Chapter Summaries

Nalan Yanran reunited with Xiao Yan and learned that the Mo Clan had attacked him and his friend. She declared Xiao Yan her fiancé, demanded that Mo Cheng explain himself, and led Xiao Yan and Ge Ye toward the Mo Clan Manor.

• Nalan Yanran abandoned Mo Linglin and hurried over to greet Xiao Yan with delight.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that the Mo Clan had tried to kill him and his friend, and she anxiously checked him for injuries.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that her teacher had gone looking for him, while Xiao Yan realized Yun Yun was nearby beneath a black robe.
• Ge Ye asked who Xiao Yan was, and Nalan Yanran proudly identified him as her fiancé.
• Nalan Yanran ordered the Mo Clan to bring Mo Cheng to explain himself, then took Xiao Yan's hand and told Ge Ye to lead them to the Mo Clan Manor.

Xiao Yan confronted the Mo Clan over its attacks, while Nalan Yanran defended him and Mo Cheng challenged their authority. After Xiao Yan revealed his blue flames, Yun Yun revealed herself as Nalan Yanran’s teacher and announced that she had killed every Mo Clan member sent to intercept Xiao Yan.

• Mo Lan and Mo Cheng questioned Nalan Yanran’s judgment at the Mo Clan Manor, and Mo Cheng dismissed Xiao Yan as unpersuasive.
• Xiao Yan insulted Mo Cheng, who ordered the Mo Clan’s experts to kill him.
• Xiao Yan shielded Nalan Yanran and used blue flames to melt the attackers’ sabers and burn several men to ash.
• Mo Cheng tried to appease Xiao Yan and then accused him of slandering Yun Yun, but Nalan Yanran questioned his claim.
• Yun Yun removed her disguise, revealed herself to Nalan Yanran, and declared that she had killed everyone the Mo Clan sent to intercept Xiao Yan.

Yun Yun exposed the Mo Clan’s human and magical-beast organ transplantations, killed Mo Cheng and the clan’s guilty leaders, and ordered an investigation. After asking Nalan Yanran to focus on her cultivation, she spoke privately with Xiao Yan, who agreed to reconsider her request if she restored the Misty Cloud Sect before leaving Salt City.

• Ge Ye realized Yun Yun had been accompanying Xiao Yan, and Mo Cheng tried to deny the Mo Clan’s crimes.
• Xiao Yan identified the Fifth Tier magical beast aura in Mo Cheng, and Yun Yun killed him, revealing his transplanted Blazing Mountain-Breaking Rhino arm.
• Yun Yun killed the Mo Clan’s higher-ups and ordered every member investigated for involvement in the transplants.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran to resume cultivating and warned Xiao Yan not to take such risks again.
• Yun Yun promised to restore the Misty Cloud Sect and asked Xiao Yan to reconsider her request when she did; Xiao Yan agreed, then left Salt City.

Yun Yun questioned Nalan Yanran about the Great Elder and the Mo Clan’s affairs, while Nalan Yanran concluded that Xiao Yan knew of a future threat and was training desperately to prevent disaster. Yun Yun also recalled an awkward flight with Xiao Yan, and the chapter ended with him flying toward Mo City.

• Nalan Yanran watched Xiao Yan leave and wondered why he disliked the Great Elder Yun Leng.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran whether Yun Leng benefited or harmed the Misty Cloud Sect and whether he could have been ignorant of the Mo Clan’s affairs.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had been cultivating in the depths of the Tagor Desert, prompting Nalan Yanran to suspect he knew about the Soul Hall’s threat.
• Nalan Yanran worried that Xiao Yan might remember their broken engagement from her previous life and that it could endanger their marriage contract.
• Yun Yun recalled secretly placing Dou Skills in Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring during a flight and the embarrassing moment when she held him close as he slept.
• Xiao Yan spread his Purple Cloud Wings and flew toward Mo City.

Xiao Yan encountered Lv Man, a Dou Emperor from Heavenly Snake Mansion who was searching for someone with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. He agreed to help her find the person and warned her against harming them, then persuaded her to carry him as they flew onward.

• After noticing he was being followed, Xiao Yan called out to the hidden Dou Emperor and asked her for help.
• Lv Man appeared, introduced herself as a member of Heavenly Snake Mansion, and asked how Xiao Yan had detected her.
• Xiao Yan identified her search for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and offered to use Heavenly Snake Mansion's resources to train someone he knew.
• Xiao Yan warned Lv Man against using transplantation techniques and claimed he could call on powerful allies if Heavenly Snake Mansion harmed his people.
• Lv Man assured him that Heavenly Snake Mansion would not mistreat its disciples, and Xiao Yan asked her to carry him because he was tired of flying.
• Lv Man embraced Xiao Yan and flew away with him.

Xiao Yan returned to Mo City with Lv Man and found Hai Bodong drawing maps in his shop. When Hai Bodong realized Xiao Yan had encountered Queen Medusa, Xiao Yan casually claimed she was beautiful and kind-hearted, shocking everyone present.

• Xiao Yan and Lv Man reached Mo City and entered Hai Bodong's map shop.
• Xiao Yan found Hai Bodong drawing maps while several wealthy customers browsed the shop.
• A woman in a red dress ordered Xiao Yan to leave, but Hai Bodong recognized him and welcomed him warmly.
• Hai Bodong sensed Queen Medusa's aura on Xiao Yan and asked whether he had encountered her.
• Xiao Yan said Queen Medusa had given him the Heavenly Flames and let him go, leaving the shop's customers stunned.

Xiao Yan reunited with Hai Bodong, exchanged the Sand Mandala for the Fragmented Map, and prepared to help him refine the medicine needed to break his seal. Lv Man watched as Xiao Yan examined the Break-Obstacle Pill prescription, still unable to understand him.

• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong a Sand Mandala and learned that Hai Bodong had arranged safe lodging for his two friends at the Miter Auction House.
• Hai Bodong dismissed the red-dressed woman and told her to stop visiting, crushing her hopes of becoming his student.
• Xiao Yan introduced Lv Man, a five-star Dou Emperor from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, to Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong handed Xiao Yan the Fragmented Map and invited him to begin refining the medicine.
• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan the Break-Obstacle Pill prescription and its ingredients, and Xiao Yan eagerly examined the ancient parchment.

Xiao Yan obtained Hai Bodong’s pill prescription and medicinal ingredients, then asked Old Yao to refine the pill while he observed and learned. Meanwhile, the Seven-Colored Snake searched for Xiao Yan outside Salt City, mistook his direction, and flew toward Mo City.

• Xiao Yan accepted Hai Bodong’s sixth-grade pill prescription and agreed to visit the Heavenly Snake Mansion after spending a few years at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan collected the medicinal ingredients and entered a quiet room while Hai Bodong and Lv Man stood guard outside.
• Xiao Yan explained to Old Yao that he remained cautious of Hai Bodong and relied on Lv Man’s interest in him for protection.
• Old Yao summoned the Black Demon Cauldron and began refining the pill as Xiao Yan watched closely.
• The Seven-Colored Snake searched for Xiao Yan outside Salt City, guessed that he had gone toward Mo City, and flew there.

Xiao Yan successfully refined a Break-Obstacle Pill, allowing Hai Bodong to break his seal and recover his Dou Emperor strength. Hai Bodong lent Xiao Yan his underground Ice Cave, where Xiao Yan prepared to cultivate and evolve his method with Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong the Break-Obstacle Pill and offered to protect him while he broke the seal.
• Hai Bodong led Xiao Yan and Lv Man to his underground Ice Cave, where Xiao Yan used his fiery Dou Qi Gauze to shield Lv Man from the cold.
• Hai Bodong swallowed the pill and, after an hour, shattered the seal that had suppressed his strength for over twenty years.
• Hai Bodong's recovered aura cracked the Ice Cave, and he celebrated his return to Dou Emperor strength as Xiao Yan and Lv Man congratulated him.
• Hai Bodong agreed to lend Xiao Yan the Ice Cave, and Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong and Lv Man to guard him while he cultivated in private.

Xiao Yan attempted to evolve the Flame Mantra by devouring two Heavenly Flames, but the Green Lotus Core Flame unleashed a devastating surge of energy that left him on the brink of bursting. As the Ice Cave began to collapse, a seven-colored snake sensed Xiao Yan’s fire energy and found him.

• Xiao Yan began evolving the Flame Mantra in the Ice Cave with the help of the Mystic Ice Spirit Marrow, while Yao Chen warned that the attempt could fail fatally.
• Xiao Yan devoured the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire with relatively little trouble, then faced the Green Lotus Core Flame’s much stronger resistance.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame erupted with energy, sending repeated shock waves through the Ice Cave and threatening to collapse it.
• Hai Bodong and Lv Man worried about the destruction but stayed outside because Xiao Yan had told them not to disturb him.
• A seven-colored snake detected Xiao Yan’s fire-attributed energy near the Ancient Map Shop and followed it to him.
• Yao Chen emerged from the Storage Ring as Xiao Yan burned with green flames, pale and bleeding, while the ice platform melted beneath him.

Xiao Yan endured the agony of devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame, but his body could not contain its immense energy. The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python awakened Queen Medusa and drained the flames from Xiao Yan, leaving him unconscious in her arms.

• Xiao Yan's body erupted with green flames as he struggled to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Old Yao could not safely intervene.
• Hai Bodong and Lv Man prepared to break into the Ice Cave after hearing Xiao Yan's screams and sensing its rising heat.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python burst through the frozen earth and began absorbing the flames, easing Xiao Yan's suffering.
• Queen Medusa awakened in the Python's body, recognized Xiao Yan, and teased him about his condition.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python overpowered Queen Medusa and made her press her lips to Xiao Yan's to drain the remaining flames.
• Xiao Yan's body went limp after the last green flame left him, and he collapsed into Queen Medusa's arms.

After the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python helped Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa regained control and kept him safe while she began merging her soul with the snake. Xiao Yan woke, learned the python would stay with him for a time, and confirmed that the Burning Art had advanced to quasi-Earth Tier before preparing to leave.

• Queen Medusa pulled the sleeping Xiao Yan from her embrace, covered him with a crimson robe, and rested his head on her thigh while she digested the energy.
• Hai Bodong and Lv Man entered the transformed Ice Cave, found Queen Medusa caring for Xiao Yan, and left after she threatened them.
• Queen Medusa pushed Xiao Yan off her lap in anger, waking him, and told him she needed time to merge her soul with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python took control, turned into a little snake, and curled around Xiao Yan's arm.
• Xiao Yan checked the Burning Art with Old Yao, found it had reached quasi-Earth Tier, and decided it was time to leave.

After leaving the Ancient Map Shop, Xiao Yan traveled with Hai Bodong and Lv Man to the Mittel Auction House, where they met Ya Fei and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. Lv Man recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Xiao Yan led Qing Lin over to introduce them.

• Hai Bodong and Lv Man questioned Xiao Yan about his relationship with Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yan called them partners before changing the subject.
• Xiao Yan thanked Hai Bodong and Lv Man for guarding him, then asked Hai Bodong to accompany them to the Mittel Auction House.
• Hai Bodong told Ya Fei that Xiao Yan had refined a Break-Obstacle Pill and restored his strength to the Dou Emperor level.
• Xiao Yan introduced Lv Man to Ya Fei and asked her to bring Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to meet him.
• Qing Lin ran into Xiao Yan’s arms, and Lv Man noticed the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils in her eyes.
• Xiao Yan took Qing Lin by the hand and led her over to Lv Man.

Xiao Yan persuaded Qing Lin to cultivate at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, where her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could help her grow stronger. He then offered Hai Bodong a pill suited to the seal weakening him, and Hai Bodong asked what compensation Xiao Yan wanted.

• Ya Fei worried that Xiao Yan had several potential romantic rivals, including Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan and Lv Man persuaded Qing Lin to go to the Heavenly Snake Mansion to cultivate, promising to visit her once they were strong enough.
• Qing Lin agreed to work hard and eventually fight alongside Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, while Lv Man and Hai Bodong noted her rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Hai Bodong's strength had fallen from Five-Star Dou Emperor to Two-Star Dou Emperor because of a seal and offered him a prescription for a Restoration Purple Pill.
• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Yan what compensation he wanted for the pill.

Xiao Yan arranged for Hai Bodong and Ya Fei to protect the Xiao Family while he prepared to travel to Jia Nan Academy. He reflected on the risks of devouring Heavenly Flames, then reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would not send her away.

• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong to watch over the Xiao Family while he went to Jia Nan Academy, and Hai Bodong agreed to stay in Wutan City and seek the Restoration Purple Pill ingredients.
• Ya Fei promised the Mittel Family would support the Xiao Family, and Xiao Yan gave her a list of ingredients and asked her to deliver pills to his family.
• Xiao Yan settled into a residence near Hai Bodong and Lv Man, then resolved to build his strength before attempting to devour more Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian questioned Xiao Yan about his plans for Qing Lin and worried he might send her away too.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he needed to study her Woe Poison Body, and she left after warning him not to send her away.

Xiao Yan asked Lv Man to create a prominent false family history for him in the Heavenly Snake Empire, hoping to divert the Soul Hall’s attention from his family. Lv Man agreed in exchange for an Imperial Extreme Pill, and Xiao Yan promised to protect her if the Soul Hall attacked.

• Lv Man visited Xiao Yan after finishing her bond with Qing Lin and discussed receiving an Imperial Extreme Pill.
• Xiao Yan told Lv Man that the Soul Hall had killed an elder from Danta and asked her to keep his connection to Danta secret.
• Xiao Yan asked Lv Man to establish a high-profile false family history for him in the Heavenly Snake Empire to draw the Soul Hall’s attention away from his family.
• Xiao Yan gave Lv Man a jade slip with details for the fabricated history, including a family migration from the Central Plains and a hereditary Patriarch Jade Pendant.
• Lv Man agreed to handle the plan in exchange for an Imperial Extreme Pill, and Xiao Yan promised to crush the Soul Hall branch if it threatened her and the Heavenly Snake Mansion.

After a month of alchemy training in Mo City, Xiao Yan prepared to leave but learned that Nalan Jie had been poisoned and traveled with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to help him. Before departing for the Imperial Capital, he reassured Ya Fei about his family, and she asked him to save a place for her among his confidantes.

• Xiao Yan spent a month refining pills, while Qing Lin departed with his gifts and Xiao Yi Xian continued cultivating cautiously.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arrived and asked Xiao Yan to use his Heavenly Flames to cure Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help Nalan Jie and told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran he would first say goodbye to his companions.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei that he was leaving for the Imperial Capital and asked her to keep looking after his family.
• Ya Fei assured Xiao Yan that his family would be safe and whispered that he should leave a place for her among his confidantes.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran reached Jia Ma Holy City after flying with Yun Yun, who left for Salt City after Xiao Yan gave her a pill. Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran then entered Nalan Mansion so he could treat her grandfather’s poison.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran for five days to reach Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun an Imperial Extreme Pill in thanks for teaching him profound Dou Skills, and Yun Yun departed for Salt City.
• Xiao Yan asked Nalan Yanran to take him to her grandfather, and she led him and Xiao Yi Xian to Nalan Mansion.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered Nalan Mansion past the gathered alchemists, while the steward watched Nalan Yanran hold Xiao Yan’s hand and Xiao Yan hold Xiao Yi Xian’s.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Nalan Mansion with Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian, where he promised to cure Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison. After revealing his Heavenly Flames and earning Nalan Jie’s trust, Xiao Yan prepared to begin treatment.

• Nalan Yanran introduced Xiao Yan to Nalan Su as her fiancé and explained that he had come to cure Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Yan confidently guaranteed that he could treat Nalan Jie, surprising the alchemists gathered in the hall.
• Nalan Yanran brought Xiao Yan to Nalan Jie, who recognized his resemblance to Xiao Yan’s grandfather and welcomed him.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that Xiao Yan possessed Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan displayed his cobalt-blue flames to Nalan Jie and Nalan Su.
• Nalan Jie agreed to trust Xiao Yan, who said the poison could still be removed and approached him to begin treatment.

Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie’s Branding Poison with the Cobalt Blue Flame while describing the Xiao Family’s hardships and confronting Nalan Yanran about the Misty Cloud Sect. Nalan Yanran realized Xiao Yan knew more about the sect’s future actions than he should, and she understood why he had kept his distance from her.

• Xiao Yan began purging the Branding Poison from Nalan Jie’s meridians and blood vessels with the Cobalt Blue Flame, causing Nalan Jie considerable pain.
• Nalan Jie asked about the Xiao Family, and Xiao Yan recounted its losses after his grandfather’s death and how he had helped it survive in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Clan would side with him if he sought an explanation from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan accused Yun Leng of involvement in the Mo Clan’s attempt to kill him and seize his Heavenly Flames, as well as abduct his friends and maidservants.
• Nalan Yanran inferred that Xiao Yan knew what Yun Leng had done and remembered the words and actions that had marked the end of their engagement.