Recaps

Lu Heng comforted Qing Lin after people in Stone Desert City mocked her half-snake heritage, then publicly showed that she was under his protection. After buying her new clothes, he encouraged her to hold her head high and promised to defend her.

• Lu Heng used his Dou Wang pressure to silence the people insulting Qing Lin and warned them not to speak against her again.
• Lu Heng showed Qing Lin’s scales no disgust and told her they were beautiful, prompting her to cry as he comforted her.
• Lu Heng carried Qing Lin through Stone Desert City on his Purple Cloud Wings so everyone would see that she was under his protection.
• Lu Heng took Qing Lin to a Clothing Store, where she changed into a light green blouse and pale cyan skirt.
• Lu Heng praised Qing Lin’s appearance and promised to stand up for her, and she nodded in agreement.

Lu Heng took Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li accepted his explanation and his gift of Fourth-Grade Pills. He left Qing Lin in their care for the night and flew into the desert to find Hai Bodong and the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Lu Heng took Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li confronted him over taking her away.
• Lu Heng explained that he knew Xiao Yu and wanted Qing Lin because they got along, easing the brothers’ suspicions.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills as thanks for looking after Qing Lin.
• Lu Heng agreed to leave Qing Lin with the mercenary group overnight and promised to return for her by the next day.
• Lu Heng left Stone Desert City and flew into the desert, where he found the Ancient Map Shop beneath a faded wooden sign.

Lu Heng found the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in Hai Bodong's shop and revealed the Ice Emperor's identity. Their fight ended with Lu Heng effortlessly evaporating Hai Bodong's Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, leaving Hai Bodong confronted by the vast gap between them.

• Lu Heng found the Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in an old chest and placed it in his Storage Ring despite Hai Bodong's protests.
• Lu Heng identified Hai Bodong as the former Ice Emperor and explained how Queen Medusa's seal had weakened him.
• Hai Bodong attacked Lu Heng with an ice spear, but Lu Heng countered with a fire spear and proved stronger in their exchanges.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, and Lu Heng destroyed the ice dragon with a burning shield.
• Hai Bodong stopped fighting after the attack failed, while Lu Heng remained calm and unharmed.

Lu Heng revealed his strength and claimed he could remove Queen Medusa’s seal, then offered Hai Bodong a bargain: serve as Mite'er Ya Fei’s public backer in exchange. Hai Bodong agreed to consider it, while Lu Heng left with the Fragmented Map.

• Hai Bodong realized Lu Heng’s strength rivaled his own at his peak and asked why he had come.
• Lu Heng said he belonged to the Mittel Family through Mite'er Ya Fei and wanted Hai Bodong to support her rise to power.
• Hai Bodong explained that Queen Medusa’s seal had reduced him to Dou Ling strength, and Lu Heng claimed he was a Seventh-Grade Alchemist who could remove it.
• Lu Heng asked Hai Bodong to publicly back Mite'er Ya Fei after the seal was removed, and Hai Bodong said he would consider the deal.
• Lu Heng took Hai Bodong’s Fragmented Map, saying he would deduct its cost from the fee for the pill.

Lu Heng prepared to enter the Tagor Desert to find the Sand Mandala and Green Lotus Core Flame, leaving Qing Lin in Stone Desert City. He arranged for Hai Bodong to watch over her and then set out alone.

• Lu Heng returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Qing Lin ran to welcome him.
• Lu Heng told Qing Lin he would leave for several months and promised to return for her, and she agreed to wait at the headquarters.
• Lu Heng asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to protect Qing Lin while he was away.
• Lu Heng persuaded Hai Bodong to watch over Qing Lin by promising to find the Sand Mandala needed for the Break-Edict Pill.
• Lu Heng left Stone Desert City and entered the Tagor Desert alone.

Lu Heng followed a powerful Fire Attribute energy fluctuation underground and found the Green Lotus Platform, but the Green Lotus Core Flame was already gone. He took the platform and its eleven lotus seeds, then returned to the surface near a Snake-People Tribe patrol led by Yue Mei.

• Lu Heng explored the desert, using his physiques to sense underground movement and avoid magical beast nests.
• Lu Heng detected a violent Fire Attribute energy fluctuation and dug a passage down to an underground lava lake.
• Lu Heng entered the magma, passed through a cyan barrier, and found the Green Lotus Platform without the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Heng cut down the platform, collected its eleven lotus seeds, and stored both in his Storage Ring.
• Lu Heng escaped to the surface near a Snake-People Tribe patrol, where Yue Mei was camped.

Lu Heng encountered Yue Mei and her Snake-People guards after emerging from underground in the Tagor Desert. Seeking Sand Mandala for a Break-Edict Pill, he recognized Yue Mei might have access to it, and the chapter ended with him striking her.

• Yue Mei sent Snake-People guards to investigate an explosion, where they found Lu Heng emerging from underground.
• Lu Heng claimed he was passing through, but Yue Mei accused him of trespassing and ordered her guards to surround him.
• Yue Mei flirted with Lu Heng and invited him to her tent, but he refused and said he preferred taking the initiative.
• Yue Mei attacked with her bone whip, which Lu Heng caught and burned to ash with his Separating Fire Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng considered that Yue Mei might possess Sand Mandala, then used his Purple Cloud Wings to evade her tail and slap her.

Lu Heng subdued Yue Mei and traded a Fifth-Rank Energy Recovery Pill for five Sand Mandalas and other supplies. After claiming to be a Seventh-Grade Alchemist, he flew north, while Yue Mei hurried to the Holy City to report the news to Queen Medusa.

• Lu Heng defeated Yue Mei in three moves and held her until she agreed to talk.
• Lu Heng asked Yue Mei for Sand Mandalas, offering a Fifth-Rank Energy Recovery Pill in exchange.
• Yue Mei traded him five Sand Mandalas and additional herbs and materials for the pill.
• Lu Heng revealed his name and claimed to be a Seventh-Grade Alchemist before flying away.
• Yue Mei ordered her guards to return to the Holy City overnight so she could report Lu Heng to Queen Medusa.

Lu Heng began refining a Break-Edict Pill in a desert hideout while anticipating Medusa’s response to news of a Seventh-Grade Alchemist. In Stone Desert City, Mo Cheng learned Qing Lin had Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and arrived to capture her, planning to lure away her Dou Ling guardian.

• Lu Heng built a sheltered stone house, recovered his Dou Qi, and began refining the Break-Edict Pill.
• A Mo Clan guard spotted Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in Stone Desert City and sent the discovery to the Mo Clan.
• Mo Cheng received the report, recognized the eyes as the key to his body-modification plan, and traveled alone to Stone Desert City.
• Mo Cheng observed the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters and identified the Ice Attribute Dou Ling guardian as the main obstacle.
• Mo Cheng decided to lure the guardian away so he could seize Qing Lin.

Mo Cheng abducted Qing Lin during a beast attack and defeated Hai Bodong in a fight outside Stone Desert City. Meanwhile, Lu Heng completed the Break-Edict Pill and prepared to return to the city, unaware that Qing Lin had been taken.

• Mo Cheng lured Magical Beasts toward Stone Desert City, slipped into the Desert Iron Mercenary Group's compound, and abducted Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong followed Mo Cheng outside the city and fought him, but Mo Cheng's beast transformations let him defeat Hai Bodong and escape with Qing Lin.
• Hai Bodong, badly injured, headed north to find Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng completed the Break-Edict Pill, stored it in his Storage Ring, and planned to return to Stone Desert City to give it to Hai Bodong.

Lu Heng learned that Mo Cheng had abducted Qing Lin and raced to Yan City to find her. After infiltrating the Mo Clan estate, he sensed her faint aura inside a rockery in the rear courtyard.

• Lu Heng found Hai Bodong badly injured in the desert and learned that a black-robed man with beastlike transformations had taken Qing Lin.
• Lu Heng identified the abductor as Mo Cheng of the Mo Clan, gave Hai Bodong the Break-Edict Pill, and flew toward Yan City.
• Qing Lin woke bound in the Mo Clan dungeon and blamed herself for being captured while hoping Hai Bodong had survived.
• Lu Heng entered Yan City, concealed his aura, and searched the Mo Clan estate until he sensed Qing Lin inside a rear-courtyard rockery.

Lu Heng rescued Qing Lin from the Mo Clan’s dungeon and destroyed the clan in Yan City. After Hai Bodong arrived with his Dou Emperor strength restored, Lu Heng took Qing Lin and headed home.

• Lu Heng freed Qing Lin from the dungeon, comforted her, and burned the imprisoned experimental creatures.
• Mo Cheng and four Mo Clan elders confronted Lu Heng; he killed them all and emerged from the dungeon with Qing Lin.
• Mo Lan ordered the Mo Clan guards to attack, but Lu Heng flew above them and razed the estate with the Lesser Five Elements Divine Light, killing Mo Lan.
• Hai Bodong arrived at the ruins with his Two-Star Dou Emperor strength restored and thanked Lu Heng for the pill.
• Lu Heng soothed Qing Lin and told Hai Bodong they were heading straight home.

Lu Heng and Hai Bodong encountered Heaven Snake Mansion envoy Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor White Fang, who demanded Qing Lin because she possessed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Hai Bodong took Qing Lin to safety while Lu Heng confronted the two Dou Emperors.

• Lu Heng agreed to return to Wutan City with Hai Bodong and carried the sleeping Qing Lin toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Lu Heng sensed two powerful beings approaching and stopped in midair with Hai Bodong.
• Lu Man and White Fang emerged from the sand and demanded that Lu Heng hand over Qing Lin.
• Lu Heng entrusted Qing Lin to Hai Bodong, who carried her away while she told Lu Heng to be careful.
• Lu Man tried to pursue them, but Lu Heng blocked her with a Golden Light Slash and faced the Heaven Snake Mansion fighters.

Lu Heng fought White Fang and Lu Man to protect Qing Lin from being taken by the Heaven Snake Mansion, then drove them off with Lesser Five Elements Divine Light. The two Dou Emperors departed, and Qing Lin and Hai Bodong joined Lu Heng after the battle.

• White Fang attacked Lu Heng, and Lu Man joined him with coordinated strikes that forced Lu Heng to defend and maneuver.
• White Fang and Lu Man combined their power to unleash Green Fang Heaven Devour against Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng used Fire-Earth Lava Barrier to blunt the attack, then struck both Dou Emperors with Lesser Five Elements Divine Light, wounding them.
• Lu Heng warned White Fang and Lu Man not to abduct Qing Lin, and they withdrew after deciding not to continue the fight.
• Qing Lin checked Lu Heng's injuries, and Hai Bodong praised him for standing against two Dou Emperors.

Lu Heng, Hai Bodong, and Qing Lin continued toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range after defeating Lu Man and White Fang. Queen Medusa confronted the injured Heaven Snake Mansion envoys, learned about Lu Heng’s power and alchemy, and decided their paths would cross again.

• Lu Heng recovered enough to resume flying and carried Qing Lin toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Hai Bodong.
• Lu Man and White Fang admitted that Lu Heng had defeated them, then encountered Queen Medusa in the desert.
• Medusa struck White Fang for his disrespect and questioned Lu Man about the young human she was seeking.
• Lu Man described Lu Heng’s Five Elements Fusion Secret Technique and said he had headed toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Medusa considered Lu Heng’s alchemy, strength, and possible backing, then let the envoys leave and flew deeper into the desert.

Lu Heng returned to Wutan City with Qing Lin and Hai Bodong, and introduced the girl to Ya Fei as his younger sister. Ya Fei welcomed Qing Lin into their family, while she was stunned to learn that their elderly companion was the supposedly vanished Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.

• Lu Heng, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong arrived in Wutan City after traveling from the Tagor Desert.
• Lu Heng introduced Qing Lin to Ya Fei and explained how the girl had endured abuse while serving a mercenary group.
• Ya Fei reassured Qing Lin that she was family, and Qing Lin accepted Ya Fei's hand and went with her to wash and change.
• Lu Heng introduced Hai Bodong to Ya Fei and revealed that he was the Ice Emperor, one of the Jia Ma Empire's top experts.
• Ya Fei recognized Hai Bodong as the Mittel Family's missing Supreme Elder and stared at him in shock.

Lu Heng spent eight months in seclusion, advancing from Seven-Star to Nine-Star Dou King and stabilizing his foundation. After emerging, he postponed his trip to the Tagor Desert to attend the Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony as promised to Xiao Yu.

• Ya Fei welcomed Hai Bodong, who declined her bow and settled into the Mittel Family courtyard as her protector.
• Ya Fei helped Qing Lin choose a room beside Lu Heng's, while Qing Lin quietly wished to be close to him.
• Lu Heng began cultivating with the Green Lotus Core Flame's lotus seeds and broke through to Eight-Star Dou King after five months.
• Lu Heng used a Dou Ling Pill to reach Nine-Star Dou King, then spent two months tempering his Dou Qi instead of risking a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• After eight months, Lu Heng emerged from seclusion and realized the Xiao Family Coming-of-Age Ceremony was less than a month away, so he postponed his trip to the Tagor Desert.

After eight months of seclusion, Lu Heng emerged as a Nine-Star Dou King and reunited with Qing Lin, while Xiao Yan learned that a mysterious alchemist had made his medicines and Yun Yun downgraded her investigation of the Mo Clan massacre. Lu Heng planned to attend the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, leaving Ya Fei questioning his relationship with Xiao Yu and Qing Lin wondering who she was.

• Xiao Yan used Spirit-Nurturing Powder and Foundation-Building Spirit Liquid to improve his Dou Qi, and Yao Chen praised the unknown alchemist who had refined them.
• Yun Yun reviewed the evidence from the Mo Clan massacre, concluded that five Dou Qi attributes suggested a team attack, and ordered the case downgraded to Class B.
• Lu Heng emerged from eight months of seclusion at Nine-Star Dou King and reunited with Qing Lin, who had waited outside the chamber.
• Ya Fei told Lu Heng that the Xiao Family's coming-of-age ceremony was less than a month away, and Lu Heng said he would attend because he had promised Xiao Yu.
• Ya Fei questioned Lu Heng about his relationship with Xiao Yu, while Qing Lin wondered who Xiao Yu was.

Lu Heng planned to find a way to delay Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Physique and spent several quiet days with Qing Lin and Ya Fei before visiting Xiao Yi Xian. He reached her valley and reunited with her, ending the chapter with a kiss.

• Lu Heng considered using the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill to buy Xiao Yi Xian more than ten years while he advanced to a realm where he could cure her poison physique.
• Lu Heng spent four days at the auction house, teaching Qing Lin to read and sharing meals with her and Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei gave Lu Heng a Storage Ring of supplies for Xiao Yi Xian and told him to treat her well before he left Wutan City.
• Lu Heng flew to Xiao Yi Xian’s valley and caught her when she tripped while running to greet him.
• Lu Heng kissed Xiao Yi Xian, and she blushed and reminded him that he was not afraid of being poisoned.

Lu Heng returned to the valley and told Xiao Yi Xian about his breakthroughs, his efforts to find ingredients for a pill that could slow her Woe Poison Physique, and his relationships with Ya Fei and Han Yue. After spending half a month with her, he left for the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony while Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind, still struggling with her poison cravings.

• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian he had reached Nine-Star Dou Wang and explained that the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill could slow the spread of her poison, though he still lacked three ingredients.
• Lu Heng recounted his adventures in the desert and admitted he was serious about Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, and Han Yue; Xiao Yi Xian accepted his honesty but feared her poison might someday force her to leave him.
• Lu Heng promised to find a complete cure for Xiao Yi Xian's Woe Poison Physique and gave her the Storage Ring Ya Fei had prepared for her.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian spent half a month together, gathering herbs, discussing medicinal properties, and sharing quiet evenings by the stream.
• Lu Heng left for the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony after Xiao Yi Xian declined to go with him because her poison aura could harm others.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Lu Heng fly away and wrestled with her growing urge to consume poison.

Xiao Zhan finalized preparations for the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony and learned that Lu Heng, who was close to Ya Fei, would attend. Lu Heng returned to Wutan City, and he and Ya Fei agreed to go to the ceremony together, reflecting that they had been together for nearly ten years.

• Third Elder told Xiao Zhan that Jia Lie Tianhu, Aoba De, Ya Fei, and Lu Heng would attend the ceremony, prompting Xiao Zhan to order special arrangements for Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Baichuan that Lu Heng had agreed to attend and admitted that she knew he was close to Ya Fei and Han Yue.
• Xiao Baichuan asked Xiao Yu to coordinate the ceremony preparations with Third Elder, and she returned to her courtyard.
• Lu Heng flew back to the Miteer Auction House and told Ya Fei that Xian'er was doing well and had received her gifts.
• Ya Fei told Lu Heng that they had both been invited to the Xiao Family ceremony, and they agreed to attend together.
• Lu Heng noted that he would turn sixteen in a month and that he had been with Ya Fei for almost ten years, leaving her surprised by how much time had passed.

Ya Fei recalled taking in Lu Heng as a child, and the two shared a kiss before agreeing to wait for his sixteenth birthday. Lu Heng brought Qing Lin to the Xiao Family’s coming-of-age ceremony, where a hidden observer watched him as the event began.

• Ya Fei remembered finding six-year-old Lu Heng and told him that bringing him home had been the best decision of her life.
• Lu Heng and Ya Fei kissed, and Ya Fei asked him to wait until his coming-of-age ceremony in one month.
• Lu Heng reunited with Qing Lin, praised her calligraphy, and agreed to take her to the Xiao Family’s ceremony.
• Ya Fei, Lu Heng, and Qing Lin arrived at the Xiao Family residence, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them.
• Lu Heng sensed a burning gaze from the shadows as the Xiao Family’s coming-of-age ceremony began.

Ling Ying and Yao Chen sensed Lu Heng’s extraordinary cultivation and spiritual power, and Yao Chen suspected he was the alchemist behind Xiao Yan’s pills. At the Xiao Family gathering, Xiao Yu joined Lu Heng and revealed her nervous affection for him.

• Ling Ying observed Lu Heng’s rapid growth and unusual aura, then decided to report his strength to Xiao Xun'er.
• Yao Chen sensed Lu Heng’s Nine-Star Dou King cultivation and Mortal Realm Grand Completion spiritual power, which shocked him.
• After Xiao Yan identified Lu Heng as Ya Fei’s younger brother, Yao Chen connected him to the exceptionally refined pills and decided to watch him.
• Xiao Yu sat beside Lu Heng after Xiao Baichuan sent her to entertain him, and Ya Fei noticed Xiao Yu’s obvious affection.

At the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Yan surprised the guests by testing at Ninth Duan Dou Qi and easily defeating Xiao Ning in a challenge. After the retest results were announced, Xiao Zhan approached Lu Heng and Ya Fei as the guests mingled.

• Ya Fei questioned Xiao Yu about Lu Heng's popularity at Jia Nan Academy before Xiao Zhan opened the ceremony.
• Xiao Mei tested at Eighth Duan Dou Qi, while Xiao Ning and Xiao Yan both tested at Ninth Duan.
• Xiao Ning challenged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan dodged his attacks and knocked him off balance with a palm strike and a sweeping kick.
• Xiao Zhan announced the retest results, noting that Xiao Xun'er was already a Dou Zhe and did not need to be tested.
• Lu Heng gave Qing Lin tea as the guests mingled, and Xiao Zhan walked over to Lu Heng and Ya Fei.

At the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, Lu Heng met Xiao Zhan and drew attention for his extraordinary cultivation and status. Xiao Yan was shaken by the gulf between them, while Xiao Xun'er sensed that Lu Heng had stirred the sealed Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame; Xiao Zhan remained unaware that Lu Heng had concealed his true strength.

• Xiao Zhan greeted Ya Fei and Lu Heng, while Lu Heng observed Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er among the Xiao Family group.
• Xiao Yan recognized Lu Heng as a Nine-Star Dou King and struggled with the vast difference between their strength, as Yao Chen warned him not to stare.
• Xiao Xun'er felt the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame sealed within her dantian tremble when she looked at Lu Heng, but she could not determine why.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yu and her younger brother were classmates at Jia Nan Academy, prompting Xiao Baichuan to consider drawing Lu Heng closer to the Xiao Family.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Zhan that he had entered Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy and claimed to be a Dou Ling, concealing his Nine-Star Dou King cultivation.