Recaps

After more than a month of training, Xiao Yan’s cultivation, soul power, and alchemy had advanced enough for him to prepare to leave the little valley. He and Xiao Yi Xian parted ways as she set out for the Chu Yun Empire, with both promising not to forget each other.

• Xiao Yan refined a high-quality Imperial Extreme Pill and a Myriad Beast Blood Pill, then secretly fed the latter to Xiao Yi Xian, greatly strengthening her body.
• Xiao Yan’s soul power rose to the sixth tier and neared the seventh, while his flame control and combat skills improved.
• Xiao Yan decided he was ready to leave the valley and learned that Xiao Yi Xian planned to travel to the Chu Yun Empire to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a child flame of the myriad beast spirit flame, promising to find her if its aura revealed she was in danger.
• Xiao Yi Xian tearfully embraced Xiao Yan and asked him not to forget her, and Xiao Yan flew away after promising she would remain important to him.

Xiao Yan entered Black Rock City to verify his Alchemist rank and make an impression, then told Guild President Frank he would be assessed as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist by refining a Dou Ling Pill. Nalan Yanran and Elder Yun Jing arrived at the guild to seek information about Ice Spirit Cold Spring, just as Frank was preparing to help Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan entered Black Rock City and decided to have his Alchemist rank assessed.
• Nalan Yanran and Elder Yun Jing traveled to the city to find Gute and trade for his Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild wearing a flame-patterned mask and impressed Frank by identifying flaws in the guild president's incense.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yan Xiao and asked Frank to assess him as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, offering to refine a Dou Ling Pill with his own herbs.
• Nalan Yanran and Elder Yun Jing entered the guild and asked which person was President Frank.

Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Guild to demonstrate his skill by refining a Dou Ling Pill, while Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing arrived seeking Alchemist Gute. After hearing Xiao Yan speak, Nalan Yanran sensed that his voice resembled someone from her memories.

• Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing asked Frank to take them to Alchemist Gute, but Frank prioritized Xiao Yan's alchemist assessment and pill refinement.
• Frank introduced Xiao Yan as a suspected Sixth-Rank Alchemist, prompting Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing to decide to investigate him.
• Xiao Yan brought out Yao Lao's Black Demon Cauldron and arranged the herbs needed to refine the Dou Ling Pill.
• Otto arrived hoping to watch Xiao Yan refine the pill, apologized for interrupting him, and was allowed to observe.
• Nalan Yanran and Yun Jing entered to watch, and Xiao Yan invited the guild's Alchemists to attend.
• Nalan Yanran frowned when she heard Xiao Yan's young voice because it reminded her of someone she knew.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his Sixth-Rank alchemy skills and revealed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, while Nalan Yanran realized he might be able to save her grandfather from the Brand Poison. He continued refining a Dou Ling Pill as Nalan Yanran considered the chance to cure Nalan Jie.

• Nalan Yanran recognized a faint resemblance between the Sixth-Rank Alchemist's voice and Xiao Yan's but concluded that he could not be Xiao Yan.
• Otto and Frank brought their disciples and other Alchemists to watch Xiao Yan refine a pill.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and the Alchemists identified it as a Heavenly Flame that suppressed their ability to produce fire.
• Nalan Yanran remembered that Gu He had said Nalan Jie's Brand Poison could only be burned away with a Heavenly Flame, and she grew hopeful that Xiao Yan could save him.
• Xiao Yan considered the Nalan Clan's Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and decided not to help until he could gain the greatest benefit.
• Xiao Yan focused on refining a Dou Ling Pill for his planned breakthrough to the Dou Wang realm.

Xiao Yan completed a top-quality Dou Ling Pill, earning recognition as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist from the Alchemist Guild. After he refused to hear Nalan Yanran's request for help with Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, she followed him to his inn and offered to become his maid.

• Xiao Yan spent five days refining a Dou Ling Pill while the Alchemists watched and studied his techniques.
• Xiao Yan formed a flawless Dou Ling Pill that stirred the natural energy, and Frank promised to report his Sixth-Rank status and prepare his Alchemist robe.
• Xiao Yan refused Otto's offer of lodging and rejected Nalan Yanran's attempt to speak with him, then left the Alchemist Guild.
• Nalan Yanran asked Yun Jing to handle the exchange for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and said she intended to persuade Xiao Yan to save Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Yan returned to the inn and planned to travel to the Tagor Desert after receiving his robe.
• Nalan Yanran knocked on Xiao Yan's door and offered to become his maid.

Xiao Yan agreed to give the Nalan Clan a chance to negotiate treatment for Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, while Nalan Yanran served as his maid during their journey. In Desert City, Xiao Yan dismissed her and promised to treat her grandfather in a few months, and Nalan Yanran asked to see his face beneath his mask.

• Nalan Yanran offered to serve Xiao Yan as a maid for half a year in exchange for one chance for the Nalan Clan to negotiate treatment for Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison.
• During several days aboard the Flying Boat, Nalan Yanran served Xiao Yan, while he complained to Yao Lao that her poor cooking and clumsy service had made him regret taking her on.
• When the Flying Boat reached Desert City, Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran to leave because she would be a burden on his search.
• Xiao Yan promised to treat Nalan Jie’s poison when he visited the Jia Ma Empire’s capital for the Alchemist Conference, and told Nalan Yanran to prepare payment.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to remove his mask so she could see his face.

Xiao Yan visited Hai Bodong’s map shop in Desert City, secured a map fragment and information about Heavenly Flames, then flew toward Stone Desert City. Nalan Yanran was captured by snake-people in the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Yan spotted the cages as he traveled.

• Nalan Yanran rejected Xiao Yan’s refusal to remove his mask, then left Desert City and was captured after mercenaries used her as a shield against snake-people.
• Xiao Yan entered Ancient Map wearing his Sixth-Rank Alchemist’s robe and met Hai Bodong, who explained his seal and offered a map fragment in exchange for a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan accepted Hai Bodong’s deal and obtained information about Heavenly Flames along with a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment.
• Xiao Yan left Desert City and flew toward Stone Desert City, where he spotted snake-people guarding humans in cages and descended to investigate.

Xiao Yan rescued members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group from the Snake-People Tribe and revealed that he was the younger brother of its leaders. He reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, where they learned that he was only a Dou Ling in cultivation but could wield Dou Huang-level strength.

• Xiao Yan stopped a Snake-People Tribe group transporting captured mercenaries and learned they belonged to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan freed the mercenaries, punished a snake-person who dismissed their claim, and gave a Tier 3 Medicinal Pill to the woman who questioned his intentions.
• Xiao Yan told the mercenaries that their leaders were his elder brothers and asked them to lead him to Stone Desert City.
• Nalan Yanran remained captive and wished for Master Yan to rescue her, unaware that he had already left with the mercenaries.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li and Xiao Ding, then explained that his cultivation was only Dou Ling despite his ability to match a Dou Huang in strength.
• Xiao Yan took out medicinal pills he had brought for his elder brothers.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, revealed that he was a Sixth-Rank Alchemist, and spent a day drinking with them before meeting Qing Lin. Meanwhile, Yun Yun infiltrated Medusa’s bedchamber in search of her Heavenly Flames and was discovered, leaving her in danger.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Myriad Beast Blood Pills and revealed his Sixth-Rank Alchemist robe.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan’s returned Heaven-Swallowing Talent, and the three brothers drank together until Xiao Ding and Xiao Li passed out.
• Qing Lin entered to clean the room, and Xiao Yan recognized her Snake-People heritage and invited her to serve as his maid.
• Yun Yun entered Medusa’s bedchamber to seek her Heavenly Flames, but Medusa revealed she had anticipated the infiltration.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li Myriad Beast Blood Pills, then claimed Qing Lin as his maid after learning her identity. Meanwhile, Yun Yun infiltrated Medusa’s bedchamber for her Heavenly Flame but was defeated and ordered thrown into the dungeon.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li received Myriad Beast Blood Pills from Xiao Yan, and the three brothers drank together until the older brothers passed out.
• Xiao Yan recognized Qing Lin as the mixed-blood girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and told her she would become his maid.
• Qing Lin was overwhelmed by the prospect of serving Xiao Yan and fainted.
• Yun Yun entered Medusa’s bedchamber in search of her Heavenly Flame, but Medusa revealed she had anticipated the infiltration.
• Yun Yun attacked with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill, but Medusa shattered the technique and weakened her with a single strike.
• Medusa ordered her guards to seize Yun Yun and throw her into the dungeon.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran were separately imprisoned by the Snake-People Tribe, while Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s care and became his maid. The chapter ended with Yun Yun recognizing Nalan Yanran’s voice from the neighboring cell.

• Yun Yun recalled how she had been captured by Medusa while trying to steal the Heavenly Flame and realized she had underestimated her opponent.
• After days without food or water, Nalan Yanran hoped her master would rescue her from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Qing Lin woke in Xiao Yan’s bed and agreed to become his maid, while Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that her special talent was worth nurturing.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li left to take the Myriad Beast Blood Pill, leaving Xiao Yan in charge of the mercenary group.
• Nalan Yanran was placed in a cell, ate the food and water inside, and called out to the neighboring prisoner; Yun Yun recognized her voice.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran sat in neighboring prison cells without realizing the other was there, while Xiao Yan strengthened his brothers and expanded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. The chapter ended with a mercenary reporting that Xiao Yan’s sought-after entrance had been found east of the city.

• Yun Yun mistook Nalan Yanran’s faint voice for a hallucination, and both women sat silently in adjacent cells without recognizing each other.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li woke with greatly enhanced physiques, accidentally demolished their house, and received pills from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan gave his brothers Earth Rank cultivation methods and Dou Skills as they trained to control their new strength.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li accidentally killed the Sand Mercenary Group’s leader and many senior members, and Xiao Yan took over its property; the Storm Mercenary Group surrendered.
• Xiao Yan planned to find the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and lotus seeds, while considering how to help Medusa evolve and obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• A mercenary reported to Xiao Yan that the entrance he had been searching for was east of the city.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin found the entrance to the underground Magma World, where Xiao Yan negotiated with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to guide him toward a lotus platform. He left Qing Lin safely behind and descended alone, spotting the Cyan Lotus Platform and recognizing it as a chance to gain [One-Click Dou Wang].

• Qing Lin sensed something unusual in the eastern area, and Xiao Yan led his group to the passage leading to the Magma World.
• Xiao Yan brought Qing Lin to the entrance, publicly praised her snake scales, and descended with her into the underground cavern.
• Qing Lin sensed the strongest remaining aura and guided Xiao Yan through a passage into the sea of magma.
• Xiao Yan used his [Myriad Beast] talent to lure out the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and offered it two drops of blood to guide him to the lotus platform.
• Xiao Yan protected Qing Lin with a barrier of Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, then followed the snake into the magma and continued deeper alone.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Cyan Lotus Platform and saw it as [One-Click Dou Wang].

Xiao Yan retrieved the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and seeds after discovering that Queen Medusa had already taken the Heavenly Flame. He used the seeds to advance from four-star Dou Ling to one-star Dou Wang, and planned to seek the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils inheritance for Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao concluded that Queen Medusa had taken the Heavenly Flame, so Xiao Yan collected the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and seeds instead.
• Xiao Yan gave the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake two drops of blood and led Qing Lin out of the underground cavern, intending to seek an inheritance for her at the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan returned to Stone Desert City with Qing Lin and celebrated with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li before entering seclusion that night.
• Xiao Yan sat on the Earth Fire Lotus Platform and swallowed its seeds, using their energy to advance from four-star Dou Ling to nine-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the remaining four seeds, broke through the Dou Wang barrier, and reached one-star Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave Stone Desert City with Qing Lin, hoping to give her a safer home among the Snake-People Tribe. There, Nalan Yanran waited for rescue in prison, but Queen Medusa visited Sect Master Yun Yun instead.

• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yan for reaching One-Star Dou Wang after absorbing eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, and Xiao Yan discussed how the Green Lotus Core Flame might affect his cultivation and abilities.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had waited outside his door for three days and was now feverish, so Xiao Yan found her asleep on the threshold.
• Xiao Yan decided to take Qing Lin away from Stone Desert City, bought her clothes and necessities, and gave her a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he was taking Qing Lin to the Snake-People Tribe, then flew there with her.
• Nalan Yanran assumed Queen Medusa had come to arrange her release, but Queen Medusa passed her cell and asked Sect Master Yun Yun how she had fared in prison.

Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa and offered to discuss the Heavenly Flame she needed for her evolution, raising the possibility of a safer flame. As Medusa paused their negotiation to deal with Yun Yun’s answer, Xiao Yan wondered whether Gu He had arrived to seek the Heavenly Flame.

• Nalan Yanran heard Yun Yun in the neighboring cell, and the master and disciple realized they had both been imprisoned by Medusa.
• Medusa told Yun Yun to return to the Jia Ma Empire for resources in exchange for lifting her seal, while refusing to release Nalan Yanran.
• A Snake-People guard reported that a Sixth-Rank Alchemist had come seeking Medusa and had mentioned Heavenly Flame evolution.
• Xiao Yan met Medusa in the main hall and explained that he had deduced her plan to use a Heavenly Flame to evolve her bloodline.
• Xiao Yan asked Medusa whether she knew of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and she reacted strongly to the flame’s potential.
• A guard told Medusa that Yun Yun had given her answer, prompting Medusa to leave Xiao Yan waiting while she dealt with Yun Yun.

Xiao Yan followed Queen Medusa to the prison, where he overheard Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussing Yun Yun’s capture and her secret preparations for someone. When Gu He’s group arrived at the Snake-People Holy City seeking the Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan watched as Medusa confronted them and Jia Xingtian prepared to challenge her.

• Queen Medusa led Xiao Yan to the prison, where Yun Yun told her she would trade resources for her freedom and the removal of her seal.
• Xiao Yan sensed powerful intruders approaching the Snake-People Holy City, including a peak Dou Emperor.
• Gu He ordered Lion King Yan Shi and Windwalker Feng Li to attack Yue Mei, but Medusa arrived and struck both men down.
• Gu He asked Jia Xingtian to fight Medusa in exchange for a Break-Ancestor Pill, and Jia Xingtian released his peak Dou Emperor aura.
• Xiao Yan watched from the city wall and wondered whether Gu He possessed a Humanoid Transformation Pill.

Gu He failed to obtain Medusa’s Heavenly Flame through force or a proposed pill exchange, so he left with Jia Xingtian. Xiao Yan then revealed that he possessed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and struck a deal with Medusa to help her evolve in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Medusa planned to deal with Yun Yun.

• Medusa and Jia Xingtian avoided fighting, and Gu He offered a Sixth Tier Dou Ling Pill and a High Seventh Grade Humanoid Transformation Pill for her Heavenly Flame.
• Medusa rejected Gu He’s offer, and he and Jia Xingtian departed with Yan Shi and Feng Li carried by four Dou Ling cultivators.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that she suspected he possessed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Xiao Yan revealed the flame in his palm.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Medusa evolve with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and refine the Snake-People Tribe’s medicinal ingredients in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa accepted the deal, learned Xiao Yan’s identity, and said she would deal with Yun Yun before fulfilling their agreement.

Xiao Yan protected Yun Yun from Queen Medusa’s order to kill her and fought Medusa after she refused to back down. He defeated her giant serpent attack and, after healing his own wound, asked whether she was convinced.

• Medusa ordered Yue Mei to kill Yun Yun, but Xiao Yan stepped in and blocked the attack.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he and Yun Yun were close partners and refused Medusa’s demand to leave her behind.
• Medusa attacked Xiao Yan, who withstood her strikes and countered with the Earth Rank Dou Technique Flame Burst.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa were both injured when his punch shattered her giant serpent form, but Xiao Yan healed quickly with a pill.
• Xiao Yan walked toward Medusa and asked whether she was convinced.

Xiao Yan defeated Queen Medusa but persuaded her to continue their deal for the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Yun Yun was freed from her seal and explained how she had come to the Snake-People Tribe. The chapter ended with Yun Yun asking Xiao Yan to negotiate Nalan Yanran’s release, catching him off guard.

• Xiao Yan defeated Queen Medusa, but explained that he had fought her to prove his strength and protect Yun Yun, not to abandon their deal.
• Queen Medusa agreed to continue the deal and compensated Xiao Yan with one-third of the Snake-People Tribe’s stored medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan reassured Yun Yun that the Snake-People Tribe would remove her seal and told her how he had come to the Tagor Desert.
• Yun Yun revealed her real name and explained why she had come to the desert and how she had been captured.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan to seek Queen Medusa’s release of Nalan Yanran, leaving Xiao Yan startled that he had forgotten her.

Xiao Yan agreed to arrange Nalan Yanran’s release while hiding his identity, then accidentally embarrassed Yun Yun by smelling her after her captivity. Nalan Yanran was freed and mistakenly concluded that Yan Xiao had secretly paid for her release, leaving her grateful and newly fond of him.

• Xiao Yan agreed to ask Medusa to release Nalan Yanran and told Yun Yun to claim she had paid with her own resources, keeping his involvement secret.
• Xiao Yan accidentally pressed his face against Yun Yun’s chest while investigating a scent, and Yun Yun went to bathe in embarrassment.
• Yun Yun privately realized Xiao Yan had smelled her body odor and blushed with shame in the hot spring.
• Xiao Yan visited Nalan Yanran’s cell and told her she would be released and should return to the Misty Cloud Sect with her master.
• Nalan Yanran inferred that Yan Xiao had secured her release, promised to keep his identity secret, and began to feel differently about him.

Xiao Yan refined pills for the Snake-People Tribe while Medusa recovered, then prepared a pill made with his blood to improve her chances of surviving her Heavenly Flame evolution. The chapter ended with Medusa waiting in an Ice Spirit Cold Spring pool as Xiao Yan went to begin the evolution.

• Xiao Yan left Nalan Yanran and visited Medusa, then Yun Yun had her seal removed and regained her strength.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan she had collected several Beast Flames for him, and she left with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan sent word to his brothers in Stone Desert City and spent several days refining pills from the Snake-People Tribe's abundant herbs.
• Xiao Yan completed a Tier 6 pill with Yao Lao's Bone Chilling Flame, using his own blood as its main ingredient to aid Medusa's evolution.
• Xiao Yan left to join Medusa, who waited beside a pool of Ice Spirit Cold Spring for the evolution to begin.

Xiao Yan helped Medusa undergo her evolution with the Myriad Beast Pill and Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, but the process drew an enormous amount of natural energy and left her reborn as a human. After Medusa drank his blood and kissed him, Xiao Yan lost his restraint and the two began an intimate encounter on the island.

• Xiao Yan gave Medusa the Myriad Beast Pill and blindfolded himself while she prepared to evolve.
• Medusa transformed into a massive purple snake and entered the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame as Xiao Yan controlled the flames.
• The Heavenly Flame resonated with Medusa's secret technique, drawing natural energy from the Tagor Great Desert and nearby regions to accelerate her evolution.
• Medusa emerged from the ashes as a weak little snake, bit Xiao Yan's wrist, and drank his blood until she regained human form.
• Medusa kissed Xiao Yan beneath her purple barrier, and he lost control as their encounter began.

After Medusa’s evolution, she and Xiao Yan slept together, then clashed over his reluctance before reaching an uneasy understanding. Medusa recovered from the encounter as a Four-Star Dou Zong with a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline, and Xiao Yan prepared to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame she left behind.

• Medusa completed her evolution into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and became a Dou Zong, then attacked Xiao Yan after he admitted he was unhappy about what had happened.
• Afterward, Xiao Yan asked Medusa for some of her Heart Blood Essence, and she agreed to provide it after a month of recovery.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that her cultivation had risen from Peak Dou Emperor to Four-Star Dou Zong and that her bloodline had the potential to reach Dou Saint and possibly Dou Emperor.
• Medusa said Xiao Yan did not need to take responsibility for their encounter, then left the Green Lotus Core Flame for him.
• Xiao Yan realized that absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame could greatly advance his own cultivation.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame with Yao Lao guarding him, using its energy to strengthen his body, refine his cultivation method, and advance from one-star to four-star Dou Wang. The lotus platform opened after the energy ran out, leaving Xiao Yan to consolidate his newly increased cultivation.

• Xiao Yan sent Qing Lin out of the bedchamber before preparing to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yao Lao emerged from Xiao Yan's ring and was surprised that Xiao Yan's soul power had reached Peak Sixth Grade.
• Xiao Yan took a Blood Lotus Pill and swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame's seed, then circulated it through his meridians with the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan divided the flame's energy among the Spirit Container, his body, and his cultivation as the lotus platform gathered energy from heaven and earth.
• Xiao Yan broke through to two-star, three-star, and then four-star Dou Wang before the energy ran out and the lotus platform opened.