Recaps

Xiao Jin advanced to Dou Wang, helped Xiao Yan confront the Misty Cloud Sect, and gave Xun'er a powerful pill. He reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and joined her herb-gathering mission, where Mu Li plotted against him and they approached a place Xiao Jin suspected held a map fragment.

• Xiao Jin refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reached Peak Three-Star Dou King, and changed to the Sun Nirvana Scripture.
• At the Testing Ceremony, Xun'er revealed she was an Eight-Star Dou Shi, and Xiao Jin announced he was a Three-Star Dou King.
• Xiao Jin revealed to Xiao Yan that Yao Chen had absorbed his battle qi, then arranged to revive Yao Chen in exchange for help reviving his own teacher.
• Xiao Jin backed Xiao Zhan when the Misty Cloud Sect came to dissolve Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s engagement, and Xiao Yan made a Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Jin gave Xun'er an Emperor Blood Guidance Pill, which she accepted on behalf of Gu Yuan and began refining.
• Xiao Jin reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town and offered to take her and Xun'er to Jia Nan Academy to aid her cultivation.
• As Xiao Yi Xian led a herb-gathering party into the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Mu Li arranged to have Xiao Jin killed, while Xiao Jin suspected a nearby unreachable place contained a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Jin gathered allies and resources while pursuing the Green Lotus Core Flame, then agreed to help Medusa evolve in exchange for her future support. The evolution began amid unexpected soul interference, while the Little Sapling gained the Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline.

• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave, found a map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and killed Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group before leaving Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Jin defeated Hai Bodong to obtain more of the map, then arranged for Hai Bodong to support Ya Fei and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian to Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Jin equipped Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with pills and cultivation methods, warned them about the Soul Hall, and comforted Qing Lin after recognizing her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Jin went alone into the Tagor Desert, subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame after Queen Medusa confronted him.
• Xiao Jin offered Medusa an Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill and help with her evolution in return for her becoming his battle companion after reaching Dou Sheng, and she accepted.
• Xiao Jin returned to Stone Desert City with the snake for Qing Lin, then traveled to the Holy City and began Medusa’s evolution in a secluded cave.
• The Ancient Blood Origin-Returning Pill drew Xiao Jin and Medusa’s souls together and forced them into an illusory embrace, but Xiao Jin broke the pill’s control before the encounter went further.
• The Little Sapling absorbed Heaven-Swallowing Python origin and the Purple Nether Flame Snake’s soul, while Medusa continued her evolution.

Xiao Jin returned to Wutan City, strengthened the Xiao Clan, and helped it defeat the Jia Lie Clan while warning Xun’er about the Soul Clan. He confronted the Misty Cloud Sect and persuaded Yun Shan to help set a trap for the Soul Hall, just as Medusa arrived to defend him.

• Xiao Jin finished refining six Six-Star Dou Ancestor Demon Puppets, then parted from Medusa after her evolution raised her to Five-Star Dou Zong and advised her to lead her people to Mulan Valley.
• Xiao Jin returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, reunited with Xun’er, revealed the Soul Clan’s threat, and supplied the Xiao Clan with resources and Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Jin helped Xiao Yan resolve his doubts about the Burning Mantra, gave him flames and maps to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and settled into a routine of cultivation and training with his companions.
• After Xiao Yan injured Jia Lie’ao and Liu Xi threatened Xun’er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, Xiao Zhan declared war on the Jia Lie Clan and Xiao Jin burned Liu Xi to death.
• Xiao Zhan led the Xiao Clan’s attack on the Jia Lie Clan, while Xiao Yi Xian, Xun’er, and Qing Lin defeated three Dou Kings and Xiao Jin crippled Yun Leng after he intervened for the Jia Lie Clan.
• The Xiao Clan took control of Wutan City, and Xiao Jin went to the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Leng as a prisoner, forcing him to confess his misconduct before Yun Yun.
• Xiao Jin warned Yun Shan that the Soul Hall would soon approach him and showed him a vision of the Misty Cloud Sect’s corruption and destruction if he cooperated with it.
• Yun Shan agreed to help Xiao Jin set a trap for the Soul Hall after reaching Dou Zong, and Medusa appeared, threatening the Misty Cloud Sect if Yun Shan betrayed Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin strengthened ties with the Ancient Clan, advanced the Xiao Clan, and helped Yun Yun grow stronger before joining Jia Nan Academy’s journey to its main grounds. The arc ended with him destroying a Blood Sect ambush and challenging Fan Lao to face him within half a month.

• Xiao Jin told Gu Yuan about the Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion and the Soul Clan’s plans, then revealed his Emperor Realm Soul and secured cooperation with the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Jin rescued Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, guarded her recovery, and helped her advance to Nine-Star Dou Emperor before taking the Lion King as the Xiao Clan’s guardian.
• The Xiao Clan’s young members displayed their cultivation at the adult testing ceremony, and Xiao Jin later joined Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment party with Xun’er, Xiao Yan, and the others.
• Xiao Jin revealed his Five-Star Dou King strength to Ruolin and asked to join the Enforcement Team so he could challenge powerful figures in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Jin sensed a Blood Sect ambush ahead of the recruitment party, investigated it, and discovered that Fan Ling and two Dou Kings planned to attack the group.
• Xiao Jin killed Fan Ling and the two Dou Kings, destroyed the remaining Blood Sect attackers, and told Fan Lao he would come to the Blood Sect within half a month.