Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan reached the Emperor Realm and fought Hun Tiandi while his allies dismantled the blood formation and evacuated those in danger. With the formation severed, Xiao Fan destroyed Hun Tiandi and the blood cauldron in an isolated fire domain, then returned to Zi Yan alive.

• Xiao Fan accepted the Ancient Emperor's imperial fire and survived the Emperor Realm Heavenly Tribulation with Jinyao.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that he was using soul banners across the Central Plains to drain people and fuel his ascent, while Xiao Fan and his allies worked to sever the threads and evacuate them.
• Xiao Fan and Hun Tiandi clashed as Xiao Fan built a furnace of heaven and earth around the blood formation, holding Hun Tiandi off while his companions destroyed the sacrificial altars.
• Medusa severed the main underground vein, and Qing Lin confirmed that all the formation nexuses were gone, cutting off Hun Tiandi's supply of blood energy.
• Xiao Fan trapped Hun Tiandi and the blood cauldron in an isolated fire domain, destroyed them, and sealed the weakened nihility devouring flame as a fire seed.
• Zi Yan caught Xiao Fan when he returned through the passage, and the two agreed to go home.

After the Soul Clan’s defeat, Xiao Fan helped survivors rebuild their lives through fair agreements, education, and care. He reunited with old friends and family, ending the chapter with the people dear to him still close and no longer needing to turn away from the past.

• The clans dismantled the Soul Hall’s Soul Pools, honored the fallen, and sent salvageable remnant souls to Danta, while Xiao Fan gave Yao Dan a roster of new Danta disciples.
• Gu Yuan and Yao Dan ensured Soul Clan members were judged individually, the Ancient Jade was returned, and the Ancient God Cave Mansion was placed under a joint pact; Xiao Fan shared his Fire Path insights with Danta and the clans.
• Zi Yan stopped Zhu Kun from immediately taking up clan affairs, and he began learning to ask whether she would come home for dinner.
• Medusa secured the Snake-People Tribe’s protections in the Beast Region alliance charter, while Xiao Fan removed the coercive restraints from his soul contract with Yao Ming.
• Qing Lin founded a Snake Cultivation Courtyard, and Xiao Yi Xian opened a clinic; Xiao Fan waited for her after a late night and carried her medicine chest home.
• Xiao Fan exchanged letters with Gu Xun'er, then visited the Second Elder and Xiao Yu in Wutan City, stayed for dinner, and left a new jade talisman for Xiao Yu.

Xiao Fan and Zi Yan shared a quiet winter day with their family and companions in Serene Water Snake Valley, reflecting on their painful past and the life they could now build together. The chapter ended with everyone gathered around the table, safe at home and ready to eat.

• Xiao Fan made two dishes of candy for Zi Yan, who shared one piece with him and admitted that she was still afraid of the past.
• Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Die, Yue Mei, Yao Tianhuo, and Zhu Kun joined the others in the courtyard, where Zhu Kun needed a third dish of candy.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan walked to the cold pool and talked about future visits and work without feeling hurried toward danger.
• Zi Yan let go of Xiao Fan’s sleeve, and he took her hand as they returned to the brightly lit courtyard.
• Xiao Fan set out the final bowl and chopsticks, and Zi Yan placed her half-piece of candy in his palm before they ate with everyone.

Xiao Fan returned to the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with Yao Yue, now a high-level Tier 8 Alchemist and Alchemist Guild president. After Yao Yue shared the painful memory behind her work refining medicine for wounded soldiers, she made a pill to help Xiao Fan rest, and he agreed to stay for dinner and leave the next day.

• Xiao Fan arrived at the Imperial Capital, where Yao Yue welcomed him and showed him her eight Tier 8 Alchemist badges.
• Xiao Fan reunited with Fa Ma at the Alchemist Guild and watched Yao Yue calmly manage an accident in the refining courtyard.
• In the old pill-refining chamber, Yao Yue told Xiao Fan how she had tried to save wounded soldiers with his medicine and admitted she had been afraid; Xiao Fan praised her and apologized for not returning sooner.
• Yao Yue refined a pill to soothe Xiao Fan's soul and calm his heart, overcoming a crack in the pill and guiding it through eight-colored pill lightning.
• Xiao Fan took the pill and fell asleep in the chamber; after waking, he agreed to dine with Yao Yue and stay until the next day, while Zi Yan joined them.
• Yao Yue took Xiao Fan's sleeve as they went to dinner and welcomed him home.

Medusa remembered raising her daughters alone after Xiao Fan’s death, then told Xiao Fan about the lives he had missed. With Qing Lin’s help, she reunited with her grown daughters and married Xiao Fan, finally leaving the empty years behind as they walked together.

• Medusa remembered how she had planned to introduce her daughters to Xiao Fan, learned he had died, and raised them without him.
• Medusa told Xiao Fan what he had missed, and Qing Lin discovered that her daughters’ Emperor Realm auras had been searching for her across worlds.
• After months of following the connection, Xiao Fan and Medusa heard their younger daughter call out, and both daughters crossed over to reunite with their mother.
• Medusa introduced Xiao Fan to their daughters, who gradually accepted him and let him hold them.
• Medusa and Xiao Fan held their wedding in Snake Valley, with their daughters and friends present.
• After their daughters later left to travel, Medusa walked beside Xiao Fan through Snake Valley, no longer alone.

Die lifted the Snake Curse Seal on Xiao Fan and admitted that she loved him, while asking him to travel with her to the Ancestral Grounds. Xiao Fan returned her love, and after they made a life together and held a private ceremony, Die continued exploring with him and found a home to return to.

• Die lifted Xiao Fan's Snake Curse Seal and, after speaking with Medusa about her feelings, asked Xiao Fan to accompany her to the Ancestral Grounds.
• Xiao Fan told Die that he loved her and chose to travel with her; they planted cold vines, visited her childhood home, and agreed to become partners.
• Die and Xiao Fan returned to Snake Valley and told Medusa they wanted to be together, while Die affirmed that she would keep her own choices and responsibilities.
• Die chose to be recorded as herself, and she and Xiao Fan held a small ceremony attended by their family and close companions.
• Years later, Die continued traveling and pursuing her interests with Xiao Fan, returning to the valley they shared.

Qing Lin told Xiao Fan about her lonely search for him in her past life and voiced her fears, grief, and love, while he listened and reassured her that he loved sharing an ordinary life with her. She continued building her courtyard academy, learned to ask for what she wanted, and found a home where she could welcome others without making them earn a place at the table.

• Qing Lin rang the Cold Jade Bell to invite Hai Bodong to lunch, then welcomed A-He to eat with them and promised he could stay even if he had poor cultivation talent.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Fan how she had left for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, learned of his death, and searched through samsara for his soul while Zi Yan kept watch over her.
• Xiao Fan held Qing Lin as she grieved, and she admitted she had loved him, sometimes blamed him, and feared he might forget her; he told her he loved sharing a life with her.
• Qing Lin asked Xiao Fan to call her name and let herself be affectionate and willful, then visited the Heavenly Snake Mansion to consult its texts without accepting its succession role.
• Qing Lin established a rule that newcomers could eat before their talent assessments, and she learned to ask Xiao Fan for time together instead of waiting until she felt useful.
• The following year, Qing Lin welcomed her disciple A-He and invited Hai Bodong in for cake with a gentle shake of the bell as Xiao Fan sat beside her.