain ridge.
• After the collision, Han Feng's aura weakened and he despaired when his strongest attack failed to harm Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin defeated Han Feng and trapped him just as Yao Chen arrived, leaving the former master and disciple to confront their past. Xiao Jin then urged Xiao Yan to consider refining more Heavenly Flames to evolve his Burning Mantra.

• Xiao Jin overpowered Han Feng with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and an Earth-tier High-level Dou Technique, then revealed he was hunting Black List targets.
• Han Feng tried to flee, but Xiao Jin locked down space and restrained him; Han Feng offered the Sea Heart Flame in exchange for his life.
• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and flew toward the battle, while Xiao Yan sensed the power of the colliding Heavenly Flames from fifty li away.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Jin, and Yao Chen confronted Han Feng over his betrayal and the ambush that had led to Yao Chen's fall.
• Xiao Jin told Xiao Yan to think about refining other Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan realized he could use them to evolve his Burning Mantra.

Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yan pills and arranged for him to refine the Sea Heart Flame and later the Fallen Heart Flame, while Yao Chen reflected on Han Feng’s betrayal. After Xiao Jin left with Han Feng’s corpse, Yao Chen remarked on how effortlessly Xiao Jin had defeated a Peak Dou Emperor.

• Xiao Jin explained that helping Xiao Yan grow stronger would also help protect the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan agreed to repay his support when needed.
• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yan pills to aid his breakthroughs and warned him to temper his foundation through battles after refining Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Chen recovered the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng’s corpse and thanked Xiao Jin for letting him take personal revenge.
• Xiao Jin offered the Sea Heart Flame to Xiao Yan, then took Han Feng’s corpse and flew away.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Xiao Jin had defeated Han Feng, a Peak Dou Emperor, without suffering a visible wound.

Xiao Jin’s group revealed their trap and wiped out the Black-Corner Region forces who had joined the battle, killing the Soul Hall Protectors and surrounding Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan. The chapter ended with the Pill Tower Ancestor stopping Mo Tianxing’s attempted self-destruction.

• Xiao Jin returned to the battlefield as Medusa and the Pill Tower Ancestor pretended to fight while the others struggled against the Earth Demon Puppets.
• Medusa and the Pill Tower Ancestor suddenly killed the two Soul Hall Protectors, leaving Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan exposed.
• The Earth Demon Puppets and Xiao Jin massacred the gathered forces while Medusa and the Pill Tower Ancestor fought Mo Tianxing and Old Man Ying Shan; Zi Yan killed a Two-Star Dou King.
• After Zi Yan killed the last Dou King, Xiao Jin told Mo Tianxing that the group was not from the Soul Hall and that the dead Protectors had been Soul Hall members.
• Mo Tianxing tried to self-destruct, but the Pill Tower Ancestor stopped him.

Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor killed Mo Tianxing, Old Man Ying Shan, and the Soul Hall Protector, then questioned the protector about the Soul Hall’s operation. After learning the Soul Hall had no branch in the Northwest Continent and the protector knew little else, they turned to looting and dividing the spoils.

• Xiao Jin killed Old Man Ying Shan before he could speak, and the Pill Tower Ancestor summoned the Soul Hall Protector’s weakened soul.
• Xiao Jin questioned the Soul Hall Protector, who revealed that the Soul Hall had ordered the collection of alchemists’ souls in the Black-Corner Region.
• The Soul Hall Protector explained that the group had come from outside the Northwest Continent and that the operation had wiped out their entire party.
• Xiao Jin learned the souls were collected by an unnamed Dou Venerate sent from the main hall, then sealed the protector inside the Soul Origin.
• Xiao Jin and the Pill Tower Ancestor prepared to loot the dead and divide the spoils.

Xiao Jin divided the spoils from Black Seal City between Zi Yan and Medusa, then set out to destroy the Eight Fan Sect. Zi Yan and Medusa returned to Jia Nan Academy and the Snake-Person Race, while Medusa planned to rejoin Xiao Jin before he departed for the Central Plains.

• Zi Yan rescued the little girl Xiao Jin had marked, and he arranged for an Earth Demon Puppet to guard her.
• Xiao Jin divided the medicinal pills, medicinal ingredients, techniques, and gold coins among himself, Zi Yan, and Medusa.
• Medusa kissed Xiao Jin, who pushed her away, and she felt his heart was gradually opening to her.
• Xiao Jin prepared to eliminate the Eight Fan Sect, while Medusa escorted Zi Yan and the rescued girl to Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa planned to settle the Snake-Person Race's affairs before returning to Xiao Jin ahead of his journey to the Central Plains.

After six months of hunting Black List experts, Xiao Jin and Zi Yan prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy, where the Fallen Heart Flame was growing unstable. As Xiao Jin accepted a farewell banquet, Xun'er dealt with another unwanted admirer and awaited his return.

• Xiao Jin and Zi Yan gained strength through six months of battles, while their killings of Black List experts earned them fear across the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Jin told Zi Yan they would return to Jia Nan Academy to investigate the rioting Fallen Heart Flame, then travel to the Central Plains after spending a little over a year there.
• Elder Wu invited Xiao Jin to a farewell banquet on behalf of the Enforcement Team, and Xiao Jin accepted.
• Xun'er burned an unopened letter from another admirer, and Xiao Yi Xian told her Xiao Jin would soon return.

After a night of drinking with the Enforcement Team, Xiao Jin returned to peak condition and set off with Zi Yan for Jia Nan Academy, unaware of why she was angry with him. At his courtyard, Liu Qing arrived to challenge Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian after hearing of their rise through the Strong Ranking.

• The Enforcement Team plied Xiao Jin with wine, and Zi Yan carried him back to his room after the banquet.
• Zi Yan angrily punched the unconscious Xiao Jin, then left without noticing that he scratched the spots she had hit in his sleep.
• Xiao Jin woke up, cleared the remaining alcohol with his Dou Qi, and asked Zi Yan to return to Jia Nan Academy with him.
• Zi Yan blamed Xiao Jin for her anger but refused to explain, so he flew with her toward the academy.
• Qing Lin saw Liu Qing and his companions waiting outside the courtyard and mistook them for suitors bothering Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Qing, now a Six-Star Dou Ling after half a year of seclusion, came to challenge Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian after hearing of their Strong Ranking victories.

Xiao Jin returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin after more than half a year away. He dismissed Liu Qing's challenge and discovered that the girls had made major advances in cultivation.

• Liu Qing arrived to challenge Xiao Yi Xian and Xun'er, but Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Dou King strength and refused to fight him.
• Xiao Jin appeared at the courtyard gate, and Xun'er ran to welcome him before he embraced her.
• Liu Qing withdrew his challenge after recognizing Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin sent the gathered students away.
• Xiao Jin returned to the courtyard with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin while Zi Yan went to visit Su Qian.
• Xiao Jin discovered that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Three-Star Dou King, Xun'er had reached Four-Star Dou King, and Qing Lin had reached Two-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Jin reassured Xun'er that he planned to return to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin before heading to the Central Plains, while reflecting on how quickly the girls were catching up to his cultivation. Zi Yan then questioned Su Qian about her origins, and the revelation that her father may have vanished near Jia Nan Academy left Su Qian fearing a powerful danger nearby.

• Xiao Jin told Xun'er he would stay with her at Jia Nan Academy, then take Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Wutan City and later travel to the Central Plains.
• Xun'er worried about Soul Hall's soul-collecting scheme, and Xiao Jin said he had already destroyed its Northwest Continent organization.
• Su Qian scolded Zi Yan for tearing up his residence, while Su Ju quietly cleaned the mess.
• Zi Yan asked Su Qian whether he had discovered anything when he found her, explaining that Xiao Jin had identified her true form as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan told Su Qian that her father must have disappeared near Jia Nan Academy, prompting him to fear that a dangerous place nearby had trapped or killed an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast.
• Su Qian decided he had to find Xiao Jin and learn more about the danger.

Xiao Jin reassured Su Qian that Jia Nan Academy’s hidden cave mansion was sealed and promised Xiao Yan could resolve the Fallen Heart Flame crisis. He then prepared to refine a second Heavenly Flame, learning from the Pill Tower Ancestor that the Tree of Life within his dantian was the key to refining multiple flames.

• Xiao Jin confirmed to Su Qian that a sealed cave mansion lay near Jia Nan Academy and said he would investigate it to protect the academy.
• Xiao Jin promised Su Qian that Xiao Yan could handle the Fallen Heart Flame and that the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower would not face the same crisis again.
• Xiao Jin spent several days resting with the girls before going alone to the mountains outside the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Jin settled in a cave after sending two Earth Demon Puppets to scout the surrounding area.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor explained that the Tree of Life rooted in Xiao Jin’s dantian would let him refine multiple Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Jin chose to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, trusting that the flames from his Storage Ring would not harm him. As the flame entered his body and transformed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, the Pill Tower Ancestor told him to circulate his technique and awaken the Tree of Life.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor recommended that Xiao Jin refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as his second Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Jin doubted he could handle the flame, while the Heavenly Flames in his Storage Ring teased the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Jin touched the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and discovered that it welcomed being refined by him.
• Xiao Jin swallowed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which began changing the Three Thousand Burning Flame from purplish-brown to pink.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor urged Xiao Jin to circulate his technique, pour Dou Qi into his Dou Crystal, and give birth to the Tree of Life.

Xiao Jin absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and broke through the Dou Crystal in his dantian, causing a vast surge of energy as he advanced toward Dou Emperor. Two months later, a powerful wave reached the Inner Academy, and Xun'er believed he had succeeded.

• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame gathered in Xiao Jin's dantian, where its essence and the pink lake shattered his Dou Crystal and revealed an emerald Little Sapling.
• The Little Sapling absorbed the lake while Xiao Jin's aura climbed, drawing energy from the surrounding lands and driving nearby Magical Beasts away or into submission.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor judged that Xiao Jin might break through directly to Peak Dou Emperor, as his aura reached its peak and then rapidly fell.
• During Xiao Jin's two-month absence, Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian each advanced one star, while Qing Lin reached Four-Star Dou Ling.
• A wave of energy from Xiao Jin's distant breakthrough shook the Inner Academy, and Su Qian shielded it with an energy barrier.
• Xun'er sensed Xiao Jin's aura weaken and concluded that he had successfully broken through.