Chapter Summaries

After saving Nalan Jie, Qi Fan was invited to stay at the Nalan residence, where a letter from his daughter Yan'er revealed startling claims about the Queen Medusa, the butterfly, and the Jade Pendant. The chapter ended with Qi Fan pulling out the pendant and asking whether the butterfly's soul was inside it.

• Nalan Jie rebuked Nalan Yan for promising Qi Fan a reward, then invited Qi Fan to dinner and ordered that Yanran's room be prepared for him.
• Qi Fan stopped Nalan Yan from arranging Yanran's room and asked for an ordinary guest room, but Nalan Yan left to make preparations after understanding Nalan Jie's hint.
• A white dove appeared in the hall with a letter from Yan'er, astonishing the gathered alchemists and prompting Qi Fan to read it eagerly.
• Yan'er wrote that she had met Qing Lin and the Queen Medusa in the Tagor Desert, and claimed that the Queen had pretended to be her mother.
• Yan'er said her real mother was the butterfly, that Yun Shan had taken the other half of the butterfly's Jade Pendant, and that the butterfly's soul was inside Qi Fan's pendant.
• Qi Fan pulled the Jade Pendant from his neck and asked whether it contained the butterfly's soul.

Qi Fan learned that Yan'er planned to enter the Black-Corner Region and take Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame to restore butterfly's body, so he sent her an urgent warning. He then joined Nalan Jie and Nalan Yan for a meal and learned more about how he had ended up in Nalan Yan's bedchamber.

• Qi Fan suspected the system had placed butterfly's soul inside the Jade Pendant, but the system gave no explanation.
• Qi Fan read Yan'er's letter saying she would go to Jia Nan Academy and take Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame, then sent a white dove ordering her to stay away from the Black-Corner Region and return to the Imperial Capital.
• Qi Fan told Nalan Jie and Nalan Yan that Yan'er was going to take down Han Feng, alarming them.
• Nalan Jie led Qi Fan and Nalan Yan to the reception hall, where Qi Fan drank from the jug and Nalan Jie brought out several barrels of wine.
• Nalan Jie apologized for arranging Qi Fan's stay in Nalan Yan's bedchamber, and Nalan Yan explained what had happened with Xi Men Jin Lian.
• Nalan Jie angrily condemned Xi Men Jin Lian for bringing someone into his granddaughter's bedchamber, then realized the person was Qi Fan and asked where she was.

Qi Fan let Nalan Jie decide Xi Men Jin Lian’s punishment, then played along as the Nalan family got him drunk and carried him to Yanran’s room. As he focused his Soul Power into the Jade Pendant, Yanran arrived and was told that her grandfather had recovered and gone to bed with the acting Clan Head.

• Nalan Jie summoned Xi Men Jin Lian, and Qi Fan left her punishment to the Nalan family because she had helped him meet them.
• Nalan Jie ordered Xi Men Jin Lian locked in the dungeon for the rest of her life, and she thanked him and Qi Fan as guards led her away.
• Nalan Jie and Nalan Yan repeatedly toasted Qi Fan until he pretended to pass out, then Nalan Jie had maidservants carry him to Yanran’s room.
• Nalan Yan realized Nalan Jie thought Qi Fan wanted to sleep in Yanran’s bed, then he and Nalan Jie also pretended to get drunk.
• Qi Fan considered whether Butterfly was the person he remembered, grasped the Jade Pendant, and poured his Soul Power into it.
• Yanran arrived at the Nalan estate and learned from the guards that Nalan Jie had recovered, drunk with Nalan Yan, and gone to bed.

Nalan Yanran rushed home after hearing that Nalan Jie was dying, only to find him alive and discover Qi Fan in her bed. Qi Fan revealed that Nalan Jie had arranged for them to meet, while Nalan Yan learned Qi Fan was the father of the young monster who had saved Nalan Jie.

• Nalan Yanran hurried back from the Misty Cloud Sect after hearing that Nalan Jie was near death, but found him alive and asleep beside Nalan Yan.
• Nalan Yanran entered her room, undressed, and climbed into bed beside Qi Fan, then screamed when she discovered him there.
• Qi Fan woke and argued with Nalan Yanran, who accused him of sleeping in her bed and with another woman.
• Qi Fan used his powerful aura to bind Nalan Yanran in a blanket, and she realized Nalan Jie had arranged for Qi Fan to be in her room.
• Nalan Jie told Nalan Yan that Qi Fan was the father of the young monster who had crossed the empire to save him, leaving Nalan Yan stunned.

Qi Fan revealed to Nalan Yanran that he was Qi Yan'er’s father, while Nalan Jie and Nalan Yan hoped Yanran would help the family rise by winning his favor. The chapter ended with Yanran asking Qi Fan what he had decided about the two of them.

• Nalan Jie told Nalan Yan that Qi Fan was the legendary expert and hoped Yanran would agree to pursue him for the family’s sake.
• Qi Fan introduced himself to Nalan Yanran as Qi Yan’er’s father, shocking her with the revelation that he was the Fan Emperor.
• Nalan Yanran mistook Qi Fan’s visit for a response to Qi Yan’er’s matchmaking and stared at him while barely covered by a blanket.
• Qi Fan tried to leave the room, but Nalan Yanran stayed and asked why he had come to her home.
• Qi Fan said he had come to save Nalan Jie because of Yanran’s connection to Qi Yan’er, and Nalan Yanran asked what he had decided about their relationship.

Qi Yan'er received Qi Fan's letter and interpreted its contradictory instructions as reverse speech, then prepared to leave for the Black-Corner Region to restore Queen Medusa. Yao Chen offered to help the Snake-People Race by refining a Huang Ji Dan, and Qi Yan'er's praise delighted him.

• Qi Fan struggled to answer Nalan's question about their relationship while imagining the consequences of Yan'er’s exaggerated praise of him.
• Qi Yan'er received Qi Fan's letter, which told her to attend Jia Nan Academy, avoid the Black-Corner Region, and return to the Imperial Capital.
• The Snake-People elders concluded that Qi Fan always meant the opposite of what he wrote, and Qi Yan'er decided to head for the Black-Corner Region to restore Queen Medusa.
• Fourth Elder advised Qi Yan'er to prioritize saving Queen Medusa, and she entrusted the Snake-People Race to him while she was away.
• Yao Chen offered to refine a Huang Ji Dan for Fourth Elder if the Snake-People Race gathered the required materials, and Qi Yan'er's praise made him ecstatic.

Yao Chen agreed to refine a Huang Ji Dan for the Fourth Elder and arranged for the Snake-People elders to watch Xiao Yan while he worked. That night, Qi Yan'er wondered about her parents and whether her mother was truly Mother Butterfly, while the Seven-Colored Little Snake asked why the Queen Mother looked so much like her.

• Yao Chen promised to refine a Huang Ji Dan in one day, and the Fourth Elder confirmed the Snake-People Race had enough stored medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Chen returned Xiao Yan's body to him and rejected his request to observe the refining, but agreed to attach himself to Xiao Yan temporarily after Qi Yan'er left the decision to him.
• The Great Elder took Xiao Yan to the Ten Thousand Snakes Pit while the other elders stayed behind with Yao Chen.
• That night, Qi Yan'er wondered why her father had not saved her mother and whether Mother Butterfly was truly her mother.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake licked Qi Yan'er's finger and asked why the Queen Mother looked so much like her.

Nalan Yanran confessed her feelings to Qi Fan and asked to become Yan'er's mother, while Qi Fan tried to dissuade her by denying that he was a Dou Di. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran insisting she was certain and pressing him for an answer.

• Qi Yan'er remarked that cultivating the Heaven Swallowing Magic Skill made her hungry, while Seven-Colored Little Snake called her Mommy and Queen Medusa scolded her.
• Qi Fan woke after sneezing and found Nalan Yanran beside him, clinging to him and saying she was cold.
• Nalan Yanran explained that she had admired Qi Fan since hearing Yan'er describe him and asked him to let her become Yan'er's mother.
• Qi Fan said he was only a Dou Wang and urged Nalan Yanran to reconsider, but she refused to give up and demanded an answer.

Qi Fan rejected Nalan Yanran’s advances because he was devoted to his wife, but she remained determined to win him over. The next day, Qi Yan’er learned that Yao Chen wanted to learn her father’s Pill-Stirring Method, and she insisted he take her as his master first.

• Qi Fan told Nalan Yanran he could not accept her while he was another woman’s husband, and she resolved to keep pursuing him.
• Nalan Yanran asked to sleep while holding Qi Fan, leaving him overwhelmed by her boldness.
• Qi Yan’er went to meet Yao Chen after learning he had waited to refine pills with her.
• Yao Chen showed Qi Yan’er the medicinal ingredients for three Huang Ji Dan and revealed he wanted to learn the Pill-Stirring Method.
• Qi Yan’er refused to teach Yao Chen unless he accepted her as his master, explaining that her father had created the method.

Qi Yan'er pressured Yao Chen into becoming her disciple, then demanded his Mysterious Heavy Ruler for the Stir-frying Pill Method. Yao Chen eagerly prepared to learn, convinced he had grasped the method’s essence.

• Yao Chen explained that refining three Huang Ji Dan could expose the Snake-People Race to danger by drawing attention to the Jade Pendant.
• Qi Yan'er ordered Yao Chen to become her disciple, and he knelt and greeted her as Teacher.
• Qi Yan'er asked Yao Chen for a greeting gift, then requested his Mysterious Heavy Ruler to use for stir-frying pills.
• Yao Chen hurried to begin learning the Stir-frying Pill Method, and Qi Yan'er praised his explanation that controlling the heat was like cooking.

Qi Yan'er taught Yao Chen her Stir-frying Pill Method, turning the lesson into a strict cooking class as he tried to refine a Huang Ji Dan. The Four Great Elders waited outside, hopeful but anxious, when the door finally opened.

• Qi Yan'er told the Snake Guard to keep everyone, including the Elders, away from the room, but he inferred she wanted the Elders informed and went to fetch them.
• Yao Chen admitted he could not cook, so Qi Yan'er smacked his palm with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and ordered him to light the fire.
• Yao Chen used Condensed Pill Fire to heat an iron wok, then tossed in the medicinal ingredients and began stir-frying them under Qi Yan'er's instructions.
• The Four Great Elders gathered outside, smelling stir-fried greens and worrying about whether Yao Chen's first attempt at the unfamiliar method would succeed.
• Fourth Elder declared his faith in Yao Chen and Qi Yan'er, prompting Second Elder and Third Elder to decide they would never queue with him again.
• The door opened as the Elders waited outside.

Qi Yan'er and Yao Chen emerged after successfully using the Pill-Stirring Method to make three Huang Ji Dan. The elders received the pills, and Yao Chen ended the chapter by calling Qi Yan'er his teacher.

• Qi Yan'er came out of the room with a battered-looking Yao Chen after their pill-stirring session.
• Yao Chen revealed that he had refined three Huang Ji Dan and tossed the jade bottle to the elders.
• Great Elder caught the bottle and asked whether the pills were safe for the Dou Wang elders to take.
• Qi Yan'er explained that her father's Pill-Stirring Method made the pills increase a Dou Wang's chance of advancing to Dou Huang by threefold.
• Yao Chen praised his own alchemy, then hastily credited Qi Yan'er as his teacher when she challenged him.

After Yao Chen became Qi Yan'er's disciple, Qi Yan'er left the Snake-People Race's elders and joined Xiao Xun'er and the others at the Snake Library, where they studied ancient records about their bloodlines. Xiao Xun'er suggested Qi Yan'er's father had sealed her talent, and Qi Yan'er concluded that he had lifted the seal so she could grow stronger and save Mother Butterfly.

• Yao Chen declared that Qi Yan'er was his teacher, and the Snake-People Race Elders congratulated her on gaining a powerful disciple.
• Qi Yan'er gave the Elders the pills and left quietly with Yao Chen, then asked a Snake Guard to lead her to Xun Er JieJie and the others.
• At the Snake Library, Xiao Xun'er shared records explaining Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils could control more powerful snake-type magical beasts.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Qi Yan'er records about the Royal Bloodline, prompting Xiao Xun'er to suggest that Qi Yan'er's father had sealed her talent.
• Qi Yan'er reasoned that her father had lifted the seal after she left home so she could become stronger and save Mother Butterfly.

Qi Yan'er and the others left the royal city for the Black-Corner Region, with Xiao Yan forced to travel at the front and then carried by the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake. At Desert City, Lord Bai Ya of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion arrived and demanded the girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Qi Yan'er, Xiao Xun'er, and the others departed the royal city with Yao Chen accompanying them in Xiao Yan's body.
• Qi Yan'er ordered Xiao Yan to walk ahead, and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake emerged from the sand and soaked him with its saliva.
• Qi Yan'er introduced the Seven-Colored Little Snake to Big Spicy Stick, then had the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake carry Xiao Yan as they traveled for two days.
• Ling Ying warned Qi Yan'er and Xiao Xun'er that two Dou Huangs were approaching Desert City.
• Lord Bai Ya arrived above Desert City on a sixth-tier Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and demanded that the city hand over the girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and Lü Man attacked Desert City, demanding the girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Ling Ying saved Mu Zhan, and Qi Yan'er challenged the intruders to come take her, leaving Xiao Yan to explain why a Mo Clan witness had survived.

• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor threatened to destroy Desert City unless Mu Zhan handed over the girl, but Mu Zhan said she had gone into the Tagor Desert.
• Lü Man revealed herself atop the serpent and attacked Mu Zhan after he refused to hand over the girl.
• Ling Ying appeared and crushed Lü Man's thorn whips, then credited Miss Yan'er for his intervention.
• Qi Yan'er confronted Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, inviting them to take her.
• Lü Man and Bai Ya realized the girl with Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils might be among Qi Yan'er's group, and Bai Ya admitted that a Mo Clan man he swallowed had placed her in the city.
• Qi Yan'er asked Xiao Yan why he had not dealt with the Mo Clan people, and Xiao Yan stammered in response.

Bai Ya and Lü Man attacked the group while searching for the girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Yao Chen took over Xiao Yan to confront Bai Ya, and Qi Yan'er and Xiao Xun'er sent Qing Lin flying toward the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to trigger her ability.

• Qi Yan'er questioned Xiao Yan about the Mo Clan, and he clarified that the senior had only dealt with some of its people.
• Ling Ying fought Lü Man while Bai Ya flew toward Qi Yan'er and the others.
• Qi Yan'er summoned Yao Chen, who possessed Xiao Yan and revealed Bai Ya's identity as an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.
• Yao Chen told Qing Lin to prepare to use her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but she did not know how.
• Qi Yan'er carried Qing Lin toward Bai Ya's open maw, and Xiao Xun'er ordered the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to follow.

Yao Chen and the girls lured the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor into a coordinated attack, using Heavenly Flames to injure it. Qi Yan'er then sent Qing Lin toward the serpent, whose enormous open mouth terrified her and left the fight at a sudden turning point.

• Xiao Xun'er ordered the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to launch itself at Big Big Spicy Stick as the group charged the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor.
• Yao Chen dodged the serpent's attacks, then created a powerful white fire tornado while Qi Yan'er carried Qing Lin toward the fight.
• Ling Ying overwhelmed Lü Man's defenses, while Bai Ya tried to escape the growing danger.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor countered Yao Chen's firestorm with a giant serpent made of black flames, and the two attacks exploded in the sky.
• Qi Yan'er and another girl sent golden and dark-green Heavenly Flames into Bai Ya's mouth, burning it and exposing its lack of information about the girls.
• Qi Yan'er directed Qing Lin toward the serpent's open mouth, and Qing Lin screamed as Bai Ya cried out for her to stay away.

Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and Qi Yan'er claimed him as Qing Lin's servant. After Lü Man threatened them on behalf of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Qi Yan'er ordered Ling Ying to slit her throat.

• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor tried to scare Qing Lin away, but her fear awakened the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin's ghostly light marked the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor and forced him into submission before she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Qi Yan'er urged the serpent to acknowledge Qing Lin, and he compromised by calling her Miss Lin Er.
• Lü Man threatened the group with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's revenge, and Qi Yan'er ordered Ling Ying to slit her throat.
• Ling Ying and the surrounding onlookers were shocked by Qi Yan'er's command.

Qi Yan'er threatened Lü Man and punished Bai Ya after learning of his past desire for the Queen Medusa. Just as Ling Ying moved to kill Lü Man, Yao Chen revealed that the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Lord was an old acquaintance who admired him, and Qi Yan'er agreed to spare Lü Man but added a warning.

• Qi Yan'er ordered Ling Ying to slit Lü Man's throat, but Lü Man explained that she and Bai Ya had come to bring Qing Lin back for training.
• Qing Lin told Bai Ya that the Queen Medusa was Yan'er's little sister's mother, and Bai Ya admitted that he had once fought the Queen Medusa.
• Lü Man revealed that Bai Ya had lusted after the Queen Medusa, so Qi Yan'er ordered Yao Chen to roast him before sparing him because he was Qing Lin's pet.
• Qi Yan'er ordered Ling Ying to kill Lü Man, but Yao Chen stopped him and revealed that he and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion Lord were old acquaintances.
• Yao Chen asked Qi Yan'er to spare Lü Man, and she agreed before beginning to add a condition.

Qi Yan'er spared Lü Man on the condition that she become a maid, then went shopping in Desert City and announced her goal of taking down the Black-Corner Region. Meanwhile, Qi Fan woke beside Nalan Yanran in the Imperial Capital, where her scream brought someone to the door.

• Qi Yan'er ordered Lü Man to serve as her daddy's maid, and Lü Man agreed before flying away.
• Qi Yan'er entered Desert City, made Mu Zhan pay for her shopping, and recruited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to carry the purchases.
• During dinner, Qi Yan'er declared that her goal in the Black-Corner Region was to take it down, while Xiao Xun'er considered its hidden Dou Zong factions.
• In the Imperial Capital, Qi Fan woke beside Nalan Yanran, who screamed after noticing her camisole had slipped down.
• A middle-aged man called anxiously from outside Nalan Yanran's room, and Qi Fan did not recognize his voice.