Recaps

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian met the Wan Ling Emperor’s remnant at the inheritance site, where he examined Xiao Yan and learned the Wan Ling Sect had vanished and no Dou Emperor had appeared in ten thousand years. The Wan Ling Emperor was astonished by Xiao Yan’s abilities, then became confused when Xiao Yan described his father’s Da Dou Shi cultivation.

• Xiao Yan shielded Xiao Yi Xian when a soul fluctuation came from the stone monument, and the Wan Ling Emperor’s phantom appeared.
• Yao Lao emerged from Xiao Yan’s ring and identified the phantom as the Wan Ling Emperor, who said he was a remnant with the strength of a One-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan told the Wan Ling Emperor that the Wan Ling Sect no longer existed and the continent had produced no Dou Emperor for at least ten thousand years.
• The Wan Ling Emperor explained that he and his companions had left Origin Qi behind when they departed the continent, then asked how Xiao Yan had obtained the inheritance.
• The Wan Ling Emperor examined Xiao Yan and praised his age, four Heavenly Flames, Heaven-Swallowing Talent, physique, cultivation, and soul power.
• Xiao Yan said he was the son of a Xiao Clan member from Wutan City whose cultivation was only at the Da Dou Shi realm, and the Wan Ling Emperor asked what level that was.

Xiao Yan received Wan Ling Emperor’s true legacy and asked for help for Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian. Wan Ling Emperor confirmed Xiao Yi Xian’s method of controlling her Woe Poison Body and began passing more soul techniques to Xiao Yan.

• Wan Ling Emperor passed Xiao Yan the Emperor Rank Spirit Devouring Body Forging Mantra, which added five Heaven-Swallowing Talent slots, and Xiao Yan accepted him as his master.
• Xiao Yan asked Wan Ling Emperor for pills and treasures, but learned that the supplies had lost their effects and Wan Ling Emperor had no pill formulas.
• Xiao Yan requested a soul cultivation method to restore Yao Lao’s soul power, and Wan Ling Emperor passed a low Heaven Rank method to Yao Lao.
• Wan Ling Emperor confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian’s Nether Poison Flame could control her Woe Poison Body and advised her to practice fire-control techniques.
• Wan Ling Emperor offered Xiao Yan soul cultivation methods and Soul Dou Skills, and Xiao Yan asked to receive them.

Wan Ling Emperor passed his soul cultivation methods and Dou Skills to Xiao Yan before sending him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao out of the inheritance space. Back at the Poison Sect, they learned that Xie Bi Yan had killed Xie Shan after failing to find them.

• Xiao Yan received Wan Ling Emperor’s soul methods and Dou Skills, and Wan Ling Emperor advised him to cultivate both his body and soul toward the Emperor Realm.
• Wan Ling Emperor’s remnant dissipated, and the inheritance space sent Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao back to the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Yao Lao, and the three put aside their awkwardness as they teased one another.
• Qian Du entered the wooden house and told Xiao Yi Xian that Xie Bi Yan had arrived with Xie Shan and Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect experts one day earlier.
• Qian Du reported that Xie Bi Yan had killed Xie Shan after failing to find Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, leaving his head on a stone pillar in the plaza.

Xiao Yan explained why Xie Bi Yan had executed Xie Shan and agreed that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect no longer posed a threat. Xiao Yi Xian disbanded the Poison Sect, brought Qian Du along, and set out with Xiao Yan for the Snake-People Tribe after first planning to visit his brothers in Stone Desert City.

• Xie Bi Yan explained that executing Xie Shan had been a fallback to protect the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect if its attack failed to kill Xiao Yi Xian and Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan decided not to retaliate against the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Xiao Yi Xian confirmed that she wanted to disband her dwindling faction.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered Qian Du to distribute the Poison Sect's resources and let its members leave, but Xiao Yan agreed that Qian Du could accompany them.
• Qian Du disbanded the Poison Sect, arranged a Flying Boat to the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Yi Xian stored her wooden house before departing with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan planned to visit his brothers in Stone Desert City before going to the Snake-People Tribe, where Queen Medusa could help protect them while he treated Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body.

After half a month of travel and training, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Stone Desert City, where the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had grown famous under Xiao Yan’s brothers. Xiao Yan reached his brothers’ courtyard, only to be greeted by a young girl who rushed into his arms.

• During the journey, Xiao Yan practiced his Dou Skills and learned the first move of Void Soul Prison and Soul Spirit Avatar, while Yao Lao struggled to learn an Upper Earth Rank Soul Dou Skill.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Stone Desert City and heard that Xiao Yan’s brothers had become powerful leaders of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan considered bringing his brothers to the Black-Corner Region to help him establish a faction there.
• The mercenaries recognized Xiao Yan as their acting leader and welcomed him into the group’s headquarters.
• Xiao Yan opened the door to his brothers’ courtyard, and a young girl ran into his arms, telling him she had missed him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Qing Lin in Stone Desert City, then invited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to join him in building a force in the Black-Corner Region. Xiao Yi Xian’s jealousy surfaced in an awkward imitation of Qing Lin, leaving her poisoned body on the verge of erupting.

• Qing Lin embraced Xiao Yan and insisted she was his maidservant rather than his younger sister, while she and Xiao Yi Xian sized each other up.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Qing Lin and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who teased him about his romantic entanglements.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to leave Stone Desert City and help him establish a faction in the Black-Corner Region, and they agreed to bring trusted mercenaries.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan she had reached the Da Dou Shi level and had come to visit, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li revealed she often visited Xiao Yan’s old room.
• Xiao Yi Xian impulsively copied Qing Lin’s bashful manner and called Xiao Yan “Young Master Xiao Yan,” then felt mortified as her poison threatened to erupt.

After visiting his brothers, Xiao Yan traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Snake-People Holy City, where they found the tribe under attack by the Heavenly Snake Mansion. As the Mansion Master threatened the tribe over Qing Lin’s whereabouts, Xiao Yan stepped forward to confront him.

• Xiao Yi Xian pretended to faint so Qian Du would take her away, while Xiao Yan and his brothers shared drinks and family news in Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yan left medicinal pills and soul cultivation techniques for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then departed with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for the Snake-People Tribe.
• Qing Lin revealed that she had mastered Pupil Technique Space and contracted with White Fang, the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor, helping the group reach the desert quickly.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master restrained the Snake-People Tribe’s elders and commanders and demanded that they reveal where Qing Lin was.
• The Snake-People elders refused to betray Qing Lin, and the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master prepared to attack them.
• Xiao Yan flew forward and confronted the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master as he was about to act.

Xiao Yan rejected the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master's offer to recruit him and protect the Snake-People Tribe, declaring that he intended to seize the Heavenly Snake Mansion's resources by force. As the two fought, Xiao Yan summoned a five-meter-tall Soul Spirit Avatar to face the Mansion Master and his Dou Qi Poison Snake.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master recognized Xiao Yan and discovered that Qing Lin possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master offered Xiao Yan a position as a guest elder and promised to take only Qing Lin if Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xiao Yan pretended to consider cooperating, then declared he would take the Heavenly Snake Mansion's resources by force.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master attacked Xiao Yan with a venomous snake, but Xiao Yan absorbed its poison and tore it in two.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master unleashed Ten Thousand Snakes Facing Heaven, and Xiao Yan fought the giant Dou Qi Poison Snake with Flame Burst Fist.
• As the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master charged at him, Xiao Yan formed a five-meter-tall Soul Spirit Avatar.

Xiao Yan defeated the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master by overwhelming his Dou Qi Poison Snake and trapping him with a soul skill. He left the mansion master alive but enslaved by a flame hidden inside his body.

• Xiao Yan used Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to batter the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master's Dou Qi Poison Snake while his Soul Spirit Avatar blocked the mansion master.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master broke through the avatar's flame barrier but was trapped by Xiao Yan's Soul Skill, Void Soul Prison, First Form, Soul Net.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the Dou Qi Poison Snake with a three-flame Flame Burst Fist, weakening the bound Heavenly Snake Mansion Master.
• Xiao Yan forced a pill containing a hidden wisp of flame into the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master's mouth, then let him go.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master tried to flee, but Xiao Yan made him collapse and told him to be a good dog.

After defeating the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, Xiao Yan stayed with the Snake-People Tribe while Queen Medusa campaigned against the Luo Yan Empire. He spent the wait with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and the story left off with Queen Medusa returning on the fifteenth day.

• Xiao Yan spared the defeated Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, freed the Snake-People Tribe elders and commanders from their seals, and ordered the Great Elder to imprison and suppress the captive.
• The Snake-People Tribe Great Elder told Xiao Yan that Queen Medusa had taken Yue Mei and other officers to conquer the Luo Yan Empire and secure new territory for the tribe.
• Xiao Yan asked the Great Elder to arrange quarters for Xiao Yi Xian and introduced her as an important friend.
• Qing Lin happily embraced Xiao Yan, then began attending to him daily; Xiao Yan accepted her devotion and taught her a low-tier Earth Rank soul cultivation technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian also began visiting Xiao Yan every day, and the three remained together while Xiao Yan’s cultivation and skills improved.
• On the fifteenth day of Xiao Yan’s stay, Queen Medusa returned.

Queen Medusa returned to the Snake-People Holy City and learned that Xiao Yan had defeated the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master while protecting Qing Lin. She reunited with Xiao Yan, sparred verbally with Xiao Yi Xian, and gave him the Heavenly Goose Nine-Row Wings, then hinted that she expected a tangible reward.

• The Great Elder told Queen Medusa that the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master had come for Qing Lin, but Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian had helped defeat and imprison him.
• Queen Medusa hurried to Xiao Yan's bedchamber and found him teaching Xiao Yi Xian to control the Nether Poison Flame while Qing Lin cultivated nearby.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa exchanged pointed remarks about their relationships with Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan's attempt to interrupt them went ignored.
• Medusa gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Goose Nine-Row Wings, which she had found after destroying the Golden Goose Sect.
• Medusa pressed a finger to Xiao Yan's lips and said she wanted tangible gratitude, leaving him with a bad premonition.

Xiao Yan gave Queen Medusa a soul cultivation technique, and she repaid him with an intense daylong sparring session. Afterward, he began treating Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body on a secluded island, using his Heavenly Flames to draw her toxins together and preparing to exchange Poison Fire.

• Xiao Yan sent Queen Medusa information about a soul cultivation technique, and she insisted on returning a gift by teaching him Dou Techniques.
• Queen Medusa took Xiao Yan to her bedchamber for a daylong sparring session, while Xiao Yi Xian waited outside with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa emerged, and Xiao Yi Xian asked him to control her Woe Poison Body with Queen Medusa guarding them.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian went to the secluded island where Medusa had evolved, and Medusa stood guard as Xiao Yan prepared the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yi Xian undressed, and Xiao Yan used three Heavenly Flames to draw the toxins in her body inward before asking her to exchange Poison Fire with him.

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian replace the Nether Poison Flame in her body so she could use it to control her Woe Poison Body, then absorbed the stronger flame himself. After gaining several advances in strength, he decided to leave the Snake-People Tribe for the Black-Corner Region while Xiao Yi Xian continued merging with the flame under Queen Medusa’s protection.

• Xiao Yi Xian expelled the Nether Poison Flame from her body while Xiao Yan used three Heavenly Flames to keep her toxins under control.
• Xiao Yan transferred his own Nether Poison Flame to Xiao Yi Xian, who began merging with it as the core of her Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Nether Poison Flame extracted from Xiao Yi Xian and used the Burning Mantra to absorb it.
• The flame evolved Xiao Yan’s Burning Mantra to mid-level Earth Rank, strengthened his physique, and raised his cultivation from Three-Star Dou Huang to Six-Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit Demon Flame Valley in the Black-Corner Region to obtain a Heavenly Demon Puppet, leaving Xiao Yi Xian to continue her transformation under Queen Medusa’s protection.

Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian under Queen Medusa’s protection while she slowly fused with the Heavenly Flame, then set out for the Black-Corner Region to build a faction and gather resources. He recruited his brothers, Ya Fei, Hai Bodong, and others in the Jia Ma Empire, and prepared to depart with them.

• Xiao Yan protected Xiao Yi Xian with four fused Heavenly Flames and asked Queen Medusa to watch over her while he traveled to the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan told Queen Medusa that he intended to establish himself in the Black-Corner Region, and she agreed to protect Xiao Yi Xian and manage the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master.
• Queen Medusa reminded Xiao Yan that she would accept his existing friends but would not accept any more, then sent him off with Qing Lin as Qian Du joined his journey.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Du reached Stone Desert City and learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had disbanded the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and were ready to leave with its veteran members.
• Xiao Yan, Qian Du, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li traveled by Flying Boat to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Mittel Teng Shan supplied capable personnel including Ya Fei.
• Hai Bodong volunteered to accompany Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan welcomed his progress to seven-star Dou Emperor and planned to research pills that could raise Dou Emperor cultivation.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to reunite with Xiao Zhan, then prepared to leave the Jia Ma Empire for the Black-Corner Region. As his group boarded their Flying Boats, Gu He and Liu Ling arrived seeking to learn alchemy from him, and Xiao Yan welcomed them aboard.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan, where they reunited with Xiao Zhan and shared a meal before the brothers set out again.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Zhan medicinal pills and cultivation resources, including Earth Rank methods and soul cultivation methods.
• In the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan met Jia Xingtian and Fama, who remained in the Jia Ma Empire while Fama continued supporting Xiao Yan's allies with alchemy.
• Xiao Yan and his companions boarded two Flying Boats with mercenaries and Mittel Family personnel bound for the Black-Corner Region.
• Gu He and Liu Ling arrived and asked to accompany Xiao Yan to learn alchemy, and Xiao Yan welcomed Gu He aboard.

Xiao Yan reached the Black-Domain Great Plains, gathered maps and information about the Black-Corner Region, and learned that Han Feng was known as the Maple Emperor. Back on the Flying Boat, Yao Lao revealed that Han Feng was responsible for his current soul form and imprisonment in the Bone Flame Ring.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Black-Domain Great Plains with Hai Bodong and reflected on his progress in soul and battle skills.
• Mao Luo brought Xiao Yan maps of the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Yan rewarded him with gold coins.
• Mao Luo explained the region's factions and the Black Ranking, naming Han Feng as the third-ranked expert and the Maple Emperor.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room on the Flying Boat, isolated it with his soul power, and called out Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Han Feng had caused him to become a soul form and become trapped in the Bone Flame Ring.

Yao Lao told Xiao Yan how Han Feng and Elder Mu Gu had betrayed him, and Xiao Yan traveled with Hai Bodong to Black-Seal City for its annual auction. They learned the auction would begin in a week and settled into an inn, where Xiao Yan waited for the valuable items he expected to appear.

• Yao Lao recounted how Han Feng had joined Elder Mu Gu to ambush him for the Burning Mantra, and Xiao Yan promised to deal with Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to remain behind while he and Hai Bodong went to Black-Seal City.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong flew into Black-Seal City, where Hai Bodong froze and shattered a man who tried to steal from him.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong reached the Black-Seal Auction House and learned that the annual auction would start in a week.
• Xiao Yan checked into an expensive inn with Hai Bodong and anticipated bidding on the Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map and other treasures.

Xiao Yan attended the Black-Seal Auction with Hai Bodong and used his wealth to secure VIP access. He bought every auction lot at high prices, including a young girl, while Fan Ling drew his attention as a possible rival for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill.

• Xiao Yan completed his mastery of Void Soul Prison, then went with Hai Bodong to the Black-Seal Auction House.
• Xiao Yan bought Medicinal Herbs to qualify for a Level 1 VIP Card and took a front-row seat with Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan recognized Fan Ling as a likely buyer of the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and decided he would have to kill him to seize it.
• The Black-Seal Auction began, and Xiao Yan bought the Cold Edge sword for two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan outbid the crowd for the lots one by one, spending nearly ten million gold coins and drawing everyone's attention.

Xiao Yan won the Thunder Bat Sky Wings and a map fragment connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then lost patience with Fan Ling’s repeated provocations. He ordered Hai Bodong to kill Fan Ling and announced that they would overturn the auction.

• Fan Ling insulted Xiao Yan, who wondered whether his evolved aura was provoking hostility.
• Xiao Yan outbid Fan Ling for the Thunder Bat Sky Wings at two million gold coins.
• After Yao Lao identified a map fragment as connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Xiao Yan won it for three hundred thousand gold coins.
• Fan Ling stopped bidding on the fragment, while other bidders mocked Xiao Yan for paying so much for it.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong to stop pretending to be calm and kill Fan Ling, and Hai Bodong agreed.

Xiao Yan took the Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map while Hai Bodong subdued Fan Ling and confronted Yuan Yi. After Yuan Yi admitted he had helped Fan Ling out of greed, Hai Bodong asked Xiao Yan how to deal with him, leaving Yuan Yi stunned by Xiao Yan’s apparent authority.

• Hai Bodong revealed himself as a Dou Emperor, froze Fan Ling’s guards, and sealed the auction house exit.
• Xiao Yan broke the protective barrier and stored the Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map in his Storage Ring.
• Yuan Yi emerged from the second floor, broke the ice barrier, and allowed Fan Ling to flee toward the exit.
• Hai Bodong killed Fan Ling and his guards, then overwhelmed Yuan Yi with his high-star Dou Emperor aura.
• Yuan Yi admitted that he had helped Fan Ling to earn a favor from his father, and Hai Bodong asked Xiao Yan how to deal with him.

Xiao Yan forced Yuan Yi to surrender the Black-Seal Auction’s items, including Han Feng’s Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and left to build his reputation in the Black-Corner Region. Han Feng learned the pill had been stolen by someone with a Heavenly Flame and became intensely interested in the thief.

• Xiao Yan pressured Yuan Yi into handing over every auction lot except Han Feng’s pill, then used his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to make Yuan Yi surrender that as well.
• Xiao Yan took the items without payment and left the auction house with Hai Bodong after destroying Fan Ling’s ice sculpture.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong he had spared Yuan Yi so the sect leader would spread his name and help him draw someone out.
• Han Feng learned Yuan Yi had lost the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and erupted in anger.
• Yuan Yi told Han Feng that the thief possessed a Heavenly Flame, and Han Feng demanded to hear more.

Han Feng learned that Xiao Yan possessed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and ordered Yuan Yi to find him, offering to overlook the lost Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan equipped Xiao Li with lightning-attributed Dou Skills, then completed the Ice Extreme Pill and summoned Hai Bodong, telling him it was time to break through to Dou Zong.

• Yuan Yi told Han Feng that Xiao Yan's masked companion had wielded the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Han Feng recognized the chance to improve his Burning Mantra and pursue his ambitions.
• Han Feng asked Yuan Yi to find Xiao Yan and promised to overlook the lost Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, with an Imperial Extreme Pill as a further reward if Yuan Yi helped him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about the auction, gave Xiao Li two lightning-attributed Dou Skills, and handed Xiao Ding the remaining spoils to distribute among his subordinates.
• After three days aboard the Flying Boat, Xiao Yan finished the prescription and pill for the mid-tier sixth-rank Ice Extreme Pill, which could raise an ice-attributed Dou Emperor by one star.
• Xiao Yan summoned Hai Bodong, who was drawn to the icy pill, and told him it was time to break through to Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong three pills to raise his cultivation, and Hai Bodong successfully broke through to Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Hai Bodong demonstrating his ability to walk through the void aboard the Flying Boat.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Imperial Extreme Pill, Ice Extreme Pill, and Break-Ancestor Pill could help Hai Bodong advance to Dou Zong.
• Hai Bodong took the Imperial Extreme Pill and advanced from Seven-Star to Eight-Star Dou Emperor.
• Hai Bodong took Xiao Yan's Ice Extreme Pill, reached Nine-Star Dou Emperor, and gained more condensed Dou Qi with resistance to flames.
• Hai Bodong swallowed Xiao Yan's top-grade Break-Ancestor Pill and broke through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Ya Fei, and Xue Lan congratulated Hai Bodong when he and Xiao Yan emerged from the room.
• Hai Bodong walked through the air beside the Flying Boat, revealing that he had become a Dou Zong.

Hai Bodong revealed that he had become a Dou Zong thanks to Xiao Yan’s pills, while Xiao Yan learned that factions across the Black-Corner Region were responding to their growing reputations. Xiao Yan accepted Han Feng’s invitation and arranged a meeting in Black-Seal City, planning to prepare for the danger ahead without exposing his full strength.

• Hai Bodong demonstrated his Dou Zong cultivation and credited Xiao Yan’s pills for his breakthrough, increasing the loyalty of those aboard the Flying Boat.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that news of the Black-Seal Auction incident had spread throughout the Black-Corner Region and that many factions were investigating or contacting them.
• Xiao Yan reviewed invitations from factions including Demon Flame Valley and the Black Emperor Sect, noting that Han Feng had invited him to discuss alchemy.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding to arrange a meeting with Han Feng in Black-Seal City three days later.
• Xiao Ding warned that Han Feng might gather powerful allies, and Xiao Yan said he would seek one or two more Dou Emperors while keeping his strength hidden.

At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had arrived and prepared to meet him despite her heartbreak over his relationship with Medusa. She left with the disciple who delivered his message, while Ling Ying and another protector secretly followed.

• Xiao Xun'er sat heartbroken at the training grounds as other disciples speculated that Xiao Yan had hurt her.
• An Enforcement Team disciple told Xiao Xun'er that a man wearing a Flame Mask waited near Peace Town and had sent the message, "Xun'er, I'm here."
• A green-clad figure reminded Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan had grown close to other women, including Medusa, but Xiao Xun'er insisted that he was still her Brother Xiao Yan.
• Ling Ying recalled telling Xiao Xun'er about Xiao Yan's relationships with Medusa and Yun Yun, news that had crushed her hopes for their future.
• Xiao Xun'er changed into a carefully arranged green gown, then left with the messenger while Ling Ying and the green-clad figure secretly followed.