Recaps

Medusa brought Xiao Xiao to the Xiao Household and asked Xiao Yan’s family to look after her, explaining that she did not want the child to inherit the name Medusa. She stayed behind to confront the Lion Nether Sect’s expansion, which Xiao Lin recognized as a threat tied to the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Lin revealed that Medusa was Xiao Yan’s partner and the mother of Xiao Xiao, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li excited to meet their niece.
• Xiao Lin greeted Medusa and asked whether the family should call her Medusa or Cai Lin; she reluctantly let them use Cai Lin.
• Xiao Zhan asked why Medusa had come, and she said she wanted the Xiao Household to raise Xiao Xiao rather than let the Snake-People Tribe prepare her to inherit the name Medusa.
• Medusa explained that the Lion Nether Sect was rapidly expanding toward the Tagor Desert and Jia Ma Empire, forcing her to remain with the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Lin recognized the Lion Nether Sect as connected to the Soul Hall’s renewed reach into the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Lin and the Xiao Household offered Medusa support against the Lion Nether Sect, and Medusa began to accept them as her family. When Xiao Xiao woke, the family gathered around her, leaving Xiao Lin moving closer to his granddaughter too.

• Xiao Lin told Medusa that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li would stay to help her against the Lion Nether Sect.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Zhan, and Yang Xiyue assured Medusa that the Xiao Household would stand behind her.
• Medusa accepted the family's support and began to see herself as part of the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Xiao woke in Yang Xiyue's arms and babbled as the family gathered around her.
• Xiao Li gently poked Xiao Xiao's cheek, and she grabbed his finger while Xiao Lin quietly moved closer.

Xiao Lin held Xiao Xiao and discovered the remnant Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul within her. He used a mysterious, star-flecked power to address the danger, leaving Medusa shocked by his hidden strength.

• Yang Xiyue passed Xiao Xiao to Xiao Lin after Medusa agreed, and the baby happily babbled and clapped at him.
• Xiao Lin examined Xiao Xiao with his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power, awakening the Seven-Colored Little Snake within her.
• Medusa explained that a remnant of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's soul had fused into Xiao Xiao during her pregnancy.
• Medusa grew anxious as Xiao Lin drew out the remnant soul, but he reassured her and said he could resolve the danger without a First Beginning Pill.
• Xiao Lin released gentle, star-flecked Dou Qi over Xiao Xiao's belly, and Medusa realized his strength far exceeded what she had believed.

Xiao Lin sealed the uncontrollable Dou Zong power in Xiao Xiao and left her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul dormant for her to decide how to handle later. As the Xiao Household welcomed the baby, Xiao Lin gave Medusa the Myriad Formation Token, granting her authority over the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin sealed Xiao Xiao’s Dou Zong power and explained that she could later fuse with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul or draw it out as a companion magical beast.
• Medusa thanked Xiao Lin, and he told her that Xiao Xiao was family; she gradually accepted the Xiao Household’s claims of kinship.
• Xiao Lin handed Xiao Xiao to Xiao Zhan, who excitedly carried his granddaughter while Yang Xiyue and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li gathered around her.
• Xue Lan imagined having a child with Xiao Ding, and they both blushed when they looked at each other.
• Xiao Lin gave Medusa the Myriad Formation Token, which could open restrictions and command the power of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

Xiao Lin gave Medusa a Myriad Formation Token so she could call on the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace if she faced trouble, and told her he had placed a protective power inside Xiao Xiao. Medusa recognized Xiao Lin as Supreme Elder Lin of Jia Nan Academy, leaving her astonished by the identity of Xiao Yan’s grandfather.

• Xiao Lin explained that the Myriad Formation Token would let Medusa receive unconditional help from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Medusa accepted it as a gift from his family.
• Xiao Lin told Medusa that a protective power inside Xiao Xiao would activate automatically if she encountered danger, and asked Medusa not to tell her about it.
• Medusa asked Xiao Lin whether he knew Supreme Elder Lin of Jia Nan Academy after recognizing the presence he had revealed.
• Xiao Lin hinted that Medusa already knew the answer, and Medusa realized he was Supreme Elder Lin, the person who had helped her at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Lin revealed to Medusa that he was Jia Nan Academy’s Supreme Elder Lin and persuaded her to accept the Xiao Household as family. Medusa agreed to stay with them for a while, and the household later grew livelier when Xiao Li brought Yao Ye.

• Xiao Lin revealed that he was Supreme Elder Lin, prompting Medusa to realize he had once saved her and helped her stay at Jia Nan Academy.
• Medusa tried to thank Xiao Lin, but he insisted that she was already family and told her there was no need for thanks.
• Xiao Lin asked Medusa to call him Grandpa, and he seized on her startled repetition of the word as her accepting the title.
• Xiao Lin convinced Medusa to stay at the Xiao Household so Xiao Xiao could adjust to life there, and Medusa agreed.
• Xiao Li brought his fiancée Yao Ye to the Xiao Household, making the household more lively.

Xiao Lin enjoyed time with the Xiao Household before preparing a retreat for them in case danger befell him. He went to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Lin spent a joyful month with his family while Medusa, Xue Lan, and Yao Ye gradually grew close as sisters-in-law.
• Medusa returned to the Snake-People Tribe to face the Lion Nether Sect’s expansion, and Yao Ye left with Xiao Li to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Lin decided it was time to make final preparations for the Xiao Household and vanished from the courtyard.
• Xiao Lin appeared in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave, startling the beast into humbly greeting him.
• Xiao Lin recognized the Amethyst Winged Lion King as a Tier Six magical beast and flicked a fragrant Medicinal Pill into his mouth as a stroke of fortune.

Xiao Lin gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, enabling him to break through to Tier Seven. After Xiao Lin destroyed the resulting Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, the beast took human form and pledged his loyalty as Zi Shi.

• Xiao Lin offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and gave him three breaths to decide whether to take it.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King swallowed the pill, refined it in less than a day, and broke through to Tier Seven.
• Dark clouds gathered as the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Transformation Heavenly Tribulation arrived, but Xiao Lin seized and refined it with a vast hand.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King transformed into a purple-haired man and named himself Zi Shi.
• Zi Shi knelt before Xiao Lin and pledged to obey his commands, and Xiao Lin approved.

Xiao Lin began creating the Xiao Realm in the Magical Beast Mountain Range as an escape route for the Xiao Household, assigning Zi Shi to guard its entrance. While Xiao Lin spent months preparing the realm before his expedition to the former Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, the Pill Gathering was about to begin in the Central Plains.

• Xiao Lin told the Amethyst Winged Lion King that he would create the Xiao Realm in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and ordered him to guard its entrance and keep outsiders away.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King, now called Zi Shi, accepted the duty, and Xiao Lin began opening and expanding the Xiao Realm while Zi Shi stabilized his cultivation.
• Xiao Lin estimated that making the Xiao Realm comparable in size to the Realm of Formations would take six months to a year.
• Xiao Lin learned that Zhukun and Hun Tiandi had been injured in their fight and would each need years to recover, leaving Nihility Devouring Flame as the Hun Clan's main threat to him.
• Alchemists began gathering in the Pill Region for Danta's Pill Gathering, whose champion would receive great rewards and widespread acclaim.

Xiao Yan struggled to appease Nalan Yanran after returning to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Yi Xian accepted the complicated situation. As Danta’s Pill Gathering approached, Xiao Yan assured Yao Lao that he was prepared and said he hoped to resurrect him after the event.

• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, angering Nalan Yanran by bringing home another woman.
• Nalan Yanran remained at odds with Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian accepted that she was not the first woman at his side.
• Yao Lao summoned Xiao Yan to discuss Danta’s Pill Gathering, and Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian accompanied him.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had made all the preparations for the Pill Gathering.
• Feng Xian and Yao Lao reminisced about attending the Pill Gathering thirty years earlier and founding Starfall Pavilion afterward.
• Xiao Yan said he hoped to resurrect Yao Lao after the Pill Gathering, once he obtained a suitable Dou Venerable Skeleton or, if possible, a Dou Sheng Skeleton.

Xiao Yan explained that he planned to resurrect Yao Lao after the Pill Gathering, using the champion’s request to obtain a powerful corpse from Danta. While checking his prepared ingredients, he rediscovered a Storage Ring from Supreme Elder Lin that he had been told not to open until reaching the Dou Zun Realm.

• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to focus on the Pill Gathering while Xiao Yan and Feng Xian discussed finding a powerful corpse for his resurrection.
• Xiao Yan resolved to ask Danta for a corpse above the Nine-Star Dou Venerable level if he won the championship.
• Yao Lao reminded Xiao Yan that competitors had to bring their own medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan checked his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan found the graduation gift Supreme Elder Lin had given him and remembered he could open it after reaching the Dou Zun Realm.
• Nalan Yanran noticed the ring and asked Xiao Yan whether he had forgotten to open it.

Xiao Yan opened the Storage Ring that Supreme Elder Lin had given him and found a corpse radiating terrifying Saint pressure. Yao Lao identified it as a Dou Sheng Corpse, leaving Xiao Yan and the others stunned.

• Nalan Yanran teased Xiao Yan for forgetting about the Storage Ring and accused him of being distracted by Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to open the Storage Ring, while Feng Xian questioned how Supreme Elder Lin could surpass Yao Lao at his peak.
• Yao Lao explained Supreme Elder Lin's strength, including how he had forced the Gu Clan to act cautiously at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan removed the restriction and opened the Storage Ring, unleashing overwhelming pressure that nearly made Nalan Yanran fall and weakened Yao Lao's Soul Body.
• Yao Lao recognized the pressure as Saint pressure, and Xiao Yan realized the Storage Ring contained a Dou Sheng Corpse.

Xiao Yan brought out a Dou Sheng Corpse that Supreme Elder Lin had given him, and he and Yao Lao concluded that the gift was meant to help Yao Lao resurrect. After the corpse was put away, Nalan Yanran resolved to grow stronger by retracing Yun Potian’s travels through the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan revealed a Dou Sheng Corpse in Starfall Pavilion's grand hall, leaving Feng Xian, Yao Lao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran stunned by its pressure and value.
• Feng Xian and Yao Lao wondered why Supreme Elder Lin had given Xiao Yan such a precious corpse, and Xiao Yan suggested it was meant for both him and Yao Lao.
• Yao Lao reasoned that Supreme Elder Lin had recognized his need for a Dou Sheng Corpse to resurrect him and guessed that Xiao Yan's grandfather was behind the kindness.
• Xiao Yan put the Dou Sheng Skeleton away, relieving Nalan Yanran of the corpse's pressure.
• Nalan Yanran resolved to become stronger and decided to retrace the path Yun Potian had traveled, using the Myriad Sword Pavilion's records.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering decisively, earning fame across the Central Plains and the right to make a request of Danta. After returning to the Starfall Pavilion, he prepared to help Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian, while Nalan Yanran chose to leave and train on her own.

• Yao Lao encouraged Xiao Yan to enter the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan accepted, deciding to seek a different reward from Danta now that he had a Dou Sheng Corpse.
• Xiao Yan traveled to the Pill Region with Yao Lao, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yi Xian, Feng Xian, and Starfall Pavilion disciples, while Yao Lao reunited with his Danta friends and Xuan Yi.
• Xiao Yan defeated Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Song Qing, Old Man Mu Gu, and Old Monster Qing Hua to win the Pill Gathering by an overwhelming margin.
• Danta granted Xiao Yan the right to make a request, and he returned to the Starfall Pavilion planning to help Yao Lao return to life and resolve Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body aftereffects.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan she would visit the Myriad Sword Pavilion and retrace Yun Potian's path to train; Xiao Yan accepted her decision, and she left the next day.

Xiao Lin finished creating the Xiao Realm in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and prepared to explore the old site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, choosing to risk pursuing his own rise rather than wait for Xiao Yan. He assigned Zi Shi and his family to guard the realm’s entrance and left after rewarding them.

• Xiao Lin completed and inspected the Xiao Realm, which he had modeled on the Realm of Formations.
• Xiao Lin considered the danger of exploring the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s old site and chose to take the risk instead of waiting for Xiao Yan to become a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Lin ordered Zi Shi and his family to guard the Xiao Realm’s entrance.
• Xiao Lin gave Zi Shi Medicinal Pills and a Human Shape Pill for his son, securing Zi Shi’s loyal service.
• Xiao Lin gave Zi Shi further instructions and departed.

After establishing the Xiao Realm and leaving its development to Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue, Xiao Lin returned to the Central Plains and went to Starfall Pavilion to see Xiao Yan. His request to announce, “Xiao Yan, your grandpa is here to see you,” was mistaken for a provocation, and Mu Qingluan alerted Xiao Yan and the others.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue about the Xiao Realm, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's role guarding its entrance, and how to reach it.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Central Plains and decided to visit Xiao Yan before exploring the former site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin arrived at Starfall Pavilion and asked Mu Qingluan to tell Xiao Yan that his grandpa had come to see him.
• Mu Qingluan and two disciples mistook Xiao Lin's message for a challenge to Xiao Yan and sent Mu Qingluan to warn him.
• Mu Qingluan told Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Feng Xian, Xiao Yi Xian, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and the others that a man claiming to be Xiao Yan's grandfather had come to provoke him.

Xiao Yan and his companions mistook Xiao Lin’s claim to be Xiao Yan’s grandfather for a provocation and prepared to punish him. When Mu Qingluan brought Xiao Lin into Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized him as family, leaving Mu Qingluan and the others stunned.

• Xiao Yan grew angry when he believed Xiao Lin was falsely claiming to be his grandfather, and Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian joined him in wanting to confront the newcomer.
• Xiao Yan told Mu Qingluan to bring Xiao Lin into Starfall Pavilion, and she went to fetch him.
• Mu Qingluan led Xiao Lin into the great hall, where he sensed the tense atmosphere but did not understand its cause.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Lin and addressed him as Xiao Yan’s grandfather, shocking Mu Qingluan, Feng Xian, and Heavenly Fire Venerable.

Xiao Lin cleared up the misunderstanding at Starfall Pavilion and Xiao Yan learned that his grandfather and Yao Lao had arranged for Yao Lao to train him. Xiao Lin explained how he had met Xiao Yi Xian, then asked why Nalan Yanran was absent.

• Xiao Yan and the others explained that they had mistaken Xiao Lin’s message for a provocation, and Xiao Lin laughed at the misunderstanding.
• Xiao Yan realized that Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Lao already knew his grandfather.
• Yao Lao revealed that Xiao Lin had given Xiao Yan the Storage Ring knowing Yao Lao was inside, so Yao Lao could train him.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he felt they had played him for a fool, but thanked Xiao Lin and Yao Lao for helping him grow.
• Xiao Lin explained that he had met Xiao Yi Xian in Green Mountain Town and suggested she travel to the Cloud Empire to gain experience.
• Xiao Lin asked Xiao Yan why Nalan Yanran was not at Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan discussed Nalan Yanran’s departure and his tangled feelings for the women around him with Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin then explained why he had come to Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Yan remained unaware of how powerful his grandfather had become.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Lin that Nalan Yanran had left to follow her ancestor’s path through the Central Plains, and Xiao Lin warned him not to leave her or other women heartbroken.
• Xiao Yan silently wrestled with his feelings for Xiao Yi Xian, Gu Xun'er, and Yun Yun, but chose to take things one step at a time.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Xiao Yan that his fame after the Four Pavilions Assembly and Pill Gathering made it obvious he was Starfall Pavilion’s young pavilion master.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that his eldest and second brothers had returned to the Xiao Household and that he had come simply to see his grandson.
• Xiao Yan offered to let Xiao Lin live comfortably at Starfall Pavilion, unaware that Xiao Lin was far stronger than he believed.

Xiao Lin reunited with Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion and concealed his true cultivation and condition by claiming his old injuries had been healed. He declined Xiao Yan’s offer to accompany him, leaving Xiao Yan to focus on helping Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian while Xiao Lin prepared to handle his own business.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that he had only stopped at Starfall Pavilion while passing through and planned to leave in a few days.
• Xiao Yan offered to treat Xiao Lin’s hidden injuries, but Xiao Lin claimed they had already healed and displayed the Dou Qi of a Nine-Star Battle King.
• Xiao Lin explained that people in the Central Plains had treated his injuries, and Xiao Yan accepted the explanation despite sensing something was off.
• Xiao Yan urged Xiao Lin to stay at Starfall Pavilion so he could protect him, but Xiao Lin refused and said he had a small matter to handle.
• Xiao Lin reminded Xiao Yan that he needed to help Yao Lao return to life and resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Yan agreed to focus on those matters while promising to help if Xiao Lin needed him.

Xiao Lin reunited with Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion, then told Yao Lao that he was preparing for a dangerous journey he might not survive. Before leaving, Xiao Lin insisted that Xiao Yan truly had the Posture of a Dou Emperor, leaving Yao Lao astonished and doubtful.

• Xiao Yan enthusiastically told Xiao Lin about his exploits in the Central Plains, and they spent the day catching up.
• Yao Lao visited Xiao Lin that night, and they played an evenly matched board game before discussing Xiao Lin's plans.
• Xiao Lin revealed that he would travel to an unknown, potentially dangerous place and might not return, despite Yao Lao's attempt to dissuade him.
• Xiao Lin said he had made arrangements for Xiao Yan and the Xiao Household but had not revealed the details of his mission.
• Xiao Lin reminded Yao Lao that Xiao Yan had the Posture of a Dou Emperor, leaving Yao Lao wondering whether the claim could be true.

Xiao Lin gave Yao Lao two Heaven Rank Dou Techniques for Xiao Yan and left the Starfall Pavilion after spending several more days with his grandson. He headed toward the old site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, while Xiao Yan kept Xiao Lin’s promised surprise at the Xiao Household in mind.

• Xiao Lin and Yao Lao bet on whether Xiao Yan would become a Dou Emperor, and both hoped he would succeed.
• Xiao Lin gave Yao Lao the Mid-Tier Heaven Rank techniques Heavenly Wrath Raging Flame and Great Void Ethereal Ruler to pass on to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Lin told Yao Lao he wanted Xiao Yan to uncover his identity himself, and Yao Lao realized Xiao Lin was keeping the secret for fun.
• After staying at the Starfall Pavilion for three to five days, Xiao Lin said goodbye to Xiao Yan and told him to visit the Xiao Household after resolving Yao Lao’s and Xiao Yi Xian’s problems.
• Xiao Lin set off for the old site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, flying without using Spatial Power.

Xiao Lin went to the Devouring Abyss to find the former site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, but his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power could not reach its depths. He plunged into the abyss, and Hun Ling appeared above it, wondering who had dared to enter.

• Xiao Lin arrived above the Devouring Abyss and used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Power to probe it.
• Xiao Lin sensed that the natural energy below was strange but could not investigate the abyss's depths.
• Xiao Lin gave up probing from above and plunged into the Devouring Abyss.
• Hun Ling, the Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master, appeared where Xiao Lin had stood and wondered who had entered the abyss.

Xiao Lin explored the Devouring Abyss and discovered that its tainted natural energy stirred negative emotions and diminished Soul Power. After an unknown creature attacked him in the darkness, he struck it into a wall and illuminated its humanoid form with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Hun Ling decided to wait at the Devouring Abyss's exit, hoping to take advantage of Xiao Lin after his exploration.
• Xiao Lin sensed that the Abyss's natural energy contained impurities that could turn weaker cultivators into mindless monsters and interfere with Soul Power.
• As the impurities increased, Xiao Lin concluded that he was nearing the destination connected to the destruction of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin heard a faint sound and sent his Soul Power toward it.
• An unknown creature lunged at Xiao Lin, but he slapped it into the stone wall and revealed its red-haired humanoid body with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Xiao Lin descended through the Devouring Abyss, learning that its corrupted energy transformed humans and magical beasts into red-haired monsters that could recover and release contaminating energy when killed. After reaching the bottom, he continued toward the former site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Lin examined a red-haired monster that recovered by absorbing the Devouring Abyss's impure energy, then destroyed it and burned away the strange energy it released.
• Xiao Lin continued deeper, killing human-shaped and beast-shaped red-haired monsters as they attacked him and observing that they grew stronger farther down.
• Xiao Lin traveled for a day and a night through the abyss, where the monsters eventually reached the Dou Venerable Realm and included Eighth-Rank Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Lin killed a Nine-Star Dou Venerable red-haired monster and reached the bottom of the Devouring Abyss.
• Xiao Lin used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to survey the dark, corrupted ground and focused on finding the former site of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.