Recaps

After learning that Yun Yun was safe, Xiao Lin and Yun Shan discussed Protector Wu’s attack and decided to capture him rather than kill him. Xiao Lin then invited Yun Shan to watch a show involving Yun Yun.

• Yun Shan told Xiao Lin what Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li had learned, and Xiao Lin assured him that Yun Yun was safe.
• Xiao Lin recognized Xiao Yan as the person who had obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and rescued Yun Yun, and wondered how their relationship had developed.
• Yun Shan suspected Protector Wu had attacked Yun Yun, and Xiao Lin agreed that Wu Ying was the likely culprit.
• Xiao Lin decided they should capture Protector Wu when he returned, since killing him might draw the Soul Hall’s attention.
• As Yun Shan prepared to leave, Xiao Lin invited him to watch a show with Yun Yun.

Xiao Lin and Yun Shan secretly watched Xiao Yan and Yun Yun in the Magical Beast Mountain Range as Yun Yun recovered from her injuries. The next morning, Xiao Yan woke to find a Seven-Colored Little Snake wrapped around his hand, and Yun Yun tried to help but was still too weak to stand.

• Xiao Lin used his soul power to locate Xiao Yan and Yun Yun, then concealed himself and Yun Shan so they could watch unseen.
• Xiao Yan took the companion amethyst source from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Yao Lao refined an Amethyst Restoration Pill that helped Yun Yun recover.
• Yun Yun awoke and was out of mortal danger, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao rested after their ordeals.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to rest before refining the Green Lotus Core Flame and warned him not to rely on his strength so casually.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan found a Seven-Colored Little Snake coiled around his hand, and Yun Yun stumbled when she tried to help him.

Xiao Yan explained to Yun Yun that the Seven-Colored Little Snake was Queen Medusa, who had entered his sleeve after her successful evolution and now seemed to have lost her former condition. Yun Yun accepted his account but failed to pet the snake, which remained wary of everyone except Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun that the Seven-Colored Little Snake was Queen Medusa, and Yun Yun reacted with disbelief.
• Xiao Yan recounted what had happened in the Snake-People Tribe Holy City, and Yun Yun understood why Queen Medusa's aura had weakened after her evolution.
• Yun Yun joked that the Snake-People Tribe might hunt Xiao Yan for taking their queen, while Xiao Yan insisted Medusa had entered his sleeve by choice.
• Xiao Yan scratched the Seven-Colored Little Snake under her chin, and she relaxed against his touch.
• Yun Yun tried to pet the Seven-Colored Little Snake, but she darted into Xiao Yan's sleeve and watched Yun Yun warily.

Xiao Yan fed the Seven-Colored Little Snake companion amethyst source while Xiao Lin explained her evolved bloodline to Yun Shan. Xiao Lin then confirmed that Xiao Yan was the one who had saved Yun Yun and hinted that his teacher, a renowned soul with only a remnant body, had helped him.

• Xiao Yan offered the Seven-Colored Little Snake several drops of companion amethyst source, and she ate before returning to his sleeve to sleep.
• Xiao Lin told Yun Shan that Medusa had evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and speculated that her crude method of evolution had left her in an unusual state.
• Yun Shan asked who had taken in Medusa, obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame, and rescued Yun Yun, and Xiao Lin confirmed that it was Xiao Yan.
• Yun Shan questioned how a Da Dou Shi could accomplish such feats, and Xiao Lin revealed that Xiao Yan's teacher had helped him.
• Xiao Lin stopped short of giving Yun Shan more details, using the revelation to reassure him before Xiao Yan and Yun Yun's relationship developed further.

Xiao Yan refined the green lotus core flame, rising to Dou Ling and shocking Yun Shan. Yun Shan then realized that Yun Yun had developed feelings for Xiao Yan, who was already Nalan Yanran’s fiancé, and confronted Xiao Lin about the “good show.”

• Xiao Yan refined the green lotus core flame and broke through from Seven-Star Da Dou Shi to one-star Dou Ling, while his Flame Mantra evolved.
• Yun Shan was stunned that Xiao Yan had managed to refine a second heavenly flame at such a low cultivation level.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the cocoon naked, and Yun Shan noticed Yun Yun blushing and secretly glancing at him.
• Yun Shan concluded that Yun Yun had developed feelings for Xiao Yan, despite Xiao Yan being engaged to Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Shan clenched his fists and demanded to know whether Xiao Lin had invited him to watch Yun Yun fall for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Lin and Yun Shan secretly watched Xiao Yan and Yun Yun grow closer, and Yun Shan struggled over whether to intervene. After Yun Yun’s injuries healed, her sadness at having to leave made her feelings harder to ignore.

• Xiao Lin admitted he did not know how Xiao Yan and Yun Yun’s relationship had developed, though he had brought Yun Shan to observe them.
• Yun Shan decided to take Yun Yun away, but Xiao Lin warned that confronting her could upset her and affect her breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin urged Yun Shan to let events unfold, and Yun Shan continued secretly observing Xiao Yan and Yun Yun for another half month.
• Yun Yun’s injuries healed completely, but her smile faded as she realized she would have to leave Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun wished her recovery would take longer, then startled herself by recognizing that something was wrong.

Yun Yun said goodbye to Xiao Yan after spending six weeks with him, leaving him with a farewell kiss and gifts before returning to the Misty Cloud Sect. Xiao Yan found the gifts in the waterfall cave, and Yao Lao told him it was time to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that her injuries had healed and she needed to return to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan offered to escort her.
• Yun Yun invited Xiao Yan to visit the Misty Cloud Sect on his own and told him she had left gifts in the cave behind the waterfall.
• Yun Yun kissed Xiao Yan on the cheek, then flew away toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan stayed on the cliff in a daze until Yao Lao teased him and urged him to return to the cave and prepare to leave.
• Xiao Yan found a Movement Technique manual and Close-Fitting Inner Armor among Yun Yun's gifts.

Yun Yun returned toward the Misty Cloud Sect while Xiao Lin and Yun Shan followed behind, but Yun Leng intercepted her outside the sect with a plan to kill her. He persuaded Yun Yun that Yun Shan was waiting elsewhere, and she followed him away from the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Lin and Yun Shan followed Yun Yun toward the Misty Cloud Sect, arguing over her relationship with Xiao Yan.
• A disciple reported that Yun Yun had been found, and Yun Leng ordered the sect to prepare to welcome her.
• Yun Leng secretly left the Misty Cloud Sect and flew to intercept Yun Yun, intending to eliminate her.
• Yun Leng told Yun Yun that Yun Shan had sent him to bring her to another location, and Yun Yun followed him.

Yun Shan and Xiao Lin secretly followed Yun Leng as he led Yun Yun to a remote valley, where Yun Leng betrayed her and revealed his alliance with Protector Wu of the Soul Hall. Yun Yun recognized Yun Leng as the Dou Huang who had helped ambush her and prepared to fight rather than let him take the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Shan grew suspicious when Yun Leng used his name to lead Yun Yun away, but hoped his longtime subordinate had not betrayed him.
• Xiao Lin and Yun Shan followed Yun Yun and Yun Leng to a remote valley, where Yun Leng falsely claimed Yun Yun's former teacher was investigating something.
• Yun Leng darted away, and Protector Wu appeared before Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun recognized Protector Wu as a Soul Hall enemy and realized Yun Leng had been the other attacker in the ambush at the Snake-People Tribe Holy City.
• Yun Leng mocked Yun Yun and claimed only he could carry out the former Sect Master's will, while Yun Yun vowed to keep the Misty Cloud Sect out of his hands.

Yun Yun fought Protector Wu while he and Yun Leng tried to kill her and secure the Misty Cloud Sect. She used her strongest sword technique to kill Yun Leng, but Protector Wu’s Soul Locks closed in as she accepted that she might not see Xiao Yan again.

• Protector Wu declared that Yun Yun would die and revealed that the Cloud Soul Envoy had lured her to the valley.
• Protector Wu attacked Yun Yun with Hundred Souls Lock the Heavens, surrounding her with Soul Locks.
• Yun Yun unleashed the fourth sword of Heaven-Raising Nine Swords, severing some of the Soul Locks while aiming the strike at Yun Leng.
• Yun Yun’s sword energy killed Yun Leng and destroyed his soul, foiling his betrayal of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Protector Wu flew into a rage and threatened Yun Yun as the Soul Locks closed in around her.

Yun Shan and Xiao Lin arrived just as Protector Wu was about to kill Yun Yun, revealing that Yun Shan had only pretended to cooperate with the Soul Hall. Xiao Lin declared he would end the farce, leaving Protector Wu facing two powerful opponents.

• Protector Wu prepared to kill Yun Yun after she slew the traitorous Yun Leng.
• Xiao Lin struck from the sky, destroying Protector Wu's remaining Soul Locks and interrupting his attack.
• Yun Shan and Xiao Lin appeared beside each other in midair, and Protector Wu recognized Xiao Lin as the Xiao Household's Old Clan Leader.
• Yun Shan revealed that he had been acting along with Protector Wu and condemned him for turning Yun Leng against the Misty Cloud Sect and trying to kill Yun Yun.
• Protector Wu threatened Yun Shan with the Soul Hall, but Yun Shan dismissed the threat and Yun Yun realized her teacher had not truly changed.
• Xiao Lin announced that he would bring the farce to an end.

Xiao Lin used overwhelming spatial power to capture Protector Wu in a tiny cube, revealing that he had been manipulating events to buy the Xiao Household time. He, Yun Shan, and Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Wu Ying imprisoned and Yun Yun eager for answers.

• Protector Wu transformed into purple-black mist and tried to escape, but Xiao Lin folded space around him and trapped him.
• Protector Wu recognized Xiao Lin's power as that of a Dou Venerable or higher and learned that Xiao Lin and Yun Shan had been buying the Xiao Household over a year.
• Xiao Lin compressed the surrounding space into a transparent cube, imprisoning Wu Ying and telling him he would keep him alive because he was useful.
• Yun Shan and Yun Yun examined the cube, and Yun Yun tested its surface after Xiao Lin allowed her to.
• Xiao Lin, Yun Shan, and Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan promised to answer Yun Yun's questions.

After interrogating Protector Wu, Xiao Lin learned that the Soul Hall would discover his disappearance in four years and send someone to investigate the Xiao Household. Realizing time was short, he considered using the incomplete Tou She Ancient God Jade to buy the Xiao Household more time.

• Xiao Lin tortured Protector Wu and learned about the Soul Hall’s branch halls and operations beyond the Central Plains.
• Xiao Lin learned that Soul Hall Protectors had to return to the Central Plains every five years to report and hand over collected souls.
• Protector Wu had made his last report shortly before discovering the Xiao Household, leaving four years until the Soul Hall would notice his disappearance.
• Xiao Lin weighed the threat from the Soul Hall and the Hun Clan against his limited ability to increase his strength.
• Xiao Lin took out the incomplete Tou She Ancient God Jade, considering a plan involving it.

After Protector Wu’s defeat, Xiao Lin stayed in the Jia Ma Empire while Yun Yun came to terms with her feelings for Xiao Yan. Xiao Lin then visited the Nalan Family to see the poisoned Nalan Jie.

• Yun Yun learned the truth about Yun Shan’s act and discovered that Xiao Lin was far stronger than she had known.
• After facing death, Yun Yun regretted holding back her feelings in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and her bashful visit to the Xiao Household puzzled Xiao Lin, Xiao Zhan, and Yang Xiyue.
• Xiao Lin reassured Nalan Su that the Nalan Family had nothing to feel guilty about since it had never acted against the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Lin asked Nalan Su to take him to Nalan Jie, who was suffering from Brand Poison contracted while fighting the Branding Iron Poison Seal Python.

Xiao Lin visited the poisoned Nalan Jie and cured him with a tier seven antidote pill. He then gave Nalan Jie a Mid-Tier Earth Rank cultivation method, leaving him stunned by Xiao Lin’s generosity and power.

• Xiao Lin visited Nalan Jie, traded barbs with him, and provoked him into using some of the Dou Qi suppressing the Brand Poison.
• The Brand Poison erupted, and Nalan Jie collapsed, but Xiao Lin gave him a tier seven antidote pill and helped him absorb it.
• Nalan Jie recovered as the pill expelled the Brand Poison from his body, and he realized Xiao Lin had cured an illness Gu He could not treat.
• Xiao Lin gave Nalan Jie the Mid-Tier Earth Rank Lionheart Art, leaving Nalan Jie shocked.

Xiao Lin gave Nalan Jie the Lionheart Art, while Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan both reached Three-Star Dou Ling and prepared for their coming match. Xiao Yan returned with Hai Bodong, but a message from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace left Xiao Lin furious at the Heaven Dark Sect.

• Nalan Jie reluctantly accepted the Lionheart Art after Xiao Lin called it an advance betrothal gift on Xiao Yan's behalf.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from the Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death as a Three-Star Dou Ling, silencing doubts about her position as Young Sect Master.
• Xiao Yan returned as a Three-Star Dou Ling, keeping his strength secret from outsiders.
• Xiao Yan brought back Hai Bodong after Yao Lao refined a Sealing-Breaking Pill to remove his seal, strengthening the Mittel Family's partnership with the Xiao Household.
• With seven days left before Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's match, Xiao Lin received a message from Zuo He and angrily named the Heaven Dark Sect.

Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after learning that it was in conflict with the Heavenly Nether Sect. Grand Elder Zuo He explained that the dispute began when the Fire Cloud Sect reneged on a mineral deal and a Heavenly Nether Sect Dou Zun injured the Palace’s Elder; Xiao Lin prepared to address the provocation.

• Xiao Lin abandoned his plans at the Xiao Household and rushed back to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after receiving word of the conflict.
• Xiao Lin convened an emergency meeting and asked Grand Elder Zuo He to explain how the dispute began.
• Zuo He said he suspected the Heavenly Nether Sect had deliberately provoked the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Zuo He explained that the Palace had paid the Fire Cloud Sect for a mineral vein needed to make tier-four and higher Formation Disks.
• When the Palace’s Elder went to claim the vein, the Fire Cloud Sect denied the agreement, and a Heavenly Nether Sect Dou Zun injured and expelled him.

Xiao Lin and the senior elders of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace examined why the Heavenly Nether Sect had interfered in their dispute with the Fire Cloud Sect. Xiao Lin concluded that the Soul Hall was likely provoking the Heavenly Nether Sect because of its feud with him.

• Grand Elder Zuo He explained how the Heavenly Nether Sect had backed the Fire Cloud Sect and injured a Myriad Formation Spirit Palace elder over the mineral vein.
• Xiao Lin agreed that the Heavenly Nether Sect was targeting the palace but said the elders had overlooked an important question.
• Xiao Lin asked why the Heavenly Nether Sect had suddenly turned against the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Second Elder Weng Xing suggested that someone had incited the Heavenly Nether Sect, and Xiao Lin affirmed his suspicion.
• Grand Elder Zuo He realized the Soul Hall was likely behind the affair because Xiao Lin had killed its Third Heavenly Venerate, Shuo Wu.

Xiao Lin suspected the Soul Hall had pushed the Heavenly Nether Sect into provoking the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, so he ordered a force to attack the Fire Cloud Sect and planned to use the campaign to establish the Palace’s might. As the force marched openly, Thunder Venerable worried the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace might target his Wind Lightning Pavilion, then decided to wait and see.

• Xiao Lin rejected Zuo He's suggestion to call on the Sound Valley and decided the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace would deal with the Heavenly Nether Sect on its own.
• Xiao Lin made secret arrangements, and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace sent five Dou Zun experts and other forces to destroy the Fire Cloud Sect.
• The Palace’s conspicuous march alarmed factions across the region, especially Thunder Venerable, who feared his Wind Lightning Pavilion was the target.
• Thunder Venerable learned the Palace’s force was heading for the Fire Cloud Sect and chose to wait rather than investigate.

Tian Mingzi led the Heavenly Nether Sect’s forces at the Fire Cloud Sect, confident that his new Half-Saint strength would let him defeat the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and claim its resources. Weng Xing brought the palace’s forces to the sect’s gates, with Xiao Lin concealing his true condition as he prepared to provoke the Soul Hall’s plans.

• The Heavenly Nether Sect occupied the Fire Cloud Sect’s main hall and drove its members outside.
• Tian Mingzi revealed that the Soul Hall had helped him become an Initial Half-Saint in exchange for provoking the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Elder Qiu questioned whether Lin Xiao would appear, and Tian Mingzi said he would defeat him whether or not his injuries had healed.
• Tian Mingzi led the Heavenly Nether Sect outside to meet the arriving Myriad Formation Spirit Palace forces.
• Xiao Lin concealed his cultivation to make it seem that he was still injured as Weng Xing led the party to the Fire Cloud Sect’s gates.

Xiao Lin confronted Tian Mingzi as the Heavenly Nether Sect moved to destroy the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. He pretended his severe injuries remained unhealed to lure Tian Mingzi into underestimating him, then challenged him to fight.

• Tian Mingzi led the Heavenly Nether Sect out to face Weng Xing and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s forces.
• Tian Mingzi declared that the Heavenly Nether Sect intended to wipe out the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and trapped its people by controlling the surrounding space.
• Tian Mingzi called for Xiao Lin to appear, and Xiao Lin emerged looking pale and gravely injured.
• Xiao Lin offered to give up the mineral vein and overlook the attack on his elder if Tian Mingzi let the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace destroy the Fire Cloud Sect.
• Tian Mingzi refused to withdraw his protection of the Fire Cloud Sect, and Xiao Lin challenged him to fight while continuing to feign weakness.

Xiao Lin confronted Tian Mingzi, who revealed that the Heavenly Nether Sect was cooperating with the Soul Hall. Their forces and leaders began fighting, and Xiao Lin used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to scorch Tian Mingzi before the battle continued.

• Tian Mingzi attacked Xiao Lin with spatial power, but Xiao Lin revealed that he had reached the Initial Half-Saint level.
• Tian Mingzi admitted that the Heavenly Nether Sect was cooperating with the Soul Hall, and he and Xiao Lin moved elsewhere to fight.
• Weng Xing and Elder Qiu led their sects into battle, with Weng Xing facing Elder Qiu.
• Tian Mingzi’s Blood Fiend Palm and spear attacks failed to overwhelm Xiao Lin, who answered with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Lin’s fire dragon swallowed Tian Mingzi, who soon burst free with scorch marks covering him.

Xiao Lin feigned worsening injuries to make Tian Mingzi believe he was nearing defeat, then prepared to end their battle with Great Sun Soaring in the Sky. The chapter left the attack gathering into a second sun above them.

• Xiao Lin countered Tian Mingzi's Ghost-Soul Spear Shadows with fireballs formed from the three thousand burning flame.
• Xiao Lin used Star-Devouring Jade to block Tian Mingzi's Bloodthirsty Bone-Disintegrating Hand, then pretended the clash had badly wounded him.
• Xiao Lin threatened to take Tian Mingzi down with him, prompting Tian Mingzi to retreat and attack from a distance.
• Tian Mingzi continued bombarding Xiao Lin with Dou Techniques while Xiao Lin pretended to grow weaker and spat out blood.
• Xiao Lin announced his final strike and gathered the purple-black flames into a second sun with Great Sun Soaring in the Sky.

Xiao Lin used his Three Thousand Burning Flame to unleash Great Sun Across the Sky against Tian Mingzi, while Weng Xing defeated Elder Qiu below. Tian Mingzi’s counterattack failed, and the purplish-black sun continued bearing down on him as Xiao Lin pretended to be near collapse.

• The fighters below recognized the purplish-black sun as Lin Xiao’s Three Thousand Burning Flame and wondered how the battle above was going.
• Weng Xing defeated Elder Qiu, leaving the Heavenly Nether Sect’s forces with little chance of winning the battle below.
• Xiao Lin’s Great Sun Across the Sky pressured Tian Mingzi, who gathered his strength and unleashed the Heavenly Nether Asura Hand.
• Tian Mingzi’s blood-red palm projection canceled only part of the purplish-black sun’s power, and the remaining force kept descending toward him.
• Xiao Lin pretended to vomit blood and said he had come a billionth of a hair from losing, leaving Tian Mingzi unwilling to accept defeat.

Xiao Lin defeated Tian Mingzi and forced the Heavenly Nether Sect to surrender, but the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon intervened before he could finish Tian Mingzi off. Xiao Lin negotiated compensation for releasing the captives, and the chapter left him inspecting the payment with interest.

• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace realized Xiao Lin had pinned Tian Mingzi beneath the purple-black sun, while the Heavenly Nether Sect’s members lost hope and stopped resisting.
• Xiao Lin slowly pressed Tian Mingzi toward the ground as both sides watched, pretending that controlling the technique was worsening his injuries.
• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon arrived through a Spatial Passage and asked Xiao Lin to release Tian Mingzi and the captured members of the Heavenly Nether Sect.
• Xiao Lin refused to back down and threatened to detonate his technique, so the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon agreed to pay compensation.
• The Heavenly Underworld Old Demon sent Xiao Lin a Storage Ring, and Xiao Lin caught it and looked inside with brightened eyes.