Recaps

Ya Fei told Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian that Yun Yun had left the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zun and learned of Yun Yun and Xiao Yan’s engagement. Xiao Yan then sneaked into the Sect Leader Main Hall looking for Yun Yun, only to find Nalan Yanran in bed and realize he was touching her while she slept.

• Ya Fei explained that Nalan Yanran had emerged from the Gate of Life and Death as a Dou Zun, taken over as sect leader, and argued with Yun Yun after learning of her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei decided not to interfere and left Xiao Yan to handle his situation with Nalan Yanran himself.
• Xiao Yan sneaked into the Sect Leader Main Hall expecting to find Yun Yun asleep in bed.
• Xiao Yan realized the woman he was touching was Nalan Yanran, not Yun Yun, and froze because he feared the consequences of being discovered.
• Nalan Yanran murmured Xiao Yan’s name in her sleep and reached behind herself to investigate the hand touching her.

Yun Yun and Yun Shan met Nalan Yanran as she emerged from the Gate of Life and Death with Dou Zun strength, and Yun Yun worried about her complicated relationship with Xiao Yan. Nalan Yanran revealed she had received Yun Potian’s inheritance, while Yun Shan decided to find a way to send her to Xiao Yan.

• Yun Yun heard a powerful aura erupt from the Gate of Life and Death and worried that Nalan Yanran might have forced her cultivation too quickly to catch up with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Shan reassured Yun Yun that she had nothing to fear about her relationship with Xiao Yan, then sensed that the aura from the gate belonged to a Dou Zun.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from the Gate of Life and Death, embraced Yun Yun, and announced that she had broken through to the Dou Zun realm after receiving Yun Potian’s inheritance.
• Yun Yun congratulated Nalan Yanran and suggested she inherit the sect leader position, startling Nalan Yanran, who had expected to go find Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran greeted Yun Shan as her grandmaster, and Yun Shan privately resolved to find a way to send her to Xiao Yan.

After emerging from seclusion as a Dou Zun, Nalan Yanran wanted to find Xiao Yan, but Yun Yun persuaded her to stay in the Jia Ma Empire and work toward getting closer to him through the Misty Cloud Sect, Ya Fei, and Xiao Zhan. Nalan Yanran agreed to stabilize her cultivation and visit them, while Yun Yun left to attend to Yan Alliance business.

• Nalan Yanran celebrated her breakthrough with the Misty Cloud Sect and learned from Yun Yun about the sect’s growth and Xiao Yan’s many companions.
• Yun Yun offered Nalan Yanran the Sect Master Token, but Nalan Yanran hesitated because she wanted to find Xiao Yan instead.
• Nalan Yanran admitted that she wanted to stay by Xiao Yan’s side, and Yun Yun warned that he was surrounded by women and suggested she build ties through the Yan Alliance.
• Yun Yun advised Nalan Yanran to remain in the Jia Ma Empire, visit Ya Fei and Xiao Zhan, and let Xiao Zhan speak in her favor to Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to stay while she stabilized her cultivation, and Yun Yun departed to handle matters in the Yan Alliance.

After emerging from seclusion as a Dou Zun, Nalan Yanran sought news of Xiao Yan and went to the Yan Alliance headquarters to ask Ya Fei for advice. There she overheard that Yun Yun was involved with Xiao Yan and confronted her teacher in tears.

• Nalan Yanran met Xiao Mei training disciples and learned that Xiao Yan was cultivating at Danta in the Central Plains.
• Nalan Yanran traveled to the Imperial Capital and located Ya Fei at the Yan Alliance headquarters.
• Nalan Yanran overheard Ya Fei and Yun Yun discussing Yun Yun's relationship with Xiao Yan and her fear of telling her disciple.
• Nalan Yanran burst into the room and accused Yun Yun of betraying her by being with Xiao Yan.

Nalan Yanran learned that Yun Yun and Xiao Yan were together, and her guilt and inferiority over her past choices overwhelmed her. Yun Yun set out to clear her mind while Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and collapsed into despair.

• Nalan Yanran broke down after realizing Yun Yun had become Xiao Yan’s lover, comparing herself unfavorably with her teacher and blaming herself for trying to keep them apart.
• Yun Yun tried to comfort Nalan Yanran and explained that she intended to help Xiao Yan accept Yanran’s feelings, but Nalan Yanran knelt to apologize and left after blessing their relationship.
• Ya Fei urged Yun Yun to contact Xiao Yan and seek his help with Nalan Yanran’s emotional crisis.
• Yun Yun shattered her jade plaque to send a ripple toward Xiao Yan, then left to visit Wutan City while Ya Fei watched over the Yan Alliance.
• Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, shut herself in the Sect Leader Main Hall, and eventually fainted from exhaustion.

Xiao Yan found Nalan Yanran in a grief-stricken state after she learned about him and Yun Yun, and she mistook their encounter for a dream. He chose to comfort her, and she realized their intimacy was real.

• Nalan Yanran, believing she was dreaming, clung to Xiao Yan and grew increasingly passionate.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Nalan Yanran’s grief had shut off her senses and that her Dou Qi was nearing a cultivation deviation.
• Xiao Yan decided to respond to Nalan Yanran’s advances rather than risk worsening her condition.
• Nalan Yanran woke during their intimacy and asked whether Xiao Yan was truly there.
• Xiao Yan called her Yanran and assured her it was real, and Nalan Yanran wept with relief.

Xiao Yan cared for Nalan Yanran after she became his lover, and she accepted her relationship with him and made peace with his bond with Yun Yun. Outside the hall, Yun Shan welcomed the arrangement and urged Xiao Yan to pursue more women in the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan insisted he already had enough partners.

• Xiao Yan fed Nalan Yanran spirit rice porridge and told her to rest and apply ointment herself.
• Nalan Yanran accepted Xiao Yan as the man she loved, forgave Yun Yun, and applied ointment to her injury after Xiao Yan left the hall.
• Xiao Yan greeted Yun Shan outside, and Yun Shan teased him about spending two and a half days alone with Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Shan said he supported Nalan Yanran being with Xiao Yan and joked that he would have delivered her to Xiao Yan if necessary.
• Yun Shan listed Xiao Yan's partners and encouraged him to pursue adult women in the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan refused and said he had enough women.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Mei and gave her a Storage Ring, while Xun Er learned of his rise in strength and his many relationships from a report. The chapter ended with Xun Er feeling bitter that she had worked for years apart from him while other women had grown close to him.

• Xiao Mei rushed into Xiao Yan's arms, told him she had missed him, and accepted a Storage Ring filled with cultivation resources.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Mei to stop calling him Cousin Xiao Yan, then thought of Xun Er when Xiao Mei mentioned her.
• Xun Er sneezed in the Ancient Clan and wondered whether Xiao Yan was thinking of her.
• Ling Ying delivered intelligence about Xiao Yan, and Xun Er learned that he had become an eighth-grade alchemist, was likely a Dou Zun, and had clashed with the Soul Hall.
• Xun Er read about Xiao Yan's many female companions and engagements, then lamented that she had been separated from him while they had grown close to him.

Xun Er learned that Hun Li Li had been slaughtering sects and cities, so she sent Ling Ying to deliver Xiao Yan a Storage Ring and warn him. Meanwhile, Hun Li Li chased Feng Qing'er across the Central Plains and captured her after she collapsed in the Northwest Continent.

• Xun Er asked Ling Ying about Hun Li Li and learned that she had left the Soul Realm and destroyed sects and cities while refining souls with destructive flames.
• Xun Er gave Ling Ying a Storage Ring for Xiao Yan and asked him to check Xiao Yan's current realm.
• Hun Li Li pursued Feng Qing'er, who fled for a month while Hun Li Li destroyed settlements and prevented her from calling for help.
• Hun Li Li threatened to turn Feng Qing'er into an Ancient Human Puppet as she continued forcing her toward the Northwest Continent.
• Feng Qing'er collapsed after half a month of flight, and Hun Li Li grabbed her before she lost consciousness.

Hun Li Li captured Feng Qing'er and subjected her to increasingly humiliating treatment in a hidden cave. Feng Qing'er remained powerless and terrified as Hun Li Li prepared another torment.

• Hun Li Li kept Feng Qing'er bound in a cave with her Dou Qi and strength sealed by dark runes.
• Feng Qing'er asked why Hun Li Li had attacked the Wind Lightning Pavilion and captured her, and Hun Li Li said she intended to make Feng Qing'er her mount or servant.
• Feng Qing'er tried to resist by invoking her Demon Phoenix Bloodline, but Hun Li Li suppressed it with overwhelming soul power.
• Hun Li Li tore off Feng Qing'er's clothes, inspected her, and slapped her across the chest.
• Hun Li Li stretched a chain between the cave walls and positioned it against Feng Qing'er's lips, making Feng Qing'er cry out in terror.

Hun Li Li forced Feng Qing'er to submit and planted a Slave Seal in her soul, then discovered Feng Qing'er had been reborn and learned of her plans against Xiao Yan. Furious that Feng Qing'er intended to harm him, Hun Li Li declared her Xiao Yan's servant and mount, leaving her fate in his hands.

• Hun Li Li tormented Feng Qing'er until she begged for mercy and accepted Hun Li Li as her master.
• Feng Qing'er released her soul, allowing Hun Li Li to plant a Slave Seal that let her control Feng Qing'er and read her thoughts.
• Hun Li Li recognized Feng Qing'er's unusually powerful soul and accused her of being reborn.
• Unable to lie under the Soul Seal, Feng Qing'er explained her past conflicts with Xiao Yan and her plans to humiliate and destroy him.
• Hun Li Li threatened Feng Qing'er for targeting Xiao Yan, then declared her his sex slave and mount, with her survival depending on Xiao Yan's wishes.

Xiao Yan comforted Nalan Yanran, who apologized for her past behavior before they reconciled and spent the next two days together as she stabilized her Dou Zun cultivation. He then returned to the Imperial Capital to see Ya Fei and Yun'er, where he reunited with Hai Bodong and headed to his Young Clan Head's Courtyard.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Sect Leader Main Hall and cared for Nalan Yanran, who apologized for her past jealousy and immaturity.
• Xiao Yan reassured Nalan Yanran that he understood her feelings, and they confessed their love and spent the night together.
• Xiao Yan helped Nalan Yanran stabilize her Dou Zun cultivation, and they continued spending time together until she was exhausted.
• Xiao Yan arrived above the Imperial Capital, where Hai Bodong greeted him with nine ice dragons and praised his growing strength.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong exchanged warm words before Xiao Yan descended toward Xiao Mansion to see Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yan cleansed away Nalan Yanran's scent with Heavenly Flames and headed to his Young Clan Head's Courtyard, expecting Ya Fei to make him earn her forgiveness.

After spending two days making it up to Ya Fei, Xiao Yan traveled to Wutan City with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then reunited with Yun Yun on the Xiao Family's Back Mountain. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Yun Yun together as he told her he had returned.

• Ya Fei teased Xiao Yan for returning from the Misty Cloud Sect, then spent two days with him before sending him to find Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan caught up with Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Mansion clansmen, then set off for Wutan City with Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Queen Medusa left for the Snake-Person Tribe, while Xiao Yi Xian headed to the Monster Mountain Range to look for Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the expanded Xiao Family estate, greeted the Great Elder and Second Elder, and went up Back Mountain to find Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan embraced Yun Yun from behind and told her he had returned.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun, kissed her, and told her about his Dragon-Phoenix transformation and travels. Yun Yun deduced that he had also made Nalan Yanran his woman, then welcomed him and prepared to help him change his clothes.

• Xiao Yan surprised Yun Yun with a kiss, and she returned it before teasing him for bullying her as soon as he came back.
• Xiao Yan explained how he had gained a Dragon-Phoenix Body and recounted his experiences outside the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Yun reassured Xiao Yan that she still loved him after learning about his transformation, then let him rest across her thighs.
• Yun Yun questioned Xiao Yan about wearing black clothes, and he explained that he had dressed casually because he was tired and sometimes concealed his identity.
• Yun Yun inferred that Xiao Yan had already made Nalan Yanran his woman, and Xiao Yan reacted with surprise at her deduction.
• Yun Yun accepted that she and Nalan Yanran would share Xiao Yan, then teased him about wanting her after being with Yanran and Ya Fei.

Xiao Yan took Yun Yun to the Monster Mountain Range to revisit the cave where their relationship had begun. There, they played out a healer-and-injured-teacher role-playing scenario, which turned into playful intimacy.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun woke together, sang a duet, and changed into matching Misty Cloud Sect clothes.
• Yun Yun led Xiao Yan to the cave where he had once helped her recover from her injuries.
• Yun Yun scolded Xiao Yan for collapsing the cave entrance, and he cleared the rubble with a punch that shattered space.
• Yun Yun entered the cave, recalled how their feelings had changed there, and pretended to collapse from an injury.
• Xiao Yan joined Yun Yun's role-playing game as her healer, but became a rebellious disciple and teased her.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun traveled to the valley to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian, where they welcomed the Blue Eagle into their group and transformed her into Xiao Lan with a Human Transformation Pill. Xiao Yan began strengthening Xiao Lan’s bloodline with his Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence, leaving her enduring the painful transformation under his watch.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun flew to Xiao Yi Xian’s valley and reunited with her, while Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian quickly grew familiar.
• The Blue Eagle greeted Xiao Yan, who invited her to travel with him and Xiao Yi Xian and gave her a Human Transformation Pill.
• The Blue Eagle transformed into a blue-haired young woman, and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed her as a sister, though Xiao Lan insisted on calling Xiao Yan Master.
• Xiao Yan explained that his aura intimidated magical beasts and promised to improve Xiao Lan’s bloodline, then fed her a trace of his Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence.
• Xiao Lan endured intense pain as the essence began transforming her bloodline, while Xiao Yi Xian worried over her and Yun Yun considered how Xiao Yan might bring Xiao Lan closer into the family.

Xiao Lan refined Xiao Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essence, evolving into a Purple-Gold Eagle and strengthening her bloodline. She became intoxicated by Xiao Yan’s aura and his affection, and the chapter ended with her hiding her face in his chest after a Heart-Clearing Pill brought her back to her senses.

• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Lan into the valley and stood guard while she absorbed his blood essence.
• Xiao Lan finished refining the essence, and her strength and appearance changed as her Blue Eagle bloodline evolved into a Purple-Gold Eagle.
• Xiao Lan threw herself into Xiao Yan’s arms, and he told her to stop treating him so formally before kissing her.
• Xiao Lan became increasingly carried away by Xiao Yan’s affection, so he fed her a Heart-Clearing Pill to calm her down.
• Xiao Lan realized how boldly she had acted, blushed, and buried her face in Xiao Yan’s chest.

Xiao Yan welcomed Xiao Lan into his household and traveled with her, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun to Snake-People City. There, Queen Medusa introduced Hua She'er and Yue Mei as new members of Xiao Yan’s household, and the group reunited.

• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Lan that she was family and planned to leave for the Snake-Person Tribe the next day.
• Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Lan into their room, where she fell asleep early after becoming exhausted.
• Xiao Yan used spatial power to carry the three women to Snake-People City and left a Space Seal over the valley.
• Queen Medusa appeared with Hua She'er and Yue Mei, who had both become Dou Zong experts and joined Xiao Yan’s household.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Xiao Lan greeted Queen Medusa, Hua She'er, and Yue Mei as sisters.

Xiao Yan visited Queen Medusa and learned that the Snake-Person Tribe was thriving, then agreed to become engaged to Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Lan, Hua She'er, and Yue Mei on his eighteenth birthday. He planned to take his fiancées to visit his late mother in Wutan City and remained unsure whether Nalan Yanran should join the engagement ceremony.

• Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa, Hua She'er, and Yue Mei in the sanctuary and heard that the Snake-Person Tribe had integrated well into the Jia Ma Empire through Ya Fei's efforts.
• Xiao Yan invited Hua She'er and Yue Mei to address him more informally, and Queen Medusa said they could call him husband after their engagement.
• Queen Medusa proposed holding Xiao Yan's engagement to Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Lan, Hua She'er, and Yue Mei in five days, and Yun Yun reminded him that the date was his eighteenth birthday.
• Xiao Yan agreed to hold the engagement in Wutan City and asked his fiancées to accompany him to visit his mother.
• Xiao Yan sent his Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body to notify their relatives and friends, then considered whether to include Nalan Yanran despite the strained relationship between the Xiao Family and Nalan Mansion.

After celebrating his engagement, Xiao Yan returned to the Yan Alliance and focused on finding opportunities to accelerate his cultivation. Master of Devouring then recovered much of his strength, revealed what he needed to revive fully, and became Xiao Yan’s sworn brother.

• Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran to their engagement, celebrated with her and the other women, and later faced them all in a series of cultivation contests.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Yan Alliance, set up a Space Wormhole, and considered seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree or entering the Heavenly Tomb to advance his cultivation.
• Master of Devouring’s spiritual power erupted from Xiao Yan’s soul sea, startling the women, and Xiao Yan met him in the void.
• Master of Devouring said he had recovered to the Minor Symbol Ancestor realm but needed Primordial Spirit fragments and a Life-and-Death Reincarnation Pill to revive completely.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Master of Devouring and accepted his proposal that they address each other as brothers.

Master of Devouring met Xiao Yan’s women and shared his reincarnation insights with them and Xiao Yan. He discovered that Nalan Yanran bore a Reincarnation Seal, which might offer him a way back to the Tianxuan Continent, while Nalan Yanran began awakening memories and strength from her previous life.

• Xiao Yan told the women that Master of Devouring had recovered some strength and explained how they had become sworn brothers.
• Master of Devouring greeted the women and gave each of them insights into reincarnation before passing his lifetime’s cultivation experience to Xiao Yan.
• Master of Devouring sensed reincarnation fluctuations from Nalan Yanran and revealed a Reincarnation Seal on her glabella.
• Master of Devouring examined the seal and realized it might provide another route back to the Tianxuan Continent.
• Xiao Yan reassured Nalan Yanran as the seal awakened, and asked whether she knew where it came from.

Xiao Yan and Master of Devouring examined Nalan Yanran’s Reincarnation Rings and traced their power to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which might explain her rebirth and offer a route to the Tianxuan Continent. After Xiao Yan suppressed the rings and Nalan Yanran fell asleep, he told the women his theory, and Master of Devouring reacted with surprise.

• Nalan Yanran admitted she could not remember why she had been reborn, and Master of Devouring asked to examine her Reincarnation Rings.
• Xiao Yan and Master of Devouring sensed powerful vitality and reincarnation within the rings, leading Xiao Yan to suspect they were connected to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might help him reach the Tianxuan Continent and emerge early if he advanced to the Dou Zun realm.
• Master of Devouring said the rings contained power from an existence possibly stronger than himself, and Xiao Yan suppressed Nalan Yanran’s Reincarnation Seal, causing her to fall asleep.
• Xiao Yan told the women that Nalan Yanran’s Reincarnation Seal might be related to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Master of Devouring asked if it truly was the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan and Master of Devouring discussed searching for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, whose power was connected to Nalan Yanran’s Reincarnation Seal. Xiao Yan then prepared to return to the Central Plains with four women, leaving Nalan Yanran and the others to guard the Yan Alliance and Snake-Person Tribe.

• Xiao Yan identified the Bodhi Ancient Tree as the likely source of the Reincarnation Seal, and Master of Devouring asked him to watch for it.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to sense the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence, while Xiao Yan promised to keep watch over the Ancient Wasteland Region.
• Master of Devouring returned to the Devouring Divine Temple to recover his spiritual power and prepare for resurrection.
• Xiao Yan told the women he would leave for the Central Plains, and Nalan Yanran chose to stay behind to help Ya Fei manage the Yan Alliance and protect the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan entrusted the Snake-Person Tribe to Hua She'er and Yue Mei, while Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran said farewell to him.
• Xiao Yan departed through space with Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Xiao Lan.

After returning to the Central Plains, Xiao Yan balanced his romantic entanglements with checking on Old Yao’s resurrection and refining the Filial Piety Pill. He finally settled into cultivation, but news from Burning Flame Valley interrupted him half a month later.

• Han Yue used her Nine-Turn Wind Wandering Step to kiss Xiao Yan, then spent the night with him before exhaustion put her to sleep.
• Xiao Yan checked Old Yao’s resurrection in the Star Domain and estimated that Old Yao would revive within two months.
• Xiao Yan refined nine Filial Piety Pills, and Xiao Yi Xian took some to increase her filial piety and enhance her figure.
• Xiao Yi Xian shared the remaining pills with the women, who divided them among themselves and drew Xiao Yan into further romantic encounters.
• Xiao Yan resumed cultivating the Great Sun Separation Fire Body, but news from Burning Flame Valley interrupted his training half a month later.

Xiao Yan traveled to Burning Flame Valley to help Tang Huo'er prepare to refine the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, assuring Tang Zhen that he would keep her safe. When Tang Zhen described Wind Lightning Pavilion's destruction and asked if Xiao Yan was responsible, Xiao Yan was still trying to identify the culprit.

• Elder Sheng told Xiao Yan that Tang Zhen had invited him to Burning Flame Valley, and Xiao Yan immediately set out.
• Xiao Yan entered Burning Flame Valley and assured Tang Zhen that Tang Huo'er's refinement of the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame would be safe with his help.
• Tang Zhen told Xiao Yan that Wind Lightning Pavilion had been destroyed by someone using a powerful Heavenly Flame, while Feng Qing'er had escaped.
• Xiao Yan wondered who had destroyed Wind Lightning Pavilion and asked Tang Zhen what Burning Flame Valley's investigation had uncovered.
• Tang Zhen said Xiao Yan was the only person he knew who fit the evidence and asked whether Xiao Yan had destroyed Wind Lightning Pavilion.