Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan chased Xiao Zhan over the secret he had revealed, but their fight accidentally smashed Xiao Yan’s mother’s treasured orchids. As the furious woman attacked them both, Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan faced capture beneath her Dou Qi hands.

• Xiao Yan pursued Xiao Zhan through the courtyard, demanding to stab him twice for revealing his secret.
• Xiao Zhan dodged Xiao Yan’s attacks, but one sword strike shattered the orchids Xiao Yan’s mother treasured.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan stopped fighting and tried to sneak out of the courtyard together.
• Xiao Yan’s mother confronted them and summoned an azure energy hand to attack Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan urged Xiao Yan to flee, but the woman sent a second energy hand after Xiao Yan as both attacks closed in on them.

After Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan escaped punishment for breaking a pot of orchids, half a year passed and Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Xiao Tribe. Before departing, he visited the Alchemy Hall to check on Xu Yi, who had settled into his role there.

• A mysterious woman knocked Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan into pits, then ordered the guards to remove them from her courtyard for a month.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan pretended to be unconscious until they were carried far enough away, then agreed that the punishment had settled the matter of the broken orchids.
• Half a year later, Xiao Yan reached the five-star Dou Ling level and decided to leave the Xiao Tribe after spending time with Xun'er and the others.
• Xiao Yan visited the Alchemy Hall and asked an alchemist to take him to Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi lectured more than a hundred Xiao Tribe alchemists and apprentices, having adjusted comfortably to life in the Alchemy Hall.

Xu Yi gave a lecture at the Xiao Tribe’s Alchemy Hall and proudly exaggerated his role in building it, while the other alchemists humored him. Xiao Yan listened from a side hall and recognized that Master Xu was still as self-satisfied as ever; the lecture ended to praise from the teachers and students.

• Xu Yi finished explaining four methods for refining the first-grade Energy Accumulation Pill and claimed he and Elder Xiao Yun had built the Alchemy Hall from nothing.
• Two second-grade Alchemists, Xiao Wenyue and his companion, whispered that Xu Yi had arrived after the hall was established, but remembered Elder Xiao Yun’s instruction to humor him.
• Xu Yi mistook the pair’s nervous smiles for admiration and privately considered them potential disciples.
• Xiao Yan waited in a side hall, listened to Xu Yi’s lecture, and reflected that Master Xu had not changed.
• Xu Yi continued his lecture on refining Qi-Nurturing Powder, then concluded the session to praise from the attending teachers and students.

Xiao Yan said farewell to the Xiao Tribe and flew away, while Xiao Xun'er watched his departure and promised to follow him. Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin then slipped out of the tribe to chase after him, unaware that their guards had seen through their flimsy disguises.

• Xiao Yan took a walk with Xu Yi, praised his progress, and told him to behave while he was away on a long trip.
• Xiao Yan left the Xiao Tribe at dawn using his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Xun'er watched Xiao Yan depart from her room and quietly told him to wait for her before resuming cultivation.
• A white-haired Dou Emperor observed Xiao Xun'er and privately concluded that she had fallen for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian persuaded Qing Lin to sneak out after Xiao Yan, and they walked past their guards in veils that the guards immediately recognized as a poor disguise.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin sneaked out of the Xiao Tribe to gain experience, unaware that Xiao Zhan had discovered their plan and arranged protection for them. After Xiao Zhan was driven away by his unhappy wife, Xiao Yan met Cai Lin outside Wutan City.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin prepared to leave the Xiao Tribe, not knowing Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan had uncovered their month-long escape plan.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the guards to let the girls go and sent two Dou Wang Clan Shadow Guards to protect them.
• Xiao Zhan returned home to report that the three young ones had left, but his wife blasted him through the roof and ordered him away for a month.
• Xiao Yan waited outside Wutan City, and Cai Lin surprised him by pulling him into her embrace.

Xiao Yan reunited with Medusa, who teased and kissed him before carrying him toward Ghost-Suppressing Pass. Three days later, they arrived at the border city, where Xiao Yan asked its commanders, Mu Tie and Meng Li, to meet him.

• Medusa kissed Xiao Yan and teased him after he complained about being bullied.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that the Snake-People Tribe was secure under the Four Great Elders and that she had come as soon as she received his message.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa struggled to let go of each other, but Medusa ultimately grabbed him and flew off with him.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan and Medusa reached Ghost-Suppressing Pass and landed on its wall.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to the guards and asked them to summon Grand Commander Mu Tie and Deputy Commander Meng Li.

Xiao Yan and Medusa visited Ghost-Suppressing Pass, where Xiao Yan instructed its commanders before departing for the Black-Corner Region. The commanders and soldiers realized only after the pair flew away that Medusa was a Dou Zong expert.

• Xiao Yan waited on the city wall with Medusa and joked that he wished someone had questioned him so he could reveal his identity.
• Medusa considered how the Snake-People Tribe might conquer Ghost-Suppressing Pass, then teased Xiao Yan about the soldiers staring at her.
• Mu Tie and Meng Li arrived to meet Xiao Yan, and he told them to prepare supplies and pass his instructions to Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan accepted the supplies, said farewell to the commanders, and flew away with Medusa.
• Mu Tie and Meng Li realized Medusa was a Dou Zong expert, leaving the soldiers of Ghost-Suppressing Pass stunned.

Xiao Yan and Medusa left Ghost-Suppressing Pass as news of Medusa’s Dou Zong breakthrough spread to the Jia Ma Empire and Misty Cloud Sect. After seven days of nonstop flight, they reached the Black-Corner Region and began looking for a settlement and a detailed map.

• Mu Tie and Meng Li learned from Uncle Wang that the woman with Xiao Yan was Queen Medusa, and both arranged for urgent reports to be sent to their respective powers.
• Elder Jia ordered the Moon-Worshipping Legion moved near Wutan City to protect the Xiao Tribe.
• Yun Shan decided to send Great Elder Yun Leng to safeguard Xiao Yan’s relatives.
• After seven days of flying, Xiao Yan and Medusa arrived above the Black-Corner Region, where Medusa asked to bathe and Xiao Yan said they first needed to find a settlement and buy a detailed map.

Xiao Yan and Medusa crossed the Black Domain Great Plain seeking a detailed map and a route to Black Seal City. After Medusa revealed herself as a Dou Zong, a would-be toll collector and broker realized how narrowly he had escaped disaster.

• Medusa asked to bathe at a nearby settlement, but Xiao Yan refused and said they would wait until Black Seal City.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa approached a settlement, where a shifty middle-aged man mistook them for easy targets and tried to stop them with a crossbow.
• Xiao Yan asked the middle-aged man for a detailed map of the Black-Corner Region, and the man gave him one.
• The middle-aged man offered to arrange passage with a caravan to Black Seal City for a fee, but Xiao Yan declined and left with Medusa.
• The middle-aged man watched Medusa fly away with Xiao Yan and realized she was a Dou Zong, then collapsed in fright.

Xiao Yan explained to Medusa that Jia Nan Academy kept the Black-Corner Region’s factions around to train its students and warned that they would need to infiltrate the academy quietly. As they prepared to leave, Yao Lao’s voice came from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, and bone-white flames suddenly burst out, prompting Medusa to shield him.

• Medusa dismissed the Black List’s experts, and Xiao Yan explained their strength and the danger posed by Jia Nan Academy’s hidden elders.
• Xiao Yan told Medusa that Jia Nan Academy deliberately preserved the Black-Corner Region’s factions as training for its students.
• Medusa teased Xiao Yan about scrubbing backs, and he awkwardly changed the subject before they could leave.
• Yao Lao demanded to see the Black List booklet, and bone-white flames erupted from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring.
• Medusa blocked the flames with a seven-colored Dou Qi ribbon, then stayed beside Xiao Yan as he asked whether Yao Lao was all right.

Xiao Yan comforted Yao Lao, who asked him to kill Han Feng for betraying him, and promised to do so. Xiao Yan and Medusa then visited the Black Seal Auction House, where he prepared to sell pills to afford a place in the front rows.

• Yao Lao explained why Han Feng had hidden in the Black-Corner Region and angrily condemned his former disciple for betraying him.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Yan to personally kill Han Feng, and Xiao Yan promised to visit Feng City within five years.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa teased each other about their marriage before deciding to visit the Black Seal Auction House.
• Xiao Yan lamented that the auction’s prized items had not appeared yet and decided to sell Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills to pay for better seats.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa entered the Appraisal Room, where a maid approached them and began leading the way.

Xiao Yan and Medusa entered the Black Seal Auction House, where Xiao Yan appraised two Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills and received a Level 2 VIP Card. At the auction, they watched a Third Tier Roaring Rabbit cub go up for sale, while the auctioneer eyed a mysterious young man in the front rows.

• Medusa frightened a flirtatious maid with the aura of an ancient magical beast, and she and Xiao Yan continued to the Appraisal Room.
• Xiao Yan had two Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills appraised, and the white-haired appraiser gave him a Level 2 VIP Card before deciding to notify Yuan Yi.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa overheard the appraiser’s plan and joked about robbing Yuan Yi if he came after them.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa used their VIP Card to take seats near the front of the Crystal Auction Hall as the auction began.
• The auctioneer presented a Third Tier Roaring Rabbit cub, but the crowd showed little interest, and he glanced toward a pale, handsome young man seated near the front.

At the Black Seal Auction House, Medusa tried to buy a Roaring Rabbit cub, but Xiao Yan teased her into agreeing not to purchase it. A pale young man then intervened, urging Xiao Yan to buy it for her.

• The Black Seal Auction House supervisor told auctioneer Zheng Weihao to continue the auction or let the Roaring Rabbit cub go unsold rather than risk provoking the mysterious young man.
• The mysterious young man became interested in Medusa, but his Dou Wang guard warned him against causing trouble with the Eight Fan Gate nearby.
• Medusa offered to buy the Roaring Rabbit cub, telling Xiao Yan she wanted to eat it.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Medusa had the gold coins, then persuaded her to behave by refusing to buy the cub.
• The pale young man urged Xiao Yan to spend a hundred thousand gold coins on the cub for Medusa.

At the Black Seal Auction, Xiao Yan and Medusa antagonized Fan Ling, the Blood Sect’s young master, while avoiding a fight inside the venue. When the final auction item—two bottles of Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills—appeared, Xiao Yan began a scheme to provoke Fan Ling into bidding against him.

• Medusa rebuffed Fan Ling’s advances, and Xiao Yan joined her in mocking him; Fan Ling vowed to kill Xiao Yan and torture Medusa after they left Black Seal City.
• The Black Seal Auction House manager prepared Eight Fan Gate’s experts to preserve order, but the sides held back and the auction continued.
• The auctioneer introduced two bottles of Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills as the final highlight item, drawing Fan Ling’s attention.
• Xiao Yan told Medusa he would trick Fan Ling again, then loudly pretended to be a fifteen-year-old peak Dou Shi who desperately needed the pills.

At the auction, Fan Ling deliberately outbid Xiao Yan for the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, driving the price to four million five hundred thousand gold coins. After Fan Ling won, Xiao Yan angrily confronted him in front of the watching crowd.

• Xiao Yan and Medusa decided to bid for the pill, while Fan Ling overheard them and resolved to thwart Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan bid three million gold coins, but Fan Ling raised the offer to three million three hundred thousand.
• Xiao Yan raised his bid to four million two hundred thousand, and Fan Ling countered with four million five hundred thousand despite Elder Wang's warning about the pill's value.
• The auctioneer sold the pill to Fan Ling, while Xiao Yan collapsed into Medusa's arms and sobbed.
• Xiao Yan stood up and shouted at Fan Ling for taking the pill, drawing the crowd's attention as Fan Ling laughed at him.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had supplied the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills and used the auction to provoke Fan Ling, then broke through to Da Dou Shi. Eight Fan Gate’s deputy gate master stopped Fan Ling’s attack, and Fan Ling threatened Xiao Yan—posing as Xu Yi—after they left Black Seal City.

• Fan Ling defended his winning bid for the pills, while Xiao Yan angrily confronted him.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the pills were his and thanked Fan Ling for driving their price up to four million five hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Yan’s aura changed as he broke through to Da Dou Shi, enraging Fan Ling into attacking him.
• Eight Fan Gate’s deputy gate master struck Fan Ling back and warned the Blood Sect not to cause trouble in Black Seal City.
• Fan Ling learned Xiao Yan’s assumed identity was Xu Yi, an Imperial Capital Alchemist Guild second-tier alchemist, and threatened him beyond the city limits.

Xiao Yan arranged to meet Fan Ling in a forest west of Black Seal City, while Fan Ling endured a series of humiliations before leaving the auction house. The chapter ended with Fan Ling draining the blood from a Roaring Rabbit cub and frightening the auction house supervisor.

• Xu Yi sensed an unknown malice during his lecture at the Xiao Tribe's Alchemy Hall, then continued teaching.
• Xiao Yan eagerly accepted Fan Ling's threat and arranged to meet him in a forest west of Black Seal City.
• Fan Ling ordered Elder Luo to settle the bill before leaving, and the auction house supervisor returned the unsold Roaring Rabbit cub to him.
• Xiao Yan praised the cub, and Fan Ling drained its blood and swallowed it while the onlookers watched in horror.
• The frightened auction house supervisor told Fan Ling that he had nothing else to ask of him.

Xiao Yan and Medusa collected their auction earnings and postponed confronting Fan Ling until the next day. Fan Ling waited in the forest outside Black Seal City with Blood Sect guards, determined to ambush them.

• The Eight Fan Gate vice gate master let Fan Ling leave, then ordered the auctioneer manager not to provoke him again.
• Xiao Yan collected four million and fifty thousand gold coins from the auction and told Medusa they would wait until the next day to confront Fan Ling's group.
• Fan Ling and his men reached a forest west of Black Seal City and waited for Xiao Yan and Medusa to leave the city.
• Fan Ling insisted they would catch the pair even if they had to wait until tomorrow, while Elder Wang and the Blood Guards endured the mosquito-filled night.
• Fan Ling, covered in mosquito bites, ordered everyone to stay silent and threatened to kill anyone who disobeyed.

Xiao Yan, disguised as Xu Yi, arrived with Medusa to confront Fan Ling and the Blood Sect after making Fan Ling wait all night. He revealed a peak five-star Dou Ling aura and knocked Fan Ling’s scimitar away, then pressed the attack.

• Fan Ling waited through the night in the forest while Xiao Yan slept at an Eight Fan Gate inn.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa arrived, and Xiao Yan mocked Fan Ling’s mosquito-bitten face before challenging him.
• Xiao Yan assigned Medusa to fight the white-haired Dou Wang while Fan Ling ordered the elder to capture her.
• Xiao Yan and Fan Ling clashed, and Xiao Yan disarmed Fan Ling with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Yan revealed his peak five-star Dou Ling cultivation and charged Fan Ling with a close-range palm attack.

Medusa faced Elder Wang, a two-star Dou Wang, and quickly revealed the vast gap between them by crushing him with her physical strength. Elder Wang tried to flee after admitting defeat, but Medusa knocked him back into the ground with a massive ribbon of seven-colored Dou Qi.

• Medusa and Elder Wang moved away from Xiao Yan and Fan Ling's battle and faced off in the woods.
• Elder Wang became distracted by thoughts of his male pets before warning Medusa to surrender.
• Medusa struck Elder Wang with one hand and sent him crashing through trees to the edge of the woods.
• Elder Wang recognized Medusa as a transformed seventh-rank Magical Beast and pretended to surrender.
• Elder Wang fled toward the woods, but Medusa smashed him into a ten-meter-wide depression with a ribbon of seven-colored Dou Qi.