Recaps

Xiao Lin learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had been persecuting the Xiao Household, and he discovered that Yun Leng had acted without Yun Shan’s knowledge. Yun Shan promised to handle the matter while keeping Protector Wu from growing suspicious, then summoned Yun Leng, who expected praise.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Lin that the Misty Cloud Sect’s actions against the Xiao Household had escalated, and Xiao Lin sent him to calm the household while he investigated.
• Xiao Lin visited Yun Shan and told him what the Misty Cloud Sect had done over the past three months.
• Yun Shan realized that Yun Leng was likely responsible and asked Xiao Lin to let him resolve the internal sect matter.
• Xiao Lin warned Yun Shan that stopping Yun Leng outright could alert Protector Wu, and Yun Shan said he would find a way to handle it.
• Yun Shan summoned Yun Leng, who eagerly expected the former sect master to praise him.

Yun Shan tried to keep Yun Leng from targeting the Xiao Household by urging him to pursue a breakthrough to the Dou Huang Realm. Yun Leng decided to leave and temper himself near the Tagor Desert, while Yun Shan took responsibility for handling the Xiao Household matter.

• Yun Shan learned that Yun Leng had followed him for fifty-two years and had reached Peak Dou Wang without breaking through.
• Yun Shan urged Yun Leng to set aside sect affairs and focus on reaching the Dou Huang Realm, hoping to stop him from secretly targeting the Xiao Household.
• Yun Leng misunderstood Yun Shan’s words as praise and vowed to seek a breakthrough near the Tagor Desert.
• Yun Leng offered to deal with the Xiao Household before leaving, but Yun Shan insisted that he clear his mind of distractions.
• Yun Leng accepted Yun Shan’s explanation and resolved to stop fixating on the Xiao Household matter.

Yun Leng left the Misty Cloud Sect to seek a breakthrough to the Dou Huang Realm, ending his campaign against the Xiao Household. After months of fruitless wandering in the Tagor Desert, he encountered Protector Wu, who had secretly followed him and now intended to make him a pawn.

• Yun Leng handed his sect duties to the other elders and set aside his campaign against the Xiao Household to seek a breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin saw the persecution of the Xiao Household stop and spent the following months waiting in Wutan City.
• Yun Leng wandered the Tagor Desert for over two months without finding an opportunity to overcome his bottleneck.
• Yun Leng found an oasis and decided to rest there for the night.
• Protector Wu revealed himself to Yun Leng after secretly following him from the Misty Cloud Sect.

Protector Wu recruited Yun Leng into the Soul Hall by promising to help him break through to Dou Emperor and invoking Yun Shan’s alliance with him. A month later, Yun Leng emerged as a Dou Emperor and became the Soul Hall’s Cloud Soul Envoy, his soul tampered with by Protector Wu.

• Protector Wu revealed that he was Wu Ying of the Soul Hall and offered to help Yun Leng break through to Dou Emperor.
• Protector Wu told Yun Leng that Yun Shan was already working with him and claimed their alliance explained Yun Shan’s actions against the Xiao Household.
• Protector Wu promised Yun Leng a breakthrough in exchange for continuing to help Yun Shan handle matters involving the Xiao Household, and Yun Leng accepted.
• After a month, Yun Leng emerged from the oasis as a Dou Emperor, and Protector Wu named him the Soul Hall’s Cloud Soul Envoy.
• Yun Leng bowed to Protector Wu as a dark glint flashed in his eyes, revealing that Protector Wu had tampered with his soul.

After Queen Medusa took the green lotus core flame, Xiao Yan arrived at the Earth Core Lava Cavern too late to claim it but obtained the lotus seat and seeds. Yao Lao suggested that Xiao Yan use the Xiao Household’s relationship with the Snake-People Tribe to negotiate for the flame, leaving him considering a peaceful trade.

• News spread that a heavenly flame might lie beneath the collapsed ground near Stone Desert City, and Queen Medusa reportedly took it after being injured in the Earth Core Lava Cave.
• Gu He gathered Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li and set off for the Tagor Desert to pursue the heavenly flame.
• Xiao Yan reached the cavern after Queen Medusa had taken the green lotus core flame, but he collected its lotus seat and seeds.
• Yao Lao explained that Queen Medusa’s Snake-People nature made refining the flame difficult and suggested Xiao Yan offer something in trade.
• Xiao Yan realized that his family’s cooperation with the Snake-People Tribe might let him seek the flame without stealing it.

Xiao Yan decided to seek a peaceful trade for the green lotus core flame, while Gu He’s group and Protector Wu and Yun Leng entered the Tagor Desert to pursue it. Queen Medusa prepared the Snake-People Tribe’s forces to defend the flame as rival factions closed in.

• After Yao Lao reminded Xiao Yan of the Xiao Household’s alliance with the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Yan planned to negotiate with Queen Medusa for the green lotus core flame.
• Xiao Yan entered the Tagor Desert, and Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li also headed there.
• Protector Wu and Yun Leng pursued the flame after learning it had already been taken by Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa summoned the Eight Great Commanders and ordered the Holy City’s elders to prepare for an attack.
• Queen Medusa made her final preparations with the Four Great Elders beside her, while Kui Xing patrolled outside the Holy City.

Medusa prepared to risk her life using the green lotus core flame to awaken her bloodline and break her limits, despite the Four Great Elders’ warnings. As Gu He’s party reached the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City, Xiao Yan and Protector Wu with Yun Leng also arrived unseen nearby.

• Medusa rejected the Four Great Elders’ objections and resolved to use the green lotus core flame to evolve her bloodline.
• The Four Great Elders withdrew, saying they would intervene only if the Snake-People Tribe’s safety was threatened.
• Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li approached the Holy City and requested an audience with Medusa.
• Mo Bass refused Gu He’s request and told his party to leave because Medusa was occupied.
• Xiao Yan and Protector Wu with Yun Leng arrived on opposite sides of the confrontation without noticing one another or Gu He’s party.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li confront the Snake-People Tribe over Queen Medusa’s green lotus core flame. Protector Wu persuaded Yun Leng to help engineer Yun Yun’s death so he could seize the Misty Cloud Sect leadership and move against the Xiao Household, while Yun Yun remained unaware of the plot.

• Xiao Yan spotted Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li near the Snake-People Tribe Holy City and agreed with Yao Lao to stay hidden and wait for an opening.
• Yun Leng recognized Yun Yun and Gu He, while Protector Wu saw their presence as an opportunity to advance his plans.
• Protector Wu asked Yun Leng whether he wanted to become the Misty Cloud Sect Master and argued Yun Leng could take the position if Yun Yun died.
• Yun Leng worried that the Snake-People Tribe might not be strong enough to kill the Nine-Star Dou Emperor Yun Yun.
• Protector Wu proposed secretly helping the Snake-People Tribe kill Yun Yun, and Yun Leng agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Protector Wu prepared to use Yun Leng to take control of the Misty Cloud Sect and target the Xiao Household, while Yun Yun remained unaware of the conspiracy.

Gu He tried to trade with Queen Medusa for the green lotus core flame, but she refused and Yun Yun exposed that the Medusa before them was only an energy body. As Yun Yun struck at the avatar and the Snake-People commanders prepared to act, Xiao Yan readied himself to pursue the flame too.

• Gu He called for Queen Medusa and offered two Battle Spirit Pills, a Human Shape Pill, and a favor in exchange for the green lotus core flame, but she refused.
• Yun Yun recognized that Queen Medusa was an energy body while her true self was elsewhere, preparing to transform her bloodline.
• Yun Yun vanished and appeared behind Medusa, reaching for her back as the Snake-People commanders readied themselves to intervene.
• Protector Wu and Yun Leng welcomed the prospect of a fight, while Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to prepare.
• Xiao Yan decided he would not yield the green lotus core flame and began preparing to make his move.

Yun Yun exposed and dispersed Queen Medusa’s energy clone, triggering a battle between the humans and the Snake-People Tribe as Gu He and Xiao Yan pushed toward the palace. Xiao Yan reached the temple where Medusa was performing her Bloodline Transformation Ceremony, but Kui Xing appeared and drove Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li back.

• Yun Yun struck Queen Medusa’s energy clone and dispersed it, prompting the Snake-People Tribe to attack the humans.
• Yun Yun held off the Snake-People Tribe’s Eight Great Commanders while Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li charged toward the Imperial Palace.
• Yao Lao persuaded Xiao Yan to enter the Holy City during the chaos, and Xiao Yan followed the green lotus core flame’s aura to a temple.
• Kui Xing emerged from the temple and blasted Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li backward.

Gu He and his companions discovered that Kui Xing, a high-ranking Dou Emperor, guarded Queen Medusa and fled after failing to seize the green lotus core flame. With Kui Xing pursuing them, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao slipped into the temple and found the flame at the heart of Queen Medusa’s transformation preparations.

• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li realized that Kui Xing was a high-ranking Dou Emperor guarding the temple and that their attempt to take the green lotus core flame had failed.
• Gu He and his companions swallowed speed-boosting pills and fled as Kui Xing ordered the patrol guards to remain at the temple and pursued them.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Kui Xing’s departure gave them a chance to enter the temple, and Xiao Yan worried about Gu He and the others.
• Xiao Yan used Yao Lao’s spiritual power to evade the guards, crossed the poisonous-water lake, and reached an island within the temple.
• Xiao Yan found a pool of ice spirit cold spring and saw the green lotus core flame flickering at its center.

Queen Medusa began her mysterious evolution as Xiao Yan watched from hiding, while battles raged across the Snake-People Tribe Holy City. Protector Wu stayed in the shadows, planning to let the fighting weaken his rivals before stealing the Green Lotus Core Flame and helping Yun Leng replace Yun Yun.

• Queen Medusa released the Green Lotus Core Flame from its crystal lotus pedestal and began her evolution, warning that the humans would die if she succeeded.
• Xiao Yan watched a vortex of energy form as Yao Lao explained that the evolution's outcome was unpredictable, though it would remain connected to snakes.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple serpent, drawing the attention of Yun Yun, the Eight Great Commanders, Gu He, and their pursuers.
• Yun Yun and Yan Ci exchanged words about whether Queen Medusa's evolution would succeed, while Yue Mei insisted that it would.
• Yun Leng asked Protector Wu whether they should interrupt Medusa's evolution, but Protector Wu planned to wait, steal the Green Lotus Core Flame from Gu He, and use the Snake-People Tribe to eliminate Yun Yun.

Queen Medusa began evolving by plunging into the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Yan watched from the bamboo grove. When the grove burned away and she discovered him, Xiao Yan used his prepared pills to provide her with energy, and Medusa resumed her transformation.

• Medusa formed an energy barrier around the temple and plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin her evolution.
• The Heavenly Flame scorched Medusa's body and soul as Snake-People Tribe experts watched anxiously from outside the barrier.
• Xiao Yan prepared pills to help Medusa recover and supply her with energy while he watched her suffer.
• The Ice Spirit Cold Spring ran dry, the bamboo grove burned away, and Medusa discovered Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan hurled his pills into the flames, and Medusa realized he was helping her before focusing again on her bloodline transformation.

Xiao Yan lent Queen Medusa energy during her Green Lotus Core Flame evolution ritual, hoping to honor the Xiao Household’s ties with the Snake-People Tribe. After Medusa appeared to burn to death, the ritual triggered a sudden surge of heaven-and-earth energy and strange black clouds over the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City.

• Xiao Yan explained to Yao Lao that helping Medusa would make it easier to justify taking the Green Lotus Core Flame after the ritual.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Yan about being attracted to Medusa, and Xiao Yan denied it before falling silent.
• Medusa focused entirely on her evolution as the Green Lotus Core Flame grew more violent and burned her purple snake body down to a charred, motionless form.
• Xiao Yan, the Snake-People, Yun Yun and Gu He's party, Yun Leng, and Protector Wu believed Medusa had failed, and the Snake-People prepared to attack the human intruders.
• Yao Lao recognized that heaven-and-earth energy was running wild as black clouds suddenly covered the Snake-People Tribe’s Holy City.

Xiao Yan watched the heavenly tribulation end and feared Queen Medusa had died, but her enormous snake body began to shed its charred skin as a new aura appeared. He gathered the green lotus core flame and escaped the temple, unknowingly carrying a Seven-Colored Little Snake coiled around his arm.

• Yao Lao suspected Queen Medusa’s evolution had caused the strange heavenly phenomenon as silver lightning struck the green flame and shattered her barrier.
• Xiao Yan found the charred snake motionless and believed Queen Medusa had failed to survive the tribulation.
• The snake’s outer skin peeled away, its corpse exploded, and a powerful aura made the Snake-People rejoice before it quickly faded.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that Snake-People were approaching, and Xiao Yan used the Green Lotus Platform to gather the green lotus core flame.
• A tiny seven-colored shape shot into Xiao Yan’s sleeve, and he fled the ruined temple before patrol guards arrived.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake remained coiled around Xiao Yan’s left arm as he escaped.

Xiao Yan escaped the Snake-People Tribe Holy City with the green lotus core flame and the transformed Medusa hidden in his sleeve. As Yun Yun fought Kui Xing, Protector Wu and Yun Leng ambushed her, leaving her facing a potentially fatal attack.

• Xiao Yan flew out of the Temple carrying the green lotus core flame while the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python hid in his sleeve with Medusa and its own consciousness still separate.
• Gu He realized the black-robed man had taken the flame, while Yun Yun and Kui Xing continued battling and both sought a chance to intercept Xiao Yan.
• Protector Wu and Ling Yun spotted Xiao Yan escaping and recognized that Yun Yun's struggle with Kui Xing had created an opening to attack her.
• Yun Yun and Kui Xing unleashed their techniques against each other, and Protector Wu ordered Yun Leng to join him in attacking Yun Yun from behind.
• Yun Yun sensed that Protector Wu's Soul-Severing Scythe came from a Dou Zong and resolved to avoid it, even if she had to endure the other attack.

Yun Yun was gravely wounded by Kui Xing, Yun Leng, and Protector Wu, leaving her close to death as Gu He and the others were kept from helping. Xiao Yan arrived with Dou Huang strength, struck Kui Xing, and carried Yun Yun away.

• Yun Yun was struck by Kui Xing's attack and caught in Yun Leng's tornado, while Protector Wu's scythe cut her left arm and left it paralyzed.
• Yue Mei and the other Snake-People Tribe commanders blocked Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li from reaching Yun Yun.
• Protector Wu and Yun Leng confronted the gravely wounded Yun Yun, who mistook the two black-robed men for Xiao Yan's allies.
• Kui Xing prepared to attack Yun Yun, Protector Wu, and Yun Leng, but Xiao Yan's Flame Wheel Dance hit him from behind.
• Xiao Yan appeared with Dou Huang strength, seized Yun Yun, and flew away without pausing.

Xiao Yan rescued the gravely injured Yun Yun from the Snake-People Tribe Holy City and fled while Protector Wu and Yun Leng pursued them. Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li turned back toward the Misty Cloud Sect, while the Snake-People Tribe commanders went to check on Queen Medusa, unaware she had left in Xiao Yan’s sleeve.

• Xiao Yan knocked Kui Xing out of the sky, rescued Yun Yun, and flew away with her as Protector Wu and Yun Leng gave chase.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li escaped the city after the pursuers left, while Kui Xing chose to check on Queen Medusa instead of pursuing them.
• The Snake-People Tribe commanders divided up to calm the residents and visit the Temple, not knowing Queen Medusa had become a Seven-Colored Little Snake and hidden in Xiao Yan’s sleeve.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li stopped pursuing when they fell too far behind, and Gu He reasoned that Xiao Yan had rescued Yun Yun rather than abducted her to kill her.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li decided to return to the Misty Cloud Sect and inform former Sect Master Yun Shan of what had happened.

Xiao Yan fled with the wounded Yun Yun while Protector Wu and Yun Leng pursued them. When Yun Yun urged him to leave her behind, Xiao Yan revealed that he was her martial nephew, leaving her stunned by his identity and apparent Dou Emperor strength.

• Protector Wu complained that Xiao Yan had hidden his Dou Emperor strength, while Yun Leng reassured him that Xiao Yan could not escape.
• Xiao Yan struggled to outrun the pursuers while carrying the badly wounded Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun urged Xiao Yan to put her down so he could escape, but he called her Martial Aunt and refused to abandon her.
• Xiao Yan hinted that Yun Yun should recognize his voice, then revealed that he was Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun pulled back Xiao Yan's hood, recognized him, and was shocked that her young martial nephew appeared to have reached Dou Emperor.

Xiao Yan fled with Yun Yun after rescuing her, but Yun Leng and Protector Wu caught up and forced a confrontation. Learning that his pursuers belonged to the Soul Hall, Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to lend him Dou Zong-level power so he could strike back.

• Yun Yun praised Xiao Yan's strength and asked whether obtaining the green lotus core flame would make him stronger, while Xiao Yan teased her about being proud of her martial nephew.
• Yun Leng fired a Wind Arrow at Xiao Yan, slowing him long enough for Yun Leng and Protector Wu to catch up.
• Yun Yun urged Xiao Yan to leave her behind, but he handed her the Green Lotus Platform and insisted on facing their pursuers.
• Protector Wu demanded that Xiao Yan surrender Yun Yun and the green lotus core flame, while Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall protector's Dou Zong strength and soul techniques made him dangerous.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Soul Hall as the force that had brought Yao Lao low and asked him to lend Dou Zong-level power so he could make the two pursuers pay.

Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao’s Dou Zong strength and caught Protector Wu off guard, badly injuring him. Protector Wu survived the attack but lost his composure after realizing Xiao Yan had hidden his true cultivation again.

• Yao Lao agreed to lend Xiao Yan his strength for three minutes and warned him to leave when the time was up.
• Xiao Yan concealed his Dou Zong aura while holding the injured Yun Yun and prepared to deceive Protector Wu.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Yan with Soul Absorption, but Xiao Yan suddenly revealed Dou Zong strength and struck him with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and Flame Wheel Dance.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan about his cultivation-raising trick as Protector Wu emerged from the flames with a broken hand and scorched body.
• Yun Leng retreated, and Protector Wu shoved him aside and furiously accused Xiao Yan of hiding his cultivation and tricking him again.

Xiao Yan fought Protector Wu while Yun Yun wondered why the Soul Hall had targeted her, and he used the myriad beast spirit flame to turn the battle in his favor. The chapter ended with Wu Ying screaming as the flames burned both his body and Lifebound Soul Lock.

• Yun Yun learned that Protector Wu belonged to the Soul Hall but set aside her questions as Xiao Yan confronted him.
• Xiao Yan suppressed Protector Wu in combat, but Wu Ying attacked with a Lifebound Soul Lock that repeatedly pursued Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that his body was nearing the limit of the power he had lent him, while Xiao Yan decided he needed to land a serious blow before retreating.
• Xiao Yan let Wu Ying believe the Soul Lock had caught him, then revealed the blood-red myriad beast spirit flame.
• Xiao Yan used Beast Spirit Transformation to make the flame take the form of an Amethyst Winged Lion King and burn Wu Ying's Lifebound Soul Lock, inflicting agony on Wu Ying.

Xiao Yan abandoned his attempt to kill Protector Wu and fled with the badly wounded Yun Yun, then learned he needed companion amethyst source to make the pill that could save her. He set his sights on the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that his injuries were worsening, and Xiao Yan stopped fighting when he saw how badly Yun Yun was hurt.
• Xiao Yan warned Yun Leng that Wu Ying would die the next time they met, then flew away with Yun Yun.
• Protector Wu ordered Yun Leng to guard the roads to the Misty Cloud Sect and intercept Yun Yun before she could return.
• After Xiao Yan's borrowed Dou Zong strength faded, Yao Lao said Yun Yun needed an Amethyst Restoration Pill and identified companion amethyst source as its difficult-to-find ingredient.
• Xiao Yan prepared to seek the companion amethyst source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Yan raced to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find companion amethyst source and save Yun Yun, while Gu He and his companions reported her abduction to Yun Shan. Yun Shan suspected Wu Ying and prepared to investigate, while Xiao Lin remained unaware of the events and left Xiao Yan to pursue the green lotus core flame on his own.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that companion amethyst source might be found in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair and said he would refine the Tier 7 Amethyst Restoration Pill.
• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Yun Yun toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for companion amethyst source.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li told Yun Shan that Yun Yun had been ambushed and taken away, and they described the attackers and her abductor.
• Yun Shan suspected Wu Ying was involved, sent Gu He and his companions away, and vowed to deal with whoever had harmed Yun Yun.
• Xiao Lin stayed in Wutan City, unaware of Yun Yun's danger, and chose not to intervene in Xiao Yan's pursuit of the green lotus core flame.

Xiao Lin reached late-stage Two-Star Dou Sheng after advancing to an Earth Tier Low-Rank Spirit Array Master and completing the Minor Zhoutian Star-Dipper Formation. When Yun Shan visited the Xiao Household at night, they realized Protector Wu had disappeared for two or three months, leaving them uneasy about what he might be doing.

• Xiao Lin advanced to late-stage Two-Star Dou Sheng after reaching Earth Tier Low-Rank Spirit Array Master and using his cultivation to form the Minor Zhoutian Star-Dipper Formation.
• Xiao Lin believed Protector Wu had been lingering near the Xiao Household, while Yun Shan thought he was still at the Misty Cloud Sect; neither knew Wu Ying had left to stir up trouble.
• Yun Shan visited Xiao Lin at the Xiao Household at night and asked whether Wu Ying had been watching the household recently.
• Xiao Lin and Yun Shan confirmed that Wu Ying had been absent from both the Xiao Household and the Misty Cloud Sect for two or three months.
• Xiao Lin wondered whether Wu Ying had returned to the Central Plains to report the Xiao Household to the Soul Hall, but doubted he would surrender the credit after plotting for so long.