Recaps

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin fled deeper into the cave while Lu Zhi pursued them, following Qing Lin’s directions to a hidden passage. The passage brought them into a strange space, where a mysterious woman welcomed Qing Lin, while Lu Zhi entered the ruins behind them.

• Xiao Yan used Lu Zhi’s punch to propel himself away, grabbed Qing Lin, and escaped into the cave as Chu Qun and Yang Lingyan fled separately.
• Lu Zhi ordered Shi Meng to pursue Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin guided Xiao Yan through the maze-like passages.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin reached the end of a middle passage and vanished into a jade-green glow.
• Lu Zhi and Shi Meng found the hidden entrance after Lu Zhi’s map crumbled against the stone wall, then entered the ruins.
• A mysterious woman approached the floating Xiao Yan and Qing Lin and told Qing Lin that she had finally come.

Qing Lin awoke in the Jade-Eyed Charm Saint’s hidden space, where the woman revealed that they shared the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and offered to take Qing Lin as her disciple. Qing Lin accepted but remained devoted to Xiao Yan, who appeared in the space at the end.

• Qing Lin woke in a bamboo hut and learned from the Jade-Eyed Charm Saint that Xiao Yan was safe and nearby.
• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint explained that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were a rare innate constitution and asked about her serpent-linked ancestry.
• Qing Lin recounted her painful childhood, and the Jade-Eyed Charm Saint offered to make her a disciple and inherit her abilities.
• Qing Lin agreed to become the Jade-Eyed Charm Saint’s disciple after first asking whether Xiao Yan could be taught too.
• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint offered to make Xiao Yan devoted only to Qing Lin, but Qing Lin refused to interfere with his love for Xun Er.
• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint declared that she would decide whether Xiao Yan was worthy of Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan appeared in the space.

Xiao Yan asked the Jade-Eyed Charm Saint to save Qing Lin, and agreed without hesitation to give up half his vital blood. She revealed that Qing Lin was safe, then demanded Xiao Yan choose between devoting himself to Qing Lin for life or dying.

• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint made herself visible to Xiao Yan and explained that Qing Lin was near death from losing her vital blood.
• Xiao Yan offered half his vital blood to save Qing Lin, despite the cost to his cultivation.
• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint sent Xiao Yan flying, then revealed Qing Lin was already safe and made her disappear from his sight.
• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint revealed her former strength and saw through Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames, cultivation method, and Yao Lao in his ring.
• The Jade-Eyed Charm Saint told Xiao Yan to devote himself to Qing Lin for life or die.

Jade-Eyed Charm Saint tested Xiao Yan’s resolve, then helped him fully fuse with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and formally accepted Qing Lin as her first and only disciple. After three days of cultivation, she offered Xiao Yan a choice between a safe opportunity with little gain and a dangerous one with great rewards.

• Xiao Yan refused Jade-Eyed Charm Saint’s demand, and she crushed him with her Dou Saint pressure until he passed out.
• Jade-Eyed Charm Saint revealed she had been testing Xiao Yan and used the pressure to fully fuse the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame with him.
• Xiao Yan awoke, and Qing Lin embraced him before Jade-Eyed Charm Saint explained the flame’s improved control.
• Qing Lin accepted Ming Mei as her master, and Ming Mei gave her a high-grade Heaven Class cultivation method suited to her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan stayed to cultivate for three days, then Ming Mei offered him a safe opportunity or a life-threatening one with greater rewards.

Xiao Yan chose to risk his life absorbing a Dou Saint’s arm that retained the devouring power of the Nihility Devouring Flame. After Ming Mei attached it to him, the arm’s overwhelming force began to consume him, and Xiao Yan struggled to protect his mind.

• Ming Mei offered Xiao Yan a safe path to Dou Zong or a dangerous opportunity with much greater potential, and Xiao Yan chose the latter.
• Ming Mei revealed that the opportunity was an arm belonging to a former master of the Nihility Devouring Flame, and warned Xiao Yan that absorbing it could kill him.
• Xiao Yan accepted the gamble, citing his enemies, his family, and his need to restore Yao Lao’s body.
• Ming Mei spent a day removing the arm’s original owner’s aura before severing Xiao Yan’s right hand and attaching the arm.
• The arm’s force surged through Xiao Yan’s body, then drew his soul into darkness as he tried to protect his mind.

While Lu Zhi ordered his men to watch for Xiao Yan and planned to kill him over Mystic Pattern Sect’s secret, Xiao Yan remained trapped in the endless void, refining the Dou Saint’s arm. He emerged from seclusion after suppressing his breakthrough, stabilizing at peak six-star Dou Emperor.

• At the Small Market, Lu Zhi remained at the top of the rankings while Xiao Xun'er held the final spot, and rumors about Xiao Yan’s fate continued to spread.
• Lu Zhi learned that Lu Mingzhe had found no trace of Xiao Yan near the ruins and ordered him to hold Xiao Yan until Lu Zhi arrived.
• Ming Mei sensed that Xiao Yan was still resisting the Nihility Devouring Flame’s power and prepared to let him seize his opportunity alone.
• Xiao Yan’s right arm absorbed Dou Qi and medicinal herbs as the Dou Saint’s arm fused with his body and drove his cultivation upward.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly suppressed his rising strength until his aura stabilized at peak six-star Dou Emperor, then opened his eyes and thanked Ming Mei.

Xiao Yan learned the cost and limits of transplanting the Dou Saint’s arm from Ming Mei, then spent time studying under her while Qing Lin cultivated. The chapter ended when Ming Mei sensed that Qing Lin was in trouble from forcibly merging the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Ming Mei revealed that she had given her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan discovered that nearly all the medicinal herbs in his storage ring had been used to stabilize the transplanted arm.
• Ming Mei explained that the arm was not yet fully integrated with Xiao Yan’s body and told him where to find a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower guarded by an eighth-rank magical beast.
• Xiao Yan learned that two days short of a month had passed since the transplant and waited while Qing Lin continued cultivating.
• Ming Mei guided Xiao Yan’s cultivation until she sensed that Qing Lin had run into trouble merging the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Yan entered the medicinal pool to save Qing Lin from the fierce souls disrupting the fusion of Ming Mei’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. After absorbing most of the souls and stabilizing Qing Lin, he discovered one terrifying consciousness had evaded his inspection.

• Ming Mei explained that Qing Lin was injured by the lingering fierce souls of the snake-shaped magical beasts inside the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and asked Xiao Yan to help.
• Xiao Yan found Qing Lin unconscious in a medicinal pool surrounded by fierce spirits and entered the water to reach her.
• Xiao Yan used the devouring ability in his right hand to absorb the fierce souls from Qing Lin’s eyes while sending Dou Qi through her body to steady it.
• Qing Lin’s breathing returned to normal, and Xiao Yan saw that her pupils had grown more powerful and could protect her automatically.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to leave, he sensed a fierce soul with consciousness that had evaded his inspection.

Xiao Yan detected and devoured the vicious snake soul hidden within Qing Lin, then rescued her from the pond. After Qing Lin confessed her devotion, Xiao Yan restrained himself and prepared to take her back to Ming Mei.

• Xiao Yan drew out the snake-shaped vicious soul concealed among Qing Lin’s soul fragments and fought it with his Mountain Opening Seal and devouring vortex.
• The vicious soul’s ice arrow struck at Xiao Yan, but he melted it with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame and shattered it.
• The clash blasted the pond water away, and Xiao Yan realized Qing Lin had awakened and seen him exposed.
• Qing Lin embraced Xiao Yan and said she was willing to serve him for the rest of her life, while Xiao Yan explained what had happened and set her down.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin dressed and prepared to find Ming Mei, who watched from nearby and hoped Qing Lin would win Xiao Yan’s affection.

Qing Lin reached seven-star Dou Wang, and Ming Mei gave her a Nine Serene Deepground Python egg and resources before her soul faded away. Xiao Yan and Qing Lin returned to the cavern, while Ming Mei went to reunite with Yao Xiao.

• Ming Mei released the seal on Qing Lin's Dou Qi, helped her stabilize at seven-star Dou Wang, and gave her the Nine Serene Deepground Python egg.
• Ming Mei gave Qing Lin a jade bottle of medicinal pool water and a Storage Ring containing treasures and sealed cultivation knowledge.
• Ming Mei told Qing Lin to care for the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan and see the world beyond the Douqi Continent, then her soul dissipated.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin returned to the cavern as the small space vanished.
• Ming Mei's past revealed that Yao Xiao had died saving her, and she had spent centuries searching for a successor with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin emerged from the cave and faced the Mystic Pattern Sect and Elephant Rhino Mountain members guarding it. Qing Lin subdued the group with her soul attack, and Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame killed most of them before he defeated Lu Mingzhe and sent a warning to Lu Zhi.

• Lu Mingzhe rebuked the group for complaining about guarding the cave, then Xiao Yan and Qing Lin emerged.
• Xiao Yan confirmed his identity, and Qing Lin asked to handle the attackers before controlling them with her soul attack.
• Lu Mingzhe broke free of Qing Lin’s control and attacked Xiao Yan with pillars of fire.
• Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame devoured the flames, then burned the Mystic Pattern Sect and Elephant Rhino Mountain members.
• Xiao Yan shattered Lu Mingzhe’s defenses with a punch and told him to warn Lu Zhi to wait for him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xu Yingwu and recruited him to help obtain a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower from an eighth-rank magical beast. The group grew as Xiao Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Yan prepared to move ahead with his plan.

• Lu Mingzhe fled after encountering Xu Yingwu, who let him go and led his group to meet Xiao Yan.
• Xu Yingwu reunited with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin, then proposed challenging Lu Zhi for the top spot in the rankings.
• Xiao Yan asked Xu Yingwu to help him obtain a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower from an eighth-rank magical beast.
• Xu Yingwu sent Xu Ping and the others to join Xu Han, leaving only a small group for Xiao Yan's plan.
• Xiao Yan revealed that more allies were coming, and Xiao Xun'er arrived.

Xiao Yan and his companions tried to take the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower guarded by an eighth-tier Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros. Xiao Yan obtained the flower, but a swift seventh-tier bird hidden in the rhinoceros’s ear disrupted their plan, leaving the group facing both beasts.

• Xiao Yan assigned Qing Lin to control the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros with Xiao Xun'er’s Dou Qi support, while he planned to collect the flower and Xu Yingwu covered them.
• Xu Yingwu struck the rhinoceros with a sound-wave attack as Qing Lin’s emerald gaze temporarily subdued it.
• Xiao Yan concealed himself with soul power and seized the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower along with the soil beneath it.
• A sharp cry broke Qing Lin’s control and caused a backlash, while Xu Yingwu revealed that something was hidden in the rhinoceros’s ears.
• Xiao Xun'er attacked the ear with golden flame, exposing a fast seventh-tier bird as the rhinoceros launched a white blade at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan evaded the blade with Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and after seeing the bird’s speed and its effect on the rhinoceros, he decided he had to separate them.

Xiao Yan lured the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros away from his injured companions while Xiao Xun'er prepared to fight the white bird. His escape led him to the Heroes Alliance’s territory, where four factions gathered and resolved to kill him as the eighth-tier beast approached.

• Xiao Yan drew the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros away so Xiao Xun'er, Xu Yingwu, and Qing Lin could deal with the white bird.
• Xiao Xun'er unleashed her golden flames as Xu Yingwu and Little Cold fought the bird.
• Xiao Yan evaded the rhinoceros with the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and kept it chasing him with the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower’s aura.
• Xiao Yan sensed familiar people ahead and led the rhinoceros into the Heroes Alliance’s territory, where the Heroes Alliance, Elephant Rhino Mountain, the Lion Underworld Sect, and the Mystic Pattern Sect had gathered.
• Lu Zhi and the other faction leaders sensed Xiao Yan and the pursuing eighth-tier beast, then Lu Zhi urged them to kill Xiao Yan while he was alone.

Xiao Yan baited Lu Zhi and the others into fighting over his storage ring while the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros pursued them. After revealing that the ring held a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower, Lu Zhi secured the others’ help by promising them valuable rewards, and the group began battling the beast as an unseen observer watched.

• Lu Zhi led Shi Han, Shi Meng, and Wan Qing toward Xiao Yan while ordering Lu Mingzhe and the others to withdraw.
• Xiao Yan used a decoy storage ring to tempt the four into attacking him, and Lu Zhi blasted apart his right hand before seizing it.
• The Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros pursued the four instead of Xiao Yan, and Lu Zhi revealed that the ring held a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower.
• Lu Zhi promised the others rewards, including the Mystic Pattern Sect’s Lightning Strike Pattern method, and they agreed to fight the beast.
• Shi Han, Shi Meng, and Lu Zhi attacked the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros as Wan Qing gathered power with his bow, while an unseen observer watched them.

Xiao Yan hid nearby while Lu Zhi and the others fought the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros, then prepared a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus to strike the group before they could claim the beast. As the four geniuses unleashed their strongest attacks on the weakened beast, Xiao Yan’s lotus appeared beside Lu Zhi.

• Xiao Yan secretly recovered his Dou Qi while Lu Zhi, Shi Meng, Shi Han, and Wan Qing wounded the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros.
• The beast entered a desperate state, injuring Wan Qing and forcing the four to stall until its strength faded.
• The four discussed the enormous points the eighth-tier beast might be worth, while each privately considered how to claim the reward.
• Xiao Yan concealed himself with the Soul-Turning Secret Technique and fused two flames into a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• When the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros weakened, Lu Zhi and the others unleashed their strongest attacks, and Xiao Yan’s lotus appeared beside Lu Zhi.

Xiao Yan’s Buddha Fury Fire Lotus killed the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros and left Lu Zhi’s group badly injured, while their life-saving treasures kept them alive. After the survivors were teleported to an independent space, Lu Zhi attacked Xiao Yan, but Xu Yingwu, Xiao Xun’er, and Qing Lin came to his defense, and Lu Zhi threatened to leave them all there.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha Fury Fire Lotus erupted, killing the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros and injuring Lu Zhi, Shi Han, Shi Meng, and Wan Qing.
• A voice announced the Mountain-Leveling Rhinoceros’s death and the Spirit Pool Body Bath reward, then teleported Xiao Yan and the seven others to an independent space.
• Lu Zhi attacked Xiao Yan with purple lightning, but golden flames burned it away.
• Xu Yingwu, Xiao Xun’er, and Qing Lin joined Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun’er checked that he was unharmed.
• Lu Zhi threatened Xu Yingwu and the others, then declared that he would leave them all there.

Xiao Yan and the others waited in a mysterious space after a voice announced the Spirit Pool Body Bath, while Xiao Yan worried about Zi Yan and spoke with Xiao Xun'er. The bath then began, offering eight springs with different apparent levels of benefit.

• A mysterious voice forbade fighting and announced that the Spirit Pool Body Bath would begin in one day, leaving Xiao Yan and the others puzzled about the space.
• Xiao Yan recovered his strength and worried that Zi Yan had disappeared somewhere in the Ten Thousand Beasts Space.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Yan about Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan explained how he had saved her from a vicious soul and said he regarded her as a younger sister.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan she did not intend to keep him to herself, and he held her hand as they shared a quiet moment.
• One day later, hot spring water rose in eight pits, and the voice said the three-day bath would cleanse marrow, temper bones, and remove hidden injuries.
• The eight participants eyed the four large and four small springs, recognizing that the stronger ones appeared to offer better benefits.

The contestants began fighting over the spirit springs after the combat ban ended. Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi finally clashed head-on, while Qing Lin, Xu Yingwu, and Xiao Xun'er faced their own contests.

• Lu Zhi claimed a large spirit spring, and Xiao Yan challenged him before dodging his wind blades.
• Qing Lin sent the Nine Serene Deepground Python against Shi Meng, freezing him before he broke free and enlarged his body.
• Wan Qing attacked Xu Yingwu, and the two fought evenly with weapons and sonic Dou Techniques.
• Shi Han avoided fighting Xiao Xun'er and surrendered the large spirit spring to her.
• Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi finally collided head-on.

Xiao Yan fought Lu Zhi again and used his enhanced Dou Sheng Arm and Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to overcome Lu Zhi’s attacks. As Xiao Yan’s Sea Overturning Seal struck Lu Zhi, a nearly transparent white pattern appeared on Lu Zhi’s forehead.

• Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi exchanged punches, and Xiao Yan’s improved physical strength forced Lu Zhi back farther than before.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade Lu Zhi’s wind blades, then struck him with Eight Extremities Collapse and bent his blocking arms.
• Lu Zhi activated his Lightning Strike Pattern, but Xiao Yan used the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to burn away the incoming lightning.
• Lu Zhi turned his lightning pearls into a destructive mist, but Xiao Yan charged through it and struck him with a Sea Overturning Seal formed from the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• A nearly transparent white pattern appeared at the center of Lu Zhi’s forehead as Xiao Yan’s attack hit him.

Xiao Yan fought Lu Zhi after Lu Zhi revealed his seventh pattern, which let him condense and compress Dou Qi to power greatly strengthened attacks. As Lu Zhi charged up another strike, Xiao Yan began forming a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and sent it toward him.

• Xiao Yan broke through Lu Zhi's lightning zone and struck him with a Sea Overturning Seal, but Lu Zhi emerged largely unharmed and revealed his seventh pattern.
• Lu Zhi used strengthened wind blades and the Bloodthirsty Pattern against Xiao Yan, who countered with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Lu Zhi formed a lightning python with his Lightning Strike Pattern, but Xiao Yan combined the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Overturning Seal to meet it, then punched through and devoured some of its lightning.
• Xiao Yan deduced that Lu Zhi's Qi Accumulation Pattern compressed Dou Qi and required time to build power, while Lu Zhi confirmed its name.
• Xiao Yan evaded Lu Zhi's lightning attacks while fusing his blood-red and pale-white Heavenly Flames into a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, then sent it toward Lu Zhi.

Xiao Yan unleashed a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus against Lu Zhi, while the others retreated to safety. Lu Zhi survived behind four Dou Zong puppets and broke through to Dou Zong, then threatened Xiao Yan.

• Shi Han, Wan Qing, and Xu Yingwu sensed Xiao Yan fusing two Heavenly Flames and retreated from the danger.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin to leave, and Xiao Xun'er led Qing Lin away with the others.
• Xiao Yan's fire lotus engulfed Lu Zhi, while Xiao Yan absorbed the blast's flames and saw that the spiritual springs remained unharmed.
• Lu Zhi survived behind four powerful puppets, which the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame began to burn.
• Lu Zhi broke through from the Dou Emperor realm to Dou Zong and asked Xiao Yan how he wanted to die.

Lu Zhi admitted that Xiao Yan had defeated him, then advanced to Dou Zong and used the Mystic Pattern Sect’s Life-Draining Pattern to trade his lifespan for greater power. He launched a deadly black lightning attack at Xiao Yan, leaving the fight at its most dangerous point.

• Lu Zhi explained that Xiao Yan’s fire lotus had beaten him and revealed that he had just advanced to Dou Zong.
• Lu Zhi formed the Life-Draining Pattern and slammed it into his chest, sacrificing his lifespan to increase his power.
• Xu Yingwu moved to help Xiao Yan, but Xiao Xun'er stopped him and urged everyone to trust Xiao Yan.
• Lu Zhi transformed his purple lightning into black lightning and launched it at Xiao Yan, who realized he could not evade or withstand it head-on.

Xiao Yan unleashed the hidden power of his Dou Sheng Arm to devour Lu Zhi’s black lightning attack. After absorbing the lightning, Xiao Yan prepared to release its power back at Lu Zhi.

• Xiao Yan gathered the surrounding Dou Qi into his right arm as Lu Zhi sent his black lightning attack toward him.
• Xiao Yan’s arm turned completely black and summoned an ancient black flame that left the watching geniuses overwhelmed by its pressure.
• Xiao Yan opened an endless void that swallowed Lu Zhi’s black lightning despite Lu Zhi’s attempts to control it.
• Xiao Yan realized his arm could release what it devoured and told Lu Zhi to experience the power of his own full-force attack.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Zhi, forced him to hand over the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower, and claimed the large spirit spring for his group. With the battle settled, Xiao Yan looked forward to the reward for defeating the eighth-tier magical beast.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Lu Zhi with a torrent of Dou Qi, shattering his protective ring and leaving him unable to resist.
• Xiao Yan seized Lu Zhi and demanded the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Coagulating Flower, then agreed to spare him in exchange for it.
• Lu Zhi handed over the flower, and Xiao Yan inspected it before claiming it.
• Xiao Yan asked Shi Han, Wan Qing, and Shi Meng to give up the large spirit spring; Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Xu Yingwu displayed their strength, and Wan Qing and Shi Meng backed down.
• Xu Yingwu praised Xiao Yan's gains, and Xiao Yan turned his attention to the spirit spring and the reward for defeating the eighth-tier magical beast.