Chapter Summaries

Xie Shan secured the Chuyun Emperor’s support for the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate by pretending to cure the emperor of poison, while secretly keeping his life under the Gate’s control. At the Poison Sect, a black-mist figure offered Xiao Yi Xian a way to resolve her Calamity Poison Body in exchange for destroying the Jia Ma Empire, and she suspected the demand was connected to Xiao Yu.

• Xie Shan persuaded the Chuyun Emperor to let the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate control the empire’s Poison Master forces after destroying the Poison Sect.
• Xie Shan told the Chuyun Emperor he had been poisoned and gave him a pill that eased his symptoms, though the pill also contained a new poison secretly administered by Xie Shan.
• A black-mist figure confronted Xiao Yi Xian in the Poison Sect’s hall and revealed that he knew she had a Calamity Poison Body.
• The black-mist figure offered Xiao Yi Xian a way to resolve her constitution if she controlled the imperial family and joined the Luoyan and Mulan Empires to annex the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked for time to consider, and the black-mist figure agreed to return in three days; she suspected its plan was connected to Xiao Yu.

Xie Shan joined forces with Yan Luotian and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate attacked the Poison Sect’s strongholds while the Chuyun Empire’s royal family remained silent. Xiao Yi Xian confronted the attackers, and Yan Luotian discovered her poisonous energy could corrode his sword.

• Xie Shan told the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate elders he planned to destroy the Poison Sect and seize control of the empire’s Poison Masters.
• Yan Luotian arrived to support Xie Shan, and the two prepared the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate’s assault.
• The Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate destroyed several Poison Sect strongholds, while Xiao Yi Xian concluded that the royal family was secretly allied with Xie Shan.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged to face Yan Luotian and Xie Shan after they challenged her outside the valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Xie Shan, and Yan Luotian intercepted her poisonous energy with his sword, which it corroded black.

Xiao Yi Xian fought Yan Luotian while the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate attacked the Poison Sect, then used her poison techniques to drive off the invaders. The Poison Sect was badly weakened as the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and the imperial family continued raiding its strongholds across the Chuyun Empire.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Yan Luotian clashed as Xie Shan led the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate against the Poison Sect members on the ground.
• Xiao Yi Xian unleashed Heavenly Eclipse Rain, killing many attackers and forcing Yan Luotian to order a retreat.
• Xiao Yi Xian formed the remaining poisonous cloud into Heavenly Yin Poison Hand and killed more fleeing enemies before Xie Shan withdrew.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered the Poison Sect's dead buried and the enemy corpses thrown into the mountains, while Yan Luotian and Xie Shan argued over their losses.
• The Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and the imperial family raided Poison Sect strongholds for two days, severely weakening the sect as Xiao Yi Xian secretly rescued its elites and attacked their forces.

Xiao Yi Xian considered an offer from a mysterious black mist to help the Poison Sect defeat the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and the Chuyun Imperial Family, while Wu Ya secretly worked with the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate. Yan Xixi set out to visit the Poison Sect despite her teacher’s warning, and Xiao Yu and her companions arrived at the Tagor Desert.

• The black mist offered Xiao Yi Xian a cure for her Calamity Poison Body in exchange for destroying the Jia Ma Empire, and promised to handle the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and Chuyun Imperial Family after she demanded help for the Poison Sect.
• Wu Ya urged Xiao Yi Xian to strike back, then secretly sent a winged centipede toward Ten Thousand Scorpion Mountain and ordered an associate to watch the Poison Sect.
• Yan Xixi burned a letter and prepared to visit Xiao Yi Xian, but Old Woman Zhang warned her that the Alchemist Guild would remain neutral and told her not to get involved.
• Yan Xixi left despite Old Woman Zhang’s objections, while Xiao Yu and her companions arrived outside the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Yu and Yun Yun arrived at the Snake People Clan’s royal city, where Cai Lin welcomed them and explained that the Soul Hall had recently tested the clan’s strength. After learning the Soul Hall might target a woman he knew in the Chuyun Empire, Xiao Yu decided to leave there as soon as possible.

• Xiao Yu and Yun Yun approached the Snake People Clan’s royal city, where Mo Bass mistook them for enemies and ordered them to leave.
• Cai Lin arrived, identified Xiao Yu’s group as invited guests, and brought them into the royal city.
• Zi Yan greeted Xiao Yu and Yun Yun and asked Xiao Yu to make more pills for her.
• Xiao Yu asked Cai Lin about the clan’s situation, and Cai Lin told him the Soul Hall had sent a Dou Zong to test the clan.
• Xiao Yu said the Soul Hall would likely target his friend in the Chuyun Empire and decided to leave as soon as possible.

Xiao Yu and Cai Lin shared a hesitant conversation before traveling with Yun Yun and Zi Yan to the Chuyun Empire. After reaching its Imperial Capital, Xiao Yu went alone to the Alchemist Guild to find Yan Xixi, who might know the whereabouts of his friend.

• Cai Lin joined Xiao Yu on a rooftop and asked what it felt like to pursue a girl, but Xiao Yu said he had never pursued one himself.
• The next day, Cai Lin left Huo Yue'er and Little Purple with the Snake People Clan and traveled with Xiao Yu, Yun Yun, and Zi Yan toward the Chuyun Empire.
• Xiao Yu explained that he planned to find Yan Xixi of the Alchemist Guild, and warned Yun Yun that they might encounter the Soul Hall.
• The group entered the Chuyun Empire, where Poison Masters and shops selling poisons were common, and flew toward the Imperial Capital.
• After the group settled into an inn, Xiao Yu went alone to the Chuyun Empire's Alchemist Guild.

Xiao Yu reached the Chuyun Empire's Alchemist Guild but learned that Yan Xixi had gone to the Poison Sect. Yan Xixi reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and told her that Xiao Yu had won the Alchemist Tournament as a Sixth Grade Alchemist, leaving Xiao Yi Xian blushing at the mention of him.

• Xiao Yu used a dark-golden flame lotus to prove to the Alchemist Guild guards that he was an alchemist, then learned Yan Xixi was away.
• Xiao Yu returned to Cai Lin and said Yan Xixi had probably gone to the Poison Sect.
• Yan Xixi arrived at the Poison Sect and was admitted to see Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yan Xixi told Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yu had won the Alchemist Tournament and become a Sixth Grade Alchemist.
• Yan Xixi noticed Xiao Yi Xian blushing and teased her about thinking of Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that a mysterious faction was pushing the Poison Sect and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate to join forces with the Chuyun Empire against the Jia Ma Empire. The two sects agreed to cooperate, and Xiao Yi Xian was assigned to the front lines.

• Yan Xixi told Xiao Yi Xian that Huo Yue'er had impressed her at the Alchemist Competition and that Xiao Yu planned to visit the Chuyun Empire in two months.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Yan Xixi to tell Xiao Yu that she could not meet him yet and warned her about the mysterious faction's offer to cure her Calamity Poison Body in exchange for attacking the Jia Ma Empire.
• Wu Ya reported that Xie Shan had requested peace talks, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to meet the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate in the Heaven Scorpion Mountain Range.
• Iron Protector ordered Xie Shan to make peace with the Poison Sect and arrange for the Chuyun Empire to attack the Jia Ma Empire, promising to help him reach the Dou Zong realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xie Shan clashed verbally at the meeting before Yan Luotian brokered their cooperation.
• The Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate agreed to persuade the imperial family to send troops, while the Poison Sect would gather its experts and send Xiao Yi Xian to the front lines.

Xiao Yu reunited with Yan Xixi and secretly traveled with Yun Yun, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Nian to the Poison Sect to meet Xiao Yi Xian. He found Xiao Yi Xian burdened by the Poison Sect’s internal weakness, and the chapter ended with her meeting his companions.

• Yan Xixi learned Xiao Yu was waiting at the Heavenly Fortune Inn and hurried to meet him.
• Xiao Yu told Yan Xixi and Yun Yun that he had found traces of the Soul Hall, and they planned to discuss how to draw it out through Xiao Yi Xian.
• Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Nian joined Xiao Yu, and Yan Xixi secretly led the group to the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to her room troubled by the Poison Sect’s decline and Wu Ya’s influence over its members.
• Yan Xixi announced herself to Xiao Yi Xian, then Xiao Yu and his companions entered through the window and met her.

Xiao Yu and his allies prepared to infiltrate the alliance forming against the Jia Ma Empire while waiting for the Soul Hall to act. At Jia Nan Academy, the seal beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower began to erupt, leaving Su Qian facing a tower splitting with cracks.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to destroy the Soul Hall's forces on the Northwest Continent and warned her to watch for traitors among her subordinates.
• The Poison Sect and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate announced their cooperation, and Xiao Yu decided to enter the coming alliance disguised and gather information beside Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yun Yun and Cai Lin objected to Xiao Yu going alone, but Xiao Yi Xian offered to protect him while he stayed near her.
• An elder told Great Elder Su Qian that the seal beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower was reacting, and Su Qian hurried to the tower.
• Su Qian sensed scorching energy stronger than the Fallen Heart Flame, ordered everyone to evacuate, and watched the tower tremble as cracks spread across its tip.

Xiao Yan emerged from the destroyed Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with Nalan Yanran after absorbing Fallen Heart Flame and reaching the Dou Emperor realm. He agreed to provide some of his flame’s origin so the academy could restore the tower, while Nalan Yanran recalled how Xiao Yan had dragged her beneath the magma.

• The Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower exploded, but Xiao Yan stopped the falling magma and emerged with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan showed Su Qian his transformed blue-green flame and agreed to provide some of its origin for the academy’s cultivation tower.
• Lin Yan, Wu Hao, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning greeted Xiao Yan, and he revealed he had reached the Dou Emperor realm.
• Nalan Yanran blushed as she remembered Xiao Yan leaping from the magma and pulling her into its depths.

After taking responsibility for what happened between them, Xiao Yan reconciled with Nalan Yanran and asked her to stay with him until he could arrange their marriage. He then left Jia Nan Academy with her to visit the Xiao Clan in Maple City, where the chapter ended as he arrived at their renovated residence.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Nalan Yanran for what happened beneath the tower and said he wanted to fulfill their former marriage contract.
• Nalan Yanran rejected his proposal out of pity and said she would return to the Jia Ma Empire and never see him again.
• Xiao Yan kissed Nalan Yanran, asked her to stay, and promised to have his father propose to the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan had moved to Maple City, and he invited Nalan Yanran to meet his father.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached the Xiao Clan's luxurious city lord's manor in Maple City.

Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Residence and reunited with his father, Xiao Zhan. After Xiao Yan explained how he and Nalan Yanran had come together and described his cultivation, Xiao Zhan welcomed her as his daughter-in-law and praised Xiao Yan for devouring two Heavenly Flames.

• A Xiao Clan guard failed to recognize Xiao Yan at the entrance, but another guard identified him and respectfully escorted him and Nalan Yanran inside.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Xiao Clan’s growth and reassured a nervous Nalan Yanran that his family would accept her as his wife.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived at Xiao Zhan’s courtyard, where Xiao Zhan embraced his son and welcomed Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan recounted his experiences at the bottom of the tower, including devouring two Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Zhan praised him enthusiastically.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran announced their relationship to Xiao Zhan, who began preparing gifts for a marriage proposal to the Nalan Family. As Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Jia Ma Empire, he learned the Black Emperor Sect and Magic Flame Valley were threatening the Xiao Clan and Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that he and Nalan Yanran were together and planned to propose marriage, and Xiao Zhan immediately began arranging the gifts.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan visited Ya Fei at the Mittel Grand Auction House, where she let them choose treasures and gave Xiao Yan an Earth Tier Low-Grade Dou Technique as a wedding gift.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and said he would travel to the Imperial Capital the next day; Xiao Li agreed to accompany him while Xiao Ding stayed to manage the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that the Black Emperor Sect and Magic Flame Valley had been attacking the Xiao Clan and Jia Nan Academy, killing clan members and students.
• Xiao Yan, his brothers, and Xiao Zhan drank together that evening, and Nalan Yanran helped the drunken Xiao Yan back to his room.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran set out with Xiao Zhan and Xiao Li for Jia Ma, carrying the Xiao Clan’s marriage proposal gifts. Back in the Black Corner Region, Xu Qian reported a deadly ambush to Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong, who suspected an insider had leaked the caravan’s route.

• Nalan Yanran cared for Xiao Yan as he woke, and Xiao Yan learned the preparations for their journey were nearly complete.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that the clan had prepared proper proposal gifts and was ready to depart for Jia Ma.
• Xiao Li organized twenty-four Griffin Beasts to transport Xiao Yan’s party and their supplies, and Xiao Yan thanked him for his help.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Li boarded a Griffin Beast and flew toward Jia Ma.
• Xu Qian told Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong that six Dou Wang attackers had ambushed his caravan, burned its cargo, and killed or wounded nearly everyone.
• Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong suspected someone inside the Xiao Clan had revealed the caravan’s confidential route.

Xiao Ding and Hai Bodong suspected Xu Qian had staged or concealed the merchant convoy ambush, so Xiao Ding prepared to lead another delivery himself. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian infiltrated the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate to search for the Soul Hall member, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed something suspicious near a low mountain peak.

• Hai Bodong agreed to help Xiao Ding, and the two suspected Xu Qian because his injuries were superficial and his reaction to the lost convoy seemed suspicious.
• Xiao Ding decided to personally lead the next merchant convoy to Tian Yin City as a test of Xu Qian.
• The Poison Sect, Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, and the Chuyun, Luoyan, and Mulan Empires formed an alliance against the Jia Ma Empire, while Xiao Yu disguised himself as one of Xiao Yi Xian's guards.
• Xiao Yu concluded that a Soul Hall member might be hiding inside the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to accompany him there.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian infiltrated the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, where Xiao Yi Xian sensed something unusual near a low mountain peak.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian located Xie Biyan’s hidden cultivation site, and Xiao Yu forced him out with a powerful attack. Xie Biyan clashed with Xiao Yu as Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xie Shan over Wu Ya’s ties to the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian searched the mountain peak but found no entrance, so Xiao Yu decided to force Xie Biyan out.
• Xiao Yu unleashed his full aura and summoned an azure dragon with Wind Xun - Thousand Leaf Soaring Dragon, drawing out Xie Biyan from his cave.
• Xie Biyan blocked the attack with a curtain of light, but the azure dragon shattered it and left him slightly injured.
• Xiao Yu told Xie Biyan he had come because he disliked the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, enraging the elder into attacking him.
• Xie Shan recognized Xiao Yi Xian and accused her of bringing the Poison Sect to annex the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate, while she challenged him about Wu Ya’s contact with the sect.
• Xiao Yu and Xie Biyan collided in the sky as their battle began.

Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu fought the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and its allies while Soul Hall and Xie Biyan revealed dangerous powers. Yun Yun and Cai Lin joined the battle, and Yan Luotian found Queen Medusa blocking his path.

• Xie Shan ordered the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate experts to attack Xiao Yi Xian, but a Soul Hall Protector intercepted her and clashed with her Poison Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun entrusted Little Xiao Nian to Zi Yan, then joined Cai Lin as they flew to support the battle.
• Xiao Yu taunted Xie Biyan, who transformed into a half-scorpion monster using the sealed soul of a Blood Demon Scorpion Emperor.
• Xiao Yu struck the transformed Xie Biyan and sent him crashing into a mountain as Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders arrived with reinforcements.
• Xie Shan led the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate toward the Poison Sect headquarters, while Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders moved to confront Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu.
• Queen Medusa blocked Yan Luotian, and Yun Yun stopped the Mulan Three Elders.

Medusa, Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and the others overwhelmed their opponents as the battle continued, while Xiao Yu drove Xie Biyan into desperation. Xie Biyan unleashed his Demonic Poisonous Spot at Xiao Yu, leaving Yun Yun and Cai Lin rushing to protect him.

• Medusa struck Yan Luotian with her Seven-Colored Energy Ribbon and smashed him into the ground.
• Yun Yun broke the Mulan Three Elders’ formation, severely injured them, and cut Elder Bear’s throat.
• Cai Lin charged at Yan Luotian, while Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu defeated the Dou Emperor fighters from the Mulan Empire and the Luoyan Empire.
• Xiao Yu overwhelmed Xie Biyan with his multiple attribute energies, prompting Xie Biyan to prepare his final attack.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Yu that Xie Biyan was going to self-destruct, but a jet-black Demonic Poisonous Spot shot from Xie Biyan’s mouth instead.
• Yun Yun and Cai Lin abandoned their opponents and flew toward Xiao Yu to protect him.

Xie Biyan struck Xiao Yu with the Demonic Poisonous Spot, but Xiao Yu used the Chaos Flame to remove it and turn its energy into a potential breakthrough. After Xie Biyan died from rage, Xiao Yu captured a fleeing Soul Hall shadow, and the group prepared to return to the Black Corner Region.

• Xie Biyan planted a Demonic Poisonous Spot in Xiao Yu's chest, and Yun Yun and Cai Lin tore off Xie Biyan's arms in retaliation.
• Xiao Yu revealed he was unharmed and used the Chaos Flame to expel and refine the poison into pure energy.
• Xie Biyan spat blood and died after Xiao Yu taunted him with the purified energy.
• The Soul Hall shadow tried to flee, but Xiao Yu captured him after learning the Soul Hall knew of Xiao Yu and his past attacks.
• Xiao Yu returned to find Yun Yun and Cai Lin had dealt with Yan Luotian and the two Mulan Elders, and he said they would return to the Black Corner Region in a couple of days.