Recaps

Xiao Yu rose rapidly in strength, rejected Nalan Yanran’s proposed engagement, and prepared to leave the Xiao Clan to pursue his own goals. After parting from Xun Er and setting out, he reached Qingshan Town and acquired a massive meteorite-iron sword.

• Xiao Yu awakened the system, received the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and advanced to Four-star Dou Zhe before the Family Trial, where his strength shocked the clan.
• When Nalan Yanran’s party proposed transferring her engagement from Xiao Yan to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu refused, and he accepted her challenge to meet at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Xiao Yu gained the Half Scroll of Pill Codex, learned alchemy, and auctioned Snow Jade Spirit Liquid through Ya Fei while Xiao Yan began training under Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yu continued cultivating, acquired powerful techniques, and reached Eight-star Dou Zhe before joining Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment group, where Instructor Ruo Lin granted his request for a year’s leave.
• Xiao Yu promised Xun Er he would visit her within a year, watched her leave with Jia Nan Academy’s convoy, and told Xiao Zhan that he was setting out to pursue greater strength.
• Yun Yun departed for the Monster Mountain Range to seek a Purple Spirit Crystal, while Nalan Yanran said she would wait for Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yu reached Qingshan Town, met a blacksmith whose younger brother had lost his hearing in a forging accident, and easily lifted the ten-thousand-jin meteorite-iron sword the blacksmith showed him.

Xiao Yu gathered allies and treasures in the Monster Mountain Range, then set out with Xiao Yi Xian for Desert City while Yun Yun and Gu He prepared an expedition to the Tagor Desert. The stretch ended with Xiao Yu registering for an Alchemist assessment under Dan Lao as his mentor.

• Xiao Yu entered the Monster Mountain Range, found a hidden cave, and took its treasures while leaving the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yu met Yun Yun, helped her obtain Purple Spirit Crystal, and later survived a heavenly tribulation that raised his strength to Six-star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yu took the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King as his companion, named him Little Purple, and saved Xiao Yi Xian from Gan Mu and his men.
• Xiao Yu warned Xiao Yi Xian about the dangers of cultivating the Calamity Poison Body, then agreed to travel with her to find the ingredients for the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yu killed Hermon and his mercenaries, defeated Steward Yao’s guards, and killed Mu She and his men before leaving Qingshan Town with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian reached Mo City, where Xiao Yu used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to stop Kelei from threatening them.
• Xiao Yu arrived at the Desert City Alchemist Guild to take an assessment, while Yun Yun realized she was pregnant and joined Gu He’s expedition toward the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yu registered with Dan Lao as his mentor and calmly answered Kelei’s mockery of the unknown alchemist.

Xiao Yu advanced as an alchemist, reunited with his brothers, and entered the Snake People Clan’s conflict over the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Cai Die and Queen Medusa underwent a dangerous evolution, Xiao Yu fled with them and the flame, then used a heavenly tribulation to confront the Snake People Clan’s pursuing Dou Wangs.

• Xiao Yu earned his Second-grade Alchemist certification, accepted an invitation to the Alchemist Tournament, and advanced to Eight-Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yu rescued a snake woman from the Sand Mercenary Group, reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Shi Mo City, and accepted Qing Lin as his maidservant.
• Xiao Yu sparred with Xiao Li at the mercenary assessment, helping him break through to Five-Star Dou Shi before defeating him.
• Yue Mei was captured by Gu He’s group as they sought Queen Medusa and the Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Yu decided to investigate the upheaval in the desert.
• Xiao Yu and Cai Die reached the battlefield, where Queen Medusa sealed Hai Bodong’s Dou Qi, then followed Cai Die into the Snake People Clan’s territory.
• Xiao Yu obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame at the temple, but Cai Die began her evolution in the flame, Queen Medusa joined her, and Xiao Yu was swallowed by the fire.
• Xiao Yu’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame and a lightning tribulation helped Cai Die and Queen Medusa survive their evolution, while the Snake People believed the two had died.
• Xiao Yu fled with the Green Lotus Core Flame and the two transformed snakes, then broke through to Da Dou Shi and drew a heavenly tribulation against the seven pursuing Snake People Clan Dou Wangs.

Xiao Yu mastered the Green Lotus Core Flame, helped Xiao Yi Xian control her poison, and rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Family. Qing Lin chose to train with Heavenly Snake Mansion for two years, while Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong left as Jia Xingtian approached.

• Xiao Yu survived his tribulation, reached three-star Da Dou Shi, and refined the Green Lotus Core Flame while fighting the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin found Xiao Yu underground, where Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils bound the Fire Spirit Snake to her.
• Xiao Yu collected the Earthfire Lotus Seeds, returned to Shi Mo City, and later helped Xiao Yi Xian form a poison pill.
• Mo Cheng's men captured Qing Lin after Mo Cheng injured her Fire Spirit Snake, so Xiao Yu went to Desert City and traded Hai Bodong a Po E Dan for Medusa's map fragment.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor strength and agreed to accompany Xiao Yu to Yan City, where they confronted the Mo Family during Mo Cheng's birthday celebration.
• Xiao Yu killed Mo Cheng and demanded Qing Lin's release, but Green Man escaped with her before Xiao Yu and Hai Bodong pursued them.
• Xiao Yu took Qing Lin from Green Man, subdued Green Man and White Fang, and let Qing Lin decide whether to join Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Qing Lin chose to train with Heavenly Snake Mansion for two years, and Xiao Yu gave her Black Scale before he and Hai Bodong flew away as Jia Xingtian approached.