Recaps

The Xiao Household established itself in the Central Plains while Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan guarded it, and the Hun Clan left it alone. Nearly three months later, Zi Yan arrived with proof of her serious business: three Heavenly Flames.

• The Xiao Household settled between the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and Starfall Pavilion and began building businesses to secure a foothold in the Central Plains.
• The Hun Clan ignored the Xiao Household, and Xiao Lin suspected it was focused on plotting against the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan stayed with the Xiao Household while Xiao Zhan and the Leadership managed its move and development, with Xiao Chen eagerly helping.
• Nearly three months later, Zi Yan used the Communication Stone to find Xiao Lin and arrived at the Xiao Household.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yan discovered they had both reached the Six-Star Dou Sheng realm, and Zi Yan revealed three Heavenly Flames.

Zi Yan delivered three Heavenly Flames from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to Xiao Yan, who entered seclusion to refine them and strengthen his cultivation. Three months later, a ten-colored Fire Lotus rose from his retreat, radiating danger.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan had brought the three Heavenly Flames for him.
• Zi Yan handed Xiao Yan the Yin Yang Twin Suns, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Xiao Yan predicted refining them would raise him to at least Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan thanked Zi Yan and entered seclusion to absorb the Heavenly Flames.
• Zi Yan spent time with Xiao Lin, Medusa, and Xiao Xiao while Xiao Yan cultivated.
• Three months later, Xiao Yan's presence erupted from his retreat and a dangerous ten-colored Fire Lotus rose into the air.

After three months in seclusion, Xiao Yan refined three more Heavenly Flames and emerged with ten flames fused into his Destruction Fire Body. His cultivation rose to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint, leaving him strong enough to threaten an Early Eight-Star Dou Saint.

• Xiao Yan completed the refinement of the Yin Yang Twin Suns, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Nine Nether Wind Flame, bringing his total to ten Heavenly Flames.
• A ten-colored Fire Lotus appeared above the Xiao Household, alarming its residents, while Xiao Yan remained unseen.
• Xiao Lin realized Xiao Yan was inside the Fire Lotus and explained this to Xun'er, Xiao Zhan, and the others.
• The Fire Lotus bloomed to reveal Xiao Yan in his Destruction Fire Body, with pink crystal covering his bare upper body and flame wings unfurling behind him.
• Xiao Lin suppressed the pressure from Xiao Yan's transformation, and Xiao Yan's cultivation advanced from Early Six-Star Dou Sheng to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint.

After Xiao Yan reached Early Seven-Star Dou Saint with ten Heavenly Flames, the Xiao Household and its allies settled into peace. Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to plan his next advance, where Yao Jing arrived with an invitation to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony.

• Xiao Yan tested his new strength and realized he could contend with Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saints, though activating his Destruction Fire Body remained costly.
• Xiao Lin sent the Xiao Household members back to their duties, and the family celebrated Xiao Yan’s breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, while Xiao Yan went back to Starfall Pavilion and Xiao Xiao and Xiao Chen stayed with the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Lin reviewed the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s growing strength and began planning the final step in improving his own power.
• Yao Jing arrived at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to invite it to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, scheduled for a month later.

Xiao Lin accepted the Yao Clan’s invitation to its Medicine Ceremony and planned to attend under his original identity rather than as Lin Xiao, hoping to use the Hun Clan’s moves to advance his cultivation. He summoned Ye Xinlan to help prepare his disguise, leaving his plans for the ceremony underway.

• Yao Jing invited the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, and Xiao Lin accepted on behalf of the palace.
• Yao Jing left to report Xiao Lin’s acceptance to Yao Dan, while Xiao Lin began preparing for the ceremony in about a month and a half.
• Xiao Lin decided to attend as his original self so the Hun Clan would act and help him reach Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Lin summoned Ye Xinlan, praised her progress as a Dou Venerable, Eighth-Tier Alchemist, and Fourth-Level Spirit Formation Master, and prepared to have her help with his disguise.

Xiao Lin sent Ye Xinlan to represent the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, encouraging her despite her doubts about her alchemy skills. A month and a half later, they set out together under Xiao Lin’s Elder Xiao identity, while Ye Xinlan remained unaware that he and Lin Xiao were the same person.

• Ye Xinlan thanked Xiao Lin for guiding her since Jia Nan Academy, which had helped her become a Dou Venerable and develop her alchemy and formation skills.
• Xiao Lin told Ye Xinlan to accompany Elder Xiao to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, and she accepted after he reassured her that participating mattered more than winning.
• Xiao Lin gave Ye Xinlan a month and a half to prepare for the ceremony.
• Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan set out for the Yao Clan with Xiao Lin using his Elder Xiao identity, while Ye Xinlan wondered about the mysterious elder’s strength.

Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan traveled to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony in the Shennong Mountain Range, where crowds of Alchemists were gathering. As they approached the Medicine Realm, two figures arrived, and Ye Xinlan was surprised to see her grandfather among them.

• Xiao Lin teased Ye Xinlan about her curiosity, and their conversation helped her relax around him.
• Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan reached the Shennong Mountain Range on the third day of their journey.
• They saw many Alchemists traveling to attend the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony.
• As Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan headed toward the Medicine Realm entrance, Xiao Lin sensed someone approaching and stopped to wait.
• Two figures appeared before them, and Ye Xinlan exclaimed in surprise, asking her grandfather why he had come too.

Xiao Lin, Ye Xinlan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao met in the Shennong Mountain Range and traveled together to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Realm. Their invitations and affiliations drew attention at the entrance, where the guards admitted them with special courtesy.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao hurried over after spotting Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan in the Shennong Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Lin about being lazy, then greeted Ye Xinlan and Yao Lao.
• The four decided to enter the Yao Clan’s Medicine Realm together for the Medicine Ceremony.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan presented their invitations at the entrance and identified the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• The Yao Clan guards verified their tokens and invited the four inside, promising to assign someone to escort them.

Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Ye Xinlan traveled into the Yao Clan’s Medicine Realm, where Yao Lao revisited the home that had once expelled him. As Yao Lao stood lost in memories, Yao Wangui arrived and provoked him, apparently failing to recognize Xiao Yan and the danger he posed.

• Xiao Lin and his companions entered the Medicine Realm and rode a giant bird to the Yao Clan’s mountain settlement.
• Yao Lao recognized the place where he had once lived and remembered how the clan’s bloodline-focused leaders had suppressed and expelled him despite his talent.
• Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan waited beside Yao Lao as he stood lost in thought, drawing curious looks from the people around them.
• Yao Wangui approached with other Yao Clan members and mocked Yao Lao for returning after being expelled.
• Xiao Lin silently judged Yao Wangui reckless for provoking them, especially since Xiao Yan had already defeated a stronger Dou Sheng and had grown even more powerful.

Yao Wangui and his followers insulted Yao Lao and denied him the right to return to the Yao Clan, while Xiao Yan promised to handle the matter. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan abruptly smashing one of the men into the ground.

• Yao Wangui arrived with Yao Clan followers, who mocked Yao Lao and disparaged the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Ye Xinlan and Xiao Lin reacted with disbelief as outsiders in the square kept their distance from Yao Wangui's group.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao to leave the matter to him and said his teacher would be able to inscribe his parents' names on the Clan Monument.
• Yao Wangui rejected Yao Lao's claim to the Clan Monument, and his followers continued insulting Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.
• When one follower began taunting Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan crushed him headfirst into the floor.

Xiao Yan punished the Yao Clan members who insulted him and effortlessly repelled the Yao Clan Iron Guards. Yao Wangui, refusing to believe Xiao Yan’s strength, unleashed his Four-Star Dou Sheng presence, which vanished before it could reach Xiao Lin.

• Xiao Yan swiftly slapped the Yao Clan members who had insulted him, sending them bleeding and sprawling across the square.
• Yao Wangui angrily insulted Xiao Yan and ordered the Yao Clan Iron Guards to seize him.
• Xiao Yan released a wave of fiery Qi that shattered the Iron Guards’ spears and sent dozens of them flying.
• Yao Wangui dismissed Xiao Yan’s strength as a rumor and unleashed his full Four-Star Dou Sheng presence.
• Yao Wangui’s presence disappeared within three meters of Xiao Lin, who remained unmoved beside Ye Xinlan.

Xiao Yan revealed strength comparable to a Six-Star Dou Sheng, forcing Yao Wangui to abandon his attempt to attack him. When Yao Clan Elders arrived, Yao Wangui accused Xiao Yan of starting the violence, but the other Elders recognized Xiao Yan and hesitated to provoke him.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Yao Wangui with his presence and mocked him for challenging his teacher despite being only a Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Wangui realized the reports of Xiao Yan’s power were true and regretted provoking him, while Xiao Yan concealed his greater strength.
• Yao Wangui refrained from attacking as Xiao Yan’s presence pressed down on him.
• Xiao Lin released a Six-Star Dou Sheng presence, drawing Yao Clan experts to the square.
• Yao Wangui urged the arriving Elders to capture Xiao Yan and blamed him for attacking the Yao Clan members.
• The Elders learned Xiao Yan’s identity and held back, recognizing that the Yao Clan could not casually oppose him.

Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Wangui apologize to Yao Chen and attacked him when he refused, while Xiao Yi held back the Yao Clan elders. As Yao Wanhuo rushed to intervene, he suddenly disappeared, leaving Xiao Yan and the onlookers stunned.

• The Yao Clan elders confronted Xiao Yan over his treatment of their clansmen, but he held Yao Wangui responsible for starting the conflict.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Wangui apologize to Yao Chen, and Yao Wangui refused.
• Xiao Yan charged at Yao Wangui while Xiao Yi used the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to keep the other elders back.
• Yao Wanhuo arrived to stop Xiao Yan but vanished before reaching him.

Xiao Yan captured Yao Wangui instead of killing him after receiving a voice transmission from Xiao Lin. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin revealed himself to Yao Wanhuo as an elder of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, leaving Yao Wanhuo stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Yan began to kill Yao Wangui but changed his attack and captured him after Xiao Lin sent him a voice transmission.
• The Yao Clan elders felt relieved that Xiao Yan had captured Yao Wangui rather than killed him, while they wondered where Yao Wanhuo had gone.
• Xiao Lin had transported Yao Wanhuo beside him before he could reach the square, and Yao Wanhuo cautiously asked who he was.
• Xiao Lin identified himself as an elder of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Yao Wanhuo realized his strength surpassed Yao Dan's.
• Yao Wanhuo apologized for the Yao Clan's poor hospitality and bowed to Xiao Lin, who responded politely.

Xiao Yan subdued Yao Wangui and refused the Yao Clan elders’ attempt to end the dispute, insisting that the truth behind Yao Lao’s expulsion be revealed. With Xiao Lin’s advice guiding him, Xiao Yan kept Yao Wangui alive to make him confess, while Xiao Yi threatened him with a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus.

• Xiao Yan choked Yao Wangui into submission and warned him that resisting would mean death.
• A Yao Clan elder asked Xiao Yan to release Yao Wangui and let the matter end, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yan said someone who knew the past should clear up the accusations against Yao Lao, moving Yao Wangui and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Lin’s sound transmission had prompted Xiao Yan to spare Yao Wangui so he could reveal how Yao Lao had been framed and expelled.
• Xiao Yi returned beside Xiao Yan and waved a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus in front of Yao Wangui.

Xiao Yan threatened Yao Wangui with a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus and demanded the truth about why Yao Lao had been expelled from the Yao Clan. Pressured by the clan elders and fearing for his life, Yao Wangui decided to comply.

• Xiao Yi circled Yao Wangui while carrying Xiao Yan’s Seven-Colored Fire Lotus, astonishing the Yao Clan with Xiao Yan’s seven Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan moved the lotus close to Yao Wangui and gave him one minute to explain why Yao Lao had been expelled from the Yao Clan.
• The Yao Clan elders urged Yao Wangui to answer, fearing the lotus would devastate the Medicine Realm.
• Yao Wangui weighed the loss of his standing against the danger to his life and chose to compromise.

Yao Wangui confessed that he had personally framed Yao Lao as a child to protect his own younger clansman, Yao Feng, and secure his expulsion from the Yao Clan. Yao Lao learned the full truth and, though furious and sorrowful, saw the injustice against him finally exposed.

• Under Xiao Yan’s threat and deadline, Yao Wangui recounted how Yao Lao had been framed and expelled from the Yao Clan.
• Yao Wangui admitted that he had secretly placed a forbidden herb among Yao Lao’s ingredients during a clan alchemy competition to help Yao Feng win.
• Yao Wangui used his authority over the punishment branch to have Yao Lao stripped of his right to compete and expelled from the clan.
• The Central Plains factions condemned Yao Wangui, while Yao Clan members felt ashamed and distanced themselves from him.
• Yao Lao suppressed his anger and sorrow as he confronted Yao Wangui, grateful that the truth had finally come to light.

Yao Wangui admitted that he had framed Yao Chen, prompting the Yao Clan to turn against him. Yao Wanhuo sentenced him to lose his position, have his cultivation sealed for a hundred years, and work in the herb garden while further punishment was considered.

• Yao Wangui showed no remorse for framing Yao Chen and admitted he had underestimated Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wanhuo realized he could no longer defend Yao Wangui without damaging the Yao Clan’s standing and asked Xiao Lin to let him handle the matter.
• Xiao Lin allowed Yao Wanhuo to step forward after confirming that Yao Yan had forced Yao Wangui to reveal the truth.
• Yao Wanhuo stripped Yao Wangui of his punishment-branch position, sealed his cultivation for a hundred years, and banished him to grow herbs pending further review.
• Yao Wangui accepted the sentence, and the Yao Clan Iron Guards took him away.

After Yao Wangui was punished, Yao Wanhuo apologized to Yao Chen and offered him a chance to return to the Yao Clan. Yao Chen was tempted by the promise to carve his parents’ names into the clan monument, but had not yet decided whether to return.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Yao Clan’s punishment of Yao Wangui and thanked Yao Wanhuo on Yao Lao’s behalf.
• Yao Wanhuo apologized to Yao Chen for the clan’s past treatment of him, and Yao Chen said he held no grudge against the Yao Clan.
• Yao Wanhuo invited Yao Chen to return and offered compensation, including having his parents’ names carved into the clan monument.
• Yao Chen felt torn between returning to the clan and fulfilling his long-held wish, then looked to Xiao Yan for guidance.
• Xiao Yan left the decision to Yao Chen.

Yao Wanhuo persuaded Yao Lao to return to the Yao Clan by offering him Yao Wangui’s position as punishment elder. Yao Lao accepted, and the clan welcomed him back as its new punishment elder.

• Yao Wanhuo urged Yao Lao to return and offered him leadership of the punishment branch so he could reform the clan and prevent Yao Wangui from taking revenge.
• Yao Wanhuo rebuked Yao Clan elders who objected to giving Yao Lao the position.
• Yao Lao acknowledged Yao Wanhuo’s sincerity and accepted the invitation, saying the Yao Clan was still his home.
• Yao Wanhuo led the Yao Clan members in welcoming Yao Lao as Elder Chen and the new punishment elder.

Yao Lao returned to the Yao Clan as its punishment Elder after Yao Wanhuo reframed the confrontation as an internal dispute and welcomed him back. Yao Lao fulfilled his long-held wish by carving his parents’ names into the clan stele, then prepared to attend the Medicine Ceremony with Xiao Yan.

• Yao Lao greeted the Yao Clan members, resolved to return, and hoped to help talented clansmen with weak Dou Emperor Bloodlines.
• Yao Wanhuo declared the conflict an internal clan matter, welcomed Yao Lao back, and directed the gathered guests to the Medicine Ceremony.
• Xiao Lin noted that the Yao Clan had turned its public humiliation into an advantage, while Ye Xinlan listened without asking about his cryptic remark.
• Yao Wanhuo told Yao Lao he could carve his parents’ names into the clan stele as the new punishment Elder, and Xiao Yan encouraged his teacher.
• Yao Lao carved his parents’ names into the stele, bowed to it, and joined Xiao Yan as Yao Wanhuo led them toward the mountaintop ceremony.

Xiao Yan revealed to Yao Wanhuo that Xiao Lin was his grandfather, astonishing the Yao Clan elder as he led Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to the Medicine Ceremony. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao reunited with Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan, where Yao Lao learned Xiao Lin had helped clear his name and vowed to repay him.

• Yao Wanhuo offered to lead Xiao Yan and Yao Lao to the Medicine Ceremony venue after Xiao Yan promised to perform well.
• Xiao Yan mentioned his grandpa, revealing to Yao Wanhuo that Elder Xiao of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace was his grandfather.
• Yao Wanhuo was shocked by Xiao Lin's connection to Xiao Yan and felt relieved that he had helped reconcile Yao Chen with the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao rejoined Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan, with Yao Wanhuo leading the way.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Lin for prompting him to clear Yao Lao's name, and Yao Lao learned Xiao Lin had driven the effort and promised to repay him.

Xiao Lin reflected on how Yao Lao had finally resolved the injustices and regrets that had burdened him, then accompanied him, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony. The ceremony began with Yao Dan making an imposing entrance, though Xiao Lin recognized it as a deliberate show of power.

• Xiao Lin recalled how Yao Lao had restored his parents’ names to the clan monument and cleared his name after Yao Wangui exposed himself.
• Yao Wanhuo escorted Xiao Lin, Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan to the Medicine Ceremony and seated them prominently.
• Guests recognized Yao Lao and Xiao Yan as leaders of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, while Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan remained unidentified.
• The four waited for the ceremony, sharing food and wine as the crowd gathered on the floating platform.
• Yao Dan appeared amid a grand display, and Xiao Lin saw that the patriarch intended to intimidate those present.

Yao Dan welcomed the guests at the Yao Clan gathering, apologized to Yao Lao, and celebrated his return to the clan. After Old Man Shennong arrived, Hun Xuzi appeared uninvited, drawing the Yao Clan members’ displeasure.

• Xiao Yan judged Yao Dan to be weaker than the strongest Gu and Hun Clan experts, while Xiao Lin casually sipped wine during his entrance.
• Yao Dan reviewed Yao Wanhuo’s report and greeted Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and their companion.
• Yao Dan apologized to Yao Lao for the clan’s past wrongs, and Yao Lao said he had put the matter behind him and accepted his place in the clan.
• Yao Dan and Yao Lao chatted as Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan left them to talk.
• Old Man Shennong arrived, followed by Hun Xuzi, who appeared at Yao Mountain without an invitation.

Xiao Yan learned that Hun Xuzi, a high-ranking Hun Clan alchemist and Yao Lao’s former fellow disciple, had come uninvited to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony. With Xiao Lin’s backing, Xiao Yan decided to seek a chance to kill him, while Hun Xuzi and the Yao Clan elders remained unaware of the plan.

• Yao Lao recognized Hun Xuzi as the former Little Pill Tower disciple who betrayed his master, and explained his influence and exceptional alchemy skills to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan considered killing Hun Xuzi, and Xiao Lin encouraged him, saying the Medicine Ceremony offered the best opportunity and promising to handle the Hun Clan’s retaliation.
• Hun Xuzi felt a brief, unexplained sense of danger, then reassured himself that no one in the Yao Clan could threaten him besides Yao Dan.
• Yao Clan members condemned Hun Xuzi’s arrival and accused him of involvement in the Soul Hall’s attacks on alchemists.
• Yao Dan worried that Hun Xuzi might have another purpose for visiting, but hesitated to provoke the Hun Clan openly.