Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan’s group confronted Xie Biyan to defeat him and seize the Wanxie Sect, but Xie Biyan branded Xiao Fan with his Demonic Poison Mark. The chapter ended with Xiao Fan facing the curse’s deadly effects.

• Xiao Fan’s group prepared to take the Chu Yun Empire and confront Xie Biyan, while Xiao Fan was forced to eat Queen Medusa’s poisonous fried rice and fainted.
• Xiao Fan’s group arrived at the Wanxie Sect, where Xie Biyan raised his Heaven-Refining Poison Miasma to defend himself.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the poison miasma with her Woe Poison Body and prepared to kill Xie Biyan herself.
• Xie Biyan launched his Demonic Poison Mark at Xiao Fan, and the curse struck his shoulder despite Xiao Yi Xian’s attempt to protect him.
• Xie Biyan declared that the Demonic Poison Mark would rot Xiao Fan’s organs and turn them to blood.

Xiao Fan and his companions defeated the Wanxie Sect, killed its sect master, and forced the surviving members into the Poison Sect. News spread that the Poison Sect was purging rival forces to unify the Chu Yun Empire.

• Xiao Yi Xian saw through Xiao Fan’s feigned poisoning, scolded him, and he absorbed the Demonic Poison Mark before extracting Xie Biyan’s soul and storing his corpse.
• Zi Yan brought back captured Wanxie Sect elders, while Qing Lin returned with the sect’s disciples after stopping those who tried to flee.
• Xiao Fan announced that the Wanxie Sect would join the Poison Sect and let its members leave, but magical beasts killed those who departed.
• Xiao Fan gave the surviving elders Seven Absolute Soul Devouring Pills to ensure their obedience.
• News of the Wanxie Sect’s defeat spread, and the Poison Sect began purging forces across the Chu Yun Empire to establish its rule.

After securing the Chu Yun Empire, Xiao Fan reassured a Jia Ma Empire envoy and gave him cultivation pills to deliver, then faced Xiao Yi Xian’s anger over his connections to Queen Medusa and Yue’er. Xiao Yi Xian found Nether Canyon, where the Nether Poison Fire was hidden, and she and Xiao Fan prepared to investigate it.

• Protector Tie learned that the Wanxie Sect’s ally had died and continued hiding, while Xiao Fan chose not to pursue him yet.
• Xiao Fan met Nalan Jie, confirmed Jia Xingtian had advanced to Dou Zong and the Snake-People Tribe had settled in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and told him he had taken the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Fan gave Nalan Jie pills for Queen Medusa, Yue’er, Die, and Nalan Yanran before Nalan Jie returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xiao Fan about Yue’er and Die, while Zi Yan fled after being questioned about helping him keep secrets.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had found Nether Canyon, the dangerous and elusive place where the Nether Poison Fire was hidden.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian entered Nether Canyon to search for the Nether Poison Fire and gathered rare medicinal herbs before encountering a Tier 7 Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast. After it submitted to Xiao Fan and described a creature that had abducted its elders, Xiao Fan identified the culprit as the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian entered Nether Canyon through a hidden spatial barrier and found a pool surrounded by rare herbs and poisonous plants.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian collected the medicinal herbs around the pool, then used Heavenly Flames to expose a concealed Tier 7 Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast recognized Xiao Fan's Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and knelt before him, calling him Master.
• The beast explained that the medicinal garden belonged to its clan and agreed to discuss trading a Tier 7 Magic Core and essence blood for a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.
• The beast told Xiao Fan that a red, winged creature had controlled and led away several clan elders, and Xiao Fan identified it as the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

Xiao Fan agreed to help the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Clan deal with the Nether Poison Fire and Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, and met the clan chief, Xie Zi. The chapter left Xiao Fan with the clan’s loyalty and a valuable collection of Magic Cores as he prepared to confront the Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian reasoned that the two Heavenly Flames were targeting the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beasts for their poison, and Xiao Fan decided to lure out the Nether Poison Fire using Swan Kiss.
• Xiao Fan asked Xiao Yi Xian to prepare poison with the Swan Kiss, then told Xiao Xie to take them to the clan grounds.
• Xiao Xie escorted Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian to the clan grounds and returned with the clan chief, Xie Zi, who recognized Xiao Fan as a descendant of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and begged him for help.
• Xiao Fan promised to deal with the Heavenly Flame and considered bringing the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beasts under his influence.
• Xie Zi gave Xiao Fan a Storage Ring containing many Magic Cores, including dozens of seventh-tier cores and two Dou Zun-level cores.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared Swan Kiss poison to lure out the Nether Poison Fire and Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, using Xiao Xie as bait. When the two Heavenly Flames arrived and controlled the clan’s magical beasts, Xiao Fan took over Xiao Xie’s body and briefly freed one puppet, alarming the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

• Xiao Yi Xian made potent Swan Kiss poison while teasing Xiao Fan, who called her Teacher Xian'er.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian set Xiao Xie up as bait, and Xiao Fan explained that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire could not invade Xiao Xie’s soul if its Soul Force was weaker than his.
• The Nether Poison Fire and Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire noticed the poison’s suspicious arrival but risked approaching because they needed cultivation resources.
• The Heavenly Flames sent controlled magical beasts to scout, then began controlling the clan’s former members and elders, forcing Xiao Xie and Xie Zi to hold back.
• Xiao Fan took control of Xiao Xie’s body, used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to briefly break a puppet’s control, and frightened the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian separated the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire from the Nether Poison Fire so they could fight each flame individually. Xiao Fan subdued and sealed the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, while the Nether Poison Fire exposed a weakness in Xiao Yi Xian’s poison pill and left their battle unresolved.

• Xiao Yi Xian’s poison affected the Nether Poison Fire’s judgment and control over its poisonous mist, allowing Xiao Fan to separate the two flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted the Nether Poison Fire while Xiao Fan used the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to sever the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire’s control over its beast tide.
• Xiao Fan resisted the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire’s flames and pulled at its source, then had Xiao Xiao Yan use the Spirit Devouring Art to weaken it and erase its intelligence.
• Xiao Fan sealed the weakened Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire before Xiao Yi Xian had finished her fight, prompting Xiao Xiao Yan to protest that he had taken her prey.
• The Nether Poison Fire recognized Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body and drew her toward its exposed source, causing the seal on her Green Lotus Heart to fall into disorder.

Xiao Fan captured the Nether Poison Fire and obtained the magic core needed to help Xiao Yi Xian complete her Poison Pill. As Xiao Yi Xian prepared to refine the poison core, Xiao Fan teased her and their accidental kiss turned intimate.

• Xiao Fan used his soul pressure and the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to stop the Nether Poison Fire from detonating and sever it from the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Xiao Yan's warning left the Nether Poison Fire unable to speak, and Xiao Fan sealed its source after its intelligence was erased.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived sulking, while Xiao Xie agreed that Xiao Fan could use the clan's controlled magical beasts as he saw fit.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to refine her Poison Pill using the Nether Poison Fire and the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast's magic core.
• Xiao Fan teased the shy Xiao Yi Xian, and when she turned toward him, their lips met before the moment grew intimate.

Xiao Fan helped Xiao Yi Xian refine the Nether Poison Fire and stabilize her Woe Poison Body, allowing her to break through to two-star Dou Zun. Afterward, Xie Zi asked Xiao Fan to lead the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast clan as he prepared to leave.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Fan to marry her and have a child together in the future.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yi Xian a pill and helped her refine the Nether Poison Fire and fuse it with the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation surged from seven-star Dou Zong to two-star Dou Zun, while the breakthrough’s energy shattered Xiao Fan’s barriers and sent Xiao Xie flying.
• Xiao Fan teased Xiao Yi Xian by asking for a bite, but she refused and warned him off.
• Xie Zi and Xiao Xie waited for Xiao Fan, and Xie Zi asked him to lead the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast clan as he prepared to leave.

Xiao Fan accepted the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Clan’s allegiance and assigned them to gather medicinal ingredients and guard the Chu Yun Empire. After escaping a quarrel between Xiao Yi Xian and Queen Medusa, he spent time with Zi Yan, then asked whether she wanted to return home to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Clan asked Xiao Fan to help them avenge their expulsion from the Central Plains, and he agreed.
• Xiao Fan added the clan to his growing alliance and tasked them with gathering precious medicinal ingredients and guarding the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian mocked Queen Medusa, who grew jealous of her strength and Xiao Fan’s help, prompting Xiao Fan to slip away.
• Xiao Fan relaxed with little Qing Lin until Zi Yan dragged him to the Imperial Capital, upset that he had neglected her.
• Xiao Fan teased Zi Yan about getting fat, then asked if she wanted to return home to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

Zi Yan worried that growing up and returning to the Ancient Void Dragon clan would separate her from Xiao Fan, but he reassured her that he would stay by her side. Xiao Fan later reunited with Hai Bodong in the Black-Corner Region and had him infiltrate the Medicine Emperor’s alliance as a spy.

• Zi Yan asked Xiao Fan to return with her to the Ancient Void Dragon clan, while secretly planning to bring him back as her future husband.
• Zi Yan admitted she wanted to be Xiao Fan’s first choice, then realized she could grow up without imitating anyone because Xiao Fan would not abandon her.
• Xiao Fan reunited with Hai Bodong and gave him the Imperial Extreme Pill and Break Sect Pill he had promised.
• Hai Bodong reported that the Medicine Emperor had advanced a tier-seven medicinal pill and recruited nearly half the Black-Corner Region’s forces.
• Xiao Fan told Hai Bodong to accept the Medicine Emperor’s offer and act as an undercover agent.

Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu planned to steal Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame while Mang Tianchi was away, and Han Feng promised Mu Gu Yao Lao’s inheritance in return for his help. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan’s group arrived in Black Emperor City for the auction, where Mo Ya welcomed Hai Bodong and compensated him after his subordinates offended the group.

• Old Man Mu Gu told Han Feng that Mang Tianchi was occupied by affairs in the Lei Clan and promised help with taking the Heavenly Flame from Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Feng agreed to give Mu Gu Yao Lao’s inheritance after the operation, and Mu Gu vanished through a black vortex.
• Han Feng cursed Mu Gu after he left, then turned his attention to the upcoming auction in Black Emperor City.
• Xiao Fan’s group entered Black Emperor City, where Xiao Fan silently incapacitated people who watched them while Hai Bodong drew attention as the Ice Emperor.
• Mo Ya welcomed Hai Bodong at the auction house and gave him compensation after learning his subordinates had offended the group.
• Zi Yan took the Storage Ring from Hai Bodong, who turned to greet Qing Lin.

Xiao Fan reunited with Hai Bodong and learned that Han Feng had gained support from Heavenly Snake Mansion before the auction began. As the auction proceeded, Zi Yan made Xiao Fan bid for an expensive medicinal ingredient, then raised her own bid and got hit for it.

• Hai Bodong offered Qing Lin Profound Condensation Ice, and she accepted it after hugging him.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Xiao Fan that a low-rank Dou Zong had arrived, and Lv Man identified him as an elder of Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Fan suspected Han Feng had prepared for a larger conflict and worried that a Dou Zun might also appear.
• Old Man Mu Gu focused on the alchemy inheritance rather than the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill as the auction began.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Fan to buy Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Essence Ginseng, then raised the bid herself and was struck on the head.

Xiao Fan attended the auction with Zi Yan, who bought medicinal ingredients and an imprisoned Heaven Demon Phoenix, while Xiao Fan tried to keep her appetite under control. After the Heaven Demon Phoenix was delivered, Zi Yan’s bloodline stirred, and Xiao Fan considered how difficult it would be to raise a stronger one for her to eat.

• Zi Yan bid on the opening lots of medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Fan refined them into Sugar Pills for her to eat.
• Han Feng reacted to Xiao Fan’s Heavenly Flame, while Xiao Xiao Yan woke up hungry and demanded food from Xiao Fan.
• Mo Tianxing concluded that Hai Bodong had an expert Alchemist backing him and instructed Mo Ya to send him superior medicinal ingredients.
• Zi Yan bid on a caged fifth-rank Heaven Demon Phoenix, and Hai Bodong accepted responsibility for the purchase after Xiao Fan promised him a Tier 7 Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Fan scolded Zi Yan for buying the Heaven Demon Phoenix, but she said she craved it because of her bloodline, leaving the captive trembling before them.

Xiao Fan spared the captured Heaven Demon Phoenix after learning she could lead him to an eighth-rank corpse, then kept her as a shrunken captive called Little Chicken. At the Black Emperor Sect auction, the Heavenly Snake Mansion made a powerful bid for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, while the mysterious occupant of Heaven Room No. 2 drew notice.

• As Zi Yan considered how to cook the captured Heaven Demon Phoenix, Xiao Fan rejected her plea for mercy until she revealed the location of an eighth-rank Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse at Tianmu Mountain.
• Xiao Fan used his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to make the Heaven Demon Phoenix reveal that the corpse lay in a secret realm only her clan's bloodline could open.
• Xiao Fan spared the captive, named her Little Chicken, healed her, and warned her that an invisible flame would kill her if she tried to escape.
• At the auction, Xiao Fan judged the Medicine Emperor's Tier 7 Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill to be imperfect, while Zi Yan showed no interest in it.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion offered a tier-eight Magic Core, a Di Class cultivation method scroll, and a promise for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and its elder noticed that his Dou Zong pressure vanished near Heaven Room No. 2.

Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Fan reunited in Green Mountain Town and married, fulfilling a promise that had gone unkept in their previous life. After the ceremony, Xiao Yi Xian watched the lamp she had kept burning for him finally go out.

• Xiao Yi Xian prepared for her wedding with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Medusa, and Zi Yan, remembering how she had waited for Xiao Fan in her previous life.
• Xiao Yi Xian walked down the wedding path and saw Xiao Fan waiting at its end.
• Xiao Fan apologized for breaking his promise in his last life and returned the bracelet woven from Xiao Yi Xian's hair.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Xiao Fan, and they agreed to walk beside each other rather than have her follow or wait for him.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yi Xian completed their wedding in Green Mountain Town as the gathered people and the natural world witnessed the ceremony.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the lamp at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion was for her former self, and it went out as evening fell.

Xiao Fan recognized that Han Feng had arranged the auction to secure the Heavenly Snake Mansion's help against Jia Nan Academy, while She Li noticed Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After accepting an invitation to Han Feng's banquet, Xiao Fan prepared to see what the Medicine Emperor would do next.

• Han Feng accepted the Heavenly Snake Mansion's offer for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Xiao Fan deduced that the auction concealed their alliance and Han Feng's plan to restrain Su Qian.
• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yi Xian not to investigate Old Man Mu Gu, then promised not to face danger alone as Zi Yan insisted on staying with him.
• She Li sensed Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and ordered his people to watch her without alerting Xiao Fan's group.
• Xiao Fan told Qing Lin she could choose whether to visit the Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Qing Lin privately wished he would ask her to stay.
• Mo Ya invited Hai Bodong's group to a banquet where Han Feng and Black List experts would gather, and Xiao Fan agreed to attend.

Xiao Fan attended the Black Emperor Sect’s night banquet in disguise, where Han Feng tested his alchemy knowledge and recruited Black-Corner Region experts for an attack on Jia Nan Academy in seven days. Xiao Fan learned Old Man Mu Gu planned to betray Han Feng, then returned safely to Zi Yan and prepared to use Han Feng’s invitation as an opportunity to get close to him.

• Xiao Fan disguised himself as the Tier 6 Alchemist Qing Mu and left Zi Yan behind while he went to the banquet with Hai Bodong and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Han Feng tested Qing Mu with Withered Soul Wood, and Xiao Fan concealed that he recognized the herb’s dangerous yang properties.
• Xiao Fan learned that Old Man Mu Gu had infiltrated Han Feng’s soul and was waiting to seize him after he consumed another Heavenly Flame.
• Han Feng offered pills to recruit the gathered experts for a visit to Jia Nan Academy in seven days, and Hai Bodong accepted the reward without committing to whom he would help.
• Han Feng invited Qing Mu to Maple City, and Xiao Fan agreed to consider it so he could use himself as bait to approach Han Feng.
• Xiao Fan returned to Zi Yan, who jumped into his arms, and he resolved to survive the coming battle and keep his promise to her.

After returning to their residence in Black Emperor City, Xiao Fan reassured Zi Yan and Qing Lin that he would not abandon them and accepted Qing Lin’s wish to help with the coming attack on Jia Nan Academy. When She Li offered Qing Lin a place as Heavenly Snake Mansion’s future heir, she declined for now, choosing to stay with Xiao Fan while keeping the option to visit later.

• Xiao Fan returned home with Zi Yan and promised that the Dragon Seal would let her find him wherever he went.
• Xiao Fan told Qing Lin that Han Feng planned to attack Jia Nan Academy in seven days and invited her to help watch the snake-type magical beasts.
• Xiao Fan reassured Qing Lin that he would miss her and did not want her taken away, and Qing Lin chose to stay by his side.
• She Li offered to make Qing Lin the future heir of Heavenly Snake Mansion, but she declined for now and accepted his jade token in case she chose to visit later.
• She Li told his disciple to report that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had appeared and warned against anyone acting without his orders.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Yi Xian he would accompany Qing Lin if she ever wanted to go to Heavenly Snake Mansion, and that the mansion would have to wait if it could not be patient.

Xiao Fan returned to Jia Nan Academy after learning Han Feng planned to attack in seven days, and he prepared the academy and his companions for the coming battle. After Xiao Yi Xian challenged his plan to face Han Feng alone, Xiao Fan agreed to keep the fight within the academy’s defenses and return alive.

• Xiao Fan told Zi Yan to protect the Inner Academy students and entrusted Qing Lin with watching the serpent-type magical beasts, while Hai Bodong stayed behind as a spy and gave Qing Lin a Cold Jade Bell.
• Xiao Fan took Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin through a concealed spatial passage to Jia Nan Academy and told Su Qian that Han Feng would attack in seven days with Old Man Mu Gu, a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Fan and Su Qian arranged to send lower-level students away in batches under the guise of an Inner Academy training expedition while the academy kept its defenses and routines in place.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Dou Zun strength and agreed to handle Old Man Mu Gu, but challenged Xiao Fan’s plan to lure Han Feng away at personal risk.
• Xiao Fan agreed to lure Han Feng without leaving the academy’s formations and told Xiao Yi Xian to save him if Old Man Mu Gu acted early; Zi Yan and Qing Lin then joined them, and Xiao Fan resolved to return alive.