Recaps

As Lu Heng prepared to leave the Snake-People Tribe, Yue Mei and Medusa spoke with him about their parting and his promise to return. Medusa asked him to visit the Divine Temple before he departed, while Hua She'er secretly watched him from a rooftop.

• Yue Mei asked Lu Heng whether they would meet again, and he assured her that Medusa would lead the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert and they would cross paths.
• Yue Mei teased Lu Heng about having several women after admitting she and Hua She'er had overheard his conversation with Medusa.
• Medusa joined Lu Heng beneath the moon and learned that he planned to leave for the Jia Ma Empire the next morning.
• Medusa reminded Lu Heng that he had to defeat her if he wanted to marry her, and Lu Heng promised to prove himself when they met again.
• Medusa told Lu Heng to come to the Divine Temple before leaving because she had something for him, while Hua She'er watched their exchange from a rooftop.

Lu Heng prepared to leave the Snake-People Tribe, and Medusa gave him a Supreme Elder Token, her treasured medicinal ingredients, and a drop of her Seventh-Rank blood essence. He offered Medusa a Clear Spirit Pill in return, and their parting was interrupted when the temple doors opened.

• Lu Heng went to the Divine Temple, where Medusa waited for him in red robes.
• Medusa gave Lu Heng a Supreme Elder Token that let him travel freely through Snake-People territory and mobilize its people.
• Medusa gave Lu Heng her collection of medicinal ingredients and a drop of her Seventh-Rank blood essence, despite the cost to her cultivation.
• Lu Heng accepted the gifts and gave Medusa a fifth-grade Clear Spirit Pill to suppress the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's consciousness for one day.
• The temple doors suddenly opened as Lu Heng was about to discuss their departure.

Queen Medusa learned that Gu He’s group was approaching the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City to negotiate for the Green Lotus Core Flame, unaware that Lu Heng had already absorbed it. She chose to meet them herself with Lu Heng beside her, while Gu He’s party reached the city and found its gates open and unguarded.

• Yue Mei reported that several powerful humans, including a possible Dou Emperor, were heading toward the Holy City, and Lu Heng recognized their leader as Gu He.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe not to stop the group and decided to face them without calling the elders.
• Lu Heng stayed with Queen Medusa, and she instructed Yue Mei to have Hua She’er maintain order while the other commanders continued their duties.
• Gu He led Yan Shi, Feng Li, Zhuo Kang, two attendants, and the cloaked Yun Yun toward the Holy City; Hai Bodong had declined to join them because he had promised Lu Heng to protect Ya Fei.
• Gu He’s group reached the city and found its gates open with no snake-person guards in sight.

Gu He and his companions entered the Holy City to offer Medusa pills in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame, but they discovered that she had reached Dou Zong. Lu Heng appeared beside Medusa, and he and Yun Yun recognized each other.

• Gu He led his group into the Holy City to negotiate with Medusa, offering a Seven-Grade Shape-Shifting Pill and two Sixth-Grade Dou Ling Pills for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa released her immense pressure over the group and descended through the air, revealing that she was a Dou Zong.
• Medusa told Lu Heng that Gu He wanted his Green Lotus Core Flame, and Lu Heng appeared beside her.
• Yun Yun recognized Lu Heng as the young man who had saved her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Lu Heng recognized her aura.
• Gu He raised the pills and pleaded for the deal, but Medusa replied that killing him would let her take the pills anyway.

Medusa slaughtered Gu He’s Dou King escorts and pursued the Pill King, while Lu Heng intervened to save Yun Yun. The chapter ended with Yun Yun recovering and Medusa dismissing the threat posed by Yun Shan, the former Misty Cloud Sect leader.

• Medusa killed Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Zhuo Kang, then turned on Gu He as he begged for his life.
• Yun Yun tried to protect Gu He, but Medusa’s attack overwhelmed her until Lu Heng blocked it and claimed Yun Yun as an old acquaintance.
• Medusa caught Gu He and pierced his dantian, killing the Pill King before taking his Storage Ring and pills.
• Lu Heng gave Yun Yun a Healing Pill, and she swallowed it and began recovering from her injuries.
• Medusa asked whether Yun Yun was one of Lu Heng’s women, and Lu Heng explained her identity and warned that Yun Shan was still alive.
• Medusa declared that as a Dou Zong, she had no reason to fear Yun Shan.

Lu Heng healed Yun Yun after Medusa spared her, then explained his connection to the Snake-People Tribe while refusing to reveal how he knew Yun Shan was alive. Lu Heng and Yun Yun agreed to travel together to the Jia Ma Empire, and he went to the Divine Temple to say goodbye to Medusa.

• Medusa returned to the Divine Temple after Lu Heng persuaded her not to kill Yun Yun, while Yun Yun overheard their conversation.
• Yun Yun recovered with Lu Heng's pill and questioned him about his knowledge of Yun Shan and his role in Medusa's breakthrough.
• Lu Heng refused to explain how he knew Yun Shan was alive, and Yun Yun thanked him for saving her twice.
• Lu Heng decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire and travel first to the Imperial Capital, and Yun Yun agreed to go with him.
• Lu Heng entered the Divine Temple to bid farewell to Medusa, who remarked that he had not looked at her so carefully when she was revived.

Lu Heng left the Snake-People Tribe with Yun Yun and headed toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range to retrieve Xiao Yi Xian, carrying a pill made to suppress her Woe Poison Physique. After parting from Yun Yun at the range’s edge, he flew toward the valley where he remembered Xiao Yi Xian living.

• Lu Heng told Medusa he was returning to the Jia Ma Empire and promised to find a way to obtain the Soul Fusion Pill.
• Lu Heng gave Hua She'er a Dou Ling Pill and Yue Mei a King Heaven-Breaking Pill as he departed the Divine Temple.
• Lu Heng and Yun Yun flew out of the desert, then turned south toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range so he could retrieve Xiao Yi Xian.
• Lu Heng and Yun Yun parted at the mountain range’s edge, and Yun Yun asked him to visit her at the Misty Cloud Sect when he reached the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Heng flew into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and headed for the valley where he remembered Xiao Yi Xian.

Lu Heng returned to Xiao Yi Xian's secluded valley and reunited with her. He revealed that he had refined the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill, which could suppress her poison physique for at least ten years, and they went inside so he could guide her in taking it.

• Lu Heng arrived at Xiao Yi Xian's valley, and the two embraced after their long separation.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian shared a kiss and teased each other before he turned serious.
• Lu Heng showed Xiao Yi Xian the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill and explained that it could seal her poison for at least ten years.
• Xiao Yi Xian wept with relief when Lu Heng confirmed the pill was real.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the cottage so he could guide her in taking the pill.

Lu Heng used a Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill and his Five Elements Dou Qi to seal Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Physique, stopping the Seven-Colored Hidden Line from growing. After the seal raised her cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Zhe, Xiao Yi Xian agreed to leave with Lu Heng and follow him for the rest of her life.

• Lu Heng guided the pill’s medicinal power through Xiao Yi Xian’s body and formed a Five Elements seal around her poison power.
• The seal stopped the Seven-Colored Hidden Line from spreading, and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation surged to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Lu Heng explained that the seal could suppress her poison until she reached Dou Zun, though she might need a stronger method afterward.
• Lu Heng asked Xiao Yi Xian to leave with him, mentioning that Sister Ya Fei missed her.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to follow Lu Heng for the rest of her life, then hurried out to cook for him.

Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian spent a quiet day together in the valley, where he told her about his journey and she promised to cultivate harder so she could help him. That night, Lu Heng gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, believing the Five Elements Poison-Locking Pill had made it safe for her to cultivate its techniques.

• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian shared a meal, then walked hand in hand beside the stream.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian about visiting the Snake-People Tribe, helping Queen Medusa evolve, and reaching the Three-Star Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked about Queen Medusa and Lu Heng’s relationship with her, then said she would work harder to cultivate and help him.
• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian spent the afternoon together, and Xiao Yi Xian cooked roasted fish for dinner.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, an inheritance he had kept from her until her poison physique was safely suppressed.

Xiao Yi Xian received the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture from Lu Heng and began studying its cultivation method for her Woe Poison Physique. After they spent the night together, they planned to leave for the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital once she mastered the first tier and stabilized her cultivation.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized that the ancient scroll described her Woe Poison Physique and contained techniques tailored to it.
• Xiao Yi Xian studied the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture while Lu Heng cultivated nearby.
• Xiao Yi Xian invited Lu Heng to stay, and they spent the night together in the cabin.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian secretly put away the stained bed sheet, but Lu Heng saw her and eased her soreness with his Wood Attribute Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng told Xiao Yi Xian they would travel to the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital after she mastered the first tier and stabilized her cultivation.

Xiao Yi Xian mastered the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, advanced to One-Star Dou Master, and left her mountain cabin with Lu Heng for the Imperial Capital. There, Ya Fei worried about Lu Heng after hearing that Gu He and three Dou Wang experts had died in the Snake-People Tribe's territory, while Qing Lin reassured her that he would return safely.

• Xiao Yi Xian mastered the poison-energy techniques in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture after three days of cultivation and four days of practice.
• Lu Heng gave Xiao Yi Xian a Yuan-Gathering Pill, and she advanced from Nine-Star Dou Zhe to One-Star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yi Xian packed her belongings, left her cabin with Lu Heng, and flew with him toward the Imperial Capital.
• Ya Fei worried about Lu Heng after learning that Gu He, Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Bing Zhuokang had died in the Snake-People Tribe's territory.
• Qing Lin brought Ya Fei fresh tea and reassured her that Lu Heng was strong and would return safely.

Ya Fei, Zi Yan, and Han Yue waited and worried about Lu Heng during his long absence. Lu Heng returned to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian, intending to pursue the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and address the danger posed by Yun Shan and Protector Wu.

• Ya Fei reached Nine-Star Da Dou Shi while Hai Bodong approached a breakthrough to Six-Star Dou Emperor, and both awaited Lu Heng's return.
• Zi Yan missed Lu Heng and his pills, while Han Yue reassured her that he would come back.
• Han Yue told Zi Yan she would get lost if she left Jia Nan Academy to search for Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng carried sleeping Xiao Yi Xian toward the Imperial Capital and considered obtaining the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and visiting Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lu Heng worried that Yun Shan could join forces with Protector Wu and resolved to handle matters one at a time as the Imperial Capital came into view.

Lu Heng returned to the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian and brought her to the Miteer Auction House, where he had once lived under Ya Fei’s care. Ya Fei agreed to search for a Fifth-Rank-or-higher alchemist to treat Nalan Yanran’s poisoned grandfather, though she could not promise to find one.

• Lu Heng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Imperial Capital, and he recalled how Ya Fei had taken him in as a child.
• Lu Heng led Xiao Yi Xian to the Miteer Auction House and told her it was Ya Fei’s home.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ya Fei to find an alchemist of at least Fifth-Rank to treat her poisoned grandfather.
• Ya Fei agreed to make inquiries but warned Nalan Yanran that alchemists of that rank were rare.

Lu Heng returned to the Imperial Capital and reunited with Ya Fei, whose public embrace sparked rumors that he was her sweetheart. After Ya Fei dismissed the gossip, Lu Heng asked why Nalan Yanran had visited, intending to obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.

• Ya Fei recognized Lu Heng outside the auction house and rushed down to embrace him while Nalan Yanran watched in shock.
• Ya Fei greeted Xiao Yi Xian, then took her and Lu Heng inside the Mittel Family grounds.
• Auction house attendants spread news of Ya Fei's embrace, and rumors about her sweetheart swept through the Imperial Capital.
• Qing Lin welcomed Lu Heng and told him that Ya Fei had worried about him while Old Hai pursued a breakthrough.
• A steward reported that several families were asking about Lu Heng, but Ya Fei told him to let the rumors spread.
• Lu Heng asked Ya Fei what Nalan Yanran had come to see her for, hoping to obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.

Ya Fei told Lu Heng that Nalan Yanran sought a high-grade alchemist to cure her poisoned grandfather, Nalan Jie, and Lu Heng agreed to help so he could obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva. After settling into Ya Fei’s courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, Lu Heng prepared to visit the Nalan Family, while Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect pondering Lu Heng’s connection to the Mittel Family.

• Ya Fei explained that Nalan Yanran had come seeking an alchemist to cure Nalan Jie, and she teased Lu Heng about taking Nalan Yanran in as well.
• Lu Heng agreed to go with Ya Fei the next day to treat Nalan Jie, hoping to obtain the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and help Ya Fei gain the Nalan Family’s favor.
• Ya Fei showed Xiao Yi Xian her prepared room and told Lu Heng he would stay with her, while Qing Lin teased Ya Fei about preparing an extra pillow.
• Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect instead of going home and wondered how the mysterious young Dou Wang she had met in Wutan City was connected to the Mittel Family.

Yun Yun learned that Lu Heng had returned to the Imperial Capital and decided to visit Nalan Mansion with Nalan Yanran, hoping to see him there. Lu Heng arrived with Ya Fei, where he reunited with Yun Yun and sparked Ya Fei's curiosity about their relationship.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that Ya Fei had greeted a young man named Lu Heng at the auction house, leading Yun Yun to suspect he was the Lu Heng who had saved her.
• Yun Yun agreed to accompany Nalan Yanran to Nalan Mansion to examine Nalan Jie's worsening poison.
• Lu Heng and Ya Fei traveled to Nalan Mansion after the Nalan Family invited them to consult about Nalan Jie's condition.
• Lu Heng and Yun Yun recognized each other in the main hall, while Ya Fei noticed their exchanged glances and wondered if they had a romantic connection.

Lu Heng arrived at the Nalan Mansion with Ya Fei, where he revealed his Dou Emperor cultivation and was asked to treat Nalan Jie. While Lu Heng and Nalan Yanran went to Nalan Jie's residence, Yun Yun told Ya Fei that Lu Heng had also encountered Queen Medusa in the Snake-People Tribe.

• Ya Fei introduced Lu Heng as an alchemist no weaker than Pill King Gu He, and Lu Heng revealed his Dou Emperor pressure to convince Nalan Su.
• Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun vouched for Lu Heng, and Nalan Su apologized and asked him to save Nalan Jie.
• Lu Heng agreed to help because Ya Fei had promised to assist Nalan Yanran, then followed Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran to Nalan Jie's residence.
• Ya Fei asked Yun Yun how she knew Lu Heng, and Yun Yun explained that Lu Heng had saved her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and again in the Snake-People Tribe's Holy City.
• Yun Yun told Ya Fei that Queen Medusa had become a Dou Zong and suggested that her relationship with Lu Heng was extraordinary, leaving Ya Fei shocked.

Lu Heng removed Nalan Jie's Brand Poison with the Green Lotus Core Flame and learned that Ya Fei had been questioning Yun Yun about his relationship with Queen Medusa. The chapter ended with Ya Fei pressing Lu Heng about how close he and Medusa had become.

• Ya Fei asked Yun Yun whether Queen Medusa had harmed Lu Heng, and Yun Yun said Medusa had treated him courteously.
• Lu Heng examined Nalan Jie, sent Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran outside, and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to burn away the poison.
• After half an hour, Lu Heng announced that Nalan Jie was cured and said he would recover enough to leave bed in half a month.
• Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran confirmed Nalan Jie was safe, while Lu Heng left before Nalan Su could thank him.
• Ya Fei drew Lu Heng into the hall with Yun Yun and asked whether he and Queen Medusa had been close in the Snake-People Tribe.

Nalan Jie thanked Lu Heng for curing his Brand Poison and gave him the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva. Yun Yun invited Lu Heng to the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Nalan Yanran troubled by the apparent closeness between them.

• Nalan Jie presented Lu Heng with the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva as thanks for saving his life, and Lu Heng accepted it.
• Lu Heng declined Nalan Jie's offer of a banquet so the recovering elder could rest, while Nalan Yanran thanked Lu Heng for saving her grandfather.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Heng when he would visit the Misty Cloud Sect, and he said he would come the next day.
• Lu Heng and Ya Fei left the Nalan Mansion together, and Ya Fei teased him about Yun Yun's feelings as they returned to the Mittel Auction House.
• Nalan Yanran watched Yun Yun leave and wondered about her teacher's relationship with Lu Heng.

Lu Heng told Ya Fei about his time with Medusa and revealed that he could face an ordinary One-Star Dou Zong, then visited the Misty Cloud Sect the next morning as promised to Yun Yun. Hai Bodong broke through to six-star Dou Emperor and agreed to watch over the Imperial Capital while Lu Heng was away.

• Lu Heng recounted his experiences in the Tagor Desert to Ya Fei, including Medusa’s evolution and her challenge to him, and reassured Ya Fei that he was not afraid of an ordinary One-Star Dou Zong.
• Hai Bodong broke through to six-star Dou Emperor, thanked Lu Heng for his help, and agreed to keep watch over the Imperial Capital while Lu Heng visited the Misty Cloud Sect.
• The next morning, Lu Heng left Ya Fei asleep and ate breakfast with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, telling them he was going to see Yun Yun.
• Qing Lin asked to accompany Lu Heng, but Lu Heng, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian all refused, and Lu Heng set off for the Misty Cloud Sect.

Lu Heng visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect, where she asked him to replace the deceased Gu He as the sect’s pill supplier. He agreed to refine pills in exchange for access to the sect’s treasury but declined the Guest Elder position, explaining that he was helping for Yun Yun’s sake and planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire after securing Ya Fei’s position and safety.

• Lu Heng arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun welcomed him to her private courtyard.
• Yun Yun told Lu Heng that she had suppressed complaints over Gu He's death, but his absence left the sect without a reliable supplier of high-grade pills.
• Yun Yun asked Lu Heng to refine pills for the Misty Cloud Sect, and he agreed in exchange for choosing items from its treasury.
• Yun Yun invited Lu Heng to become a Guest Elder, but he declined because he disliked restraints and was refining pills for her sake.
• Lu Heng told Yun Yun he intended to leave the Jia Ma Empire after arranging for Ya Fei's position and safety.

Lu Heng offered Yun Yun a Peak Seventh-Grade pill that could let Yun Shan break through to Dou Zong in exchange for a promise from the Misty Cloud Sect, while secretly retaining a way to control whoever took it. In the Imperial Capital, Jia Xing Tian learned of the young alchemist who healed Nalan Jie and ordered Yao Ye to investigate him without provoking him.

• Lu Heng told Yun Yun about the pill’s breakthrough power and its cost, then proposed trading it to Yun Shan for the Misty Cloud Sect’s promise to keep Ya Fei safe.
• Yun Yun rushed off to find Yun Shan, while Lu Heng considered how the pill might draw him away from cooperating with Protector Wu.
• News spread that Lu Heng had cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, and Jia Xing Tian received a report identifying him as a young alchemist whose skill could rival Gu He’s.
• Jia Xing Tian ordered Yao Ye to investigate Lu Heng’s origins and ties to the Mittel Family, warning her not to alarm him.
• Jia Xing Tian suspected the Mittel Family’s recent rise and its new alchemist were connected to the same person.

Yun Yun awakened Yun Shan and told him about Lu Heng’s Imperial Creation Pill, prompting the former sect master to accept Lu Heng’s conditions in exchange for the chance to reach Dou Zong. Yun Shan eagerly went with Yun Yun to meet Lu Heng, whose courtyard sensed their approach.

• Yun Yun used the Sect Master Jade Flute to awaken Yun Shan and explained Lu Heng’s role in Gu He’s failed expedition and his Imperial Creation Pill.
• Yun Shan weighed the pill against the Soul Hall’s offer and chose the open, tangible chance to break through, despite the pill’s limits.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan that Lu Heng wanted to choose items from the sect treasury and have the Misty Cloud Sect protect the Mittel Family.
• Yun Shan agreed to both conditions and teased Yun Yun about her feelings for Lu Heng.
• Yun Yun led Yun Shan to her courtyard, where Lu Heng sensed their approaching auras.

Lu Heng showed Yun Shan the Imperial Creation Pill and secured Yun Shan’s agreement to his conditions. Yun Shan gave him access to the Misty Cloud Sect’s treasure vault, and Yun Yun led him toward it while Yun Shan hoped to bring them together.

• Yun Shan met Lu Heng and asked to inspect the Imperial Creation Pill.
• Lu Heng revealed the pill, and its medicinal fragrance stirred Yun Shan’s hopes of breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Yun Shan agreed to Lu Heng’s conditions and offered Yun Yun to him, but Lu Heng said Yun Yun should decide for herself.
• Yun Yun softly responded, and Lu Heng handed the pill to Yun Shan, who eagerly accepted it.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Yun to let Lu Heng choose anything from the sect’s treasure vault, and she led Lu Heng toward the Back Mountain.